send the national guard. that's what governor rick perry is expected to announce in texas. as the search for the border solution. so do the protests. gaza's deadliest day. that is what it is. secretary kerry in the air right now heading to cairo. can he help quell the escalating violence? plus the executive order the president will sign that protect millions of lgbt americans at work. we'll bring you that live this monday, the 21 st of july. good morning. we're live this morning outside the los angeles convention center the annual national council of the nation's largest hispanic advocacy group is currently underway. i want to go to ukraine. international outrage is growing over the handling of the victims killed in the downing l

malaysian airlines flight subpoena in eastern ukraine. western investigators finally arrive this morning. a dutch team trained to identify bodies inspected refrigerated train cars where the victims are being taken. most of the 298 victims have been recovered. the train engineer's said the car's refrigeration system was off overnight. the smell of decomposing body is more pronounced. faced with international pressure and the u.n. council vote later today. vladmir putin issued a statement saying russian backed separatists should provide access to the site. among the dutch victims minnesota affiliate spoke with her brother. >> incredibly outgoing. very adventurous. just wanted to conquer the

world. and evonne kept him in check. they were perfect for each other. >> on the scene of the crash said the area still isn't secure. >> four full days after the crash, huge pieces of aircraft metal are still unguarded. these are luggage come partments. nearby people's bags appear to have been opened from the scenes we've witnessed from the recovery operation there is is basic. with a car and a bit of rope. they try to haul some wreckage out the water. they bring an old fire truck. >> also on the ground in eastern ukraine max joining us. max, thank you for being with us. you have gotten a firsthand look at the crash scene. where are we in terms of the investigation? >> well, the investigation really requires investigators to be on the ground.

and there really are very few. today is the first day people showed up. three dutch forensic experts came in. they've been going to the crash site and the train concentration nearby where most of the bodies, 251, at last count, are being stored in the refrigerated wagons. there are some malaysian experts who arrive a later today. a few minuting ago they were in rebel headquarters meeting with the rebel prime minister. there are more experts on their way from a ukrainian controlled city 185 mimes to the nor s tss the north. the problem is for the experts to come here, they have to understandably worry about their safety. they're going into an active war zone. and today heavy fighting broke out along the area where they're supposed to come in and where the bodies are supposed to come

in. there's been shelling. i saw an entire apartment building where the windows were smashed. there was a car destroyed by shrapnel. there were reports of three civilians killed by fighting. people are hiding in basements. there was a nine story apartment building on fire, and that's obviously going to complicate efforts to bring -- some of the ones that headed toward there have been held up by other fighting that is going on. so it's really a long way just for them to get here. that's before you start talking about the issues that you mentioned on your broadcast about the state of the crash site and what the investigators are actually going to be able to look at here. >> and you've been taking some amazing pictures from the crash scene. describe it a little bit more.

it sounds like there's chaos, like, there's no authority. there's no -- on a good day an investigation is difficult. when it's a virtual war zone, it's got to be excruciately difficult to get anything done there. >> well, i have to say things have improved since saturday, which was the really big disaster that offended anyone when the bodies were lying around in 85 degree heat decomposing being left. because that was when they were a lot more rebel troops guarding it. they departmeidn't seem to know organization they were part of. many of the myriad groups in the people of the republic, they didn't know their commander. some were drunk. some you could smell how drunk they were. one was wearing a bee keeping suit. they didn't allow a full access to the site. there were career there was suitcases open.

