solar storm that looked like this. it was big enough to knock civilization back centuries with catastrophic damage to our electrical grid. and anderson, one study suggests the economic impact would have been more than >> susan, that does it for us. our viewers around the world, thanks for watching. >> welcome to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalee allen. >> i'm charles howell. as day breaks in gaza with a truce just hours away, huge explosions rock the region. the question the world is asking today, will this cease fire hold? >> also, turmoil on the tarmac. why did armed police storm of this jet in toronto? >> and as more remains from the malaysia flight 17 return to the netherlands, one family shares their devastating story.

>> and thank you for joining us. it is 7:00 a.m. in israel and gaza and we are just one hour away from what could be the longest pause in fighting since this latest conflict began. israel and hamas have agreed to stop fighting for 12 hours today, but israel warns if hamas militants break the truce, it it will respond. the gaza health ministry says 883 people have been killed, close to 6,000 wounded. 40 israelis have been killed, most of them soldiers. cnn's john balls joins us now with the very latest. i'm sure with the sun up there, john, people are likely on pins and needles to what the next hours will bring. >> yeah, absolutely, natalie. and what we've heard from the idf is that they are continuing carrying out air strikes on gaza even as this cease fire approaches. we're also being told by the israeli defense forces in the

last few hours or so, hamas fired four rockets from gaza into israel. three of those were intercepted, one landing in an open field. and you say everyone waiting to see if this cease fire will hold. track record not looking good. there was a cease-fire in place last sunday. it was meant to last two hours. it didn't last one hour before it was violated. both sides blaming the other for that. under the terms of this humanitarian cease fire, israeli soldiers will remain inside gaza. l. they'll continue to look for hamas tunnels and will continue to neutralize them in the words of the idf, in other words des tremendous those. it could be a problem in the sense those soldiers will remain a target inside the gaza strip. we're hearing from the israelis they will respond to any violations of this cease fire. while it may be different this time because as john kerry says, this is a down payment as they work towards some kind of longer week long truce where they can

negotiate the more difficult issues, the israeli defense minister warned that this gaza operation could be significantly broadened in the coming days. natalie? >> well, yes, and that's what everyone i guess is hoping for. why didn't the security team there in israel, why didn't they accept the cease-fire that would last for several days that kerry tried to broker? what what were the problems? >> the problem that the israelis had is they saw that as a chance for hamas to restock, rearm and resupply. the problem on both sides of the equation is both israel and hamas don't want the other side coming out a winner. hamas needs to show something for the last 19 days, almost 900 people dead, almost 6,000 people wounded. they need to show some results for that. from their point of view, they can't stop the fighting till they have something to show for the israelis don't want to give them that, don't want to give a

victory to hamas and from the israeli point of view, now they're in there with that ground operation, they want to finish it and eliminate all of those tums. so far they've destroyed about 11 for 12 of those. they discovered 31. we heard have from an israeli minister that won't be done in the next couple days. they need a lot more time to do that which is why we're seeing troops in gaza continuing with the operations right now. talks continue though. secretary kerry on his way to paris along with about six other foreign ministers from a number of other countries to continue negotiations in the coming hours. >> john vauss for us there in jerusalem. and we can see live pictures, as well from gaza right now. black smoke over gaza. we'll continue to monitor the situation and see what happens in the next few hours as they try to tamp things down. now over to george. >> all eyes certainly on region and if all goes as planned, this cease fire will offer a much

needed lull in the violence. that's especially important for the exhausted medical workers there. doctors in gaza are struggling to keep up with the constant flood of patients. karl penhaul visited an emergency room. we want to warn you some of the images in this story may be disturbing. >> dead on arrival. the horror civilians and medics at breaking point. >> exhausted. we feel depressed. >> reporter: no time to rest. it's a scramble to rescue survivors. surgeons told us not to film this casualty. a hint perhaps he was a militant fighter. but most on operating table at south gaza's european hospital are clearly noncombatants. their patient is a 23-year-old

female and they showed me on the x-rays she has a basic fracture on her leg. they say that was caused by a rocket blast. the surgeons focus, the blink of a patient's eye. the beep a vital sign. dr. hassan is sick of it. sick he tells me of stitching bodies mutilated by shrapnel, sick of war. >> in the last few hours we received 61 patients, injured patients. so we don't have enough -- >> down the hallway, surgeons patch up a toddler. they say the rest of his family is dead. bone and brain surgeons do skin grafts. fighting rages close to the hospital. they can't. >> referee: him to a plastic surgeon. medicine and supplies are running low.

