really battling corruption in romania. i think we were both concerned we don't have an ambassador for romania. the term was basically coming up. was the administration at all addressing that situation? i think the only way romania proceeds in terms of reducing corruption is to have a strong u.s. presence continue to put pressure on the romanian government to certainly protect her who is under death threat. can you speak at all in terms of american representation to romania? >> thank you, mr. ranking member. yes -- the administration is working to identify the ambassador for romania working as quickly as possible to identify the right candidate. we agree with you, senator johnson, that dwayne butcher is doing an excellent job. we do agree there needs to be an ambassador, working to get that in place as soon as possible. regarding the overall effort to fight corruption in romania, american leadership has been critical. i think our good relations, working relations with the government, even when we disagree with the governmen

in the studio so you were saying in the first part of our program that for example berg area and romania once they're entering the e.u. with they were at the peak of fighting the corruption and as soon as they became a member. as of the e.u. they became very lenient this is something that the e.u. high officials have and in visitors from what i understand so do you guys have now mechanisms to fight that once they're in but they're not being lenient but they're being lenient to fight corruption what do you do with that after the case of romania bulgaria or the difference or so so. huge between the days before the accession in the day of the accession european commission has developed a system which is called co-operation in beautification mechanism which was basically again assessing what those two countries are doing to the fight against corruption in since they were not fulfilling the current curia said but those mechanism they were losing hundreds of millions of euros because european commission has frozen the funds which were intended for those two countries because they are not fight

find out why the rich and for thailand of romania is not bearing fruit for its own people. there's a so we need to be. part of the scene to secure the place your party there's a goal that question is that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . the war is probably the most complex and difficult human activity. are still locked up. in the phenomenon of friendly fire probably extends back to the invention of gunpowder. just killed a bunch of people in a family don't know what their families there are to us people. right now reading. this some of them shoots my brother in the leg not intentionally because of it because it was night times four in the morning even the best commander was given the mesh shoulder. are going to make mistakes this is this whole idea of brotherhood and author and camaraderie in this sense it was in this context it has absolutely no place. to least be to language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews int

the administration is working to identify an ambassador for romania. working as quickly as possible to identify the right candidate. we also agree with you, senator johnson, that dewayne --- butchs doing an impressive job and need an ambassador and working to get that in place as soon as possible. regarding the prosecutor and the overall effort to fight corruption in romania, american leadership has been critical. i think our good relations, working relation with the government and even when we disagree with the government of mr. ponta is such that we're able to express concerns, objections. when there are steps taken by officials, business people, business people that are clearly in violation of romanian law, in addition to international rules and principles. so, we have that frank dialogue. we are able to do that with a very strong embassy team there. i think we need to continue to do that. it helps when members of congress visit the capitals to reinforce the message that we take corruption very seriously, not only as a matter of economics, or of mor

water levels as much as six meters high in parts of romania.ut 20 feet high because of these storms. you see what's in store despite what has fallen, the amount of water upwards of 150 millimeters. that is 6 inches has come down in a couple of days in portions of romania. this is not what you want to see. our water plentiful here and not so much in the southern california. max. >> thank you very much. pedram, you are watching cnn special coverage. i'm maxwell in london. do stay with us. "early start" begins right after "early start" begins right after this break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >>> gaza on fire this morning. israel pounding the streets with bombs taking out hamas targets. this morning, power knocked out for nearly 1 million palestinians. another u.n. school bombarded. and there seems to be no end in sight. we're live in gaza with the very latest. >>> happening now, russia paying the price for arming separatists in ukraine. hit with worldwide sanctions that could cost the country billions, this as fighting between pro-ru

he says he grew up in one of romania's many orphanages in the communist era. the children live in appalling conditions, hungry and neglected. after the regime collapsed, that came to an end, but that left bruce lee to fend for himself. many of the homeless share that same history. >> my family of banded me here at the train station. i think i was five years old. i cannot remember. >> it is a story that the staff here have heard over and over. meanwhile, they are struggling to help the second generation, the children who are born in bucharest's canals and heating shafts. most are hiv-positive, and many suffer from tuberculosis. the foundation distributes sterile disposable syringes and condoms. it is important work, but the state keeps cutting back on their funding. their budget today is only 30% of what it was two years ago. >> sometimes it all just feels hopeless. everyone is dying anyhow. >> give me something for this infection on my leg. >> i cannot help you. you need to see a doctor. i told you, you need to stop shooting up in that vein. >> the next day, b

