what the inside of an iron dome command center looks like, he told us more fire was directed at southern israelduring the eight-day battle in november than during all of israel's previous wars. people have called the development of the iron dome a game changer. does that mean anything? >> ya'ari: it does, definitely. you know, people go to work. harbors are working. cars are moving, trains are moving. nothing stops. and still, you have circumstances where, in the past, you would consider as full war. >> simon: israel was ready for full war. 75,000 soldiers and hundreds of armored vehicles were called up ready for an invasion of gaza. it didn't happen. is it because of iron dome that the army didn't have to invade gaza? >> ya'ari: by all means. without iron dome, we'll... we were inside gaza, you know, after two days. >> simon: and the casualties on both sides would have been higher? >> ya'ari: yeah. >> simon: while iron dome worked well against hamas's rockets, no one knows how it would do in the north against hezbollah's larger, more sophisticated arsenal. and there's expense-- each iron dome

. >>> a rocket fired from gaza has exploded in southern israel. he first attack since november, when the israeli military agreed to a cease-fire with the islamic fundamentalist group hamas. police in israel say no one was hurt. they suspect the palestinian militant group other than hamas may be responsible. the israeli military did not retaliate. tensions are rising in gaza and the west bank. the death of a palestinian inmate over the weekend sent palestinians into the streets in protest. the inmate died in an israeli prison. he was allegedly tortured. >>> north korean leader kim jong un has conducted a military inspection to check if troops are ready for battle. the country's state-run media reported on tuesday that kim monitored an artillery exercise. he reportedly said he was convinced officers are ready for his orders on maximum alert. kim is accompanied by senior military officials believed to have directed the 2010 shelling of a south korean island. that's the south korean island of yeonpyeong. four people were killed in the attack. kim refer

israeli police say a rocket has been fireed from the gaza strip into southern israel causing damage torode but no injuries. it's the first since tensions peaked in november. president assad says they are prepared to hold talks with armed rebels. saudi arabia financed a huge purchase of weapons from croatia to break the bloody stalemate. the wife of a new york city police officer charged with wanting to kill and eat women described how she discovered her husband's plans including her intention to slit her throat when she looked through his laptop. dr. koop served during the business and reagan administrations has died. >>> michelle obama beared her bare arms. an iranian news agency decided to photo shop a new outfit on the first lady with sleeves. >>> a new study finds a mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, fruits, nuts, can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. turning now to business, stocks dropped on news of turmoil in italy. the dow closed at 13, 784. the s&p shot down 27 and the nasdaq sank 45. overseas markets followed. nikkei plum meted 263 points and the hang sang tumbled

gaza militants fire add rocket into southern israel.oads were damaged but luck ill will he no one was hurt. if at first you don't succeed try again. in a few hours democratic controlled senate will once again hold a vote on defense secretary nominee chuck hagel. he failed to meet the 60 vote threshold earlier this month amid widespread concerns about his record. it was the first time the sen that the successfully filibustered a tab net nominee. a final vote will be held tomorrow if hagel reaches 60 votes. >> scientists think life could survive on mars even today. new research finds microbes can survive in extremely cold and dry places like mars. there is more and more evidence from the curiosity rover that water may flow in certain parts of mars in warmer months. they think it comes up under ground and flows down slopes and disappears again during winter months. that is your 5@5:00. >> it is a 1-2 punch for the midwest and the central plains now digging out from another massive winter storm. >> can't catch a break. ainsley earhardt join

