plus, how government >> hello, i'm uma pemmaraju in washington.ox news is closely monitoring the growing tensions between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. at this hour, the air strikes are continuing with israel launching nearly 200 strikes this morning. one apparently striking down a rocket aimed at tel aviv. we'll have the very latest in a live report, plus an exclusive with israel's deputy knesset speaker, live from tel aviv. hearings from capitol hill this week about the benghazi attack. but did we get all the answers? fair and balanced, we'll be talking to lawmakers in both sides of the aisle. plus the impact of david petraeus' testimony from former attorney general alberto gonzalez will be coming your way. they fought in iraq and afghanistan. now they're fighting to help people rebuild their lives after super storm sandy. how these veterans and their new mission of mercy is making an impact, when america's news headquarters starts at the top of the hour. don't go away. see you then. >> nearly three weeks after super storm sandy and thousa

tracy: uma pemmaraju, thank you very much. >> you're welcome.ori: speaking of all girls, here is three of us. you have got gold hovering near the flat line after hitting two week highs earlier today on news of course of president obama's re-election and expectations of more money, more money, more money. sandra smith with the details in today's trade. that is what it is all about, isn't it, sandra? >> that is what is was all about. you saw gold, back into positive territory. but we got huge surge in gold and precious metal prices overnight after the election was won by president obama and into this morning. intraday chart. we saw it actually fall below. gold is back up a little bit. seeing volatility. and originally, based on expectations that with president obama serving another term, that we could possibly see more quantitative easing easing by the fed. that would be bad for the u.s. dollar. good for gold prices. then all the investors saw the plunge in the stock market, had to shore up losses and cash somehow. selling gold. that is why we hav

. >>> hill low, i'm uma pemmaraju. the conflict intensifies as israel and gaza militants launch hundreds of rockets at one another as concerns grow at this hour that they're closing in on an all-out war a. short time ago, the israeli military said its iron dome defense system shot down another incoming rocket bound for tel aviv. joining us now, leeland vittert on the border with the very latest on the growing crisis. >> right now we are waiting to see if the tanks will cross the black abyss that is behind me into gaza where we have watched the rockets fly out of all night as i speak. you can hear the buzzing sound of israeli drones and f-16s as they head in on their bombing sorties trying to search out the rocket crews and hit them with a missile before they can send things raining down on nearly a million israeli civilians in the line of fire. through the afternoon, gaza militants launched countless rocket volleys, firing one toward tel aviv where air raid sirens sent beach goers running for cover. the iron dome syste