separatists and pro russian troops in resenday. it took off from amsterdam and was landing in malaysia when it crashed in ukraine. officials there say the debris stretches for 10 miles, "action news" is live with team coverage of the crash, abc's marcy gonzales has details of investigation and lets begin with marcy live in new york city with the latest on what happened today. >> reporter: vice president, joe biden, just said it appears this was not an accident. saying the plane was blown out of the sky. the fiery moment of impact, a passenger jet with 295 people on board, crashing this morning in ukraine near the russian

boarder. malaysian flight 17 traveling from amsterdam to malaysia was traveling at what is believed to be 33,000 feet, lost contact with the boeing 777. now analysis says that it was brought down by a sophisticated missile but it's unclear where it was fired from and who is responsible. the pilot likely had to time to reactment. >> this came out of nowhere and there was no warning, the scene is unfolding where ukraine and pro russian rebels and the ukraine is escalating. recent days russia shot down two planes. the president says today that the u.s. will help with the crash investigation. >> and as a country our thoughts and prayer are with all the families and the passengers wherever they call home. >> this another nightmare

involving malaysian airlines just four months after flight 370, mysteriously disappeared. >> it's shock, you get, a sick feeling in the pit of your stom an. families are waiting for information as investigators go through the scene. >> they are looking into reports that there may have been americans on board. >> marcy gonzalez, abc news. >> thank you. lets switch live to sara bloomquist in jenkintown where the ukrainian community locally is reacting to this news. >> reporter: well, monica, i am outside the ukrainian educational cultural center here. they are trying to keep an open mind as to who may be responsible, these of course are ukrainians, and given the ongoing conflict, they can't help to look to russia believing they are involved and they are

sad for their fellow ukrainians and dealing with this now in this already troubled area of the world. >> oh, no. >> this is mark's reaction after hearing that a passenger jet crashed in the ukraine. the executive director of ukrainian cultural and education center. he says if it was shot down the most likely culprit is the russian military. >> the most likely scenario is that it was shot down by the russian military, i don't know if the separatists have access to these types of weapons. >> there has been a violence pro russian uprising, and the tensions have increased. and there were other incidents where ukrainian aircraft were shot down and then too they blamed the russian military. >> and then the last three or four days, a number of ukrainian

planes are shot down and most of that was by the russian military. >> leo is a professor of eastern european studies and is from ukraine, he says this could make the situation even worse but hopes it helps get the world's attention to the ongoing conflict. >> now the world will focus on this, and say stop, you can't do this. you are on the verge participating a world war if you keep this up. >> so not surprisingly a lots of finger pointing on all sides, it's still unknown who exactly must have caused this, it's ukrainian community is planning a protest tomorrow evening, a protest for what they are calling an escalation on russian aggression. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6

"action news." >> thank you sara. >> to recap, malaysian flight 17 went down in eastern ukraine 4:20 our time, 295 passengers and crew members on board are all presumed dead. they say it was brought down by a missile and the ukrainian government is calling it an act of terrorism. they have not confirmed if there was any americans on board. turning to the deadly conflict between israel and hamas, israel has launched a ground operation into the gaza strip. according to a statement by the israeli military. after a five-hour humanitarian truce expired. we are monitoring that situation and will bring you updates as it becomes available. in the coverage of the plane crash, president obama was in delaware when he addressed the

tragedy. he was addressing infrastructure like rail lines and bridges. we'll have more on his visit at 6:00. philadelphia police are investigating the death of a strawberry mansion couple. gladys and rufus perry. no signs of obvious cause of death, auto stoppies will be done to determine their causes of death. a chester county family is out of their home after an explosion caused their entire house to collapse. on the 100 block of penrose atlantic, chad pradelli is live near the scene now with the details. >> reporter: rick, this was a tremendous blast that leveled this home, take a look at the destruction, it almost looks like the house imploded. you see a section of the roof

