Good morning. We begin with congress and the halls of the capitol empty this morning, but the border crisis continues. That border crisis is our first focus this morning. Members kicking off the first full week of summer recess today. Some on vacation. Others home campaigning with this years midterms fast approaching. Lawmakers left without reaching any kind of bipartisan deal to address the kids coming across the border alone. The house did pass something, though. A scaled backpack age to give them cover as they return to their districts including an end to any expansion of the deferred action for Childhood Arrival Program called daca. But theres no break for the people on the front lines of the border crisis. Communities from michigan to texas are still bracing for an influx of unaccompanied minors. Im pretty sure youll agree its nothing like youve seen before. If they seek asylum theyll be interviewed by an asylum officer. While theyre doing the due process, well provide the safe environment for them. But the governor of texas said that the crossing of unaccompanied minors in his state is not his chief concern when it comes to the problems at the border. I think that is a side issue, what were substantially more concerned about in the state of texas, li will suggest across t country, are the 80 plus of individuals who dont get talked about enough that are coming into the United States illegally and committing substantial crimes. So, wait, 80 of the people that are crossing the border commit crimes. Thats what the governor said. The president not taking any action figuring out the next move when it comes to the crisis continuing to weigh his options considering to dan pfeiffer yesterday. First, i think the reports youre seeing are uninformed speculation. Completely unified . Yes. The president asked the attorney general and and the secretary of Homeland Security to present him with recommendations by the end of the summer. They havent done yet that. Joining me now is Debby Wasserman Schultz. A pleasure to see you. Thank you. You too, jose. Great to see you in south florida. Thank you. So what happens now congress has left nothing, really, to show for it on this crisis. They did take the vote, which is not going anywhere, but its a significant, i guess, vote to say how they stand on the issues. Yeah, they made it pretty clear how they stand. They kept us in town an extra day and a half, the republicans did, because they were essentially dissenting into chaos. They couldnt get the votes to pass a supplemental appropriations bill to deport the children in crisis quickly enough. So they had to push the pause button and make the bill even more stringent. Make sure those kids couldnt possibly get representation or due process. And essentially check the box so they could say that they did something. What they did, though, was send a very clear message they arent interested in dealing with the issue of Immigration Reform in a comprehensive way or really in any way at all other than to ensure that focus only on deporting people as quickly as possible when that is certainly not a sound or responsible approach. And so what sort of comprise would democrats in the house have been willing to have working with Speaker Boehner . What specific things do you think they could have done together . Well, for starters, instead of putting the bill on the floor and not taking it through the normal committee process, we could have sat down and hammered through the regular process so we could amepd the bill, debate it. They never took it through committee. I sat on the proengss committee. What we voted on friday was a appropriations bill. There was no opportunity, actually, to sit down and comprise. Democrats have been ready to sit down and talk through and how to deal with both the crisis with the children coming across the border and with comprehensive Immigration Reform in general. The republicans, as you know, jose, wont even take up any legislation dealing with Immigration Reform comprehensively. They have a bill that passed the senate in a bipartisan way that, you know, our u. S. Senator in florida, you know, was involved in writing and now essentially disowned trying to having it both ways with the tea party and with the Hispanic Community in our state. But at the end of the day, what we need to do is sit down and work together. This is a problem that we can solve together. They did it in the senate. If the House Republicans dont like the senate version, pass the bill and go to conference and work through the differences. Thats what the Founding Fathers of our country intended. But they are terrified of the right party. Theres also the issue of a statement made on deferred action. You know, there are kids crossing the border. There are things happening every day in Central America that will have an impact on possible future flow into the United States of america, and yet there are those who want to focus on kids brought here through no fault of their own and who know no other country than the United States and thats how you deal with a crisis . Jose, its really just its shocking. I mean, we lets go back a few months. We actually, in the house of representatives, have voted to fully repeal the dreamers provision the Deferred Action Program that the republicans put that in a appropriations bill we passed already. Then they doubled down on friday with the Marsha Blackburn bill from tennessee to make sure the president to try to make sure. The bill will never become law. To make sure that the kids who got deferred action, who are here through no fault of their own. Only know america as their home, and whose families