The border raising the specter of a possible ground war. All 30,000 troops mobilized and 70,000 more on the way. As the situation he is escalate does the death toll. Now our Senior International correspondent has been in the middle of all the action in gaza city. Sarah, thanks for joining us. Whats happening there right now . Reporter thank you, gary. Yeah, we can hear right now drones over gaza. And that sound, it sounds very much like a lawnmower. Its been going on for hours and hours and hours. We know a lot about drones. Israel uses them quite often. They can stay up in the air. Theyre unmanned, obviously, for more than 20 hours depending on the payload. So if theyre just looking for targets, they can be in the air all night long. After the sound of drones, you start hearing the sound of planes flying and then the sounds of bombs dropping. And the result is usually a massive damage to buildings, a big plume of black smoke. Want to talk a little bit about we were talking about the rockets coming from here. We have seen several very close to us actually. Were in the center of gaza city. You know this is very densely populated place. One of the things that israel complains about is, look, were trying to hit very specific targets. But theyre blasting the rockets off from populated areas. So when they return fire, when they look and try to find those rocket launchers and they hit those areas, oftentimes civilians happen to be in that area as well. Hamas is a very different story. They believe theyre civilians are also along with the members of hamas and other militant groups. It doesnt really matter who is right or wrong. For the civilians, it feels like war here. Its dangerous situation. Nobody is really out on the streets. Only a few people trying to get a few things done like getting groceries. But most of the stores are shut. People are in their homes. People are mourning the 40 people who died and trying to deal with what really does feel like a full scale war and very worried about the fact there are so many soldiers on the Israeli Border waiting to possibly come in and start a ground war. Gary . It stands to reason that things will get worse at night. Its become night in the last hour there in the middle east. Is that what youre anticipating right now . Reporter yeah. I mean last night my partner and i went back to our hotel and after a few minutes, i mean it was just raining down the sounds of bombs were rattling the windows. You know, we tend to take cover when this happens. We there are big windows in that hotel. We try to get away from the windows. And thats what most residents do when they hear the sounds. In israel, they have the sound of sirens. Weve been seeing pictures and ive been talking to people there as well who have been hunkering down, grabbing their kids and trying to get under desks and those sorts of things. Here, there are no sirens. The thing that makes everyone nervous is the sound of the drones and the sound of the planes. As soon as they hear the planes, a lot of people will look up and they know that next there will be the sound of a loud bang or a boom. Sarah, take care of yourself and the crew. We look forward talking to you later. Protesters are taking to the streets in arab countries to show solidarity of the palestinians in gaza. Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of cairo to show their support for the palestinians. Egypts relations with hamas strengthened. But the new administration in that country. Protesters in turkey set an israeli flag and photo of Benjamin Netanyahu ablaze during a demonstration last night. Lets go now to the israeli side of the border as weve been reporting israeli tanks and troops have been taking up position theres. Cnns reporter joins us live from the border. Fred, thanks for joining us. What you are seeing in the terms of military activity where you are . Reporter hi, gary. There is a lot of military activity on this side of the border as well. A lot of it has to do with the big military buildup thats going on here. Look at the roads around the area of gaza, a lot of them have been blocked off. Theyre not accessible anymore to normal people that want go to go through there theyre a military operation zone. Youre seeing a lot of military hardware on the road, usually on the back of trucks. We see a lot of tanks being delivered here, a lot of armored personnel carriers. Whats going on is all this hardware is brought to collection area as well as a lot of the soldiers being brought into this area. Weve been seeing in the past couple days as the isies also mobilized a massive amount of reservists as well, tens of thousands who are now heading to this area as well. Certainly you can see how this military buildup is happening. At the same time, the Israeli Government is telling us thata t decision hasnt been made if there is going to be a Ground Invasionment they say it is a very real possibility if the air strikes that theyre conducting that sarah was just talking about do not achieve the objective they want to obtain. Of course, the object sieve simple. What they want to do is stop rockets coming out of gaza and threatening civilians in israel. Gary . A quick question for you, compared to last might when you were standsing there, does it feel to you, your sense that its more likely a Ground Invasion will happen . Reporter thats a very good question. One of the things that seems clear is the more troops build up here, it seems that an offensive is something that could be more likely. But it really is up to the fact whether or not the israelis are going to be able to achieve what they want to achieve through the air campaign thats going on now. There are several different steps of escalation that could come before a ground offense. There could be an expanded areal campaign, for instance. There could be more air attacks as well. Perhaps there could be a political solution as well. Who knows . It does not look as though thats going to happen. Right now it doesnt look as though either side is backing down or either side is willing to take its foot off the gas. And one of the things that is definitely clear, as long as militants in gaza are able to launch rockets at places like tel aviv, and we just said there was an air alarm in tel aviv today, as long as thats going on, the israelis are not going to end their campaign. Our International December is being keepi international des keeping track of all the events in gaza as they happen. What is the latest information youre hearing . Not only are we in gaza and not only are we in israel but were monitoring the situation in gaza and israel from here in atlanta. I want to bring you to our international desk. This is a desk we created for ow viewers. This is where the latest editorial