trance asia airways says the plane caught the tail end of a typhoon after trying to land for a second time. the crash was on a small island popular with tourist there is. 40 people died 10 survived. the pilot had enough visibility to land the plane because two others landed safely just before that one crashed. >> moments ago more than 70 coffins containing dutched victims of the downed malaysia airline flight if took ov frff the airport in the ukraine. they followed the first 40 wooden caskets that were flown in on the national day of mourning. investigators begin the grim task of identifying the remains which may take months. in britain they plan to study two hours of pilot conversations they downloaded from the downed plane's black boxes. >> president obama under fire for fundraising while being confronted with a problem. >> the biggest concerns for the voters. >> the obama administration is getting a failing grade on competence. 58 percent of americans don't think this white house has been competent and effective in managing the federal government. 40 percent say they have been. in

a civil aviation ministry said the flight was operated by trans asia airways. no details are available at this time. two fighter jets were shot down in ukraine not far from the malaysia airline flight 17 crash site. some of the bodies of the victims arrived in the netherlands. in ukraine, the investigation continues. -- in holland today, a day of mourning. from malaysiains airlines flight 17 finally arriving nearly one week after the plane was shot down. the grim task of identifying the bodies is now underway. no evidences it has of direct russian involvement but that russian support for the separatist was to blame. >> russia needs to stop sending weapons and fighters across the border. >> the investigation remains stalled. the black walks and data recorder arrived for analysis but the most crucial evidence still lies largely unguarded in the ukrainian field, under the control of the very rebels accused of shooting the plane down. today, new concerns about tampering. enter national monitors sounding the alarm saying parts of the debris were cut open and move. w

treads asia airways plane crashing into a emergency landing. 51 people are dead and seven are injuredill bring in this story as the kron 4 we're waiting for facebook to record after the closing bell today. we are up 15 on doubt. we will bring you the numbers throughout the morning. >>: as we have five live luckier this is our eighth approach camera. an overcast all around the bay. it's impacting off portions of the bay area today may be a drop or two more than likely in the north face.. you e haven't changed a lot in the last half hour. santa rosa 61 everyone else is up to about 66 degrees in san francisco. will see less muggy conditions this afternoon. pieces of sunshine in milan. tomorrow temperatures will jump about 10 degrees. and you will see that with the seven day around the bay forecast coming up at 645. >>:geaorge: tracking their ride on highway 4 this morning. bailey road for the west of ride that drive times are not that bad 28 minute snout from 160 out two to 42. the ride to the bay bridge this morning is a build and to the backup. we watch this backup klein of set 880 rep

investigators picking through ruble, the trans asia airways plane was carrying 58 passenger and crew when it crashed on the taiwan island on wednesday during a landing attempt. one of the plane's ten survivors and five people hurt on the ground have been treated and released. the crash was taiwan's first fatal air accident in 12 years. >>> it is sentencing day for mentally ill woman quick of killing her own mother. she was found guilt but mentally ill of shooting her mother lolita lee to death inside this cobbs creek home in 2007. she then poured gasoline on lee's body and set her on fire. another woman was badly burn in the resulting house fene cone family of don li, the businessman was stabbed to death in april 2013, while preparing his food cart outside of his south philadelphia home. police released a surveillance image of the suspect moments after the attack. a $25,000 reward is offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. natasha? >>> also several hundred workers the atlantic city show boat casino will stage a rally with toy protest its planned august 31st sh

the trans asia airways turboprop plane crashed on its second attempt at landing. during thunderstorms on an island. the official said buildings were also set on fire but nobody was killed. >> in hopes of ending the fighting. he will also sit down with israel's prime ministers. 4000 wounded over the last three weeks in the gaza strip. 29 israeli soldiers also died. two of them are americans. >> deal, and administration says they have come up with a way so religious associations to opt out and health plans without filling out the form. earlier this month the supreme court ruled that we in college can opt out of providing the coverage on religious grounds by filling out a form. the college argues that filling out the form still violates its religious beliefs by granting its workers the right to use birth control. the administration pretends to provide and give notification of insuring workers receive separate coverage of contraceptive services. the new rule is expected within a month. a billion dollars from president obama proposal to address the crisis of illegal im

