just to bring you up to date on a story again we're hearing from the reuters news agency just repeat what i mentioned a second ago. in israel has been agreed according to a palestinian official with knowledge of talks talking to reuters we will get more we want to confirm for you before we go any further course on the line now to talk about the military aspect of the conflict between gaza and israel. colonel it's currently an advisor of national security on the line with us thank you very much for taking the time to be on our international we know potentially on the brink of a ground invasion. this cease fire i just talked about notwithstanding of course we're trying to get more information on the you served in the israeli army for twenty eight years do you believe an invasion though would solve the issue of rocket fire so the airstrikes have been able to do so far. i think the ground operation by itself is not. it's not the main goal the main goal is to make sure that no further missiles and rockets. fired from gaza into israel now if ground invasion will be the only way to solve it

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as he just mentioned to us hamas on the record to reuters news agency, leland pointing out we have yeto hear from the israeli officials on the record about this cease-fire. we'll keep an eye on this fast-moving news. thank you. throughout the next several hours and continue to watch it. jon. jon: election reflection. exactly three we can to the day after voters gave president obama a second term and governor romney crediting the president's win to, quote, extraordinary financial gifts from government. he says the president gave plenty of such gifts to his base coalition groups. but louisiana governor bobby jindal seems to become away from those comments. take a a listen. >> we as a republican party have to campaign for every single vote. if we want people to like us we have to like them first. jon: joining us now the former chair of the republican party in virginia. and the president and founder of ndn a think tank in washington, he is also a former campaign adviser to president clinton. first of all what do you think about governor romney's assertion that essentially president obama b

here paula as you've been speaking there as well got some more comments of just looking at the reuters news agency then. told president obama quote ready to give the cease fire a chance that came from the israeli prime minister's office also the white president obama told that the u.s. would use the cease fire to help israel address its security needs especially smuggling of weapons a lot to be talked about more details to be coming out in the next hour. ceasefire supposed to take place in about fifty five minutes from now for sure just a bit later thank you. more hundred fifty palestinians were killed in gaza so far and a quarter of them have been children journalist harry fear is in the heart of the conflict for us. and in the last twenty four hours resembles increasingly operation chaos that the reports of white phosphorus at the stroy of the bridge that connects middle north gaza with the south of gaza the isolation of the south of gaza israel has intensified the pounding of gaza particularly the targeting of governmental and police buildings and harness the biggest police station that was tot

line on our top stories and developing news for you it's from the reuters news agency we just heard in the last minute or two that gaza truce is set to be declared at nineteen g.m.t. and go into effect twenty two g.m.t. that's according to a hamas official it's being reported by reuters so maybe some big developments there will be fully across it of course gaza truce to clear that nineteen g.m.t. set to go into effect at twenty two g.m.t. we'll be across that as it happens if of course it happens it's been reported by reuters tonight. still ahead to afghanistan's president karzai calls the united states to ordering officials to take over the american run prison of two months after control of the facility was due to have passed into afghanistan is that in a few minutes. the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than just a scenic image it is a way of life for sun traditionally the nets people are nomadic reindeer herders and though in many ways they lead a simple and rustic life they are also highly skilled and organized in their tree. another week

true so again just a lot of conflicting reports here paula we also got a large enough with reuters news agency saying egyptian officials are saying the gaza truce talks are continuing as you've been listening to they say they're still hopeful for a deal on choosing neither the latest in from reuters i guess this this information conflict something to be expected briefly year. it certainly has to be expected i mean the situation here is so fluid almost by the minute it changes you have the same problem in terms of when we hear about israeli airstrikes or rockets landing into southern israel it's so hard to verify that information and within minutes of it supposedly happening you already see all this kind of information being distributed both online and in the mainstream media so we'll just have to wait and see what the coming hours bring but certainly the mood is that something is on the go and i think perhaps it's just a question of whether the truce is announced now or later but i would imagine that right now the situation is far from any kind of israeli ground offensive so he decided to be h

