. >> now joining us live from new york city is craig symonds. >> now joining us live from new york city is craig symonds. he's the author of the new book "neptune: the allied invasion of europe and the d-day landings. mr. symonds, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> we just saw yesterday, mr. symonds, an anniversary in normandy, the 70th anniversary of d-day. a lot of dignitaries there to make the day special yesterday. why do you think 70 years later this date still resonates with the american public? >> well, first of all, i'm glad that it does. i think it's important to remember significant moments in american and even world history and particularly this one where the world changed so dramatically as a result of the sacrifice of those who invaded northern france in 1944. and i think the 70th is particularly moving. it's a lifetime. i mean, if you consider the biblical injunction that a man has three score years and ten,

nbc bay area's handa joins us from city hall. >> it's one way to get everybody's attention. we're here across from city hall where supporters have set up this tent to symbolize a protest against san jose's new regulation, but it is free pot that is getting everyone's attention. the all-american cannabis club is closing its doors friday because the owner says he can't beat san jose's tighter new regulations by this week's deadline, but the owners are fighting back with voter referendums to limit the city's power. today the coalition set up stations in about a dozen locations citywide offering vouchers to registered san jose voters for a free gram of pot and medical evaluation to become patients. the coalition avoided accusations of drug dealing by making signing the referendum optional, meaning you can get the voucher even if you didn't sign the petition. one signer told us the city makes users look and feel like criminals. >> i was always getting the marijuana from a friend of mine and what not. i don't want to do that. that's illegal, obviously. i was really appreciative of

nick joins us from city hall where mayor lee made the announcement. >>the mayor cannot try to hide the excitement calling the tournament a world-class event for a premiere city. >> it has been a great lay out. great for the city. it is a beautiful track. now it is redone. it brings the spot light to us. >> the spotlight will get brighter. today, san francisco mayor lee and officials from the pro golfers association announced a deal to host the first major championship in harding park history. >> we are really excited to put our skill tests together and try to revitalize a park into a world-class golf facility. that is what we have done. >> officials confirm three premiere golf events will be played at harding, 2020 p.g.a. championship, in 2025, the president's cup and next year, the match play championship is played right here on these greens. >> we are proud of this collaboration. it is historic in many ways. it will be the first in so many decades for a major in the world of golf in a hosted year. >> city finished an extensive renovation project that

murrieta mayor alan long joins us from city hall. >> separate church and state!sident owe pa ma believes women should make personal health care decisions for themselves, rather than their bosses deciding for them. >> birth control, religion and the

speaking to us from gaza city. when we come back from break, we were be joined by raji sourani, palestinian human rights leader. he will speak to us from gaza as well. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. we are staying in gaza. in gaza city, where we're joined by raji sourani, an award-winning human rights lawyer. he is the director of the palestine center for human rights in gaza. he is on the board of the international federation for human rights. he received the robert f kennedy human rights award in 1991, twice named and amnesty international prisoner of conscience. in 2013, won the right livelihood award. raji sourani, we welcome you to democracy now! we ask you to describe the situation, at this point, and what you feel needs to happen. what you see here, what you see in shejaiya area, were yesterday the israelis committed a massacre against civilians. many people. 75 have been counted. almost 400 dead. many injur

. >> now joining us live from new york city is craig symonds. >> now joining us live from new york city is craig symonds. he's the author of the new book "neptune: the allied invasion of europe and the d-day landings. mr. symonds, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> we just saw yesterday, mr. symonds, an anniversary in normandy, the 70th anniversary of d-day. a lot of dignitaries there to make the day special yesterday. why do you think 70 years later this date still resonates with

