their home. now there's a possible food shortage. we'll have a story about that coming up.

welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm faith gnat. >> and here are our top headlines this hour. the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting on the conflict between israel and hamas a short time ago. the acting president read a statement calling for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire in gaza. the council also said civilian facilities must be respected and protected. >> israel is saying to one was

killed when it launched a mortar strike at a u.n. school sheltering palestinians. this israeli military video shows the actual attack of a shell hitting an empty courtyard in the school according to israel. but u.n. officials say 16 people were killed when that happened right there. >> and fighting in eastern ukraine claimed at least 13 lives sunday. two of the victims are reported to be children. battles between pro-russia rebels have intensified over the last few days. >> that fighting is keeping malaysian flight 17 investigators from the crash site. they are waiting for the security situation to improve to get to work at the site. ukraine's government says the crash site remains under the

control of what they call the terrorists. we want to go to our reporters covering the flight 17 disaster. ivan watson will join us from kiev. >> diane is standing by in our moss cue bureau. we're all waiting for the start of a news coverage with the russian foreign minister. what might we expect leading into this week now, the u.s. pushing for additional sanctions against some russian banks and energy companies. what might we expect the russian foreign minister to say today? >> reporter: well, i think given the statements and the position of the russian -- the kremlin to date since mh-17, we're unlike to see much change. over the weekend, the russian foreign ministry has various responses to sanctions and what they call the relentless slander

campaign by the west against them. today, a state run news agency, you see a picture of inspectors at the crash site. their headline is, inspectors have unfettered access to the crash site and they have invited them to two border checkpoints and asked the u.s. to stop hampering the access of inspectors to these various sites. so it is the counteropposite of what you are hearing from the u.s. state department, and from the west, the position here it remains a position of denial. that there are any kind of weaponry going across the border into eastern ukraine, despite the u.s. intelligence satellite imagery, which proves that there certainly is -- are weapons going through. and i doubt that there is going to be any real change of that line in today's press

conference. the foreign ministry also described sanctions as being essentially an invitation to terrorists over the weekend saying that brussels had done what terrorists to date have not been able to do, and that is drive a wedge into the international community at a time when there is a deteriorating political situation like in syria and afghanistan. now you see this different geopolitical picture. of course, the west needs russia's assistance in dealing with, for example, nuclear negotiations with iran or in the situation in syria, providing access for assistance to go into afghanistan. and i think from those comments in the foreign ministry statement. you get a sense that russia still feels it's able to exert

leverage over the international community in that context. >> it's surprising sometimes the massive difference between the russian perspective of the crisis in ukraine and what ukrainian officials have been saying. diana live for us in moscow. we want to go now to kiev for more on this. it's a night and day difference. >> absolutely. ivan watson joining us now from kiev. if serge lavrov continues his stance of denial, no doubt kiev will have some harsh criticism of that. >> reporter: absolutely. the ukrainian government here has long made the case that the separatist region in eastern ukraine is actually a russian backed armed, funded, and trained enterprise. ukrainian officials have basically said it's an invasion. some of the top leaders of the separatist regions are russian

citizens. moscowvites. however, the ukrainians have long accused the separatists since the malaysian flight went down of blocking access to the debris field, to the crash site. the developments we've seen over the last 36 hours suggest it's now the ukrainian military blocking access to the dozens of dutch and australian investigators who are now in the city of donetsk, waiting to go to the crash site, because ukrainian government sources, military officials making public that the ukrainian military is making a thrust into the center of the separatist region towards the town of toras, quite close to the crash site. and it is that intense fighting that is resulting from that ukrainian military offensive that has forced the dutch and australian investigators to have

to delay traveling to the crash site on sunday. it's still early today. we're waiting to see whether or not the international monitors led by the osce and the dutch and australian investigators will be able to go to the scene. you have to recall that the ma haitians were able to secure an agreement with the separatist leadership allowing them ak scc to the site. but this new ukrainian offensive seems to have foiled that. >> all right. thank you both because certainly we hope that those 70 investigators just standing there waiting to investigate the site. as we said before, still human remains at the site. >> it's 9:30 in the morning in ukraine. so still time for progress to be made. we'll see what the russian foreign minister has to say. >> we continue to bring you

developments on many hot spots in the world. >> that's right. we'll turn our focus back to the situation in gaza after this short break. stay with us. from bank of americaack to pitch in for an industrial-sized smoker. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time. and 2% back at the grocery store. even before he got 3% back on gas. all with no hoops to jump through. norm used his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to enter the bbq masters invitational. where he smoked 40 pounds of ribs and the competition. that's the satisfaction of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you.

