thanks to my panel and to all of you in particular for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. we start with a fox news alert on the crisis in the middle east. israeli officials are in a heart stopping game of watching and waiting. there's late word that hamas has rejected the temporary extent to a cease-fire that would expire in two hours. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> we're going straight to gaza city where connor powell is live with the latest. connor? >> reporter: well, the first 12-hour cease-fire agreed to by hamas and israel held extremely well. it was quiet in gaza today and it lasted the full 12 hours. then later we got word that israel was extending it by four hours, but we're just now

hearing that hamas has rejected that extension for the last sort of 20 or 30 minutes or so we've heard outgoing rockets. we're getting reports that in israel the alarms have gone off. so it does appear that the extension, this additional four-hour cease-fire, has been canceled. today while we were out during the cease-fire, we saw lots of palestinians stocking up on supplies, grabbing everything, because many of them felt that the violence was going to continue. what we saw today was a lot of devastation all around gaza. have a look. this area has seen some of the heaviest fighting the past three or four days. you can see around me everything is destroyed, buildings burnt out. there is rubble everywhere. >> nobody can go back for his home. no animals. no electricity. nothing. >> reporter: workers are still pulling bodies from the rubble. it will take days before the actual death toll will be known, but the damage unlike anything

palestinians say they have ever seen before. people are getting a first look at their homes or what's left of them. right now the priority is grabbing what they can, personal items, mattresses, animals, anything they can take to safety. several people said they couldn't even recognize their own homes after heavy fighting between hamas and israeli troops. anger and frustration is everywhere, many blame israel, the united nations, egyptian president sisi and the u.s. president for the destruction. some blame hamas, but support for hamass remains strong. this woman says, we will rebuild, we will resist, we will fire rockets for the sake of our own homeland. now, we understand both israel and hamas are under a lot of pressure to extend the cease-fire, but, as i said, hamas has rejected this additional four-hour cease-fire. where we go from here is not clear. last night israel's defense minister was saying they may actually expand the military

operation here in gaza. so it's very possible that we are going to see after this 12-hour cease-fire a massive escalation in fighting here. >> oh, boy. connor powell, thank you. i want to remind our viewers about a programming note. tomorrow on fox news sunday chris wallace will speak to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about the ongoing crisis and the now suspended cease-fire negotiations. check your local listings for times. eric? well, in ukraine, fighting has resumed as government forces are firing back against those pro-russian rebels. they've launched a counter offensive to try to take back the city of donetsk in eastern ukraine. officials there say troops are now on the city's outskirts. 1 million people live in donetsk and has been a hub of the separatist are uprising. meanwhile, russia is violating ukraine's border yet again. take a look at this video. reports say russian artillery is seen here firing from russian territory into ukraine.

well, that is not officially verified. it is believed to be the case from this amateur video of those launches. steve is in ukraine and will have a live report, more in about a half hour. eric, meanwhile the doors are closed at an american embassy in libya, and most of the staff evacuated. the state department deciding that tripoli has become way too dangerous with rival militias fighting each other. american marines escorted embassy workers out of the capital city to neighboring tunisia. leland is following the story from washington. >> reporter: this was one of those situations where the u.s. wanted to get its people out while they still could safely rather than having to possibly fight their way out if things got worse later on. a convoy left the embassy at dawn under the cover of drones and a rapid response force that ended up not being needed. they drove from tripoli west to tunisia. about 70 diplomats at the compound and 80 marines were providing security.

they're all now out. tripoli itself has been the scene of increasing chaos and violence, a defense source telling fox news the pentagon had been saying for a while now it was time to go. finally the state department agreed, as did the president. evidently, the ambassador and some staff are going to remain in the region, but from what we're hearing there are no plans to return to tripoli anytime soon. >> so many people died and gave so much effort to the birth of the new libya, and we're very, very hopeful that together all those people will recognize that the current course of violence will only bring chaos. >> obviously the evacuation has to be looked at with the memories of the attack on the consulate and cia in benghazi where four americans were killed. this news broke early morning in washington but afternoon in north africa where it took about six hours for all those americans to get out. the state department has now issued a travel warning for libya, urging all americans in

the country to leave immediately as they are now in possibly grave danger due to the security situation. >> leland, thanks for that report from washington. meanwhile, crews are now recovering the second black box from this week's deadly plane crash in mali. 118 people were killed when that flight from burkina faso from algeria crashed shortly after takeoff. officials say the plane apparently had encountered bad weather when it suddenly disappeared from radar. investigators are now trying to determine exactly what happened after that. in the meantime, some of the victims' family members are being flown to northern mali to see the site of the crash fisthand. meanwhile, some very tense moments for passengers aboard a flight from canada to panama city. the flight forced to return to toronto after a passenger became enraged apparently over the cost of cigarettes.