. >> our reporter joins us from city hall with the supervisor's proposal. ann. >> sheryl today supervisor wiener told the rest of the board let's have a hearing to discuss the efforts here that we're doing in city to conserve water. next it will be discussed within a specific committee with a participation of a number of agencies, including the pic, park and the 3wi8ding department. >> water conservation will be on the agenda when the board of supervisors reconvenieed in department. for example, the public utilities commission has one recycling facility and will have another in four years. >> we're behind where we should be in terms of water reused. water recycling. there's no reason for us to use anything but recycled water. for example to water landscaping. the plan is to eventually have certain areas like golden state park use only recycled water. it currently uses well water. meanwhile there has been concern that all the new construction of apartments in the city will increase the demand for water looking back at the past ten years, the puc projects even

joining us from gaza city. wafa hospital was evacuated after being struck by israeli shells a few days ago. thank you. tell us about the situation at the clinic where you are. >> at the clinic we are in, a lot of people heard that wafa moved from the old place to the new place. we have many people coming seeking shelter. thinking that we are still having the same building that we used to have. we have rejected those people because we are guests on the clinic. but if i walk on the street, i walk outside the hospital here, which is the hospital. i find people walking, running in the street and this may be the image of 1948. they are running away from their homes. they'll look for a safe shelter and safe place. gaza does not have any shelters to protect the people. israelis are shelling around. the building is shaking, the hospital is shaking, shooting at everything. an old van and an animal. they are acting in a way of an animal that has been wounded. hopefully this has to end, the walls have to here what is going

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. >> murietta mayor, alan long, joins us from city hall. >>> then -- >> president obama believes women should make personal health care choices for themselves rather than their bosses deciding for them. >> a supreme court decision reignites the culture wars. >>> plus -- >> this is admiral howard. u.s. flagged cargo ship, maersk alabama -- >> she led the rescue of the real captain phillips. master and commander of the high seas moves her story from the big screen to the history books. this is "state of the union." good morning from washington. i'm candy crowley. immigration reform, both legal and illegal, long on the back burner in congress but front and center across the country almost always. two men involved in the headlines this week. live from laredo, texas, the mexican border you see. just across from him on the other side of the rio grande, that's congressman hen. and murietta mayor alan long. first, congressman, your office was kind enough to send us one of the pictures of the processing centers you visited. describe the situation to me now, both in terms of the numbers of child

murrieta mayor alan long joins us from city hall. >> separate church and state! >> then -- >> president owe pa ma believes women should make personal health care decisions for themselves, rather than their bosses deciding for them. >> birth control, religion and the ballot box. the culture wars reignited plus. >>> cap tape, this is admiral howard, a u.s. flight departed -- >> she led the rescue of the real captain phillips. now the navy's master and commander on the high seas moves her store fy from the big screeo the history books. this is "state of the union." >>> good morning from washington, i'm candy crowley. immigration reform both legal and illegal, long on the backburner in congress, but front and center across the country almost always today two men involved in the headline this is week, live from laredo, texas, that's the mexican border you see just across from him on the other side of the rio grande. that's democratic congressman henry cuellar and from the california town that screamed down busloads of undocumented children and mothers, murrieta mayor

faith but investor joining us now on the phone from new york city. -- facebook investor joining us onhone from new york city. you did by faith took shares in shares iny facebook 2010. you look at these numbers and >>nk, what about facebook? these book is remarkable in terms of what they are giving their user. one thing you can say about me. i was the first arson to buy facebook in march -- first buy facebook in march. i continue to be amazed. the thing i focus on is user engagement. because everybody has been saying for years their user engagement is dropping. i don't care what people say. i care about the data they spoke isreleasing -- facebook releasing. i track their daily act of users over monthly active users. that helps you understand the percentage of users walking on every day. on every day. 62.9%. from not up a lot that continues to go up. >> what you do is you are looking for the next phase book -- facebook or twitter. point?out there at this >> i did not think there is anybody who is going to unseat facebook. ed used to be a hot, cool company. it is no longer. it is a utili

