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Lets begin though with the breaking news in the middle east conflict. Wolf blitzer joining us live from jerusalem this morning. Wolf, whats the latest from the ground . There seems to have been a lull thursday and things got bad thursday night. Potentially could be getting a whole loss worse in the coming hours. Any hope of a ceasefire seems to be dashed, at least for now, after a very serious escalation of this conflict. Right now israel is launching powerful air strikes on gaza city and other targets inside gaza. Overnight 70 sites were targeted. Among them, home of a senior hamas leader, a Radio Station run by militant group and gazas ministry of finance. Israel is now warning of a prolonged ground war in gaza as the death toll on both sides continues to climb. Martin savidge is with me here in jerusalem. Hes been working all these latest developments. I think youll agree it could get a whole lot worse, as bad as it is right now. Absolutely. And i think the negotiate here of israel is being warned about the very fact. Just really yesterday at this very time, we were kind of getting a sense maybe it was deescalating a bi. The level of violence seemed to be down. That all changed tragically tomorrow afternoon and late last night. Explosions rocking gaza city throughout the night. Accompanied by the sound of israeli drones overhead searching for more hamas targets. This morning smoke villas from a hamasrun Radio Station that took a direct hit. The renewed violence began earlier with two deadly blasts on monday, first killing ten people, mostly children, playing on this busy street, second at the hospital leaving two people injured. Neither side accepting responsibility for the bloodshed. A hamasrub news outlet blaming the devastation on an israeli drop while israels military blames hamas rockets fired towards israel that fell short. Israelis and palestinians have a responsibility to stop the fighting now. Reporter World Leaders continue to push for a humanitarian ceasefire which would allow for critical aid into gaza. Speaking on television, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned israelis to be prepared for a lenny campaign. Hopefully, if we can make some progress, the people in this region who deserve peace can take one step towards that elusive goal. Reporter secretary of state john kerry who admitted monday there were misunderstandings during talks now under fire for his failure to achieve a week long truce to stop the rising death toll. It was a deadly day also for the Israeli Military. Ten Israeli Soldiers were killed which brings the total killed to 52. I would assume also the country is getting ready for more israeli casualties, obviously more palestinian casualties but it looks like more Israeli Soldiers will be killed as this operation escalates. More than they have seen in quite a while. That will go along for quite a while. As a lot of the casualties here in israel, serious numbers but a lot more casualties in gaza. Cnns karl penhaul was live in the middle of a report on cnn when an israeli air strike landed about 200 yards away from him and his team of in gaza city. Watch this. Reporter you would have seen okay. Im going to move out of the way, poppy, and were going to get a camera shot. Lets have him move as far away as we can. Karl is joining us live from gaza city. I assume you and our team in gaza city, everybody okay . Reporter yeah, everybody is okay, thanks, wolf. Of course, we do have to duck down from those kinds of incidents, not only caught us by surprise because also, if you know, if a bomb goes off that close tow it could be spreading slel nell across a very wide area, several hundred yards so we really have to take cover when Something Like that comes in. Reporter whats going on right now . What do you see behind you and in the vicinity . More air strikes, more artillery, whats going on . Reporter hear in gaza city we have heard air strikes going in over the course of the morning. We believe that those are going in from the f16 fighter bombers. Theres also a lot of activity from the israeli drones as well. They sound like giant lawn mowers and there are a lot of them up there right now as they were last night when the lum nation rounds were coming down on gaza trying to shed some light on possible targets down below and the death toll, of course, is rising that now is close to 1,100 palestinians killed in the course of this confrontation and the United Nations continues to say that 75 of those are civilians, and that strike that you saw on tv just earlier on when we were on an earlier live shot, that went into an Apartment Building behind us. Weve been here for three weeks now. We havent seen any military activity going on from that building, and we do know that that building is used as an Apartment Building for families who are trying to flee the violence elsewhere. In fact yesterday the Israeli Military warning palestinians in northern gaza to flee to safety in central gaza and in gaza city, and so imagine their dismay last night when the place that was supposed to be safe for them was turned into a war zone. Wolf . Theres entire gaza strip right now clearly a war zone. Thanks so much, karl penhaul and our entire team in gaza. Lets get the israeli perspective from martin regev, the spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. What did the Prime Minister mean yesterday when he said israel should be ready for a long period potential life warfare . Unfortunately, it appears that hamas is refusing every serious ceasefire offer thats been put on the table, even humanitarian ceasefire hamas has rejected them all or violated them. Now, yesterday was another example of this. Yesterday we started the day with Israeli Military given instructions just to deal with the tunnel threat and to defend themselves, and we actually put a freeze on offensive operations against terrorist targets in gaza, and that was our attempt to deescalate. What did hamas do . We, as the Prime Minister said, at the end of the day a very, very hard difficult day. We took casualties. We had hamas rockets fired deep into israel, up north overshooting tel aviv reaching the haifa bay area. Hadnt had that before. We took casualties with the terrorists coming through the tunnels, mortars on our border and took hits for our soldiers on our side of the frontier. Hamas has to understand a ceasefire is not israel alone ceasing its fire. Ceasefire means hamas stops firing as well. What if they do, tomorrow or today hamas says we want a ceasefire, 24hour pause. We wont send rockets. We wont send missiles, we wont send infiltrators through tunnels into israel, we want to see this stop for 2 hours. The u. N. Will support that, the u. S. Will support that, will israel . Weve been there and done that. What if they do it again . On sunday hamas announced a ceasefire and within three or four minutes they violated the own ceasefire. We dont need words. What if they do . We needhamias to stop shooting rockets on israeli cities and need hamm hamas to stop infiltrating through the tunnels with armed groups of explosives and automatic explosive and rocketpropelled grenades to try to kill our people. We needhamias to cease all offensive operations against israel. When that happens you can ask me the question. Up until now weve heard talk of ceasefire. Israel has held its fire and hamas has refused to do so. Were you were with me two weeks ago when israel unilaterally accepted a ceasefire proposal of the egyptians. We held our fire, not for one, not for two hours but for six hours, and hamas just kept shooting, 50 rockets at israel. A ceasefire, if its going to work means hamas must stop firing. If that egyptian proposal could be revived as it was two weeks ago, and i remember we were both in tel aviv, we were both on cnn when that ceasefire went into effect and hamas were to accept it, would israel would again it. My Prime Minister said to cnns crowley on sunday. Candy crowley. That the egyptian ceasefire proposal is the only game in town, and why is that . Because the egyptian ceasefire proposal calls for an immediate ceasefire of all violence, and then we meet in cairo, israeli teams, palestinian teams and we discuss how we can move on from there, and so you stop fire immediately and then you start discussion. And the reason you didnt like secretary kerrys proposal is because he went further than the egyptian proposal and accepted some of the qatary and turkish demands closer to hamas. We heard from president obama and secretary kerry, full support and the United States supports the egyptian proposal. I will is it good . Because it immediately ends all fire, and it allows the parties, the palestinians and us to raise our concerns, and, of course, for us the major concern we want to raise is demilitarizati demilitarization. We dont want to revisit this conflict in six months. We want it behind us. How strained is the u. S. Israeli relationship, because if you read the israelis press and i do, and you read it as well, looks like theres a real rupture between the Obama Administration and Prime Minister netanyahus government. Lets be clear. The United States has been standing with israel with strong support and multiple condemnation of hamas for multiple attacks on our people and multiple condemnation for using palestinians as human shields. Lets be clear here. The United States is very strong on israels right to defend itself, and would i like to add something. We with the help of iron dome, an americanisraeli joint venture, weve shut down hundreds of rockets that have come into israel, shot them down before they reached the targets over israeli open areas. That means countless israeli lives have been saved because of american cooperation. We understand america is our partner and ale and together with the United States weve got to defeat terrorists like hamas. Mark regev, thanks very much for joining us. Ive been told by Israeli Intelligence sources they believe hamas still has about 3,000 rockets and missiles in their arsenal, about 7,000, 6,000 to 7,000 have either been used or destroyed by the Israeli Military, but they think they have about 3,000 or so and one of israels goals in addition to destroying the tunnels is to eliminate that entire ars arsenal of rockets and missiles. That could take a while. By the way, later in the program here on new day, well speak with the Palestinian Ambassador and permanent observer at the United Nations, but in the meantime lets if back to you. Great reporting on the ground. We thank you for that. Ending munitions wont end the battle there. They have to find a political solution. That does not seem like its coming today. Not today. A lot of news though today so lets get you right to mick. A look at headlines, house and Senate Leaders announced a deal monday to Reform Veterans Affairs Health Care System this. Proposed bill would provide 17 billion to add medical staff and new facilities. A vote could come later this week. The department has been rocked, as you know, by scandal that was first reported by cnn reporting long delays at the v. A. Medical center in phoenix. President obama is reportedly considering granting work permits to millions of undocumented immigrants before the midterm elections, thats according to the associated press. This plan would let them stay in the u. S. Without the threat of deportation. The white house has said the president will take executive action if Immigration Reform legislation continues to stall in congress. Meantime, congress will hold two hearings this morning on issues related to the ongoing border crisis. It may be a losing battle but Donald Sterling is not giving up his fight to keep the los angeles clips. A california judge has ruled against sterling in his attempt to block the sale of the team to former microsoft ceo Steve Ballmer, a deal that his wife shelly brokered. The judge maintained that shelly acted properly in removing her husband from a family trust that owns the team, and he also ruled the sale can go forward regardless of appeals. A white house awards ceremony turned into a bit of a president ial confession on monday. President obama was presenting the National Medal of arts to 12 recipients including dreamworks show jeffrey cantberg and singer Linda Ronstadt who was singled out for special recognition. The president admitting that he had a crush on the desperado singer back in the day. No word on what ronstadt replied. If you had the honor of presenting somebody with an award, who would you say, young kate balduan fancied im going to blush and im not going to say here. Im not going to say here, because that had to be a big shocker though, that the president thats what im saying. Wouldnt you be frozen say and said i had a big crush on you . What do you say to that, thanks . Who is yours . Hi so many. I had tshirts i wrote a someone on new kids in the block would definitely have been on mine. I wrote it, remember theo huxtable, all about him when i was about 15, yeah. I was talking music, not going please, dont even get me start there had. Oh, yeah, exactly. Much to discuss in the break. Apparently. This is only getting started. Coming up next on new day, frosty relations between the u. S. And russia take yet another hit, the white house accusing moscow of violating an arms treaty that helped bring about the end of a cold war. Were live with the details. Plus, did you hear about this shootout on the streets of new york city . A suspected child molester turns homicidal as officers try to arrest him. How he wounds up dead but not before doing more damage. He had just been profiled on cnns the hunt. What age you are. Ont ce take them on the way you always have. Live healthy and take one a day mens 50 . A complete multivitamin with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. Age . Who cares. When folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. But the energy bp produces up here creates Something Else as well jobs all over america. Engineering and innovation jobs. Advanced Safety Systems technology. Shipping and manufacturing. 