. >> as far as the mideast is concerned this president's national security policy has been a failure. >> arrogance and dishonesty is breathtaking. gentleman you have to understand what is going on. there is a circle the wagon operation around bay bridge that nobody is going to penetrate. >> the president: close contact with turkey and jordan that immediately border syria and obviously, israel which is having already grave concerns as we do, about movements of chemical weapons that might occur in such a chaotic atmosphere. >> are we better off in the middle east now than we were four years ago? absolutely not. why? because the policies of the administration and the way it has been handling itself. >> we a president of the united states, apologizes to religious fanatics while they are killing young americans, this is profoundly wrong. >> we would like to hold obama accountable for an absolute disaster -- disastrous foreign policy. >> president obama starting off his second term with a foreign policy crisis. four americans murdered in libya. the obama administration getting hammered for

under attack the mideast. tensions escalating, missiles and rockets fill the air israel and hamas appear to be steps from a ground war. fox reports on the latest from the border between them. >> the white house responds to the bombshell dropped by ecia director david petraeus. he says he sent talking points to the administration saying attack on in benghazi was terrorism and his words were changed. >> why when the cia had it right why were those talking points changed? that is going to be a talk that is going to be ongoing. >> harris: who took out the part about al-qaeda's role? what we are learning. >> also, gas prices, you don't wanna pay. how about this. a gadget to turn any car on the road into a hybrid. one man says he can convert your vehicle into a money saving machine. i'm harris faulkner. mideast on edge lethal conflict stretching into a fifth day. calls forever restraint are lost in the din of battle as the region moves closer to what looks like a precursor to war. israel stepping up its assault laun

. >>> signs of progress in the mideast after days of deadly fighting the cease-fire that could be in the works between israel and gaza. >>> new controversy for the voice of elmo. the new accuser who stepped for. . >>> in the mideast news of a cease-fire could be announced shortly. u.s. is stepping up diplomatic efforts. deadly airstrikes and rocket attacks continue. t.j. winick reports. >> reporter: this morning an israeli man armed with an ax and knife stabbed a guard at the u.s. embassy in tel aviv the guard was wounded but fired off a few shots, security wrestled the man to the ground. president obama is sending secretary of state clinton to the mideast to help work out a cease-fire between israel and hamas in gaza. >> the united states does not engage directly with hamas. hamas has not met the conditions that we've set for many years to renounce terrorism to recognize israel's right to exist. >> reporter: tensions are fraying in gaza. israeli jets cratering over 100 targets, killing five, gaza militants blasted off over 60 rockets at israel. abc news was there as one family bolte

it seems this is what we've been hearing out of israel, out of the mideast forever.if starts it stops, it starts it stops. >> i've done stories on this out of libya and they were fearing this fearing roberts and military excursions. >> this is someone reporting from the middle of an attack for for al-jazeera. >> we've been intercepted by the iron dome. you can probably hear the explosion. we should be-- [ explosion ] >> there is another one there. you can probably see it. three--we don't know whether they're being intercepted or not. [ sirens ] at this stage. yes, they are. >> of course, this report is coming from israel. the iron dome intercepted that. you know, how do we as a people, tricia, see this again and respond to it from afar, and what--i'm just so numb to it, do you know what i mean? >> it's a horrible situation. the many thing is we need more information than the mainstream news media is giving us on the history of the conflict and who is doing what when. i think it's impossible to react properly without that information. we're being asked to emotionally

mideast expert jeremy salt says damascus is being provoked from abroad. that turkey wants to do more it's in that condition countries want to be more direct result and we have a negotiation is nice to just take the missiles along the east of the border now it's just a conscious upgrading and installation of the situation music some sense of this interest in coalition and that's includes big insurance take a huge cost on saudi arabia if not the street from the prime aim of destroying the syrian government what is the cost to syria and it's a full page just ignored sidestepped that it's undermined interesting seating the concert to a negotiation in one sister place as you can shake a silly take it would be exposed. in syria and the industry. in a supposed in some way have to respond. meanwhile artie's gained exclusive access to the syrian president who says he's ignoring foreign calls that he step down and leave his country but also it also gave a stark warning to anyone willing to weigh in with force i think the prize will be for new vision and it's going.

