con la boca] leonardo: ¡aquÍ estÁ! donde seguramente ella la escondiÓ. israel: mi querido leonardo. quÉ saludo. pues ¿quÉ crees? ¿que recojo micrÓfonos o quÉ? ahÍ estÁ, ahÍ estÁ. vamos rÁpidamente con la calificaciÓn y los comentarios. ¡diez! marta ofelia galindo. marta: pues es otra rutina y me sigue gustando mucho, aunque tartamudeÓ pero no fue por su culpa sino porque lo estaban apurando para que acabara la rutina. asÍ que, para mÍ es diez. israel: seÑor raÚl padilla choforo. ¡diez! quÉ barbaridad. estos finalistas no por nada llegaron al dÍa de hoy. raÚl: no, muy bien, ya desde la vez anterior el otro dÍa me gustÓ mucho. y hoy confirmo que es un excelente comediante. israel: y prepararon para esta final rutinas diferentes cosa que de verdad se agradece muchÍsimo. raÚl: dese luego, se le agradece el cambio de rutina. israel: seÑor presidente del jurado. pÚblico: ¡diez, diez, diez! israel: ocho. seÑor manzano: eh, dada tu creatividad que por ahÍ sigue siendo muy admirada, tuviste mucha desconcentraciÓn a la hora de hacer tu rutina. disfrazaste much

israeli army in the 1967 war n that six-day war where israel captured the west bank and gaza, a pivotal moment. but i think over the course of the research for the book i came to think of rabin as a man of firsts. of he was the first native-born israeli to become prime minister, to be elected prime minister. he was the first israeli leader to really embrace the pal stints and try -- palestinians and try to resolve that conflict once and for all including to shake hands with yasser arafat who was really the embodiment of terrorism and evil. and then, of course, he was the first and only israeli prime minister to be assassinated and to be assassinated by a fellow israeli. >> host: and why was he assassinated? who was his assassin, first of all. >> guest: yeah. amir the assassin was a 25-year-old law student at the time of the murder. and a real extremist. an extremist, i would say, through and through. he was exceedingly religious. every word of the bible of the jewish torah was literal truth. exceedingly radical politically. so the peace process that rabin had started was for amir a betr

-day war with israel captured the west bank in gaza and other territory, a pivotal moment. i think over course of the research for the book, i came to think of rabin as a man of first. he was the first native-born israeli to become prime minister, to be elected prime minister. he was the first israeli leader to really embrace the palestinians and try to resolve that conflict once and for all including to shake hands with yasser arafat who was really the embodiment of terrorism and evil. and then, of course, he was the first and only israeli prime minister to be assassinated and to be assassinated by a fellow israeli. >> host: and why was he assassinated? who was his assassin, first of all? >> guest: the assassin was a 25-year-old law student at time of the murder. and a real extremist an extremist, i would say, through and through. he was exceedingly are religious. every word of the bible of the jewish torah was literal truth. exceedingly radical politically. so the peace process that rabin had started was for amir a betrayal of judaism a betrayal because it involved handing back some t

, saying terrorists are using it to go dark. boycotting israel. >> predicted to lose about 47 billion because of them. >> join palestinian and european politicians calling for economic pressure on israel about. but is the anti-israel campaign succeeding in change policy? good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera. we begin in china where within a half hour stock markets will often for thursday trading but they will do so under a cloud of market panic that has wiped out trillionstrillions of dollars of wealth. a large percentage of companies listed on the chinese exchange suspended trading. implementing severe limits on stock sales. the selloff also spread to other parts of the asia pacific region. markets in australia, hong kong, israel declined. so did markets in the u.s. scott heidler has more on the latest. >> continuing the slide markets in china closed down, the biggest index the shanghai, have seen a sell off in the last three weeks nearly $3.2 trillion. something else we have seen continuing more companies are taking their stocks off the market, not allowing them to be t

