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>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. and i'm standing on a rooftop looking out over tel aviv. it is just after 10:00 p.m. here and it is been 23 days since the horrific terrorist attacks that -- by hamas that caught this country and much of the world by surprise. we start today by this declaration from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, quote, this is a time for war. netanyahu said during an address a few hours ago. despite the humanitarian crisis in gaza, and the thousands of casualties, including an untold number of civilians an...

a german-israeli woman kidnapped by hamas has been found dead. 23-year-old shani luke was at the music festival. her body was seen on video after the attack, seemingly unconscious in the back of a hamas truck, paraded around by the terrorists. we want to warn you, the video is graphic. we'll show you some of it with her body blurred out. shawni's mother gave cnn permission to show the video. a sort familiar with the confirmation says this is the way they did it. israelis found a fragment of a bone from the base of a skull. technically called the petros bone. it was a dna match from s...

than the testimony in court? none. none. >> he's set to be put to death next wednesday unless they grant clemency. no two hours, john boehner will reveal the republican plan to create jobs and close loopholes. they said they could go along with some of the president's jobs plans until they found he would raise taxes on wealthy americans. the line for first time jobless claims jumped 11,000 for a total of 428,000. it's the highest number of first-time claims since june. the postmaster general is outlining a plan that could cost 150,000 jobs. they want to close more than 300 mail...