Illegal immigrants . Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill israel agreed late today to a fivehour pause in attacks on gaza, after a u. N. Appeal. The halt, for humanitarian purposes, will begin at 3 a. M. , eastern time, tomorrow morning. The announcement followed a day of steppedup strikes that pushed the Palestinian Death toll to at least 213. Jonathan miller of independent Television News filed this report from gaza. Reporter ten past four and there were two almighty explosions. Israeli shells had hit groin used by gaza citys fishermen. Many of their boats have already been targeted and sunk. People emptied out onto the previously deserted street and rushed to help. It was then we learned that a third shell had killed children minutes later, just down the beach. Two still grabs from c. C. T. V. Appear to show the four boys playing football. And then the shell strikes. Israels pledge had been to hit hamas hard. At 1 30 a. M. , three missiles from an f16 slammed into the gaza city home of hamas super strongman mahmood zahar. In all, four hamas leaders homes were destroyed overnight. None of them was killed. The debris here, now a dystopian childrens playground. Shortly after dawn, an israeli aircraft dropped leaflets on three neighborhoods, all were close to the israeli border. One was in shajia, a district in the east of gaza city. And here is one of those leaflets. The translation from the arabic goes, for your own safety, we request that you vacate your residence immediately. The Israeli Defense force does not wish to harm you or your family. Those who disregard these instructions endanger their own lives and those of their families. Hamas got on the local radio straight away and said, dont believe it, dont move, its propaganda. The israelis simply want you to move out so that they can move in. The residents of shajair were not impressed. This man said he couldnt read. Where can we go, this man asks. We cant go . Where are we meant to go . Reporter this evening, the four boys killed just down the beach were laid out in the abu hasira mosque. The imam was agitated. He said, our battle with the enemy will never end. Ifill hamas rejected a ceasefire yesterday. Today, the militants fired several dozen more rockets into israel, but caused no major damage and no casualties. Woodruff syrian president Bashar Alassad was sworn in for a third term today, even as a now fouryear long civil war rages on in his country. Assad took the oath of office during a large ceremony at the president ial palace in damascus. He declared victory over those he called terrorists, and he warned countries whove backed the rebels. translated soon we will see that the arab, regional and western states that supported terrorism will pay a high price and many people will understand, late, that the battle in which Syrian People is fighting to defend its country, is a battle to defend many other people that will be facing the same terrorism sooner or later. Woodruff the u. S. And other countries have dismissed assads reelection as a sham. Ifill in iraq, Government Forces pulled back from a bid to retake tikrit, after meeting heavy resistance from sunni insurgents. The city was captured by the Islamic State group last month, a stronghold of former Saddam Hussein loyalists. Woodruff the United States is imposing its toughest sanctions yet on russia, for supporting rebels in ukraine. The Treasury Department announced new penalties this afternoon, targeting key russian banks as well as energy and defense companies. Russia has to understand it will pay a price for its actions. These sanctions are significant but also targeted, designed to have the maximum impact on russia while limiting spillover effects on American Companies or our allies. We are taking these actions in close consultation with our european allies and meetle in brussels to agree on the next steps and what we are expecting is that the russian leadership will see once again that its actions in ukraine have consequences. Woodruff pentagon officials reported today moscow beefed up forces on ukraines border to 12,00 12,000 troops. Ifill Senate Democrats failed in their bid today to reverse a Supreme Court ruling on contraception and the health care law. Last months decision says familyowned companies and others with religious objections may refuse to cover some forms of birth control. Democrats and republicans jousted over the bill before a procedural vote. Who should be in charge of a Womans Health care decision . Women should call the shots when it comes to their health care decisions, not their boss, not the government, not anyone else, period. The issue before this body is not about access to contraceptives, despite a whole lot of politicking by Senate Democrats to suggest to the contrary. In this body, the number of people who would do anything to restrict access to contraceptives to anybody is zero. Ifill the bill ultimately fell four votes short of the 60 needed to advance. Republicans said they plan to introduce their own bill later this week. Woodruff the man running the department of veterans affairs, for now, painted a grim picture today. Acting secretary sloan gibson said veterans and the public have lost trust in the v. A. Amid a scandal over treatment delays and falsified records. But gibson told a Senate Hearing the v. A. Has a chance to turn things around. We can turn these challenges into the greatest opportunity for improvement in the history of this department. I believe that in as little as two years the conversation can change, that v. A. Can be the trusted provider of choice for health care