threatening to wipe israel off the map. coming out of the deal, the big winners appear to the international banks and big corporations. is this deal all about business? my guess -- guests today, adnan tatabai, a political scientist based in berlin. he says this agreement works. it is a blueprint for conflict resolution in the middle east. alan posener, british journalist says the mullahs are the problem, not the bomb. they exploited our weakness to get a deal which benefits them without giving us anything in return. and ursula weidenfeld says iran is not a friend. iran remains dangerous. but it is better to try a deal than to risk a war. alan posener, 12 years of negotiations. then this. germany played a significant role in brokering the deal, we are told. you do not think much of the deal, do you? alan: no, because basically since 2006, we have had the un security council saying iran must give up all of its nuclear ambitions, including especially everything to do with preparing and enriching uranium. they have not done that. not all of the program has been mothballed. one thi

israel safer. they have issued statements from the contrary. makes friends in the middle east safer and makes the world a safer place. this is an issue for the president. it's arguably the biggest diplomatic achievement following on heels of cuba discussing that diplomacy can work on thorny issues facing the the united states around the world. they are recognizing this is not immediately transformative besides the fact there's a fight in congress to get this through. there is also the idea that we have to wait and see how does teheran react to this? does it become less hostile and less of a threat? how can does it play out? for this morning, the white house busy preparing so we can hear from the president about this deal. >> there was the deal and politics behind the deal obviously. that's going to begin in both countries. we saw the last time around when the agreement was announce had the when both sides went back to respective countries, there was interpretation of tax and terminology used. it's seen both sides were trying to spin the agreement in their favor. do we have any sense

defense ash carter, arrived in israel to meet with the country's leadership. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is one of the most article -- is one of the most critical of the deal. ari shavit is a popular "haaretz columnist for." -- columnist for "haaretz." he's an author of a highly regarded book that is now out on paper back and will soon be an hbo documentary. i'm pleased to have ari shavit back at the table. you have in your hands what? ari: i have the text that will transform the middle east. i think will shape the next decade and possibly the 21st century. charlie: the 21st century? ari: i think this is the most important, dramatic document i've read in recent years. and probably the most important document, international document of recent decades. charlie: whitey you say that? -- why do you say that? charlie: a nuclear iran is not an israel issue. that's where i disagree with my prime minister. a nuclear iran would be a challenge to our civilization because it will make the middle east nuclear it will destroy the world order, and long-term will endanger europe and america. c

the sanctions means for everyone. plus world reaction from israel's warning. >> this is a bad mistake. of historical proportions. >> to the kremlin to washington. will congress stop it. >> entering iran's nuclear program was supposed to be the point of these talks in the first place. >> plus, voices from a iran. >> iran will emerge from international isolation. >> what the younger generation says about this water shed moment. >> we begin tonight with an agreement many consider unthinkable for decades. iran has accepted a deal to limit it's nuclear program. instead of bars today there were smiles and laughter. >> this was the reaction from people in tehran. the deal will bring an end to debilitating sanctions. with the show of unity there is uncertainty and questions about trust and transparentcy. will it hold? what if it doesn't? we have more now from jamie mcintyre. >> reporter: well, john, there is a lot in this agreement. let's take a look at some of the main points. the first one is that the--the iran has agreed to reduce it's youit's uranium producing centerfuges. in addi

lifting of economic sanctions. u.s. secretary of defense ash carter arrived in israel sunday to meet with the country's leadership. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is one of the most vocal critics of the deal. received negatively by a broad spectrum of israelis from varied political backgrounds. ari shavit is a columnist for harretz, wrote "five reasons to worry about the iran deal," also the author of "my promise land, the trump and triumph of israel," a highly regarded book, out in paper backand will soon be an hbo documentary. pleasure to have you at the table, ari shavit. >> pleased to be with you charlie. >> rose: you have in your hands what? >> the text that will transform the middle east, i think will shape the next decade and possibly the 21st century. >> rose: the 21st century. i think that this is the most important, dramatic document i've read in recent years and probably the most important document -- international document of recent decades. >> rose: why do you say that? look, a nuclear iran, i felt for a long time, is not an israel issue. that's where i disagree with

bikel, a man so close that in a fight with israel and with jewish life, was also an outspoken critic of israeli policy especially a pending measure which would forcibly relocate some 40,000 bedouin from their ancestral land. >> when i say the very people who were told to get out in the fictional village of "fiddler on the roof," the descendents of those very people are now telling others, strangers in their midst, that they must get out of their homes, seems fundamentally wrong. and a wrong cannot be allowed to stand. inigo today, theodore bikel the musician, actor activist for the hour. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a major victory for low-wage workers, new york state has cleared the way to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour. a special wage board recommended the wage hike wednesday. it is now expected to be approved by the state's labor commissioner. the wage hike will be phased in by 2018 and new york city and by 2021 across new york state. andrew cuomo praise

