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grief beyond words, what investigators are now saying about an air algerie flight. speaking of disasters, the investigators found a large piece of fuselage from mh 17, but getting out there in the field remains elusive. welcome, everyone to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm hala gorani live in london. we begin in the middle east where we have over the last five days where a cease-fire is in the works to end fighting between israel and hamas. we have heard that before, to be honest, so hope is there. gaza officials say 16 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in thursday's shelling of a u.n. school sheltering civilians. you're seeing aftermath of pools

of blood, the blood-stained concrete in what was a school yard. the palestinian death toll now tops 800 in just two weeks of violence, israel is reporting 35 deaths, most of them soldiers. the united nations chief, ban ki-moon says he is appalled at the strike. but the united states says it is not ready to assign blame for thursday's attack. our ian lee was at the hospital as the casualties came in. take a look. >> reporter: a conveyer belt of the injured and the dead. a father carries his daughter in. another, his child out. not much this father can do but comfort his little girl. she begs for him to stay close. evacuating their homes to a u.n.-run school should have meant they were safe. instead, for this girl she lies bleeding, shrapnel in the

shoulder. this boy scans the faces overhead trying to make sense of what happened. an x-ray reveals shrapnel lodged in his leg. the youngest i saw? killed. a baby barely a year old. the mortician wraps her as if he is gently putting her to bed. at the u.n. school, the pock mark walls show the spread of shrapnel. hamas blames israel, israel said it could be a hamas rocket. they asked for permission to evacuate the civilians. >> we had spent much of the day trying to organize a cause so that civilians could be evacuated, and that never came. >> reporter: and this is the result, over a dozen people dead and hundreds injured.

and a lot of the chaos is surrounded with not knowing, people don't know the status of their relatives, if they're injured or killed. we have someone bringing in somebody here. this woman begs for any information about her son-in-law. for others, they know exactly where their loved ones are. the morgue. ian lee, cnn, gaza. carl, you went back to the scene of that school attack. what did you see there? >> reporter: we went back, hala, because what we're particularly keen to do is drill down on what we can see on the evidence to try to figure out who really was responsible for this attack. now the u.n. has stood back from assigning any blame right now. the u.n. spokesperson for the u.n.-operated school says he is not blaming either side right

now. what is key, though, is that during the day yesterday the israeli military said that it did open a four-hour window to allow the civilians to be evacuated from that school because there was heavy fighting all around. but the united nations denies that. the united nations says it twice asked the israeli military during the day to be allowed to evacuate civilians, and that permission was denied. now, the israeli military continues to investigate this incident. the u.n. says it is calling for a full report, as well. and initially the israeli military said that it believed that possibly this could have been a hamas rocket misfiring and falling into the school. when we went down there to look at debris and the kind of shrapnel, there was nothing to indicate there were any parts of a rocket or any rocket debris there. we also did not find any large pieces of shrapnel. now, overnight, the israeli military has come out and said there was heavy fighting in that corner of northeastern gaza

between hamas militants and israeli soldiers. the israeli military also says its soldiers came under attack from militants in the area of the school, and the israeli military said it opened fire to try and eliminate that threat. of course, that doesn't amount to an israeli admission that they fired the round that fell into that school but certainly say they are still investigating this incident. hamas, of course, firmly blames the israeli military for this attack, hala. >> karl penhal, live in gaza, this was as you mentioned a u.n.-run school, one of 80 in the gaza strip. and the civilians fleeing violence in their neighborhood, hoping to seek shelter there. ending in disaster for some as we saw there yesterday. the united nations had harsh

words this week for both israel and hamas, as well. at a meeting at the council, she criticized what she calls hamas' indiscriminate killing of children. and killing children in gaza and shelling schools. her comments drew sharp rebukes from israeli officials who blame hamas from putting civilians in harm's way. >> they have launched rockets from schools. they launched rockets from mosques. they will go at no ends in order to carry out there attacks. we have a situation here where we're fighting a terrorist organization that is abusing and exploiting the civilian component. there are tragic -- this is a tragedy. this is a clear tragedy. we do not strike civilians. >> but civilians are dying. that was the spokesperson for the israeli military. even though all negotiated attempts at a cease-fire have