. >>> new fear of all-out war in the mideast.irstrikes goin >>> some big names if government are coming to the defense of john allen. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with today's developments, including petraeus' first interview since the scandal. >> reporter: in that interview, general petraeus says, he never gave his mistress, paula broadwell any classified information. there's more focus on general allen. right now he would be testifying at his own confirmation hearing. instead, others are defending his reputation. hearings are underway to confirm general allen's replacement as commander in afghanistan. he can't move on until he's cleared of wrongdoing in a broader sex scandal. the fbi is investigating possibly flirtatious e-mails between him and a florida socialite jill kelley. >> i continue to believe that general allen is one of our best military leaders. continue to have confidence in the ability to lead the war in afghanistan as well as to serve in the post for which he's now been nominated. >> reporter: from thail

there has been talk of sending president clinton as a mideast envoy. i thought that was an intriguing idea. but at least i think this is -- these are all very good signs for the situation. >> e.j., stay with us, and martin fletcher, thanks to you. i want to bring in senator chris koonce. senator, good morning. >> good morning 0, chris. >> the senate did unanimously pass that resolution standing by israel, something you co-response arored. what do you think hillary clinton brings to this now? >> well, i think secretary clinton moving to the middle east to stand by our most important ally, israel, is an important signal of our engagement to unanimous ly r reaffirm the right for self-defense and for us to support systems like iron dome which is made possible and antiballistic missile systems are chriscal signs the united states will stand by israel when they choose to respond after thousands of unprompted missile attacks from gaza. my hope is that secretary clinton by going to the region will help cement not just a temporary peace but a more enduring peac

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katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> breaking news out of the mideast.fear this afternoon an all-out war between israel and hamas. israeli ground troops massing for what appears to be a ground offensive into the gaza strip that follows hamas' rocket attacks deep into israel some landing in suburban tel aviv. unconfirmed reports of three israel -- israeli casualties. 15 casualties, including civilians following yesterday's air strike that killed hamas' top military commander. >>> meteorologist mike nicco, keeping a close eye on that rain coming our way soon. >> just about five more hours of daylight and dry weather to get youries finished before the rain when it comes it is going to come in waves and it is going to be here all weekend. we'll try to give you a timetable and how much you are going to get. >>> also, the investigation into whether 5 hour energy drinks are dangerous, even deadly for some. >>> hostess says it is not kidding, why the company is [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the p

the mideast tinderbox seems like it's about to explode once again.alk, here now is our great friend, barclays senior geopolitical strategist, helema croft, former cia economic analyst. israel is going whole hog now against hamas on the ground. and i'm going to bet that israel is going to do very well, but you tell me. >> i think it's going to be like 2008 all over again. it's deja vu from four years ago. hamas did a series of attacks. israel had a ferocious response. the big question is will this remain confined to gaza, or does it spread to the broader middle east? and you mentioned iran. and all eyes will be on iran, they'll be on hezbollah to see if this becomes a multifront operation. >> can i just get one little quick tour, syria. >> yes. >> if i understand, that's mostly hezbollah operating in syria. is hamas in syria? >> well, this is a great question because in the case of syria, this has caused a rift between hamas and iran and hezbollah. you have the iranian government backing assad, you have hezbollah backing assad, and you have hamas basi

the port has been seeking concessions, not negotiating in good faith. >>> developing news in the mideast. attack on a guard at u.s. embassy in tel aviv, israel. video shows the scene as a crowd of onlookers surgeons the building, a man approach -- surrounds the building, a man approached and again charging at guards, one garr was wounded and the man was arrested. -- officials say he's a 41-year-old israeli man with mental health problems. >> israel holding off on a ground invasion of the gaza strip, temporarily while diplomats try to negotiate a cease-fire. secretary of state clinton is heading to the region. the u.s. navy is positioning three ships as a precaution in case american citizens need to be evacuated from israel. steady extreme of rocket fire continues. the conflict has killed 113 people in gaza and three in israel. israeli ground forces have amassed along the border. as we sederer they've decided not to invade for now, while the diplomatic -- talks continue this is only a temporary situation. israel says hamas must stop firing rockets into israel to avoid that invasion. >>> m

