the secret serum that may safe her life and a patient quarantined for possible ebola exposure in new york city. dr. sanjay gupta joins us right now. >> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, cade balduan and michaela pereira. good morning and welcome to "new day," it's tuesday, august 5th, 6:00 in the east. we want to welcome our viewers from across the u.s. and around the world. so, for the first time in weeks, there is quiet between israel and militants in gaza. we are five hours into a 72-hour cease-fire. both sides seem to be respecting temporary truce brokered by the egyptians that took effect this morning despite a barrage of rockets into israel and an air strike in gaza just minutes before the pause took effect. >> israel has now pulled all ground troops back from gaza after destroying some 32 of hamas' terror tunnels.

the big question now is can negotiators figure out a lasting peace agreement before this truce expires? anderson cooper is along the israel-gaza border this morning with the very latest. anderson, what are you seeing? what are you hearing? >> well, good morning, kate. not hearing much, and that's certainly good news for people here in ashkalan. we've not heard rockets five hours into the cease-fire, and it does appear to be holding. it's been a quiet day here thus far. what makes this cease-fire different than others, most of which were broken very quickly is israel is not having any operations that are continuing. in past cease-fire, last unilateral cease-fire that israel held, they say they would continue ongoing military operations. right now they say they have pulled back all forces from

gaza. all are on the israeli soil. they are in what they call defensive positions. we'll talk to lieutenant colonel lerner in a most but first let's go live to john voss standing by live in gaza city. john, what are you seeing and hearing there? >> reporter: well, anderson, it seems that there's just an incredible sense of relief here in gaza. once again the streets had here. people are heading out to the marketplaces and to the banks to get korb. stuff that you normally do and other people are heading back to their homes. we're told by palestinian officials in the last two hours 38 bodies have been pulled from beneath the rubble of those homes. after four weeks of death and devastation for many there's a glimmer of hope that maybe the israelis and hamas can strike a deal for a more permanent end to the fighting. this morning all israeli ground forces withdrawing from gaza strip, both israel and hamas

agreeing to an egyptian plan for a 72-hour cease-fire. but moments before it went into effect a final barrage. hamas firing 20 rockets from gaza into israel, and fire going both ways according to palestinian media. the deal, brokered by the egyptians, is a little different to the one offered weeks ago. it allows for no fighting from either side. the u.s. state department expressed optimism saying in a statement we strongly support this latest proposal for a 72-hour cease-fire and urge both parties to respect it completely. overnight an idf spokesperson told cnn they have now completed one of their main military objectives, destroying 32 of hamas' tunnels which they say would have been used for terror attacks. for now displaced palestinians are leaving the u.n. schools turned shelters, gathering their possessions to return home, and

if the cease-fire holds israel says it will join delegates representing palestinians in cairo to try and negotiate a more permanent end to the fighting. anderson, the underlying reasons for this conflict still have not been resolved. hamas has a long list of demands including opening the border of gaza. israelis are linking any reconstruction here to demilitarization of the gaza strip and we heard moments ago from a spokesperson from hamas saying netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, has failed in gaza. anderson? >> well, obviously this is a -- the issue is between the sides, between all sides here. it's going to take a lot more than 72 hours for which the cease-fire is expected to last for, supposed to last for. they will have to try to extend the cease-fire while any talks

are under way. israel will send a delegation to cairo to engage with egypt and other factions in talks, though obviously not direct talks, with hamas. i want to bring in lieutenant colonel peter lerner standing by in jerusalem, the spokesperson for the israeli defense forces. colonel, from a military standpoint what did israel believe they achieved here? >> well, primarily which was their primary concern which is indeed their tunnels. i'm happy to report that 32 or approximately 32 of those have been destroyed, demolished and no longer pose a threat to israel. i mean, each throughout the last three weeks we've seen several attempts of infiltration by hamas terrorists into -- into israel. you've covered it extensively, so this was a clear threat. this was our concern. this was the main reason for our ground force activities, and, indeed, that threat is currently null and void. it was a bad, bad investment on behalf of hamas to pour so much

cement into the ground, $100 million worth of building material instead of doing something good for gaza, they tried to do something bad. i'm grateful that this is no longer a threat for us. >> do you have -- i mean, are you convinced there are no more tunnels? >> we can't be certain for sure. we know what we know. we've had extensive intelligence that helped us find the majority of these tunnels before even we came in. we carried out more extensive activities on the ground that helped expose some more, but there could still be a potential of more tunnels. we're confident that we have dealt with the vast majority of those, because the type of attack they intended to do with these tunnels was a simultaneous ten terrorists in 10 or 20 tunnels, simultaneously accessing israel, carrying out vast attack against the state of israel.

that never happened. we cut that off. we severed those capabilities, and we destroyed the infrastructure which was meant to serve that type of attack. if there are still more tunnels on the underground, it is a possibility. that is why we have i would say withdrawn our troops. we have left a substantial presence around the gaza strip so that if somebody decides to come out of a hole from the ground there will be forces on the ground to deal with it. >> in terms of the rocket capabilities of hamas, islamic jihad and some of the other factions, do you have a sense of what percentage their rockets you have destroyed? >> well, our assessment suggests that we have taken out around 3,000 of their 10,000 rocket arsenal. they have launched approximately the same figure, around 3,400, something to that effect. we will be putting out figures a bit later on today. so we assess that they have about a third left of their

arsenal that they began with. that was never a -- a part of our goals. we did want to deboth those capabilities. we never thought we'd be able to take those out completely. what we need to ask the next time they think about launching a rocket against israel they will have to say is it worthwhile against israel indiscriminately into israeli cities? they don't hit and the price gaza pays for carrying out attacks is a pricey result. >> the idf -- israel has received enormous criticism from the united states and the u.n. for an incident on sunday in which the idf says they were targeting three islamic jihad militants on a motorcycle, striking near -- just outside a u.n. shelter. some nine to ten people were killed outside that shelter, a

dozen of others were wounded. the u.n. has said it was a crime. have you looked more into this incident? why did so many civilians die in this strike? >> so here's what we know about this incident. for sure there were three terrorists that were speeding through town and we intercepted them on the way. we struck them with our aircraft. palestinian islamic jihads they had bad intentions and that's why they were targeted, so out of the figures that you mentioned, the ten, so we know at least three of them were terrorists involved in this strike. we are currently investigating the outcome. we don't know if these terrorists were carrying explosives that caused a large explosion. we haven't determined exactly the result and why this happened we are carrying out an investigation. that is what we do. we take our business seriously. you know, every loss of human life in this conflict is a true tragedy, and i'm heartbroken when i see the pictures coming out of gaza.

this is a reality we are faced. we didn't have a choice but to operate against these terrorists that had, you know, all they were doing is constantly attacking israel. when we spoke earlier this week, anderson, and what i said was we -- we just don't have a choice. every time there was a cease-fire on the table, up until this morning, every time they had a huge barrage of rockets against us. they tried it again today. we held our fire. we did not escalate it. we felt comfortable being behind our defensive positions in the ability to defend and ruin those tunnels and defending from the rockets. we're in a better position today than we were a week ago or ten days ago. >> as we said, five horse in, it seems to be holding. we'll continue to monitor it. lieutenant colonel peter lerner, appreciate your time. chris, kate, back to you. >> thank you very much, anderson. obviously what everybody wants is for the temporary to become permanent. we just heard the israeli disposition from the idf on situation. we will hear from the chief palestinian negotiators coming up on show so listen for that

and get some balance. >> get that other perspective. other news we're waving right now so let's get over to michaela for that. here's a look at your headlines this hour. voters in michigan, missouri, washington, kansas will head to the polls for primary election. kansas race has gotten national attention because president obama's distant cousin milton wolf is trying to upset longtime republican senator pat roberts. meanwhile, tea party candidate chris mcdaniel who lost to senator thad cochran in mississippi's gop primary is now formally challenging the outcome. mcdaniel claims there were enough illegally cast votes to change the result of that race. eastern ukraine is son brink of assault as government forces are advancing on pro-russian rebels. ukrainian forces are moving on the rebel stronghold of donetsk and have warned civilians to leave the city. reports say russia is building up its forces near the ukrainian border prompting concerns of as possible russian intervention.

meanwhile, investigators of the malaysia airlines flight 17 crash site are expected to continue searching for passenger remains and evidence. army sergeant bowe bergdahl getting set to be questioned by a general who is looking into how he ended up in taliban hands for five years. major general kenneth dahl will meet with him tomorrow in san antonio where bergdahl is back on regular duty. many of bergdahl's fellow soldiers claim he deserted his post in afghanistan before being captured in 2009. bergdahl, as you'll recall, was swapped in a prisoner swp for five high-ranking taliban members. the nation and washington are remembering james brady, ronald reagan's one-time press secretary who died monday in alexandria, virginia, after battling a series of health issues. you'll recall brady was severely wounded in the 1981 assassination attempt on reagan. he was left paralyzed but became one of the nation's most staunch advocates for gun control. the white house press briefing room bears brady's name.

james brady was 73. you see that plaque every time you go in the white house press briefing room. >> every time you go in, exactly. >> he and his wife built a real organization there that advocates -- he certainly took his legacy very seriously and turned his tragedy into, you know, something more. >> very dark days. >> more than what happened to him he made it even something bigger. >> he will be missed to be sure. >> absolutely. >> let's take a break on "new day." coming up next, new fears that ebola has spread to the united states as a man gets tested here in new york this morning and a second american infected with the deadly virus is heading to atlanta. we're going to -- we're going to talk to dr. sanjay gupta about the experimental treatment that may have saved her life. plus, a cease-fire. how long will it last? what will it lead to, if anything. we're looking to see if it could be the beginning of something more. we have see voice and key factors ahead. [ man ] cortana, when my wife calls remind me to tell her happy anniversary.