thank you for bringing us the latest from city hall in paris. us preview the next match. brazil has not lost at home since 1975 but that record is set to be put to a real test tonight. they face columbia bring -- the colombia. -- they needed a shootout to win over chile. the colombians had been enjoyed their best world cup campaign to date. let's get more from an analyst. she has this preview. colombia and the mood in the streets is that of concern. the team's emotional state has proved a hot topic in the buildup to this game. brazil path former coach and said this is a strong national team and the fans have plenty of reason to believe. thereuntil this match, was no questioning brazil's team. everything was ok. it took just one game for people to lose faith. result to wind easily against chile but it world cup is not simple. every match counts and every moment is the size of. from this moment on, it is all or nothing. we can only hope that brazil's players can do a pressure but they were picked because they are capable of delivering. >> colombia has been one of the big su

city will double from 50 cents to a dollar an hour. it includes parking in the lot next to the redwood city caltrain station. they hope to keep people from using redwood city as a hub to get to santa clara. >>> still ahead, how washington state's legalization of recreational pot is renewing the push in the bay area. >>> and accused of fraud, the new class action lawsuit filed against anthem blue cross. >>> and uber agrees to cap prices but only under certain circumstances. we have the details coming up. >>> a follow-up now, the san francisco board of supervisors has passed a controversial law that could change mental health care in the city. laura's law would allow friends, family, doctors and law enforcement officials to ask the courts to force mentally ill people to get outpatient treatment in certain situations. potential patients must have been hospitalized or jailed for mental health issues twice in the last three years and been violent towards themselveses or others. critics say it will strip mentally ill people of their rights to accept or refuse medical treatment. >>> one of the state's largest health insurance companies has been accus

christie smith joins us from the city this evening. a busy weekend, a lot of people need to plan accordingly, like we said. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. use public transportation, follow the detours, give yourself extra time. that's because at 9:00 tonight, the northbound lanes of 280 are closing for repair work, or a portion here. drivers telling us they're just concerned their fourth of july weekend will be stuck behind the wheel. >> fourth of july weekend as well? >> reporter: drivers idling in afternoon traffic are dreading the 280 closure tonight. >> i think it's going to be real rough on everybody. i drive for a living, you know? >> reporter: northbound lanes will close between the 280-101 connector and downtown. >> there's no painless way to shut down one of the two major freeways in san francisco. >> reporter: for a job that involves cutting out part of the roadway to replace a safety hinge. this is the second closure. >> it will be different because it's a different direction. but we're still expecting some serious backups

audrey, awe go to coordinator for the french medical ngo who joins us now from gaza city. just heard, audrey, from the united nations that more than 100,000 palestinians have now been displaced. give us a sense of what the scene is on the ground, the humanitarian situation on the ground, where you are right now. to say, the human situation is difficult to because there are a lot of security constraints. there are right now airstrikes , so theings everywhere movements are very difficult for us, of course, to reach our patients to evaluate the situation, but also for our medical teams who are trying to get to the people who need to be brought to the hospital. is thatan tell you it is more than double the amount of people they should have. , and theseople fled are very basic conditions, water for each person, and some conditions are very difficult, and they are trying to help the people. >> clearly, you are stretched to your limits. most of the ngo's operating there are in the same position, very much stretched. what are the main requirements of the ngo's, such as yours, opera

us. i'm morgan radford coming to you from new york city. here are today's headlines. so far more than 120 people are dead, and nearly 1,000 have been hurt. this morning a medical center for the disabled was destroyed in the northern gaza strip. and over in iraq kurdish forces have answer over two major oil fields. the latest is an oil grab by the kurds who are trying to get full autonomy from iraq. >>> working gun to move costa concordia. it will be moved 100 feet to be cleaned and assessed. >>> well, a daring grandmother from maine is headed to the high seas. she's hope to go raise awareness and money for a community of 7,000 adults and children living in a garbage dump just outside of guatemala city. debra walters will set off tomorrow in kayak, and al jazeera caught up with her right before she left. >> reporter: walters is not your average grandmother. at 63, the retired scientists paddles her kayaks all over the world. >> you travel alone you can get closer to the wildlife. you're slowing down. you're seeing more of the world around you. you're feeling really imm

