take a nice deep breath. it's saturday. we need it with all that's going on. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 6:00 here in the east. this is "new day saturday." welcome to the u.s. and around the world. we continue the coverage of two major stories in the mideast. u.s. air strikes and the conflict. and the isis fighters. >> these videos show f/a-18 fighter jets keying in on an isis military unit and then the explosion. there it is. >> those are 500-pound laser-guided bombs that let on the iraqis. latest a u.s. drone targeted a isis position and convoy.

>> it happened near erbil where hundreds of military and diplomatic personnel are stationed. west of erbil, u.s. planes have dropped more food, more water over mount sinjar. >> these are the packages here. see those, ready for distribution. 2,000 members of the yazidi minority who pled to the mountains to convert to radical islam or die. >> you see the packages here. look at this. we've got the night vision video which shows the pallets being hoisted off the cargo plane. so far, the u.s. has drop 37,000 meals and 7,000 gallons of water, too. >> take a look at this aerial view showing the bundles going to ground there. the united nations is urgently trying to clear what it calls a humanitarian corridor to help the iraqis get away from the violence. >> and the u.s. warplanes patrolling iraq are keeping a

close eye on possible isis retaliation from the ground. pamela brown has been investigating the terror group's arsenal. >> reporter: victor and christi, u.s. officials i've been speaking with say isis may be one of the most well-equipped jihadist groups in the world with cache of weapons, tanks, humvees, mounted with weapons and small arms. it's believed the group has the capability to threaten aircraft in the area. unu.s. official says with the fire power it has, isis is obviously emboldened by his heightened. and isis seen here using weapons from the iraqi army. parading around on armored tanks showcasing isis' signature black flag and hauling a massive missile through the streets of seized iraqi territory. >> isis is more of a threat to the united states now than al qaeda was prior to september 11th. perhaps the most lethal weapon, the capture of this massive dam

in mosul. the u.s. warned that its failure could create in a significant loss of life. >> we better have our eye open about the possible range casualties here. >> reporter: sources telling cnn that they attacked the damage with a tank made like this. isis has been stockpiling artillery ever since it began commandeering iraqi territory. taking american machinery left over from the war. isis is well resourced and well organized militarilily. >> i think it's also entirely possible that the isil or isis group has found various kinds of either anti-tank weapons. or anti-aircraft weapons. and mounted them on vehicles to have maximum mobility. >> reporter: based on isis videos posted online, experts believe it's possible isis could have access to portable air

defense systems which has a range of approximately 10,000 feet. and 37 millimeter anti-aircraft guns with a range of approximately 27,000 feet. high enough to bring down one of the u.s. planes dropping humanitarian relief. the navy jets involved with air strikes fly at around 40,000 feet. on friday, the faa banned u.s. flights over iraq, citing the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict. officials say the kurds who are fighting isis in northern iraq are outgunned by the islamic militant group. but a senior administration official saying the u.s. is expediting assistance to the kurds. christi and victor. >> all right, pamela brown, thank you so much. so what would it take it to knock out isis? that's the question, of course. >> yeah, let's bring in professor peter neumann, he's the direct of for the study of radicalization of king's college in london. professor, thank you for being with us. we have also senior military

official colonel rick francona with us as well. we heard representative peter king say that isis is more of a threat now than al qaeda was prior to 9/11. do you believe that to be true? >> i think it's true in the sense that isis now holds territory. and, of course, we know that a terrorist group holding territory, being able to train people there, being able to have people there that are gaining experience, skills, organization, is the basis for the kind of attack we saw on 9/11. you cannot do an attack on that scale if you're not holding territory. that's really the lesson from 9/11. you can never let terrorists hold territory anymore. that's why it's happening now. that's why it's so important to push back isis. >> let me come to you colonel francona. i want to read something for you that douglas ollivant wrote for cnn.com about the u.s. air strikes. he's the director for iraq of

the u.s. national security council. here it is. there it is. air power is incredibly potent when properly used but nearly useless in the wrong situations. isis will present both of these alternatives in iraq. put very simply, air power is incredible powerful against an enemy who son the offense. it is an enemy be it a person or vehicle or a weapon system is on a move or fighting they create a significant that is easy to spot. how difficult that to knock out isis? that realistic or containment the goal? as long sass isis functions as a if he thinksal army which is what they've been doing lately, they present themselves as a very lucrative target from the air. as soon as they see how effective the american air power will be, they will revert back to a more guerilla-type

operation which is what we're used to seeing. air power be effective as he said, if useful properly, isis probably is not fully aware of american air power yet. they soon will be. >> it will be interesting what isis does know about america. because peter, one of the isis fighters told vice news, and this is a quote. we will raise the flag of allah at the white house. how threatening are they to the u.s. and do you think that the u.s. administration or the intelligence committee has underestimated isis' threat? >> i think they will be a threat in the united states to the short to medium term. now, of course now that u.s. is in direct conflict with isis, that may speed up the process. but you should also recognize that as for the time being, isis is actually very busy building this islamic state. fighting against the kurds, the iraqis, trying to expand into jordan. now, of course, since the u.s.

is go to be part of that puzzle, it may well turn out to be that they're soon going to expand and direct the operations directly towards the u.s. i think that will become more likely now. >> colonel, the u.s. has obviously committed to protecting fiercely the kurdish region of iraq. we've seen isis over a period now take significant amount of syria. and now these major cities in iraq over the past few months. help us understand the effect of isis potentially taking that region as well. >> look at what they've done. if you look at the map, and you see where they've come from syria into iraq, they're coming down the euphrates valley. they're starting in mosul. they're coming down the tigris valley. and once down toward baghdad, they're going up the deialia valley. they're trying to control the

power. and they're trying to control the state and setting up the trappings of a state and that requires infrastructure. they're trying to consolidate all of this territory that they own, once they have that territory, then as he said, they become a threat to us because they set up training camps. and they're actively recruiting americans, europeans who have passports that allows them to travel. >> we know several hundred diplomatic personnel are stationed in erbil. why not evacuate them yet? >> that's a very good question. they were sent up there because that was supposed to be a safe haven. get them out of baghdad. the problem is now they're under threat. i think you send the wrong message, and also the consulate there, that just says we don't think we can defend this. and it kind of tells the kurds you're on your own. that's the wrong message to

show. we need to send strength to the iraqis. >> thank you both. we'll continue the conversation throughout the morning. >> despite the air strikes in iraq, president obama said there will definitely not be any american boots on the ground. listen to what he told "the new york times." >> they squandered an opportunity. and i've been i think pretty clear about the fact that had the shia majority seized the opportunity to receive out to the sunnis and the kurds in a more effective way past legislation of de-baathification, that that would have made a difference. i don't think that can be disputed. the flip side of it is, if they did done exactly as they did. the difference is 10,000 troops

as opposed to having a much more limited number. >> all right, cnn's erin mcpike joins us live from washington. erin, we understand the white house as released a statement from the president. what does it say? >> well, victor and christi, this is his weekly address. and we just got the text of those remarks into us this morning. i want to point out the overwhelming discussion in washington is just how reluctant president obama is to get dragged into another messy situation in iraq. in this statement, in this address, he saids as commander in chief, he does not want to get dragged into another bar. he said what we do is continue our broader strategy in iraq. we protect our citizens. we will work with the internal community to address his humanitarian crisis. we'll help prevent these terrorists from having a permanent safe haven from which

do attack america. and so the people are iraq have the opportunity for a better future. the opportunity for many so many americans gave their lives in iraq in a long and hard war. but christi and victor, i would also point out that we did hear from the white house press secretary josh earnest yesterday. and in that briefing, he said he have not laid out a specific end date. in other words, this could go on for quite some time. and we don't know what it will look like. >> all right. erin mcpike, we appreciate the update today from the capitol. >> thauvnk you, erin. also, morning death and destruction. and the other big story we're watching in gaza. just one day after the cease-fire ended. we're live in the middle east for the latest developments on the ground there. plus -- >> hawaii's big island, tropical