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. welcome back. new ebola fears in the united states after a man who just returned from west africa turned up at a new york city hospital with ebola-like symptoms it was described as.

the man has been quarantined at mt. sinai hospital while doctors await lab results to see if he has the deadly virus. all of this is happening as another american infected with ebola in liberia. she is headed pack to the united states on a medical flight for treatment in atlanta. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is standing by live in atlanta but first let's get to jason carroll who is at mt. sinai hospital for the very latest on this potential case in new york. what more are we hearing, jason? >> well, kate, those test results that you talked about, those could come back as early as today. in the meantime that male patient, that unidentified male patient is still in strict isolation. he's been in strict isolation ever since he showed up here yesterday morning complaining with flu-like symptoms, immediately after doctors found out he traveled to west africa. within seven minutes he was put into strict isolation. the chief mod call officer here says basically after examining

the patients odds are it's not ebola. a health department official basically saying the same thing, but, kate, until the test results are back, doctors are not be sure. that's why everyone is here waiting for the results from the lab. kate? >> absolutely on high alert and quickly making the protocols kick into place. we'll see what the results are maybe at some point today. jason, thanks for update here in new york. chris in. >> people are nervous. let's bring in dr. sanjay gupta live at emory university hospital in atlanta, also on the staff there. that's where the second american confirmed with ebola will arrive later today. doc, good to have you. as always -- >> good morning, chris. >> this is a situation we do not want to be alarmists, but as you know and as we're both hearing every day on and off air people are getting nervous. when you look at the situation in new york what can you say to make people feel more secure? are the hospitals set up? do you think this guy has ebola?

if he does have ebola, what does it mean about it spreading? what can you tell us? >> well, first of all, you know, you can understand the concern, and there's a heightened awareness obviously so someone comes back from a west african country with fever and with abdominal pain, that travel history. it may warrant a little more investigation which is what it sounds like happened here. quickly isolated the man and obviously they are testing his blood. look, they have also said that based on looking at the specific travel in west africa, he's not likely to have ebola, unless he came in contact with someone who is very sick with ebola, he just isn't likely to have it by virtue of the fact that he was simply in west africa. there were a lot of things that can cause fever and abdominal pain. you and i have traveled all over the world and probably suffered those symptoms ourselves from time to time, and, again, based on the same scientific rationale, the idea that he did have it, it would start spreading within the hospital

and within the city of new york is just unfounded. >> why is it under unfounded sanjay? i'm nervous. if he has it -- >> well, it's not transmitted through the air, and that's one of the most important points. someone does not become infectious until they are very sick themselves. they are not up walking around in the city and shaking hands with people and spreading this virus unwittingly so unless you're someone who comes in contact with a sick patient with ebola, you're unlikely to get it. it just doesn't spread that way so, you know, the science is pretty clear on that point. even if, again, he had it, it would be unlikely that other people would get it. >> keep your powder dry is what you're telling people. don't feel panic, and even if this man did have ebola it doesn't spread as easily as a cold or flu virus that we're familiar with does, and if it does start to spread, how set up are hospitals in new york, greater metropolitan areas?

can we handle this? >> yeah. you know what's interesting is that unlike airborne pathogens, things that can spread through the air, the way that you contain something like ebola which, again, just spreads through bodily fluids and close contact is actually a much simpler isolation program. each though dr. kent brantly was brought to the hospital and to one of four containment units in the country, there's others that would work just as well. you don't need negative air filtration in the rooms. you just need contact isolation and what is known as droplet isolation. that's why you see the people wearing suits when they come in contact with people sick with ebola because they don't want any of the bodily fluids getting anywhere on their sick, a few people a few feet away are not at risk from this. i think most hospitals do have an isolation ward set up of some sort. we've had other infectious diseases throughout history that

other people have required isolation for, and if more patients with ebola show up here, most hospitals would have the ability to isolate them. >> you know how pandemic panic is. it spreads faster than any virus known to man. watching the scenes down there at emery. looks like a nasa operation. people get skittish. let's talk about what the realities r.how do we know about what braintree splitly is doing and miss writebol is doing. when we heard about dr. brantly last, we saw him walking off the ambulance. no matter how bad it was that bodes well for him. able to have a 45-minute conversation with his wife separated by a glass watch. that's how they are keeping him isolated. they were able to talk by intercom and look at each other. obviously that bodes well also. we know also with regards to

miss writebol she's expected to arrive midday. the transportation is going to be almost idepth call to the way dr. brantly was transported. we talked to the ops people. she will also go up here and into the same isolation where where dr. brantly is. she's known to be in sable condition and medically suitable, they say, for this big flight, you know, 6,000-mile journey across the ocean so that's important. we don't know her exact condition. sources tell us they wouldn't be surprised if unlike brantly she's brought off on a gurney. she is older and may have been a little more weakened by the disease we're hearings but obviously we'll see in a few hours. >> last question for you, sanjay. the secret serum, what is this thing? is it a known cure? we known it was given to them under a charitable exception. not fda approved yet. is this something we should put confidence in, something

available to regular folks or just special people, what do you know? >> well, you know, it's still highly experimental. dr. kent brantly was the first person in the world to receive this, and, you know, this is something that people want to be very careful in terms of when you start recommending it to the mass public. typically, chris, as you know, you want to go through a trial process. is this safe for large numbers of people. is it effective for large numbers of people and then can it be mass produced to be given to large numbers of people? what we describe happening realtime over this past week is highly unusual, never used in a human being before and sort of as an effort to sort of save dr. brantly it was given. it may have come under the compassionate use sort of clauses, not clear exactly how they got that through but he was given it. he was -- he thought he was dying. he told that to health care workers in the area. he had called his wife and by the next morning, we know, he was able to get up and shower

before he got on the jet, a pre-arranged jet to come back to the united states, so it seemed to have had some impact on him but what does that mean for larger populations of people? that's why you go through this trial process. >> we don't know that it will actually get out there faster, but we'll also see what happens with the demand and we'll take it step by step that way. thanks so much for filling us in. a tough commute to get in there and do your rounds at emory. i like that this served two purposes. >> anything for you, chris. you know that. >> you are the best, without question. i'll talk to you soon. we'll take a break here on "new day," a cease-fire in gaza. now in its fifth hour and holding. that's promising. how did it come together? how will it stay together? we have a chief palestinian negotiator. hear it for yourself.

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good morning and welcome back to "new day." a look at your headlines at 30 past the hour. all quiet so far between israel and gaza militants. there was one last exchange minutes before the cease-fire took effect this morning. israel, meanwhile, has pulled all ground forces from gaza for the cease-fire after dismantling all of the hamas tunnels they have targeted. to iraq now.

violence is escalating as that country's prime minister orders his air force to support kurdish troops in their battle with sunni extremists. kurdish fighters are engaged in house-to-house battles with isis, some of the fiercest fighting since the fall of mosul in june. meantime, the director of the mosul dam says that dam is now back in the hands of kurdish forces after fending off an isis attack. the obama administration is defending a controversial program where young latinos were reportedly sent under cover to cuba to try and stir up political change. an associated press investigation says they would sometimes pose as tourists and others put together an hiv prevention workshop to prevent cuban activists. workshop promoted democracy but was not a front for political purposes. health officials say this kind of operation could put other health programs at risk. jodi arias will represent herself at her death penalty trial next month. she was convicted last month in

the murder of her lover, travis alexander, but a jury could not decide on her sentence. the judge granting her request strongly urged her decision to represent herself. her attorneys will stay on as legal advisers for the penalty trial. what do you say, attorney? wise? >> we all know the good expression, anybody who has themselves as a client has a fool for a client, but, you know, the point is here whether she was seen as competent to do it. you want to make sure that it's fair administration of justice. they say she is able to do it. whether it's up to it it's up to her. >> she gets to make that result for sure. big stakes in that one. >> let's get over to meteorologist indra petersons taking a look at latest forecast for you. talking about bertha but what are we talking now? >> still scattered showers. hasn't changed a much.

last couple weeks the same cold front in place. finally this guy is dissipating, love to say there's no more main but chicago, several more inches of rain. look at all of the scattered showers on the map eventually in through tonight and tomorrow and bringing that rain into the northeast. portions could bring severe weather. south of the quad cities and springfield and st. louis, that's where we'll have the biggest threat for the heaviest thunderstorms tomorrow but you did mention bertha. finally downgraded to about a tropical storm, moving quickly at north northeast at 22 miles and staying off the coastline. that's the good news. it will continue to stay that way as it continues to move farther north and east. did you know out towards the eastern pacific you've not had two named storms hit the islands since 1959, but what are we looking at right now. two storms could potentially hit them during one week. one a category four and expected to hit the islands and right

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welcome back to "new day." we're now nearly six hours into the latest cease-fire between

israel and hamas. the pause in the violence is humanitarian. it's supposed to last 72 hours. well, nothing is more humanitarian than peace so could we be headed in that direction? negotiations for a long-term peace deal are expected to take place in cairo. the question is when? here to give us some perspective is chief palestinian negotiator mr. saeb erekat live in ramallah from the west bank. thanks so much for joining us. how close do you think you are to having actual peace negotiations? >> well, i think at this stage, chris what, we need to do is employ all instruments of sustaining the cease-fire for the 72 hours, sustainability is the essence of the game now, and then once the 72 hours are nearing an end we need to extend the 22 hours, and we're working on that now. but at this stage we have the

israeli forces beginning to withdraw from gaza and should complete their withdrawal and i just met with the commissioner general of the united nations relief work agency who informed me there's an you are jebt disaster in gaza. the international community, europe, arabs to open immediate passages, aerial, ground, sea to begin supplying gaza with need. there's no electricity. we cannot wait six months to repair the destroyed generators of electricity, water. we have 485,000 people who left the schools this morning and went back and they found no homes. no shelters. we need immediate temporary shelters for them. we have 10,000 wounded in gaza hospitals beyond the capacity of doctors and militant supplies there. we need medical supplies. it is a true disaster.

humanitarian area in gaza. what we need now is to see an aerial, sea, land passage from all nations who can do help and just avoid the human disaster and consequences of this. once we can sustain the cease-fire and extend the cease-fire i think our delegation in cairo has submitted to the egyptians and agreed with the egyptians on the immediate steps and then the short-term steps and then the long-term steps towards the situation, not only in gaza but also the overall relations between israelis and palestinians. >> why can't the peace negotiations go hand in hand with the recovery efforts? >> well, i think that's what meant by the day after. the day after does the prime minister of israel want to put an end to this cycle, or do we have to resis it where we are

now again in 2016. in my capacity as the chief negotiator of palestinians i say to the israelis that we have organized the state of israel's right to exist in peace and security in the 1976 lines. can prime minister netanyahu gather and stand courage and say he'll recognize the state of palestine to live in peace and security mixed with the state of israel in the 1967 lines because we have been negotiating in a peace process for 20 years. they cannot go on. the israeli government must make the choice now. do they want to end the occupation, end the conflict? do they want to end the cycle? it can be done through one thing, ending the israeli occupation. killing palestinians, yes, we can deliver you towards independence and freedom and statehood through negotiation and not through violence, but if mr. netanyahu will just revisit his previous positions more settlement activities, more

dictations and asking for security and to blame us and fingerpoint to us as demonize us it's business as usual. what we need now is a genuine international effort led by europeans, americans, russians in order to assure we have a time ceiling for the palestinian state and for ending the occupation. we cannot continue to allow our people to be slaughtered every three years by the israeli army. >> and on the other side there is a concern about the control that you have as the chief palestinian negotiator over all these disparate factions. we now know that hamas clearly operates with two heads. you have the political and the military. they are not often on the same page or even aware of the intentions of the others. do you think you can get the jihadi elements, the rebel elements and both sides of hamas to come to the table under one

coalition? yes, chris, yes, i was, and in doha two, three days ago i had meetings on behalf of president abbas and we for the first time since hamas became, you know, we have a palestinian joint delegation in cairo. we have a palestinian program for cairo talks. i think if we can deliver a palestinian state and gaza and israel, yes, we can commit to a law. that's a commitment and we will do it, but if -- >> even though hamas still says -- >> wait, wait -- yes, go ahead. >> you do have to deal with one outstanding principle which is that hamas publicly and inwardley says israel does not have a right to exist. that has to be taken off the table for negotiations, right?

