Connell a lot has been said since saturday night about what should happen in terms of replacing judge Antonin Scalia. If you look at those numbers can figure out what will happen if they go through the process it seems fairly obvious the republicans have those numbers in their favor. We start with the Judiciary Committee in the senate and it is 119 republicans versus democrats but even if a potential obama nominee were to make out of committee as they say and the recommended to the full senate is a 5446 advantage for republicans in terms of the way they caucus meaning a magic number is 14, 4614 will get you to 60 and democrats would need to manage to convince 14 republicans to vote with them and break a potential filibuster. From everything we said, everything we have read, especially when you look at certain senators that are in what they call at risk seats in moderate or. States and even they say the next president should be making the joy with for the replacement. We heard from sena
Store, you may have thought hats were dying off, thanks to movie and music, they are making a come back syrian kurds have been returning to kobane and seeing what month of fighting house done to their homes and towns. Kurdish forces announced they have pushed i. S. I. L. Out. Reporter tentatively stepping outside. Watched on by those who fought for their freedom. Life is slowly returning to the streets of kobane. The v sign is for peace and victory. For tens of thousands that fled and are now returnable the road ahead is long. Homes reduced to rubble and buildings destroyed. After four months of battle half of the city is gone. For residents in turkey getting home is not straightforward. Some hoped to across the boarder on tuesday. It is officially closed Turkish Security pushed the group back. Those in the turkish town of sarook have reason to hope. Translation many in all the cities of turkey have come here. May it have a good outcome. Kobane is liberated. We are extremely happy, and
Thousands were trapped in air strikes. It made a difference. Reporter this is the only way we can approach sinjar city is controlled. And sniper fire is constant. I. S. I. L. s main supply line that links strongholds in syria and North Western iraq runs through the outskirts of the city. The group cannot afford to lose it. Its now in its second month. It is a vast area 100,000 people used to live here. Before the fight is over a new battle has started. Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga troops are not facing i. S. I. L. Their brethren came from across the border to help a common enemy. It appears to be a party linking to the p. K. K. The Iraqi Kurdish leadership which had a long history of rivalry accused them of wanting to oppose law in sinjar. We welcome anyones help. It seems p. K. K. Has a plan. They want to benefit politically. Sinjar belongs to the Iraqi Government. For now Kurdish Forces are cooperating. The fighting is street by treat. Fighters are here to help the yazidi. Suspicions run
The u. N. Says a peace keeper was killed in southern lebanon likely related to violence that broke out between hezbollah and israeli after an attack on an israeli army convoy near the lebanese border. There are conflicting reports about the number killed and or injured. Hezbollah claimed responsibility and says its in retaliation for an alleged israeli air strike that killed some of its members in syria last week. Still a confusing picture in terms of the casualties, what marv you heard in israel . Exactly. Its been a confusing picture since the morning from here, from our israeli sources and it still is. In terms of casualties, there were many reports out there that local israeli sources are using as well as foreign media using suggesting that four Israeli Soldiers may have been wounded or killed in the attack by hezbollah, which was an anti tank missile fired as an israeli army vehicle at the israelilebanese border. The israeli army hasnt commented on casualties, so as far as we know
I dont know. And the reason im thinking, you know, the comparison that would make that point best is saudi arabia, qatar, right . I mean, qatars a very interesting place in the sense that it has no citizens, right . I think its about 275,000 now, everybody else is an expat. All there is is money, and there has been extremely effective use of that money and qatari diplomacy. And if you compare sort of the last ten years of diplomacy, aljazeera, qatari use of money with the saudis, you would absolutely conclude they punch below their weight. But if you compare to iran, you know, iran has roughly three times the population of saudi arabia, and the percentage of the population that is in a sense involved in the life of the country, that is, for example, has a decent education, are professionals, women who are active in some way in the economy, iran is a much more, much more modern country than saudi arabia. And it isnt surprising in a way that the saudis would have a very hard time taking