be something as big as a football or something like that. it's -- that's the beauty of forensic science is you just don't know what's going to be the most part of your analysis. 6:00 on sunday. so glad to have your company. >> this is "new day sunday." breaking news in the middle east. there are growing concerns this morning that a ground invasion really may be inevitable between israel and gaza. >> people wondering if it's started. forces ignored the u.n.'s request and crossed into gaza, a long range missile site. four israeli soldiers were injured but they did return home. >> 23 people were killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza yesterday. that brings the death toll to more than 160 now. 1100 people have been injured.

>> happening now the israeli military is warning northern gaza residents of more airstrikes today. ordering civilians to evacuate their homes as hamas leaders are targeted. live to the ground there. wolf blitzer is in jerusalem. diana joins us from a border crossing. so glad to have you both with us. wolf, i want to start with you. israel's raid was -- people i think are looking thinking is this a one-time event or is this the start of something bigger? any indication either way for you? >> reporter: there is no formal public announcement or anything bigger but everyone suspects that wasn't just the one shot, a one isolated incident. everyone seems to think the israelis will continue. they will continue to pound various targets from the air whether with airstrikes or drones or whatever. but they will almost certainly do these kinds of limited but potentially significant ground

assaults as well. this one coming in from the mediterranean from the sea and lasting about a half hour and as you point out, really soldiers were injured. not significantly but they were injured, they were brought back to base. the expectation is this is going to heat up dramatically in the coming hours and days. unless there is some sort of cease-fire. i know that various elements out there are trying to achieve a cease-fire. i don't see a lot of progress on that diplomatic front. barring some sort of cease-fire, time-out if you will, this is going to escalate and it's going to get as bad as it is right now and it's pretty bad as you know, our viewers know, it's potentially going to get a lot worse. >> a lot worse. wolf, we understand that you spent time with the israeli navy. what did you learn? >> reporter: you know, obviously the israelis are coming under rocket attack, missile attack from gaza and there was an incident that isolated rockets coming in from lebanon. they are worried about a potential third front, the

mediterranean, there is a long mediterranean coastal line with israel and the other day as you know there was an effort by ha ma to infiltrate commandos and kill some. the israeli navy spotted them. i spoke with one of the spokes women, a young woman who is involved directly involved in getting some of that information. listen to this brief exchange that we had at the israeli naval base. >> you see something suspicious. you see people coming in from the water who are armed. >> yeah. >> what do you do? >> we stayed away, inform our higher ranks and higher units and they involve all the different kinds of units in the navy and the navy in general, whoever needs to be involved. >> whether the army -- >> yes. >> the israelis did wind up killing those hamas

infiltrators. was navy, army, air force. they are bracing for more of that and the navy is on full scale patrol along that long mediterranean coast. >> wolf, stand by. we want to check in with ana at the crossing on the gaza/israel border. we understand that this morning palestinian-americans are being evacuated from gaza. tell us what you know about that. >> reporter: that's right. we've just spoken to some of them around 140 have come through already this morning. very glad of course to be allowed out and very sad to leave their friends and relatives. some of them had come over for relative weddings. one girl left her sister behind who just married a man in the gaza strip. neither of them, or he can't leave, and she wants to stay with him. they say it's very, very difficult for people there, they

have no electricity. yesterday water pipes supplying some 27,000 people were struck. so, life there is incredibly hard. there were little girl who is meant to be going to this wedding who said every night i didn't know where it was going to hit. very sad stories. but at least ones have been able to get out. in gaza itself there are, we know from the u.n. palestinian refugee agency that some 4,000 palestinians have sought refuge in one of their shelters. the death toll rising, 166 and more than 1,000 people injured. the majority of them civilians, many of them also children because they can't run away fast enough. so the situation in gaza extremely sad and getting increasingly desperate. the israeli defense forces said they dropped leaflets on a town in northern gaza warning people there to stay away from hamas targets. and that would suggest that they are planning at least a bigger

military operation in the north of gaza now. perhaps that, taken together with the fact they have now allowed people with dual citizenship to leave. it all adds to the sense they might be preparing a ground offensive and that might take place soon, victor. >> diana, thank you so much for the update there. >> let's bring back wolf blitzer in jerusalem joined by the israeliy defense spokesman peter lerner. >> thanks much. lieutenant, let me ask you the questions that were asked of me, that incident overnight, israeli troops went in on the ground into gaza four israeli soldiers injured. was that isolated or can we expect more of that from the israeli military? >> we use our special forces to do special missions. the site that we attacked is deeply involved with the long range rockets that have been showering tel aviv, north of tel aviv, jerusalem, so we thought

