news. >> israel and palestinian voters it has been a priity for the administration. push for a freeze on building jewish homes in east jerusalem put a strain on u.s./it real nations the shift in power will have a positive impact on the peace talks. >> i am upon very optimistic the number of congressmen who supportoday much bigr than it was and i think president obama receid a clear message from the american people. take his hands off jerusalem and from the israeli people. >> palestinian spokesman stase is clearmericans want peace talks. netanyu is visit u.s. next week much weeks after t tsunami in ind needia the rescu groups can't reach the small a islands. 2 "operation blessing" teams made it in and providing aid. we have more from inldniesia. >> poor wther conditions a lack of map power and transportation are hindering relief operations not eugh boats or ships available to bring the goods to tsunami victims they are not capable to go throughout stormy weather the government and ngo's loading the navy ship to bring the needed help to the victim to the islands that h

news. >> israel has made public plans to build more than 100,000 housing units in east jerusalem. the plans for new apartments were made public during a visit by the prime minister to the u.s. the dispute over settlements building has scuttled an effort to relaunch the peace talks between israel and palestinians. 10,000 fled across the border from burma to escape clashes between soldiers and ethnic rebels following the elections on sunday. boats are still being counted, -- votes are still being counted. the poll was bought -- was boycotted by the main opposition group. there were reports of irregularities. pakistan's scientist has reappeared in london. he received threats after he won the national. the cricket board will open an inquiry into the matter. the archbishop of canterbury has confirmed that five anglican bishops are to lead the church of england and convert to catholicism. they will join part of the roman catholic church set up by the vatican for disaffected anglicans. the men, who were jr. retired bishops, are opposed to the plans to ordained female bishops. >> pope bene

are the new israel, comparing the u.s. military to special forces for god. i spoke to a man that drove a bradley fighting vehicle, that's a fast-moving tank. it was with a special forces unit calling itself the faith element. they had the translator paint jesus killed mohamed in big red letters. and every family or person that took a shot at them and people who were not insurgents, you can imagine, did. it's a tank, it wasn't going to get hurt. he turned the big guns and blew up their house, destroyed almost a whole block. i asked him, how did you do it? he misunderstood the question. he thought, how could i do it too maybe? the i don't know. he said, i was spiritually armored, i couldn't get hurt because the pastor had given me a special screening of mel gibson's "passion of the christ." he's been promoted. i should say they are kind of distinct movements, a kind of hard-edged fundamentalism. c street represents a much softer cell, and even the story i tell in uganda, the americans are quite embarrassed by what's going on

. >>> and buddhist chaplains at beth israel medical center in new york, dealing with the pain. >> everything else is going on, but can you come back to the breath and slow it down a little? >> plus, the s lauislamic holid eid al-adha, and the tradition of sacrifice. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. humanitarian concerns on many fronts this week. in haiti, aid groups are still working to contain a massive outbreak of cholera that has now reached the country's capital, port au prince. relief workers warned that the disease could spread rapidly among inhabitants of the capitol's tent cities where about 1.5 million people still live following last january's earthquake. more than 700 people have died and more than 11,000 have become ill. >>> meanwhile, aid groups in pakistan say relief funds are running out for victims of this summer's floods. the united nations has already collected more than $700 million, but says about twice as much is needed. more than 7 million people remain homeless. >>> and in indonesia, the death toll continued to rise from illnesses caused b

you can see video of the top chaplain in afghanistan chatting to his troops, we are the new israel, we are than israel comparing the u.s. solitary put terry to special forces. i spoke to a man who drove a bradley fighting vehicle is a fast-moving tank with a special forces unit calling himself a faith element. they had the translator paint jesus killed mohammad in big arabic letters on the side and they drew with her somalia. every family, every person that took a shot at them and people who were not insurgents you can imagine did the tank wasn't going to get hurt. he turned the big guns and blew up their house and destroyed almost a whole book. i asked him, how did you do it? he misunderstood the question. he thought, would i do it too? he said i was spiritually armored. i could be hurt because my chaplain gave me a screening of mel gibson's passion of christ. he has been promoted. in fact you asked about the connection between c street and i said they are a movement, kind of hard-edged fundamentalism. c street represents a much softer sell and even the story i tell in uganda, the ame