let's look at the next half-hour -- romania -- why hydropower plants have sparked a controversy. the baltics -- looking back at the world's longest human chain. and britain -- the god bless church. reuse, repair, recycle is the motto. the eu has just announced plans to recycle 70% of its waste by 2030. sustainability and environmental protection are considered important goals for which to strive. alternative sources of energy, for example, received except cities in many european countries. the romanian government invests heavily in hydropower plants. hundreds of kilometers of rivers make the carpathian mountains in romania a particularly suitable place to build hydroelectric plants, and who would argue against this source of energy that does not produce co2 emissions? you would think environmentalists would love it, right? think again. >> rivers full of fish with overflowing banks and lots of room for floods. there can be a bitter habitat for a fish otter. place like this still exist in the southern carpathian mountains, a region especially popular for flyfishing. he has been fis

analystsew and what were surprised about was the big write-down on romania. erste has a lot of bad debt like every bank. 20% oft in rumania is outstanding loans. the bank is cleaning its books. and it is writing down other assets. bank is not alone in being a western european bank that has gone looking for growth in eastern europe as it felt its home market was becoming saturated. e other banks that are operating in the eastern european space? >> definitely. erste is the third biggest bank in eastern europe. , whichgest is unicredit is also active in hungary and romania. the second-biggest is another austrian bank. every bank has a slightly different loan book. so not everybody will have the same charges. but the pressure from bad debt and fund in hungry will hit every bank. >> thank you for joining us. joining us on the phone from vienna. these are the top headlines this hour. jpmorgan may have helped bnp hide transitions -- . transactions bnp hid billions of dollars in transactions involving sudan. the money was transferred to jpmorgan without any mention o

the administration is working to identify an ambassador for romania. working as quickly as possible to identify the right candidate. we also agree with you, senator johnson, that dewayne --- butchs doing an impressive job and need an ambassador and working to get that in place as soon as possible. regarding the prosecutor and the overall effort to fight corruption in romania, american leadership has been critical. i think our good relations, working relation with the government and even when we disagree with the government of mr. ponta is such that we're able to express concerns, objections. when there are steps taken by officials, business people, business people that are clearly in violation of romanian law, in

for some can prove dangerous for others stay with us if you can find out how shale gas drilling in romania has locals fearing for their livelihoods close to a foolproof test to prove who's a potential terrorist the criteria's trying to keep yourself private on the internet apparently that's what the n.s.a. thinks we've got it coming up. they'd fratto terrorism the nature of terrorism is becoming increasingly internationalized how local governments which may be the case in afghanistan i very limited and i belittle to curtail that increasingly globalized threat so what how do you really strike a balance here your father has got has by not fighting drugs he was living in the hood stuff if we all start for i did books two of them a lot of them were they would be peaceful if you tried to help them but it added. to the example of this but success. this is what we do we kill people and break things so we can see something as simple as people playing a soccer game you can see individual players and you can you see the ball. you can almost see is facial expression you can see is down for the crying

romania millions of acres a fertile land but a huge bulk of it stands on use now the government's failing to draw enough domestic investment so is now selling it off to foreigners you get a piece going up explains what this means for local farmers. from dusk till dawn for uganda and her family farming isn't just a business it's their entire life. we have different types of animals here and also grow crops to get everything from this land both our food and things we're trying to sell in the millage. but typical story for millions of romanians so heavily depend on agriculture different types of crops and farms are seen everywhere across this for thailand nearly half of the country's population works in farming but despite this it produces less than ten percent off the g.d.p. due to the poor conditions most of the farmers are in more over nearly a quarter of all romanians works in agriculture just to survive so modernizing this industry should really be one of the top priorities for the government romania was among the e.u. states its strongest by the global economic crisis and is still reco

and spain which are at its peak of corruption schemes at this point and then we had bulgaria and romania that were to speak five years ago how different are the corruption schemes in those countries if a compare are they all the same. were bits of corruption schemes or deceiving but there's a huge difference you see. the. new european member states. despite the fact that is still having a lot of problems in the fight against corruption they're closing big ip between them in between the old two member states you see there was an i'm afraid there still is. so-called the exist so-called double standards for the old you member states there's not so many. mechanisms which you've been in commission supplying. they're applying them towards in european member states so there's a there are different standards if you're an orgy of european member states you can do a lot. in the wrong into you will not get even warrant by european commission if you are a new one you have to face warnings and associate in the case of romania bulgaria or so very practical consequences in the form of frozen european f