there was a smashed mac book that has been propp eped after someone tried to see if it worked. since yesterday the armed men have been much less of a presence at the site. and ukrainian emergency workers who have been going through the site managed to remove most of the bodies. >> oh, boy. max, drunk gur ril wills with heavy weapons and decomposing bodies. what a scene. thank you for painting it for us this morning. buzz feed, max, thank you for being with us. the annual conference is bringing the immigration debate well beyond the borders. protesting over how to deal with the over 57,000 unaccompanied kids seeking refuge in the united states. here in los angeles, the mayor says he wants to provide shelter

for many of the children. in the much smaller town of davenport, iowa. the mayor wants to dot same thing. it's not an easy issue for many residents. >> stand in front of the buses if i have to stop them. i'm not the only one. if you don't have borders you don't really have a country. >> i think the mayor should try to bring 5,000 here. i don't see how anyone can turn them back an unaccompanied children child. >> reality is a rough issue at times. we don't live in the society where you get to pick and choose. the law is the law. >> meanwhile in just a few hours on the board e, texas governor rick perry is expected to announce he's going to send 1,000 national guard troops to the rio valley. not waiting on washington for a solution. and washington is where president obama will be meeting with the presidents of graduau a guatemala, honduras, and el salvador to discuss why the children are fleeing to the united states.

i want to bring someone at the conference with me over the weekend. the founder of the arizona dream act coalition. she's pursuing an advanced engineering degree at stanford. thank you for beiwith us. we talked about your story over the weekend in los angeles. it's one repeated in hundreds of thousands of cases throughout the country. why is this border crisis should matter to us? >> well, you know, there's -- what w what is going on at the border right now. you know, it's certainly a humanitarian issue, but, you know, we have a bigger issue to deal with here with over 11 million undocumented immigrants, and over 1.2 million undocumented children that would qualify for the dream act. so, you know, we have a population of students that are getting educated that are going to school that are getting the college education. and at the end of the day they

can't work. they're as american as anyone that was born here, and all they need is an opportunity to be able to pursue a pathway to resident si. and be able to contribute to the country where they've lived their whole life. >> you were brought over here as a kid. graduated with the highest honors in high school in 2007. you're at stanford. what is important to underline here. despite your academic success, you not having papers has been a huge obstacle for you and yet you don't let it be an obstacle which doesn't prohibit you from having your american dreams. >> that's right, jose. i think that's the story that a lot of students are trying to emulate as womell. you know, we have the obstacles specifically being a dreamer in arizona and the anti-immigrant sentiment here and the obstacles that have been put in the way of

students that are pursuing higher education, but, you know, at the end of the day, we are persevering and i feel that all the obstacles that correct coming our way are making us stronger, and are allowing us to be able to continue so that we can prove people wrong and show them that, you know, we want to get educated. and that we want to continue pursuing our american dream. >> and ang-- the country has a of problems of their own without having to deal with central america sending their kids here now. >> yeah, you know, it's unfortunate. and i think that, you know, the children that are coming over is not necessarily an immigration issue. it's a humanitarian issue. and i think that there's a bigger issue that lies with

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just moments ago we learned the president will be making a statement at around 50 after the hour on about what is going on in ukraine. so we'll carry that live, of course. meantime this morning the ukrainian president is connecting the dots and pointing fingers at the russians over the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17. he said the crime was committed with russian weapons by pro-russian terrorists and russian contractors. but russian president vladmir putin isn't bowing to pressure. he called on the world to unite over the tragedy and warned against it using this for political purposes. but the headlines have already indicted putin. the daily express writes putin's rebels blew up the pain. the sun writes putin's missile.

in the u.s. daily news writes putin's war. lawmakers aren't mincing words either. >> i would say putin, you have to man up. you should talk to the world. you should say if this was a mistake, which i hope it was, say it. >> this is what a mafia guy does. this is what a goon does. not a world leader. not someone in the civilized world. joining me now democratic congressman from california adam -- a member of the house intelligence committee. thank you for being with us. >> a pleasure. >> let's talk about what putin is up to. you know, he's putting on different faces and he's saying that very clearly he had nothing to do with it. what exactly is going on? >> it's starting in the audacity he can deny what is plainly obvious. we see the massive convoys of military vehicles. you tell me putin can't train

his own military? they're trying to walk away from the tragedy and say, well, let's wait until the investigation plays out. the investigation may determine who has to compensate the victims. but there is no doubt about what took place. and i think what putin had hoped for to reestablish the russian empire. and unfortunately the muted international reaction when russian seized part of -- and face little very blow back. >> he was right. he was right in georgia, unfortunately. he was right initially in ukraine. as things escalated as ukraine stood up to him and with this tragic downing of this aircraft, i think the tables have turned on putin. >> the big question is europe. united states placed sanctions and they've been very forthright about their opposition. europe in the past has been reticent because any sanctions they placed on russia are sanctions against themselves.