today a debate and a new book called the case for israel it's by alan dershowitz who is one of the nation's foremost appellate lawyers felix frankfurter professor of law at harvard law school and why don't we start with you laying out the thesis of your latest book the case for israel well i want to write a progressive liberal case for the two state solution which i think that most israelis favor and have favored for a long time i argue in the book that no country in history faced with comparable threats both external and internal has ever tried so hard to comply with the rule of law i compare israel favorably to the united states in this regard norman finkelstein your response i was asked to comment in the sky whose new book i went home purchased one copy in fact i purchased two copies i read the book very carefully i did with what someone serious does. with the book. i read the text i went through the footnotes and went through it very carefully there's only one conclusion one can reach having read the book and this is a scholarly judgment it's not an ad hominum attack mr dershowitz has c

whether this is an additional three billion dollars of new fighter planes they're also getting something that the u.s. has given all the time to israel anyway which is complete protection in the united nations that means vetoing any effort by the palestinians to get the security council to to to recognize a new palestinian state it means protecting israel from being held accountable for war crimes that may have been committed in the gaza war including preventing the goldstone report from being brought forward and with israeli accountability sent to the international criminal court it means continuing what the u.s. has done in the past of making sure that in the international atomic energy agency that israel is never even requested to join the nonproliferation treaty and make public its well known but officially secret. nuclear arsenal all of these things are things that the u.s. has provided to israel anyway so what they're adding to it now is saying that after this three month partial slowdown of settlement construction because it will not apply in east jerusalem which is crucial that's where there's a big settlement expansion campa

news denying religious freedom. u.s. state departme releases world's worst offenders. >> and sudan, a civil war, and the christians caught in the middle. >> why the united nations is denyi israel's biblical heritage. >> welcome to christian worl news i am mark martin. >> and i am wendy griffith, george omas is on aassignment. >> america is shing a harsh light on regimes that persecute religious leaders. they have been abusg christians for years. paul strand has more from washington. >> some of the worst actor where those countries where your religion can get you killed, tortured or put in prison. state department disgusts them as they release the international report on internationafreedom. >> religious freedom is a fundamental right and essential to any society. >> many christians are jailed and a number of christian have died due to torture. >> very rsh conditions. >> in nearby somalia, the terrorist group alshabo in iraq, terroriss have been killing members of minority faiths, especially christians. clinton blasted government and private provaiers of persecutn. >> an authorarian regime. extremist groups that exploit sectarian teions. >> nations named as countri of particular

new schools. even since israel announced it was easing its blockade, the u.n. says it is still not being allowed to bring in the construction material it needs. >> there comes a point when you have to say, it is not working. we are at that point now. it is not working. there's no material change for the people in gaza. the so-called easing is nothing more than an easing of the political pressure. >> in the markets of gaza city, you can see there have been some differences. one of the things that has changed in the last few months is the sheer number of israeli products in the markets and shops. you can see hebrew writing. while the number of imports from israel has greatly increased, virtually all exports from gaza are still forbidden. that has crippled many businesses in gaza. this used to be one of the busiest factories. they make biscuits. before the blockade, the export of 60% of them. now with the market saturated with the israeli products, they have shut down virtually all production. >> i feel very sad. this is not as my feeling. this is the feeling of 3

news. > >> [ inaudible ] israel may agree to halt construction for peace talk with palestinians. u.s.s said to offer incentive of 20 stealth jet fighters capable of reaching iran. iran's foreign minister says talks are continuing about resumption in negotiations over his country's nuclear program. the west is pushing tehran to open all the nuclear facilities to inspection and give up uranium enrichment. still ahead, why are you picking up the bill for all the foreclosures? and next, he wants the election to be about economics. and not healthcare. mitt romney, the next focus of our 20 in 2012 -- 12 in 2012 series. in today's business world? our professors know. because they've been there. and they work closely with business leaders to develop curriculum to meet the needs of top businesses. which means when our graduates walk in the room, they're not only prepared... they're prepared to lead. devry university's keller graduate school of management. learn how to grow the business of you at keller.edu. ♪ i was young and i was stupid ♪ i had just turned 17 ♪ a harmonica and a box guitar ♪

when it was israel is putting conditions, and once they are fulfilled their putting new positions whichshows that basically there is no one here, i'm totally convinced, israel has no real intention to put an end to this dispute, put an end to the occupation. no sincere intention. never had it, by the way, never had it, not before and not after. never had a. i think i say, everything is more simple than we presented. you know, one day when all this will be over, maybe it will, we'll all ask ourselves, what was it all about? about real estate. about some really stupid thing, because the solution is, the basis of the solution is much simpler than people want to present it. an american president should call the israeli prime minister, do a very dramatic way, and would say within happier, or one year, israel is not the west bank and gaza is free. yes, yes. no, no. so the sanctions will be, i think, it's very easy because any step of the united states now in israel is really on its knees. the dependence is total, total, total. i mean, i don't see it happeni happening. by the way, that's an ex

