Jacket and tie. He was always telling us corny jokes. He could barely hear. Mel wax. Cecil and david rosenthal, two brothers in their 50s, lived together near the synagogue. They ha they had developmental disabilities, were inseparable and loved going to the tree of life, o according to friends. Cecils obituary described him as the honorary mayor of Squirrel Hill. A College Student who met him through a Buddies Program said cecil loved people. He was a gregarious individual. He loved being social. He loved to laugh. He just liked being in a community. I think thats why he was such a strong practitioner of his faith. He loved being jewish, because of that sense of community. Richard gottfried was a dentist, who often did charitable work and would treat patients that couldnt afford dental work. Gottfried was set to retire in the next few months. Daniel stein was 71 and he had just become a grandfather. He was seen as a real leader in the congregation. He was president of the synagogues m
Rated the town of baghouz. They marked their flag over the village. Cnn is covering this story from multiple locations. Our Senior International correspondent ben wedeman is in baghouz and eastern syria. Arwa damon is in istanbul, turkey. Ben, starting with you, where you have seen so many of these battles play out for now, several week an on this day, you were there to report and see first hand isis losing its final grip in the region. Reporter thats right, george. What weve actually got inside that encampment, which we have been watching being shelled and hit for weeks now. It was an expanse of wrecked cars, at that time terred tetat dead bodies, males in this case. But this came after a night of heavy airstrikes on the edge of that encampment and that continued that continued throughout the night into the morning when we saw this announcement from mustafaa bely, saying the battle had ended in victory and isis had been 100 eliminated. So we went into the camp. But actually as we were
With israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The democrats are very much proven to be antiisrael. Theres no question about that. Its a disgrace. I dont know what has happened to them, but they are totally antiisrael. Frankly, i think they are antijewish. Harris at the israeli Prime Minister is due at the white house next week. Peter doocy in washington. Peter . Harris, the progressive pressure on president ial primary candidates came from moveon. Org, Whose Campaign director wrote that its no secret that aipac has worked to enter diplomatic efforts like the iran deal, is undermining palestinian selfdetermination, and inviting figures actively involved in Human Rights Violations to its stage. And now the entire top of the democratic field is skipping aipac, including kamala harris, elizabeth warren, and beto orourke. I am here in south carolina. I am here in front of people who will decide who the democratic nominee is, who will decide this next election. Who will decide who will de
Well see about that. We may hear from the president when he heads from the white house to palm beach for the weekend. This morning, a fresh reminder multiple investigations continue on capitol hill independent of the fact that the white house is resisting all of them. No fewer than three House Committee chairs are accusing the white house of flouting the constitution by refusing to turn over documents related to the president s private talks with Vladimir Putin. Another house panel is demanding information on ivanka trump and Jared Kushners use of private texts and emails for government business. Joe johns is at the white house. Whats the mood there with filing from the mueller team potentially and i stress potentially imminent. Poppy, im sure this will surprise you. It depends on who you talk to at this point. Cnns jim acosta talked to people at the white house who said they see it as a pivotal moment. They see it also as clearing the decks for them. That would be true only if you ass
Was jailed for planning to behead a british soldier. Northern irelands main Political Parties consider a draft deal to restore power sharing at stormont. New evacuation orders are issued to nearly a quarter of a million australians, as hot, windy weather threatens to fan new bushfires. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iran has accused western leaders of lying about the cause of the ukrainian plane crash which took place near tehran on wednesday. Both canada and the uk say intelligence suggests an Iranian Missile brought down the passenger plane, killing everyone on board. In the last hour, iranian Officials Say the black box flight recorders from the aircraft will be examined today. France has confirmed it will be involved in the investigation into the plane crash. The United States, canada and ukraine have also been invited to travel to iran to help investigate. However, the chief of Irans Civil Aviation Organisation insists they can say with certainty that a missile was no