. >>> a fragile truce in jeopardy after a rocket was fired into southern israel.o one was hurt but the attack puts a three-month ceasefire on thin ice. militants say they fired the rocket in retaliation for what they call the torturous death of a palestinian prisoner who died in israeli custody over the weekend. israel said an exact cause of death could not be determined and says the bruising and broken ribs of the prisoner may have been caused by resus nation efforts not torture. >>> it terrifying video of a hot air balloon crash in egypt which killed tourists. the balloon caught fire today over the valley of the kings near luxor, a popular tourist destination. the entire carriage and its passengers were engulfed in flames, some jumped to their death trying to escape as the balloon came crashing down from 1,000 feet. the tourists killed were from hong kong and europe, the exact cause is still unknown. first google ceo, now an infamous basketball superstar. north korea gets a special visitor. a basketball camp with members of the harlem globetrotters. north korea'

damage is confined to a road in southern israel. there are no reports of any injuries. om the palestinian territory to land in israel since the israeli gaza fighting last november. >>> the vatican is now answering a couple of lingering questions about this week's retirement of pope benedict xvi. there are issues that haven't been dealt with in 6 centuries since the last time a pope retired. benedict xvi will be known as emeritus pope and will continue to wear white. as for the upcoming conclave to choose his replacement, los angeles cardinal roger mahony plans to attend and that's despite allegations he covered up pedophile priests. a former san francisco archbishop stands by mahoney. >> i believe he should be at the conclave and i look forward to seeing him there. >> more than 100 cardinals will gather at the vatican starting thursday. >>> the market trying to bounce back today. what sparked the biggest sell- off on wall street in months. >> and the bombshell at yahoo. the popular perk employees have to give up or quit. i have never encountered such a burning sensation.

tracked down two of them, abu hani still in gaza and goran living with his wife in a kabutz in southern israel. >> it was fun. most of the day we spent on the beach in the hut. >> we had the expectation that it would continue like this. we thought if peace works for us, that this is like the microcosm. >> warner: but then came the 2005 israeli pullout from gaza and rocket attacks from gaza into israel. >> when i came, i was a leftist. today i'm right wing, real right wing. >> warner: we found 62-year-old abu mani near his fishing hut. >> we used to be together, and earn money together. we were good to each other. but those wars, israel has always wanted war. >> warner: dow stay in touch with them. >> never. it's finished. they say are you in gaza and no one can come in any more. >> warner: business is-- business as much worse now he says since the israeli navy keeps palestinian boats from reaching the better fishing waters farther out. >> warner: how do you feel about israelis, do you blame all israelis. >> no, there are some who are decent and some who are bad. the government is bad. >> warne

tracked down two of them abu hani still in gaza and goran living with his wife in a kabutz in southern israel. >> it was fun. most of the day we spent on the beach in the hut. >> we had the expectation that it would continue like this. we thought if peace works for us, that this is like the microcosm. >> warner: but then came the 2005 israeli pullout from gaza and rocket attacks from gaza into israel. >> when i came i was a leftist. today i'm right wing real right wing. >> warner: we found 62-year-old abu mani near his fishing hut. >> we used to be together and earn money together. we were good to each other. but those wars israel has always wanted war. >> warner: dow stay in touch with them. >> never. it's finished. they say are you in gaza and no one can come in any more. >> warner: business is-- business as much worse now he says since the israeli navy keeps palestinian boats from reaching the better fishing waters farther out. >> warner: how do you feel about israelis do you blame all israelis. >> no, there are some who are decent and some who are bad. the government is bad. >> warner: so

the middle east, a shaky truce being tested this morning after a rocket fired from gaza struck southern israel overnight. now this is the first such attack since a truce in november ended a week of cross border mighting. it follows days of clashes over the death of a palestinian man inside an israeli prison. the rocket did cause some damage but so far, no casualties have been reported. >> lots going on this morning. markets around the world are reacting to the outcome of the italian parliamentary elections on monday. for the first time ever, that country elected a hung parliament which will make it difficult if not impossible to pass further austerity measures which are needed to save the euro zone's third largest economy if further recession. >> and helped the biggest one day drop in the dow this year. >> is today there anything that can fend off the price cuts? john mccain and lindsey gram have been called over for meetings about immigration. the spending showdown will likely come up. graham is telling reporters it is time for both sides to grow up. and on the situation in rome, he said he i

