you struggle. the bigger the purpose, the harder the struggle. >> live like you are on vacation. >> live like you don't want a vacation. >> a hot tub. check it out and we'll see you back here tomorrow. three developing stories we are watching this hour. a spending plan to curb the stream of illegal immigrants. how law makers respond to the crieses. and strike i a role to give the vets the medical care they need. will his colleagues on the hill pass it? this man in court right now accused of expecting a 15-year-old girl who disappeared nine months ago and just made it back home. >> also israeli war planes

hammering high profile targets in gaza. welcome to a brand new hour of happening now. i am jon scott. >> and i am jenna lee. one of those strikeset a building that included a hamas tv channel. this after 12 hours of relative quiet. other targets including the government office and home of hamas political leader and the power plant unleashing smoke and blackened gas a. the death toll with hundreds of palestinians and dozens of israeli soldiers dead. a familiar sound in tel aviv. warnings of incoming rocket fire. prime minister netanyahu told his country to get ready for

a long battle, conner? >> reporter: the intensity of last night's shelling and today is unlike we have seen in the last ten days or so. it was some of the heaviest shelling we have seen. much of gaza was alight between the fires that were raging and the lights that were pounding all over the gaza strip last night. even today hitting targets that they hit in the past including a the spot that hamas launched rockets right by our hotel. it was a huge hit a hundred or so meters away. it is a spot that israel targeted and hamas continues to fire are rockets. and we have seen that in the gaza strip. israel is pounding the gaza strip. and hamas firing rockets and mortars. there is more talk of a ceasefire but neither side

agreeing publicly. and last night as i said was heaviest shelling we have seen here. israeli planes and artillery hitting the manpower station here. power was on four hours a day at best. and taking this out will reduce the ability for pour in gaza. the house of the top hamas leader was struck and fighting up and down the coast for the last couple of hours. and the death toll is mounting. 1100 palestinians and 53 esrally soldiers and civilians as well. there is a fear it is escalating and israeli officials will move out the 40 percent of the gaza strip that they control and focused on the tunnels and we may see a escalation and may be a negotiation ploy on their part to get the best terms.

it could go either way. we could see a ceasefire or also see a massive or continued increase in the fighting, jenna. >> another day in the story for us, conner. the leader of iran calling on muslims to help palestinian. he accuses israel of genocide. iran supports islamic militants like hamas and hesbollah. >> fighting is raging in the middle east. the civilian death toll rising between the ukrainian forces and russian separatest. the u.s. is accusing russia of violating a treaty by launching the missile. the european union has adopted tough new economic sanctions

against russia. this comes as prorussian separatist block investigators from going to the malaysian airline jet down. third straight day they are unable to get to the scene because of violence in the area. they are live in the white house with more. steve? >> the u.s. dealing a double blow to russia threatening to impose tough new sanctions early as today and same time accusing russia of violating a missile treaty from the cold war era. >> secretary of state kerry lashed at in the russian separatist who are forbidding the investigators to go to the site. he said putin should put pressure to end the fighting. >> the russians say they want to

deescalate the conflict, their actions show no evidence that they have a desire to end the violence and blood shed. the russian backed separatist refuse to lay down their arms and be part of the political process. >> today, kerry said he talked with the russian foreign minnist lavrov and they talked about specific proposals. the u.s. notified russia that they violated the treaty that prohibits ground- based missiles. >> this is a priority and concern that we have raised with the russians on a number of occasions in the standard diplomatic channels. there are reports that the president informed president putin via letter of our determination and an indication that this is a matter that

merits serious attention. >> the white house saying that the president could announce tough new sanctions against russia today and as you mentioned, the european union agreed to adopt those stiff sanctions. >> thank you. we are three months away from going to the polls for elections. if the election were held today 43 percent americans would vote for the democratic candidate compared to the 41 percent of the republicans and the 41 percent of voters say if they were running they would want president the president out campaigning for them, compared to 57 percent who say he is stay off the campaign trail. joining us johnathon allen and co-author of "state secrets" and rebirth of hillary clinton.

and we'll get to her numbers in a moment. thoughts of whether or not president obama should campaign for a democratic candidate is kind of interesting. obviously he's going to go out and raise money especially. but some democrats are going to suggest that he doesn't need to visit their state? >> you hit the nail on the head. he's doing a ton of fund-raising for the democratic committee all over the country this year, and yet, we haven't seen him showing up in the campaigns. and look, i don't think those numbers are unrelated. a small gap of democrats having a lead on republicans in the congressional polling, but democrats historically have a bigger gap when the republicans wen the seats. come election day, you expect the republicans to have a mid- term election that is good.

