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and are learning to to be more of "a healthy you." i'm arthel neville. cease fire in gaza officially over. palestinian militants firing several rockets into israel single-handedly ending the truce and rejecting israel's call for an extension. con are powell with more. conner? >> arthel, since the end of the temporary cease fire we have seen at least 15 hamas rockets be fired from gaza into israel. a clear sign that the extension of that cease rejected by hamas as we also got official word from hamas's leaders. now the temporary cease fire, the 12-hour cease fire did hold throughout the day honored by
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both israel and hamas. we saw lots of palestinians going out, shopping, many of them stocking up on supplies just in case the fighting does resume. others went home to assess the damage to their houses and to their belongings. this area has seen some of the heaviest fighting the past three or four days. everything is destroyed. buildings are burnt out. there is rubble everywhere. >> obviously, nobody can go back for his home. no animals, no electricity, no -- nothing. >> 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 homes or what's left of their homes. the priority is grabbing what they can, personal items, mattresses, animals anything they can take to safety. several people said they couldn't recognize their own
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homes after heavy fighting between hamas and israeli troops. anger and frustration is everywhere. many blame israel, the united nations, egyptian president see see and the u.s. for the destruction. some even blame ha has. but support for hamas remains strong. >> this woman says we will rebuild, we will resist. we will fire rockets for the sake of our own homeland. and it looks like we will see continued fighting throughout the night. hamas rejecting this israeli offer to extend the cease-fire. already 15 rockets have been fired from here. we're starting to hear the sounds of israeli artillery, as well. what happens in the next day or so? israelis -- israel's defense minister has said they may expand the military operations here in gaza. so there is the potential that the cease-fire we had today was just one off and that the fighting may even escalate in the next 24, 48 hours or so, arthel. >> i can hear the drones just flying over.
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sounds like g np ats. >> they're constantly over here, never stopped is even today during the cease-fire. we've heard them pretty much 24/7. >> sounds more like flies. thank you very much. in france, secretary of state john kerry meeting with top diplomats from europe and the middle east to discuss a long-term cease fire plan. mali hinnenburg live with the latest. any progress yet? >> secretary kerry is wrapping up a day in paris meeting with the seven other foreign ministers. he says he wants to reach an agreement ta allows the palestinians to live with dignity in gaza and allow israel to live free from rockets being fired into their country. >> each side has powerful feelings about the history and why they're where they are. and what we're going to work out is how do we break through that so that the needs are met and we have an ability to provide security for drail israel and a future economic and social and
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otherwise development for the palestinians. >> meanwhile, one palestinian official says palestinians are trying to protect themselves from israeli attacks. >> keeps talking about pinpointing the targets, about how scut their air force is and how accurate their army is. they talk about that all the time. then what's the explanation of the killing of 1040 people, including mostly women and children? >> a former israeli official counters that saying hamas is using its people as human shields and hiding missiles in schools and mocks. >> the israeli air force, the israeli army is the most moral in the world. it is being very careful but when you hide missiles and keep your can people as human shields, unfortunately innocents do get hurt and we really grieve that. >> he says israel will not agree to an extended cease fire unless
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it destroys all tunnels from gaza to israel. barghouti contends it doesn't take war to achieve that goal. arthel. >> molly henin berg, thank you very much for that report. i want to tell viewers about a programming note, tomorrow on knox news sunday, chris wallace about speak to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about the ongoing crisis and the off again, on again cease fire negotiations. check your local listings for the times of that show. now the latest on the malaysia airlines flight 17 tragedy. dozens more bodies from the crash being flown out of ukraine today heading to a forensic center in the netherlands for identification. officials say they were the final victims to be removed from the wreckage but observe ser vers say there are still remains on the ground. access there has been limited due to interference by pro-russian rebels. government forces are firing back at those rebels in ukraine, launching a counter offensive to try to retake the city of
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donetsk in eastern ukraine. this as we get reports of russia violating ukraine's border yet again. apparently, firing artillery from its its territory into ukraine. steve herry gan with the latest from eastern ukraine. >> or they will, access to that crash site has gotten a lot more difficult over the past 24 hours. there's a major battle going on for the city of donetsk, a city that normally has about 1 million civilians. half have fled. many thousands more fleeing today today because heavy fighting in the northern suburbs. the ukrainian military forces from the government have been gaining ground over russian-backed rebels over the past two weeks taking several smaller towns. it looks like the push it ob to taking this major rebel stronghold. on the rebel side, they're saying they're going to fight to the end. this could be snoerl stalin grad referencing the world war ii battle where so many were lost.