. >> taiwanese officials are saying it's unlikely that stormy weather caused a trans asia airways flight to crash. conditions were suitable at the time of the crash landing. the black boxes have been recovered and authorities say they are not ruling anything out. 48 people were killed. 10 injured. >>> now to the crisis on our southern border and appears unlikely that congress will have a fix before the august recess. house republicans and senate democrats have advanced competing propose aldz and both are calling the others approach unacceptable. the gop proposal would lower president obama's $3.7 billion request to $1.5 billion. the plan would also send national guard troops to the border and change the 2008 trafficking law to speed up deportations. democrats initially supported changing the law but have since backtracked after hearing from immigration activists much here's house speaker john boehner yesterday. >> the president clearly isn't going to deal with it on his own even though he has the authority to deal with it on his own. but i do believe that the congress should act. >> all

trans asia airways plane was making a second land ago tempt amid heavy rains, just a day after a typhoon, struck the island. >>> the the first victims from the downing of the malaysia flight 17 arrived in the netherlands today. forty coffins were carried off transport planes, as the dutch royal family looked on. and then a solemn procession of hearsts took remains to the military base to begin identification. thousands of dutch citizens lined highways and bridges, to honor the victims and then be part of the national day of mourning. >>> well, it seems like we have seen more and more bears in neighborhoods this year. well, now one town has a plan to deal with the problem, and a testing is pretty unique. take a look bears usually venture near homes in search of food to raid trash cans and dumpsters. boulder colorado city council is making a push for barry cysttent trash cans. only way to figure out if they work toys throw them to the animals and see if the trash cans can bear it, the testers were pretty determined, but the cans passed with flying colors, and a few scratches as well. >>> w

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aviation authorities in taiwan are investigating what caused a trans asia airways plane to crash killing some 48 people. the plane was trying to make an emergency landing during a thunderstorm. ten people survived. the flight has been delayed because of typhoon matters. >>> a train has crashed into a school bus in southern india killing at least 12 children. the bus driver also died. the bus was on its way to school. 16 other children have been taken to hospitals. >>> and at least 60 people have died in iraq after suicide bombers and gun men attacked a bus transferring convicts from a prison near baghdad. the convoy moved from the prison and road side bombs went off and militants opened fire. 52 prisoners and eight soldiers died and several others are injured. >>> still to come we will have all the latest from the commonwealth games in glasgow where the competition has just got underway with 20 gold medals to be won. really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and t

the meantime, at least 48 people are confirmed dead and 11 injured after the crash of a trans asia airways it went down making a second attempt to land at that island on arrival on a flight from southern taiwan. the region was battered by a typhoon remanence but they say visibility was good enough to allow planes to land at the airport. >>> well, now to the middle east, the faa has just lifted the ban on u.s. flights to and from israel's airport. that happened moments ago. in the meantime, the conflict on the ground continues and top un officials are raising the issue of war crimes. alex marquart is in gaza tonight. >> reporter: we followed close behind entering a deserted and destroyed gaza neighborhood, the fighting echoing around us. israel pounding the area for four days. hamas militants fighting back. a bulldozer cleared the way. >> these rescue workers going down the street banging on doors calling out for the wounded, clearing one house and moving to the next. >> reporter: then frantic digging, a wounded man pulled out from under his house that collapsed. it seems like these that ha

