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no end in sight for the middle east fighting and now israel is dropping leaflets on gaza with a very important message. it stunned beachgoers in a new york area, a plane carrying a banner with swastikas on it. who did it and why? it's still there, but not for long. after more than a year and a half, engineers are final lly going to try something that's never been tried before to move this ship wreck. and talks about potential terrorists and why it's more frightening than anything he's seen as attorney general. >> hey there, everyone. just a bit past high noon in the east. three big developments at this hour in the middle east and the israeli hamas conflict. for the first time, israeli ground troops entered gaza

raiding a rocket launching site overnight. 107 people have been killed and 1,100 injured. and in northern gaza, the israeli military dropped thousands of leaflet from the sky with a warning. >> in the biggest sign that israel is now perhaps preparing a ground campaign, israel warned thousands in gaza to leave their homes. the united nations expects up to 300,000 people to be displaced as a result of any possible ground invasion. and that certainly has helped officials here concerned about the scale of destruction that would follow. daylight and the scope of israel's overnight attacks become clear. many palestinians waking up to scenes of destruction. israel's military dropped leaflets warning residents to leigh their homes before it targets rockets it claims are in the area. we are being attacked by land, air and sea.

we have nowhere to hide, this man says. it is a close call in tel aviv last night as well. hamas promised it was going to attack israel and it delivered on its word, sending israelis running for cover. but waiting was the defense system iron dome, intercepting the skies above tel aviv and saving lives. overnight israel raided a rocket launching site in gaza with special forces. residents feared this was the beginning of the ground invasion. many fled. but it wasn't. while israeli troops are still on the board e, waiting for the order to launch, israel intensified its air strikes. targeting the home of gaza's police chief, also the brother of on islamic leard. he survived but 18 people died including women and children from his family. it was the single deadliest israeli attack since the war began. hospitals struggled to cope with the injured. for some, like palestinian-american doctor and his family from houston, texas,

the violence has become unbearable. today, he, his wife and two daughters were among 300 americans evacuated by the u.n. and the u.s. embassy. >> 3.1 building this year. the weapons putting us in danger are u.s. weapons. >> they were here on summer vacation. visiting family when the war broke out. >> my body is leaving. my heart is staying back home. my heart is staying in gaza. >> an escape to safety for one american family that very few palestinians in gaza will have. >> now, the united nations is urging both sides to exercise restraint and is calling on them to put in a cease-fire as quickly as possible. but it does not seem that either side is heeding that call. the israelis have their troops on the border waiting for that order to come down from the government. and at the same time, hamas is putting out propaganda videos saying it would make gaza the

graveyard of israeli soldiers if, in fact, there was an invasi invasion. caught in the middle of all of this, the palestinian population. any ground invasion would even cause it to rise more dramatically. alex? >> all right, ayman, thank you so much for that. chris jansing is at the white house for us. what is the reaction from the administration. and do we expect any action? >> well, we did hear just a short time ago that secretary of state john kerry placed a call today to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu condemning the rocket attacks from gaza into israel but also expressing some of the concerns we have heard expressed. and also stressing israel's right to defend itself. having said that, there is no one, none of the key players in this who want to see any kind of a ground invasion here. so here's where we are right now. the united states keeping in

close contact with the folks in israel. the kul from secretary of state john kerry, following one the president made on thursday. both the state department and the white house saying that they want to help facilitate a se sa cessation to the hostilities. the united states considers hamas a terrorist organization and will have no direct contact with the leaders. the question is which other countries would be used as intermediaries here. in addition to that, tony blair, who is a special envoy for the so-called quartet of middle east peacemaker, which includes the u.s., the uk, russia and the united states, has been meeting with the egyptian leader, the president of egypt, one of the countries likely who might be able to facilitate along with turkey and qatar, some sort of cease-fire or some deescalation of the tensions. but right now, those tensions remain at a high level. the concern here at the white

house remains very high. alex? >> thank you so much, chris jansing for that. beth, look at everything on the president's plate right now. lots of major challenge. we have iraq, the border crisis, the va scandal, the middle east, what is the party right now for the administration? >> you have to think they're playing triage across all of these and none are giving any good news to the president. he's been very responsive on the issue of the southern border. but current crisis in the middle east compounding everything else that's going on there with isis in iraq is presenting a number of series foreign poll city issues for the president as well. and he's got -- his approval rating is down, as we know. and there's lots and lots of questions about how he's juggling up a of this and whether he can sort of take the lead on these issues. of course, republicans are insisting pretty much everything he's doing is the wrong way to go. but let's face it, the president has a pretty full plate.

>> yeah, he sure does. what is the administration's approach from inside the white house in dealing with all of these issues at once. >> you know, it feels to me that nay never really have their arms wrapped around everything. they seem to be playing defense and grabbing the balls as they're thrown at them rather than taking a proactive approach. i'm sure there's tons we don't see in terms of managing. the recent activity around the border crisiss has probably preoccupied them most of all. it it's inses tant and going on on our border. it does not seem to cease and there's no real answer. so it's hard to focus on what's going on abroad. >> let's switch gears. i want to talk about an interesting new poll which talked about americans' impressions of our two flil parties. the most popular for republicans was for the wealthy and not for the people. and democrats for the people,

for working people. do these kinds of polls give pause to one or the other party? >> that poll is pretty consistent with polling across the board about the two parties. the republican party is in trouble because there is this persistent perception that it is the party of wealthy people. and until and unless the republican party can shift that and appear to be more receptive to the concerns of working americans, it's very hard to see how they win at the national level. we're going to see a lot of republican pickup this fall in the midterm elections, but they're kind of marge nationalized into being in a midterm party, which is when older, white people tend to vote in larger number thans the democratic base. that's going to bolster their confidence after 2014 but it's not going to help them much in 2016 until the party can shed the image as the party of the wealthy. >> i do want to note positive news regarding obama care. this in uh survey shows 15% of adults under 65 don't have health insurance. that's down from 20% before the