all i can add to what ayman said is reuters, the reuters news agency, the palestinian reporter for reuters said he spoke to a palestinian relative of the dead man at the scene at the time. and he said the dead man approached the fence, tried to put a hamas flag on the fence, was warned. the israeli fired warning shots into the air three times and then shot the man in the head. so i think it's pretty claer that we need to wait and see what really happened. the palestinian relative of the dead man who says he was at the scene at the time seems a convincing witness. we'll have to wait and see whether or not this is considered in the end to be a violation of the ceasefire or not because, of course, the ceasefire is all about missiles and airplanes and rockets. there are incidents along the fence all the time. to put this one incident in the framework of breaking the ceasefire is giving more importance 0 than it really has, bad as it is to kill a guy in the head for putting a flag on the fence, if that's what happened. >> okay, martin fletcher, thank you very much for that very straightforward

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reuters news agency president mohammed morsi will try to explain reasons for giving himself nearly absolutebrotherhood argued he needed to do it to speed along the transition to a new government. the move has sparked new rallies which have turned violent at times. [chanting] >> shepard: meantime judges on egypt's highest court who lost their power under this decree today went on strike and say they will not return to work until the president gives up the sweeping powers that he somehow granted himself. palestinian leaders predict they are going to score historic win tomorrow when the united nations votes on whether to recognize a palestinian state. analysts expect the vote to pass and by a big majority it would grant palestine only limited understood -- statehood. against the effort it could give palestinians new leverage against israel. mahmoud abbas has said he will not negotiate with israel as long as it keeps expanding settlements in the west bank. and the israeli prime minister has refused to freeze that construction. "the fox report's" correspondent jonathan hunt is at the united nati

agency. jon, you have more breaking news now? jon: that's right, jenna. according to the reuters news agency and several local reports former u.s. president george h.w. bush is in methodist hospital in houston right now. in fact, ktrk television in houston is reporting that he has actually been there for six days to be treated for bronchitis. we're told the bronchitis has been handled but he has a lingering cough. george h.w. bush was born june 1924. if i am doing my math correctly it means he is 88 years old now. there of course his wife, former first lady bash a bush. he is always very vigorous. remember him parachuting i believe it was his 80th birthday. he was the youngest aviator in the u.s. navy back during world war ii. george h.w. bush, being treated for bronchitis at a houston hospital now. we certainly wish him a speedy recovery. jenna: more on all that breaking news as we get it. in the meantime some new information on, well, an out of this world discovery. rick is live in our new york city newsroom discovery. >> reporter: out of that world is a little bit of an unders

and now the reuters news agency is reporting that eric holder just told a law school audience he does not know whether he will stay for president obama's second term. of course this is typically the time when there is turnover among the cabinet. in between, in between terms of the president, often cabinet members will give their notice. eric holder has just put in a fairly large, fairly significant indication that he might not be back of course. the man at the center of the "fast and furious" gun-walking scandal. also involved in the decision to try khalid shaikh mohammed and others in new york city. a decision that was ultimately rescinded. he said he might not stay for a second obama term. >>> right now new claims for jobless benefits are falling. the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits last week dropping to 355,000. but the labor department warns the figures were disthe to the by superstorm sandy. so how are businesses deal with this sluggish economy? let's find out in our weekly series of spot light of small business. he is ceo of one of the new york city's area larg

it came from the news agency righters and their did not include the image of the man standing. we asked reuter's about it today. they say they don't know the source of the image of the man standing or when that image was shot. they also said they never saw or shot any similar image. the bottom line is we can't independently verify when that image of the man standing was taken before or after the other image was taken of the man being dragged away. we will not be using either image again. this is not only a traditional military conflict and one being waged in the media and our only goal in all of this is to report the truth, the facts on all fronts and it's why we've sent so many producers and reporters into the field. let us know what you think. follow me, i'll be tweeting tonight. what is it like on the ground for the people living there and what with the stakes are for the entire region if israel sends ground forces into gaza, next. >>> in gaza tonight, the mood is very tense. israeli is poised to begin a ground attack if they get the go-ahead. israel has been pounding gaza with missile strike