benjamin vidmar is the only supplier of fresh local ingredients to the cooks and chefs here. this was just. some greens for. the photo to show to also one that was a tremendous problem could you. have been to check it out. it's amazing to have this fresh soul but given collects the leftover plant material for compost i think you ever. take care of this thank you. for about half the year it's freezing cold and dark and long years beyond just over two thousand people and three thousand polar bears live here the tourists mainly come to see the bears these are hardcore travelers here for an adventure holiday. because of the cold independence and imports long europeans environmental footprint is disproportionately large benjamin hopes to reduce it. hello my name is benjamin event maher and during this tour with you we will visit a little bit about what i do here what i grow also in the dome and then after we will go inside of the gallery there is. the kitchen and we have a place where we can eat and like a workshop so we will prepare some food together tomato and some fresh local

this one i think looks good two minutes one three four the fourth one is on the three of us benjamin vidmar and his employee haig iska harvest the crops grown in the lab as he calls this room with its almost tropical climate in the midst of a frozen wilderness the chefs are waiting for his crescent puzzle. did you see that we got the human now off to remove the tower and. yet because we list it from a friend who was forty five so yeah definitely. they learned to farm by trial and error given the lack of experience to draw from what's obvious is that the greenhouses are of no use outside during the long arctic nights . in the dark season and we grow mostly endorse and raft of course provide lights provide some humidity we have to provide some nutrients. for. a three pm it's pitch dark outside. benjamin vid burns worried he will be able to supply all his customers his capacities are strictly limited and demand is growing. spitzbergen rise over a thousand kilometers north of mainland norway all the provisions have to be flown in. benjamin vidmar is the only supplier of fresh local ingre

benjamin netanyahu's re-election?n't even know about that. i have no idea. i hear he's doing okay. i don't know if he's doing great now. i hear he's doing okay. i would imagine the other side, whoever is against him is also in favor of what i just did. >> warren lieberman joins us this morning. a few questions to you. the president says this has nothing to do with benjamin netanyahu and he wouldn't even know about it. what other reason might there be for this now? >> i don't think you can find another good reason for the president to have done this now. the only significant thing on the horizon was the re-election campaign of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he had been having a rough week to this point. he had been sliding in the polls. he was facing tough headlines about the criminal investigations against him and many in his inner circle. this reverses that entire trend. it immediately gives benjamin netanyahu a boost, especially because this came as secretary of state mike pompeo was here. on that point, pompeo

israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and after days of violence over kashmir both india and pakistan move to no attention. while much of the world's has turned against nicolas maduro but he still has powerful allies in his bid to stay in charge as venezuela's president a u.s. led vote calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela has failed at the u.n. security council the draft included a push to get an aid which has been blocked at the border by venezuela's military russia and china vetoed the move while south africa also voted against it a separate call from russia for a political solution to the crisis failed as well meanwhile venezuela's opposition leader is still out of the country building support among south american neighbors brazil's president diable sanaa reinforced his backing of. the meeting in brasilia says he'll travel to paraguayan on friday before returning to venezuela despite threats well let's go to al-jazeera as christensen to me who is at the united nations kristen the security council has met

and benjamin netanyahu in discussions now with both cyprus and greece about this energy pipeline designed to take gas natural gas from cyprus and from israel through greece to italy into europe beyond and provide an alternative to the major mainly russian supply that that europe so much relies on that's got the u.s. seal of approval and so might compare here in part two to really deliver that more strongly but also obviously to talk about iran policy he talked about the daily threats that israel lived under and the as you say the regional rampage of iranian policies in the middle east and so it very much buttresses the case of benjamin netanyahu these be making for many years now that iran is the number one threat to israel's national security and that he is the man to deal with it and to keep israel safe it's a campaign an election campaign that we're currently in with polls do you want to pull the ninth which has really been dominated by benjamin netanyahu his character and the issue of security and whether he or his chief opponent benny gantz the former israeli army chief is best suite

