u.s. state department, and from the west, the position here it remains a position of denial. that there are any kind of weaponry going across the border into eastern ukraine, despite the u.s. intelligence satellite imagery, which proves that there certainly is -- are weapons going through. and i doubt that there is going to be any real change of that line in today's press conference. the foreign ministry also described sanctions as being essentially an invitation to terrorists over the weekend saying that brussels had done what terrorists to date have not been able to do, and that is drive a wedge into the international community at a time when there is a deteriorating political situation like in syria and afghanistan. now you see this different geopolitical picture. of course, the west needs russia's assistance in dealing with, for example, nuclear negotiations with iran or in the situation in syria, providing access for assistance to go into afghanistan. and i think from those comments in the foreign ministry statement. you get a sense that russia still feels it's able to exert leverage over the international community in that context. >> it's s

of serious injuries. >> that is a blessing in itself. >> autumn like weather is moving into the eastern u.s. at this hour. >> what can folks in the u.s. expect this week? >> some of the nicest weather we've seen, across a large chunk of the eastern half of the united states. a dip in the jet stream here, the upper level winds in the atmosphere. the direct storm systems, at this case they open a door from canada and drop your temperatures below average for this time of year, while the west coast expect the temperatures to shoot through the roof again as we head for another extensive heat wave across the region. ien watt to show you temperatures across the eastern half of the u.s. down to the low and mid-80s the latter portion of the week for the high. about 60 degrees in the overnight hours, very cool setup here, even in chicago, temperatures get up to 57 fahrenheit by weeks end. i'm going to share with you some images here coming out of southern california. we had severe storms take place. isolated thunderstorms, lightning strike coming down near venice beach south of santa monica. we know

it was a terrible day across the eastern u.s. look at michigan here.ompletely covered by the hail and wind reports at one point there, upwards of 150,000 people without power. then came the damage with the thunderstorm wind gusts and tornado touchdowns. so let's take you on a tour of the damage. we'll start off i believe in connecticut. where we actually had national weather service able to confirm that is an ef-0 tornado. in connecticut. something you don't see there every day. that also caused some damage. thankfully, besides the lightning strike out there with that fatty, we did not have fatalities in the eastern u.s. as a result of this outbreak here so that is good news. we had one injury but no word of anyone losing their lives. i think people were weather aware of this unusual event coming up. let's take you to another area which did see significant damage here. my goodness, take a look at this in tennessee. numerous homes were flattened, ten homes on the border of tennessee to kentucky, ten homes reported damage. we're not sure what caused ther

u.s. due to a significant cold front swinging through eastern canada down through the mid part of the u.s. this has history of causing tens of tornados the other day. it is still packing a lot of energy to cause more tornados. now back behind it, dry weather continues and temperatures are quite soaring. las vegas at 44 degrees for the high. meanwhile across the eastern seaboard, 35 degrees in washington, d.c. and staying that way for the next couple days. and humidity. lots of humidity. so oppressively hot across these locations in the next couple of days. and across parts of asia looking unsettled over central areas of china. especially the shanghai area is experiencing the worst of it. and the seasonal front will be extending into western japan by your thursday. much of japan will be under rainy weather on thursday going into your friday, which is not necessarily bad news especially in kobe. you had the driest june in 111 years. beneficial rain is in sight on your thursday. and rain could fall in the tokyo area on your friday. here's your extended forecast. >>> we have more details on ou

on sunday at least six tornadoes occurred in the eastern u.s.long with large hail up to 11 centimeters in diameter. the northeastern areas will see improving conditions but it's not the case for the southwestern areas from the gulf coast up into the carolina coast. there is a possibility of severe thunderstorms, isolated tornadoes along with large hail and damaging winds. nice conditions will return in the northeast and cooler temperatures will be moving in from eastern canada lowering temperatures. take a look. chicago only 21 degrees for a high on monday. the average this time year is 30 degrees. washington, d.c., sunny weather will continue and lower than average temperatures will also continue for the next couple of days. across asia, the rainy season has finally ended in northern japan. this summer is in full swing across the country. no rainfall for the northern areas of china. into the south, we have a couple of tropical depressions and this one right here is likely to aim for the southwestern areas of japan as we go to the midpart of thi

