that is max brooks. max brooks wrote a couple of books. the first book, i thought it was -- i hope he doesn't hear this. i thought it was a little crazy. i really was worried about him. he wrote a book called the zombie survival guide. and i said all right. okay. you know. kids are nuts. he likes zombies or he's giving -- the book is a zombie survival guide is all about what to do in case you're attack by a zombie. >> right. >> how to defend yourself, where to hide, where to go. you know, you got to stick a knife through their brains and so on. it's a little embarrassing. >> i'm laughing for you. i'm laughing at you making fun of max's ideas but the stuff you produced, you got nerve. >> yeah, i got nerve. >> you got the nerve. >> yeah. >> and then, right, following that -- by the way, that book sold two million copies. >> yeah. >> i mean i go to him now. >> just wanted to know, i defended you as best i could. >> i understand. >> your dad was calling you names. >> 20 years from now i'm i'll be doing this to my son. >> i just thought that wa

>> hi, brooke. as to who was on board the plane, we've had the most definitive description here just in the recent hours from an executive of algeir airlines. he said there were 116 people aboard from 16 different nags nationalities. 24 from burkina faso from where the plane took off. five canadians, four germans, eight from lebanon. three whose nationalities are not known and spanish crew. this was supposed to be a straight forward flight. overnight, left 1:00 in the morning from burkina faso, a three-hour flight straight north to algeria. but the french foreign minister has said in france the pilot apparently had problems with the weather, and went to make a diversion and that was about 50 minutes into the flight. and that's when contact was lost with this flight. brooke? >> you bring up the weather, so chad, let me go straight to you. how bad -- was the weather at the time? what was it looking like in this part of the world? >> they were flying through what we call the itcz, the intertropical con

brooke? >> has -- it certainly could escalate and aside from any sort of initial response, we're seeing clashes on the ground between some right-wing israelis and police. what's going on there? >> well, what's happening is there is this tremendous outpouring of anger and grief and what we've seen here in jerusalem is a number of small groups, mostly men, demanding revenge and taking out their anger in a number of places we've seen them actively seeking out any arab residents in jerusalem and making some very, very strong threats. so there's been -- the police have been trying to contain some of that anger, trying to calm tensions down a little bit. but it's difficult. there is a lot of grief and frustration out there and this is part of the response that we're seeing from the government responding to this anger and pressure. >> atika shubert, thank you. >>> in the last hour i interviewed one of the teen's cousins who lives here in the united states and spent some time with him in israel. it w

i'm brooke baldwin. this could be a holiday nightmare for millions of you up and down the east coast. tropical arthur spinning in the atlantic could become a hurricane by july 4th. so new york, d.c., they will feel the effects. let's go to chad myers and find out when this will make landfall. >> well, it's already affecting florida. >> really? >> really. the outer banks of florida is the most affected. what we have all week long and even into the weekend is life-threatening surf and rip currents from florida, main, and even nova scotia. this is the storm right now. it's gaining strength. the hurricane center said this a minute ago. this is getting more organized. the offshore flow here but the onshore flow here. it will make its way up the coast and all the way into virginia and into new jersey and massachusetts by the time this is all over, all because that flow pushes water on shore and then runs out in one spot. that's called a rip current. there it is getting bigger, badder, and deeper in color. that

>> reporter: well, brooke, yes. the group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula for years has been working on new types of bombs that the u.s. government believes are aimed at defeating our screening procedures. these are bombs not made with metal parts. plastic explosives and that kind of thing. they have seen it before. they have seen different types of devices attempted before. this is not tied to any specific plot in the united states or in europe or anywhere else. it's just that they know these guys are working on these new types of bombs, brooke. and so we had the homeland security secretary, jeh johnson on nbc's "meet the press" over the weekend and he addressed some of these concerns. >> we know that there remains a terrorist threat to the united states, and aviation security is a large part of that. so this past week, i directed that we step up our aviation security at last point, at some last point of departure airports, coming into the united states. this is not something to overreact to or overspeculate abo