>> well -- >> okay. sir, the plo, palestinian liberation organization is the sole legitimate representative of the palestinian people we have 26 palestinian factions and parties, and the government of the state of palestine, the president of the palestinian mr. mahmoud abbas, we recognize the state of israel's right to exist under the 1967 lines and israel, there are israeli parties in this coalition government who will not only don't recognize the palestinian state or the possibility of a palestinian state. they don't recognize the palestinian people but we don't ask them to recognize the parties. we ask the government of israel, so the government of palestine is fully on board in recognizing the state of israel and provide that had we have reciprocity from the state of israel to stand up and say we realize the government of palestine and right to exist on 1967 lines, we do recognize the right to exist next to israel and peace and

security in the 1967 lines. once we can achieve the end of occupati occupation, once we can achieve statehood, of course, when we differ with hamas and democracy, we don't resort to bullets, we have to resort to ballots, to elections and that's the truth so once we can deliver our people out of this situation, disastrous situation towards hope, restoring hope in the minds of palestinians is a big job. by telling them, yes, you'll be delivered towards independence and freedom, dignified life. safe flight through independent means, we will commit. we are committing for now to one authority, the one gun and the one rule, but you can't expect israel to continue its occupation and settlements, incursions, dictations, burning our trees, schools, mosques and churches and ask me what are you going to do with factions? >> i understand what you are setting out as your position and we'll end this with the way you began.

you say that what you need for there to be a chance for a permanent peace negotiation is a current state of calm so hopefully on your side of the line you can keep all of the groups under one roof and without any rockets getting shot in so that you can have extended peace. the israeli troops leave and hopefully we look forward to this next step of negotiations and hopefully they go somewhere that's far more important than two years but it has been a longtime, as you said. mr. erekat, thanks for coming on nude yale. look forward to getting in touch with you and getting both sides of the story out as the negotiations go forward, we hope. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. coming up on "new day," as if the road to peace wasn't rough enough after what you just heard, it's very complicated. there are now these disgusting anti-semitic comments from the spokesman for hamas which goes to the crux of the problem on that side of the line. can you get everybody under one message? he isn't backing down.

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welcome back to "new day." the cease-fire is holding as of now this morning between israel and hamas, but can lasting peace be achieved when there is so much hatred on both sides of this conflict? recent lay hamas spokesman made this statement about jewish people. he said i remember how the jews used to slaughter christians in order to mix their blood and holy masatos. this is not a figment of imagination or something taken from a film. it is a fact acknowledged by their own books and historical evidence. on monday hamdan would not take that back that comment in an interview with wolf blitzer. here's a little bit of it. >> do you believe that jews used to slaughter christians and mix their blood to bake masatos? >> you have to ask that for the church which claims that, you know, this is the fact.

you cut the words, the israelis, they cut the facts and start this propaganda. to say they are innocent. they want to cover the genocide happening in gaza now. >> and wolf gave him multiple chances, pressed him multiple times and gave him multiple opportunities to deny that. he did not. can a truce really last amid inflammatory baseless accusations and allegations like this? let's bring in the managing editor of "quartz." does this surprise you. it blew my mind. >> not surprising if you spend time in palestine. the idea of blood libel is commonly accepted by a lot of palestinians. they are taught that from when they are very young and don't have the opportunity to correct themselves. hamdan doesn't have that excuse, an educated man exposed to the

world outside and has certainly had plenty of opportunities to fact check them. >> and saying it right now in middle of all of this. >> it shows you the extent of the hate. mind you, it cuts both ways. there are people on palestinian sides calling for -- on the israeli side calling for palestinian mothers to be killed, for palestinian women to be raped, for concentration camps so the amount of people is enormous. >> i do want to get to that, but the fact that he's bringing up the blood libel such a painful accusation, ridiculous thought dates back to the 12th century and has been the pretext for violence against the jewish people forever. >> it's root of anti-semitism and has been the root of anti-semitism this concept and it's nonsense but in the arab world and particularly in palestine -- >> what does it get him? >> a dog whistle to his own people. i have to assume that hamdan knows better.

i have to assume given the exposure he's had to the world he knows it's not true. fact that he keeps saying things like this and not denied when he's had an opportunity has got to be a dog whistle to people back in gaza. he's not in gaza. he's outside the political leadership. they are out of touch with the man in the street. the only halfway rational end, not very rational explanation i can think of is this is him trying to make some kind of connection back to the streets with gaza. completely counterproductive. as you point out this is not the way you approach the negotiating table. >> absolutely not. i mean, he went back to wolf saying that he was actually speaking in response to follow this, if you will, the deputy speaker of the knesset, the israeli parliament writing in a facebook post that he had called for temp encampments in gaza. hamdan likened them to wanting to put concentration camps in gaza. however, one incendiary comment does not excuse another

ridiculous one. does this just tell you that long term, a long-term peace is not possible? >> well, if you want to look at the glass half full, and it's not easy, but it's better that they are exchanging incendiary comments rather than guns and bombs. at least now the cease-fire gives us an opportunity to get past the shooting and to start with the talking. now, it -- we've seen this movie before when the talking starts. it will actually start with shouting and then the challenge for the intermediaries and the diplomats for john ker and the others is to get everyone to calm the hell down and start actually having a conversation. >> how do you calm the hell down? what do you think is different, if anything, this time with these cease-fire, these comments, unfortunately, you have to fight them down every time because blood libel is an allegation that's come up over and over again despite how many times jews and non-jews alike say how ridiculous it is.

>> the fact that people who know better will still say things like that. >> that's the worst part. >> that's the worst part and makes it heard of all. hamdan has to know better. it's impossible unless he refuses to look for the facts. he's got to know better. >> is this bark over bite though? do you -- he knows what he's doing. he knows what he's doing. >> he's a professional spokesman. >> he knows what he's doing. >> do you think they can still negotiate even though he's saying something like that? >> happily he won't be negotiating. he's just a mouth piece but it begins in a spirit of hostility, and it -- it sort of shows us how deep the roots are of the anger and rage and hatred and how irrational most of the hatred is, so it gives us a window into the scale of the problem that the diplomats are now going to have to encounter. this isn't over. we have a cease-fire now. we're all keeping our fingers crossed but this isn't over yet.

the long-term solutions involve getting people to -- to drop these kinds of attitudes and that's -- that's taken centuries of trying and hasn't quite worked. taken more recently decades of diplomatic efforts and hasn't quite worked. i would love to say that i want to be optimistic. it's hard to be optimistic given what we've seen in the past and given attitudes like this one. >> difficult enough when you see what has happened in gaza over the past month how they have come to a truce and sustained peace and then when you add this to it it sounds difficult. >> it's not a good combination. >> bone, thanks so much. >> any time. >> we'll talk to you soon. >> chris. >> and what's going on with the christians is an underreported story and there's plenty of blame to go around there. the top story of course, the cease-fire holding between israel and hamas. now it's six hours into the 72-hour truce. the longer it goes, the better

chance negotiations will occur for permanent peace. after weeks of fighting between israel and hamas, both sides are now expected in cairo for negotiations on a longer deal. the palestinians are there already. the israelis say they will go with the cease-fire holds. right now israeli ground troops are being pulled back from gaza after dismantling all of the hamas terror tunnels that they targeted. cnn's anderson cooper has the latest from along the israel-gaza border this morning. anderson, what's the situation? yeah, chris, good morning. i'm in ashkelon, a few miles northeast of the gaza border where it has been peaceful this day. as you say, some six hours now into this cease-fire. there have been no signs of any rockets fired from gaza, no signs of -- of open hostilities, that obviously is a huge change from what we've seen from all the previous cease-fire.

as you said, israel, they have removed all their personnel, all their troops over to the israeli side of the border. they are maintaining what they call defensive positions. here in ashkelon there were some sirens last night during the nighttime hours shortly before the cease-fire, but there has been nothing since then. in fact, some people -- this is a beach community, tourists have actually started going to the water. talked to one woman this morning who says she hasn't been outside for days and hasn't been bringing her kids to the shore. they are now going down to the beach and trying to enjoy this day. what seems to be a real beautiful day here. let's hope it holds. i want to go to jerusalem and ask what are you seeing there? >> reporter: everyone is breathing a sigh of relief. this seems to be the both promising cease-fire yet. palestinians first signed it off speaking to the egyptians acting

as intermediaries and, of course, the israelis say they will be sending a delegation if the 72-hour truce holds true to cairo for talks. we're starting to see some kind of progression and, of course, the palestinians say that they have a delegation in cairo waiting to talk as well. of course, the delegation as far as the palestinians are concerned will be a conglomerate, a group of all the different groups that represent the gazans and all the while, of course, anderson, this holds some kind of peace and respite for the people who have been trapped in shelters, almost 300,000 of them according to the u.n., who are finally able to get out of those shelters and get out of homes they are staying in and survey the damage, huge neighborhoods and communities completely destroyed. latest figures coming to us here in jerusalem, about 429 children amongst the 1,165 killed in gaza, 9,400 injured, and, of

course, that number is just going to go up now that they are finally able to get out. what i'm being told is right now they are picking through the rubble and unable to simply bury their dead. 67 soldiers, israeli soldiers and 3 civilians killed in israel. anderson? >> yes, we heard from our john vause last hour in gaza city. people are returning to find their homes completely destroyed in gaza and as you say pulling the bodies of relatives, friend, family members who they haven't seen for days and had the time and safety trying to retrieve the bodies for a quick burial. i want to bring in a guest that we have in jerusalem, mr. moeshen. i'm sorry, gershen baskin, the ceo and founder of the israel and palestine center for