here like the fact that even get into the mideast and just fight just least senseless wars. x x x a lot or any of the major parties excellent point. thank you very much i appreciate the call my dad was a republican his whole entire life he was a good and decent man to eisenhower was a republican and he was one of the greatest advocates for peace this country's ever seen because he saw how horrible war was and i just i'm mourning the loss of a rational republican party that's it for your take my take it live thank you for all your calls but don't get your calls that i try is back next week. coming up the only way america is going to get the change that it desperately needs is a congress works together and ends the partisan bickering and harry reid can do a lot to answer that partisan bickering to i'll explain how internets daily to. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom welcome to the big picture.

we know what a mob looks like in the mideast. i am increasingly convinced the fbi interviewed the survivors in ramstein, germany, the day after and convinced that the best and current intelligence assessment on 16, september went against the video. the video was a political smoke screen. the actual facts were this was a coordinated preplanned terrorist attack. when the president said on "letterman" we think the video caused this. when he said at the u.n. we won't let a hateful video turn the mideast into a bad spot they're not relying on the best -- >> but all the evidence is that ambassador rice was using the information given to her by the intelligence community. >> i don't -- i don't believe that. i will -- here's what i want to know. have the intelligence community, not the deputies, the people on the ground put in one pile all the evidence of a preplanned coordinated terrorist attack with al qaeda militia and one pot and put in the other pot the evidence that this was a spontaneous mob created by a hateful video. i've seen n

a bomb ripped through a bus in israel today, the latest violence to hit the mideast as efforts to reach cease-fire between israel andjs gaza continue. katie marzullo is following new developments. >> reporter: couple of new things. bombing in tel aviv, number of injured appears to have doubled reports from abc and cnn are that more than 20 are hurt, up from 10, three are critical. israel's deputy prime minister is calling the bombing an escalation in the conflict. the bus was across the street from the military headquarters in tel aviv when it exploded. cnn is reporting it was not a suicide bombing that someone left a device on the bus. also hamas is not claiming responsibility but is praising the attack. hillary clinton just arrived in cairo earlier she was back in jerusalem for another round of meetings with israeli leaders trying to help negotiate an end to the fighting. >> we'll work with our partners in israel and across the region, toward an outcome that both feel security -- that bolsters security for the people of israel, improved conditions for the people of gaza and move towar

diplomats in the mideast and here in new york are working on a truce. abc's t.j.>> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. with heartbreak on both sides, israelis and palestinians stand on the brink of an all-out ground war. israeli air strikes continue to pound gaza, igniting massive explosions, incinerating buildings and homes. the death toll has soared to over 100 in gaza, and there is payback. this video issued by hamas, the islamic militant group that rules gaza shows several rockets being fired toward israel. hamas fighters have fired hundreds of rockets into israel in the current round of fighting. >> over 500 rockets, mortars, and missiles have been fired. the minister of defense has instructed everybody to be prepared for all options. >> reporter: families have been forced into shelters. >> it's very scarey. we can't -- we can't go to school. >> reporter: but the leader of hamas rejected israel's demand that the militant group stop its rocket fire into israel and said a cease-fire was conditional on israel lifting its blockade of gaza. >> demand should be

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. >> i see the mideast deteriorating. i think the last four years has been a failure by the obama administration to realistically to assess the threat that growing. arab spring we didn't see coming but after that the administration had a hands off policy. when they were trying to pull khadafy out libya came for a killing zone. if it weren't for secretary clinton and ambassador rice pushing obama, it would have been worse. we need to be training a libyan army to replace the militias. i went in september of last year with marco rubio and john mccain and myself went to libya. we came back and said the biggest threat to libya making it is these militias. we need to help the libyans train a national army. they were willing to pay for it. in egypt we really led from behind. this idea of having a hands off policy toward syria is about to blochb the whole region up. the war is coming to israel. it's affecting turkey and other places. so i believe that if they don't lead from the front that syria and iran are going to coming toget