failed the hamas leader says he would be open to a humanitarian truce. the lead palestinian negotiator says that must happen soon. listen. >> things continue, i'm afraid that we'll also have more fighting on the west bank. i would urge everyone to do whatever they can to create the balance between the cease-fire and lifting the peace. because things are slipping out of our hands. >> the commission for human rights, we referenced a moment ago joins me now from geneva. thank you for joining us. one of the things you were quoted as saying over the last 48 hours regarding the operation in gaza is there seems to be a strong possibility that international law has been violated in a manner that could amount to war crimes. could you expand on that, please? >> yes, i did, and thank you for

giving me this opportunity, hala, especially after yesterday's attack on the school. i say that both sides have violated international human rights, humanitarian rights and human rights law. because the basic principle is you must not kill civilians, at all costs. foremost is the protection of civilians, women and children. and this has been, in my view, violated. firstly, let me mention that the responsibility to both sides, international law is not negotiable. no individual or state can be considered exempt if they vote the law. and if one side does, it does not absolve the other side, particularly in this case, the state of israel, from carrying out their own obligations under international law. and what i'm saying is that

states should demand the same accountability and standards from their friends as they do of their foes. and this, i'm saying particularly with regard to the united states. i have recorded 2,900 rockets and mortar fired from gaza into civilian areas in israel. now, that is indiscriminate. israelis' lives are as important as gazans. on the other hand, many of the killings in gaza point to non-compliance with the international humanitarian law. it is indiscriminate. it doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants. civilian homes are not limited -- >> but ms. pillay, let me interject, i apologize for interrupting. one of the things that the

justice minister in israel has been quoted of saying, but really it is an echo of what officials have said all along. it is regrettable civilians are killed. she was quoted as telling israeli radio. but when we call on them, meaning the palestinians, to vacate, and hamas calls on them to stay then this is what happens. >> i have talked with civilians myself. and my staff are on the ground in gaza. i also am very closely in touch. the alerts given to people is not working. they're not complying with international law. they don't give sufficient time for people to leave their homes. and then gazans are saying leave our homes and go where when israel itself has made 46% of gaza under their control. so they don't have access to a large part of this tiny area, as well. you know, people are being

killed in their homes. children have been killed while playing on the gaza beach. i highlighted some of these incidents as examples where there seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated by israel in a manner that could amount to war crimes. >> and navi pillay, what do we know about this school? because the images are unbearable. the whole world has been watching images of children dying, parents losing their kids, loved ones convulsed in grief. so we're all watching the video, do we know what happened at the school that was supposed to be a shelter? do we have anymore clarity? >> they alerted israel to the

effect that the displaced persons have taken shelter in the schools. when they were asked to leave their homes by israeli staff, they moved into the schools. so israel was aware of this. and so therefore, it is absolutely unacceptable that these refugee areas were fired upon deliberately. now, the death toll has gone up to 789. particularly shocking to me and it should shock the conscience of all of us is that 185 children were killed so far. this number has increased because of the school bombing, because that is where the children were. three u.n. aid workers have been killed. these are really shocking incidents. what i'm saying is that this is why its important for an

independent council to establish, to one day get justice, to bring perpetrators to account. this kind of killing must stop immediately. it must trouble all of us as we watch tv screens recording these attacks on civilians, and childre children. >> we've heard so many calls for it to stop, and then it continues, the worker for human rights, thank you for speaking to me. many thanks for being on cnn. when we return, we'll take you to eastern ukraine for the latest on the downed flight mh 17, and what explorers found near the crash site. and we'll have more on the latest aviation crash site as officials find the wreckage of the air algiers flight that crashed in mali.

all 298 people were killed

on board, not all of their remains, however, we watched over the last few days the grim procession in the netherlands with hearses, and coffins. but it should be noted that not all the bodies have been recovered. the officials continue to say that a surface-to-air brought down the plane. and the u.s. looks at powerful rocket launches to rebel forces inside ukraine and that russia is firing within its borders to attack ukrainian military positions. despite tension and confusion at the crash site international investigators have managed to scour the area and they have found the largest single piece of the plane's fuselage so far. phil black has that story. >> reporter: this is the biggest international presence seen at mh 17's crash site. the organization for security and cooperation in europe traveling with investigators and