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♪ 16 minutes past the hour right now. gaza has once again become a dangerous bloody deadly war zone. just one day after peace talks failed, hamas and israel again this morning. >> palestinians officials say they're now digging to retrieve the bodies of at least three people who died when an israeli air strike hit a mosque. they say two others were killed in a separate strike. it was one of 30 targets israel hit in gaza today. five rockets have been fired from gaza. >> let's go to gaza, cnn's john vause is monitoring the

developments. john, you told us something that i think is perplexing to a lot of people, the rockets fired from gaza are rockets that hamas is not taking responsibility for? >> yeah, that's correct, christi, what we understand is that so far, since that cease-fire ended 8:00 a.m. local time, more than 24 hours ago, all of the outgoing fire from gaza, at least from the responsibility point of view is being claimed by another militant here in gaza, known as its lallic jihad. they're a smaller group, often rivals with hamas. they have the capability to fire rockets as well into israel. there are a lot of militant groups here in gaza. there are some small ones. there's, of course, hamas which runs gaza because their political wing was elected many years ago. they had their military wing. i know it's confusing. i know there are a lot of strange-sounding names here. you have to understand is this not just one big militant group which is responsible for all of

the rocketfire which is outgoing. what we've seen in the last 24 hours or so, since the end of that cease-fire. islamic jihad is claiming responsibility for all of the rocket fire. keep in mind, today, only five rockets have been fired from the gaza strip into israel. and, again, all of those claimed by islamic jihad. nothing being claimed by hamas. the israelis, though, continue on with their military offensive. you mentioned that mosque which was hit a few hours ago. at least three people have been killed there. another two were killed on a motorcycle. that is an indication from the israelis that that was some kind of targeted strike against militants. which group they're from, we don't know. they could have been from hamas. they could have been from islamic jihad or somebody else. the offensive is ongoing. five people killed so far today. yesterday that far cease-fire ended. and it ended with a barrage of rockets coming from gaza into israel and the israeli military

kicked off that far. five people were kid on frud. so far since the cease-fire ended, ten people here in gaza have been killed. a soldier on the israeli side has been slightly wounds and a civilian has been moderately wounded on the israeli side, christi. >> john we're listening to the numbers and the rockets being fired over one side of the border and the other. but give us a sense of how life now after this cease-fire compares to life just before it? >> yeah, well, it does seem that we're not back to the level of cross-border firing, of the military operations that we saw before the cease-fire came into in effect last week. there certainly seems to be scaling back. the israeli air strikes continue, they're obviously less frequent. and with the air fire, that, too, is less frequent than

leading up into the severe-hour cease-fire. whether there's an indication that something is going on behind the scenes and whether there's diplomatic moves on the way to de-escalate the situation, we don't know. but there are reports that maybe the israelis are heading back to cairo. we've spoken to the israeli officials there. they have refused to comment on those reports. which is not unusual. they don't often tell me us when the israeli delegation is coming or going. hamas, we've reached out to them, again, no comment from hamas on any talk of that. maybe they're trying to resurrect a cease-fire. >> john vause, we appreciate it. iselle, the tropical storm roars ashore hawaii's big island. we'll take you live there to show you the damage it left behind. >> later, a king size homecoming rally. king james, the ruler of the

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tropical storm iselle moving farther away from hawaii, fortunately, but oh, did it leave its mark. >> reporter: churning waves, heavy rain and gusty winds as iselle made landfall on hawaii's big island. the state had prepared for a devastating one-/tropical cyclone punch but for now it's

all clear even though hurricane julio is still out there. >> the good news is we've dodged a bullet. we prepared for the worst and hoped for the best. and we got more of the best. >> reporter: the biggest threat this morning, rain and flash flooding. iselle has already dumped 11 inches of rain on the big island. and another foot is expected. that's taking rivers and creeks to dangerous levels. along with the rain, high winds knocked down trees and power lines. more than 22,000 homes were in the dark. and hundreds of people hunkered down in storm shelters. >> we did have some strong burst of wind at time. the rain came. and then it quiet down again. then a little more came back again. >> what's it been like cleanup here all afternoon? >> it's been pretty hectic because the wind was strong last night. in fact, this morning, debris all over the road.

>> so jennifer joining us now from the extreme weather center. >> yeah, they're is unprecedented, we've never had a direct hit on the big island before. a lot of cleanup for days and days. could have been a lot worse. yeah, they had a direct hit from iselle. now we're watching julio. the good news is, it's going to pass to the north. the forecast is becoming more competent, so this is a bigger storm with it passing to the north, hawaii will just see indirect impacts. we're going to see increased surf. monster waves throughout the next couple of days. but i think the impact from this next storm are minimal compared to what we saw from iselle. >> thank goodness. we love hawaii. >> we do love hawaii. >> this is not something that happens to them very often? >> no, they've only been impacted directly by three storms that we know of. this is the first direct impact for the big island that we know of. >> jennifer, thank you so much for watching it. we appreciate it.

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right now. i hope you're just sitting back and relaxing this morning on a lazy saturday. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. we've got a lot going on. let's start with five things you need to know for your "new day." number one, the american infected with ebola virus said he's growing stronger every day. he's thankful for the gratitude he's received. and the other patient is not yet in the clear but in good hands. number two, the mother of the georgia toddler who died after being left in a hot suv for seven hours says she's also a victim. in a statement, leanna harris writes the media and public rushed to judge her. her husband justin ross harris faces murder and child cruelty charges. police say he left the child

strapped for seven hours in a car seat as he went back to work in june. number three, the death of james brady has been ruled a homicide. brady died this week at age 73, but the medical examiner said it was due to wounds that he sustained way back in 1981 when he was shot during an assassination attempt on president reagan. brady spent the rest of his life partially paralyzed in a wheelchair. the shooter john hinckley was found guilty. and the collegiate laws violated. this could mean that basketball and football players could start getting paid for college sports. number five, oh, my goodness is this being called a miracle from god. a young girl thought to be dead, swept nearly a decade ago in the

indian ocean tsunami has been found alive. her family thought she was dead, kid, of course, when they were separated by the disaster. according to a newspaper, she was spotted by her long lost brother while walking on the street. and she has now returned to her family. i want to know more of that back story. turning back to one of our big time stories this morning. and there are several. deteriorating situation there in irrock. the u.s. has completed two air drops of humanitarian supplies. we're told that 36,000 ready-to-eat meals, almost 7,000 gallons of water have been dropped. >> that's only enough to feed a fraction of 200,000 people forced from their homes. they're running into the mountains to escape the violent militants formally known as

isis. >> thousands in churches, sleeping on pews because there really is nowhere else to go. cnn's ivan watson is there. he gives us a look inside. >> reporter: hundreds of iraqi are on the run right now. hundreds of them have taken shelter here in a place of worship. this is st. joseph's church. it's in the christian town of an kawa which is in the northern iraqi regionch kurdistan. this is where hundreds have been sleeping for nights after running for their lives with merely the clothes on their backs. the scenes that we're seeing here, it is just a drop in the bucket. across the city, across the kurdish safe haven, we have seen similar scenes in youth centers. in other churches.

in gas station parking lots. people are running for their lives. and according to the patriarch of the chaldean christian community of iraq, among the exodus are more than 100,000 christians who tell us, that they've been given a choice by the militants from the islamic states of iraqi and syria, either convert to their brand of violent, harsh islam. or face the sword. you're going to stay here? >> yes. >> for how long? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> this is a bad situation? >> yes. >> this is very bad. >> very bad. food, a little. water, a little. >> and no future?

