good evening, thanks for watching our special extended edition of "360." a pair of deadly incidents at civilian locations. the u.n. saying evidence points to israeli responsebility for the school attack, circumstances less clear for the market. the israelis saying there was fighting in the area. the obama administration warning israel needs to do more to limit civilian casualties. in any event, this was a very grim day in gaza and grim and we should warn you, rough to watch.

[crying] >> just over here, it's just been hit. people are scattering beneath in the streets below. clearly, that humanitarian window is now closed. >> we bring you-all points of view tonight and the latest from karl penhole who was at that school today. >> reporter: northern gaza around 5:00 a.m. the u.n. school turned shelter for 3,000 people just attacked. a un employee took these cell phone images, breathing heavily he races classroom to classroom.

body count by flashlight, mutilated limbs swaddled in bloody rags. [speaking foreign language]. >> reporter: we saw the shells when they hit and shrapnel was falling like rain. i was so scared and the school filled with smoke. we poured water in our eyes just to see. i want to give you a point of reference, how big this hole is. the diameter is about the length of an ordinary broomstick. another round through a classroom. opening a hole about the same size as the other. witnesses say this is some of the slehrapnel that peppered th school. they notified of the coordinates of the shelter, just eight hours before it was hit. cnn asked the israeli military if their forces fired on the school that was supposed to be a

safe haven. >> what we found is there were mortars launched from nearby the school and there was a cross fire and indeed they engaged those mortar firing. we're currently reviewing the outcome and tragic footage that we've seen from this area. we haven't ruled out it was a hamas mortar that landed within the premises. >> reporter: un investigators say they have sufficient evidence to conclude israel was to blame. >> based on the initial elements that we have, clear indications that we have three projectiles hit the school and on presenting and analyzing the pieces of shrapnel, we believe that we have all the elements in place to conclude it was israeli artillery fire. >> reporter: israel has batteries aimed at gaza, these huge guns are capable of firing 4 3 kilo shells.

israel admitted misfiring a mortar into another un school shelter less than a week ago. but the israeli military says the explosion could not have caused deaths. a cnn visit showed multiple shrapnel marks and large quantities of blood. hospital staff said 16 civilians died in the incident. >> enough is enough. now measures have to be taken. people who go to these places expect that they go there because they will be safe and here is the conconfirmation, it appears there is nowhere to be safe and measures have to be taken by the defense forces to ensure much better protection. >> reporter: the u.n. condemned hamas for violating the worlds of war, accusing fighters or storing rockets in three other vacant schools. >> whatever was the case with these weapons, certainly cannot be used as a justification by anyone to explain why another

school in which the people were sheltered displaced people were sheltered had been targeted. >> reporter: the israeli military says it does not deliberately target civilians. at the school gates, this bloody footnote to the tragedy. donkeys and horses had very dirt poor families here when their homes turned into a battle field, but war plotted in behind them. karl pehnole, cnn, gaza. >> we should point out according to the idf, hamas fired 140 rockets in the last 24 hours. i want to dig deeper on the reality of fighting war in one of the most densely populated areas and whether israel has a greater responsibility to take that into account. retired air force lieutenant rick francona. that would be artillery.

>> it looked like artillery. they have the 155 self-propelled that he pointed out there, it would do that kind of damage. >> amnesty international is saying point blank it's irresponsible to use artillery, long-range artillery less accurate than other forms in such a densely populated area. is there a standard here? >> it's a pretty accurate system, and if you listen to what these spokesmen said, he said they were responding to mortar fire coming from that area. >> right, from the vicinity. >> israels have tracks, trajectory of incoming rounds so they know where to put fire back on them. what they probably didn't do was to check those coordinates to make sure they weren't firing on a school. >> so because the u.n. is saying, look, we gave the gps coordinate 17 times to various members of the idf, how would that actually work? the person actually guiding the

or aiming it would double check coordinates? >> he would check coordinates but how? he goes into some database or doesn't get to the firing unit, he wouldn't know. it's like a large organization, you have a lot of things happen. they are engaged in war. the information is going this way, that way. >> is an artillery shell, i mean, you're saying it is, it can be precise? >> it can be pretty precise, yeah, based on the firing tables and all that. the israeli artillery is very accurate. it's a u.s. system. and we can put first round on target. >> there is obviously also the incident in the marketplace, it sounded like a number of smaller ammunitions, i don't know mortars or what and again, we don't know who fired them. >> that looked like mortars and if we look at the footage, there was one explosion behind the market where there was a secondary explosion with black smoke. that was probably the target they were aiming at because that