they depend on the russian oil and natural gas. >> it's a true. that's why it's hard to get them to step up and do what we're doing. i hope it will get them into action. it affects their economy more, they're more directly impacted by the security threat from russia. >> let's talk about gaza and the middle east. kerry is heading over there. can the united states do something to help mitigate this? >> i think the united states can, but it's going to be very tough. until those rockets stop, until the efforts to infiltrate israel has to defend itself. i think what kerry can do is try to bring some of our allies in to get them to put pressure on hamas to stop the rocket fire and bring about a ceasefire. i think israel wanted a s.e.a.l. cea -- ceasefire. can we get hamas to agree to a ceasefire? >> is the size fire going to

hold. there have been attempts in the past and it doesn't hold. people are bleeding to death on both sides. >> it's a terrible tragedy. inevitably whenever we have a conflict like this there's a loss of innocent life. i hope kerry's mission is successful. he's taken a lot of tough jobs these days. but the end of the day, you can imagine if rockets were falling on the united states, israel is going to have to defend itself. >> congressman, thank you for being with us. >> congratulations on your award. >> thank you so much. a pleasure to be here, sir. look forward to having more chats with. we're watching the east room at the white house at this hour. president obama will be signing an executive order helping lgbt workers avoid zrimgdiscriminati. another statement from the president on ukraine at 50 past the hour and flight mh 17. we'll take a short break and be right back. hey. i'm ted and this is rudy.

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lightning. over the weekend they merged one giant fire calling the carlton complex fire. it oned 300,000 acres making it the largest wild fire in washington state history. and it's actually one of 50 wild fires burning in the state right now. and between washington and oregon, nearly 1 million acres have burned this month alone. right here at the karlton complex fire entire towns were evacuated over the weekend. the total number of homes destroyed is now about 150. right here where we are in alta lake, 52 homes have burned. all day yesterday and the day before, we were seeing families combing through the rubble and we're going see that again today. but the forecast is a lot better even later in the week. they're expecting some rain. jose? >> jacob, thank you so much.

police custody, train derailment. >> residents in wisconsin are going home after a train collision forced them to spend the night in a local middle school. it hit some parked trains. 35,000 gallons of diesel fuel spitted out. more than 100 nearby homes evacuated as hazmat worked to clean up the scene. two people hurt but expected to be okay. this hour community activists are holding a rally at new york city police headquarters calling for residents to let justice take its course after a man died in police custody. a passer by captured what happened in the cell phone video. an officer place iing at staten island in what appears to be a choke hold. four ems workers on modified duty after a longer video appeared to show them not administrating cpr to the

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a ceasefire between israel and hamas. we learned israeli tank shells hit a hospital in the gaza strip killing four more people wounding as many as 60. many are medical staff. israeli air strikes and ground operations have forced an estimated 70,000 palestinians to flee their homes. ayman mojadidi is latest. >> reporter: good morning. you can probably hear the sound of the shelling takes place behind me. it's been the constant thumping sound for the better part of the afternoon. the hospital you referred to, well, we got word that all the patients in the hospital have been evacuated here to gaza city's main hospital. it has been overwhelmed with the arrival of the new patients in addition to some of the victims they've been treating since yesterday's shelling. the death toll now topping well above 500. today alone we've already reached at least 40 palestinians

killed in the air strikes and other attacks that have been happening throughout the course of the early morning. very intense fighting taking place. the ground fighting has been mostly focus order the eastern part of gaza where the israeli military says it is trying to destroy troubles and rocket sites. but what we're hearing and seeing. we're seeing entire neighborhoods being destroyed and homes being leafletted. -- levelled. a lot of people trying to flee the front lines. thank you for being with us. i want to bring you back to los angeles and the debate on immigration front and center at the annual conference of the national largest hispanic sifci rights organization. texas governor rick perry is expected to announce the current solution for the crisis sending 1,000 national guard troops to the region as we continue to wait for a solution out of washington.

