the death toll climbs in gaza after a weekend of heavy fighting as world leaders call on both sides to step back. the u.s. says there's powerful evidence that pro-russian separatists shot down malaysia airlines flight 17. and a massive wildfire in washington state destroys up to 150 homes and more than 200,000 acres. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, july 21st, 2014. good morning. i'm lauren lyster in for anne-marie green. secretary of state john kerry heads to egypt today to try to work out a cease-fire between israel and hamas. this is gaza this morning where the overall palestinian death toll surged to more than 500 after a weekend of heavy

fighting. 20 israelis were killed including 13 soldiers, two americans fighting for israel are among the dead. barry petersen is in gaza where families are mourning their losses. >> reporter: when the shelling began, the people ran for their lives. i was crying and shouting she told us. i saw bodies spread in the street. i have never seen anything like this. for hours the shells poured in. there were brief humanitarian cease-fires when rescuers raced to find the wounded, but mostly they only found the dead. i saw the israeli tanks firing rounds at us said this man, and so this was a day of grieving at

the overwhelmed morgue in the city's hospital. there's an inefficiency about death. as soon as family identifies one body, there's another to take its place. the family of this man spent the morning mourning when his ambulance was hit by a shell. a relative tried to make sense of his loss. he wasn't a fighter, she said. he was a fighter for humanity, an ambulance worker. why did he deserve to die? but this was a day, after all, of tears without answers. barry petersen, cbs news, gaza. now to the latest on the crisis in crew crane and the shooting doubt of malaysia airline flight 17. at the crash site search teams have found 251 bodies. the united nations may vote as

early as today on a proposed resolution pressuring russia to help gain access to the site in eastern ukraine. there's concern that pro-russian separatists are tampering with the evidence and there's in evidence to accuse the rebels of firing the missile that brought down the jetliner. russian president vladimir putin asked for all sides in ukraine to allow the investigation. meanwhile the separatists have been moving the victims' bodies. >> reporter: under the supervision of the rebel militias that control the site, worker began loading the dead onto trucks and took them to a train with a refrigerated car about ten miles away. observes of the osep were brought to the train to view the bodies but a delegation spokesman said they couldn't count or examine them. >> we had the doors open for us.

the stench was overwhelming as you might imagine but the refrigeration is there. >> reporter: at least 100 victims, though, remain unaccounted for and more bodies were being removed to also be loaded on the train where the rebels say they will stay until they can be identify by experts. and here they wait stacked in refrigerated railcars stuck in a town without a morgue large enough to handle them. the innocent unlucky victims of somebody else's war. the wreckage, too, remains unexamined. no crash investigation has begun and won't until the safety of aviation experts can be guaranteed. the plane's data recorders, though, have been found. the rebels now say they have them and will hand them over to international aviation authorities, but possession of the evidence is power here and this crime scene is still controlled by the prime suspects. the victims of malaysia air

flight 17 were killed because of a foreign civil war. their bodies now are effectively being held hostage to it. mark phillips, cbs news, donesque. >> mark phillips reporting from eastern ukraine. the u.s. has presented new evidence that appears to link russia to the missile attack of flight 17. david martin has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: a video taken on friday shows what the u.s. says could well be the sa-11 missile launcher that shout down the airline. it adds up to an overwhelming circumstantial case implicating russia. >> there's an enormous amount of evidence, even more than i documented, that points to the involvement of russia in providing these systems. >> an intelligence website said a convoy of 150 vehicles crossed

from russia into ukraine last monday. they recorded pro-russian rebels to having the system. at the same time on thursday the airline went down. they detected the launch of an sa-11 missile from rebel-controlled territory. the ukrainian military also has the sa-7, but the assessment says we are confident no ukrainian air defense systems were within range of the crash. that leaves russia as the sole suspect. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. fire crews in washington state are hoping that cooler temperatures and lighter winds today will help them battle wildfire. the biggest fire in north central washington has burned 370 square miles and destroyed 150 homes. washington's governor took a tour of some of the areas damaged by the fire. >> this is a very active fire.

it is extremely dangerous. that firestorm hit us like a rolling ball of thunder coming down the hill. >> we've got 7 million washingt washingtonians. >> they promised to help rebuild their homes. people in the philippines are cleaning up after typhoon rammas rammasun. it carried winds up to 130 miles per hour. the storm is now headed toward -- north toward vietnam. and coming up on the "morning news," new video from a deadly police confrontation. we'll look at the fallout from the death of a new york man putz put in a choke hold. this is the "cbs morning news." it removes stains within the microfine lines of your teeth... and locks out future stains. crest 3d white luxe toothpaste. life opens up with a whiter smile.

