The criteria for membership. Of the 15 council members, 12 voted yes while britain and switzerland abstained. We agree that the people of the West Bank And Gaza must be given the political perspective of a credible route to a Palestinian State and a new future. And it needs to be irreversible. This is not entirely in our gift but our recognition of a Palestinian State should be part of it. We believe that such recognition of Palestinian Statehood should not come at the start of a new process. But it doesnt have to be at the very end of the process. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the us veto as unfair, unethical, and unjustified, saying in a statement that it challenged the will of the international community, which strongly supports palestine s full membership. The push to recognise its statehood comes after more than six months of war in gaza, while israel continues expanding settlements in the occupied west bank. Thats a move widely considered a violation of intern
As a nation, we are united and when people harm americans, we dont retreat, we dont forget. We take care of those who are grieving and when that is finished, they should know we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice, because hell is where they will reside hell is where they will reside all right. Mika, boy, what joe biden said yesterday, very strong. Im sure a lot of people, a lot of republicans on capitol hill have been calling for stronger words. It might take some of that. What do you think . I think he is tapping into a growing sentiment in a country that might be war weary but certainly is not impervious what we have seen the last two weeks. Sounds likes the guns of war across america. You heard the Vice President saying america would follow isis to the gates of he hell to get justice. The secretary of state says they dont want to contain is circumstances, they want to destroy isis. You know what is happening here, they are hearing from constituen
Schieffer tonight, planning for a u. S. Military strike against syria. As the death toll rises, the pentagon makes preparations for action, but will the president give the goahead . David martin that has story. The fastestgrowing wildfire in the country now covers 165 square miles and it is just entered Yosemite National park. Theresa garcia is on the scene. Something is killing dolphins along the east coast. Terrell brown has the latest on the search for clues. And on the road, Steve Hartman catches motorists smiling in a nosmiling zone. Never so happy to get a ticket in my life. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Schieffer good evening,
scotts off tonight, im Bob Schieffer. Cbs news has learned that the pentagon is making the initial preparations for a Cruise Missile attack on Syrian Government forces. We say initial preparations because such an attack wont happen unless and until the president gives the green light, and it was clear during an
Not be a group hug starts in just seconds. Check it out. Log on. We would love to hear from you. Ask this is a fox news alert. A senior white house official confirming president obama is considering sending Ground Troops to iraq. Deputy National Security advisor ben rhodes saying president obama could decide in just days whether to send in Ground Troops to rescue thousands of religious refugees who are trapped on a mountaintop. And fox news also confirming a team of American Special ops landing on mount and spending 24 hours there to assess the best way to evacuated refugees. Landed in mount sinjar iraq time. Greg with the very latest. Greg . Greta, yeah, a lot of action in this part of the world. Those extra troops that have
come here to Northern Iraq are based in this city not too far from where we are and we believe those special force operators that spent that time, you were talking with on mount sinjar to the left of this location this space as well. A lot of action over there as
World news is diane sawyer is next. Welcome to world news. Tonight on fire inside the neighborhood set ablaze after the military jet crash. The families describing the horror after several homes go up in flames. The manhunt underway at this hour. Families barricading themselves inside as they take pictures of the gunman firing outside their window. Authorities say hes heavily armed. Our correspondent on the scene. No apologies. What president obama said today about that soldier saved from the taliban and that tape, what the pictures reveal from the tapping of his arm to what hes wearing and what it says about the soldier and his captors. Come on down. Remember the price is right contestant getting workers comp even though she could spin the wheel . Tonight who did authorities find
behind that hamster out on disability and collecting your money . Good evening on this thursday night. Diane on assignment. We begin with the terror playing out in two separate neighborhoods. An intense manhu