>> if the war still one more week or more than this, we will need to -- we don't have enough for the injured. >> the fight for gaza has become a dirty war. no sanctuary for the innocent. the situation is very dangerous. no place in gaza strip, no even one square meter is safe in gaza strip. >> dr. massry is afraid he like others could be killed anytime. so he carries his i.d. everywhere. >> you're preparing for death, as well? >> yeah, we are preparing ourself for death. >> reporter: men dazed with amputated limbs. a child with head trauma battling to get up. many medics tell me only faith can keep them on their feet. >> got get the power to walk.

even we work sometimes 20 hours in continuance. >> but even the call of god drowned out by the agony. karl penhaul, cnn, gaza. >> certainly a complicated conflict but no matter what side you're on in this, you see the images in that report, you just hope that the cease fire holds. >> absolutely because no one wants to see that. nor the children that have been through so much. and the medical personnel working for 20 hours straight. stay with us here on cnn. after a quick break, the latest on the return of flight 17 victims to the netherlands. so o be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's close.

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in the netherlands, 38 more coffins carrying remains of flight 17 victims are set to arrive there later today. more caskets were unloaded. officials say 193 of the 298 on board the malaysia airlines flight were the dutch citizens. the remains will be examined by forensic experts for identification. that's a process that could take weeks or even months. up with family in the netherlands has been forced to say good-bye to three of its members. one of them a precious 4-year-old girl. but before their lives ended aboard that flight, the hallies left their loved ones with one final gift. erin mclaughlin has this heart breaking story. >> too much three people.

>> it's a whole family. >> yeah, too much to understand. >> reporter: dave and kim hallie were on their dream holiday with their 4-year-old daughter megan. dave took what would be his very last photo. his wife and child ready for takeoff on board mh-17. >> we're looking at her and thinking, yeah -- it was a happy moment for them and -- >> at least their last moments were happy. >> yeah, they really were, yeah. >> kim's parents say all they can do is wait for their bodies. they watched as the first unidentified caskets arrived in holland and while they didn't know for sure, they told themselves the hallies came off plane first. >> they always wanted to win so we said this is. >> when you saw the three coffins come off the plane, thought there they are.

>> okay, the first three are our children. >> that has to be -- >> yep. >> do you blame anyone for what's happened? >> yes. the man who hits the button to start the racket to blow up the airplane. if i get him, i could kill him. >> not far away, the hallie house stands empty. their car parked in the driveway. a makeshift memorial on the front porch. and a grandmother's last moment remembered. >> as she was cycling from the hallie house just before the family left for their trip, she says she turned to see her granddaughter who waved and said -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> i love you.

bye. >> reporter: now, all they have left are memories. erin mclaughlin, cnn, buntingham, netherlands. >> and so many stories just like that one that we haven't heard yet. well, families of french passengers on board the air al jer a flight that crashed in mali are being invited to the french foreign ministry fied friday. the government says 54 frempbs nationals died when the plane went down earlier this week, the highest number of victims from any one country. president hollande confirmed there were no survivors. he says the latest information what caused the crash will be given to families later today. another story that the world has certainly been watching, they've been missing now for more than 100 days. coming up on "cnn newsroom," we look at nigeria's latest efforts to the rescue more than 200 kidnapped school girls and finally bring them home. >> also ahead, police storm on