i'm brooke baldwin. let's get to some news here at cnn. cnn just learned the united states has agreed to resupply israel's military with multiple types of ammunition. what types of ammunition, why specifically. let's go to the pentagon to our correspondent, barbara starr, who has this reporting. tell me what exactly this resupplying of the israeli defense forces really means, barbara. >> hi, brooke. u.s. officials are telling me, they have agreed to resupply israel with ammunition at its request. now, clearly, this is part of the u.s. commitment to the defense of israel, according to administration officials. they say israel is not running out of ammunition, it is not an emergency. but israel has made a request for resupply of several types of ammunition, and the u.s. has now agreed to it. there are two types that we know about. one is 120 millimeter mortar ammunition. the other is 40 millimeter ammunition for grenade launchers. what's so interesting is those two types of ammunition are going to be trans

and it's tough, brooke. i mean, people here have been so, so warm, military officials consoling people. it's hard to describe. not seen anything quite like this. the culture here, i would say, in the netherlands is more reserved, more conservative. you don't typically hear outbursts, people tend to grieve quietly, in private. but did you see, obviously, for good reason, some of that today, brooke. >> with -- we're watching -- this is video from earlier today, through this roundabout, hearse after hearse, carrying these different victims on to be identified, sanjay. farce as far as that process goes, how long are officials telling you this will take? >>. >> well, what they say is they don't know. and that's the right answer. they say they don't rush this. we can get some context from previous type of mass forensic examinations, the plane crash in tripoli, you may remember, back in 2010, 104 people aboard that plane. it took about a month, 30 days, to create positive identification. one of the worst outcomes w

brooke?nt to go destroy the tunnels to choke off the point in which hamas is using tunnels to smug, to get the weaponry in. maybe perhaps originally coming from say iran. but how would, if at all, hamas find a way to resupply itself with the kuntunnels gone? . >> reporter: that's the question. it would be extremely tricky. there is a land, sea and air blockade on gaza and egypt as well. both sides have eased restrictions over recent years. but certainly arms are not allowed to be brought into hamas, into gaza. and that is their lifeline when it comes to arms. we see within gaza itself -- i went along to a rocket factory in a private house, a few years ago, which was building the shorter-range missiles. but the long-range rockets, they have to get from outside. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu say they get those from iran. certainly from the israeli point of view, if they close those tunnels, disable those tunnels, that certainly helps their cause. but they think bauping these tunnels

brooke?reciate the context and clarification on those black masks we saw in the video. let me ask you this. the palestinian protesters wounded today, as we understand it here, many were wounded by rubber bullets, fired by israeli security forces? and i understand you may have caught one, as well. what happened? >> reporter: there's no may about it, brooke. i did get hit in the forehead by one of those rubber bullets. they actually have a sponge tip. but it was turning around, and when it hit me, it was the hard plastic part. it was -- it was just a flesh wound, a scratch. and i was tended to immediately by the medics on the scene. and within about half an hour, we were up and working again. we understand that, of course, more than 60 people protesters were wounded. 13 israeli policemen wounded. these really were the most intense clashes we've seen in this last three days of protests. and even though tomorrow is the sabbath, things normally quiet in jerusalem, i suspect tomorrow will not be a

brooke? >> gary tuchman. tough -- not the best connection, but i think what you're showing is how that little boy or anyone, really, could lose a limb. thank you so much for us. in mexico, so often we see the tops of those rail cars packed with people. hoping for a better life. gary tuchman, thanks. >>> coming up next, senator elizabeth warren firing up the crowds this week. and it's got a lot of politicos asking this. could she be a potential challenger if hillary clinton decides to run come 2016. we'll discuss that. >>> and when rockets from hamas head toward israel, the air raid sirens sound. so we'll talk to the creator of this app on an iphone that brings those alerts directly to your phones. stay right here. you're watching cnn. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul everything, safely and on time. ♪ tracks! they connect the factories built along the lines. and that means jobs, lots of people, making lots and lots of things. let's g