>> no future. future, if usa can help our people. >> you cannot stay in iraq? >> no. >> it's too dangerous. >> no, no, like in iraq. >> christian leaders in iraq are warning of the threat of genocide against this ancient christian community. and it's not just the christians who are under threat. basically any religious or ethnic minority. that include s yazidis. the turkimans. and those implemented by the islam be state of iraq and syria or isis. and this is the situation right

now, woman like this, her family have slept for the second night in their church, with their 40-day-old baby right here. and sadly this is probably just the very beginning of this humanitarian crisis. ivan watson, cnn, ankawa, in iraqi, kurdistan. >> you just feel for those people. also, we're talking about more air strikes across gaza this morning after a short-lived cease-fire fell apart. >> we're headed live to jerusalem to talk to the united nations about what the renewed violence means for the children stuck in this conflict.

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♪ palestinian officials say they're digging to retrieve the bodies of at least three people who died when an israeli air strike hit a mosque. they say two others were killed in a separate strike. now, it was one of 30 targets israel hit in gaza today. >> enemy number one for the israelis is the mysterious leader of hamas' military wing. and as paula hancocks shows us, this shadowy figure as alluded capture for decades. >> reporter: the hamas military chief, even this image is believed to be 20 years old. he's a shadowy figure. the commander of the islamic brigades number one enemy. >> the fighter, someone who

studied in the university, was drafted into the military force. deeply religious and deeply committed to the cause of hamas. he was a close student of sheikh al qassam. >> reporter: the sheikh was assassinated in 2004 along with military chiefs he succeeded in 2002. and one of israel's most wanted men. but he has eluded israel becoming known as the man with nine lives. the israel has tried to kill him several times. each time injuring him severely. he's believed to be in a wheelchair. dade is believed to have hamas blood on his hands planning suicide bombings, rockets and tunnels. this audio statement one week ago was attributed to him. aired on hamas television, he

called for a lifting of the blockade of gaza, saying the truce, quote, will not take place until the border crossings are open. some believe that he's calling the shot. >> i presently believe he's more of a legend than a human being commanding the forces there. hamas needs someone they can follow and be inspired by. and israelis very much like to identify a person as the enemy, the arch evil terrorist responsible for everything going on. >> reporter: if he's alive, he's in deep hiding. his secretive lifestyle, one reason why he survived far longer than any of his predecessors. paula hancocks, cnn. of course, we'll go back to the conflict there in just a moment. we want to get you updated on the case out of georgia. that toddler who died in a hot car. that child's mother said she say victim, too. her lawyer sat down with me for

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we are just about a minute away from the 7:00 hour on saturday morning. so grateful for your company. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day saturday." we become viewers around the u.s. and the world. we are starting in iraq. and we've got remarkable video of first u.s. air strikes targeting isis fighters. >> take a look at these images. u.s. military showing f/a-18 fighter jets keying in on a isis military. and right there. >> unleashed, there it is. unleashed on the terror group that has thousands of iraqis running for their live glps these attacks happened near erbil, the home base for u.s. military and diplomatic person mel in that west of issue el, in mount sinjar, u.s. military planes have dropped more food and water to those folks. >> these are the aid packages

being prepared for members of t the yazidi military, they're trapped in the mountains. >> i want to show you the night vision, too. those are pallets dropping off a cargo plane. this aerial shot we're going to have for you too. there they go off the plane. there's the aerial shot as they glide down from parachutes. british news outlets reporting that a british plane is heading to iraq to deliver humanitarian aid. and the united nations is trying to clear, quote, a humanitarian corridor to help those trying to get away. u.s. military planes in northern iraq have a green light right now for those threats. >> even though he's heading out for two weeks vacation on martha's vineyard, president obama is watching the situation closely. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins us now. >> victor and christi, president

obama is receiving regularup dates from the damage done on the air strikes on isis. in the meantime, aide to the president are hinting there could be more air strikes in the coming days. >> reporter: after multiple rounds of u.s. air strikes on isis targets in iraq this was all we could see of the president. commander in chief on the phone with king abdullah of jordan discussing what's next. agents say the mission in iraq will be limited. protect u.s. military advisers and diplomats in erbil and ends the siege another driven into the mountains by isis fighters. the white house said there's no time line. >> president has not has not given a specific end date. >> reporter: that is a far cry from the initial decision to deal with isis two months ago. after ending the war in iraq nearly three years ago. >> -- america's war in iraq will be over. >> reporter: mr. obama is now the fourth u.s. president in a row to launch military action in

iraq. >> was he reluctant to make this decision? >> i think the president was determined to use military action to protect american personnel who are in harm's way in iraq. he was determined to use american military assets to try to address an urgent humanitarian situation. >> reporter: isis is just as determined. as one of the fighters told vice news, we will raise the flag of allah at the white house. monsters the president apparently brushed off back in january when he said to the new yorker if a jv team puts on lakers uniforms that doesn't make them kobe bryant. they're not the jv anymore. >> we do remain concerned about the military proficiency that's been demonstrated by isil. >> reporter: for now members of congress are showing support. house speaker john boehner said in a statement i'm dismayed by the ongoing access to strategy

for countering the grave threat isis possesses to the region. isis has threatened mr. obama's main hope for legacy to get out and stay out of the iraq. >> i want to make sure when i turn the keys over to the next president, that they have the ability, that he or she has the capacity to make some decisions with a relatively clean slate. >> and white house officials insist the president will stay on top of this crisis during his family vacation in martha's vineyard. key members of the national security team will be making the trip. victor and christi. >> senior white house correspondent jim acosta, thank you so much. >> as the u.s. ramps up the military efforts against isis, militants are closing in on the kurdish capital of erbil and could be as close as 18 miles. >> the timing is crucial because isis fighters have captured the

dam north of mosul. and the national defense is what he's with and lieutenant colonel mark gentling joining us by phone. >> good morning. >> how much leverage does this give over this area, mosul specifically, not have control of his dam. do you think they'll use it as a weapon? >> well, they could use it as a weapon. this is known in history, 1938, in japan, the national chinese essentially, cut down a dam and 800,000 people were killed. during world war ii bouncing bombs were sent in to dams in germany in the war of ali. the dam remains a threat on its own. it's built on soluble soil. gypsum and limestone. this is in a very bad location. and something called carsting

happening to the dam which means it cracks and seeping. and it has been cracking and seeping. if you take a look at the generation itself. there are four silos behind it. those silos are meant to maintain it. and if not maintained it's going to be in bad shape. >> general, you know this terrain well aside from the dam in mosul are there any high-risk targets that come to your mind that officials really need to be worried about? >> if i can comment on the dam very briefly, christi. >> sure. >> probably just a very good point about the dilapidation of this facility. i've been to the dam several times. knack, in 2008, took a group of reporters up there when there was a threat -- there was a rumor of a threat that al qaeda will blow this dam up. i don't think this is going to happen for several reasons. first of all, isis wants this

facility. it provides hydroelectric power not only to mosul but to smaller areas around, including erbil. erbil gets electricity from the dam. you see why it's a powerful thing. second of all, isis is attempting to establish a state. they know they want this. and it's going to be used for their infrastructure as well. third, the dam is probably low in its water level. it's august. the last time i was up there, in july, it's about 40% of its capacity. so even if the dam is exploded or it begins to leaking it will be a trickle not a massive flood. and fourth, again, if they attempt to flood the area, this is the area where they're trying to establish their own state. they would only be hurting themselves. so i would put aside these rumors of isis using the dam as a weapon. secondly from the other facilities in the area, as we talk about isis approaching

erbil, that's desert. it literally goes -- it's what like going into las vegas where there's nothing but desert around. and suddenly, you hit the city, the very nice city of erbil. so i think some of the protection that we're establishing there, the defense of that city, helping the joint operations commands on the area. helping to defend the people of erbil, while defending under the president's orders that joint operations command is the critical issue. >> dr. sullivan, we heard from congressman peter king. and he's pretty upset, angry even, that president obama, in his words, signaled to the enemy the narrow scope of this mission. he says that to tell isis that we're not going to any further than these air strikes was a mistake. what do you think? >> well, i'd first like to respond to the general. yes, they have economists on staff pretty much at isis and they're into money and power. and they most likely will not use this dam as a weapon.

