Right to the breaking news. After days of rocket fire and air strikes, israeli commandos engage in their first combat in gaza. Is this leading to an allout ground war . Or can a ceasefire take hold before more rockets are fired . More civilians are killed . Martha raddatz starts us off. From the border of israel and gaza. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. Im standing near what is essentially the front line in the conflict. Im in israel. Just behind me a few miles is gaza. There has been a Constant Exchange of fire. Hamas rockets, and israeli air strikes. For the very first time last night, israel sent in a small number of ground troops, the first time they have done so since 2009. It was in the dead of night when several dozen navy commandos, israels equivalent of the navy s. E. A. L. S, approached the shore from the Mediterranean Sea in small boats. Surveillance planes and attack helicopters providing cover. They destroyed a number of hamas longrange rockets and lau
President obamas 3. 7 million emergency funding request. Lets get to ana cabrera in denver with the latest for us. What do we know . Well, good morning, chris. It really has been an intense past 24 hours from that detain of Jose Antonio Vargas to the emotionally charged protests that are just breaking out now all over the country. It seems this Immigration Crisis at the boarder is nearing a Tipping Point as americans wait for lawmakers to agree on a solution. A bold statement in the immigration battle at the border. One of the nations most famous and outspoken undocumented Immigrants Detained for several hours in texas on tuesday. I am an illegal alien. Reporter Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, was trying to fly to los angeles about two weeks undocumented that traces his decision to speak out about his status aired on cnn. His capture, then release, comes as calls for action on broader Immigration Crisis are growing louder. They are not born here. They have to go
Typhoonforce wind. If you hear about significant damage, thats very unusual for okinawa and a sign of the intensity of this storm which is battering an area where more this a Million People live, including as you mentioned the u. S. Military personnel. The manager of the air bass put out an alert saying this is the worst storm to hit okinawa in 15 years telling everybody to take it very seriously, hunker down and to make sure to tie down loose object so they dont become deadly projectiles. Take a look at storm by the numbers, mentioned 125mileperhour winds. 600,000 people now under voluntary evacuation advisories. 100,000 people now without power. More than 100 flights have been cancelled leaving more than 14,000 passengers grounded. And, john, the worst for japan may be yet to come because right now this storm is forecast to make landfall on the mainland later this week in the Southern Island of kyushu where 14,000 people live. Its rainy season and they have been getting drenched abou
Later in the show. Maciaela is on assignment and were following two stories. Wolf blitzer is on the ground in israel as they launch a ground offensive. The military trying to close off tunnels. Well get back to wolf in just a second. Hell cover all of that for us. But, first, we must begin with the stunning realization according to a senior u. S. Official that it was a missile that brought down flight 17 over a rebelcontrolled part of Eastern Ukraine. 298 people were on that flight when it was shot from the sky. Most of the passengers have been identified. None so far are american. Ukrainian officials now calling for justice. They accuse prorussian separatists of shooting down the plane. But russian president Vladimir Putin is pointing his finger at ukraine, blaming its military campaign against the separatists. This disaster may only inflame the already whitehot tensions between the u. S. And russia, as well. That is for sure. Well put to work the full resources of cnn into this break
Though he won his defamation case. Bernie goldberg on that. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The do republicans hate president obama . That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. Viewer warning. Some of will you not like this memo but i have to tell you the truth and will do so. There is no question relations between the republican controlled house and president obama are at their lowest point ever. Yesterday the house voted 225 to 201 to sue the president in federal court for failing to implement the provisions of obamacare because the president has changed or delayed some of the law without congressional approval. The vote was down party lines. No democrat supported the lawsuit. Fox news analyst judge Andrew Napolitano no barack obama fan says the suit will be thrown out and is essentially a waste of taxpayer money because it has no hope of success. Republicans argue that