affordable care act rollout in january. this survey also found 87% of the people who bought health insurance plans say they're satisfied with them. 74% of newly insured republicans say they like their plans. so this is apparently positive news. does it make the gop less inclined to go after obama care in the midterms? >> yeah. you haven't heard much out of them on obama care cently. it's retreated assen issue for republicans. what's happening is what everybody expected and what republicans feared. as people got their coverage, realized that the sky wasn't going to fall down on them and suddenly they actually have the opportunity to get the health care that they needed, people were going to be very, very happy with it and weren't going to want to give it up. it's a folly for republicans if they're going to bang the drum about getting rid of obama care. people don't want to get rid of it. they like obamacare. >> beth, thank you. in other news, at least one person is dead and 18 injured after a car collided with a

greyhound bus on a highway in inn en this morning. it happened on intertate 70 near the ohio border 70 miles east of indianapolis. and reports today that north korea has launched more ballistic missiles into the waters off its eastern coast. this brings the total number of test firings by the north to about 90. analysts view these firings as an expression of anger over north korea's failure to win talks ovsouth korea and u.s. military drills. and tracy morgan has been released from a rehabilitation facility more than a month after that deadly car accident left limb with some serious jushs. morgan suffered a broken leg and ribs after the limousine he was riding in was hit by a walmart truck. th in a lawsuit, they claimed the driver fell asleep at the wheel. from there to weather now, vicious storms pounding parts of the midwest this weekend. more than four inches of rain

fell in a four-hour period in champaign, illinois. we have more on the nation's forecast. hi, jen. >> hey, alex, good day to you. we've got more thunderstorms again to track today really from the oe oh valley right into the northeast. damaging winds going to be the main threat. there is an isolated tornado risk, though, in ohio. that will be one area in particular to keep an eye on. the risk continues tomorrow. the front marching east ward, the chance of storms with damaging winds. the main threat stretching from new england all the way down to the mid-atlantic. going to be a busy day storm wise and in the south, too. we're going to watch for the same front to extend into the tennessee valley. nashville into asheville, north carolina. in the meantime, we've got a big storm. and a couple of cities are going to do a weather swap. we have oklahoma city of 94. we're heading down to 75 degrees by wednesday. but look at seattle. our average high is 75 degrees. we're going to swap with

oklahoma city and bring our temperatures up to 992 degrees. this is what's driving all of that. a big dip in our jet stream and we'll get some much cooler average air. 20 degrees all the way down through portions of the missouri valley. we're going to be watching this to drive temperatures with highs only in the 50s, 60s and maybe 70s across the midwest. and in the meantime, the northwest is really heating up and we've got about five or six days in the northwest where temperatures are going to be hitting 90-plus, thanks to a big ridge of high pressure. that's a look at your top weather stories. alex, we send it back to you. >> thank you. the. the pilot of a plane landed in the pacific ocean. that's next. [ male announcer ] 4 out of 5 dentists confirmed these pro-health products helped maintain a professional clean. crest pro-health really brought my mouth to the next level. [ male announcer ] go pro with crest pro-health. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve.

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vacation the passenger and crew abosh a guam flight were hoping for. a mechanical problem forced the boeing 777 to change course over the vast pacific ocean. we have the details. >> reporter: frightening mee iis inside the cabin of a plane on its way from honolulu, hawaii, to the u.s. territory of guam when it had to be diverted to midway on thursday. united said it was due to a, quote, mechanical issue with some reports of an odor in the cabin. the tiny island of midway was also called on in 2011 when a delta flight from honolulu to japan had to make an emergency landing due to a cracked mind shield. midway island is less than 2 1/2 square miling in size and was site of a key battle during world war ii. the latest incident comes after

another mishalf onboard a united flight. the evacuation flight opened in a flight from chicago to southern california. no one was hurt and the plane landed safely. meanwhile, some have taken to twitter, writing when united said they flew out of midway, i thought they meant chicago, not the pacific atoll. luckily everyone is okay and have flew on to their final destination. turning now on to the crisis on the border. the courts are bracing for a new surge of central american immigrants. meantime, washington debates how to handle the crisis. communities along the border are forming their own responses with an outpouring of mondo nations volunteers. i was so heartwarmed by this story, to see what the folks in texas are doing. it's a lot different than what

happened in marrieta, california. talk about the efforts there. >> it's really great. while the protests of marrieta are getting a great deal of the attention, there's clear evidence that the surge of kids coming across the border is really bringing out the best in people. when i was down in texas, there were more volunteers that came in than families seeking aid on sundays. what they would do is clap and say bien venidos when families came into the makeshift shelters. it started out as a small operation, a few community members. essentially these women were noticing all these families and children were gathering at the local bus station after they were being dumped off there by immigration officials. they needed baby formula, they needed diapers. they didn't have clean clothes or food to eat. so they started out of the back of their trunk and they started just giving oit a makeshift pop-up shelter from there. >> yeah. pretty extraordinary. and all these things they

brought, volunteering completely. then there was this sister norma that got involved. she got the catholic charities of america involved. so there's. >> pop-up volunteer sites in texas. talk about that. it's gone to these private charities that are really doing a lot of work. >> it's a really a's mmazing private/public partnership. they're teaming up with save the children, an international ngo. and they are used to being on emergency efforts to help kids on the ground. they are already in syria helping refugees there. so they know what these kids really need. and they provide a safe place. the kids are able to color. they're able to take a break while their mothers are able to take a shower, have good, get clean clothes for their next leg of the journey. and it's popping up not only in texas, but in marrieta where the massive protests are taking

place. there are two churches opening up their doors, laying out air mattresses all along the parish halls so that children are able to sleep over the night and then go on to their next leg of the journey. >> we have been talking about this to the media for the past month plus. this started in the spring. i mean, they saw what was coming this wave of humanity crossing for any number of reasons, crossing into the united states. is there any cessation, though, of the volunteerism there. do they need help and support? >> yeah, many members of the community noticed long ago there were many kids being gathered at the bus stations. and really the surge began back in 201 1 even. and in the last year, we've seen 99% increase in the number of kids who are crossing over the border. and while the communities are able to keep up as of right now, they still need more people to come and help volunteer. they still need more supplies. and they really want to get inside of the detention centers.

