there is no other explanation. >> thank you for being with us, sharif abdel kouddous. the very, very careful. his latest piece is in "the nation" magazine. to clarify, the three journalists who were killed, two for cameramen t working forv, killed when their car was bombed by the israeli military, and a third was killed and another israeli missile attack. he was an employee for educational radio, a private station. israel also struck a building that houses the offices of the french news agency. when we come back, a debate on what is happening right now in gaza. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. ♪ [music break] ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. his efforts to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas continue, we host a debate. james colbert joins us, policy director for jinsa, the jewish institute for national security affairs. yousef munayyer is executive director of the jerusalem fund and its educational program, the pales

in afghanistan has improved you can only take into consideration places such as heroin to missouri sharif and kabul. in the provinces in the villages the situation hasn't changed. women are still victims of violence and rape. good morning i'm laura bush and i'm delivering this week's radio address to kick off a worldwide effort on the brutality against women and children. network and the regime supports. the taliban. soldiers. across much of the country and the people of afghanistan especially women are rejoicing afghan women are the bush administration latched on to the issue of the oppression of women now women were oppressed a long time and you never heard anybody talk about it but when the u.s. wanted to invade all the. military. and women are no longer imprisoned in their homes they can listen to music and teach their daughters without fear of punishment the fight against terrorism is. for the rights and dignity of women the media talking to the whole country we are going to liberate the women of afghanistan. can liberate their people. you certainly can't do it through the barrel of

prosecutors cleared three santa clara sheriff's deputies in the fatal shooting of a gunman. 49-year-old sharif, shot nine co-workers in the october of last year. three of the victims died. autopsy showed almond, eight times and fatal shot to his head. >> smash and grab robbers cleared a los gatos jewelry store in 15 minutes. and a customer and her newborn baby were inside the fine jewelers along with the owner as two armed mass men smashed cases with a sledgehammer. >> it was very scary. he he was waving the gun all over, pointing at us and making us lay down. >> investigators say the case is similar to other recent robbers around the bay area, including this one in san pablo. >>> happened in vallejo, neighbors are on edge following two more suspicious fires much ken prit muchette, talked with investigators who are working to figure out if arsonists is on the loose. >>> vallejo police is investigating not two. it appears it set outside the business. it burned in the wall in the business. there was a call for another fire. >>> while the damage may look light, mostly to the facade of the mortgag

since two units in a field in sharif it's more like torture than a scientific trial. the rifles design a medical kalashnikov once recalled that when he realized his first model was to be subjected to a severe test he looked away he couldn't bear to see it with his own eyes. testing a new variant of a kalashnikov goes through seven stages first the gun is placed into what's known as the dust chamber where the room is filled with sand. sure it does chambers filled with fine particles of silica sand the next stage will lead us to the sprinkler room it imitates a subtropical climate when u.s. commandos fourteen the hot and humid conditions often prompted them to improvise with captured kalashnikovs rather than their own sixteen rifles kalashnikovs were in such a climate. self-taught gunsmith mikhail kalashnikov came up with a prototype for his celebrated rifle at least age of twenty two he says about designing it after he was wounded in action during the second world war recognition of his achievement came five and a half years later in one nine hundred forty seven when h

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children with palestinian medical sources reporting that many of those they are in fact civilians the al-sharif a hospital which is the biggest hospital in gaza city also reports that at least half the people being brought there are civilians the hospital is overcrowded is running short of medical supplies and we are human reports particularly from the united nations that there is a mean humanitarian disaster in gaza we've also seen in studio instances where the i.d.f. has hit at least four media buildings in gaza able to care about journalists who work for both the arab and the waste and media who were also been the target of israeli gunfire so while on the one hand we are hearing things where the army says it has very specific targets we are seeing an increase in the number who are seeking instead of being hit in this country. watch at this point paul what's the sentiment in israel regarding the ongoing offensive and of course the probability of a ground operation. well the a raid sirens continue mostly in the south of the country the schools there have been shut down and we're talking about

investigators say sharif almond shot nine co-workers in october of last year. three of the victims ended up dying. deputies caught up with almond after he shot another two people while trying to get away. autopsy showed that almond was hit eight times by the deputies that the fatal shot to his head was actually selfinflicted. >>> six senators from the west coast want the justice department to investigate the role oil refineries play in recent gas price spikes. gas price spikes had a lot of consumers worried. analysts blame it on a variety of problems. the reports shows inconsistencies between the time the refineries were working. they said misleading reports could create a gasoline shortage. lawmakers include senators feinstein and barbara boxer of california. >>> president obama employed a little, in the results of the fiscal cliff. the president surrounded himself with people who he said were middle class americans. if congress does nothing, a series of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes will take in effect in january. the president want to raise income ta

police and search dogs combed through the woods hotly meadows park in search of 64-year-old mohammed sharif yasdani. he suffers from dementia. he was last seen near his home. he is about 5'6" tall and was wearing a gray sweat suit when he disappeared. if you know anything about his whereabouts, call police immediately. >>> when a baby is crying, most parents will do just about anything, and i mean anything, to calm that baby down. but how clean is a pacifier really? new research from oklahoma state university finds that used pacifiers, even those that look clean have loads of bacteria. scientists took a closer look at pacifie pacifiers. they found all kinds bacteria including mold and staph. >> a potential reservoir for germs that will make you sick. may look solid in your hand but when you look at it under the scanning electron microscope, it looks like a sponge. >> now, this was a relatively small study and there's no research tying dirty pacifiers to actual sickness. doctors say it's a good idea to replace pacifiers at least once a month. >> good advice. 11:39, the time. still ahead on n

this is related to the workplace shooting at the lehigh cement plant in cupertino that is where sharif alman opened fire through or killed and nine were hit. the police found in the next day hiding behind a car in a sunnyvale neighborhood. according to police deputies opened fire when he made a threatening gesture with his gun. autopsy reports showed although police hit him eight times he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. >> a san jose man is under arrest and southern california charged with posing as a photographer in an attempt to lure teen girls into taking it inappropriate pictures. fullerton police took the 42 year-old man into custody after paris of the girls called police. they say he approached the girl's last week pertaining to be a photographer the one to take their photographs. police say he got the numbers into dozens of texas is about taking suggestive pictures and it gave the girls alcohol and met up with the girls while their parents were not at home. >> the man accused of killing a vallejo police officer last year has been ordered to stand trial. 39 ye