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Potential violence there because of intervention by the israel says air strikes targeted a military compound and three locations in gaza in retaliation for an assault by palestinians militants who sprayed machine gunfire at an israeli border community. despite that hail of bullets there were no injuries. in a statement the military says it holds hamas responsible for everything that take place within and without the gaza strip. it shows palestinians attempting to cut the border fence and egypt t...

Israel has carried out air strikes on militant sites in gaza. hamas saying that 50 of those killed during the protests on monday were members of a terror group. were live in jerusalem with more on all this. david lee, whats happening? >> the tension along the israel/gaza border is simmering but now appears there could be a de-escalation in the level of violence because of intervention by egypt. as you mentioned in the last few hours the israeli military says it conducted a number of air strikes ...

Be if and when deployed? >> they will be doing operational support functions for us. watching monitors, border cameras, sensor feeds, those kinds of things. helping us in the back room activities. weve used them previously to help repair roads and vehicles. weve used them to do intelligence and analysis and aviation is a big part of what we hope they bring. >> sandra: is there any idea of the costs involved here? >> its probably expensive. all military endeavors come with a cost but we add a lot...

Arizona congresswoman martha mcsally. is this admission from president trump that congress is not going to give him money for his wall this time around and he has to go it alone? >> i strongly support the presidents decision to send the national guard to the border. the president is a man of action and he appropriately is impatient and this is the right thing to do. look, i agree. im just as frustrated. i represent a border community, border residents and they are tired of seeing the obstruction...

Little bit of ground with president trump? he may only have four years. >> the vatican and the pope take the long term of things. i think that relationships begin with the encounter with the person. i think thats what the pope is looking for. he wants encounter the man. he walked up behind him and it trump and maybe some of the bad blood. kind of look forward to see how they can each in their respective responsibilities build a better world. >> trace: monsignor, we have been talking the whole sh...

His father, would be afraid for their lives if they are perceived as threat. matt rivers joining us from seoul, south korea. many thanks to you. coming up what people in one border community are doing. back in a moment. sometimes you just know when you hit a home run.

>> well, the aim is to sew division a. lot of people on that border are of somali ethnic origin though they are kenyan. they have gone in and separated people out, try to get some kind of report through fear of the border community. in this case, its clear that they stood up with much bravery and in my experience in that region, very few people are directly wanting to support el shabab, this hideous terror group from next door. but it does show that there are people willing to say, other than th...

Do you think this is something the pope might wade into with his notions of charity here? >> oh, 100%. i think you can take it to the bank that pope francis will talk immigration when he comes to the united states. yesterday he taped an hour-long special with nbc connecting him with three different communities in the united states including a border community in which he talked about immigration. remember, francis is the son of immigrants. his grandparents immigrated to argentina the early 20th ...

Any leader is going to be defined on how he or she will handle our crisis. and that is certainly a humanitarian crisis. listen, ive been able to go and talk to the young kids that have been coming across. and when you talk to somebody like amelia, a 9-year-old from honduras or miguel, a 14-year-old from el salvador, and you see, you know, the pain and the hunger and the fear that they have in their faces, i think somebody should take a personal look at that. and number two, you know, certainly w...

Running out of money? my border community is a very poor community, but they are trying to do the best out of their own generosity to help, and he ought to at least talk to those leaders, religious leaders and the community leaders in my very poor part of the united states. >> does it bug you that hes calling your pleas nothing more than theater? >> well, again, the president can do anything and can say anything he wants to, but, again, words are important, but its the actions that i want to see...