he then made a very serious threat to one of the flight attendants. listen. >> she explained, you know, sir, i'm not in charge of your significant are receipt -- cigarettes. what happened was, he said, well, i hate canada. i just want to bomb canada. >> so two u.s. f-16 fighter jets were called to escort the plane back to toronto. the passenger, a 25-year-old canadian citizen, was arrested and charged with uttering threats and endangering the safety of an aircraft. back here at home, there's a rapidly advancing wildfire that's scorching nearly 1300 akers in northern california. already two structures have been destroyed by the fire and residents are evacuating. authorities say the fire is growing and expanding and poses more of a danger. meteorologist janice dean on the very latest as fire crews combat the flames.

janice, any success in getting this fire under control? >> it's record dry in california and the temperatures very hot. interior sections of california towards the southwest you look at these temperatures, well into the 100 degree range with no rain in the forecast. there's sacramento, the fire north of sacramento, and we're looking at temperatures in the twip triple digits for several days this week. and the dry conditions persist really for the next several weeks. no real moisture getting into this area. severe to exceptional drought across california. the whole state. so it is dire here unfortunately. and really across the west we have dozens of wildfires because we've had this ridge of high pressure that hasn't moved. with that, the potential for more wildfire danger heading into the workweek. we are watching the potential for severe weather. i want to point your attention across the midwest, the ohio river valley where we could see hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. just north and west of omaha we have a severe thunderstorm warning.

that will expand eastward and southward. we've got a moderate risk here, meaning we think all of those ingredients will come together for hail, damaging winds, yes, isolated tornadoes across that region. and then push eastward over the ohio river valley on sunday. look at all the big cities involved here. this is going to be an active situation. your forecast highs, i the want to show you, over the next couple of days, look at the midwest and great lakes, another polar plunge so to speak for july. keep an eye on it. back to you. >> polar plunge for july from 90s down to 80s. >> not bad. >> janice, thank you. from ukraine to gaza to israel and iraq, the white house has a lot of foreign policy crises to deal with. we've got got a look at how the president is doing with all these issues. plus, america weighing in with brand-new fox polls. a tragic story to tell you about. it turns out they were standing at that spot raising money for their church. now three kids have died, their

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their mother is in extremely critical condition. they were selling fruit to raise money for their church. and former wwe wrestling champion daniel brian's skills came in handy. his ring skills. basically, he chased down two burglars who broke into his arizona home. bad move. brian detained one of the burglars until police officers could take him into custody. the second suspect has not been found. hamas breaking that cease-fire with israel just moments ago. it was supposed to stick for about another hour 15 minutes, just one of the many international crises unfolding around the globe right now. we're also getting a new look at just how americans feel about how president obama is handling all of this. according to a brand-new fox news poll, 56% disapprove of the president's current foreign policy, slightly better than last month but far worse than

last year. so what does this mean for our role on the international stage? with us is tim miller, former deputy communications director for the republican national company. tim, let me start with you. is it fair to say that many americans have lost faith in our command her in chief? >> thanks, eric. absolutely. i think if you look at president obama's record in foreign policy, you see that he has not offered the american people a coherent foreign policy vision. i think a lot of americans are feeling that the president is not sending clear signals particularly to our allies in the middle east but also in eastern europe with the prospect of russia and vladimir putin's recent aggression. so when you combine that with the failures back at home on obamacare implementation and securing the border, increasingly the american people are wondering what this administration is doing right. >> rodell, is that fair?

>> not necessarily. i will say this. i think the public is frustrated as they see mounting world crises. but the president finds himself i believe between a rock and a hard place, between an american public that's concerned but an american public and the polls show this, yours included, that don't want u.s. military intervention. so, for instance, in iraq, while they're concerned about the rise of isis and the march of isis, they don't want us to send troops back. i think the other thing the president is concerned about or has to worry about is a congress, republican congress, that cares more about scoring political partisan points than actually coming up to help him on foreign policy. >> tim, do you think they really want to score political points more than helping the president on foreign policy? >> i don't think so, eric. i think that there's a big gap between what president obama's foreign policy has been and more troops on the ground, military intervention. that' i think what the american people want is a president

showing strength toward putin, toward the middle east. we saw an op-ed from the president of the ukraine, pour shank dough, who says he is begging the united states to be stronger with putin, to show who our allies are in eastern europe. president obama isn't making even those modest steps. >> let's look at what's happening in israel and hamas, hamas breaking the cease-fire and the israelis rejected secretary of state kerry's plan for a cease-fire because they want to try to destroy those tunnels. look at the result. 56% of americans according to the fox news poll disapprove of what the president has been doing on the israeli conflict. rodell, how do you turn that around? >> i think it takes time. just to go back to something that tim said, the american people want a commander in chief. they don't want a saber ratler in chief, they don't want swagger in chief. every tim time i hear republica say, you need to be stronger, i