but the dam itself is unstable. but the president can say things publicly, but what happens privately and what the actual strategy and strategies might be are two different things. signaling the enemies obviously have a good idea, but it's a lot more complicated than that. >> all right, lieutenant journal mark hertling. and paul sullivan. i guess it might be even an underestimate, sir, to say it's a lot more complicated. we are learning just how complicated this entire situation is. thank you so much for helping us understand what's happening there. >> thank you, gentlemen. on the ground in iraq, we do understand that life is growing even more desperate for the thousands of refugees who are trying to get away from the bloodshed and the horrifying threat possessed by isis militants. ivan watson joins us there from erbil. what are iraqis saying about the

u.s. air strikes? >> they're welcoming here in iraqi kurdistan. the kurdistan leadership within 30 miles of the kurdish capital of erbil, where i'm standing right now. and that advance triggering a wave of hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians who are fleeing here. among them more than 100,000 iraqi christians. i caught up with the muslim kurdish governor of his city who is working with a christian archbishop yesterday, victor, to try to provide some kind of shelter. some kind of food. some water to these hordes of desperate people yesterday. and he said, listen, we really need help from the u.s. to help keep the isis militants away from the cities where the

humanitarian crisis will just get infinity bigger. take a listen. how far away are the isis militants away? >> 1800 meters. >> that's very close. >> of course. they are fighting against them they will try to stop them. but it's very important because they have good defense. but they take it from the iraqi military in mosul. they have different kind of help weapons. so the weapons are not like that. so it's very important to attack them by the air -- by the -- >> so, victor, the kurdish peshmerga militias have suffered substantial losses. more than 150 dead. more than 500 wounded in less than a week of fighting.

they are defending a front line against isis of some 900 miles. and they're only left with a little chunk, about 15 miles of space that still connects them to territories still controlled by the iraqi central government. i hear from a high-level kurdish official that there were two isis assaults to the south of the kurdish-controlled city of kirkuk overnight. those forces claiming that the forces succeeded in repelling that assault with the help of an iraqi air force. so one positive sign, after a lot of signs of disagreement, there are signs that they're starting to coordinate with defense forces in the country. >> ivan watson, thank you for the update. one day art peace talks

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only at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. ♪ let's go to the middle east now. another war zone yesterday. a cease-fire ended with rockets landing israel. strikes hitting gaza again. hamas negotiators would not agree to extend a three-day cease-fire. >> let's go now no jerusalem where cnn's jake tapper is monitoring the developments there on the ground. jake, good morning. >> good morning to you. well, it had been a quiet night. a short period of quiet but at dawn, palestinian rockets and israeli strikes have resumed.

the israeli defense forces say it started with rockets from gaza. and that since they resumed, at least five rockets into israel, none of which have caused any apparent casualties. the idf has then said it responded with air strikes. an idf spokesman just described a different strike on men who they described as terrorists on a motorcycle in southern gaz. that's one of three dozen targets idf says it hit since the period of quiet overnight was interrupt. let's go to prm benjamin netanyahu's spokesman mark regev who is here with us. mark, what exactly happened? it seemed like seven or eight hours of quiet and maybe i was foolishly optimistic. >> hamas opened fire on us and targeting communities across the frontier. it's not right to say the

cease-fire is apart. hamas broke the cease-fire. 4 1/2 hours before the cease-fire was supposed to run out there was already fire on israel. at 8:00 yesterday morning, we had barrages, 60 mortars shells fired on israel. >> before the cease-fire was set to expire, palestinian militants in gaza fired and broke the cease-fire, you said. do were no who did it? was it hamas definitively firing the rockets? >> i can't say the following, hamas running the gaza strip and they can outsource terrorism to other groups. when they want to enforce a cease-fire, they do it very well. the question is, are they willing to do so? >> one of the things i'm wondering if this is now the normal in israel. almost as if it's a return to 1967 to 1970 there was this relatively low level burst of intensity war of attrition, between israel and egypt. is that what is the new normal

now? if there's no cease-fire deal, that it's just going to be israel waits for palestinian rockets and then israel hits gaza. and then it just resumes indefinitely? >> we can't allow hamas to have the initiative to shoot at us when they're comfortable to do so. and to hold fire when it's comfortable for them to do so. we have to have a situation where the border is quiet. we've said over and over again, our goal in the military operation has always been the same. it's to create a sustained period of quiet without rocket fire, without terror tunnels. that's our goal. >> are you gearing up for a awar of attrition, that's that's going to be the new normal here? >> no, the prime minister is determined to achieve a sustained period of quiet. and that will be achieved diplomatically or militarily, but it will be received. >> there are reports in israel media that israel may be sending its delegation back to cairo, where the palestinian delegation

remains. some people look at that as a recent silver lining. is it true that the delegation has returned? >> no, let me be clear. the whole framework was based on two stages, one stage, the first stage, unconditional cease-fire. a cessation of all hostilities. >> by both sides? >> yes. and, two, talks in cairo. so the talks in cairo had started only because there was an unconditional cessation of hostilities. now, hostilities have started again that hamas has broken the cease-fire. broken it. >> i want to get your response to some comments that president obama gave to "the new york times" tom freeman in which he said one of the problems is that in ways, bebe, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is too

strong. your response. >> i think president obama is great and i promise prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a strong leader. we've seen overwhelming support. we've had about 80% support for his way of steering, of leading the country during this conflict. he's a stronger leader. and i think the palestinians are making a mistake by not negotiating with him seriously because he can deliver. because he say stronger leader. and to those in the international community, we've always said, israel just pull out, take down the settlement and everything will be find. i'd remind them that's what happened when we did take down the settlements in the 1967. what did we get, we didn't get the prime minister that they want. and we don't see a repeat of what's happening in gaza. >> palestinians are arguing there is a blockade. we don't have time to get into the whole history.

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mountain. sinjar, that you can see there. many of them are yazidis, that's a small religious group that's in northern iraq right now. >> yeah, that left, of course, afraid of being killed by isis militants and some are those are children. some have died from dehydration. u.s. cargo planes have air dropped water and meals. thousands into that mountain range there. and a predator drone flying over indicates yazidis have received 63 of the 72 pallets dropped so far. >> hopefully, that will help. we want to bring in meteorologist jennifer gray. jennifer, we said they're dying of dehydration. give us an example of conditions there. >> it's similar to conditions here in the u.s. in the southwest region. so desert-like temperatures. august is the hottest time of the year. imagine sitting out somewhere in

arizona, new mexico, temperatures in the triple digits, no food, no water. temperatures 104 during the heat of the day feeling like 110, 117. at night, temperatures only drop down into the 90s. and you're sitting out there unable to really find shade, shelter from the sun. that's what we're dealing with. so temperatures, sinjar mountain right around 104 today. tomorrow, the next day. temperatures aren't going to change much at all until we get into, say, september. so that's what we're dealing with. average is around 97 degrees. temperatures have been running 5 to 10 degrees above normal. the past couple of days. and it looks like that's going to be the case for the next five to ten days at least. barely a cloud in the sky. this is the satellite loop. you can see hardly any clouds out there. of course, no rain, this is not the rainy season. so we're going to stay very dry out there. is going to remain,

