let's go to rene marsh and we have meteorologist and severe weather expert chad mire yers w us. go ahead, rene, tell us what you're going through right now. it sounds grizzly. >> reporter: sorry about that, jake. you know, we're having delays here. i'll tell you chad was right on the money because we are experiencing a lot of wind. the worst wind we've experienced today. the wind is producing the sand, if i stand this way it's to avoid sand in my eyes. you feel it in your skin. when you talk about what it felt like earlier today, the sun was shining, it was a bit over cast but boy was it hot. the heat was just hot and now it's actually chilly here so with this rain as well as heavy wind, heaviest we've seen, strongest i should say that we've seen all evening is just making for a very uncomfortable situation and that would explain why the crowds that we saw out here earlier, they have all went -- they have all taken cover and gone inside at this point. back to you, jake. >> chad, what does rene have ahead of her? where is she in the storm right now? >> the winds that rene will fe

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rene marsh has the latest. >> late wednesday night, the faa lifted its ban on u.s.lights going in and out of ben-gurion airport in tel aviv. in a statement, the faa says that it worked with its u.s. counterparts to assess the security situation in israel and carefully review both significant new information, as well as measures the government of israel is taking to mitigate the risks. all of that said, this impacted three u.s. carriers. united, u.s. airways, and delta. we should note, even though the agency lifted its ban, effective 11:45 p.m. eastern time, it's up to the airlines to decide when they will resume flights to and from tel aviv. rene marsh, cnn, washington. >> let's go to john voss, who joins me live from jerusalem. israel very unhappy during the several hours that this ban was in place. and people in israel thinking this was political, even, right? people saying the faa is imposing this ban as a way of isolating israel? was that a prevailing viewpoint? >> there was a lot of talk about that. there was some suggestion that maybe the united states was try

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that's where cnn's renÉ marsh is. ttle windier since the last time we spoke. >> reporter: yeah, the wind comes and goes. at this point, brianna, we don't have any heavy rain. we had some heavy rain the last time we spoke to you. i want you to take a look. people are out here but they are being smart about it. they are on the sand and they're looking at the very, very rough surf, although i do see in the distance now a couple of daredevils out in the water and that is something that they -- as you know, we've been saying all day, not a good idea. i have been following all of the emergency management teams on twitter and we now know that here within this area more than 7600 people are reporting power outages. so we're starting to see that sort of effect as well, not just the weather and the elements but people starting to lose power. but again, we're just feeling those outer bands once in a while we'll get a band of rain. we're in a quiet period. when we get in those quiet periods, that's when you see everyone come out t

rene marsh, cnn, washington. >> it's been more than two years since the "costa concordia" cruise shiprashed off the coast of italy. italian authorities have released new underwater footage of the ocean liner. here's matthew chance. >> reporter: remarkable new images. italian police released footage by their divers giving us a glimpse of the sunken ocean liner. its giant hull twice the size of the "titanic's" struck rocks off the italian cost in 2012 with 4,200 passengers and crew onboard. 32 of them lost their lives. inside the ship, the divers record an eerie snapshot of that horror through the murky water smashed doors and seating areas can be made out. even a bar or reception desk and what was meant to be a pleasure crews that turned into a nightmare. finally, the divers reach the ship's ornate central atrium, some of which is now above the water line. in the days ahead, a first attempt will be made to refloat the vessel and tow it to shore but with the ship's italian captain accused of causing this wreck and abandoning this ship, the mystery looks to remain. >>> one year ago today

renee marsh, cnn washington. m. >> that does it for us.pecial report "downward spiral" inside the case of aaron hernandez starts right now. >>> he was the all american destined to an all pro. >> he was projected to be one of the best tight ends of his generation. >> instead, aaron hernandez is an accused killer. first one murder charge. >> you're questioned all the time, you think your boy did it? >> no, i don't want him to have done it. no. >> then. >> aaron hernandez fired a 38 caliber revolver multiple times. it was a brutal double homicide. >> how in the world did he get here?