ask, what exactly does that mean? if we're not goi ing to have -- >> tougher sanctions. >> we're sanctioning and continuing to sanctioning. >> we. >> i will say this, though. what we need to do is to get other people in that region involved. i think that's what the president has been doing. we can't go this alone. we can't be the world's policemen. i will say this. the polls we're talking about show that as well. tim, your own party believes that. >> i think to eric's question on hamas and rodell is not talking about that, the american people are unhappy with what this administration is doing in israel because they're undermining our allies. they sent secretary kerry over to israel and he was wagging his finger at netanyahu instead of doing what he can to support israel as they're getting attacked by hamas. >> here's another poll. ready for this? vladimir putin gets higher marks than president obama on foreign

policy. the situation in ukraine, who has the upper hand? putin 75%, obama 14%. that's a wipeout. >> i can't support anybody -- >> let me finish, should the u.s. be more involved in ukraine? rodell, this speaks to your point. 79%, no, we shouldn't get more involved. when you have a poll like that showing putin winning, though most americans don't want us to get involved, how do we reassert american leadership in the world, how do we become the shining city on the hill that ronald reagan talked about in order to have american prestige, american involvement and influence in world affairs? >> i think what we need to do, it comes down to diplomacy because it's quite clear that it we're not getting involved militarily. both republicans and democrats agree there. so what we need to do is get our allies throughout the world to apply political pressure. when we look at what's going on in ukraine right now and especially with the airliner, putin for the first time is

feeling pressure. there's i reason why. it's because he's feeling pressure not only from the united states -- >> he certainly wasn't feeling pressure during the recess. >> if i may, tim, thank you very much. he's feeling pressure from the united states, but he's feeling pressure from other people in other people around the region. and that's how you get it. you do it by working -- you do it by working to the. probably something that tim and the republicans know nothing about. >> we're out of time. got a hard break. thank you so much for your insight today. >> thank you. >> more outrage over obamacare. a stunning report exposing the major security flaws in those online exchanges. you won't believe what the government accountability office uncovered. plus congress rebating more funding to deal with the growing immigration crisis, but will that really solve the problem? we're live with the latest. woooo.

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a fox news alert. the cease-fire may be over as we now hear reports from the israeli military that hamas militants have gunfiring rockets once again. hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. welcome to "america's news headquarters." >> hello, i'm eric shawn. we'll have more on those developments in just a moment. topping the news this hour, there is now more trouble in tripoli. americans there being told to get out of libya, as their embassy in tripoli has shut its doors. the diplomats evacuated from the country. we'll have the very latest on the growing unrest. plus the humanitarian crisis on our southern border. coming to a head as the president meets with central american leaders to try to stop the flood of illegal immigrants.

but will he be forced to use his pen once again to stop it if congress can't agree on a solution? and after three commercial airline crashes in the world this week, you can't blame some airline passengers for maybe being a bit on edge. coming up we'll tell you why the most stress you should ever really feel is whether you're going to sit in the window or an aisle seat. first a fox news alert on that breaking news and the crisis in the middle east. the israeli military extending their humanitarian cease-fire with gaza militants in an act of good faith. but hamas says, no thanks. this as secretary of state john kerry meets with european leaders in hopes of nailing down a more permanent solution. molly henneberg is live now from washington with the latest. what happened? >> arthel, secretary kerry says there are quote, competing interests that are making it more challenging to reach a deal. >> we clearly understand, i

understand, that palestinians need to live with dignity, with freedom, with goods that can come in and out, and they need advice that is free from the current restraints that they feel on a daily basis. and obviously free from violence. but, at the same time, israelis need to live free from rockets, and from tunnels that threaten them. >> secretary kerry is in paris with foreign ministers from seven nations, including turkey and qatar trying to figure out a way forward. qatarry officials are in touch with the leaders of hamas. one former israeli official suggests that israel may be open to an extended cease-fire eventually. with an important condition. >> even if there is a longer cease-fire, israel will be allowed, must be allowed to destroy all existing tunnels. because no country would allow its villages, its dining rooms and kindergartens to be above

tunnel exits where any minute hamas murderers would come in and kill, maim and kidnap our people. so we will not live with this reality. and we will make sure it comes to an end. >> but one palestinian politician says israel does not need to attack to achieve that goal. >> what can be destroyed without a war by making peace? and i don't think he wants anybody to attack it but that applies to both sides. the israeli -- the root of this problem has been the israeli military occupation which has become the longest in modern history. 47 years of military occupation. we are in the west bank. we don't have tunnels but we have the israeli army controlling our life. >> secretary kerry has been in the region for most of the past week shuttling between jerusalem, the west bank and egypt, trying to win support for what he calls a quote, sustainable cease-fire. arthel? >> molly henneberg, thanks a lot.

