A 72hour humanitarian ceasefire in gaza was supposed to begin today, but the pause in fighting ended about two ours after it began. Officials say more than 1500 people in gaza have died and israel said one of its soldiers was captured during fighting in southern gaza. A short time ago president obama reiterated his support for secretary of state john kerrys efforts to negotiate a ceasefire. When i see john kerry going out there brokering a ceasefire we should all be supporting him. This should not be a bunch of complaints and second guessing well, it hasnt happened yet and nitpicking before he has had a chance to complete his efforts. Nicole johnston is live for us in gaza, and nicole, good to see you again. Now a lot of back and forth fromyoure looking around. Whats going on, first, lets start there. Reporter im just keeping an eye for things. Nothing specific. What do we know about what happened this morning in gaza . Reporter theres two very different stories of what has happened. T
Police in mexico have captured the countrys most wanted drug lorder is van go gomez known as la tuta was captured on friday. Gomezs nickname la tuta came from his career as a School Teacher before he became involved in drugs. He used the media to his advantage, and became one of mexicos most wellknown drug bosses. He was the president s prime target in his offensive against drug violence. Arresting gomez is a major step in reclaiming control of one of the most violent states in mexico. Go gomez had a large amount of influence there. A bangladeshi american blogger has been hacked to death. He advocated secularism and had apparently been threatened over his blog posts. Reporter the family says the religious extremism he protested against may have lead to his death on this crowded sidewalk in bangladesh. He and his wife were ambushed on thursday evening by at least two men with meat cleavers. His wife was seriously injured. Translator i saw an unknown person bring out a knife and first hi
Be seen by viewers across the. Orld as the deputy secretary of labor, as a proud member of the Obama Administration, and as the son of immigrants, i spent many it is a proud privilege to be here today as we induct these hall ofinto the worker fame for labor. [applause] today to help build our nation. Of the who were one biggest expansions of our nations history and one of the biggest historic compliments. Growing up, this is not a history that i learned in school. And that is a shame. My hope is that by sharing the history of these 12,000 workers, we can help to repay some of the debt we owe to generations of immigrants who helped to build this country. These were craftsmen that understood how to build a railroad that cross rivers and wrapped around mountains. And when they could not go around the mountain, they would blast their way through. Was it this work dangerous. You had to like explosives and run away before it went off. And the work was so hazardous that the workers were said
Aagreement between the u. S. And germany it could be the latest result of Edward Snowdens revelations about mass surveillance by the nsa. Today, the man who oversees intelligence in Angela Merkels government says washington offered this deal to try to allay german peoples fears that their text and phone calls are being spied spied on by foreign agency. He appeared for the second time in front of a lawmakers committee. It has been dominating the headlines just six weeks before National Elections in germany. Now the government is hoping this new pledge will neutralize the issue. The governments chief of staff was grilled for six hours on the nation on the nature of german collaborators with foreign intelligence agencies. He has been assured that neither the u. S. Or britain rope protection laws. According to the nsa and British Intelligence agencies, german laws have been observed. The rights of our citizens in germany are being safeguarded. He says the nsa and British Intelligence agenc
Aagreement between the u. S. And germany it could be the latest result of Edward Snowdens revelations about mass surveillance by the nsa. Today, the man who oversees intelligence in Angela Merkels government says washington offered this deal to try to allay german peoples fears that their text and phone calls are being spied spied on by foreign agency. He appeared for the second time in front of a lawmakers committee. It has been dominating the headlines just six weeks before National Elections in germany. Now the government is hoping this new pledge will neutralize the issue. The governments chief of staff was grilled for six hours on the nation on the nature of german collaborators with foreign intelligence agencies. He has been assured that neither the u. S. Or britain rope protection laws. According to the nsa and British Intelligence agencies, german laws have been observed. The rights of our citizens in germany are being safeguarded. He says the nsa and British Intelligence agenc