a great weekend, everybody. at this hour, israeli air strikes pounding the gaza strip right now with explosions on the ground add hamas militants launch rockets into israel. israel vows to keep going if hamas does not stop attacks. is a ground invasion in the works? we'll hear from the defense minister, and turning to the humanitarian crisis at home on the southern border, thousands of unaccompanied youngsters from central america flood into the u.s. when the president stopped in texas this week, he said, he doesn't need to get a firsthand look. >> this is not theater. this is a problem. i'm not interested in photo ops,

but i'm interested in solving the problem. >> that decision is not sitting well with folks, even members of the party says the president is making a big mistake. >> i think it's a mistake. i probably -- a significant mistake. i think the public expects the president to show up at these moments. >> pat bucanan weighing in on that, and who sees the crisis firsthand every day? hear from a border patrol agent on the growing humanitarian crisis at the border. the president blames the immigration impasse on congress, but some say he has himself to blame. >> this is a problem of the president's own making. he's been president for five and a half years. when is he going to take responsibility for something? >> we'll get the latest on the immigration showdown. get a load of these numbers, one husband, one wife, six children, all in a 40-foot rv for more

than 6,000 miles. we're going to introduce you to one family on a special summer vacation that's all about service to others. hello, everybody, america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. and we begin this hour with the crisis in the middle east as israel pounds the gaza strip for a fifth day, the death toll climbs to more than 120 palestinians with almost a thousand people wounded according to gaza health officials on the ground there. among today's targets, a mosque israel says was hiding rockets in that mosque. john huddy has the latest. john, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, we heard several rockets fires overhead recently within, really, the past ten minutes, blasting just over our heads targeting israel. that was the case last night. we also heard several loud explosions within the area over the course of, really, the last 30 minutes, and, again, that's

been the pattern all night into today as well. now, talking about these air strikes, israeli air strikes ats a video released today showing how a palestinian house is struck by a warning shot, a so-called knock on the roof, before being destroyed about a minute later by a full missile attack, and prior to the strike, outs of the building reportedly received a call from the idf, israeli defense forces, warning of that imminent attack, and we heard that occupants of the building we saw yesterday that was reduced to rubble from an air strike received similar warnings and heard that since all this began on monday when israel's going after these suspected hamas targets. as we're also seeing, not everyone gets out in time. in fact, as you mentioned, more than 120 people have been killed. pat stinians here in gaza city

since this started on monday, and more than 1,000 people injured. we saw a mad rush to the hospital, the main hospital here in gaza city earlier today after an air strike. the wounded, and now, as we understand, the killed brought to the hospital. we talked to the chief surgeon there saying it's a dire situation because they are running out of supplies. they lose energy. they lose electricity for several hours, and, of course, this all continues even within the last few minutes, the rockets launch from gaza targeting israel. >> john, a tough situation indeed from your vantage point. thank you for that update. as the pompous escalates, does israel plan to move ahead with a ground operation against hamas militants? joining us is israel's joint defense minister. great to have you here today. >> good afternoon, great to be on your show again. >> the hamas militants hit hard

with israel striking more than a thousand targets. i know israel gapterred a thousand troops ready for a ground operation in gaza. is that going to happen soon? >> we want to live a normal life, to live peacefully in tel-aviv, in jerusalem, and hamas is not allowing it, sending missiles on a daily basis, every night. we do whatever is necessary, even if it means we send ground troops, tanks, we will do it. the hamas is a war crime. using this to send missiles, and targeting tel-aviv and jerusalem. troops are ready, and i think it's only about a matter of time until we decide to move forward in order to bring stability and peace to the region and hamas, the only language they understand is the language of tanks. >> when you say it's a matter of time about a decision about

moving ground troops into the region, what are we talking about? a few hours or a few days? >> i would say if they will be quiet in our time, they will be quiet in the other side, but what we see exactly the other -- we see them reaching, a larger range, and that's something we cannot accept i don't know people in gaza can want speak and say what they want to happen. hamas is controlling today, it's al qaeda based ideology, and that's why we are using the air force, but we are getting ready to use other means of force in order to bring peace and stability in the region. in the past, we saw that only when we got to use household, we were able to bring stikt to the region. >> well, sounds like decisions to be made soon. with reported rocket strikes from lebanon, how concerned are you about a renewed conflict with hezbollah as well?