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. >>> developing news in the mideast tack on a security guard at the u.s. embassy in tel aviv. a man attacked a guard with a knife and ax, injuring the guard in the leg. one witness described the weapon as a pitchfork. guards fired warning shots into the air and took the man into custody. officials say he's a man with mental health problems. >>> president obama is sending hillary clinton to the mideast to help mediate an end to the bloody conflict between israel and the palestinians in the gaza strip, u.s. navy positioning three ships on the remote chance that american citizens might need to be evacuate israel. there's a steady stream of rocket fire between israel and gaza. israel says it is ready to escalate operations if a deal cannot be reached. it has been an amassing force along the border for days. missiles killed 113 in gaza, almost half civilians. more than 700 rockets landed in israel, three killed there. >>> president obama met today with china's top leaders on the sidelines of the summit. the president says the u.s.-china relationship is cooperative and instructive a

. >> i see the mideast deteriorating. i think the last four years has been a failure by the obama administration to realistically to assess the threat that growing. arab spring we didn't see coming but after that the administration had a hands off policy. when they were trying to pull khadafy out libya came for a killing zone. if it weren't for secretary clinton and ambassador rice pushing obama, it would have been worse. we need to be training a libyan army to replace the militias. i went in september of last year with marco rubio and john mccain and myself went to libya. we came back and said the biggest threat to libya making it is these militias. we need to help the libyans train a national army. they were willing to pay for it. in egypt we really led from behind. this idea of having a hands off policy toward syria is about to blochb the whole region up. the war is coming to israel. it's affecting turkey and other places. so i believe that if they don't lead from the front that syria and iran are going to coming toget

the ground in the mideast is shifting by the day.aking no chances, despite the cease-fire. the country is now testing a new iron dome-like missile defense system called david slang. it will stop midrange rockets. is it preparing for a new wave of turmoil? we turn to naval analyst with the institute for war. welcome back to the show. i want to jump right in. let me ask you about what is going on in egypt. today you think mohammad really is? when we left for thanksgiving break last week he had stepped in and helped settle this problem and brought about the cease-fire. even the israelis said maybe he is more moderate than we thought. all this and he makes this huge power grab in his own country saying that his rule is about law, basically. judy you think he is? >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. that is the million-dollar question. who is the and what to see what. it looks like he was committed to peace, committed to the process of at least normalization in the short term of relations between israel and gaza. this latest power g

boulton will join us live about the growing events in egypt and shaking transition to democracy and the mideastrocess as a whole. that's straight ahead. first, tens of thousands of children in the gaza strip now going back to school as the fragile cease-fire between hamas and israel appears to be holding, as families on both sides of the border pick up the pieces after week long strikes. connor powell is in jerusalem with the latest on that, connor? >> well, rick, three days now into the cease-fire, it appears to be holding and the threat of allout war between israel and hamas appears to be subsiding rapidly and there are signs that life is returning to normal here in the holy land for the first time in more than a week, children have gone back to school in both israel and in gaza. yesterday, children in southern israel returned for their school classroom work, and this comes ales stores and markets are beginning to reopen in southern israel as we speak. and across the border in gaza, palestinian children returning today to school the first time in more than a week as the cleanup there is begin

tomorrow. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> it's "the young turks," and we're coming up next with a clinton in the mideast as attacks from both sides continue diplomats converge on the reason. >> president obama has asked me to come to israel with a very clear message. >> what is that message? and will it work? plus we have republicans coming down hard on chris christie. >> i've got devastation on the shore. i've got floods in the northern part of my state. if you think right now that i give about presidential politics, then you don't know me. >> tonight we have how rupert murdoch made governor christie eat those words. plus cenk may be on vacation, but he's always working and he has a piece on money and politics. >> if we don't fundamentally change the way these elections are financed, you're going to keep getting candidates who are in favor of their funders, of course! >> that and an awesome elbow of the day. today is the birth of joseph r. biden. ladies and gentlemen, it's showtime. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> well, the calm in the middle east is non-existent. as a matter of fact, today was supposed to be a day o

