it has basically been grounded. >> it has been grounded now. they had a fire in engine.y're trying to figure out what that is. this is a program that has been on the drawing board for a long time. inis going to be completed 2017. any time you invest that much money and that many airplanes for that many years, there's going to be a lot of questions. >> what are the chances that the show up turns up in the quantities that they are being talked about? >> they have already cut it by 20 ships. it went from 52 to 32. a good come down even from that. i would not be surprised. it's not going to get a lot of support in congress. budgets are tight. they're going to look for things to cut. if the apple can find more money that moneyr needs elsewhere, he will find something else to spend it on. >> i want to thank you very much. robert levinson. coming up, i will speak with the head of lacking the hotel's, the hotel chain that recently went public. he has some plans to take the southwestern inspired hospitality chain to the next level. ♪ >> this is "taking stock." i am pimm fox. la q

the tanks moved out of that, deeper and deeper inside gaza, we know that there has been ground fighting, combat, going on inside palestinian neighbourhood. israel released their own footage of that. the question is how much further and deeper inside gaza will the israeli army move. at the moment we are in the western part of gaza on the mediterranean sea. there has been air strikes, shelling along the area. we haven't seen the troops, israeli troops operating in the center of gaza. that would return gaza to a situation similar to the 2008/2009 war, and that is something that is terrifying for people. >> thank you very much indeed for that. nicole johnson reporting live from gaza. >>> let's speak to our diplomatic editor james bays in jerusalem. a failed ceasefire, and failed diplomatic attempts to try to get not only a longer ceasefire, but a permanent solution. yes, the end of diplomacy for now, i think. many here believe the israeli military may now start to expand the operations. the israeli military announced that they were going to themselves no longer respect the ceasefire in a st

decade plusrder for has been ground 0 on the issue of immigration. first. now you see texas in that same situation. borderlands in of itself is a complex issue. issues of e enforcement and the humanitarian risis that we're confronting now. it's one thing to talk to business folk and groups who are working with immigrants and talk the men and woman of border patrol and homeland security and get a deeper sense. be reality i think would important. but the symbolism also would be important. and that a priority this region of our country needs attention and a presidential visit would give that. >> you can pick up the phone and president? >> not readily no. there are certain layers you that.o go through to get but i think we have access. usually like with this crisis it's through people in but direct use, conversations -- we're asking conversation this from the hispanic caucus. we ask for direct conversations secretaries of homeland security and hhs ecretary and the president to talk about this crisis and the otential for any executive orders to relieve some of t

i can tell you the whole fleet has been grounded because safety is our first priority. until we understand what went we willth number 27, leave the airplanes on the ground. again, it is more important for us to be safe than anything else. what i can tell you is the entire enterprise to include the airworthiness authorities, services, lockheed martin, engineers, have been working for two weeks day and night to focus in on what the problem is. i believe as soon as we can understand that, we will get the airplanes in the air. but no sooner. >> do we know whether it is a structural orechanical issue or whether it was a maintenance problem? is there something bigger it is hinting to something smaller? >> i cannot comment on what we have found other than to say we are focusing on the engine. >> the planes were to have been in the u.k. to debut next week. is there a lasting impact in the evenyou miss that? >> the timing is unfnfortunate that we had this incident just before we were going to make our first international debut. to be honest with you, during the development progr

lockheed martin next iteration -- next-generation fighter has been grounded.ny believes it will be a big seller. one of the test pilots gave us an inside look. >> i am billy flynn. i'm a test pilot for lockheed martin. this plane is all about technology. one of the most interesting parts of this airplane, a single button in the cockpit and it transforms into the vertical landing mode. you can look at this and to the geometry. airplane,ture this every panel, every edge, every bolt is covered. it does not exist anywhere else and that allows us to be invisible to everything on the ground. six cameras embedded in his skin of the airplane. there is one on the other side, two in the bottom. they build this spherical image around me. i see a i turn my head, different structure of the airplane that is not there. most -- it has the .ost power, most robust engine this is an airplane that has magical things already. up, who wants billy flynn's job? i will bring you where we are at right now. a softer day across much of europe. u.k. inflation at 9:30 a.m. the big one is j

