thank you for the report. >> thanks, gretchen. >> we're awaiting the president. he's coming out in ten minutes from now, about 3:10 eastern time to talk about russia. i'm gretchen karlson. let's head over to shep. >> we'll have complete coverage of that. word of a stowaway on a u.s. air force plane. a child found dead in a wheelwell. but how did that child slip through security and get in there in the first place? also, it's one authorize deadliest d20v-yes on the planet, and ebola has just killed man who was supposed to head the -- head to the united states. nobody knows how many people he may have infected, and health workers are racing to keep the outbreak from coming here. >> a married mother of two children and days ago she disappeared without a trace. >> this is totally unlike her. this -- she is a devoted mother.

>> we'll explain what she was reportedly doing right before she vanished, and i'll speak live with her father. the popular dating web site that admits missing with its users just to see what will happen. is it a site you've used? let's get to it. good afternoon. first from the fox news deck, breaking news from the white house. the president targeting russia again today. the united states and the #pé=aua=9jñ- are slapping russia with more financial punishment in the crisis over ukraine and the deadly airliner attack. european officials say say they have imposed penalties in coordination with the united states. secretary of state john kerry met with ukraine's foreign minister and says russia has not shown a shred of evidence that it is willing at all to help stop the bloodshed in the east

of ukraine. u.s. officials(á%ux released satellite images they say prove russia has been shelling ukrainian military positions across its border. also the white house says russia has violated a landmark nuclear arms treaty by test launching a medium range cruise missile. president reagan and the former soviet eleader gorbachev signed the treaty in 1987. bans ground launch missiles capable of flying from 300 to 3400 miles and the "associated press" reporting the investigators cannot reach the crash site of the malaysian airliner. letm3> shepard, what we're likely to hear is similar from what we

heard from the eu and that is a toughening of the sanctions. the previous sanctions targeted individuals, around 90 of them. people close to president putin, targeted their assets, travel movements. what we're likely to see some hear from the president will be sanctions that target russia's economic, the banking sector, could really have an impact on russia's economy. the bigger question we're asking is, will they have an impact on president putin's behavior. that's more debatable. >> steve, there's been a lot of trouble getting europeans completely onboard with this. just to name a couple. the germans have a lot of energy ties. the brits have a lot of money ties, and i want to bring in wendell goeler. what got the europeans to turn here? sounds like -- tell me if it's true -- their sanctions have stepped up quite a bit. >> they are the first sectoral

sanctions the europeans imposed. banned weapons sales to moscow, and they restrict russian access to financial markets. the loans can be no longer than 90 days. it's debatable whether what really got their attention was what josh called the head snapper, the downing of malaysian flight mh17 and also today the u.s. charged russia with violating the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty that bans testing missiles that fly between 500 and 5500-kilometers. the russians tested a missile back in 2008, and the u.s. has been basically trying to decide whether to formally charge them with this until now, when the formal charges were made in a letter from the president to vladimir putin. >> you mentioned the downing of the mall sharon airline -- malaysian airlines jet.

it's unfathomable international investigators have not been able to get in there even after the locals cut the plane in half. why can't they get access? >> i think part of the reason they can't get access is not through any fault or lack of effort on their own. they're putting their lives at risk trying to get to the scene. very dedicated people who want to fine out what happened. they've gone down flee days in a row. today with armed guards, and were turned back every time due to security reasons. this is a kind of war going on around the downed plane. not a war if with front lines. both side eave been accused of using unguided rockets. so they're landing in old folks homes. you have 200,000 people around that plane, trying to get the heck out of there as fast as they can because of this war. so just for basic safety reasons it would be ludicrous tog ho there now and try to carry out the investigation. >> what a horrible possession

position to be in. regarding the sanctions, is there a thought here -- the goal has always been to get the oligarchs to turn on him, the people with all the money, carry all the power, and these oligarchs who keep their money, or did in great britain, can put a lot of pressure on vladimir putin. there is a sense these new sanctions might help accomplish that? >> i think the hope is they go beyond just turning the oligarchs against him. the people who made a great deal of money with -- after russia ended state control of some of these industries, i think they're now starting to turn a broader group of people against vladimir putin with these sector sectoral sanctions which will impact the russian economy. the russian economy is contracting now. it had been expected to expand. their bond ratings have been downgraded. this will impact the russian people and may -- the u.s. hopes, at least, have -- turn

