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CNNW Wolf July 7, 2014

Before boarding flights to prove they arent bombs. Everybody and is joining us. He has the latest. What trig therd latest tsa move . Wolf, Security Officials say its not a threat, per se, or a plot. They say theres growing intelligence that indicate s al qaeda is intent on increasing. The Homeland Security secretary was asked about this on nbcs meet the press yesterday. Here is what he had to say. We know that there remains a terrorist threat to the United States. Aviation security is a large part of that. This part week i directed we step up our Aviation Security at some last point of departure airports coming into the United States. This is not something to overreact to or overspeculate about. Its something we felt was necessary. We do this from time to time. Wolf, as you know, the aqab has been growing. Its not seen cooperating with militants in syria. The growing threat is whats important. The fear is that this bomb maker in yemen, he may have come up with a way to take a smart phone or a laptop and disguising it . Thats right. Its about the devices that he could use to try to mask a bomb. Again, these are explosives that dont have metal in them. This is something that would, under normal circumstances, perhaps bypass some of our security. You go to aefr airport overseas. You go to an airport in europe or asia. If it doesnt turn on, you either dont go on the flight or you leave the equipment there, right . Right. What they are saying is that you may have problems bringing that device with you on the plane. They will look at your device and check to see whether theres any explosive residue on it. Theres ways they are deploying devices at these airports. Thats where the concern is and i think what you have to do is make sure the devices are power up before you get to the airport. Its going to take more time if everybody has to power up their everybody has a device. It will get there earlier. Thanks very much. Now to iraq where video surfaced showing a leader of isis forces. He appeared to be leading a sermon. If this is the man, it would be one of the first known appearances he has done on video. Barbara starr is at the pentagon. What are they saying about this video . Wolf, the u. S. Government as well as the Iraqi Government has been scrutinizing video since it emerged after friday prayers when this person appeared at the mosque. Now, two u. S. Officials tell me at this point the u. S. Has no reason to believe its not baghdadi. They are worken on the assumption it is him. Cant be 100 sure. You are never 100 sure unless you have a dna sample. Everything they see at this point, they are working on the assumption it is him. What does that mean . That the secretive leader made one much his first extended public apierce answee appearanc. Felt comfortable and secure enough to come out for some period of time in public there. According to eyewitnesses, a very large security convoy rolled up to this mosque on friday. This man got out, conducted the service. There are reports that Cell Phone Service was interrupted while he was in the area. No word on where that may have come from. This is now something that the u. S. Is looking very closely at and sharing they are sharing intelligence that they can with the iraqis about isis and what they are up to. Make no mistake, the u. S. Not engaging in combat operations, not targeting this man as far as we know. That is going to be up to the iraqis. Very brazen, if it is him. It appears to be on the video. It surfaces on these isis websites chlts they have been effective in using social media to generate propaganda, enlist supporters. Does this fit into the strategy we have been seeing . I think it does. You are absolutely right. Very savvy masters of social media and internet communications. Right now though, what will that mean other than propaganda . How do they really stand on the ground in iraq . U. S. Officials are saying is that isis is stretched very thin right now on the ground from the syria iraq border to the northern edges of baghdad. Thats a very long line, a very large piece of territory for them to try to control. That may not be what they want. Maybe the propaganda war may be just stirring things up further and holding on to what they have in places in Northern Iraq may be their strategy at the moment. Because they know right now, Iraqi Security forces are perhaps not able to rapidly get into Northern Iraq and chase them down. They can stay put for a while. Lets not forget, mosul is the second larger city in iraq. People fled. Clearly, isis in control of that major Northern City in iraq. Barbara, thanks for that report. President obama is under pressure to respond to immigrant children crossing the border illegally. They are blaming the Obama Administration for the problem. The president traveling to texas on wednesday. The challenges for him is for ahead of the situation. It would be nice for him to come to the border. I think he is one step behind. They knew this was happening a year ago last year. Again, they are just they are not reacting fast enough at this time. Michelle has the latest over there. The president will be there in texas on wednesday. Any plans for him to go to the border and see for himself whats going on . This has been a question. Multiple times a day in the afternoon briefing it comes up. Why doesnt the president go down there . He is going to be in texas. Why isnt he going to be at the border . The administration keeps calling this an urgent humanitarian crisis. Doesnt he want to see it with his own