throwing stones and slingshots and responding with the stun grenades and tear gas, and this has been going on for hours. exactly what they were trying to avoid recently, that cycle of violence and revenge attacks that seems to have been kicked off, michaela. calls for calm, but, again, we know that the jerusalem justice minister says there will be zero tolerance. the investigation continues. very tense situation there. please let us know what more you re learning and, of course, stay safe. thanks so much for that report. kate in. all right. members of congress often embark on all-expense paid trips around the world n.2013 lawmakers and aides took nearly 1,900 trips at a cost of more than $6 million. lawmakers have long had to disclose who was picking up the tab on their annual financial forms, but that rule has quietly changed. members, they still need to report this travel, but the house ethics committee now is telling members that they no long ver to report it on a disclosure for
new york and kate for the latest on that. good morning, my friend. thanks, chris. good morning. that s right. tropical storm arthur is what we re talking about here. it s expected to become hurricane arthur today. it s threatening tomorrow, rather. it s threatening to make for a dangerous mess as the fourth of july holiday approaches. the first named storm of the hurricane season. arthur is expected to affect just about every beach destination on the east coast over the next 72 hours. right now part of north carolina s coast is under a hurricane watch and tropical storm watches are in effect off parts of the carolinas and florida. we re tracking arthur s path, of course, for you at every turn. let s begin with alina machado in coco beach, florida. reporter: it s just east of where we are now, but we can still feel and hear his reach. not much in terms of rain, but it s definitely wind and take a look at surf. it is very, very rough out there. not good for swimmers. surfers though
it could become a dangerous situation for the fourth of july. arthur, the first named storm of the hurricane season is expected to affect just about every beach destination on the east coast over the next few days. right now part of the north carolina coast is under hurricane watch, and tropical storm watches are in effect off parts of the carolinas and florida. we re trucking arthur s track for you with meteorologist indra petersons but let s beginning on florida s coco beach. you ll be feeling the effects first. yeah, kate, we actually are feeling the effects. not much rain right now but definitely a lot of wind, and check out surf. i m going to move out of the way so you can see how rough it is out there. there s still though people in the water right now, primarily surfers, who are trying to take advantage of these waves. now, just because they are in there though, that doesn t mean that this that that s a good idea. it s very dangerous out there because of the threat of rip cu
the airport, makes a move on baghdad, the only way out for thousands of americans in baghdad working at the embassy is to be evacuated through the airport by the u.s. military so there s a lot going on behind the scenes here. a lot of reality behind some of the talk that we officially hear from the administration, but who have we not heard from can be a very interesting question. since all of this began, we ve not heard publicly yet from secretary of defense chuck hagel or the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin demsey. so far they have not come out to talk about this, why u.s. troops are there and to explain it to both the troops and to u.s. military families. kate? something that the military families will be hoping to hear from next, very, very soon, someone they want to hear from very, very soon. barbara, thanks very much. later today border patrol is expected to bring a group of undocumented immigrant families to a processing center in
military forces are on the ground. let s turn to barbara starr who is at the pentagon for us as always with much more. good morning, barbara. reporter: good morning, kate. here at the pentagon. officials insist this is not mission creep. this is not escalation of force, but let s have a reality check. three times, three times in the last two weeks, the u.s. has now increased the number of forces in iraq to deal with this crisis. it s now somewhere north of 750 and perhaps more on the way. the reality is the center of gravity for the u.s. now is baghdad international airport. why? because isis fighting positions are just northwest of the airport. the u.s. has put troops there, officially saying they are there to protect u.s. facilities at the airport, but with isis so close by, every military official i ve spoken to privately says that the job now is to make sure the airport remains open and secure. why is that? because if isis makes a move on