Hill today was about the crisis on our southern border. House republicans unveiled their plan this morning. A threepronged attack. Something of an outline. Send troops, send back refugees. They are very, very vulnerable. And send nothing to the floor of congress. Bring them a bipartisan bill from the senate for a vote in the house. Boehner would not commit to bringing any legislation up for a vote. Boehner is continuing to be boehner. They want us to throw more money at the problem. The president of the United States is the worlds sugar daddy. Promised them all sorts of free goodies. Everyone is talking in d. C. Right now its still in the talking page. How does boehner continue to get away with this . Nothing is going to get done. They can pass Immigration Reform in two minutes. We should stay here until we get this job done. Eight days, thats all they have left until they go on vacation. Okay. This is why its hard for House Speaker john boehner to get House Republicans to agree to any
Okay. This is why its hard for House Speaker john boehner to get House Republicans to agree to anything like the president s emergency request for funds to handle the crisis at the southern border. Republicans like this are members of the working group on the emergency funding plan. This president has promised them all sorts of free goodies, like free food, free clothing, free health care, free transportation, free entertainment, and until that stops, you cannot anticipate that people around the world wont try to break into america, because america is going to be their sugar daddy. And right now the president of the United States is the worlds sugar daddy. Today, john boehner announced that the group, that group that that guy is a member of, recommended offering president obama less than half of the emergency funding that he requested two weeks ago. The process will ultimately the funds will be used to deport thousands of children who are in the process of being handled by the Border P
Were following the breaking news in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 and in gaza where at least 16 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in what was supposed to be a safe haven. This was the scene after a strike at a United Nations schoolhousing palestinians fleeing the fighting between israel and hamas. The palestinians called the strike brutal israeli aggression. But israel says it may have been the result of a hamas rocket noting several have fallen in the same area. We have breaking News Coverage you will see only here on cnn. Lets start with the cnns karl penhaul in gaza city. Whats the latest on this u. N. Shelter strike . We have to be very precise about all the information to make sure that were not reflecting the version of only one of the warring sides, wolf. 16 dead, as you say. 200 wounded. This was a United Nations school about a mail and a half from the israeli gaza border near the town of beit hanoun. There has been intense fighting including ground
Were following the break is news, dramatic new International Fallout from the fighting between israel and hamas. Its raging on despite increased efforts to try to broker a ceasefire. [ explosion ] continued zroil strikes on gaza have pushed the death toll there to at least 630 people, 28 Israeli Soldiers have also died as well as two israeli civilians and the impact from this crisis is clearly spreading. U. S. Aviation officials are now taking drastic action. Theyre banning american carriers from flying into israels main airport after a rocket struck this house about a mile away from Ben Gurion International airport. International airlines are now following the u. S. Lead with lufthansa, be klm, air france among those canceling flights into Ben Gurion Airport at least for 24 to 36 hours. Were following all angles of the fighting. The fallout, plus major new developments ins the downing of flight 17 with our correspondents and our guests. Atika schubert begins coverage over the an Ben G
Could have survived, its our daughter. Just like every flight 17 family, they dont know the for sure if their loved ones body has been recovered. Their frustration, even their flickering hope that somehow, shes alive. Hello, im jim sciutto filling in again for jake tapper and beginning today with our world lead. Two major stories calling into question how much of the world is actually safe to fly over anymore. With trauma still fresh after a passenger plane was shot out of the sky over ukraine, the u. S. Government is now banning all flights to and from israels main airport for 24 hours. The reason one of the thousands of rockets launches by hamas from gaza struck about a mile from Ben Gurion Airport near tel aviv. Hamas controls gaza. Israels socalled iron dome is highly effective against the rockets but not foolproof. We dont want to the equate hamass rocket capabilities with the sophisticated Missile System that shot down flight 17 or the Technology Israel is using to battle hamas,