diplomats from malaysia and australia. for the first time, the observer mission looked beyond the grassy fields and pushed into a dense forest. they found small scattered pieces. and this. so far it is the largest single piece of mh 17's fuselage to be discovered. the impact was cushioned by the forest, some of the pieces still intact. the malaysians were surprised by a few things, first of all the sheer size of the bring. and one week after the disaster there is still no exclusion zone surrounding it. and experts closely study the front end of the cockpit this is where major workers caused significant damage a few days ago cutting into the wreckage with a high-powered sword. and it is also where the metal debris is marked by numerous

puncture marks. aside from this small group moving inside the crash zone and the sometimes unfriendly military escort, there is no one examining or securing evidence. this is the site of a major recent air disaster is quiet. it looks abandoned. and there is no ongoing operation to find victims' bodies among the surrounding fields and farmland. that is a concern, because the monitors have found yet more evidence the original search effort was less than thorough. >> human remains for the second day in a row. we did spot some human remains. >> again today, as well? >> yes, we did. >> international experts are on the ground in small but growing numbers. but the wreckage of mh 17 is still not being treated with the care it deserves. >> phil black joins me now live in donetsk in eastern ukraine. so what is the situation now at the crash site? still no full access?

>> reporter: well, it is eerie, it is quiet. we're only seeing that very small international contingent that you saw there. but there is a likelihood, says the osc, the international organization in europe, that they're expecting more international experts and investigators. and now we're hearing from the dutch that they intend to send 40 military police to that zone in order to secure it. so too, the australian government is planning a large contingent of its federal police to come here, set up an exclusion zone around the site so that an investigation can take place. but i think more importantly so that you can conduct a thorough search for human remains and bodies of victims and so forth. because as we saw there and as the osc are telling us, there is every reason to believe there are still more remains, more

bodies yet to be found in that very large debris field, hala. >> and eastern ukraine itself, i mean, the actual fighting, the actual sort of conflict between those pro-russian rebels and the ukrainian government, after the crash some people were saying well maybe this will be an opportunity to reassess, and the conflict will actually wind down. but it has been the opposite, hasn't it? >> reporter: it certainly doesn't appear to have any meaningful impact in terms of reducing or deterring either side from fighting here. all day when we were out at the site yesterday we heard heavy indirect fire, the use of heavy weapons in the near distance. it was a constant rumble. here in donetsk through the night we heard the same. we heard a lot of firearms as well, out towards the direction of donetsk's airport. it has been a constant sound here, despite crucially the

ukrainian government saying it would set up a demilitarized zone around the crash site itself. there is still this ongoing violence and there is no doubt that it is a complication particularly when you talk about countries like the netherlands and australia sending in contingents of military police or police. and there is some talk that some of these officers could be armed, as well. so how this could actually work, i think will be quite extraordinary to see as it unfolds. how smoothly it can be implemented really is not clear at this date, hala. >> all right, phil black, thank you so much. still so much uncertainty in the crash site nowhere near being secure. officials still don't know what caused an air algerie flight to crash in mali, 116 people were on board, we'll have the latest on this air disaster when we come back, stay with cnn. chocolate is my other favorite... oh yeah, and frosted!

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. well, these air disasters keep happening, don't they? it certainly feels like they have been more frequent over the last several weeks. and the latest was one in north africa. officials in mali say they will open an investigation of the crash. it was found just north of the

border with burkina faso's capital to algeria, there were 150 people on board, 50 of them french nationals. cnn's al goodman joins me now. what more -- we know the wreckage was located and that took quite a while because the terrain was so inhospitable. but what more do we know about why this crash happened? >> reporter: hi, hala, we're getting more details and you really get a sense of how international this crash is, like the malaysia airplane crash being shot down. you're seeing some parallel in the sense of it is a very broad thing where people from 16 different nationalities on board. you have a number of countries, paris, madrid, burkina faso. and now mali, the latest is mali's transport minister is

saying that the helicopter from burkina faso landed at the crash site and identified it was indeed a crash site. and that the mali president is due to go to this area to show how involved and concerned the government is. and as a show of respect by the people of mali to this plane that has crashed in their area. now, as to why it crashed, weather clearly seems to be a part of the equation, but perhaps not all. here is how a top general from burkina faso put it to his television station just a while ago, let's listen. the plane expressly asked to change itinerary because of the bad weather, that may be the reason, but there could be other hypotheses as to why it went in the other direction. >> what he didn't mention is that mali is in conflict, or

parts of it a military zone. there are different factions, french troops have been in that area. so it is a dangerous area in conflict with a plane that has crashed in a remote area. there is still a lot to be found out and learned hala? >> okay, al goodman live in spain. when we return, we continue our top story this hour and tragedy hitting home for innocent victims in the middle east. also it is a carefully crafted government affair. iranians march on quds day, to show support for the palestinians in gaza and to criticize israel's actions there. we are live in tehran after the break. ♪

