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i'm jim acosta and begin in the middle east where a cease fair between islamic jihad was supposed to go in effect. more rockets were fired toward israel from gaza after the agreed upon time. they continued blaring sirens warning of incoming fire also. for days now we have seen attacks like that one right there in that dramatic video. this is an israeli air strike on gaza where at least 33 people have reportedly been killed over the past few days since wednesday, palestinian forces have fired over 1200 rockets towards israel in response and cnn's ben wedeman joins us now from jerusale...

Elon musk is a big critic of the mainstream media but has chosen a mainstream media executive to lead the company and that did not exactly shower him with praise from some on the right on twitter. >> no. >> yeah, well, because the competent media executives are in the mainstream media. he has to hire from there. the ones on the right have maze a mess of it except fox, i guess. but i don't know if anyone is available from there so he really does need a powerhouse well liked in the ad industry if he wants ads to be the business model. he's tried to do the blue check thing for $8. that didn't wor...

Disproved by that tape. >> wrong? >> how no? >> nothing on that tape. i told you the key part of that tape that they were pushing on was the check or no check thing. >> which i never understood, but make your case first. i understood your case. i don't understand the significance. go ahead. >> they want to say that he wanted to do this txz in cash. >> yes. >> which of course is absurd. it was a corporate transaction. you can't do it in cash. so trying to attribute those words to him was like forcing an interpretation of what is in fact a tape that has to be carefully analyzed on people. the id...

That, chris. >> we'll see, right. we'll see if mueller wants to take the meeting. if he wants to hear. >> i don't know why he wouldn't take the hearing. he would want to hear it. but then can he corroborate it? if he can't it's useless. >> you said earlier he may want this. >> you still want to hear it what he has to say. but as far as i can tell from the record, it is not corroborated by anything. in fact, it's disputed. >> all right. here's your problem. okay. and this will get us into the earlier scoop we had in the week. michael cohen has a credibility issue. stip layed for the point of ar...

Their movement isn't going to gain traction. >> news flash. america is not as terrible as they keep trying to sell it is. we don't care what whoopi goldberg says. she get over it. >> it's hard to nail it home that everything is so bad now where eight -- >> america doesn't suck. it's not that bad. >> or bemoaning the check thing. there's a california lawmaker that is calling for a ban of plastic straws. they can go to jail for six months doing that. the argument is it's bad for the environment. but come on. >> first of all, it's a perfect example why people hate politicians. it's not this hack'...