welcome back, everyone. we've been talking about israel's ground offensive in gaza. and we've got to remind everyone it was launched in part to find and destroy tunnels, many

tunnels built by hamas. >> these tunnels are far from just holes in the ground. they are elaborate and sophisticated. >> reporter: israel considers tunnels like these such a threat that they've continued to work to destroy them even during a cease-fire. they've discovered 30 tunnels running beneath gaza into israel. finding and demolishing them has been one of the primary stated reasons for israeli troops going into gaza on the ground since hitting hem from the air wasn't effective. just how dangerous the tunnels can be is demonstrated in this video said to show hamas militants firing on idf soldiers on the israeli side of the border after emerging from two tunnels. four soldiers were killed in this attack. the militants killed by an air strike. this is another tunnel the military says hamas intended to

use to attack israel. it reportedly runs for three kilometers or close to a mile and a half underground before emerging on the israeli side. the subterranean passageways are lined with tons of cement, have wiring for electricity and are used to move men and weapons undetected. you can see the high voltage electric lines here the soldier says. it makes it possible to operate machinery. the idf says some of the fiercest fighting has been around tunnel entrances as hamas tries to defend and keep them. destroying them can be just as difficult as their capture. engineers carry out the work, often under fire, using earth movers or explosives. israel believes there are still more under ground passages like these to be found. and says its military operation

in gaza will not be complete until its soldiers literally reach the right at the end of the haste sun. martin savidge, cnn, jerusalem. so many gaza residents have lost everything. homes destroyed, possessions forever lost. now they need help to just eat. more than 80 food shelters are operating in the combat zone. >> reporter: as the sun sets over the gaza strip, one of the largest operations is over, for now. no, it's not the fighting between gaza and the israeli military. but this massive mission was important out of the conflict. the battle weary civilians must eat. in central gaza city, flour hovers in the air. strong backs initiate the process. 190 metric tons of flour mix

with fresh water. the lifeline of over 160,000 gazans at u.n. run shelters. with so many food and security, only the humming of these machines is constant. on one side, dough goes in, fresh bread out the other. sorted and packed, it's ready to be delivered. buses weave through the streets as if they have a 30 minute or less guaranty. finally we arrive at a school turned shelter. volunteers unload the truck, all give a helping hand. we meet the united nations director who leads this humanitarian effort. he explains it's the people who aren't in u.n.-run shelters that keep him up at night. >> we still have a number of

people still trapped in the affected areas who have not received assistance of any kind. >> reporter: tickets are distributed, then the food. i want to give you an idea how massive of a daily operation this is. this is just one school that fields over 2,000 hungry mouths. right now in gaza, there's 84 shelters like this one. this can't last forever. money is tight, and supply routes at times questionable. we just want to return to our homes, this is all we want. we want to live with dignity this man complains. they'll be here until the war is over. full bellies tonight. tomorrow, this will all start again. ian lee, cnn, gaza. >> just a glimpse of the daily