would have indicated some sort of fuel or some sort of hydro carbon that gave off the smoke. >> the idf says we warn people in areas to leave, sometimes we call a house or even put a less ammunition, knock on the door they call it to get people to go out. is that standard operating procedure in any other part of the world? >> i never heard of it before. we would drop leaflets and say we will be operating in this area but to drop a dud round on somebody's roof, i've not heard of that. that's kind of going the extra step. the problem is, anderson, in this densely populated area, there is nowhere for them to go. one place to the other, any kind of military operation is putting them at risk and as we can see, you me, there are multiple engagements all over the gaza strip at any given time, so it's almost inconceivable they would be able to find, you just can't move people back and forth. >> the 3300 people had been told

to leave an area farther north for their safety, and they did that. they were displaced and there are some 220,000 people. >> the initial targeting, they were told to leave, that was planned probably several days in advance. we'll operate in this area. these other targets are cropping up as the battle progresses. >> so it's for israel, they want to try to respond as quickly -- i mean, if hamas sets up a rocket battery to fire mortars, they will move that relatively quickly so there is a time issue that israel wants to get. >> the standard concept is shoot and scoot. >> that's by hamas? >> by anybody. you want to get that out going round out as fast as you can, otherwise you'll blow up dirt. >> thanks for being with us. the latest from jerusalem

and martin salvidgesavidge. we just lost martin on the satellite. we'll try to reestablish contact. we now have him back. how is israel reacting, what is the response from jerusalem? >> reporter: good evening. the activities that took place in and around this school, they are still investigating but believe the initial early analysis, is that this was apparently mortar fire that their forces on the ground received and responding to that. that was the reason that there was firing in and around that school. they cannot say whether the school was deliberately fired on. the troops were fired upon, it will fire back. this could be an incident of that. >> certainly israel says they do not directly, you know, intentionally target civilians. i just talked to the ambassador. he said that repeatedly. what about claims they were told 17 times about the school and location given the gps

coordinate? >> first, the israeli military and government both have said to us they are horrified and shocked to see the civilian casualties that they have seen, say, in the last 24 hours. they blame directly hamas, regarding the 17 times, they do point out that there is a hot line between the united nations and israeli military. they are often talking about who is where and how many people. however, they also say that just because information is shared at a command level, does not mean and in the reality of a fight on the ground that the troops on the ground know exactly the same thing that they know at the command level. it is possible there is some miscommunication. they are still investigate sglg what are you learning about the attack on the market earlier today? >> the market attack, the answer we get from the israelis is again, something we've heard before, a line they say it is possible, remember, this was during what was described by israel as a humanitarian pause, window, during that time. hamas was continuing to fire

rockets, israel says against israel and so israel maintains its got a right to respond. it has said that its possible it could have been rockets falling back on to gaza that had been fired against israel that triggered that market explosion. it should be pointed out, israel is saying that in the last 48 hours, they have noted that it appears that unrwa, the united nations and civilian areas of shelter have come into play here. they say they believe this is ade ade a deliberate strategy. they want to lure forces to fire on these facilities or trying to directly implicate israeli forces. they say in the case of the attack that took place on the hospital in gaza as well as refugee beach camp, israel claims it had nothing to do with it. they think this is in part -- a strategy to blame them.

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we're back. i want to warn you what we're about to show you is graphic and hard to watch. he was talking about mass casualties of two places, perhaps the only two left in gaza where people can and must gather, a bomb shelter and marketplace. before we show you the video of the marketplace incident, i want to say almost everyone who watches it will see it through his or her own prism. that said, we're not showing it to make a point about the rightness or wrongness of the war of one side or the other, instead, we want to show you the beat by beat reality of what people face when war comes to one of the most densely populated places on earth, in this case, an open air market where hundreds were shopping. a camera crew from the media agency was there, recorded the scene.

officials in gaza say 17 people were killed, again, we want to warn you the video is graphic. we do think it's important to see. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