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welcome back to our special coverage of the breaking news stories around the world. and welcome to our viewers in the united states this hour. i'm hala gorani. the fighting between israel and hamas has now claimed more than 800 lives, the vast majority of them civilians, innocent people who just happen to be in harm's way. cnn's paula hancock takes a look

at the lives and deaths of two of the victims. >> reporter: two men, age 25 and 37. complete strangers, brought together by forces more powerful than they could imagine. 25, a palestinian cameraman is filming a documentary on the dangers of being a medic in gaza, covering a story he would become a part of. recently married, his wife six month's pregnant with their child. he accompanies the ambulance, one of the neighborhoods near gaza city hit hardest by the israeli fire. on that day, less than a week ago, much like any other in this bloody conflict he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. hamid and one of the medics were killed by the fire. a volunteer firefighter for the past three years, hanin decides

to distribute food and gifts to the military waiting to go in gaza, but this day he would become one of the victims of the almost 2,000 rockets fired by hamas in recent weeks. hit by a shell, hamen is rushed to the hospital but dies. he becomes israel's first casualty, he leaves behind a wife and three children. they are just two of the more than 800 casualties, the majority in gaza, the majority civilians. it is not likely that their paths would have crossed if they had lived but in death they represent so many fathers, mothers, brothers, children killed in this ongoing battle. paula hancock, cnn, new york. >> that is the human face, these are the people who suffer because of the actions of organizations bigger than themselves. let's get the latest developments from jerusalem, so

john, let's talk about this school first of all. because it captured so much of the world's attention. the images are harrowing. what more do we know? do we know more about what happened there? >> reporter: you know, there has been initial reports coming out of the investigation, what they have said is there is fighting in the area where the school was located in the last couple of days and because of that, the idf says it did authorize a humanitarian window between 10:00 a.m. and 2 p.m. so that the u.n. staff could leave safely. they also say a number of hamas rockets had been fired from gaza, aimed at israel but fell short and falling in the area. also the soldiers in the area came under fire from hamas militants who were firing from an area around the school and they returned fire, of course what we have heard from the

united nations spokesperson who is running that facility there, they claim that they had asked for some kind of window so that they could evacuate safely. but they never heard from the idf, they are adamant, saying they got that message to the red cross, who then passed it onto the u.n. so conflicting accounts on whether or not there was in fact an opportunity for the people inside the school to get out safely. hala? >> and although critics will say you can't have israel investigating its own actions. you need an independent investigation. is that likely? >> well, that is a longstanding criticism of israel. it is longstanding. the israelis investigate these things and come up with their own answers whenever there is these kind of incidents, that has always been the criticism of the israelis. but they will do what they're

going to do. >> and regarding the cease-fire talks, every day brings more hope but quickly it is dashed. what is the latest on that possibility? >> reporter: it is looking a little more hopeful at this point in time. what we hear is there is a draft cease-fire proposal out there. john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state, talks have been going thursday night early into friday morning. it is shaping up to be kind after two-stage process, an end to the fighting. if that happens maybe by the weekend the egyptians are hopeful there could be something in place for the holiday, the stopping of ramadan, but stage two, maybe a period of about a week or so where the israelis and palestinians and other international mediators will be there to help. for the palestinians it would be the border issue for gaza and a few other things like the economics, for the gaza strip. getting there of course will be

difficult. another proposal floating out there. the israelis want to keep their soldiers on the ground there while the temporary truce is in place. that seems to be kind of a difficult proposition for hamas to accept. we also understand the security cabinet will look at the cease-fire later today. interesting report in the newspaper today. they say that john kerry, who plans to leave the region in the coming hours is saying that he wants some kind of decision, a yes or no from both sides before he leaves. so obviously, the pressure now being applied. and we did hear from a spokesperson from the state department essentially saying john kerry won't be here indefinitely. hala? >> all right, we'll see if it has any impact. thank you very much, john vause is in jerusalem. well, there were anti-israeli rallies taking place. a day called international quds