arthel, hundreds of pro-palestinian protesters taking to the streets in paris yet again. more than 800 people ignoring a government ban to attend those demonstrations. riot police out in full force. as you can see at one point things got overheated. some of the protesters there wearing masks where they began throwing rocks at police and other objects at the cops who then, as you can see, responded with tear gas. dozens of people have been arrested in protests like this one in france in the past few weeks. and for more on hamas, a cease-fire and where this crisis goes next, tomorrow on fox news sunday, chris wallace will interview israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and ask about his goal and what both sides can do. check your local listings for air times and fox news sunday also, right here. and now eric another fox news alert. the u.s. telling americans to get out of libya. the state department ordering what it's calling a temporary relocation of its embassy in

tripoli. evacuating staffers amid escalating violence between rival militias. secretary of state john kerry spoke about it today, before heading to paris for more talks on the conflict in gaza. >> we call on all libyans to engage in the political process, and to come together in order to avoid the violence. so many people died and gave so much effort for the birth of the new libya, and we're very, very hopeful that together all those people will recognize that the current course of violence will only bring chaos, and possibly longer-term difficulties. we will return the moment the security situation permits us to do so. >> a handful of staffers will remain in the region, including the u.s. ambassador. arthel, just days before congress goes on its summer recess the white house preparing

to take matters into its own hands. president obama and administration now said to be laying the groundwork for a large-scale expansion of immigration rights by executive order. that could give legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. we have the details from los angeles. hi, dominic. >> hi, eric. yes, possibly as many as 5 million of the 11 illegal immigrants that we have here could get to say. the white house working on that at the moment. it's been a very busy administration for the obama administration as it deals with the immigration crisis on multiple fronts. the department of homeland security secretary johnson directing an urgent release of extra funding for the southwest region as part of a federal grants program. this is basically to give more money to local law enforcement agencies so that they actually can help contain the border crisis down there. texas alone getting an extra $5 million. that's an increase of almost 20% on the budget that it had in the previous fiscal year. and that money going out

straight away to pay for things like overtime and new equipment for officers working along the border and trying to slow the numbers of illegal immigrants coming across. but also president obama, meeting with leaders from central america over the past couple of days. meeting with the president of honduras, el salvador and also guatemala. trying to work out, really, how to stop this tide and make these making the dangerous journey on foot, it can take as many as 15 days, and all sorts of personal risks to their lives coming across. there's been much talk about whether these people should have refugee status. here's something that the president had to say on that. >> there may be some narrow circumstances in which there is humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligible for. if that were the case, it would be better for them to be able to apply in-country.

>> well, that's something the white house has been thinking about. in the house republicans have been working on a supplementary spending bill for the border. apparently, we will have more details on that coming out during the week. what they want to do is actually come up with very specific border security elements to that, and apparently with details coming out next week, we will learn that the funding is actually going to be a lot less, saving u.s. taxpayers some money there. originally we're looking at a billion dollars, eric. we now understand that the settlement and spending bills could be just a few hundred million. but we will learn about that more on monday, if not tuesday. back to you, eric. >> all right, dominic. about ten minutes from now we'll have insight from washington on this immigration crisis, and what the white house and congress may do. >> thank you. >> arthel? wildfires all along the west are continuing to burn. show you a map now. people in northern california are being forced from their

homes as a fast-moving wildfire gets closer. so far the flames have burned down at least two buildings, and have spread to about 1300 acres. in washington state, fire officials are saying a massive wildfire there has claimed more than 300 homes and fill ekilled hundreds of livestock. some relief in utah as evacuation orders just outside salt lake city are finally lifted. arthel, other problems in the world in gaza and israel and iran, well, north korea, pyongyang, he did it again. fired a short range ballistic missile. putting the south korea that missile was fired off the waters on its coast. it was just the latest in what's been a series of missile launches in the past few weeks. analysts say that this shows that kim jong-un is the leader of north korea and they believe he is now more belligerent than his father, who rarely fired long range missiles and instead

they say tried to focus on some negotiating. seems they're not finished with their missiles. >> all right, we go now to the conflict in ukraine, where government troops are advancing towards the key city of donetsk. it is a major stronghold for the separatists. this as the u.s. accuses moscow of moving heavy artillery across the border, and into the hands of pro-russian rebels. steve harrison live from eastern ukraine. steve? >> arthel, a major battle outside that city of donetsk. the city of a million people for several months now it has been the stronghold of the rebels. but ukrainian government forces are advancing. there's fighting in the northern suburbs. the east and the west, as well, really just one route out. a lot of terrified civilians today were on the run, a lot of journalists also deciding to pull out, because of the russian rebels coming under heavy fire both from artillery and tank fire as well. going against the rebels despite the fact that in recent days

they have had support, support from the russian military. some of that support, according to u.s. state department officials, actually coming directly from inside russia. the russian military shelling some ukrainian government positions. president putin of russia has denied those claims. he says the u.s. is simply trying to smear the west but it's a real question mark how this battle will go. it's a major city with a million people. the rebels are saying they're going to make a stand there. another stalingrad, if necessary, to a major battle shaping up as civilians flee eastern ukraine as the flight between the rebels and government forces gets hot. back to you in new york. >> gets hot and the propaganda and politics continue to fly, as well. steve harrigan, thank you so much. now to the tragic shooting down of malaysia airlines flight 17. dozens more bodies from that crash are being flown out of the ukraine today. they're heading to the forensic center in the netherlands for identification. officials say they were the final victims to be removed from the wreckage. but observers there claim there are still human remains on the

