>> 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 rockets into israel

and israel launching more air strikes on gaza. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is pushing for a week long truce to begin on sunday. >> the gaza health ministry says 883 people have been killed, close to 6,000 wounded. 40 israelis have been killed most of them soldiers. john vauss is in jerusalem for us. he joins us now with the latest and again, john, they're hoping for 12 hours of peace but that smoke over gaza and these live pictures could be some sort of ominous look at what may be ahead. >> well, look, both sides have said they will honor this cease fire, the israelis though making note if hamas does violate the deal, then they will hit back hard. but right now, the clock's ticking. hope for the best that maybe this fighting will ease up 12 hours of calm. something gaza has not seen for 19 days now. as you said, just right till the

very last moment, there were explosions in gaza. three very big explosions in the northern part of gaza just at least a dozen others were heard, as well. as well as the sound of gunfire, too. so it does seem that the fighting did continue right up until 8:00 a.m. local time here. now as part of this deal, the israelis will stop the air strikes, they will stop the artillery shells, stop the ships from firing into gaza, as well. what will not stop is that israeli soldiers on the ground inside gaza will continue to look for and destroy hamas tunnels. so now, this is the question. will this cease fire hold? will this lull hold and will be as john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state said, will this be a down payment towards some kind of negotiations towards that longer week cease fire when they can actually a week long cease fire rather so they can discuss those bigger issues. it's a big if, natalie. if you recall last sunday, there

was two hour long humanitarian cease fire. that didn't last an hour. >> there's so much tension, so much heated rhetoric, as well and the violence. it's vet very precarious. you mentioned that the colders there from israel on the ground still working to get rid of those tunnels. what about the people who have evacua evacuated, john, presuming that they're told to stay in place or can they try and go back home during this what will hopefully be a lull in the fighting? >> well, about 100,000 people inside gaza are actually displaced right now. many of them were warned by the israelis. they drop the leaflets, sent out text messages and they were told get out because your area is about to be hit by an israeli operati operation. get to safety. it's arguable where is safe right now. many, many people are away from their homes taking shelter in u.n. facilities as well as other places in the gaza strip.

the israelis have warned them or have suggested it is not advisable for those people who return to their homes. i guess that's a concern that if this cease fire is violated by hamas as far as the israelis are concerned, then they will resume the air strikes and maybe those people will be caught up in some kind of conflict area. you mentioned the fact that these israeli soldiers are continuing to go after these tunnels. they found about 31 of them. they've destroyed maybe 11 for 12 so far. this is one of the big sticking points why the israelis reject this had week long cease fire proposal because they want to stay in there and get rid of all of these tunnels. this is one of the reasons reasons why this he began this ground operation in the first place. if they stop now, the job's only half done. >> absolutely. you mentioned u.s. secretary kerry. he's heading to paris this weekend. who he be meeting with there to try to continue to trial to get something more secure for a

lasting cease fire? >> well, so he's heading to paris now. we understand he will be holding these meetings with the french government, the british government. there's some talk that maybe the qatar foreign minister might not attend. speaking to becky anderson a few hours ago and said he hasn't made up his mind whether or not he will attend the talks in paris. it is interesting to note the israelis and palestinians will not be there in paris, and if the foreign minister from qatar isn't there, as well, that could be a problem. right now it seems qatar is the one country we're told most influence over hamas. so the other issue to keep in mind too, when we look at all the efforts which the secretary of state has gone to over the last couple of days, he's been in the region for five days. marathon phone calls. hours and hours of negotiations, late into the night. and so far, the best he's managed to achieve is a 12-hour lull in the fighting. it's an endy indication of just

how difficult this is going to be to try and solve it and try and end the fighting between the israelis and hamas militants. >> even our split screen with you there in sunny jerusalem and gray sky over gaza is telling about what perhaps is ahead. we'll see if the skies clear over gaza in the next few hours. thank you, john vauss, for us. now over to george. >> there is no question that this is a delicate situation. and if the cease fire holds, doctors will have a moment to finally breathe. and tend to some of the thousands that have been wounded. across gaza, hospitals are overwhelmed with casualties. karl penhaul visited an emergency room. we want to warn you, some viewers may find the images in this story disturbing. >> reporter: dead on an rival. the horror, civilians and medics at breaking point. >> feel exhausted.