>> we are watching carefully, the border, also lebanon, hezbollah, other islamic forces, we're aware of that, but the main focus is in gaza. we have to be careful what is the outcome of the conflict because people are watching. people in iraq, in iran, in syria are watching what israel is doing now in the time of conflict, and we have to make sure that the bottom line will be that you don't mess with us. we are peaceful nation, a democracy, but when you start sending missiles into our cities, we know how to hit back. >> the iron dome rocket has been able to interpret more than 130 incoming rockets, however, we understand those that hamas's five rockets that traveled deeper into israeli territory close to the bigger cities than ever before, what impact does this have on the military response so far on your side? >> the iron dome is a great example of the cooperation between israel and the u.s. there's a great innovation of

technology, and we know that the hamas is frustrated because there's no people lining up in israel in terms of casualties, and happy about it, but still, telling civilians, it's good, but it's not perfect. you have to yield and do what we order the people to do in terms of rockets fired into our cities, but i think the hamas -- the people in israel are very strong. willing to pay the price. best thing i can tell you with my daughter that, you know, willing to sleep in the shelter every night, but they know that in the future, they can sleep soundly. >> all right. let me ask quickly, running out of time, unfortunately. president obama offered to broker a cease fire. is there hope of a cease fire any time soon? >> well, we have to understand the thing about a cease fire it's between hamas and israel. i tell you that president obama would sign a treaty with bin laden, with al qaeda.

first people, you can actually buy cease fire or get into a cease fire only when you show you are strong and you are determined. i think it's too early to speak about it. >> all right. good of you to join us in a difficult time in your country. we appreciate it. we wish you all the best. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. turning now to a story that's produced some scary moments for passengers on board a frontier airlines flight. the plane was flying from denver to seattle last night when it was struck by lightning. airline officials say the strike damaged the weather radar so they landed that plane in salt lake city for repairs. scary for sure, but no injuries reported, thankfully. well, president obama back in washington after his trip this week to texas, but can't escape agreeing tour moil over the decision to get a firsthand look of what's happening at the borders during the growing humanitarian crisis at the

border. here's pushing congress for money to combat the problem and republicans say he's not getting a blank check. with are joined live to uncrack it all. >> the tough republicans on the house appropriations committee controlling the spending say $3.7 billion is, quote, too much money. tharsz the amount that president obama wants to help the tens of thousand south american kids streaming across the southern border. kentucky congressman says his committee may agree to spend money to help pay for some of the immediate care needs on the border, but says the house would not approve the president's spending package as is. other republicans agree spending that much money will not fix the problem. >> he's given republicans this ultimatum rather than a proposal. there's no proposal here. let's spend $4 billion and let's just accommodate the mistakes we've made. let's go ahead and continue to make the same mistakes.

i think republicans ought to say, mr. president, when you're serious, when you're wanting to do something more than go and have a barbecue with people for the cameras, then give us a call, but right now, you're not even being serious about dealing with the real serious issue. >> the president flew to texas this week. he did not go to the board e but met with texas republican governor rick perry who wants the president to get a handle on this, quote, humanitarian crisis, by sending in national guard troops to secure the border. the white house says they do not want to take that step. >> sending a thousand national guards mep to the border is in the a solution, but just temporary. if we really, again, if we're into symbols here and symbol itch is what we're looking for, the best symbol to send is to authorize the deployment of 20,000 additional law enforcement officials to the border. >> today, two republican members of congress, jim and marsha blackburn going to one of the military facilities in oklahoma

that is housing some of the children. >> molly, thank you very much. well, there's no doubt this has been a week where the president has been taking a lot of heat as molly reported from both republicans and fellow democrats over the response to the ongoing crisis at the border. apart from the president's appeal to congress, the most loyal allies are worried that his continued resistance to see for himself what's going on at those detention centers is only fuelling more anger from americans who say if the president has time for a political fundraising, he should have time for the kids. joining us now, conservative pat pew can nan, an adviser to presidents nixon, ford, and reagan. have you been able to figure out why this president who we've seen at the site of hurricane sandy aftermath, traveled to arizona involving the tragedy of gifford on gun violence and why

he refuses to deal with the humanitarian crisis at the border when this should not be seen as a democrat or republican issues. it affects america at all kinds of levels. >> the president made a decision on the advice of the staff that i'm not going to go to the border, and, frankly, when it was obvious that as president he had to go to the border and address the crisis and make the case for the $4 billion, he got after it, i'm not caving to the demands, goes to denver, shooting pool, drinking beer, but you're right. even when you had sergeant crowley and african american professor, he knows about symbolism. he did it well in tucson. wonderful speech. inexplicable to me, and former director at the united states, i don't understand why he didn't go to the border. >> is it a personality flaw, then, for someone to do this? not like to be told what to do?

