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Transcripts For CNNW New Day 20140707

There has been progress made in the case of the murdered Palestinian Teenager. Lets take a look. On sunday Israeli Police brought six jewish suspects before a judge in connection with the brutal killing of Palestinian Teen mohammed abu khedir, this developing on the same day mohammeds 15yearold cousin tariq khedir was released on pale. How do you feel now that youre out . Way better. Reporter he is an american citizen from florida whose Summer Vacation turned to horror when his 16yearold cousin mohammed was abducted from his home and burned alive in the woods last wednesday. Now out on house arrest, tariq shows us his bruises, angry markings of the hatred. This cell phone video shows Israeli Police striking and kicking the boys limp body. Now under investigation, whether tariq physically bated the officers before the beating or if their attack was unprompted. Why did they attack you . I dont know. Thats why i ran. They said you were throwing stones. No. I jumped the fence and i tried to run away because i saw somebody running at me. I tried to run away. Reporter his release and the arrest of sis suspects in his cousins death small comfort for mohammeds grieving parents. His father says those arrests wont bring his son back. His sons murder widely believed to be the revenge attack for the killing of three israeli teenagers in the west Bank Last Month prompting the worst clashes the city has seen in a decade. Both palestinian and israeli officials have condemned the killing and called for maximum restraint. The blood of the murdered teenagers could lead to the spilling of more. There have been a series of rocket attacks from the gaza strip into israel over the last few days, and the Israeli Defense forces have responded with air strikes. Hamas now says nine of its militants have been killed as a result of those air strikes and there will be funerals down in the gaza strip today. The hamas spokesman has called this a grave escalation, that israel has crossed a red line and says it will pay the price. Thats exactly the rhetoric that people fear, fearing clearly this could escalate further. John back to you. Thanks so much. Joining us is tariq khedirs family lawyer, also executive director on Foreign Council on American Islamic relations. Thanks so much for joining us. I really appreciate it. You know the khedir family, you know tariqs family, youve talked to them since hes been released. How is he doing this morning . Hes doing a lot better. Im a little concerned. I called the family before coming into the interview and theres reports they went to Israeli Police for further questioning. Were extremely concerned hes under house arrest without facing legitimate charges. Those who beat him apparently are walking free. Lets talk about that. I want to focus on tariq, 15yearold american kid from florida. Tell me about him. Just your average regular High School Freshman kid, my neighbor, lives down the street. Loves playing basketball, going fishing, taking selfies. I could never imagine he would go through such a traumatic experience, especially so early in his life. I have no doubt this is going to forever shape him. He was there for Summer Vacation to spend time with his palestinian family. Absolutely. He hadnt been there in over a decade. He wanted to go and meet his old cousins, his friends and really just enjoy a beautiful time in a beautiful land. Weve all seen the video of the Israeli Defense forces beating apparently tariq there. Its hard to imagine any action justifying that kind of reaction. However, i do think it is important to know what happened before. Has his family given you any indication what he was doing. We hear from israelis he had a slingshot on him, that maybe he was involved in throwing molotov cocktails. Really . A slingshot . I dont think theres anything at all that can justify Police Officers in uniform basically restraining the hands of a child and then repeatedly kicking him over six times, almost a dozen times punching him to the head, to the gut, while his body is lifeless and frankly hes unconscious. Theres nothing that can justify that terrible inhumane behavior. We need those officers brought to justice and israel to adjust its policies to ensure it doesnt happen again. He was arrested on his familys land. Where you see the beating taking place is his own familys yard. He had every right to be there. The israeli officers had no right to be there, no right to beat a 15yearold american child who is being kicked in the head. Thats arguably lethal force. Understood. Was he involved at throwing rocks at the Defense Forces . No, no he was not. We now have a situation where kids are being hurt, kids are being killed there. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called mohammed khedirs father to express his condolences. If the Prime Minister could call tariqs family, what would you want him to say . I would want him to apologize for the disgusting behavior of those officers and to make steps to ensure the israeli officers and army will never again brutally attack any palestinian civilian and any child, especially those that are already restrained. Thats the first and most necessary step. We need really all sides right now to stop this disgusting cycle of violence where innocent children both on the israeli and palestinian side are being killed and injured almost daily. This has to stop. I think thats something we can all agree on. On that front, if Palestinian Leader mahmoud abbas, if he would call the parents of the three israeli young men who were killed, what do you think he should say to those parents . I think he should say were all in mourning for those children. It was very, very tragic to hear about the killing of the three teenagers, and the two palestinians before