we have been seeing across much of the central and eastern u.s. this past week really is the severe weather which has been continuing to blow up. yes, across the great lakes area, we have been seeing this most recent line of severe thunderstorms just rolling through. you can see on the satellite picture right now extending across the ohio river valley off there towards the northeast you still have those severe thunderstorms dropping large hail, damaging winds. and we actually have video coming out of wisconsin now where this severe weather just knocked over a lot of these trees and caused many residents there in the southeastern parts of wisconsin to wake up to this scene on tuesday after the powerful storms rode through the area. strong winds and a heavy rain knocked down those trees, cut off electricity to thousands of people. and local officials are saying the storm caused the worst power outage in nine years out here. so definitely some really intense stuff being seen. now that severe weather threat is still working its way off there towards t

u.s. airlines to avoid the airspace over eastern ukraine. u.s. officials believe a missile destroyed the flight. >> if that's the case, it's an unspeakable crime. >> needs a full and transparent international investigation. >> we think the perpetrators must swiftly brought to justice. >> the russian president led the moment of silence on russian television the protesters outside the united nations blamed him for the destruction. he blames the ukrainians for escalating the conflict. some hope the loss of life may be an opportunity for a cease-fire between russian separatists and eastern ukraine and the government. if not, it could create an even deeper divide between east and west. >> a civilian plane was shot down with hundreds of dutch and german and french citizens. that may have the effect of galvanizing the european resolve. >> others reflect on the tragedy an agreement memorial house that the dutch embassy. 298 are dead amid the wreckage of a civilian passenger jet. >>ukraine's security chief says russia was involved in shooting down the pla

pursuing to incorporate into the nsfs, porting size mom materials that are now imported across the eastern u.s. even though it's been two years, the risks are still very real and the resilience of the nation will be tested when, not if, the next earthquake disaster strikes. giant earthquakes produce ground configuration. but these are current, predictable locations. like areas of high tsunami run-up can be estimated in advance. such scenarios are being played out today. but, rapid earthquake loss assessments are still unacce unacceptably uncertain because of sparsz network cover rang in many areas. also, a litted invernetorial that's useful for damage, modelling and uncertainty. that's the critical engineering part. i will conclude by saying appreciate the opportunity to discuss the research that the u.s.g.s. and our parter iners a doing. i'd be happy to take any questions you may have. >> thank you, dr. ludwig? >> thank you for inviting me to testify. is it not on? okay. >> i live with earthquake risk every day. today, i'm speaking primarily as president elect of the seismological society. >>

a good part of eastern u.s., push up into eastern canada, really heavy rain in many place.e warm weather for ottawa, but more heavy showers coming back into manitoba. laura. >>> thank you very much indeed. >>> moving on to the head of fifa's official hospitality provider at the world cup being on the run from police. he is accused of involvement in a multi-million dollars ticketing scam. ♪ >> reporter: there has been a lot to celebrate in brazil as fans flock to see their countries do battle. but police say underneath it all, an international gang was at work, scamming fans out of millions of dollars, and the one man who now has little to cheer about is this man. he is the head of the company providing hospitality packages at the tournament. brazilian police are calling the british national a fugitive. they have accused him of using his position and the company to help scam up to $90 million from fans reselling vip tickets and packages. >> translator: the company has an official contract with fifa, and what is happening is come pollutely absurd. >> reporter: absurd or not.

>> we're going to have to watch skies closely across the eastern u.s.that's where we have the cloud coverage in place, as well. across the southeast, it has been soggy this weekend. we will see more storms and showers popping. this morning, don't let the clear skies fool you here across the upper midwest. we expect storms in minnesota, some strong as to severe. watch for hail and wind. across the northeast, a decent note, but clouds filling in. we have an area of low pressure along the east coast, throwing moisture back inland, spelling rain as we get through the day. some spotty activity is expected. >> in ireland, unmarried mothers in the mid 20th century were completely ostracized, the women often had their children torn from them, never knowing what happened. we are hearing horrifying accounts of what happened to young kids, thousands used as guinea pigs for medical experiments. >> having a baby, a joyous experience, but for these infant, their careers had other intentions. that baby became marie, separated from her unmarried mother by the nuns and