>> in his personal popularity polls, biggest drop in recent weeks were amongdemocrat. we don't have those to put on the screen for you. but if you look at the democrat nominee. asking who would you like to be your nominee 64 percent say hillary clinton. 12 percent said biden and then on down the list. elizabeth warren and cuomo and o o'mall o'malley. >> it is clintons if she wants it. >> we have seen that before in 2008. you have more unified democratic party behind her. and there is no barak obama- like that is capturing the imagination of democrat. her numbers are softer now.

it is 69 percent of the democratic party behind her and the other people are not rise nothing a way to suggest that there is a challenge to her right now. >> does that suggest buyer's remorse over the candidates that the democrats chose the last few times? >> there is polling that suggested that. i think there was a bloomberg news poll that basically showed a majority of the americans thought that the country would have been better off if hillary clinton won the presidency in 2008. it is easier to be the candidate people wish for when you are not governoring. there is a lot in the world that barak obama can't tamp down. certainly in the middle east and russia and ukraine. we haven't sewn a deescalation

of hostility there. it is tough to govern and bark bookkeeper obama's poll numbers reflect that. ninteresting that we could so another clinton bush campaign race, i guess you would say. although neither one of them said they are in it. but if the look at gop nominee presidential, the number one name is jeb bush. again neither he or hillary said they are running. and governor peri12%. and chris christie ten percent. and ted cruz a nine percent. and somebody is going to shake out and win the nomination, johnathon. >> this is a wide open republican field right now. the most interesting thing in the poll, a lot of upward movement for rick perry.

he squared off against barak obama when obama went to texas and they talked about the border. he moved up from 5 to 12 percent. and he's trying to reintroduce himself. and forget about the last run and he had troubles on the debate stage back in 2012. a lot of them think there is opportunity and voters haven't made their choice yet. rand paul will be going through iowa and governor christie is in a lot of states that are important in 2016. basically under the guise of helping other governors win their election. we all know he's campaigning to see if he can win in 2016. johnathon allen good to see you. >> and one more fox poll to tell you about. is hillary clinton in touch with every day americans.

pretty close. 45 percent said not so much. she's out of touch. what do you think about hillary clinton in or out of touch with your every day needs? our live chat up and running and go to america's asking link and get your thoughts in the conversation. ncongressional law makers pushing to do something about the border crisis and details about the bill now discussed on the hill. a woman hospital otherwised and plus more than a hundred people back on solid ground after being stranded at sea overnight. a whale- watching excursion turned into a nightmare for the passengers. >> it was cold out there. and you put me in and they didn't have blankets. and they filled up with

blankets. did you get any sleep? >> two hours.

>> a late night out for one husband lands him in jail and his wife in the hospital. police near dallas said the couple argued throughout window until 4 o'clock this morning. the woman wouldn't let the husband in the house and so he drove the car through the wall and in to the bathroom. she was flown to the hospital with serious injuries. the husband was charged with assault. >> and we are just days away from congress. there is efforts to calm the crisis on the border. molly has more from capitol hill on this. >> reporter: we are talking about 659 million.

and 470 million board are court and enforcement and accelerated judicial proceeding and national guard board efforts and money in the bill to pay for the humanitarian care and home countries take them back in. >> they should be brought to help the border patrol and that will speed things up. we are having a sense in congress that children not be housed in military facilities. it is not a law, it is just the congress. the congress doesn't believe that is a good place. it is interfere negligent military activities and we should find places close to the border as possible. >> this money would fund border efforts through the end of september. and house say it will come from cuts from the pentagon and state

department and fema. house democrats said the u.s. should not be so quick to send the children back. >> they are vulnerable children that are fleeing violence and persecution. and they are thankful they are receiving protection to which they are entitled in domestic and international law. it is worth pointing out application for a sylum is not illegal and part of our immigration laws. >> that's what is going on in the house. the senate has its own bill costing up wards 2.7 billion and that will come up tomorrow. both bills are smaller than what president obama asked for to get control of the border crisis. >> thank you. >> you might be hearing talk about the possibly impeachment of the president. now house speaker john boehner

