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this passport belonged to one man with a bay area connection. 19-year-old college student quinn lucas seansman with both dutch and american citizenship had a father who used to live in menlo park. just one victim, as the president noted. >> men, women, children, infants. who had nothing to do with the crisis. >> after yesterday, so many of us do have a connection, even in round about ways. megan duffy earned a rowing scholarship to indiana university and made friends with 25-year-old carline kaiser. she described her friend as- >> the girl with a big smile on her face, was a motivator on the water, off the water. >> the indiana university web site posted a tribute. here is what her coach had to say. >> just seeming there was so much in front of her. it's hard to believe. >> now more on young quinn lucas seansman he was in route to malaysia for a family vacation. he was a soccer player for a team in holland. five other members of the team appear to have been on the plane. >> also aboard the doomed flight dozens of the world's top aids and hiv researchers heading to a conference in awes

among them, quinn lucas schansman.ds and family have been posting condolence messages on his girlfriend's page. another victim, caroline kitzer was studying at indiana university. one of her professors issued a statement to nbc news that reads in part, karlijn was a bright, talented doctoral student, a diligent researcher, and a dear friend to all of us who worked with her in our research group. she was doing research to combat a.i.d.s. and alzheimer's disease. a number of leading a.i.d.s. researchers also lost their lives with the airliner fell to earth. >> len thomas was traveling to the international a.i.d.s. conference inaustralia. >> but as international outrage builds over the senseless loss of 298 lives, there's still the difficult question of how to investigate in the middle of a war zone. colonel jack jacobs and anthony roman join us. sometimes i think the most fascinating sort of the show is conversations we have off camera. i want to bring this one o to the air. you were having a great conversation. i joined

this passport belonged to one man with a bay area connection. 19-year-old college student quinn lucas seansman with both dutch and american citizenship had a father who used to live in menlo park. just one victim, as the president noted. >> men, women, children, infants. who had nothing to do with the crisis. >> after yesterday, so many of us do have a connection, even in round about ways. megan duffy earned a rowing scholarship to indiana university and made friends with 25-year-old carline kaiser. she described her friend as- >> the girl with a big smile on her face, was a motivator on the water, off the water. >> the indiana university web site posted a tribute. here is what her coach had to say. >> just seeming there was so much in front of her. it's hard to believe. >> now more on young quinn lucas seansman he was in route to malaysia for a family vacation. he was a soccer player for a team in holland. five other members of the team appear to have been on the plane. >> also aboard the doomed flight dozens of the world's top aids and hiv researchers heading to a conference in awes

we know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas shonsman, was killed. our thoughts and prayers are with his family for this terrible loss. y yesterday, i spoke with the leaders of ukraine, malaysia and the netherlands. i told them our thoughts and prayers are with all the families and that the american people stand with them during this difficult time. >> so you heard the president there, almost starting to take on the role of comforter in chief. we've seen that before. the president's going to be speaking to prime minister abbott of australia later today to express his condolences. you heard the president say during his remarks that there are unintended consequences to russia's adventure in eastern ukraine, and those researchers who were going to australia, en route to work on hiv and aids issues, that those folks were lost on board. so the president talking about that. i think in the coming days, we're going to be the president making more phone calls like this to various countries that were heavily impacted. the president did say at one point it may

quinn lucas schansman, a dual sit continue and many aids workers heading to australia for a conferenceamong them glen thomas from the world health organization and a dutch researcher, one of the leading authorities on the virus. >> it is going to be a huge impact. some people that worked closely with him, people in his lab and on the society as a whole. it's an incredible loss. we're all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. it's unbelievable. it's not really real yet. >> right before takeoff one of the pilots sent his wife a text message taking he would be home shortly to her and hi two children. ijze a student studying in the u.s. going on vacation with her boyfriend. >> it is disbelieve i am expecting her to pop up on facebook saying she is ok. >> and the chilling picture, with this caption. if it disappears, this is what it looks like. and he and his girlfriend now among the dead. and a queensland woman lost her brother when the previous flight disappeared, and another relative on the flight 17 shot down. and many were dutch nationals.