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treatment from the heavens. kristen dahlgren is watching all the action here. >> who's going to win today, guys? they are ready. it's a little slow here. the game doesn't start until here today. they expect the bar to be standing room only. more than a billion people expected to watch this game worldwi worldwide. it's just a huge matchup between germany and argentina. this has been a huge four cup. four weeks, 63 matches and it all comes down to today. this is the second time that these teams have met in the final. they met before in 1986. and in 1990. a couple of other facts for you, wearing blue seems to work. good news for argentina.

they have won 7 of last 19 final teams with blue uniforms. argentina hasn't given up a goal since the group stage, and so that's also looking good. you have to look at germany and the 7-1 trouncing of brazil. excitement building here, alex. >> you've been out covering world cup fever, if you will, the last month for us. have you seen a definite up-tick in the number of fans that have been out and about? >> absolutely. and i think a lot of that comes down to, you know, here in the u.s., there was so much excitement. everybody rooting for team usa. and i asked them here today whether or not they've seen sort of that lull since the u.s. was knocked out. they said no, not really. they still see a lot of excitement, a lot of people still coming out for the game, especially today, i think, just the culmination of these past four weeks. >> okay, have fun. we start in the home of the

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>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." girl power this sunday afternoon as the teenager who made a miraculous recovery after being shot in the head by the taliban met with the young ladies who escaped from boko haram in nigeria. she honored these stories to the brave young ladies and bring attention to the more than 200 that remain in activity. and the soul survivor in the texas massacre that left her parents and four siblings dead appeared saturday at a memorial for her slain family. >> i know that my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zach are in a much better place and i'll be able to see them again one day. thank you all for coming and

showing your support for me and my family. stay strong. >> cassidy survived a gunshot wound to the head after her aunt's ex-husband went on a shooting rampage at her family's home on wednesday. today, israel is closer than ever to a ground invasion as the crisis reaches its sixth day. israeli military has now dropped leeftlets warning residents to leave the area while air strikes pounded gaza overnigh. a small group entered the territory on rocket sites. benjamin netanyahu addressed the crisis in an interview this morning. >> obviously we're not going to give them immunity and so we have to attack them. and we're trying to minimize civilian casualties. but we're taking whatever measures we need to take. >> joining me now, martin fletcher. welcome back to the broadcast. we first saw this ground

incursion last night. it was somewhat limited. but what is the likelihood of a full scale invasion, despite the international pressure for a cease-fire? >> the attack into gaza last night was by a special navy commando unit. the israelis stay they were attacking rocket launching system. and it didn't last long. four israeli soldiers were lightly wounded and the palestinians fought back. but after a precursor to a ground invasion, the israelis now 38,000 reserve troops having called up. they're on service with their regular army massing around the gaza strip. and every sign is if israel will invade, they do need to invade quickly. they can't afford to have so many reserves waiting, doing nothing on the border. they either need to act soon or not at all. mean tile, an israeli military

officer briefed the foreign press and he told the frorn press that israel this evening would, quote, strike with might against the northern gaza town, which where the area where the israelis began dropping leftlets, warning the seivians to leave for their own safety. 4,000 palestinians have run away from their homes. about 70,000 live there. hamas has been asking them, go home. by leaving your homes you're just making it easier for the israelis to attack. the israelis say they'll strike with might this evening. we don't know what that mean, but either way, palestinians in gaza running away from the northern area. but as i say, only 4,000 of about 70,000 have left. that 4,000 number comes from the united nations in gaza. there's plenty of civilians still in that area that israel says it will attack soon. alex? >> martin, plenty more to talk

to you about. we'll do so at the top of the hour again. thank you for the conversation. right now, joining me with more. the former editor for "the daily beast." christopher, it's nice to see you as always. talk about recourse in terms of what the u.n. and outside powers have for ending this violence? >> there's not much they can do. both sides are intransgent from the israeli side, it's clear that netanyahu can't have a situation where rockets are dropping on israel. really every few minutes. sometimes many times a minute. hamas for its part is making a political gesture. i don't think the palestinians around hamas have any idea, any notion that this is going to have a military consequence for israel but it's a political game they're playing and the longer they hold out against israel, the better it is politically.

there's very little the u.n. or the united states or anybody else can do to step in there and say let's have a cease-fire until both sides for their own reasons conclude that they're exhausted. >> benjamin netanyahu said he's trying to do what he can to minimize civilian casualties. part of that is telling residents to get out of the area because there are going to be an intense amount of air strikes. but realistically, how much can they avoid civilian casualties with these kinds of strikes? >> this is the difficulty in gaza. at any hour when school is letting out, even lunchtime, it is a sea of children. it has an incredibly young population. there are children everywhere. and once you start to have mayor israeli incursion or you really step up the bomb, its's almost impossible, notwithstanding the technical prowess of the

israelis, not to start killing children. it's a cynical game played by the people launching the rockets. they're saying come and get us and you'll get the civilians, too. but it's also a cynical game on the parts of the israelis because they understand perfectly well even though they claim they're trying to avoid civilian casualties, once they start to really hammer gaza there will be a lot of them. there were, i think, a few dozen israeli casualties and more than 1,000 palestinian casualties. that's the kind of proportion that starts to develop when you really have an all-out fight. >> to say there are a lot of passions on both sides of this issue, but from your perspective, and it's a question i asked yesterday, who's playing offense and who's playing dvls here? >> well, as i was suggesting, it's really a political game for the palestinians.

hamas is trying to assert its power, its presence as the resistance against israeli occupation. and you can't underestimate how much the pal stnians resent and hate israeli occupation. that plays well for hamas up to a point. netanyahu, on the other hand, has developed a situation where the israelis really feel pretty well defended. even though you have a situation where these missiles are flying over their heads, there's a wall keeping the palestinians out and there's an iron dome over their heads to shoot down the rockets. there are things like an app for your iphone to tell you when the rockets are coming, just in case iron dome fails to get them. casualties are really very, very low in israel. and they ear going to be very, very high in the palestinian territories. and that's only going to increase the resentment and hatred more.

