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Proposal is that hamas would agree to the release of 33 hostages from the socalled humanitarian category. So that is women, it is children, it is the elderly, people with serious medical conditions. And in return, israel would agree to a 40day ceasefire and the release of potentially thousands of Palestinian Prisoners. We should stress at this point all we have is this statement from the political wing of hamas. We do not have the detail of what exactly it is that they have agreed to, and there ...

Okay, fair warning. i am obsessed with this story. this is the uss guardian stuck off the coast of the philippines. a giant ship being stuck on something is never a good thing. but this one happened to get stuck specifically on a unesco world heritage site, embedding its rudders in the middle of a national park in the philippines. early on once we got stuck on it, the plan was to tow the reef off at high tide. that did not work. in fact, the mine sweeper only got more stuck. ultimately the navy ...

Sign this brief in yesterdays case urging the court to strike down californias prop 8. >> it sort of scrambles my circuits. you know what i thought when i read this, was if the supreme court doesnt strike down doma, i wonder if this very, very issue would lead to a congressional repeal of doma, because this is such an urgent matter, and this is -- to me, i went straight to the logistics of this. if you were on a base and youre married and you have kids, are they denied access? because everything...

Okay, fair warning. i am obsessed with this story. this is the uss guardian stuck off the coast of the philippines. a giant ship being stuck on something is never a good thing. but this one happened to get stuck specifically on a unesco world heritage site, embedding its rudders in the middle of a national park in the philippines. early on once we got stuck on it, the plan was to tow the reef off at high tide. that did not work. in fact, the mine sweeper only got more stuck. ultimately the navy ...

Unconstitutional and they are not defending it. so whos defending it then? somebody else had to be brought onboard to defend it, and in this case it was the house republicans. hi, john boehner, who decided that they would defend it with your taxpayer money. they argued laura paul clement to argue to uphold the law. and paul clements argument today was that this isnt discrimination at all. its just that the federal government likes to keep things simple. listen. >> i think what that shows and tha...

Case, and i dont think weve heard it in the argument from my friend, any legitimate difference between married gay couples on the one hand and straight married couples on the other, that can possibly explain the sweeping categorization of doma, section three of doma. and no one has identified any legitimate federal interest that is being served by congresss decision for the first time in our nations history to undermine the determination of the sovereign states with respect to eligibility for ma...

Sign this brief in yesterdays case urging the court to strike down californias prop 8. >> it sort of scrambles my circuits. you know what i thought when i read this, was if the supreme court doesnt strike down doma, i wonder if this very, very issue would lead to a congressional repeal of doma, because this is such an urgent matter, and this is -- to me, i went straight to the logistics of this. if you were on a base and youre married and you have kids, are they denied access? because everything...

Not defending it. so whos defending it then? somebody else had to be brought onboard to defend it, and in this case it was the house republicans. hi, john boehner, who decided that they would defend it with your taxpayer money. they argued laura paul clement to argue to uphold the law. and paul clements argument today was that this isnt discrimination at all. its just that the federal government likes to keep things simple. listen. >> i think what that shows and that when the federal government ...

Okay, fair warning. i am obsessed with this story. this is the uss guardian stuck off the coast of the philippines. a giant ship being stuck on something is never a good thing. but this one happened to get stuck specifically on a unesco world heritage site, embedding its rudders in the middle of a national park in the philippines. early on once we got stuck on it, the plan was to tow the reef off at high tide. that did not work. in fact, the mine sweeper only got more stuck. ultimately the navy ...

Of the ship containing the auxiliary motor room. so that leaves two pieces of the ship still left on the reef but ready to go. its expected to be completed by the end of next week, and the remaining 990 tons of steel should be lifted out of there the week after that. meanwhile, on land, as you might imagine, this has sparked anti-american anger in the philippines. shortly after it happened, protesters threw paint at those guarding it in manila. look, theyve got guys in scuba suits out there with...