rene marsh has this investigation. >> reporter: when passengers boarded malaysia airlines flight 17,y couldn't know they were flying over a battlefield. but hours later 33,000 feet above east ukraine, a missile ended their lives. >> we followed that flight path accordingly. and it was accepted by the european air traffic control. and like many other airlines that had been nighing that route for many, many weeks and with hundreds of airlines passing that route every day, we believed it was safe to do so. >> reporter: it may shock you just how often planes fly over conflict zones. on the ground in iraq, the terrorist group isis is seizing control, but above a busy highway in the sky with hundreds of flights. every day this includes american planes like delta flight 7 from dubai to atlanta. and over afghanistan, united flight 82 from newark to delhi, india. here's the problem airlines face. let's just say you're flying to the united states from either dubai or india. if you look at the map, you almost have to fly over one of those high concern areas. it's either that or fly hours out of

rene marsh for erin burnett "outfront." >> i want to bring in miles o'brien.s is one of the things that regulators can tell you do do something and you can obey it to the letter. and some airlines chose to use their judgment. so they could have avoided it is the bottom line. >> you know, there are laws. there's the letter of the law and then there is plain common sense. any pilot would tell you they always want to have a fallback option, a way out, an option. if you are flying 1,000 feet above a no-fly zone because of a shooting war what happens if you have to make a rapid descent. why would an airliner not take a course deviation which might amount to a matter of a few minutes over a 12 hour flight and a little more fuel burn than go right through this zone? some airlines are smart and avoided it and others have flown through it. as a pilot i would never fly through there. >> miles o'brien, thank you. >> still "outfront," malaysia's plane is making the same journey tonight. a man is about to get on that flight from amsterdam to malaysia. and the 298 lives los

>> renee marsh in north carolina. thank you so much. no matter where this storm makes landfall, its impact could be felt for more than 1,000 miles, whether they're hurricane-force wind gusts or storm surge, flooding or rip currents that could leave even michael phelps powerless. chad myers is in the severe weather center. the storm is getting stronger and faster. >> absolutely. watching the hurricane reconnaissance out there finding stronger and stronger winds every time they pass through the storm. there it is right there make an onshore flow. here is a picture out of jacksonville right now. waves are fairly big, but it is a very low tide right now. theways way out to see and this will change in a few hours when the waves increase and the low tide goes away and makes way for a high tide and winds at 60, gusting to 70 and we'll get a brand new update in 45 minutes to an hour from the hurricane center. there is the storm right now. it does have an eye as the hurricane hunter went through it last time and said the eye is 30 miles long, 20

thanks, rene marsh. among the many other nagging questions still hanging, was the russian military in ukraine when this missile brought down flight 17? and is it possible the russians even pulled the trigger? as our pentagon correspondent barbara starr reports, u.s. officials may never know for certain but their suspicions are strong. >> the u.s. intelligence on malaysia airlines flight 17 now pointing to russian involvement. >> we know that russia has armed them with military equipment and weapons including anti-aircraft weapons. key separatist leaders are russian citizens. >> they certainly have blood on their hands at the very least. >> the u.s. dossier to prove it,ings assembled by military and intelligence analysts scouring data from spy sat at lights, radars and phone intercepts. it began when unknown to the world, russian rebels secretly moved a heavy arsenal of weapons into place. weapons that would lead to the shootdown according to u.s. intelligence. >> there was a convoy several weeks ago, are

rene marsh, cnn, washington. >> so many questions. >> yeah. the question which is being raised about the air space is, while it was allowable and, you know, approved by the regulators, was it prudent, a lot of other airlines had avoided that part of the air space. >> i've heard some analysts speculate as to whether cost might have had an implication in terms of -- >> fuel costs. >> exactly, whether that played a role in deciding the flight path. again, more questions, we seek the answers. i'm isha sesay. >> i'm john force. >> you're watching cnn newsroom, the latest news up to the minute. we will be back in jus a moment with much more. [ female announc] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, we're not just insuring our lives... we're helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. (vo) you know that dream... where you're the hero? hey... you guys mind warming this fella up for me? i'm gonna go back d