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some of you may be disgusted by this. brace yourselves. the meat factory at the center of a food scandal in china now plans to issue a major recall. >> here is why. it's accused of selling expired meat to several major fast food chains. here is our report on how restaurants are dealing with it. >> reporter: an apology to mcdonald's and kfc customers in shanghai on saturday. this sign reads, we're very sorry for offering you a limited menu today. thank you for understanding and supporting mcdonald's. we will restore the supply of your favorite products as soo

as possible. the holes in the menu are items supplied by the chinese subsidiary of a u.s. based food processor accused of selling expired meat. even though no one has gotten sick, fast food outlets are pulling all shanghai hosi items from their shelves. this reporter asks, will people get their money back? >> translator: the company has not elaborated yet. you can leave your contact details. >> reporter: on saturday, the parent company osi group said it will suspend sales and recall all food processed at shanghai and promised new management and internal investigation. dragon tv uncovered what shanghai hosi never wanted you to see. cnn cannot verify the images, but they show raw meat being

scooped up from the floor in heaps and thrown into a metal tub on the production line. this line says substandard. it's then dumped into another bin, mixed with raw chicken for reprocessing. these all-beef patties tossed back in with raw beef. chinese reports closed the facility and detained five people. since the scandal broke last week, several fast food chains ended their relationship with shanghai hosi, while mcdonald's switched to another processor, kfc has cut all ties with osi group in china. >> that is just really disgusting. u.s. investigators are looking into a deadly emergency landing on a florida beach. a small plane made a distress call sunday afternoon before coming down south of sarasota. that's on the west coast of florida.

unfortunately, it killed a man who was at the beach with his daughter. the girl is in critical condition. the pilot and his passenger were not injured. >> the last thing you expect to see while at the beach. we can also report on another deadly beach incident in the u.s. state of california. really bizarre, too. a rare lightning strike hit famed venice beach sunday afternoon and killed one man. the coroner's office says it's unclear if he was killed by lightning, drowning or trampled by the crowd. a dozen other people were injured. in the eastern u.s., severe storms are leaving widespread damage there. >> you were talking earlier about lightning can strike anywhere, but we both lived in florida. that's the lightning capital of the world. you don't go to the beach when there's storms. but in california? >> certainly a lot more rare there and very bizarre story

that they don't know what killed him. the lightning is obviously when you get hit by that, but we'll see how that transpires. we're in the monsoonal flow here. same activity here, just blossomed through the afternoon. we got some cells that developed along the beach and people were taking cover. in the eastern u.s., this is a spring day here with these wind reports and hail reports and tornadoes and damage all over the place. michigan, upwards of 150,000 people without power. new england getting hit. wooster in massachusetts getting significant flooding and damage down to the south. let's take you on a tour of what happened as far as the damage here. scenes reminisce enlt of spring when you get severe weather. this was a confirmed tornado in connecticut. an ef-0, which is the weakst,

but some damage there. and further down is where we really got into significant damage here in tennessee, on the border there with kentucky. we had numerous homes impacted with severe damage. in fact, reports of upwards of ten homes getting completely flattened. one of those including the sheriff of the town there, house is gone. now, the severe weather is, as well. so that's excellent news for the cleanup and the survey crews are going to be out there letting us know what kind of damaged caused that. likely some tornado touch downs there. still under the gun for some severe weather for today, but not rotating winds, not talking about tornado outbreak here. just some damaging wind potential here across the southeastern united states, from mobile, heading up into wilmington. so certainly much diminished severe weather threat in the u.s. in japan, the heat has been the

story here. temperatures, upper 90s. '9" has been blistering hot. we'll be cooling off over the next few days. temperatures, back to low 30s. th that's better. if you want to cool off, well, maybe this will cool you off. i wouldn't be cool. this looks very hot to me. a lot of kids here, so i imagine the water temperature is a little warm too, if you know what i'm talking about. so there it is, our good friends in china keeping it cool, or trying to. i would be somewhere out there, just trying to stay cool with a margarita. >> how do you relax? >> you've got to put a gps tracker on your kids there. look at this. >> i think it kind of looks like fun. >> absolutely. >> all right, thank you. thanks, ivan. >> if i had the choice, i would

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well, heavy and deadly fighting in eastern ukraine is keeping investigators from their crucial work, more than a week on, assessing the crash site of the malaysia airliner is as urgent as ever and patience is wearing thin. >> israel releases video of what it says happened in a deadly school attack last week as the u.n. calls for an immediate cease-fire. and there are growing worries this hour about the ebola outbreak in africa. a second american aid worker is now infected. hey, there, everyone. welcome to our