research and information. i'm sorry, it's been a long night here. how confident are you about this cease-fire? >> well, it seems as was just said that it is holding so far. hamas has made a commitment to the egyptians on the cease-fire, and they claim that they agreed to it this time even though more or less it's the same deal they were asked about three weeks ago. the israel minister of defense was asked to accept the cease-fire if offered. real test is 72 hours from now when we enter into the political negotiations and determine whether or not the outcome of this war is going to produce anything that makes it worth it. war is a kind of diplomacy, a very bad kind of diplomacy, but its goal is to change geostrategic realities on the ground and the real question is what will the changes be on ground when we're all finished

with this? >> and the sides are so far apart on all of this. israel talks about demilitarizing gaza which obviously for hamas is something that seems to be a non-starter and as far as the palestinian factions, they want to see an end to the basic blockade. they want to see an end to the restrictions and see an opening of borders between israel and gaza, also the border with egypt. they want more freedom of movement. these sides seem so far apart. >> they are quite far apart, but the war does create opportunities for israel and its neighbors if they choose to identify them and move with them. there is an underlining of interest between israel, egypt, jordan, the saudis, even the palestinian authority headed by mahmoud abbas, in terms of stabilization of the region and economic development and security but all this requires political movement forward in terms of not only opening the blockade of gaza but of actually

ending the israeli occupation and creating an independent palestinian state. after all these years of conflict there is a real opportunity to do that and there seems to be, as i said, a meshing of interest of countries between the leaders. the question is will the leaders take the risks that are involved? they will certainly take the risks willing to go to war. the question is are they willing to take the same risks as they go to peace? >> do you see anything on the side of netanyahu from his government, any real desire for a two-state solution. >> there's a lot more talk amongst the experts, the military and analysts people coming out of the war saying that we really have to move forward. there hasn't been any indication yet that benjamin netanyahu has agreed to move in that direction. in fact, i think he's going to be moved to the ground to the opposition direction. been moving all morning to the south of border and are quite angry that hamas was not

finished off, as they said, that hamas still has the ability to fire rockets as it did in the very last moment before the cease-fire went into effect, so i think he's really a -- being pushed with confronting issues. the question now is also the extent of international pressure that's going to be put on israel. we're going to see a whole series of war crimes, accusations and international calls for embargoes of weapons to israel and the kind of pressure that i don't think israel has ever been under before as a result of this war and that international pressure could also push netanyahu to make some moves towards a two-state solution. >> gershon baskin, appreciate you being on. want to go back to chris, kate and michaela in new york. >> thanks so much. we'll get back to you shortly. let's get a look at your other headlines with michaela right now. >> let's do it. good morning, everyone. government forces are advancing on pro-russian rebels brinking eastern ukraine to the brink of assault. ukrainian forces have warned

civilians to leave the city of donetsk as they close in on that rebel stronghold. "new york times" is reporting russia's building up its forces near the ukrainian border prompting concerns of a possible russian intervention. meanwhile, investigators are back at the flight 17 crash site today, and they are searching for any remaining passenger remains and evidence. it is primary day in four states, washington, missouri, michigan and kansas. in kansas president barack obama's distant cousin milton wolf is trying to upset longtime senator pat roberts. in mississippi state senator chris mcdaniel has officially challenged the results of the controversial republican senate runoff losing to republican thad cochran but mcdaniel claims thousands of ineligible voters cast ballots and cochran voters bought votes. he cried monday about shooting are a nearbya mcbri--

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they were both given an experimental drug never used before on humans called zmapp and both are said to be make progress since receiving the treatment. let's bring in the doctor working with the national institute of health to develop an ebola vaccine. doctor, thank you so much for coming in. this is absolutely your area of expertise. i want to ask you about the work that you've been doing in just a second, but, first, on this experimental serum, we're really just learning more and more about dr. sanjay gupta brought us kind of the breaking details yesterday. what do you make of this. it was described by one doctor, to san >sanjaj as an almost remarkable turnaround in dr. kent brantly. what do make of it? >> i think it's very interesting. if it turns out the monclonal antibodies ended up causing the survival of these two patients it would be fantastic news.

i'm cautiously optimistic. this spectacular outbreak is caused by the zaire species involving in case mortality rates anywhere from 60% to 90%. this particular outbreak has opinion on the lower end, about 60%, so we just want to make sure that these two individuals aren't, you know, in that 40% that would have survived anyway. >> and there is -- and you are skeptical, would you say, that this would be such a miraculous turnaround in the doctor? do you think that there's potential that this could really be the fix, could be the cure for him but maybe not for mass production. >> i think it could be. i think the treatment has a lot of potential. i just think right now we're talking about two patients and we really, as a scientist, we have to be very careful how we interpret the results and i don't have access to all the data that i haven't seen in the lab results and i think right now, you know, we need to be

very cautious. i think the signs ren couraging, but i think, you know, we're still not outside of the window yet as far as, you know, having some complications or we're still at a point where anything can happen and we need to be cautious at this point. >> the doctors that are working with dr. brantly as well as will be working with nancy writebol when she arrives in atlanta, what will they be watching? what are they looking for in the coming days, let's say, as they -- after they have received this experimental serum. what is the key to if they are doing better or if they could be making a turn for the worse? >> right. sometimes with ebola patients you'll have a situation where they appear to start to recover and then they take a turn for the worse, so, you know, some of the symptoms like fever, body aches and pains, you know, losing consciousness, things like that, they are just going

to be monitoring them very carefully to make sure that there's really no relapse and that they continue to get better and better and not really take any turn for the worse. >> and i want to get your take on this case that they are investigating here in new york city. they have a man who said he's traveled to west africa recently. he was exhibiting some ebola-like symptoms, that's why he went into the hospital and then they put him into quarantine and yesterday when doctors same out they said it's doubtful that he has ebola. what do you think that indicates, even though they are still waiting for confirmation tests to come back. >> i think it's highly unlike l that he has ebola, and that everybody is alert, that's a good thing. common things are common. ebola is a very rare disease, and i think it's more likely that something more common like malaria. this is what we tend to see from this part of the world. i mean, it doesn't mean it

couldn't be, and it's good that the public health officials are on full alert. >> so looking forward, right now there is no cure. there is no vaccine in production for ebola, but your group at university of texas received some $26 million grant in order to work with nih to produce a vaccine and other medications. where are you in your work? how are things coming along. >> we've made tremendous progress over the last five to ten years in developing treatments to protect laboratory animals against ebola, and this is one component of the process to license a vaccine or a treatment. so our particular grant that we receive from the nih, what we're looking at is what we think are three of the most promising treatments that in our laboure at the university of texas medical branch at galveston these three treatments have been able to completely protect non-human primates so this would be like rhesus or another

species of monkey we are resistant to treatment of ebola. that would be used like a ran's vaccine so it actually is a treatment. >> how close do you think you are? >> that's just one of the three. >> how close do you think you are? >> i think we're very close. one part -- the fda has a process that any lie sencure which have to come under the fda animal rule so as far as the animal studies go, we're just about there. hurdle really has been on, you know, meeting the human side of the criteria which is to conduct phase one clinical trials and, you know, to show that the vaccines and treatments are safe and don't cause disease in normal healthy humans. >> that obviously is the next big step and the phase one clinical trial is very important. doctor, thank you so much for

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23 minutes past the hour. violence intensifying in iraq. the country's prime minister has ordered the air force to help the kurdish troops, the first time they have joined forces since the extremists captured

the city of mosul back in june. the hydroelectric dam is says the dam is back in the hands of kurdish forces after fending off an isis attack. search efforts continue this morning for survivors of a capsized ferry in bang der. this is some amateur video we'll show you of the ferry sinking. hundreds were injured. the ferry was rough due to bad weather. at least two people were killed. no word on the official number of people still missing. police say as many as 100 could have swam to the roster by local fishermen. the u.s. plans to set down two emergency shelters after a surge of unaccompanied children arriving from central america. government officials have found less expensive housing and that fewer children are crossing the border.

toledo, let's talk about your water. tap water is staff to drink once again. for now the city restricted tapwater use for two days due to toxins blamed on algae and lake erie. scientists are warning though this could happen again. they say conditions in the lake are getting worse. the toxic algae is still growing and will probably peak sometime next month. the city is adding carbon and chlorine to clean up the water. think about all the people on the lake that make their living on lake because of the lake, fishermen, resorts, et cetera, essentially that business goes away so it has an economic impact as well as just the water supply. >> just scarey. >> absolutely. >> they say this could happen again so is it safe to drink it now. my grandmothers both live in toledo. >> are they drinking the water? >> i'm telling them not to. i don't care. my grandma is 102 years old. >> whatever she is doing is working. >> she can probably drink

anything. >> i hope that's older file footage. >> the bloom when it was bad you could see it from space. >> the whole thing seeing it from space is luster. >> i feel like our cameras are getting so good you can see everything. >> if you can see it from space it's not a good thing. >> i'm very impressed. back to the big story of the morning what. are the big questions about whether or not there can be a cease-fire between gaza and israel that holds is whether hamas can keep its end of the bargain. this militant group is actually a few groups and out of sync. their leader is calling the shot from 2,000 miles outside the conflict. nic robertson has more of his exclusive interview with that man. take a look and listen. as gaza was being targeted by missiles its top minister is big politicians with a guy out of touch. >> he's roaming around five-star

hotel suites in the gulf states having the time of his life. >> reporter: critics go further accusing meshaal of losing control of the military. not so says the military leadership. >> hamas is a movement of institutions. it has respected leadership. >> reporter: as friday's short lived truce collapsed in bitter recriminations the question again is meshaal really in control? >> once again hamas has broken commitments it made. >> reporter: meshaal's answer, hamas wasn't to blame. he said he never signed up for a tunnel targeting condition israel attached to the truce. >> translator: we refused this israel position and told this to mr. kerry. >> so when both size agree a new truths question is can meshaal deliver and keep hamas' guns

silent? in a similar confrontation in gaza in 2008 and 2009, meshaal was accused of being marginalized. when i interviewed him in 2010, after that conflict, he denied any rift. again now he insists he and hamas are united, that u.s. officials know this. >> ham is very credible in that if its leadership promises something it will fulfill its promises and the fighters on the ground will follow that. >> what is clear is that it is in meshaal's interests to show that hamas is united. any indication they are not shows weakness and under mines their demands. nic robertson, cnn, abu dhabi. >> our thanks for nic for advancing the story. when we come back former new york city mayor michael bloomberg knows about how to defend against terror. knows about israel and he also understands what we can do about