joining us from gaza city is al jazeera america correspondent nick schifrin. thank you for joining us. we heard from shimon peres and another, calling for a ceasefire. secretary of state john kerry is heading to egypt, which is proposing a truth. is there a sense that there is an appetite to de-escalate on either side? >> i think the discussions are fluid. there's appetite on either side right now, if either side say conditions are going be met. what is clear in the last few minutes, in the last few hours is there is positive movement and momentum toward this diplomatic solution. u.s. officials vey secretary of state john kerry has been talking about a pause. he's not using the ward ceasefire, but a pause, 74, 48, 72 hours so me can be in the middle of diplomacy. he's planning on a trip to cairo and doha. those are the two countries in the middle of this mediation. if you talk to either side there are different conditions. basically all sides are talking about a few things. one, they are talking about the oem up of rafa, a border crossing between egypt and hama

of citi joins us from new york city and we're kirking it off with the second half of the year with trading stocks making big moves today. the dow is on track for its first triple digit gain in more than a month. dow transport setting a record today. will the gains continue in the second half? dr. j, what do you say? >> yes, they will. >> they will. >> yep. >> we're going to -- now, we're not going to see 126 points in the first three hours of every day but we are going to see a number of good days, i believe. i don't know that we beat by much the first half performance, however. in other words, up 6%, give or take in the first half of the year, mel. my target, for us to be up 10 by the end of the year. no yo if he get past that but continue to work up rather than down. >> do we see rotation, second half of the year? what worked, being sold, didn't work, being bought? >> seeing a little of that going on today. consumer discretionary coming around, but this is a classic first day of a new quarter after a quarter which surprises everyone with strong performance. so what's going on today is on

>> conner powell has the latest for us from gaza city. >> reporter: we understand there are serious ceasefire talks going on and we expected an a noupsment earlier in the day. so far israel nor hamas made announcement. there are no ceasefire but there are talks going on and what it might look like. but we understand the israeli security cabinet met and they are divided on whether to escalate or accept a ceasefire. many in israel want to finish off hamas for good and destroy all of the tunnels and many in gaza simply think without a permanent lifting up the blockade around gaza, it is not worth stopping the fighting. there is real division about escalating or division. the big difference here in the past few hours, we are seeing heavy fighting in the palestinian west bank. thousands of palestinians going out and protesting the ongoing military operation here in gas a. five palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured. this is a change. we have seen heavy change in gaza and also in the west bank. and the numbers are continuing to stack up here. we understand that 836 palestinians were kil

from donesque. it's a stronghold city. officials from leadership are telling us they believe ukrainian government tanks and armored carriers are trying to punch through north of the city in the direction of the railroad station. the mayors, the city mayor's website put out a warning to residents online saying stay away from the north of the city from the railroad station area, which is only four or five miles from where i'm standing right now. in the meantime, the separatist movement here, credibility getting a blistering attack from one of the world leaders, when the leaders of one of the countries whose citizens died aboard malaysian slight 17 coming from the prime minister of australia who described the recovery and investigation effort in the crash zone, which is controlled by the separatist fighters. take a listen. >> there's no doubt that at the moment, the site is under the control of the russian backed rebels and given the almost certain culpability of the russian backed rebels in the downed aircraft, having those people in control of the site is like lea

. >> thank you for joining us live from gaza city. another botched execution in the united states prison system. a condemned murderer took close to 2 hours to die in the state of arizona instead of 10 minutes as originally planned. he gasped for breath hundreds of times shortly after being injected. the sedative used as a pain killer ha proved problematic before. he stood out as one of the leaders of the recent antigovernment protests in venezuela. he is on trial at the opposition there is struck with -- opposition figure is charged with inciting violence following his february arrest. raleigh -- af a rally that saw activists clashing with police. spain'ss good news for battered economy. the country's tourism sector is bouncing back. there's been a 7% increase in the number of visitors over the last year, proving that business and pleasure can go hand-in-hand. beaches, the city ,enter, and the museums tourists are again flocking to spain. this seaside resort set a new record for visitors. hotel years are delighted -- hoteliers are del