ground. access, though, at the scene has been limited, say officials, because of interference by those pro-russian rebels. christians in iraq told to leave, convert to islam, or die. horrifying choices, so what can the u.s. do to make sure those people are safe, as isis terrorists advance? >> and we will have an update on that airliner that went down over western africa. they say some of the mystery over this could be solved. we will give you the details in an update coming up. and that's not the only plane crash that has some airline passengers on edge this week. but, we're going to hear why you should lose your fear of flying. brian? >> more than 100,000 flights worldwide, 8 million people get on airplanes every day, and you know what, it still is the safest way to travel. we'll look into the technology and why you shouldn't be that afraid to fly. next. avo: waves don't care what age you are. take them on the way you always have.

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and shooting his caseworker before turning the gun on his psychiatrist. but authorities say that doctor was able to pull out his own weapon, and fire back, wounding the suspect before he was wrestled to the ground. well, the hot issue of immigration now, congress going down to the fire. you know, this one week is left to try to get a deal to handle our immigration crisis. well now there's word that president obama is preparing an executive order that they say could give legal status to 5 million illegal immigrants. could that force republicans to do something before they head home for the summer recess? and what happens if the president does get so many that new status? jimmy weinstein is the senior ed ter at the daily collar. let's start with the influx on the southern border. it shows no signs of stopping. the numbers have tripled. and bottom line, the flood is continuing. what are they doing in wa it? >> absolutely, the crisis remains.

and there's only a few days left in washington to take care of it before the august recess. which is scheduled to start this thursday. so right now you have three different actions in a way. you have president obama asking for $3.7 billion to provide more money to take care of these unflux of undocumented children. you have the senate democrats who say, you know, you only need $2.7 billion. and then you have house republicans who say we think around $1 billion is enough, and what's more, what's really crucial here, is that you pass an amendment to the 2008 human trafficking law that will allow the president to send these undocumented children back to their home country quicker. so that's, i think, the real sticking point. because senate democrats find that as a nonstarter, and president obama, who initially agreed with senate -- with house republicans that was an important part is now saying he doesn't want that part of a bill. so that's where the real crux of the problem seems to be. >> the democrats and others, you know, they're pointing to that part of the bill.

it was supposed to try to stop the traffickers and protect the young people. instead the critics say it's done the opposite. it's sent out this message that you can come, and we're giving you protection. and you have this heartbreaking, and tremendous situation, on our southern border. you know, how does it stop? and what happens if nothing is done by thursday? >> well, it's truly tragic, there's no question you have all these young children at the border. but this is, i think, where the real crux of the problem is. i think something could happen if the president showed leadership here. you could see a compromise come about where the republicans will maybe go up in the amount of money that they're willing to allocate closer to where the senate democrats and president obama are, if president obama goes back to what he said in the beginning. that this amendment to this 2008 human trafficking law needs to be amended to allow them to send him back. if he goes and prevails on the senate democrats to allow this to be part of the bill. you see the framework of a compromise. but truly, i just don't see that happening because i don't see president obama exerting the type of leadership that's

necessary to get that type of bill through congress by thursday. >> meanwhile, we're hearing the president may issue another executive order, this time giving legal status to upwards of 5 million illegal immigrants, these people apparently who are parents of u.s. citizens. because if you're illegal and you come here and you have a baby you become a legal american citizen. and man oh, man that could potentially be explosive. for humanitarian reasons but what would that do with congress not in session if the president issues that type of order? >> you have this now hanging over the whole situation. you already have house republicans who don't trust the president on the border. and are reluctant to go along with any bill because they don't think he's going to use the money properly. but now hanging over their head is his threat to actually issue another executive order to legalize 5 million of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country. so, this, this, this is a poison pill, in many respects. and goes to what john boehner is

trying to do right now, with this lawsuit, from house republicans against the president for heeding his authority with these executive orders. >> well, that's coming down the pike. meanwhile we'll see what happens in the next five days. then they go home. and then we'll yell at them. >> absolutely. >> thanks so much. jamie weinstein of the daily caller. >> okay eric and jamie. three airline tragedies in just one week, enough to make anyone fearful of flying with devastating crashes in taiwan, ukraine and mali. now giving weight to the tensions, a new report says 2014 is the deadliest year for air travel since 2010. however, even so, experts say it is still very safe to fly. we're live at jfk airport with that story. >> hi, arthel. experts do say, also, that this fear of flying after a high profile airplane crash is normal. you can imagine the fear now

after three happened in less than two weeks. obviously there is a lot of tension out there. people really need to realize that flying is reallys safe add ever and you are more likely to get into a fatal accident driving to the airport than you are flying in and airplane. now the four major accidents this year, beginning with the mysterious crash of malaysian airlines flight 370 have made this the deadliest year in commercial aviation since 2010. 761 people have died in 12 accidents worldwide this year, and that put a stop to three straight years of record decline in airline fatalities. in fact, 2012 and 2013 were the safest in history. with over 70 million flights worldwide in those two years. there were just 52 accidents. now the odds of being in a plane crash are about 1 in 4 million. over the last five years there have been two deaths in the u.s., or on u.s. airlines. two out of 3 billion, billion passengers during that time. better navigation technology has made midair collisions and crashes less likely.

