diana buttu, your response? >> he is precise. he is precisely bombing children and women.if there targeting is so precise, then a are targeting women and children and civilians. at the end of the day, as much as they can say this is somehow an aggression against some element within the gaza strip, we know otherwise. the death tolls in these past three aggression's against the gaza strip amid these past three massacres, lay out the picture that is happening there. it is important to keep in mind what we're talking about in the gaza strip. this is a place that is twice the size of washington, d.c. with 1.8 million people in it, half the population under the age of 18. 43% is under the age of 14. if you're age seven, you have been through three bombing campaigns by the israelis. at the end of the day, as much as the israelis want to claim they're using target precision devices, etc., the toll is really being taken out on palestinian civilians. to date, the israelis have dropped more weaponry and more three-week over the campaign that took place in 2009. >> they say they're la

we will speak with attorney diana buttu who served as a legal advisor to the palestinians in negotiations with israel. and we will go to gaza for the latest. then occupy wall street protester cecily mcmillan is freed from prison after nearly two months in jail. she brings with her a

is diana buttu there? we'll have to check in with her in a little bit. >> yes, i am. >> is diana buttu there? all right. why don't we take a quick break while we get our phone situation taken care of? when we come back, we'll have more on these rocket attacks against israel. then of course, we'll go to the border and cover the immigration crisis here in the united states. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "the lead." we turn to the national lead. they are just children. about 52,000 of them since october. many journeyed more than 1,000 miles with no apparent adult supervision other than the smugglers who exploited their parents' hopes for a better life. instead of finding open arms, these children found themselves closed up in detention centers. the administration says it's not as if the u.s. can simply say, come on in. that would set a bad precedent yet the children keep coming. president obama touches down in texas tomorrow. he'll come with a plan to deal with this crisis at the border, white hous

we will speak with attorney diana buttu who served as a legal advisor to the palestinians in negotiationsith israel. and we will go to gaza for the latest. then occupy wall street protester cecily mcmillan is freed from prison after nearly two months in jail. she brings with hea

. >> that was diana buttu, a former spokesperson for the palestinian liberation organization. >>> west africa is seeing it's worst outbreak of ebola since 1976. the outbreak began in ginea, and since has spread to liberia and sierra leone. >> officials are disposing of what they call bush meat, fruit bats, monkeys, rats. they feel that it could be effecting everybody who eat it, but not everyone agrees. and the distrust is widespread. >> if we can't sell our meat our families are going to go hungry. we want our bush meat back. >> the center for disease control and prevention say that the outbreak is the most serious they have ever faced. >> what has happened over the past few months the infection has spread to multiple areas throughout all three countries and there is sustained transmission. >> reporter: they don't have specimen from this particular outbreak but they are studying the fruit bat which they believe is the host of fever-based diseases, cdc has been going to africa. people who chase down and identify patients. >> we know what controls these outbreaks. active identification

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