. >>> a truce in the mideast beginning now. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm kristen sze. israeli and hamas leaders agreed to a cease-fire that starts at 11 a.m. sharp. >> reporter: right now is hour time, 9:30 p.m. in cairo where the agreement was reached about 90 minutes ago. we want to take you live to jerusalem to israel this is israeli president benjamin netanyahu. he has confirmed the truce this morning he's speaking live. he says he agreed after consulting with president obama. you see him wrapping up his remarks now. also we want to show you this video, secretary of state clinton in cairo. >> united states welcomes the agreement today for a cease-fire in gaza the rocket attacks must end a calm returns. the people of this region deserve the chance to live free from fear and violence, today's agreement is a step in the right direction that we should build on. >> reporter: just a few hours ago the violence was escalating. israel launched rapid fire airstrikes on gaza city after a small militant group set off a

. >>> we've learned overnight that president obama is sending secretary of state clinton to the mideast today to help mediate an end to the bloody conflict between israel and the palestinians. the u.s. navy is positioning three ships in the remote chance american citizens might need to be evacuate from israel. amid talk of cease-fire there's a steady stream of rocket fire. israel is ready to escalate operations if a deal cannot be reached. it has been amassing ground forces along the border for days, missiles killed 113 in gaza, almost half civilians. more than 700 rockets have landed in israel, three have been killed there. >>> in the bay area, in about 90 minutes the morning shift at the port will have to cross a picket line get to work. amy hollyfield is live at the port. this is going on at oakland airport. >> reporter: that's right this is scheduled to start at 6:00, the second phase of the strike. the first phase started last night. they've picketed at oakland international airport. this is the union that represents maintenance and janitorial workers who work at the port offices.

and whether he pursues what a lot of presidents pursue in its second term and that is mideast peace between israelis and palestinians i think is an open question based on conditions on the ground and what we're seeing now is part of that. is there a reasonable basis to begin those negotiations? is right now he's got perhaps an even more difficult job which is to make sure countries like egypt don't throw their weight behind hamas against israel, that egypt acts as a kind of restraining partner which is what it's typically done with militants in the area, and that's why the president's conversations with egypt are so important right now. >> and speaking of the middle east, the investigation into the early characterizations of the september 11 attack on the consulate in benghazi took a new turn this past week. as you know david petraeus, the former cia director, testifying that they were aware this was a terrorist attack from the get-go. did his testimony leave the white house any plausible deniability about how it characterized that attack? >> it may have because at the time of the attack in

tonight, the mideast on the brink. and this evening, deadly aim.rikes with its most lethal missile yet.

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developing now secretary of state hillary clinton is already on her way to the mideast deepening involvement. clinton will travel first to jerusalem to meet with benjamin netanyahu and then to ramallah to meet with palestinian leaders and finally to cairo, egypt. the president was up late last night talking to netanyahu and mohamed morrissey. this morning chuck asked ben rhodes whether clinton is going because talks are stuck or a diplomatic resolution is close at hand. >> she is going because we've been in discussions with these leaders and we want to carry those forward. and obviously the center of gravity for those discussions is in the region. i don't want to predict what the outcome of those discussions will be. we know how difficult the situation is, how charged the issue of gaza is. we've seen conflict there in the past. so this is a difficult challenge. but, again, it's worth the effort of leaders from the united states in the region and interfashionly. >> chuck joins us now from cambodia where he is traveling with the president. chuck, a lot of moving and fast moving parts here. wha

mideast, not quitting this one. third quarter, navy down ten. keenen reynolds pitches to gg green and gg is gone, gone. 59 yards. navy pulls within three, 31-21. light now it is 41-31 in the fourth quarter, late. >>> and martin, high school class of '84. a classy class of '98. alma motters, coaching. an kochtia up. look at turner. tied at 20 at the half. wilson puppi ingpulling away in second half. finds taylor over the middle. 74 yards. wilson wins 40-20. some h 26720 love coming up aftn absence of 21 years, wilson returns to the turkey bowl. >>> all right. the outlook for maryland basketball is about as bright at chuck bell the forecast. anyone following gary williams better have their stuff together, and if last night is any indication, mark turgeon is getting them back on track. opening up the college basketball season against john calipari, defending national champion kentucky wildcats. sluggish in the first half. second half, seth allen finds him. 23 points and terps up one. kentucky coming right back. maryland back on the attack. shhh --

the mideast back from the brink and this evening, the new a fragile truce. rockets fired right until the end. our corresnd

