i thought it was something that, you know, old people got. thunderstorms and mudslides. the state dealing with drought hit with mother nature's flip side. at least one dead in flash flooding. hundreds maybe more impacted. we'll have a live report. as the sun comes up in the west. the seven hour humanitarian clause lifted in gaza but cease-fire or not. the deadly violence continues. we'll be going to tel-aviv. plus, i'll interview a member of the senate foreign relations committee on the path forward. >> and do drink the water. breaking news this morning, the residents in one ohio city safe to turn on the taps on this monday, the 4th of august.

>> good morning. we begin with congress and the halls of the capitol empty this morning, but the border crisis continues. that border crisis is our first focus this morning. members kicking off the first full week of summer recess today. some on vacation. others home campaigning with this year's midterms fast approaching. lawmakers left without reaching any kind of bipartisan deal to address the kids coming across the border alone. the house did pass something, though. a scaled backpack age to give them cover as they return to their districts including an end to any expansion of the deferred action for childhood arrival program called daca. but there's no break for the people on the front lines of the border crisis. communities from michigan to texas are still bracing for an influx of unaccompanied minors. >> i'm pretty sure you'll agree it's nothing like you've seen before. if they seek asylum they'll be

interviewed by an asylum officer. while they're doing the due process, we'll provide the safe environment for them. >> but the governor of texas said that the crossing of unaccompanied minors in his state is not his chief concern when it comes to the problems at the border. >> i think that is a side issue, what we're substantially more concerned about in the state of texas, li will suggest across t country, are the 80% plus of individuals who don't get talked about enough that are coming into the united states illegally and committing substantial crimes. >> so, wait, 80% of the people that are crossing the border commit crimes. that's what the governor said. the president not taking any action figuring out the next move when it comes to the crisis continuing to weigh his options considering to dan pfeiffer yesterday. >> first, i think the reports you're seeing are uninformed speculation. >> completely unified? >> yes.

the president asked the attorney general and and the secretary of homeland security to present him with recommendations by the end of the summer. they haven't done yet that. >> joining me now is debby wasserman schultz. a pleasure to see you. >> thank you. you too, jose. great to see you in south florida. >> thank you. so what happens now congress has left nothing, really, to show for it on this crisis. they did take the vote, which is not going anywhere, but it's a significant, i guess, vote to say how they stand on the issues. >> yeah, they made it pretty clear how they stand. they kept us in town an extra day and a half, the republicans did, because they were essentially dissenting into chaos. they couldn't get the votes to pass a supplemental appropriations bill to deport the children in crisis quickly enough. so they had to push the pause button and make the bill even

more stringent. make sure those kids couldn't possibly get representation or due process. and essentially check the box so they could say that they did something. what they did, though, was send a very clear message they aren't interested in dealing with the issue of immigration reform in a comprehensive way or really in any way at all other than to ensure that focus only on deporting people as quickly as possible when that is certainly not a sound or responsible approach. >> and so what sort of comprise would democrats in the house have been willing to have working with speaker boehner? what specific things do you think they could have done together? >> well, for starters, instead of putting the bill on the floor and not taking it through the normal committee process, we could have sat down and hammered through the regular process so we could amepd the bill, debate

it. they never took it through committee. i sat on the proengss committee. what we voted on friday was a appropriations bill. there was no opportunity, actually, to sit down and comprise. democrats have been ready to sit down and talk through and how to deal with both the crisis with the children coming across the border and with comprehensive immigration reform in general. the republicans, as you know, jose, won't even take up any legislation dealing with immigration reform comprehensively. they have a bill that passed the senate in a bipartisan way that, you know, our u.s. senator in florida, you know, was involved in writing and now essentially disowned trying to having it both ways with the tea party and with the hispanic community in our state. but at the end of the day, what we need to do is sit down and work together. this is a problem that we can solve together. they did it in the senate. if the house republicans don't like the senate version, pass the bill and go to conference

and work through the differences. that's what the founding fathers of our country intended. but they are terrified of the right party. >> there's also the issue of a statement made on deferred action. you know, there are kids crossing the border. there are things happening every day in central america that will have an impact on possible future flow into the united states of america, and yet there are those who want to focus on kids brought here through no fault of their own and who know no other country than the united states and that's how you deal with a crisis? >> jose, it's really just -- it's shocking. i mean, we -- let's go back a few months. we actually, in the house of representatives, have voted to fully repeal the dreamers provision the deferred action program that the republicans put that in a appropriations bill we

passed already. then they doubled down on friday with the marsha blackburn bill from tennessee to make sure the president -- to try to make sure. the bill will never become law. to make sure that the kids who got deferred action, who are here through no fault of their own. only know america as their home, and whose families want to make a better life for them. to make sure they couldn't get an extension when the deferred action time ends and make sure that no other dreamer could be included in the deferred action program. it is just -- they are callus indifference to the plight of children streaming across the border, fleeing horrific circumstance in their country. why is why the 2008 law exists so we can carefully review those children's situation and determine whether or not they need to remain in our country to be safe or if they could appropriately be accept back to their country.