still nothing from either the house or the senate. texas senator ted cruz is putting the blame for all the issues on harry reid and the president. >> the border is not secured. 90,000 children are expected to come into the country illegally this year and harry reid said the border is secure? i'll tell you who is holding the kids ransom is harry reid and the president. their view is don't do anything to fix the problem. joining me here in los angeles is the director of civic engagement and executive director of the libre initiative. let's talk about the issue. the fact is, that washington doesn't seem to be able to or willing to deal with the real problems that we're facing not only in the border but now throughout the country. what is the possible fix to this issue, clarissa.

>> nobody argues it's a complicated situation. first and foremost, there's a crisis in central america that is producing refugees not only at our doorstep but every country in the region. so i think we have to start with the facts. now, addressing root causes something senator menendez talked about is going take awhile. in the meantime, the united states has laws about how possible refugees need to be treated. our own laws in international laws and we should follow that. because we ask other countries to do exactly that. >> and, you know, the fact is that the inability of the house this year to even deal with immigration reform is a problem. if there were comprehensive immigration reform. maybe some of the issues would have been dealt with in systemic way so these kids wouldn't have to feel their only option to get to the united states is across illeg illegally. >> you're absolutely, jose. there's complicity on both sides

and blame to share equally here. >> the house is controlled by republicans. we know that. >> it is. but the thing is, also, there has been an intractability on the democrat's side on the fixed position while the republicans have been saying let's talk about visa reform. there has been little in reconciliation on both sides of the ash. >> i agree. >> you haven't seen the bipartisan spirit on this issue. >> are you answering my question? i think the house has a responsibility to deal with one way or another an up or down vote on an issue the senate dealt with in a bipartisan way over the year ago. >> i agree with that 100%. are there's an obligation inaction should not occur or go any further. i think this situation we have on the border actually cries out for reform and we should move toward that. >> here is the interesting thing. you mentioned perry is sending troops to the border. we are losing the facts in this

whole conversation. nobody is pouring over the border. the reason we know how many children there are is because they're being apprehended. >> they're turnings himse thems in. >> the billions of dollars on border enforcement worked. >> kids keep coming over the border and no one sees what subpoena haing. >> i think what happened in the case, it's to the fault of the president. he's been taking executive action because of his frustration and his inept in trying to get something done. he sees the inaction from the republican side. clearly the president's policies have induced and incentivized the rush to the border. >> i've heard that quite a bit. i realize it was at the very moment that republicans in the house were going to be forced to admit their failure in leadership for moving immigration reform forward.

they launched on to the issue of children to start doing again the two things they have done on immigration. blame the president, whom we've had some serious disagreements with, and say kill daca. the reality is there's a crisis in central america. people are fleeing to every single country in the region. and our answer should not be to take away protections from children. people should have a day in court. >> i agree with that. i think, you know, this is a test of our national character. and we have to take care of the children and accommodate for their interest. i think what has been tragic about this. here we failed to get immigration reform and now the only kind of legislation tied to immigration that we're able to pass is how fast we can deport the children. children who are victims of refugee status who are victims of the sex trade of gang violence of the drug trade. i think it's tragic. the inaction on both sides. copability on both sides has lead to this. >> one of the things america is

so wide in the people that make up the fabric of this society. for example, you that have a strong position on this as well as clarissa. you as a kid were picking vegetables and going state to state with your parents. >> absolutely. i was born in central california during the grape season. my parents picked apples, pears, and peaches in wyoming. in nebraska we hoed beans. i lived the my grant lifestyle. we want to make sure we accommodate for thoses a per rati -- choses a per rations. thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you. it's an honor to be here. i want to take you to the east room of the white house. there's live opportunities to show you the president is about to sign another executive order. this one protecting federal lgbt employees and contractors from discrimination in the workplace.