it was necessary to utilize special forces for a special mission. they made their mission, they were able to succeed in their mission, there was impact and the conflict with terrorists there on the site. we have few scratches and grazes but nothing substantial. >> on the israeli. >> the israeli side. palestinians, we had air support on site as well. the palestinian terrorists, they paid a heavier price. >> was this an isolated incident or more israeli as they say boots on the ground? >> we can expect these activities taking place. special ops that happen below the radar, in and out, swift missions, quickly, concise and precise at what they are doing, to get that added value to safeguard israeli lives. >> more of these operations. what about tanks, armored personnel carriers, formal invasion of a as occurred in the past? >> we're preparing that possibility. it's not something we wanted to

do but we've in the past five or six days we have brought up the forces and indeed there is a substantial force on the border with a and if the order is given we are prepared for that type of activity. >> was that the reason that you are leafletting in northern gaza telling folks get out, there's a half million people there. almost impossible that they are going to all be able to escape. what is your goal here? >> the area that we've actually announced that people should leave is a lot smaller than that. it's the town of beglahia. that has been a main staging point for rocket launching against israel. there's a lot of hamas deeply invested in that. there's obviously some sort of energetic palestinian commando on the ground there that thinks he can launch rockets at israel freely. we have to deal with that problem and that is why we are suggesting for their own good keep away from hamas, move out of that town because we intend to target it. >> a lot of the civilians, whether he woulderly, young,

they aren't going to be able to leave. >> we hope they will abide by our advice. it is a necessity, the terrorists that are launching rockets from the town are putting the people at risk. >> what is the timeline? how much time do they have? >> the leaflets were released this morning. we announced intentions to do so late last night. there is a timeline, unfortunately due to the operational concerns i can't point at the specific hour but it's indeed we expect the people to leave. >> within hours? can we say that? so in the next few hours. when you go into that area will it be tanks, will it be armored personnel carriers, will it be from the sea? what are you talking? a limited commando operation or much more robust military operation? >> i think we'll have to leave that for the operation itself. >> but you're going to obviously be doing that. are there other areas that should anticipate action on the part of the israelis?

>> anywhere launching rockets should be concerned. we have to operate, it's the right thing to do, our civilians are bombarded. luckily we invested in the system in order to protect the state of israel and we are being very effective in that. but indeed we have to be able to mobilize as quick as possible, take advantage of our robust capabilities, take advantage of the technological capabilities and all components of the military t air force, the navy or the army, that can work, operate together. >> you've seen the pictures of young palestinian kids killed, a lot of civilian casualties so far. this is a very, very dire situation in gaza right now. >> indeed the situation is tragic. hamas have held these people hostage, physical -- when we try and operate, when we operate, we are devoted to professional norms. we are devoted to minimizing the

threat to the civilian impact. what hamas does they exploit the situation to maximize that. they literally encourage the people to get on the roofs, they encourage the people or they -- they place munitions in the basements of schools, they launch rockets from the courtyards of mosques. the play grounds there are used for launching rockets at the state of israel. this is the concern we have. so indeed we are trying to be precise, effective, and we have to take this capability away from them. >> thanks very much for joining us. you heard the news, we just got it from the spokesman for the idft israel defense forces, the next hours the israelis move in on the ground, the incident overnight, the naval forces going in, that was not an isolated incident. they can expect more of that. it's not going to be specifics but basically warning that those leaflets dropped giving people in that one town in northern

gaza an opportunity to flee, that is a serious threat from the israelis. they are going to do something. i'm not sure what but we'll see if this ground invasion does take place in the coming hours. >> no characterization of what that will look like. we thank him, wolf, thank you as well. later this hour we'll be joined by executive committee member of the palestinian liberation organization, so stand by for that side of this conflict as well. >> let's talk about libya too. they are having fighting between militias in the capital of tripoli. explosions are heard. you heard it yourself. the airport and other parts of town, many websites say the airport is closed and libya has been in turmoil since 2011 as the government has been unable to control the militias who helped out moammar gadhafi. >> secretary of state john kerry is in saw treeia for talks on iran's nuclear program. he is joined by foreign