i'm brooke baldwin. huge development to share with you today in this disturbing case of this toddler who died after being left in his father's sweltering hot suv. so cnn can now confirm this toxicology report proves 22-month-old cooper harris was not drugged. we have also just learned that cooper's momly leeanna harris, she has just hired a defense attorney. and it may be the case that has us talking, but just this week alone, at least five kids were left in hot cars across the country. in fact, it's not just kids. cnn has learned a washington woman is accused of leaving her elderly, partially paralyzed mother locked in a hot car for 16 hours. and the question that keeps popping up, forgetting someone in a car may be a mistake. but is it also a crime? i said forgetting. big difference. the "washington post" talked to one father who accidentally left his son in a car back in 2002. that little boy died. he is still being punished, mostly by himself. >> i did not believe he was with me, that he was it at th

i'm brooke baldwin. i'm brooke baldwin.tapper begins now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we now know at least one uz citizen was on ma laborer yash flight m 17 when it was shot down. if you connect the dots, does vladimir putin have american blood on his hands. i'm jake tapper. the world lead. the u.s. government believes the missile that shot down flight 17 came from al area of ukraine controlled by russian-backed separatists. so how guilty does that make vladimir

brooke? >> okay, alina machado along the rio grand. and listen, as alina pointed out, it's not just mexicans who are crossing over. let's talk about central america. the u.s. government says 29% of the undocumented children we have been focusing on, they are from these thee specific countries. honduras, el salvador and guatemala. how does the journey begin for them? well, cnn's gary tuchman went to guatemala to check out one route. and it starts with a boat and little more than $1. >> reporter: brooke, what we're seeing on the border is fascinating and eye-opening, but also what's been happening here for many generations. this is guatemala where i'm standing on the muddy shores of the river. these are rafts going over to mexico on the other side of the water. it's very easy to get there. everything is very open. to cross from mexico to the united states, you obvious often have to pay a coyote thousands of dollars. but to do it here you pay ten guatemal guatemalan, the equivalent of $1.30. thi

. >> and good evening, i'm brooke baldwin tonight here in atlanta. we're here to bring you the very latest on these two big breaking stories today. >> first, hurricane arthur, of course, whipping the beaches of the carolinas right now very close to making a direct hit with the eye wall of the storm. new tornado warnings in three eastern north carolina counties now. reporters are scattered along the coast ready to bring every angel. we have rene marsh, joe jones in kill devil hills in the northern part of the coastline, chad myers, of course in the cnn severe weather center. we'll get the latest from all of them as the storm barrels north but of course, brooke. >> the other big story tonight, tapper, that staggering, staggering story. the details from the courtroom in georgia during the hearing. this is a probable cause hearing for the father. here he is, the father of this 22 month old toddler cooper died a couple weeks ago in the sweltering hot suv in a hot georgia summer day. the father is justin ross harris. judge denied bond today and ruled he wi

brooke? >> maybe rupert murdoch could come back again. talked about poking holes. maybe he tries again. cristina alesci. thank you. >>> top of the hour. you are watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. i want to begin with the crisis of undocumented children overwhelming the texas border in particular. congress has just 11 working days to write some kind of relief action. later this hour, in fact, members of the congressional hispanic caucus meet with officials. first, perspective here. perspective you need to hear and one perhaps we have not heard from enough. this is from a person on the front lines, not at the border, but in the immigration courtroom. joining me is attorney rebeccaal salman, representing more than 1,000 undocumented children in the united states. she works for the access to law foundation in atlanta. so rebecca, welcome. >> thank you so much. >> and is that roughly correct? 1,000, 1,000-plus kids? >> we have a floating group of kids that we represent, but we have seen an increase

brooke? >> the winds are expected to get up to 100 miles per hour. what's it like there now? how bad is it? >> we're feeling wind gusts. it comes and it goes. definitely, though, when we took a stroll by the beach not too long ago, the rough surf is obviously there, but right now it seems like the winds are picking up quite a bit, jake. >> alina machado in wrightsville beach, stay safe. with landfall potentially imminent, we're in atlantic beach, north carolina. you've been talking to officials at a state emergency operations center. how prepared is north carolina for this storm? >> well, jake, when you speak to them, they say they're very prepared. in the words of one emergency management director, he says we don't plan hour after hour. we plan 12 hours ahead because if you don't plan 12 hours ahead, you are behind. so that has been the strategy here. we know that within these coastal communities, what they're doing, a curfew. just in the hours before this storm really gets close to the coas

