israel releasing video showing weapons found in united relief bags in a school in gaza, ground operations increased to southern gaza as israel says hamas is firing rockets in humanitarian zones set up by the idf. griff jenkins is on assignment. doron katz asher aishah: they demanded an immediate cease-fire. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg plcott has the latest. reporter: we are a mile away from gaza. since we spoke to you we ve witnessed more intense fighting between israel and hamas. artillery and automatic gunfire going into this, up and down the gaza strip, full-scale urban combat the strongest of this war, attention is being paid to the south where it has a stronghold of hamas leaders but here in the north, several pockets of hamas resistance remain. one terror cell where the idf claims to have found hamas weapons stashed away include an ak-47 rifle allegedly hidden in a giant teddy bear. the situation is getting worse by the day, millions out of food and me
boot camp for suri? overnight reports that katie holmes didn t want her 6-year-old daughter in an intense religious training program. so was scientology to blame for her split with tom cruise? newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin this hour with the western wildfires, growing in size and claiming more lives. so far, 1.9 million acres have burned. that s equivalent to an incredible 3,000 square miles. to give you an idea of just how huge that is, it s roughly the size of delaware and rhode island combined. and then there s the human toll. two crew members are confirmed dead in the weekend crash of an air tanker in south dakota. cnn affiliates say two other firefighters aboard that c-130 were also killed. one family member spoke to wbtv just before the doomed flight. it s very exciting. i mean, you know, adrenalin is flowing. we re ready to go. hopefully when we get there, we ll be ready
the singer s grave is right next to her father s. i m taking with me so good-bye please don t cry we both know i m not what you, you need fans and friends packed the church in newark, new jersey, yesterday for whitney houston s televised funeral service. human remains have been found on long island in a separate location from where others have been located and the find is renewing fears that a serial killer is to blame. ten other sets of remains have been discovered since 2000. the latest remains were found about 40 miles from where other remains were uncovered. so far it s not clear if the cases are connected. the co-chair of mitt romney s presidential campaign in arizona, pinnal county sheriff paul babeu has stepped down. he made the move after allegations published in the phoenix new times that he threatened to deport an ex-boyfriend. babeu says he is gay but denied trying to deport the man. babeu is also running for congress and will continue with his campaign