benjamin: the crisis can grind on for weeks, can grind on for months.ew examples where a leader has survived the kind of economic catastrophe that maduro has brought on his own country. don't think this will be a common example. jane: thanks very much indeed for joining me. let's turn to a crisis closer to home. e storms arrived with little warning and left a wideband of destruction. 23 people are confirmed dead and lany are missing after a series of tornadoes hitma and georgia. winds topped 160 milesur, and i witnesses say -- eyewitnesses say the aftermath looks like war zone. the bbc chris buckler was granted access to see the damage himself and sent this report. chris: in this corner of alabama, the landscape is scarred by debris as far a eye can see. the tornado that struck here cut through homes and communities, leaving paths ofon destructi miles long and up to half a mile wide. >> it looks as if someone took a giant knife and just scraped the ground. there are slabs where homes formerly stood. chris: it is only when you are here were the tornado s

exactly this will benjamin netanyahu. ok thanks very much for joining us investigative journalist member of the syria solidarity movement appreciate your time. the. concern is growing in western capitals over these apparent intention to sign up to china's belton road initiative a bold one trillion dollar infrastructure project and twenty first century re-imagining of the silk road president xi jinping is in italy right now to discuss the details of a possible deal his artes medina cotton of the bad boy or the godfather of euro skepticism it's really it's once again a tough thing relations with the e.u. with rome now pushing to join trying this road and ballot initiative that's reportedly setting off alarm bells and brussels and getting back up in washington to. italy's a major global economy in great investment destination no need for italian government to lend legitimacy to china's infrastructure vanity project endorsing both road initiative lends legitimacy to china's predatory approach to investments a moving no benefi

controls --r now he benjamin: for now he controlsto the entire ter and the military services.conomy is collapsing and he suffers from hyperinflation and the risk of defections from senior officials in thety military, scarf basic goods. the reality is we have a false impression of how strongly he contls the country. jane: what will it take -- as you say, false impression. it sounds like a lot of people underestimated his staying power. benjamin: in the short term, i think the idea that it international community could force him to resign unrealistic. he has every motivation in the world. to st if he leaves, the real possibility of prosecution and those around them face a very grim future. that said, his ability to contain the opposition has limits. jane: as far as the opposition, how long can mr. guaido maintain this momentum if there is no tangible results such as the aid getting through? benjamin: e reality is that the sanctions take time, and onsent dramatic interventi such as military intervention that has been threatened by the trump administration, anything the internatio

. >> western carolina university professor benjamin francis talks about the spanish-speaking vote in the 20 century. he describes a group with distinct interests and voting patterns and outlines how the republican party sentiment -- democrat parties reported in different constituencies. this 15 minute interview was recorded at the annual american historical association meeting. >> professor benjamin francis fallon talks about the spanish speaking vote in the 20th century. -- >> professor benjamin francis fallon studies and teaches this. let's talk about the hispanic vote. is it a monolithic group? >> no, definitely not. the history of the hispanic vote is one of steadily trying to add to people, people that saw themselves quite the family in national origin terms, for example, mexican-americans, puerto ricans, cubans, the whole project if you will is one of trying to bring very different peoples together into some kind of coalition or consensus about what they all stood for and it has been a project that has stood over the years and revealed to be a very diverse internally. definitel

here is the president with benjamin netanyahu. let's listen. >> president trump: serra? this is a big moment. a very important moment it's my honor to welcome prime minister netanyahu to the white house. a very special man, he has done a great job. i want to begin by expressing our condolences to the prime minister and the people of israel for the horrific hamas rocket attack on israeli homes this morning, which wounded seven civilians at least, including numerous children. our prayers are with our friends in israel as they carry out an incredible way of life in the face of great terror. the united states recognizes israel's absolute right to defend itself. the despicable attack this morning demonstrates the significant security challenges that israel faces every single day, and today i am taking historic action to promote israel's ability to defend itself and really to have a very powerful, very strong national security. which they are entitled to have. in a moment i will sign a presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights. the s

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israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the u.s. president donald trump he is sitting down at that table there he is about to sign a presidential proclamation which is declaring israel's sovereignty over the golan heights or at least the u.s. recognition of israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. thank you prime minister netanyahu calling it a historic moment that he says puts donald trump up alongside the names of truman and balfour as friends of israel the best friends of israel i guess is how he would put it let's have a listen. right . here in europe hundred. taliban you're talking radio you're going to do that thank you very much they sharing everything changes around the world what do you want to see prime minister gregory are you are. are going to lose are foreigners. are you know you're not a really want to do it or whatever you would use that you know. so that very strong friendship between trump and netanyahu on display there as donald trump signs that presidential proclamation declaring that the u.s. does recognize i