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. >> rene marsh in moorehead city, thank you so much. cnn's joe johns is 3 1/2 hours up the shoreline in the outer banks, specifically in kill devil hills, north carolina. this hurricane's threatening to do some serious damage the farther north it goes up the coast. what exactly are you seeing where you are right now? >> we're seeing a lot of chop in the waves, a lot of mist has rolled in here. the visibility has changed for the worse over the last several hours. the beach is starting to be clear. there are people out here and a lot of them, in fact. i can tell you so many people we have talked to here who are further down the coast have moved to this area in kill devil hills because they were evacuated or otherwise couldn't get where they are going. so this is sort of a way station for people to try to wait out this storm and see what happens. one of the big problems, of course, is not just the weather, which of course could be severe, jake. it's also a concern about the road. north carolina 12 we talked so much about out there really j

we have new headlines in from renee marsh, transportation reporter, saying the ntsb just saying -- the ntsb investigators, that implies there's one at this point, is now in kiev. obviously that's a far cry from being at the crash site, but there are international investigators coming into the country. what's your sense, miles, of if given what we're hearing is happening at the scene, their ability to reconstruct what happens? >> well, it gets harder by the day. things are, you know, frankly, literally decaying, and the evidence won't last there forever. of course, there is this other issue of tampering with the evidence. where are the flight data recorders? the flight data recorder, the cockpit voice recorder. could there be a key piece of wreckage that suddenly goes missing? all these things come into mind when the chief suspects in the crime are those that are guarding the wreckage, itself. so having one ntsb investigator in kiev, that's better than nothing, but we're a long way from a proper investigation. >> and david, to that point, you know, you and mary swere talkin about this e

renee marsh, cnn, washington. >> malaysia airlines have just announced that they are retiring the mh-t number. the flights will continue, but the flight number is going away from the 25th of july and it's out of respect for the crew and passengers. the impact of the crash is being felt around the world with people in many countries grieving. as you can see, most of the victims were from netherlands. the rush were from indonesia, the uk, philippines, new zealand and canada, as we mentioned earlier. the 298 people on board malaysian airlines flight 17 were traveling for a wide variety of reasons. at least six of them were medical researchers heading to an aids conference in australia. >> reporter: the health community around the world in utter shot. the international aids society says a number of its members were on board malaysian flight mh-17. typically attended by thousands from all over the world and among them leading hiv experts. their loss, likely to have an impact on research regarding diagnosing, treating and curing the disaster. former become become say it's awful, whavrps to

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rene marsh reports on the gridlocks both kinds, in traffic and in politics. >> reporter: this summer,mericans hitting the road will cross bridges and roadways in dire need of improvement and repairs. getting to your destination, likely won't be easy. expect traffic jams because decades old bridges and your de likely won't easy. expect traffic jams, because decades-old bridges and roads weren't fwoilt habuilt to handl traffic. >> if this congress does not act by the end of the summer the highway trust fund will run out. >> dubbed the transportation fiscal cliff, a federal fund used to repair america's crumbling infrastructures just weeks away from going bankrupt. a potential crisis for commuters considering the american society of civil engineers gives u.s. infrastructure a d plus. and one in nine of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient. look no further than delaware for what the impact could look like. an emergency shutdown of the critical i-495 bridge. the problem? cracks and leaning support columns. old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country causing major

cnn aviation correspondent renee marshs had the details. >> late wednesday night, the faa lifted itsghts going in and out of ben guron airport in tel aviv. in a statement the faa says it worked with his u.s. counterparts to assess the security situation in israel and carefully review both significant new information, as well as measures the government of israel is taking to mitigate the risk. all of that said, this impacted three u.s. carriers. united, u.s. airways and delta. we should note, even though the agency lifted its ban, effective 11:45 p.m. eastern time. it does not mean the airlines will resume flights right away. it's up to the airlines to decide when they will resume flights to and from tel aviv. >> well, the american flight ban was imposed tuesday af a rocket fire from gaza struck about a mile from the airport. >> hamas spokesman says the airport is a fair target for rocket attacks, and he says he hopes israel learns something from being isolated by the u.s. ban. he spoke with our wolf blitzer earlier. >> it's clearly that alkassam troops declared a warning for the airl

