with us on set we have the president of the foreign relations, contributor john heilman, host of "way too early" and john roberts is running into the room. peter baker joins us as well as bbc correspondent kim gatis. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks. >>> let's get right to the break nugs this morning. the death toll is mounting this morning in gaza. ayman mohyeldin reports on an air strike of a suspected hamas member has left more than 27 members of one family dead. more than 500 palestinians have been killed since the conflict began. 110 on sunday alone. this is the deadliest day yet. 13 israeli soldiers were killed as well. two of them, americans. the rockets continue to rain down on israel, and they say they have killed 10 soldiers. ban ki moon has called israel's actions atrocious. and security council has called for an immediate cease fire. the situation from hour to hour going from bad to worse. >> the situation does keep getting worse. it is getting worse, in part, because hamas has built a series of tunnels. those tunnels are being destroyed. it sparked action.