want to make a better life for them. To make sure they couldnt get an extension when the deferred action time ends and make sure that no other dreamer could be included in the Deferred Action Program. It is just they are callus indifference to the plight of children streaming across the border, fleeing horrific circumstance in their country. Why is why the 2008 law exists so we can carefully review those childrens situation and determine whether or not they need to remain in our country to be safe or if they could appropriately be accept back to their country. We didnt have a chance to amend that law to adjust to todays circumstances. The republicans are simply strangled by extremism. There is no more establishment or middle or moderate wing. Youve got the steve king wing of the Republican Party today. Raise the specter of impeachment this weekend. These people are out of control. Its stunning. Yeah. And talk about impeachment. Its something that some republicans keep talking about and the democrats are making a boat load of money off. For example, this kind of statement. I think congress has to sit down and have a serious look at the rest of the constitution and that includes the i wort we dont want to say. I only say it now because i want to encourage the president please dont put america into a constitutional crisis. Please dont do that. Yeah. Thats his big concern with the president. Congresswoman, briefly, your reaction to this. You guys at the dnc are making money off these kinds of statements, right . Steve king was tea party before tea party was cool. He raised the specter of impeachment. A number of their leaders on their side of the aisle refuse to take it off the table. Were simply saying, you know, suing the president for doing his job is prelude to what they want to do or attempt impeach president obama. Lets work together. We have a lot on our plate. We have to focus on job creation, focus on turning the economy around. I know, thats what my constituents are talking about. They dont talk about suing the p or investigating benghazi. We have to work together. Thats the bottom line. Thank you so much, congresswoman Debby Wasserman Schultz see you back here in south florida soon. And ive said it and well continue to say it. We want to hear all voices on all issues. We invited members of the other side of the aisle on todays show. We hope theyll join us soon in the future. To a developing story right here right now. Is it safe to drink water in toledo, ohio . City officials lifted the water ban within the last half hour with nearly three days with people not able to drink water or cook food. It went into effect over the weekend because toxins found in the water supply. In california thousands stranded. One person dead after a monsoon like storm dropped almost four inches of rain triggering flash floods and mudslides. Its happening just outside los angeles. Officials have ordered 3,000 others to shelter in place. Knbc is in california. Youre learning more about the victim in this horrible incident. What can you tell us . Well, the victim has been identified by the l. A. County corn Coroners Office. He was basically caught off guard. Lets take a look at the video of his vehicle. His vehicle was covered in mud and debris. Some of the mud filled his vehicle and the Coroners Office said he likely drowned from the mud flow that happened here in mount baldy. A lot of people caught off guard. They didnt realize the intensity of the storm that moved through the area. Flash floods hit campgrounds in a section of the national forest, torrential downpour. Family five and their dog had to be rescued by helicopter. Fortunately theyre doing okay. But back out here live. As we drove up here this morning, we saw bolders on the side of the road. We saw large pools of mud across the highway here. So this is just some of of the conditions people are dealing with. Fortunately it has cleared out now. The storm has moved out of the area, but a lot of people were caught off guard. Well see have to wait to see when winter comes. Were expecting more rain to hit southern california. Were in the drought but a lot of people werent expecting that much rain in a short amount of time. Thank you so much. Those images that you were seeing were of the general vicinity of where this incident occurred. Not the specific car where the victim unfortunately drown this morning. Wild fires, a Tropical Storm, and earthquake. Lets zoom through todays stop stories. Not only flooding and mud slides effecting california but fires. Theres a state of emergency to help battle 14 major wild fires there. So called gulch fire burned 50 square miles. Crews working to protect about 300 buildings in the fires path. Three homes have already been lost. The u. S. Seems to be in the clear of any threat from Tropical Storm bertha. Its east of the bahamas and moving north. Expected to stay away from the east coast and bermuda. Rescuers digging for survivors after the o6. 1 earthquake. 12,000 homes were destroyed. Chinese Officials Say its the strongest earthquake to hit in 14 years. The heads of 50 africa nations in washington for the unprecedented summit. Is investment in africa key to the Global Economy . Just minutes ago, the humanitarian ceasefire in the middle east was lifted already this morning. Israelis saying terrorist attacked a bus with an excan vader. Well talk to senator chris murphy about the situation in second. Nutrition. Im no exper. That would be my daughter hi dad. Shes a dietitian. And back when i wasnt eating right, she got me drinking boost. Its got a great taste, and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. Helping me stay more like me. 