some popular opinion against vladimir putin but he remains very, very popular among the russian people. >> are they polling on that matter? is there a sense anybody is turning on him internally in that would be helpful. >> it would be, shepard, burt i think the reverse is true. i think putin's behavior, his actions in the conflict, while condemned around the world, especially the west, have been in fact very popular at home. his pop layer is -- popularity is soaring, seen as a tough guy, who stands up to trouble who is ready to fight if necessary, fought a brutal war in chef knea. so i think this has help him politically at home. >> it's hard for some viewers to understand that. what is the russian people and the people in the east of ukraine are receiving in the way of news and information? >> you can -- when you talk to people in the villages around

the crash site, some of them ethnic russians, you can hear what to me is very strange answers, conspiracy theories, how the u.s. is behind this all. it's basically a system where one man is near all powerful and one man controls state media and it's state-controlled television. it affects the brain, how you think and see the world, a very powerful tool and a to all he was wielded for the last decade. >> aget new information from reuters. and i want to show you -- this is just crossed in the last few seconds. the united states on tuesday slapped sanctions on vtb -- the bank of moscow as well -- plus the russian agriculture bank and the unites ship building corporation over moscow's support of separatists in eastern ukraine. that extends bans to almost all

the largest bank the state owns ownership over 50%. the sanctions on the three banks prohibit u.s. citizens or companies from dealing with the debt carrying maturities longer than 90 days or any new equity. wendell, from what i'm reading here, this is a lot more than we have seen before. >> well, it is, and it's -- as i said, intended to start to have an impact on the broader russian economy than would have been impacted by previous sanctions that the u.s. has imposed. also puts the u.s. and europe on the same page. what i'm waiting to hear from is -- from the french, who have, of course -- contract with russia, giant warship, for which the russians paid for one. i'm waiting to hear whether they will cancel the sale of the second, and perhaps cancel the sale of the first, although they

say they can't do that because he russians have already paid for it. >> wendell, steve, hang on. we're waiting for the president to come and talk to us about these new sanctions against russia. i think what vladimir putin has done, he has now broken the nuclear arms treaty, it would appear, and the president will speak to that matter. he is clearly supporting the separatists in the east of ukraine, who are believed by the international community having shot down a passenger jet that was carrying 298 people and killing them all. now the sanctions have increased. so we brought in gerri willis. this affects just about all the money in all the banks in russia. >> this is a big deal. initially when we had sanctions before the malaysian airline plane went down, people said the sanctions were not thorough and these are more thorough and more likely to hit the russian economy. if you want to hurt a country, banking can do it. so much of banking is so tied up

with the russian government itself. it's like a real slap to putin's government. >> we had wondered for a long time -- not whether but how we would be able to get the european union and the united kingdom on board and the thinking is it would be impossible. the downing of the jet must have changed thing. >> i think it did and the reason we thought it was impossible because those countries get so much energy from putin and russian. >> specially germany. >> exactly. it's a critical relationship between, say, germany and russia. this is an important relationship all the time. so the thinking was it would be super difficult to get these countries to get on board with sanctions, but now, look at this, europe and the u.s. allied against russia. >> steve, there is a sense now that there's a possibility that vladimir putin could fight back? i mean, half of the gas for europe goes underneath ukraine.

wonder what would happen if he turned off the spigot. there are threats yet? >> no direct threats yet coming out of russia but i think part of the reason it has been a surprising move for the european ambassadors to move so far with sanctions they're clearly doing so at the risk of that, at the risk of hurting their own economies, especially germany, who is a huge trading partner with russia, and the court counterattacks with natural gas. they're making a move, putting their open economies at stake. >> i wonder if there's a plan for what to dive there is a retaliation of sorts from vladimir putin. >> well there have been calls for the u.s. to try to provide europe with liquefied natural gas. it's unclear how long it would take to make those arrangements. the russians have not necessarily putin in person but some of the aides suggested they might require ukraine to pay

cash for gas supplies this winter. something ukraine would find difficult to do. on the financial sector sanctions, that guess to london, which has a great deal of financial dealings with russia, and which will take a fairly substantial hit if they truly restrict months scow's access to long-term european capital. >> wendell, steve, and gerri willis, stay with us. we're still waiting for the president. he was scheduled to come out at 2:50 eastern time this afternoon, and speak to us. that was delayed, and now we're told -- we believed 3:15 and -- i mean 3:10, it's now 3:13. we're told he'll get a two minute warning so i want to slide in a quick commercial break, and a very big head. if the president comes to the podium during the commercial break we'll bust out because this is a very important