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their way around the world. israel put in a request for more ammunition. barbara starr joins us with the latest. barbara, what have you learned about this request? >> reporter: well, anderson, the pentagon is calling this a resupply of ammunition to the israeli forces. they are very adamant here at the defense department that this is not an emergency. israel is not running out of ammunition but clearly, they need to add to the stockpiles, so they have come forward with this request, very few details a availab available. we know some because it's coming out of an existing stockpile. the u.s. maintains $1.2 billion worth of weapons and ammunition inside israel in case israel needs it. some of it will come from there. some of it will be supplied by the u.s. defense industry. >> i think a lot of people didn't realize the united states stores that amount of weaponry and armorments in israel already, but is this a direct

result of the decreased stockpile because of fighting in gaza? >> this gets into politics. the pentagon officially will say no, it has nothing to do with it. israel asks for ammunition resupply all the time. here is the fascinating fact, if you will. it was just last week israel came to the united states saying it needed a resupply. one official telling me look, over the last three weeks plus, they have certainly decreased their available weapons supply due to the fighting in southern israel and gaza. >> what kind of ammunition are they talking about? >> 120 millimeter mortar rounds and 40 millimeter ammunition rounds for grenade launchers. that's what we know about. as i say, there is an additional list that is not made public, a much more extensive list of the resupply of ammunition israel says it needs. >> appreciate it. thank you. for more on that story, go to cnn.com. secretary of state john kerry under fire over efforts to

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secretary of state john kerry's work to seize fire has been met with strong criticism. critics include columnists who

say secretary kerry's efforts have been doing more harm than good. david and the author of the book. thanks for being with us. i want to start by reading a column you wrote on secretary kerry. you said and i quote, u.s. secretary of state john kerry ruined everything and went on to say, quote, the obama administration proved once again that the best friend of its enemies and the biggest enemy of its friends. the man from massachusetts intercepted with his own hands, the reasonable seize fire within reach and pushed both the palestinian and israelis towards an escalation most of them did not want. what exactly did secretary kerry do that in your opinion, basically, pushed the escalation? >> anderson, let me start by saying with this terrible evening, terrible day that we had, i'm a proud israeli. i think israeli is right to defend itself.

but i'm horrified by the pictures we've seen this evening, and my heart, my heart goes out to the innocent victims in gaza and to so many israelis or victims of this terrible tragedy. now this has to do with what you asked me about. i'm belong to those israelis in the minority, who do not want to see an escalation and do not want to see the israeli army god for bid concurring gaza. it's a difficult battle we have back home because 85% of israelis want to move on. the right wing ministers are very aggressive, and it's a great battle to prevent further escalation that would lead to total catastrophe. so it is within this context that moderate israelis are looking for american leadership, and i think the fear that thesis ra -- these israelis have, there

is a misreading of the map, the only way to stop this terrible carnage we see today is to have assertive diplomacy, building lines of the moderates that would lead to some sort of solution. the lines of the moderates is the moderates, saudi arabia and palestinians. >> so you see john kerry basically having at one point, though he supported the egyptian process, the next 24-hour period flipped over supporting a process that is supported by turkey and qatar. >> exactly. the tragedy, never mind the details. the tragedy, the specific tragedy within the greater tragedy was that it was perceived, never mind the details. it was perceived as if he's not giving the egyptian option. this is not an israeli. the egyptian enough support. i believe if america will lead this coalition of moderates,

this is the only way to end this terrible tragedy now and actually to have the kind of political solution that will give hope for the people of gaza by giving them much more life and prosperity while demilitarizing gaza. the only way to do it, prevent this terrible violence is this diplomacy and political economic lines between these -- >> and you don't -- >> so many israelis -- >> sorry, you don't believe john kerry is giving that assertive line. i want to bring in david garrig garrigan. is that a fair assessment? >> well, there is a perception among many israelis and a perception that's shared among some american columnists on this that kerry proposely put on the table the most recent one, favored hamas too much and his argument is it led to the collapse of the middle and extremist came to power and grew in power on both sides in gaza

and israel. i respect that. his book here has got great reception in america, but what is -- what i can't understand anderson and even here, ari basically wrote in this column, if there is more offensive, more blood, we should blame it on john kerry and a, i don't think that's fair and b, i don't understand why israelis are turning on kerry and brutal wising him from left to right with the government part of this and in fact, making it so personal and making it almost impossible for america to play a leading role. america has been israel's best friend. they are asking to resupply ammunition. why go after your best friend and humiliate and brutalize him in the way he's treating in the press and do it by the government? >> ari, what about that? >> let me say where i stand. i'm the greatest supporter of