>> so chris, look, it feels like you and i have had this very conversation at one form or another for years. tell me peace can happen during some reasonable time frame because it usually feels like it can't. >> you know, alex, we're right, we have talked about this for years. i really don't have any hope for peace. i think peace will only come from exhaustion in the middle east. and unfortunately, we are a long way from exhaustion. the palestinians will hold in there, they will keep doing what they can to show that they are resisting israeli occupation. and the israelis will continue to do two things -- show that they are invulnerable in israel and continue to spread out into the occupied territories into the west bank where there are settlements. >> christopher dickey, always a pleasure. thank you so much. ahead, new york beachgoers got a shock of a lifetime.

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the shoeless woman walking alongside the 10 freeway. >> there's a woman walking along the freeway, going into the freeway, just walking barefooted. >> she's on the onramp? >> no, she's kind of going back and forth. >> between what? >> and it's getting darker so they might run over her. >> police say she did not respond when the police officer walked towards her. the officer said she became physically combative. that officer has been put on desk duty while authorities investigate. we bring in faith jenkins. good day to you. >> hi, alex, thank you. so she's hospitalized for head injuries and emotional trauma. her family has fliel fooiled a . was this excessive force and what are the family's chances with their lawsuit. >> i think when you look at the video, it's clear that this officer was acting excessively.

officers can use force when someone is resisting arrest. but the level of force must meet the level of resistance. and the second thing, alex, when someone is under compliance and under the control of the officer and they are no longer resisting, then the officers must stop using force. this officer did not stop. she's lie on the ground. she's putting her arms up to block punches, which is what i think any reasonable and normal person would do is and this officer is repeatedly bashing her with knockout punches to her head. it is inexcusable. not only is it excessive but i think he could be looking at criminal charges of assault. >> you look at the force of which he's hitting her, he's pounding on her. >> right. >> let's go elsewhere in california, the alleged call girl accused in the heroin death of the google executive. she's being held right now on charges of manslaughter, drug and prostitution charges as well.

how strong is the case against her? >> there are two things that the prosecutors are looking at here. one, her conduct. she actually injected heroin into the google executive who died. and then her conduct after that, which is seeing him collapse, seeing him going into some type of state of shock and unconsciousness, and then she walked away. they're looking at her conduct and level of intent. when you look at at manslaughter charge, what did you do to cause someone's death and then did you walk away? did you flot care, did you abandon them? that's what they're looking at? did she do this intentionally, did she know when she injected the heroin. there was a strong likelihood he would die? was there another level of intent there? then you could see the charges upgraded. >> i want to get to the new developments in the case of the georgia toddler who died after his dad left him in a hot car for hours. he is charged with felony murder, ross harris.

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lebron james has signed a two-year deal with the cleveland cavaliers and their odds for winning a championship have dropped to 4 to 1. chris, thank you so much for joining me. i want to give props, you reported this story. you stood by it when others are waivering. from a basketball perspective, does this move warrant the cavs almost being favored to win a title? >> you might remember, alec, vegas is always going to protect themselves and they want money to go on equal sides of the line. but the cleveland cavaliers as

constituted now, they probably can't win a championship, but they're probably one or two bit players away. any team that has lebron jams on it is a championship contender. so let's start with that. the indiana pacers, the chicago bulls, even the atlanta hawks, they're probably all equally as strong as the cavs are right now. but players want to go play with lebron. they're going to feel out that rost we are a lot of nice veteran players. >> they want to get a world championship ring, too. >> do you think james decided to head back to cleveland longer than anyone really knew? >> it was really losing in the nba finals. the manner in which they lost as well. if that team had won their third straight championship, everybody was coming back to go for number four, because no team has won four straight nba chims since the 1960s. but another thing that hasn't happened since the 1960s, any sports team in cleveland winning a title. it's been 50 years. and anybody who's grown up in akron over the last 50 years is very well aware of that fact. whether it's akron, cleveland, cincinnati. everybody knows about cleveland

sports history. that drought has to end sometime. and folks in cleveland, the reason they're so ecstatic is they think that draft has a chance to end with lebron james coming back. >> you have so much experience, chris, i want your take on why you think he's an overall sports icon and the all-time sports figure you would compare him to. >> great question. he's an icon. he's almost 30 years old. he's been in the public eye for almost half his life since he was on the cover of "sports illustrated" as a teenager. we watched him spend the first several years of his career with the cleveland cavaliers. and then, you know, the decision and the four years in anaheim, the four straight appearances in the nba finals. that's all part of a great legacy that nobody can ever take away from him. comparing him to greats from other sports, you know, that's tricky. you judge people by how many championship they win. when you look at legacies. that's always the first thing you look at. lebron right now has two.