the only known american citizen was quinn lucas shanesman. his grandfather happens to be visiting a relative in woodbury, new jersey tonight. >> big boy, very lively, and, of course, at the moment the whole family is in mourning. you just hope that none of them were children will go before you. it has happened. it is first time it has happened in our family. unaudible. >> even in the face of this unspeakable tragedy, fighting between rebels and ukrainian forces erupt today, less than 60 miles from the crash site, killing about 20 civilians. >>> here at home "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live on the ben franklin parkway where emotions ran high, earlier tonight, dann? >> reporter: well, that is right, jim. ukrainian americans held an impassioned rally here tonight d condni loss of themsan teinsp mind,there isy anho is r ty unde a b a te andats rsiar read stoptin's t they heldwitin's l horn mustach nd ano behindis insane sc wowng arts g o the orr: ukramerics ey have beenvina scevadedcrimea nwhtin ago t action. >> w hopeonessmenom close

citizen on board malaysia flight 17 lived in the bay area as a child. 19 -year-old quinn lucas schansman was supposed to meet up with his family for vacation. the dutch-american student held dual citizenship and lived in the bay area as a child when his dad worked at the dutch embassy in san francisco. his grandfather says the family is grieving a young man who was loving and kind. >> you go through all the phases of mourning. at the moment, it's just mourning. of course you say anger, why it need to be happening, it doesn't. >> another victim, a 25 -year-old dutch woman, a student in the u.s., earning a ph.d. in chemistry at indiana university where she was on the rowing team. her research was focused on improving human health. they demand they get complete access to the crash site. the first international team of investigators were not granted access, only a partial inspection of the debris field before ordered to leave. some blunt words from president obama who says russia is responsible. the president believes russia supplied that surface-to-air missile to russian separatists in ukra

quinn lucas shwansman. a dutch and dual national. also on board, a dutch student, who was studying at indiana university. president obama, commenting on the tragedy earlier today. >> this was a global tragedy, an asian airliner was destroyed in european skies, filled with citizens from many countries. so there has to be a credible international investigation into what happened. the u.n. security council has endorsed this investigation, and we will hold all its members, including russia, to their word. >> if you listen to the president today, he was very, very careful not to place blame directly on pro-russian rebels, at least at this stage in the investigation. but i can tell you that the evidence is growing against them. cnn has obtained this video. watch the space between the trees, because you will see, according to ukraine's interior ministry, the buk anti aircraft launcher, apparently with these two rockets, missing from the truck. ukrainian officials citing this video here as proof that rebels are smugglingel the launcher back

his name was quinn lucas schansman. he was a dual american dutch citizen, a young man and one of the 2998 people on malaysia airlines is flight 17 when it was shot down. most likely by a surface-to-air missile. shot the obama administration believes from a section of ukraine controlled by pro-russian separatists. now, a senior defense official tells cnn that the working theory in the u.s. government is that the russian military supplied the rebels with the buk missile system used to shoot down the plane. president obama personally confirmed that at least one american was on board and demanded add immediate cease fire in eastern ukraine. among russia, the separates and the ukrainian government. he also called for a "credible international investigation" into what happened. the president repeated an accusation today that u.s. officials have been making for months that russia is pulling the strings on these rebels. >> they are heavily armed and they are trained. and we know that that's not an accident. that is happening be

one american identified is a victim, 19-year-old quinn lucas shism born in new jersey, mostly raisedn the netherlands. his grandfather speaks out about the tragic loss coming up. during his first 24 hours on the ground in gaza, israeli troops discover more than a dozen tunnels into israel. we'll have a live report from the gaza-israel border. plus mike huckabee and dan gillaman joins in. all these stories and much more coming up at the top of the hour when heather childers joins me for "america's news m headquarters" live from the capital. >>> welcome back, everybody. you know what, it pays to be hillary clinton. on the same week she yucked it up with jon stewart, a new report shows hillary clinton raked in $275,000 for a single speech at a public college in buffalo. all this as college tuition is skyrocketing and student loan debt is at a record high. michelle, help us out here. tone deaf or what? >> well, what bothers me is the media destroyed mitt romney for being rich, yet hillary clinton makes almost $3,000 a minute to talk to poor college kids who have a 15% unemployment rate w