they haven't, you know, implemented a whole ground invasion yet. there has been small ground operations and didn't start only yesterday, but that is been going for a few days. >> the air strikes are continuing while this is going on. >> of course, the air strikes are continuing. artillery shells from the tanks are continuing from yesterday night. so this morning, still going on. the gun boats have been hitting gaza, targetting people as well. we have an attack from the land, sea, and air. and i am sure you also see what happens on the beach two days ago when they killed four kids from the same family in an open space, on the beach. they were playing football, and i am sure with their weaponry, they could see and tell that they were kids playing on the beach. they were targeted and killed immediately. when they were trying to flee - once again, they were hit again to make sure they were all dead. four of them died and other members. family were injoourd. >> thank you for describing what has been happening there. from gaza. >>> let's go to stefanie dekker, al jazee

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we're told there has been ground operations going on at various times between fighters from the palestiniane with the israeli soldiers as well as air strikes. most people from the neighborhood have left. and al jazeera has been covering what has been going on there a lot. we know it's really utter devastation in large parts of it. whole neighborhoods wiped out, houses wiped out, and anywhere warehouses are still standing they have been heavily damages. and we now have more than 180,000 people in various places, in united nations schools trying to take shelter. >> 100,000 people killed? where is that number coming from? >> alling of the information we get comes from the ministry of health. they keep very detailed records about this. we have had a lot of deaths overnight? various parts of the gaza strip from the north to some of the palestinian refugee camps and down in the south as well, and east, just about every place you can name in gaza has been hit at some stage over the last 12, 18 hours. one of the other reports we have had recently is a family that was fit in ruffa, the head of the f

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netanyahu now says he has no option but to expand the operation what's not clear is whether or not this will mean a ground offensive and certainly for days now the mood on the ground has been that a ground offensive is imminent the israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman who is known for his hawkish views is now calling for the israeli army to quote him to go all the way he says that the only solution the only way that israel can deal once and for all with hamas and islamic jihad is to completely control the gaza strip now seventy three percent of israelis were against the truce that was brokered on tuesday by egypt most israelis want to see an expansion of this operation but analysts that i've been talking to here on the ground are warning that any kind of expansion will ultimately be very costly for the israelis now harry fear my colleague in gaza has been catching up with people there who are under israeli rocket fire and fall does this report. egypt sappho its to facilitate a cease fire but he got off the starting block israel formally accepted the proposal but hamas continued firing dozens of rockets saying that it's times were not met the islamic resistance moveme

the introduction there is activity in the refugee camp area very close to gaza city and there has been groundbetween fighters from the brigade, military wing of hamas with israeli soldiers. tank shells have been fired into that area and as you said one child has been killed. >> nicole, over the past three weeks there has been huge damage caused by this military operation, what is that going to mean for the gaza economy going forward? >> reporter: well, the economy is not something we have talked about a lot over the last couple weeks but it has been devastated by what is going on and shops closed and businesses and the whole gaza strip is shut down while everyone has been at home and people have not been earning salaries, businesses not earning money at all. it's very difficult for people even though we have seen lots of lines of people outside of banks, most people won't have earned anything for the last few weeks. the other big issue has been electricities the. businesses that have opened had to spend a fortune on fuel to run generators to try and open their businesses for a few hours a day

responded that israel has no choice but to expand the operation what's not clear is whether or not this will mean a ground offensive and certainly for days now the mood on the ground has been that a ground offensive is imminent the israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman who is known for his whole tisch views is now calling for the israeli army to quote him to go all the way he says that the only solution the only way that israel can deal once and for all with him asked an islamic jihad is to completely control the gaza strip now seventy three percent of israelis were against the truce that was brokered on tuesday by egypt most israelis want to see an expansion of this operation but analysts that i've been talking to here on the ground are warning that any kind of expansion will ultimately be very costly for the israelis and the palestinians are also calling for qatar and turkey to now act as a mediator but israel is against this saying that they support the gazans and that they would not be objective in any kind of mediation process twenty four hours ago the hopes were strong that they would. the some kind of ceasefire the question now is how many more innocent lives n