kobe bryant has five. michael jordan has six. bill russell has 11. so lebron james wants to get up in the same echelon with those guys and be part of the so-called mount rushmore of nba legends, i think it's a little bit unfair to compare him to legends in other sports because basketball is different than other sports. >> chris, so the word was that he was going to sign a four-year deal. he ends up signing a two-year deal and the report is not so much that he would ever leave the cavaliers at this point, but because he wants to bank roll some of the money that will come in from tv deals, right? because the team is going to make a lot more money with him playing. >> there will be a lot more money for max contracts once the tv deals is done. he's good enough to have an opt out in his contract every single year for the rest of his career. no one has ever had that before. they may try to legislate against it in the new collective bargaining agreement. hengd have so much power if he chooses to opt out of his deal

because he doesn't like the way things are going in cleveland, he can do that every sij summer from now until the end of his career. that's something that bears watching going forward for years and years, alex. >> which you feel is going to be in cleveland. you don't think he's going to take off there? >> i think he's going to play the rest of his career in cleveland and try to bring multiple championships in cleveland. obviously the first is going to be the hardest. but his period in miami is kind to going to go down like when he was in college. he went to miami for four years. he returns a much more confident player. he's not the same kid who went to miami four years ago when he was 25. he's grown and grown substantial substantially in the four year since. >> thanks, chris. eric cantor is really worried about what terrorists in the middle east are up to. why is it more frightening to

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here's what's happening out there. new alarm from the u.s. attorney general the threat of isis in iraq and warnings about america going to syria. >> it's more frightening than anything i've seen as attorney general. 9/11 is something that came out of the blue. this is a situation that we can see developing and the potential i see coming up, negative potential coming out of the facts in syria and iraq now are quite concerning. >> nbc senior white house correspondent chris jansing at the white house for us now. chris, we were listening to this very closely. what more is the attorney general saying today. >> i don't think there's any question about the fact that there is is a high level of concern here at the white house expressed by the attorney general about isis and other islamic extremist groups. here's the message that he had. they have been focusing largely in iraq and syria at this point. but the concern is if they make real gains there, if we allow them, if the west allows them to

make real gains there, then the united states could be next. he sounded a familiar alarm about intelligence reports that the bomb makers in yemen responsible -- remember back in 2009 before the underwear bomb plot that they have now gone to syria and are fighting -- and are joining forces with the foreign fighters there. listen to what eric holder had to say about that. >> that's a deadly combination, where you have people who have the technical know-how along with the people who have this kind of fervor to give their lives in support of a cause that is directed at the united states and directed at its allies. and it's something that gives us really extreme concern. >> so there are a couple of points that he made after that. one of them is, we talked about this a lot on msnbc. that post 9/1 1 centralized al qaeda has really taken a hit. but it's the offshoot groups that have so much concern for the united states. and that's what he said, that

these advances by isis represent. they represent a real and ongoing threat to the united states and others from these al qaeda-linked groups. he also said that last week when we were doing some reports on the request by the united states to foreign airports to step up security, reiterating that this was not something that just came out of the blue. but it was something that came directly out of intelligence. another sign of the concern level here in the u.s. and here at this white house. alex? >> and chris, among the things causing concern. it's computer, right? that is one way to which they would manifest these new types of explosives? >> yeah. one of the things that the warning came when this all came up last week is if you're traveling into the united states from a foreign country, expect to have to turn on your computer. don't let the battery go dead. this is the concern that he expressed with these yemeni bomb plotters, that the ones who

developed the underwear bomb, others with that kind of technical skill who could use everyday objects and how many times have you gone through a line and see how many people carry computers through, could take those everyday objecteds and turn them into objects of destruction. and so those are the kinds of things that u.s. intelligence and other intelligence is focused on when the concern is about these al qaeda-linked groups and isis in particular. >> thank you, chris. to the developing news, day six in the crisis in the middle east. the death toll has topped 170, but israel says hamas has now fired more than 800 rockets. though there have been no deaths. in a new interview today, benjamin netanyahu smoke about the high number of civilian casualties in gaza. >> we try surgical action. we're not indis-christmas ni kc. we have to defend our people and

that's what we'll do. >> martin fletcher, specifically in terms of defending people, i understand that hamas has not let up on its rocket launches at all and there was a barrage fired at tel aviv just a few hours ago. but the average israeli citizen reaction to what's happening today in gaza, what is it? >> reporter: well, it's remarkable, actually. there's two reactions. one is the question of what divides the nation. should the israeli army invade gaza or not to end the hamas threat once and for all. that's where you know major question people are discussing. then they're divided and there's real is dugs and argument about that. but where they're united in living their daily lives under this threat of rockets from gaza that is raining down on them. there are another 87 rockets fired from gaza at israel today. but the reaction of the people in the street whence we walk around and talk to them is that

there is, you know, complete confidence in the iron dome system, the anti-missile system. they're looking up at the sky, waiting for the rockets, applauding then going back from the bomb shelters to their cafes and continuing their coffee. going to the beach. almost everybody we speak to says the same thing. we feel safe because of iron dome. now what do we do? go into gaza to sort this out once and for or is it too bloody and we can't afford that fries. that's the discussion. >> iron dome, is extremely expensive to do to the use it. isn't israel they're being precise about the rockets in which they're choosing to use the iron dome defense system against. they are letting some of the rockets land, right? >> yeah, that's right. that is what the iron dome system is. it's extremely sophisticated

system. within a fraction of a second of a rocket being fired from gaza, the iron dome computers work out according to all kinds of different criteria, they know exactly where it's going to land. if they know it's going to land at sea or? an uninhabited area, the iron dome system automatically makes the choice, let it land, don't worry about it. but then if the iron dome system says wait a minute, this is going to hit a populated area, then they fire, then they launch a rocket. they actually launch two rockets against every one incoming rocket that may hit an israeli town. and you talk about the expense. they cost about $50,000 each. some cost $50,000 and some cost $100,000. i have no idea what the difference is. but it's relatively expensive. but much cheaper than the loss of life. not only would loss of life in israel be critical in itself, and by the way, the firster sooous injury from a rocket that occurred today on a young teenager was injured, but loss

of life in injury would then force pressure on the government to go in and take out those rockets. so the iron dome not only protects lives in israel, but it relieves the pressure to invade gaza. having said that, a ground invasion certainly seems to be ramping up in the next hours. one general told the foreign press, he said tonight, we will strike with might against northern gaza. >> okay, martin fletcher, thank you for covering all of this for us and bringing us the very latest. >> reaction from law makers for obama's request in emergency funds to address the escalating crisis along the border. >> the president has tools in his tool box that he can do immediately to stop this. he needs to reengage folks who are doing administrative work on the border. they need to make sure they send a vrp clear signal. >> the administration has been trying to work with congress to pass an immigration reform bill for over two years. and so it's been folks in congress, specifically in the