at $8 billion and israel says the provision cost it 2.5 million. a year on the israeli government says that the war was justified and successful. >> hamas suffered the hardest blow since the day it was established. we follow events in the south of the israel and respond with full force when required to do so. >> others though are not convinced that all of the ambitions for the war were successfully achieved. >> in a scathing comment this week a left-leaning paper described gaza as a common war and stressed gains. sporadic rocket fire resumed from the strip. lessons had not been learnt. victims had been forgotten. israel says it had two main goals for what it called operation protective edge. first was to stop the rockets fired into israel by armed groups in gaza the second aim was to destroy the network of tunnels. the doctor is a retired israeli colonel, now a military analyst, and believes the aims were largely achieved, but at the expense of damaging headlines and international criticism. >> it did cause damage. we don't take this image that it is trying to take innocent civili

criticism from israel and many say they're deeply concerned. mitch mcconnell said that hearings will start soon. tomorrow the president is scheduled to visit a federal prison and it's possible that the president will get a question or two about the 2016 presidential campaign and perhaps whether he would like to see his vice president joe biden enter the democratic presidential race. the presidential news conference is scheduled to start in just a few minutes. as we wait michael shure joins us live from the white sox. michael, the president faces the biggest political fight in terms of the foreign policy, what is the strategy of the news conference today? >> i think the strategy is taking the case for this deal to the american people. he's taking it to the iranians. he's taken it to the p5+1. he has taken it to the gulf states. he spoke with netanyahu and king salman of the saudi arabia. he's talking about why he thinks it's the right thing at this time and he's waiting for a little bit of feedback from him. we've heard everything from the congress. we've heard everything from the his

gaza. along with the west bank, gaza is one of the two areas that have been taken by israel in 1967 and has been an occupied territory ever since. >> when i was in gaza david attended an israeli right wing rally in jerusalem. a large movement of religious israelis believe that rather than returning this land, it should be annexed by the state of israel. these people, called settlers, were creating villages in the occupied territories in order to create this reality. the rally was one of many demonstrations held by the settlers to convince the israeli government not to withdraw from the occupied territory. >> you have not seen an earthquake. >> the devastation of an earthquake. all you have to do is go to -- >> the water here is salty. so the government set up desalination plabts. they cannot just get pressure water. looks like somebody's handy candy. in fact, it's their daily routine. there are hundreds of thousands of people who don't want to get out of gaza. they want to keep them in gaza. and the palestinians is not something they want to relate to. i'm sorry i can't be with you ther

israeli government as well is of course against it. and crucially, the pro-israel lobby -- that includes the very powerful aipac lobby with a lot of influence in congress. democrats largely will stay on the side of president obama. what republicans need is a two thirds majority in the u.s. congress. they need about a dozen democrats to come on their side to override the presidential veto that has already been threatened by the u.s. president. that is very difficult to do. chances are this deal will go through. but it might be an ugly situation, because the presidential veto against a vote in congress is never a pretty thing to use. laura: you mentioned israel's opposition to the deal. saudi arabia is also against it. these are the u.s.'s top allies in the middle east. philip: well, the relationships with those two countries certainly haven't improved overnight. this is a president who knows who he needs to call now. we are told by the white house he will be calling the 70 king salman at some point today -- the saudi king salman sometime today. we haven't gotten the readout yet from the w

the iran nuclear deal to israel. >> we don't agree on everything, and the prime minister made it quite clear that he disagreed with us with respect to the nuclear deal. >> defense secretary ash carter in the middle east. >>> new details in the mysterious details of the traffic stop. authorities say she killed herself in her jail cell days later. >> the credit card, you could take over. >> where identifies are stolen and sold and lives destroyed. what our investigation understand covers. plus child's play. our first report on child's play. playgrounds from around the world. >> president obama getting the nuclear deal with iran was one thing. now comes the hard part, making the case for it with america's eye lies in the middle east. that was the job for defense secretary ash carter. he was in israel where anger in israel is rising. al jazeera correspondent jamie mcintyre. >> ash carter's goal was to convince israel that it is ready. there was it's obligatory handshake and photo op as u.s. defense chief met with israel's prime minister, who hasn't announced the nuclear deal as a mistake o