tuned in from the united states, we have some changes in the forecast, especially out of the eastern half of the u.s temperatures 15 to 20 degrees fahrenheit below the eastern half of the united states as cool canadian air filters in while the southwest, los angeles, phoenix shooting up to record values in the coming days with warmer weather expected there. quickly want to bring something to your attention. take you out to the middle of the atlantic ocean. we have the caribbean and the united states the top left of your screen out here. this storm system, medium chance of forming into a tropical storm at this point. over the next five days it becomes 60%. over the next seven days, 70% this storm system would develop and become the second tropical storm in the atlantic ocean. bertha would be the name given to that storm. at this point the most likely area will be espanola. it threatens the eastern united states when you push into the month of august and even the gulf of mexico. it's something worth noting across the u.s. with potentially another tropical storm in the works there. >> pedram, thank you

arthur is strengthening, now predicting to hit the eastern u.s. as a category 2 storm. it's expected to hit the coast of north carolina in a couple of hours. this is on the state's southern coast. high winds are being felt along the region. officials warn the most dangerous part of the storm may be the rip currents for those who ignore warnings. but many people are heeding orders to leave before the storm hits. arthur is already forcing many vacationers to cut their fourth of july trip short. >> we're packing up to go back to pittsburgh. there's 18 of us and half of them are kids. we don't want them to be afraid. too much glass in the house in case something happens. >> we're worried about the traffic getting out and the fact that it's -- who knows if the storm is going to go out to the sea or come in. it's going to cause a traffic delay. we want to get out there before that. >> we have two reporters standing by along the north carolina coast. let's start with julie martin who is tracking storms. julie, what's the latest? >> joy, we just got the latest from the national

u.s. officials all but to accuse the rebels in eastern ukraine and russia by association of having shot down the plane president obama based his suggestions on incidents of ukrainian military jets that the rebels recently shot out of the sky a group of separatists can't shoot. military transport planes or they claim shoot down fighter jets without sophisticated equipment and sophisticated training and that is coming from russia russia says kiva is responsible because it launched this military operation in eastern ukraine and the u.s. supported it moscow has also raised a number of questions for kiev to answer including why it hadn't closed the airspace over what was clearly a war zone such immigrants why did the air traffic controller send a passenger flights to an area of military clashes in an area which was used to carry out strikes against civilian targets and where there were anti-aircraft systems operating all members of the un security council including russia and the united states have called for a credible impartial investigation of the disaster it will take time before any results

enjoy these cooler readings ahead of us here in the next couple of days in the eastern u.s.ut west, we talked about temps in phoenix, above average. 111. 80 in los angeles, should be about 74 fahrenheit. even seattle, outdoing los angeles, with temperatures in the 80s. and actually, the driest period of the year. across portions of the western pacific. we have a couple of tropical features. one of them, a high probability to become a tropical storm. it was a typhoon as it moves across portions of guam. rainfall totals at anderson air force base, remarkable. that's about a foot of rainfall in a 24-hour period. winds, roughly 16 miles per hour. the storm system over open waters, should threaten portions of japan. that's a week away. plenty of time for preparations. we leave you with photographs coming out of the united kingdom. we take you to london. this is the star flier ride. errol, if you've been here, 220 feet off the ground. it is the south bank center. one of the largest art centers in the world. it's very nice couple of days around london. >> that ride is relatively ne

and weather moving into the eastern u.s. say it's cooler than it is usually this time of year. >> our meteorologist, he can explain what's going on. >> a little bit. let's show you what's happening here. the two storms that errol is referring to, one this hour west of guam. brought in tremendous rainfall in the last couple of days over guam. and we have another area of forming into a tropical storm. both of them, eyeing portions of east asia at this hour. we've had wind reports of 100 kilometers per hour, roughly 60 miles per hour. rainfall, that's as staggering as it gets. that's one foot of rainfall in one day. 300 millimeters causing floods across this region. the storm system is over open waters. it's xpded to strengthen to get up to category 1 equivalent of a hurricane. and later next week, southern japan, okinawa, going to be in the path of this storm system. a few days left as far as preparations are concerned. to the west of this, another storm system that will develop rapidly. this one expected to push in towards th

officials around the world are looking for answers after malaysia flight 17 went down in eastern ukraine. u.s. officials believe the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile. >> not anident, blown out of the sky. >> reporter: fire and smoldering debris covered the field 25 miles from the russian border. villagers looked on stunned by what they had seen. >> i personally saw malaysian passports scattered around the site of the crash. so far the area has not been sealed off. firemen have arrived and so far the debris is still smoking. >> reporter: all 298 people on board were killed. including 3 infants. at amsterdam airport where the flight took off and where it was supposed to land desperate family members are gathering. investigators are trying to get to the crash scene, but it's controlled by pro russian rebels who say they will send the black box and voice to mosc.hould ife any debris including the black box. >> reporter: rebels in russia deny any involvement but ukrainian officials claim they have evidence in the form of two interpreted phone call also including this one -- phone ca

