Heres the picture of the white house. Were watching and waiting for president barack obama to speak from the south lawn. We dont have specifics but we do know hell be talking about ukraine, ukraine thus far today has denied that their military has been firing these short range missiles at the pro russian rebels in the eastern part of the same country and those pro russian rebels the group suspected of taking down that plane Malaysian Air flight 17. As soon as we see the president well bring thut live. First lets go the middle east. A top israeli official tells cnn israel is prepared for a ceasefire. But nothing has been agreed upon as to yet. But there are no sure things. We all know when it comes to middle east peace earlier today hamas reject ad truce proposed by palestinian leaders. People in gaza spent the day recovering from the most intense israeli bombardment in this three week conflict. Youll see that the smoke, the flames, this is a fuel storage tank at gazas only power plant
Announcement just a short time ago that the European Union has agreed to some tough new sanctions. As you know, this has been something that the white house and the president have been pushing for weeks already and that theyve been reluctant to do. And the reason simply is the economy, the impact it woufz on the european economy. So whats changed the equation . It was the downing of Malaysian Air flight 17. Its important to look at the timeline of this to give you some perspective, toure. It was 12 days ago the u. S. Unilaterally decided on some additional sanctions, very targeted sanctions, that like the ones were seeing today. They hope will have maximum impact on russia, minimal impact on the u. S. Economy, but then the very next day the downing of that flight began a new impetus for russia, which is far more invested, countries that have much greater interest and hence the reluctance to take some significant action. We know that last night there was a Video Conference call that inc
Thanks for joining us as we continue our special coverage on cnn. Israels hunt for hamas continues at this hour. Palestinian Health Officials say 20 people were killed when Israeli Forces shelled a school earlier today. Israel says its looking into the incident. Large parts of gaza remain in ruins. Many resident thes are without electricity, without water and without shelter. A day after rejecting another proposed ceasefire, the proposed military chief says there will be no peace until israel ends its military operation and its blockade of gaza. Israel says its all up to hamas. Listen. Weve shown in the past were willing to accept ceasefires, hamas has always been the spoiler. Hamas has only refused to hold their language. Were ready for a meerd of sustained peace and security for the people of israel, for the people of gaza, were willing to end this, it has to be real. Were seeing and getting into cnn now media reports of strikes in another part of gaza. You were walking us through wh
Also ahead the authorities in denver say the homeless exploding all because of legalized marijuana. We will have update. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The threats to america grow. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. In a provocation the white house has not seen since vietnam war. The russian dictator putin is trying to humiliate barack obama. The russians have violated the 1987 missile treaty by test agnew type of cruise missile. Ukraine as military units inside russia are are firing rockets into that besieged country. Want more . Russian allies continue to block the investigation of the downed malaysian airliner. Shot out of the sky two weeks ago by russian made missiles. 298 human beings died. Putin directly responsible. But instead of pulling back, putin continues to spit in our eye. He now says he will restore relation with castros cuba. Provocation off the ch
Also ahead the authorities in denver say the homeless exploding all because of legalized marijuana. We will have update. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The threats to america grow. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. In a provocation the white house has not seen since vietnam war. The russian dictator putin is trying to humiliate barack obama. The russians have violated the 1987 missile treaty by test agnew type of cruise missile. Ukraine as military units inside russia are are firing rockets into that besieged country. Want more . Russian allies continue to block the investigation of the downed malaysian airliner. Shot out of the sky two weeks ago by russian made missiles. 298 human beings died. Putin directly responsible. But instead of pulling back, putin continues to spit in our eye. He now says he will restore relation with castros cuba. Provocation off the ch