ministers. >> hoping to reach a permanent deal on the future of iran's nuclear program by july 20. kerry is going to discuss with his german counterpart new allegations of u.s. spying on germany. >> imagine this. you're on a plane over the pacific. in the middle of nowhere, and then the pilot declares an emergency. >> it got really silent in the cabin. people prayed. we all prayed. i prayed. >> you can bet people prayed. details how this flight had problems from the start before it even landed on a remote island. >> speaking of prayers, there will be some people who are praying for the teams that are playing and will there be devine intervention at the world cup today? for the first time ever t two nations in the world cup final sfr a livingpope in their corner. are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie.

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emergency landing. an emergency landing for 348 people, cell phone video captures their arrival on the kind of island you don't usually visit. >> midway is not an island that has hotels and things. it's a diversion airport. >> terrifying passengers. >> we're all thinking of people at home and our own little one wees had with us, we had a family next to us with a 3-year-old and a real tiny baby. >> mechanical issues delayed flight 201 from the start after 3 1/2 hours it was cleared for takeoff. the plane left honolulu and was headed to guam but three hours into the flight over the pacific ocean t pilot was suddenly forced to reroute to a remote island because of a strong electrical odor. in order to make a last-minute landing on the island, aviation experts say the pilot would have had to dump fuel before reaching the runway. passengers became more alarmed

approaching the island because of turbulence. >> i think after the 40-foot drop it got really silent in the cabin. people prayed. we all prayed. i prayed. nothing wrong with that. >> united airlines says it's still investigating the mechanical issue that forced the pilot to divert. >> this smell would be a smell from a spark, a wire had come loose a wire that had arced against the frame of the aircraft. something along those lines. >> the arkts, a boeing 777, is the same type of plane as the missing malaysia flight and the same kind of plane involved in last summer's asiana crash in san francisco. the ntsb says that crash was caused by pilot error. aviation experts consider the 777 among the safest planes. >> it's nice to step on land. >> united passengers spent seven hours in a gym on the island, waiting for united to send in another plane after a harrowing

ride. >> by the time the plane landed on midway island our cnn safety analyst says it appears the pilot had control over whatever situation was causing that electrical order. we don't see immediate emergency evacuation of the plane and we don't see the emergency slides deployed. christi, victor. >> alexandra, unbelievable. thank you so much. >> a sexual harassment suit that case of she said she said. what the former employee of yahoo! says that happened to her after she refused alleged advances. >> plus, my gosh, this story from a teen. the soul survival after her family was gunned down in texas. i know you know this story. she talked at the memorial service. we'll tell what you she said.

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island. it's in the north pacific. it was there seven hours. another plane flew the passengers back to hawaii. >> the sole survivor spoke saturday for the first time since those murders. police say cassidy stay's parents and four siblings, her parents and everyone in this photo except for the girl on the far left here, were shot to death last week by a relative's estranged husband. the 15-year-old quote add harry potter character saying happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light. >> three, three people are dead and five wound after a shooting in pasadena, california. the alleged gunman opened fire yesterday in a residential neighborhood after a dispute with his landlord. officials say the 35-year-old suspect barricaded himself in his residence after the attack and later surrendered. he was taken into custody by police. >> four, female yahoo! executive

is sued for sexual harassment. the engineer also female accuses maria zang of coercing her into sexual acts and threatening her job while she was live in yahoo! housing. in a statement yahoo! said there is quote absolutely no basis for truth to the claims. >> and five, north korea has fired two short range missiles into waters east of the korean peninsula according to a south korean defense official. today's launches follow as similar launch wednesday. no damages or casualties reported but south korea says it's closely monitoring the situation, obviously. let's get you back to the middle east. violence is seeming to near a boiling point here. for the first time in the current conflict israel entered into gaza. raiding a missile launching site despite calls for a cease-fire. >> four israeli soldiers were injured but returned home

safely. slight injuries. meanwhile the death toll in gaza reached a new high. officials say 160 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured from israeli airstrikes this week. >> residents in northern gaza get a grim warning. evacuate and do it now. >> let's go to wolf blitzer in jerusalem. we're joined by phone by a doctor who is a member of the palestinian liberation organization also known as the plo. a moment ago wolf, you had with you lieutenant colonel peter lerner i think made news about the next potential move for israeli forces. >> reporter: he said specifically that that commando raid by the israelis was not an isolated incident, there will be more of that. and he also said expect the israelis to attack this northern gaza town warning residents to