look at the footage out of romania. significant flooding.now several people reported to have lost lives. hundreds fled after these flood ourds waters around towns in romania. southwest romania where a month's worth of rainfall came down in some locations. very wet scenario. and of course a very warm setup in recent days of the rainfall totally quite impressive when you look at numbers. upwards of the 150 mm or six inches in portions of romania where about three inches came down in slovenia and other areas. leave you with incredible images here. mysterious craters to tell you about. several craters in an unknown origin really. a lot of folks spotting them across portions the vast majority being located above the arctic circle. russian state television reporting a giant hole popped up across this region. this is a gas rich area across the peninsula. temperatures dropped to some 50 degrees below celsius or a lot of theories where the origin. some think it is missiles. others aliens or just a gas explosion. >> and you could fit a house in these

let's show this latest video coming out of romania.s are trying to get through but there is waist-high water and not the worst of it here as amara was mentioning there, two of the local hospitals are completely flooded out and had to be evacuated as a result of the water that came up so quickly. schools closed, upwards of 150 homes damaged there. so an unfolding event here in eastern romania. we'll continue to see showers and thunderstorms. watch when you see this pulsing up and down, that's typical for this time of year. at nighttime, things have calmed down and then during the day with the afternoon heating and a lot of moisture in place, you get the thunderstorms that bubble up. likewise, across the west, the tour de france is still going on in france, if you can believe it. they have left the mountains here. we'll leave you with some nice news here. my goodness, wrap up this newscast with terrible news. there it is. the mountain stages and looking for showers as you saw on the radar, they are headed on sunday to wrap up the tour de

what was not expected were the losses in romania.ia is one of the countries in eastern europe which has the highest nonperforming loan ratios, about 20% or more of outstanding loans are nonperforming in this country. erste owns the biggest bank there. it is going to be harder hit than anybody by that. the centraling that bank and romania is pushing the banks to clean up the balance sheets and flush out these bad loans at a faster rate than before. that is basically accelerating the losses and bringing them forward. billion euros2.4 in losses that they have to write down. give us a sense of how painful that is going to the four erste bank. is this going to break the bank? , aboutt of the losses half of the losses are going to the goodwill and other intangible write-downs. they are not part of regulatory capital for banks anyway. that is not going out of the regulatory capital. they say the capital ratio is fine. they will also survive the assetan central bank's quality test and they won't have to raise new capital. that is what they a

and i welcome the commitment of latvia, lithuania, poland, romania, and turkey to do the same. and if all the european allies spent 2% of their national income on defense this year, we would have another $90 billion to spend. that is the equivalent of today's defense budget of germany, italy, netherlands and norway combined. now, i'm not naive. i know we will not achieve this overnight, but at the summit in wales, we need to turn a corner, to start to see defense spending in europe rise in real terms for the first time since the end of the cold war. of course, national budgets have been under incredible stress, but things are changing. public finances are coming under control, and our economies are beginning to grow. i know very well that increasing defense spending is never easy, but in light of the threats we face, it has become a necessity. but of course this is not just about what we spend. it is also about how we spend. we need to focus on what we really need to keep our nations safe in the 21st century. on capabilities and skills for the future, and we must do more togeth

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energy firm chevron has started drilling in the northeast of romania though the government claims the technology is safe the public is still uneasy about the controversial industry. met some of the course you might have to bear the consequences of the drilling. this family gets everything from their farm is their home and business at the same time since whatever extra they managed to produce they sell that's why having chevron develop shell gas just a few miles away is to say the least causing concern. there's and we know what they did in other countries using this technique we're really worried it will contaminate the water and the air our food comes from the soil we're afraid for our animals our plants and ourselves wherever these people go they plant death. last december the small romanian village made global headlines when its residents tried stopping the u.s. energy giant from coming here the protest and it in clashes with the police and arrests while officials gave the green light to start the operation. despite the fierce opposition from the local starting from the sixth of may

greenpeace activists created a human chain blocking access to a shale gas exploration while in romania chevron began working at the site after postponing operations several times due to opposing from opposition from hundreds of residents as to say that romania could potentially hold more than fifty trillion cubic feet of shale gas enough to cover domestic demand for over a century critics insist the use of fracking technologies could harm the environment. and the boss of a senior partner company of football's governing body fever has been arrested on suspicion of illegally reselling world cup tickets is a rest is just one of a dozen or the real game dad busting a criminal ring elisei the gang could have operated it up to fought hanuman's raking in almost one hundred million dollars. whatever ground settle in a different country the often bring along with customs and cultures but in the u.k. recent demographic changes have been as much a fact of the country in terms of new traditions but rather bringing back old ones are for it reports. if young british people are in church these days w