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The Ukrainian Military announced yesterday, chris, that it had launched an offensive to capture several key towns around the Malaysian Air crash zone, so as you mentioned, you have the dutch Prime Minister, the country that lost the most victims aboard that plane calling the president of ukraine here in kiev, asking him to please stop the fighting around the crash zone. This morning dozens of dutch and australian investigators shut out for the Third Straight day from entering the mh17 crash site. The fighting so fierce that the team didnt even leave donetsk to travel to the disaster zone today. According to prorussian renls, Ukrainian Government forces gained control of parts of the area, digging trenches and stationing Armored Vehicles marking their territory. The International Investigation now stalled 12 days after the crash. It is frustrating to have to wait to do the job that they came to do. Their motivation comes from the deep conviction that the relatives and all the Different Countries are entitled to have their loved ones and the personal effects returned to them. Reporter on monday the u. S. Announcing they will impose new sanctions on russia, the European Union meeting today on the issue, a warning to moscow, stop providing the rebels with representons. Our purpose here again is not to furnish russia but to make clear it must seek support from the separatists and stop destabilizing ukraine. Reporter this as clashes between ukrainian militants and prorussian rebels are pushing everyone back. One of our cnn crews en route to the site forced to turn around on monday but pro russian separatists. Amid the thunder of rockets and artillery civilians caught in the middle, fleeing with their families as their once peaceful home becomes a deadly battleground. Chris, the Ukrainian Military seems to have been making advances in recent days so they clearly dont want to slow that down. When it comes to the crash site they deny that they have any presence on the crash site but then they give kind of a contradictory explanation and say, no, were not shooting near the disaster zone. Were just trying to capture it which doesnt really seem to add up logically. Right. And you know that the concern is that this is more of a land grab and power battle than it is putting that priority on securing the crash site and, of course, making the dutch and so much observers of the dutch around the world upset. Stay safe over there, even in kiev nothing too safe in ukraine right now. Kate . Sticking close to this story, also breaking overnight, washington accusing moscow of violating a landmark 1987 Nuclear Treaty by testing a new landbased Cruise Missile. The white house calls it a serious matter and president obama has apparently addressed it in a letter to presiderussia president vladimir putin. This is being called a serious matter, but what does this mean . Reporter an old mission. The missile tests first began back in 2008. The u. S. Raised the issue with russia last year and continued to talk about it and the russians responded and looked into it and considered it closed. President obama has told president putin that the u. S. Is willing to hold highlevel talks to bring russia back into compliance, because this is seen as one of the major treaties that curbs the arms race and president obama has, you know, wanted to seek deeper cuts in nuclear arms so its really a larger issue than whats been going on between russia and the u. S. Over ukraine, but clearly the timing, kate, is very curious as to, you know, Officials Say, look, this is weve been dealing with this on the substance. This doesnt have anything to do with current tensions, but how russia is going to perceive it right now clearly as a provocation and how they respond, well just have to see. Also might fit right in, elise, with the sanctions as yet another warning with russia to get in line and stop doing itself provocative action. What do you know about the new sanctions coming from the United States and probably most importantly at this point also going to be announced coming from europe that we could be hearing more about today . Well, thats really the most important thing because, you know, russia and europe have really integrated economic ties, and clearly the economic implications are much more serious. In europe we youre pected to see a little bit more what have weve seen over the coming week with the United States. Were talking about energy companies, access to capital markets, more of the officials, but it could also include arm sales and other types of companies that really will put a dent in the russian economy. Foreign minister lavrov says as the u. S. Continues to tighten the noose it remains to be seen what this does for the russian economy because its been teetering on brink of recession for months. What your sources from the state department . Do you think this round of sanctions coming from europe, that it has the teeth that so many have been calling for all along . You know, kate, theres always a wide debate over weather sanctions really work, and when you look at whats happened with iran over the years, clearly at this point its gotten to the point where the iranians want to negotiate and end their nuclear deal because of the sanctions. Im not really sure at this point that this is going to be enough to have president putin change course. Clearly he has a larger agenda here, and hes taken this into consideration. Are these going to be the wide sectoral sanctions that really, you know, kind of squeeze the russian economy to the extent that brings president putin to his knees. I dont think so just yet, but what the u. S. And europe are doing is trying to ramp this up in a way to keep tightening the noose in the hopes that eventually that will bring president putin to negotiate on ukraine. We will see, unfortunately, is what we have to say and have continued to have to say. Great to see you. Elyse lease, our Global Affairs correspondent. Thank you. All right. Coming up on new day, a suspected sex offender, unbelievable, just profiled on cnns show the hunt with john walsh is tracked down in new york city. We have dramatic details of a shootout that ended with the fugitives death. Plus the hamas tunnels. They have been a main focus for israel and their bombs. The question is what are they like . How far did they go . 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Targets include hamas command centers and weapons Storage Facilities and hopes for a ceasefire are beginning to fade now. The israelis are warning that a fullon fight the day after ten soldiers were killed, five by militants, who came through those tunnels from gaza. A new Senate Proposal on nsa reform reportedly clamps down on Data Collection and increases nsa transparency. Democratic senator Patrick Leahy of vermont will introduce the legislation today. It does have white house support. This all comes on the heels of a scathing joint report by Human Rights Watch and the aclu that says nsa surveillance threatens freedom of the press. A private drone trying to capture footage of a Northern California wildfire briefly hindered fire fighter efforts to attack the flames from the air. Officials spotted the drone sunday and immediately contacted the owners to have that Unmanned Aircraft grounded to avoid a possible midair collision. Fifth verse gained an upper hand on the plays which has scorched nearly six square miles and forced hundreds of people from their homes. Southwest airlines is facing a hefty government fine after allegedly failing to reply to repair orders. The faa is proposing 12 million in Civil Aviation penalties saying they did not properly replace fuselage skins on 44 of its aircraft. The case combines three earlier Enforcement Actions against the airline. Southwest for their part now has 30 days to respond. Those are your headlines. During all that time they wont be making repairs either. Lets hope that they are. 14 of their planes have already done. Right . Right. Lets turn to the takedown of a bad guy that started with the episode of cnns the hunt and ended in deadly gunfire. 32yearold Charles Mozdir was on the run for more than two years on two molestation charges. A tip called in during john walshs show helped investigators crack the case. Heres the story from deb feyeri feyerick. Reporter the search for Charles Mozdir ends here, the shootout at this smoke shop in a minute answers busy west village. Fired at officers at very close raining and the officers returned fire. Reporter members of the u. S. Marshalls new York New Jersey regional track force tracked mozdir to new york following a tip that came into cnns the hunt with john walsh. My son sat me down, and he said, mom, i have something to tell you. And he proceeded to tell me that charles he touched him inappropriately. Reporter mozdir had recently been profiled on the show. One of the officers went inside and identified mozdir. He was alone, police say, inside that smoke shop, and can you see it, its the white doorway just past the stop sign. When members of the task force entered thats when the shooting began. During the exchanges of gunfire the detectives and two marshalls were injured. Mozdir had grown a beard and had no intention of being taken quietly. A. 32 calendar was found at the scene and 20 additional rounds were found in his pockets. Reporter alexis green lives down the street from the smoke shop and took the photos after the shooting. I noticed a rather large crowd and heavily Armed Police Officers with helmets on, detectives, ambulance workers. Reporter one u. S. Marshal shot in the leg and another injured in the arm. The nypd detective assigned to the task force shot in the abdomen. None of the injuries are believed to be lifethreatening. Effectivelily you can see where the round was recovered. It was recovered in the vest. Reporter mozdir was last seen two years ago in san diego offer being accused of molesting a friends 7yearold son. At the time police searched his home and found a cell phone with images of child pornography and beastiality. His car was found in georgia, his license plate removed and mozdir seemingly disappeared. Debra feyerick. Until john walshs show the hunt. Well talk about what happened and how they ended up discovering where this man was with john walsh, the host of cnns the hunt. Unbelievable is real all can you say. Why he does the show. Exactly right, an much more than a see. And a tip worked. Unbelievable, unbelievable. Lets turn to the weather now, if we can, please and get to meteorologist Indra Petersons with a look at the forecast. It was a mess. Scary day outside of denver, colorado. Two reports of tornadoes in the region. One of them even closed down the airport for about half an hour, and these were not the only incidents, not just colorado but yesterday, even in massachusetts, just outside of boston. Still reports of even another tornado, likely an ef 2 with winds of about 120 miles per hour. Heres the scary part. Neither of those areas had the risk in the forecast yesterday. Even better news today. Well be talking about conditions calming down. High pressure moving in and even milder air will be moving in, so its going to be feeling a lot better. Look at the morning hour temperatures. Were talking about even 50s this morning and many of you talking about below normal temperatures as you start off the day which means as you go towards the afternoon its going to be feeling a lot better. Even all the way down to the southeast well be seeing temperatures below norm a. Even as we go through the middle of the week the temperatures will be staying on the cool side. There is one thing i do want to point out. Remember, its hurricane season. Well be closely monitoring whats going on in atlanta. About a 70 chance that this birthed in the next fiveday track. Hurricane season starts to seem to be ramping up already. And starting early. Thats right. Thanks, indra. When we come back, an exclusive look at the hamas tunnel that are allegedly conduits for tunnel and a prime target for israeli missiles. Wolf blitzer will take you inside. 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There was a whole network and still is basically going from gaza into egypt. Most of those tunnels designed to smuggle weapons, missiles, missile parts, rockets from egypt into gaza. They knew there were some tunnels potentially going from gaza into israel, but until recently, kate, they had no idea how extensive that network was. This is priority number one for the Israel Defense forces, finding and destroying dozens of hamas funnels, underground escape hatches from gaza used to infiltrate israel and launch attacks. I went to the front line near the gaza border to see one of those tunnels with idf Lieutenant Colonel azuli. Israeli forces have uncovered more than 30 tunnels in this area. All right. Lets go in. This tunnel is just under two miles long and about 45 feet below ground. It begins in the southern gazan city of khan younis and ends here along the border with gaza. Lets go a little bit further in. This tunnel, i guess, the tunnel is built for relatively short people because if you stand up youre going to hit your head. Im not that tall, but you see its pretty pretty secure, this concrete. They spent a lot of effort building this tunnel. Hamas boasts about its network of tunnels boasting this video allegedly showing mass militants entering israel before being targeted by an israeli air strike, this video was released by the idf. Hamas never got to use the tunnel i visited. The israelis found it. They destroyed a big chung of it back there and they kept this part. The Lieutenant Colonel believes it took hamas two years to build this tunnel with concrete and other supplies that he says came from israel. You say this concrete came from israel. How do you know it came from israel . We found the bags. The bags. Basically the concrete was provided by israel to palestinians in gaza to build schools, hospitals, stores, apartments, but they used it, would you say, to build this tunnel . Yes. Reporter hamas has other tunnels that lead into egyptian territory and used to smuggle weapons and supplies into gaza but the idf says the underground passages into israel have only one purpose. From what you know, what was the purpose of this tunnel . Attack soldiers. They want to