patti ann browne has more from our newsroom. patti ann?a, yesterday evening more than 100 people were evacuated from their homes in suburban philadelphia. emergency crews got a call about a mysterious odor about some townhouses in montgomery county at 5:45 p.m. hazmat crews arrived and asked residents to leave. fire officials say they were getting high readings of a volatile organic compound in basements there. they say the vocs seemed to be coming from sump pumps. volatile organic compound include variety of chemicals emitted as gases. environmental protection agency says they can cause irritation to the eyes, nose and throat, headaches, nausea, loss of coordination and in more severe cases vocs can damage the liver, kidneys and central nervous system and some are linked to cancer. officials are looking to identify the specific chemical in this case and its source. jenna. jenna: mystery. patti ann, thank you. jon: actor and comedian tracy morgan being released now from a rehab hospital where he was recovering from critical injuries he suf

patti ann: i'm patti ann browne. james crowe is set to defend the probe.e some of the key points of this investigation lawmakers are looking for answers to. >> reporter: jim jordan, wants to know about john koskinen. he says he knew about the mission emails but didn't tell congress and the american people until two months later. jordan will ask the deputy attorney general, when did koskinen alert the justice department that's lois lerner had an email problem. the other question is the united states congress contempt legislation. and the united states attorney for d.c. has yet to convene a grand jury. so jordan is going to say shouldn't the united states attorney convene agrand jury to get to the bottom of this? patti ann: what do we expect from the deputy attorney general? >> reporter: the justice department investigation into the targeting of conservative groups and the missing peoples is serious and he wants to know if they think the disappearance is fishy. with it's complete he says they will reveal to congress the findings and conclusions drawn. trying

patti ann browne is live in the new york city newsroom with the latest. the hi, patti ann. >> that's right, eric, back in 1976 five young women were killed between january and april in northern california and a sixth in reno. 18-year-old veronica casio was last seen in pacifica walk being from her home to a bus stop. she was later found stabbed to death. 14-year-old tonya blackwell left her home to walk to a seven 11. her body was found in pacifica. paula baxter was last seen leaving a high school parking lot. her body was found in mill bringing in the brush. 19-year-old michelle nichols car broke down. she was found in a garage nearby. carol lee booth was seen in walking from a bus stop in south san francisco blocks from her home. her body was found months later in brush in that area. the body of 19-year-old denise lampe was found in her vehicle in daly city where she parked that day. force to investigate these cold cases. >> the main purpose here was to ask everybody to kind of reach back in their memories to 1976. if there was anything unusual about a n

patti ann. welcome back to you. >> great to be here. i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum. israel storming homes in gaza trying to find those tunnels. [gunfire] bill: that is fierce street-to-street fighting in gaza city. israel facing increased backlash over the rising civilian death toll. accusation it is hit a u.n. school and refugee camp yesterday. israel saying it will investigate that. claiming hostile fire was coming from the school. hamas uses human shields to protect its weapons in those schools. john huddy live near the border. john, we hear another u.n. school may have been hit. what can we report about that? >> reporter: well, yeah, bill and patti ann, we're hearing that possibly the target was a mosque next to the school but the school took fire as well. we're not hearing of any deaths at this point but we're hearing of a lot of injuries, including many children who were rushed to the hospital. this happened earlier today in the northern part of gaza and as you mentioned of course this comes a day after another u.n.-run school, these schools have been serving a

patty ann brown has a dramatic tale of survival.e sweeping new the northeast after a night of storms. >>> harris was supposed to read that thing before. but then you said -- anyway -- but now -- bob you are crazy. by now it is my turn. this story using the word crazy to describe women has got to stop. that according to one of the dating coach from those wonderful people that tell you how you can get a date. he said that too often refer to as crazy when they get too emotional but men are called upset, driven or express their emotion and crazy is a word to describe woman was it talks about their transparency. let's find out who this idiot is and we will go from there. this guy probably got married at 18 and lives in rural louisiana or something. here is the question about this. i understand why it bothers women a lot. but if you had been with my former wife and my last four dates crazy is a word that is applicable. it isn't used -- you don't call men driven. you call them a-holes. >> you bring up a good point. a guy that has been marr

. >> i'm patti ann browne in for martha. the fingerpoint something intense filing. secretary of state john kerry saying there is no doubt moskow was involved in the tragedy and it is time for vladmir putin to take action. >> russia arms these separatist it is. russia trains these separatists. russia supports these separatists. russia has spoken out and has refused to call on them publicly to do things that need to be done. so i think this is a fundamental moment of truth for russia, for mr. putin. bill: steve harrigan is on the ground live in donetsk, in eastern ukraine where there is renewed fighting underway again there. steve what is going on? >> reporter: bill, in this major city of donetsk a million civilians living, you can see a plume of smoke rising behind me. there is a tank battle going on in this city. both side, pro-russian rebels backed by russian artillery and ukrainian side. they are seeing 50-year-old russian tanks drive into the battle, which is going on around the train station in donetsk. every few minutes we're hearing what seems to be grad rocke