information comes through. This is the pipeline where it all happens. Our reporter is looking at and monitoring the latest video. Tell me what youre looking at here. What youre watching. What we watch is different tv channels, arab speaking tv channels. Were looking for news and updates that, and then we try to verify this with our teams on the ground. We have here, for example, the hamas tv channel which is located in gaza. And now they are broadcasting live pictures of the meeting of the arab league in cairo. Those are arab nation Foreign Ministers convening for an emergency meeting in cairo, egypt right now. Theyre closely monitoring what is happening in gaza and israel. You showed me video a little while ago that idf put on their youtube account. Why dont you take us through and show us what happened. Theyve been very active in trying to put out on the internet updates on the operations that are in gaza. They just posted this video about an hour ago. Its for one of the strikes on what they claim to be a house of the commander of hamas brigade. And you can see the video here. You see that bomb going in and taking out the target. Now, idf and hamas have both been very active in updating us and both very media savvy. Were monitoring all the latest information as it comes in to us. When we get more information, gary, as news breaks, well break it for you. Thats the latest now from the international desk. Nick and yousef, thank you very much. So israel will take this conflict one step further and launch a Ground Invasion of gaza . Ill talk to an Israeli Government spokesman. And what would do you if you were at the edge of the cliff . America is at a 7 trillion cliff. Part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. Its changing the conversation. How theyll live tomorrow. 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Embassy staff in bangkok. Then he is on to minima, a country that no u. S. President has visited before. Then hell head to cambodia for the east asia summit. Come new years day, america could face a 7 trillion nightmare. A series of tax increases and major spending cuts will go into effect unless the white house and capitol hill reach a deal. Cnns Political Editor paul ste steinhouser is gauging what the public is saying about the fiscal cliff. Paul . The clock is ticking on avoiding the fiscal cliff. The president , as he sat down at the white house friday with top congressional leaders from both parties. Americans agree in a poll that it is extremely or very important for the president and congress to reach a deal. I believe we can do this and avert the fiscal cliff. Reporter and thats what most people want. They say that republicans and democrats should compromise to prevent massive spending cuts and tax hikes from beginning to kick in at the beginning of the year. So what do they want in any deal . 45 say it should be about half spending cuts and half tax increases with four in ten saying it should be mostly or only spending cuts. And according to exit polls from election night, nearly half of voters said raising taxes on the wealthiest americans was okay. Taxes may be the biggest Sticking Point in reaching a deal. What im not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 that we cant afford and according to economists will have the least positive impact on our economy. Were in the dilemma were in not because we tax too little but because we spend too much. Reporter and that may be why about half of those questioned in a pugh poll say congress will fail to hammer out an agreement. And if theres no deal, who gets the blame . Well, according to that pugh poll, more than half say fingers will be pointed at Congressional Republicans with about one in three saying it will be the president s fault. Gary . Thank you very much. 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Gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us. Nice to see you. Of course. Now, the David Petraeus scandal legal fallout. Lets talk about the National Security breaches . Do you see breaches and do you see laws broken . I dont see breaches. I think what weve seen up to this point is some level of clearance on the issue both in terms of petraeus appearance and explanations from the cia. But the legal issue is bound here both from the standpoint of marital issues in, terms of the fact that petraeus, believe it or not, submitted an evidentiary statement in a child custody case involving jill kelleys sister. Then you have the cyber cat fight. So there are a multitude of issues. But at the end of the day, David Petraeus, i think, walks free. Richard, what about Paula Broadwell . I mean she says she has classified information. How did she get that . Could there be a crime there . She is a socialite hanging out with generals. Who are these socialites . Isnt paris hilton a socialite . What is going on here . Are we insane at this point . Who are who is broadwell . How does she get classified information . Who approved that . Thats what we should be addressing. Whether or not petraeus passed along classified information, thats the issue. He says no. She says she didnt get it from him. How are they going to prove he delivered it to her if there is any . I dont think so. I agree with avery. Petraeus, other than the humiliation hes feeling and the issue with his wife, hes going to walk away. Richard, these are broad philosophical issues. Are we insane here . I dont consider myself insane. Im getting there. Right. I do know that. Is there an issue of cyber stalking between Paula Broadwell and jill kelley . Its a cyber cat fight. I think David Petraeus has had communications hes a potential witness. Let me tell you something. He has bob ben nett as his lawyer. He didnt hire bob for the fun of it. This is a real thing. When you start hanging out with kardashian type women thats what this looks like, well educated ones, this is a problem. There is a practical reality and that is the cyberspace battle is going to continue on. I think david unfortunately is smack in the middle of it. Finally ask you, richard, the general admitted the affair is a violation of the uniform code of military justice. So what could happen . It does not rise to the level of a courtmartial. Dont even go. There nothing is really going o come of this. Look at our history. Look at our leaders. Look at what is going on in the world. This is not a party like berl xoe bett italy. The Supreme Court gentleman is going to review the constitutionality in the Voting Rights act. It still exists. The case concerns socalled section five of the law requires many state and local governments mostly in the south who gained permission from the Justice Department before making changes that affect voting. It applies to nine states. Alab