. i don't think it's good for our country and it's not good for. israel host: joel in texas, you support it, why is that? caller: i supportive because i'm tired of seeing our american kids dying over there. there's people who don't want to fight for their country. you have these republicans running for office, none of them have ever been in the military none of them. i'm a vietnam veteran and their children have not thought. you look at walker, he's got lots of children. you look at bush, he's got all his children. why aren't they fighting for this country? it's pretty pathetic to watch them out there and having the war drums eating and supports of these kind of wars. what is the other option? war? i'm tired of it and i'm 74 years old. . i've never seen a time in my life when there is no war that's pretty pathetic you to be 74 years old and think act from the second world war and waking up at night and seeing my house mom from nightmares, i can still visualize it. to see these people every year with war, you cannot tell me a time there was not a war. that is pathetic and none of

year since israel's 50 day war in gaza began. the territory is still in crisis. about 100,000 people remain internally displaced. the u.n. is urging israel and the palestinian authority to face urgent crisis. 75% of the victims were children. israelis, 66 soldiers and five civilians decide. nearly 470 soldiers and 260 civilians were injured. the u.n. said 89,000 ghast homes were damaged. at the time cost billions to rebuild over the next years. still many are trying to recover from the trauma of the war. imtiaz tyab reports. >> it is a moment that few forgot. a few palestinian children playing football on the beach targeted by israeli. israelis. four children all from one family. while he still likes to play football he never plays on the beach anymore. saying it's just not the same without his brother and three scuz ins whocuss ins whocousins who decide. he has even tried to take his own life. >> translator: he suffers from constant seizureless. he fights with everyone. we've had to take him out of school. >> reporter: across gaza, there's centers like this they can come in and shar

was prevalenceivileged to rep sent massachusetts, i had a 100% voting record on israel. i have others there who care enormously about israel. i understand the fear. i understand the concerns that our friends in israel have. but we believe that what we have laid out here is a way of making israel and the region in fact safer, and i emphasize, we do not lose any option in 15 years, 10 years, 20 years, 5 years, that we have available to us today. we will push back against iran's other activities. we have laid out a very detailed policy for working with the gulf states and others and we look forward to working with israel in the effort to do that. our current security cooperation with israel is at an unprecedented level, and that's why we have a robust military presence in the region and why we're working so closely with the gulf states. so mr. chairman we will continue to push back against iran on every front available, but the fact is it's a lot easier to push back against an iran that doesn't have a nuclear weapon rather than one that does. that's been our principal strategic ob

promotes the destruction of israel and america through its streets. >> fellow republican senator and hopeful mark marco rubio tweeted it will be left to the next president to return to us a position of american strength and reimpose sanctions on this despicable regime. some democrats subscribe to this narrative, each if they don't use the sail rhetoric. senator -- same rhetoric. senator men and ez said: -- menendez said: now, with this idea of narrative in mind, i want you to hear some of the reactions to the deal announced earlier this morning by president obama. starting with some of what the president said. >> today after two years of negotiations the united states has achieved something that decades of animosity has not. comprehensive long-term deal with iran will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> it appears we have lost the nuclear programme. >> based on what i know, i'm highly skeptical at best. mistake. >> this is precisely the outcome that for years we in congress fought to prevent. >> i'm concerned about how much research and development the iranians will be abl

israel to bolster security ties and calm fears over the iran nuclear deal and beaten by guards and herded like cattle and desperate to begin a new life in europe. ♪ at least 27 people have been killed in a large explosion in turkey. that is according to the interior ministry around 100 others have been wounded and it happened at a cultural center north of the border with syria. just a warning the pictures we are about to show you are about the aftermath and they are graphic. it's not yet known what caused that blast but according to witnesses, the attack targeted kurdish volunteers coming from istanbul and going to kobani and home to a refugee camp housing 35,000 refugees fleeing the war across the border. other news in u.s. forces in afghanistan investigating what appears to be mistake end attack and killed six soldiers and others injuries and they say u.s. helicopters attacked afghan forces in the district in an area known for heavy taliban presence and jennifer glasse has this update from kabul. >> reporter: that incident in the province happened a couple hours after dawn earl