the great alliance between your great democracy and our frontier democracy. i'm deeply grateful for everything america has done for our country. i'm more proamerican than many of my american friends. i think america saved the world in the second half in the 20th century and i really pray that america will go on leading the world in the 21st century. so i'm grateful. iry spect, admire america and by the way, i share totally secretary kerry's vision, values, ideals, the whole for a two state solution. we're totally on the same page. i think that what happens is in times of crisis, when you see that catastrophe is imminent and you try to prevent what we've seen now, which is going on, which is so horrific throughout the country, you really try to in a sense it's a cry of

despair, so many moderate arabs and moderate israelis are actually want a new way that will turn the wish to end the violence into a realistic assertive diplomacy that will be realistic. so if anyone is offended, i really understand it and i'm deeply sorry for that. that's not the idea. i really think that the alliance, first of all, israelis, america is saving us, supporting us, created, supported iron dome with us. but america is -- there is no other country in the world where america is so admired and loved. this is really a debate within the family and within people and countries and nations that i think love each other very much. >> david -- >> i think that we as israelis have the duty to be grateful. i hope that some americans will listen to what their friends, their closest friends in the

middle east have been saying for sometime. >> david, do you think it's gotten so personal at this point john kerry can no longer be a mediator here? >> i worry about that. i think there is going to come a time, i hope sooner rather than later we get a seize fire and at that point, it will be important for the united states to be at the table to lead the negotiations and the man the president will want there is john kerry. and if he is seen as a lonesome figure, i support the point that what we want to do is encourage bridges among moderates and strengthen moderates on both sides. that's right. i don't think the way he's been brutalized is a way to get there. >> unfortunately, we're out of time. we would like to have you on again, you're a great voice to have. thank you. >> thank you. >> for more go to cnn.com.

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for the fourth day in a row, investigators couldn't reach the site where flight 17 came down to earth.

it was shot out of the sky, as the ukrainian government fight for control of eastern ukraine, the conflict is prevented dutch investigators from entering the crash site. conditions unsafe. ukrainian officials are warning of possible land mines. nick paton walsh got to one site. >> reporter: the road isn't easy, past erie separatists check points. there lie as horror still unresolved. 12 days since mh-17 was blown out of the sky, it remains here, a monument to cruelty. to how 298 souls, some shipped in parts away on a separatists train have yet to find complete rest. questions left what or who else did they love? did they feel in their last moments? the silence in these fields is

that of a tomb like sorrow and loss, isolated from the war around it but you really have to stand here and see the things people wanted to take with them on holiday and horrifyingly, even know, smell, the stench of decay to understand the urgency for relatives of those who died here must feel to get inspectors to the site and get some kind of closure. in the hour we were there, no separatists inspectors or ukrainian soldiers at this site. just distant smoke that explains why the inspector's large convoy has not for the fourth day running got here. god save and protect us the sign asks, not here. still reeking of jet fuel. where you can see the heat of the inferno they fell from the sky in. strangers have tried to mourn. the scene of this crime has been abandoned, evidence tampered

with, what must be shrapnel holes visible and the cockpits remain, a wallet emptied, a cell phone looted. day dreams that fell from the jet stream into a war where daily horn rows took their lives and blind hay trait has yet to find space for minor dignities they deserve. nick paton walsh, cnn, ukraine. traces of day dreams that fell from the jet stream, nick wrote. even though nick got in as we're reporting, it kept international investigators from visiting for days. a spokesman for the organization for security and corporation in europe. he's in donetsk. this is the fourth day in a row you haven't been able to get to the crash site. i can't imagine the frustration you feel, what happened today? >> reporter: very frustrating. what we did because it's such a state of flux, security-wise at

the crash side, we improved the route. we did recognizance of patrol, only took cars to test the possibility of a northern route. we -- there is a southern route we're familiar with that's secure up until a few days ago but we're expanding options, if you will, so that in case the traditional route we've been taking doesn't hold up, we have other options. also, as you know, anderson, tomorrow marks two weeks, two weeks since that plane tragically came down over eastern ukraine. so despite the odds, a lot of talks happen again today and in fact, there are talks happening behind me between rebel groups. we'll try a robust attempt to go out to the crash site. quite a few cars, quite a big convoy with as many experts as we can take with us. again, around sonderson, we cans enough safety is our number one

