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for those that are sick, but they're absolutely at capacity here. >> a senior u.s. general is shot down in afghanistan. >> to catch a comet? a rendezvous with an out of this world visitor. >> thanks for staying with us, everyo everyone. >> it was this time yesterday, we were cautiously watching live pictures of gaza city as the cease-fire began, and now we are into -- just an hour into the second day of a three-day cease-fire. the mission now becomes, and it's the big question. how do you make this last? >> israeli and palestinian negotiators are in cairo today to discuss that very topic. israel says it has withdrawn its

forces from gaza. now that it's destroyed the network of hamas tunnels. used to launch attacks inside israel. that, of course, was its main mission. >> many gazans returning to their neighborhoods tuesday, hoping to see if their homes made it, yet finding nothing but rubble. we are covering the story from both sides. our senior international corporate is live in jerusalem, as you see on your screens. let's begin with karl penhaul in gaza. you see these pictures of the rubble. walk us through what are the desperate needs people have right now? >> it depends where you start, one might say you have to get the power back on, because the gaza power plant has been damaged. the transmission lines bringing energy from israel into gaza. you might say, well, you have to get the running water back on. looking through some of those

devastated neighborhoods was the point of putting power and water back on if there aren't any homes to power and send water to. and so in some of these neighborhoods, the main priorities are the fundamentals, getting a bulldozer, clearing the rubble. putting the rubble somewhere, demolishing the homes that have been damaged in the fighting and are too unsafe to inhabit and starting to rebuild. after that, you can think about putting the power and water on. the palestinian farmers themselves, it must be said throughout this war, have been doing their utmost to ensure that some kind of food and vegetables have reached the market. they harvest what they can in the short time available. but, of course, there are more needs required, especially in the hospitals as well. we know that medicines and basic surgical supplies have been running short. those are the items that have been am coulding in as well. >> we've been seeing footage as

you've been speaking of the palestinian red crescent trying to help bring some sense of normalcy, but considering the horrific humanitarian situation that exists right now, does hamas has more political capi l capital. does that help at all? >> these talks are going to be difficult, make no bones about that of course some of the parties at least will try to extend to a further cease-fire, and the longer it goes on without a shot being fired there will be little momentum in going back to the battlefield. but just because there's no shooting, doesn't really signify any disposition by either side to meet one another's demands. israel on the one hand we know has been demanding a

demilitarization of the militant factions in gaza. difficult to see how that would happen. and on the other hand, the militant factions because it is not only hamas, but a general demand of the palestinian representatives in cairo, that the -- what they call the blockade of gaza should be lifted to give better living conditions for the people of gaza. that has been a constant demand over many years, difficult to see how it's going to be resolved right now. especially if the israelis are looking for the militant factions to hand over their weapons. >> karl penhaul there with the view from gaza city this morning, where it's 9:00 a.m. as we mention peace talks are expected to begin in cairo today, and senior international corporate matthew chance is in jerusalem, joins us now live. what are the expectations for these talks in cairo? and realistically, how hard is it likely to be to give each side what they want, given the

two vastly different positions each side takes? >> yeah, i think it's going to be difficult. it's clear both sides are going into these negotiations with different perspectives on what the outcome should be, carl was mentioning some of it there. that israel wants hamas to give up its weapons essentially, which frankly is very hard to see how that's going to happen, the palestinians led by hamas in gaza want to see an end to the occupation. they want the borders upped open, an end to the siege of gaza, to allow supplies to come in and out of the gaza strip, israel's resisted that all along. very difficult, very different perspectives both sides are going into these situations in cairo. i think that's pretty

unrealistic, that both sides are going to get what they want. what we are likely to see is some kind of compromise agreement, which is going to give neither side perhaps exactly what they want. and which will perhaps set the scene for a confrontation further on down the line. >> that's the cycle for many years, now, egypt was pivotal. egypt is playing an essential role in making it last how does this play into the effort to be the middleman, if you like. >> i think it's one of the factors that hamas didn't exceed to the previous peace plan the egyptians have put out there. there's a lot of animosity between the current leadership in egypt and hamas. domestically in egypt the muslim brotherhood has been criminalized, members arrested and sentenced to death.