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♪ bottom of the hour right now. we are so grateful to have your company. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. peace talks crumbled friday. and gaza has once again become a bloody war zone. >> yeah, as we speak, palestinian officials say they're digging to retrieve the bodies of at least three people who died when an israeli air

strike hit a mosque. they say two others were killed in a separate strike. the idf went after 30 targets in gaza today. while five rockets were fryered from gaza into its radio. let's talk with the current vice president of the director of foreign policy at bookings institute. thank you for being with us. we know a little bit ago, we had a report from one of our reporters saying islamic jihad, which is a rebel group of hamas is claiming responsibility for the latest firings out of gaza, martin. and then we had the spokes pen f spokesman for benjamin netanyahu saying listen when hamas wants to come out, they go to the other guys who do you think is this group who is the supposed rival of hamas and hamas? >> well, they're not really

rivals. they're allies and partners. jihad, there are several groups rating, pro-iranian and iranian-directed operation. palestine's jihad has a history of continuing fighting when hamas stops. that was certainly true during the intrafada as well. but in this particular instance, i think they're closely coordinated. i don't think it makes a distinction. hamas has made clear it's not going to continue the cease-fire because its demands are not being met at the negotiating table. and i think it's really at this point immaterial whether it's jihad or hamas firing. they're all of these terrorist organizations in gaza determined to secure some kind of trophy for their war against israel. and israel and egypt are determined to deny them that.

and i think that the continued fighting is an attempt to pressure both israel and egypt to make concessions. >> you said that the only way to get a long-term solution here or to get real peace in the middle east is to work on that long-term solution. but as we heard from mark regev, prime minister netanyahu's spokesperson, there is nothing to discuss, until the rockets stop. and from the other side of the border, they said that there is nothing to discuss until the blockades end. so how do you get to the point of getting them at least at the table especially in its iteration of the conflict? >> well, it's very difficult. i don't think israel will accept to negotiate with a gun to its head. as you say, the hamas and other terrorist organizations are looking for some achievement that they can hold up for

resisting, as they say, israel for this time. so, i think that you're going to have a kind of war-war and jarring going on at the same time as each presses the other to try to secure some advantage in the negotiations. but problem here, which will impact both sides is that the poor people of gaza are facing a humanitarian crisis. and if the fighting continues, it will be there are difficult to address their needs, not emergency humanitarian needs like water, food and shelter, but also reconstruction of all of those homes that have been destroyed. the concrete can't be imported. everything has to come into gaza. and everything is shut down at the moment. so, as that humanitarian crisis grows, it's going to put pressure on both sides.

the question is whether the people of gaza will now say to hamas, enough. enough is enough. let's rebuild. and whether the israelis will feel that they have no choice but to leave the humanitarian effort there and therefore give it all in terms of the demands. so i really think we're in the middle of this kind of maneuvering that will go on. and it's only when the situation on the ground creates pressure on both sides that maybe they'll come up with some kind of middle ground solution. >> but, martin, what kind of power do the people in gaza have to say to hamas, we're done with this? hamas doesn't really -- do they list ton the people of gaza? >> they do have their finger on the pulse of popular reaction. at the moment, in circumstances

in which their homes have been bombed by israel, they identify with hamas and support them for quote/unquote resisting israel. but i don't think that will go on for much longer. i think they will begin to turn on hamas and say enough of this. >> okay. >> and at that point, hamas is going to find itself in a situation where it's going to have to accept arrangements that allow for the rehabilitation of the people of gaza. >> all right, martin indyk, we so appreciate your insight. thank you for being with us today. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. it's been a big week for vladimir putin, blocking imports, three more years of asylum. get has been what is the end game here? what does he want? we'll ask a russian expert next. and big time college athletes are going to start

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again racheteti eing higher. >> a ukrainian military with transports advanced on the military border but stopped. >> it's likening to an invasion. we have not yet heard a russian response. of course, we'll keep you posted when we get an update there. today's convoy is just the latest in a string of moves by president putin this week alone. >> we've seen russian band food from the u.s. and the european urine. threaten to band european flights from flying over russia. grand nace leaker edward snowden three more years of asylum. let's talk about this with andrew hutchins. andrew, so good to have you with us. thank you. when you look at all of this, what in your estimation is putin's end game here? >> hey, nobody told me that you guys were going to ask me hard questions this morning on a saturday. i think that his end game is to have a fractured and weakened

ukraine that is basically compliant to moscow's wishes and desires. the ukraine that is not going to be threatened to jordan nato. and a ukraine which is more to the russian forming economic union. >> so this military convoy that we just spoke about a moment ago that nearly crossed into ukraine. it's edging closer to the border but did not cross it. the red cross has acknowledged their offer but said it won't accept it just yet because of the implications behind having the offer and then the military vehicles and everyone you see here cross into that region. what's your take on that? and this perceived or the effort to at least make it look like we're here to help? >> well, the russians have been preparing the russian public through their media. i was in moscow a few weeks ago. for some kind of humanitarian or

so-called peacekeeping mission. now, someone joked that the russians spell peacekeeping a little different. p-i-c-e as in keeping a piece of ukraine. the control over the ukraine military. the tremendous civilian deaths. the numbers of civilian deaths and damage being caused in eastern ukraine. and that somebody needs to use what the united nations whats come to call the right to protect. the right to protect citizens in a neighboring country. >> there have been a lot of arguments but not a lot was done to help ukraine when this whole thing started. why was europe so hesitant, do you think, to legislate any lasting consequence against putin? is it the energy, the trade? >> yeah, it's primarily the economy. the europeans are dependent on them for 30% of their natural

gas from the russian federation. and, of course, the most dependent upon that gas are the ones closest to the russian federation, ironically those states probably the less russian for historical and cultural reasons. also, they have a very deep trade relationship with the russian federation. for the russians they're extremely dependent upon the revenue that's derived from the sale of energy, primarily energy, but other products as well to europe. europe is far and away as you count it as a whole, u-25, a trading partner. so it's a symbiotic relationship. and the european workers have a lot more potentially to lose than would, say, american workers, if the sanctions were to go farther. >> so let's talk more about this food ban. president putin banning food from the west. i wonder if that could backfire. now, because the aggression, the

conflict comes to their home, comes to the dinner table. for some people, these sanctions may never touch them because you're going around or going to the people close to putin. these billionaires, the olhlig r ohligers. could that backfire. >> potentially, this is a targeted move on putin's part. the constituency which is anti-putin already the emerge egg middle class. those that are wealthier, those educated those more likely to eat fresh cheese, drink french wine and generally food imports from the european union which total about $11 billion to $12 billion a year. putin's hard core contingency which tends to be less educated less well off. not located in urnen city centers but the countryside, they're going to be less dependent upon these imports of

food from europe and elsewhere. but nevertheless, you're right, it's going to cause a little bit more inflation for the russian people. but it's not a -- it's not going to dramatically impact them so far. and i think at this point, this is kind of a warning from the russians about well this is our first step. and we're certainly prepared to take more serious steps if the sanctions from the west continue to increase. >> all right. andrew kuchins, always an enlightening conversation. thank you for making time for us today. >> my pleasure. a new court ruling could be a game-changer here, folks. the ncaa may be forced to pay college athletes. >> yeah, but there are rules and limiting as as to when and how much. we're going to break it all down and what it could mean for the fans. more than you think. very little. [ doorbell rings ] what's this? what's that? swiffer sweeper. [ lee ] i came in under the assumption that it was clean.

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this will change college sports as we know it. schools, if they want to, they don't have to, if they choose, the ncaa can no longer tell them they can't pay players. there is a cap on this. $5,000 per year per athlete. these athletes have the ability to make that money by handing over the rights of their image so that schools can put them on tv, of their likeness so they can sell jerseys with their name, hats with their numbers. all the things us fans love to buy. this could end the days of the johnny manziels of the world losing eligibility. to give you an idea of how big this is, this is from the players association. one of the biggest advocates for ncaa reform told me this last night. this is a big win. the ruling says the ncaa was operating illegally and college

athletes do have rights. even if you label them student athletes and call it amateur, it doesn't give the ncaa the right to deny them the rights that other americans deserve. >> so, we are actually going to and i want to know about the fans. if you could pull that thread a little more. the fans will get what has been kept away for so long from the college athletes. >> reporter: i sat in the courtroom for much of the trial. their argument was this will ruin college sports because fans don't want this. majority of fans do not think athletes should be paid. there were witnesses who said $5,000 is not a ton of money. it is not the millions of dollars that the pro players make. this is not something that fans would necessarily wouldn't be repulsive to them.

that is what the ncaa's own expert said. she took that cap. she rejected that argument in her 99-page ruling, she did not think fans go for amateurism because she knows the athletes are not being paid. they go for tradition. >> all right. we will see. sara, thank you so much. >> thank you, sara. as the bombs drop out of the sky from the american war plane over iraq, american veterans are now voicing their opinions. we will have those next. s mi of. struggle to keep your a1c down.a so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine, loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c.