priority. we don't want to add any more victims attached to this tragic incident. >> again, we've said this every night but it does bear repeating for viewers that don't understand this, the i'm importance of this now is not just to get to the crash site but you actually have the personnel with you for the first time to be able to start collecting the remains of victims that are still out there and start the process of getting them to the netherlands where they can be identified and get them back to their families, which would be an extraordinary thing. >> absolutely. we have the personnel, we have the equipment, the logistics in place and certainly, the real passion, especially on behalf of the dutch experts that are with us. we see them every day, breakfast and hotel and they just obviously can't wait to get out there and, you know, the other thing, anderson happening because as we've been talking, it's such unusual extraordinary

set of circumstances is there are days where journalists do get out there and i think your own crew got out there today. >> right. >> and they realized that in a way they are kind of stake holders to this, too. they have been calling in or texting with up to date reports what is happening there at the site. that's extraordinary and we actually thanked them publicly today and encouraged them to keep it coming because every bit of information that we get feeds into our security analysis, whether it's safe to go there or not. >> they warned rebels set up firing positions and land mines on the access road. has that information also been relaid to your team? are you -- do you know if that's true or not? >> there is a lot of information coming at us and it's often difficult to sort out fact from fiction but anderson, the one thing we are really hammering both here and in kiev is that in order for us to get there and do that work that you described with the human remains is guns

need to be put down. the check points need to disappear. there should be no question whatsoever as to our intent, and, you know, the worst thing that could happen right now, two weeks into this crash, there is a shifting front line over that crash site that headacmakes it unpredictable. everyone knows the stakes are very, very high at the moment and that we need that bubble of tranquility and confidentiality and security to do this very urgent work. >> appreciate your time tonight, thank you. >> thank you, thank you, anders anderson. >> investigators haven't been able to get to the crash site for four days. there is information how and where the wreckage fell. the wall street journal mapped debris. i spoke with cnn safety analyst david susie to see what it can tell us. david, let's take a look at the map, the various crash sites,

what can you tell me? they are very spread out. >> they are very spread out. what we learned is the fact the aircraft was on the trajectory, that's when the missile struck up in this area and then the aircraft made a sharp turn to the left. we'll talk about why. >> so it continued flying? >> it did continue to fly. only the back part of the aircraft, the front part is here. >> you can see the various parts on the plane that were hit. >> right, right, we can show you that here. this is the aircraft, and from what we can tell, it looks like the missile exploded somewhere in this region here and there is debris along here, shrapnel -- >> it doesn't actually directly hit. it basically detonates. >> 100 meters from the aircraft. >> they actually found different pieces. this is the left wing tip. >> let's talk about this. the debris, shrapnel took this left wing and made it where it moved. you can tell it had been moving

because this was not an instantaneous break off. it happened first and lost structural integrity and that's why it made a sharp turn to the left. >> so gradually this wing ripped off. >> at the very end just before it hit. this is over by the rest of the aircraft. >> there is also a tail zeblsec. >> yes, originally we thought the tail section had come off in flight first, but because of its co-located with the main structure of the aircraft, it's likely that the tail section stayed on the aircraft for quite awhile to come, as it came down and you can see now the box structure that takes the horizontal stabilizer is cracked pretty significantly through there indicating that this happened not as a result of the shrapnel but as a -- aerodynamic maneuver. >> it keep pressurized -- >> immediately. we'll talk about that in the front. >> the cockpit area. >> we see a lot of evidence, this is a very significant piece

of area for a number of reasons. one is you can see the wiring, and you can see this is the ene compartment. and in that would be -- you'd find the chanransponder. >> the cockpit and lower -- actually, the windows near the cockpit, right? >> before we move on, this is a very difficult part, also, because there very well could be human remains in this area. >> this could have been the first class area? >> yeah, business class end of the cockpit area, yeah. >> so stunning to see. >> and this is a really interesting piece octo look at. this is difficult for people to see and hear. we do it to help investigators on the ground determine where human remains might be. you can see in here this was so significantly hit, the shrapnel is close together.