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some terrifying moments on a flight from toronto to panama. it was escorted by u.s. fighter jets after a passenger threatened to blow up the plane. heavily armed police stormed the aircraft when it returned to toronto and we have those dramatic images to share with you. ctv's austin delany has the

story. >> heads down, man. heads down. >> it is dramatic video shot by a attention in his seat as the police tactical squad storms the plane on the tarmac. they want everyone's hands in the air, heads down as they search for one passenger. sun wing flight 772 had taken off from pearson international on its way to panama city when it turned around over west virginia 45 minutes later and headed back to toronto. bettina was sitting one seat in front of the man in row 6. >> the flight attendant came along to pass out head sets within half an hour and he just basically tore a strip off her explaining how expensive the cigarettes are here in canada. he hates canada and then he said with great expression using his hands, i just want to bomb canada. >> the flight was then diverted. when it landed, police were waiting to board. passenger phil thompson says

police were all business. >> they didn't take any guff off anybody. everyone had to keep their hands up. once they started seeing cameras pop up, they put a stop to that. >> i was very frightened and scared. >> heads down. >> when the man was arrested, thompson tells us his demeanor had completely changed once he was in handcuffs he was saying sorry and that he loved canada. >> that was ctv's austin delany reporting. the suspect ali shahi is scheduled to appear in court saturday morning. these are i thinks from social media. cnn spoke with his parents who say their son is a threat but do admit he's had mental health issues for many years. >> of a break in the western pacific tropics it could be a very busy week weatherwise. >> that's find out what that means. ivan cabrera joins us now. hello. >> good to see both of you here. we are now in the peak of the season. the western pacific season peaks a little bit earlier than the atlantic season here.

we are now at the height of what we look at for activity as far as typhoons here. and i think in the coming week, we are going to have the potential for a couple of systems. i think one is already in the stages of development here. that would be this blob of weather east of the philippines here. computer model forecasts indicating some development in the next 48 hours here. and then further east this one actually has more potential as far as the intensity heading into next week. we'll file that one away. this is the one we're going to pay attention to because it's going to do a couple of things. one if it forms, we're going to pay attention to it as far as the track. but also notice some of the bands here, well that's not part of the system. what happens here when these tropical cyclones move to the north and east of the philippines they enhance the southwest monsoon. so they pull abundant tropical moist from the south china sea. it starts raining bucks essentially across manila.

with all the flooding we've had as of late, that's going to be a problem here. we are watching for additional development later in the week. this is the east asia rainey front. still there and as the afternoon heating commences, look at the thunderstorms. boom. in the afternoon, a torrential downpours that canning cause flash flooding and that boundary set up this weekend in fact, is not going to move all that much. you see the pulsing through the afternoon and then at night it wanes. that's the way the story's going to go. weekend heat. the downpours may not be such a bad thing if you are talking about temperatures in the upper 30s. well bob average for this time of year. this is in celsius obviously. mid 30s. we cool off a little bit heading into next week. in tokyo, we'll keep you posted on the tropic. stateside next half hour, talking about a significant dust storm in phoenix. and we'll check out the forecast for the tdf, as well. tour de france ending sunday.

>> about done. all right, ivan, thank you. in northern nigeria at least 40 people were killed this week income two suicide blasts. twin attacks targeted the former military ruler of the country and a respected muslim scholar and cleric. neither one was harmed. the bombings occurred on the day that marked a milestone of failure for the nigerian government. 100 days now since 200 girls were kidnapped from their school by the terrorist group boko haram. since the kidnapping authorities have seemingly been haunted by their inability to bring back the girls. and at least 11 parents of the girls have since died. seven in terror attacks and four from heart failure, high blood pressure and other illnesses. maggie lake sat down with joy ogwu, nigeria's permanent representative to the united nations. she said the world must seize is the momentum and somehow bring these girls home.