and israel has condemned the act as an act of terrorism. stanford hasstefanie dekker has the story. >> ibrahim heard screams. he said he saw the two attackers standing over the parents who were lying outside with their clothes on fire. >> smoke was coming out of the house i saw the four-year-old child, i pulled him out. they told me there was another baby inside, but the flames were so big. there was another blast and no way to saif the save the baby. >> this is the room where 18 month old allie was found. the rescue workers described him as a lump of coal. the neighbor's house was also set on fire but no one was home at the time. the attackers left behind a message, it says revenge in hebrew. allie's parents have been taken oa hospital in israel. >> the government of israel unequivocally could be dems condemns this heinous crime. we will fight terrorism no matter who the perpetrators are. >> but mahmoud abbas condemns the ak, no matter act no matter who the perpetrators are. >> attacks happen often but never have had such an outcome. hundreds showed up for baby allie's funeral. hi

just threaten israel with the possibility of supporting palestine at the united nations. this is a president that realizes the clock is ticking hoping he can tick off a few more accomplishments in the time left. >>> white sue prem supremacists rallied in support of the confederate flag. there were scuffles between k k. members and hundreds of protesters that opposed the rally. the flag was lord a week ago after nine people were killed nay shooting at after an calf american church in charleston. >>> u.s. sailor has died of wouldn't suffered earlier this week in tennessee. this brings the total number of victim to his five. the alleged gunman, a 24-year-old was also shot dead by police. investigators are now looking in to a trip he made too jordan last year to see if it's linked to the crime. >>> to greets now where the prime minister has worn in new ministers in to his cabinet the reshuffle saw nine changes including new labor and energy ministers. alexis tsipras sacked cabinet members who opposed further austerity measures and forced to rely on the is since votes to secure the numb

israel ashton carter is there to calm fears over the nuclear deal with iran. >> i'm in hong kong with the bruce lee legend that is still larger than life 40 years after he died. ♪ hello, u.s. forces in afghanistan are investigating what appears to be a mistaken attack which killed at least seven afghan soldiers, six others are thought to have been injured, police in the province say u.s. helicopters attacked afghan army checkpoints in the district in the province it's an area known for its heavy taliban presence and jennifer glasse has the latest update from kabul. >> that incident in the province happened just a couple hours after dawn early morning and police authorities tell us that it was american u.s. helicopters that carried out an attack on two afghan army checkpoints, obviously some sort of mistake or a communication area that area is a very heavy fighting area, the taliban have a very big presence there and this is one of the areas the taliban use to transit through and we understand after this attack by u.s. forces on afghan forces mistakenly we presume the americans say t

just for israel, but as for civilization as we know it. which iran is out to destroy. only three days before this agreement was reached, iran's leader, shouted death to america. david: right. >> death to israel. and he means it. and, what i expected from the world leaders is to listen to him and take him at face value. that this man is dangerous, and has to be believed. david: would israel, that has so much on the line here, would israel actually attack iran to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon? >> well, i believe that prime minister netanyahu feels that he was actually elected to prevent a second holocaust. and if we feel, and if israel feels and he feels that the iran is actually nearing the point of no return, and acquiring a nuclear weapon, israel will do what it has to do as it has done in the past. israel was condemned for destroying the iraqi nuclear reactor in 1982. now just imagine, iraq as you know it would have had nuclear weapons. afterwards the world applauded israel. david: ambassador, if in fact this agreement guaranties that iran would get the nuclear weapo

with iran. a deal the israel leader has opposed. secretary of defense ash carter will travel to israel next week. >>> hi everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. this is the real story. here is what in the historic agreement. iran will reduce the number of operating centrifuges by two-thirds. will not enrich uranium to weapons grade for 15 years. they'll repurpose the nuclear facility. in return they'll be allowed to export substantially more oil and other sanctions will be lifted. bret baier skwoinsjoins me now. president obama made a phone call to prime minister netanyahu basically saying that we still have at our central goal keeping israel safe. >> that's right. and the white house put out a readout of the call. it was pretty detailed in that section, in that the u.s. saying it still holds israel security paramount and that they believe this deal is good for israel. judging by netanyahu's comments earlier, that probably is not that comforting to the israeli leader. he called it a historic mistake. stunning he said. the real concern here is the verification part of this deal. i think