brooke? >>> top of the hour. you are watching cnn's special coverage. i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with the innocent. they were innocent people, flying as passengers on an airplane. some hoping to go on vacation. others seeing family. many just for work. that was six days ago. today, their bodies being returned home and huge numbers of people are honoring them in just the most beautiful ways. these are the victims of malaysian air flight 17, shot down six days ago. the first bodies left k kharkiv, ukraine, and arrived in the netherlands, where the boeing 777 flight originated. 193 of the 298 people on board were dutch. and today the nation of 17 million with their king and queen, recognizing a national day of mourning. ♪ >>> wales of grief could be heard as these 40 caskets reached dutch soil in the netherlands and paid official tribute with sounds from the single bugle here in a solemn ceremony earlier today. and when you looked at the pictures, as you were watching our hours of coverage, ju

i'm brooke baldwin. to show a video clip showing purported palestinian militants being killed, gunned down by the israeli navy. [ speaking in foreign language ] israel says its forces fired from the sea as a team of commandos belonging to hamas stormed a beach north of the gaza strip. the jerusalem post is reporting that five of those commandos were killed and one israeli soldier wounded. israel said today it has warned the gaza palestinians either to halt their attacks against israel with those small, inaccurate rockets, or face a ground incursion by the mighty israeli military and soon. perhaps tonight. the israelis say, hamas rocket attacks have numbered today in the dozens with no reported israeli deaths or injuries. israeli air strikes have killed 19 people in gaza today, including two children. palestinian sources say the kids were in this home whose family members are believed to have links to hamas. so an intensely dangerous situation there, especially so in gaza, where strikes have kid some 49 p

brooke? >> deborah feyerick, thank you so much. this is a guy wanted in connection with these child molestation charges. and john walsh who for decades made it his life's mission to find these bad guys, especially the guys that have apparently done things with kids. so we talked to john walsh moments ago about his reaction to the news this suspect he had just profiled on this show has been killed. here he was. >> well, i think it's -- i'm very, very concerned, and worried about the police officers that were shot. i think people forget, they put their lives on the line every day. but this was a case, and you and i have talked about this, brook. these are the guys i hate the most. the people who exploit children. and this was a case we did a week ago sunday, it's the -- we got a great tip, and the marshals have been great partners of mine for over 30 years. and they have teamed up with the nypd joint fugitive task force, and they have been working this tip for a week. the tip came that he was in lower manhattan, possibly working at a

brooks: mr. speaker, i have no more speakers. if the gentleman from new jersey has no further speakers i'm prepared to close once the gentlewoman does. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. payne: mr. speaker, i have no more speakers as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. does the gentleman yield? mr. payne: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from indiana. mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, we have seen the rise in the use of social media both before, during and after disasters. this legislation will help to ensure we're leveraging best practices, sharing and incorporating lessons learned for the use of social media in this area. i urge all members to join me in supporting this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yield

brooke? >> okay.ow it was your reporting with regard to two military jets shot down. two came from those shoulder missiles from inside russia, correct? >> well, not entirely clear yet. to be specific, brooke. the u.s. intelligence community actually looking at that very possibility. what shot those two su-25s down, we have seen the pictures of the flaming debris. there seems to be no question that two ukrainian su-25 jets were shot down. is it possible that they -- that fire came indeed from across the border in russia? that's what they're looking at right now. >> okay. barbara starr, appreciate the reporting out of the pentagon for us. and not knowing for certain who is behind the tragedy of malaysian air flight 17, conspiracy theories abound. we know that many, including the united states, believe pro-russian rebels most likely shot that jetliner, took it down with arms supplied by the kremlin. but russian media has, of course, its own set of theories, including ukrainians did it in a botched attemp