came down by my feet. over here you have a vehicle covered by debris. and they worked to clean up this mess, and what caused the blast. >> i couldn't believe what i saw, standing just 30 feet from her home when it exploded. >> we heard the loud boom and looked over and the house when up in the air, and was all covered in gray and then came down and broke up like this. >> the blast broke several windows and an suv was smashed and debris littered the 100 block of penrose. people rushed to the scene. >> i think the people are always home, i'm thinking i hope they are not in that house sfl tragic thank god their dear little children were not there. >> there is two little children and thank god they were gone swimming and the father was

working. god was with them. >> no one was injured and state police and the chester county fire marshal's office is investigating, it appears that natural gas is the cause but why is unclear. peco says it's increasing f a a s gas c he likeene. an ifamio inl nktterpamesndinspecs afyeilding rttheyinwith inforouprect. this allows people passing by to know about the site and report dangerous conditions. leaders of fraternal order of police in salem county are calling for a thorough investigation into the salts of

a pennsgrove police officer. they say that officer george -- that is when police say board of education threw the officer to the grounds and punched him. pennsgrove mayor and councilwoman were also involved. they say that the officer's injuries are severe and potentially career ending. now lets get of the "action news" traffic report now. lets head to matt pellman in the traffic center. it's busy there. >> if are you feeling lonely, go for a drive on the schuylkill expressway you won't feel lonely anymore. this is the scene close to montgomery drive, busy in both directions, travel times should be 14 minutes oornl way between the blue route and the vine, an even half hour eastbound and 29 minutes westbound. the westbound delay due in part because of the roosevelt boulevard, off the schuylkill

moving up to wissahickon, where we have the broken down fedex tractor trailer blocking the left lane. lets talk about our problems on 611, on ontario there was a fire there today and giving us detours on septa's route 16 bus and in oxville buck county on 611 easton road all lanes are blocked by uncle bob's self storage. mountain view drive, or beaver run road are possible alternates around that accident. we'll check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> thank you. more to come on "action news" for you. a moving company, the focus of an "action news" investigation, reporter wendy saltzman has the more next. we have a break from the summer heat but the oppressive humidity will make a come back and we'll let you know when in the accuweather forecast.

and microsoft announces the biggest layoffs in the company's history. the reason behind the cuts. if he were a lobbyist... if they were political contributors...

maybe tom corbett would listen to them, instead of cutting... funding for their schools. but corbett's huge tax giveaway to the oil and gas... industry has cost us billions. forced deep cuts in education. and his mismanagement caused a massive budget deficit. now corbett wants to give the oil and gas industry even... more handouts. because that's who tom corbett listens to. and this is who pays the price.

taken the new jersey department of consumer affairs files a lawsuit against a moving company. wendy saltzman has the new developments. >> reporter: this "action news" hidden camera investigation shows the practices by moving max to allegedly swindle customers out of their hard earned cash. they say they padded their bills with bogus charges, double and tripling the amount they were originally quoted. >> they are horrible, thieves. >> i was traumatized and hysterical, we set up hidden cameras to see if they would upcharge us. >> they will charge delivery. >> we were originally quoted $300 for a three-hour move, but

when the goods were on their truck, they demand the $927. >> a bait and switch, a violation of our state's consumer fraud act. >> the attorney general's office we spoke to file aid lawsuit for a predatory bait and switch scheme, billing for bogus charges and trying to drive off with the customer's belongings. >> they are disgraceful. and a cat and mouse game, we continued to get the resources we need to put the companies out of business. >> in 2011, moving max signed a consent judgment with the state, promising not to engage in unfair acts, this lawsuit may be good news for unhappy eiot f evsin

art the o >>proble wlpersey tcty n wsinhe rity ting air matt cars f itshe

sye ough a ae n hcat thren gorett reith want more some

0nech a f srs ei a a l des a0n ke om0 uilstusatooren ssmasvenheae corkek,ectyrrey ,me oe-c ll en19ave fhere ewe jtle. matysar

ioa. itirmed n e kemi e ople ht t ruia f descended weret ar bonece, it et p