. >>> and a rocket fired from gaza struck a town in southern israel overnight.st such attack since the crease fire ended a week of fighting in november. this follows days of clashes following palestinian protesters over the death of a palestinian man. the rocket caused some damage, but so far no casualties reported. a mill tan gromilitant group cl responsibility. >>> now this morning, "usa today" saying our country faces a bioterror threat from our own lands. agents like anthrax and the plague are being routinely mishandled. we are following the story from washington. what's in these reports? >> it's pretty disturbing. as you mentioned, we're talking about anthrax, plague, and other potential bioterror agents, among the world's most dangerous pathog pathogens. the agency that handles them has been cited for security collapses. private government awed audits have repeatedly cited labs at the center of disease prevention. it obtained a report from 2008, 2009, 2010. the two main issues? failing to secure bioterror agents and failing to restrict access to approved e

. >>> for the first time in three months, a rocket fired from gaza has landed in southern israel. the one that led to a week-long war back in november. the rocket attack today follows the death of a palestinian militant in an israeli prison. >>> making news today, former senator chuck hagel survived the filibuster. now president obama's pick for defense secretary could see a vote in the full senate as soon as this afternoon. keep in mind, all of this happening on the same day that obama's nomination for treasury secretary jack lew cleared the senate finance committee an heads to the floor. that is expected tomorrow. >>> coming up, slamming a spaceship into an asteroid on purpose. yep. that's the game plan for keeping the earth out of harm's way when another space rock comes hurdling towards us. will this work? some answers straight ahead. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random stat

israel that was one of the reasons. we saw the syrian media reported their strike. i suppose to what they did to the southern. border after syria and israel neither confirmed or denied it and syria why don't i think. only through the regime's perspective they see this as if it actually ok to unite syrian together against the cuts the israelis strike actually playing to the rebels and i mean they are repulsive insane and they've been trying to storm the facility for months. right. back and by attacking israel clearly interjected into the conflict. and by talking. nobody can argue they've decided what. was the ruckus. so we want to see how it plays out on the ground. forces to get it one zero zero zero zero it's going to escalate here serious about their school to retaliate. we know that in the past weeks around and for the talk in syria because there isn't. so we saw stop. and go and that they went and diplomats have threatened israel with grave consequences of the incident what exactly do you think they're talking about here. i don't i don't think we truly know what that was or nor can i mean it unlikely that

safeguarded enrichment of uranium as the basis for a deal on the nuclear issue israel's ability to impose its hegemony in southern lebanon is not an american interest it may be an israeli preference it's not an american interests i think american interests would be much better served by a kind of rational. political settlement to the palestinian issue that palestinians and other middle easterners will see as would. there is no way that open ended israeli occupation of palestinian lands will ever be seen that way and i think that's you know very much against american interests and i think in a similar vein it's but i would take us to some living to a point laid out i know but i would take it a limit and more broadly it's very difficult for the way that israel is structured politically for it to accept and buy into and support what i think would be an american interest which is that all of the states in the middle east be able to have much more participatory political orders that can support even more broadly beyond its borders because a country like egypt which i think the israelis see today is very much a threat

israel that was one of the reasons. we saw the syrian state media reporting their strike. i suppose to what they did to the southern. border after syria and israel here confirmed or denied it and syria why don't i think. at least through the regimes perspective this that actually ok to unite syrian together against this let's cut the israeli strike actually playing to the rebels and i mean they poles have been saying that they've been trying to storm the facility for months right. by attacking israel clearly your objective into the conflict. and by talking to. them that it can hurt you cited were. reckless in doing so so we want to see how it plays out on the ground. forces to get it one zero zero zero it's going to escalate here serious about the school retaliation. we know that in the past weeks iran and for the talk in syria because there is an oh so we start stop. and go and now they went in diplomats have threatened israel with great what exactly do you think they're talking about here. i don't i don't think we truly know what it was they're talking or i mean it's on barclay. or syria or directly target israel i

