NY RESCUE CREWS SEARCHING FOR A PILOT WHO WENT MISSING AFTER AN ANGEL FLIGHT CRASH ON FRI *

AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH IN EPHRATAH, ABOUT 50 MILES NW OF ALBANY *

IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH *

ANGEL FLIGHT IS A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT ARRANGES FREE AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR SICK PATIENTS FROM VOLUNTEER PILOTS *

ATTYS FOR MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO SAY THEY'LL APPEAL A JUDGE'S RULING THAT HIS OFFICE RACIALLY PROFILED LATINOS *

ACTION COMES AFTER A JUDGE SAID ON FRI ARPAIO'S OFFICE PROFILED LATINOS DURING IMMIGRATION PATROLS AND DETAINED THEM FOR UNREASONABLY LONG PERIODS *

ATTYS ARGUE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS "NEVER USED RACE" IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT DECISIONS *

HUNDREDS OF RUNNERS JOINING VICTIMS OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS TO FINISH THE LAST MILE OF THE RACE *

MORE THAN 3,000 RUNNERS AND VICTIMS TOOK PART IN THE EVENT THIS MORNING THAT STARTED AT KENMORE SQ AND CONCLUDED AT THE OFFICIAL FINISH LINE *

THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 260 WERE WOUNDED IN THE MARATHON BOMBINGS LAST MONTH *

DEFENSE SECY CHUCK HAGEL CALLING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY TO BE STAMPED OUT *

SPEAKING TO GRADUATES AT THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, HAGEL SAYS THE ASSAULTS ARE A "PROFOUND BETRAYAL OF SACRED TRUST" AND THE LATEST GENERATION OF WEST POINT CADETS MUST HELP STAMP OUT THE PROBLEM *

COMMENTS COME A DAY AFTER PRES OBAMA MADE SIMILAR REMARKS TO U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES *

NE GOV DAVE HEINEMAN (R) ANNOUNCES HE WON'T RUN FOR THE SENATE *

HEINEMAN SAYS HE WANTS TO KEEP "BEING THE BEST GOVERNOR" FOR THE CITIZENS OF NEBRASKA *

ANNOUNCEMENT COMES MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER SEN MIKE JOHANNS (R-NE) SAID HE WOULD NOT SEEK A SECOND TERM IN 2014 *

LEADER OF LEBANON'S HEZBOLLAH SAYS HIS SHIITE MILITANT GROUP WON'T STAND IDLY BY WHILE ITS CHIEF ALLY SYRIA IS UNDER ATTACK *

SHEIKH HASSAN NASRALLAH SAYS HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS ARE FIGHTING IN SYRIA AGAINST ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO POSE A DANGER TO LEBANON *

IT'S THE FIRST PUBLIC CONFIRMATION THAT HIS MEN ARE FIGHTING AMID SYRIA'S DEADLY TWO-YEAR CIVIL WAR *

FRENCH SOLDIER STABBED IN THE THROAT OUTSIDE OF PARIS *

MILITARY SPOX SAYS THE STABBING OCCURRED ON SAT IN THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF LA DEFENSE *

THE SOLDIER'S INJURIES ARE CONSIDERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING *

STABBING COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A BRITISH SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN A LONDON STREET DURING A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK *

HOWEVER, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE LINK TO THAT ATTACK *

ONE PERSON KILLED IN HEAVY FLOODING THAT HAS PROMPTED HIGH-WATER RESCUES IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA *

SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPT SPOX SAYS A 29-YR-OLD WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN HER CAR, AND WAS SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS AFTER CLIMBING ONTO THE ROOF *

SPOX SAID FIRST RESPONDERS WERE SEARCHING FOR A SECOND MISSING PERSON TRAPPED IN ANOTHER CAR *

ABOUT 130 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM THEIR HOMES AND CARS *

WATER IS UP TO FOUR FEET HIGH IN SOME HOMES *

SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT RECORDED ALMOST 10 INCHES OF RAIN BY SAT AFTERNOON SINCE MIDNIGHT *

