This. We have to warn here that it is hard to watch. [speaking in a global language] joining me now our correspondents who is live in israel. Nbcs foreign correspondent, molly, hunter is with us as. Well and the nbc security analyst. I want to start with you, rough. What casten what youre seen. Yeah, katie and just the last hour, Israel Security cabinet has formally declared a state of war in response to what tickles the murderous Terrorist Attack of gaza. They are talking about scenes like the one behind me. This is all thats left of what was an Israeli Police station at the heart of the city. It is overrun by gunmen. Katie, everywhere here, you can see debris from the Ferocious Gun Battle that follows. If my Camera Operator turns the camera here, you can see this is the remains of a jacket here. We dont know this belong to one of the hamas militants, or to an israeli soldier. Everywhere, katie, im not going to zoom in on, but in that tree there is still a body of one of these hamas m
hate to start off with such a disturbing note, but it is news the. a california family of four that disappeared in 2004 no longer missing. police uncovered remains from a desert grave. this doesn t answer any of the questions about what happened to them. reporter: for three years, it s been a mystery that has escaped law enforcement and haunted loved ones. but on friday, a big development after a discovery in the california desert. excavating the site, we were able to identity the adult victims as summer and joseph mcstay.
you can only imagine. disgusting. thank you. appreciate it. going to move on to california. a family of four disappeared in 2010, no longer missing. not a happy development. police uncovered the remains of a mom, dad and two boys from a desert grave 100 miles from their home. michael and summer mcshade went missing in february, 2010. not a sign of them, not a hint, not a clue until yesterday. the sheriff s office is combing the scene for any clue as to what might have killed them and why. an alabama judge made a decision in a rape case that left the victim and prosecutor speechless. the jury found him guilty of rape. his sentence, a form of house arrest with not a single hour behind bars. nick valencia spoke with the woman who worried about what he could do next. i don t understand.
look, i m lynn berry. here s some of the top stories making news this morning. reports say the body of ousted libyan leader moammar gadhafi has been buried at an unknown location. this after officials said he would be buried in a secret desert grave. meanwhile, the head of the transitional government reassured western powers the country will be run by moderate muslims. republican presidential candidate rick perry is proposing a tax overhaul that would slash corporate rates and give individuals the option of paying a 20% flat tax on their income. a federal judge in florida is temporarily blocking a new state law requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug test before receiving benefits. the judge says the law may violate the constitution s ban on unreasonable search and seizure. scientists say this year s devastating tsunami in japan has created giant fields of floating debris in the pacific ocean that could hit u.s. shores by 2014. u.s. navy vessels have had to steer around the