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breaking late this afternoon. a boy turned up dead in the wheel well of a united states air force plane. officials discovered his body only after the mission was over and the c-130 landed at ramstein air base in germany. it's roughly 80 miles south and west of frankfurt. details of the plane's mission are not clear. we don't know if it will be. the c-130 like this one is used in a wide variety of missions. the air force reports it is capable of operating from rough air strips, among other places, often air-dropping troops and equipment into dangerous areas. the pentagon reports the boy who was found in a wheel well was not visible. pastomçók security?

lea gabrielle joins us. how can something like this happen? >> of course this is a security issue and there's also the question of, wouldn't the pilot have done a preflying. first off to address security, most air force bases have very robust security, roving patrols, and if you cross sirred lines you'll find yourself with a gun at your head. i just spoke with a c-130 pilot who has flown missions in africa and he said that is not the case and these missions in africa, instead, it's a wild wild west. he has done classified missions and also humanitarian missions. sometimes the locals will crowd around the plane as soon as you arrive because they know you're coming with different replies. may want gatorade or something from you. he said they do establish a security perimeter around the plane if they have brought a security team with them but sometimes it's just the air crew who is responsible. they look in the wheel well before they fly but it is

possible for someone to hide hind the -- behind the wheels, and the wheels go up into the wheel well. >> the boy they found there, what do we know about him? >> at this point, the military says they have not yet identified him but do believe he may be of african origin, and we just learned the military told us the plane did land in several african countries in the past seven days. now, one of the -- the pentagon official who just spoke on the issue, said that at this point they're still trying to figure out how, when, where, the boy got into he wheel well. listen. >> at this point it3ñzh÷ is unkn where or when the deceased entered the landing gear wheelwell. the location of the body did not impact the flight of the aircraft no would it be visible during standard preand post

flight inspection. the body was discovered in a dedetailed elk. >> the detail inspections go deeper in. and the body has been tested for communicable diseases diseases e backstive and it has been turn over to the brits. >> the president will be announcing according toecáwñ the white house new sanctions on russia, along with european union, and speak on the south lawn of the white house, and when he shows up there we'll take you there. some incredible before and after images that show the extent of the damage in the gaza. we'll take you there live as a humanitarian crisis is up folding before our eyes, as there irtalk of truces and cease fires but in none is happening. the israelis now ramping up their assault on hamas on the other side of the border.

how does this end? under what circumstances? we'll take you live to gaza coming right up. this is shepard smith reporting. (woman) the constipation and belly pain

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urgent now. israel has stepped up its assault in gaza by air and by ground. officials in the gaza now say at least 100 palestinians have been killed just today, after a barrage of air strikes and some of the heaviest shelling our]wxd reporters have seen so far. that video from gaza city. hey say hamas just used the area to launch rockets into israel. no word of anybody killed in at that time attack but it was just one of dozens that israel reports it carried out since yesterday. you can see this, this is the

power plant. many targeting the heart of hamas. israeli tanks shields the gaza strip's only power plant, forcing it to be closed down. this is the only thing they have there. to get it back up and running properly will take a year or more. that's according to a spokesman. the plant supplies most of the energy to gaza. tonight, nighttime there now, it's pitch black dark there and a spokesman says the damage will take -- i said close to a year to repair. that means even bigger problems for the water supply because the water is moved around by electricity. not to mention collect was almost always off before the attack. they get barely eight hours a day of electricity under normal terms in gaza. and we're getting a new look at the other damage in the gaza. a unites nations report says this is a satellite image of a neighborhood in southeastern part of the gaza from july 6th july 6th before the conflict. kind of grainy, but notice