>> his name is quinn lucas schansman. he's 19 years old, wolf.student at the university of amsterdam and on his facebook page today a lot of people talking about what a wonderful person he was. his girlfriend was making some comments. clearly this was someone who really enjoyed life and was really starting out. he was on his way to malaysia to meet up with his family. he was a soccer player and everyone tonight in amsterdam very upset as well as husband friends back here. he was a dual nationality. also a citizen of the netherlands and the dutch certainly mourning today. the u.s. is also continuing to look and see if there are any other dual national ps they've ruled out any americans living in the united states that traveled on a u.s. passport were on board the flight. but because there are so many dual nationals around the world, they're combing the list to be 100% sure. >> elise labott thank you. our deepest condolences to his family and to all of the families of the 298 people who were on board the airliner. we'll have more breaking noous jus

one of them was quinn lucas shansman. in the netherlands and the united states. it was president obama who announced shansman's death. >> we know at least one american citizen quinn lucas shansman was killed. our thoughts and prayers are with his family. >> caroline kaiser was on the indiana university rowing team. the 25-year-old was also a former doctoral student of chemistry. >>> the president also made it very clear who he thinks is responsible and who should handle the investigation. craig boswell with his strong words and how malaysia airlines is defending the flight path. >> reporter: president obama says there is evidence a surface-to-air missile brought down maylasia airlines flight 17 and that the missile was fired from an area controlled by russian backed separatists in ukraine. the president calls for a credible international investigation. >> russia, pro-russian separatists, and ukraine must adhere to an immediate cease- fire. evidence must not be tampered with. >> reporter: the president says separatists hav

quinn lucas schansman. a dual dutch citizen seen here with his girlfriend. he was on his way to meet his family for a vacation in malaysia. an avid soccer player, his former team reeling today. "we can barely comprehend the news." and 25-year-old dutch citizen karlijn keijzer, from indiana university. she was a varsity rower there. her classmate, remembering her smile -- >> she was always smiling. >> reporter: we now know there were 80 children onboard that doomed plane. including evie, otis and mo maslin, traveling home with their grandfather to start school in australia. their parents still on vacation in holland. their aunt writing on facebook, "i will miss you so very much. at least dad is looking out for you." and on social media today, haunting last glimpses of the victims. dutchman regis crolla posting this image of his boarding pass ssenge schildralong eeage, "r,,. e lal disapp nddaug erduheirtoo.ockey pele >>elsh pkelaneoo ago.>> r up tryinayheir lthis t tit las we asked the question, why was this jet allowed to fly in this airspace? how many planes

the victims we know were dutch but the rest came from as you see around the world. 19-year-old quinn lucas shaunsman was the sole american on the flight and going to meet his family for vacation. >> australian nick norris was taking his three childrgrandchi home for the school year. >> behind me is just part of what is left of malaysia airlines flight 17. and it gives a powerful sense of the force responsible for breaking it up in the skies above eastern ukraine. it is just one segment that has been scattered across the fields of this region. it appears to be a tapering narrowing section toward the back end of the fuselage. to stand before it is impressive and to look closer is quite disturbing. within the wreckage there is a body and it is unrecognizable. you can't tell if it is a man or a woman or a member of the crew or a passenger. >> we are interrupting phil black to go to malaysia, kuala lum per. they are speaking about flight 17. >> each of the members present a life lost and a family angry. up to this press conference, malaysia airlines released the full passengers manifest. malays

we know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas shansman was killed.ur thoughts and prayers are with his family for this terrible loss. yesterday i spoke with the leaders of ukraine, malaysia and netherlands. i told them our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families, and that the american people standing with them during this time. later i'll be speaking with the prime minister of australia, which offer suffered a terrible loss. by far the country that lost the most people on the plane was the netherlands. from the days of our founding the dutch have been close friends, and today i want the dutch people to know we stand with you shoulder to shoulder in our grief and determination to get to the bottom of what happened. here is what we know so far. evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile that was launched by an area controlled by russian-backed separatists in eastern ukraine. this is not the first time a plane has been shot down in the area. moreover we know that these separatists have received a steady flow of