i will talk with msnbc's mideast diplomacy analyst renn us ross of the washington institute for mideast.m. we'll talk with diana buttu who has played a key role in palestinian negotiations. also former state department spokesman p.j. crowley. in this week's office politics a look at the best of the lighter moments with all of our guests. i began by asking mika brzezinski about a holiday dinner she'd like to forget. you brought up something this just popped to mind with your father being who he is in the carter administration, you being a democrat, you've got these two brothers, one of whom works for mitt romney. >> right. >> what in the world is thanksgiving dinner like around your table? >> we've had some bad ones. but we've had some -- >> can't talk about the iraq war. >> no, we can't talk about that. >> seriously. >> my mother hates it when i tell that story though. >> 2004, middle of the iraq war. >> it was just the boys weren't getting along. >> ian brzezinski, who worked for don rumsfeld, right under don rumsfeld. mark brzezinski, worked for bill clinton, and now is an ambassador

if the news coming out of the mideast gets any worse as we proceed through the day, i think you'll see investors taking money off the table as the situation develops. >> it goes on day after day. >> it does, except the situation now in the mideast is all of a sudden really elevated to the top between yesterday and what's happened today so far. i think investors are just waiting to see if we hold. >> i don't want to contradict you, but the analysis earlier on the network was with egypt and israel you're not going to interrupt the flow of oil, and therefore it isn't an oil event and therefore arguably not a market event. >> it may not be an oil event but i think it is clearly a global event that's going to cause investors to get nervous. what people get nervous, the first thing they want to do is feel safe. they want their money. >> kenny, we'll get back to you in a minute. >>> this one's going to cause a lot of outrage, i promise. the nation heading toward the edge of that fiscal cliff with sky-high deficits. while there's talk of cuts, cuts, cuts, a new report out today on waste in the

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. >>> mideast vie lens is threatening the cease-fire between israel and gaza. leaders want an investigation into the shooting death of a palestinian man by israeli soldier. so far hamas urged calm and not violated the agreement. >> it this is a very general vague agreement. it is, literally, a cease-fire. the two sides are going to stop shooting at each other. but the overall strategic situation has not changed. >> e guilty plans to hold -- egypt plans to hold more talks. >>> a third person has now died following a fire onen an offshore oil platform in the gulf of mexico. the man died today in louisiana shortly after his wife and children arrived from manila. three other men remain hospitalized. two men died in the explosion and fire a week ago. the body of one of the workers still has not been found. >>> 16 people were taken to the hospital today after natural gas explosion in springfield, massachusetts. the city officials say that the blast destroyed two buildings including a general's club. it blew out all of the windows. firefighters and gas company workers

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. >>> a truce in the mideast beginning now. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm kristen sze. israeli and hamas leaders agreed to a cease-fire that starts at 11 a.m. sharp. >> reporter: right now is hour time, 9:30 p.m. in cairo where the agreement was reached about 90 minutes ago. we want to take you live to jerusalem to israel this is israeli president benjamin netanyahu. he has confirmed the truce this morning he's speaking live. he says he agreed after consulting with president obama. you see him wrapping up his remarks now. also we want to show you this video, secretary of state clinton in cairo. >> united states welcomes the agreement today for a cease-fire in gaza the rocket attacks must end a calm returns. the people of this region deserve the chance to live free from fear and violence, today's agreement is a step in the right direction that we should build on. >> reporter: just a few hours ago the violence was escalating. israel launched rapid fire airstrikes on gaza city after a small militant group set off a

. >>> we have continuing coverage out of the mideast just a few hours ago a bomb exploded on israeli bus near the country's military head quarters. at least ten people were hurt. there are reports that they left a package on the bus at first and it exploded after he got off the bus. this comes as hillary clinton is shuttling back and forth. we are looking at new video of clinton immediating with palestinian president in the west bank. earlier clinton israeli prime minister and later today clinton will travel to cairo to meet billion egypt's president. as the united nations today the council will hold an open debate. the move comes after the united states blocked adoption of a unanimous press statement. it did not criticize the rocket attacks by hamas. >>> protesting nudist were both seen and heard in san francisco. they were trying to send a message to the board of supervisors after it decided to ban public nudity. >>> some people will enjoy their thanksgiving feast a day early thanks to a restaurant in sausalito. avatars restaurant expects to dish up 1300 meals to those in need. the