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choke hold on him. four emergency workers have been placed on desk duty after new video emerged of the man's death. anne-marie green reports. >> reporter: the new video shows the aftermath of the confrontation between 43-year-old eric garner and five new york city police officers. garner lying on the ground still in handcuffs. his eyes are open but he appears unresponsive. the officers talk to him, check his pulse and empty his pockets. garner does not react even after a paramedic arrived. moments earlier another eyewitness captured the confrontation. police were arresting him for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. garner refused to be cuffed. one officer appears to put him in a choke hold. garner, whose family says suffered from asthma, complained of being unable to breathe.

officials say garner died of cardiac arrest while being transported to the hospital but the city's manager's office has not release add cause of death. the nypd banned the choke hold over 20 years ago but now they're launching a study into choke hold complaints over the last five years. garner's family is demanding someone be held accountable. his sister. >> he didn't die because he stopped breathing on his own. somebody took his breath away from him. >> reporter: an nypd spokesperson tells cbs news any information regarding this incident will be exam abouted by the bureau and the attorney. another has been placed on desk duty. anne-marie green, cbs news, new york. on the "cbs moneywatch," big tobacco reacts to a billion-dollar punishment and

the box office goes ape. jill wagner is at the new york stodge exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning. lauren. asian markets were mixed. hong kong's hang seng was flat but shanghai composite incident shed half a percent. tokyo's nikkei is closed. wall street's stocks began the week higher. the dow ended up 123 points on friday. the naz began gained 86 points. r.j. reynolds the largest cigarette manufacturer says it will appeal a damage award by a florida jury. the company which makes brands like kool, camel, winston, and pall mall, says the settlement was grossly excessive. a widow of a man who died from lung cancer filed the lawsuit. "the new york times" found that many of those loans are made

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. here's another look at this morning's top stories. in the mid east heavy fighting pushes the palestinian death

toll in gaza to more than 500. 20 israelis died including two americans fighting for the israeli army. and in ukraine search teams have found more than 250 body from the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17 and there's new fighting. the federal aviation administration is trying to determine why a hot air balloon struck power lines in central massachusetts and exploded into flames. the crash was caught on cell phone video. >> oh, my god. >> call an ambulance, call 911. at least five of the six were injured. power was knocked out for a short time too. james garner is being remembered for his long and stellar career in television and movies. the 86-year-old actor died saturday. with his movie star looks and easy-going personality, garner

was an audience favorite. omar villafranca takes a look back. >> reporter: he was a tough guy, but a chaerm. america knew him first from maverick where he played a wandering gambler, a con man with a heart. born in 1928 in norman, oklahoma, james garner dropped out of high school to join the merchant marine. then at the urging of a friend, he stumbled onto his first nonspeaking acting role at age 25. at 6'3" with rugged good looks and part cherokee indian, he made an impression. after maverick ended in 1960 garner spent the next decade on the big screen before landing the other role that defined his career. cast as the laid back private detech tish jim rockford in "the rockford files" garner brought humanity to the whodunit series.

he made a comeback in the 1990s. though health problems started to slow him down he kept working and in 1994 he came up full circle teams up with mel gibson and jodie foster this team teaming up with maverick. >> this is the best job in the world being an actor, and it's one of the toughest. but it couldn't be any better. >> garner spent nearly 50 years as a leading man. omar villafranca, cbs news. there was only one earnest hemingway but many who resemble him. there was a look alike contest in key west, florida, over the weekend. the contest was held at bar he frequented when he lived in key west. the winner was the lucky collins

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some good news in the fight against achltds david begnaud has details in our health report. first dow futures indicate a slightly lower this morning. jury reska duncan has that and the rest of the business headlines. dow was up. the dow jones was up 123 points. the nasdaq added almost 69. comcast cable has reached a deal with espn. next month comcast will carry the southeastern conference network which launches august 14th. it carries at least 45 football game this season. unemployment rates dropped in 22 states last month, according on to the labor department. employers added jobs in 33

states. illinois saw the biggest drop in the unemployment rate which is now at 7.1% from 7.5%. and workers at walt disney world could be getting a raise. union officials say they've reached a tentative agreement with the amusement park. starting hourly pay will be $9.50 and move up to $10 in 2016. next monthup members will vote on whether to approve the contract. that's the latest on business news. if more go to cbsnews.com. in new york, i'm jericka duncan. hrv rates are declining in the u.s. new research shows the annual hiv diagnosis rate in the u.s. has decreased more than 30% from 2002 to 2011. while declines have been seen in several groups including women. cases among homosexual men has become stable and increases in some young men.

a new study found most of the genetic risks of awe tim comes from virtues of genes that are common and not rare mutations. researchers at mount sinai in new york says knowing the nature of the genetic risk can help them better understand the disorder that right now has no cure. and attending a auk saysful school may improve a student's behavior as well as their performance in the classroom. a study looked at high school students from low income neighborhoods. students admitted to higher charter schools performed much better on math and english teams. fewer also engaged very risky behaviors. and those are some of today's top health stories. i'm david begnaud for cbs news, new york. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the investigation into the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. we'll hear from former deputy cia director mike morell. plus, an update on the crisis in the middle east. we'll get reaction from the white house. and a look at the growing business of risky subprime car

loans. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm lauren lyster. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". and today's monday, july 21, good morning, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. stories we're following today. breaking news, new wave of violence in the mideast, as smoke is seen rising from gas a we have update for you ahead. >> us secretary council could vote on resolution, demanding access to the ukraine crash site of malaysia flight 17. one man is dead after weekend shooting after a family's domestic dispute. live report with jan. >> right now, we begin with breaking news on the mideast conflict. us secretary of state john kerrey heads to egypt to attempt to broker cease-fire between israel and hamas militants. >> held emergency molding last night. they drafted resolution calling for the