med-care.eliver a better life. >> pelley: six flags is trying to figure out why a rollercoaster malfunctioned in maryland yesterday. two dozen people had to be rescued. they were stuck for five hours on the joker's jinx. 75 feet above ground, rescuers handed out umbrellas to shade the riders from the sun until they were taken down. there were no serious injuries. last night was one of those rare occasions when people got to share a sense of wonder and awe just by looking at the sky, at the phenomenon known as the supermoon. as it rose over hong kong greece of kerabsak that was the scene of a world war ii battle and n towhe scene of a mission to recover the fallen. chip reid is there. >> reporter: in november 1943 18,000 u.s. marines stormed this pacific island. it was so heavily fortified a japanese commander boasted it would take a million men 100 years to take the island. it took the marines three days. jim morrow was one of those marines. >> my first emotional moment came when i got over the

med-care.deliver a better life. . >>> breaking news the white house tonight weighing its options in iraq. air strikes are on the table. this is two years after president obama ended the war in iraq and brought the american troops home. tonight he met with his national security team in the situation room. cnn has been told that there are concerns the terror group known as isis could make a move against several dozen u.s. military advisors in irbil, in northern iraq in the kurdistan region. armed isis fighters swept over iraq in the past month. they created a humanitarian crisis. when we say that what they are doing is threatening to slaughter minority groups that includes christians and small subgroups of muslims. the united states began humanitarian air drop missions to some of those groups that are stuck in the mountains without access to hygiene or water. if they come down the mountain they will be executed. good to have you all of us. jim you finished meeting with the national security advis

med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> the prices at the pump are driving some of you crazy tonight. we'll look at northeast d.c. where you can get a great deal at the shell located at 2300 south dakota area. you can fill up for 3.50 a gallon. on the higher end it costs four bucks at exxon at 1 florida avenue. >>> tonight the world remembers actress lauren bacall. >> the 89-year-old died yesterday morning. she became a star in her very first film playing opposite humphrey bogart in to have and have not. the two married and made two more movies together. she got an academy award nomination for the mirror has two faces. >>> a tribute to the late robin williams starts friday in d.c. when the west end cinema will start airing the fisher king, and others on its daily schedule. williams was found dead in his home monday. police say he hanged himself. >>> hidden hazards at hotel pools, the surprising results from a wusa9 investigation in a little bit. >> trending now, how much can you tell about a pe

med-care.deliver a better life. >>> no one in toledo, all 400,000 people in the city have been able to drink their tap water because of the human algae bloom on lake erie where the city of toledo gets their water supply. the mayor just came out to give a news conference and yes, you can drink your water. again, the ban has been lifted. listen. >> the decision that we made in the early morning hours of this day to return to the two specific neighborhoods and do random samplings in order to establish whether or not we had an issue within these neighborhoods has now been resolved. all six test results come back with no problems whatsoever. there's no decertainable microorganisms in the water at this time. so we are lifting the no drink advisory. our water is safe. >> so how do we flush the system? how quickly can people go online? >> what i'm going to do is have our health department speak to this issue rather than me give you a layman's opinion as to what flushing is and how it is required. >> an

med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> we are just about 34 hours into the longest cease-fire yet between israel and gaza. right now a small team from the u.s. state department is on its way to cairo, egypt, acting in a supportive role as israeli and palestinian negotiators meet. they're using egyptian officials as go-betweens for the negotiations. in the meantime, back in gaza, residents are trying to negotiate a new reality, one where homes and businesses, hospitals and markets once stood, are now leveled, taken out by israeli rockets. but in the attacks, neither side can escape blame. during the conflict, critics have slammed hamas, claiming it used its own people as human shields, firing rockets from neighborhoods full of civilians, and now an indian tv network seems to confirm that. look at what the news crew says it saw just outside the window of their hotel. >> by reasonable doubt, it's fair to guess that this is a potential hamas rocket launching site, that this is an area very heavily