>> i understand that, and i understand making one decision, but when you see that this decision is flawed and foolish and just take a plane down for a couple hours, why did he not do it? this is a larger question. the president of the united states had to have an alert this was coming, and still, that's going on for 25 years, the superpower of the world cannot control its own borders. >> i know that you feel strongly about this issue, quite passionate, in fact. you are concerned about border security in and of itself, and the money he's asking for does little to improve border security and you came out this week saying that a country that can't control its borders is not a country at all. that's a strong message. >> ronald reagan statement, a country that cannot control its borders is not a country anymore. what's happening to america, frankly, and it happened to europe, you have folks coming from countries where there's depression, failed instigates, and the rest of it, pouring

north into europe, pouring north into the united states of america, and what i fear is going to happen in this country is the bulkization of the american nation. you know, we were one nation, one people around 1960, and now we had tremendous numbers of folks coming legally in immigration and illegally, tens of millions, and quite frankly, the assimilation is not going on. you know, we celebrate our diversity, but we're going to have to understand as americans, you got to have national unity. i don't see that anywhere now. i think that's one of the problems you're going to have if you do not control the border. >> so where are we headed with this situation right now? do you think the fact that even a number of democrats are coming out and saying -- >> i they are. >> making a mistake not doing something about this? not going down there? not treating this as a serious problem? >> look, this is just like george w. bush and katrina, mr. president, go to the border, look at it. i'll tell you where we're headed. i believe this issue of the

control of america's borders and immigration policy, legal, illegal, and how to get mention toe to protect our border as well, that's a national issue, i think, in the presidential politics of 2016, and rick perry stepped out in front of the president of the united states this week, and i think i've heard democratic folks say he was far better and far more decisive and on top of the issue than the president of the united states. >> not great optics there for sure. i know that we are going to have you back a little bit later on in the show because we invited you here to talk about your new book is is a look at president nixon called "the greatest comeback," looking forward to that. >> be right back. >> terrific, thanks, pat. at 20 minutes past the hour, hear from a border patrol agent who says the federal government is aiding and abetting the illegal immigrants. hector garza joining us live for his one-on-one take as what's happening right now on the border. in the meantime, what do you think? should congress approve the

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welcome back, everybody. well, the view from the border agents fighting the immigration battle on the ground is far different than the view in d.c. border agent hector garza says drug cartels are fuelling the crisis and so much needed to deal with the young chirp there on their own they don't have the manpower to handle it. joining us now from texas, hector garza. thank you so much for joining us today. i know that you and your colleagues have been working very hard to deal with this crisis. talk to me for a moment about the situation right now, about the crowded detention center, and about the children that you're dealing with on a regular basis. >> thank you, uma. well, what we have right now is a very serious border security issue at the border. our agents are desperately trying to protect our border, and in the interest of legal aid

coming to the country, we're having a very difficult time. as this crisis is ongoing, cbp continues to limit the amount of hours that are agents can actually go out and work and patrol the border. there's an ongoing bill right now in congress that will actually solve this problem and will help secure our country. >> is it true that 70% of the border patrol agents are not actually patrolling the border right now, just dealing with the crisis of handling the concerns tied to the children? >> approximately 70% of the border patrol agents have been reso reassigned for administrative duties including processing of aliens, transporting aliens, and, yeah, leaving a porous border in the country. >> right now, though, you say the drug cartels are really fuelling the problem. how so? >> well, the drug cartels are the ones that are organizing and orchestrating this situation. what's happening is the aliens

that are coming from central america can very -- can come up through the port of end try and get the same result they are getting now, which is a free pass into our country. the reason the agents are crossing through the river to our borders, the loredo area, the cartels know they will tie up the agents with illegal aliens, family units, and children, and at the same time, they cross dangerous drugs and criminals that do not want to get apprehended. >> you raise a point of identity theft that could be prevalent in the united states as more people cross the border and are taken to different city in the united states. >> well, with the reduction of man hours on our border patrol agents, more criminaling come to the country, and they are being released into our country by the way of releasing of the con sans so what happens is when the

people cross into our country, they are going to seek employment, and they are not authorized to actually obtain employment in the united states so what they are going to resort to is to actually commit identity theft. they are going to use fraudulent social security numbers, fraudulent identities really hal harming the american public, and the american public needs to be prepared for this. >> it's really a big concern. talk to me for a moment, though, your impressions on what you heard this week from rick perry and the president and the meetings taking place at the border to deal with the crisis. are you hopeful that things are going to improve, or pessimistic it's going to get worse before it gets better? >> well, as a border patrolupon spokesperson, not only am i the ground working at the border patrol agent on a daily basis, but i want our border patrol agents and support staff. we hold monthly meetings with the agent, and they update us frequently on what's happening as the individual stations and

