they have to give him a way to walk down from where he has been and, you know, dip mattically, i think because he can't want to continue this now otherwise it represents a total breach with the west and the united states and i don't believe down deep he wants that. >> what do we think of this. russian state control media a report that the ukrainian military accidently hit the malaysian jet when they tried to shoot down putin's presidential air craft. >> it is an outrageous lie. this guy is a thug and a liar. there hasn't been any doubt about that for a long time. the ukrainian business has not been in the business of shooting down planes. the rebels have. they've been shooting down cargo planes with russian provided military and russian personnel. a lot of the so called rebels are russian troops or agents. >> multiple choice. what will president obama do in reaction to this atrocity. will it be a push for more sanctions, b give ukraine military support like u.s. air power; c schedule more political fundra. >> he will not start now with military support. i think that would be a real mis

>> yeah, it looks like it is going to make it now because of drat mattic change that happened yesterdayharrisburg. this tax is so critical for philadelphia schools because it's expected to generate $45 million immediate tly that coul be used for the upkoomicoming s year. nbc 10 was in harrisburg all day waiting for an outcome on the vote. republicans were holding out their support in the house of the tax until some democrat leaders would agree to reform funding for the state pension program. something governor was pushing for. there was a lot of back and forth behind the scenes negotiations. philadelphia leaders including mayor michael nutter were involved. the votes came through for the bill 119-80. >> this was one of the most critical votes in the history of the philadelphia school district. >> we needed to make sure we delivered the support to the school district of philadelphia so that, again, kids wouldn't -- we wouldn't have 41 children in a classroom in september. 1300 jobs wouldn't be at risk. and we would be sending a strong message that education is our number one priority. >>

>> israel claims that many of the people are antise mattic. >> speakers condemned the settlement extension and protests against that are not bringing out as many people. there is a struggle between the israeli army and hamas in gaza with all of the civilian casualties that is capturing the anger. we are hearing over and over again, the key israeli government is that israel is defending itself against gaza. protests ended at the parliament and about aing cue weighses of the government being biassed against israel. the protestor however say support for the palestinian cause is growing by the week. >> well, with me in the studio is political analyst, we heard james quoting the israeli foreign minister and saying a cease fire for the cease fire sake, whether this lull in the fighting lead to any change in the conflict? >> it must otherwise it will not hold. it is becoming a simple as that. it seems that the palestinians and the israelis have spent a huge capital, political capital in this war. this is usually the case for the palestinians and this time around israel is paying a heavy price. ev

when the dip row mattic door was closed shut by has we had to option but to act military against the missiles and tunnels. >> what made you decide an air offensive was not enough? >> well the trouble with the tunnels is they're deep underground and they give the terrorists in zba zha the ability to penetrate inside israeli territory, to pop out of the ground at a place where we wouldn't expect and to cause murder and mayhem. mass casualty attacks. we had an example yesterday where 13 hamas terrorists crossed israel with machine guns, explosives and bazookas. it's important we deal with the tunnels on the ground on the gaza side of the frontier. >> is there hope there won't be as many civilian casualties with the ground offensive? >> there say plus and minus. there's a danger we've committed our boys to combat and we do that not lightly. we understand we could be facing israeli casualties and we're ready for that. we know hamas is a formidable opponent. they have built up over the last few years a formidable military machine and you've seen they can shoot rockets deep into the heart o

. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," dip plo mattic firestorms on multiple fronts today.ddle east. israel ramps up attacks overnight. striking a power plant as the united nations confirms two workers were killed today in gaza. with no end to the violence in sight, secretary kerry defending himself against a firestorm of criticism in the israeli media blasting him personally for the failed strategy. >> is it hurting your ability to be -- to be a mediator here? to have israel with the blind quotes of israeli officials attacking you so vociferously? >> i'm not worried about that. this is not about me. this is about israel and israel's right to defend itself. >>> and in eastern ukraine today, taking on putin. as fighting continues the prevent investigators from reaching the crash site, european leaders are moving today for harsh sanctions. this as the united states accus accus accus accuses russia of violating an arms treaty. >> they want to deescalate the conflict? their actions have not shown that they really have a

is trying to do to resolve what is happening on the ground between israel and gaza on the 15 low mattic front. >> all week, the obama administration was offering its god office to say broker a ceasefire between israel and hamas. the president spoke to benjamin netanyahu thursday, secretary of state kerry spoke to abass and prime minister netanyahu. neither seem to be willing to end hostilities at this point. of course, this week, secretary kerry is in vienna dealing with the iranian nuclear cries. perhaps there is a possibility of back channel talks taken there to deal with the gaza crisis. >> let's talk about the other big story in washington today, of course immigration, republicans now giving a thumbs down to president obama's request for billions in emergency funding. here's what con manage michael mccall had to say about it. >> house ups are saying we are not going to write a blank check for over $4 billion. >> has there been an administration response to all of this? >> first of all, the administration is saying that it's not a blank check, that in fact, they have spell would out