the best part...med-care saves us money! med-care allows us the time to do the things we love.ed-care. we deliver a better life. i'm jake tapper live in jerusalem. the israeli-palestinian cease-fire has gone up in flames and the rockets and missiles are once again flying. much more on this dangerous situation coming up. but first, another dangerous situation. a second round of u.s. air strikes has begun in iraq. jim sciutto has been following the american response to isis, the deadly al qaeda offshoot that has sent hundreds of thousands of civilians literally fleeing for their lives. good to see you as always. two navy fighter jets dropped laser-guided bombs this morning. what good is a limited air strike against a group that even al qaeda reportedly considers too extreme? >> despite all the territory they've managed to capture in syria and iraq, these red and black areas, these operations are limited as defined so far because the objectives of these operations are limited to two main goals, the first goal is here and these are the yazidi people holed up in the mountains just t

med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> only on 9 tonight keeping your family safe, we're talking about swimming pool safety. andrea mccarren looks at hotel pool inspection reports in d.c. >> reporter: using the freedom of information act we obtained thousands of pages of inspection reports for all the swimming pools in d.c. and many of its suburbs. you may be surprised what doesn't pass code and what does. surprisingly it's not a code violation in d.c., t buagain and again of health inspectors noted that emergency phones located poolside could not dial 911. instead they're routed directly to the front desk. >> that is allowable per the d.c. pool code. >> the emergency phone lines were dead, no dial tone at all. at fairfield inn and suites on new york avenue and at the washington courtyard by marriott on connecticut avenue. that marriott inspection also revealed a handicapped accessible chair that wasn't working, floating debris and a loose railing. >> if the railing is loose, you might lose yo

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med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> the first preseason games of the 2014 season are just a day away for plenty of teams, including the ravens and redskins. the skins will face the patriots tomorrow night at fedex field but the two team finished up joint practice today in richmond. our dave owens was there. >> reporter: yesterday a three- hour practice. today the antithesis of that. a slow, slumbering pseudo walk- through the only bit of news is that desean jackson was cleated. he has an ankle injury and might not play tomorrow. we'll see. thus ends three days of joint practices between the patriots and the redskins. itself players reflecting. -- the players reflecting. >> it went good. a change of pace. you get to go against another great offense and get to go against tom brady and company. it's been a great pass three daa lot of work. >> it's been a lot of good work. we did the one on ones, team drills and situational things. it's been good going against other drugs breaking up the mo not

med-care.ver a better life. >>> the president of the united states is about to answer reporters' questions at the state department. lots of questions on international crises underway. let's bring back our panel. if you look at the new poll, how is the president handling foreign policy, only 36% approve. 60% disapprove. in may of 2011, 57% in the same poll approved. why has it gone down? >> i think to the point jim was making earlier. it's gone down because you have a number of world crises. we're talking about russia and ukraine. israel and gaza, ebola, we don't talk as much about libya or iraq. the administration hoped we would be talking about a pivot to asia and dealing with china. if you pulled out a map or a globe, what you find is trouble. syria, and so that's drag iging the president down. the fact that, again, some of this is beyond his control, but the american people look to their president to have some success stories, for some good news. especially on the big ones. they don't see it

med-care.ife. >>> we're following the breaking news, a new round of usair vikes in iraq. more presumably on the way. joining us now our national security analyst peter bergen, retired u.s. air force intelligence officer is, colonel cedric lleyton and chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. colonel, you heard the official we just spoke to said the u.s. has two missions,ive sa the people stranded, tens of thousands of them on top of this mountain, the bottom of the mountain is isis forces. secondly make sure the folks in erbil the big city in the north are safe. can you do that with air power alone? >> i don't think so. i know the administration is trying to put a good face on this. if you use air power alone you can do interdiksz missions and keep people from getting to certain places for a while. at some point you run out of weapons, munitions if you don't have the logistical train to supply that. the u.s. has a significant rain to do that, but they have to be very careful because th