was that also to help benjamin netanyahu? i think president trump just sees himself as a pro-israel president, stands with israel, and this is consistent with his policy. i do have a question for morgan. can you talk a little bit about the strategic interest for israel with the golan heights? b5 as i said earlier, interviewers could easily google a map. if you see, iran already -- because what we see of the destabilization in syria -- they basically effectively now have a land bridge. a very easy way to attack israel. that's why it is so important that the israelis cannot give it up. that's a great map that we have of the: heights. i think it's also important to remember, when we look at the conflict in this region, there are not people who don't have blood on their hands. there is not innocent players here. when you look at bashar al-assad, with the iranians are doing, then when you see the fact that benjamin netanyahu has been per minister for at least ten years, he doesn't necessarily have serious opposition. it's always a

therefore, his embracing benjamin netanyahu has to help them.he fact that he's pretty much ignored mike pompeo who was in israel last week. ignored benjamin netanyahu's rifle, and running ahead and sof the polls, in washington and getting no love from the administration. >> dana: and what about angola heights, how sub sequential is that? >> it is a boost and not even benjamin netanyahu's opponents, especially not after the syrian war turned it into that there is no possibility. >> dana: and syrian advocated its own responsibility. they are not a responsible player. >> jonathan: they are barely a sovereign country. and so, israel was not going to give it up, but recognizing israeli sovereignty they are, sent a message to iran, but also sends a message to israel voters that i'm a niche minute his side, give him a break. >> dana: jonathan tobin, check him out, the national review in "the new york post," thank you so much. >> jonathan: thank you. >> dana: the next steps for democrats mueller's finding no collusion between russia and the president an

this is about the two enable and then there's in the israeli elections benjamin netanyahu and benjamin guns and really the idea behind the article is to go beyond the headlines and beyond the campaign slogans to talk about two important trends in the israeli society over the last forty years one that generals the military has been getting in and getting involved more and more in israeli politics over the last forty years so much so that you're in this elections we don't have just one military chief we have three military chiefs running in the same part the blue and white against prime minister. the narrow and the other trend is the mounting the increasing the deepening of the right in israel israel in the first three decades of history by the way was ruled by the labor party to such a quiet guy socialist left the party all the colonial but over the last three decades it was mainly controlled and governed by right this new parties with the exception of two sort of feted ones by barak and robin so the articles talk about this benny versus b.b. the general versus the radical politicians a

israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. pakistan's prime minister says his country will release a captured indian pilot on friday as a gesture of peace a day earlier india and pakistan said they shot down each of those fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region pakistan says it downed two indian planes and arrested the pilot india said it shot down one pakistani aircraft and lost one of its own we've got two reporters covering this story for us on both sides of the border is live in the indian capital new delhi first let's go straight to come on who's in the pakistani capital islamabad come out and give us some indication of the detail behind this planned handover the seems to be some suggestion that although it is being made as a gesture of goodwill on the behalf of pakistan they may have to do it anyway as part of the geneva convention. where the geneva convention gods were to have their own laws and regulations but there was indeed an intruder who included into buckets on the airspace go buy gifts on death kept em dead

from this benjamin, it's not about the benjamins. the reason the people of america -- is not because they want our money. it's because they share our values. they just don't get it. it's because america and israel share a love of freedom and democracy. it's because we cherish individual rights and the rule of law. we don't judge people by the color of their skin, their religion or their sexual orientation. i'm proud of israel's vibrant democra democracy, where no one, no one, is a second class citizen. all of israel's citizens are first class citizens. all of israel's citizens, whether jew or arab, muslim, christian or jews have the same individual rights. we vote, we study in the same -- and that right is expressed in the -- and become a citizen, if they choose to do so. it is these -- existence that the nation state built constitutional law. and contrary to the false attacks and allegations, it did not denigrate. which remains sacred and equal for all our citizens. israel will always be a democracy, just as israel will always be th

hear from mike pompeo on ramping up pressure on iran and his answer to claims by beto o'rourke that benjamin netanyahu is a racist. the growing list presidential contenders planning to skip a pro-israel conference after progressive advocacy groups pressure the white house contenders. donald trump signed an executive or linking college responsibility is protect free speech on campus to billions in federal funding after conservative activist was attacked at uc berkeley. we begin with kristin fisher covering all the president's foreign-policy developments. >> a lot of moving parts on the foreign policy front. donald trump is proposing reversing decades of american policy and violating a un resolution by saying the us should recognize his relapse authority over one of the world's most disputed territories. >> it has been a very hard decision for every president, no president has done it. this like jerusalem, moving the embassy to jerusalem, golan heights is the same thing. for years of the presidents of campaigns, said this is sovereignty, this is security, this is about regional security. >> re