>> i think that this hundred days is not only a time for reflection but i believe that we should use the momentum of this as sympathy not only for the children who were captured for their parents, some have lost their lives but we should use the momentum to go forward. as you told you earlier, it's a global problem. many countries have pledged to help nigeria. many countries are indeed in nigeria helping to strategize, to find the best way of recovering these children alive and intact. instead of a military option, the strategy was widened to include negotiations, dialogue with these people. so i believe that it is time to

move forward really to find a solution to this problem, to find the girls first and foremost. >> the that's what the world -- i think the world wants to see that. the problem is, many experts worry the longer this goes on, the less chance you will have of recovering these girls for their family and boko haram seems to be operating at will. if there are negotiations going on, why are we seeing attacks and more people die? >> well, let me say that this is not the first time in history in the history of hostage taking or abduction or kidnapping that people have been kept for so long. it is trauma tieding for all of us. not only for nigerians but for all the citizens of the world. this is why you see the manifestation of agony, keeping vigils and protestser fr everyw to see that these girls are

released appealing to the conscience of those holding these young children against their will. so i believe that it's time for us to get together in a concerted action. >> again, 100 days since those girls were kidnapped by boko haram. well, a case of the deadly ebola virus has been confirmed in africa's most populace nation. a libyan man who died in the country this week was carrying the disease. the ebola epidemic is now three times bigger than any outbreak of the virus ever recorded. and as michael holmes reports, it's going to take time before health officials can bring the situation under control. >> it is the worst ebola outbreak in history and it continues to wreak havoc across west africa. world health organization says there have now been at least 660 deaths from the disease since march. and there is no sign of it

slowing down. >> it's probably going to be several months before we are able to get a grip on this epidemic and this outbreak and reduce the numbers of cases. >> the number of total cases is nearly 1100 most of those in guinea where the outbreak originated 314 people have died there so far. in sierra leone, the death toll 219 and in liberia, the virus has claimed 127 lives. the numbers are rising even health workers not immune. just this week, 39-year-old dr. shake omar khan contracted the disease. the brave physician treated more than one 00 patients in sierra leone. he is now quarantined. fear has also gripped some affected communities. some people proclaiming the epidemic is a punishment for past sins while other local leaders have spread rumors that the white people were conducting experiments on them. some are failing to remain in quarantine and spread the

infection. >> people are isolated. they're afraid. they're scared. they think that outsiders are bringing ebola to them instead of trying to help them get rid of ebola. so i think the key is community leaders and religious leaders and we're working very hard to convince them that they should collaborate with us on educating their communities. >> a doctors without borders clinic in guinea was attacked in april forcing them to briefly abandon their mission and a red cross facility had to be closed after men brandishing knives threatened the health care workers. there are now more fears of the disease spreading further east into nigeria after a man hospitalized in lagos died according to news agencies. he had collapsed shortly after arriving from liberia. doctors confirmed he tested positive for ebola. it is a frightening disease because it kills up to 90% of the people it infects and there is no treatment or vaccine available.

it's transmitted to humans from bodily fluids of infected wild animals. it then spreads among humans through contact with blood or other bodily fluids. michael holmes, cnn. >> this continues to move into kn nigeria, a situation getting out of control. >> straight ahead, the u.s. secretary of state's latest push for peace. john kerry is headed to paris in hopes of negotiating a longer cease fire in gaza. the details of that trip just ahead. >> also ahead, journalists arrested in iran but officials have not given the reason. we'll give you the latest. really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's close.

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the united states and around the world to the "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. >> our top headlines this hour, huge explosions along the gaza skyline a short time ago. we're now about 30 minutes away from what is supposed to be a 12-hour cease fire between israel and hamas. it is meant to allow medical supplies into gaza and to get some of the wounded civilians out. the dutch government is sending dozens of unarmed military police to the crash site of malaysia airlines flight 17 more than a week after the plane went down, the debris field in eastern ukraine is still not secure. an international monitor says some human remains are still at the crash site. 38 more coffins carrying remains from the crash are set to arrive in the netherlands later today. the remains will be examined by forensic experts for identification, a process that as you can imagine could take weeks or at this point months.

french president francoise hollande says troops searching the site of the air al jerry air crash have found no survivors flying from burkina fastow to algiers thursday morning when it crash the in northern mali. so far it is not clear what brought this plane down. these live pictures and as we continue to follow our top story, the upcoming and very delicate cease fire between israel and gaza. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is headed to paris today to push for a longer truce. the u.s. is said to be taking a lead on this, laying groundwork for a week long cease fire that could begin on sunday. meanwhile, the conflict on another front for israel. a palestinian protesters as they fill the streets of cities in the west bank on friday. senior international correspondent ben wedeman is there. >> funerals in gaza now funerals in west bank.