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i'm brooke baldwin.is mobilizing military reserves. some 40,000 troops approved by israel's cabinet today for the conflict raging with gaza's palestinians. and we have just gotten this as we reported a moment ago, air raid sirens are going off on a beach near tel aviv. take a look. tel aviv, that is just this afternoon, no reports of deaths or injuries from in coming rocket fire from gaza. i can tell you that the israelis today also ordered camp said and schools closed within 25 miles of the border there with gaza to protect israeli children from the incoming rockets. those are the small rockets. here you go. fired by hamas at a rate of more than 100 a day with no confirmed deaths. just to give you some contrast here, israeli air strikes with targets in gaza killed at least 15 people overnight. this is according to palestinian sources. flying american-made aircraft. the israelis leveled several homes in gaza and killed a man they call a senior terrorist. in one attack, seven people were killed, including

brooke?eborah, thank you so much for what's happening there on the ground in the west village there in manhattan. we have, as we mentioned, john walsh, who profiled this suspect just recently on "the hunt." john, i'm going to talk to you in a minute, but in case you didn't watch the episode, here's a clip. >> and how he did it. when he finished telling me, i was physically sick. and i called his father and said you need to come home right now, we need to talk. >> even though melissa was in the same bed, not only in the same house or in the same room, but in the same king-sized bed, he pulled back the sheets and proceeded to play with our son's private parts. and he tried to explain to our son that it was normal what he was doing to him, that his parents were going to be upset with him if he told them. but it was normal for, you know, friends to do that. that it was normal for him to know about how to masturbate. >> we both listened to the story and we both want wanted to make sure that we wer

i'm brooke baldwin. today, pro-russian rebels accused of shooting down malaysia air flight 17 could be getting a special delivery. as in missile launchers from russia. more to be rebel leaders showed up in uniforms, marked cars. who are these rebels we keep hearing so much about? let me read this to you. i read it this morning. behind the high-profile russian agents who lead the separatists are mostly local who believe, willing to die believe that they are doing the right thing. these are not the villains you see on television. these are factory workers and mechanics who now man checkpoints and lead military operations. the world they live in is filled with fascist threats from far away lands. it's a world constructed largely on the basis of baseless russian propaganda, ease to scoff at, but they believe it. >> noah schneider, what jumped out at me, factory workers, mechanics. not the pro-russian rebel villains maven visioned. >> i think there's a bit of a disconnect in the perception of who these rebels

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when i get to brooks, i use it as almost my getaway.ust think and think and think and think about all the things that are going wrong. i just think about the things that might be going right. >> narrator: next time... >> my dad got laid off. >> it's tough because my mom and dad are poor. >> i live in a shelter. i wish i never lived here. >> my mom kind of made a wrong turn. (whispering): i'm hungry. >> (whispering): i know, so am i. >> i think when i get older, things are going to get harder than they are now. >> people don't realize what they have until it's gone. >> go to pbs.org/frontline for more on the debate over community schools. >> it's about bringing schools back to our community. >> how segregated are american schools today? find out more. watch our 2012 film on the "middle school moment." >> what if you could change the future for kids on a fast track to dropping out of school? >> and connect to thfrontline community, sign up for our newsletter, and follow us on facebook, twitr and pbs.org/frontline. >> frontlinis made possi

>> reporter: well, good to be back with you, brooke. we were at the train station yesterday before it departed for donetsk and then kharkiv. and the number that we were told was about 290. we've made it clear over the past couple of days that we have no independent way to verify that number. we could not go into the cars and we're not the experts. there was a team of dutch forensic experts that went in yesterday and they, too, could not determine that number. i will tell you what we reported on today is that we were out at three or four of the major sites today. not only did we see some human remains there but i must say, the stench of human remains was very, very strong. and we also went for the first time with malaysian delegation to where the cockpit impacted and one of their first observations was that there could very well be human remains there, just judging by the smell, again, as well. >> so different reports of human remains in different parts of this massive, massive field area in eastern u krean, this rural part of the countr

