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tv   Forensic Files  CNN  July 29, 2014 1:30am-2:01am PDT

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traveling back to the plane's crash site. fighting with pro-russian and ukraine's military is around this as world leaders get ready to punish russia for their role in the conflict. stronger punishments than they have seen yet. we are live with the latest. welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow in for christine romans. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. there is no end in site to the deadly violence raging between israel and gaza. the fighting between israel and hamas intensifying. an explosion at a refugee camp killing ten palestinians, eight of them children. another blast. hamas blaming israel for both attacks. the israelis insisting they did not fire in that area. conflicts for a cease-fire are fading fast. the prime minister, benjamin
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netanyahu vowing it will be a lengthy campaign. let's go karl penhaul in gaza. karl, you were on the air last night here and there were moments you stopped speaking so people could hear the explosions behind you and we heard the loud, loud drones, the israeli drones over the area. what have you seen in the hours overnight? has there been a lull in this intensified fighting? >> reporter: you are actually right, poppy. we worked silent to allow viewers to hear what was going on in the air around us. there were also times when we had to duck for cover because the air strikes were going into buildings like the white one behind me, only 500 yards away. that means a big bomb was in there and shrapnel could have been tossed where we are. we have taken out the windows and window frames.
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if there's a shock wave, it will not send shards of glass all over the place. let's listen to the sounds of the explosions from last night. i think we have it. you know, that was preceded by the night skylightened by illumination rounds. the israelis sent illumination flares that lighted up all of gaza city. once the drones were above, they were going around close to where we were. they sounded like a giant lawn mauer going off. they haven't put the rounds up because it was a moonless night. once the drones spotted targets, it was relentless. this morning, we continue to hear artillery fire.
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i'm hearing that now. down south, a ways down south, a huge plume of black smoke going up because a gaza power station was hit. gaza is now without power. there's a lot of military ordinance going off. a lot of explosions. what we cannot afford to do is forget the human face of this war. yesterday, we saw how a residential street had been ripped apart by an explosion. the warring sides are arguing among themselves who shot the ammunition there. we don't care about their exc e excuses anymore. young children should not have to see what they saw. the body of one young boy was taken to his front door for his mother to give him a final kiss. i spotted a 12-year-old neighbor and i said was this young man your friend. she said yeah. he was top of the class in math and he was a football fan. he loved barcelona futball.
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messi was his hero. he'll never get to meet him, he was buried yesterday. >> important to keep a focus on the human toll on both sides of this conflict. karl penhaul, thank you. secretary of state, john kerry is facing fierce criticism from a growing number of israelis who believe he is favoring hamas in an attempt to broker a cease-fire. the white house along with the speaker trying to send a clear message the u.s. stands firmly behind israel. >> israel is our friend and israel's enemy's are our enemies. >> here is one thing you never have to worry about, america's support for the state of israel. >> i want to go live to jerusalem and bring in martin savidge. when you hear u.s. officials defending the relationship with israel, it does, you know,
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highlight, really, the tension that exists between the two nations right now. >> reporter: right. i mean, when you have conflict like this, it is always a trying time for israeli-american relations. the united states is uncomfortable and unhappy with the rise zing civilian death toll particularly among women and children. israeli's say they don't want to see that, either, but they don't want rockets and tunnels coming to their nation. i had a conversation to see where things stand in the relationship with the united states. when it comes to john kerry, it was said he and benjamin netanyahu speak the same diplomatic language, but it's clear right now, they don't necessarily see things the same way. the u.s. is relying on them to
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negotiate on behalf of hamas. the u.s. does not talk directly to temperature. the israelis don't trust them at all, historically. another country that might act as a negotiator is turkey and israel does not trust the current turkish leadership. because of the shift in currents within the region, you have taken away some of those who historically worked to help end crises like this. the list of those people now available is pretty short, if non-existence. john? >> whatever the rest of the world thinks, there is strong, strong support in israel to continue this campaign as they find a couple more tunnels into their nation. the rockets keep flying. martin savidge, live for us in israel, thank you so much. let's turn to the crisis in eastern ukraine persisting fierce fighting near the wreckage of malaysia flight 17. a team of investigators from