we didn't have a chance to amend that law to adjust to today's circumstances. the republicans are simply strangled by extremism. there is no more establishment or middle or moderate wing. you've got the steve king wing of the republican party today. raise the specter of impeachment this weekend. these people are out of control. it's stunning. >> yeah. and talk about impeachment. it's something that some republicans keep talking about and the democrats are making a boat load of money off. for example, this kind of statement. >> i think congress has to sit down and have a serious look at the rest of the constitution and that includes the i wort we don't want to say. i only say it now because i want to encourage the president please don't put america into a constitutional crisis. please don't do that. >> yeah. that's his big concern with the president. congresswoman, briefly, your reaction to this. you guys at the dnc are making money off these kinds of

statements, right? >> steve king was tea party before tea party was cool. he raised the specter of impeachment. a number of their leaders on their side of the aisle refuse to take it off the table. we're simply saying, you know, suing the president for doing his job is prelude to what they want to do or attempt impeach president obama. let's work together. we have a lot on our plate. we have to focus on job creation, focus on turning the economy around. i know, that's what my constituents are talking about. they don't talk about suing the p or investigating benghazi. we have to work together. that's the bottom line. >> thank you so much, congresswoman debby wasserman schultz see you back here in south florida soon. and i've said it and we'll continue to say it. we want to hear all voices on all issues. we invited members of the other

side of the aisle on today's show. we hope they'll join us soon in the future. to a developing story right here right now. is it safe to drink water in toledo, ohio? city officials lifted the water ban within the last half hour with nearly three days with people not able to drink water or cook food. it went into effect over the weekend because toxins found in the water supply. in california thousands stranded. one person dead after a monsoon like storm dropped almost four inches of rain triggering flash floods and mudslides. it's happening just outside los angeles. officials have ordered 3,000 others to shelter in place. knbc is in california. you're learning more about the victim in this horrible incident. what can you tell us? >> well, the victim has been identified by the l.a. county

corn coroner's office. he was basically caught off guard. let's take a look at the video of his vehicle. his vehicle was covered in mud and debris. some of the mud filled his vehicle and the coroner's office said he likely drowned from the mud flow that happened here in mount baldy. a lot of people caught off guard. they didn't realize the intensity of the storm that moved through the area. flash floods hit campgrounds in a section of the national forest, torrential downpour. family five and their dog had to be rescued by helicopter. fortunately they're doing okay. but back out here live. as we drove up here this morning, we saw bolders on the side of the road. we saw large pools of mud across the highway here. so this is just some of of the conditions people are dealing with. fortunately it has cleared out now. the storm has moved out of the area, but a lot of people were

caught off guard. we'll see have to wait to see when winter comes. we're expecting more rain to hit southern california. we're in the drought but a lot of people weren't expecting that much rain in a short amount of time. >> thank you so much. those images that you were seeing were of the general vicinity of where this incident occurred. not the specific car where the victim unfortunately drown this morning. wild fires, a tropical storm, and earthquake. let's zoom through today's stop stories. not only flooding and mud slides effecting california but fires. there's a state of emergency to help battle 14 major wild fires there. so called gulch fire burned 50 square miles. crews working to protect about 300 buildings in the fire's path. three homes have already been lost. the u.s. seems to be in the clear of any threat from tropical storm bertha. it's east of the bahamas and moving north.

expected to stay away from the east coast and bermuda. rescuers digging for survivors after the o6.1 earthquake. 12,000 homes were destroyed. chinese officials say it's the strongest earthquake to hit in 14 years. the heads of 50 africa nations in washington for the unprecedented summit. is investment in africa key to the global economy? just minutes ago, the humanitarian cease-fire in the middle east was lifted already this morning. israelis saying terrorist attacked a bus with an excan vader. we'll talk to senator chris murphy about the situation in second. nutrition...i'm no exper. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste, and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me.