on defined eastern regions reportedly forcing anti-government fighters from their main stronghold in the city of slavyansk. both used to enjoy but nobody from the city is now. locals in the small village of bury those killed by choose a strike which claimed twelve lives including a five year old boy. plus recruits from europe and the us join islamist fighters in syria and iraq spreading their control in the region at a furious pace also coming up. the murder of a palestinian boy triggers violence in jerusalem as mourners accuse israel of a revenge attack over the yearly killing of three israeli teenagers. the welcome the watching r.t. international now we are getting reports that ukrainian troops have retaken control of the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk which has been a stronghold of anti-government forces for months here are the most recent pictures from the city. you can hear the sound of explosions there with people running for cover there are unconfirmed reports of multiple civilian deaths over the last twenty four hours they are hard to verify that because of the ongoing fighting is though that at least s

joining us from kansas city is a blogger and journalist. her latest ploegement is called before -- project is called before and after. good it have you with us. how did this start? you learnt about an international free lapsing site called fibre and you used it to contact people who could photo shop. you hired them, sent them a picture of yourself and asked them to do to the picture what they wanted to do and make you look beautiful. what did you expect? >> i expected to be able to identify patterns, if i sent an image to several workers, i'd gret results that looked similar, or maybe i'd see commonly assumeded stereo times that became apparent. i didn't see any of that. what i saw was striking and every image i got, even though it was from an individual, each was distinct. >> let's get to some images. what surprised you the moment. >> the one i received from morocco. an individual, when i prompted him with a request to make me beautiful, dressed me in a hig ab and brought in elements to a conversation of beauty standard i never assume. it o

erlichman joins us from kansas city, washington. city.nabis this is the store.in an industrial spot in seattle. legal pote first store in the city of seattle. the number today is 100 million. according to the company handling the software to track where this pot is coming from, they have tracked more than 100 million grams of marijuana over the last five years. it's a technology angle to a story we have been covering. this is a big deal for the state of washington. you now have legal pot selling across the state. tracking where that pot is coming from is important because regulation requires that it be in-state pot. that you're smoking and buying at these locations. >> are you really working today? i can't quite tell. >> [laughter] this is fascinating. i guess this is kind of play. this is an unusual situation. i think many people have curiosity. these are not just people who are coming to sample some of the company's material but also because there are a lot of theys who are wondering if can generate more tax revenue over the next few years. we will likely see

abc's alex marquardt on this story from the beginning joins us live now from gaza city with the latest. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, guys. well, overnight israel stepped up its air strike s targeting te homes of islamic jihad as those groups continued firing rockets into israel warning sirens warning across the south and central part of the country including tell asleeve where we understand the anti-missile shield iron dome intercepted several of those rockets. this comes after that cease-fire yesterday failed. it had been proposed by egypt. agreed to by israel but rejected out of hand by hamas. and as a result prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he had no choice but to expand operations. just before midnight the israeli military sending out to more than 100,000 people in gaza a recorded call and text messages telling them to evacuate their homes before 8:00 a.m. this morning. that was just three hours ago, that begs the question of whether a ground operation is on the way. tens of thousands of israeli troops still massed along the border between gaza and israel. t

nick schifrin reporting to us from gaza city. thank you. >>> helping us with inside in the latest actions retired army general mark kimmitt joins us, serving as former assistant secretary of defense in the middle east. we are talking about 1700 air strikes, 1200 plus, give or take rockets, where does the fire power come from? >> on the part of the israelis, they have a formidable air force in the region, if not the most formidable. in the case of gaza, for years and years we have seen rockets transported into the sea, into rafa, crossing into gaza, and coming down to lebanon as well. >> in this situation when you see the power, the power that they are getting in gaza is of a different caliber, as it were, to anything we have seen before. >> over the last 10-15 years we have seen the rocket capability go from the small ones ranging at 3.5km, to 120km. >> compelling in terms of the growing threat, but on the other hand that iron dome... >> tremendous capability. co-produced with the united states, co-manufactured with the united st