deadly storms swept across the eastern u.s.day leaving people without electricity yesterday. >>: in least three tornadoes destroyed hall and killed one child. the storm cracked polls and uprooted trees. and maryland the storm moved in quickly and injured many others as they tried to run to safety. in syracuse new york homes were completely level and people still are searching for survivors. and the fast-moving system are of a tank cars. is now a state of emergency and the new york area. it looks horrible to see such deadly weather. >>: but congress staff in now and you'll notice it will be cooler than yesterday we will still steer clear of '90s. san francisco will have dire of 76. as you look at baseball whether the a's against his tax and the foremost the cloudy or breezy conditions when it will approach at 16 m.p.h.. the legality and slow traffic here in the south bay. the >>: and there ride leading into the southern coming down from fremont is still backed up to milpitas. a shocking trip to the county fair. a teenage girl is

powerful storms hit several states in the eastern u.s. destroying at least ten homes in tennessee.ate reports of deaths or injury but searches were going door to door. >>> israeli traded attacks with hamas as the fighting approached the end of the third week. each blamed the other for scuttling efforts at a humanitarian cease fire. now back to "lock up." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> at the cuyahoga county correction center in cleveland, there's nobody to clean the housing units but the inmates themselves, and that suits herbie mckinney just fine. >> it's a daily routine. i clean the sinks three times a day just to keep the sickness down. a lot of these dudes come in from the streets and a lot are coming from heroin too. it's just nasty. they call me mr. clean, too, because that's all i do is clean, clean, clean. just can't stand a dirty place. we all live here. you got people pissing [ bleep ] on the floor. we do announcements to tell them, hey, whoever's pissing on the floor stop it. whoever's pissing on the floor, stop it. >> while he's awai

the wild weather as severe storms and tornadoes swept across the eastern u.s.ple are dead from the storms. in upstate new york, four people were killed and several homes were destroyed, and at a maryland campsite one child w

u.s. will review its support of kiev's military operation in eastern ukraine u.s. intelligence officials claim that the plane was downed by a surface to air missile but have not specifically blamed either side us president joe biden said a team of specialists will be sent to assist ukrainian authorities with the investigation going to church account is in washington following the american reaction. u.s. officials believe it was a surface to air missile that shot down the malaysian plane over ukraine the u.s. is not pointing the blame thing there just yet president obama spoke with the ukrainian leader. we can be sure that the blame game in the coming days and weeks is going to be vicious there are questions as to who had the capability to do this the ukrainian military certainly has the capability to launch like that would require a team of specialists as we hear from many experts and there is another question why was this malaysian airliner flying over the conflict zone we know that u.s. airlines had been avoiding the area for some time to size me because it was d

. >>> thunderstorms and tornadoes in the eastern u.s. killed five people overnight.of the worst damage in central new york state where four people died. the camper in maryland was killed when a tree fell on him. >>> california's water resources control board is considering mandatory restrictions on water use. any public employee would be able to write violators a ticket with fines up to $500 a day. if approved next week, the regulations would be in effect for nine months. >>> i'm anne makovec live in the newsroom. an alleged prostitute is due in court in a little more than an hour facing charges in the death of a tech executive, death by heroin. alix tichleman is a 26-year-old model and prostitute. the man killed, a 51-year-old google executive and married father of five living in santa cruz. his name was forrest hayes. the two met on the website seekingarrangement.com. police say they had planned a night of sex and drugs on his yacht back in november but that she then injected him with a lethal dose of heroin and as the victim died they say she leisurely cleaned up.