. >> i am patty ann browne in for jenna lee. they are listing the names of the hamas terrorist that israel killed. >> israelis hitting multiple targets in gaza. there are conflicting claims about two deadly attacks in gaza's main hospital and a park. new fighting follows a shacky humanitarian ceasefire that collapsed in a hurry and secretary of state john kerry still said he's trying to bring an end to the fighting. >> today, we are to work toward establishing an unconditional humanitarian ceasefire. one that could honor ede that starts now and stop the fighting and allow food and medicine and other supplies into gaza and enable israel to address the threat which we fully understand and which is real, the threat posed by tunnel attacks. they are live in gaza city. >> reporter: john, after several days and a full weekend of relative calm in gaza in the last 90 minutes we heard a heavy barage of gunfire and this is the heaviest fighting since friday. death count picking up as we see the ongoing violence increasing. there are repor

. >> i'm patti ann browne in today for jenna lee. after almost 12-hour pause in fighting, israel retaliates. a rocket hit the southern part of the country and military sis eight others have been fired since midnight. so israel went after hamas targets in gaza, striking rocket launchers there. all this happening on the muslim holiday that marks ending of fasting month of ramadan. the united nations calls for immediate, unconditional humanitarian cease-fire in gaza. jon: john huddy live on the israel-gaza border. john? >> reporter: jon, while things were calm earlier today, that is certainly not the case now. we're hearing there was a mortar attack on israeli soldiers on the israel-gaza border south of us. we're hearing as many as six soldiers were killed. we're waiting details on confirmation. that is what we're hearing on the mortar attack. we're getting reports there was an explosion at the shifa hospital, which is gaza city's largest hospital. a place i went to several times when i was in gaza. of course artillery fire throughout t

. >> i'm patti ann brown. ukraine says dozens of bodies have been taken and these actions are preventing investigators from determining the exact circumstances of the disaster. steve harrigan is streaming live in ukraine with the very latest. hi, steve. >> reporter: criticism continues to mount from world leaders pointed at russia in the aftermath of this tragedy. prime minister of ukraine saying experts from that nation in eastern ukraine were actually prevented from carrying out their research by russian-backed guerrilla fighters, threatened with being kidnapped. one of the ministers of malaysia says the scene has been tampered with and the russians failed to secure it. the most emotional outpour from the netherlands, they lost more than 180 people in that crash. more than 180 dutch killed and the prime minister of the netherlands saying putin has one last chance to get this right, saying the bodies have been treated with gross disrespect by russian-backed guerrillas on the ground. there is still some confus

. >> i'm patti ann browne. growing demand for answer is in the downing much malaysian airlines flight 17. new evidence links a russian commander to the crash. also the latest reaction from the white house. >> and israeli defense forces stepping up their offensive in the gaza strip but palestinian fighters managing to sneak their way around the fighting in the tunnels? we'll have a live report on the latest. >> hundreds of protesters taking to streets across the country this weekend. they're against account recent flood of illegal immigrants pouring across our southern border. the latest on what's being done to deal with this crisis. >> first we start with the new shocking developments in the malaysian airlines flight 17 plane shootdown. u.s. officials now say they do believe a russian commander oversaw the missile strike on that passenger airliner. a senior u.s. official confirming the rocket was fired from a rebel held town in eastern ukraine. meanwhile the ukrainian government is accusing of russia of helping

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patti ann: i'm patti ann browne. bill and martha are out today.rth carolina are just about set to hold a news conference this hour as that monster storm bears down on that state's coast. a mandatory evacuation order is already in place for parts of north carolina's outer banks. meteorologist janice dean is live right now in the fox extreme weather center with the latest for us. hi, janice. >> hi, patti ann, eric. i want you to look at the satellite presentation of the storm. look at the last few frames. can you see that eye? that is sign of a strengthing storm. new advisory coming out at 11:00. it will give us all the coordinates that they need, wind speeds, where this storm is, where it is predicted to go within the next 12 to 18 hours. we have a lot of warm water to move through. so a strengthening, perhaps rapid intensification could happen within the next several hours. we could really see the eye, really incredible from what we were dealing with yesterday. it has strengthened quite a bit over last six to 12 hours. there is the satellite radar

. >> i'm patti ann browne in today for jenna lee.12-hour pause in fighting, israel retaliates. a rocket hit the southern part of the country and military sis eight others have been fired since midnight. so israel went after hamas targets in gaza, striking rocket launchers there. all this happening on the muslim holiday that marks ending of fasting month of ramadan.

. >> wow, patty annç brown, keeps up dated. >> and the signs that the time managing its funds.new report on the stafus of the food stamp system run by the agriculture department shoes in the last few years we have data available, the government hadç made 2 billion, and that is on top of the growing explosion. payments up 115 percent from 2007 to 2012. >> in previous economic recoveries, food stamp use went down as the economy got stronger. that's not happening. and we have to look at finding out why that is. to what extent is the program subsidizing nonwork for able- bodied individuals. >> reporter: i reached out to the agriculture department to ask about the 2 billion in overpayments and didn't get a response so far. the agency called it the lowest error rates in the program's history. critics say that program and other programs need an overall. congressman paul ryan rolled out a plan thatç stream line and merges food stap and cashç welfare and housing assistance. >> let's stop propping up the poverty management system and get to result resultç oriented and integrate andç

patti ann: i'm patti ann browne. james crowe is set to defend the probe.

patti ann. welcome back to you. >> great to be here. i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum.fierce street-to-street fighting in gaza city. israel facing increased backlash over the rising civilian death toll. accusation it is hit a u.n. schoolnd

. >> i'm patti ann browne in for martha. the fingerpoint something intense filing.