hamas is an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood. they're regarded as being, you know, kind of a negative force in the region, and as a terrorist group. and so that's obviously complicated the negotiations, but at the same time, these -- this initiative is not driven by a renewed love for hamas. they have a lot of angry egyptians, the arab streets as they call it is furious at the fact that so many palestinians, 1875 by the last count have been killed in these israeli attacks on the gaza strip. a lot of children, of course, amongst them 430, according to the palestinian health ministry, and that creates a certain amount of political pressure in egypt, and i think that's in part what this is in response to. it will probably mean that egypt will have to make had some concessions as well. there's a border between gaza and egypt. and there's going to be a lot of pressure on egypt now to make a concession by allowing that to open up as well. and so i think all sides in this

are going to have to give some ground. >> indeed, we'll be watching the outcome of these talks closely. i'm matthew chance reporting live from jerusalem. many thanks to you as always. >> let begin with a hacker story now. >> user names and passwords have been taken for half a million e-mail addresses. they sent spam to the addresses and selling bogus products like weight loss pills. people can check the company's website for free to see if they were hacked. >> apple and samsung have called off their patent war outside the u.s. the agreement ends legal battles in countryies like the u.k.

they have been battling it out since 2011. it's a lucrative sector that the two companies dominate. fox has withdrawn its bid to acquire time warner, the parent company of cnn. the merger would have been the biggest in the u.s. in recent history. fox shares fell 10% after unveiling its bid, but gained in after hours trading following its withdrawal. >> let's get you the latest on the effort to contain the outbreak now. health officials are struggling to do so. british airways is suspeyou isu flights to sierra leone and

liberia through the end of august. >> the deadly disease may have found its way to the middle east. the saudi ministry of health says it's testing a man who's showing symptoms of the virus after he returned to sierra leone. >> we'll wait to get confirmation on that. the spread of ebola is out of control, many clinics simply stretched to the limit. >> yeah, and now david mckinsey has gained exclusive access to doctors and patients at a busy treatment center in hard hit kallahun. >> taking care to prevent unprecedented outbreak. ebola can spread through one drop of fluid. already dozens of doctors and nurses have died in this outbreak. >> there's a really big lack of

resources. and at the moment, if the treatment wasn't here -- >> they are losing the battle. ebola has hit four countries, the number of infections continue to rise. the outbreak is out of control. >> in the last two weeks they've doubled their capacity here for confirmed ebola patients. and they're doing all they can to help those who are sick. but they're absolutely at capacity here. >> to be clear, no. it's really difficult, because we are running behind. it's frustrating for us, we don't have the capacity to go everywhere. >> here they do what they can. in the high risk zone, this woman calls out for help. she has ebola, so does her son.

ebola is so deadly, it's killing our citizens, it's killing our country. this woman's husband and son died of the disease. 70% of confirmed cases here will die too. >> she's confident -- >> to talk to her we must stand a few feet away. the strict protocols in effect. the cruelty is, they isolate here. she has a 12-year-old daughter who will not make it. >> we're strong and we're going to fight. >> what happens when you actually beat this disease? >> that's the highlight of everything we do here. everyone comes to watch the patient come out of isolation, it really -- i think it motivates all the staff to continue what they do here. >> david mckenzie, cnn kallahon

sierra leone. >> these doctors essentially on the front line, they are brave heroic souls to be fighting this. >> everyone has such a high amount of fear. it is desserted, even more than during times of war. this is something that everyone is so fearful of. it is getting worse at the moment. a lot of brave people trying to contain it, there are numerous reasons not to panic as well. head to cnn.com, we have this list, top five there including it's a fragile virus, it's not like a common cold in how it's transmitted. it's not airborne, you can find the others posted on line as well. >> just ahead. as fighting intensifies inside ukraine. 20,000 russian troops amassing on the border. coming up, we'll take a closer look at the fighting in eastern ukraine. also, it's a big day for rosetta. we'll find out about the

incredible progress the space probe could make today.

there are fears russia's preparing to stage another military intervention in ukraine. there are now about 20,000 russian troops along the eastern ukrainian border. that is 8,000 additional troops added since last week.

>> sounds from the ground there, meantime ukraine forces are making steady gains around the city of donetsk, a strong hold of pro russian separatists. u.n. officials say almost 1400 people have died in fighting in ukraine. and that includes combatants and civilians. hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes. the u.n.'s warning of a growing humanitarian crisis. >> an estimated 3.9 million people live in areas of swrins. those remaining in the conflict zone face imminent security threats from fighting, that is increasingly occurring in more densely populated areas. fighting has caused significant damage to infrastructure affecting the power and water supplies, and access to basic services.