this one for 20-year-old muhammad who was killed during a protest in the ca landyia refugee camp as anger rises in the west bank in jerusalem at the mounting civilian death toll in gaza. in ramallah, supporter of hamas and other palestinian factions rally in solidarity with the people of gaza. >> we will not surrender vows this speaker. we will continue until the resistance is victorious. they paraded through the center of town watched warily by palestinian authority police. a few years ago when hamas and fatah were at one another's throats, the palestinian authority would never have allowed a demonstration like this, but with the war in gaza continuing, hamas's popularity here has skyrocketed. the demonstrator headed toward the israeli settlement of bait el. the police tried but failed to stop them.

clashes ensued. israeli troops firing live ammunition, tear gas and rubber bullets. the protesters mostly young men who were too young to experience the second intefada throwing rocks back. >> translator: we came here to support gaza, says this 19-year-old who didn't want to give his name or show his face for fear of israeli retribution. we don't want some tv station to sing songs for gaza. we don't want talk. we want action. >> palestinian parliamentarian mustafa barghouti sees a third intefada in the making. >> we need peace by ending israeli occupation, by ending the oppression of the palestinian people, by allowing palestinians in west bank in gaza and jerusalem to be finally free from israeli oppression and occupation. >> as the war in gaza rages a new generation in the west bank and jerusalem is joining the

fight in the absence of peace or a peace process, this is the alternative. ben wedeman, cnn, ramallah on the west bank. >> authorities in iran have acknowledged the arrests of three journalists there this week. there are reports that four are being held by officials there. "the washington post" says it's tehran bureau chief and his wife are among those in custody and there's growing concern for their well-being. cnn's reza sayah has more from tehran. >> these are arrests that have a lot of rights groups around the world concerned and journalists concerned, not just here in iran but around the international community because a lot of journalists knew some of these individuals who have been detained. what we know, unfortunately, it's not much at this point but according to "the washington post," and an iranian government official four individuals were arrested here in saffron on tuesday night. at least three of them dual

nationals, iranian americans and also three of them also journalists. among those detained, jason res za based out of tehran since 2008 working for the "washington post" as a bureau chief since 2012. he has an excellent reputation as an upstanding professional. also among the detainees, jason's wife. the other two individuals have yet to be detained. what's troubling a lot of people is that there's absolutely no information about these individuals' whereabouts and their conditions can. the state department out of washington ugh released a brief statement saying they're aware of the reported detentions. the only movement here in iran is a judiciary official who confirmed the detention and said they'll have more on the arrests after a "technical investigation has been completed." over the past 35 years, authorities here in iran have had a rocky relationship with international journalists. it hasn't been unusual over this time for authorities to harass

to pressure and sometimes kick out journalists. but over the past year, relations have improved somewhat under the presidency of mr. hassan rowhani. but still lease a lot of growing questions about these arrests and unless these questions are answered soon, this issue could become bigger and potentially undermine the very delicate relationship established between washington and tehran. res acehia, be cnn, tehran. >> the news continues here on cnn. >> amid global backlash, vladimir putin is increasingly popular at home. coming up, the russian president's delicate balancing act in the aftermath of the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17. that's next. honey, look i got one to land. uh-huh there's good more... honey, look at all these smart rewards points verizon just gave me. ooh, you got a buddy. i'm like a statue. i just signed up and, boom, all these points. ...and there's not-so-good more.

