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I'm dara brown with the hour's top stories. at least five palestinian assailants are dead after a string of knife attacks on the israelis in jerusalems. the violence is the latest in a series of attacks that have killed 47 palestinians and seven israelis in recent weeks. and authorities in texas say a raging wildfire just southeast of austin is 50% contained. crews expect it will take several more days to get the blaze fully controlled. since tuesday, more than 40 homes and buildings have been destroyed. now it's back to "lockup." >> wait a minute. we got a challenge for you guys. >> do the ...

There is a significant security issue ongoing in israel. senior international correspondent ben wedeman with the latest live for us in jerusalem. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. the measures proposed after the knife attacks continue to be in place. they're being tightened. what you see behind me, for instance, right here, this is one. roads leading to the east jerusalem neighborhood of ice we a, palestinian neighborhood. since several days ago these concrete blocks have been placed across the road. anyone passing through certainly young males in this intans, has to be checked. they need to...

But also we are seeing today the israeli police announcing they are setting up barriers in some palestinian neighborhoods across occupied east jerusalem. we've seen they've already set up some concrete barriers around one neighborhood in east jerusalem. and that's going to anger many palestinians who see their quality of life has continuously deteriorating. they're under a tremendous amount of pressure and humiliation. that creates more of a sense of frustration. israel says it has to do this to prevent palestinian attackers from continuing their wave of knife attacks on civilians and soldiers...

More knife attacks, more deadly force as tensions rise in the middle east. we'll have a live report coming up it at the top of the hour. also, the twitter battle between donald trump and jeb bush intensified overnight. this after comments trump made by george bush and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. we got the new tempur-flex and it's got the spring and bounce of a traditional mattress. you sink into it, but you can still move around. now that i have a tempur-flex, i can finally get a good night's sleep. (vo) change your sleep. change your life. change to tempur-pedic.

Israel says he's done nothing to quell the overall violence. palestinians accuse israel of trying to divide one of islam's holiest sites. >> trace, thank you. >> as we mentioned, president obama spoke to the situation in israel from the white house earlier today. listen. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms. violence directed against innocent people and believe that israel has a right to maintain basic law and order and protect its citizens from knife attacks. and violence on the streets. we also believe that it's important for both the prime minister and israeli elected officials and...