under way after a deadly plane crash in taiwan. 47 people died and 11 were injured after a trans asia airwaysurboprop crashed on taiwan's western coast s the plane was reportedly making a second attempt after a post-typhoon severe storms. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4, the search for a suspected burglar, and what one local start-up is doing to find out who this woman is. >>> and teaches parents a lesson. a new campaign about raising kids. >>> plus -- ♪ >> a new at 4:30, the new video poking fun at kim jong-un, but not everybody is laughing. >>> and 7 on your side, michael finney is taking yours questions on facebook and twitter. he will answer them live here alternates bit later. >>> if your question is, how's traffic on the skyway? the answer is brutal. this is downtown san francisco, oncoming traffic trying to get on to the lower deck. that is gridlock. the same story for those trying to get to 101 south on the right-hand side. back with more on abc >>> cover scanty rosa, berkeley, san jose and all bay area, this is abc 7 news. >>> new details today about a string of burglaries at the

a trans-asia airways plane crashed into homes and cars as it made a second attempt to land on penghu island during a storm. 48 passengers were killed. ten others survived. five people on the ground were injured. the flight data recorders has been recovered, and investigators will examine the crash site today. a mysterious woman is capturing lots of attention on social media. she's been nicknamed "the woman in black", and she's been spotted walking along highways in tennessee and virginia. last month, she appeared in a you-tube video arguing with a man in a walmart parking lot about religion. she told police that she's from alabama, heading south on a bible mission. she also said that she was from an islamic nation and worked at the pentagon, but authorities determined that wasn't true. still a little strange. here are a few stories that are trending online this morning ... fans around the country celebrated the 75th anniversary of batman. the caped crusader started out as a comic book hero, before becoming a character on television and in the movies. he has been played by numerous ac

forty-eight people were killed, including a group of medical students when the trans asia airways planecrashed landed on wednesday. five people on the the ground were also injured. the airline is blaming stormy weather, trailing the edge of tie fun as the likely cause of the crash. >>> it is time for traffic and weather together, good morning. >> yeah, good morning, how about those storms that blew through last night, wow, did you hear that? my gosh. lightening flashing every where last night. it was quite the show, and also very loud and scarring a lot of the pets and kids out there too. i'm happy to report that the worst of these storms is becoming a memory problem is we're in the completely out of the woods just yet. not totally. i want to go back in time and take you all the way back to yesterday afternoon when we started to see a little hint of activity. we are looking at storm scan three at noon yesterday we were going on with talk philly at noon but then afternoon wore on, storms start to bubble up, they became more numerous. look at that lightening. we're talking about thousands

july 23rd, trans-asia airways flight crashed while trying to land on a taiwanese island. 58 people onthere's july 24th. two days ago. that's when an air algerie flight with 118 people on board crashed in a rainstorm over northern mali. everyone on that flight died. so, what brought down that air algerie flight 5017 two days ago? it was headed from africa to algiers but crashed less than an hour into the flight. officials aren't ruling anything out yet, but weather they are saying is likely a factor. bad weather near the earth's equator can be especially devastating. >> reporter: flying into any storm can be a bumpy, white-knuckling experience. but flying into bad weather near the equator can be a nightmare known as the intertropical convergence zone a band of unsettled weather around the earth's equator where some of the most ferocious storms can develop. you've flown in a lot of storms? >> i've flown in more storms than i'd like to. >> reporter: what does it feel like to fly into a serious thunderstorm? >> well, it can be anything from, you know, mr. toad's wild ride to the most harr

the plane operated by trans asia airways carried 58 passengers and crew members. >>> traffic is moving gannon ben franklin bridge after a tractor trailer crashed this afternoon. chopper 3hd over the scene at 676 on ramp just before the bridge. you can see large truck rolled over on its side spill debris across the road, what a mess there this afternoon. we were told one person was taken to the hospital, no word on his or her condition. >>> a stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike is moving faster tonight. >> a little. earlier today a new 07-mile per hour speed limit went in effect between blue mountain and morgan town. penndot officials announce aid pilot program to raise speed limits in other areas that will begin next month. if everything goes well, more highways could follow suit, as early as next year. >>> coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" birth control that could work with the remote control? health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how this new type of contraceptive works and how could use it. >>> growing number of hotels doing everything they can to help you eat right and

