Welcome to all of our viewers in the United States and all around the world. It is now 9 00 a. M. In israel where the crisis that began early saturday rapidly escalated into war. With staggering death tolls on both sides. At least 300 israeli deaths are confirmed and palestinian Authorities Say more than 230 people in gaza have been killed. Thousands more have been wounded. Heres the israeli Prime Minister on saturday. I have ordered an extensive number of reserves that we would return fire that the enemy has not known. The enemy will pay an unprecedented price. Israel says up to 1,000 hamas militants poured across the border into towns. They rounded up israelis and taken to gaza. One woman describes the ordeal. Translator suddenly out of nowhere shots are coming in. They started shooting in every direction and i took the car keys and just drove and started moving forward to get out of the shots. Out of the shots. And at some point they overtook us. We were overtaken by the shooters. T
Celebrations in russia egypt and the west bank on a holy day for the worlds estimated three hundred million Orthodox Christian faithful also coming up it was done as one hundred percent growth thats what they do is reduce the constructor of churches and i only saw president again reject accusations that his campaign colluded with moscow in the twenty sixteen president ial race as he pushes back against claims in a new tell all book. Plus remembering an extraordinary astronaut u. S. Space pioneer john young the ninth person to walk on the moon has died at the age of eighty seven. Welcome to the program im marrying in evanston is great to have you with us. Orthodox christians around the world are observing Christmas Today on january seventh the celebrations come thirteen days after christmas celebrations in other Christian Communities because the Orthodox Church retains a different calendar for its liturgical schedule Christmas Eve mass ceremonies have been held and drawing orthodox beli
Have potential palmists blair live to our correspondent also coming up. Soaring to success so off to donating the four hills tournament ski jump are coming to talk was looking for a historic final stage when could the polish ace make it a clean sweep to bring you the action. Im going to humphrey good to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkel has embarked on a key talks about forming a new governing coalition to lead the country going into the negotiations the chancellor said she was optimistic medicals conservatives will hold an exploratory talks with the center left social democrats off to previous negotiations with other parties failed sticking points this time around are expected to include germanys refugee policies and its approach to european integration. Well have a listen to what merkel and the social democrat leader martin shots had to say as the talks got underway. Because the c. D. U. Is going into these talks with the aim of creating the conditions to form a stable
Partners social democrats or get the latest from our correspondent also coming up. Paris remembers the victims of the attacks three years ago that horrified the walls the killings began when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine and shot in the effort to. Find a home free good to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkel has been meeting key talks about forming a new Coalition Government going into the negotiations the chancellor said she was optimistic medicals conservatives are holding the exploratory talks with the center left social democrats off to previous negotiations with all the parties failed sticking points this time this time around are expected to germanys as refugee policies on its approach to european integration have a listen to what america on the social democrat leader Martin Schultz had to say as those talks got underway. If you can get the news because the c. D. U. Is going into these talks with the aim of creating the conditions to form a stab
China closer together russian the russian government years ago wouldnt have wanted to be caught dead in bed with the iran now they find they have so many geopolitical interests in common and they can deal with them so professionally compared to the westerners that you know were looking at another defacto Strategic Partnership its interesting that when you have to when you compare maybe russias relationship with the rand and how it has to negotiate honest baby step level with turkey for example its russian to both was iran and was it really can you not to put in its time of course it war but its that is growing in the one nine hundred ninety s. When the west and you see olson was the president of russia it wasnt because he also was intimidated and he wasnt it wasnt because his administration was sound that somehow against washington it wasnt it was because it was initially relationship the. Its pushing. Wanted to be the only superpower in the world and not letting anyone else have a voi