And good wednesday morning to you. Great to have you with us. Well, there is shock and grief across the country this morning at the loss of a high learning more about general greene and his mission. He had just been sent to afghanistan after being promoted to Deputy Commander of training. It was supposed to be a routine visit to an Afghan Military academy tuesday, the general there to check on the progress of afghan troops in training. From an elevated position, the shooter, a member of the Afghan Security forces, strikes using an automatic weapon. General greene is hit, and more than a dozen others wounded. Within seconds, american soldiers, socalled guardian angels, fire back killing the gunman. Any form of trust between the afghans and the u. S. Trainers has now been fully broken. Probably an inside job set up by the taliban. Reporter greene is the first u. S. General to die in a war zone from hostile fire since vietnam. The loss of any life is tragic. No life is worth any more than
That run into israel are destroyed. These developments not enough to save a highly visserible visible relationship between Obama Administration. And government of israel. Just moments after he claimed that president s relationship with israel is quote, strong and unchanged. Ernest said this. That suspicion that hamas fighters are operating in the vicinity of innocent civilians does not justify taking strikes that put the lives of those innocent civilians at risk. Lou white house condemnation after state department spoke person used language with which to criticize the government of israel over the weekend. Saying that the Obama Administration is quote, appalled at what she called a disgraceful idea of shelling outside of a u. N. School in gaza, saki could not come up with a ponce to questions that responses to questions that respect that netanyahu warned john kerry, to never second guess me again, after hamas violated against a humanitarian cease fear agreement on saturday, well have m
An awardwinning journalist. So far, 63 israeli troops have been killed along with three civilians. The pas Palestinian Death 1300. As topped i am a palestinian author and social activist from gaza city. I live in columbia, maryland. And my tax dollars killed eight members of my family this morning. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Tol in gaza has killed 1800 as the Israeli Offensive enters its 18th day. The United States has called this attack disgraceful, u. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon called it a moral outrage and a criminal act. It was the seventh u. N. School hit since israels offensive began. The one is wearing of a rapidly unfolding Health Crisis in gaza as large parts of the territory remained without power and Running Water and well over 300,000 are displaced. The u. N. s top humanitarian official for the occupied territories warned of an outbreak of Waterborne Diseases. Essential services w
Tonight. The turn being right now the diesel leaking from the boats fuel tanks. The way the vessel is laying right now, we access the starboard tanks and determined there was no more fuel left onboard in the starboard tank. Well access the port tank most likely tomorrow morning. Reporter the San Francisco District Attorneys Office is still looking for the boats is skipper, timothy librand, a 58yearold who has a criminal history. He did run aground early yesterday morning and they believe he doesnt want to be found because of an outstanding arrest warrant. Law enforcement did search his addresses in santa cruz without any luck. The Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office confirms to us that he was arrested in 2010 on drug charges and rearrested again in 2012 for failure to appear in court. And now is wanted again for failing to appear again. Were all worried. We all would love to know that hes okay. Because timmys good people. Reporter and that fisherman commenting ton timothy librand, someo
Supplying water for them indefinitely; its not. Woodruff and its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the this weeks political rollercoaster in congress. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff after a failed atte