we feel depressed. >> 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 the operating table at south gaza's european hospital are clearly noncombatants. >> their patient is a 23-year-old female. 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 ten hours, we received 61 injured patients.

so we don't have enough here to work on these patients. >> 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 just can't transfer 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. al masri 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. >> 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 to -- even we work sometimes 20 hours continuous. >> reporter: but even the call of god drowned out by the agony. karl penhaul, cnn, gaza. >> you look at the images in that story. i mean, regardless of what side you're on in this battle, you just hope that the cease fire will lead to longer lasting peace. >> absolutely. and certainly those medical professionals need a break. >> they need the time. >> trying to help save lives there. coming up here, the story of one

couple's nightmare journey. one no parent should ever have to take. >> their daughter was on board flight 17 and now they found themselves in a dangerous and unfamiliar territory. >> and as if their job isn't hard enough already, new pressure apparently being placed on the few investigators who have been given access to the flight 17 crash scene. that's ahead. the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪

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now for the latest on the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. 38 more coffins are expected to arrive in the netherlands in the coming hours. 193 of the 290 people -- 98 people i should say on board that flight were dutch citizens. that country has also taken the lead in the investigation. meanwhile the organization for security and cooperation in europe says pro russia rebels have indicated they're growing weary of having investigators at the site and they want their work to be wrapped up very soon. >> don't know the if that will happen. the netherlands and australia are trying to negotiate with the separatists to allow their police forces acis esto the disaster scene. the united states, ukraine and the west suspect the rebels of bringing down the plane with the russia supplied surface-to-air missile. the separatists deny that they're responsible. to give au dale of just how

tense the situation is there on the ground, between international observers and rebels, we want to hear now some of what one osce representative in eastern ukraine had to say. here it is. >> it has not been secured since day one. and it probably won't be secured because it is such a big area. it is in a conflict zone. wolf, we went there today about dutch and australian investigators. and we actually did cover a lot of territory. we did see a lot. and we saw things like personal belongings, and we actually were told by the rebels that yes, they see the fuselage, the debris laying there for another week or so and then it will be time for it to be moved. what they're expecting it for a group of maybe 25 to 35 international experts to supervise the removal of that debris so that it's finally removed from their territory. at least that's the sense we got

from them today. it was quite an astonishing piece of news. there's a lot of diplomatic activity going on very many different levels. but that is what we were told on the ground today. >> when you consider all of the uncertainty and tension at the flight 17 crash site, many would be hard pressed to actually want to make the journey there. but for one australian couple whose daughter was a passenger, the uncertainty was just too much. kyung lah has their story. >> go, go, go. >> you need to go. >> george and angel la can almost feel their daughter. they're that close but they can't get there. >> couple minutes. >> couple of minutes. >> please. >> these men are local ukrainian government officials urging these parents to not enter the pro-russian rebel held territory of donetsk. they flew by themselves to ukraine from australia with nothing other than shock and grief. >> there are battles around

those places. >> we have to go. there's no other way. >> their 25-year-old daughter fatima was aboard flight 17 flying to australia to see them. >> and we go because yeah, we go. >> with an outrageous disregard of the crash scene from the very beginning, and only black bags and un-marked coffins coming out, they have chosen to grieve with denial. >> and we believe she's alive. every second counts. every second. >> and our purpose is to find fatima. >> exactly. >> it doesn't help to us be angry. >> i need to see the real fact so that's why we came. >> besides that our daughter promised we will find her. as mom and dad. so this is the mom and dad. >> they poured their lives into their only child. she was an aerospace engineer who dreamed of being an astronaut. she believes space exploration could help bring stability to earth. >> the experience of space

flight is a life-changing event. >> how can you let a child like that go? >> there is an urgency because my -- my believe that she's alive cannot be sustained if this takes 30 days. >> frustration mounting as the minutes tick by. >> no chance to come. we come back. >> and these government rebels get embassies on the phone to talk to them. >> you have not sorted this out. please do not contact me anymore. >> our daughter is there. we are running out of time. >> so the risk we know, no worries. >> finally, they're told to go at their own rick. this private car promises to drive them through the battle lines of rebel-held territory. where a parents love has no boundaries. they reached out to us and say they managed to make it past all

the rebel checkpoints and are now in the town of donetsk. this weekend they plan on trying to make it to the crash site. counseling law, cnn, ukraine. >> you could feel that family's frustration. >> oh, my goodness. so sad. >> how difficult it must have been to make that journey. >> i can imagine ha tlaelts so many other parents and family members that feel compelled to go but know they can't go. and my goodness, what they would see there. french troops are at the crash site of air algier ray's passenger jet. >> experts there trying to work out what brought the plane down. we'll give you latest in a moment.