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To the middle east this morning where the situation remains extremely volatile despite what was supposed to be a seven hour humanitarian ceasefire in gaza just ended. A short time ago in what Israeli Police describe as a terrorist attack. A pedestrian was killed after palestinians slammed a machinery into a bus. Despite the temporary truce, each side accusing each other of violating the ceasefire. As we hear from nbc chief Foreign CorrespondentRichard Engal in gaza, theres pressure on israel to limit civilian casualties. After another attack on palestinians taking shelter at the u. N. Run school on sunday, washington issued its strongest condemnation yet of the ally. The u. S. State Department Said it was apalled by the disgrace of the shelling. You know, Officials Say israel targeted a suspected militant by the gate of a u. N. Facility where 3,000 people were living. You know, officials were shocked israel chose to attack where it knew so many civilians would be in danger. Nbc joins us live from telaviv. Good morning, jim. What can you tell us about the latest attack in jerusalem . Hi, jose. This is not the first time this kind of attack has happened here in. The driver of a large bulldozer died after being shot repeatedly by Jerusalem Police after ramming his vehicle into the large empty bus. Israeli police say the bull dozener crashed a pedestrian who later died. Seven others are in the hospital according to local health officials. Police have cause to believe there was palestinian involvement, especially at the time of ongoing conflict. They see it as a potential terrorist attack. Just minutes ago, as you referenced at the top of the hour, a unilateral humanitarian pause ended. Israel called the temporary ceasefire to allow for food and medical aid to come into gaza and encourage some of the hundreds of thousands of displaced to return to what is left of their homes. Though fee, it seems, were confident enough to do it. The pause did not apply to any active israeli area of operation. The Palestinian Militants rejected it outright as a diversion for what they call ongoing israeli massacres. And jim, while this is going on. Theres another effort underway in cairo to broker a more permanent ceasefire. It seems to difficult to achieve. Thats right. Even though israel said it would not attend the cairo talks, the palestinian factions did go there. They have been talking and reached an agreement on key demands in exchange for a longterm ceasefire. The lifting of the israeli blockade, israels complete pullout from gaza, gazas reconstruction with an estimate of 6 billion and the release of palestinian prisoners. As we know, this is not going to fly unless according to israel the militants first give up the weapons, and a nonstarter for the palestinian factions. Thank you so much. The lets bring in senate chris murphy. A democrat from connecticut a member of the Foreign Relations committee. Senator, thank you for being with us. Sure. Lets start with the situation in the middle east. The state Department Said it was, in his words, apalled by the deadly shelling of an israeli shelling calling it disgraceful. Do you see a change here in how the americans are talking about their number one ally in the middle east . Well, theres no change in the fact that we continue to standby the ability of israel to defend itself, and there is no change in our belief that in gaza hamas are using civilians to shield the weapons theyre using to send into israel. But the counsel were giving israel is this. They need to understand the longterm cost of these civilian casualties. It essentially becomes Bulletin Board material for recruitment efforts for hamas in the efforts to organize against israel and the broader terrorist community to organize against the west. When it comes to the u. N. Facilities, the fact there are civilians sheltering rockets cant automatically be a justification for attack. You have to weigh the potential civilian casualties. I think thats the counsel were giving the israelis today to place a little bit more emphasis on the civilian cost when they are trying to take out these capabilities on behalf of hamas. On the other hand, i mean, in a war where there is warfare in a very small tight area like gaza, which is filled with civilians, any time you attack a target there is a very good chance youre going to be hitting civilians. Thats the nature of that kind of warfare. That is absolutely right. Remember, it starts with hamas sending rockets into israel, doubling under the ground in order to be able to launch terrorist attacks in israel. So the burden here, first and foremo foremost, is on hamas to end the activities. If they were to do that, we could get a longterm ceasefire. If they were to codo it in a verifiable way. Said from the beginning that israel has to pay more attention. It could hurt israel in the long run not help them. They ultimately need for the people of gaza to elect new leadership to turn to more moderate elements of the palestinian constituency. They are not going to do that if they are building up this wellspring of continued ongoing multigenerational hatred for israel because of the ground attacks. But again, the burden first and foremost is on hamas. If they stop launching attacks into israel, then we wouldnt be in the position were in today. Right. The u. S. Is keeping a close eye on the developments in ukraine. Theres word this morning that russias air force started military drills in central and western regions of russia. Is russia flexing the military muscles . What is going on . I dont