"washington post." i urge you all to read it. how the iran deal is good for israel according to israelis who know what they are talking about. i urge you to read it. it says here a host of prominent members of the country's security establishment have some out at various stages of the negotiations and supported the obama administration's efforts. in an interview with "the daily beast" the former head of israeli top domestic security agency suggested that israel's politicians were playing with fear. he praised the deal. i don't think he is naive. former chief of the mosad, israel's spy agency hailed obama's victim. senator you said we had them exactly where we wanted them. 19,000 centrifuges? enough material for 10 to 12 bombs. is that where we wanted them? what was the purpose of this sanctions? >> to dismantle their operation. >> let me just finish. i was chairman when we passed those sanctions and our purpose was to bring them to negotiations. so we have negotiated and i guarantee you for the first 15 years, you have unbelievable restraints that make it impossible to make a bomb. so at

, its aggression in the region and its efforts to destroy israel which are on going. amazingly this does not require iran to cease its aggressive behavior in anyway. just last friday that aggression was on display for all to see. while the negotiators were closing the deal in vienna iran supposedly moderate president chose to go to a rally in tehran, and at this rally, a frenzied mob burned israeli and american flags and chanted death to america, death to israel. this didn't happen four years ago. it happened four days ago. iran's supreme leader the ayatollah, said on march 21st that the deal was not limit iran's aggression in any way. he said negotiations with the united states on the nuclear issue and on nothing else. and three days ago he made that clear again. the united states he said embodied global arrogance and the battle against it will continue unabated even after the nuclear agreement is concluded. here is what the head of iran's terrorist proxy hezbollah said. he said a rich and strong iran will be able to standing by its allies and friends in the region more than at any

israel it says it is creating a buffer zone to stop smuggling. sinai problems are not new, residents there complain of government negligence under development, unemployment and poverty. >>> well the attack is raising concerns in neighboring israel and palestine. our correspondent has the latest from west jerusalem. >> reporter: israel has closed its two main border crossings with egypt. the israeli military, we have been told is closely monitoring the situation in sinai after this deadly attack. we also understand that the israeli military is also monitoring the border area that gaza shares with egypt as well. all of this really just underscores the concern that israel has about the violence in egypt. the two countries have had what has been described as a cold peace since 1979, but the relationship between egypt and israel was thoroughly tested in 2012 during israel's campaign in the gaza strip which resulted in the deaths of a number of civilians. the then egyptian president, mohammed morsi pulled its envoy from israel but in the last few weeks, the current president, sisi, has sen

. speaking before tens of thousands of supporters who chanted death to america and death to israel. he told them that iran would not change its behavior and would continue to support quote honest fighters in lebanon and palestine. >> whether the deal is approved or disapproved we'll never stop supporting our friends in the region and the people of palestine, syria lebanon, even after this deal our policy towards the arrogant u.s. will not change. we won't begin a war. but if a war does happen here the one who will exit the war with humiliation is the atrocious america. >> president rouhani has been speaking about the nuclear agreement saying it hopes to improve relations between tehran and it's neighbors. he said that he had spoken on the phone about the deal to the ruler of the gulf state. >>> well the nuclear agreement with iran is seen as a major success for president barack obama and one of a string of recent achievements which will help to procure his legacy. al jazeera's patty culhane reports from washington, d.c. >> you can even see it in the way he walks. suddenly president obama is

year after israel began a military campaign against hamas in the strip. [ explosion ] >> the war was costly for both sides as paul brennan reports one year later, not everyone thinks the war was worth it. >> reporter: the war which lasted for 50 days in the summer of last year where, was costly both in terms of human life and economic impact. more than 70 israelis died and more than 2,300 residents of gaza were killed. the structural damage in gaza is estimated at nearly $8 billion. and israel says the operation cost it $2.5 billion. but a year on and the israeli government insists the war was justified and successful. >> translator: hamas has suffered the hardest blow since the day it was established. we closely follow verdicts in the south of israel and prepare to respond with full force when we are required to do so. >> reporter: others though are not convinced that all of the am beneficiaries for the war were successfully achieved. in a kating editorial comment the left-leaning newspaper describes gaza as the forgotten war and suggests there has been negligible gains. lessons had