. >> that was our cnn reporter, renee marsh. the moment hurricane arthur made land fall last night in north carolina. we are going to get back to obvious think top story of hurricane arthur and the progress in a moment. first, stunning details in the case of a georgia toddler who died after being left in a hot car. a judge denied bail for the father. justin ross harris is charged of murder and child cruelty. we are learning while his son was dying, he was exchanging sexually explicit texts with several women. that's part of the testimony. we are going to play more of what happened inside the courtroom so you can hear it yourself. more from victor blackwell. >> reporter: what was justin ross harris allegedly doing while his 22-month-old son, cooper, suffered in the back of his scorching suv? >> he was having up to six conversations with different women. the most common term would be sexting. >> reporter: raunchy text messages. >> he's got a separate life he's living. >> reporter: shackled and sullen. the detective detailed x-rate

and let's turn to cnn's rene marsh. she's in beaufort, north carolina which is right where the storm came ashore. rene? >> reporter: well, brianna, we can tell you when the sun came up the coast guard took to the skies. they wanted to assess the damage. and this is what we can tell you. trees downed, power out, and roads flooded. that's pretty much the extent of the damage that arthur left behind. the good news is no casualties and no serious injuries. arthur interpret much turned out to be more of a nuisance more than anything else. you just heard joe mention it. at the beginning this morning we knew that more than 40,000 people were without power. and at last check now that number down to more than 5,000 people. let's not forget a lot of these beachfront towns had plans for fourth of july fireworks. namely the one i'm in right now, beaufort. but that's not happening today. despite sun and blue skies. simply because they had this fear that hurricane arthur was going to wash out the show. so they will have fireworks tomo

renÉ marsh has more on the time line. what are you picking up?rnational ripple effect here. we want to tell people if you're flying internationally we do know from the faa u.s. carriers are voluntarily agreed not no operate in the air space near the russian/ukraine border. many others are doing the same thing. this is because of a safety concern. but at this point there are many unanswered questions. however, we do have some concrete data points about flight 17's final moments in the air. >> tonight officials are once again investigating the loss of a malaysia liernls flight, the wreckage of a boeing 777 in a field in ukraine. >> malaysia is unable to certify the cause of this tragedy. but we must and we will find out precisely what happened to this flight. no stone will be left unturned. >> the flight left amsterdam at 6:15 a.m. eastern time, just past noon local time, bound for kuala lumpur with 280 passengers and 15 crew members. still no word in american citizens were on board. >> we've seen the public reports. i spoke to our team right befor

our aviation correspondent rene marsh is working this part of the story for us in washington. are you finding out? >> this was a rare move. the faa says it was pushed to ban flights in and out of israel's main airport because of the today's rocket attack. that was the catalyst. not the threat from hamas, 11 days ago threatening an attack on the airport. all u.s. airline flights in and out of israel canceled. one delta flight turned around mid-air. the flight path shows the plane bound for tel aviv with 295 passengers on board was diverted to pairs. the u.s. government taking no chances 56 last week's deadly missile attack on malaysia flight 17. and after this. rocket remnants found in a demolished house just one mile from tel aviv's ben gurion airport. the faa alerting airlines even before it could send out a formal 24-hour ban on flights. and jittery carriers responding immediately. >> i think what you're seeing is yes, a super sensitive reaction to what happened on monday over the ukraine by the u.s. carriers. >> other airlines following suit. united, usair and some internat