and its hunt for lucrative shale gas reserves energy firm chevron started drilling in northeast romania but the government claims the technology is safe the public is uneasy about the industry or piskun of some locals who might have to bear the consequences of the drily. this family gets everything from their form it's their home and business at the same time since whatever extra they managed to produce they sell that's why having chevron develop shell gas just a few miles away is to say the least cause and concern. is known we know what they did in other countries using this technique we are really worried it will contaminate the water and the air our food comes from the soil we're afraid for our animals our plants and our selves wherever these people go they plant death. last december the small romanian village made global headlines when its residents tried stopping the u.s. energy giant from coming here to protest and in clashes with the police and arrests well officials gave the green light to start the operation despite the fierce opposition from the local starting from the sixth o

survive so modernizing this industry should really be one of the top priorities for the government romania was among the e.u. states its strongest by the global economic crisis and is still recovering well a proper overhaul of the agriculture sector would need big investment that's something the state currently doesn't have instead foreigners were allowed to enter the market which may not be working out exactly as planned. only ten percent of lands owned by foreigners seized agriculture for example in the west of the country millions of acres of boys are just to sell later it's a high price. so why is it more profitable to speculate with land rather than use it for production some foreign investors were met by an bureaucracy left over from communist times. when land was the nationalized and distributed to the public it was pure chaos the documents are still so confusing often it isn't even clear who the owner is this doesn't provide any guarantees to the banks and modern agriculture is nothing without their loans so without loans and proper support from the state it's ordinary romanian squ

to develop plans of its own likely things will improve on their own you've got us going over r t romania. and just a few minutes time it's mucks and stacy with the latest kaiser report right here on r.t. international. as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of my patients. i will not give deadly doses to anybody. or advise others to do so. i will never do harm to the. doctors of the docs on on tape. this is what we do we kill people and break things. we can see something if simple as people playing soccer games you can see individual players and if you see the ball. you can only see a spatial expression you can see is a mouth open and crying out. maybe cursed us or maybe he asked. for forgiveness for. there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser oh what a tangled but oh so profitable web we weave when first we practice to do you see you state see max now first of all there's so many different layers of deception around the world

start to see any real impact on that still to come fear and fracking in romania.we know what they did in other countries using this technique we're really worried it will contaminate the water and the u.s. energy giant chevron drilling for shale gas in the country local communities say their livelihoods could be in jeopardy stay with us. join me. in our. carry. only. eighteen minutes past the hour a barrage of rockets fired from gaza into israel which responded with dozens of airstrikes military bombardment the latest phase of an escalating situation after a palestinian teenager was found dead in jerusalem a suspected revenge killing for the three murders over the murders of three jewish teenagers which israel's prime minister has again blamed on hamas their bodies found in the west bank monday and human netanyahu valuing that the gaza based group would pay a quote heavy price for their deaths. meanwhile israeli police clashed with angry crowds manning justice for the murdered palestinian boy his funeral delayed reportedly due to fears that it will trigger more st

survive so modernizing this industry should really be one of the top priorities for the government romania was among the e.u. states hit strongest by the global economic crisis and is still recovering well a proper overhaul of the agriculture sector would need big investment that's something the state currently doesn't have instead foreigners were allowed to enter the market which may not be working out exactly as planned. only ten percent of lands owned by foreigners seized for agriculture for example in the west of the country millions of acres of bores are just to sell later it's a high price. so why is it more profitable to spread noise with land rather than use it for production some foreign investors were met by and bureaucracy left over from communist times. when land was the machinable eyes then distributed to the public it was pure chaos the documents are still so confusing often it isn't even clear who the owner is if this doesn't provide any guarantees to the banks in modern agriculture is nothing without their loans so without loans and proper support from the state it's alread

investors to develop plans its own likely things will improve on their own what is going over r t romania. i do stay with us all about with the latest headlines at the top of the hour coming up next i will head over to washington d.c. for being bussed in a breakdown of the financial at once. as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of my patients. i will not give deadly doses to anybody. or advise others to do so. i will never do harm to the. doctors of the doc's on on to. the war. probably the most complex and difficult to. answer. to the phenomenon of friendly fire probably extends back to the invention of. the kill a bunch of people who don't know if their families there are a us people. reading. this summer shoots my brother in the leg not intentional because of it because it was night time for in the morning even the best even the best soldiers. are going to make.