. >> defense secretary ash carter goes to israel trying to calm fears over the nuclear deal with iran. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. good morning. for the first time in five decades, the u.s. and cuba today once again have formal diplomatic relations. after midnight, embassies were opened. there will be a flag raising this morning. libby casey is live outside the cuban embassy. tell us about the significance of this day in u.s.-cuba relations. >> randall the fact that you're calling it the cuban embassy says everything. later this morning the cuban flag will fly for the first time from this building in 54 years. later this morning at the ceremony cuba's foreign minister will be on hand. no one in that position has been here in take cased something the u.s. state department is calling historic. this comes since president obama in december announce add move to start normalizing relationships with cuba. this is being dubbed the cuban saw by some, and while certainly significant to have an embassy here, there has been a presence over the past

friends. >> i'm joined by nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel who is in tel aviv, israel. let's start with the united states. why did we make this deal? >> reporter: well, i think the u.s. made this deal because it felt the sanctions regime couldn't last forever, that there were states, notably russia and china, that were keen to break it, that the idea of putting sanctions in place was that the sanctions would eventually lead to a deal so there was the pressure. and there's also a hope. so there was a push and a pull. and i think the hope is that by having a deal, by reaching out, by encouraging the people who are on the streets of tehran tonight, that you can help engage with iran, help empower some of the reformist elements who got elected in iran's last elections and have a historic rapprochement and try to bring more peace to this world with a fewer number of dangerous weapons. so it has quite lofty ideals. we'll see if it works. it is a big gamble, though. >> well, the option on that gamble would be to basically have no deal and eventually have to bomb their facilit

israel see iran as an ongoing threat. while prime minister netenyahu is unlikely to ever endorse this deal it is incumbent on the united states to deepen our cooperation with israel and better understand the concerns of the israelis. it's also critical that our partners and allies know the united states will not abandon the region in the wake of this agreement. the may 2015 joint statement following the u.s. and gulf cooperation council meetings at camp david provided a road map. it also makes clear the department of defense will be at the forefront of these efforts. critics of the agreement point to flaws related to iran's ballistic missile capability. the camp david joint statement outlines our commitment to the gcc and improving inner operability in defense. the joint statement indicates we will be increasing our training and exercise arrangements with gcc operations developments. these are important efforts that i look forward to today. these negotiations focus on denies iran a pathway to a nuclear weapon. as it as repeated demonstrated a force that supports terror and seeks to im

anyway. >>> iran's neighbors have been following the talks in vienna very closely especially israel and saudi arabia. israel is suspicious of iran's intentions. and has been throughout. it is worried the country could be capable of development a nuclear bomb even after this deal. saudi arabia wants sanction to his remain in place it says a stronger iranian economy will mean more iranian interference in countries including lebanon iraq and yemen. the lifting of sanctions could be a relief for other gulf states iran say large trading partner for the united arab emirates and oman, oath both other the the -- on the other side of the gulf. the israeli prime minister spoke a while ago and imtiaz tyab joins us with more on what he had to say imtiaz. >> reporter: yes, it's very interesting that here you have the israeli prime minister making a televised statement about this deal before this deal is even formally announced by those who are sitting at the negotiating table including iran. whatever the case, mr. netanyahu had some very stinging criticisms of this deal. he described it as a creatin

and cheat. you put every arab state at risk you put israel at risk you put our country at risk. you're taking religious nazis and empowering this regime at a time when we should be neutering this regime. this is a historically bad deal. it will throw the region into further chaos. it's taking a gasoline can and pouring it on a fire. the middle east is raging in terms of conflict now. you have taken it to a new level. >> at republican presidential candidate, florida senator marco rubio says the deal undermines u.s. national security. in a statement he said and i'm quoting now, "president obama has consistently negotiated from a position of weakness giving concession after concession to a rejet stream that has american blood on its hands, holds americans hostage, and has consistently violated every agreement it ever signed." but democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton called this a very important moment. >> based on what i know now and i will be being briefed as soon as i finished a dressing you, this is an important step in putting the lid on iran's nuclear program. >>