attack regular people, children, women, men. They want to go and attack and kill israelis and also kidnap israelis. Yes. That was one of the rationales that israelis have suggested was one of the purposes of these tunnels. Yes. And they are specifically terrorized to a certain degree, kate, the israelis by what happened a few years ago, a young israeli soldier gilad shallied who was kidnapped by palestinians who was taken through the tunnel and held hostage. He was freed and then returned to israel after five years in captivity. What the israelis are really fearful of is that hamas infill tate traitors could come into israel and kidnap an israeli soldier or a person, for that matter and then take them back we got 1,000 prisoners for gilad shalid and want another 1,000 now. Thats why israelis are obsessed, i think its fair to say, with these tunnels. Israel said yesterday five Israeli Soldiers were killed they believe when hamas hamas militants came through one of those tunnels and attacked them as they came right out. The hamas militants were also killed so it is a real problem, as we speak, not just before but also today. We had the Foreign Ministry on yesterday, wolf, and the spokesman said that they have located they believe 36 tunnels taken out 16, but they have also said its technologically pretty complex and challenging to do that. How are they going about this . When do you think they are going to be done . They dont know, and Lieutenant Colonel azuli flatly said we dont know what we dont know. They are looking for these tunnels. They have no idea how many more it might be. Looks like a relatively small area, this whole area from gaza going into israel, if you drive around there as i did yesterday and saw what was going on. You see a lot of tanks and a lot of Israeli Armored personnel carriers and a lot of israeli troops. They are looking on the ground to see if theres any opening, any indications that 40 or 45 or 50 feet below the surface there could be another tunnel, but they are going through it methodically. They have no idea how long its going to take to find all tunnels and then destroy all the tunnels, but that is a critically important issue for them right now, maybe even more important than finding all the missiles and the rockets. They want to destroy those but first and foremost want to get the tunnels. Of course then, wolf, it gets to the question if they dont know how many tunnels they will be seeking out, they dont know how long this operation will continue and when there will be quiet. Wolf blither on the ground in jerusalem. Great reporting, wolf. Thanks for taking us inside. Talk to you in a little bit. Coming up next on new day, two americans now infected with ebola, this is the wife of another victim who died from the virus. Shes speaking out. Dr. Sanjay gupta is going to be joining us. The wonder of summer is that i never know what kind of adventure awaits. The days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. And, thanks to volvo, ill pay nothing for repairs or maintenance for 5 years, nothing. They even cover my first months payment. So, ill be happy wherever the summer takes me. The wonder of summer event. The 2015 volvo s60 sedan with complimentary first months payment. Starting at 319 a month. train horn vo wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. 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Among them angela and george white house daughter fatima was on plane, one of the 192 souls on board. I had the opportunity to speak with her parent, george and angela. George and angela needed to see it for themselves. The crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. Their 25yearold daughter fatima was a passenger. Their grief and pain drove them to visit Eastern Ukraine where the plane went down. I know that you knew it was a dangerous thing to do, but i know you wanted to go to where this all happened. What led you there . Well, we really, really promised our daughter that we will go there and that we tried to really fulfill our promises. While heavy fighting from the regional ground war blocked investigators from collecting evidence on monday, it did not deter the family from going at their own risk to the crash site this weekend to search for their only child. George, tell us about what you experienced. Did you feel you were in danger when you were there . Did you have any contact with the military or rebels there on the ground . We have been always protected. I believe it was divine guidance. We went there to really get togeth together. To gather evidence. And to inspect to make inspection of this place and how it unfolded, and we got a lot of information. What did you learn. What we learned oh, the most important thing to make no assumptions and to build no hypothesis without having complex evidence. The couple, both scientists, want evidence that their daughter, an aerospace engineer, was killed in the crash. Without it they believe she could have possibly survived. From a realistic point of view we only believe that if somebody survived and fatima survived, it was only possible in the first hour when the people of Donetsk Republic came to the crash site to check what they saw, what they got falling from the sky, that if there had been survivors, they maybe took them. Fatima can only be pronounced dead when the dna is matched with her body, so if anybody says at the moment she is dead or all the other people, its not correct. And they vow to keep on searching, taking inspiration from their daughter who according to the snid morning herald wrote these words on her facebook page. For this earth, galaxy and beyond, always remember dont let gravity told us back. They really wanted to share the story of their daughter, young woman, 25 years old. She was leaving germany to reestablish routes, rather to move to perth where her parents are based now. Her big opportunity. They both also went to holland because they wanted to see the memorial that was set up. They found it really moving and it was really important for them to be around the other family members as well. Still they are holding out hope. They are. Yeah. They say they just want evidence. They have not been they have not been told that her body has been found. Its going to take some time. Even if they recovered their daughter it would take some time unless shes in an obvious state of identification, but this is also an important thing to do because if you cant get to that scene, you can get there, i mean, you know, obviously, they showed that they can get there, but to stay there and have sustained effort on their ground is very dangerous when theres shelling going on within kilometers. Amazed us that they got there. They were heavily guarded when they were there. The question is who is doing it and so many different groups involved. Definitely dicy. You shouldnt take that they got there as proof that everyone should be there, but it also goes to the urgency. Until they get on the ground and start working that crime scene, the chance that they found all the victims is very small. Yeah. Very small. Well follow up on their stories and the efforts to get to the crash scene. Thats just one of the stories that were following. Theres a lot of news this morning so lets get right to t it. Explosion is rocking gaza city. Israelis and palestinians have a responsibility to stop the fighting now. What weve seen repeatedly putin is he tries to say the right thing in the public but is, unfortunately, playing a double game. Shut out for the Third Straight day. We have agreed that there should be a ceasefire. The search for suspected child molester Charles Mozdir here. Fired upon officers at very close range, and the officers returned fire. Good morning. Welcome back to new day. We want to welcome our viewers in the u. S. And around the world this morning. Following developments in two major stories. Israeli air strikes in gaza intensifying making for another difficult day. And u. N. Investigators try and fail to reach the crash site of malaysia air flight 17. Lets begin though with breaking news in the middle east conflict. Wolf blitzer is on the ground for us live in jerusalem once again. Wolf . Good morning, guys. A major, major spike in israels operations overnight. 70 sites in gaza targeted by the Israeli Military. The Gaza Ministry of finance among them and also the hamasrun tv station, the command centers, weapons storage sites and some of them concealed in mosques, all targeted, thats what the israelis are saying. All this comes a day after ten people, including eight children, were killed when shells at a ref screw champ near a gaza beach. Hamas was quick to blame israel and they later released what they said was radar proof that the rockets were launched inside gaza, launched by hamas. The Fresh Exchange of fire is silence talk of a ceasefire. Israel warning of a long presence in gaza. These operations, they say, will continue and their priority right now is to destroy gaza tunnels and hamas tunnels going from gaza into israel, priority number one for the israelis right now. Were joined by someone who is intimately familiar with the challenges working on a peace deal. Joined by senator George Mitchell in a moment, former u. S. Special envoy for the middle east. Well have an extensive coverage with him but back to chris in new york. Ive been here now for almost three weeks. There have been highs, lows and right now it looks to me like this operation is going to continue. I know theres a lot of International Pressure to get some sort of humanitarian ceasefire, maybe even for a day. I sense its not likely to happen any time soon. Was that the politics or practicalities of what they are trying to achieve, wolf. What do you think makes the difference on the ground . I think the israelis are determined right now despite talk of a ceasefire. Sense theres an opportunity to do significant damage to hamas military capabilities, destroying the rockets and missiles coming into israel about, 2,500 over the past two and a half, nearly three weeks, and going after other infrastructure targets. They really, the sense im getting right now, chris, is that the israelis would like to effectively neutralize hamas. Politically i dont think they can, although they can cause, and they already have caused hamas and a lot of other people in gaza a lot of damage. I suspect the israelis are going to continue for time being unless International Pressure, including from the United States, escalates dramatically, and then they will step back. The question becomes for all the pressure where does it lead . You know, what is the peace at this point . Thats not whats understood and why the operations are continuing. You have been there for a long time and make sure you get it right. Thanks for doing it, wolf, and well check back in with you soon. Lets go from wolf to Eastern Ukraine where mh17 investigators are facing yet another setback. Intense fighting forcing the team to once again abandon efforts to reach the crash site. Meanwhile, the dutch Prime Minister is begging ukraines president to help end the violence and provide investigators with safe passage. Lets bring in ivan watson live from kiev, ukraine this morning. Good morning, ivan. Reporter good morning, chris. Thats right. For the Third Straight day in a row these investigators, dozens of australian and dutch investigators unable to make it to the crash site from the rebelheld city of donetsk because of fighting on the road. Now you traveled on that road. You know that it goes through a number of towns that have been under attack by the Ukrainian Military, basically since monday. Serious fighting taking place. Lives being lost on both sides between the separatists and the Ukrainian Government forces, but what its effectively doing is blocking access for these investigators to get to the site. They say their Top Priorities right now is to recover bodies, recover the bodies of dozens of victims still missing 12 days after Malaysian Air flight 17 went town and also to recover belongings, so this recovery effort being failed and now its gone all the way up to the dutch Prime Minister calling the ukrainian Prime Minister here in kiev and saying, please, bring about a ceasefire, let our people in, and it does seem that the Ukrainian Military is reluctant to do so because they have been making gains in the last couple of days. They have been moving forward and paying with lives to get to where they want to go. They deny that they have moved into the debris field of mh17, yet at the same time they say they have gotten very close to it and they are trying to capture it from the separatists. Chris . We know from being there on the ground, ivan, that the developing is very close to where the crash site it. You know, this may be playing a little bit about semantics in terms of where the shells actually are, where they actually control, but do you think the reality is, as difficult as it will be for people to hear, that the bodies and the dignity and everything that we have been focusing on is not whats most important in this land grab campaign for the ukraine versus the militants . Absolutely not. This is a civil war. There have been more than 1,100 People Killed here in the last three months. More than 800 people abducted or kidnapped, according to the United Nations. This is pretty much an allout struggle in the east of the country. Hundreds of ukrainian soldiers killed. We dont know how many of the prorussian separatists have been killed, but we do know that their commander says that they have evacuated more than 120 wounded separatist fighters to russia in the last couple of days which kind of highlights the close ties between the rebels and russia which denies that its shipping guns and weapons to the rebels, and also denies accusations that it is shooting artillery across the border. This is a very, very complicated situation. I dont think weve ever seen a case where a commercial airliner goes down in the middle of an angry war zone, dangerous war zone and perhaps the scene that we saw last week where investigators were able to visit, where we were given free access. Perhaps that was an aberration, a brief because in whats really been a nasty civil conflict. I think