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welcome back to "new day." the cease-fire between israel and gaza now more than six hours old and more importantly it's holding. israel says it has withdrawn all troops from gaza. for their part hamas fired rockets just before the truce but has not since. so let's bring in former new york city mayor michael bloomberg, a staunch supporter of israel who flew there, you'll remember, to protest the faa flight ban. we also have u.s. commerce secretary penny pritzker, co-hosts of a u.s. african conference going on in washington this week, important work to be sure, but, mr. mayor, while i have you let's get to a couple of news issues at hands. the cease-fire, do you believe it holds? do you believe this is a real

step towards peace negotiation? >> chris, i don't know, and i don't think anybody you've ever had on your show knows. only we'll find out with time. it requires both parties to follow an agreement. if they do, they do, and if they don't, they don't, and all the talking heads aren't going to change anything. >> simple enough, and then it gets more complicated because you look at the u.s. and u.n. they come out with strong words about what they see as a series of wrongful attacks surrounding u.n. shelters, the u.n. going so far as to say that maybe these attacks by israel were war crimes. do you agree? >> i think if somebody attacked america we would not have a proportional response. we would have an overwhelming response and israel doesn't have any choice. if you fire rockets at them, they have to go after the source of those rockets. if you want to create chaos, you put that source in the middle of a bunch of innocent civilians,

but israel doesn't have any choice, and the u.n. and the u.s. in this case couldn't be more wrong. israel has a right to defend itself which everybody says, yes, except that they don't want to let them do it. they have no choice. >> when you've relied on that analogy before about if it were the u.s., nobody would complain, but given the fact that the rockets from hamas, the attacks by hamas are frequent but also frequently largely ineffective, doesn't that give a little bit more support to the idea of that israel does seem to be using much more force proportionately than what it endures? >> chris, we should get on to the african summit, but just let me say if your kid was sitting there and a rocket missed your kid, you wouldn't say let's not try to stop the rockets because it didn't hit my kid. i don't think so. come on, that's ridiculous. let me ask you about something else then. we have this guy at mt. sinai right now being tested for ebola. people are scared, mr. mayor,

they are. you know how people get shaken very quickly. what can you tell people to calm their fears about whether we're set up in the city and other cities to take on something like ebola which is relevant enough comes from africa and may come into the u.s. >> chris, it's sort of like the guy kills his parents and then tries to throw himself on the mercy of the court because he's an orphan. you're creating this kind of fear. there's no reason to have fear. we have the centers of disease control run by tom friedman who used to be commissioner of my department of health and mental hygiene. this is their specialty. the people at the hospitals know what to do, and they will take care of it. it is a major problem in other parts of the world, and we have to make sure we get some resources to help them control this, and hopefully research will find a ways to prevent this from happening again but the people here don't have any risk, no matter how many times you want to make it into a good story. >> chris, i think the opportunity today is to talk about the africa summit.

we've got an extraordinary day ahead of us with over 40 african leaders attending the business summit, over 100 american ceos, over 100 african ceos all coming together to talk about the opportunities in africa. >> what do you see, secretary pritzker, as the biggest, best opportunities right now? >> well, you know, one of the things that's really exciting bout what's happening in africa is you've got six of the ten fastest growing economies. you've got projected gdp growth in africa for the next ten years of over 6%, and you've got -- but you've got american exports going to africa supporting 250,000 american jobs. well, we're just at the beginning of this opportunity, and that's why we've brought everyone here today is to begin to say, well, the president is going to announce $14 billion worth of deals, particularly in the power sector and in the

energy sector which is fundamental in order for the african nations to grow their economies. they need to have power, something we take for granted, but today is a day, it's catalytic and an opportunity for everyone to come together and build on the relationships that exist to do more business. >> the african growth and opportunity act, this has been a big deal since president clinton signed it and in 2,000 does have its critics while there's opportunity there it hasn't met expectations. what do we need to do better. >> i don't know why you said hasn't met expectations. trade are africa has gone up to almost $27 billion, and non-petroleum trade has gone up about five times since axw oa was passed. there's so much more to do, and that's what we're here to try and promote is the opportunities that exist in africa for american businesses and, therefore, for american workers

and partnerships that can exist with african companies that can create jocks and good economic growth in both places, so this is really a very exciting time. >> i think that one of the basis of criticism is people say the cred living circumstances in africa and the measures to improve that are more than a decade old. what do we do to stimulate? >> more economic activity. that will create jobs. people will have the dignity of being self-sufficient and the wherewithal to get an education for their kids and get medicines, and these things build on themselves. the difference now than in the past is today technology is there to help which it wasn't before. before you had this long process of building infrastructure over decades, and today you can leapfrog pretty much right to the end game. today half the people in africa

have smartphones. today virtually every country has a stock exchange. virtually every country has an airline. those things were inconceivable 20, 30 years ago, so the pieces are there, and now american business has to understand this is a great market for them. that will be good for jobs in america and for african countries that will give them services and -- and ability to create companies and an economy that they need. >> and what i'm seeing is the african leaders are excited to have our businesses there. they want to do business with american companies. they like the fact that american companies come and respect rule of law. they are transparent. they have, you know -- we treat our -- our workers well, and, you know, american companies invest in the communities where they are doing business. so this is -- you know, there's a lot of positive opportunity here that we're trying to take advantage of. >> well, hopefully the message comes out in strong because the act needs to be reauthorized by september 2015. that means dealing with

congress, and if you think that establishing relations with africa is tough, boy, you've got a big job there. you'll need the help of the man on your left. mr. bloomberg, thank you very much for joining us. mr. mayor, secretary pritzker, thank you. >> chris, let me add -- >> yes, sir. we need the woman to my right to do a good job for us and the president made a great appointment. she is doing and creating something and this country is better off for it. >> thank, mayor bloomberg. >> always been in love with her. >> we have a good partnership. >> mr.-makers keep your amorous intentions out of this discussion. it should be purely professional. secretary pritzker, we congratulate you on our work. thanks to both of you. i know you have you a lot of important work. thank you. >> thank you. >> that mayor, he's always got his crushes. coming up on "new day," the question, should the u.s. cut aid to israel? rand paul says no, but has he always felt that way? we'll go to the tape on "inside

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welcome back. it's time for "inside politics" on "new day" with mr. john king. a lot going on in the middle east. big decisions to be made by the u.s. you'll take it on, john. >> kate and chris, good morning to you. also a lot of republicans who want to be president seem to be showing up in iowa, among them rand paul. with me to share their reporting is jackie kusenich.

rand paul, he was asked a question saying you've proposed to cut off u.s. aid to israel and rand paul says, no, i didn't. >> i haven't really proposed that in the past. we've never had a legislative proposal to do that, so -- i'll answer the question. can you misstate my position, but then i'll answer the question, okay? that has not been a legislative position. we've never introduced anything to phase out or get rid of israel's aid. >> now that's rand paul yesterday in omaha, nebraska. rand paul january 2011 talking to my colleague wolf blitzer. >> i don't think funding both sides of an arm race, particularly when we've got to borrow the money from china to send it to someone else, we can't do it anymore. the debt is all-consuming and it threatens our well-being as a country. >> just to be precise, end all foreign aid, including the foreign aid to israel as well, is that right? >> yes. >> yes. yes. >> just to be clear, end all

foreign aid, including to israel, yes. >> not very ambiguous. how do you mesh yesterday with that? >> when you talk to republicans about rand paul, the number one concern they have is about his foreign policy, so i think this is an area where he's going to have to start softening his stances, and i think we're starting to see that with the speech in nebraska, and i think he said it again in iowa. >> how does a politician handle that? a good politician in my view looks the camera in the eye and looks the weather in the eye and said here's what i thought and you spent more time and it's more nuanced and complicated and eyes have changed. you can look people in the eye and say i've changed my position or i've nuanced my ideas. >> it's rarely done but we've seen this with rand paul, not only with israel and foreign aid but the civil rights act in 1964, him saying he supported it and had certain problems in seeing that it possibly infringed on the rights of private business owners, and even in that situation he hasn't

talked about evolving. that looks like a fresh-faced rand paul from that earlier clip. he clearly has evolved. his ambitions have certainly evolved as well but hasn't figured out a way to really balance where he was before and it almost is like you felt on early on. there was an intellectual exercise being a devil's advocate and introducing ideas very much in keeping with his father but now he's facing a different prospect. >> the libertarian appeal only goes so far. >> exactly. >> as he evolves, especially if he want to be the republican nominee for president, get over the republican foreign doubt over his policy needs to say it better than you mistate my position, say mistate my current position. one thing to give him credit for, iowa, nebraska, among the most white states in the country, if you will, rand paul has been making the case for some time that he thinks the republican party needs to change and to do more to reach out to african-americans and hispanics.

listen to this. >> i want to see the party get bigger and so i talk everywhere i go about how do we have a more inclusive and more diverse party because america's increasingly diverse and we're going to have to, if we think we can compete. >> if this is a conversation for country, also a conversation within the republican party. rand paul has his skeptics. a lot of people say your past view on civil rights, how did you get here? here's a congressman speaking to laura ingraham, he turned to cartive guest and said, look, if your party doesn't deal with the problems with the latino voters, you'll never win the white house again and he said your party has problem with people of the people of colors. his response. >> this is a part of the war on whites being launched by the democratic party and the way in which they are launching this war is claiming that whites hate everybody else.

>> mo >> we'll leave that to you. he's part the national republican party has for every person like rand paul that wants to reach out, mo brooks say inflammatory things like that. we see it almost every election cycle at this point. >> to be fair to him, he said his point was all americans want a secure border, all americans want jobs, all americans want economic growth, which is fine, but when you include in that sentence as part of a war on whites? >> to our credit, laura ingram in that interview said we think you're going a little bit too far interest this characterization but jackie is right, this is the problem that republicans have and the issue also is whether or not there's a sort of lingering effect for the party when mo brooks says this, democrats are able to characterize the entire republican party as out of step with the mainstream, how does rand paul work around that, how does he try to rebrand the entire republican party. >> the point mr. fournier was

making, the presidential level the republicans can do fine at the house level but it's hard to see the republicans being competitive. the president of the united states, one of the things he hopes for is americans finally believe the statistics about the economy. listen to the president here in an interview with "the economist" asked about corporate complaints that his administration has too much regulation. the president is saying give me a break. the economy is getting better. >> they always complain about regulation. that's their job. let's look at the track record, let's look at the facts. since i have come into office, there's almost no economic metric by which you couldn't say that the u.s. economy is better and that corporate bottom lines are better. none. >> you hear the president there trying to make the case with a little emphasis there.