flee as quickly as possible. there will be an operation there within the next hours. he used the word hours so there was some news i pointed out that there's no way all of these people are going to be able to leave. he said they better because it's going to be -- didn't say a ground operation but it would presumably would be an airstrike on this town beit lahiya. he was ominous in his direct threats there. >> doctor, i want to bring you in. the security council called for a cease-fire yesterday. a lot of people are looking at this and wondering what is it going to take to de-escalate this crisis and broker a cease-fire? >> well, very simply all it requires is for israel to stop bombing and shelling and pounding gaza, to stop killing families, 156 killed, 1,096 wounded. eight families obliterated. thousands of homes have been

destroy destroyed. all you need to do is stop this horrific attack on the captive civilian population. that is already under siege with nowhere to go in the most dense hi populated area in the world. this is what is needed right now immediately. we have just taken a decision and the leadership to address ban ki-moon and to ask to place palestine under a u.n. system of international protection. we cannot accept, condone or afford more loss of life, let alone los of property or anything else. it is constant loss of life, this constant killing, these war crimes that are being committed that have to stop. >> so, i hear you and in saying that israel has to stop firing into gaza. my question then the follow-up is are the palestinians doing anything to stop hamas from firing into israel? if so can you detail what that is? >> well, that is not equiv lents. after all israel is pounding the

palestinians by air, by sea, by land and killing civilians and asking hamas not to react. hamas is in reactive mode and trying to show they are not going to lie down and die quietly. all the killing, all the massacres are being done by israel as an occupying power, as the largest military force in the region, as the fourth largest in the world. we are talking to everybody, we are trying to end this bloodshed because we don't condone the killing of any civilian. so far all of the killings, all of the victims have been palestinians, and all the killing has been done by israel. we're trying to tell them not to but how can you tell people under siege, under bomb boardment do not react. this is a question of addressing the real issues, not just finding a false equivalent between the victim and the oppressed. >> doctor, the israeli military says they are trying to avoid civilian casualties but that

some -- some israelis say it's difficult because hamas is using civilians as human shields. is that true? >> this is -- very cynical, very disingenuous, they are always accusing, blaming the victim. hamas is a political party after all, not just a military wing, and it has institutions, organizations, homes. how can you say that using civilians when they are shelling and destroying totally homes of families. several stories high. one family, 17 members were killed. 25 wounded. several story buildings were totally demolished and the people living there. how can you claim that hamas is hiding anything in there. these are normal residential areas with no military or any munitions hidden there. number one. and number two, the question is that israel is not discriminating, it is destroying

the homes of people who are active. now active could mean you belong to a social service institution. hamas has day care centers, has schools, has hospital, it's a political party as well. it's a movement. so if you are going to destroy all the services that hamas gives to the gaza people, it is bounds to destroy what it's doing right now. it shelled hospitals, old people's homes, it has shelled a place for disadvantaged children as well as family homes. hamas is not just an isolated sort of armed individuals. it belongs to very pluristic system, it has in gaza many services, offices and so on. therefore if you are going to destroy everything related to hamas as a party, as a movement, it means that you're going to go on the rampage against families, homes, schools and social services. >> wolf, obviously these reports

from the israeli forces that they are dropping flyers, knocking roofs with shells to give them a warning that something is coming but there are also reports that the interior ministry in gaza is urging palestinians not to leave, that this is psychological warfare to ask the gazians to leave. that they should stay and fight for their homes. >> reporter: it's an awful situation. the doctor makes a significant points. the only way this is going to stop, unless one side unilaterally decides to stop, i don't see that happening, i don'ts see hamas stopping firing rockets and missiles and i don't see the israelis stopping airstrikes and now their commando on the ground strikes into gaza. if the international community can come up with a cease-fire as they did the ends of 2012, and one that is honored by hamas and the israelis the fighting, the killing will stop at least for the timing as occurred then. and i know there's a lot of activity behind the scenes, the

u.s. is involved. qatar is involved, palestinian authority, president mahmoud, but whether they could reach some breakthrough and stop this and get a cease-fire that remains problematic. >> thank you. stay with us for the very latest throughout this morning on this crisis. you probably know him from the hit show america's most wanted. john walsh is back and here on cnn. he is on the hunt tracking down america's most dangerous fugitives. but he needs your help. the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪

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to help them. >> who wouldn't be. that would your focus. colorado hit by deadly storm this is weekend and lightning strikes killed two people in separate incidents in rocky mountain national park. several others, you heard that gentleman was hurt. >> jennifer gray joins us from the severe weather center. what happened here? >> this park sits at 11,000 feet, so very high elevation. and this area is bordered by the treeline. so you are exposed there. we had one burn die friday, one on saturday, about 13 people injured in the past two days. so, need to be very, very careful. this is the time of year, we have storms rolling through. this is a look nationwide at the deaths so far in 2014, 11 deaths due to lightning, guys. >> i understand some pretty heavy rainfall in the midwest could cause problems today. >> yeah. we had a little bit of flooding around the chicago area yesterday. we had two rounds of rain and

you can see these showers now pushing to the south and to the east. but incredible amounts. we had two to four inches fall outside of chicago. in portions of illinois we had four to six inches and that was in a couple of hours, so in about two hours. we had two to four inches falling. so there was standing water all over the city, especially right outside. we have the risk of severe weather today stretching from indianapolis all the way through pittsburgh and that's going to spread into monday as well. more populated areas, washington, philly and new york. so we're going to be watching for that and guys, the big story is going to be this cooler air filtering in. we're going to see temperatures drop, barely making it to 70 degrees tuesday and wednesday, that's running about 15 degrees below normal and a lot of cities, a lot of cities in the north will see lows in the 40s and 50s waking up tuesday morning. >> the 40s in mid july. that is crazy.

although i think some people will welcome it. >> i would. >> just for a change. >> jennifer gray, thank you very much. >> it's refreshing. >> it is. it's true, right, jen. a new cnn original series i want to tell you about that debuts tonight, the hunt with john walsh. yes, john walsh is back doing what he does best. going after the baddest of the bads guys. tonight's episode focuses on shane miller, 46, on the u.s. marshal's 15 most wantsed list accused of killing his wife sandy and his two young daughters who were 8 and 4 at the time. i talked with john earlier about trying to track these guys down. >> how do you encourage people to call in even if they think they have seen just a smidge of anything that could to them mean nothing but to the police that could be the one missing piece of the puzzle they need. yes? >> you hit the nail on the head. we caught guys because we told

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soccer fans, start stirring up your chest paint and get your noise makers out because today is the day. a few hours germany and argentina meet in the world cup final for the third time in history. argentina's striker is considered the best player in the world. germany considered the best team in this year's tournament. so they are the clear favorite to win. >> for the first time in history the two nations in the world cup have a living pope in each of their corners. pope francis from argentina, pope benedict from germany. >> could some devine intervention play a role in the world cup? more on the vatican soccer rivalry. this is amazing. ♪ >> pope francis is a big soccer fan. after all he comes from the

country of lionel messi. with this year's world cup in brazil, he promised to remain neutral in the long standing soccer rivalry between the two countries. but now that argentina are in the finals against germany, pope francis could be excused for showing a lit little national pride. benedict is a soccer fan. when the two countries made it to the final jokes and cartoons fast across the internet, few able to resist. sources say it's unlikely the two popes will watch the game together and francis will not publicly show support for his home team. which might be for the best since argentina struggled through its semifinal while germany thrashed brazil. even if they won't show it we know who the popes are rooting for. the question is whose side is god on? >> everyone's side. >> there you go.

that's right. but so we know that the two popes probably are not going to watch together. the question is, we know whether they will watch at all? >> reporter: well, christi, we know that the vatican has said that the game is on a little bit late for pope francis. it starts at 9:00 our time but i have to say that we know pope francis has been interested from the beginning and how his team is doing asking his collaborators about the progress of argentina. we know that pope benedict has watched world cup matches in the past. they don't live that far from each other and it's not just the two popes. they have collaborators from germany and argentina. i think it's going to be hard for them. it's summer, any cheers are going up it's going to be hard to ignore. >> tell us about this request on social media from the vatican for the world to pause for peace during the game today.