been turned away once again for heavy fighting. extremely frustration for them as they want to begin the investigation of the debris on the ground. there has been heavy shelling in and around donetsk. >> the human rights chief said the shooting down of the plane may amount to a war crime. the united nations said more than 1100 people have been killed in fighting since mid-april. pro russian separatists want to breakaway from ukraine. >>> the head of the ukrainian parliament commission for human rights joins us now from kiev. a pretty damning report. more than 1100 people killed. what do you make of it? >> reporter: well, i should say that today they have announced that it was the war crime, which means that of those groups which are acting in ukraine supported by russia would have bee will be found and special efforts will be taken. >> those were the comment directed towards the separatist fighters in eastern ukraine. what about the ukrainian military role itself. she also directed blame at the authorities for not better protecting civilians. >> reporter: well, it's informational war now going on in ukraine. a lot of information that has t

it says russia has been testing ground-based cruise missiles. such tests were banned in an agreement from 1987. the deal was seen as a turning point in the cold war. but now relations are newly strained over russian support for pro-russian separatists in ukraine. the u.s. is preparing tougher sanctions. >> we and our european partners will take additional measures and impose wider sanctions on key sections of the russian economy if that is what we must do. >> russia continues its build- up of troops along its border with ukraine. it says it has looked into the allegations about a treaty violation and considers the matter closed. >>> "airbnb" no stranger to controversy from unauthorized house parties to squatters. coming up the new set of travelers the vacation rental site is courting. >> and the world series is happening right now! at least for little leaguers. the bay area teams vying for this championship. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. we have had a few clouds, even a few showers overnight. could we see

currently all the fleet has been grounded by the pentagon due to an engine fire. we don't know if the plane is going to be there. lockheed is addressing the other issue withes the a lating cost and announcing an agreement with the pentagon today to reduce that cost so that this fifth generation aircraft will, quote brks the price of a fourth generation by the end of the decade. lockheed is promising along with nor up thetl northrop grumman. if those are successful, it's saying the following two years, the u.s. government has the option to invest initial money if the initial cost reduction initiatives are successful. this way by 2019 we expect, quote, the f-35 with its unprecedented fifth generation cablibility will be nearly equal in cost to any other fighter on the market but with far more advanced capability. phil lebeau will be at farm bureau next week. the f-35 is supposed to debut there. if it us then't make it due to this current engine issue, it will be a huge embarrassment for the company. back to you. >> jane, thank you very much. if you thought europe wa

ground invasion in ga zba. palestinian health officials say 23 palestinians have been killed in the ground offensive. one israeli soldier has died apparently from friendly fire. the invasion, according to israeli officials, will be limited. >> strike the terror infrastructure, the rockets, the tunnels, the mechanisms they're using to strike and attack israel. >> hamas had a violent response to inoccurrence saying lit have dread fi consequences. holly williams is in gaza city. she joins us on the phone. good morning. >> good morning, marlie. israel has been threatening a ground offensive for days, calling out 50,000 reservists and amassing troops on the border of the gaza strip. it finally began last night at around 10:00 p.m. local time with soldiers crossing into gaza with tanks. they report one of its soldiers were killed during the initial phase of the invasion. three palestinian children were amongst the dead in the air strooiks last night. the first sign we had that a ground effective might be coming was a very heavy bombardment from the air last night, the heaviest we've receive the last 11 days. there was shelling fr

