I’m open to new ideas, if Republican counterparts or some Democrats have a great idea for us to raise revenue, maintain progress already, make sure the middle class isn’t getting hit, reduces our deficit, encourages growth, I’m not going to just slam the door in their face. I want to hear idea - I want to hear ideas from everybody.

 

We don’t leave Washington now and head over to the Middle East, specifically Gaza, one of the territories at the center of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The violence between these two groups has been increasing recently. Yesterday, Israel launched air strikes against what it said were terrorists targets. Palestinian officials said there were at least 35 strikes in an eight-hour span of time. At least nine people were killed in the air strikes, and that includes the leader of the military wing of Hamas, that group controls the Palestinian government and the US classifies it as the terrorist organization.

 

Israel said its air strikes were a response to increased rocket attacks from Gaza. One of those rockets hit a shopping center in southern Israel yesterday. Both sides, Israel and Hamas, say they are defending themselves against attacks from the other side.

 

Finally, we are gonna head all the way over to Australia. Some people made their way to the northeastern part of the country this week, and they went there to see this: a total solar eclipse that was visible over Australia’s northern territories. According to NASA, this kind of thing happens on average about every 18 months. But that’s in different spots around the world. This parts of Australia might not see another full solar eclipse for 375 years. So, what exactly is going on in a solar eclipse? It has to do with orbits and shadows. Solar eclipse happens when the Moon, while it’s orbiting the Earth, passes directly in front of the Sun. That casts a shadow on the Earth surface. In the outer part of that shadow, the penumbra, part of the Sun, is blocked. In the inner part, the umbra, that’s where the eclipse is total.