eyes . The answer has been consistent that the president knows whats going on down there, that he is briefed on the situation often, that top members of the administration have been down there to see it. Basically, the administration is on the problem and that there is no need for the president to go there. Thats in some ways inconsistent with what the administration has been saying and the response they have been taking. But that seems to be the way that they are going to play this. However, i will say that last week when the questions were coming up, the press secretary said, well, plans could change. We could have an update to his schedule. At this point, we know there are no plans for the president to visit the border. Do we know anything more about what the administration plans on doing with these tens of thousands of unaccompanied Young Children who crossed into texas from mexico, most of these kids coming from Central America . Look at the pictures and you look at the numbers, especially. More than 60,000 could possibly be up to 90,000 unaccompanied minors alone this year. You see that its a crisis. What the administration said they are focused on is speeding up the process. Theres a law that was passed in 2008 that indicat kate that children to have a hearing. Its so backlogged that it takes years in some cases for the individual children to go through the process. The president is asking congress for more money, at least 2 billion to handle all the staffing on that. Lawyers, judges, facilities to house and get these kids through the system quickly. The administration also wants to expand the powers of the department of Homeland Security to use discretion to get them through the process more quickly. They say they have had some success with that. In the end they say ultimately, most of these children will be deported. The question then is, okay, you have this law in place. If most of them are not going to meet the requirement for humanitarian needs to stay on in this country, why have that law . Why isnt the administration advocating to change the law . They say its anti trafficking law. Theres a humanitarian val to the law. They are focused on remedying the situation basically speed to get these kids processed and out of the country, wolf. The u. S. Customs and border patrol, they are out with a new campaign designed to try to discourage the illegal crossings. Whats the message behind the ads . They want to send a strong message. Thats something they say they have been working on. Its in spanish, targeting those countries. Shows a young man writing to his parents. He made he took the chance to try to cross the border. In the end, it doesnt end well. It shows him appearing to be dead lying on the desert floor. Thats an image that some of these department of homeland Security Officials have said that they have seen. Some of the people there was a hearing last week, some of the people working one on one with these children, they said they have seen children die trying to make the crossing. The administration is trying to emphasize to the countries how dangerous this process is and the administration wants to see more coming from those countries to try to stem this tide more than what the u. S. Is trying to do on its own. Michelle at the white house, very important story we are following. Thank you. Coming up later, suing the president. John boehner lays out his reasons, his timetable. This is a cnn exclusive. The beating of an american team. The latest in events that has israeli and palestinians on the brink. In the nation, the safest feature in your car is you. Add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get 100 off for every year of safe driving. Which for you, shouldnt be a problem. Just another way we put members first, because we dont have shareholders. Join the nation. Nationwide is on your side. In israel a powerful statement from netanyahu, he called the murder of a teenager abhorrent. He spoke with the boys father. He promised justice for the apparent retaliation killing. The cousin of the murdered boy, a palestinian american teen, says he was beaten by Israeli Security forces. It was caught on video. You are seeing it right now. It sparked outrage around the world. This began with the murder of three israeli teenagers last month. Ben is following this for us. He is joining us from jerusalem. Ben, whats the status of the american teen right now who was beaten pretty severely by the Israeli Border police, whoever did that . He is currently under house arrest in East Jerusalem in a neighborhood. His family residence is close by. Under the conditions of his release from jail, he was ordered to stay away his home. His family had to pay a 3,000 shekel bail. Thats about 900. He is expected to return to the United States in the middle of the month. We have breaking news for you, wolf. Just moments ago, we heard another salvo of rockets was fired from gaza into israel. The iron dome alert system was used to knock some of those missiles out. According to the Israeli Military, before this latest salvo, 50 rockets a s had been fired. There is escalation. The Israeli Security cabinet met for three hours today to discuss its options. We heard from one Army Spokesman saying they have mobilized several hundred reservists and may mobilize as many as a 1,500 in preparation for trouble in the south. Some of the rockets im told actually reached about 25 miles into israel actually. Is that right . Thats correct. It is about 25 miles from gaza. It was the second missile that was fired in the direction. One was intercepted by the iron dome. The other