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let's take a look at some other stories dominating world news this hour israel has decided to withdraw its troops from the northern part of a village on the border with lebanon but guards our village was split into two by the u.n. blue line local people say they want their homeland to be undivided as many families live on different sides of the border details of the pulled out will be finalized with u.n. peacekeepers over the next few weeks. germany has stepped up security at airports and train stations across the country after receiving intelligence of a possible terror plot minister of said the interior minister said he received details about an attack planned for the end of this month it comes after german security forces intercepted a mail bomb sent from yemen last month. heavy rain across the southwest coast of england have caused flooding and landslides it happened in the county of cornwall with some people trapped in their cars and houses train services in and out of the region are suspended after a month's live block the line and major roads are closed. now the russians may not

end of the three months nobody knows israel will stall the process even if it starts at the end of the three months they will have another route another round of a new blackmailing long list of things that they will demand israel with the negotiating terms with the americans concerning the coming back to the peace process is establishing for a fact that this is a country above the accountability and this is a country where the international law is not subjected to i think it is very high time for other countries to step in the united nations especially the other members of the quartet like russia and the european union russia and the libyan union have an equal stake in this peace process and i don't think they should accept to continue or say to be continued sleep sidelined by the way the americans are dealing with there is no way this. talk to their palestinian economics minister talking to. lebanon's prime minister's praise russia's important role in mediating peace talks in the middle east and promoting stability saad hariri is on a two day official visit to moscow here and caught up with him ahead of his trip you can watch the full interview in

israel. this may be the new way to take out iran's nuclear facilities. >>> arepublicans are pushing fo tax cutsd won't sign for new unemployment benefits. >>> president obama is meeting with leaders in portugal to map out the way forward. he previously set july 11 as the start of the draw down, but today, vice president biden called 2014 the drop dead day. let's start with democrats unhappy with president obama. is he become ago lightning rod for his own party? senator sharon brown is a democrat from ohio. thank you for joining us, sir. >> good. good to be with you. >> i want to show you some of the reportage from politico about that caucus that you attended last night. they report nelson told colleagues, oba obama-on-unpopularity has become a serious liability for democrats in his state and blamed the president for creating a toxic political environment for democrats nationwide according to two democrats familiar with his remarks. is that an accurate report? can you paint the picture of what went on behind closed doors? >> well, i don't want to talk about a meeting that was held in private tha

ocooer feoel cort eeit t totr r >>> in news of the world tonight: in israel a protest outside benjamin netanyahu's officer in jerusalem. thest has been pushing israel to impose a new building moratorium to draw them back to though negotiating table. in response netanyahu says he will talk to the cabinet only after the u.s. lay os it details in writing. >>> an active volcano sent people running. forced scores of villagers to evacuate their homes. many people have no returned home. this was the sixth ash explosion in recent weeks. officials say there is no danger of an imminent eruption. >>> in china a man stuck inside a pipe for 80 hours is finally free. it happened at a construction platform. the man was stuck almost 60 feet below the ocean. he was working at the bottom of the pipe when the tidal pressure crushed the pipe trapped him inside. it was 3 feet in diameter. he was not seriously injured. >>> tension is again rising over north korea's nuclear program. stanford professor sigfid is concerned about reports there. >> reporter: toured the complex earlier this month. in a report onl

state department says it is, quote, deeply disappointed by israel's plan to build more than 1,300 newomes in disputed east jerusalem. the announcement comes as israel prime minister netanyahu discusses restarting peace talks. >>> after a brutal home invasion, mr. pettit feels a sense of justice after a jury sentenced his family's murderer to death yesterday. after four days of deliberations, steven hayes was given the death penalty for raping and strangling pettit's wife and helping to burn his two daughters alive back in 2007. >>> an assistant attorney general in michigan is out of a job, fired after targeting an openly game student assembly president at the university of michigan and then lying about his actions to investigators. andrew shervall, who could face charges, wrote on his blog that the student leader was a, quote, racist and liar who promoted a radical homosexual agenda. >>> and a massive fireball lit up the sky in poland after two freight trains carrying tanks of oil collided yesterday. two train conductors were hurt in the explosion, but officials say their injuries are