i'm brooke baldwin. she not sell? los angeles clippers owner, shelly sterling and her estranged billionaire husband, donald sterling, are in probate court right now. now, shelling sterling arrived at l.a. superior court this morning, surrounded by her attorneys. here she was. she and her husband are battling it out over who has the right to sell the nba franchise. shelly sterling has virtually inked this $2 billion deal to sell the clippers to microsoft ceo balance mer, but donald sterling, who is not in court today, is making a full-court press to stop the sale, claiming she never had the authority to sell the team in the first place. and now he is trying to get this case delayed, and moved to federal court. he says his rights were violated when his medical evaluations became public. shelly sterling's attorney calls that tactic a sham. but donald sterling's camp maintains this isn't a joke. >> there is no federal question, this is not a federal issue. it's just an absolute sham to avoid starting the tri

i'm brooke baldwin. we will get you back to our special coverage of the malaysian airliner jet shot down. but right now, this very moment, these explosive flashes have lit up the sky over gaza city. 9:27 p.m. there. you have israeli troops swarming the ground, just hours into this tank and troop offensive. cnn's karl penhaul live for us in gaza city. you've been watching this above your heads, starting to multiply. what are these flares? >> reporter: yeah, right now, brooke, there is a lot of action going on, especially along gaza's eastern border with israel. that is what you see over my shoulder. that is where you see those flares going up in the sky. those were illumination flares. and if we look at those, that green, eerie, night video footage we saw of israeli troop movements last night, you'll see none appear to have night vision goggles on. it could be they're putting up illumination rounds so the israeli troops as they advance forward into gaza can see where their targets are, and where they need

us at brookings as a visiting fellow finishing up his ph.d. president batchlet is no stranger to our halls either. she joined us in 2009 for a talk from this podium on how latin america was coping with the global financial crisis. and washington is familiar ground as well from her early days as a junior high school student in bethesda and studies at the interamerican defense college, to her many visits as chile's minister of defense, minister of health and president from 2006 to 2010. president batchlet joins us today as she enters her second tour as president of the republic after winning over 62% of the vote in chile's national election's last december. with a majority of seats in congress held by her coalition president batchlet has moved quickly to enact an ambitious ajen daf reforms notably in the areas of education, taxes and constitution and electoral design. this agenda reflects chile's remarkable success as a leader in both economic and political terms and continuation to continue moving forward on the path of social and democratic pr

garth brooks decided more than a decade ago to stay home with his family, but today he announced he'soming out of retirement, saying he's -- quote -- scared, old, and ready for something new. here's abc's linsey davis. ♪ the thunder rolls >> reporter: the chart-topping country superstar of the 1990s inducted into the songwriters hall of fame. garth brooks brought us hit hits like "the dance," "much too young," and "if tomorrow never comes." ♪ if tomorrow never comes >> reporter: with nearly 70 million albums sold in the u.s., brooks is the best-selling artist in this country since 1991, topping mariah carey, metallica and, yes, even the beetles. and yet in 2001, at the height of his career, brooks simply walked away, retiring at just 39 years old, saying he wanted to raise his three daughters. at 52, now a grandfather, he is ready to make a comeback. >> scared, yeah. old, yes. my bigger hope is that i don't regret this day. >> reporter: today the country star announced his return -- >> i want to thank god and everybody that's given me a chance to actually look at a second half of a ca

>> well, it is a very interesting question, brook.it's not really even a policy, it's just a request at this point. this goes to your question about not wanting to alienate customers on either side of this debate. it's really hard not to do that. if target is just quiet about the whole thing, the anti-gun group could say they're supporting the gun side of the equation. it is a tough call for retailers. as for whether or not this impacts their bottom line, it's too early to tell. they have statements against carrying guns in their stores, so it's hard to tell at this point, not to mention the fact even with we do see a sales decline, it will be hard to assess whether that is tied to these statements and press releases at the end of the day. >> what if it is legal in a specific state. can the stores legally keep law abiding citizens outside of the source from walking in with a firearm. >> it's something they don't like to answer. i can say that very confidently today. but the bottom line is if they really wanted to keep guns out of thei