them. You cannot retaliate against children. It really shows a loss of humanity when children on either side are being targeted. We need to stop the cycle of violence before further children are hurt. If our kids are being hurt and killed, it shows how unsafe the situation is. Tariq presumably hopefully will be able to come home soon to the United States. Hes an american kid. Hell be able to come back to america, hopefully recover nicely. What do you think he will take with him from this summer in jerusalem . I think hell really have a greater appreciatiopriation for civil rights we as americans enjoy at home and due process of law and Government Accountability which apparently appears lacking in israel. I think this will shape him as to come up as an advocate for interfaith relationships. Unfortunate liss his cousins who have broken bones are still in prison. The family is extremely grateful for the world that stood up and the public attention this received. They believe he still would be in prison right now if the world did not speak out against his wrongful arrest and beat . We hope hes doing well. We saw pictures of him after the attack. We hope he recovers nicely, just a 15yearold kid. Lets turn to iraq now. Officials are looking into a video which has surfaced that purportedly shows the alleged leader of i. S. I. S. , the militant group there. The video surfaced on various social media sites and shows a man conducting a sermon at the great mosque in mosul. It would be one of the first known appearances of the extremist militant leader. Cnns arwa damon is live in bagdad with much more. What are we learning about this video, arwa . Reporter that video is also branded, kate, with the i. S. I. S. Logo. The video identifies him as being known to his followers following the establishment of the socalled islamic state. This most certainly a very bold and brazen move, especially given the amount of aerial surveillance that the u. S. And other countries have over iraq. In his sermon he was preaching about the need for jihad, especially given since we are in the holy month of ramadan. Worshippers at this mosque had absolutely no idea he was going to be appearing. They were shocked. Many of them terrified. One eyewitness we spoke to, a woman was describing how she was crying, incredibly fearful, not just because she realized that she may be facetoface with one of the worlds most wanted terrorists, but also because of the number of armed gunmen that he had brought along with him. Worshippers at the mosque were banned from leaving for about an hour after he and his entourage departed, kate. This video is released as authorities in bagdad at the same time appear building up security forces. Whats the latest on the ground with that regard . Reporter well, we are really seeing these defenses being built up. We just went to a critical location just outside of bagdads international airport, an area that the u. S. Has said it is concerned about i. S. I. S. Advances. There we were with the butter brigade, the militia formally trained in iran to fight saddam husseins regime. They have numerous dugin fighting positions. Theirs is the closest concentric ring to bagdads airport. They were describing how they have seven similar lines of defense leading to the front line that is Still Holding at about 20 minutes away from the bagdad airport, from the capitals western front. Within the capital it 1e68, were seeing increased fortified positions, fighting positions along various key arteries, most certainly everyone here bracing themselves for what they believe some assault from i. S. I. S. , whether that comes from a spectacular bombing, an attempt to penetrate the capitals defenses. No one clear about that. But people very anxious at this stage. As you point out, you call it a brazen move by al bagdad difficult. Arwa, thanks so much. Well get back to you soon. The Obama Administration facing criticism from both sides of the aisle for its handling of the immigration crisis. The president is heading to texas this week but has no plans to visit the border. The state has been dealing with an influx of undocumented immigrants, mostly women and children from Central America. Now Texas Governor, rick perry, a republican, and Texas Democratic congressman hen way way ar are blaming the president for failing to act in time. Jim acosta at the white house with more. Reporter Senior Administration officials will be meeting later at the white house to talk about the crisis at the border. Jay johnson said yesterday on meet the press that the administration will stem the tide at this huge influx of undocumented immigrants heading to the u. S. Border mainly from Central America. As you mentioned, republicans have been blasting the white house, blaming president obama saying his lax immigration policies have created this border crisis. But the white house, they have been pointing the finger right back at House Republicans saying they failed to pass comprehensive Immigration Reform. As you mentioned, one democrat, henry way ar was saying the Obama Administration has been one step behind in dealing with this crisis. President obama is heading to texas later this week. At this point Administration Officials say he has no plans to head to the border. Theyre not talking about that at this point. Interesting trip for fundraising purposes tied to this trip. Lets take a look at your headlines. New revelations from Edward Snowden show just how often nsa intercepts regular american conversations. Nine out of ten messages in one carb of intercepted communications are from people not targeted for surveillance. Documents show they contain baby photos, medical records and other personal messages. The bhous is downplaying the disclosure only saying valid targets are focused on. We have a better idea of what security measures will be headed to travelers. Some