especially in this area -- i'll wipe the picture -- the same area from july 25th. and see that? everything is just blown out of there. you notice some of here on the side -- i'll go back. this is july 6th. we're so densely populated. we talk about that, all over the gaza, and then just building after building removed from the face of the earth. according to the unites nations more than 1100 palestinians have been killed in the identifying and more than 50 israelis. conor powell is live in gaza city tonight in the dark. just yesterday the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, warn the israelis getn֒m readr what he called a prolonged attack. has that begun? >> it looks like there's been a massive escalation from thefmy weekend, which was a point of relative calm, both formal and informal cease fires but the last 24 hours, we have seen the heaviest fighting we have seen

for the last ten days or so. lots of air strikes, buildings being targeted with larger explosive devices than we have seen here, and israeli officials are talking about a prolonged action and also talking about this as a unique opportunity to defeat hamas, so there is a lot of language coming out of israeli officials talking about escalating this even further. that would be a bit of a risk, though. right now israel's military is focused on destroying tunnels and launches sites. if the push into the urban areas, opens them up to more violence. if israel pushes deeper into gaza we could see a larger death toll on both sides. >> conor, thank you very much. let's bring in a guest. john alterman, the director of the middle east program at the center for strategic and international studies in washington and is live with us there. sir, how do you see this thing developing now? >> i think the problem is for

israel, how do you match up your military actions with the they want to do is easy militarily. very difficult politically. and if they escalate, if they bring more forces to bear, how do they get to where they want to be, which is having hamas which is compliant and possibly pushed from sharing power with the palestinian authority and moving toward providing greater security for israelys week we -- we just got this in a tape hamas' -- hamas is an elected government there, of course the rest of the world call is a terrorist organization but they're elected be the people in gaza, and they have a military wing -- >> then they pushed -- >> okay. i understand. i wanted to explain to the people that this shadowy leader as the "associated press" describes him of the hamas

military wing just ruled out any truce in gaza until the demands are met. the demands -- again, that just breaking -- the demands are lengthy and difficult because them, one bo israel and one egypt -- they want those opened and that's a nonstarter for the israelis, is it not? >> i think there's going to be some commerce that goes across to the border. one problem palestinians have in gaza, egypt, which had very different relationship, both under -- cease hamas aligned with the group that is seen as the threat to muslim brotherhood and much, much tougher on hamas, much, much tougher on the population in gaza. how that will work, i expect at the end of this there will will be some opening of the border. what hamas is doing is trying to

build up their demands and israel is trying to build up its demands in preparation for what will be at some point over the next several days or weeks, a negotiation. >> historically speaking the israelis get pressure from the outside world because of civilian casualties and the rest, they get so much pressure that things end. but -- >> partly a question about -- >> go ahead. >> i think it's partly outside pressure and partly a question of diminishing returns. the real thing that israel is trying to do is political consequence and as we have found out in many of our military engagements, as the israelis found out when they went into gaza in 2008 and 2009 and 2012 when they went into lebanon, the military stuff is easy. the long-term political direction you're trying to get these places to go is much harder to do, and i think what israelis have decided time and time again is we don't want to re-occupy, we don't want to have

a long-term presence where people are taking pot shots at troops. we want gaza to cease to be a threat to israelis. what does it take to make that? that is more about politics than about destroying infrastructure. >> you're right about that. jon alterman, thank you. >> thank you, shepard. >> i mention thread are new sanctions being levied own putin's russia. the pratt was to announce this 40 minutes ago. you can see the president is still another out there to talk. when he does come out, we'll go there. in the meantime, a teenager face to face with her accused abductor in court today, as brand new details emerge about nine months she spent in captivity. did the suspect keep her locked in a shipping container as has been alleged? nine months and suddenly shows up free and now facing him in court? we'll get the details from a

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much more out of gaza. we got word the military leader of hamas in gaza said there will be no truce until all their demands are met. his remarks broadcast late today. on hamas' own satellite television network. he said, and i quote, there is not going to be a cease fire as long as the demands of our people are not fulfilled. so what are the demands? hamas demanded israel and egypt lift the border blockade they imposed on gaza after hackas seized the territory back in 2007. the voice is recognize able on the statement. he survived repeated israeli asass nation attempts and has been in hiding for many years, and the tv station showed a

videotape showing hamas fighters in israel through a border tunnel.