>> they have these stories of close calls and lack of basic necessities, have you to consider the psychological impact this has. nick payton walsh is about to show you the biggest hardship of all might be the fear of what might come next. >> russian troops seen here in airborne exercises near the ukrainian border now at 20,000 said one nato official up by 1,000. special forces anti-aircraft artillery logistics, a lot that could seriously interfere in eastern ukraine. on the skyline, there's been smoke, local residents saying there's been fighting out in one of the southwestern edges of the city street level gunfire, fears that the ukrainian military's advance to the city center has begun. >> no coincidence that the

ukrainian army is moving fast into donetsk. inside the city on monday, great quiet reigned. dozens of children eke out a life, sleeping on mattresses they carried down here. twins who find the nightly explosions scary, loud. in this dim labyrinth, they believe the separatists when they tell them, the ukrainian army are american backed fascists, set on attacking the ethnic russians here. they crush us, the americans. what are they doing? where there is war in the world, they have a part. look, these little ones here they can't afford to leave, have nowhere to go. all the women of the world she says, raise your voice against

these murderers, streets torn up. ukraine's army have used a lot of artillery in their fast advance and returns to her home for the first time, it's unclear who fired the shells here that shattered her windows. if i'd been asleep here, i would have died she said. she was staying at her daughters when the shells hit. here, where shells landed. two people were kill ed quiet intimate lives, blank looks. they bury their loved ones. the sense of the violence. tragedy has already come and is permanent. nick paton walsh, cnn donetsk. we will take a short break here. an american general has been

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the top american military officer is expressing condolences after a two-star general was shot and kill ed. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said we serve where we

serve often at risk. >> he was killed in the attack at a military training facility in kabul afghanistan. 15 other coalition troops, including a german general were wou wounded. >> it was a brazen attack, killing the most senior u.s. officer since 9/11, and it began with a routine trip to afghanistan's premiere facility for afghan military officers. a delegation of senior american and coalition officers was visiting the national defense university outside kabul, when disaster struck. an afghan soldier opened fire with the russian made light machine gun. major general harold green was killed. 15 coalition soldiers, including eight americans were injured. some seriously. forces responded, killing the shooter. pentagon officials tell cnn the shooter was an afghan solder who

had been with his unit some time. >> we're months away from the u.s. handing over security for afghanistan two afghan forces like these. does this undermine your confidence in their ability to take over that role? >> the afghan national security forces continue to perform at a very strong level of competence and confidence. and warfare capability. they have had a good year, securing not one, but two national elections. >> so called green on blue attacks when afghan soldiers attack their coalition partners have been an ongoing and grave problem for the u.s. and coalition forces. today's attack made clear the risk remains. >> as we turn more and more of the secure responsibilities for these installations over to afghan troops, i think the risk will rise, since we don't control who the afghans assign to these duties, it is very easy

for the taliban to infiltrate these people. as we draw down our force. the chances for this to happen increases. not decreases. >> i also asked admiral kirby whether this kind of attack has eroded the trust of u.s. soldiers and their afghan counterparts. he said actually that rust is growing. these attacks peaked in 2012, they declined significantly since then. the measures in place to reduce that risk have only mitigated it, not eliminated it, as admiral kirby said, afghanistan is still very much a battlefield. jim scuitto, cnn washington. over the past month, six tropical storms or typhoons have impacted east asia. >> japan has taken on half of those storms. at this hour, another typhoon is barreling toward the nation, we want to go back and find out more. this is the last thing this

nation leaves. >> especially a couple days removed from the previous storm we had in this region. we've had about a meter of rainfall here over the past five to six days. pretty incredible to think that the wettest single location on earth over the past week, because of the amount of tropical storms that have cruised by in this region. a typhoon sitting there at a category one equivalent. it sits about 600 miles or 1,000 kilometers east of taiwan, it is about 1500 kilometers east of portions of metro manila, i want to take you through the area, show you brand new video around this region. more than 800 miles away, impacting this area, water chest high in some spots. this is in hair moos is a. about 100 kilometers northwest of manila. and you can see again what people are dealing with here with rainfall enhanced by the typhoon sitting out over the open waters. the pattern continues to batter