he gets worked up about this and in part you canned his position. six consecutive months of job growth above 200,000. unemployment rate is down. look at your 401(k) two years ago versus now, gross was 4% in the last report put out by the government. an increasing number of americans think the economy is getting better but the president and his party don't seem to be getting any political credit. >> the public perception still if you look at a real clear politics average just under 40% of people think he's doing well in the economy. because there is that disconnect he is talk about this all he wants. it's still for whatever reason not getting to people. >> the reason is because what's not getting to people is cash in their pockets. the average hourly income only rose like one cent, one penny over the last month or so. so that's what people are feeling, that they still don't have enough cash in their pockets, they still can't buy all the groceries they want at walmart or piggly wiggly. the president can talk all he wants. people don't understand the economy based on the economic

metrics of the stock market. >> personal experience, neighborhood experience, neighbors, friends and family experience trumps anything coming out of washington. we'll see if it can be turned into a not so bad year as opposed to a horrible year. thanks for coming in. it was the president's birthday. if you tuned in to late night comedy just about everybody decided to take a shot. this is craig ferguson noting the president shares a birthday with a famous driver. >> it's also the nascar champ jeff gordon's birthday. jeff gordon and president obama are very different of course. what is a guy who spent his whole life turning left and is hated by nascar fans, and other one, jeff gordon, jeff gordon, yes. >> that's pretty good. you got to think about it. race car driver, you spend your life turning left. >> absolutely right. >> what was the skeleton thing?

is that always there? >> is that his shtick? >> are we just ignoring the skeleton thing? >> laughter, mystery, intrigue. >> exactly. >> what's what "new day" is all about, john. >> thanks, john. coming up next on "new day," a cease-fire holding in the middle east. can a lasting agreement be reached? anderson cooper is going to be joining us live once again in israel, coming up. plus a second american confirmed with the virus, now coming to atlanta, and then this, a man in new york thinks he might have the deadly virus. he's being tested. he's been quarantined. what happens if he does? is it that big a deal? we'll take it on. ls remind me to tell her happy anniversary. [ cortana ] next time you talk to caroline, i'll remind you. [ siri ] oh no, i cannot do that. oh, and remind me to get roses when i'm near any flower shop. sure thing. remind you when you get to flower shop. i can't do that either. cortana, it's gonna be a great night. [ beep ] oh wow!

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way back to the united states. the secret serum that may save her life and new information on the patient quarn to an end in new york. dr. sanjay gupta joins us live. taking the stand, the dramatic moment in court when the man accused of shooting an unarmed black woman on his porch testified. why he says he pulled the trigger. your "new day" continues right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning, and welcome once again to "new day," it's tuesday, august 5th, 8:00 in the east and this is just one step in a long quest for peace, but so far a 72-hour cease-fire has brought hostilities between israel and hamas militants to a halt for now. for the first time in weeks, no rocket-fire, air strikes, warning sirens or crumblebling buildings. all quiet for seven hours to this point despite one last exchange of fire minutes before the pause took effect. >> where are we in the process

of finding negotiations for peace? the palestinians are already in cairo, that's where the talks are supposed to happen. the israelis say they'll head there, too, so long as the cease-fire holds, so that's what makes this 72 hours so critical. back on the ground, israeli troops are said to have left gaza after destroying all the terror tunnels they targeted. also on the ground is cnn's anderson cooper along the israel/gaza border with the latest this morning. thanks for being there, anderson. >> reporter: good morning, chris, kate and michaela. the scene is incredibly peaceful, 3:00 in the afternoon, some seven hours after this cease-fire began and so far it is holding. people are out here in ashkalon, a seaside community. some people are actually swimming in the ocean, people bringing their families down, able to walk around without the fear of air raid sirens coming

off, the fear of incoming rockets, though there were some last night before the cease-fire took effect. it is a much different scene a few miles from here in gaza, where many people going back to their homes finding their homes destroyed. the conflict has gone on almost four weeks. john vause filed this report a short time ago. >> reporter: this morning all israeli ground forces withdrawing from the gaza strip, both israel and hamas agreeing to an egyptian plan for a 27-hour cease-fire. moments before it went into effect a final barrage, hamas firing 20 rockets from gaza into israel and the fire going both ways, according to palestinian media. the deal, brokered by the egyptians is little different to the one offered weeks ago. it allows for no fighting from either side.

the u.s. state department expressed optimism saying in a statement "we strongly support this latest proposal for a 72-hour cease-fire and urge both parties to respect it completely." overnight an idf spokesperson told cnn they've now completed one of their main military objectives, destroying 32 of hamas' tunnels which they say would have been used for terror attacks. for now, displaced palestinians are leaving the u.n. schools turned shelters, gathering their possessions to return home, and if the cease-fire holds, israel says it will join delegates representing palestinians in cairo to try to negotiate a more permanent end to the fighting. anderson, we understand that the number of bodies which have been pulled from the rubble of the debris of those homes now stands at 38, but that was some time ago. we spoke to palestinian

officials, they say they are simply overwhelmed right now. many bodies are mutilated, they say. they are decomposing because they have there for weeks. anderson? >> john vause, people trying to account for missing relatives and loved ones. we'll continue to check in with you, john, throughout the day. this cease-fire is very similar really to an offer suggested by egypt more than three weeks ago which hamas rejected at the time. the difference this time, hamas was consulted by egypt as part of the deliberations, also the difference israel says they have ceased all operations, no ongoing operations against those tunnels which they put such a pry high property on. earlier this morning i talked to lieutenant colonel peter lerner, spokesman for the israeli military forces. what does israel believe they achieved here? >> primarily, which was our primary concern was indeed these

tunnels and i'm happy toll report 32 or approximately 32 of those have been destroyed, demolished and no longer pose a threat to israel. throughout the last three weeks we have seen several atechts of infiltration by hamas terrorists into israel. >> reporter: are you cop convinced there are no more tunnels? >> we can't be certain for sure. we know what we know. if there are still more tunnels underground, and it is a possibility, that is why we have i would say withdrawn our troops. we have left a substantial presence around the gaza strip so that if somebody decides to come out of a hole from the ground, there will be forces on the ground to deal with it. >> reporter: the idf, israel received enormous criticism from the united states and the u.n. for an incident on sunday in which the idf says they were targeting three islamic jihad militants on a motorcycle, striking near just outside a u.n. shelter.

have you looked more into this incident? why did so many civilians tie in th die in this strike? >> what we know about the incident, there were three terrorists speeding through town and we intercepted them on the way. we struck them with our aircraft. palestinian/islamic jihadists had bad intentions and that's why they were targeted. so out of the figures that you mentioned, the ten, so we know at least three of them were terrorists involved in this strike. we are currently investigating the outcome. we don't know if these terrorists were carrying ek ploesives that caused a large explosion. now every loss of human life in this conflict is a true tragedy, and i'm heartbroken when i see the pictures coming out of gaza. this say reality we are faced. we didn't have a choice but to operate against these terrorists that had, you know, all they were doing is constantly attacking israel. when we spoke earlier this week, anders anderson, and what i said was we just don't have a choice.

>> israel says they will send a delegation to cairo to meet to discuss furthering this cease-fire, obviously any longer term talks is going to require an extension of this 72-hour cease-fire and that's something that will be negotiated. kate? >> anderson, we'll get back to you. thanks so much, anderson cooper on the ground in israel. let's bring in cnn senior political analyst david gergen, and aaron david miller, vice president of the woodrow wilson international center. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >>. >> good morning. >> between you, many years of experience from both sides of the aisle on how an administration would handle this. aaron, i want to ask, because you advised both democratic and republican administrations on these peace negotiations. the cease-fire right now is holding, but it's the talks and details of the talks that would be going on and commencing in cairo that really matter. what happens now? >> i think that's the real challenge, kate. the expectations on each side are really quite inflated. the israelis really want and the

prime minister has used this word repeatedly to demilitarize gaza going to be hard to do. hamas, frankly, has called for the end of the siege, the blockade, literally economic freedom for gaza, that's going to be extremely difficult to do, and the challenge, you know, is not making the perfect, the enemy of the good and trying to find a balance. the egyptians i think will play the role of trying to get a series of cease-fires to give probably the united states and john kerry as is his want, israeli eager as we know to try to get in the middle of the mix. the real question this time around unlike his last repeated efforts, will the mix cooperate, and that's, again, going to depend on whether or not israel and hamas, and they are the two major players here, will find the kind of balance of interest to create a situation where this has some more durability, and a year and a half from now we don't find ourselves back in the exact same place. >> so many questions, no one knows how it's going to go, david, that's for sure.

he talks about john kerry, aaron talks about john kerry wanting to get into the mix but will the mix cooperate? i'm also interested in how the obama/netanyahu relationship plays into this. i think you said this is the worst relationship dating back to eisenhower between the two countries. >> i think you can be said it is the worst relationship. the two men simply don't trust each other and there are many signs they loath each other, essentially netanyahu thinks that obama is weak and unreliable and obama feels strongly netanyahu is bull-headed and not a team player and looks out for israel's interests but doesn't look after the interests of the greater middle east. i think that will color negotiations and egypt looks like it will be in the lead, not the united states but egypt will be in the lead in trying to settle this. i think what's at stake, normally in the past we talked about land for peace, that was the old formula. this time it's trade for peace. you give us our peace in israel

and we'll allow you to trade and rebuild your community, in fact, we will help you. that's still a very, very hard bargain to strike, and i think one of the issues here is also going to be, if if i may say so, a tendency by those of us in the media to move on once we get to cease-fire and go to negotiations, there's the argle bargle of negotiations, not an interesting story, yet the humanitarian need and the need for accurate security, with he need to come back to this regularly to understand what's going on. it's really important for everybody that they get this settled. >> and to keep the eye of the world on this crisis. >> yes. >> because it doesn't end when the rockets stop firing. >> exactly. what we have now is the israelis have the hand literally. >> what has dhanchanged since t cease-fire? for most accounts what hamas and

israel agreed to essentially what egypt offered last month >> that's the cruel reality and truly the insanity and absurdity about the situation. three weeks ago literally a call for a deescalation or quiet, we could have been there already. i think what's changed is a couple things. number one, i think the israelis concluded that they literally had to change the channel on the television set. the pictures of gaza, the asymmetrical casualties, all of these things and no prospects of deescalation. number two, both sides understand there was no way of any chance of accomplishing their goals and that the costs of confrontation were clearly getting out of hand. this time around, and i've argued repeatedly, until you had sufficient urgency on the part of israel and hamas to stand down there would be no quiet and no chance for a durable agreement. now i think you at least begin to see the outlines of that urgency but kate, and david knows this well, nobody ever

lost money betting against arab-israeli peace. buckle your seat belt because the next several days, the next several weeks i think are going to prove critical. >> what really changed here the israelis accomplished their military missions. >> tunnels. >> once they had, they could pull back. that's why they have the whip hand. if the deal doesn't emerge, fine, we're in charge here, we're going to protect our security. >> david, what do you make of what netanyahu said yesterday, all of this started coming out, talks of the cease-fire, they're pulling soldiers back to the border, netanyahu says that the completion of the tunnel operation does not necessarily guarantee that this will end the fight against hamas. what he's saying then? >> he's saying calm for calm, fire for fire. we will maintain calm on our side as long as you don't shoot rockets at us. you shoot rockets at us, we're comining back to smash you agai. >> the intense mistrust. >> and how fragile this is.