>> this is an initiative from the vatican which takes an idea from ancient greece in the olympics there would be a truce in war time so athletes and other people could get to the olympics. and so the vatican is suggesting that there is a moment of pause, a moment of silence, some point before, during the game, in order to remember as we see in the news this morning, yesterday, all this week, those areas that are in conflict. in fact, i should mention that the pope just a few minutes ago also asked people to remember those areas in conflict and ask for a moment of silence when he came to the window during his weekly audience on sundays. >> we'll see who wins. argentina or germany. thank you so much. boy, you know, it would make sense i think for the pope because as the conflict in the middle east escalates, many are wondering what if anything can be done to halt the escalating

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between israel and gaza. >> a short time ago israeli defense spokesman told our wolf blitzer a late night raid on a gaza missile site was not isolated. that perhaps they are preparing for more. but that happened last night as israeli forces crossing into gaza and ignoring the u.n.'s request for a cease-fire f. raid happened as more rockets were launched. >> at least 23 people were killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza. that brings the death toll to more than 160. another 1100 people have been injured. >> and right now the israeli military is dropping leaflets in northern gaza warning of more airstrikes today as hamas leaders are targeted there. >> let's head to wolf blitzer live in jerusalem. we have diana magnay live there along the israel/gaza border. wolf, you spoke with this spokesman. does it look like this is headed

to this full ground offensive? >> reporter: i don't think it's necessarily a full ground offensive in terms of going into gaza with a lot of tanks and armored personnel carriers and trying to occupy gaza. i do think that everyone should brace for a limited israeli ground offensive going in and going after specific targets trying to destroy as much of the hamas missiles and rocket and military capability as possible and then getting out. sort of what they did in a very, very limited fashion last night with this commando raid from the sea. i think we're going to probably see a lot more of those kinds of limited operations, i'm not convinced there's going to abfull scale ground invasion or anything along those lines. there will, though, as long as hamas rockets and missiles keep coming into israel there will continue to be the airstrikes that the israelis have been engaged in. they will continue to pound away from the air. but as we heard from lieutenant colonel peter lerner for the

israel defense forces, he says in the next few hours there will be an operation in northern a in the one town where the israelis dropped leaflets from the air warning all civilians to get out. unfortunately a lot of those are not getting out. >> diana magnay, i believe we have as well. i wanted to ask you about the palestinian americans we understand who are being told to get out of gaza. what have you seen and why were they there i think a lot of people are wondering? >> reporter: well, i'm at the area's crossing on the gaza border. it's the only way that people can come in and out of gaza. people with dual citizenship aring allowed out. some of them i spoke to were there for various reasons, they have friends and relatives they were visiting for summer vacation. one girl was with her sister to go to her other sister's wedding which was four weeks ago.

they were meant to leave two weeks ago. they couldn't or didn't then. this is what she had to say about her experience. >> very terrifying. i was born and raised in the united states so it was something that i'm not used to and it was a very terrifying experience for sure. >> how did you feel with all of the airstrikes all the time? what was it like? >> it was scary. i wasn't used to it especially because i live in america. >> it was kind of scary because you never knew where they were going to bomb. you kept hearing explosions. sometimes they were close. you didn't know if your loved ones were hurt. it wasn't a nice experience. >> reporter: they are the ones who are able to get out, leaving behind family and friends who can't. that we know that there are 4,000 people who sought shelter with the u.n. refugee agency palestinian refugee agency in

shelters inside there. the the area of beit lahiya where the leaflets were dropped where the defense forces say they are going to strike hamas targets later on, that is some 400,000 people. they are asking 400,000 people to leave homes, to get out of the way of israeli airstrikes. so you can imagine how scared people in there are right now. hamas telling them to ignore those warnings. which is why israel says that hamas is using civilians as a shield behind which they hide their weapons and their command centers. back to you. >> wolf, we understand in addition to lieutenant colonel lerner you had a conversation with a member of the israeli navy. tell us about that conversation. >> reporter: i spoke with an israeli naval commander at one of their major facilities. they are continuing to have a major concern about more weapons, more missiles and rockets getting smuggled into gaza and one of the concerns is

that the missiles, the rockets could be coming from iran. listen to what he told me. >> earlier shipments were not stopped. >> yeah. arrived but just saying that we have to try to -- we have to operate all over to stop the smuggling because we understand for sure that it comes from iran. it's very high quality weapon and to israeli citizens, their main goal, hamas now is to kill as much israelis as they can. >> reporter: the israelis are deeply concerned some of these weapons could still be smuggled in to gaza through sinai, through these underground tunnels into gaza. the israelis bombed some of them but some remain free flowing at