and for benefits. Woodruff the v. A. Says it already has made some progress, such as reducing the number of veterans whove waited 90 days or more for a medical appointment. Ifill aidsrelated deaths worldwide are now the lowest since they peaked nearly a decade ago. A United NationsAgency Reports one and ahalf Million People died from the disease last year. 35 million were infected with h. I. V. Virtually unchanged over the last two years. The u. N. Says with greater funding, it will be possible to control the global epidemic by 2030 and, ultimately, end it. Woodruff a Federal District judge in Southern California ruled today the states Death Penalty is unconstitutional. He said prolonged delays in carrying out executions have made the system too arbitrary, a violation of the constitutional bar against cruel and unusual punishment. The ruling came in the case of a man condemned in 1994, and still on death row. Ifill General Motors is facing yet more scrutiny about its handling of an ignition switch defect that triggered mass recalls. The New York Times reported today that g. M. Kept quiet for years as regulators asked about the potential causes of fatal crashes. The ignition problem has been linked to at least 13 deaths. Woodruff b. M. W. Announced that its recalling 1. 6 million of its cars worldwide for possibly defective air bags. More than half of those are in the u. S. They include three series cars from model years 2000 to 2006. A number of other auto makers have issued similar recalls for air bags, all made by the same japanese firm, takata corporation. Ifill on wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 77 points to close at 17,138. The nasdaq rose nine points to close near 4,426. The s p 500 added eight to finish at 1,981. Ifill still to come on the newshour california takes emergency measures to tackle a worsening drought; the israeli ambassador on the possibility of a Ground Invasion in gaza; a town divided over giving shelter to immigrants who await deportation; enforcing Safety Measures at federal laboratories to prevent bioterror threats; and the peace corps, in search of a new generation of volunteers. Ifill california officials are putting mandatory restrictions on water use in place, as a result of that states ongoing drought. Several western states, including oregon, nevada, arizona and new mexico, have large regions suffering a severe to extreme drought. But californias problem has lasted longer than most, and now the state says its time to ramp up conservation. Woodruff driedup lake beds and water shortages have become depressingly familiar sights across california, and state water regulators moved tuesday to impose new conservation rules. State water board chair felicia marcus. Were focusing on outdoor irrigation because thats a place where people tend to, even without realizing it, they over water. It really behooves all of us to figure out how to use the water that we do have as wisely as we can. Woodruff starting august first, the new rules could mean daily fines of up to 500 for people who waste water on lawns and car washing. California is now in the third year of its worst drought since the 1970s. Governor jerry brown declared a drought emergency in january, and temporarily rolled back protections for endangered fish to allow pumping from the san joaquinsacramento river delta. Brown also called for a voluntary 20 reduction in water use, but a state survey shows consumption actually rose by one percent in may. Jay lund, at the university of california at davis, has studied the drought. He says the States Residents have to adjust. From all the Climate Change studies that weve done, we dont see catastrophe if we manage it well, but we do see inconvenience and we do see costs. Woodruff a large part of those costs come in the states Agriculture Sector that provides food for much of the United States. Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley already faced reduced water flows, and they are worried. I dont know, if this drought continues were in trouble, serious trouble. Even when were drilling these wells, were watching the production. Most of the wells that we have are down 30 from a year ago and were watching them drop by the week. Woodruff the u. C. Davis report warns the drought will cost california 2. 2 billion this year, and the loss of more than 17,000 jobs. Woodruff for more on the rationale for them and their likely impact, im joined by Timothy Quinn, the director of the association of California Water agencies. His members will have to enforce the changes. And craig miller, the science editor at san franciscos k. Q. E. D. Public media. And we welcome you both. To you first, Timothy Quinn, why were these regulations necessary right now, and if the situation is so serious, why the discretion to individual agencies on how and whether to enforce them . Well, that is necessary because were going through an extraordinary drought experience in california. Last year was the dryest year on record, this year is the third dryest. The demand is up, storage is down, so our member agencies believe the action is necessary now. Frankly,eth not too late. The seriousness of this drought just became apparent in the last few months. I mean, in january, february, march, we were dry as a bone. We started to realize we had to take this seriously. It takes time, of course, for the public and others to move up the learning curve. I think the actions taken by the control board, our water comp in california, theyre saying take this serious for the emergency that it is and thats what well be doing. Woodruff briefly remind us what