Threshold. Everybody wants to know will it affect me inland . We wont know that. There will be outer bands here, john, that will come on shore, maybe a rain shower. You can see one right there in georgia. A big one down through here in florida. There is no way to predict whether one of those ends up over washington dc or new york city closer to the northeast there is no possible way to predict that. We can probably predict the size, 80, 85 miles per hour. Yesterday the Hurricane Center was thinking 90. Thats not out of the question. You can see the eye in the threedimensional depiction. The eye is right down there in the middle. Hurricane Hunter Aircraft flying through it now. Finding the pressure going down, wind speeds picking up and the storm doing exactly what we thought it would do. This storm by tomorrow is going to be affecting the coast of South Carolina right through there and then its going to be effecting North Carolina with on shore waves probably six to ten feet tall. Over
Have been laying out here in the heat for hours and hours. The ground here now stained with the blood of 298 victims. When we showed up the scene was so raw, our first instinct was to say a prayer for the victims and the obvious indignity going on before we even reported. There are hard questions about who did this and why and what will happen next. But theres also a lot of evasion and theres a lot of playing of politics here and were going to take it all on for you this morning and show you whats happening here in the final resting place of mh 17. Theres a lot of news this morning. Let me get you back to new york for the headlines with kate and john. Guys . Thanks so much, chris. Well get back to you shortly. Weve got the other major story were following, of course, in israel. Wolf blitzer is on the ground in jerusalem after the deadliest day for both sides in the surge of violence between israel and hamas. Well have more on that in a moment. Again, both International Pressure and ang
Grandfather and son and friend. And were honored to bring these stories to you tonight. We also in the next two hours will be putting each and every name from the flight manifest on screen in the space where the headlines normally run. Their remains, the people themselves, have finally gone a long journey out the war zone where they came to rest. The world is now grappling with what to do next. There are late developments. One of many unsettling images. Days after the flight was shot out the sky, rebels carrying the planes black boxes raising fears about an already kprimsed crime seen. Something that happened this evening, a deal as well on the 282 set of remains of the passengers of flight 17 for days their bodies were kept in refrigerateded train cars. Theyre now scheduled to arrive in another city controlled by the Central Government in ukraine. From there, theyll be flown back to amsterdam, identified and released, repatriated. 16 people remain unaccounted for. A team of Internatio
Mourning. They havent had one since 1962 in respect of the passing of a queen, so it just goes to show how much this means to people. The country has its arms wide open. Behind us, these are all rows of flowers. This country, of course, is known for its tulips and flowers and these are gestures of love and support, notes to the victims, notes to the people who love the victims. These are travelers. They are on their way different places. They have stopped here to observe it, and a lot of these people actually arent in transit. They have just come from their homes and in an expression of love and to give respect to those who lost their lives. A very different picture here than what weve been experiencing in Eastern Ukraine. Good morning to you, kate, john. Good morning, chris. Thanks so much. Well get back to you in just a second. Were also following the latest from the middle east. Wolf blitzer is in jerusalem as you see right there with updates on the ceasefire talks and the latest on
Bank. And overnight, israel stepped up its strikes against hamas sites in gaza, hitting 34 targets. Those strikes in response to the 18 rockets fired into israel from gaza since sunday. Ben wedeman is in jerusalem following all of the developments. Ben, israel says hamas is responsible. Hamas denies it. Another group is claiming responsibility. Whats going on here . Reporter well, yes, we heard the israeli Prime Minister today say that hamas is responsible, hamas will pay, and hamas will continue to pay. But we saw this statement which was published by the palestinian Mon News Agency which came from the a group called the supporters of the Islamic State who said they were behind the kidnapping and the killing of those three israeli teenagers. They also added that they would, quote, slaughter the palestinian authority. Now, this is a new group. Nobody has seen. And its important to point out that a variety of fairly obscure groups have claimed responsibility prior for the kidnapping. Bu