house of representatives who have not moved forward on a bill that would help us prevent some of the other things we're seeing on the border now. >> jennifer is along the border in mission, texas, for us. welcome back. we spoke yesterday when you reported the number of people crossing the border was waning somewhat. how about today? >> today, alec, very quiet again. but that is not unusual in this heat. and the middle of the day, it's always pretty quiet around this time. but early in the morning we heard some atvs, border patrol agents in the fog. we saw boats patrolling earlier. but a relatively quiet night and quiet day. will that continue? it remains to be seen. the southern most reaching tip of texas, the closest area. but nbc's mark potter spent the day and afternoon embedded with border patrol agents along the shores here. although the numbers are down

and quite dramatically by about 1/3. the women and children from central america are still making this very dangerous journey here. here's his report. >> early afternoon as the light begins to fade, the immigrant wave into south texas picks up again. as more families and unaccompanied children from central america seek new lives in the united states. for the u.s. border patrol, it's a daily rhythm. on this afternoon, we're along as they find a group of mothers and kids from honduras who traveled 13 days before crossing the rio grand. among them a nervous little girl, 7-year-old amy who says she's alone here without relatives. hoping to find her mother in the united states. when asked where her mother lives, she doesn't know but says it's written on a piece of paper. at first, she can't find it in her clothing bag but then remembers it's in her back pocket and gives it to the agents.

>> north carolina. >> prior to about a week ago, we were seeing young children like amy 250 times a day. now we see it roughly about 150 times a day. >> a few miles east in an area known as devil's corner, we find a much larger group from hohn duras, el salvador and guatemala. their trip through mexico took ten days. >> very tired. >> hungry. >> they are all exhausted. >> agents say this is a scene that repeats itself every day, every hour here along the rio grande. after this group comes in, they can expect to see another one very soon. just down the road, we discover another group of mostly young men who ran and hid from border patrol. all terrain vehicles, helicopters and dogs stepped in to find them all. to try to extend the immigrant flow, the patrol has sent more

than 300 extra agents and academy grads to the rio grande valley where officials are starting to see a bit of a slowdown now. >> we were seeing about apprehension rates of about 1,400, 1,500 in a 24-hour cycle. now, you know, on average, we see about 1,000. no one is sure yet if this is the start of a downward trend or if the flow of families and young amys will soon start to rise again. mark potter, mission, texas. >> reporter: they are hoping to see those declining numbers continue for at least one more week before they can really say it's a trend or maybe just a ripple effect from the train derailments from the journey leg through mexico. or even from the world cup. they don't know. they're dealing with everybody across the board enand talking to people in central america to find out what the feeling is. they heerping it's a lasting trend. they'll know hopefully later on this week alex?

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hem land security talked about the immigration crisis that saw tens of thousands of unaccompanied children trying to ocross the u.s. border. >> i think we have to deal with this in a human, compassionate way, but i'm not a proponent of building large warehouses to house these kids. i think we need to have deterrents. and if we build facilities, perhaps we should do that in the countries of origin in central america where they can, you know, better deal with these children. >> and joining me now is democratic congressman from california, juan vargas, a member of the congressional caucus and his district spans

the length of the u.s./mexico border. welcome. first of all, tell me what you're seeing in your district in terms of the number of people coming across the border. >> well, here in california interestingly, we do not have a lot of unaccompanied minors. we do have some. here in the san diego area, we get 5 to 9 to 12 a day. but not many. we don't have a large flow of undocumented children here. >> okay. let's talk about the president's emergency appropriation bill. it has certainly drawn criticism from both parties for its size. it's nearly $4 billion. its scope is across numerous agency. can you triage the problem for us in terms of what you think needs immediate attention today. >> well, certainly the children need immediate attention. i was able to see a loot of children that came from texas here to california. i went to visit them in the facilities that we have so far. and the border patrol is doing the best they can, but they're being overwhelmed.

and again, we don't even get that many here, but we do get the overflow from texas. to triage it, we have to treat these children like children. we can't continue to treat these children this way. that's number one. secondly, we have to do something about the problem in their own country. no one wants to talk about it, but it's the drugs, really. the drug cartels are down there now. these children are fleeing for their lives. until we do something like that, you can't warehouse enough of these children. >> what are the alternative solutions for housing and caring for these kids? beyond just the traditional facilities. is there room in the foster care system? what about religious organizations. and they're stepping up to the plate and helping here. of. >> well, religious organizations are here in california, but interestingly, all these children, as you just reported on it, most -- i mean, almost all of these children, they're coming here unaccompanied, but they actually have family members here, mostly mothers. so we can actually connect them withaire moms. i mean, i don't think we need to warehouse them anywhere.

allow this young girl, this 7-year-old girl to go see her mom. and then go through the legal process with her mom. why do we want to put her in foster care when she has a mother here working hard. let her mom take care of her. her mom is here for god's sakes. just send her to her mom. >> it is an election year, sir. after we get through the midterms, all eyes are going to be on 2016 and there will be a lame duck president in the white house. what do you see as the chances of comprehensive immigration reform? >> well, i think whatever president that we have next time is going to be in favor of it. i mean, you see jeb bush, who i think is probably going to be the best candidate on the republican side. he takes a look at all of this. he says hey, it's an act of love. why is he saying that? one because he's a good guy. but secondly, i think he wants to be president. and unless he stops bashing, the republicans stop bashing these latino kids, they're never going to become president again. so i think you're going to see if it's hillary clinton and jeb

bush, whomever they are, they're all going to be in favor of immigration reform or they're not going to be president. >> how about room for compromise with republican colleagues in the house? where is there some common ground? >> i think there's compromise here that we could make. and frankly, i know the democrats get mad when i say this but you know what, let's take a look at the issue of citizenship. i know a lot of republicans start calling that amnesty and of course, i don't know where that's a bad word. that's ronald reagan's word. okay, if you have so much angst about citizenship, let's take a look at that. maybe they have to have earned citizenship. put that aside for a second. i know the democrats don't like me saying that. but you know what, if that's what it takes to get to a compromise, okay, let's get to this compromise. we can't continue to break up these 235efamilies. that's what we're doing. it's not our best tradition. >> thank you very much for your time. appreciate it. look forward to having you on again. >> few.