>> just not word from the white house the president is just two minutes away from stepping out into the south lawn and giving us the latest on what has gone on with russia. you. all the trouble the world has been having with vladimir putin. first he invaded the crimea and took the territory to be his own. now according to many world watchers he is attempting to do the same thing in east of ukraine, and certainly there's a lot of dissension in the ranks and fighting has continued. the separatists in the east of ukraine, russian separatists, now accused of shooting from the sky a malaysian airline flight 17. 298 people died onboard the flight. and now the question is, how much authority did vladimir putin have over those people who were executing that shootdown. the truth is, it's believed they

were trying to shoot down a ukraine military jet and instead shot down this passenger jet. be that as it may, sanctions are now increasing. the united states had sanctions on individuals in place now for the better part of a few weeks. the european union had slapped some sanctions on but they were not nearly as tough, and not nearly as important, if you will. well, now, the united states and the european union, along with great britain, have gotten together with a new list of sanctions, and these target the money. the money drives all of this and the money is now being targeted in a big way. almost every bank, state-run bank in russia, will november by affected by this and we're expecting to hear now from the president, who is walking out on the lawn, what he hopes these will accomplish and exactly who is on board and how quickly they'll be put in place. what we won't yet know is how vladimir putin may react to this, but we should know soon enough. so the president coming across

the south lawn on what is clearly a beautiful day in washington to give us details of new sanctions, not just from the united states but from the european union and others. so, here now the president. >> good afternoon, everybody. in the netherlands, malaysia, australia, and countries around the world, families are still in shock over the sudden and tragic loss of nearly 300 loved ones. senselessly killed when their civilian airliner was shot down over territory controlled by russian-backed separatists in ukraine. these grieving families and their nations are our friends and allies, and amid our prayer and outrage, the it's continues to do everything in our power to help bring home their loved ones, support the international investigation, and make sure justice is done.

since the shootdown, however, russia, and it's proxies in ukraine, have failed to cooperate with the investigation and to take the opportunity to pursue a diplomatic solution to the conflict in ukraine. these russian-backed separatists continued to speaker fear in the crash investigation, and to tamper with the evidence. they have continued to shoot down ukrainian aircraft in the region. and because of their actions, scores of ukrainian civilians continue to die needlessly every day. meanwhile, russia continues to support the separatists, and encouraged them, and trained them, and armed them. satellite images, along with information we have declassified in recent days show forces inside russia launched are artillery strikes into ukraine

and russia continues to bipeds up its own forces near the ukrainian border and more russian military equipment, including artillery, armored vehicles and air defense equipment, has been transferred across the border to separatists. since the beginning of the crisis in ukraine, the united states has worked to build a strong international coalition to support ukraine, its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, its right to determine its own destiny, and to increase the pressure on russia for actions that have undermined ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and ability to make its own decisions. the core of that coalition is the united states and our european allies. in recent days i have continued to coordinate closely with our allies and partners to ensure a unified response to the shootdown of malaysian airline

of flight 17. yesterday, i had a chance to speak with prime minister cameron of the united kingdom, the president of france, angela merkel of germany, and the prime minister of italy. we are united in our view that the situation in ukraine ought to be resolved diplomatically, and a sovereign, independent ukraine is no threat to russian interests. but we have also made it clear, is a have many times, if russia continues on its current path, the costs on russia will continue toq>?u( grow, and toda reminder that the united states means what it says. and will rally the international community in standing up for the rights and freedom around the world. today, and building on the measures we announced two weeks

ago, the united states is imposing new sanction on key sectors of the russian economy: energy, arms, and finance. we're blocking the exports of specific goods and technologies to the russian energy sector. we're expanding our sanctions to more russian banks and defense companies, and and we're formally suspending credit that encourages exports to russia and financing for economic to projects in russia. at the same time, the european union is joining us in imposing major sanctions on russia. its most significant and wide-ranging sanctions to date. and the financial sector, the eu is cutting off certain financing to state-owned banks in russia. in the energy sector, the eu will stop exporting specific goods and technologies to russia, which will make it more its oil resources inch the defense secretarior the eu is prohibiting new arms imports and