planes can now avoid severe turbulence and wind shear. there's much stronger materials, and 95% of people who are in a crash survive. and flight data is being shared internationally routinely. >> i think the time will come when between the data that we have in advance of accidents, the kind of automation that we're seeing, and the kind of incredible technology that's really being built into the aircraft, we'll get to the point where we have a year where there's, as far as commercial aviation, we'll see that we really have no accidents. i think it's possible. >> now, one death is obviously too many. but experts say these last four major accidents are all different and they've all happened under their own circumstances. which means there's no systemic error. so i guess that's good for some people who are fearful for flying. those all happened under their own different circumstances. but it is as safe as ever.

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apparently fired several more rockets into israel. essentially breaking a nearly 14-hour-long cease-fire after israel had just prepared to expand it even further. conner live in gaza city with the very latest developments. >> eric, it's very clear right now that the cease-fire is over. as you said it did last for about 12 to 14 hours depending on when it actually started. it did hold for most of the day, and that is seen as a good thing. we saw lots of palestinians out on the street today, buying supplies, many thought that the violence would continue. but gaza really was transformed during the day. it was much easier to go out and a lot of people are out. but the cease-fire that hamas and israel signed up for 12 hours was over after 12 hours. israel promised or extended an offer to extend it for another four more hours. hamas rejected that. now this seems to be some time of gamesmanship to an extent, because, keep in mind, there are

costs going on in paris right now, and israel is continuing to operate to destroy tunnels in gaza. and so what we're hearing right now is hamas to some extent is saying well you're going to continue your operations in gaza after this 12-hour cease-fire, we're going to continue firing rockets, just to remind israel that we're here, and not to sort of give israel a free pass. what it really means here is the fighting is going to continue. we're already hearing some artillery. we're also hearing rockets being fired into israel. and it really means is that the violence, the continuing conflict is going on for a 20th day into tomorrow, into sunday, and we are thinking that there might be some serious efforts on the part of the united states, and u.n., to bridge the gap that are in place right now. secretary kerry said last night he thinks he has the framework there, just the terminology, some small gaps remain. but right now we're seeing continued violence here as talks are going on. and there is hope that there will be some type of cease-fire.

but there's also the fear that israel's defense minister has said that they might actually expand military operations here in gaza so there's also the chance, eric, that the violence could escalate if there isn't a cease-fire put in place in the next day or so. >> israel wants to destroy all the hamas tunnels they say have been helping ferry terrorists across the border. they've got about 35 and they think there are more to go. conor powell live in gaza city as we hear the hum of those drones above him right now, showing just how dangerous the situation is. thank you. and eric, let's get back here to the u.s. now where a battle over beats head phones is heading to federal court after another company accused the head phonemaker of infringing on its patent. this after apple announced it would acquire beats for $3 billion. bringing in our legal panel now, mercedes colin, a fox news legal

analyst and david schwartz, former attorney and prosecutor. good to see both of you. it's a great case. i'm going to go with you mercedes first. i want to know how strong is the case? >> if we did a word association game and i said apple we all say computers. you say when we look to say when we look at the other case we say wait a minute, if apple's computers why are they then involved in these head phones? it's all about something like this it's a very strong case. when you talk about bose you talk about head phones. when you look at that complaint it's historical complaint on the noise canceling head phones going back to the sev'70s. they said dr. bose created the head phones for the airline industry. they created the helmets for the air force and went all the way up to the 21st century and said, we've got 50 years of creating this type of product. who are you, apple, the computer guru, to come in to and step into our shows. by the way, they said 36 patents are being infringed. a big deal. >> yes.

bose claims infringement of no fewer than 36 patents and pending applications covering 50 years of design and research, so i mean david the acquisition is not complete yet. but could this affect the sale or apple's purchase of beats and could apple go to dr. dre and partner and say hey we wanted to buy this great product, but we weren't thinking that we're like getting ourselves in legal trouble. >> absolutely. lawsuit like this could affect the deal. and isn't that what this is all about? apple wasn't in the computer business once. they came into the computer business and took over the entire computer business. bose is running scared here. this is not a novel item. a head phone, a noise reduction head phone, there's nothing novel about it. certainly other players can make the same type of head phones. i don't think they'll be successful. >> but it's all about the rush to the patent office. and that's where bose comes in and says wait a minute. we've been in the industry for 50 years apple. we've got these 36 patents. you come on the scene, you give

billions of dollars to dr. dre, that's not our issue. our issue -- >> but the bottom line is they have to prove that the patent is novel. so anyone could file a patent. i could invent ice cream tomorrow and file a patent on ice cream. doesn't mean i'll be successful. so they filed this patent. they didn't invent the head phone. a head phone by nature is a noise reduction element. so i don't think they'll be successful. >> you know what, i disagree. there is what's called this noise cancellation which is an active cancellation product that's what bose claims that they have that when the noise comes into the head phone they actually send out waves to destroy it. >> by the way, when you put something on your ears -- >> oh, but that's nothing -- >> i hate to break it to you. >> that looks awesome. >> what are you saying? i can't hear you? can't hear you. all right listen. our producer beeped -- but the bottom line the lawsuit is over the beats studio line which includes a new studio wireless bluetooth head phone.