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>> it lasts several weeks before they decide to continue their marriage or get a divorce. sam dean welcome to you. when you talk about getting married and divorced, i mean, this is legal, right? >> this is absolutely legal marriage, yes. we're taking this very seriously. and it's why we're saying it's more than observational. this is absolutely legal marriage. there's huge risks to this. these people are trusting our four experts, taking a huge leap of faith to find them their ideal match. the husband or wife that ideally they will go ahead and get married to and yes, if they get married, and we'll find out on tuesday, it will be legal marriage. and if it doesn't work, unfortunately the risk is they will have to get divorced. >> and you talk about these four experts. i want to run through who they are, a psychologist, a

sociologist and a sexologist. what has the reaction been so far? a danish series has the same name. that's been a hit. how about here? >> the reaction has been incredible. just beyond our wildest expectations. i think it's because, yeah, obviously, as you put it, it's provocative, but i think it's provocative with a purpose. and that purpose is to just got its heart in the right place. people who genuinely want commitment and people who want to be married. the reaction has been amazing. i hope we show that people who are doing this for the right reasons. and that reason is because they want to be in love and they want to be married. and i'm hoping if you just stick with the series, you may be surprised. >> how is this different than a show like, say, "the bachelor." what kind of screening process do you guys have to go through. >> well, this is hugely

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marriage, we took absolutely months to cast this show. and i started on the show last year and the casting process started last year. and it was really interesting. because the paradox of the show and what we found in casting was that on the one hand we're looking for people that urare o course, brave, courageous, open minded, risk takers, and must be able to cope with any stresses and potential outcomes that could happen in this experiment. and then on the other hand, had to also believe in marriage, take marriage very seriously, want to be married and be ready for marriage. and that was incredibly difficult. so we spent months first of all speaking to and meeting with thousands of different potential applicants. we narrowed it down and then we invited them to what we called our workshop where is i

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back. i know secretary kerry called benjamin netanyahu about the crisis. what are you hearing about that call? >> secretary kerry is in vienna right now where he's work on a separate diplomatic problem, the iran nuclear talkses. and he took some time out today to call prime minister netanyahu and the state department's readout of that call is very interesting. it starts by saying that kerry condemned the hamas rocket fire into israel which is very important for the united states to say to israel. and that the united states recognizes israel's right to self-defense, also very important. but the rest of it was really aimed at trying to get the israelis to take a step back here and accept the american offer of trying to help negotiate a truce here. we're in the sixth day of the israeli bombardment.

the united states keeping tries to broker one. >> hamas is not letting up on the barrage of rockets. where does international pressure have its greatest influence? does it have sway? or are they going to fight this to wherever it leads. >> i think international pressure does come to bear, but it feels like we're not at that point yet. that israel really feels that it has to continue to mass troops on the border and tanks and potentially launch a ground invasion. it's rally not clear if they'll do that or not. it may be that netanyahu is nearly bluffing there and that

hamas is cause calling their bluff. the fres sure on israel is beginning to mount about civilian casual it is and overwhelming use of force. other familiar international criticisms of israeli military behavior. if past is prologue here, that does eventually have an effect and israel takes a step back. >> are we hearing anything from moderate vases in power on either side of the issue? are there any? >> moderates within israel are calling for the same thing people in the united states are. es deescalation of the daily conflict. the moderates within the palestinian structure are pretty hard to identify in terms of any that have influence over hamas. although there is nominally a

unity government now between the hamas militants in gaza and the mod rats factions that govern the west bank. those moderates in the west bank have obviously no influence in gaza or this wouldn't have happened. >> do you think israel has less incentive to engage because of iron dome? >> that's a really interesting question, alex. they have now in the protection iron dome affords, they have the ability to take these kinds of confrontations a few steps further than probably would have been just a few years ago. whether that really gives them a greater advantage or really effects long term israeli behavior is an open question. its provides a measure of protection in terms of what the

public will bear in israel because the public feels there's less threat to them from these rockets coming in from gaza than they felt the last time we had a similar situation in 2012 and the time before that in 2008. the israeli public feels protected by the same public that's pressing this military offensive. hence support for the military offensive is higher this time around. >> i want to talk about the situation in iran. secretary kerry is in vienna and it appears talks are breaking down. let's listen to what he said. >> obviously we have very significant gaps still. so we need to see if we can make some progress. it is vital to make certain that iran is not going to develop a nuclear weapon, that their program is peaceful. that's what we're here to try to achieve. and i hope we can make some progress. >> as we approach the end of the

six-month temporary agreement there, where are the gaps? >> well, the gaps are over the very basic elements of what an iranian nuclear program would look like if a dpeel was to be done. how much of that program would remane intact, what limitations would be placed on it, kind of international inspections, essentially how much of it would have to be dismantled in a face-saving way for the iranians in order to make a deal. sanctions are lore. they can export oil to the same degree they were five years ago. the nut here is how much will the iranians be able to retain of the infrastructure they've built so far. at this point, it looks like the

most likely outcome is that all parties will agree to an extension of some period of time, weeks or months to continue the talks because they are as kerr vad, very far apart on some basic things. >> i know you're going to head to vienna to wait out these talks. safe travels, thanks. >> thank you very much. more than two years after a deadly accident, crews will begin to refloat the sunken costa concordia cruise ship off the coast of italy. the accident killed 32 passen r passengers and crew members. there's got to be huge obstacles here for the crews. what's the biggest one? >> actually, it's the weather. luckily the forecast is quite good for this week. it's particularly good right now today. so that's something they can all