arthur is strengthening, now predicting to hit the eastern u.s. as a category 2 storm. to hit the coast of north carolina in a couple of hours. this is on the state's southern coast. high winds are being felt along the region. officials warn the most dangerous part of the storm may be the rip currents for those who ignore warnings. but many people are heeding orders to leave before the storm hits. arthur is already forcing many

unclear when the delegation, 131 people total, will be able to get access to the crash site in eastern ukraine. u.s. officials say they believe the plane was brought down by a missile, possibly fired by pro-russia rebels, according to sources speaking to cnn. most likely they believe with backing from russia. what about russia? well, it is denying involvement in the jet's downing. we're joined live from cnn moscow with more. what are we hearing from the kremlin on this, diana? >> reporter: hi, hala. the kremlin's position all the way throughout the conflict in ukraine has been, it's got nothing to do with us. and this downed airliner is the same. they say it happened over ukrainian territory. there was responsibility of the ukrainian government to find out what happened. and the fact they cracked down on rebels in the east in the last few weeks, retaking slvansk, led to this incident. today we've been hearing from deputy defense minister, who has raised ten confess he wants to hear kiev answer. notably, how come they -- if they were -- you know, the buk missile defense system, he charges kiev as ha

u.s. and european union plan to impose new economic sanctions against russia for assisting pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. u.s. says russia has been increasing its military presence at the border and shipping more firearms to the separatists. those separatists are suspected of shooting down the malaysia passenger plane two weeks ago. >>> governor brown is in mexico talking immigration, trade and the environment. the governor signed an agreement with mexican officials to work on ways to reduce air pollution and greenhouse emissions. he also took a dig at the decision by texas to send national guard troops to the border to deal with central american immigrant children. brown says the immigration overload should be seen as a humanitarian issue. >>> millions of illegal immigrants could get work permits under plans being worked out at the white house. the obama administration is considering various ideas. parents of children who are u.s. citizens might be included. now, changes are expected before the november elections. a white house move could lead some conservative republicans to try to impeach the

u.s. officials told us before. 12 aircraft in eastern ukraine. the u.s. knowledge of surface-to-air missiles. you as a pilot, would you have flown through that area knowing that information? would you consider it safe to fly through that area had you and other pilots and other airlines known that? >> no. there would be absolutely no way i would fly through that area without any sort of concrete intelligence information, and if i was aware of this, these missiles were available, really, the short answer would have been no. >> just remarkable to imagine, we know malaysia airlines didn't make this decision willy-nilly. this is what regulators had said were safe at the altitude they flew in, they did not tell them not to. it raises questions about why that information wasn't shared more widely and why it didn't change protocol and standards for who is able to fly through that area and at what altitude. >> no question about it. let's let miles answer that question. miles is an aviation expert and also a pilot. what's your take? what should have been different

amateur video shows the smoke and fire ball resulting from the impact of flight 17 in eastern ukraine. taken down say u.s. officials by a surface to air missell. >> shut down, not an action, blown out of the sky. >> reporter: the burning wreckage is scattered over a 10- mile area. the degree field undoubtedly holds clues on how the plane was taken down and ultimately who is responsible. >> they, regardless of nationality we are all united in grief. >> reporter: malaysian prime minister said the crew did not issue a disstress call before the plane plummeted to the ground. u.s. officials are now trying to determine where the missell was launched and by whom. >> right now we're working to determine whether there were american citizens on board. that's our first priority. >> only a portion of the flight has been released. earlier reports suggested that there may be 23 americans on board. so far there's no definitive word from the state department. tensions between russia and ukraine were already high. just this week, prorussian separatist reportedly shut down t wo -- he blames those separatists. >> i would l

well, we begin in eastern ukraine where u.s. officials are insistent that malaysia airlines flight 17 was brought down by a missile possibly fired by pro-russian rebels, most likely with the backing from russia. >> obtained from the organization pour the security and corporation in europe, osce visited the crash site just over an hour on friday. but they say they were met with hostility from the separatists and not given access to the full site. >> meanwhile, ukraine's government has released this video, which they say shows a truck carrying a buk missile system with one of the missiles missing, driving toward the russian missiles missing. a driving toward the russian border. they've also released audio recordings, which they say are pro-russian rebels talking about acquiring the missiles from russia. take a listen. [ speaking in a foreign language ] [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> and to be clear, those are audio recordings released by the ukrainian government. let's talk about the situation at the crash site. there are s

kremlin said the sanctions are unfair and rejects accusations it is supporting the rebels in eastern ukraine. the u.sd eu seedings very differently. >> the fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where the government says troops every captured territory from separatists. >> local officials say 19 people have been killed over the last 24 hours in fighting in donetsk. many more were forced to flee their homes. international investigators in eastern ukraine have again turned back from the crash site of malaysia airlines flight mh 17 after deeming the area too unsafe. it has been two weeks since that malaysian passenger jet went down. the malaysian prime minister is due in answer them tomorrow to meet with his dutch counterpart over the difficulties of the investigation. >> 193 of the victims were from the netherlands. people there want some answers. >> amidst the sadness, there is also a growing sense of anger in the netherlands. >> the perpetrator should be punished very hard. we will not get our dead back that way, but we have to bring the guilty to justice so it does not happen again. >> people ar