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the european union has placed sanctions on several top russian security officials. alexander borkny cov pictured here with prime ministerdy mit tritt medvedev have had assets frozen by the european union. he is the head of russia's federal security service. the eu is set to impose a set of much tougher economic sanctions on russia next week for its actions regarding ukraine. >> former u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says vladimir putin is indirectly involved in the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17. she told cnn's fareed zakaria, europe's cooperation is crucial in helping the u.s. get tough

with the russian president. listen. >> there are a lot of people who feel that president obama is not being tough enough on vladimir putin, on russia. do you think he's handling the ukrainian crisis appropriately? >> well, fareed, i think that he is facing some of the same challenges that american presidents face when is dealing with threats within europe. the united states obviously has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in europe and we have a formal alliance nato to do so. but much of what we can do and what the president is calling for requires the full participation of our european friends and allies. and i would make three quick points. first, i think if there were any doubt, it should be gone by now. that vladimir putin certainly indirectly through his support of the insurgents in eastern ukraine and the supply of advanced weapons and frankly,

the presence of russian special forces and intelligence agents bears responsibility for what happened to the shootdown of the airline. therefore, we have to up the sanctions that are required. the united states has continued to move forward on that. europe has been reluctant. they need to understand, they must stand up to vladimir putin. >> well, while the west tries to put the pressure on russia, validity mir putin's an probable ratings at home are at their highest levels in years. as diana magnay reports, was russian support backing the president into a corner may lead to a situation that neither party wants. >> the innocent victims of someone else's war. a war which with their deaths grew wider and colder. the finger of blame pointed squarely at this man by western policymakers. russia's president vladimir

putin isolated denounced for his alleged role in supporting supplying and training ukraine's rebel militias. in a clamor of outrage, european leaders are preparing further sanctions promising to make russia pay. but mr. putin is the leader of a unique clear power and wildly popular at home. he has frame this had conflict as a battle between good and evil, mother russia protecting its cousins and compatriots in eastern ukraine against the fascist junta in kiev. a narrative is being pushed in the media. >> a message driven home through state television watched in almost every russian household. a prisoner of his own propaganda, it will be hard for him to loss face. >> on one hand he smpl heply can't afford himself to dump or abandon those who consider themselves to be russian sympathizers pro-russian militia which is fighting is ukrainian forces. on the other hand, the last

thing that president putin wants is new cold war to become a reality. >> mr. putin's public response has been defiant but the predictable. a repeat of long-held mantras of nato encroachment and western interference. and promises that so-called color revolutions will never work back home. >> translator: definitely such directly imposed methods on russia would fail our people citizens of russia would never allow this and never accept it. >> this week in a moscow courtroom, two leaders of the 2012 anti-putin rallies were sentenced to 41/2 years in a penal colony. mr. putin signed new laws cracking down on public protests. measures to assert control perhaps where he feels that it's slipping. >> putin's strategic goal in ukraine was to prevent ukraine from falling in the western orbit. now it seems that his capacity

for such a policy for reaching such a goal has at best diminished quite dramatically or maybe disappeared all together. in having suffered this defeat on his strategic goal, i think putin will have to make up for this by cracking down at home. >> in a video statement three days after the tragedy, mr. putin seemed ill at ease. the rebels had he supported suddenly a liability. but along the border with ukraine, nato says russia is building up its forces bringing in troops and heavy weaponry to move in if necessary. rather than prompting any kind of a turning point, the disaster of the malaysia airlines flight 17 appears only to have reinforced the battle lines. diana magnay, cnn, moscow. >> still to come on "cnn newsroom," we go back to the weather center. ivan cabrera has a forecast for that big being race bike race i

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somehow i don't think cyclists will like to hear this but another wet day friday for the tour de france which ends in paris this sunday. >> coming to a close.

they've had a few rainey days in this, haven't they, ivan. >> you be believable. weather played such a key role so far in this year's tour. what they have not had to deal with of course, has been haboob or a dust storm which is where we're going to start and make our way east over to france. look at the explosive thunderstorm activity through arizona. my goodness. not only did that bring some pretty good downpours but the outflow coming out of the thunderstorms, the strong wind picked up some dust. take a look at this. 50 mile wide dust storm rolling through at one point, seems like devouring phoenix, arizona there. 3,000 feet high. my goodness, that was awful there. power outages abound. it took awhile for the national weather service to drop the dust storm warning as a result of a massive haboob out there in arizona. this is the time of year we get