benjamin netanyahu praising president trump on this move. t all happens as palestinian sources say an israeli attack has started in retaliation for a second rocket attack on israel in less than two weeks. president trump formally recognizing israel's control over the golan heights. let's listen in to questions. i brought you a case of the finest wine from israel. i understand you are not a great wine drinker. hopefully you can give it your staff. [crosstalk] >> the president leaving the room, not answering any particular questions. the u.s. recognizes israel's sovereign rights over the golan heights. let's bring in kevin cirilli, chief washington correspondent. benjamin netanyahu facing the prospect of reelection or no. this is more than a symbolic gesture on the part of president trump. it changes the calculus in the middle east. what do we know? u.s.-israeli relations at the forefront here. president trump formally signing that proclamation, which recognizes israeli sovereignty over the golan heights. they comes at a time when the israeli

a mobile phone company we begin in israel and the corruption case that centers on prime minister benjamin netanyahu is attempts to control the media a story that also exposes the degree to which certain israeli news outlets are willing to sell out their coverage elections are just weeks away and netanyahu is looking at charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust one of the cases alleges the prime minister agreed to limit the distribution of one newspaper israel heigho home in exchange for positive coverage in another era not he's also accused of offering a telecoms company beza a lucrative government contracts buying in effect positive news coverage on a website owned by the same company a news site called walla the attorney general handling the case says. even had a hand in choosing which editors and reporters walla would hire or fire prime minister netanyahu is using the fake news defense calling the case a witch hunt cooked up by political rivals and their friends in the media it's a line he's used before but the victim narrative is starting to sound a little unconvincing our starting

policy towards the region embattled israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was present when trump signed the order israel captured the territory in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and i mixed it in one thousand nine hundred one in a move not recognised internationally syria says trump's decision is a blatant attack on its sovereignty the united nations says the status of the golan heights remains unchanged well seems unmoved by the criticism today i'm taking historic action to promote israel's ability to defend itself and really to have a very powerful very strong national security which they're entitled to have. in a moment i will sign a presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights the state of israel took control of the golan heights in one thousand sixty seven to safeguard security from external threats well as you can imagine the proclamation was welcomed by b. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who's fighting an election in less than two weeks your decision to recognize israel sovereignty on the golan heights is so histori

benjamin netanyahu faces re-election 15 days from now. many feel this action could potentially bolster his chances back at home. shep, they will be releasing their plan after israeli hosts its election. >> >> shepard: blake, live camera on the border of israeli and gaza. this is live. you are looking live on the border there. i know tray is still there with us. from your position in israeli tray is this out going or incoming? what are we watching? he is working to get hooked up. i believe this is incoming and what we are seeing is israeli defense system. iron dome as it is so often called. that is my belief. he is on the ground. we'll let him do the telling. trey, you there yet? none of this unexpected now, series of events that have taken place. a lot of the of back and forth. matter of golan heights will cause angsts. question is what will this do for the peace process. michael sing is with us, managing director of the washington institute. he focuses on u.s. strategy in the middle east. where does this leave it? this is aimed as boosti

it had to be cut short because benjamin netanyahu had to deal with violence at home. president trump signed a proclamation officially recognizing israel's sovereignty. it changes decades of u.s. policy in that region. benjamin netanyahu had scheduled a three day visit but left early after a rocket attack destroyed a home and wounded seven people in central israel. >> the united states recognizes israel's right to defend itself. the despicable attack demonstrates challenges that israel faces every single day. >> israel retaliated using an airstrike deroy a secret hamas headquarter. >>> still ahead, a tennis court with a big price tag. this real estate story has a twist. why it might be worth it. struck the thriller movie us, a big hit. could the film be driving tourists away from visiting a bay area city? why some say they will not choose the popular beach town as their next vacation destination. at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the