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>> a texas man is accused of sending hoax letters to schools and government offices and other locations around the world for last six years. none of them contained toxins or poisedons. it deverted first responders. he is charged with hocks. and sending 10-40 letters

containing terrorist threats and a white powder that looked like anthrax. house speaker john boehner dismissed all of the talk of impeachment and said it is coming from the president's staff and politically motivated. mike explain that one? >> reporter: republican leaders say with the economy so- so and foreign policy hot spots all over the globe impeachment talk is firing up the base of midterm election strategy. >> the whole talk of impeachment is coming from the president's open staff and democrats on capitol hill. they are trying to rally their people to give money and show up in the election. we have no plans to impeach the president or future plans. it is all a scam started by democrats in the white house. >> boehner and house gop leaders

are planning a vote to authorize the house to sue president obama for over reach. that is the adjusting the health care by postponing the employer man date without consulting congress. and house democrats fired back. >> you seen the quotes by members of the house and impeachment and what they want to do and for him to say that, i think it is disingenious. >> and probably perkulating in the republican conference that the lawsuit is not enough and we have to get rid of him and it is impeachment talk. >> it is stimulating the democrat fund-raising and the campaign chairman said yesterday was the biggest on line day bringing in more than $1 million

and you can expect more talk of impeachment from democrats and clearly speaker boehner is trying to shut that down by taking impeachment off the table. >> a new report of how many of us are drowning in debt. >> and the president's pick to head the va. one law makers try with a bill to try to fix the agencies joining us live. and a man in court facing charges of kidnapping a 15 year old girl who disappeared nine months ago before suddenly returning home this past week. what we know about this.

>> a man in court in new hampshire accused of kidnapping a teenage sxert 15 year old is inside of the courtroom to face him. her name is abgal hernandez who disappeared from home. and the man in question that we mentioned isna thannial kirby. who is charged with kidnapping. there is a lot of questions and the answers may come out in court. our legal panel is here. and one of the big questions in

the center of the case, we don't know the circumstances of her disappearance and we don't know the circumstances of her reappearance. like she just showed up at home. why does that matter? >> first of all, you got it right. her neighbor and mother, she just walked in the door and surprise. that is unusual. and highly unusual in a kidnapping case for someone to return. she said in one of her statements, thank you for your prayers everybody. otherwise i would not have been released. released is like i was held captive and not a run away. i was released and that is key to me in this case. >> we have a picture of abgal and her mother who are in court and try to get that. we understand that that is abgal sitting next to her mother. how typical is it that the

victim would be in court at this point. it is not unusual to have the victim there and everybody knows that the case is getting a lot of attention and there is dramatic affect. and there is a lot more information we need to know and having a press conference and what were the circumstances under which you were missing and when she came back. she wrote a letter to her mother and that it will be important. >> we don't know who it is from. it was delivered to her mother a month after the kidnapping. we are not raising and blaming the victim in this, but there are questions of what exactly transpired here. police look at this shipping container on this man's property. so in order to arrest this guy they had to have something. above the grouped container and

there is crime tape all around the container and that is the right point. and her testimony by itself and even the letter written while in captivity, none of that was problemicable cause as he was arrested for kidnapping. but physical evidence like this. the cops went in the container and saw dna and that would be problemicable cause for the arrest. >> what happens if no one saw her grabbed and no one knows the circumstances and it turned in to a he said, she said court case with kidnapping? >> another legal issue would be of course, breaking down her testimony and given her age and if it is a straight one-on-one, it could be tricky. it is interesting. a lot of times, i know this as a problemable prosecutor.

they made the arrest and very likely they will put together as a lyss was saying the evidence to get them to the threshold. >> kidnapping cases are often he said, she said. it is the evidence that brings the case together for the prosecutions. and if there was a actual kidnapping, there will be fdz evidence and such as food and din den and all of those things that the prosecutors will use. >> this is information out. and the neighbors come forward to say we had no idea it was happening. >> how many times have you hear that? >> especially in the horrendous story. and obviously the arraignment happening as we speak. >> a shocking report about the number of americans bogged down by debt and even as total credit card debt goes down many people

are struggling to pay their bills. >> hi, john, this means every third person walking down the street or 35 percent of the americans have debts and unpaid bills reported to collection agencies. and those debts include everything from past due credit card bills and hospital bills and student loans and old gym membership. the average debt is 5100 per person. and half of las vegas residents have debt in collections. and they have rising debt creates a host of issues. once it is reported to collectors it will affect your ability to get a job and mortgage and the president is touting the economic recovery. where is it. america's incomes have been stagnant and that's one reason

we we are carrying the kebt debt. credit card debt reached the lowest level in a decade at this point. there is good news for you, john. >> thank you. >> one of the most beautiful places in america yosemite national park. visitors are told to get out because of a wildfires. >> and a new shoes sleep impacts you and your life and police investigations. we'll explain, next. ♪