renee marsh, cnn washington. m. >> that does it for us. the cnn special report "downward spiral" inside the case of aaron hernandez starts right now. >>> he was the all american destined to an all pro. >> he was projected to be one of the best tight ends of his generation. >> instead, aaron hernandez is an accused killer. first one murder charge. >> you're questioned all the time, you think your boy did it? >> no, i don't want him to have done it. no. >> then. >> aaron hernandez fired a 38 caliber revolver multiple times. it was a brutal double homicide. >> how in the world did he get here? >> i think if he had had someone at 16 when his dad died that could have guided him, he may have gone in a different direction. >> and how much further could he fall? tonight "downward spiral: inside the case against aaron hernandez." it's a springtime saturday in new england patriot country. a perfect day for football. >> you wake up and your adrenaline's going. >> a block down in the pool. >> mike branch coaches the boston bandits, a semipro team, he

as cnn's rene marsh explains, them federal highway funds will soon dry up unless congress acts quickly reporter: this summer millions of americans hitting the road will cross bridges and roadways in dire need of improvement and repairs. getting to your destination, likely won't be easy. expect traffic jams because decades-old bridges and roads weren't built to handle today's traffic. >> if this congress does not act by the end of the summer, the highway trust fund will run out. >> reporter: dubbed the transportation fiscal cliff, a federal fund used to repair america's crumbling infrastructures weeks away from going bankrupt. a potential crisis for commuters, considering the american society of civil engineers gives u.s. naufr a d plus, and one in nine of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient. look no further than delaware, for what the impact could look like. an emergency shutdown of the i-495 bridge, the problem, cracks and leaning support columns. old underground pipes breaking in cities across the country, causing major flooding. the president and transportation secretary

cnn's rene marsh joining us from washington. rene, first of all, which airlines, roughly how many flights are affected? why did the faa decide to take this extraordinary step? >> well, wolf, we can tell you, as far as the airlines go, what cnn has been able to confirm so far, we know delta, us airways, united, they say they have suspended their operations to and from tel aviv. air canada has also told cnn that they are simply evaluating the situation. so we're waiting to hear if they will follow the lead of these u.s. carriers. going back to the faa statement, we do know, now, that they are prohibiting all u.s. airlines -- they have come out, said this within a notice, that they will not be allowed to fly to and from the airport there in tel aviv for a period of up to 24 hours. and after that 24 hours passed, they will re-evaluate the situation and issue another in the notice. all of this, it's a result of that rocket strike. they say it landed approximately a mile from the airport. so of course that raises security concerns. bef

cnn's rene marsh camped out at atlantic beach when it hit. >> the winds are extremely strong.re transformers blowing out. that means people are without power most likely at this point. >> reporter: despite the darkness along the outer banks, north carolina's governor told the thousands without power to stay inside. >> wait for this storm to leave for a long period of time before you venture to the outside. >> reporter: the now category 2 hurricane living up to emergency managers' fears. >> the tree broke and crashed into part of this house here. >> reporter: sustained winds of at least 100 miles per hour. storm surges and dangerous rip currents are warding off fourth of july beachgoers. >> we want to warn our citizens up the coast and thousands of tourists who may be dealing with this for the first time that this is a serious storm. >> reporter: this is a photo from inside the eye of the storm, of concern the inner eye wall, now shrinks in size. the danger, the smaller the eye xwets the stro gets the stronger the winds become. >> we're concerned about flooding inland and storm

. >> cnn's aviation correspondent rene marsh joins me.allegations being tossed around. have they responded? >> you know, anderson, they really are pushing back against this thought that there is some sort of political or politics playing into their decision to ban these flights here. they are saying this is strictly a security issue, and they spell it out in their announcement they made today when they extended that ban for another 24 hours. they essentially said the concern is the hazard that's created by the conflict going on in israel and gaza. again, they say this is about security, has nothing to do with politics. they have been working with the israeli government to make sure that the risks that they feel that u.s. aircrafts could face is mitigated before they open up that airport and say it's okay to fly there once again. >> rene, is the faa the only agency that banned nation's flights and is there any option for carriers to work around any kind of a ban if they wanted to, for u.s. carriers, if one of the airlines decided to, are t