so look you guys know that patent cases take a long time to wind their way through the court system. do you think there may be a deal settled before it even gets before a judge? >> i mean these attorneys should go into court and say listen, this is going to cost us a fortune, your client a fortune, our client a torten. let's see if we can have a deal. >> bottom line will apple still buy those beats -- >> i think they will. bose is running scared of apple. i'm not sure there will be a deal so quickly. >> we'll see. >> i tried to give you the last word but women -- they're going to take it anyway. mercedes col win, david, good to see both of you. >> all right, arthel see what happens with that lawsuit. a couple of nebraska gamers have been putting a new twist on a classic arcade game. the claw, go to the big machine with a claw in it. you try to get a toy. usually involves the claw being dropped to pick up a prize like a stuffed animal. in this new version of the game those prizes are replaced with beer. >> so we just started talking

about different ideas, of what would be a little more fun than the usual stuffed animal. and i just said what if we did beer? >> everyone' certain degree, whether they want to admit it or not. and this brings out the best in people, i think. >> well that could be a little more fun than trying to get a stuffed animal. they did find a new jersey company to actually build the beer-grabbing machine. they say they're surprised no one's ever thought of it before. it's probably harder to grab one of those bottles than to get that fuzzy little toy. >> investigators are combing through the wreckage of the passenger plane that went down just two days ago in mali killing more than 100 people on board. we're going to bring you the latest developments on that. plus, more reports that some christians in the middle east are being targeted, along with opponents of the regime in iran. what the u.s. could do to protect them.

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crews recovering the second black box from this week's deadly plane crash in northern mali. 118 were killed when the flight from burkina faso to algeria crashed shortly after takeoff thursday night. apparently it had encountered bad weather when it disappeared from radar. investigators are now trying to determine exactly what happened after that. in the meantime, some of the victims' family members are being flown to northern mali to see the site of the crash firsthand. there are new fears in iraq that christians are under attack. reports that the islamic jihad extremists from the group isis have been forcing christians to either convert to islam, pay a tax, or flee. and apparently not just christians who are being targeted. but also opponents of the reege i'm in iran. the group the national council of resistance of iran is calling for its residents in iraq to be evacuated by the u.s. government

before they say there are even more killings. and now there's a call on the u.s. senate to help protect them, too, before it's too late. fox's contributor joins us now. lisa, how bad is it? >> it's just a continuation of what we've seen throughout the region. in countries where these christian populations were an integral part of the country, they have deep and rich history in these countries. they consider themselves part of the national cloth of these countries. and yet, we're seeing the population dwindle from over 25% to under 10% in these countries. and now we're seeing isis continue this same behavior in iraq. and you know, the bottom line is that they are trying to carry out a war of ideology. they're going city by city in iraq and taking over but they're actually influence. they're even killing muslims who don't believe in the same sect of muslim as they do. so they're after the shiites and now of course they're going to get rid of the christians because they present a threat to islamists, particularly their

extremist form of islam. >> also it's been the home to christians for what 1600 years, 1,600 years? whole community there gone. 1500 or so the reports say had to evacuate. had to flee. one woman was threatened with decapitation if the christians didn't leave. >> if you remember, we talked about the syrians being crucified because they were christians or they wouldn't pay the tax or they wouldn't flee or they wouldn't give in to the isis ideology. they this is the way that they cleanse. >> there are also fears about the opponents of iran, a group the council of resistance of iran, they have 3,000 residents in camp liberty, just inside back dad, and the group fears that there's going to be another massacre, there have already been what, 116 people murdered they believe on behalf of the iranian government trying to target them. >> right. >> what should be done about those residents? it sounds like it's almost like jews living under nazi germany

that they could be sitting ducks. >> these 3,000 that's a humanitarian promise that the u.s. made to them and they have to fulfill. so to go back a bit this san opposition group and they were on the side of the iraqis and the iran/iraq war and the u.s. promised that they would ten years ago keep them and protect them there. the maliki regime came in, they're well aligned with the iranian regime so now you have them attacking these these individuals. and what's the message to people who are helping, the mek, which is this group, they help the u.s. with intel about iran's nuclear program, about these infidels in iraq. and what happens when we're done using our sources? we pull the rug from under them, we abandon them, we turn our backs on them. these senators are now with an initiative to give them asylum statistic us in the u.s. so that other countries will follow suit and protect these 3,000, individuals more so than a political regime -- >> we have a clip of that letter, from four very prom length senators, blount, carl levin, jeanne shaheen and john