it's going to be fragile for a while. it's not clear hamas has control of its own people. you have a couple of errant fighters out there who have access to rockets and we could be right back in this for a few days. i think the basic conflict is in, at least in terms of fighting, but moving ahead with negotiations, that would be hard and its eight importa's importa keeps talking to israel behind the scenes. relationships are rocky, even the secretary of state has rocky relations. he used to be the good guy for the israelis but he's in sort of, he's like obama, we can't win, don't know what he'll do next. >> it's a strange position to put secretary kerry in. >> they think he's grandstanding. go get your nobel prize and leave us alone. >> is the big question also who is in charge in terms of who is israel talking to? because i know you and i have discussed this many a time. who is in charge of hamas, the political wing, military wing, neither, both? >> clearly the military wing is driving this conflict. the reality is they think

they've won. if you measured their success by their semi rational standards, there's a case to be made. they killed six times the number of israelis, they launched probably a sufficient number of rockets the day before the cease-fire, as they launched on the first day that the confrontation began. their political leadership remains intact, military leadership remains inact. they claimed they killed 900 hamas fighters out of an estimated total of 10,000 to 15,000. they created the first palestinian army in gaza and they're got going to give that up easily. the question is who is making the decisions? for now i think hamas' military wing is still in charge and even if you bring the p.a., the pal spin authority back into gaza to man the crossing points, hamas is not giving up control of gaza and that is going to prove to be a critical challenge not just on this round but how you get to the other thing we haven't even talked about which is the two-state solution between

israel and the palestinians. >> interesting, none of us even brought that up in this conversation, that's sure a statement of the state of play at this point right now. aaron david miller, david gergen, thanks, guys. >> thank you. >> pleasure. let's get over to michaela now. >> good morning, everyone. voters in washington, missouri, michigan and kansas are headed to the polls today for primary day. in kansas, president obama's distant cousin milton wolf is trying to upset long time incumbent senator pat roberts. meanwhile in mississippi, chris mcdaniel challenged the results of his gop runoff loss to thad cochran. mcdaniel claims thousands of ineligible voters cast ballots. he wants state party officials to declare him the winner. big day tomorrow for army sergeant bowe bergdahl. he'll be questioned about his experience in afghanistan. many of bergdahl's fellow soldiers claimed he deserted his post before the taliban captured him in 2009.

bergdahl you'll recall was freed in may for a prison swap for high-ranking taliban members. the u.s. is digging into sub prime car lending beginning with general motors, the automaker disclosed it received a subpoena from the justice department, that subpoena is in connection with an investigation into possible violations of civil fraud. easy credit has helped fuel booming auto sales which are on pace for the best year since 2006. emergency landing in florida after severe turbulence hit an allegiant air flight that was headed to north carolina. four people injured including a flight attendant who hit her head. the turbulence apparently started only 0 minutes into the trip, just as the in-flight refreshment service started. the flight was rescheduled for 10:30 this morning. all passengers were given a $100 voucher. i think i would have preferred a valium instead of a voucher. >> and bus fare. >> that's a hard one. you've gone through that, your nerves are rattled and you have to get back on a plane. it's hard not to just freak out.

>> turbulence happens. >> it does. >> i think of it as bumps in the road in the sky. >> there it is. why didn't i say that? none of us like it but it's real. coming up on "new day," do we have a case of ebola in new york city? it's a scary question and there is a patient quarantined in a local hospital awaiting test results. we also know that an american missionary with the virus for sure is returning to the u.s. for treatment. we're going to talk with sanjay gupta about what the realities are here, what could happen and the secret serum that may have saved her life. and is the western media too pro-israel or is it too pro-palestinian covering the gaza conflict? it depends on who you're talking to. we'll look at the criticism over the media's role in covering this conflict.

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welcome back. new fears this morning about the deadly ebola virus, and its arrival in the united states. man who just returned from west africa turned up at a new york city hospital with symptoms that were somewhat ebola-like. he has since been quarantined at mt. sinai hospital in new york city, while doctors await lab results to see if he has the deadly virus. all of this happening as another american infected with ebola in liberia, a health care worker there, is expected to arrive in the u.s. any moment on a medical flight. we'll keep you updated on that. chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is standing by in

atlanta. first we want to get to jason carroll who is at mt. sinai hospital with more on this new york case. what do we know, jason? >> reporter: well, it's a new york case where everyone is waiting for the test results to come back. doctors here say that that could happen today at the very latest tomorrow. in the meantime that unidentified male patient, michaela, is still in strict isolation. he's been in strict isolation ever since yesterday, when he walked through these doors yesterday morning, showed up with flu-like symptoms, explained to the doctors that he had been to west africa. doctors here say within seven minutes, he was put into strict isolation. ever since then they've been treating him, they've been monitoring him and basically they said after evaluating him, the chief medical officer here believes that odds are that this is not a case of ebola. the new york city health department basically saying the same thing, but michaela, until those test results are back, until they have them in their hands, they have to treat this

patient as if he has been infected with the ebola virus. that's why everyone is waiting so desperately for the test results to come back. >> absolutely and they're taking the utmost caution. jason carroll, thank you for that end of the story. we have received confirmation that nancy writebol and the plane carrying her, the american inif ekted with ebola, has just landed at bangor international airport in maine. the flight left liberia monday night and made its way to bangor, maine, where it will refuel and the plane will depart for atlanta, where we find our dr. sanjay gupta, live at emery hospital in atlanta, where he's also on staff. we know that this plane now, after it refuels, sanjay, will be on its way to atlanta where the other ebola patient, dr. kent brantley is being treated right now. what can you tell us, because i think many people here, oh my goodness, ebola is now in the united states, there's a patient here with it. tell us about how these hospitals are equipped to handle

this. >> well, you know, this particular hospital here at emorry is one of just four or so sites in the country that has a special isolation unit. we've shown some pictures what have this looks like. it's basically allows health care personnel to gown up, to walk into the patient's room, and to basically be protected against the bodily fluids which may come on from a patient onto the health care provider. that's the real concern. but i'll tell you, michaela, most hospitals have isolation units. when it comes to ebola, because of the way that it's transmitted by bodily fluids, close contact, you don't need the sort of special isolation units that have the reverse air filtration, for example, those things aren't necessary for something that is not airborne. most hospitals are capable of doing some sort of isolation. emorry is one of those hospitals. >> as is mt. sinai. they have this patient in isolation there.>> as is mt. si.

they have this patient in isolation there. this there's a lot of concern about the infectiousness. remind them again what we need to be concerned about and what they don't need to be concerned about, infection rates, et cetera. >> yes, you know, i think there's an important distinction between being contagious and being infectious. when people think something is highly contagious they think of something spreading through the air, easily being caught, if it you're just in close proximity to somebody, somebody who is just walking around an airport even, possibly be contagious. with something that's infectious, it's not necessarily contagious, it means a small amount of body fluid in this case can causen an infection. it's not going through the air but if you're in close proximity and somebody's infected, body fluid, were to get on your skin through a break in your skin, that could cause an infection. it's important distinction between contagious and infectious. >> thus the suits that we see

all of the health care professionals treating dr. brantley and of course we'll be seeing those that are escorting nancy writebol as she comes to emory hospital they'll be wearing those suits as well. let's talk about her now. she obviously had to be healthy enough for them to transfer her and to take that long flight from africa, and she was given this secret serum. tell us about this a little bit more about this serum. untested so far here in the united states. >> yes, these are the first patients in the world to ever receive this, dr. brantley being the first and miss writebol being the second. you know, there's not a lot of data on it obviously because it hasn't been used in human beings before but generally speaking, what it is, is something known as a monoclonal antibody. you get the antibody cells known to fight the ebola virus and they get these from an animal for example, exposed to ebola. they take the cells and create

the medicine. the thought is if you take the cells and put them in the human body, cells known to fight the efwoe lavirus, could they have an impact? dr. brantley, the health care team on the ground thinks it definitely did have an impact and it was a pretty dramatic one. with miss writebol, they think the impact wasn't as dramatic with the first dose but the second improved for her quite a bit. this is brand new, michaela, happening real time. it is highly unusual. this is not typically how now medications are dispensed. they typically go through a clinical trial process where you determine it is safe and effective and that didn't happen here in human beings. it was sort of more of a last-ditch effort, if you will to try and provide some relief to the patients. they just didn't know how well it would work before they tried it. but so far at least, it seems to have worked well, we got to wait and see a little bit longer. >> i'm sure they're keeping an eye on both patients as well so they can find out, a, if it doesn't have lasting effects, if it is helpful and effective in treatment because certainly

there are some west african countries that could use those dosages to be sure. dr. sanjay gupta, i'm sure we're going to be pressing you a lot today. thank you so much, as we await the arrival of nancy writebol. down there in emory university hospital. >> pleasure. >> she has landed in bangor, maine, the airplane is refueling and it will head to atlanta where she will receive treatment. if you would like to learn more about the various groups that are helping those that are affected by the ebola virus, you can go to cnn.com/impact. we're going to take a short break here on "new day." up ahead, it's primary day in kansas. can a tea party favorite who happens to be the president's distant cousinake down a republican incumbent? also the fighting in gaza sparking quite a war of words. the debate about the media's role in this conflict, and whether u.s. coverage is too pro-israel or too pro-palestinian. that's all ahead.