landed in the desert. What this indicates, wolf, is that before it was believed that many of the rockets that were being fired out of gaza, they are shortrange, locally made, fairy crude, no guidance systems. When you get these rockets which have that kind of range, that means that hamas is pulling out weaponry. Is this a powder keg thats about to explode . We have seen it happen over the many years. It certainly its pointing in that direction. Now, one Israeli Military official we spoke to said that at the end of last week they were talking about deescalating. The expectation that if there is quiet, that israel would respond in kind. Now they are talking about an escalation. Perhaps not on the scale of november 2012 or the war at the end of 2008, beginning of 2009, but definitely theres a feeling that the clouds are getting dark over gaza and things could get much worse. It looks like that from this Vantage Point as well, unfortunately. Ben, we will stay in close touch with you. Aron david miller is here with us in the studio. He spent many years as a negotiator working this Israeli Palestinian problem. Unfortunately, not much success. What do you think of john mccains suggestion that the u. S. That john kerry should get back to that region, Start Talking to the israelis and the palestinians because they are on a powder keg right now. I like john mccain. I think that now is not the time for the secretary of state to reengage in this process. What can the u. S. The u. S. Has a lot of influence with the israelis and palestinians. They do. But the blood is up right now. If between hamas and israel, theres little the cause do. Equgypt has problems, too. They have a history of dealing with netanyahu. Shouldnt the u. S. Do something . Cant the u. S. Do something. We have been faced with what the United States should do. The secretary of state finished a tenmonth effort much to the critics who say he was negotiating over nothing. Thats not the case. At the end of ten months, you have a situation in which there is insufficient basis to reach an agreement. Im not sure that secretary of state wants or should put himself in a situation of trying to negotiate a ceasefire between israel and hamas. The fact is, hamas made a decision to unify that clearly increased influence on the west bank. Who knows who kidnapped the three israeli teens. Probably a cell. Whether it had the direct approval of the leadership or gaza, who nose. The fact is hamas perceives weakness. They know the israelis dont want to go in on the ground. What do you think of the reports that the israelis are mobilizing units to get ready. They are getting ready. Getting ready for what . Massive shelling and retaliation in november 2012 . Im not sure. They are hoping, i suspect, that over time hamas will understand that they dont want an escalation. Right now, its not just israel gaza. You have politics. The blood is up. You have retaliation. Teenagers killed on both sides. Theres a lot of furry right now. That could really, really get out of control. There is. Its nationalist. Its occurring in a terribly partisan environment with distances that are literally meters apart. No. The question that needs to be asked is, are we on the Tipping Point of a third sustained escalation . What do you think . I think no. I think there are differences. Palestinian Authority President palestinian public is more interested in social economic issues. They know pain and suffering caused. And even hamas weakened by the fact that they dont have much support. Bad governance. Im not sure they are prepared either. I agree with your assessment. I do feel that the United States could do something right now. Maybe send a special envoy. Bill clinton, for example, talked to the palestinians, talked to the israelis. Maybe john kerry is not the guy to do it. I suspect something could be done and should be done. They are at the boiling point. We are prepared to mediate between hamas and israel its ham hamas. What might not help probably cant hurt. Maybe not. Maybe it will work. Thanks very much. On the way, at first a first at the vatican. A meeting with victims of the sex abuse scandal. What he told them and asked for. An exclusive from john boehner who set his timetable for suing the president. We will take a closer look at what he says is behind the lawsuit. Ive had surgery, and yes, i have occasional constipation. Thats why i take doctor recommended colace capsules. [ male announcer ] for certain medical conditions where straining should be avoided, colace softens the stool for effective relief from occasional constipation. Go to colacecapsules. Com for savings. For effective relief from occasional constipation. Having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pickup truck slams into your brand new car. One second it wasnt there and the next second. Boom youve had your first accident. Now you have to make your first claim. So you talk to your Insurance Company and. Boom youre blindsided for a second time. 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What we know is that the house of representatives is going to take up legislation authorizing the lawsuit at some point this month. But the main purpose is clear for the speakers oped was to hit back on the the president who this last week said, so sue me. That was his response. I will read part of boehners oped. He said the president s response, its disappointing where the president said sue me. Its beneath the dignity of of the office. The American People are frustrated, too. He explains the general parame

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