Israel had said that it held off the bombing for two hours because egypts Prime Minister was inside gaza meeting with hamas leaders and the palestinians for their part are denying that. Theyre disputing it. This weeks fighting we know this has left more than 200 people injured. Three Israeli Soldiers are dead, there are reports of civilian israelis dead as well and 24 palestinians killed in gaza and israel is amassing tanks near the border with gaza and called up 16,000 Army Reservists. Lets get you straight to cnn fred plaiken live in jerusalem at this hour. This is extraordinary. What do we know . Where did the rockets land near jerusalem and what is being said about this . Ashleigh, youre right. It is extraordinary and very much out of the ordinary many in jerusalem. The air raid sirens went off a little less than an hour ago. We could hear them. You heard a thud later on. What were hearing from the Israeli Military is the rocket or missile hit somewhere south of jerusalem. Theyre s
That mother is now pleading for the return of that one precious item. Reporter the single mother tells me she and her children moved into this home behind me just two months ago. She says she chose it because its in a quiet neighborhood she thought was safe. That all changed last night when burglars ransacked her home. I feel raped that you raped me of my privacy, my home and you stole from me. Reporter mishi cokier is sad. Thieves stole the tv and presents she bought for her children. I turned around and said, they took the tv. Reporter but what hurt her mother was the unof her baby. Reporter it was right here. Reporter she says it was placed inside a jewelry box. Now she fears the thieves will discard it because the babys remains are of no value of them. Reporter i ask you, do not discard my baby like he was trash. Because he was loved and he was wanted by her family. Reporter she and her family attend grief counseling every wednesday night. When they returned last night they found t
Secretary of state because of her assertions the attack didnt appear to be preplanned. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. The cia also opening an exploratory investigation into the conduct of its former director petraeus. As you know he resigned from his position last friday after the fbi revealed he had an affair with his biographer paula broadwell. Investigators want to know if petraeus did or told broadwell anything which may have compromised National Security despite the efforts to improve Mental Health programs, suicide rates are going up for active members of the members of the military. The pentagon says this year 166 soldiers have taken their own lives. Thats already more than all of 2011. The problem has been linked to combat stress, but the army says many of the soldiers who have committed suicide all this year have never been deployed. Is there some Common Ground to be found . President obama will be meeting with congressional leaders today to talk about how they are goin
Networking gear faces fresh questions over whether its turn around strategy is working. All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for thursday, february 13th. Good evening, im tyler mathisen. Around im in for susie. We begin this evening with a megamerger in the media world. That deal that would combine the largest tv providers comcast and cable. If approved the company would have 33 million customers, nearly one out of every three cable households in the u. S. And become a dominant force in delivering tv content. The allstock offer would give time warner shareholders 159 a share. Pretty big premium. Stocks Closing Price today of 144. 81. Julia borstin has more. Reporter comcast acquisition of Time Warner Cable, if its approved, would create a cable and Broadband Internet giant with nationwide reach. Comcast saying the deal will pay off and start generating money in year one. In part because it will have operating efficiencies of 1. 5 billion. Comcast buying Time Warner Cabl
Plus ready to wear. The evolution of spacesuits moves light years ahead. Well bring you nasas new design. We begin with the Death Penalty. Were not going to debate the issue, we know there are opinions on both sides. But tonight the execution of one condemned killer is raising questions about how Capital Punishment is carried out. The inmate was Clayton Lockett a man who buried his victim alive. His execution in oklahoma last night was botched. Lockeett died of a heart attack more than 40 minutes after being given a lethal injection. Oklahomas governor is ordering a review to find out what happened and why today the white house had this to say about the incident the crimes are indisputably horrific and heinous but its also the case that we have a standard in this country that even when the Death Penalty is justified it must be carried out humanely. Ziva branstetter is an editor for the tulsa world newspaper. She witnessed the botched execution last night and joins us this evening from