you put it well. It is complicated, and its also showing that this situation is being used opportunistically by both the militants on the ground and perhaps even ukraine. Ivan, thank you very much. Also important to point out back here that when we interviewed the selfappointed Prime Minister there in the region around the crash site, he would not admit that russia had anything to do with it, and he wouldnt deny it. He said im in power. Dont say anything about russia. I said oh, youre in power. The russians arent in power. He wouldnt answer it. That complicates things on the ground there and maybe ukraine is the best bet to get the investigators there safely one thats the priority. They are still talking about getting the investigators in there safely 12 days in. That gets to the heart of the problem. Lets get to the heart of the problem and back to the middle east conflict as well as we keep our eye on ukraine. Bring back in wolf blitzer joining us in jerusalem and also bring in someone who is intimately familiar with the challenges of trying to work out a peace deal in the middle east. Joining us is a former senator George Mitchell, a former u. S. Special envoy to the middle east, former special envoy to israelis and palestinians. Mr. Mitchell, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Wolf is joining me as well. I want to just first get your take on where you think things stand and trying to break the impasse, trying to break through, especially with this in mind. Secretary kerry, he was over there and working as hard as he could to try to broker some sort of a ceasefire, a sevenday ceasefire but hes come under withering criticism for his work including this in the Israeli Press and i want to receipt you one quote. Wolf red this as well. There coming from haar yet. Over the weekend u. S. Secretary of state john kerry ruined everything. Very senior officials described the proposal kerry put on the table as a strategic terrorist attack. Did john kerry do something wrong here . How do you break through after that, senator . Well, i think the secretary is trying real hard in obviously a very difficult situation. In both sides they know this conflict is going to come to an end at some point, probably soon, as has happened in the past. Both sides are trying to get into the best position they can up to that point and to get ready for what i think they both assume will be the next round, so its obviously a difficult situation and i think the secretary should be commended for his efforts. Until there is a ceasefire i think hell be subject to criticism, but once it comes i hope that the u. S. And the secretary will continue their efforts to try to bring the Party Together for further talks because this situation, while there are immediate gains for both sides, military and political, in the long term i think its harmful for the prospects of peace in the region. It seems to me, senator, the most important priority is to stop the fighting and get a ceasefire and humanitarian pause as the United Nations would do that. How do you do that right now . Well, its obviously very difficult. The israelis obviously and understandably dont want to stop until they have dealt with all. Tunnels, and they have degraded, to the extent possible hamas capacity to fire rockets upon israel. So from a military standpoint they have specific intangible goals. Hamas, on the other hand, has what you might call political objectives and thats primarily the lifting of the siege that israel has established on gaza which has created so much difficulty for the people there. At the same time, hamas is gaining politically because their main rival, the Palestinian Authority led by president abbas, is sidelined and increasingly losing political support. Abbas has for many years in the Palestinian Authority for that time have opposed military action against israel. They are for nonviolent negotiate. The problem, of course, is that it hasnt gotten anywhere over a 20year period and is increasingly discredited. When theres actual fighting, when palestinians are dying, now well over 1,000, the sentiment tents to shift away from the Palestinian Authority and towards hamas who is seen by palestinians and the arab world as standing up to israel, so for both sides there are gains being made, although there are also losses being suffered on both sides. Heres the question that im asking, senator, and you know this region well. You spent a long time trying to get a breakthrough. You did a good job in northern ireland. This issue here in the middle east seems a lot more complicated. No rockets or missiles coming into israel which is under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Obviously the military has certain control there as well but they are coming in from gassa. How do you get the Palestinian Authority and president Mahmoud Abbas effectively in control of gaza once again and then maybe there could be some dem ambulance of not only a ceasefire but a Peace Process . Well, that was really what i tried to do. My view was that if you could get a serious negotiate under way with the Palestinian Authority that looked like it had at least some prospect for success, there would be an incentive for hamas to join in and not be left behind in gaza. Unfortunately, we were unable to get tracks in the palestinian and israeli talks, although there were four talks, direct talks between president abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but rather than gaining tract it really had the opposite effect as it validated their mutual suspicion, and thats one of the core pops here is that neither leader believes that the other is serious in the effort. They assume failure and, therefore, they enter these processes in a way more towards making sure they dont get blamed for the ultimate failure as opposed to being willing to make concessions for success. I think elengthy that will happen because its so much in the interest of both societies that there be a resolution of this conflict. You lay out perfectly why and how this process, the concept of success is so caomplicated and frustrating as well. In terms of the role going forward, you say the secretary of state should be commended for the work that hes done. Do you think though that john kerry has miscalculated what he was up against . I dont think so. I think now theres been over 20 secretaries of state and president s, many israeli Prime Ministers, many arab leaders over the past 60 years, all have tried, and it is fair to say all have not succeeded in bringing an end to this conflict. And anybody who is in the position is subject for criticism until you actually get a successful resolution. I believe it will come in time, but the reality is, ive been through it. This is the kind of position where you can expect constant criticism from both sides because they have very strong feelings. Secondly, both so sides are divided. There are pros and cons in both societies. Many palestinians and arabs who are adamantly opposed to the continued existence and many opposed to a palestinian state. Its a very complicated situation been both so sides and between both so sides. The real problem is that its been written off and the United States cant want it more than the parties themselves. We want them to resolve this problem, but they have to want it as well. Thats an excellent point. Senator George Mitchell. Thank you so much for your time. Former u. S. Special envoy to the middle east. Senator, thank you very much for your time. Wolf, were going to get right back to you as well, wolf blitzer on the ground for news jerusalem. Its really fascinating to get his bake because not only is it complicated and he lays it out very importantly but the question lingers what is it that can break this impact, a person, a new idea and if so what are both of those . None of us know, of course. And though its always been facilitated by third apartments, egypt or the United States, thats a fundamental block also. Isnt that an interesting notion, because the world around is look together middle east thinking why cant they work this out. Those two partners have to get to the bottom of it themselves. Great to have George Mitchell on. All right. A look at your headlines right now and yet another source of friction between the u. S. And russia. Washington is accusing moscow of violating the terms of a Nuclear Treaty that was signed by Ronald Reagan and mikhail gorbachev. The obama straight sites Cruise Missile tests back in 1988 calling it a serious violation and russia for its part says its investigated and considers the matter closed. Clippian officials are asking for International Help in fighting an outofcontrol fuel depot fire based by fighting between rival militias. Rasters were unable to reach the blaze because of continuous fighting in the area. Last weekend the u. S. Evacuated its embassy in tripoli due to security concerns. Dozens have been killed and hundreds more injured in escalating violence across libya. Back here at home donald steriles lawyers say hell keep fighting for his team despite a california judges ruling that gives his estranged wife go the ahead to sell the clippers to former microsoft ceo Steve Ballmer this. Decision allows the sale to go through regardless of appeals. An nba official says they are pleased with the ruling and hopes that the sale goes through as soon as possible. These folks got more than they barring end for, a boat load of whale watchers stranded overnight. Finally headed over. A Boston Harbor cruise ship carrying 163 people became tangled in a lobster pot line monday afternoon. Trip was only supposed to last some three hours, yet they spent the night 16 miles off the coast of boston. After a first attempt to free the ship was successful, divers first managed to disntantangle the vessel and they are steaming back towards boston after a bit of an adventure on the see. Wonder why they didnt take them off the boat. Very good question. And there is some reference to gilligans island, threehour tour. Yeah. But well leave it there. Wound up doing much better than those people. They did. Coming up next on new day, a suspected child molester just profiled on cnns show the hunt tracked down by police in new york city following a viewers tip. The attempted arrest though ended in a deadly shootout. John walsh is going to be here to talk about. 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They are all doing fine, and a shoutout to their families. These are real heros. You know, these guys put their lives on the line every die and dock out a real bad guy and will be fine. Even by your standards this was a really bad guy, a child molestation, the worst thing in the world but one of the things he was into, right, tell us about it . Well, he sort of had a record of being really weird and a previous accusation about a child but cops found a diary of animals he molest. He was in bestiality, and he weve had his way into families lives. He was the godfather of little boys and like all the predators out there he waited for the opportune time and struck and destroyed this family. They had big, big courage, chris, to go forward, and his roommate told police and told us that he had threatened that he was going to go back and kill the father for turning him in. So this family lived in fear for two years. And unusual that this kind of sicko is also homicidal though, right . Absolutely. Usually give up like little babies, real cowards, preying upon women and children. This guy was armed and ready. We got the tip a week ago, our second show and marshals focussed in on the village area, and then reran the week just before i went live with a new show 9 00 sunday, got another tip that he was down in the fillage, and the Fugitive Task force circled right in and got him. Its unusual for a guy like him to shoot it out, but i think he knew he was going down. I think he knew once he was on hunt he was going to go down and i think he knew hed do very poorly in prison. They tend, to though it seems like more and mortgage best chance is your show to find these kind of guys. Authorities are stretched so far that a rough Justice System that used to be in prison not so much any more. Its even more important these days. What does it feel like for you . It was great. I did americas most wanted, we caught 1,700 gives and 17 off the top ten and recovered 61 missing children alive, Elizabeth Smart being most famous case of getting someone back alive, and i tried to retire. Ive been on the road, you know, since adam was murdered 33 years, and your new boss jeff zucker said, you need to saddle up and come back. There are lots of people out there that need justice. I will give you the forum on cnn. Right out of the gate second show we get a bigtime child molester. Youve taken on a lot of tough guys, but you werent going to win against jeff zucker. Ill tell you that. As good as done when you Start Talking to him that youd come back. Does a case like this make you remember the need, john . Youre the only one who does this . Americas most wanted is a unique thing and has a direct public service. It would be tough to leave . Im the father of a murdered child and still have the range. Last sunday was the 33rd anniversary of adams murder and abduction and thats when the tips came down. Tough day for my wife and i. Look what happened. We took this creep down. A do you want people to know . Can you call me, go on our website cnn. Com thehunt. Can you call or tollfree hotline, and i guarantee youll remain anonymous. People want to do the right thing, chris, dont know how to do it. Cops dont have the resources. A lot of people dont want to talk to cops. Were there. If you see one of these creeps, i guarantee you can remain anonymous. Well catch the guy and get him off the streets. And as sayuri as mozdir seems, as we learn about him, plenty of them out there, arent there in. Tons of them. In all the years that i did amw we turned down 150 cases a week, couldnt keep up with the load, and one thing people should learn from this case, if youre going to give the person you love the most in the world the greatest treasure to somebody like this creep to babysit for them, check them out. Better find out who is watching your kid. And as much as the need is great, the challenge of justice is often just as great and thats why we need every tool at our disposal and thats what your show. About using the american public, not in a vigilante way. People want to do the right thing. Want to know how to do it. The Coronado Police in san diego where this guy was wanted said we dont have the resources. He ran. Hes been out there for two years, havent had one good tip. I said partner up with me, the marshals, well put them all over cnn and if were lucky well get a tip. Got a great tip and he went down. Right where he belongs. John walsh, again, pleasure to see you. Worked with you many times over the years and look forward to continuing to do it. Of course you want to watch the hunt on sundays at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Well take a little break here on new day. When we come back israel promised a quote, prolonged assault an hamas and were watching them make good on that promise. Right now blasts just wards from our cnn position in gaza. Fareed zakaria will join us to tell us what, if anything, might make the two sides back down. And then, it is a politicians worst nightmare, a complete Campaign Playbook leaked to the press. Find out whats in it straight ahead on inside politics. Thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. And thank you for your bravery. Thank you colonel. Thank you daddy. Military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa Auto Insurance can be one of them. If youre a current or former military member or their family, get an Auto Insurance quote and see why 92 of our members plan to stay for life. 