quinn lucas sandy man had a dual dutch citizenship living in the netherlands where he was studying. we believe his father spent time here in the bay area on business trips. an indiana university doctoral student was also in the crash. the woman was a 25-year-old from amsterdam studying in the chemistry department and a member of the women's rowing team. president obama is offering help to find out who is responsible for firing a surface-to-air missile that took down the plain. kpix 5's anne makovec has more from the newsroom. >> reporter: president obama said this morning that the missile was fired from an area controlled by russian backed separatists. pros separatists have shot down -- those separatists have shot down other planes in the past. the president says they are getting a steady flow of support from russia. the search for victims continues in a nine-mile debris field littered with wreckage and body parts. pro-russian separatists control the area so it's unknown if international investigators will be allowed in. >> pro-russian separatists and ukraine must adhere to an immed

haba por lo menos un estadounidense, identificado como quinn lucas schansaman, y adems unos 80 niÑos,s unidas. s/samantha power, embajadora de ee.uu. ante la onu la representante de estados unidos ante esa organizacion se mostr conmovida en la reunin de emergencia al decir que varias personas en la lista de vctimas eran infantes. por su parte el presidente ruso, vladimir putin. s/ vladimir putin, presidente de rusia dijo que sin lugar a duda el pas donde esto sucedi es el responsable de la terrible tragedia. en aeropuertos europeos, segn medios locales, se siente la tensin de viajeros preocupados con la seguridad area. s/randy serrano, @randytelemundo tanto el fbi como la junta de seguridad en el transporte han mandado por lo menos tres personas a ucrania para posiblemente asistir en la investigación. mientras tanto aquí en washington el secretario de transporte dijo hoy que los estadounidenses podían sentirse seguros al viajar a europa. take 2 shot angle cam cesar -- revisemos las condiciones del tiempo para las proximas horas.. -- pasamos con gabriela dellan .. take gabriela live am

quinn lucas schansman was a duel dutch citizen, only 19. he was headed to indonesia to go on vacation with his family. his grandfather said he was a lively boy and they will all miss him. >> you know, as a grandparent, you just hope none of your children or grandchildren will go before you. and now it has happened. it is the first time it happens in our family. we always had the possibility to live our children out, but this time it didn't work, unfortunately. >> well, it's always important to hear from the relatives, because in the midst of the investigation, of the crash site, of all of the geopolitical statements and relationships between countries, it boils right down to individuals losing their lives and those they leave behind. >>> after the break here on cnn and cnn usa, russian president vladimir putin is already under fire over the crisis in ukraine. we'll hear from moscow is saying about the downing of the malaysian airlines plane after the break. body language can tell you all sorts of things. like someone is having a stroke. kno

we know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas schansman, was killed. >> reporter: 19-year-old quinn schansman is described as a likable guy. he lived in the bay area for awhile as a kid when his dad worked for the dutch embassy in san francisco. today his grandfather is devastated. >> you go through all the phases of mourning. at the moment it's just mourning. >> reporter: quinn was on his way to bali to meet his family for summer vacation. instead, they are planning a funeral. >> of course, it's anger you see why it didn't need to be happened. >> reporter: another passenger with american connections, she called the netherlands home but went to school at indiana university and spent a lot of time on the water with the rowing team. >> she was always so positive and willing and hard working. >> carlene just 25 years old. she was studying chemistry. she was on the plane with her boyfriend. jessica, back to you. >> okay, thank you, michelle. we want to show you a candlelight vigil at the international aids conference. some of the passengers onboard that flight were headed to this confer

that was quinn lucas schansman, a dual dutch and american citizen. this appears to be his facebook page. the president also called on pro-russian forces to adhere to an immediate cease-fire. >> no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images that we all have seen. and the eyes of the world are on eastern ukraine, and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. >> the united nations held an emergency meeting. that was this morning where u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power stressed the need to keep the pressure on russia and to begin the investigation quickly. >> we have a duty to each and every one of those individuals. their families. and their countries to determine why that jet fell out of the sky and to hold the perpetrators accountable. we must stop at nothing to bring those responsible to justice. >> and there is, of course, another major story that we are following today. that's israel's ground invasion of gaza. targeting the terror group hamas. it comes after a brief humanitarian cease-fire ended and efforts to negot