u.s. said that more than a dozen aircraft were shot down over eastern ukraine. could the ukrainians have shot down flight 17, the u.s. said no. ukraine has the same weapons but none of those weapons were in the region at the time. cnn, the pentagon. >>> and as barbara mentioned 12 planes not four. which was already told. why were commercial jets flying over this part of the eastern ukraine. and that situation may change after this. >> as soon as it was shot down, the tracking shows all of these airplanes diverting away. >> yes. hopeful it will stay that way. as thousands of gazans are left without shelter and how some are seeking refuge. what is benjamin netanyahu has to say about the civilians killed during this conflict. spokesperson: get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card with a new volkswagen turbo. why are we so obsessed with turbo? because we like giving you power, but we also like giving you fuel efficiency. like the sporty jetta. and the turbocharged passat tdi® clean diesel. okay... and the iconic beetle... and the powerful tiguan... okay you can't forget

they are diverting all european avoiding eastern ukraine. all u.s. carriers are prohibited from carrying over the eastern ukraine. the chinese are following that and banning their aircraft. on april 3 before the ukraine crisis kicked off, the faa barred all airlines. british airways is reviewing the diverting china is all flights over the whole of the ukraine. list and you have a few avoiding eastern ukraine. avoiding the whole of the country. >> this is not restricted airspace. >> it was not. it is clear. association says it was not a restriction. there were 400 flights a day traveling through this and it is a huge disruption around the world. the is more important is lives lost. >> 298 and three children. they are unable to verify the cause of the crash. holding a news conference. this is what he said. >> it is a tragic day in what has artie been a tragic year for malaysia. what happened? our thoughts and prayers are with the family and those on board the flight. i cannot imagine what they must be going through. >> indeed. let's get over there. the

u.s. says russia is responsible because it supported the rebels russia says key if it's responsible because it launched this military operation in eastern ukraine and the u.s. supported it at this point we had this vicious back and forth between everyone involved and not involved. now you're about to see some of the media headlines appearing in the wake of the tragedy directly blaming flood a mere speculation has been piling up over who is responsible ukraine's government has issued what it claims to be a leaked film called between local militia fighters admitting to donning a civilian plane and this on verified video circulating online purports to show a book myside launcher being smuggled to all of ukraine after thursday's crash intelligence expert charles shewbread sais the claims are lacking solid evidence one could say from the outset with some investigation the air of ground from which it was launched and of course that would give an indication even though it's accepted i think. much of east ukraine is in a fluid situation in terms of who controls why any given time the ukraine government has released what it claims are a number o

the sport harshing co officially calls eastern ukrainians quote parasites washington's blog knows hitler gave the same reason for ethnically cleansing his country u.s. appointed premier yet in his official statement calls eastern ukrainians subhumans for extermination ukraine's embassy in washington has no change his transcript in humans which as commentators points out isn't even a noun but boyd by the silence in the west poroshenko just said it again in his official address grounding almost half is the entire country subhuman lively subhumans to mention in german is precisely how hitler describes slavs in world war two of the hitler's invasion survivors were put in so-called filtration camps and their living space in germany laban's around awarded to invading soldiers here's defense ministry says it is putting surviving eastern ukrainians infiltration. and will give laban's rome eastern ukrainians lend to kill of soldiers of two they've quote claims that the current inhabitants last week kids defense council bragged that it's already cleanse the first three villages listed to u.s. navy vet and former senior lecturer in international relations mar

eastern ukraine at 33,000 feet. phil lebeau has been following the story all day and joins us with the very latest developments and what we know now, phil? >> tyler, what we know is the u.s. said that it was a surface to air missile that brought down mh 17 earlier today while it was flying over eastern ukraine. here is what was involved in this entire incident when you look at today. the number of passengers on board, 295 -- 280 and a crew of 15. it lost contact. the plane lost contact at 33,000 feet. there was no signals. it was clear whatever happened was catastrophic at 33,000 feet and surface to air missile is no longer a question. the u.s. government says intelligence confirms for them that this was in fact a case of the plane being shot down out of the sky, that's according to vice president joe biden. those were his words, shot down out of the sky. if you look at maps of the incident, it's clear as the plane went from amsterdam, we looked at the same maps from flight radar 24 an hour or later, all airlines flying around the air space of ukraine, not surprising given the fact shortly after this happens, almost every major airline that flies anywhere near ukraine, a