that's how we know the missile went off towards the front of the aircraft. >> this is the flight deck window? >> yes, you can see it been almost literally cut out by debris. >> but these pieces here are pieces likely of shrapnel. >> correct. >> actually went from the missile, the missile -- >> it does. it sends little tiny small pieces this big of shrapnel. >> some of the people on board would have been killed by the shrapnel. >> a significant number of people would have been because of where it hit, it hit straight along the passenger area. that front part of the nose came off, the rest of the aircraft continued to fly. >> terrifying. >> it really is. if we go back to the map, you can see again, now looking at it knowing what we know, that the aircraft was struck somewhere in this area here. this is about eight miles from here to here. >> wow. >> this is where the aircraft was struck. you can see the front of the aircraft, there is pieces between the nose of the aircraft

and the aircraft itself we found here. then the nose of the aircraft landed here. this is that difficult area with the wiring and the aircraft made a left hand bank, turn, and ended up here where the tail went along with it and broke off and the tail and main body of the aircraft. >> so pieces were dropping off. >> correct. >> but the plane was still in the air? >> yes, this is the big challenge because everybody says why don't they take off the area. >> it's huge. >> there is still debris we can see from satellite here that has not been looked at. nobody has been in this field. we have given this to investigators. malaysians have given us thanks to analysis who provided these satellite images. so we're helping them right now figure out where it is they need to focus on. >> david soucie, thank you. >> you bet, thank you, anderson. breaking news out of washington. a vote on congress to sue the president. dana bash has details next. your 16-year-old daughter

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we have more breaking news tonight. with so much going on in the world right now, from the ebola outbreak to ukraine, you might think congress would have its hands full. you would be wrong. the republican-led house made time today to address something else entirely, approving a resolution authorsing john boehner to sue the president over obamacare. chief congressional correspondent dana bash joins us now. so what has happened now? what has gone on?

>> well, we're not really sure what happens next, anderson. this was just the first step. and we're not sure actually if the lawsuit is going to take time and even go into the courts. because what has happened is the house has approved a resolution authorizing the lawsuit. then they're going to set up a legal team. and then that legal team is going to determine when and where to put that lawsuit in. if you get a little lost, i think that's the point here. because this is kind of unchartered territory. it's unclear whether or not whatever court the house goes to, the judge is going to accept this, whether they're going to say that the house republicans have legal standing to wage the suit at all. but you know what? even if a judge does take the case, it's unclear how long it could take. it could take months. it could take years and not be finished until after the president leaves office. >> how does it even work, though? does someone have to serve the president with a subpoena? >> i don't think it's quite that dramatic. but, again, it's going to be a question before we even get to

that kind of situation about whether or not a court will even accept it. >> so, i mean, just let's look at the politics. how serious is this? is this just the latest politics on both sides or a sign of the polarization in washington? >> if you listen to the house republicans, they say no, it's not about politics. it's not about the gop versus barack obama. it's a constitutional struggle between the two branches of government. the house defending against a president they say is abusing his power. but let's get real. of course this is political. we're three months away from a midterm election. conservative voters are highly motived by the innovation of president obama's executive overreach. but you know, anderson, democrats are doing their best to take political advantage too. they're sending out e-mails to their donor list as fast as they can write them. they're raising money off the prospect of republicans not just suing the president, but they're warning this is just a prelude to republicans trying to impeach the president. you probably heard john boehner say that's not going to happen. it's just a democratic scam. but some conservatives are saying that the president should be impeached.

in fact, if you look at the vote count today, there were about a handful of republicans who voted no. it's not because they don't want to sue the president. they think that's not going far enough. >> but suing the president is different than impeaching the president. >> very different. because there is a very clear constitutional explanation for how a congress should impeach the president. and we've seen it happen before. suing the president, again, seems to be the way that they're doing this. and relatively unchartered territory. they want the third branch of the government, the federal courts to determine whether or not the executive branch really is overreaching when it comes to the power over the legislative branch. >> it does sound like something now they can campaign i voted to sue the president, whether or not this thing actually each happens, even if this takes years and years and years. as we know the court system seems to work. >> bingo. you said it. >> all right, dana, thanks very much. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. looking at a live shot of gaza city tonight. almost 5:00 a.m. even overnight not quiet. 24 hours ago, just around almost exactly 24 hours ago, some shells landed at a u.n. school

sheltering some 3,300 people. there has been shelling just the last few moments, the last hour or so throughout various areas in gaza. we'll see what tomorrow brings. thanks very much for watching. our continuing coverage. that does it for us. appreciate you watching the two-hour special. "cnn tonight" starts now. this is "cnn tonight." i i'm don sterling. hamas claims more than a dozen people were killed. this video is one example of the horror of the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. we have reporters in gaza and israel who have late information coming up. and a deadly strike on a united nations shelter in gaza. the u.n. blaming the attack on israeli artillery. one official says the world stands disgraced for not protecting children. we're going to talk with cnn's fareed zakaria and richard haass. with the fighting intensifying, hatred of israel and jews is unleashed. we're going to