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Israels airport. My interview with Michael Bloomberg coming up. Raging war, hamas unleashes new rocket attacks while diplomats work desperately to try to halt the fighting. Are they on the verge of a ceasefire . Im wolf blitzer in jerusalem. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com this is cnn breaking news. Were following two major breaking news stories in the worlds spotlight right now. The war between israel and hamas now in its 16th day and the growing diplomatic pressure to end the fighting that has already claimed more than 700 lives. Also new developments in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 including victims remains return to the netherlands and new intelligence about whats happening on the ground in ukra ....
San bernadino terror attacks are viewed as the top events of the year. and 71% of americans see mass shootings in the u.s. as a permanent part of american life. republican senator john mccain argued the president won t be able to stamp out the isis threat without taking out the terror army s capital of raqqah in syria. there is no plan by this administration to retake raqqah. there is no strategy. and that is indeed shameful. president obama will pay a visit to the families of the victims of the terrorist attack in san bernadino tomorrow enroute to his family vacation in hawaii. an annual trip that has been interrupted by threats of the homeland before. jik acosta, cnn, white house. ....
to 7.9%. that is what we saw. the two prior months were revised. that typically happens but they were revised higher. separate survey, as we said, deals with these two numbers. you ll see these headlines, 171,000 jobs created, 7.9% unemployment rate. you ll see them all day and all weekend. both president obama and governor romney promised that more can be done. over the next hour we ll look at whether these are presidential plans or presidential wish list s, christine. both candidates will try to spin this number to their advantage, ali. here are the facts, quite frnkly. numbers here show a jobs recovery, 150,000 jobs on average created each month this year. but that s not enough to make everyone feel like it s a robust labor market or it s really recovering. there s something here, ali, obviously, for everyone. you re going to get spin from both sides. unemployment rate from 7.9% still feels uncomfortable. the private sector is creating jobs, ali. absolutely. aust ....
these ceremonies, but at the same time both men gave some speeches that might have had some politics mixed in there as well. from mitt romney, the lines that you re so familiar with, following him around, the ones really directly following the president. but you didn t have to read too much between the lines to hear his campaign pitch. reporter: a solemn moment in san diego, marking memorial day. reporter: a traditional tribute to fallen troops. we dedicate ourselves to strength and to preserving the freedom for which they gave their lives and walked in harm s way. event organizers tell cnn they instructed mitt romney not to make political statements. he didn t attack the president, but did offer a not so subtle contrast, at a time of defense cuts, he wants a strong military. we choose that course in america not so that we just win wars, but is we can prevent wars because a strong america is the best deterrent to war that s ever been invented. for a repu ....
president obama today paid tribute to america s war dead, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, he then spoke at the vietnam veteran s memorial on the 50th anniversary of their bloody conflict. and milt romney led a tribute at the veteran s memorial center in san diego. it was a somber break from the election campaign, but politics has a way of seeping into one of the most somber occasions, dan lothian is standing by, but first let s go to cnn s dana bash. and a slight political undertone to the ceremonies there in san diego. they were putting wreaths out at these ceremonies, but at the same time both men gave some speeches that might have had some politics mixed in there as well. from mitt romney, the lines that you re so familiar with, following him around, the ones really directly following the president. but you didn t have to read too much between the lines to hear his campaign pitch. reporter: a solemn moment in san diego, marking memorial day. repo ....