day, these images coming from tehran. international quds day is observed each year on the last day of ramadan. and this year there are protests from the ongoing conflict in gaza. and they seemed to have heeded rouhani's call for a large gather, reza sayah joins me from tehran, what is going on? >> reporter: hala, people are getting ready for friday prayers. but the march was about 30 minutes ago and we saw huge crowds from our vantage point. tens of thousands of people in this march. . >> well, i think we have lost reza sayah in tehran, that phone line was just cut. that is all right, this gives

you an idea of what is happening in the capital there, tehran, international quds day, critical of israel and critical of israel's operation in gaza, as well. on this particular last friday of ramadan. and just ahead, debating tougher sanctions against moscow. why some say that may hurt europe in the end more than russia. and as thousands of young migrants surge across the u.s./mexican border, central american leaders urge the crisis will not end unless washington addresses the root cause of the problem. we'll be right back.

europe's leaders are struggling find a solution to try to put economic pressure on russia and tighten the economic screws over the ukraine crisis. talks are scheduled to resume in brussels, the talks being focused on international banks and access to european funding. eu leaders will also discuss adding new names to the list of russian individuals whose assets will be sanctioned. russia says that the sanctions are a violation of international trade rules and could result in an international trade dispute. more reaction to the latest developments, what are you hearing in the russian capital, diana? >> reporter: well, hala, russia

is still waiting to see how far the eu leaders are prepared to go. we know that they have added new names and new entities, new companies to the list of people who will have asset freezes and travel bans and that that list will be published later today. but that leaders are still discussing how far to go in terms of a possible ban on all categories like an arms embargo, and an energy embargo, and basically what is being discussed is stopping the export or import of sensitive technologies which would help russia build up, components for russia's energy industry, basically. russia's position on sanctions to date has been that -- has been to brush them off. that they have not really been hurting. but there is no doubt in a climate when russia's economy is heading towards a recession, in any case the toughest sanctions will begin to hurt and not just

the upper echelons, not being able to travel. but also people on the street. but there is also a lot of discussion about whether imposing these sanctions are not counterproductive, because however much they may damage the economy are they going to change the behavior of the russian president in terms of his policy in eastern ukraine? they certainly don't seem to have made much difference in his enthusiasm or attempts to speed up the process of allowing investigators to the site. we now know that there will be dutch military police. australian police coming to try and help in the investigation. but you do ask yourself whether that will then be so long after the accident itself that that is simply too late. and the russian president has done nothing to really try and expedite this situation. and even the talk of sanctions don't seem to have changed here. there is a lot of talk that this is the most difficult crisis the

russian president has faced. in a sense he is trapped in his own propaganda and can't back away from the idea that he has fed to the russian people through his propaganda that the ukraine battle there is a battle between forces of good and evil. and russia must protect those poor innocents in eastern ukraine whose rights are being abused by the fascist government in kiev. it is very, very difficult for him to back down from them. and this condemnation, rather than changing his policy, in fact seems to be forcing his determination. >> okay, diana magnay. >> looking at the way forward, the leaders are trying to figure out the sanctions, what level of sanctions. but nothing that they have done so far has had an impact. >> i think that it has had a considerable impact, you would

obviously expect the russian leadership to say haha, that didn't hurt. it is not going to make putin back off and say he has made a huge mistake in ukraine. >> what is the result, they just shot an airliner out of the sky. >> well, as i said you can't expect instant results. but if you look at returns in the russian stock market, and people's expectations for russian growth in the future, you can see it has an impact. and sanctions so far have not been particularly fierce. >> and will they be fierce? because as we mentioned in the last several weeks, these sanctions will hurt europe almost as much as they will hurt russia. >> these sanctions -- if you're

talking about financial sanctions. the russians need to sell their gas to europe. europe is in a position to do that. we have good reserves. and putin is as your correspondent said, trapped in a web of his own contradictions and his own untruths. >> so where do we go from here? what other options are there besides sanctions for western countries, including germany and also the united states? >> well, a change in the russian policy. as long as the russians continue to supply the criminal thugs that they do supply in eastern ukraine. as long as they send weapons and money then the situation fundamentally will not change. what we must hope and believe is ukraine itself will begin to -- will continue to establish a responsible government. and a responsible government in

that country is the greatest threat that putin faces. >> now, you're talking about a responsible government but there is a lot of political chaos within the ukrainian government, with the prime minister stepping down. i mean, do you think they're up to managing this sort of post-genukovich ukraine, with the crimea and eastern ukraine still as problematic as it is. >> basically i think you can take it as a rule that any government has no internal opposition is a government without a future. that is the russian government. ukraine is going to go through a very difficult transition period, of course. but it is not the only country whose government can sometimes be in trouble. >> we're seeing in the united states this hour as viewers have joined us from north america, as well. in your experience, and you were the british ambassador to moscow.