and romania, it is all about pushing bad debt reductions.the stock fall of erste falling 10%, 15% even. >> coming up on the program, the dow jones closes at a record high. we will look at the market open, the final of the week. we will be back after a short break. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." i'm mark barton. >> i'm anna edwards. jones closed at a record high, above 17,000 for the first time yesterday. will there be a spillover into the european equity markets? we are joined by brenda kelly for more. looking at the futures of european equity markets, no might be the short answer to the question. some of that already factored in? >> i think that is the case. we will see low trade volumes with the u.s. being closed for independence day. i think the investors have been waiting some time to see the footsie retarget -- to see the ftse retarget those highs. there are some catalysts that could send the ftse back up and threw it. >> it was 1999 when we had the highest level of the ftse. now 6865. >> the cyclical sector makes up the majority of

. >> romania, arabia. we even get them from -- they say that, my ancestor died here.e try to explain this to them within the framework of history. >> april, 1915. an invasion by french troops. their objective was to take control to assist their ally. the battle lasted eight months. the allies experience one of the most biggest the feeds. this was an inconceivable victory for the ottoman empire. navy,st, the greatest they force them to surrender. they stop the world's most powerful army in its tracks. who achieved this? a group of people who have been suffering. and who was supposed to have lost all their strength. of modernthe dawn turkey. >> it was a major victory for the commander, who led the war for independence. he later established modern turkey. manyearly a century later, turks remain nostalgic for the magnificence of their ottoman past. >> a reminder of the headlines. the israeli military said they downed a drone from gaza. forany win the world cup the fourth time after a next time call against argentina. they will be home on tuesday. schools take part in bast

croatia to albania and romania. very heavy rainfall inside a couple of hours. a level two on a scale of one two three has been issued for severe weather in the region. as well as for a large population as well. lock at the rainfall totals. 145 mm is about 6 cininches. on tuesday afternoon. and this is what it looks like when you get 150 mm that come down in just a few hours. this particular river across portions of the central romania taking on a tremendous amount of water. at least two have lost their lives. one person is missing in the region. of course hundreds have b forced to evacuate because of the rising waters here. over 1 thousand firefighters on the scene trying to help getting rid of the water. where i'm times 6 meters high. 20 feet. and the clouds certainly ominous, to say the lease, out o of portions of france. quickly a glance across to california. doubt in most of the state. look at the scenes. brand new video out of this region. a water main break across sunset boulevard on the campus of the ucla taking on a tremendous amount of water. the break

this one here from romania. check this guy out. crossing the street, right, on the phone, another crosswalk there. he stops. this cab also seems to slow down just enough to maybe let this guy go, but i looks tdo lks, but the cab keeps going. there he goes. runs up to catch up with the cab. oh, no, punches the cab driver in the face. >> what? >> yep, not taking the cab, punches the driver in the face and shoves him in the cab, swinging, punching the guy for no apparent reason. the cabi on the defensive until he reaches to pick something up, and now the tables turn. he flips the guy down on his back and exacts revenge. the guy with the dash cam says, i want a better view of this, bags up for a nice clear shot. i don't know why this guy chose to pick on this cabi, but the cabi pretty much lays this guy out. cabi gets back in the car, drives away, and watch what the guy does -- >> chases after him to give him a beat down? >> i don't know what he was thinking, realizing, man, i still need a ride after this. >> unbelievable. >> this is v

and i welcome the commitment of latvia, lithuania, poland, romania and turkey to do the same. and if other european allies spent 2% of their national income on defense this year, we would have another $90 billion to stand. that is the equivalent of today's defense budget that germany, italy, netherlands and norway combined. now i am not naÏve. i know we will not achieve this overnight, but at this summit in wales, we need to turn a corner, to start two-seat defense spending in europe rise in real terms for the first time since the end of the cold war. of course, national budgets have been under incredible stress. but things are changing. public finances are coming under control and our economies are beginning to grow. i know very well then increasing defense spending is never easy. but in light of the threats we face, it has become manifest d. but of course, this is not just about what we spent. it is also out how we spend. we need to focus on what we really need to keep our nation safe in the 21st century. on capabilities and skills for the future, and we must do more to gath