overseas passengers will have to power on their Electronic Devices to prove they work and are not explosives. If devices dont power up, they wont be allowed on planes. Those travellers may have to undergo further screening. More on this coming up on new day. Breaking overnight, 63 women an girls kidnapped by boka haram have escaped their captors and returned to their village according to a Security Source fighting the militant groups. More than 200 girls abducted in april are still being held captive. Boka haram is demanding the release of its fighters and relatives in exchange for the girls. The government has rejected those demands. Happening today, pope francis is set to meet for the first time with victims of the Church Sex Abuse scandal. Six victims will attend the private mass in the vatican residence. The issue led to rare criticism of the pope. Some say this meeting should have happened a long time ago. A new trend raising a lot of concern this morning. Check this out. This is video from nashville on july 4th. Whats interesting, its the view of fireworks from inside the display. Somebody set up a drone with a camera attached to capture these stunning images of the fireworks exploding. Amazing, but some say the drones pose a danger to people below especially if they catch on fire. Its all fun and games until you get hit by a flaming, burning drone. I had the same conversation with somebody else this weekend. Isnt that a cool perspective. On my list of concerns, not among the top five, being hit by a flaming drone. Sometimes you see people capturing video if theyre on a flight. It is interesting to be right in it. Lets check out the skies this morning. Over to meteorologist indra petersons. Ill show you a little video from yesterday towards waterloo in iowa. Notice these nice clouds swirling around. There were reports of a funnel. Not the only one. 15 reports of damage from tornadoes. Today it looks likes were still going to be talking about a threat into the midwest. The big picture this week, primarily warm ridge of High Pressure in the southeast. Temperatures will be above normal. Right along the jet stream thats when we start to see these storms firing up, each day progressing a little farther into the east. Easy to see here. Today into the midwest, tomorrow into the ohio valley and spreading into the northeast well start to see some of the showers. With that, yes, the Severe Weather threat is still out there. The midwest spreading into the northeast. A little bit more concentrated into tomorrow. Generally still speaking, a lot of people under the gun for that threat of Severe Weather. Still going closer to the northeast as we get in through wednesday. As far as how much rain, scattered showers are out there. Yes, major thunderstorms. But generally speaking, not too heavy. The big thing you kind of notice, maybe a change in temperatures. Hot right now. Ridge of High Pressure in the southeast bringing the temperatures above normal. As the cold front swings through, notice what happens to the temperatures behind it. Milder air each day getting cooler and by the middle of the week, things will feel a lot better. Hopefully we stay calm over the next several days. Thanks so much, indra. Up next on new day, new developments of the death of a toddler in georgia. The boys father sits behind bars facing a murder charge. Now the focus of the investigation seems to be shifting to the toddlers mother. We have all the details for you. Plus just crazy pileup in daytona. Look at that. So many cars involved in a huge wreck during the nascar sprint cup. We will show you more from that terrifying scene ahead. Ups is a global company, but most of our employees live in the same communities that we serve. People here know that our operations have an impact locally. Were using more natural gas vehicles than ever before. The trucks are reliable, thats good for business. But they also reduce emissions, and thats good for everyone. It makes me feel very good about the future of our company. Welcome back. New this morning more search warrants have just been released in the investigation into the death of a toddler who was left in his fathers hot car for hours. The boys father, Justin Ross Harris remains in a georgia jail cell on murder charges. Now the investigation may be shifting to the toddlers mother who police say, along with her husband, searched child deaths on the internet. Cnns nick valencia is live at the cnn center with much more. Youve been looking through the search warrants just released. What are we learning . Weve got them right here. No bombshells in the search warrants. They seemingly lay out the same narrative that prosecutors did at the probable cause and bond hearing, search warrants having to do with the search and seizure of coopers medical records among other things. The father of the little boy, Justin Ross Harris waking up in a georgia jail this morning. Reporter over the weekend, georgia homicide detectives continue their work. Lianna harris, also part of the investigation according to police. It was just thursday the public learned bizarre details about the case, like the internet searches on the fathers work computer that included a visit to a web page devoted to enjoying a childfree lifestyle as well as a search for how to survive in prison. Evidence is showing us hes got this whole second life hes living with alternate personalities and alternate personas. Reporter police say harris sent lewd Text Messages while his son sat strapped in a car seat in the broiling atlanta heat. Having up to six different conversations with different women, the most common term would be sexting. Reporter police also testifying the couple had done money problems and they had both done searches on child deaths in hot cars. The defense painting ro

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