[applause] >> stephen, your most recent book is about benjamin rush. he studied history a lot and knew about -- >> knew very little about. >> for some reason, you think there's a reason we should study him now. >> that's an encouraging way to get me to start. [laughter] i would say, he probably is best known founding father you knew nothing about. certainly true for me even though i was down the street from him and thought of you. all my life as a magazine writer, when i started writing history books in the middle of my career, i thought i should write about about what happened down the street from where my wife and i live. to us, that's a lot of benjamin bricklin impersonators and characters john by horse-drawn carriages. i do think they have a love-hate relationship with the history they grew up with. now i know why. it's partly because the country has a love-hate relationship with philadelphia version of the story even though there's so many things in our revolution happened there. i got to see it initially because some of you may know, russia is th

well that's right the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised a forceful response to what he called a criminal act against the state of israel and we heard from the israeli military earlier in the day that they were mobilizing two extra brigades and preparing to call on army reservists as well so there are indications that a pretty major military response is in the offing here also the area around gaza the instructions are for agricultural land not to be worked on at the moment schools near here on the israeli side and inside gaza as world have closed early for the day after this rocket strike northeast of tel aviv earlier in the day what we're expecting is a pretty major response because we had another rocket strike a double rocket attack on television just ten days or so ago there was a response to that one hundred targets struck inside gaza and now there has been this further rocket strike another long range rocket and benjamin netanyahu in the midst of an election campaign is under heavy criticism from his electoral opponents for having failed to contain the situation

there was benjamin netanyahu speaking there let's take this story now to the u.s. capitol our correspondent is in washington. this decision it does fit in with trump's foreign policy towards israel but what about the timing of this announcement why now. well as you just said benjamin netanyahu is in the middle of his reelection campaign and this move by the united states by the u.s. president would help him enormously he can now say well look not only did i have did i make the u.s. accept jerusalem as our capital but now also the golan heights as israeli territory and they simply knew the israeli government that this is a good moment to push for this the united states have proven under president donald trump to be very supportive for israel during the last two years and now we just today we had the foreign minister. visiting the western wall in jerusalem for the first time also the first time an american high ranking official visiting the western wall a very symbolic move here and one that is very much celebrated by and it's on ya'll he called the white house today

foreign policy at a special ceremony with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house a trump signed a proclamation recognizing israeli's israeli sovereignty of the go one heights which the rest of the international community still regards as illegal and as israeli occupied the move a major diplomatic victory for netanyahu just two weeks before elections in israel the israeli prime minister praised trump and called it a historic step israel sees the go on heights from syria during the sixty war back in nineteen sixty seven. all right we want to dig into this a little bit more i want to cross over now to our very own helen the humphreys she is standing by in washington she's on the story for us tonight good evening to you helen that remind our international viewers if you would why this is such a big deal when an israeli leader first of all netanyahu when it comes to washington and you know was invited for a two day visit at the white house why is in such a big deal. brant it's always a big deal because the relationship between israel and the united states has long been

at the listening post here are some of the stories that we're covering this week the case against benjamin netanyahu and the israeli media outlets the prime minister is accused of trying to bring under his control after five years the egyptian photojournalist show is no longer behind bars many of his colleagues still are colonial residue governments in sub-saharan africa are still using laws that colonists left behind to silence journalists and a music video comes out of china in defense of a mobile phone company will begin in israel and the corruption case that centers on prime minister benjamin netanyahu is attempts to control the media a story that also exposes the degree to which certain israeli news outlets are willing to sell out their coverage elections are just weeks away and netanyahu is looking at charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust one of the cases alleges the prime minister agreed to limit the distribution of one newspaper israel by your home in exchange for positive coverage in another era not he's also accused of offering a telecoms company beza a lucrative governmen

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so secular state might pompei and is ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu not taking any questions there they are leaving for the official business as might pompei or put it all discussions with cyprus i believe it is cyprus and greece over energy security but most of that speech and will bring in harry force that in west jerusalem to talk through some of that is iran iran iran in fact they the phrase i picked out of my pompei a speech was quite iran's regional rampage as he described it. yes indeed that was always likely to be the case benjamin netanyahu and mike pump would focus on iran it has been benjamin netanyahu a key security focus for much of his term of his term in office and obviously at this time as he is fighting a very hard fought election campaign and trying to promote himself as the candidate best suited to ensure the continued security of israel in the face of the threat that he continues to emphasize from iran then it's good for him to have the u.s. secretary of defense here but you're seeing that point and also talking about the good working relationship between