we have numerous reports of flooding and power outages in germany, romania and other places. the worst will happen in the northwest areas of the balkan peninsula on your wednesday and the worst area are under the eastern areas of the adriatic coast, tornadoes can the no be ruled out. temperatures, 5 degrees higher than normal in stockholm, moscow 10 degrees higher than normal. >>> finally over the america's, it's the monsoon season in the areas of the southwest. especially in the four corner regions, july and august are the wettest areas of the year. moisture is colliding from the pacific and the gulf of mexico. heavy rains will move over the southern plains for the next several days. for the next several days, thunderstorms will continue in places like albuquerque and el paso. being the back side of the rocky mountains it's staying hot and sunny. 40 degrees on your wednesday and friday. spokane washington, 37 degrees in both wednesday and thursday. heat is number one related killer. stay hydrated. here's your extended forecast around the globe. >> before we go, a giant crate

. >>> austrian lenders erste warns on hungary and romania. >>> a european tax ban goes out to amazon. eu officials have demanded luxembourg hand over documents regarding the online giant's tax affairs. >>> as americans celebrate fourth of july, will scotland get its own independent day? george galloway 75 days ahead of the crucial referendum. >>> european markets have been trading water in session this morning, just drifting into the red. you can see the state of play have been changed too much from our last check. but u.s. markets out of action today for fourth of july. a lot of the action was staggered. more than the market expected, 288,000 jobs were created. in italy, 2.8% below the charts there. on some of the other safe havens, fairley low levels, too. 2.57% on gilts. >>> foreign markets are noticed an elevation in dollar trade in the past 24 hours and that continues to be the case. doctoral/yen levels is 102 is the handle on the charts this morning. euro/dollar, under pressure. sterling back trablg tracking, as well. the australian dollar has been pucking the trend, jumping to

. >> here in europe in the east, flooding has killed at least three people in romania and bulgaria.our others are missing. >> the romanian environment authorities said rivers are at levels seen every 200 years. hundreds of aged -- villagers have fled their homes. >> the water has swept away houses. many people have lost everything. the romanian city is almost completely submerged. in the surrounding area, people are trying to save what they can. many are shocked at the extent of the flooding. >> i am 61. i have lived here my whole life, and i have never seen anything like this. >> italy was also hit by the rains. family salvaged these pieces of furniture. water levels surged in lombardi, a region prone to flooding. parts of belgium are also underwater. tuesday night, -- families were rescued from their flooded homes. here and elsewhere, it is bound to take months to repair the damage. >> some sports news now. the european athletics commission -- germany has excluded an anti-long jumper from the team. >> they say his carbon fiber blade lends him an unfair advantage against able-bodie

. >>> and in romania after being hit by surging floodwaters two people dead and hundreds forecasted to evacuate. the town got as much as ten feet of water. >>> the french government has evacuated nearly french and british nationals from libya. the north african country has been unstable since it's up rising in 2011. dozens have been killed in clashes between rival militias. yesterday 30 people were killed. >>> officials in nigeria say they're trying to find more than 30,000 people who may have been exposed to the deadly ebola virus. nigeria's first case surfaced in legos. an american traveling to liberia collapsed at the airport and then died last friday. now those caring for ebola patients are dying themselves. dominick cane has more. >> reporter: this is another life lost to ebola. one of a growing number claimed by this deadlly virus. now the man in charge to stop it in sierra leone now has succumbed to it. he was praised for his national efforts to contain ebola but on tuesday it killed him. he was being treated in a hospital. the doctors and nurses there are the forefront of the b

but we should be increasing our efforts to bolster the countries like poland, the baltic states, romaniaher nations that are worrying about what the next step from russia could be. i am not suggesting that russia is going to send troops across the border soon. but if they get away with this, then nato does have to have a conversation to ensure that ultimately this russian aggression is it not cross the nato boundary. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> today the u.n. human rights commissioner warned israel and hamas against targeting civilians. they said war crimes may have been commit on both sides. it comes as the hamas leader, khaled meshaal called for an opening of gaza's borders and an end to the blockade of more than seven years, his preconditions for a ceasefire. here is our report. >> a cloud of smoke means another israeli air striker in gaza city. here, the planses never stop, and stretcher follows stretcher. at least two people were killed and many injured, including ed ldren, when a shell land near a mosquera-perea just afternoon. >> god protect us. we are dying and