u.s. airways american quickly followed in suspending tel aviv-bound flights. at 12:15 eastern, the faa ordered all u.s. airlines not to fly into or out of tel aviv, for at least 24 hours. >> some of the rockets that hamas is firing come too close for comfort to the airport for the american air carriers. >> reporter: the israeli transportation minister suggested the faa was overreacting, claiming the airport is safe for takeoffs and landings. aria is trying to get home to brooklyn. >> so frustrating. >> reporter: others say with the daily bloodshed in this conflict, these are small problems. >> it's all in the hands of god. >> reporter: she's trying, she says, to keep some perspective. kate snow, nbc news, tel aviv. >>> this is tom costello in washington, the faa decision to temporarily ban u.s. flights into and out of tel aviv, comes as the remains of malaysia airlines flight 17 still lie scattered over several ukrainian fields, shot down by a missile. just three days earlier, a ukrainian transport plane was shot down while flying at 21,000 feet. the ukrainian government had d

the lows were some locals responding to the violence in the town of course in eastern ukraine. the u.s. and e.u. are expanding sanctions against russia it's too early to tell how this new round of sanctions will affect the russian economy but what they have affected without question is the relationship between the u.s. the e.u. and russia in fact u.s. congresswoman dana rohrbacher believes the potential for good relations between moscow and d.c. have been lost sentiment not seen since the cold war. now after the soviet union fell there was a tremendous potential to making russia our friend of tremendous potential they withdraw their troops from eastern europe. the russians. were open to all kinds of interactive eamonn being come in part of the world community and. a horrible tremendous opportunity i should say was squandered whether closer look at the e.u. sanctions may affect the russian economy here's artie's peter oliver. leaders of put forward sweeping sanctions against russia in a joint statement the president of the european council home and been run by the head of the european c

u.s. says russia is responsible because it supported the rebels russia says key if it is responsible because it launched this military operation in eastern ukraine and the u.s. supported it at this point we have this back and forth between everyone involved and not involved. these are some of the strongly written media headlines appearing in the wake of the tragedy directly blaming a lot of your posts and on the a part of the lack of evidence into the house and stop them from pointing the finger either daniel schweitzer editor of global vision incorporated media channel told us earlier that it's still too early to jump to any conclusions and he in the media in america are really blaming president putin personally for this as if he is responsible but without any evidence to back it up and of course the ukrainian president has blamed terrorists whoever they are. trading of accusations between the ukrainian military and the so-called separatists in the east of the ukraine obviously to needs to be some sort of kind of ceasefire there and a real serious investigation if you want to get at the truth this is a very politically laced subject tha

eastern u.s. will be hot and humid. a hot start to the work week ahead. heading out the door, 64 in chicago. here across the upper midwest we had near record heat across the dakotas, the temperatures into the 90s. a cooler air mass in place. average for this time of year. notice as you get into omaha, this is the area where we'll see the low to mid 90s get ready for that. temperatures warming up to the east. mid and upper 80s - it will get hotter with mid 90s on monday with philly and mid-90s on tuesday. rain going up and the heat ask over philly in the next few days. >> president obama says the country's crumbling infrastructure isn't a funding problem but a political one. the funding maintaining roads and bridges will run out of funds in months. congress was blamed for putting thousands of jobs at risk. >> there are more than 100,000 prospects. paving roads, rebuilding bridges and modernizing transit systems. states may have to choose which products to continue and which to put the brakes on because they are running out of money. because they are worrie