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french troops have now reached the remote north african site where an air algerie ray passenger jet crashed en route 0 algiers on thursday. twisted wreckage litters the area. the troops report there were no survivors. what remains is the mystery of exactly what happened to that jetliner. al goodman files this report. >> reporter: this is the wreckage of air al jere flight 5017, not much left. the passengers and crew from 15 different nations. none survived. this man a nursing assistant in canada, says he bought tickets for his wife and their two young sons to leave behind burke kin na fas so and to start a new life with him in quebec.

>> my wife said she preferred to come sooner. i said it will be okay. >> maybe if i canceled, taken something sooner. >> it was an overnight flight from burkina faso to algiers but less than an hour into the journey, the pilot requested a route change due to bad weather, authorities said. contact was soon lost. severe storms are common in the area. french troops in the region supporting the government of mali's struggle against armed islamist militants recovered one of the aircraft's data recorders and the remains of the passengers. nearly half were french citizens. >> translator: what we already know is that the plane's debris is concentrated in a limited area. but it is still too early to draw any conclusions. there are hypothese sees including weather conditions but we are not putting any of them aside because we want to find out everything that happened. >> the french foreign and defense ministers offered

additional details but no conclusions. they said relatives of the french victims would meet in paris. the algerian transportation minister said mali would lead the crash investigation with help from his country and france. interpol has also offered to help. here in madrid shock and sadness at shift wear which operated the aircraft for air al jere. the flight crew all spanish, the pilots described as experienced. al goodman, cnn, madrid. >> so the question there still was weather a factor and investigators will be looking into that. well, we turn to the weather now and other parts of the world. more heavy rain on the way for an already soaked if i means. our meteorologist ivan cabrera has that for us. >> we have the southwest monsoon. we get the moisture pulled in from the south china sea on a southwesterly wind flow. the heaviest rain flow this time

of year. what happens is between june and november, sometimes we'll get a surge in the monsoon. that can happen when a tropical cyclone positions it self to the northeast of the philippines because of its counterclockwise flow on the southwestern flank. it pulls in additional moisture from the south china sea. that strengthens the rains. could be quite heavy at times and more widespread, as well. that's likely going to happen over the next couple of days. with this feature that we've been monitoring, that will likely become our next tropical depression, perhaps even get a name. it's not going to head into the philippines. it doesn't need to. when it positions itself to the north and east, sometimes it can be worse than a direct hit because if it's a tropical storm and keeps going, then the rain stops. look at this here. this computer model forecast, we're getting very excited about this storm here. probably a little bit overdone but we'll have to see. sometimes this one does well. but look at the bands coming in. see that moisture getting drawn up? a perfect example of the

southwest monsoon urge we get in the philippines and sometimes can lead to flooding. they've been dealing with significant rains as of late. we have another system back in the western pacific that could develop heading into next week. we'll monitor that. and then we have rains along the front that is pretty typical for this time of year. more showers and thunderstorms exploding through the afternoon across the southeastern provinces of china extending up and into parts of japan, as well although not doing as badly there. you can see the rains from shanghai. looks to be positioned right on top of you here for a wet weekend for the remainder of it. for the rest of us, it's been hot. temperatures running a good 5 degrees. not terribly so but nevertheless, this time of year, it is summer and we generally run into the low 30s. look at japan on friday. 37 degrees. that will be the trend over the next few days. we'll continue with temperatures, guys, in the 30s and bob average for some areas. >> we are following breaking

news from the middle east where israel and hamas have agreed to a cease fire. >> fair to say a very delicate situation. both sides continue trading fire right up till the deadline. we'll bring you all details straight ahead. >> also ahead, protests in the west bank take a violent turn. what prompted the so-called day of rage. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. share your summer moments in your mercedes-benz with us.