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our chief congressional correspondent dana bash joins us live. tell us more about milton wolf versus pat roberts. such a nasty race that the nastiness is actually eclipsing the whole obama's cousin thing. >> it is. this is one of those races that isn't so much about the issues at all, that's why it's become so nasty. usually when we see a republican incumbent challenged from the right, it is because they're too moderate, not conservative enough. pat roberts is incredibly conservative. very few people will say otherwise. he has had a few votes that have made the right angry. he voted to increase the debt ceiling, he voted to approve kathleen sebelius for hhs secretary, sebelius is of course from his home state of kansas. but most of this is really about something different that the right doesn't like, which is entrenched power, career politicians. he's been there for almost half a century, chris, and that's longer than his opponent, milton wolf, has actually been alive.

so there really is a very stark contrast there and of course wolf is a radiologist, he is sort of a first time politician so you have that, and then of course you have some unforced errors by pat roberts, the fact that he hasn't really lived in kansas, he's had residency issues and then he had a huge gaffe on that, where somebody asked him about it and his answer was "every time i get an oppone opponent, i mean every time i get a chance i go home." oops. >> oops is right. sometimes a slip of the tongue can be very truthful. on one side you have a long time veteran who will argue you need seasoning to get it right. on the other side you've got the radiologist with the obama baggage who i guess he says can see through the system in washington. so how close is it going to be? >> you know, it's going to be a lot closer than republicans in washington who want pat roberts to win would like it to be. i'm told by sources that their internal polling shows that he is likely to win, but maybe by single digits, and in fact, one

republican source is working on the race told me that they'll be able to drag pat roberts across the finish line. they're pretty upset about the fact that he's had these unforced errors and they're thankful that they believe milton wolf has not been the greatest candidate in the world. he calls himself the next ted cruz. he says all the things that those who are really on the ree right of the party want to hear but hasn't been able to catch fire the way other opponents have been. they think pat roberts will survive but you know what? we've stop predicting because everything could possibly change once the poll numbers come in. >> that's the fun part, if you don't gain it out, what is the fun? we had milton wolf on the show, he was very determined, to say the least. >> and the fact he's the president's second cousin, you can't make it up. >> can't make it up. i think even he wishes it weren't true. thanks, dana, appreciate it. mick, othver to you. five things you need to know

for your new day, a cease-fire is holding in the middle east. it's hoped the 72-hour cessation will last until friday morning. the second american patient infected with ebola has arrived in the united states. nancy writebol is currently in maine on board a plane that will refuel and fly to atlanta where she will receive treatment. in the meantime a man has been quarn to an end at mt. sinai hospital in new york city, he is being tested now for ebola. government forces are advancing on pro-russian rebels in donetsk, the ukrainian military has sent a warning to civilians to leave the city. meanwhile the international team of investigators has been able to resume work at the malaysian airlines flight crash site. theodore wafer will continue his testimony today in the shooting trial of renisa mcbride. she was shot on his front porch.

wafer was tearful monday as he explained that he feared for his life when mcbride came to his door early in the morning last november. at number five, a major general will meet with army sergeant bowe bergdahl tomorrow. he is investigating how bergdahl ended up in taliban activity for five years. many of bergdahl fellow soldiers claimed he deserted his post in afghanistan before he was captured. visit newdaycnn.com for the latest. kate, over to you. coming up next on "new day," is the media biased in its coverage of the fighting going on in gaza? critics say it's either too pro-israel or too pro-palestinian. debate about the media's role in the conflict ahead.

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played by a media savvy rails and a hamas that knows the impact of pictures of dead civilians, especially children. yesterday we had a guest on who thought the media is not tough enough on hamas. the media's role as you know is always to give a fair account, but what does that mean in the current story? joining us now is rhula jibriel, foreign policy analyst, journalist and author. you come from an eclectic background, born in haifa, palestinian, married to a jewish man. you've covered this situation and you feel very definitely that things are being left out. what is being left out? >> look, ifou read israeli newspaper and i think in america we are by far much more constrained in challenging policy, the israeli policy and talking point than the israeli press itself, which is really strange, if you read the israeli

main newspaper that challenge benjamin netanyahu on what is the end game in gaza. the challenge actually this administration and this government on the connection between cyclical violence, occupation and blockades, and the secret relations but we've never seen the question asked. >> peter beinart who writes for that newspaper is on the show regular i had. >> he's one of the voices i love and very critical but you don't see the questions asked to israeli officials. i've seen israeli officials interviewed everywhere during these four weeks of conflict. i've never seen them asked about blockade, occupation, and whenever we know civilian casualties, and there are a lot of them, 80,0% of the 2,000 children in gaza are shown. we are criticized showing one side of the story but this is our role, to actually give both

sides coverage and give voices, having critical media is important, and not only that, diverse media is very important. >> if if you're showing the pictures. >> they showed four kids being killed in front of moyheldin and asked israeli officials what happened there? what's the problem, how can you kill civilians? this is our duty >> isn't it happening? >> it's happening. >> there is an example. we are very careful about what we show of the dead, that's certainly true more in american media than it is abroad, but we are covering the pictures of what's happening to civilians so much that we get constant lay tacked that we are anti-israel. so how can both be true? >> i don't think anybody can attack cnn or any, except conservative groups who would like you to be a propagandaist organ for their talking points and other things, but this is not a democracy. this is egypt. this is elsewhere, where the regime -- i worked in egypt. i was kicked out of the country

because i interviewed some officials on the relationship between torture and extremism. but in a state, in the united states in a country like this, conservative elements can go on fox news and say whatever they want and insult even the president, and then they cannot pretend that we don't show the other side and they cannot pretend that we don't show civilian casualties because it's part of what we do as reporting. >> sure. >> this is important. did you this in the ukraine. that was important. you challenged russian officials and local officials on what is the end game there, why this plane was shot. aren't these fair questions to ask the israelis? >> i think so. they definitely are. i think we happen to be asking them. i wonder how much of your frustration with the coverage is a function of your own feelings. >> look, no doubt. i am palestinian. i am israeli, but my criticism comes from the fact that i think

sometimes especially in previous conflicts, we really failed our audiences. look at the iraqi war, for example. let me bring you back in history. during the iraqi war, i think american media has failed to cover an objective way the leading to the war and they didn't challenge enough of the administration. >> we challenged the administration so much, i covered it. >> wmd. >> we covered it so much that the american people started turning against us because they believed the administration's spin. >> i think with the "new york times" -- >> we went after them so much, that's what happened. i must have said why el low cake a thousand times. >> i think maybe during the war but leading to the iraqi war i think we did not' challenge them enough and here where we're dealing with the israeli-palestinian conflict, with failing to tell the pal sp spinnian story. >> hamas was elected. you the in power and its main

principle is that israel should not exist, as you know. that is a tough thing to separate. >> listen, the palestinian story starts many years earlier. you cannot take the context of the conflict today and separate this from 45 years of military occupation of the west bank, where you have leadership that renounced violence, recognized the state of israel and gets nothing. in return, hamas used violence and israel negotiated with them. negotiated with them in 2011, when they released 1,000 hamas prisoners for one israeli soldier. >> you can't justify that as ends/means analysis. sounds like it is. >> it's not a justification chris and i hope you can follow what i'm saying. what i'm saying is what was sent was a perverse message to the pal spinpublic opinion, if if you use violence soon are or later we negotiate with you and concede. if you believe in peace we don't concede, like the leader shincompetent in the west bank. i think we don't challenge them on the set almost, don't challenge them on many other issues where the israeli press

itself challenges benjamin netanyahu on his government. it's for us and for me as an arab, as an israeli, i am used to criticizing a government. i am used to being on italian television and ask berlusconi tough questions about his connection with mafia, about his corruption, about his sex scandals. i'm used to this. we should not shy away from our responsibility on challenging officials, especially israeli narrative, and talking points. so when they tell us there's hamas shooting missiles near schools, and u.n. officials are telling you, we told them that we have thousands of civilians, we told them there's nobody there, we told them we found weapons in another empty school and they're still shooting? we don't challenge them on this. we don't challenge them on one point. what do you want to do with the palestinian population in the west bank and gaza? >> i would end this on this. first of all, this is not the end of the conversation. this say conversation that has to be had going forward. you and i will have it.

people need to have it in general, but you have to be careful with the word "we." just as you can generalize on how things are done wrong on the government side, you have to be specific about who you're talking about in the media. we -- >> i think we are doing a better job. >> i don't know who we is. some people may be suffering from what you said. every organization is different. we do it differently here than they do at msnbc than they do at fox, than they do at abc and nbc. >> we're doing a better job, chris, but i think we can do better. when i say we it's the umbrella of media, what i believe of protection of freedom of speech, what i believe is our role and responsibility being objective. >> fairness is always the goal. rula jebreal thank you for the conversation. >> thank you for having me. i hope i touched a nerve and the conversation will continue. >> all right, let's talk a break here on "new day." when we come back, a sobbing theodore wafer takes the stand at his own murder trial, describing shooting renisha

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welcome back. the man accused of shooting and killing a young woman on his front porch is back on the stand today. theodore wafer wept openly as he described the night renisha mcbride banged on his door, saying he feared for his life. alexandra field has more on his emotional day of testimony. >> this poor girl, she had her

whole life in front of her. i took that from her. >> and when you shot that shot gun, ted, were you afraid for your life? >> yes. >> and did you think that danger was just about to get you? >> yes. >> accused of murder, theodore wafer takes the stand, speaking softly, describing the moment he killed renisha mcbride. >> this person came up from the side of my house so fast. so i raced to the gun and shot. >> reporter: he fifrd through a locked screen door, an unarmed 19-year-old was lying there, dead on the porch by the time wafer says he got his first look at the person he had killed. >> i've seen boots that maybe a woman would wear or female would wear. >> reporter: video played in the courtroom shows what wafer told police that night.

in the same video the suspect says someone had been persistently banging on his house. he tells police he thought the person was trying to get in. wafer testified he never went to look out his window because he didn't want to be seen. he looked through the peephole but couldn't see who was out there. at one point when the banging continues he grabs his bat, then he says he decides to get his .12 gauge shotgun. >> when you pulled that trigger, why did you pull it? >> i was -- total, total reflex reaction, defending myself. >> reporter: the defense argues wafer acted in self-defense. prosecutors say he could have

called 911. wafer does call police after he shoots mcbride. >> i just shot somebody on my front porch. >> reporter: he says he couldn't find his cell phone before that. >> the floor was vibrating from the banging on the doors. >> reporter: wafer and mcbride had never met. earlier in the night, she had crashed her car into a parked car. by the time of her death, an autopsy report reveals her blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. >> are there days you think about renisha and her family? >> every day. so devastating. >> reporter: alexandra field, cnn, new york. >> he's back on the stand today. coming up on "new day," the fragile chief still holding between israel and hamas. we're going to go back live to the middle east for the very latest.

will the cease-fire hold? what's going to happen with this guy getting tested for ebola in new york city in had they help the people now down at emery, who have ebola, other news as well, right to "the newsroom" with ms. carol costello. >> that's right, unfortunately there's a lot going on.

have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com happening now, holding fire. >> israel and hamas adwreeg to an egyptian plan for a 72-hour cease-fire. >> as israeli forces withdraw from gaza. >> shameful. >> personalities clashing as israel's prime minister tells obama to never second-guess him again. and hours away. >> today has been a good day, american missionary nancy writebol arriving on u.s. soil. >> the second person ever in history with ebola to be brought on purpose to american soil. >> reporter: new details and new warnings this morning. >> this is not the last time we'll see this. >> reporter: how did they get ebola in the first place and will the virus reach america. >> it isn't a question of if, it's only a matter of when. >>