them because of the monsoon. get the thunderstorm activity out there and you get those strong winds. that will do it. more potential storms tomorrow. no change in the pattern as we see it now. we'll continue with activity down towards the south and west. all right. work our way east. let's get into some tour de france here. look at this you sue he this feature here. doesn't look that ominous but it was terrible once again through the day on friday for the tour as some downpours rolled through. take a look at some of the pictures here. we can't show you the rolling video. that's okay. i grabbed some photos for you here. there's the pella tony. there's bmc trying to get in. today it was garmin sharp. the rain, yes, we have seen this so many times in so many stages so far in this tour de france. a pile-up once again on one of the turns there and cornering very difficult when you talk about, well, the bikes and a very wet pavement there.

and this unique. keep occur eye on the right side of your screen there. one unique fan there. this is interesting. everything has turned out so far this tour de france. i saw a man dressed as pamela anderson running up the pyrenees. we've had a little bit of everything so far this year. more showers today. and then as we take you into paris which is the final -- today's the time trial. it's going to be a short deal. but then on sunday, more showers. it looks like a front's going to come in just in time as they run into the champs de elysee. that's the way we have to end it here. it's been raining ever since. temperatures in the mid 20s if you like it in fahrenheit, that's upper 70s. that's the way it will stay. a little bit cooler into paris on sunday. >> all right. thank you very much, ivan. the wet yellow jersey there. after more than a decade in london, speaking of sports, an

english soccer legend is heading for the states. frank hampard has signed a contract with new york city soccer club in the big apple. he spoke with world sports laura bald da saro. >> it feels really right. i had a great 13 years at chel she. fortunate enough to be a team that won a lot. for me personally, it was a great challenge for me at this stage to move on from chelsea all those nice memories and move to the mls and challenge myself outside of football by moving to a different country and a great city, new york. it was perfect timing for me. >> was there maybe any discussion with joe say moreno maybe you saying at the club in a new challenging role learning from marino and playing mainly off the bench? was there anything like that? >> well, kind of. we had a few discussions. i got on very well with joe say. it wasn't a difficult chat.

we were very open with each other. i'm sure that could be, you know, a possibility for me to go back later on after i finish my career in some capacity. for me, i was intent on trying to keep playing abplaying regularly and being important in the team. i hope i can do that now in new york. >> you mentioned everything that you managed to accomplish there at chelsea and the fantastic career you did have there. you were on the premier league, the champions league, so many individual awards. you're leaving the club as the all-time top scorer. if there is anything else at all you might have wished you could accomplish, is there anything? what would that one thing be? >> no, i can genuinely say i have no regrets. there's nothing left out. we had disappointments. you can't ask everything. it's impossible to win everything. when i look back at the end of my career in a few years, i can certainly say for my chelsea period, it was as well as i thought it could be. when i joined chelsea 13 years ago, i wouldn't imagine we'd

have champions leagues and premier league. now i start a new chapter where i go here now and problem myself in the mls. i know what what i've done in england is behind me. this is the perfect challenge for me to carry on pushing on with my career. >> let's move forward then to that new chapter. you're off to the mls and new york city fc. you could have gone top australia. you could have gone to the middle east like faveio. why america? >> well, i mean, i haven't spoken to the people from new york. they were great. they sold the club to me with a vision what they wanted to do. it's a new franchise here. there's a challenge in itself to start something new. i'm making my own path out here. i had options to go to different clubs maybe in england. but for me this worked. i've been watching the mls and paying close attention to it over the last few years since

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>> well, explosions in gaza just moments ago but at this hour, a temporary cease fire is supposed to take effect. but will it hold? >> parents desperately searching for answers. they take extreme measures saying they won't rest till they find their only daughter who was on board mh17. the story ahead. >> also burnt wreckage in mali. many questions remaining what brought this airplane down but the recovery of the flight data recorder brings hope there will be answers. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza where hamas and the israeli military have agreed to stop fighting for the next 12 hours. >> but right up until the last minute and you see these live pictures both sides whether trading fire. hamas firing