them is based on the analysis of who is the population of the city, land use and land use and the exemption here for the one that i just came from. the city use a model of who could afford to live here based on sticks that -- statistics that are really ancient. they are 10 and 15 years old. there is a real request to me about whether they are valid in 2014 and will be valid in 2015. planning department has also taken that next step that invalid dates the neighborhood calls the central corridor plan. ultimately the board of supervisors is responsible because every time you approve one of these area plans that is based on rotten data of who can afford to live in this city and rezone the area, massive areas for high intensity housing that is all upper end. not all, but, 90 percent is upper end. who can live in this city? >> i have never been a higher end person. i'm on the lower end of the chart even though i'm an attorney. i represent lower income people. i worked with them for 40 years in this city. it's hard for me to face planning studies that have no connection with reality and they are churning and churning high end housing a

city go from here? a reporter for the daily news, he covers atlantic city, and he joins us from philadelphia. chuck, this is not -- atlantic city is a big deal. and what has happened? >> well, what happened is two words, it's called convenient gaming, and simply what that means, the example that i always use to illustrate what happened in atlantic city. up from 1978 to 2006, grandpa and grandma, who lived in northeast philadelphia, which is an hour and a half plus ride to and from atlantic city, they have their favorite slot machine, and they would go down there once or twice a month, ride the buses and play the slot machine and go home and come back the next week. and what happened was, pennsylvania, specifically southeastern pennsylvania, the philadelphia region, got a handful of casinos, four or five, and for instance, now grandma and grandpa, who don't care about celebrity chef restaurants, and 24-hour spa treatments, and kanye west and jay-z concerts, that you can avail yourself of in atlantic city, and now these people who live in northeastern philadelphia, atlantic city, all they need t

nicole johnson joining us from gaza city. as always, be safe. >>> as the violence continues there are protests planned across the u.s. in fort lauderdale, florida, protesters are rallying in support of the palestinians. >> reporter: one of the things protesters chant are shame on you obama, kids are dying because of you. they are holding up signs of names and ages of some that have died. we spoke to people breaking their ramadan fast to find out what they feel and think about what is going on in gaza. the final moments as the last light of sun disappears, and muslims pray before breaking the ramadan faster moments of gratitude. the muslims here in florida are mindful the the palestinians in gaza are scared, hungry and may be mourning the loss of loved ones. do you feel a sense of helple helplessne helplessness? >> yes, i do. they are basically facing a force with which they have - they can't do anything. >> reporter: people spoke about solidarity and injustice. >> this is really not war. >> why isn't it? >> because war - they

"abc7 news" reporter vic lee joins us live now from city hall with more. vic? >> reporter: the people who came here in city hall today live in districts with some of the highest crime rates in the city. bay voourks ingleside, and many of them take this escalating gun violence personally. shaun richards and others were at the supervisor's board meeting. >> you've got a lot of frustration and anger in the communities. you know, it's just a combination of a lot of things if you put it together. it would be a problem. >> reporter: the grassroots program started at noon today it's time to stop the killing and start the healing. >> yes. >> i want to hear you say it. stop the killing and start the healing. >> reporter: they're asking for help, more police controls, more money to fund projects for kids and more help to find the killers. >> i want the city to put in surveillance cameras, quality surveillance cameras across all of the public housing, all of the recreational facilities and public facilities. >> it started june 27th with the shooting death of a former gang

richard engel joins us from gaza city. with a good morning to you, richard.it feel like it's quieting down or about to get worse? >> reporter: it does not feel like it is quieting down. it is actually now the second full day of the operation. tonight will be the third night. but there have been bombardments throughout the day, in the night. much happened north and east of here. this feels like it could be just beginning. thousands of israeli reinforcements have been deployed because they could be you've to expand israel's ongoing ground campaign. to or now israeli tanks and artillery haven't pushed deep into the gaza strip. they stayed out of big urban areas. israel said it wants to destroy tunnels hamas uses to sneak from gaza to israel and attack israelis. but the israeli military is attacking buildings in tkpa swra city too. sometimes they will first fire a small bomb, a warning shot for people to evacuate. and then this. the bomb alert by bomb doesn't always work. and it isn't always used. more than 300 palestinian have been killed in the last two weeks.