if the u.s. wants to influence events and have an impact on vladimir putin right now, what should it do? >> it should first of all stand up for the rights of all countries to be treated equally. it should fight against the idea that because you have the might you have the right to dominate other countries and compel them to do what they do not wish to do. it should be working for long-term future in russia where russia itself becomes more open. >> how would that translate? >> it would be sanctions and the united states has led the way on sanctions. i know of no other current option. we should perhaps give some sort of assistance to the ukrainian military forces in sense of supplies or anything like that if they need it. >> so militarize the situation further, you think? >> the situation is militarized

already because the russians are supplying money and weapons to people who have no real claim to anything whatsoever, just as to de-stabilize ukraine, that is intolerable. >> andrew wood, the former british ambassador, thank you for joining us. and more on the latest on the big u.s. immigration crisis and the big political debate within the country after this. stay with us. ñ

. all right, i want to take you live right now to eastern ukraine. more coffins carrying the remains of people killed on malaysian airlines flight 17 are heading back to the netherlands. the senior international correspondent is in kharkiv and he joins me live. nick, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hala, the scene behind me is familiar to the past two days but different because these two transport planes, you can see in the far distance an australian c-17 that has just landed and a dutch c-130 that seems to be loaded with coffins in the past hour. the part you will see, by the australian minister, that is actually the dutch plane over to one side here. they had hoped that today would be the last load of coffins to go back to the netherlands.

there will be 74 today like there was yesterday. 40 the day before that bringing the total of coffins to 188. the numbers sadly part of the grim science of this. there are still parts of person and remainins in the wagons tha came from the crash site. that, the investigators are going through. and they anticipate a smaller load, perhaps only on one plane, leaving tomorrow. that will mark a definitive point where at least the forensic investigations can begin in full in the netherlands. but the issue here too, in kharkiv, the foreign ministers arrived in an area where both of their governments, they want to be clear, see police neighboring nearly 200 to get access to that crash site, hala. >> all right, and after this is done you talk about the forensic investigation able to start at some point. but my understanding is that there are still -- i mean, the

crash site has been accessible to international investigators. but there is still issues with human remains at the site. is that correct? >> reporter: well, the issue of access is complex, because yes, the teams on the ground report there have been inspectors and apparently australians, as well, but they have been on the ground there with the protection of separatist militants. but that doesn't seem to suffice for the dutch or australian governments. certainly the head of the dutch government referred to the separatists not as terrorists but as culprits. so i think in their mind access has not been secured without their presence there, as well. they believe that the separatists have a vested interest in the outcome of the investigation. quite rightly, given the allegations against them. in the days ahead, the question

will be how the armed officials get to the site given the details of the civil war. >> nick walsh there in kharkiv, where the bodies are being flown to the netherlands. the presidents of guatemala, and el salvador are to meet with president barack obama today, looking to determine the root causes of the immigration crisis in america. the central lawmakers urged the government to help stem the violent crime and poverty in their countries. listen. >> when the united states and colombia worked to combat drugs and then mexico and the u.s. worked together, the heads of the drug trafficking operation went to central america.

this has brought us terrible problems. never before in the history of our country have we seen so many deaths as in the recent decades. so we want to work together to look at the roots of the problem generating opportunities for economic growth, health opportunities. education opportunities. take care of the security issues and that way security issues, peace, prosperity for central america will also be of enormous benefit to the u.s. we want to work together and partnership, that is what it is about. >> a white house official tells cnn that after initially resisting the idea the obama administration is now considering whether to deploy national guard troops to the u.s.-mexican border to deal with the surge of migrant youth. that will do it for me and the special coverage this hour. on cnn international and cnn usa, i'm hala gorani, do stay

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