people away from the storm. the concern is now for folks across southern japan. we've seen about 40 inches of rainfall across southern japan since saturday afternoon. take a look at the perspective as far as what we've had in store for us. 120 to 150 kilometer hour winds. category one hurricane expected to make landfall here sometime friday night into saturday morning. right across portions of southern japan. the cone of uncertainty we talk about, tokyo is still in line for a threat. the blue areas indicate the most likely scenario. the winds going to be quite powerful on the eastern side, the storm surge certainly going to be impressive, at this hour seeing reports of wave heights sitting around 32 feet with that sort of wave height. not only a mariner, but any of those coastal communities will not be able to take the amount of moisture the storm has to offer. it looks like it's going to be

plenty, at least 10 inches of rainfall or 25 centimeters. >> certainly poised to pack a punch there. >> absolutely. >> thanks. we're going to return to our top story after the break, and get you more on the information on the situation in the middle east. we'll take a look at how egypt's president is dealing with the crisis and why his stance may surprise you. this will be a rendezvous to remember. more on a historic encounter later today in space.

welcome back to cnn's special coverage. >> those of you in the u.s. and watching around the world, thanks for staying with us.

>> the cease-fire is now in it's second day. many gaza residents got to return to their neighborhoods only to find scenes of utter devastation. it could take 4 to $6 billion to rebuild. >> there are now about 20,000 russian troops amassed on the ukrainian border. the buildup comes as ukrainian forces close in on the pro russian strong hold of donetsk. >> the authorities have selected the dutch company to lead the underwater search for malaysia airlines flight 370. flight 370 disappeared march 8th on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing with 239 people on board. negotiators are in cairo for

what are being called indirect talks to try to bring a lasting peace to israel and gaza. >> you have egyptian officials who are expected to act as the go betweens since israel and hamas refuse to talk face to face. >> global affairs correspondent reports now. >> palestinians digging through the rubble that is now gaza, look to egypt to open the territory they have come to see as a prison. >> we need the human passage that links us to the world. we need to give our people some hope. >> president hosni mubarak served as a bridge between israelis and palestinians. the government that followed him after the revolution, brokered the deal that released gilad. he had a friend in the muslim

brotherhood. along with then secretary of state hillary clinton, brokered a cease-fire between israel and hamas in 2012. things have changed since then. like israel, egypt's current president sisi, views hamas as a terrorist group and a regional threat. isolating the group politically, sealing off the crossing with gaza and destroying tunnels between the borders to stop hamas from smuggling weapons. >> the reason egypt and israel have put restrictions on the border is because we don't want hamas to do that. as long as hamas wants to invest in its terrorist war machine, these restrictions have to stay in place. >> egypt once again assumed its role as middle east power broker. egypt holds the key to helping ease the blockade of gaza while helping to deny hamas the ability to rearm and attack

israel. >> even if it is not just a negotiator, i mean, hamas has spelled out, their leading demand is the end of the siege of gaza. they're looking to egypt to open up the border crossing. egypt is a party to this cease-fire negotiation. if you want this to endure, then egypt is going to have to pony up something. the u.s. is still considered the indispensable broker of middle east peace talks if and when they get started. we have to make sure the cease-fire holds first. cnn washington. a major story, we are watching very closely.

ukrainian forces are making significant progress against pro russia rebels in donetsk. fears are growing about a wider conflict that could be sparked by what happens next. cnn's phil black is in moscow with the latest. a big concern here is how russia is likely to respond to the advancing ukraine forces. especially as we learn that some 20,000 russian forces amassed at the border here. what are you hearing on this. >> the government has acknowledged it has a military presence on the border, not talking specifics in terms of numbers. but says it is a direct response to the fact that ukrainian shells are crossing the border. actually striking russian territory. killing a russian citizen, the concern in the west is the intention with these forces could be something else. nato, the u.s., they estimate that anywhere between 13 and 20,000 russian troops are positioned within striking distance of the ukrainian border, with a range of

capabilities there that would allow them to move very quickly into ukrainian territory, and play a pretty big role in disrupting the events on that battlefield as they progress between ukrainian government forces and those pro russian militants. they've made big gains, taking a lot of territory, pushing the pro russian militants back east toward the russian border, really pushing for an outright military victory, which would seem to be increasingly, a likely possibility. the fear is that with the success, increasing success of ukrainian government forces comes a greater chance that russia may choose to intervene militarily. not necessarily move in and grab a piece of eastern ukraine and try to hold on to it, the numbers of troops we're talking about here don't seem to suggest that. intervene in the event that the ukraine and the government in kiev looks like winning outright. that is the fear, the theory at