individual sectors, and what they are telling is that they are concerned about border security. we melt with the congressman who has a lot of support -- >> is -- how is the mori real among the border agents? >> well, right now, it is low because we can't get to do our jobs. we are limited by our man hours that we can do work, however, border patrol agents go to work with heads up high and do the best they can. we are good at what we do. >> you are, indeed. mr. garza, thank you for joining us today. keep us updates down there, and we appreciate your insight. >> thank you. >> when we come back, we're going to update you on the tension in the middle east as israeli air strikes hit every five minutes in gaza. president obama offering to help negotiate a cease fire, but so far israel says it's not interested. david lee miller joining us now live from southern israel near the gaza boardser with a look at the politics of the assault.

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welcome back, everybody, now updating the situation in the middle east. president obama offering to help negotiate a cease fire between israel and hamas, but so far, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is brushing off any suggestions of ending the offensive. david lee miller squloin joining us live with the latest. david lee?

>> reporter: the field looks ordinary, but it is anything but. off in the zaps is one of the batteries of the iron dome mission defense system. just a short time ago, this particular battery was fired. it intercepted a rocket fired from gaza. so far today, there's been at least 70 rockets fired by militants into israel. israeli officials say the iron dome system is 90% effective, so much so that this weekend an eight battery of the iron dome has been deployed and put into service. officials here with the military say it has saved countless lives, but the question on the minds of many, will there be a ground invasion at the border today? we saw israeli troops, tanks, apcs, armored bulldozers with the goal if they enter gaza destroy tunnels they would use to infiltrate israel and go

after launchers firing rockets. the strikes in gaza continues today, and they say israel hit a mosque, and israel says the mosque was targeted because it was used to store weapons. so far in the ongoing conflict, 120 palestinians have been killed including two nephews of a former hamas prime minister. israel is under increasing international pressure to prevent civilian casualties. the military here says they do everything possible to prevent civilians from being injured, even warning of the impending strike. israel accuses hamas of using civilians as human shields. right now on the diplomatic front, there's some progress on the horizon. the former prime minister, tony blare, at this hour in egypt meeting with egyptian officials to try and broker some type of a

cease fire. as of now, uma, the violence here continues. >> very tough, indeed. all right, david lee miller on the ground there in southern israel. thank you very much for that update. back in this country, centers of disease in atlanta shutting down after dozens of workers could have been exposed to anthrax. the other incident involving the deadly bird flu virus. cdc says no one became ill from either incident. taking the president to court, john boehner threatening to sue mr. obama, and the president calls him out for it. both sides of the big debate next. 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier

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welcome back, everybody. a battle underway between the speaker of the house's office and the white house. president obama calling out boehner for what he calls a waste of time and money, but boehner is standing firm and ready to take the president to court. elizabeth joins us now with more on the fireworks. elizabe elizabeth? >> that's right. second time in a number of days, the president invites boehner to sue him saying republicans need to stop blocking, quote, every serious idea to strengthen the middle class that he's brought to the table. >> actions to attract new jobs, lift workers's wages, help students pay off loans and more. the republican plan right now is

not to do some of the work with me. instead, it's to sue me. that's actually what they are spending their time on. it's a political stunt that's going to waste months of america's time, and, by the way, they pay for it using your hard earned tax dollars. >> they are doubling down releasing the outline of the suit, there's a number of changes made to the health care law, the affordable care act, without congressional approval like the employer mandate which is delayed until 2015. republican lawmakers say the lawsuit is not a political stunt. it's about reforming the way things are done in washington and making an example of what they call the president's overuse ofe action. >> let me make this clear. this is not about me suing the president. it's not about republicans versus democrats. this is about the legislative branch that's being disadvantaged by the executive branch. >> it is about the separation of powers, and i think that's the

law going to the with regards of the separation of powers and allowing the center to pass legislation, and when the president signs it, he's expected to faithfully execute those laws. >> the house rules committee has a hearing wednesday to consider legislation to allow the lawsuits. back to you. >> fireworks indeed. thank you. we've been asking you today, should congress approve additional $3.7 billion the president is asking for? we have a lot of responses from so many of you. ashley says, no, we should not spend nearly $4 billion on a problem caused by an intentionally dysfunctional immigration policy. bad idea, she says. jack says, yes, congress should approve funding for immigration as requested by the president, and glen da says congress should not approve money until the border is secure. thanks to the many of you who responded to our tweets today.

