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Set a record. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us, im natalie allen. Good to be with you, natalie. Im errol barnet. We are wrapping up the week with all the information you need to know. Now we begin this hour with ukraine. The president elect there threatening retaliation. Hes threatening to punish the militant who shot down a helicopter. The crash killed 14 people including a ukrainian general. The white house is suggesting concern that pro russian separatists are getting their hands on weapons they would not normally have. Now we cannot yet verify the details of these repo...

Service. the army now says it will send letters to eligible arab christian men encouraging them to join. what's the controversy? benh wideman explains. >> reporter: they're led on an exercise near the gaza border. he looks and sounds like any other israeli officer his age, but he's different. he's a volunteer in this conscript army from nazareth. >> when i was born and i grew up it was my dream to go into the israeli defense forces he tells me. muslims are exceempt from mility service. they said they would invite them to join. it's a controversial initiative that has raised the ire in the chri...