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australia and the netherlands on their way there, again, today, were turned back, once again. just like yesterday. they cannot reach the crash site. this, as ukrainian officials confirm data recovered from flight 17s black boxes indicate a missile did take the jet liner down. i want to go to ivan watson, live in kiev. let's talk about what happened. it is unprecedented to have a situation, frankly, like this, where you have such a tragedy, 298 innocent lives lost and more than a week later, international officials with no stake in the game in this conflict cannot reach the site where some of the victim's remains still stand. what do we know? >> reporter: in fact, poppy, what we have seen is the access to the crash site was pretty good last week. but, it has basically been shut down by a ukrainian military offensive within the last couple
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days. the fierce fighting on the road to the crash site is preventing this team of australian and dutch investigators from reaching the site. investigators say their top priority was to try to go and recover the remains of dozens of victims still believed to be missing and also to begin recovering the belongings of the 298 innocent people. so, they have been forced to turn back now for the third straight day, as you have reported. we heard here on monday, the head of the dutch rescue recovery mission expressing great disappointment and frustration of the fact they are not allowed to reach this site and with every passing day, that makes very critical and important work they have to do. again, recovering the remains of people who were killed a week and a half ago much much harder to do. poppy? >> also, it's important to
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discuss the political moves made here that are -- it is hoped by the united states and the european union will shift the balance and really weigh on russia in terms of its support of the rebels there in eastern ukraine sanctions. so, right in brussels today, at this hour, you have european union officials talking about leveling the tougher sanctions against russia along with the united states. do we expect that to come down today and what do we expect it will entail? >> reporter: well, it's always difficult to bring the european union and 28 member states together on a policy, but it appears the momentum started to move forward after an unusual five-way video conference where you have the leaders of the u.s., britain, italy, france and germany all agreeing additional measures have to be taken againsz russia because they continue to accuse russia of
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supplying the rebels in eastern ukraine. not a lot of talk about malaysian flight 17 anymore. now, it's the accusation russia is stepping up the delivery of missiles and heavy weaponry to the individuals engaged in the deadly struggle with the military on the ground there. the rebels have conceded they have pretty strong ties with the russians. for example, the prime minister of the breakaway separatist republic there has been in moscow for the past, at least day or so, having discussions about what are described as humanitarian supplies. the defense minister is also a russian citizen and he has told people last night that he's evacuating more than 20 wounded fighters to russia as well as doctors and guards. so, when the russians and the rebels deny they are receiving weapons from russia, they are certainly using russia as a safe
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haven to ship their wounded people to. the government here in ukraine, which accused russia of basically arming and funding and training the rebels, it says it's been taking artillery fire from across the border from russia. this is a complicated cross border phenomenon they are dealing with now. the idea now is that the europeans and the americans think that additional sanctions may convince the russians. that remains to be seen. >> it does. it hasn't to this point. sergey lavrov saying, go ahead, basically, bring on tougher sanctions. it's not going to change things for us. we will see if this does make a difference. appreciate the reporting, ivan, thank you. now in the u.s., the center for disease control taking no chances combatting the spread of
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ebola to the united states. the cdc issued a level two health alert advising doctors to check patients travel history, symptoms about ebola. they acknowledge the risk of the deadly virus. it's low, very low. an outbreak spread across western africa killing 700 people and infecting two american aid workers. is the nsa a threat to freedom of the press? that's what human rights claim in a joint report after interviewing 90 journalists and senior officials. the report says government officials have concerns of dealing with the media because any interaction leaves a digital trace that can be used against them. the justice department criticized the report saying it relied too much on opinion than fact. work permits to allow some undocumented citizens to stay in the u.s. legally.
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president obama says he will take executive action if immigration reform continues to stall in congress. later today, they will hear testimony from the director of citizen zip. european stocks are mixed. shares in asia ended higher. here in the u.s., futures are pointing lower this morning. stocks barely moved yesterday ahead of big economic news slated for today. today is the first of a two-day federal reserve meeting. investors look to bankers for hints about the time line in terms of raising interest rates. brand-new on cnn money, get this, probably expected this. a third of americans are delinquent on their debt. this new study finds 35% are so far behind their account has been put in collections. that is 77 million americans. the average amount owed is
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$5200. the late payments have long lasting effects on consumer credit scores. 43 minutes after the hour now. donald sterling losing the battle to at least this stage of the battle to keep his wife from selling los angeles clippers. he claims he will not lose this war. we'll explain, next.