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fixer-upper. we have a picture. you were able to take that, put it, you know, take the risk, go for it, turn it around, and developed some amazing properties that are selling for lots of money. you have been successful at it. you teach people all across the country about moving ahead, having the motivation to go forward, and you give them the skills. i mean, there's a new book out talking about this, and what is the number one problem facing people as they try to get through that fear and how do you teach them to overcome it? >> traveling the country, making big events, where we've gone to all four corners of the country. fear is always associated with a contemplation of taking a risk, not the actual taking of the risk, but the contemplation of taking the risk. that risk is almost always associated with a big change or challenge in your life, relational, dietary, financial, spiritual. i exercise my risk tolerance like a muscle. eventually mine and yours and

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welcome back, everybody. we are also welcoming pat buchanan, back with a new book that takes an insider's look at richard nixon's rise to the h h highest legtsed office in the land, the president si.

how he rose from defeat to create the new majority. welcome. it's a great book, i have to say, offering great insight and detail in a period of time so fascinating, particularly about a man that so many people still find a bit of a mystery in terms of his personality and how he dealt with defeat. he was defeated by president kennedy. he lost the governor's race in '62, declared politically dead. >> declared himself politically dead saying you won't have nixon to kick around anymore, left, went to new york to practice law. two years later, what happened to the republican party was crushed by lyndon johnson, not only did nixon have a ruined career, but the party if desperate straits, and in 1965, 66, 67, and 68, he got up and led that party back to a victory in 1966, and then through that terrible year in 1968 when dr. king was murdered, bobby kennedy murdered, riots in a hundred

cities, 200 guys coming home every week from vietnam in caskets or body bags, led the party through that decade to take back every day in caskets and body bags. it's an astounding story because he was not a charismatic man. >> and you were a close advisor. you got to witness history as it was happening. he was able to take on the presidency six years after his defeat was amazing. >> well, when i arrived, rosemary woods was at the other desk, and patricia ryan, she was

answering phones. that was all he had going for him. started building to '67, '68. it was an incredible comeback. and after he won the victory, the party he put together won four landslides. >> and he was able to unite the party. the liberal faction, with rockefeller, and the conservative faction, he brought them together. >> well, the story of how he brought them together with patience and perseverance, working for everybody in the party, in '66 all the way through '68, it's an amazing story by a man who was really

flat on his feet. >> and the gop could learn some lessons. pat buchanan, thanks very much. still to come, an inspiring and unusual family vacation. this family of eight dedicating this summer to making a difference, traveling across america helping people in need. you'll hear their story next. like, the one the bank sees? [ male voice ] sheesh, i feel like i'm being interrogated over here. [ male voice ] she's onto us. dump her. [ pay phone rings ] hello? oh, man. that never gets old. no, it does not. [ female announcer ] not all credit report sites are equal. experian.com members get personalized help and a real credit report. join now at experian.com with enrollment in experian credit tracker.

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♪ ♪ across america, and right now, they're in the nation's capital. this family has been making 25 stops in 20 days, the idea, to give back, to teach their children the importance of selfless service. and you're traveling in this big r.v. tell me about what prompted this. >> well, work ethic, responsibility, really, we're just practicing what we preach. we've met some amazing people,

and it's so neat to be here in the capital and we've just met so many great people. >> and so often, children aren't exposed to the lessons that make this country great and connecting with other individuals. >> i don't know countrywide or how that works. but with our own family, it's a concern, and we're trying to put some effort into that and we're just hoping the rest of america is doing the same thing. from what we've seen so far, amazing families putting a lot in their children. >> and you're going in these different cities, and doing service projects, helping people in need. what has been some of the most special experiences? >> well, we've been to tons of different places, but albuquerque, we helped a little boy with lps, and did household

chores. >> and helping folks that need that extra touch from you guys to help make their lives a little bit easier. >> it's been awesome to see people, appreciating us, doing these little household chores for them. >> and they must be surprised to see you arrive to help them in a special way. >> well, you would think they've been a little bit overwhelmed, but they're dealing with such hard stuff, we're just having a good opportunity to meet these families, and they're so welcoming and so gracious to us. >> a lot of folks would not take the time out to do this on their summer vacation. what do you take away from this

on your summer vacation? >> well, the kids are starting to see the world is a bigger place than just their little bubble. and it's been really nice to see that happening. >> well, you're an inspiration to all of us. great to see you at the capital on a humid day. that's a wrap for us. hope you make it a great day wherever you are. see you next time. ♪

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