benjamin, the latest? >> hi, harris. fox news is learning that the major announcement to celebrate the end of the caliphate will take place in syria here tomorrow. the preparations are already underway, after four and a half years of brutal terror. the offensive part of this finding has now finished and the clear up is underway. that last town itself, the town of baghouz where we have been for a few days, is now liberated. the fighters have some remnants cowering in a cave outside that village. they are speaking to them through megaphones, encouraging them to come out. they say will take just to cope grenades to there and kill them, but we don't know yet if those last few remaining ones have pulled out. or if they will choose to surrender. the beginning of this week it began with fierce clashes, and no sense then of how long this would take or how many were left. we were within 150 euros of isis fighters. back then they seemed relaxed. they were moving around as we saw them try to carry out counterattacks. in the days si

we saw him speaking live with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. after that press pool taken into event. we believe we will have played back to us. you will see what the president said about it. following the release of the moments report, some people have done in president's words, treasonous things to the president of the united states. he should be looked at that he said it wouldn't bother him if it was. he also said he has no news to report on any pardons. president trump speaking after the mueller report was released. we should have play back of the comments any moment now. we'll give them to you then. >>> meantime as we look at markets, stocks have been up and down today. we were down one point triple digits. we're down 12 points on the dow. we're up, as in asia markets tumbled. that followed through what happened on friday, all fears of the recession with the inverted yield curve being at the top of the news sparking new fears of a recession. we talked about the wonky nature of all this, look at long-term yields falling below rate of short-t

later that morning they were brought before general benjamin for interrogation. the typical response would have been for butler to take a huge sanctuary to escaping slaves as other union generals throughout the south had done. lincoln declined to formulate a policy regarding a policy for fear of antagonizing the border states but butler decided to seize upon an argument they gave him, being an expert in constitutional law he understood if he seized these men and confiscated their bodies he could use them for the union armies military purposes as opposed to allowing them to continue to be used by opposition. and this then would mean a blow to the confederacy by seeing them as contraband of war and butler would show remorse in his memory talking about how he hated using that term contraband because it suggested they were property. the confederate were using african americans as labors butler saw the return of slave as a way of hurting the war evident. when the owner of the three freedom seekers sent his invoice to meet butler outside of fort monroe demanding the re

as well as attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. attempts to push for a resolution to the crisis in venezuela have ended with a standoff between world powers at the united nations a u.s. led vote seeking free and fair elections failed the security council with russia and china vetoing the move and russia had its own idea rejected as well because since it only has more from the united nations. venezuelan opposition leader traveled to brazil on thursday visiting president djerba. asad years of european union states it was part of a tour of several nations meant to ratchet up international pressure on president nicolas maduro to step down. at the united nations why doe's allies attempted to do the same united states introduced a resolution calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela as well as humanitarian access but russia would not have it city was opposed we are seriously concerned by the fact that today's meeting may be exploited as a step for preparations for real not humanitarian intervention and as a pretext for external

a live report coming up from jerusalem next. >>> in a serious blow to benjamin netanyahu's chances for re-election in april after israel's attorney general announces the prime minister will be indicted. accusations of bribery and breach of trust stemming from three separate investigations. netanyahu says the impending charges are political and his main challenger is calling on him to resign. oren liebermann is joining us live with the latest from jerusalem. >> reporter: and that has been one of netanyahu's biggest complaints that it is 5 1/2 weeks away until israeli elections and netanyahu is in a very tough fight against his main challenger and netanyahu says these are politically motivated, persecution driven by the media and left to try to pressure the attorney general to issue an indictment at any cost against the prime minister. the attorney general announced he intends to indict the prime minister on charges of bribery and breach of trust and additional charges in two separate cases. it comes again at this critical time right before the elections here. his main challenger, his fo

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is cutting short a visit to washington after a rocket attack north of tel aviv israel's foreign ministry says it was fired from gaza seven people are reported to have been injured the strike comes just two weeks before israeli elections will fly back from washington in a few hours after bringing forward a meeting with donald trump stephanie decker joins us live from leicester is i'm seventy how significant is this. it's hugely significant why because of the the length the distance this rocket has traveled and also that it hit home as you mentioned there injuring seven israelis so it is hugely significant for at a time when there is a lot of tension here and of these elections that there's been a few responses already israel has closed the goods the main goods border crossing into gaza kerem shalom it's also closed the people crossing that say paris crossing and it's closed the water is not allowing palestinian fishermen to use the waters at the moment it's also sent to infringer divisions to the south of gaza calling up a limited number of rese