1948 the state of israel was proclaimed. Palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization or the p. L. O. Was founded. Made up of different factions the p. L. O. Has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since. Setting up an independent Palestinian Organization was not easy. The 1st challenge the palestinians faced was to wrest control of their own destiny from the at abrasions. In early 1965 a series of attacks were carried out against israeli civilians and infrastructure. A previously unknown Palestinian Group calling itself a loss if i meaning the storm seen here in training claimed responsibility for the times. And also if i was started by a small group of palestinian activists in the diaspora they believed Armed Struggle was the only way to end back their last homeland. Breeze eames did not share this view they feared being drawn into a conflict with israel for which they did not feel prepared. Palestine had been an area of conf
Good week to ten days, and that is being able to fulfill the promises that have been made about testing. And this is now second day in a row where somebodys reminded a member of the task force, yesterday, it was somebody reminding the president , somebody, the Vice President , that we were supposed to be ramping up to millions of tests and you heard the Vice President say we are only able to just do 100,000 in a day. Dr. Zeke emanuel, penn university, a Health Adviser during the obama administration, kristen welk er with me, as wel. And the original sin of our struggles here, inadequate testing, dr. Birx seemed to say, maybe a month, maybe in a month we could have the asymptomatic testing. We heard Vice President pences very rosy response to not being able to hit the goals that they had set not very long ago. Zeke, ill start with you. Did you hear any green shoots here on the issue of testing . No, i heard a lot of evasion. The Vice President was pretty evasive about why we didnt get t
6. 6 million americans filing for unemployment this week, doubling the previous weeks stunning record. Just think about that number. 6. 6 million. That is the entire population of chicago and los angeles combined. And this afternoon another sign of the disruption, the Democratic National committee is now postponing its convention from july to august. But we begin with cnns Katelyn Collins live at the white house and katelyn, were seeing these record breaking jobless claims but the president spent the day on twitter saying everything is going well. Whats going on . Reporter yeah. Hes not acknowledging the numbers yet. Of course kbhoe this is something the president paid close attention to. Last week they got those numbers they had been bracing for them. Im not sure they expected the home be as high as they were today. Hes lashing out at some governors saying that they are people who are complaining about getting medical supplies and they have insatiable appetites for these supplies. The
Know, are in much different condition and in a much different place than other states. Its going to be very, very close, maybe even before the date of may 1st. So keeping him honest, as constitutional scholars and other experts on the subject have pointed out and as we pointed out last night, the governors do not need the president s authorization. They are not sitting by the phone waiting for an official authorization to reopen their states. In addition, saying before the date of may 1st, as the president puts it, that is before the expiration of the centers for disease controls social distancing guidelines as they now stand. And just today dr. Anthony fauci called even a may 1st reopening in parts of the country, quote, a bit overly optimistic and said that the widespread testing that would be needed to safely lift restrictions, quote, were not there yet. That said, it was as close to a total aboutface as one could imagine, though unacknowledged. And though it certainly is the lead s
Reopening and a very powerful reopening plan of their state at a time and in a manner as most appropriate. The day will be very close because certain states, as you know, are in much different condition and in a much different place than other states. Its going to be very, very close, maybe even before the date of may 1st. So keeping him honest is constitutional scholars and other experts on the subject have pointed out and as we pointed out last night the governors do not need the president s authorization. They are not sitting by the phone waiting for an official authorization to reopen their states. In addition, saying before the date of may 1st, as the president puts it, that is before the expiration of the centers for Disease Control social distancing guidelines as they now stand. And just today dr. Anthony fauci called even a may 1st reopening in parts of the country, quote, a bit overly optimistic and said that the widespread testing that would be needed to safely lift restricti