has to keep frac on what is on the ground. i would imagine based oen what the pentagon and the national security has been tying attention to. there are probably some folks that are taking a close look right now at what was with going on on the ground, where the data is, and what did the spy satellites detect. earlier this morning. the pine minister reacting to this p p i am shocked by reports that an image plane crashed he went on to say, we are launching an immediate investigation, with with that said, it is one of many investigations right now live at the white house p president air force one with. head to delaware. >> and the wilmington area, he is there for a previously scheduled event of transportation, and infrastructure later he is scheduled to nigh to new york city for a fund raiser, while en route, his press

there has been massive security operation here in the county. more boots on the ground. military has been deployed. more police units have been deployed. they have been navigating through the thick forrests looking for the attackers. since the operation began this week, 69 people have been arrested. so you can feel the government presence, but people are still fleeing from their homes. this woman's husband and 12-year-old son was shot at point-blank range. she watched helplessly. the gunmen then burned part of her house. 13 people were killed that night in her town. another nine in a neighboring county. >> translator: they asked for the sex of my baby. i told them it was a girl -- girl -girl -- [ technical difficulties ] >> to leave. the message also applies to christians. [ technical difficulties ] >> at the same time, we are monitoring -- tech tech >> so the red cross has to reduce the rations clear >> after being infected with the virus. syria, liberia. they've all reported new cases and deaths in the last few days. the virus kills up to 90% of those who are infected.

the security on the ground has been established. french troops are working in close cooperation with troops of other nationalities, notably from the region itself. secondly, the black boxes are here in france. they were found on friday. investigation of those boxes has begun. thirdly there is aagreement that there will be the transfer of bodies and remains from mali to france. it was stressed very much that this investigation will be painstaking, complex and long in terms of analysis of the black boxes, six engineers will be working full time for several weeks. the first step will be to establish whether the data inside them is recoverable. on the ground itself, the stress was that the logistics was very difficult. it is scrub lands and very remote. just to get from the main city the own in the region to crash site can take up to eight hours. imagine then how you can have 23,000 liters of water spotlight to investigators and teams on the ground. so of course the whole question of the weather, again now how that will effect it, the r

israel has been threatening a ground offensive for days calling up nearly 50,000 reservist, amassing troops and moving columns of tanks to the border. it seems as this offensive will be limitedk4f@ initially and target tunnels used by palestinian militants to infiltrate israel. the israeli military says it foiled attack by mill fans overnight thrieght sneak into israel killing at least one on the air strike on the mouth to have the tunnel. israel says it is that attack along with palestinian militant rock fire during what was supposed to be a brief humanitarian cease fire today that forced it to act to defend its own citizens. we talked this evening with a spokesman from hamas a militant group that controls the gaza strip, and he vowed to make israel pay dearly in his words for sending troops into the gaza strip. holly williams, cbs news, gaza. >> pelley: in california, two bank robbers and a hostage are killed in a fierce gun battle. and the challenge of conducting a crash investigation in a war zone when the "cbs evening news" continues. >> pelley: in stockton california, a mother

been more crashes at the tour de france? >> quite a few, for sure. >> reporter: has weather played a key part? >> absolutely. the moisture out there has been keeping the ground slick for the riders? >> reporter: so we have to be geared up. >> the white helmet is our invade helmet. you will see that on the flat sprint stages. up front you have the s works prevail the most veteran late helmet perfect for hot stages. >> reporter: i use that in the east bay because i ride quite a bit and very hot conditions. let's go over here now. this is a wind tunnel that specialized in morgan hill has built to practice riding in very windy conditions. how windy is it? >> it's about 25 miles per hour in here right now so very windy. >> reporter: yes, it is! and wind plays a key role on whatever you may be doing outside. if you want to know more information about our local weather or about the practices here at "specialized," visit us online at kpix.com/events. roberta gonzales, kpix 5. >> thank you. the tour de france riders are now in a rest day between stages 10 and 11. the race will pick up again tomorrow the final leg in paris on sunday july 27. >>> coming up, it's a litt