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As the dutch Prime Minister asked ucrepes president to call for an end to the violence so investigators can reach that site. The u. S. Is announcing it will issue more sanctions on russia this week. New developments now for a story weve been following quite closely here at cnn. Family of kendrick johnson, georgia teen that was found dead rolled up in a gym mat, has filed a wrongful death suit against the county board of education, the superintendent and the high school principal. The claim it claims, rather, officials ignored reports that kendrick was repeatedly attacked and harassed by another student. Sheriffs investigators ruled johnsons death accidental. However, a pathologist hired by the family concluded his death was a homicide. A federal Appeals Court has struck down virginias ban on gay marriage. The Fourth Circuit court of appeals ruled 21 that the states ban on samesex marriage is unconstitutional. The state is expected to request a stay while it appeals the ruling. Just hours after the ruling north carolinas attorney general announced that state will no longer defend its ban on samesex marriage in court. The times, they are achanging. Seen it more and more every state as it moves through. Sometimes when culture doesnt move fast enough, the courts step in. Nice to see when that happens. Turn now to inside politics with jake tapper in for john king. Lets go inside politics and with me are Jonathan Martin of the New York Times and molly ball of the atlantic to share their insights. Lets start with something we werent supposed to see, a leaked Campaign Memo out of the closely watched Georgia Senate race, it details all of the challenges for michelle nun nunn, one of the top recruits this cycle, a popular daughter of a georgia senator sam nunn. This 144page document was released which outline the potential challenges for michelle nunns race. Quote, hitting our targets will require us to prioritize fundraising above all else and focus the candidates time on it with relentless intensity and require leveraging all of the many assets we have as a result of michelles network and it includes a list of michelle nunns potential weaknesses as seen by her own toon, nunn is too liberal, a rubber stamp for democrats, Obama Harry Reid and nancy bolasie best friend and shes not a real georgian. The response, this was a draft and like all good plans they change but what has not changed and is all the more clear today is michelles opponents are going to mischaracterize her work and her positions. Well, this isnt her opponents mischaracterizing them, her team anticipating how it could be mischaracterized. Molly, what did you learn, what was most interesting to you in this memo . A lot of stuff in here, a gigantic memo. I think we can anticipate that this will become a refrain. Everything she does and says will be greeted by a press release, following the Campaign Plan extracted by her washington handlers a year ago to portray her as an inauthentic creature, you know, of the consultants who have sorted created her out of whole cloth. The stuff about her vulnerabilities is really interesting. Probably will hear a lot of that stuff raised and clearly shes planned for that. The question is whether she will be able to combat it effectively. One of the things we always complain about and the voters also complain about is the lack of authenticity or even spontaneity among our politicians, and if you read this, what you get a sense of, jake, is the fact that the handlers dont see any political reward in such behavior. When salking about stump speeches, they are very clear. Have you to give the same speech over and over again. Dont deviate from the speech. Once its written. That will be your speech. Talking about interactions with the press, its its almost amusing. It says the press tends not to like to actually report on a candidate saying the same thing over and over again. Right. But do it anyways. So it sort of speaks to what can be a bit of a depressing sort of modern campaign, you know, method, but thats the world that were in. It also pin points groups for fundraising saying this group and this is how you appeal to them. We want to raise 300,000 from lbgt and 500,000 from trial lawyers. Yes. Interesting section about the Jewish Community where it says michelles position on israel will largely determine the level of support here. Message, tbd, to be determined. Eight months ago had not formed a position on israel, at least not one thats predictive. Nothing that people in washington dont know exists as an analysis all the time but kind of crude if youre not used to that sort of discussion. And seeing it on paper and to your point about the fundraising piece, its a reminder that so much of the mind space of candidates in the campaign is driven by fundraising. It drives scheduling, it drives the message. And to be clear its tv time. Its adds on tv. Thats why they are raising this money is they run the ads on tv. Thats what campaigns are all about. What else did you think was interesting . I thought the analysis of potential vulnerabilities, shes worked for this charity, started by george h. W. Bush, the points of light foundation, and they highlighted some areas, well, this contribution might be problematic this, group might be problem matic. Michelle nunn an her opponent david purdue are coming from the private sector. Its interesting how her vulnerabilities mirror his, all about financial ties to various unsavory things. From david purdue were heard accusations about outsourcing that his companies did, some of the accusations about his personal wealth so i think well hear a lot of charges and countercharges from both of these candidates about who they are associated with. For michelle nunn, as you point out, theres a little bit of an escape for her in being able to say, well, this is george h. W. Bushs foundation i was a part of. Lets turn to another Senate Candidate in west virginia, another state that seems to lean towards the republican side. Natalie tenant is the democratic secretary of state and has a special message considering that democrats, the white house, the council of economic advisers, today is releasing a report saying not doing anything about Climate Change is going to cost too much, and here is the message from coal country, from a democrat. Ive fought to protect our coal jobs right alongside joe manchin and ill stand up to anyone who threatens our way of life. Ill make sure that president obama gets the message. Thats from a democrat. Yeah. But, see, this is the thing, and this entire show this morning is about artificial politics. Lack of authenticity. This is sort of the new thing for candidates who are running in a party thats not in vogue in their state. They have to go to the Great Lengths to show im going to be independent, unlike those folks up in washington, im going to stand up for my state. The fact is that they do so so that they can get that ad shown more on tv so they can raise money and raise more money from their own party and the dirty little secret, the folks in d. C. Who they have to stand up, they know about the ads and are totally fine about it and do what you got to do back home. President obama isnt losing any sleep over this threat from a candidate out in west virginia, but especially in west virginia, a page out of the joe march be playbook who took a shotgun and shot the Climate Change legislation. For joe manchin that worked because people knew him. He had been governor and people responded to his personal brand and in keeping with what they knew of him. Shes not as well known, has to break through. Can you almost picture though joe manchin in his campaign ad, takes a gun and shoots the environmental regulations, literally drives a bullet through them. How do you top that . What do we do to top that . Lets turn off all the lights on the eastern seaboard. Shut the grid down. Shut it down, specifically president obama, i want him to be sitting in the dark, thats what i want. The secret service may have had some something to say about shutting down the lights at the white house, im just guessing. She actually did that for the real, completely real. Molly ball from the atlantic and Jonathan Martin from the New York Times. One other thing to throw up to you guys in new york, a little commentary on new york city from your own david letterman. Lets take a listen to that. According to the cdc, the centers for disease control, the largest single transmission of deadly germs is handshakes. Handshakes is where the deadly germs are transmitted. Youre lucky youre in new york because the most popular form of greeting here in new york is not the handshake, but the middle finger. The middle finger. Now i understand, so, chris, all those times that you do that to me, youre just being a polite new yorker. Just telling you youre number one. Now i understand it. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Our relationship in a whole new way. Try it out in washington, jay, and see how that goes. Thanks, guys. You made me blush. Only jake tapper can. Coming up next on new day, the crisis in the middle east is only intensifying. Look at that. All signs point to a prolonged battle but what is the end game for each side . Well post a question to our own Fareed Zakaria coming up next. M wearing, i tell them aveeno®. 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Hamas says its forced to rebel against what israel is called the occupier. Literally they call for destruction of israel. Lets get a closer look. We have fzarq yeah, the host of Fareed Zakaria gps. Thanks as always for being here. Lets go through what matters, the players. Who is each and whats the current disposition . Bebe netanyahu, Prime Minister of israel, longtime hawk and longtime tough hard liner on Israeli Security issues, john kerry, the the secretary of state who never stops trying which, you know, has caused some controversy, and khalid mutual raff, the head of hamas, he does not live in gaza because i think he would not stay alive in gaza, and so he has moved around various places, qatar and places like that. That also goes to an aspect of blame for this gentleman, but theres blame to be apportioned for all three. I want to get to that, but, first, lets make sure everybody understands what the Playing Field is, what israel wants no. More rockets, why . The obvious. Right. You can understand why. The important thing to point out is even though, of course, very few israelis die because of these rockets, because the iron dome Defense System, air Defense System is really quite extraordinary, it paralyzes the society. Some of these rockets could get through. Everyone is in bomb shelters, and it produces a stage of, you know, heightened urgency, imagine any society having to live with that, so thats why the rockets are important, even though they done, and, of course, the range and accuracy could keep getting better. It has kept getting better. You dont want to confuse the success of the defensiveness of israel with its dome and other Defense Systems with absence of a threat so thats why demilitarizing gaza, very important. Right. This is the big demand in a sense, demilitarized gaza so that you dont face a constant threat. This is, of course, the hardest one to do. Right. Because what demilitarizing in todays world its so easy to get small arms, light ammunition, all kinds of things, and hamas has been doing it for decades now. And its become the culture of their organization, in terms of their defiance, being military and violent against israel and thats, of course, the funnels play into that because these the method weve been looking at with wolf all morning. As you can see, the tunnels are fairly elaborate and well done. As people pointed out they are concrete. And powered. How do you preven the building of concrete tunnels . What kind of embargo do you have to put in place . Gaza lives under a very, very tight israeli embargo. That means you allow people not to get concrete. Do you have any reason to to corroborate what we heard from wolf this morning, sitting with an Israeli Military official who said this is our concrete that we sent them to build good things, buildings, infrastructure, schools, do you believe that . Almost certainly true because concrete is fungible. You can use it for anything, and the problem is, therefore, how do you stop getting that concrete in when they may want it to build schools. The obvious on the other side for hamas is also obviously to lift the siege. Thats the current ongoing thing. Its important to point out what that means. Hamas is currently under siege from land, sea and air, that is to say it is very difficult for people to get there, for goods to get there. There are huge restrictions on items, many of which are items that are simply the kind of things you need for daily life. Which is part and par self their main thing which is to end occupation. They believe israel does not belong in the settlement areas where it was, does not belong to have the control that it does. And an important point to make here is some israelis say, well, we withdrew our forces from International Law, from an International Law perspective, if you control all Access Points to an area, and between israel and egypt. All Access Points to gaza, all land, all air, all electronics, you are effectively the occupier, whether or not you actually have physical troops on the ground. So you believe that this is a fair assertion. Well, it is fair to say that they do not have independence. Right. They do not have an independent state. One of the reasons though, because everything goes back and forth, back and forth. The reason israel would say it needs to be in that position of all the entry points is hamas does not want israel to exist. Precisely. Here we have the two demands that get conflated. This is the 1967 demand and the 1948 demand. The 1967 demand is when israel won the sixday war, it occupied the west bank and gaza, lands previously occupied by jordan and egypt. Those lands have now been under israeli rule for almost 50 years. Mmhmm. 