. >>> asia, the investigation starts in taiwan, the trans-asia airways turboprop that crashed wednesdaywhat is happening. >>> on a daily basis there are 100,000 commercial flights in the air flying 50,000 different routes. of course, we only report the problems. the u.n.'s international aviation organization is calling its 191-member countries to together next week to discuss the problems. we start with tom costello who covers aviation. start in mali, is what the latest there? >> the latest, there are differing reports as to whether they do or don't have the wreckage, whether they found the wreckagen this was flight 5017, from burkina faso to al gear, 116 on board. we had an algerian officialerly on saying he knew for sure the plane had crashed but weren't sure why they knew that. the plane left at 1:17 local time, set to arrive 5:10 a.m. but disappeared 50 minutes into the flight. and as you mentioned, we believe the plane went down in the deserts of mali there was a report that the pilot tried to get around a bad storm, a sandstorm, it would appear. half of the passengers on board the

. >> ifill: and in other news today, in taiwan a trans-asia airways plane crashed in stormy weather aswas trying to land on the small island of penghu. at least 47 people were trapped and feared dead. rescue workers used flashlights to comb through the wreckage in the darkness. 58 passengers and crew members were on board. >> woodruff: republicans and democrats in congress offered up competing bills today, on the flood of migrant children across the southern u.s. border. but there was no sign that either side can win over the other. house republicans said their bill would cost $1.5 billion, far less than president obama's request of $3.7 billion. speaker john boehner: >> what the president is asking for is a blank check. he wants us to just throw more money at the problem without doing anything to solve the problem. the administration ought to get their act together. without trying to fix the problem, i don't know how we actually are in a position to give the president any more money. >> woodruff: republicans also insist on speeding up deportations by changing a 2008 law that lays out

. >>> and then at least 51 people are reported dead in the crash of a trance asia airways flight. the flight took off from an airport in the capital of taipei. seven people above the turboprop survived. there is no word yet this morning if any americans were on board the flight. >>> an american ban on flights into israel remains in effect this morning. a rocket landed less than a mile from the runways and the flight restrictions of the newest casualty of the violence between hamas and israeli forces. >> secretary of state john kerry landed in tel aviv this morning aboard an air force one jet. and he met with ban ki-moon to push for a cease-fire. barry beater sun is there. >> reporter: there are many casualties of the war. we met a 9-year-old that was suffering from a broken leg and head wounds and we first asked her, how do you feel? >> good. >> good? >> yeah. >> does it hurt? >> no. >> what happened? >> i was sleeping. >> you were sleeping? >> yes. >> what happened? was there an explosion? >> i don't know. >> you don't remember? >> yes. >> are you okay? >> yes. >> but can you mov

the trans asia airways flight was on its second emergency landing attempt in heavy rain when it crashed. 10 people survived, but 48 others were killed. a government director says visibility at the airport was about a mile, which is considered acceptable. the black boxes have been sent to taiwan's capitol city for analysis. >>> our time is 8:11. back here at home teenage boy in a drive-by shooting. coming up at 8:30 how young children were caught in the the middle of the gunfire. >>> a hate crime attack outside a grocery store in southern california. what a woman was wearing that may have made her a target. >>> good morning. we are looking at the san mateo bridge. i want to show you the traffic is slow again. this is one of the worst times for the san mateo bridge. the 8:00 hour. and we'll take another look at it straight ahead. >>> a little bit of fog around but already some holes in it and temperatures are going to start warming up here probably for an extended period of time. we might get temperatures near 100 tomorrow. we will take a look at today's highs. that welcome back. time is