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and we have live pictures of gaza. these are live pictures that you're seeing. some black smoke can be seen in the distance. don't know the source of that. this cease fire though 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 a malaysia airs 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. >> families of french passengers on board the air algerie flight that crashed in mali are being invited to the french foreign ministry friday. paris says 54 french nationals died when the plane went down earlier this week. president francoise hollande has confirmed there are no survivors. >> just as we saw a moment ago, the smoke still billowing there in gaza.

now more on the top story. the 12-hour cease fire that just went into effect 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 laying the groundwork for a week-long cease fire that is set to begin on sunday. >> egypt and qatar are also playing key roles in those discussions with kerry. israel has said it backs the 12-hour truce, but if hamas attacks, israel says it will respond. the video you're seeing was a bit earlier over gaza. well, meantime, conflict on other another front for israel as palestinian protests are fill the streets of cities in the west bank friday. ben wedeman reports on that. >> funerals in gaza now funerals in the west bank. this one for 20-year-old muhammad who was killed during a pro fest in the kalandia refugee

camp, as anger rises at the mounting civilian death toll in gaza. in ramallah, supporters 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' popularity here has skyrocketed. the demonstrator had headed toward the israel settlement of beit 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 intity fa da in the making >> we need peace by ending israeli occupation, by ending oppression of the palestinian people, by allowing palestinians in west bank, 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. >> well, this conflict in gaza has further fueled an already disturbing rise of anti-semitism in europe. essa suarez reports from france which has seen the worst violence against jews in years. >> the suburbs of paris bear the scars of violence directed at the largely jewish community here. last week, he it became the flash point for anger against israel. the local synagogue targeted and shops burned and looted. this french born jewish shop owner refused to show his face on camera for fear of reprisal against his family. i'm very worried. my little brother's not going out alone anymore he tells me. they don't go out alone to even buy a baggett. we always accompany them. i asked him whether he's seen many jews leaving france because

of the violence. my aunt returned to israel there summer, he says. and she's made the right decision because only a few days later the violence erupted. it makes tus think we should also leave. and i think that's what's going to happen migration from france to israel are at levels not seen since 1948. since the founding of israel. and robert eachner head of the jewish community in paris says there's a reason. a 40% increase in have i lens in the past year. >> we've seen something we've never lived through. basically the demonstrations which were the demonstration for the palestinian people that ignited the violence against the jews. but on the side of the demonstration, we've seen a new mob which decided to attack the jews on the idea that we're

defended for the palestinian people against the government of israel. >> it's a new development with anti-israel protests turning against jews in general. the rising tide of a facility towards jews is not just being here in france but right across europe. there are fears this new form of anti-semitism as the french government are calling it is being fueled by growing economic inequality, but the growing strength of europe's far right nationalist parties. and a sense of alienation among europe's muslim population. it's certainly not just france this week a friendly football game in austria turned nasty when pro palestinian demonstrators attacked the visiting israeli players. in belgium, a shocking display. this sign in the window of a cafe reads in turkish, entrance allowed for dogs but forbidden for jews. hatred has also spread in latin

america. israeli flags burned in chile and jewish families there also attacked with rocks. are though paris may be more than 2,000 miles from gaza, for the jews here be a sense the conflict has been brought right to their doorstep. issa saurez, cnn, paris. >> there is much more ahead. the finger pointing continues in eastern ukraine over who brought down malaysia airlines flight 17. >> we'll get a report from the ground from people who have to live amidst the continuing violence. >> new concern about russian weapons cro crossing into ukraine while vladimir putin faces mounting international pressure. that's all ahead. replace your laptop?t start with the best writing experience. make it incredibly thin. add an adjustable kickstand, a keyboard, a usb port, and the freedom of touch. and, of course, make it run microsoft office,

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another 38 coffins are expected to arrive in the netherlands today. they contain the remains of victims of malaysia airlines flight 17. this was the somber scene on friday as caskets arrived at the airport in the nether hands. officials say 193 of the 298 people on board the flight were dutch but it could takes weeks or months to identify their remains. mh17 crashed in eastern ukraine. accusations who brought it down continue to be traded between government forces an pro-russian separatists. senior international correspondent ivan watson spoke to people who live in the area and are continually caught in the crossfire.