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to the middle east this morning where the situation remains extremely volatile despite what was supposed to be a seven hour humanitarian cease-fire in gaza just ended. a short time ago in what israeli police describe as a terrorist attack. a pedestrian was killed after palestinians slammed a machinery into a bus. despite the temporary truce, each side accusing each other of violating the cease-fire. as we hear from nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engal in gaza, there's pressure on israel to limit civilian casualties. >> after another attack on palestinians taking shelter at the u.n.-run school on sunday, washington issued its strongest condemnation yet of the ally.

the u.s. state department said it was apalled by the disgrace of the shelling. you know, officials say israel targeted a suspected militant by the gate of a u.n. facility where 3,000 people were living. you know, officials were shocked israel chose to attack where it knew so many civilians would be in danger. >> nbc joins us live from tel-aviv. good morning, jim. what can you tell us about the latest attack in jerusalem? >> hi, jose. this is not the first time this kind of attack has happened here in. the driver of a large bulldozer died after being shot repeatedly by jerusalem police after ramming his vehicle into the large empty bus. israeli police say the bull dozener crashed a pedestrian who later died. seven others are in the hospital according to local health officials. police have cause to believe there was palestinian involvement, especially at the time of ongoing conflict. they see it as a potential

terrorist attack. just minutes ago, as you referenced at the top of the hour, a unilateral humanitarian pause ended. israel called the temporary cease-fire to allow for food and medical aid to come into gaza and encourage some of the hundreds of thousands of displaced to return to what is left of their homes. though fee, it seems, were confident enough to do it. the pause did not apply to any active israeli area of operation. the palestinian militants rejected it outright as a diversion for what they call ongoing israeli massacres. >> and jim, while this is going on. there's another effort underway in cairo to broker a more permanent cease-fire. it seems to difficult to achieve. >> that's right. even though israel said it would not attend the cairo talks, the palestinian factions did go there. they have been talking and reached an agreement on key

demands in exchange for a long-term cease-fire. the lifting of the israeli blockade, israel's complete pullout from gaza, gaza's reconstruction with an estimate of $6 billion and the release of palestinian prisoners. as we know, this is not going to fly unless according to israel the militants first give up the weapons, and a non-starter for the palestinian factions. >> thank you so much. the let's bring in senate chris murphy. a democrat from connecticut a member of the foreign relations committee. senator, thank you for being with us. >> sure. >> let's start with the situation in the middle east. the state department said it was, in his words, apalled by the deadly shelling of an israeli shelling calling it disgraceful. do you see a change here in how the americans are talking about their number one ally in the middle east? >> well, there's no change in

the fact that we continue to standby the ability of israel to defend itself, and there is no change in our belief that in gaza hamas are using civilians to shield the weapons they're using to send into israel. but the counsel we're giving israel is this. they need to understand the long-term cost of these civilian casualties. it essentially becomes bulletin board material for recruitment efforts for hamas in the efforts to organize against israel and the broader terrorist community to organize against the west. when it comes to the u.n. facilities, the fact there are civilians sheltering rockets can't automatically be a justification for attack. you have to weigh the potential civilian casualties. i think that's the counsel we're giving the israelis today to place a little bit more emphasis on the civilian cost when they are trying to take out these capabilities on behalf of hamas.

>> on the other hand, i mean, in a war where there is warfare in a very small tight area like gaza, which is filled with civilians, any time you attack a target there is a very good chance you're going to be hitting civilians. that's the nature of that kind of warfare. >> that is absolutely right. remember, it starts with hamas sending rockets into israel, doubling under the ground in order to be able to launch terrorist attacks in israel. so the burden here, first and foremo foremost, is on hamas to end the activities. if they were to do that, we could get a long-term cease-fire. if they were to codo it in a verifiable way. said from the beginning that israel has to pay more attention. it could hurt israel in the long run not help them. they ultimately need for the people of gaza to elect new

leadership to turn to more moderate elements of the palestinian constituency. they are not going to do that if they are building up this wellspring of continued ongoing multigenerational hatred for israel because of the ground attacks. but again, the burden first and foremost is on hamas. if they stop launching attacks into israel, then we wouldn't be in the position we're in today. >> right. the u.s. is keeping a close eye on the developments in ukraine. there's word this morning that russia's air force started military drills in central and western regions of russia. is russia flexing the military muscles? what is going on? >> i don't think putin knows what to do right now. the ukraine military is standing up and starting to change the momentum on the battle field and russia has limit what they can do across the border. they can continue to feed them.