the moment, the russian government is not saying anything publicly that would confirm or deny whether or not that fear is valid. >> as this plays out, the backdrop to this the sanctions, now we're hearing that russia is reacting to these sanctions. >> it's a change attack. significant escalation in these sanctions, while the russian foreign minister said that russia will not retaliate in a tit for tat way. russia is preparing to strike back, take a listen to his comments on this yesterday. >> they contradict all norms and rules. in connection with this, the russian government has posted

retaliatory measures to the so-called sanctions imposed by some countries. >> the question is, i guess, how will russia retaliate? there's a lot of talk about this in russian media, among politicians. speculation about what western products or companies to ban from doing business here, being impourted here. a suggestion that western airports could be transiting through russian airspace. so far, the russian government isn't being specific, just that fairly general but sharp comment there from vladimir putin indicating that russia is preparing to retaliate. it will no doubt be a further escalation in the very tense relations, increasingly tense relations between russia and the west. >> we'll be watching very closely for more specifics on this. reporting live from moscow. thanks to you. a short time ago, i spoke to cedric layton, a former air force colonel and former deputy director of training for the

u.s. national security agency or the nsa. i began by asking him what he makes of the russian troop buildup. what you're seeing here is a very concerted buildup of russian troops in the border region with ukraine, what does this mean? it means to me that the russians are really looking at leveraging the advantage they have in gee ago rah if i, the logistic advantage that they have, and their ability to move forces, their advantage of maneuver. they're trying to really leverage all three of these into a coherent campaign, possible campaign against ukrainian forces. doesn't mean necessarily they will engage in that campaign, but they have every indication that they're going to do so. i think what they're trying to do is give the ukrainians pause before they advance further on to donetsk, and some other areas that could be contested between

the russians and ukrainians. >> this is happening on the heels of the u.s. and eu ramping up sanctions on russia. there are some indications that those sanctions are now starting to bite. what does it mean that we're seeing this more aggressive posturing by russia, after these savgss are added to the ones already implemented. >> well, i think what's happening now is russia is feeling itself like a cornered cat, and what it's trying to do is trying to respond to those sanctions, not show that there's any weakness in their response, but they're trying to be very proactive and maintain the level of public support within the russian population that they currently enjoy. a lot of the russian population both inside russia and also the russian speaking population in ukraine support the efforts of president putin of russia to do these things and to bring the russian speaking parts of ukraine into mother russia as they would call it.

you're seeing every effort to make that happen, he's trying to basically race against time.

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welcome back, everyone. are you excited, rosemary? >> yes. >> today is still a big day for the european space agency. as rosetta spacecraft is set to begin orbiting a comet. >> scientists hope this proves to be a giant leap in space exploration. >> since humans first started exploring space, only a handful of spacecraft have landed on celestial bodies. now for the first time in history, mankind will land a craft on a comet. it's been a ten year journey covering 6 billion kilometers.

they are less than 230 kilometers away. once there, they hope to find clues to the origin of our own solar system. rosetta will be the first spacecraft to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nuke lee as. >> for the very first time, you're going to learn a lot. and it's going to be the basis for new studies. it's like breaking the ground for 3wi8ding a building. >> this building is already taking shape. from the images rosetta has sent back. the latest ones revealed 67 pieces joining together. the neck has a brighter spot, which means it has a different composition. it could even be ice. they've learned more from studying changes in the signals coming from rosetta. >> the nucleus is pulling the spacecraft out of its planned orbit. that can be seen as a shift in

frequency of the transmitter radius signal from the spacecraft. >> on its way, rosetta flew past two asteroids. scientists can't wait to get more data wednesday. >> that gives you an idea of what's going on. to find out more about this incredible advance in space exploration, we are joined via skype by dave brody, science and technology writer. thanks so much for chatting with us. let's start by looking at why this is such a significant achievement. and, of course, what needs to be done to make sure that it's a successful mission? >> sure. well, in order for it to be a complete success, rosetta actually has to get to the comet. what happens a little later on this evening is a firing of the engine for about six and a half minutes.

rosetta will begin a very slow beautiful dance down toward the nucleus of the comet, this will take place over a long time, it will take months to happen. by october, they expect to be about 30 kilometers away. by november, 10 clicks, they may get as close as 2000 meters. that's important, they want to take very detailed images of the surface of that comet, so they know exactly where to land the lander. that's when the fun begins. then we'll start actually knowing what this comet is truly made of. >> yeah, and i mean, that's the main question. what have we learned from doing this? because what an operation to get to this point? >> sure. 6 million kilometers and 1.3 billion euros, how much is it worth to know where you came from? i don't know, my opinion is that it's chump change to know what the origins of our solar system were. here's what we might find out.