plus, med-care takes private policies, medicaid, even my medicare! now we have the time to do the things we love. med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> welcome back to "the lead," live once again from jerusalem. it is day two now of a three-day cease-fire. we on "the lead" have covered the grisly civilian death toll in gaza at length and we've put israeli officials on the spot and we've tried sadly, in vain, to get palestinian leaders to decry the ways hamas has put their own people in jeopardy while also trying to kill israeli civilians and soldiers. before the relative calm, israel claims militants in gaza fired 3,000 rockets and many stored assembled and fired from near humanitarian shelters, hospitals, schools, mosques, population centers and now we're seeing exactly how it's done. >> 80% of gaza -- >> caught on tape. palestinian militants reportedly launching a rocket from gaza while a reporter was live on air. >> what happened? what happened? >> this was a rocket. >> reporter: that reporter with france 24, gallagher fenwick said he saw rocket

med-care.e deliver a better life. >>> former enemies came together today to pay tribute to people who died in world war i. >> the conflict began when britain declared war on germany. royals, politicians and families are uniting in belgium and the united kingdom today. >> the fact of the presence of germany and austria are here today and that other nations, then enemies, are here, too, bears testimony to the power of reconciliation. >> the four-year battle termed the war to end all wars left 17 million soldiers and civilians dead. in the british capital a sea of more than 80,000 red ceramic poppies surrounded the tower of london, one for each british and commonwealth soldier who died in world war i. >>> seven area firefighters were honored today for saving the life of a patient who stopped breathing. d.c. fire and ems chief eugene jones says he wants everyone to know about these unsung heroes. the firefighters are from engine company 22 on georgia avenue. >> we know that they're not doing it for

plus, med-care takes private policies, medicaid, even my medicare!e to do the things we love. med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> welcome back to "the lead" live from jerusalem. we'll have more on how the cease-fire in gaza is holding up in just a moment. but first, some other very important world news. an american general was killed and 15 coalition troops wounded in an ambush at an afghan training facility. this is the highest ranking u.s. military death since the war began. the attack happened at a camp qargha. >> we're having problems with jake's satellite. he was talking about the fact the shooter is believed to be someone who troops had little reason to find suspicious because he was one of them. jim sciutto reports attacks by afghan troops on u.s. troops are ufortunately nothing new. >> it szen attack killing the most senior u.s. officer since 9/11. it began with a routine trip to afghanistan's premier training facility for afghan military officers. a delegation of senior american and coalition officers was visiting the marshall fahim nati

med-care.ver a better life. >>> now, let's check in with anderson cooper who is live along the israel border with a look at what's ahead on ac-360. anderson? >> hi, aaron. we are very close to the border with gaza. just a short time ago, while there is much hope here tonight for a cease-fire that is supposed to begin a little bit more than five hours from now, there were incoming rockets fired from gaza, intercepted from the iron dome system that occurred really just above us a short time ago. we'll bring you all the latest from israel as well as from gaza city and points all around the globe tonight. we're also focusing a lot on the outbreak of ebola virus in west africa. we have a correspondent in sierra leone. the two patients in atlanta who seem to be reresponding to the sear rum that hasn't been tested yet. but they seem to be responding to it, and also, word that there is now a patient in new york at mt. sinai hospital who is being tested for ebola, we don't know whether the person has te

med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> breaking news tonight.atient is expected to arrive tomorrow. two americans sickened by the deadly virus in liberia are now stable enough to head home. the plane sent to pick them up left the u.s. yesterday, but only one patient can travel at a time. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta spoke to the doctor that will be in charge of treating these patients at emory university hospital and asked how ready his staff is for this challenge. >> any hesitation in accepting these patients? >> actually, it's been the reverse. we have a small cadre of icu nurses who staff our unit. i actually had two nurses who were scheduled to go on vacation tomorrow, and they both canceled their vacations and said we have been training for this. we are not going to miss the opportunity to care for this patient. >> sanjay is with us live now. sanjay, you had some pretty incredible access. these patien they arrive here on u.s. soil tomorrow? >> well, you can't emphasize enough, don, how much of a first this is. it's the f