. >> 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 c

eastern ukrainian town which is held by the rebels. the town is marked on the right there. right in the middle of the debris field for the plane. today just after 4:00 p.m., u.s. intelligence officials confirmed that they believe the cause of the plane crash in eastern ukraine was, in fact, a missile, one that was fired from the ground. this point they say they can't tell if the missile was fired from the ukraine side of the border or russia side of the border. and it did not matter to that jet where the missile came from. right? but it matters in terms of accountability and what happens next. and whole huge swaths of geopolitical relations matter. right? it matters whether or not the missile that took town that jet was fired by some nominally independent group of militants that sympathize with russia, but represent no country. it matters whether it was them or whether it was actually the russian military that shot down that passenger aircraft. ukraine already blamed russia this week for shooting down one of its fighter jets. the russian government denied that. their foreign minister told diplomats at the u.n., "we didn't do it." that was his exact quote. ukr

rest of the country looking good and dry in the eastern u.s. and thunderstorms over the upper midwest. showers back in the southwest. temperaturewise, unusually dry and on the cool side to start. eastern parts of the country warm under sunshine in the 80s. hot stuff is back in the southwest. 90s there. some 100s and scattered thunderstorms over florida. and the rest of the tropics now are quiet and should remain so at least through the weekend into next week. >> thank you, craig. >>> here in new york the bad weather cleared just in time for the big annual fireworks display. thousands of people turned out to see a dazzling display last night over the east river. fireworks were loaded onto barges. 50,000 pounds of explosives were used. >>> president obama is using this fourth of july weekend in part to press for action on immigration reform even as prospects in congress seem dim. the issue is heating up. plane carrying a group of undocumented migrant families and children landed friday in san diego. the 140 migrants were transported there from tex

u.s. airlines to avoid the air space over eastern ukraine. u.s. officials believe a missile destroyed malaysia airlines flight 17. >> if that's the case, it is an unspeakable crime. >> there is a clear need for full transparent international investigation. >> we insist that the perpetrators must swiftly be brought to justice. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin led a moment of silence on russian television but protestors outside the united nations blamed him for the plane's destruction. while putin blamed the ukranians for escalating the conflict. some hope the catastrophic loss of life might be an opportunity for a cease-fire between russian separatists in eastern ukraine and the country's government. if not, it could create an even deeper divide between the east and the west. >> the fact that you have had a civilian plane shot down with, uhm, hundreds of dutch, german, french citizens, may have the effect of galvanizing the european resolve a bit more than had been the case. >> reporter: others reflect on the tragedy itself at a growin

and they're in eastern ukraine where u.s. intelligence is certain the deadly missile was launched. one launcher is missing one of its missiles. ukrainians claim all three launchers were driven across the border back into russia one day after the shootdown. >> they came from the territory of russian civilization together with the missile launcher. >> reporter: u.s. officials suspect that russian trainers and advisors embedded with rebel forces inside ukraine either fired the missile or at least gave the command to shoot down the plane. >> the missile itself is a sophisticated piece of technology. it's strange credulity to think it could be used by separatists without at least some measure of russian support and technical assistance. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence also gets help from the rebels themselves who can't seem to keep a secret. >> people saying we shot down an airplane and then they come along later and say, whoops, well, not really. we really didn't mean that. >> reporter: the missiles are russian-made, launched from an armored vehicle loaded with high-tech electronics. th

across the u.s., eastern seaboard still looking very messy. we have flood warnings in place in north carolina. this should be pulling away but still creating lots of rain and thunderstorms across the southeast. very messy in the west in canada and the stretching cold front brings thunderstorms across denver and in and around colorado, including denver. no precipitation in sight across the pacific northwest. the heat will be continuing so you have a very hot weekend ahead. in fact too, hot in death valley at 51 degrees and 50 on saturday. try not to leave any belongings in your car. especially living things such as children or pets. it only takes ten minutes for your car to heat ten degrees. i'll leave you now for your extended >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for watching. >>> good evening from los angeles. tonight a conversation with ruben blades, musician, songwrit songwriter, activist and occasional politician has won 12 grammy awards, been nominated for three emmys, has a law degree from harvard, and ran for the presid

is responsible because it launched this military operation in eastern ukraine and the u.s. supported it moscow has also raised a number of questions for key have to answer including why it hadn't closed the airspace over what was clearly a war zone jim greatest idea why did we create an air traffic controller send a passenger flights to an area of military clashes my dish is an area which was used to carry on strikes against civilian targets give them and where there were anti-aircraft systems operating all members of the un security council including russia and the united states have called for a credible impartial investigation of the disaster it will take time before any results come through but the blame game is already in full swing down to check on washington d.c. . so let's take a look at the area where i am a seventeen actually came down its start with the small town of garberville here this is where most of the debris has been found the plane actually came from the northwest and flew over almost the entire conflict zone and that includes two former hotspots namely