news. >> no peace between arabs and israel. but first, thousands of people have been rescued. heavy downpours in the south of thailand follow weeks of rain in the north, and more than 100 died there, and damage was widespread. >> just a week after there were massive debts in thailand, they were hit by a heavy rainstorm. -- there were massive deaths in thailand. as a precaution, some electricity supplies have been cut off. the mayor says the water level had reached 1.5 meters in low- line areas, and 100,000 people had been affected. residents have been stranded in their homes, and we always services were suspended in some areas. -- and railway services were suspended in some areas. unseasonably heavy monsoon rains brought chaos to large swaths of thailand, and more than 100 people died there, and millions were infected. more rain was forecast for the south of the country, with the emergency services warning of a flash floods and advising people to stock up on emergency supplies. bbc news, bangkok. >> the votes have now been counted in tanzania, where an albino has been elected

israel. this just may be the new way to take out iran's nuclear facilities. and let me get this straight. republicans won't extend unemployment benefits for people struggling to find work, but they're pushing for tax cuts for the rich. can democrats call them out? >>> also, when will our troops leave afghanistan? president obama is meeting with nato leaders in portugal to map out the way forward. he previously set july 2011 as the start of the drawdown, but today, vice president biden called 2014 the drop dead date. >>> and let me finish tonight with some thoughts about my week filling in for chris. >>> let's start with democrats unhappy with president obama. is it becoming a lightning rod for his own party? senator sherrod brown is a democrat from ohio. thank you for joining us, sir. >> okay, good to be with you. >> i want to show you some of the reportage from politico today about what went on that caucus meeting that you attended last night and florida senator ben nelson's frustration at the president they reported, nelson told colleagues, obama's unpopularity has become a serious liab

new military cooperation. they've just agreed to sell israel the new, most advanced stealth fighter plane. there's been a number of other military developments. israel is being the -- the united states is fully funding one of the anti-missile systems. there's a lot of cooperation going on that you don't read about in "the new york times." it's not sexy, you know? each of the 50 states have relationships with israel. something like 22 have their own agreements on a state-to-state basis. states like california do something on the order of a billion dollars worth of trade with israel every year. you have relationships between most of the universities in the united states and universities in israel. you have exchanges of police going to israel, of various security officials. you have all kinds of things going on between the united states and israel that just don't get the publicity which are really the true indicators of the strength of the relationship. and president obama, as i said, i think that he pursued an approach in the middle east in the first year which, by his own standards, was coun

we never asked egypt to recognize israel as a jewish state even though we made peace with egypt same for jordan well well we all go see a sort of a sudden this new then london why does israel need this recalled nation who are the palestinians to decide about the nature of israel it's all about putting one obstacle after the other one excuse after the other just to postpone just to put them to the corner and just to do everything possible to prevent any kind of settlement ok professor diversion not a precondition it is not a precondition the the israelis say don't recognize israel as a state of the jewish people come in negotiate no preconditions why don't the palestinian simply come to the table sit down and negotiate they will get a very good deal if they come to the table when he or she will were coming to what is he doing what deal can the palestinians get now when there are half a million there are a million israelis as i said i had gideon go ahead. i thought you asked me that question no no i'm asking you it's it's very you have a ledger. what's kind of the can they get if the israeli prime minister is not even ready to freeze the settlemen

in russia trade came to story to initiatives saying one on in israel security a new legal framework or in the security being discussed right now in various international organisations second one on maritime. security with the oil spills. following the oil spills in the gulf of mexico and others in the world we will assist on the continuation of work and. also in defining the timing for this year me making koreans a serious china has recently come up with a call for all the countries to align their economic policies to what extent do you think it's possible well we all know that leaders tend to follow mostly in the snow or more domestic policy interests and domestic political station sometimes prevail over international collaboration adjourned should find the right balance i think it's fairly strict. still domestic issues feel prevail but more and more we'll see. a coordinated approach. in. less surprises and more stability and. its long term agenda what is in your view be what are the prospects of a suggestion backed by russia and china to. get rid of the dollar as. a reserve currency

to say that one day they will live in israel with peace or even recognize the jewish nation's right to its own home for us to give our economy what he says about new america post a letter in this very heart of this proposal is to protect israel against any international resolution here so what is the point what is the point of setting this up with the united nations if you can just buy yourself a lot either. well i don't think that israel's buying itself a lobby i think that many people in the united states realize that the way israel goes is the way the united states in the west goes and it's made very clear by the palestinians in the bible most of the muslim world that they see that you know israel is the little satan but the the united states in the rest of the world is the great satan and i think everybody sees that very very clearly the protecting israel is also protecting western interests israel is a democracy is an island of free speech and and freedoms in the middle east where you don't have that anywhere else so it's not really just about israel or it's or it's buying any weaponry it's you know it's very clear here that the world is real