john bussey, it's a possibility. >> it is. this is what our pentagon reporter is hearing in the pentagon from sources not on the record. we don't have a lot of information at this stage of the game. there's a lot of ifs out there. we do not think separatists have that missile system under their control. what might be happening is that at first the separatist leader was taking credit for what he thought was the downing of another ukrainian cargo plane. we had one shot down on monday. when they found out it was a commercial jet, whoa, pull that post. nothing to take credit for here. in addition, one reason he may have been taking credit for it is to divert attention according to the official that barnes was talking to at the pentagon and divert attention that the missile system is under control of the russians. >> john bussey, "wall street journal." what do we know? 295 people are confirmed dead. many strapped to their seats in a field not far from the russian border and no one is now taking credit. our coverage of breaking news

john bussey with us, from "the wall street journal." since the moment i was in the gym, when this happened. and from the moment i heard it, a passenger jet just flew over what? >> yes. right. >> unimaginable that a captain of a jet would do this. not that this is his fault, not to pass blame, but what are you thinking? >> this is a dicey zone that has been getting worse very quickly. might have been the airliner or the air traffic controllers thought it was still safe but over the last four days there was a lot of indications as jennifer griffin has pointed out, a lot of indication it is wasn't safe. cargo jet getting shot down by a missile on monday. the ukrainians saying one of their fighter jets shot down yesterday by a russian plane and now this. and shep, there is a long history of commercial jets flying into or over dicey areas and getting into trouble. in african conflicts where there have been commercial jets shot down. remember flight oo 7 in the 1980s, korean jetliner flew over russia, it was sensitive and flown off course and

john bussey with us, from "the wall street journal."ince the moment i was in the gym, when this happened. and from the moment i heard it, a passenger jet just flew over what? >> yes. right. >> unimaginable that a captain of a jet would do this. not that this is his fault, not to pass blame, but what are you thinking? >> this is a dicey zone that has been getting worse very quickly. might have been the airliner or the air traffic controllers thought it was still safe but over the last four days there was a lot of indications as jennifer griffin has pointed out, a lot of indication it is wasn't safe. cargo jet getting shot down by a missile on monday. the ukrainians saying one of their fighter jets shot down yesterday by a russian plane and now this. and shep, there is a long history of commercial jets flying into or over dicey areas and getting into trouble. in african conflicts where there have been commercial jets shot down. remember flight oo 7 in the 1980s, korean jetliner flew over russia, it was sensitive and flown off course and s

john bussey from "the wall street journal" is with was.nce the peace talks broke down, that something more would happen. they promised michigan more would happen. well, something more happened. >> this is what everybody was trying to avoid, at laos the obama administration was trying to avoid and other intervenors in this. the united nations brokered a five-hour cease fire. during that time people in the gaza strip poured out of their homes, went to the bank, went to stores, they reloaded on the necessary-to-life but were smart enough to get back into shelter, and that's when the fighting resumed. you have had michigan on the order of -- had something on the order of 2,000 israeli air strikes in the gaza area. 1600 rockets fired from gaza into israel. we're in the midst of this intense interaction now in the gaza strip. it has just gotten a lot worse, and now you find the obama administration with two different crises -- >> just for a moment. sky news reporting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu instructed the military to begin a gr