least for now. so the israelis got a lot going on. and i think it's fair to say victor and christi, all of us should be ready for a major major escalation in the coming hours and days. >> wolf, the doctor who we talked about last hour as well, had said that hamas militants are not using civilians as human shields though that is the contention from israelis. she has asked the u.n. and ban ki-moon to put palestinians under protection of some sort. what is the likelihood that would happen? >> reporter: well, i know that the u.n. secretary general, members of the u.n. security council are working behind the scenes t the united states, the other members of the security council trying to work out a cease-fire right now to at least stop the killing and to make sure that the rockets no longer come into israel from gaza and that israel stops its airstrikes and now we've seen some commando

ground strikes as well. i don't know if they are going to be able to come up with a cease-fire to do it. i don't know if there is that sophisticated capability, diplomatic capability to achieve that result. as far as i can tell the only way the death and destruction is going to stop right now is what happened at the end of 2012, when the egyptians largely worked out a cease-fire between israel and hamas and there was a time-out if you will. i don't see that necessarily happening right away though presumably after more fighting that will occur. the question is how much more fighting, how many more are going to die. >> wolf blitzer and diana magnay, thank you so much for all of the information from that region specifically. >> let's talk about that potential solution and any role egypt could play and their new president as this military offensive ramps up. the civilians are told to evacuate. >> this is a grim warning that more airstrikes and ground invasions could be hours away.

i want to bring in analyst and former israeli ambassador to the u.s. michael oren, he joins us from tel aviv. thank you for being with us. based on your experience as a diplomat is there a solution in sight to this crisis? what would it take? >> well, my experience as a diplomat tell me with a crisis is also an opportunity. in addition to the grave dangers that all sides are facing right now, again, as residents, palestinian residents of the northern gaza strip have been told to leave their homes, israel is prepared to escalate the fighting in response to dozens of rockets that fell yesterday, hundreds over the last week, with the security council meeting, american diplomacy, turked and egyptians, here is an opportunity, an opportunity could possibly look like this. a situation where a cease-fire

is declared, where we take a precedent of the removal of chemical weapons from syria's arsenals, it was a great accomplishment for the obama administration, syria's chemical weapons were removed over the course of the year without violence, we used that precedent to remove missiles from hamas's arsenal. perhaps with american intervention, american inspectors, in return israel would lift its blockade, it's maritime blockade on the gaza strip, international aid would be offered to the citizens of gaza to infuse the economy there which was really devastated even before this crisis. that measures could be taken that could strengthen moderate palestinian elements including the palestinian authority of president mahmoud abbas by integrating palestinian elements in the crossover points from ig real into the gaza also the gross over points from egypt

into gaza. it's not a perfect solution, but it changes the status quo and defuses much of the causes of the current round of fighting. >> let's talk specifically about egypt's role. we know as wolf mentioned their role in ending the 2012 conflict. a new president there we understand has met with tony blair, hoping to negotiate the cease-fire here, to end this conflict between hamas and israel. what role could the new president there play and could this be i guess a win-win for him ening this conflict and earning favor here in the u.s.? >> definitely it's a win-win for him. there has been a strained relationship between the alseesy government and the obama administration. not just the obama administration, both parties in congress, both houses in congress unhappy with the way mr. assisi came to power and what looked like a military coup that violated military law.

here is a way he can prove to american policymakers that without egypt not much can get done with the middle east and american leverage is very important here. egypt has had a complex relationship with hamas, this current government is not very favorable to hamas. the most resistance to an egyptian role from hamas. it's rejected an egyptian offer of mediation. there will have to be greater persuasion to agree to a more constructive egyptian role. certainly eshipt is crucial and i think it's in the interest of all parties, israelis, palestinians, americans and others that egypt does play a more prominent role. >> thank you for speaking with us this morning. >> thank you. appreciate it. the crisis in the middle east taking center stage today at the vatican. moments ago pope francis made an appeal for a cease-fire between

the two sides saying this. quote, i make a heart felt appeal to all of you to continue to pray with insistence for peace in the holy hand. in light of the tragic events i to all of the interested parties an all of those who have political responsibility at local and international levels to not give up the prayer nor any effort to cease hostility and reach the desired peace for the good of all. neither have announced as we move on to running for president. i don't know, maybe, maybe not. a war of words is heating up between two possible candidates though. texas governor rick perry for one and kentucky senator rand paul. >> also this peaceful area in colorado has been hit by severe storms that have left two people dead. we'll tell you what happened here next. ♪ nervous whitening will damage your teeth? introducing new listerine® healthy whitetm. it not only safely whitens teeth, but also restores enamel.