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what hasn't changed is russia's intervention. assertions from u.s. state department officials that the russian military is directly playing a part in in war, firing on ukrainian government positions from russian soil, a move which senior u.s. officials says could change the nature of the relationship between russia and the united states. so far the pattal for that city continues. it's a real question mark how far russia is willing to risk to help out the rebs. vladimir putin is denying claims that his military is firing on ukrainian forces. he said it's a smear campaign by the united states. arthel, back to you. >> steve harrigan, thank you very much. a frightening scene on yet another passenger jet. >> heads down. heads heads up. >> what caused federal agents to storm this plane, plus, with a little over a week 0 go before the august recess, how lawmakers in washington are handling the
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time for a quick check of international headlines. a banned pro palestinian demonstration in paris attracts nearly 4,000 people and ends with police deploying tear gas. fights broke out after protesters hurled rocks at police. the french government has been under fire for banning this and two previous pro palestinian rallies in paris. plus this. >> let's go. heads down. >> boy, police storm a plane after a canadian man allegedly made threats on a flight from toronto to panama city. the plane turned around and escorted by two military jets.
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the suspect faces charges including endangering the safety of an aircraft. and the costa concordia on its final journey to the port of genoa coming after a two-year salvage operation. it capsized when it struck a reef in january, 2012, killing 32 people. this week, president obama urging congress to pass a $3.7 billion package to help deal with the growing humanitarian crisis on our southern border. where thousands of unaccompanied minors have been streaming in from central america. right now, there are two partisan bills, one in the democratic controlled senate and one in the gop controlled house that offer two starkly different visions for dealing with the problem. >> what's happening at the border is a case for passing comprehensive immigration reform. some are using it as an excuse not to pass immigration reform.
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and any excuse will do. they said they're not going to do it. but they should not take any hope in saying that because of this, we can't pass it because of this, we must pass comprehensive improvision reform. >> the problem is you can't just throw the money at this problem and say it's going to go away. >> but you could stay in town and work it out. >> that's fine. next week i think the house will come together. we will pass a bill to stop this flow of kids coming through the border. >> joining us now bet ski woodruff, a political writer for the washington examiner. hi, betsy. >> hey there. >> so it looks like the house bill will pass, the house will pass a bill next week offering a package now worthless than $1 billion. not sure of the specific at the allocations. but does the proposed revising, their proposing to revise that 2008 law on human trafficking.
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let me take a moment to tell viewers what it is, the republicans want to amend the law to allow forced speedy deportation of children coming from central america. under the current law, that entitled to an immigration hearing to determine whether or not they can get refugee status. so i ask you, reggie betsy, can that house bill pass? >> the odds of that legislation passing the house are very good. however, it's extremely unlikely that the senate will take it up. this 2008 legislation that deals with people, young children who have entered the united states from countries other than mexico and canada is going to be a huge sticking point. that's because it's vet problematic for republicans. republicans are frustrated that it makes it more difficult to send these kids back to their home countries. but for democrats getting rid of that legislation seems to be a deal braker. it looks like it this is leading us to an impasse with no ease signs of a solution. >> talk to me about what it is the senate republicans want and how does their plan differ from
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the president's plan. didn't at one point, the president say that perhaps some revisions to the 2008 law were possible? >> yeah, interestingly, the administration, the white house has been fairly open to changing the 2008 law. dhs head jay johnson indicated he would support it. but congressional democrats are very opposed. the house legislation is interesting. it's less than $1 billion. their plan would aim to send the national guard to the border and essentially expedite deportation of these kids making it easier to send them back to their home countries. the odds in the house are good but the senate, its prospects are not sunny. the senate has a different piece of legislation that would spend $2 billion more than the house suggested that wouldn't get rid of this 2008 legislation and also is address issues that have nothing to do with immigration. one thing the senate bill would do is give $225 million to israel to beef up their iron dome program and it would also give more than $600 million to
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fight wildfires. so it's, at this point, the odds that this legislation doesn't go anywhere and the congress goes on recess for a couple weeks. >> yes. >> seems likely. >> congress taking recess monday, august 4th which i believe is the president's birthday. thought i'd throw that out. what you're saying by many accounts on the record and off the record, there's not going to be an immediate solution from the perspective of politics though, how does that impact the midterm elections and which party would you you say stands to bear most negative impact of the impasse? >> i think the fact that the house is going to pass legislation will probably help republicans. republicans will be able to say, look, we were in charge. we were the adults in the room and we passed a package. the senate might pass a package but it's far from guaranteed. if the senate can't pass anything, that absolutely reflects poorly on democrats. another upside for republicans in this situation is that senate
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republicans are actually unified for once. that caucus has been torn extensively over the previous months. but on this immigration issue, they very much concur on a couple key points. now look, it's tricky because if republicans end up indulging and unfriendly or uncharitable rhetoric towards these immigrants children, that's absolutely something democrats can capitalize on. at this point, it looks like it might be good for republicans but very much up in the air. >> i want to pull up a quick fox news poll taking about the government policy towards immigrants. 60% saying it should be a pathway to citizenship, down 8%, january 2014, they were saying it should be, 6% then. but now 60%. so it's definitely decreasing, the americans' opinion in terms of whether or not this should be the policy should be a pathway to citizenship. we'll keep an eye on it. perhaps nothing happens between now and their recess come august 4th.