>> spoke up and signed petitions. you sent letters. i know, because i got a lot of them. and now thanks to your passiona passionate add vow candidate si. our government, a government of the people, for the people, and of the people will become a little bit fairer. >> amen! >> it is -- [ applause ] doesn't make much sense but today in america, millions of on of our fellow sistcitizens wake and go to work the awareness that they could lose their job not because of anything they do or failed to do but because of who they are.

lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual. that's wrong. we're here to do what we can to make it right. to bend that arc of justice a little bit in a better direction. in few moments i will sign an executive order that does two things. first, the federal government already prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. once i sign the order the same will be true for gender identity. [ applause ] and second, we're going prohibit companies that receive a contract from the federal government from discriminating against their lgbt employees.

[ applause ] america's federal contracts should not subsidize discrimination against the american people. this executive order is part of a long bipartisan tradition. president roosevelt signed a order prohibiting racial discrimination in the national defense industry. president eisenhower strengthened it. president johnson expanded it. today i'm going expand it again. currently 18 states have already banned workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. over 200 cities and localities have done the same. governor terri mccall is here. his first as governor was prohibit discrimination against lgbt employees of the commonwealth of virginia.

[ applause ] i have appointed a record number of lesbian, gay, and bisexual and transgender public servants to positions across my administration. they are ambassadors and federal judges. special assistants, senior advied advice or sos. every day their talent is put to work on behalf of the american people. quality in the workplace is good business. a majority of fortune 500 companies have nondiscrimination policies in place. it's not just about doing the right thing. it's about attracting and retaining the best talent. there are several business leaders here today who will attest to that. despite that, simply being gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual

can be a fireable offense. there are people who have lost the jobs for that. it's not spectlative. it's not a matter of political correctness. people lose their jobs as a consequence. their lively hoods are thre threaten threatened. more states allow same-sex marriage than prohibit discrimination against lgbt workers. i firmly believe it's time to address this injustice for every american. now congress has spent 40 years, four decades, considering legislation that would help solve the problem. that's a long time. and yet they still haven't gotten it done. senators terri baldwin are here. they have been champions of the issue for a long, long time. we're very proud of them. i know, they will not stop fighting until fair treatment for all workers is the federal law of the land. [ applause ]

but i'm going to do what i can. with the authority i have to act. the rest of you, of course, need to keep putting pressure on congress to pass federal legislation that resolves the problem once and fore all. amen! amen! [ applause ] we have the amen corner here. you don't want to get me preaching now. for more than two sechblg i ares, we have strived often at great cost to form a more perfect union. to make sure that we the people applies to all the people. many of us are only here because others fought to secure rights and opportunities for us. then we have a responsibility to do the same for future generations. we have an obligation to make

sure that the country we love remains a place where no matter who you are or what you look like or what you started out or who you love no matter what you can make it in this country. that's the story of america. that's the story of this movement. i want to thank all of you for doing your part. we have a long way to go, i hope as everybody looks around the room, you're reminded of the extraordinary progress we have made. not in our lifetimes but in the last five years, last one year, we're on the right side of history. we're going to sign the executive order. thank you, everybody. and that was the president about to sign the executive order giving protection to lgbt federal employees. and later this hour, by the way, he's expected to give a statement on ukraine and the

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morning. you spoke with the father and sadly hundreds of other families are in the same exact situation. just waiting for some answers. >> reporter: i have to tell you, it's one of the most heartbreaking interviews i've done. the man is looking for something. he'll take a sock belonging to his daughter. he wants just anything from her from that crash site. it's so unusual to see not only was there horrific tragedy, the plane getting shot out of the sky, but not to be able to recover remains is really almost unprecedented. and he's now asking for international leaders including our president, president obama, to go in there and to intervene and create a safe corridor so that the bodies can have some dignity and can get them back and start the funerals. remember, they've been having memorials across the netherlands, malaysian, australia. there's no funerals yet to happen. but they are hopeful they're going to get something. detectives have been visiting all of the family members' loved