from north carolina in 15 minutes. meantime, arthur already impacting the surf at the jersey shore. there are warnings posted along the beaches there tonight. nbc 10's nefertiti jacuez is joining us life from ocean city. how's it looking there? >> reporter: right now, it is calm, but tomorrow, this storm is expected to move in. so, many people here are watching and waiting to see how this hurricane could impact their fourth of july plans. county officials say for safety concerns, they have already postponed their fireworks display. people packed the ocean city boardwalk. many like the smith family were getting in some last-minute fun before the storm. >> fireworks were canceled, and the weather's going to be terrible. so might as well be at home. >> reporter: originally, chrissie, her husband, matt and three kids were going to stay until tomorrow night. once they learned the fireworks display had been postponed due to the impending storm, they decided to head back home. >> we were going to try to stay for the fireworks, but we're leaving. >> it is frustrating, but there's nothing to be upset about. >> reporter: while many were upset the weather was putting a damper on the holiday weekend, many more u

. >> axelrod: holly williams joins us now from gaza city. holly, very dramatic visitio at the top of your -- video at the top of your piece. how close are you today? >> reporter: well, jim, the strikes have been coming in this evening much more frequently than we've seen on previous nights. the gaza strip is really taking a pummeling. and one of those hits struck around 200 yards in that direction just beside our hotel. it lit up the sky, and it's perhaps not surprising because earlier today, we saw and heard rockets being launched by militants from that location. >> axelrod: holly williams in gaza. thank you. the dispute over the results of afghanistan's presidential election appears to have been resolved. in a deal brokered today by visiting u.s. secretary of state john kerry, both candidates agreed to respect the result of an internationally supervised recount. they also fledged the win -- pledged the winner would form a government with representatives from both sides. we heard today from the 15-year-old who was the only survivor of a sho

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he is reporting to us from gaza city. you can follow his reports on twitter. backgrounding in the . can see the power plant still smoking. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. n mate.ro >> the obama administration has expanded the national terrorist system on who can be targeted. the guidebook says to be deemed a terrorist, irrefutable evidence or concrete facts are not necessary. terrorism is so broadly defined it includes people accused of damaging property belonging to the government or financial institutions. other factors could include postings on social media or having a relative deemed a terrorist. in a statement, the american civil liberties union said instead of a watchlist limited terrorists, the government is secretly blacklisting people as known terrorists and giving them an impossible task of having themselves prove themselves innocent. invited them,ow and said without speaking to the contents of the article, the wife system is an important part of the defense to protect americans against additional attacks. before an ameri

. >> reporting to us from gaza city, thank you. >> these are difficult days for palestinians across the gaza strip in their desperate search for safe shelter. malaysia airline >> of the 1.5 million palestinians who live in gaza, 1.2 million are refugees, most from the war of 1948 which led to the creation of the state of israel. some, about half a million live in the eight refugee camps throughout gaza. some of the most densely inhabited places on the planet. the camps are administered by the united nations work relief for palestinian refugees. in gaza, health care during this crisis is provided at 22 hospitals and 83 schools are now providing shelter to more than 140,000 gazes. there are no other places of safety and with the borders closed, no possible way to leave. u.n. premises are supposed to be respected by both sides but three schools were hit and u.n. employees, teachers were killed. the u.n. has also accused hamas of storing weapons in several schools left empty by fighting. it was at a school used as a shelter close to israel that oh sew many people were killed and hurt today.