47 years, right . Now when people in the west bank say they want an end to okay paying, thats clearly what we mean. We want israel to withdraw to the 57 border with a few swaps and a lot of people in israel would agree w. Hamas in addition doesnt want israel to exist. Thats the war of 1948 that was established in the first place. Thats what a lot of israelis say we will never give into because, of course, were not going to be part of our annihilation. Okay. That takes us back to what really matters at this particular point which is the blame game, who is doing what to stall peace. Bebe netanyahu as you pointed out is known as a hawk. He does not believe that anything he gives will be returned with what he wants most which is a lack of military action by hamas, fair . Fair. Look, would i say the way to think about this, chris, since you asked it at the start, who is to blame, short term no question that hamas and musharraf are the ones to blame. Why . They began the conflict and began sending the rockets up. They do have a maximalist position which say we dont recognize israels right to exist. They have softened it in various indirect ways but never come out directly and said we will recognize israels right to exist as long as it withdraws to its 67 borders. Is there any legitimate rationale for using violence in terms of the threat that is facing hamas, facing the palestinians right now . Now youre getting into one of the Great Questions of International Relations which is from their point which says its a National Movement to get an independent state that Africa National congress used violence, many, many independence movements use violence. Theyre saying its a method of liberation. But as i say if it were to end occupation it would be one thing, given that they wont recognize israel, it becomes more difficult. Right. I think bb doesnt have as much to blame in the short term. The at the end of the day you have the occupation for 47 years, in 2008, ehud olmert had a similar war against gaza. I was more sympathetic. Olmert was engaged in a serious negotiation with the palestinians to try to create a twostate solution. Benjamin netanyahu has done essentially into negotiation with the pal spins on that front. What is your longterm strategy . Are you going to be back here a year from now, five years from now . The back problem obviously, they dont talk to each other without intervention, egypt has been helpful in the past, a little unstable right now. They have a plan on the deal which is to stop fighting. Kerry is the main man in the latest round. Does he deserve the stink thats on him right now . I dont think so. I think that what kerry is trying to do, to be fair to the american effort, was to create some kind of process by which there could be a negotiation, there could be dialogue, there could be some meeting of minds, even if on smaller issues like creative humanitarian corridors. Did you do it the wrong way or just the reality got in the way of him making any progress . The rap against him, he should not we dont deal with hamas, the United States doesnt but he shupt very have indirectly recognized hamas saying have a ceasefire immediately. The problem is civilians are dying, hes trying to stop it, in the immediate context, the only way you can have a ceasefire is between these two parties. Theyre the two warring parties. Some people say they should have done an end run and gone to the Palestinian Authority in the west bank saying i recognize you as the legitimate, fine, but thats not going to get you a ceasefire today. Not going to stop the rockets opinion. And not going to stop the killing. Fareed, thank you very much. Very complicated. We need to keep understanding it piece by piece. As always you can learn by watching Fareed Zakaria gps sundays 10 00 a. M. And 1 00 p. M. Eastern only on cnn. Lets take a quick break. The va controversy hasnt gone away. There may be a bipartisan fix. They are pushing an overall, how good is their solution . We take it on for you. Hi kitty. [ male announcer ] you know that guy whose bad breath could make a kitten cry . Dont let it be you. One swish of scope kills millions of bad breath germs freshening your breath. So you can be the guy whose breath doesnt make kittens cry. [ meows ] scope. The freshest fresh, guaranteed. Whose breath doesnt make kittens cry. [ meows ] this one goes out to all you know who you are. Youve become deaf to the sound of your own sniffling. Your purse is starting to look more like a tissue box. You can clear a table without lifting a finger. Well muddlers, muddle no more. 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There was a day of relative lull at least yesterday morning, but that quickly ended overnight. Talks of a chief were ongoing but they seem to have gone away at least for now. The talks all but forgotten at los this morning. Israel launched 70 air strikes on hamas targets in gaza overnight. Among the sites a Radio Station and tv station run by the militant group, gazas ministry of finance, weapons storage sites, some of them inside or near mosques. Now as the death toll climbs on both sides, israel is warning of a prolonged effort in gaza as it presumes a network of tunnels built by hamas stretching into jerusalem. Martin savidge, it looks like its intensifying by the hour. It is and it was just yesterday about this time i would have said to you it looks like its deescalating, that the level of violence was going down, wolf, but youre right, since then, it has only gotten much worse. Explosions rocking gazas city throughout the night. Accompanied by the sound of israeli drones circling overhead, searching for more hamas targets. This morning spoke billows from a building housing a hamasrun Radio Station that took a direct hit. During his report on early start cnns karl penhaul was interrupted by an explosion in central gaza. The renewed violence began earlier with two deadly blasts on monday, its first killing ten people, mostly children, playing on this busy street. The second at al shippa hospital leaving 200 injured. Neither side accepting responsibility for the bloodhead, a hamasrun news outlet blaming it on a Israeli Military drone and israel blames it on hamas for rockets ofalling short. World leaders continue to push for a humanitarian ceasefire which would allow for critical aid into gaza. Speaking on television, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned israelis to be prepared for a lengthy campaign. Hopefully, if we can make some progress, the people in this region who deserve peace can take one step towards that elusive goal. Reporter secretary of state john kerry, who admitted monday there were misunderstandings during talks, now under fire for his failure to achieve a weeklong truce to stop the rising death toll. The death toll of israelis by the way rose by ten. Ten Israeli Soldiers were killed yesterday. The death toll in gaza is horrific. You would think the rising death toll would have people want to scale back but it appears both sides are digging in. Public opinion polls in israel show considerable support for Prime Minister netanyahus strategy right now. Extremely high, over 80 in support of the ongoing conflict in gaza. Martin savidge, thanks very much. Were watching it closely. In the meantime, kate, back to you. Wolf, stick with me, please. I want to bring in the Palestinian Ambassador and permanent observer to the United Nations, riyad monsieur to talk about this issue. Thank you for coming in this morning. Thank you for having me. Of course. From what i understand and what i can gather, you were not happy with the u. N. Security councils call for humanitarian ceasefire. What were you not happy with . Well, with the humanitarian ceasefire, we accept that and we would like to see it put in place but what we were not happy about is the fact that the Security Council was supposed to be in the business of maintaining International Peace and security, that it has not acted in such capacity to bring an end to this carnage against the palestinian civilian people, and we want this aggression against our people to be stopped and stopped immediately. I want to ask you a little bit more of what you mean by that, because the israeli ambassador to the United Nations said very simply that when it is quiet in israel, it will be quiet in gaza. Mark gregov, Prime Minister netanyahus spokesman saying israel stopped all offensive action but hamas continues to fire rockets into israel. How can there be peace if has mags does not stop firing the rockets . You know the stories are not accurate, when you have fighting and confrontation, each party can very legitimately accuse the other one of breaking the ceasefire, but what we need, we need to stop this aggression. We need to end occupation. When occupation to the state of palestine ends, then we will have quietness and peace for everyone. I think thats secretary of state kerry put tremendous effort during nine months of activities and negotiation. The israeli side decided to stop it, because they did not honor and respect obligations and commitments between us and them, including to release the fourth batch of the prisoners, but this current confrontation is very much related to the political objective of the Israeli Government of trying to destroy the National Consensus government, because this latest confrontation started in the west bank for two weeks before it moved to the gaza strip. Lets bring in wolf blitzer. Wolf wants to join the conversation, mr. Amambassador. Thanks so much, mr. Ambassador. The egyptians put forward a ceasefire proposal a couple weeks ago, the israelis accepted, the Palestinian Authority accepted it, the u. S. , the International Community accepted it, the arab league did, but hamas rejected it. The israelis say if that original egyptian proposal is put forward again without any revisions, they will accept it. Do you believe that hamas would accept it, even if it were put forward at this late date . As we speak today, wolf, there is a delegation in egypt comprised of all palestinian groups under the leadership of president abbas, and it is includes hamas, that are negotiating with the egyptians, and we hope that this process will continue so that we can put a ceasefire in place. We need to stop this carnage. We need to stop the this killing of the Palestinian Civilians, because as you know, the number of palestinians killed is more than 1,100, and those injured 6,500, the great majority of them, almost 80 of them are civilians and a large number of them children. Yesterday in the first day, eight children were killed in a playground in the gaza strip. There is no safe place in the gaza strip. We have hundreds of thousands of people displaced. They dont know where to go. We have thousands of people, tens of thousands in u. N. Schools, theyre not safe. Where should the Palestinian People in the gaza strip go . The only way to stop this carnage and to have peace is, number one, to stop this war, number two, to begin negotiation on political horizon, to end this occupation, and to allow for the independence of the state of palestine, so that we can say that we have a twostate solution. That is the fundamental way of ending this confrontation. The twostate solution of course would be excellent. I guess here is the question, spoken to people who were involved in the original egyptian proposal including egyptians, u. S. Officials, the israelis, they all make the same point, if hamas had accepted that proposal put forward by egypt then, there might not have been all these casualties, all these deaths, horrific scenes that weve seen in gaza, and i know youre a Palestinian Authority lead irrshership acce it. Was it a mistake for hamas to reject the proposal . I dont think theres usefulness fixated on two or three weeks in the past. Let us concentrate on how we can put an end to 2 nit now. If president abbas succeeds and it seems that he is succeeding in speaking on behalf of all the palestinians and to begin the negotiations with the egyptians, with the help of the americans, and with the help of many others to begin the process of having ceasefire, durable ceasefire in place, it could start with humanitarian ceasefire, and then after that, we begin the process of lifting the blockade, because you cannot put 1. 8 million Palestinian Civilians to suffer the way they are suffering and to have a sustainable ceasefire. You have to address that issue, to lift the siege, to implement resolution 1806 which calls for that, among other things, and to implement the agreement on access and movement, which was brokered by Condoleezza Rice in december 2005. Once we begin that process, then we will give the Palestinian People in gaza who are suffering the most, it is not war simply between hamas and the israeli army. This is a war between the israeli army and the entire population of the gaza strip, the 1. 