med-care. deliver a better life. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right back to the breaking news. a humanitarian crisis in northern iraq right now. isis, the terrorists, they're threatening to slaughter iraqi christians, other minorities including iraqi yazidis. about 40,000 iraqi yazidis are stranded on top of a mountain right now. but they are without food, without water. the u.s. now considering various steps to try to help out, whether an airlift could be possible. some consideration. we're also told maybe airstrikes might be necessary to try to beat back the isis terrorists. let's go to athena jones over at the white house for us. elise labott is over at the state department. athena, the white house press secretary was dodging specific answers about what the u.s. is about to do other than saying the president's considering various options but has completely ruled out what they are calling boots on the ground. no u.s. troops will go in to try to save these people who are now bei

plus, med-care takes private policies, medicaid, even my medicare! now we have the time to do the things we love. med-care. we deliver a better life. let's get right back to the breaking news. the united states general is shot and killed in afghanistan in a bloody rampage argues apparently carried out by an afghan soldier. joining us now our cnn national security analyst peter bergen and "the wall street journal" reporter nathan hodge on the phone from kabul. nathan, i know you've been trying to figure out exactly what happened. what are you learning? >> reporter: we learned at midday today at an afghan training facility that probably is best described as equivalent to an afghan west point that at afghan soldier we're told by u.s. military officials opened fire during what the military calls engagement, a meeting between coalition officers and their afghan counterparts. a routine sort of meeting. opened fire with a light machine gun causing the death of one u.s. two-star general and injuring 14 other coalition troops, including a german brigadier gen

the best part...med-care saves us money! med-care allows us the time to do the things we love.liver a better life. >>> welcome back. it's time for "inside politics" on "new day" with mr. john king. a lot going on in the middle east. big decisions to be made by the u.s. you'll take it on, john. >> kate and chris, good morning to you. also a lot of republicans who want to be president seem to be showing up in iowa, among them rand paul. with me to share their reporting is jackie kusenich. rand paul, he was asked a question saying you've proposed to cut off u.s. aid to israel and rand paul says, no, i didn't. >> i haven't really proposed that in the past. we've never had a legislative proposal to do that, so -- i'll answer the question. can you misstate my position, but then i'll answer the question, okay? that has not been a legislative position. we've never introduced anything to phase out or get rid of israel's aid. >> now that's rand paul yesterday in omaha, nebraska. rand paul january 2011 talking to my colleague wolf blitzer. >> i don't think funding both sides of an arm rac

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plus, med-care takes private policies, medicaid, even my medicare!the things we love. med-care. we deliver a better life. >>> ten minutes before the hour. welcome back to "new day." nearly half a million people are without drinking water in toledo, ohio. toxins from the algae bloom in lake erie contaminated the lake water there. residents are advised not to drink or cook with it. in an early press conference, they announced new testing is being done to show the system is safe, however he's choosing to keep the water advisory in place for now. alexandria hamel has more. >> reporter: we are watching the drinking water in ohio. the national guard delivering water by the truckload. the red cross handing out gallons. >> come get some, come get it. come get it. >> reporter: store shelves are empty and people are clambering for cases. >> if i don't have water, my baby doesn't eat, so that's going to be an issue. >> you can't cook, it's hell. >> reporter: 400,000 people in the toledo, ohio, area can't drink tap water. boiling will only make the water worse.

med-care.e. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com jeerks >>> happening now, peace talks. the cease-fire is holding so israeli and palestinian representatives are set to meet today in egypt. we'll dig in on what each side wants and whether they're just too far apart to create lasting peace. >>> a u.s. general murdered by a supposed ally in the afghan army. the highest ranking officer called in a war zone since vietnam. new questions about the readiness of the afghan army. >>> massive hack. russian hackers reportedly stolen more than 1 billion user names and passwords from popular websites, companies now are trying to plug their security holes. what does it mean for your information? >> your "new day" continues right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning and welcome once again to "new day." it's wednesday, august 6th, 8:00 in the east and a list of demands await negotiators as israel and palestinian factions fry to find some comm