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owners for l.a. clippers, donald sterling says it is not the end of his fight to keep the team. the judge ruled in favor of his estranged wife, shelly sterling to sell for $2 billion to the former microsoft ceo. let's get more. >> reporter: shelly sterling came to this courthouse to get her blessing on the right to sell the clippers. a judge agreed with her ruling she was the sole trustee when she worked out a record $2 billion deal to sell the clippers to mormer microsoft ceo. no former litigation by donald sterling could hinder the deal.
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donald's lawyer says it fight isn't over. >> his reaction is very calm. he didn't see it as the final battleground. this is one stage of a long war. this is one battle. >> reporter: shelly sterling opening wept as the victory sank in. outside the courtroom, she told me she won the honest way and so did los angeles. >> we have the best new owner that anybody could ever find and i think it will be better than it was before. >> balmer's lawyer expects more appeals. >> he's really, really excited about the team, about the city and about, you know, bringing dignity to the clippers. >> reporter: they look forward to it closing. the deal is expected to close around august 15th. back to you. >> as you were saying, you don't think it's over? >> it's not over just yet. maybe by the time the season
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starts in the fall. doc rivers says he won't play for donald sterling or coach for him. >> this is a big hurdle for them to cross. coming up on "early start," fast, but ferocious tornadoes tearing through the streets. communities trying to pick up the pieces. which areas were hit hardest. we'll tell you, straight ahead. ♪
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tornadoes touching down north of denver yesterday. it's one of two twisters. take a look at that. wow. one of two twister that is hit. another one coming within eight miles of denver airport. we are getting reports of businesses damaged. luckily, no injuries there. tornado damage to tell you about in the boston suburbs where a twister ripped rooftops off homes. 65 homes or businesses damaged or destroyed. close to 3,000 power outages. a twister packing 120-mile-an-hour winds carving a path of destruction two miles long. >> scary. it's the kind of stuff i see on tv. >> the fences are down. trees are everywhere. it's crazy. >> i have never seen anything like this in this area.
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two injuries were reported including a baby in a car hit by flying glass. >> the forecast looks less threatening today. let's get an early look with chad myers. >> good morning, poppy and john. cool weather across the northeast. partly cloudy, a couple showers. nothing organized like yesterday across massachusetts and the like. showers in the rockies. a lot of lightning out here, too. some of the lightning could spark wildfires. when there's not enough rain in the thunderstorm to put the fire out, that the lightning created. 81 in denver. 87 albuquerque, 78 in san francisco. warm with an east wind there. here is the front for tomorrow pushing down to cuba. the cool air sinks back into the ohio valley. all the way down to the deep south. it's cooler, but you will notice it is drier. it's not that stifling, muggy
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mess that we have here down in the south. high pressure does that. out of the north, it brings in cooler and slightly drier air. 77 for chicago tomorrow. 82 minneapolis. 80 in l.a. and 93 in albuquerque. enjoy your day. >> a nice day to fly. hello, christine romans watching us from an airport today. hi, romans, we are making sure everything is in place. >> she didn't have to wake up in the middle of the night once. coming up on "early start," a major airline slapped with a heavy fine. millions of dollars for repair operations on the boeing 737. we'll give you the details, next. ♪
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america, you cast your votes. now, go to xfinity on demand and select the people's hotlist to see this summer's top 100 shows and movies. i voted! back to "early start." let's get an "early start" on your money. european stocks are down right now. asian shares ended the day higher. futures here in the united states lower this morning. stocks barely moved yesterday because there's a lot of big economic news. we'll get the latest gdp report and the jobs numbers on friday morning. investors are waiting to see what those are. southwest airlines slapped with a hefty fine. they are going to fine the carrier $12 million for repairs
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violations on the boeing 737 jet. the violations come from back in 2009. this is when southwest flew planes after notice the aircraft were not in compliance with the safety regulations. the airline says the issues were addressed years ago and not affecting planes currently in use. "early start" continues right now. breaking news overnight. the death toll rising in gaza with no end in site for this conflict. hope for a cease-fire crushed. israel promising a prolonged battle on hamas. the white house tries to assure the world it stands behind israel. we go live to gaza for the latest on that. happening now, investigators that were trying to get to the crash site of malaysia airlines flight 17 turned back.

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