safeguarded enrichment of uranium as the basis for a deal on the nuclear issue israel's ability to impose its hegemony in gaza or southern lebanon is not an american interest it may be an israeli preference it's not an american interests i think american interests would be much better served by a kind of rational. political settlement to the palestinian issue that palestinians and other middle easterners will see as legitimate there is no way that open ended israeli occupation of palestinian lands will ever be seen that way and i think that's you know very much against american interests and i think in a similar vein it's but i would take us to a similar vein to a plan laid out i know but i would take it a little more broadly it's very difficult for the way that israel is structured politically for it to accept and buy into and support what i think would be an american interest which is that all of the states in the middle east be able to have much more participatory political orders they can support even more broadly beyond its borders because a country like egypt which i think the israelis see today is very much a thre

safeguarded enrichment of uranium as the basis for a deal on the nuclear issue israel's ability to impose its hegemony in gaza or southern lebanon is not an american interest it may be an israeli preference it's not an american interests i think american interests would be much better served by a kind of rational. political settlement to the palestinian issue that palestinians and other middle easterners will see as legitimate there is no way that open ended israeli occupation of palestinian lands will ever be seen that way and i think that's you know very much against american interests i think in a similar vein it's what i would take us to some living to a plan laid out and i would but i would take it a little more broadly it's very difficult for the way that israel is structured politically for it to accept and buy into and support what i think would be an american interest which is that all of the states in the middle east be able to have much more participatory political orders can support even more broadly beyond its borders because a country like egypt which i think the israelis see today is very much a threat in

israel, cbn news. Ñ >> george: finally this week, it has been two months since super hurricane bopha ravaged the southernppines, killing more than 1,000 people, and leaving more than a million homeless. >> wendy: cbn disaster relief teams are still on the ground serving the victims. >> reporter: most of the typhoon's victims are still misplaced and they're struggling to recover from the massive destruction it has cost. and the continuous rains bring more flashfloods and devastation. so now the people are getting desperate, after living for months in makeshift tents and evacuation centers. that's why the cbn disaster relief teamj (pj not left ground, finding ways to alleviate their hardship. the village chief was emotional as he thanked cbn for coming to their remote village to give medical care and fix their water pipes. >> you are the first organization to ever hold a medical mission here. thank you for coming. you have made all of the people here very happy. >> reporter: cbn also helped victims get back to work after the storm washed away their means of making a living. >> the storm destroyed everythin

southern lebanon, from gaza in order to advance peace. we got rockets and suicide bombers. that's had a profound impact on israel. the other great transformative experience has been israel's emergence from being a largely small, largely socialist poor country, to a very quickly advancing economically and technological country. becoming a high-tech giant in the world. and that has created divisions in israeli society that didn't exist before. when i first moved theresh basically earned the same thing and had -- there, everybody basically earned the same thing, and had the same tv channels. >> very different country now. >> there are questions not so different that plague the united states. can you make a living in the middle class, can you find affordable housing. so that has had a big impact. and those two experiences very much sound expression in the election, where you had one party that was more to the right, that was reflectively of the trauma of terror and the disappointments of peace, and another party which was more centrist which was reflecting the interest of the middle-class and young people were having

israel. now some international news in brief this hour in yemen. four people have been killed while protesting in fabled southern independence during the one year anniversary of the president being elected it's thoughtful she who were wounded after security forces fired on the crowd in the main square of eight and a pool safety in the south large numbers of police were deployed as authorities try to keep separatists apart from another rally in support of the president. five hundred demonstrators have shown their plans for a massive picture from a berlin cultural center that doubles as as court they marched into the sun told the capitol chanting i want a capitalist slogans and waving flags and banners around a hundred families currently live in the cultural center there and the will that all be auctioned off next week. on six underground tanks storing nuclear waste are leaking in washington state the governor says the report is disturbing but there's no immediate health risk to humans on the site with two hundred eighteen times holding millions of liters of radioactive material is the most contaminated nuclear ar