morsi who, of course, brokered the mideast cease-fire last week is now under protest to take steps to give himself more absolute powers to run the country. >>> back here at home, top republican lawmakers now say they'd be willing to break a no tax pledge to avoid the fiscal cliff. georgia senator saxby chambliss was among those on the sunday talk shows who said he'd be willing to reconsider raising taxes if democrats will cut spending. >> i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country only if the democrats agree to reform. >> the pledge signed 18 years ago is for that congress. the world has changed and the economic situation is different. >> now, congressional staffers met over the holiday weekend. and leaders intend to meet with the president this week. there are predictions it could be wrapped up before christmas. >> i like that optimism. >>> well, president obama is expected to announce this week a major reshuffling of his cabinet. u.n. ambassador susan rice will likely be the president's nominee to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. on top of

saying, quote, it's counterproductive to the goal of mideast peace. >> and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed, save that the prospects of a durable peace have only receded. >> rice added that the u.s. will continue to stand up against every effort that seeks to undermine israel's security. >>> the supreme court justices will meet today to consider taking up the issue of same-sex marriage. seven cases are before them, ranging from california's prop 8 ban, to the right of married same-sex couples to get federal marriage benefits, to the broad issue of whether the constitution protects gay people's right to marry. a decision could be announced this afternoon. >>> in other news this morning, there are reports of a settlement in a sex scandal that made international headlines. no details just yet on the agreement between former international monetary fund chief, dominick strauss-kahn, and the new york city hotel maid that accused him of sexual assault. prosecutors dropped charges against strauss-kahn. but the incident did end his

good morning, i'm lynn berry we begin with the crisis in the mideast. secretary of state hillary clinton is negotiating right at this moment in an attempt to work out a truce to stop the violence in israel and gaza. we go live to amin live on the phone from gaza. what is the morning there? >> reporter: we have been out and about today in gaza, surveying some of the damage overnight from the israeli air strikes. from one site we visited it was completely reduced to rubble. israel claimed this was a hamas terrorist hub. locals say it was a government building that provides basic services for the residents in that area. we had a chance to visit one of the u.n. schools where thousands of palestinians now are being internally displaced. many of these people are leaving their homes on the eastern part of gaza, going to the u.n. schools and taking up refuge. the u.n. is struggling to cope with the influx of people. it's a dire situation for the residents of the hamas strip. all of this on the back drop of more talks. hillary clinton will be flying to cairo whe

plus: push for peace in the mideast. with dozens dead and a week of fighting...nding diplomacy as civis spend another night in fear. and a right to bare everyth? san francisco considers bang public nudity. the supporters and possible exceptions. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginng at 4:30. ,,,, >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in d.c., decreasing clouds, 55 degrees. partly sunny in atlanta, 65. same deal in st. louis. sunshine in denver, 64 degrees. showers in seattle, 52. >>> a passenger was taken off the spirit airlines flight in handcuffs after allegedly making a threatening comment. police say the plane had just left the gate at laguardia airport on monday when the manmade the remark. the flight was delayed about an hour. the man has been charged with making a terroristic threat and falsely reporting an incident. >>> an independent panel wants to take the stigma out of getting tested for the aids virus. they say all americans from the ages of 15 to 64 should get tested at least once, not just people con

jenna: a fox news alert on new efforts to stop the deadly violence in the mideast. glad you are with us, everybody i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. israel gears up for a ground offensive to combat the deadly hamas rocket attacks it too prefers a diplomatic solution to end the dry sis. all this as the death toll rises to nearly one hundred. israel appears to be stepping up its bombing campaign, launching air strikes at key targets in gaza, one hitting the immediate quarters of the palestinian national security forces causing a huge explosion with thick, black smoke seen over gaza city this morning. but hamas not letting up, firing hundreds and hundreds of rockets into israel over the past few days. 75 just today alone. israel's iron dome an antimissile battery intercepting 20 of them. reports today that one did hit a school in southern israel. thankfully, though, it was empty at the time. leland vittert live on the israel-gaza border for us now. leland. >> reporter: jon, we were at that school, there was no kids there, because they don't have snow days here, they h