Anderson Cooper anchored two hours of Newsroom beginning at 2pmET today. The BREAKING NEWS was the Israeli/Hamas Cease Fire Happening Now. Anderson started off with an overview of the cease-fire set to begin and the events of the day leading up to it. Joining him in the discussion were Fred Fred Pleitgen in Ashkelon, Israel; Ben Wedeman in Gaza City; Sara Sidner by phone from Tel Aviv, and Wolf Blitzer with Anderson in Jerusalem ~
After the break, Anderson brought in Jill Doughtery from the White House ~
Anderson discussed the celebratory gunfire in Gaza City and weapons coming into Hama with Ben Wedeman and Gen. Mark Kimmitt, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Anderson played part of a speech from Khaled Meshal, a Hamas political leader and then brought in Nic Robertson and Reza Sayah for discussion to end the first hour ~
To start the second hour there was further discussion with Anderson, Wolf Blitzer, Ben Wedeman and Sara Sidner ~
After a break, Anderson brought in Hanan Ashrawi (on the phone from Vienna, Austria) a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council/PLO for her thought on the cease-fire along with Naftali Bennett, Frmr. Chief of Staff for Israeli P.M. Netanyahu for the Israeli perspective ~
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Anderson and Reza Sayah discussed the longer term agreement discussions to begin in 23 hours assuming the cease-fire holds and then brought in Paula Newton on CNNi to break down how the weapons get into Gaza ~
After a break, Anderson spoke with Karl Vick, Jerusalem Bureau Chief by phone from Tel Aviv, who called Gaza a "step child of history" and asked what he meant by that ~
After the break Anderson played a portion from a documentary that follows 4 children caught up in the conflict, for a year and then brought in the filmmaker, Jezza Neumann for follow up discussion ~
Anderson brought Jill Dougherty back in for more discussion, this time regarding Secretary Clinton's legacy if the cease-fire holds and also details on the phone calls between President Obama and President Morsi of Egypt and P.M. Netanyahu
Anderson ended the program with a report by Fred Pleitgen about following an Israeli police unit in Ashkelon, Israel ~
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