cnn's renee marsh camped out at atlantic beach when it hit. >> the winds are extremely strong.you take a look at the skies you can see them lighting up. that is not lightning. those are transformers blowing out. that means people are without power most likely at this point. >> reporter: despite the darkness along the outer banks, north carolina's governor told the thousands without power to stay inside. >> wait for this storm to leave for a long period of time before you venture to the outside. >> reporter: the now category 2 hurricane living up to emergency managers' fears. >> the tree broke and crashed into part of this house here. >> reporter: sustained winds of at least 100 miles per hour. storm surges and dangerous rip currents are warding off fourth of july beachgoers. >> we want to warn our citizens up the coast and thousands of tourists who may be dealing with this for the first time that this is a serious storm. >> reporter: this is a photo from inside the eye of the storm, of concern the inner eye wall, now shrinks in size. the danger, the smaller the eye gets the str

our rene marsh blamed the storm in atlantic beach last night and she joins us now. renee? >> reporter: all right, jake. you know, where we were as the storm was rolling in, you heard it howling, you felt it pushing you. in our particular area, atlantic beach, that's where we were last night, we know that the winds, they got as fast as 80 miles per hour in that specific area. fast-forward several hours, and now it is a beautiful fourth of july here in coastal north carolina. but arthur did leave behind a bit of a mess to clean up. trees down, power out, and streets flooded. the category 2 struck north carolina with winds topping 100 miles per hour, making landfall between cape lookout and beaufort, rattling homes and for some rattling nerves. >> oh, it was really scary. i heard a noise. a strong noise. and i said something happened. >> reporter: that strong noise was this tree crashing onto the home she was in. >> we put the mattress against the glass in the bedroom and we stayed there. >> reporter: arthur tossed sailboats, and its storm surge was nearly five feet in some a

rene marsh, cnn, washington. >>> we know israel is extreme unhappy about this. constantly re-evaluate their routes and they deem these flight routes to be safe. cnn's martin savidge is on route to the airport and joins me now by phone. israelis waiting to see what the faa says about resuming american flights into israel but we've heard over the last several hours that they're extremely unhappy about this decision. >> reporter: they are the prime minister of israel has made it known to secretary of state john kerry and transportation minister for israel has expressed how unhappy they are to both american and u.s. aviation oversight committees. however, you know, it should be pointed out from those carriers, you know, their concern for the passengers and those who fly. it's not so much as israel is trying to say, look, you're punishing israel for what is seen in this country as a terrorist attack against israel. and the israelis are saying, as a result of that what you're doing is giving a prize to hamas. that prize is it's a victory and economic suffering israel

let's bring in our aviation correspondent renee marsh. we just heard from the malaysian prime minister saying that there was no distress call from the plane. what else do you know? >> well, jake, we just saw that wonderful report from the tom foreman and it would just suggest that perhaps whatever happened it happened so quickly, that there was no time for that distress call. we can be also tell that you both the faa and the united nations organization that coordinates international aviation entities, they put out a warning to airliners saying there was an unsafe situation along the border of ukraine and russia within this air space. but we now nope today that the area where this crash happened was outside of the area in which these two agencies gave airliners this warning. that will information we know also, jake, if you're getting on a flight today and flying internationally, you may want to hear this. the faa does tell cnn that u.s. carriers have all voluntarily said that they will no longer be flying in this area while this is all unr

. >> there is a statement out from boeing, our renee marsh is in d.c. with that. what are they saying? >> anderson, we've been on the phone with boeing, and i'll tell you, they did not know about this crash when we initially made the call, but they are now well aware of the reports. and they just sent us this statement here saying that their thoughts and prayers are with those on board the malaysian airlines plane lost over the ukrainian airspace. they go on to say that they stand ready to provide any assistance that is requested by the authorities. we've also been in touch with the ntsb. we do know that they don't have anything on their record, like many of the agencies here in the united states, many of them are aware of the reports, but at this point don't have any confirmed information for themselves. but if we can, anderson, go back to that flightaware.com graphic that we had there, because we actually had a chance to -- our producer, mike, had a chance to speak to the co-founder of this website. and what we're looking at here, that plane that you see there,