that comet likely has a whole lot of water in it. so the lander will sniff the gas, check the dust, check magnetism. importantly, it will try to melt some of the ice and corkscrew down and get a core of the primal water. now, it will create some chemical analysis of that water, if it turns out that the chemical signature of the comet water is the same or very similar to that of earth's oceans, 70%, 75% of the earth's surfaces is covered by oceans. we are all made out of comet stuff, how fascinating would that be? >> interesting. you make it sound quite incredible. you're talking about finding out the origins of the solar system. i mean, that much could be learned from this? >> sure. well, the comet is an object that scientists think is left over from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago, this is the primal stuff and it gives us a window into the past. so it's fitting that the mission is called rosetta, you know,

rosetta stone helped us decode what was going on in ancient egypt while the rosetta mission will help scientists determine what was going on in ancient solar system. >> what about the process of landing successfully on the comet. that must be pretty tricky? >> very, very tricky indeed. and part of the trouble is, that comets are very, very small objects. they're not very massive. they don't have a lot of gravity, when the lander goes to land, they want to put that thing down in exactly the right place, so it doesn't bounce right off. it has a harpoon it will send into the comet to anchor itself. and it has some articulating legs to maneuver around. it's a tricky maneuver, we still have a lot to go. the real fun begins, rosetta is going to track the comet for the next year, as it heats up, as

this beautiful stuff develops in the sky and we can see the coma, coma means hair. coma is a hairy star. that coma is huge, and we'll track it as the comet goes close to the sun and even around the sun a year from now. when it could really be a fascinating object and rosetta is there to watch it grow and do its stuff. >> dave brody, great explanation. and we wish the mission all the success. >> come see us at 08:45 for the burn maneuver. >> appreciate it. >> see all that enthusiasm, my favorite part is a slow dance. if they find water, that bolster's the theory that earth isn't alone. they could find life on there, maybe diamonds. coming up for you, two big

storms heading toward hawaii. >> we'll before you the details on that, and the global weather forecast. stay with us. because they're different. woman: jimmy's not my grandson, captain obvious. woman: man: he's my lover. no.

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at least one person has been killed. >> now, for more on the fires and rare combinations of hurricanes headed for hawaii, you can bring in pedram. in hawaii, they are closing some of the public schools ahead of this storm? it does seem serious? >> it is. schools closed for thursday across maui county and the hawaiian islands because of what's going on there. across portions of sweden, we know 120 kilometers away from stockholm, impressive fire situation in this area. if you measure the amount of coverage we're talking about 150 square kilometers. roughly the size of the district of columbia in the united states. that's the largest fire in 40 years. improved conditions with wetter weather headed in this direction. tropical storm bertha never impacted the united states directly.

it's going to cruise across the atlantic ocean. sometime later this weekend, remnants of it at this point, nontropical storm, will bring in plenty of rainfall in western europe and speeden early next week. at least good news with that across the area of europe. piggyback out toward the pacific ocean. we have hurricane iselle in place. look at the weakening take place as of the last hour here. still rather impressive on satellite imagery. iselle is a weak category two hurricane. look at it fizzle out here in the last hour or so. running into very cool waters, this is a hurricane graveyard. one of the main reasons why hawaii has only been impacted twice in recorded history. iselle looks like it will get close to making it a hurricane, if not a strong tropical storm. that would be friday into saturday. hawaii's state department of education announcing closures of all schools across the islandses for thursday. including everything across maui

counties as well. when it comes to school closures, you take a look. the storm approaches the island friday afternoon, winds 100 kilometers 60 miles per hour, that is the first storm of the week behind it. julio, looks identical to iselle. this would be later into the weekend. and the winds also would be a strong tropical storm, potentially weak hurricane. people are taking it seriously in this region. >> it's a double whammy, isn't it? >> yes. >> thanks very much. what about two serious surfers, right? >> there you go. they were joined this week by a special guest off the northeastern coast of england. take a look, a young seal crashed their surf session, just climbed on to their boards. >> they caught the whole thing on a go pro camera as so many people do now. the seal hung out with them for nearly an hour. and he was surfing like a pro. >> can be dangerous, because

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