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turning back to one of our top stories this morning, the deteriorating situation in iraq and the american air strikes there. >> american war veterans are speaking out. >> reporter: a mission in iraq, 4,220 troops gone. two years after withdrawal, a new mission. >> authorize two operations in iraq. targeted air strikes to protect our personnel and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of civilians. >> reporter: all summer, americans who served are watching violence in iraq erupt. >> we agree they deserve peace. >> reporter: we sat down with some of them in june when the u.s. took his first step to quell the violence. >> i think any intervention is limited in scope. >> what do you want to hear the president say? >> i want to hear president

obama acknowledge that america has a moral obligation. >> reporter: two months later, the u.s. launches air strikes. >> i think the united states is a bit slow in reacting to the situation. >> reporter: andrew barthowmew says the u.s. has a commitment to maintain. >> it is a humanitarian crisis and not just a military crisis. we are obligated. >> reporter: the white house is making assurances that this intervention is not like the last one. >> it will not involve american troops returning in a combat role. >> reporter: he believes he never should have been on the ground. today, he cannot support military action from the air. >> i think that as americans, we need to first come to terms with what we have done during the occupation two iraq because i think it is our misunderstanding of the past that is skewing what

is going on today. we need to educate ourselves on that level before any decisions of any future course of action in iraq. >> reporter: and christi and victor, you hear the vets are deeply divided at this point. here is what is fuelling the fire. some feel the service in iraq made a difference in improving the lives of civilians. others people iraqis were in more vulnerable positions. that is shaping the relationship with iraq today. >> all right. alexandra field, good to see you in new york. thank you. the next hour of your "new day" starts now. >> all right. just 30 seconds from 8:00 now. >> coming up on you. >> i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day" saturday. >> we start in iraq. video of the first u.s. air

strikes targeting isis militants. >> we have f/a-18 fighter jets honing in on the bombs. >> those are the 500-pound bombs that has thousands of iraqis running to get out. >> the attacks took place near erbil near the sinjar region. it is the home base for military and diplomatic personnel. meantime, u.s. military planes have dropped more food and water over sinjar. >> these are the aide packages that were dropped for the civilians. isis militants demand they convert to islam or die. >> australia's prime minister

said his nation may contribute aircraft to the u.s.-aide mission. >> i want to show you aerial views we are getting in as well. the bundles gliding down on parachutes. we are learning that a british cargo plane is heading now to iraq to deliver humanitarian help. all of this coming as the united nations is trying to create a humanitarian corridor. >> for the iraqis, trying to thwart the violence, you can see is growing more desperate. >> we have cnn's ivan watson joining us from erbil. what is the u.s. saying about the air strikes? >> reporter: i think that they have been a huge morale boost

for the leadership of the kurdish region. a number of kurdish military officials that we talked to are telling us that the frontlines around this kurdish city, basically the capital of the kurdish region with the population of more than 1 million people, that the frontlines around here which are very close by, only about 30 miles away, have been pretty quiet basically since president obama issued his threat that he would use air power to protect this city if isis advanced here. that has given the people who have suffered significant casualties over the course of the last week and the entire peshmerga units which dissolved over the last week, time to regroup. i spoke with the governor of the city yesterday who was touring some of the places where some of

the more than 100,000 iraqi christians have come to, the governor is a sunni kurd. he is a muslim. he was trying to provide assistance to the flood of humani humanity. he was talking about how fragile the safe haven is now and threatened by the militants. >> how far away are the isis militants from erbil? >> some may be about 30 kilometers. >> that is very close. >> yes. >> and how is the battle going right now on that side? >> of course, there are forces fighting against them. they will try to step them. it is very important. the weapons they take from the iraqi military in mosul. their weapons are not like the weapons. it is very important to attack

them by the air. >> reporter: christi and victor, the kurdish leadership delighted and pleased and relieved that the u.s. is attacking isis. they are clearly overwhelmed. they cannot fight. the fight on the long front lines with isis crisis and deal with the crisis at the same time. >> ivan watson, thank you so much. despite the air strikes in iraq, president obama says there will be not been any american boots, no troops on the ground. >> we have cnn's erin mcpike joining us from washington. >> reporter: christi and victor, we got the remarks from the weekly address of president obama.

he seems to rationalize the case he is making. >> the thousands of iraqi men, women and children who fled to the mourn were starving and dying of thirst. the food and water we provided will help. i want to break the siege and rescue the families. earlier this week, one anguished iraqi in the area cried to the world, there is no one coming to help. today, america is helping. >> reporter: and president obama goes on to say that he wants to continue with a broader strategy in iraq to stop it as a safe haven for terrorists. we also heard from white house press secretary josh earnest yesterday. in his briefing, he said there is no specific date laid out for the end of the mission. we don't know how long it will last or what it will look like. he said there is a growing concern about the military

threat that the so-called islamic state poses and they are taking steps to counteract that. the reactions from both sides of the aisle on capitol hill have been swift and strong and they don't break down neatly along party lines. number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin thinks iraq is in chaos. he said there is nothing the united states can do. and house speaker john boehner, the top republican to president obama said he is dismayed by the absence of a long-term strategy. he thinks president obama needs to put one in place as far as iraq is concerned. christi and victor. >> erin mcpike, thank you. >> let's talk more about the u.s. military strategy in iraq and the context of what we just heard erin report for us. joining us is douglas olivant. he is the former director of the national security council. >> we have robert mcginnis.

a senior official in the pentagon. lieutenant colonel maginnis, one told vice news, we will rise the isis flag at the white house. what do you think has under estimated the white house threat? >> is a serious threat, christi. the khalif, as he calls himself, was one of our arch enemies. an al qaeda guy that morphed into something worse. he has ambitions in the middle east. their social media is scleer. anti-american, anti-west. and very anti-anything that is not islamic. we have to take the threat very seriously in terms of how he has been effective at recruiting

people from outside of iraq and syria to come to the fight. including young boys, as we have seen in videos here recently. it is a very serious threat. we need to destroy as best as we can the threat before it morphs elsewhere. >> you know, we have been talking, christi and i, have been talking about al qaeda and the differences of al qaeda and isis. it makes me think, douglas, back to 2008. i'm sure you will remember the hearing. when david petraeus came to the hearing and he asked the senators about iraq. senator obama then asks is the goal here to make sure al qaeda is not able to launch strikes from iraq? because i'm par phrasing here, because it is impossible you will completely eliminate them. is the goal here to completely

eliminate isis? is that possible or is to margin marginalize them? >> in the short-term, there is no way we can hope to eliminate them in a very real way. so in the short-term, all we hope to do is military attack and in the longer term, we can hope that this gets defeated internal to iraq. they are very clear. they do want to come after the west. their first priority is what they call the near enemy going after the regime after nuri al maliki and iraq and assad. their aim is clear. they intend to keep moving. >> so, colonel maginnis, the question as they edge closer to erbil, and we are getting word they are getting closer to

erbil. the hold up in churches and there are several military personnel there. when is it time to evacuate the americans? what happens if an american is killed in this? does that just bring us into a new ball game here? >> of course it does. yes, we do have an operation cell. we have a consulate there. we have a lot of ex-patriots that came from this country. the reality is we can help peshmerga with the ground force and destroying the artillery and mortar -- keep in mind, arterial lines of movement, they can quickly move people from one location and overwhelm an enemy. but it has put up pretty good defenses. they don't have the air cover. with the air cover, we make a

major difference here and so i think working closely with them and they get the logistics from baghdad and elsewhere, they have a reasonably good chance of defending off isis. only defending in their own area. it is elsewhere we need to be concerned. >> douglas, how many isis fighters are we talking here? are the numbers increasing or decreasing? there were other sunni groups joining isis. is that still happening? >> the bottom line is we really don't know. i think we are projecting around 5,000 to 10,000 fighters. because of their success, they are the big game in the jihadi world. we have all kinds of fighters flocking there. they have been fighting in syria. we know there are chechen and bosnian recruits.

the peshmerga did not do as well as the army did with the defensible terrain. now they have u.s. air strikes. isis is potent against every other force in the region. >> douglas and colonel maginnis, thank you. >> thank you. >> victor and christi. gaza, meanwhile, the other story we are watching today. once again, a bloody war zone after a three-day cease-fire ends. we are live. and for the first time since touching down in america, one of the two americans infected with the deadly ebola virus is talking about his condition. woman: jimmy, all of these travel sites seem the same.