he has also spoken with leaders from israel and the palestinian authority. >>> to southern californiauthorities are calling it a horrific scene, a tour bus rear ending a car and crashing on a mountain highway in san bernardino county east of los angeles. at least eight people were killed. authorities say they expect the death toll to rise. a highway patrol spokesman says it's one of the worst crashes he has ever seen. >> it's a terrible scene, horrific scene. there's multiple victims, there's personal belongings, personal property at the scene. >> from the crash site, paul give us an update on the efforts involved and the number of people injured. >> reporter: first off, it's a very grizzly task right now. because the bus rolled over, there are still victims trapped inside of the bus. presumably they are deceased. you also have victims outside of the bus, and you have many tarps in and around this area, some of these tarps covering two victims. for that reason, when we were speaking to the california highway patrol, they said yes, presumably, there are eight people dead. they expect t

frontier with syria in the southern girl and heights but international relations expert dr joachim thinks all this has very little to do with security imposing a buffer zone will make israel in the future to. negotiate over withdrawing from this buffer zone rather than withdrawing from the golan heights this is very similar to the attempt of israel in one thousand seven hundred eight to occupy and impose a buffer zone in south lebanon where it was the same claim that it wanted to defend its northern border the objective is to annex more territories and it's at the same time and at them to threaten the massacres itself so if israel expands its domain by another seventeen kilometers this will make it reach close very close to damascus and this is very dangerous to the stability of the regime and with it will give the insurgents like free zone and free base a secure base to launch attacks against the syrian regime so this is in fact them and of israel. also you live here mosco coming up later in the program the battle of negative press the u.k. considers deflecting a potential wave of eastern european immigrants without just why they'd be better off staying at home. old. tec

with syria in the southern golan heights but international relations expert dr jamal wakim thinks all this has very little to do with security imposing a buffer zone will make israeland the future. negotiate over withdrawing from this buffer zone rather than withdrawing from the golan heights this is very similar to the attempt of israel in one thousand seven hundred eight to occupy and impose a buffer zone in south lebanon where it was the same claim that it wanted to defend its northern border the objective is to annex more territories and it's at the same time and at them to threaten the massacres that so israel expands its domain by another seventeen kilometers this will make it reach close very close to damascus and this is very dangerous to the stability of the regime and with it will give the insurgents like free zone and free base a secure base to launch attacks against the syrian regime so this is in fact them and of israel. coming up later in the program the battle of negative press the u.k. considers deflecting a potential wave of eastern european immigrants without. why they'd be better off staying at home. old. technology innovation all the news devel

with syria in the southern golan heights international relations expert dr jamal wakim things all this has very little to do with the issue of security imposing a buffer zone will make israel in the future to. negotiate over withdrawing from this buffer zone rather than withdrawing from the golan heights this is very similar to the attempt of israel in one thousand seven hundred eight to zero in impose a buffer zone in south lebanon when it was the same claim that it wanted to defend it's not the border of the agreed objective is to annex more territories and at the same time and at them to threaten the massacres that so if israel expands its domain by another seventeen kilometers this will make it reach close very close to damascus and this is very dangerous to the stability of the regime and with it will give the insurgents like free zone and free base a secure base to launch attacks against the syrian regime so this is a direct and thank them and of israel. the gulf kingdoms of bahrain and kuwait have seeing a fresh public outcry against the country's unelected rulers who've been stepping up their crackdowns on dissent for the last two years calls from all right son dem

the southern golan heights press international relations expert dr jamal wakim has told me earlier that he thinks all this is very little to do with security. imposing a buffer zone will make israel in the future. negotiate over withdrawing from this buffer zone rather than withdrawing from the golan heights this is very similar to the attempt of israel in one thousand seventy eight to zero and impose a buffer zone in south lebanon where it was the same claim that it wanted to defend its northern border the objective is to annex more territories and at the same time and at them to threaten the massacres that so if israel expands its domain by another seventeen kilometers this will make it reach close very close to damascus and this is very dangerous to the stability of the regime and will it will give the insurgents like free zone and free base a secure base to launch attacks against the syrian regime so this is a direct and thank them and of israel. a recap of our top stories and more news is coming your way in just seven minutes from now this is r.t. live in moscow stay with us with the twenty four hours a day. live . live live live . live. lives. live. the speed. limit. i will