mr. vladmir putin does not want this to happen. he's afraid that culpability will be firmly established. you need a clear demand for this, from not just president obama but also our european allies and if the russians don't allow this to happen, then there should be sanctions placed on -- further sanctions placed on rush ons. >> there are some norms to international behavior and one of them is that if an airliner crashes, you let investigators in there. now, the ukrainians apparently have their hands tied. they can't really provide full unfetterred access to this crash site because it's in territory held by the pro russian rebels. is there going to be any price paid? i mean, if this investigation continues to be botched, will vladmir putin, will the rebels pay any kind of a price? that depends largely on europe and the united states. the united states last week put down some serious sanctions on the russian economy for their aggression in ukraine. europeans did not. europe is not getting angry at what's happened and maybe this will

mr. brown know reuters is reporting vladmir putin has said this airplane disaster would not have happened its military operation against the rebels in eastern ukraine. if you think through the logic of that statement, it's almost an implication of the separatists on the ground having shot down this plane, now we know that nbc news has confirmed the plane has shot down. the u.s. that change your position at all, sir? >> no, we are guessing whether it's an accident or not. it is all based on a major strategic error over crimea. that's a much longer story. you can expect more russian misinformation like this. >> i apologize, we have a minute left, your thoughts on the ground incursion by the israelis into gaza right now? >> look the last ten days you had a situation where 6 million forces of citizens are under rocket fire. they tried with the egyptians, which was dismissed by hamas. literally, you have a situation here where the ibs, the israeli government had no choice. this was coming for a long time and everything was done to avoid it and now the idf has gone in overwhelming force with de

vladmir putin facing pressure to rein in the rebels after they apparently shot down that civilian jet liner killing 300 on board. the white house pressing our allies to impose new sanctions on russia. mrmains defiant. brand new fox poll shows most voters in america think president putin has upper hand. 75% say president putin has the advantage. only 14% say president obama has the upper hand. colonel oliver north. fox news military analyst and colonel, good morning to you. i imagine you would agree with those numbers based on what we've seen so far and based on what i've heard from you? >> well i think it reflects the american people aren't nearly as stupid as this administration assumes we are. i mean everyone remembers josh earnest telling ed henry that obama had improved the, way he put it, the tranquilty of the global community, here in a question and answer period last week. clearly the administration must think we really are stupid because they continue to say things like that despite all the evidence. look, there is no doubt in my mind, and no doubt in the minds of the people i have talked to, that that sa-11 was fired by a russian military personnel, by russian, not a, but by