charlie haden, a grammy award winning bassist. his lyrical baselines improvising off the melody upended the traditional bop sound of the times and became known as free jazz. in 2012 he was honored by the national endowment of the arts as a jazz master. charlie haden died yesterday at 76. >>> brazilian world cup fans are mourning a loss. the netherlands defeated the host country 3-0 in the match. a pair of early goals left brazil struggling early on and they never recovered. germany takes on argentina in tomorrow's title game. >>> a sight in cleveland had everyone talking today and it was not king james. a controlled demolition took down the city's inner belt, the bridge in true explosive fashion. for 55 years it carried hundreds of millions of cars across the cuyahoga river. this morning it was gone in half a second. it will be replaced by two new bridges. they should both be up and running in time for lebron's debut this fall. >>> and it is the moon that will be taking on a starring role tonight. a so-called super moon will light

chuck the late charlie haden, speaking in 2006. she died this past weekend.to see the full interview, you can go to democracynow.org. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in the gaza strip where israeli defense forces and tanks are positioned along the border in the seventh day of israel's offensive. as of this morning, the palestinian death toll has reached at least 172, among them 140 civilians, including 30 children. according to gaza's health ministry, more than 1200 people have been wounded. this week and brought the deadliest strikes to date, including a bombing that killed 18 members of the same family. no israelis have been killed. on sunday, the israeli military dropped leaflets and sent text messages to warn residents the northern palestinian town to evacuate the area as it planned to intensify its large scale bombing campaign. one displaced resident described israeli leaflets telling locals "any moving body after noon will be struck." in addition the bombing homes, israel has car

charlie haden died yesterday at 76. >>> brazilian cup fans are morning a loss.was 3-0 in the third place match. a pair of early goals left brazil struggling oriole and they never recovered. germany takes on argentina in tomorrow's title game. >>> a sight in cleveland had everyone talking today and it was not king james. a controlled demolition took down the inner belt, bridge in true explosive fashion. for 55 years it carried hundreds of millions of cars across the cuyahoga river. this morning it was gone in half a second. it will be replaced by two new bridges. they should both be up and running in time for lebron's debut this fall. and it is the moon that will be taking on a starring role tonight. a so-called super moon will light up the skies, appearing bigger and celebrator than what we're used to. it happens when the moon orbits closer to earth. if you happen to miss tonight's show, you're in luck. this is the first of three super moons we'll see this summer. >>> up next, 77 years later another amelia earhart is flying into the history books. you know what

and the jazz world is mourning the death of bassist charlie haden a member of the quartet.ssed away friday he was 76. a billion people are expected to watch around the globe today as argentina plays germany in the world cup final in rio. yesterday the netherlands won third place after defeating host country brazil 3-0. if the moon appeared especially large last night it was. it's what is called a supermoon unusually close to the earth because of the elliptical orbit. no worries, two more supermoons are ahead on august 10th and september 9th. now the weather. a cold front from canada is expected to trigger powerful storms that will sweep across the nation's mid section and in to the northeast. also sent mercury falling across the midwest, stormy in many parts of the nation in the week ahead. warming up in the midwest, very hot in the northwest. >> cowan: ahead, a summertime light show. >> cowan: ahead, a summertime light show. but next, the me and the guys walked into this place. >> cowan: ahead, a summertime lighyou woulda thought but nefrom the name of it, it was gonna be