>> a question to a separatist fighter in eastern ukraine. what would you like 0 say to the families of mh flight 17? >>. >> translator: guys, we didn't do it. we didn't shoot, he says. and walks away. an emotional denial from a rebel on the frontlines of a war that is spilling into this separatist-controlled city. and now rockets keep falling on donetsk. this is what's left of what was a bus station and a market area that was hit either by rockets or artillery locals tell me. late thursday night. and it's clear that this is a residential area. i'm very surprised to see at this little stall, it's still working right next to where the

shells landed. and you're just working here. [ speaking foreign language [ speaking foreign language ] so she's sitting in a damaged little shop selling bread because she says people need it. lease no electricity. lease no water. but people still need to eat. the sound of artillery echoes here day and night. after thursday night's bombardment, it's a miracle mish shah is still alive. >> mischa says he was here when the shell landed on his house. >> these are clearly pieces of i guess what was a rocket. >> some shell shocked residents blame this nasty little war on the ukrainian government. >> translator: how can you start a war in your own country? how? >>? while others blame pro-russian separatists. >> those who like russia, they

impose on me the situation that i must live in russia. this is situation is unjust. >> reporter: human rights watch says ukrainian government rockets are killing civilians in donetsk. the four attacks we investigated killed 16 civilians and injured many more, but obviously in this war, there are many moral killed and we are calling on both the ukrainian government insurgent forces to immediately stop the use of unguided rockets in populated areas. >> a lone bouquet marks the spot where 22-year-old and stas yas collapsed last night after she was mort tally wounded by shrapnel. the rock slammed into this apartment building. those who can now run away. those who is can't simply weep. ivan watson, cnn, donetsk in eastern ukraine. >> the european union has placed new sanctions on at least 15

russian and ukrainian individuals along with 1 different organizations. the people added on friday include officials from the russian fsb, that's the successor of the kgb and among the new organizations the so-called donetsk people's republic which claims control over portions of eastern ukraine. the sanctions cover visa bans, asset freezes and blocking access to eu finance. the eu is set to impose much tougher sanctions on russia next week for its actions regarding ukraine. >> it has been over a week since malaysian airlines flight 17 was downed over eastern ukraine. as the kremlin faces pressure for its alleged involvement, u.s. officialsnous say russia is increasing military activity along the ukrainian border. we learn more from cnn's barbara starr at the pentagon. >> reporter: russia appears to now be shipping heavier caliber more sophisticated ground rocket

systems like these across its border into ukraine according to the pentagon. weapons that can strike ground targets 20 miles away. the latest shipment is imminent, the pentagon warned friday. the rocket launchers are seen by the u.s. as a further russian military escalation. >> we are very concerned about the transfer of weapons and materi materiel. >> u.s. spy satellites monitoring the border have seen a steady stream of russian weapons going into ukraine. >> the an i an time when i think there may be some folks who could convince themselves that putin would be looking for reason to de-escalate, he's taken a decision to escalate. >> general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the u.s. and nato are updating military plans to be ready if russia threatens european stability. >> if i have a fear about this,

it's that put it inmay actually light a fire that he loses control of. >> cnn has learned u.s. intelligence satellites and radars have monitored repeated artillery fire from the russian side of the border for the last several days. the u.s. now monitoring that border around the clock for any signs of russian troop movements. the u.s. ambassador to nato says there are limits to u.s. military help for ukraine. >> we don't have a responsibility to defend ukraine. although ukraine has been a close partner, it's not an ally. >> reporter: russia's potential motivation? step up the hostilities to protect the moscow-backed separatists. >> they're being pushed back into a couple key cities from their positions within the provinces of eastern ukraine and i think they're getting -- russia isset getting very concerned about this. >> the question now, what will vladimir putin order his forces to do next? the u.s. estimates russia has up to 15,000 forces on its border

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and welcome back. they are just children, someone else's children and for america, they are a growing problem. a north american summit convened friday at the white house on this contentious issue. u.s. president barack obama and his counterparts from el salvador, honduras and guatemala, discussed the tens of thousands of children, some alone, flooding the u.s. border. and they discussed possible solutions. those might include a program to consider asylum applications and the children's home countries and providing u.s. funds to help those countries disrupt human smuggling networks. but mr. obama said many of the hit-and-run children who have already arrived will have to return home. >> i say that not because we lack compassion but in addition to being a nation of