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built for business. we continue to follow the latest developing situation out of ukraine. the downing of malaysian flight mh 17. the president, and you see there on the screen is about to be speaking for the second time this hour. this time on the latest on ukraine. but let's go to nbc political

editor mark murray. joining us live from washington. good morning to you. what is the president's calculus on what he has to accomplish today? >> i think it's probably going to be about making the case. making the case about building the evidence that it was russian-backed separatist bhe i filed the missile destroying the malaysian flight 17. on meet the press yesterday, secretary of state john kerry was talking about circumstantial evidence and the weapon came from russia. i think we'll hear the president talk more about that and build an iron type case and get the evidence they have backed set up. i think what we're going hear about that. using the united states allies to press russia further. so much attention has been set on germany and what type of pressure they will add to the sanctions of the united states already trying to enforce when it comes to russia.

>> you know mark, it's clear that separatists couldn't have gone to the local walmart or home depot to get the missiles. but tieing that situation to russia directly is that an easy thing to do? >> it's not an easy thing to develop. given satellite technology and other things, there's probably better evidence than you and i might know about. certainly one of the arguments being made and why it's circumstances l right now given that pro-russian separatists control eastern ukraine. it's impossible for any one on the ukrainian side to have fired such a missile. those types of weapons are very complex, very sophisticated. an ordinary person, as you mentioned can't go to walmart and get the gun and learn how to fire one of those things. >> that's key. also, the united nations getting more involved today. today they're going to be speaking on the situation in ukraine. what can and should the united

states be doing maybe behind the scenes to with the europeans in the past kind of lukewarm desire to do anything that could have sanctions with russia. it affects them directly. >> that's right. one of the key things since the conflict in eastern ukraine started developing. snowing europe gets so much of the natural gas from russia. what we've seen since the destruction of malaysian air flight 17 is europe getting angry about the situation. the dutch are angry right now. a lot depends on what germany decides to do. this is what so many people thought transpired on thursday is game-changer because it's going to make europe angry. the instability, the conflict, the violence was only going to lead to more problems next door to europe. >> nbc senior political editor mark murray, thank you very

much. i want to take you to the white house chris jansing is standing by. >> we communicated with senior white house officials and now they say, jose, they don't want to get ahead of the president. there are two obvious areas we're looking for guidance from the president. the first is what exactly happened. you heard him and the u.n. ambassador laying out the case on friday and on sunday. secretary kerry on the sunday talk shows. laying out a very strong case saying there is a tremendous amount of evidence against russia. and in fact it was the movement across the border in eastern ukraine that lead to those sanctions. the day before the downing of that jet. that would be the first thing. obviously the president has said very clearly secretary kerry does, they need full an unfettered access to the crash site which has been difficult. and of course, the number of

people who are -- a number of family members waiting for the bodies to be returned. and that has turned into a very difficult situation. so those are some of the areas where the president will be pushing. that's what happened. the question now is what does the u.s. and as you've been discussing. what us the e.u. do? we know the president already said he's imposed more sanctions and indicated he wanted europe to move forward. there was a big phone call between the leaders of germany, france, and the u.k. there's going to be a meeting tomorrow. the question is how much are they willing to move forward? the president has made it clear despite some calls for him to arm the ukrainians that is not on the table. of course, boots on the ground is not on the substantitable. perhaps one of the things we do boycott the world cup. why should we go to the world cup. maybe we deny landing rights to

air plots. the possibilities fall along a wide range as we wait to hear from the president in a short time. >> senior white house correspondent, thank you for being with us this morning. that wraps up this hour on msnbc. thank you for the privilege of your time. craig melvin picks up president obama's statement coming up any second now on the white house. >> jose, good morning. good morning, everyone. i'm in for tamron hall. this a is "newsnation." we don't follow the developing nation. president obama set to deliver the statement amid growing outrage over what has become a chaotic scene to say the least at the site where malaysian airlines flight 17 was shot down. calls are growing louder for the international community to step up as separatists continue to control the area with the plane was brought down by a missile. ukraine's government today said it's willing to hand over coordination of the investigation to international authorities.