route that malaysia airlines flight 17 flew is so popular when going from europe to asia, it has a name. it's called airway-980. it's a key pathway to europe and asia, but by late thursday the airspace over eastern ukraine was empty. for more on this investigation i want to bring in greg feith, a former ntsb investigator and former airline captain haeger and safety expert john cox and nbc's long-time aviation correspondent, bob haeger. hello to all of you. greg, i want to start with you. is there any -- what are we going to learn from this crash site at this point? i've just had a former senior official say to me the investigation on the ground might be pointless at this point. >> absolutely, chuck. i'm very surprised at the fact that the ntsb would send anybody over there under these circumstances. we know what brought the aircraft down, there really is no investigation. this is not the conventional investigation that an ntsb would conduct where we're looking for a mechanical malfunction or failure of the aircraft or pilot operation. we know what brought it down, so the expertise that the ntsb is going to

the route it was taken was known as airway l980, a highway in the sky connecting europe and asia.nflict around crimea was no secret. before the crash, the faa restricted american flights from flyi ining over the region. you can see here's another look at the route. flight 17 took out amsterdam lost contact in eastern ukraine. in hindsight, that route may look look a bad idea or wreckless, but on this thursday alone, 55 other flights took that path. british airways, lufstansa have used that. when something this terrible happens, which is rare, how do we know if governments are doing everything they can to protect us when we fly. joining me now is bob haguer. should something change here? zpl i think that should. i think ths one thing that will dom out of this is that the international communities realizes they need to deal with this. it's an economic issue and you've got to negotiate flight rights with the other countries that you're going to go through. they're thinking was no flight had gone that high, but sort of follows the leader. i think it's got to stop. >> you say they're g

asia. you're talking about a vast swath of european low-cost carrie carriers. the easy jets, the british airways. >> all using this route. >> they were until today. the turkish airlines to istanbul. this is a major thoroughfare. what we now know, of course, they're all stopping. we heard from klm, turkish, air france. they're all going to avoid that area. but until now, this war, this civil war in eastern ukraine had been violent and brutal. but there had not been an indication there was the capability, until recent days, of this sort of event. and therefore, airlines continued and regulators continued to allow them to fly these routes over this area. >> i also wonder if terror groups around the world seeing this are suddenly now going to be emboldened with the idea, if we can get our hands on equipment like this, i mean -- i hate to even bring this up. but you look at isis forces in iraq, which now have access to huge amounts of equipment. >> and that's a very good appointment. because inside those organizations you have people with the requisite military training to operate this equipment. we

lufthanza or british airways or several russian airliners, emirence air, a variety of airlines skirting it saying they will no longer use it as a transit route to get from europe to, say, asia. it's a very common route to go from amsterdam to frankfurt or to london, into the middle east, but tonight the airspace is virtually empty of anything except military planes. the issue here from an investigative standpoint, lawrence, is if, in fact, rebels shot this plane down, this plane is now resting in rebel-controlled territory, and by one report, they actually have the black boxes. it would seem that it would not be in their interest for them to turn this investigation over to an outside independent body as the ukranian government is asking and as the prime minister of malaysia is asking. by one account they have the black boxes. we don't know what condition those black boxes are in. but again, u.s. intelligence and military sources say there is conclusive evidence that this plane was, in fact, shot out of the sky. if that's the case, there may not be a need for u.s. crash investigators, for example, from the ntsb to show up on the scene and do much of a forensic analysis. the

they are lufthanza or british airways or emirence air, a variety of airlines skirting it saying they will no longer use it as a transit route to get from europe to, say, asia. it's a very common route to go from amsterdam to frankfurt or to london, but tonight the airspace is virtually empty of anything except military planes. the issue here from an investigative standpoint, lawrence, is if, in fact, rebels shot this plane down, this plane is now resting in rebel-controlled territory, and by one report, they actually have the black boxes. it would seem that it would not be in their interest for them to turn this investigation over to an outside independent body as the ukranian government is asking and as the prime minister of malaysia is asking. by one account they have the black boxes. we don't know what condition those black boxes are in. but again, u.s. intelligence and military sources say there is conclusive evidence that this plane was, in fact, shot out of the sky. if that's the case, there may not be a need for u.s. crash investigators, for example, from the ntsb to show up on the scene and do much of a forensic analysis. the cause of this disaster