people are asked to do. No water runoff when youre watering the lawn, dont water driveways, dont use excess water on the cars. Its all outdoor use . The focus is use but the state is ordering every water agency that serves more than 3,000 connections in california to go to the mapped tore connections of the drought contingency plans. Its focused on the outdoors but california is realizing this is an emergency situation and will start saving outdoors and indoors. Maybe showers have been the order of the day. They have been in my house since january. Were not going to be flushing as often and the lawn will be brown and it will be tough till its over. Woodruff craig miller, you have been reporting ton water situation for a long time. How seriously do californians take this problem . Its kind of hard to tell. Some polling was done in may on that very point and most californians at that time, about 60 , i believe, said they thought the drought was pretty serious where they were, and most of them also said that they were already taking actions to save water. As weve heard, the governor is asking for 20 water reduction across the board and hes not getting close to it. In some parts of the state, water use is actually up this year. I think thats probably one of the reasons at the state level they started thinking it was time to take the bull by the horns. Woodruff you were telling us earlier today, craig miller, that in observing what people are doing around the state, you think people are, though, taking precautions they didnt used to or using water in a somewhat different way. Well, everythings relative. You know, if you look at the per capita water consumption around california, its all over the map, literally and figuratively. Anywhere from 50 gallons a day to three, four times that, depending in large part the size of lawns people have and what theyre doing with them. But you also have an increased number ofo high an increased number of highdensity housing in urban areas. A lot of people dont have lawns anymore and things are generally more efficient than they were. If you go back to the last serious drought in the mid 70s, people were told to put a brick or gallon water jug in the tank to reduce the flush. Well, today, most toilets already use the lower amount of water per flush. So things have already become more efficient. The less water people are using, the harder it is to squeeze savings out of them. Woodruff how do you expect the local water agencies will enforce this legislation in will they go around the neighborhoods and see what people are doing . That will happen. All agencies that deliver water in california have drought contingency plans in place. They dont dream them up. They go from voluntary measures, to stronger, to mandatory measures. The plans are in place. There have been two droughts before, so they will go out and do those things. Its not easy. There are a lot of arguments. You get complaints from the customers. They will implement plans they already have in place, by and large. If you dont have a plan in place, you will be required to get one and take specific actions. Typically, we find a home owner whose grass with too green or the driveway is wet, you give them a warning that may be followed by another warning and a small fine that actually get big. The actions taken by the state yesterday authorizes fines up to 500 a day, which will get water users attention, although i predict you wont see that many fines. I predict californians will respond. This will convince them we have a true emergency, they need to change behavior, do extraordinary things that go beyond efficiency, theyve always responded in the past and i think they will this year. Reporter whats your sense of how people will respond, craig miller . Are they going to go ahead and comply . I think the enforcement is a little murky, judy even in the release that came out from the state water board, they said something about how local districts would be allowed to ask courts to impose fines. The actual linkage between the regulation theyve put out and the fines themselves is pretty loose. I agree with tim, i dont think well actually see much of that happening. Districts are reacting differently. As tim will tell you, theres over 400 water districts and agencies around california and theyre all taking this with Different Levels of seriousness. Some said they will respond very aggressively, like san francisco, for example, and others are saying its going to be pretty much what they have been doing right along. Woodruff quickly, Timothy Quinn, a mixed picture in terms of enforcement and compliance around the state . Is that what youre looking at . Well, with hundreds of water agencies, theres always going to be a mix. Let me tl you, it will look more the result of what the board has done. The state has a lot of power. The governor declared Emergency Powers which are extraordinary in all states including california. Water agencies around the state will start behaving more like each other. Consumers will respond to a crisis condition. They just havent quite gotten this drought before now. This will help them get this drought. Woodruff Timothy Quinn with the association of California Water agencies, craig miller with kqed, we thank you both. Thank you. Ifill now to our series of conversations about the ongoing turmoil in the middle east. Our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner has spoken this week with the former u. S. Envoy for Israeli Palestinian peace and an analyst with close connections to hamas. Earlier today, she sat down with israels ambassador to the Uni