through the past 50 years heart university has been grounded by the legacy rendered and outcomes of the dedicated commitment of countless locals as well as national civil rights activists. signed into law by president lyndon b. johnson on july 2nd 1964, the civil rights act outlawed discriminatory voting requirements and segregation in schools, employment, and places of public accommodation. today's keynote speaker, attorney general eric holder, has made protecting civil rights a tough priority of his administration of the department of justice. howard university awarded president lyndon johnson and honorary doctor of law degree at our june 5th 1965 commencement convocation. in his commencement address he offered the following insight on the future path of civil-rights and our country. it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. all our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. this is the next and more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. we seek not just freedom but opportunity. we seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality

we've heard from various leaders criticizing what has been happening on the ground there. has malaysia been reacting to any of this? >> reporter: the malaysian prime minister has been very cautious not to place any public blame as yet. he's spoken in terms of we're very angry at the people responsible for this but has not mentioned russia, has not mentioned the pro-russian separatists that the united states and other countries are i am mr. i indicating in all of this. the prime minister, we are told, is waiting to are a report, an international report to be released before he goes on the record publicly blaming anyone for this. none t nonetheless, watching the images from ukraine of the fields, the bodies in the fields and then imagining that there may be malaysians that are there, not getting the proper treatment or respect that they deserve, it's devastating. >> that's right. will ripley, thank you so much for that live report from kuala lumpur. >>> with all the turmoil in ukraine right now, another major development to tell you about. prime minister has resigned along wi

it has basically been grounded. >> they had a fire in an engine. re trying to figure out what that is. as a program that has been on the drawing board for a long time. outs going to be brought into 2017. any time you invest that much money for that many years, there are going to be a lot of questions. >> what are the chances that this ship shows up in the quantities that rp -- that are being talked about? >> they have already cut it by 20 ships. it went from 52 to 32. it could come down from that. i wouldn't be surprised. it is not going to get a lot of support in congress. when budgets are tight, they are going to look for things to cut. if the admiral can find more money elsewhere or needs money elsewhere, he will find something else to spend it on. >> i want to thank you very much, robert levinson and yang yang from washington. coming up, i will speak with the head of la quinta hotels, the hotel chain that recently went public, and he has plans to take the southwestern-inspired hospitality chain to the next level. ♪ >> this is "taking stock." la

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ground and then got sucked under. >> i was thinking of everybody. dad, mom, my sister, brothers. i was praying that i would make it through. >> sweet girl. she has been200 yards before she emerged in the creek. she was rescued several hundred more yards down stream. incredible. >> yeah. my mom, my dad -- wow! glad she is safe. >>> our weather now. our chief meteorologist bill martin. my daughter goes dad what is with thisworthyward. >> it is -- this weird weather. >> it is weird. feels like southern california. we don't get a lot of humidity. we do along it coast. inland this time of year it is usually dry. the moisture made things sticky, muggy. more san diego like. more dallas. more atlanta. the forecast highs tomorrow like today. accept the clouds are not going to be there. moisture moves out. a drier heat. it will feel cooler tomorrow because of that. with the moisture, the humidity makes you feel hotter, right? when there is moisture in the air, you stay warmer. the forecast for tomorrow, like today. fog along it coast. we have fog trying to show up, around ocean beach. not there -- patches now. but it will fill in tonight. you know that. marine

the business of pot for fun has been built from the ground up. growers and processes got licences in march. and the first legal crop has not been harvested. >> it's hard to get up and running. it's the only place that i can get product from are those peep, and they are struggling. >> store owners and state regulators expect a bumpy beginning, and supply problems to ease in the months ahead. >>> many brazilians are on a different trip. the excitement for the world cup semifinal. without the star player many wonder if brazil has what it takes to send germany home. we test the mood among fans on both sides. >> at the market, famous for its cheese. nervous brazilians stock up on snacks ahead of the semifinal in germany. >> translation: we will be eating a lot, especially our nails. >>> brazilians are as anxious as excited about-facing a strong opponent without their star striker, neymar, who suffered a fractured vertebrae in the quarterfinals. >> translation: we are nervous because both teams are good. neymar's absence is a heavy blow. >> brazilians k

