alicia: conor powell in jerusalem. go to the former director of communications in spokesperson at the united states mission to united states new york. this is much more about other issues beyond the fate. >> absolutely. as a reporter, conor powell mentioned, this affects the area, relations with russia, relations with armenia. an array of things including human rights overall. turkey right now is on the midst of a very impressive. in which erdogan is really a desperate. he's imprisoned tens of thousands. not just political opponents, but teachers, journalists in jail rm turkey. essentially it slid into what actually a nobel prize-winning literature writer called a terror state a few years ago in the problem has actually worsened since the coup. eric: are they really truly a nato ally? >> we can't kick them out of nato. it's a very complicated system, but certainly we can work together with like-minded allies to put pressure on turkey. germany, france, netherlands, other members can begin the process. >> it seems like h

we want conor powell from jerusalem, thanks very much. up next to winners and losers from the president's trade and tariff policy, and first, in a typically peaceful area of southern syria. mass funerals were held today in the area was the scene of several suicide bombings including one at a busy vegetable market. they left does devastation and a set in motion the motion the coordinated assaults. those in poland have been swimming at more than 50 baltic sea beaches after hot weather left growth of bacteria and the unusually warm water. warnings were issued same teria may cause allergies and rashes. drinking contaminated water can alsoo serious digestive problems. the british government says doctors will not be able to legally provide cannabis-based medicines. it denies treatment to severely epileptic children. it has no plan to be criminalizing the drug for recreational use. use. we have other stories from beyond the border, we will be right back. get your groove on with one a day 50+. ♪ get ready for the wild life ♪ complete multivitamin

conor powell explains from jerusalem. >> there's a brief few hours of calm this morning but the most gaza as peers to be like so many others. short and temporary. the fighting resumed sunday afternoon with israeli airstrikes targeting hamas militants, trying to send burning balloons into israel. the use of burning kites and balloons is a relatively new tactic employed by militants. hamas and other groups have sent hundreds of kites and rockets into israel in recent weeks. and in response, the israeli air force launched the largest wave of airstrikes in gaza since the 2014 war on saturday. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, called yesterday's airstrike against hamas a punishing blow. but so far, the israeli airstrikes have done little to stop their rockets. and the most recent back-and-forth comes after months of protest. some violent, some peaceful. along the israeli security around gaza which has left more than 130 palestinians dead. the trump administration is supposed to deliver its new middle east peace plan in the coming weeks. but with tensions rising between israelis

conor powell is live from the jerusalem bureau with more. >> hi, mike.s very much an international one. it was correlated by the united nations and ultimately carried out by the israeli military. we understand that there were about 800 or so of these white helmet rescue workers and their families that were stranded along the syrian israeli border for about the last month or so. due to the security situation though, only about 400 or so were able to make it out last night. they were escorted by israeli troops and un troops in israel on the buses and taken over by bus into neighboring jordan. according to the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, us, canada, germany and united nations asked israel to help in this rescue effort. the white helmets organization which has been funded by the west is very much part of the anti-assad coalition in syria. they have been credited with saving tens of thousands of lives. the assad government however, in russia, views them as agents of a foreign power. also as terrorists. they routinely target them in both airstrikes and

alicia: conor powell in jerusalem, thank you.e president mike pence weighed in on the potential sanctions if the turkish government continues the refusal to release the pastor. >> the truth is, either said earlier this week the president has made clear transferring the pastor to home arrest is just not good enough. and the united states of america is prepared to bring sanctions against turkey. until pastor andrew brunson is free. eric: for more on this we have our security and foreign policy analyst with us. it appears the president erdogan is angling for the turkish cleric -- >> is troubling because the pastor was arrested after the coup. was the government of turkey believes they are responsible for. the u.s. does not believe that the pastor is actually part of that movement. and would like to pressure turkey including president erdogan to release him and then to look at the case of the involvement and these are two separate things. unfortunately now, they merge them into one. eric: i mean he even said we have a pastor, you hav

conor powell, thank you. >> still ahead.repreneur hopping on his local police department. we will tell youwo how much mony he has raised so far. value of your car. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ >> one very lucky missouri police department is getting more than $3000 in donations thanks to an eight-year-old entrepreneur. - - set up a lemonade stand. he raised money for his local police force. his dad says he cannot be more proud of his son. i think you can see why. >> i think it's great. we've tried to teach generosity to him and his older brother. it's nice when your kid has their own idea and allow them to do that on their own. >> i'm trying to see how much i can do. i want a lot more over $12. >> i think she got a lot more. $3000 is incredible. >> one very large andnumber of fine young men that have come out of the state of missouri. on that note, we will see you next weekend. chris wallace has rudy giuliani and the treasury secretary next.>>chris: i am chris wallace, president trump takes credit for cooling a trad

correspondent conor powell has the latest from our middle east news worm. >> american andrew brunsons the center of a growing war of words between the trump administration and turkish president. today brunson's lawyer said he has appealed to the turkish authorities for his clients willies. it comes as both president trump and vice president pence have in recent days threatened economic sanctions on turkey if the nato ally doesn't release a north carolina native. >> the president and the turkish government, i have a message on behalf of the president of the united states of america. release pastor andrew brunson now or be prepared to face the consequences. [applause] >> the president responded to the threat of sanctions on sunday saying his government will not back down. the christian pastor has lived in turkey for more than 20 years, but turkey accuses brunson of terrorism and for supporting a turkish cleric who lives in pennsylvania and who president erdogan believes was the mastermind behind a failed military coup in 2016. turkey is demanding he be extradited. last week brunson was

conor powell, thank you very much with the breaking news that the israeli military has shot down a syriantep down after a disturbing appearance on sasha barren cohen's new tv show. jason spencer is shown yelling racial slurs repeatedly. during another segment, he lowers his pants. the actions are called, quote, appalling and offensive. the republican house speaker calling on spencer to resign immediately. the show has been slammed by critics for deceiving officials from both parties. >>> the boston marathon bomber could avoid the death penalty if his lawyers get their way. "the boston globe" reporting lawyers have filed a brand new motion that says they found 30 reasons why dzhokhar tsarnaev's death sentence should be thrown out. three people were killed in the april 2013 attacks, he was convicted of planting bombs at the finish line with the help of his brother who was killed in a shootout with police. >>> this violent immigrant could walk free after escaping from i.c.e. officials at the airport. according to "the new york post," prosecutors used the wrong statute to charge the man from