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When israeli police raided his apartment recently, they found the explosives plus weapons, all stolen from the israeli army. during the raid, livicks reportedly tried to flee the police by jumping from his seventh floor apartment to a balcony below. the fbi has been notified of the case and livicks, who has at a criminal record in the united states will be given a psychiatric evaluation. ben weideman, cnn, jerusalem. a french hostage is released by al qaeda militants in mali. a cause for celebration and some questions about how his release came about. plus, america's outgoing defense chief s...

Israeli soldiers have died. the united states is pushing for a cease-fire. john kerry arrived in cairo today for talks with key officials and announced $47 million in humanitarian aid to gaza. this is the latest poll showing 57% of those polled say israel's action in gaza is justified. 34% say unjustified. wolf blitzer is in jerusalem. ben weideman is in gaza. >> there are reports that cite palestinian source that's a cease-fire is being drafted between israel and hamas tomorrow in cairo. we know that secretary of state john kerry arrived there today. any reason to be optimistic about that at ...

Hundreds of palestinians have been killed. >> if you look at our response, it's actually very measured and trying to be as pin pointed as we can. >> let's bring in cnn international correspondent ben weideman. what can kerry do? >> hopefully he can bring the egyptians on board to talk to israelis and hamas as well. the problem of course is the united states does not speak directly with hamas so it has to go through the egyptians, but certainly they are the ones who they share a border with gaza. traditionally, there have been decent contacts between egypt and hamas so certainly he can use the ...

Protesters rallied. we are covering every angle of the crisis. ben weideman is in crimea and michelle is tracking political developments here at the white house. ben, we are going to begin with you. to describe the photos that you took today of soldiers on the ground around those bases there. hundreds of soldiers in dark green uniforms no license plates have surrounded the base of the

Up by the ukraines. what are you hearing there and what are you seeing on the ground as those steps are taken? we talked to a spokesman and i want to add to what ben said. i want to add to the naval base the power has been cut off there. according to the them, she is expecting an attack at that