experts and halting the expert of sensitive technology to russia military uses. and because we're closely coordinating our actions with europe, the sanctions we're announcing today will have an even bigger bite. now, russia's actions in ukraine and the sanks we already imposed have made a weak russian economy even weaker. foreign investors are staying away. even before our actions today, nearly $100 billion in capital was expected to flee russia. russia's energy, financial and defense secretariors are feeling the -- sectors are feeling the pain. projections for russian economic growth are down to near zero. major sanctions will continue to ratchet up the pressure on worry, click the cronies and companies supporting the illegal action in ukraine. in other words, today russia is once again isolating itself from

the international community, setting back decades of genuine progress. and it doesn't have to come to this. it didn't have to come to this. it does not have to be this way. this is a choice that russia and president putin in particular, has made. there continues to be a better choice, a choice of dee escalation, choice of joining the world in a diplomatic solution to this situation, a choice in which russia recognizes that it can be a good neighbor and trading partner with ukraine, even as ukraine is also developing ties with europe and other parts of the world. i'm going to continue to engage president putin and president poroshenko and our european partners in pursuit of such a diplomatic solution, but it is important for russia to understand that meanwhile, we will continue to support the people of ukraine, who have electioned a new president, who

have deepened their ties with europe and the united states and that the path for a peaceful resolution to this crisis involves recognizing the sovereignty, the territorial integrity, and the independence of the ukrainian people. today the people of ukraine, i hope, are seeing once again that the united states keeps its word. we're going to continue to lead the international community in our support for the ukrainian people, and for the peace, the security, and the freedom that they very richly deserve. thanks very much. >> a new cold war, sir? >> no. it's not a new cold war. it's a very specific issue related to russia's unwillingness to recognize that ukraine can chart its own path, and i think that if you listen to president poroshenko, if you listen to the ukrainian people, they have consistently said they seek good relations with russia. what they can't accept is russia arming separatists, who are

carrying out terribly destructive activities inside of ukraine, thereby undermining the ability of ukraine to govern itself peacefully. that is michigan that no country should have to accept. and the sooner that russians recognize that the best chance for them to have influence inside of ukraine is by being good neighbors, and maintaining trade and commerce, rather than trying to dictate what the ukrainian people can aspire to. rendering ukraine a vassal state to russia. as soon as president putin realizes this, the sooner we can resolve -- >> -sanctions goings to be enough and are you consider aid to ukraine. >> the issue at this point is

not the ukrainian capacity to outfight separatists. they are better armed than the separatists. the issue is, how do we prevent bloodshed in eastern ukraine. we're trying to avoid that. and the main tool that we have to influence russian behavior at this point is the impact it's having on its economy. the fact we have seen europeans, who have real legitimate economic concerns in severing certain ties with russia, stepping up the way they have today, i think is an indication of both the waning patience that europe has with nice words from president putin that are not matched by actions, but also a recognition of the consequence of what happened with the

malaysian airlines flight, that it is hard to avoid the spillover of what is happening in ukraine impacting europeans across the board. and so we think that the combination of stronger u.s. and european sanctions is going to have a greater impact on the russian economy than we have seen so far. obviously we can't in the -- in the end make president putin see more clearly ultimately we have something that president putin has to do on his own. but what we can do is make sure we have increased the costs for actions that i think are not only destructive to ukraine and ultimately destruct tonight to russia as well. >> attempt to discredit secretary kerry? >> the president answering a couple of off the cuff questions there from reporters.

the headline today, the experts of goods and technology to russia's energy section -- sector, i should say -- now blocked. no exporting of goods and technology to the russian energy sector from the united states. further sanctions on its finance sector and arms sector and the president saying this will take a bigger bite out of things. i might also get a headline the president said this is not a cold war. if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck -- i don't know. it's not a new cold war. wendell goler at the white house. do you first. there's no if this done work, then what next policy laid out for today, but there's no doubt that these are tougher sanctions from both the eu and the u.s. >> they're tougher and aimed at having a broader impact than just on president putin's cronies. i should point out, the president once again ruled out lethal aid to the ukraine.