and yet in 2001 at the height of his career, brooks simply walked away retiring at just 39 years oldg he wanted to raise his three daughters. at 52 now a grandfather, he's ready to make the comeback. >> scared, yeah. old, yes. my bigger hope is i don't regret this day. >> reporter: the country star announced his return. >> want to thank god and everybody that's given me the chance to actually look at a second half of a career. >> reporter: in that second half, a new album and a world tour he first hinted at last year on "good morning america." >> all my babies are fine with it and so now i get to do what i love to do is play music. >> reporter: and the former digital download holdout now says digital sales of his music will soon be available on his website. >> do you think he'll be able to recapture past success. >> first of all i think anybody can duplicate or come near the kind of numbers that garth brooks put out at his peak. can he still be an a-list artist. >> reporter: he says the new album which is expected in stores in november, is what we would traditionally think of as a do

>> brook. >> jimmy: where are you from?w zealand. >> jimmy: how long have you been in the united states? >> two days. >> jimmy: are you enjoying it so far? >> loving it. >> jimmy: what has been the most fun experience you've had so far? >> oh, that's a tough one. probably just the star walk. >> jimmy: walking around and looking at the sidewalk has been the best thing? >> yes. >> jimmy: sounds like it's a great trip so far. you haven't seen any celebrities at all? >> no, no. >> jimmy: all right. let's meet your competitor tonight. and he is -- i see your name is jonah. >> nice to meet you. >> jimmy: where are you from? >> england. >> jimmy: what do you do? >> i'm a barber. >> jimmy: no, you're not. >> i am. >> jimmy: brook, what do you do for a living? i neglected to ask you. >> well, i'm actually a butcher. >> jimmy: a butcher? >> yes. >> jimmy: a butcher and a barber. all we need is a candle stick and we'll be set. okay. so you saved up, jonah, and you're here on a trip. is that all your luggage there in your back snack >>

but brooks' retirement was anything but quiet. numerous guest concert appearances. and in 2009 he performed a series of acoustic shows in las vegas. he also released four compilation albums, the most recent, a boxed set called "blame it all on my roots." brooks never intended on calling it quits forever and has been vocal about his intentions on returning to the stage. he hinted at his imminent return last year in an interview with "entertainment tonight's" nancy o'dell. >> what's next. you know trisha and myself and sandy, we all raised these three girls. our job is to get the last one in high school on her way and then decide what to do with the rest of my life and i've got tell you. i hope music is in it a country star in her own right, the two are no stranger to sharing the stage. for brooks, a country music icon with a career that's spanned more than three decades it may be the perfect time to launch a comeback. now, garth has been performing a handful of shows since his retirement. five shows, in fact, were scheduled in irel

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. >> reporter: summer arrived in brooks county, texas, with its usual unforgiving glare and with it theecovery of bodies, illegal immigrants who bombed to the heat in the mesquite-covered ranch land. >> they're told it's quick and easy and it's not, not with the weather or terrain. >> reporter: chief deputy martinez tracks immigrant deaths in this finder. >> 2014. >> reporter: these photographs document 37 bodies found in brooks county so far this year including this 19-year-old from honduras. for every body you find, how many more are out there? >> i'd say at least five. >> reporter: national guard helicopters with infrared can spot the immigrants but border agents can only capture so m. in brooks county, a federal checkpoints bypassed by immigrants walking around it through private ranches. more than 300 bodies have been found in the brush since 2011. the areas are remote but the signs of a well-worn path are all around. water bottles, toiletries, bags, even clothes show this is one of the stops along the way. this is stop is on a 13,000-acre ranch managed by durham. how many people w

every friday they have a commentary by usually brooks and shield. shield is spoafsedly the -- spoafsedly the democrat and brooks the republican. david brooks said so descriptively he never read about a conflict in the past where the, one of the participants said kill some more of my people. that's what hamas is saying. when hamas fires these rockets, hamas has no idea where they'll land. military installation, they hope. a day care center this, they don't care. empty parking lot, they don't care. they're just firing these rockets indiscriminately. israel doesn't have the luxury about not worrying about where these rockets land. they must respond swiftly in shooting out all rockets or else risk serious harm to its people. in thwarting these rocket attacks, israel depends on what is termed and named the iron dome. it's a missile defense system. but as a number of rockets being launched from gaza continue to surge, israel's iron dome resources are being depleted. last week secretary of defense requested congress allocate millions in emergency funding t