8 million of them. If we give them hope by ending this fighting, opening the crossings, lifting the siege, allowing them to go back to some normal life, then we begin the process of something that is durable, good for us, and good for the israelis. Let me ask you, mr. Ambassador, one of the most immediate terms sense, the major goal of the israeli operation, they say, is finding and taking out the tunnels built by hamas, going from gaza into southern israel. We know what israel believes very strongly those tunnels are used for. What do you believe those tunnels are for . I dont know. I am not a military person. Im a diplomat and i work in politics at the United Nations, but the objective of the Israeli Government is to destroy this National Consensus government. They want to keep us divided. Expanding this war in gaza and going into the ground part of it, and continuing this war, the Israeli Government is trying to show that the palestinians cannot be united. Lets focus on hamas. Lets focus on gaza and hamas alone so that they can succeed in the political objective of keeping the west bank separated from the gaza strip and destroying the National Consensus government of president abbas. If israel says this is their major goal here, they want to finish taking out these tunnels because theyre endangering israelis, would the Palestinian Authority support removing and getting rid of those tunnels if theyre not used for anything good for the Palestinian People . This is one of the stories that they say that the rockets are endangering israelis. They say politically the National Consensus government is endangering israelis, because theyre saying when president abbas selected to put the palestinian house in order, and selecting to have unity government with hamas, he is threatening israel, therefore, they keep repeating to us every day and im sure that they are repeating that to all in jerusalem, every day, telling president abbas, break this government, and then things will be fine. What will be fine, we will be disunited, we will have the gaza strip, we will have the west bank, we will never have peace. We want to negotiate peace with israelis to end the occupation of all parts of our homeland, including the gaza strip, the west bank, and East Jerusalem and to have an independent state living in peace and security next to israel, so that we can actualize the global consensus of a twostate solution. Reaching peace is the goal, where it is right now is not there, and getting there today does not seem like it will happen. We need to work all of us as a top priority to end this war to go back to peace. Mr. Ambassador, thank you very much for your time. Youre very welcome. Thank you very much. Wolf, well get back to you. Bye, wolf. Thank you, very much. Yes, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Lets go over to michaela now. A look at headlines at 13 minutes past the the hour. I couldnt Senate Proposal on nsa reform that purportedly clamps down on Data Collection and increases nsa transparentally will be announced today. Patrick leahy of vermont will introduce the legislation which has white house support. This comes on the heels of a scathing joint report by Human Rights Watch and the aclu that says nsa surveillance threatens freedom of the press. Happening today, more witnesses for the prosecution at the socalled front porch shooting trial in detroit. The the shooting death of an unarmed woman Raneisha Mcbride on his front porch last november. He believed mcbride was breaking into his whom and his actions were justified. Prosecutors say there was no reason to use deadly force rather than call police. A private drone trying to capture footage of a Northern California wildfire briefly hindered firefighters efforts to attack the flames from the air. Officials immediately contacted the owners to have the Unmanned Aircraft grounded to avoid a possible midair collision. Firefighters gained an upper hand on the blaze. So far its scorched nearly six square miles and forced hundreds of people from their homes. Its interesting, we talked about drones right here on the set. We did. Talked about the fact theyre going to face challenges. Commercial use, the private use. They are great tools for firefighters, this time a drone impeded the work of the firefighters themselves. 200 feet is the ceiling for civilian aircraft. The problem is, a lot of things wind up needing to come into that, rescues, police, and those were a lot of the attractive sites for using the drone. The spotters need to get down low and be able to see whats going on, on the ground. Exactly right. Coming up on new day, once again, investigators turned away from the mh17 crash site. The question now is, can ukraine stop the fighting so inspectors can investigate the site . Also ahead, republicans, democrats, they actually agree on a 17 billion fix for the veterans administration, but does the proposed plan go far enough . Well talk with cnns drew griffin, who first broke the story about the departments major problems. Unlimited cash back. Let that phrase sit with you for a second. Unlimited. As in, no limits on your hardearned cash back. As in no more dealing with those rotating categories. The quicksilver card from capital one. Unlimited 1. 5 cash back on everything you purchase, every day. Dont settle for anything less. 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First lets let folks at home understand what the proposed legislation looks like, 10 billion for access to nonva care, 5 billion to hire doctors and nurses, 2 billion to lease 27 new med wal facilities and require the va to update appointment scheduling, something we know was lacking. Give me your gut check. Does this go far enough or just a bandaid . Michaela, this eliminates any excuse, any possibility that a veteran is zbg to wait for care or be placed on a secret list. Than 10 billion figure says to every veteran out there, hey, if youve got to wait more than 14 days to get treatment at the va, you can have private sector care and the va is going to pay for it. So in a way, this is a billions and billions and billions of dollar bandaid. It doesnt really get to the root of the mismanagement problems at the va but it ends this critical need to get rid of these secret lists, waitlists, veterans literally waiting and some of them as we know have been dying for care. Its troubling to so many. Have you seen anything change on the ground . What is happening to a vet that goes in today or yesterday and says i need medical attention . Well, you know, the va sected. Sloan gipson is the acting va director. He said hey, were going to work harder and step up and going to find the veterans waiting for care. Were going to get them in and get treatment. That has been a positive, michaela. What hasnt changed is all the internal bureaucracy that led up to this fiasco, and sloan gibson, i talked to him two weeks ago, he said its very hard to fire people, still very hard to hold people accountable at the va, thats why you have this, he called it this entrenched bureaucracy that has set up a system that allowed this va to get in such a mess. So that still exists. The money is going to relieve the pressure immediately, but there has to be a much more longterm fix. I dont see that coming out of congress. Thats got to be leadership from the va, from the administration to kind of revamp how this organization, this Health Delivery system actually works. Thats where the new leadership as you mentioned sloan gibson, just the interim leader, but when that leader comes in, will face that challenge. Speaking of congress, friday the august recess happens and theyre up against a deadline to make some decisions, this legislation sits before them. Will they decide before they go to recess if this is going to pass or not. The question is whether the lawmakers will be concerned about the price tag. Money isnt necessarily a problem for the va. You know whthats whats frustrating. The va has gotten every dime its asked for over the last many, many years. Republicans and democrats and independents, bernie sanders, they all agree on this. The veterans need to be taken care of, and the va has been given oodles and oodles of money. Its the mismanagement of the money thats been the problem. However, i talked to both sides last night, the House Republicans and the senate democrats, they think that they can get this bill through. Its got to be scored by the congressional budget office, but they think they can actually get this done this week, passed on friday, and on the president s desk as congress leaves for their august recess. So there is movement. They are working on something, and theyre doing it together without yelling at each other, so thats a positive, but theres a lot of work yet to be done. You cant just throw money at this. We in the media are quick to point out the negative. I appreciate you pointing out the positive. There is movement. Beagree our vets deserve more. Drew griffin, great reporting. Thanks so much for that. Short break here on new day. Up ahead, tensions between the u. S. And russia escalating over the crisis in the ukraine, with the u. S. Planning even more sanctions and now washington accuses russia of violating a missile treaty. How will russia respond . Dust irritating your eye . singing visine® gives your eyes relief in seconds. Visine®. Get back to normal. So it has now been almost two weeks since mh17 crashed and still investigators are unable to reach the crash site. That means they cant look for additional victims. They cant start the real work of investigating the scene. Why . Intense fighting, forcing the team to once again abandon efforts this morning. They are hoping to try again tomorrow. The dutch Prime Minister is asking ukraines president to provide safe passage for investigators. Joining us by phone is michael bouchechieu, spokesman for the security and operation in europe, the osce, they are part of the team of international monitors trying to reach the crash zone. Theyve really been the only eyes on the ground to tell us whats going own on and give us a fair appraisal. Good to be connected with you again, chris, on this topic. It is good to hear your voice and know youre safe. What is the status of the security situation around the crash site . Today there were some quite loud explosions close to the hotel in donetsk. That gives you an idea of the fluid security situation. Up until now donetsk has been relatively safe. We have not attempted to access the crash site today. However the day is not yet over. High level talks in kiev and overnight a lot of talks with the rebel groups here. After yesterday and the day before, where we had to call off attempts to go to the site, we want to make sure all the ts are crosseded and is are dotted so when we make an attempt, not only is it going to be safe but it will happen for sure. Are they protecting the site in any way right now, the selfappointed Prime Minister, the militia in the area and are they threatening violence if you go there without meeting conditions . Well be able to chance answer on the ground. Part of our strength as a monitoring mission, we only report what we see, but really, chris, we cant emphasize this enough that our intentions are wellknown. Were providing a list of the people who are with us, how many numbers of cars how many numbers, were fulfilling the humanitarian and investigative mission. Right now our dutch colleagues were trying to resume the intensive search for human remains. You were there, you know theyre out there exposed to the elements. And theres very little chance that all of the victims have been recovered because as we know the villagers were bringing people forward and you havent had any Forensic Experts there. The question of control looms large here. Is there confidence on your side that the leaders youre speaking to can control the disparate militant groups or is there risk inherently out there because you dont know who youre dealing with . Yes, its something we reported in the past over the past three months since we first arrived in ukraine is that there are many different groups especially in the neighboring town, not that far from the crash site. It is a patchwork in some parts of Eastern Ukraine. You can make an agreement with one big group but it may not hold with another but again, chris, we are really confident that once an agreement is reached, the parties, whoever they are, will stick to them. Because it is in nobodys interest that this investigation that this mission does not go forward. The Critical Mass of all these experts, i mean, the australians have people who can do all right, the communications are so difficult in that situation, well make sure that michael is okay, as he said, there has been selling in and around the main city of donetsk. They are not even out in the remote areas where the fighting had been. Well check back in with him, make sure hes okay. The big takeaway, still not safe enough. The militants on the ground there have not given assurances that International Investigators can get there. So a little bit of the responsibility is now starting to shift over to ukraine. They are shelling very heavily in areas there, trying to advance their gains, take more control. Can they secure the crash site . Will they provide safe entry to those investigators, because remember its not just about the forensics, its about the dignity of the dead, many of whom may still be there and unrecovered. So well check back in with him, make sure hes safe, give you the latest when we hear it. Also staying on this issue, the United States and russia, they have at odds to say the very least over the crisis in ukraine. Now theres a new strain in the already chilly relationship. Washington, says moscow, is violating a landmark arms control treaty by testing a prohibited landbased cruise miss sill. President obama expressed his concern in a letter to vladimir putin. Elise labbott, what are the deta details . Its not necessarily related to the crisis in ukraine. Thats right, kate. These missile tests began in 2008 and Officials Say theyve been trying to raise the issue with russia the past year, and the russians have said, they investigated the matter and considered it closed. President putin president obama talked to president putin about this in a letter, proposed highlevel talks to resolve this and bring russia into compliance of this treaty, because this treaty is really seen as important in curbing the arms race and thats been one of president obamas priorities since taking office. U. S. Also notified congress, nato allies, and there are going to be discussing what steps they take if russia doesnt come clean. Officials say the timing was coincidental, not related to the current tensions. There was an administration review and basically it was finished and they put this into report to congress, but it remains to be seen how russia is going to view this, kate, as you know, the European Union and the u. S. Are poised to announce new sanctions on russia, sanctions on the arms industry, the financial industry, the energy industry, and so how is russia going to perceive all this when new sanctions are going to be announced this week . Clearly theyll see it as a provocation, kate. Both of these although unrelated issues clearly could be seen as warnings come from the United States and european allies to warn russia to get in line, but of course, as you mentioned earlier, is all of this together enough to bring moscow to its knees to get into line . We will see. Elise, its great to see you. Thanks so much. Take another break. Coming up on new day, ray rices twogame suspension sparking criticism that the league is being too lenient on Domestic Violence. 