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more death and destruction in gaza in the wake of the crumbling of the peace talks

aga again. in just a day since the truce has ended, ten palestinians have been killed. >> and palestinian officials are digging to retrieve the bodies of three people who died when the israeli air strike hit a mosque. two others killed in a separate strike as well. five rockets were fired from gaza into israel. let's go now to gaza. cnn's john vause is monitoring the developments on the ground. john, rockets were fired from gaza, but do we know who is taking responsibility for that at this point? >> reporter: yes, christi and victor, right now, we are up to six rockets which have been fired from gaza into israel. islamic jihad claiming responsibility for most of the rocket fire. hamas, though, which is never shy in claiming responsibility,

so far has not claimed any responsibility since that cease-fire ended more than 24 hours ago. look at the death toll today. five people so far killed. three at the mosque. two others on the motorcycle. indication from the israelis it was a targeted strike on militants. when it was a hamas group or other targeted group. on friday, when the cease-fire ended, another five people killed. yes, ten people died since the cease-fire ended. compared to the death toll in the run up to the cease-fire, each day, more than 100 people were being killed and in one area alone in rafah, more than 100 people were killed the day the first cease-fire unravelled. when we look at the death toll, it is a lot lower than in the past. also, the israelis are keeping up with the military offensive. it does seem to be deescalating. they do continue to hit targets.

there are regular air strikes here which we have heard and felt. certainly nothing compared to what it was before the cease-fire went into effect earlier this week. same can be said for the number of rockets fired from gaza into israel. >> we heard from mark regev, the spokesperson from benjamin netanyahu. there are no targetis. there are any signs from either side there are movements about, just not in front of the curtain? >> reporter: look, there is a lot of reporting on the palestinian side. a lot of talk on the palestinian side that maybe once the jewish sabbath comes to an end at sundown today, they could resume the negotiations and receive an answer to end the economic

blockade of gaza to reopen the borders. that just seems to be one sided at this point. there is no confirmation, in fact, outright denial from the israelis, that they are heading back to cairo. they have no intention. that is odd given the fact we seem to be witnessing some deescalation of the israeli offensive and rocket fire coming out of gaza. >> all right. john vause, you and the team stay safe. thank you so much. thousands of families as we have been talking about it in gaza have seen the homes destroyed and damaged since the fighting began. to find out how you can help those people impacted by the crisis, go to cnn.com/impact. growing stronger every day. that's how one of two americans infected with the deadly ebola virus talks about his recovery in atlanta. we have the latest as the

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in his first public statement since coming back to the u.s., dr. kent brantly, contracting the ebola since working in west africa, he says he is receiving the best possible care and that is a quote and he is getting stronger

every day. >> both patients treated here in atlanta at emory university hospital. >> the world health organization now calling it an international health emergency. it is blamed for the deaths of nearly 1,000 people. you can see here it is hitting west africa hard. >> dr. william shatner is joining us now. he is a leading infectious control specialist. we know these two patients are getting experimental treatment. how much of that do you think can be contributed of that experimental treatment contributed to what seems to be a stronger health for them? >> well, christi and victor, we are gratified that kent brantly is doing better. how much the experimental treatment has contributed to their good progress we just don't know. you know, they were the first

people whoever received this medication. we have no clinical trials to tell us what kind of contribution it would make. we hope it is making a contribution because we certainly need specific treatment for this illness. >> you know, emory university hospital where these patients have been taken here in atlanta. cnn world headquarters here in atlanta as well. we have the benefit of listening to the local news and local radio stations. people asked what does this mean for me? is it possible i can get it? what is the threat to americans? >> well, fortunately, victor, there is really no threat. this is a confined infection. these people are being well taken care of in an infection control circumstance at emory. this is not an infection that will sneak out of the hospital and get out into the general population. also, if there are people from west africa going to vanderbilt

or dubuque, iowa, we have the capacity to manage these people and take very good care of them, safely. >> with the w.h.o. calling this an international health emergency, how do you contain and control in africa where it continues to spread? >> well, the w.h.o., cdc and others are putting more personnel and resources in helping those ministries of health do the routine public health and clinical things that are important. we need to find all the cases and get them into good medical care and contract tracing. put people who are in contact in isolation and not let this disease spread. we have to interrupt the transmission of the virus. >> let's put this into context. we talked a lot about ebola and the death count. we rarely talk about the death count from things like influenza

or h1n1. the cdc estimates between 8,000 and 18,000 americans died from the -- worldwide rather, died worldwide from that. the cdc says during that same period, there were more than 18,000 deaths around the world. you know, thousands from the flu. help us understand is it possible that this is being overhyped? >> well, it is new and different and psychologists tell us, we human beings, when there is something new, mysterious threatening and over which we have no control, that raises our anxiety. as opposed to influenza, which is more serious and a much more regular threat to us. it is familiar. there are things we can do. we can get vaccinated and wash our hands and avoid people coughing and sneezing. we have a sense of control.

this is the mysterious and when individuals feel they don't have a lot of control that raises the anxiety. we like to be reassuring. >> well, speaking of the flu, i heard some rumblings that perhaps there is a pretty nasty flu ahead. a strain of it for this winter. this season coming up. what do you know about what we would need to do or what we need to prepare ourselves for with this newest flu strain that may be touching a lot of average americans. >> actually, christi, so far, the experts looking into the crystal balls predicted last year's flu strains will be the dominant flu strains this year. everyone should get vaccinated. cdc recommendation, if you are older than 6 months of age in the united states, get vaccinated. get your family protected. >> all right. dr. william shatner, we appreciate it. thank you.

>> thank you, doctor. >> thank you. the other big story we are watching is the u.s. air strikes. they are continuing in iraq. the obvious question is how we will this work? >> political experts weigh in on the consequences of military action against radical extremists. stay with us for that.