israel has been threatening a ground offensive for days, calling out nearly 50,000 reservists, amassing troops and leading columns of tanks to the border. looks like initially, this offensive will be quite limited and target tunnels used by palestinian militants to infiltrate israeli territory. israeli said it foiled an attack overnight by militants trying to sneak into israel and that it killed at least one of them with an air strike on the mouth of the tunnel. israel says it is that attack as well as attacks by palestinian militants during what was supposed to be a brief humanitarian cease fire today but it's forced to act to defend its own citizens. officials in gaza say more than 230 palestinians have been killed during these air strikes and we expect to see many, many more casualties tomorrow. during the same period, the militants have fired more than 1,000 of their rockets into southern israel, killing one person. we talked this evening with a spokesman from hamas, the militant group that wants the gaza strip, and he vowed to make israel pay dealer dearly, in mie words, for sendin

ground. >> the secretary has been engaged with binyamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. he's been engaged with leaders. the qataris and others. he'll continue the engagement even while he has been on the ground in china. we haul have a stake and seeing a deescalation and are concerned about the loss of innocent lives on the ground. >> turning to the border crisis in the u.s. congress is considering president obama's proposal of $4 million. the minute men may make a comeback. they patrolled the border with the goal of preventing illegal immigrants to enter the country. they disbanded in 2011, but a couple of weeks ago the founder suggested it may start again. >> i wake up every morning wondering if it's time to relaunch the minute man project. this time three times as large as the last one. >> he confirmed that he's relaunching the minute man campaign, it will take 10 months and cover 2,000 miles and expects 3,000 volunteer to paept. america is divided. two cities, murrieta, and a port city have taken different approaches. jennifer london explains. >> in murrieta, californ

has been moved. >> scott heidler has been on the ground at the site and has the latest. >> reporter: wild flowers on one of the plane's burnt and crumb mped -- crumpled wings, the first memorial on site for those on malaysia airlines mh17. it was placed there by this woman. her son's house was metres away. >> translation: it's sad for all the people, the pilot, the children. it's awful to see something like this happening in our country. >> reporter: after laying uncovered emergency workers put the bodies in bags and lay them on the roadside. armed separatist fighters came down the hill to the area we have been broadcasting and for the first time in 48 hours since the crash happened, we've been told to get out of the areas because investigators are coming in. soon after we were moved back the european monitoring commission arrived. after an initial standoff they were let into the area of the crash. >> translation: i'm saying no to the osce. >> reporter: eventually they were allowed into more areas than an friday which ended with warning shots fired. >> the area is beyond what we see, we'll consult w

has he been saying? surprises to what he has been saying. he has been saying that the army has been told to prepare for a significant expansion of this groundbegan at 10:00 p.m. local time last night. restoremate aim is to peace to israel and stop the rockets being fired towards israeli communities. he also says that many in the alone, to hamas to be blame for the current situation. hamas rejected the cease-fire proposal by egypt. israel had accepted it. there is no love lost between hamas, an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood. in egypt. so benjamin netanyahu has been saying, and defense minister saying that hamas will pay a heavy price. hamas has said that the israelis will pay a heavy price for the ground offensive. indication as to how long this ground operation is going to last? >> some reports in the media suggesting that maybe oene or two weeks. this is an open-ended operation. it ends when the operation has been completed. it will become tweeted when the rockets have stopped being fired towards israel-- it will be completed when the rockets have stopped being fired towards israel. used titles to dig underground from gaza to infiltra

throughout the past 50 years, our university has been grounded by the legacy rendered by the out comes of the dedicated commitment of countless locals, as well as national civil rights activists. signed in law on july 2nd, 1964, the civil rights act outlawed segregation. today's keynote speaker, attorney genric holder has made protecting civil rights a tough priority of his administration at the department of justice. in his commencement address, he offered the following insight about the future path of civil rights in our country. it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. all of our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. this is the next and more profound stage of our civil rights. i believe that presentations and discussions in today's symposium highlight the critical importance that must continue to guaranteed justice and civil rights for all citizens. as we reflect on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 1964 civil rights act, we celebrate the activists who sacrifices paved the road toward equality. their commitment strengtsenned our nation.