>> brooke: oh, katie, why are you so sure about what ridge is saying? >> katie: i wasn't at first. >> brooke: and now? >> katie: i have my suspicions. there are a lot of things that bill needs to explain. >> brooke: like what? it's ridiculous. we were in the middle of getting married on the beach. there's no way bill could have arranged that de

>> brooke: well, he wasn't himself. i'm worried. >> bill: yeah, he's going through a pretty rough time. >> brooke: and he's blaming you. i'm sorry. >> bill: oh, uh, i appreciate that, but i'm a big boy. i can take it. >> brooke: still, some of the things that he was saying... maybe it is time that he see somebody professionally.

i'm brooke baldwin.go's top cop calls it groundhog day. 53 people were shot over this fourth of july holiday weekend. nine of whom were killed. that is 50 separate shooting incidents all the way from thursday night at 6:00 to sunday evening at midnight. in two of those cases, police shot and killed the suspects, both of whom were 16 years of age. this is the grim reality for the city of chicago. frustrating for families forced to bury their loved ones. the police superintendent is lashing out at what he calls lax state and federal gun laws. >> there's a greater sanction for the gang member to lose that firearm from their gang than there is to go to jail for possession of that gun. >> but what happens when guns don't kill? we know the statistics on homicides and incarceration in this country and in chicago, but there's an outcome of gun violence that many don't contemplate and it's plaguing cities across the country, paralysis. these bullets turn society upside down and they bear the cost for decades. her

arthur brooks, welcome. what were you seeking? >> it is a representative of human conscientious.he transcends a lot of the materialistic pressures. he's the most respected religious figure in the world. whether anybody likes that or not, it's the truth. he's somebody who thinks about the truth. we wanted to talk to him about many of the controversies we're seeing today, about how conscientious, free enterprise, how it all interacts. >> he called you the spiritual leader of the capital. >> one of the guests at one of our events said that. >> how do you reconcile his socialism with your capitalism? >> i asked him yet. it was a wonderful visit. i went to see him in his monastery. and i went and visited with him. i meditated for the morning. in the afternoon, we were talking and he said basically you love free intenterprise. i am a markist. i said, uh-oh. but he continued. but i do not believe in forced sharing of government. i believe in voluntary sharing as a basis of human morality. there's nothing that describes my point of view about this world better than that. >> but here's th

>> brooke: yeah, a little. >> eric: [ chuckles ] yeah. well... we almost lost ridge. but he's coming back to us today -- coming back to work, sketching right by my side, where he belongs. >> brooke: the best father-and-son team in the business. >> eric: yes. >> brooke: yes. [ chuckles ] >> katie: it's a big day, huh? >> ridge: yeah, it feels good to be going back. >> katie: you know, er

top of the hour, i am brooke baldwin. we are closely monitoring the situation in the mideast and begin with breaking news that reuters is reporting that israel is rejecting a cease-fire proposal, asking for modifications. i can tell you the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will announce whether he was able to broker a one week humanitarian cease-fire sunday between israel and hamas. again, reuters is reporting israel, the cabinet there rejecting a deal as it is in its current state. we are closely watching the cease-fire talks in cairo, and will bring you any announcement as soon as it is made here on cnn. >>> meantime, let's go to the pictures. furious protests erupted overnight in the west bank, following shelling of a united nations school in gaza where 16 palestinians were killed. protesters returned to the streets today in the west bank in what palestinian leaders are calling a day of rage. now, at this point in time, neither israel nor hamas accepts responsibility for explosions at the school. we will talk about t