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Lactaid® is 100 real milk . Right. Real milk. But it wont cause me discomfort. Exactly, because its milk without the lactose. And it tastes . Its real milk come on, would i lie about this . [ female announcer ] lactaid. 100 real milk. No discomfort. Welcome back to new day, on the espn show first take anchor stephen a. Smith made comments seeming to suggest women might be responsible for Domestic Violence at the hands of their partners. He then apologized on monday. Take a listen. On friday, speaking right here on first take on the subject of Domestic Violence i made what can only amount to the most egregious error of my career. I ventured beyond the scope of our discussion alluding to a womans role going so far as to use the word provoke in my diatribe. It was not what i was trying to say yet the failure to clearly articulate Something Different lies squarely on my shoulders. He was talking about the nfls decision to punish ray rice with only a twogame suspension after allegedly knocking his then fiance, now wife unconscious, dragging herring limp body out of an elevator. Is it a penalty that has many up in arms for being far too light. Carol costello wrote a really important and thoughtprovoking oped for cnn. Com opening up about her own experience with Domestic Violence and her anger over the nfls decision. Good morning, my dear. Good morning, michaela. This was really painful for me, because ive never spoke been this incident. Ive never spoken about it. I just told my mother a few years ago because of so many reasons, but back in college, i had a very jealous boyfriend and in a rage one day, he threw me against the wall and he knocked me out, and things got worse from there and i choose not to go into them, but when i heard the nfls punishment for ray rice and when i heard stephen a. Smith say that sometimes a woman can provoke a man into battering her it set you off . I was so angry that i poured all of myage near this oped for cnn. Com and i must say it made me feel a little tiny bit better. Stephen a. Smiths apology, not so much. I mean, its great that he went on the air, michaela, and apologized but come on, he should have been suspended for what he said. And ill give you one reason why. Couple of years ago, two espn employees used the phrase a chink in the armor in regard to the basketball player jeremy lin. One of the employees was fired. The other was suspended for 30 days. Why is what stephen a. Smith any less offensive than what the two men said . Its interesting, as full disclosure, i know stephen a. Smith. I dont know him to be a neanderthal. Im guessing, from what i make of this, this was him being tone deaf on an issue that so many people in our society are still tone deaf on. It points to a larger conversation that needs to be had, and we should still be having, no, carol . You say points to a larger conversation. Why, at the very least, did espn have that larger conversation . Why didnt espn have that larger conversation . Why not have Michelle Beadle on along with stephen a. Smith . She wrote a series of tweets. She got attacked for the tweets. She shouldnt have gotten attacked for the tweets. What if she was on set with him and they were having an interesting indepth conversation about Domestic Violence . Right. Wouldnt that have been better than a tapeed apoll gee from stephen a. Smith . You and i both know that in these circumstances, theres always more to be done, and oftentimes we take the easy way out, right . I almost think theres an opportunity here. I think stephens a reasonable man. What if they is it sit down and use this as a learning opportunity, a teaching moment and they took your, in fact, why dont we just tell espn right now, as youre on cam camera, thats a really good suggestion because obviously this is something that also speaks to the nature of whats going on and the nfl, which started this whole thing off. People are so upset about the fact that this guy got a twogame suspension. You get more for testing for p. E. D. S or getting busted for marijuana, carol. The most disturbing thing about this whole thing to me is the victim blaming, right . Because while that terrible thing happened to me back in college, i thought my friends would stand by me, but many of them blamed me. They said things like well hes such a nice guy. He really loves you. Maybe this was just a onetime thing. Right . And it seems like, you know, with stephen a. Smiths comments it was the same thing, victim blaming and i think we need to stop that. Im tired of that. It seems that you must have made him mad is a common refrain when you hear people telling family members and loved ones that theyve been hit by someone theyre in a relationship with. Well, you know, i can make a lot of people mad with the things i say, but that doesnt give a man a right to throw me against the wall and knock me out, because that would be a crime, and thats called assault. Right, exactly. I want to know, carol, theres likely the chance that theres a young woman watching right now who is in a situation similar to the one that you were in, similar to a situation who many women are in. What do you want her to know . I want her to know first and foremost it is not your fault. You did nothing to deserve that and secondly, she should tell as many people as she possibly can, including the authorities and not be afraid. She shouldnt be afraid of the outcome, because theres nothing to be ashamed of, number one, and number two, you got to do something about it, because you dont want this guy going around doing it to somebody else, and actually, ill take it back, the number one thing that young woman should do is run away from that relationship as fast as she can. S afast as you can, then get help and then tell authorities. Carol, i think youre one of the bravest, baddest girls i know. I really do, and i appreciate you coming forward now. I no he thknow this is not easy not something you want, you dont want to turn the camera yourself. I appreciate it on behalf of other women who have gone through their own version of this kind of hell. Thanks so much, michaela. I appreciate that. I do. Lot. This is not going to be the last we hear of this. He and i will be covering the story in the days to come i am sure. I hope so. Are the will, carol, stay well. You can read all of carols oped on cnn. Com opinion. 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He was supposed to be returning home soon, which is why so many people fear the deadly virus is just one plane ride away from coming to the United States. Right now, ebola is hitting west african countries very hard, in liberia, two american doctors are currently fighting for their lives, suffering from this virus. So how concerned do americans need to be . How concerned do you need to be about the spread of this disease as west africa faces this outbreak . Joining us from the cdc is dr. Marty setron, director of the cdcs global migration and quarantine division. Doctor, thank you for your time. I think you are perfectly suited to be talking about what is the biggest fear that folks are facing here. The focus you have is, if the virus is there, and we live in such a global and mobile society today, how easily can it make it here . Well, i think the most important question is how prepared are we to recognize, detect, prevent and contain, if a case were to be introduced, and rather than speculating on probabilities of the disease moving around by plane, certainly serious diseases are only a plane ride a with a, but the key here is to be prepared to recognize it, prevent it and contain the spread so thats an effective means. Our infrastructure, for health care and Infection Control, is quite different than what theyre facing right now in west africa. Get to that point then. Why is it so difficult to contain, number one, and why are United States hospitals, i guess is what were talking about here better suited to handle it . Well, first of all, theres the resource constraints of effective Infection Control and materials, protective equipment, and so on, but also the ability to recognize the case amidst the many other things that cause fever, and the ability to identify cases and effectively trace all those contacts. Thats the way to stamp out an epidemic like ebola. Epidemics of disease are often followed by epidemic of fear and epidemics of stigma. All these types of things occur in a social context that can make containment very, very challenge. The director of the cdc, dr. Tom friedman, he did say he doesnt anticipate that this will spread to the United States. Why does he think that . I think what dr. Frieden means even if we had a case introduced in the United States, the probability of extensive spread is extremely small, in part because we have the ability through education to recognize cases, ask positionhysicians, me they take good travel histories, educate travelers in the area to monitor themselves for early recognition of symptoms, present to health care in advance, identifying they may be at risk and implementing it very prompt and effective Infection Control, all the way from the emergency room visit through the hospitalization, and that knowledge has been proven to effectively contain and stamp out epidemics of hemorrhagic fevers in the past. Just this spring we had an incident with lhasa fever, another hemorrhagic fever sfwei introduced, three others identified and none of them spread. One of the reasons this one case that they were talking about where the man died is really stoking so much fear is that he was traveling from liberia to nigeria. He died after he collapsed in the airport there, which makes me wonder, is there a discussion that is needed or is already being had with airlines and airports about how to better protect and prepare . Absolutely. Those discussions are ongoing actively coordinated through the World Health Organization as well as individual nations and their carriers, and active engagement with cdc, and as with many other global Infectious Disease outbreaks, airline carriers, crew members, airports can be very important partners in the front line. Being educated, knowing the symptoms, recognizing what to do, having a response protocol, knowing who to call, those are really, really important parts of the global containment strategy to deal with threats like this. And you talk about being educated and being prepared and knowing what to look for, for just the average person who is traveling, who travels quite a bit, what would you say . What do you look out for . What are the symptoms you should do and how do you protect yourself . Firstly, avoiding areas that are experiencing large outbreaks and coming in contact with ebola patients is obviously first and foremost. This is not an airborne transmission. There needs to be direct contact frequently with body fluids or blood and so being able to have good sense and common sense about knowing whats going on around you is a very first start. The symptoms, if youre in an area, humanitarian bourque work serving on the front lines in responding to the outbreak, being very familiar with good Infection Control precautions, barrier precautions, using good, wise means to prevent yourself from contact with blood and body fluids is a first start. Also understanding that if you were to develop a fever, malaise, muscle aches, illness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, in a period of 21 days aever your last exposure or contact to recognize that you need to call ahead and get assistance right away. Report needle sticks if if youre on the front lines and have an accidental needle stick exposure. Dont conceal that, roh were that up front. Knowing early about a possible exposure provides the best opportunity for response. Important advice, dr. Marty cetron thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Coming up next on new day, well go back to the middle east where israel just unleashed the largest barrage of air strikes yet. Live report coming up in moments. Thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. And thank you for your bravery. Thank you colonel. Thank you daddy. Military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa Auto Insurance can be one of them. If youre a current or former military member or their family, get an Auto Insurance quote and see why 92 of our members plan to stay for life. But do you really . [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99 of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. Can your makeup remover do that . 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