so we can say the regime has been making gains on some fronts but losing ground on others. wever, has been winning more or less across the board in iraq and syria since early june. >> meanwhile, the fight for damascus rages on. >> reporter: that's correct. there, again, we have more than one fight. we have seen some escalation of violence between the regime and main rebel groups ongoing for months, of course. we have seen some escalation. we have also seen significant escalation in the last couple weeks of violence between main rebels and i.s.i.s. pointing out that the rebels who perhaps we can say the array have been main loser in part because they lack the organization and resources to fight effectively against both the regime and i.s.i.s. rebels work to the advantage of both the regime and i.s.i.s. despite the fact the two are fighting right now. >> amid the fighting how would you describe the humanitarian situation currently on the ground in syria? >> it's devastating. it has been devastating and remains devastating and tragically will continue to be devastating. and the

and as victims and refugees that are fleeing violence. >> senator hutchison, your state, texas, has been groundhow do you balance -- and again, i've been calling the president -- he's been trying to be a law-enforcing humanitarian and that's pretty difficult to do. where do you come down on what you're seeing? are they even arguing about the same problem? it seems like sometimes they're not even on the same page. >> t.j., i think they are on the same page and i think it is a balancing act. but i think that the policy has to be driven by what can we handle, and it's an overwhelming number at this point. and when you come in to starting schools, where are you going to put these children for the school needs and the care needs? it just is untenable. so i do think that the right thing is for them to go back home and be reunited with their families, and i think there needs to be a clear message from the president that it is not the right thing for parents to send their children away. sometimes with people who are abusing them, in the hopes that they're going to find a way to stay here, because we ju

fire deal the fighting has left nearly six hundred palestinians dead while nearly thirty israeli soldiers and citizens have been killed artie's harry fear has been on the ground covering the conflict he spoke with a doctor in gaza who is working to treat the wounded. what israel is actually doing is applying an immensely disproportionate force which we see not at least in the hospital i mean when we look at all these burned bodies i think they use an ira of different grenades and charges. both of the bombardment of buildings and destroying of whatever hobbit out there is to call this sort of on to person all the facts. and the shuttles are really hard to treat because it takes number one they're deadly if they penetrate your cave it is scrolled the chest abdomen they would cut open but blood vessels and you bleed to death within a short time depending on the size of the truck but if that it doesn't penetrate like we had all these children with hundreds of shrapnel stuck you have to sit and extract one by one and it's extremely painful and of course it's dangerous because you cannot infections so it's an irony of weaponry that they are using all the time . wha

in reality ground has already been broken. excavation is well underway. the manager says it will go quickly. >> you will see a big hole and then at some point segments will be brought in. we hope within a year you will the summit being poured in and out of the ground. >> one 925 -- the $925 million casino will look like this. inside, 100 40 table games, a 300 room hotel, and thousands of new hires. >> the casino plans don't please everyone. there were traffic complaints about the signage on the building. she was and the only no vote as the county council gave that she was the only no vote. a -- she was the only no vote. the president promises politicians will not regret the decision. >> it goes on and on and on. this building is built it will cover most of this hillside and we set the pace of construction was really going to pick up. it is scheduled to be completed in just two years. abc 7 news. very much is it for abc seven news at five. the news continues now on abc seven news at six. abc sevenom the broadcast centers, this is abc seven news at six on y