mccain. we urge you to continue the protection of camp liberty and expedite the resettlement of the camp residents to countries outside including the united states. reports of iranian islamic revolutionary guard corps involvement on the ground in iraq is deeply disturbing. we're concerned that the recent withdrawal of u.s. government personnel could delay progress in resettling these dissidents. albania and germany took like 250 of these people why can't the u.s. who's got the flood in the southern border coming in, why can't the u.s. just take these 3,000 to potentially save them? >> and you want to connect them to christians. these are attacks on minority groups and there's an inverse correlation on these attacks with minority groups and the u.s. presence on the global stage. so as our influence and our leadership is decreasing on the international stage, these attacks are increasing. they don't think we're going to do anything, they don't think that the u.s. is going to step up, and it's a symbolic attack against the west, particularly the u.s., when you go after the ideologies that are western.

so this is a symbolic attack. it's something that has to be done. and particularly concerning these 3,000, we made a promise to them. we made a promise to them ten years ago, and regardless of whether or not we speert the mek or they are viable or not viable and there's pros and cons on both sides of their political path but these are people that we promised safety to and something that we should keep. >> the bottom line when you talk about christians or if you're talking about anti-tehran residents, you're saying people who are vulnerable, vulnerable populations, aligned with us, we've sold them out, and they're sitting there, could be in danger. >> absolutely. and that's exactly what we're missing here. these are attacks meant to signal intimidation. meant to signal attacks on the west. and it's exactly what they're setting up. >> and what can we do? >> we can -- we can become stronger. we can make statements. we can go forward and give these people asylum. we can speak out about christian persecution. one of our own is being held in iran right and we haven't stepped up we haven't called out

president i mean there's been so many petitions asking president obama to speak out about him. he has done so but in in very small and limited -- >> you think they don't want to rattle the feathers in iran because of the nuclear agreement? >> there are many people who believe that human rights will not become a priority until we take care of a nuclear issue and more political issues like that but that is wrong calculation to be making because these regimes are getting away, and these groups like isis and al qaeda are getting away and they're growing in influence and we're not doing anything about it. in the meantime, they're growing and these populations are at risk. >> meanwhile the christians are being persecuted and apparently the opponents of iran are sitting there in a very vulnerable position. >> absolutely. nothing is done. >> lisa, thank you so much. >> all right eric and lisa, wikipedia cracking down on changes to its entries. why politicians putting in status updates could be to blame. plus some major rules changes for getting in to the baseball hall of fame.

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wikipedia is putting congress on a serious time-out. the online encyclopedia is now banning computers inside capitol hill from making edits to any of its pages for the next ten days. the block comes after what they call "persistent disruptive editing. you think some of the politicians want some of the stuff on their pages? apparently some anonymous changes were made to entries on politicians, businesses and major events like the assassination of kennedy. turns out similar bans for the same reason have been imposed on congress in the past. >> hmm. well, the debate over animals in captivity with some people calling on washington to take a look take action. for a look beyond the news, here's author liz trotta with her weekly commentary. >> it's been a year since gus left his home in manhattan's

central park. gus was a star. a 700-pound polar bear surrounded by urban ingenuity. millions flocked to see his daily obsessive swimming routines in a small pool back and forth for 12 hours. the newspapers described him as flaky. kooky, neurotic, the bipolar bear. in fact, gus was going berserk in his isolation. at one point, the zoo called in a california psychiatrist to examine gus's behavior. he prescribed more toys and treats. no one seemed to consider that in his natural arctic home, this white giant would walk 20 miles a day and swim unfettered for many more miles amidst the ice floes. in the end, zoo officials euthanized gus after finding what they said was an inoperable

tumor. more enlightened animal observers rejected the myth of the happy neurotic bear. they knew he had met the fate of so many captive be animals, driven to death by loneliness and inactivity. the story of gus returns to us this summer as seaworld entertainment steps up its efforts tottractvationers to its marine parks. they boast about manatee rescues in their vaunted scientific mission even as the giant orcas do tricks and relive the story of gus. those who would see the movie "blackfish" have been exposed to the behind the scenes cruelty of captivity at seaworld. who can forget tilikum, the or ca who so far has killed three trainers. he is still languishing in shallow water in a small pool. trainers are now required to wear area safety vests as if that could stop an animal of

high intelligence, one known for its enduring family structure in the wild. seaworld has taken a hit from the publicity over its treatment of or cas. attendance is down and insiders are reported to be selling stock. still, there's a long way to go before breaking through the public relations propaganda. seaworld is expert at cloaking the suffering of animals with cuteness. as for the argument that zoos and marine parks are necessaritors educate children, how is it that the t-rex remains their favorite animal when no one has ever seen one? repeatedly, defenders of animals have appealed to congress to stop the capture of large ocean animals and close to down the sideshows like seaworld. but like everything else in washington, legislators are wary of upsetting commercial interests. voters should hold them

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