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most beloved national park. talking about yosemitte. a lack of sleep may be linked to false memories. they were shown crimes and told details that didn't exist. those who had no sleep could be manipulated with false information. what are the health and legal implications of this. dr. ash, and dr. brian russell. first dr. russell. we have known getting a good night's sleep is important. but failure to do so can affect memory? >> yeah, jon, this is why hasselbeck and kilmede would make terrible witness.

they get up at 3 o'clock and sleep deprivation can affect the brap storing information and processes memories. it is no surprise as the found, when people try to recover or recall memories that either they are trying to recall following a period of sleep deprivation, there could be inaccrazies in it. >> dr. ash. we know that eyewitness testimony is unreloyable anyway. 70 percent of over turned convictions with dna evidence there was unreliable eyewitness testimony. how do you know if it is sleep related or bad memories. >> it is fascinating. and sleep does impair your memory, you will start to see defense lawyers asking witnesses, how much sleep did

you get and bring in question the credibility of that witness. it is a study out of stanford, critical thing for memory is sleep conti nuity. can you imagine a defense lawyer asking a witness do you snore? you are out of here if you do. >> and part of the research they were able to insert false memories in people's minds based on the evidence they were trying to get people to remember. >> that is right. memories that were manipulated and they thought they saw this information in the original crime photos they saw. it is a problem. the cvc in 2014 said insufficient sleep is a public health epidemic and 30 percent of the americans get less than six hours of sleep.

and so imagine 30 percent of the witnesses are impaired thachl is a big number. >> it happen before dr. russell, that lack of sleep figured in the trial. the jet blue pilot who went running down the aisle yelling terrorism and he was acquitted but one of the factors that he had not had a lot of sleep. the court and judge said got to let him go. >> that's right, john. sleep deprivation gets severe enough it produces delusions and si cosis and to build on what dr. ash said. i think it is particularly scary in the courtroom context with memories that were formed in sleep deprivation. in this case, even if the weapons is well rested in the time they are trying to recall

the memories. if they were never encoded correctly. they may never be able to be recalled. >> it could be a potential area of study for future court cases as dr. ash said. how much sleep have you got before you testified. dr. ash and russell, thank you both. >> amid the controversy over the long wait times and falsified documents as well. we are awaiting a potential vote. there is a bill to add clinic space and hire doctors and pay for private care for vets who cannot get prompt service. back in june we had this exchange. >> it was interesting congressman everyone is outraged about it and the veterans are waiting on the va, the same system that put them at odds

with their own health care, what are they supposed to do? >> they are supposed to rely on the president of the united states. there is a legislative branch and if i could fire the va folks, they would be fired out of work today. but the acting secretary just came to the job on friday. and the other secretary was loyed. to >> i apologize. we can have more on the conversation. >> i hope we do. >> and then that is florida jeb and in the center of the bipartisan deal. what broke the impasse and got you to the point where there is a bipartisan report. >> we continue to negotiate. people who said the deal dead last week was misinformed. both of the conference committees knew we were up against a dead line.

and it was important to vote before we went home. >> dr. sam foot commented and he was positive about it and said they need to implement things to help today, tomorrow, and right now. not pie in the sky and years down the road. what would be the immediate affect if you were able to get through the house. what would impact veterans based on this bill? >> once the president signs it, the secretary would have the ability to fire people who are fudging the numbers and lying and cheating or stealing and changing the culture in the va would take a long time. being able to contract out to private care providers it will a leviate the wait list that is out there. they had an ability to do it before. but there was no incentive to go to private care because they

would lose bonus or promotion if they did. >> what incent vising them? they got bon us. is there something to hold them accountable to provide basic good care for veterans? >> first of all that is what people should do. and the secretary will have the ability to fire people not doing their job. it was in the senior level and people supervising and it will send a signal in the va, you will not do business as usual combchlt accountability and access is two paramount things in this legislation. being able to have a veteran make the choice of whether to stay inside of the va system or go to private care, is the largest change in the va system in the entire history. >> that is getting a lot of

attention. some are questioning the ultimate cost of it down the long. one senator wants to wait for the congressional budget office to give a projection of what the bill costs. what is your reaction? >> i appreciate his concern for fiscal responsibility and i share the same concerns and the cvo is very slow. and we know they have scored the main part of the bill and we have scaled it back wards. and so when we look at numbers that we estimate will cost over ten years, it will probably come in just under 10 billion in mandatory spending. no body wanted to go that route, but we have to get the veterans off of the list. >> there is emergency funding, that is part of the bill to go directly to providing for more doctors and hopefully get to veterans right away.