i want to check in with rene marsh. what are you hearing? >> reporter: anderson, perhaps a snapshot we have for you here, just goes to show you the activity within the air space shortly after this crash, which is unfolding. so we want to go to this here. this is from flight aware.com. if you take a look, you can see most of the commercial airlines we do know at this point, these flights are avoiding this area that just simply speaks to the continuing concern of the potential danger of flying over this air space at this hour. we could tell you just about 20 minutes ago, at last look, we saw that there were only three commercial aircraft which were seen flying within this area. two were russian airliners. that was flying north of crimea and a malaysian flight 21 heading to kuala lumpur from paris. but again, if you take a look at these applications here, flightaware.com, just one of them, you can see that there is not heavy traffic within this area where this plane went down. and most likely for good reason. because there is a lot of concern a

renee marsh is on kill devil hills on north carolina's outer banks. it looks beautiful there.ne people are thinking about taking precautions. >> absolutely. just about an hour ago all of our cell phones lit up. we got an extreme weather threat alert. so the warnings are definitely in effect. we can tell you we are about four hours into a voluntary evacuation in one county, hyde county. that's happening now you can see people are taking it all in now. in hours, this will change. we'll be talking about massive waves, rip currents as well as storm surge. >> you don't plan on a hurricane over the fourth of july. >> reporter: tropical storm arthur threatening to deliver fireworks of its own. captured on radar and from space, an astronaut on the international space station tweeted this picture of the storm writing, just flew over tropical storm arthur. hoping it heads to sea. looks mean. it's barrelling up the east coast and gaining strength. in its path, beach towns like kill devil hills, north carolina. >> hopefully it will bounce off and keep going out to sea. >> if it doesn't? >

rene marsh is on the road collecting out fra infrastructure and joining us now. ianna. there is a deadline that comes along with that scramble to find cash. right now, we're live on the roadways here in washington, d.c. not far from the capitol where a battle is brewing. you want to know what's at stake? take a look here. you think traffic is bad now? well, it's projected it will only get worse if they don't fix the problem. if you don't drive, guess what, there are consequences for you, too. this summer, millions of americans hitting the road will cross bridges and roadways in dire need of improvement and repairs. getting to your destination likely won't be easy. expect traffic jams because decades old bridges and roads weren't built to handle today's traffic. >> if this congress does not act by the end of the summer, the highway trust fund will run out. >> dubbed the transportation fiscal cliff. a federal fund used to repair america's crumbling infrastructures just weeks away from going bankrupt. a potential crisis for commuters, considering the american society

rene marsh, cnn, washington. >> joining me again, david and miles o'bryan.lly approved air space, david, should it have been able to fly at 33,000 feet? we know ukraine limited the air space below that. >> yeah, should it have been, was it legal to, was it okay to be there? absolutely on paper. but you have to think beyond that sometimes. part of this, i have to think because ukraine has instability in ukraine, these notes are supposed to be issued by the country of origin. they are supposed to be annexed 15 and issuing and say this is not a safe place to be. the distraction what is the kiss extraction going on right there may have played a part in that. >> hindsight is 20/20. but how much of this is a financial decision by an airline like malaysian airlines which we know is in financial trouble given what happened months ago with the other plane? >> it's the only explanation, anderson. why else wouldn't you go around that heavily contested part of the world? take a few minutes to either go north or south, as many airlines chose to do in a prudent fashion. a

renee marsh, thanks so much for that. >> john? >> new details in the georgia hot car death case.nvestigators recreating the sweltering conditions that led to the death of 22-month-old cooper harris. i want to show you a video right now from atlanta station waga. it shows investigators parking the actual suv that cooper was in in the exact spot where it was parked the day that his father left him there. victor blackwell following the story from us from atlanta. what do you have >> reporter: in a few hours police detectives will continue to study everything outside the suv, everything ross harris did, why and when, but now there's a new group of investigators who are studying what happened for the seven hours the child was inside that car, when his discomfort became pain. the pain then became torture and then the torture ended in death. just how hot did it get inside this suv as 22-month-old cooper harris suffered and ultimately died. the estimates are staggering, potentially 140 degrees. now cobb county investigators have recreated a scene that they have described repeatedly but o