carter is heading to israel, the latest u.s. official to head there in defense of the charm offensive. well friday iran's supreme leader made his comments about the agreement and he said that it will not change tehran's attitudes towards the u.s. the israeli prime minister said that this proved his point. >> if anyone thought that the sweeping concessions for iran would bring about a change in its policies they have receive a decisive answer over the weekend in the aggressive and provocative speech of iran's ruler. they don't even make an effort to hide the fact that they will use the hundreds of billions of dollars that they will receive in this deal to arm their terror machine, and they say clearly that they will continue their fight against the united states and it's allies headed by israel. >> well, meanwhile the business of doing business with iran is already starting. germany's economy minister has arrived in tehran and spain has similar plans. there are business opportunities now that sanctions are lifted. >> there is a flip side to years of economic isolation that ha

happy. israel's prime minister netanyahu has denounced the deal and president obama phoned him to restate u.s. backing for israel. also ahead in yemen rebel houthi fighters have been driven out of the international airport in aiden. and close encounter nasa's new horizon craft swings by pluto at the climax of a decade old journey. >> reporter: turmoil in the richest richest cricket league and suspended after a corruption investigation. ♪ taken almost a decade to reach and iran and six major world powers have agreed to a historic nuclear deal which will see iran limit nuclear activities in return the lifting of crippling sanctions, under agreement iran will destroy 98% of weapons grade uranium and remove center fuges used to enrich uraninum and allow inspectors to the sites when necessary and a clause is in place to allow sanctions to be reinstated within 65 days and al jazeera diplomatic editor james base reports from vienna. >> reporter: the moment agreement was finally reached, after hours of intense negotiations into the night the key players here said it was a historic deal.

minister netanyahu of israel. they have a profound disagreement, netanyahu and president obama on the wisdom of this deal, we've seen that. but there's no question the iranians need to see a restrengthening of the u.s. i real relationship. >> rose: we continue with al hunt on the story with presidential candidate ted cruz. >> i think this iranian nuclear deal is a catastrophic mistake. because if it goes through, if congress doesn't stop it we've got 60 days of congressional review. it's my hope we stop it f we don't, what that means the next president when he or she comes into office in january 2017. i think the odds are very high the next president is going to confront an iran on the verge of having nuclear weapons. >> rose: the iranian nuclear agreement, and ted cruz when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we beg

the sanctions. >>> israel has temporarily shut down a shared border crossing with egypt after a series of attacks on military check points and police stations in this north sinai. 50 people were killed. a group linked to isil says it was responsible. our correspondent has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: israel has closed its two main border crossings with egypt. the israeli military is closely monitoring the situation in sinai after this deadly attack. we also understand that the israeli military is also monitoring the border area that gaza shares with egypt as well. all of this just really underscores the concern that israel has about the violence in egypt. the two countries have had what has been described as a cold peace since 1979, but the relationship between egypt and israel was thoroughly tested in 2012, during israel's campaign in the gaza strip which resulted in the deaths of a number of civilians. the then egyptian president, mohammed morsi pulled its envoy from israel but in the last few weeks, the current president, sisi has sent a new ambassador back to israel so

demolished houses near the border with the gaza strip and israel. it says it's creating a five-kilometer buffer zone to prevent smuggling. hundreds of families have been forcibly transferred out of their homes but sinai problems are not new. residents complain of government negligence underdevelopment, unemployment and poverty. many in sinai feel treated as second class citizens and looked at with suspicious by egypt authorities. >> an egyptian journalist is with me now. he is a former editor. thank you for talking to us. we have seen various groups in this particular troubled region attacking since in the last year or so. what is the many objective? is there a main objective for several different interests? were. >> apart from the objective the so-called islamic state group in sinai, i believe that the main reasons for such uprising, for such terrorism, i believe that egypt, the egyptian regime have created that terrorism over the last four decades. >> how so? in what way? >> -- regime starting in the 1980's mubarak purposely retrained and stopped all development plans in sina