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a game changer ruling. a u.s. federal judge has decided against the ncaa, writing that the governing body violated ant anti-trust laws by agreeing not to pay athletes although the players names and images are used to generate revenues. number two, a historic day. michael sam played his first professional football game. becoming the first openly gay player in the nfl. the st. louis rams rookie was put in during the last five minutes of the game against the saints. did a solid job. a tackle and put pressure on the saints quarterback. number three, delta named the top airline as air fare watch dog. got top marks for fewest difficudelayed flights. number four, california

governor jerry brown has denied parole to bruce davis for two murders he committed in 1969. charles manson became a cult following. no manson family member, as they were called, has ever been freed. number five, the death of ronald reagan's former press secretary has been ruled a homicide. james brady died at age 73 this week. it was due to the wounds he sustained in 1981. the shooter, john hinckley, was found not guilty by reason of insanity. president obama says the decision to act now on the islamists is part of the effort to stop the group isis from ransacking the country. >> when the lives of american citizens are at risk, we will

take action. that is my responsibility as commander in chief. when many thousands of innocent civilians are in danger of being wiped out and we have the capacity to do something about it, we will take action. >> tens of thousands of religious minorities have already been given an ultimatum by isis fighters. convert to islam or die. >> in danger? women and children. some of those you will see and some you see right there. they have been forced to escape to the mountains to avoid execution. >> will u.s. air strikes work and what is the political consequences here at home? let's talk more with political commenter maria cardona. we are joined also by ben ferguson. ben and maria, thank you for being here. the first question we have here, i heard from the president, maria, i wrote it down, when many thousands of innocent

civilians are faced with the danger of being wiped out and we have the capacity to do something, we will take action. that is our responsibility as americans. where was that dedication to responsibility in syria two or three years ago? >> i think the big distinction the president has made since the announcement over iraq, is two things. the unique ability to do something right then and there. that is exactly what we have now. number two, a mandate to do something. the iraqi government and iraqi people have asked for our help. i think those two things are really distinguished what the president is doing now as any other place where we would love to do something immediately. we don't love to see genocide anywhere. i think the american people are a war-weary nation and they understand that we can't possibly be the global police at all times. even though our hearts want us to. we have to be very methodical

about this. we have to be very measured, but we have to be bold when we can. that is what this president is doing. >> gloria borger wrote, we are all clear what the president won't do and we are clear what he will do. how much confidence do you have in the president right now? ben? >> not a lot. the reason why is he always seems to be leading from behind on foreign policy issues. we knew exactly how brutal isis was because they were doing the same things they were doing now in syria. they have been doing the same things they are doing now we are responding to two and a half months ago in iraq. we saw them taking our military -- pieces of equipment we left behind and use them to slaughter people. the issue is if you are isis, are you afraid of the united states of america? the answer is based on their actions, no. we already said what we won't do. you see the president come out on the radio address saying we will not go to war.

we will not put troops on the ground. he is telling them the options of what we will not do. you never tell the enemy that. we will have air strikes, but only under these circumstances. i don't want the president to give our playbook to the terrorist organization which is well funded and everybody knows how they are successful in the jihadi world. american has to be bold. we cannot lead from behind. when we do, it costs innocent lives with the genocide of anyone who refuses to become islamic extremist. >> maria. >> i think what the president is doing is very bold. number two, let's keep this in mind. what is going on in iraq will not be solved militarily by the hunch. when we had 150,000 troops in iraq, this was not solved. when we had 100,000, this was

not solved. this will not be solved until a political situation is embraced in iraq and the government creating a diverse and multiple government that includes all of the sectors of society. that has started to happen. part of the president's strategy is to make sure the united states is ready to support those efforts and at the same time to make sure when american lives are in danger and when sectors of society are at the brink of being murdered and genocide, then that is when the president will act like he is doing now. it is what the american people want. they don't want troops on the ground. they don't want an extended military engagement. >> okay, they don't want troops on the ground, but one of the isis fighters told vice news, we will raise the flag of allah at the white house. has the administration though and you have president obama

back in january told the new yorker, if the jv team puts on a kobe bryant uniform, that doesn't make them isis. >> i don't think the intelligence community has been naive. i think president obama has been naive because of the foreign policy. he doesn't want to be involved in crimea or ukraine or shooting people out of the sky from the russian fighters. you have a president obsessed with saying i'm not a war guy. when you have a terrorist organization, you have to realize what you are dealing with here and there are well-funded organization. when they take over the assets and towns they come into, they have funding you can dream of. when a terrorist organization is going to come after america any way they can. they are actually beheading children. let's make that very clear. they taking young innocent

children -- you have young innocent children beheaded at the hands of a terrorist group that al qaeda announced as brutal. al qaeda did not want to be affiliated with isis. here is the president saying here is everything i will not do, but i will drop a couple of bombs. as long as that is foreign policy, they will continue to kill people. >> they are being used, ben. that is what the president announced. >> very limited. >> so focus on the goal. the goal is to prevent genocide and prevent american government officials there from being murdered. that is what he is doing. >> maria cardona and ben ferguson. we don't have time for it. we have been wrapped several times. why is the president going to martha's vineyard two days after ordering strikes in iraq? we don't have time to dig that

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pope francis has been facing criticism for not being involved enough for helping christian under attack. he is sending a cardinal to the country. cardinal feloni of italy has been selected as pope francis'

envoy to the region. he is not unfamiliar with iraq. >> cnn has been looking into this. who is this cardinal? >> we don't know the details of what he will do when he finally gets there. this is more of a symbolic gesture after the criticism. the criticism the pope is facing. this is his answer. cardinal is 68 years old. a veteran vatican ambassador. he has had worldwide service from sri lanka. this is a move of solidarity. filoni was in iraq during the height of the violence in 2006. his residence was bombed by a car bomb. no one was hurt there. he has been seen by vatican analysts as somebody who quote did not blink when bombs fell on

baghdad. christians have come under the threat of violence. a difficult situation there. now they are sending in the religious freedom as he is being called to hopefully show s solidarity with the community there. we don't know what he will do when he gets there. >> what will he accomplish and what will he offer to help to solve this and the people in the mountains. >> and protest himself. >> nick havevalencia, thank you. looking into the downing of flight 17. >> a look at some of the biggest hurdles crews are now facing weeks after that plane was shot out of the sky. vo: this is the summer.

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good morning. i'm michael smerconish. coming up, odd developments for the president who campaigned on getting us out of iraq and as the world burns, mr. obama summers in martha's vineyard. inside the gaza tunnels with alan. the governor who may have blood on his hands for an execution of a potentially innocent man. busy program this morning. see you soon. christi and victor. >> thank you. "smerconish" airs at 9:00 eastern. it is really a staggering

figure. as many as 80 bodies could still be lying in the fields of eastern ukraine where the malaysia airline passenger jet was shot down three weeks ago. >> international experts and cadaver dogs cannot search the full site because they are scared for their lives. fighting in the area is escalating. ukraine's military is picking up its offensive to take back territory from the pro-russian rebels there. almost 20,000 troops are there. >> michael bo is joining us live from new york. michael, we are glad you were able to get out of the conflict zone safely. for the last few weeks, we have seen you on cnn ducking and taking cover from dangerous mortar fire breaking out around you. what did you see last before you left? what did the scene look like? how had things progressed at your last visit as you were

leaving the country? >> good morning. good to be with you. of course, when we first visited, it was an utter scene of devastation. as the special monitoring mission to ukraine gained access, we were able to guide experts from the three or four countries there. they gave advice. they collected some evidence and as you know by now, that was followed by almost 200 experts from the netherlands and australia. at the moment, the site is hard to believe. it is pretty much the way we found it. of course, there are no bodies there, but wreckage is there. it hasn't been moved. the sad thing, of course, there are still probably a lot of human remains that are out there that need to be collected. that collection is not happening at the moment because of the violence in the area. everyone pulled out a few days ago and are awaiting deescalation so they can come

back in. >> what is your level of confidence that the bodies will soon be collected and there will be some official or credible investigation considering that parts of the plane are now being used by the rebels there as shields and cover for themselves? >> of course, everyone is hopeful. we have to be hopeful the remainder of the remains is collected. they are collecting, by the way, personal belongings. i understand from the briefing just yesterday that there has been about ten cubic meters of belongings collected and on the way back to the netherlands. you know, i guess expectations have to be managed here. there were, you can see from the photos, parts of the impact area that had a lot of burning and high temperatures. in fact, up to 1,600 celsius. anything that was there, the wings melted, parts of the

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devastating strikes conducted by the united states in iraq. israel and militants in gaza are striking again and this as the president is kicking off a two-week vacation. ebola crisis on social media. i'm michael smerconish. let's get started. my first headline is from abc news. air strikes undertaken as u.s. reengages in iraq. some three years ago, president