he said the issue is not whether ukraine's military can fight the separatists. what he tide not say is no amount of u.s. lethal aid will make the ukrainians able to fight the russian and the president note thread are indications of russia firing across the borer. the main impact is on the russian economy and the fact the europeans are stepping up at fairly significantly cost to them because they do much more dealing with russia than the u.s. does -- is an indication that they're concerned the downing of the airliner is -- might not impact russia and ukraine. >> steve, this is not as much as the people of ukraine had been asking for but more than they had yesterday. >> shepard, the real answer is going to come on the battlefield. there's a war going on and part

of the reason for the increased sanctions has been russia's behavior north in just helping perhaps to knock down this civilian airliner, but what they have done since the airliner came down-sending armored vehicles over the border to rebel fires and then firing themselves. the real response from putin is what happens on the border. i you've keep sending over arms, armored vehicles, advanced weapons, and keep on firing or not, whatever he says-whatever comes out of the kremlin is one thing but the facts on the ground, the front line of the war, ukrainian forces are defeating the rebels on the ground. is putin going to double downs' send more weapons or exit? >> i guess time will tell. steve harry began our eyes and -- harrigan our eyes and ears. be well. breaking news. crews are working to rescue a man who slid down a steep slope and ended up under a bridge in wedge washington state.

pictures from our affiliates there. this is the bridge, and, man, what picturesque site. the man hurt either one of his legs, and russianers apparently trying a rope rescue they tell us. the bridge built back in 1929, the highest bridge in the entire state. he is 420 feet above this river right now. it sits that far. and the question now is whether they can exact a rescue. these are pictures from a short time ago. we were watching this during -- well, our producers were watching this as the rescue was underway. very difficult job here for rescuers. certainly trained for this sort of thing. but whether they'll be able to get to this man is an open question at the moment. again, this is in olympic national forest in washington. a multiagency rescue team -- these are live pictures now

coming into us as they're working to do this. this team responded after receiving a report that the guy had fallen down a steep embankment beneath the bridge and a river. first responders located him below the center of the bridge, on the river's rocky shore there, with injuries to one or both of his legs. this technical rope rescue underway, and according to initial reports the man was climbing around in the area and slid down this steep slope. so we'll be watching it and as they're more information, we'll take you back. meantime, we'll check the top of the hour headlines and get a final look at stocks today. thi.

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man has fallen. a rescuer has come don on this cable and has been able to get to the man who needs the rescuing, and it looks as if they're going to be able to wrap things up here without too much trouble. the bridge, built in 1929, the highest bridge in the entire state of washington, it sits 420 feet below the river and they're working to get this cable connected and put a harness on the man so they can hoist him up and out. a very lucky guy who appears to have been saved by the rescue workers. i'm not sure here but we might not want to stay on it too long but appears the man being rescues may not have in the clothes on. not sure why. so let's move on to this day in history. this day in history, takes us back to 1588 this year. that is when the english navy defeated the spanish armada and prevented an invasion that

threatened to change the course of history. at the time the king of spain planned to try to capture englandp:á/÷ in response to brih raids on spanish ships, and english support of the dutch rebels. by 1587, 130 ships were ready for the invasion. they set sail the following year with thousands of soldiers and sailors. but despite its size the fleet was no match for england's guns. over the next few months some 15,000 spanish fighters died and half of their ships lay destroyed after the brits took down spain's invincible armada. 426 years ago today. a final look at the dow before we turn you over to others for the top stories. the dow is off 55-point test moment and a lot of this has to do with one thing. ups. ups was expanding its capacity and that cost a lot of money. it didn't meet earnings expectations so ups is down

three percent on the session and that brought down the transportation stocks. the nasdaq, in danger of being down as well and that would be four days in a row, which hasn't happened in a long time. let's turn it over to cavuto. >> show veterans the money. movement from the vets. a unanimous vote. we're still waiting for the big one, the thing that could give him the power to do what he ha to do, a vote on the $17 billion va bill. until we get it we're not letting up on it. much, much more coming up. first this. nrnkc >> oh, my god. >> what is this?