but i think the limits of what russia can do without an invading army are starting to become real and present. it's a critical few days and weeks. you're seeing momentum build on behalf of the ukrainian military. it you're seeing europe join in on a new round of crippling sanctions. putin can do a deal with poroshenko that involves more an ton my for the eastern region or contemplate moving troops and military assets across the bord border, which may be the only way he can actually turn the tide back in favor of russia and the separatists. >> senator chris murphy, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, jose. let's bring in washington post diplomatic reporter who follows the middle east. thank you for being with us. >> happy to be here. >> your reaction to what we heard from senator murphy, as congress keeps an eye on the major hot spots in the middle

east and ukraine. >> in the case of gaza, congress is really very, very strongly proisrael in a bipartisan and nearly unanimous way, and that has come to the floor over the 3 1/2 weeks over the conflict where even when the white house and the state department were sharply critical of israeli actions and certainly the united nations has been very, very critical, the american congress has not. i don't really see that shifting. but what you heard the senator say there is that there's a caution flag being thrown and that israel does risk potentially doing itself longer term damage by making things easier for hamas in the long run and to incite and to have an automatic enemy in israel. i don't think that we're going

to see a great deal of change in the next several days in the international level of criticism of israel. israel appears to be winding down the operations, and barring some further outrage like the u.n. says happened at the school in ruffa yesterday. it's likely to scale down on israel's terms unilaterally without a negotiated cease-fire. . thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. coming up. the capitol is empty. lawmakers are home, and they once if again left. will it come back to hurt the republicans or are democrats the ones refuse to comprise? we'll frame debate next. e

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summer. how much of this is political calculus? >> there's obviously a political element, jose, but also enough is enough. we have been waiting for movement on immigration reform. not just in the past three or four years, but since 2000 when we first saw talk of comprehensive immigration reform. the question is what type of reform is that going to be? because even though democrats do supportism gracio -- immigration reforms, those democrats in toss up districts need to be careful what the president proposes isn't seen as overreach. what i'm guessing we're going to see, i'm being cautious here, perhaps an extension of daca. even though republicans are full out against it. we're going to see the program as one that works and needs to be extended. >> and, by the way, one that is paid for by the people paying the fines and the costs to get into daca. when you say an expansion of

daca are you thinking the parents of daca children would receive some form? >> i think it is the parents and progr perhaps the time frame. people who came here two or three years before the deadline. we're not going see, obviously a 180. i think we're going to see movement in the margins. latinos want more but we know with the republican con we're not going get what we ultimately want. >> and al phone sew, in their own autopsy, republicans said this. we must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform. if we do not, it says, our party's appeal will continue to shrink to the core constituencies only. now that congress has shown this year they're not going to deal with any form of immigration reform. what impact do you think it'll have on the republicans in the

future? >> i think not a very positive one. i don't think it will have an immediate effect in 2014. i think in 2016 it would have a an impact. if republicans cannot lead on immigration, they're not going to get enough latino voter support to win back the white house. look, i understand if they don't want to take off the senate bill, the senate bill had -- there were many problems with the bill but they should have proposed their own legislation and they didn't. and now they pass on friday two bills that frankly send a very negative message to the hispanic community. so it's really unfortunate. it puts pressure on republicans that if they win the senate, and it's possible, in the midterms they're going it have to do something constructive in 2015 that includes some form of legalization if they want to win back the white house. >> and let's talk about that senate bill, victoria.

senator marco rubio got into a heated exchange with fox news sunday host chris wallace on his stance on immigration and that bill. >> if i may, sir. if it's not political -- >> that's not accurate, chris. >> but you're saying it has to be done in stages. >> that's not accurate. >>well, we're not -- i think we're talking about two separate things. we're not talking about what to do. i've outlined to you what to do. we have to do the three things. security, reform of modernizing the legal system and addressing l people here. we're not debating what to do but how do it. >> and victoria, does the fact that the midterms not necessarily need the overwhelming latino vote for the november's election. does that show that the republicans simply are willing to take their time and not have to take a bite at the very complicated apple before 2016? >> it's the short term versus

the long-term goals. i think that many republicans have memories that long hot summer of 2010 when you saw all of that anti-immigrant anger at the town hall meetings. i think this is why you see people like marco rubio being cautious. they know 2014 the republican voters will reject comprehensive immigration reform. he has the eye on 2016, he knows in broadening the e lek trait. there's a caveat. there are some who staked their ground who said i'm not budging on immigration. i'm talking about my home state governor of rick perry. he decided to make it the marquee issue. even though the gop should testimoniy l technically move to the middle of imgreat lakmigration we're n necessarily going to see it. >> i remember mitt romney during the primary say that his immigration reform solution was that the the $11 million people