breathe a high of relief about, because the weather conditions are critical. it's not really until they start the work they can understand the calculations are correct. it's only then they can test the accuracy of what they've been doing. the sat vaj experts say they know there's damage to the hull, but it's not until they start raising the ship that they really are going to understand just how damaged it is. it's a very, very complicated process. imagine that this ship is covered in water wings or arm bands and that they've been stuck on all around the side of the hull and gradually they're going to release water, pump water out and fill them up with air and gradually lift the ship

up, a couple of meters probably tomorrow. and then more in the enduing following days. and they will do this at a certain angle so that they can tip out water from each deck. so deck by deck the ship will come out, they'll tip out the water, check it and then in a few days time, six, seven days time they will start towing it away to the port of genoa for scrapping. alex? >> wow. that's complicated to say the least. today is the today soccer's king will be crown the. germany and argentina beginning a little more than an hour from now. kristen dahlgren where fans are meeting for the sport's biggest games. are they mostly just fans of the sport? >> we' seen people actually here from argentina visiting the u.s. for two weeks. and they said they had to catch the game so they came here to watch it. take a look.

we are still a ways to go until the game and these are pretty excited fans here. they are seeing now argentina arrive. so there are no empty seats, except for ones that are already spoken for. this is a very, very excited crowd here. 63 matches after the past month. it all comes down to today. germany and argentina. this is front teenage news in both of those countries. a lot of excited fans. they met twice before in world cup final. and both have been winlers in the world cup. germany has won the world cup three times. argentina has won twice. they are hoping for third today. but going to be a very good match with a very excited crowd here in new york, alex. >> a lot of argentinians there. you probably can't hear me too well. so i'll let you go and enjoy. thank you so much. a city down on its luck

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out seven years ago. i have nothing to do with it. so what is causing all these casinos to go under? >> hi, alex. basically it's competition all over. there's competition now on casinos around atlantic city. new york is about to expand gaming. pennsylvania opened up in 2006 and now has 12 casinos. massachusetts just opened up. you have this whole entire eastern seaboard now with 26 casinos opened in the last decade. these were all feeder markets for atlantic city, alex. and it's in deep trouble right now. everybody has disappeared and staying closer to home to gamble. >> right. and my director threw up a map that we have that shows red dots all the explosion really of casinos up and down the eastern seaboard. so the market has become oversaturated in a sense. trump plaza becomes the fourth casino to either close or threaten to close since january. combine that with the other

closure, which would mean a quarter of the city's casino work force would be out of a job inless than nine months. talk about how that's going to affect the region as a whole. >> it's going to be devastating, alex. tourism for atlantic city is its main economy. but for the state, it's a huge chunk of the tourism dollars coming to new jersey. the union chief representing the casino workers said to me yesterday that you're looking at an impending catastrophe right now with these closings. you're dumping nearly 9,000 workers out of about 31,000 total. into a job force right now, into a marketplace with no jobs come september. because peak season is from june to labor day to new york city. you're looking at a mass number of people entering a work force where there are no jobs. >> you cover this industry. so i'm curious. we heard from the atlantic city gaming official who talked about revenue being down by $3 billion. it went from $5 billion down to just $2 billion.

>> 2.9. >> okay. is this trend reversible? >> well, what's going on right now, atlantic city is in a market shakeout. it is both in transition and in transformation right now. what's going on is, as the analyst said, you have to cut these casinos in half almost because there's too much supply. basically what that means, there's too many casinos and no longer enough gamblers to support them all. it's a state of contraction to cut down on the supply and stabilize the city, but the city is also making an effort to go more nongaming with developing it into a beach resort. to develop more entertainment. to go after midweek conventions and that is streictly for necessity. they cannot rely on gambling revenue which has shrunk in half since 2006 when pennsylvania opened its first casino. there's simply no more money in that department coming in, so you've got to diversify your

economy. it's almost like detroit and their overreliance on autos. you can't live on casinos anymore. you have to do something else. everyone else has gambling now. >> suzette with "the philadelphia enquirer," thank you for talking with us. i appreciate it. thanks. it's all downhill. it's the tallest water slide in the world. it's taller than niagara falls and we'll talk to the designer next. meatball yelling c'mon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast, with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact. and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... tums!

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it's 170 feet tall. the drop is just almost straight down and then once you get to the bottom is goes back up and you go over a second hump. it's a new class of ride called a speed blaster. it takes 18 seconds and it's one scary ride. >> i would love to go on that. you go down you get stuck with water at the end and that's it, but in this one i read there's some sort of rocket propelling launch that takes you back up that hill. i initially thought things are going to go flying with that. was that a concern safetywise? >> no. we've been working on master blaster technology to blast people uphill for years. we built the first one in '94. this is unprecedented because we're using a new air nozzle that's like a blast of air hitting the water and blowing it out at high velocity. so we can blow you up a hill extremely fast and over the top and then down another side. so it's a new class of water

roller coaster that's going to be built and there will be lots more of them built and i'm sure people will build bigger and better and faster. >> do you get airborne at all with that when you're blasted? >> yes, you do. you can be db we have to adjust those nozzles and get them exactly right. we have to have them at the right trajectory or we can pick the boat up and blow you out of the boat or up against the net. we spent a lot of time evaluating it. >> what's been the response? what are the lines like? >> they're long and people are having a blast and they scream all the way down and everybody says it's the best ride they have ever been on. >> oh, my gosh. this is just incredible. you seem so just blase talking about it. i'm excited just watching the video. were you scared the first time you went on it? >> well, i was the first one down it, and i was scared, very scared. and the first hump scared -- well, i was really scared but then when we started back up the

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