immigrantses, we're also a nation of laws. if you have a disorderly and dangerous process of migration, that not only puts the children themselves at risk but it also calls to question the legal immigrant -- immigration process of those who are properly applying and trying to enter into our country. >> u.s. immigration officials say they have caught more than 50,000 children illegally entering is the u.s. since last fall. they expect 40,000 more by the end of the year. it's believed many are fleeing gang violence and poverty in their home countries. >> still here in the united states, it is reminiscent of the great depression dust bowl. a massive dust storm that hit phoenix, arizona on friday. >> meteorologist ivan ivan cabrera following this. i hope this dust bowl doesn't lead to something as horrible as. >> no, my goodness. this is the time of year they can do it out there in phoenix. i'm waiting to get some of the still pictures, the photographer

into the cnn library here. sometimes those tell a better picture when it comes to these things. we need wind, obviously, right. and did we have it. look at this, these thunderstorms explode. notice the clockwise flow here of high pressure. this is the time of year we pull the moisture from the gulf, pacific, everything gets involved. and the thunderstorms, well, you only need an inch sometimes to flood this part of the world. and significant winds coming out of the thunderstorm can do this. let's show you some of the -- i think we have pictures of the airport. can you see the tower here? at one point, just complete blackout here for some areas that were under a dust warning for several hours. the national weather service didn't cancel the warning till about 7:00. it went on throughout the day as soon as those thunderstorms got going, things got pretty cloudy in a very short amount of time. some pictures were being taken from aircraft, as well.

fantastic ins there giving you some perspective of what went on in arizona and, of course, heavy rain, as well. and numerous lightning reports all leading to power outages, quite a busy day for the local weathermen and gals out there in the local market of phoenix. let's check in on the weather conditions across the rest of the u.s. this feature here more storms in the southwest yes. then this one here kind of clipped the remainder of your weekend with rainfall unform for the folks across the northeast. let's cross the big pond and take you into europe here. we've been talking about the tour de france. there's something else going on in glasgow, the commonwealth games. a busy sporting game for the continent here we continue see. rain messing things up and just on cue, this is going to move in through the day on sunday heading into the champ chaps delee say in paris where the tour de france makes its finale at stage 21. this was stage 20 yesterday.

and my goodness, the crashes have been taking out a couple of the general contenders early on. and at this point here we are just hoping to get into paris quietly. but it looks like weather conditions will not cooperate once again today and heading into sunday. some more showers are going to be into the forecast. let's get specific and show you what's happening through today. as far as the temperatures as they get on the road. we're going to have temperatures in the mid 20s. that's upper 70s. partly mostly cloudy skies and a few showers still in the forecast. >> thank you, sir. tour of de france, a wet one. after nearly three years of hibernation in space, it the satellite row set at that time is gearing up for a one-of-a-kind mission. >> so scientists plan to land a probe on the surface of a comet about four months from now. we have the details on this. >> since humans first started exploring space, only a handful

of spacecraft have landed on celestial bodies and now for the first time in history, mankind will land a craft on a comet. it's been a ten-year journey covering 6 billion kilometers for the rosetta. the european space agency says it's less than ten kilometers away. once there, they hope to find clues to the origin of our own solar system. rosetta about will be the first spacecraft to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus instead of just flying by to snap pictures. >> you're going to learn a lot and it's going to the basis for new studies. we'll go on for a long time. it's like breaking the ground for building a building. >> this building is already taking shape from the images rosetta has sent back. the latest ones revealed 67 peers made of two pieces join together. the neck or connecting part has a much brighter spot which means it has a different composition

or grain size. it could even be ice. and they've learned more from studying changes in the signals coming from rosetta. >> the nucleus is pulling the spacecraft out of its planned orbit. and that can be seen as a shift in frequency of the transmitter radio signal from the spacecraft. >> it flew past two asteroids including this one. scientists can't wait to get their hands on moore data when rosetta starts orbiting the comet and lands a probe on its nucleus in in november. cnn. >> fascinating news there. we have much more news coming up. that is it for our special coverage this. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. our coverage continues right after the break here on cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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a ceasefire between israel and hamas is in effect this hour. days of deadly bombardment have killed hundreds of innocent civilians. the question is will the truce hold. a live report is straight ahead. >> this picture is family's last recorded memory takingen on flight mh 17. now many people only have memories as they try to deal with unspeakable grief. >> many questions about the crash in mali, but the recovery of the flight data recorder brings hope that some answers will be found.