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bet ski woodruff, good to talk to you. >> you bet. >> thank you. russian president have vice president continues to ratchet up tensions in ukraine, despite additional international sanctions. so the question is, how should the u.s. deal with an increasingly assertive russia? we'll talk about that when we come back. like diet can negatively impact good bacteria? even if you're healthy and active. phillips digestive health support is a duo-probiotic that helps supplement good bacteria found in two parts of your digestive tract. i'm doubly impressed! phillips' digestive health. a daily probiotic. you're thinking beneful. [announcer]and why wouldn't he be? beneful has wholesome grains,real beef,even accents of spinach,carrots and peas. it has carbohydrates for energy and protein for those serious muscles. [guy] aarrrrr! [announcer]even accents of vitamin-rich veggies. [guy] so happy! you love it so much. yes you do! but it's good for you,too. [announcer] healthful. flavorful. beneful.
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the european union imposing additional sanctions against russia. now moscow says that move will harm its security cooperation. russia's also accusing the u.s. of contributing to the conflict in ukraine through its support for the pro-western government. meanwhile, a new fox news poll says a whopping 75% of americans believe vladimir putin has the upper hand over president obama.
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the former spokesman for u.s. ambassadors to the u.n. is with me. >> nice to be here. >> let me pick up on that poll. do you agree with the response for the poll, that they feel putin has the upper hand on president obama? >> yeah, i think most people around the world. europeans, russia, americans. it's clear putin has taken advantage of i think this attitude from the white house that they'll talk big, whether it be on syria or some other issue. but the follow-through doesn't seem to be there. so the real threat is not there and putin is on the offense. >> let's try this for a second. is putin perhaps more bluff than he is bite and perhaps those additional sanctions are affecting him and his business and personal associates, but he's still fluffing up as if it's not bothering him? >> i don't think it's possible
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because he is still on the offense. he's still shutting down media. he's still winning the information war. he's still winning the military war. >> he can shut down media because it's state run. >> he's also bullying his way into ukraine to shut down independent media. we've got a whole bunch of problems that are not just in ukraine, but it's starting to bleed into all of eastern europe. putin is on the offense. we see the military build-up all throughout the ukrainian border now. he has not stopped. since his cronies shot down this plane and then stopped the first responders from getting to the bodies and then allowing looters to come in, he still has not stopped. frankly, it's because the europeans and the americans are still talking. there is a whole host of things we should do. we should be pressuring the french for sure not to be selling military warship to russia. there's a whole bunch of things we can do to make sure that the
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british are starting to look at all of the russian money inside great britain and starting with banking sanctions there and into switzerland, throughout all of europe and the united states. there is a lot of russian money in the u.s. >> we'll talk about that later. you mentioned money. when we talk about money, is that sort of the lynch pin, is that what's holding some of the european leaders from actually getting more aggressive towards russia, because they're depending, their economy is somehow tied into russia's? >> yeah. i think a little bit of that. but the europeans have always been slow. they've always been unwilling to stand up in a variety of different situations. it's not just russia. but they are tied to the russian economy in many ways, whether it be banking or gas, a lot of gas obviously that the europeans buy from the russians. it's cheap gas. but there is an opportunity for the united states. we could change the laws that we have so that we can export gas.
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>> but now we're talking about getting congress to get together and change laws. >> yeah. >> that's a whole other ball of wax, to get together on anything. >> there is a whole bunch of thing that the president can do unilaterally. we have a president who likes to do unilateral things. so recall the u.s. ambassador to russia immediately. i don't understand why that hasn't been done. that's just one thing. we could immediately launch a diplomatic effort throughout all of eastern europe, get all of the western diplomats from europe, australia, united states, all together to really come up with a plan. s last thing i would do is surge funding for the info war. we are losing an information war to the russians throughout all of eastern europe. that cannot happen. we can win this argument. capitalism, free markets, human rights, that's an easy win for us. >> so then if you maybe not necessarily put your money where your mouth is, if the president puts his hen where his mouth is,
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what should he do? >> there is a lot of things he can too individually and a loft things he can ask congress to do. >> we'll leave it that 'cause it is complicated. that is it for us. i'm glad to have you here on the set. before you go, i got to toss to "the five." do you think the ukrainian president is a bonafide foe against putin? >> i think yes, he is trying to be. but he's got some challenges. >> okay. good to see you. thank you. >> i'm arthel neville. stick around. "the five" is up next. i'll be back on in an hour alongside eric shaun. keep it right here on the foxlkt news channel nitrates for chest. it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours.
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8:00 p.m., >> our president is shaking hands and kissing babies. some say good for him. that's what he should be doing. others say get back to work, sir. we each have our own versions of those. let's do a little role play. let's play presidential politics five style. let's go around the table and get president bob, andrea and
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