and the other part of the bill, 10 billion that you mentioned that has to be allocated in the proper ways that appropriations can allot that money. is there anything in the bill that makes sure it will go to the va and not that there is another crisis that emerges and money is better used elsewhere? >> no, first of all, $10 billion doesn't have to go through the appropriation's process. it is not subject to the cap or going through regular order. however, it is a three- year program and if we run out of the $10 billion. we'll have to go back to the appropriators and they will go to the process and cost additional 25 billion to do this over the second year. we don't believe that is the case. we believe that 10 billion will carry over.

we'll go back to the appropriators and the program is authorized and we'll look for funding in the program. >> i know we only have 30 seconds here. can you tell get it through not only the house but also the senate? >> we'll see a vote in the house tomorrow. i fully expect it will be a wide bipartisan vote and the senate, i'm hopeful, that folks will allow it to come up for a vote. those that oppose it can vote against it. those that support it should vote for it. obviously get it to the president. this is important. >> congressman miller, great to have you back on the program. thank you so much. israeli forces digging in against hamas seeking out a network of underground tunnels used by militants for supplies and sneak attacks. also, one of america's national treasures under attack by wildfires. how far mother nature could make a difference in this battle. >> we still have tremendous fire activity within the fire and depending on whether winds --

we've got a slight possibility for thunderstorms. these are all factors that can change things quickly.

hi, everyone. coming up, we have pictures of illegals protesting in front of the white house. guess what? nobody doing anything about it and new details on the house bill on immigration and how it will affect the kids at the border. plus, want to get through airport security faster? i know i do. tsa now offering to pay you for your ideas on how to do just that. and how high is too high to drive? the feds trying to figure that out and how to test for it which will be the key. all on "the real story" top of the hour. >> you mentioned this earlier. a fast moving wildfire threatening one of america's most beautiful places, yosemite national park. we go live to the west coast newsroom for more on this.

>> a thunderstorm is expected tonight which could bring rain. bad news it could bring lightning and high winds making a bad situation worse. yosemite gets 4 million tourists a year, mostly in the summer, but many areas the tourists come to see are partially visible due to smoke. 5% contained. there's enough fuel to burn for days. >> certainly a difficult situation. one of the main mitigating factors is the drought. this is the third year of drought conditions. we only had a 30% snow pack last year. it was about a third of normal. this is after two years of only a 50% snow pack. >> reporter: also in the sierras, the sand fire is now 80% contained. the cause not lightning or a campfire but a vehicle driving over dry brush. it's exactly what started the fire earlier this month. prosecutors initially charged freddy smoke with illegally

setting that fire when his vehicle ignited tall grass. the judge set his bail at 10 grand. since then deputies found a dead body in the fire. when prosecutors charged freddy yesterday with manslaughter, he wasn't in court. why? after mosting iposting a $1,000 disappeared like a puff of smoke. the new bail amount is $1 million if they find him. back to you. >> thank you. sounds almost like the "gilligan's island" setting. a boat goes out for a tour and then gets stuck at sea except this trip was very real. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. easily absorbed calcium plus d. beauty is bone deep. two weeks later. look, credit karma-- are you talking to websites again? this website says "free credit scores." oh, credit karma!

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it was supposed to last just a couple hours but passengers on a whale watching boat are happy to be on dry land after spending the night stranded at sea off the coast of massachusetts. divers freed it early this morning. the company is giving each

passenger a refund, a gift card and $500 in cash. that will ease some of the sting. >> 500 cash. >> i love those whale watching trips. they're fun. >> i've never been trapped overnight on one. >> no. that would change the the story. thanks for joining us. >> the "the real story" with gretchen starts now. >> thanks, guys. we start with a fox news alert. breaking news coming into fox right now about a disturbing story. a senior u.s. defense official saying the body of a child has been discovered in the wheel well of a military aircraft. this is all taking place at the u.s. air base in germany. apparently the flight originated from africa, the country of mali. officials suspect the child may have been a stowaway. his body was discovered on a plane like the one you see behind me here. right now we're told german authorities are taking the lead in this investigation but we're working to get you more details and we'll have a live report on this developing story coming up within the