here self-deported and he tried to change the conversation in the general election. people have memory and words matter. what would you say to the republicans who think what they do today won't have an impact in 2016? >> hispanics are listening. i would disagree with victoria. i think the upcoming primary and the rhetoric during the primary will be different than four years ago. i think even in governor perry, while he's talking specifically about the border and doing something at the border, he very supports creating a worker program that would form of legalization. if republicans win. both parties have used the issue politically. if republicans win the senate and they propose a guest program that includes a form of legalization, would democrats support that? i'm not so sure. we'll see the democrats and if they want to use the issue

politically. let's wait before we start saying that republicans are not going to do anything on immigration. i think that we have to separate also the issue of immigration reform from the issue of the border and then unaccompanied minors entering through the border. we could have passed a senate bill and still have the situation of unaccompanied minors entering through the southern board. >> they didn't allow a vote this year so far. thank you both for being with us. a fascinating conversation. i hope to continue it with both of you in the near future. >> thank you. i want to share a quick note on a social media campaign gone viral. it reminds us of the powerful upside of the digital world we live in. that hashtags are, let me read it carefully.

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>> nbc has been tracking the progress. >> reporter: they request no new information be given out. they released a statement that is encouraging. they reveal he was give a dose of this experimental serum we've been hearing about before he left africa. his wife said she was able to visit with him and he was reportedly in good spirits. they were able to talk several times over the last few days in the isolation unit. there's a glass window with a communication system. so they can see and speak to their doctors and family members. >> it's great to see him walking off the ambulance. nancy writebol is expected to arrive tomorrow. what is her status? do we know about her improving? >> according to her family, they are anxious to have her back here. there are some good signs with her as well. her son said to the associated press that she is still

suffering. we're expecting her here at emery university hospital sometime tomorrow morning. the process should parallel that same carefully choreographed routine we saw with dr. brantly. they land at the air base and have a law enforcement escort via balance to the hospital. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> i also want to share with you a story we're watching this morning. two suspects under arrest includes with a shooting of an offduty patrol agent in south texas. the agent was apparently fishing with he family on the trip when the suspected try to rob him. a border patrol spokesman said they opened fire when they saw the agent was armed. a second man was hurt. spokesman said there have been similar crimes in a neighboring county. we'll don't watch these details. coming up leaders from 50 african nations convening in washington. but few leaders dealing with

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let's close the gap between people and care. right now the white house is holding its largest ever event with african leaders and the president. a summit on africa's future as an economic power. africa has five, five of the top 12 facest growing economies in 2014. south sudan, syria leon, libya, and zoom bee ya. the largest ebola outbreak is threatening to overshadow the goals of stepping up trade. presidents are skipping the summit to deal with the ebola concerns in their countries. joining me now msnbc contributor james petpettersson. good morning, james.

>> near lly 50 heads of state a there. there are multiple companies attending. but how is ebola affecting the agenda? are you concerned it may be distracting from the incredible economic discussion of the success story that may be happening in africa economically? >> yeah. i doubt it will detract too much because the bottom line here is the demographic projections and the economic projections for africa show a couple of things. one, the population is very young. a large population. a percentage under which is under 30. the demographics are destiny in some ways. we western africa will be one of the most densely populated regions on the planet within the space of about 70 years. i think for those economic bottom lines are the reasons why companies will be attracted to this.

what i hope they understand, though, is that we have to sort of change how we interact interface with africa. we can't think of traditional ways of aid or other kind of paternalistic approach. we have to have a more partnership neighborhood approach here so that in the world we live in now communicable diseases impact everyone. no matter where they originate. it's no surprise the ebola outbreak has had some consequences in the united states. it's a message to us we have to broaden our scope in terms of how we interact with our neighbors around the world. >> it's an important point. the white house said the theme of the summit is investing in the next generation. you talk about how young of a continent africa is as far as the population. in practical terms, how should we be dealing with this issue? the summit and the economic potential of dealing with africa. >> yeah. think, first, people have got to

put away all modes of interacting with africa. we have to dispel the mythologies constructed around the commercials you see around poverty for africa. we have to understand that africa is a modernized continent with modernized populated cities and consumers entering into working classes and middle classes. i think we have to think -- we can't exploit or make money on the continent. we have to think about partnership. how do we develop and cultivate industry there. how do we do thins that the obama administration is talking about in the summit like civic invasi invasion. how do we empower women and young girls to become educated. how do we think about some of the health issues? these are all important. we have to have a wholistic approach to it. >> i love it with the paternalistic way of seeing our relationship with places. james pettersson, thank you so

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