. >>> the farnborough hair airshow is happening in hampshire as the fleet has been grounded in the u.s. but will they turn up at all this week? phil lebeau is joined exclusively by the ceo of lockheed martin. >> reporter: thank you. i am joined by marilyn here, will we see this fleet here in the u.s.? >> we are in a development program right now, so we are in the midst of dealing with a particular issue, but it is like any aircraft development program. we have worked with the issue and get to reboot and we are hoping to see it on the world stage later this week. >> reporter: and the reports that are defense officials looking at this say we have not found the root cause yet behind this engine fire. are you confident that that will make the final determination in the next day or two? >> i'm certainly confident they are going through a disciplined process. they always do. this is normal for any aircraft development program to go through a disciplinary process, get to root cause and we are very hopeful it will be in time for the aircraft to be here. >> reporter: this is the latest setback

of course it has been grounded since the engine fire in florida in late june, as a result lockheed martin'slic debut here. the ceo told us today, she is optimistic that by the end of the air show, over the next week and a half, we will eventually see the f-35. >> we're certainly looking forward to the opportunity to see that f-35 here. it's a unique capability for u.s. government and allies around the world. we're in a development program, we're in the midst of dealing with a particular issue but like any aircraft development program, we work through the issue get to the root cause and looking to see it here this week. >> reporter: shares of lockheed martin. back to you. frankly, it's hard to hear out here as military jets flying overhead. >> occupational hazard, phil. great stuff all day today and more to come, phil lebeau. stop trading with jim. not only a fresh record high for the dow, best day since may 21st. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mer

been getting worse for quite some considerable time now. i do think they should be much more engaged on the ground with the factions in libya. >> a white house official says the u.s. has been actively engaged on the ground in libya and will remain so. the exodus of american diplomats from libya, follows a partial evacuation of the u.s. embassy in baghdad last month as isis rebels threatened the city. and evacuations in cairo and yemen last year. damascus in 2012. has it become too dangerous to keep any u.s. embassies in the middle east open? >> no. the default position is to keep highly skilled professionals on the ground, trying to advance our interests, even in a war zone, even with bullets flying around. we're used to it. we're good at it. >> still one u.s. official says the pentagon had been pressing for weeks to evacuate the personnel in tripoli. especially after the airport had come under attack, leaving americans no way to get out. >> a break here now, but when we come back, we'll have an update on an australian couple attempting to get to the crash site of flight 17. their daughter was just one of many on board that jet liner. >> and in italy, more than two ye

>> well, i think not only that, but iraq has been a solid training grounds for him. i think he witnessed day by day the inability of iraqi leaders. he witnessed how the americans basically operated in iraq. he learned a lot. he suffered the defeat of al-qaeda when the tribal leaders rallied behind the government, and mor more or less abandoned the resistence. he has seen a lot inside iraq. i think he found his moment when syria opened up. he rebuilt and regrouped, and he obviously is extremely calculating. he has not only the division but the political leadership. every move he has made so far indicates that he is not just a terrorist running around throwing bombs. he's calculating, running corporationing bringing in the men around him whether they're al-qaeda followers or not. >> it sounds like you assess him as a formidable character, more dangerous? >> i looked at that sermon carefully. every single move the symbolism that he is betraying, the way he did it through his speech, and the fact that he managed to build all this in two years and then storm into mosul, a

i or other top story today on r t israel is winding its ground offensive in gaza one of its soldiers has been killed the first is really military fatality in this latest campaign which kicked off late on thursday the operation has also led to palestinian casualties. and that. the little very well the that the. that. these images show the bodies of three children who were reportedly hit by artillery fire they are among more than twenty palestinians who have died since this ground operation started taking its toll. on friday a barrage of heavy bombardments rained on across gaza with locals reporting tanks forcing the border it's really warplanes have also reportedly struck a building housing several media offices rockets are still being fired into israel by militants as well and israel says its ground troops are trying to destroy its initial target the tunnels being used by hamas to infiltrate the. because if your brain just. well the streets of gaza remain empty throughout this morning after the sun rose people here fear that this ground incursions will continue in the coming days people here