THREE MORE SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN THE KILLING OF AN OFF-DUTY SOLDIER IN LONDON *

SCOTLAND YARD SAYS COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICERS ARRESTED TWO MEN, 24 AND 28, AT A RESIDENCE IN LONDON *

A THIRD 21-YR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED SEPARATELY ON A STREET IN THE CITY *

FOUR OTHERS ALREADY DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 25-YR-OLD SOLDIER LEE RIGBY, WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH WHILE WALKING OUTSIDE THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS IN THE SOUTH LONDON WED *

17 KILLED, 24 OTHERS WOUNDED IN EASTERN INDIA AFTER SUSPECTED MAOIST REBELS LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON A CONVOY OF CARS CARRYING LOCAL LDRS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE COUNTRY'S RULING CONGRESS *

ASSAILANTS SET OFF A LANDMINE, AND THEN OPENED FIRE ON THE LINE OF CARS *

TWO STATE PARTY LEADERS AND FIVE POLICE OFFICERS WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED *

POLICE IDENTIFIED ONE OF THOSE KILLED AS MAHENDRA KARMA, A CONGRESS LEADER WHO FOUNDED A LOCAL MILITIA IN HIS STATE TO COMBAT THE MAOIST REBELS *

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Latest White House Press Pool Report: President Obama says “I could not be more deeply moved” – click to find out more

Subject: WH Pool Report No. 13

 

WH Pool Report No. 13 – State Dinner at Peres’s House

 

State Dinner is under way at President Peres’s residence. We just had a ceremony at the beginning of the dinner where Israel’s Presidential Medal of Distinction was conferred on President Obama.

 

Peres went first, but first Obama…..

 

Some quotes from Obama: “This is an extraordinary honor and I could not be more deeply moved”

He also responded to the honor by saying, “Dayenu,” title of the Passover Seder song meaning “It would be enough for us.”

“Ben Gurion, Meir, Begin, Rabin: these giants have left us. But you are with us still, a founding father in our midst,” Obama said to Peres.

Joked about Peres’s vitality at 89: “Every time I see you in person I ask him who his doctor is. We all want to know the secret.”

 

As Obama went into the toast, he said, “I’m starting to get pretty good at Hebrew.”

 

His toast, delivered in Hebrew, was translated as “Until you’re 120 years old.” It ended with “L’Chaim,” to life.

 

Obama again mentioned White House Seders, and said he’s fond of hiding matzo in the White House and having Malia and Sasha look for it. “It’s a great way to entertain the kids: Malia and Sasha. Even though they’re getting older they still enjoy it,” he alleged. “And there are a lot of good places to hide it, in the White House,” the president added.

 

Obama said the Jewish people’s “story of slavery to salvation, overcoming the most overwhelming odds, this message has inspired the world.”

“That includes Jewish Americans but also African Americans, who so often had to deal with their own challenges, with whom you have stood shoulder to shoulder. African Americans and Jewish Americans marched together at Selma. And Montgomery. With rabbi carrying the Torah as they walked. They boarded buses for Freedom Rides together. They bled together they gave their lives together. Jewish Americans like Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, alongside African American David Chaney….Because of their sacrifice, because of the struggle of generations in both our countires we can come together tonight in freedom and security.”

 

“ All things are possible, even those things that in moment of darkness and doubt may seem elusive,” Obama said, in apparent reference to the peace process.

 

At conclusion Obama said he was accepting the award “on behalf of the American people.”

 

At the dinner, seating at head table from audience view is Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama, President Peres then Sara Netanyahu. As they entered they passed Sec. Kerry, who was seated at a table in the center of the room along with Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren and others. Kerry had a brief chat with the prime minister, which we could not hear. When Sara came by, Kerry kissed her on both cheeks.

 

About a dozen tables of ten guests on the floor level.

 

Also, even though Obama was not seated directly next to Mrs. Netanyahu. He moved over and pulled out her chair to help her get seated.

 

Menu and more speech details to come.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josh Gerstein

Reporter

POLITICO








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