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people in separate incidents in rocky mountain national park. several other people were hurt there as well. >> jennifer gray with us now from the cnn severe weather center. what do you know? >> this park sits at a high elevation, around 11,000 feet. those two people were killed, 13 others have been injured over the weekend so it has been a deadly weekend for storms there. of course, this area borders a treeline so it is exposed making it very, very dangerous so folks are hiking, get caught by one of these storms, it can be deadly. we have seen many of these deadly storms across the country during 2014, already 11 deaths due to lightning. >> so quickly, weather in terms of rainfall and did i hear you say a 40-degree temperature earlier somewhere? >> yes. we're going to see lows in the 40s and 50s, can you believe it, over the northern plains as we go through monday and through wednesday. we're going to see temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below normal.

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21 minutes past the hour. time for this morning's political gut economic. >> we're wrapping up the primaries for the midterms and already we're seeing sparks fly between two republican who is could face off in their party's 2016 presidential primary. >> talking about texas governor rick perry who ran unsuccessfully for the gop nomination in 2012. wrote an op ed taking rand paul to task for his views on foreign policy. >> erin mcpike joins us to explain. what did he say? >> well, victor and christi, as you may know there is soul searching going on in the republican party right now when it comes to u.s. involvement in conflicts abroad and may abcentral issue in the gop presidential primary two years from now. so rand paul is openly considering a presidential bid and he's currently the leading voice on the right arguing against significant u.s. intervention. listen to a couple of the

comments he made on cnn recently. >> let's not be involved in the syrian civil yar, let's not be involved in the iraq civil war. i've been saying we need to vote again. one generation can't bind another generation. >> rick pefrry is slamming him, unfortunately we live 18 world where isolationist policies endanger our national security further. that's why it's disheartening to hear fellow republicans such as senator rand paul suggest that our nation should ignore what's happening in iraq. perry points out that the radical group isis is gaining steam in syria and iraq, with its expanding control of territory, weapons and money in the region, and then he goes on to say, quote, this represents a real threat to our national security to which paul seems curiously blind because any of these passport carriers can buy a plane ticket and show up in the united states without even a

visa. well, rand paul is already responding with a very different criticism of his own against perry. paul's adviser doug shot back quote 60,000 children just invaded texas and their governor has time to write an op-ed 18 washington newspaper mischaracterizing senator paul's foreign policy. palms he should concentrate on the invasion of his southern border. foreign policy and immigration are certain to be hot topics in the next primary and the general election as well but as you can see the battle is already on, christi and victor. >> the words are getting stronger. erin, thank you so much. this 15-year-old, it is tough to imagine what is going through her mind and her heart right now. especially her heart. her mother, father, both brothers, both sisters, everyone in this picture except for the girl you saw on the far left, killed in their home. >> but she is speaking at a memorial service for her own immediate family.

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eastern. now to top stories we're following. secretary of state john kerry arrived in austria for talks on iran's nuclear program. he is joined by foreign ministers. >> they hope to reach a deal on iran's nuclear program. kerry is also due to talk with his german counterpart about new allegations of u.s. spying on germany. >> north korea fired two short range missiles into waters east of the korean peninsula. this according to a south korean defense official. the launches follow a similar launch on wednesday. no damages or casualties reported. in south korea says it's closely monitoring the situation. >> three people are dead and five others wounded after a shooting in pasadena, california. the alleged gunman opened fire in a residential neighborhood. the suspect barricaded himself after the attack. he did later surrender and is in

custody. >> the soul survivor of a brutal attack on her family spoke saturday for the first time since the murders. police say this girl, cassidy stay, her parents, and four siblings, were shot to death last week by a relative's estranged husband. she is 15 and she loves harry potter. she quoted a character that says happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light. >> pretty profound. a female yahoo! executive is sued for sexual harassment by a former software engineer. the engineer accuses maria zhang of cohearsing her and threatening her job while she was in yahoo! housing. 18 statement yahoo! said there is quote absolutely no basis or truth to those claims. >> we're going to stay on top of the events between israel and hamas, these are changing by the

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