quinn lucas schansman. there are images on your screen. he was studying business in amsterdam.e loved soccer. a friend says he was the kind of guy who stuck up for you, made you laugh when you were not feeling great about things. karlijn keijzer, was a champion rower and her friends say she was passionate about it. she and her boyfriend were traveling together on mh17. nick norris, western australian, was traveling with three of his grandchildren, 3 of 80 children on that flight. he was bringing them home for the new school year. his family says nick loved his grandkids, loved sailing and looked forward to sailing with them in the waters off perth. joep lange was one of several aids researchers headed to a conference. another remembers him as an extraordinary leader, scientist and humanitarian who fought ceaselessly for the dignity of all the people infected with hiv/aids throughout the world. >>> well, the international aids society has confirmed that at least six people on board flight 17 were delegates traveling to an aids conference. the conference is scheduled to start in

the state department says quinn lucas shonston held u.s. and dutch citizenship. he was living in amsterdam and akepedding business -- attending business school. there are reports that his father works in silicon valley and new york. president obama called the plane crash and outage of unspeakable proportions but he also warned about jumping to conclusions about where blame lies for shooting down malaysia airlines flight 17. justin gray is live from our washington, d.c. bureau to explain the action the president announced just this morning. justin? >> reporter: president obama warned russians and pro-russian separatists not to collect or remove any evidence from the crash site. a team of international investigators son the way there. i spoke to the ntsb where a spokesman confirms they are employing one investigator to ukraine. president obama says evidence shows it was a surface surface- to-air missile this brought down the plane and fired from anarea controlled by rebel forces. he said the separatists have shot down other aircraft saying it requires very sophisti

there's quinn lucas schansman, studying business in amsterdam and he loved soccer. a friend says he was the kind of guy who stuck up for you, who made you laugh when you were hurting. >> krlijin keij zechlt r was from amsterdam, pursuing a doctdock doctor rat. she and her boyfriend were traveling today. >> nick norris, western australian traveling with three grandchildren. three of 80 children, you heard me right, 80 children on that flight, he was bringing them home for the new school year. they say he loved his grandkids, loved sailing and looked forward to sailing with them off the coast of perth. >> one colleague says he was a hard core scientists, joep lange. he fought for the dignity of everyone infected with hiv around the world. >> that aids conference is scheduled to start in melbourne this weekend. >> the president of the international aids society says the conference will go ahead, it will be dedicated to the victims. >> the extent of our loss is hard to comprehend and express. our colleagues were traveling because of their dedication to bringing an end t

released the latest list of those aboard the flight. 193 people were from the netherlands including quinn lucaso was a student with dual dutch and american citizenship. 43 malaysians were also on board, 15 of whom were crew members and two who were infants. the u.s. is sending a team of experts to help the ukrainian government figure out exactly what happened. john terrett joins us live now from washington with more. john, what help is the united states offering right now? >> reporter: well, in the past couple of days, morgan, the president has pointed out that personnel are on their way from the fbi and the ntsb, the national transportation safety board. now ajam can put more detail on that. at least one member of staff from the quantico lab in virginia is going out to had he been with the forensics according to the fbi. the ntsb said last night a member of staff took off for kiev and is expected to arrive in the capital sometime today. all of this comes as president obama continues to push for an independent, international investigation in to what happened to flight mh17. at the moment, only

that american has been identified as quinn lucas shantsman. he was also a dutch citizen and a facebook page for a man with the same name listed he was a student at a business school in amsterdam, although the school has not confirmed that. we are also told chanceman, at one point, may have had family working in san mateo. it was just about 24 hours ago that malaysia airlines flight 17 was apparently shot down by a ground-to-air missile, who the president said came from an area of eastern ukraine controlled by pro-russian separatists. 298 people on board were killed. and while the president stopped short of say direct that pro-russian separatists were the ones to take the plane down, he did call for an immediate cease-fire in that area. >> this was a global tragedy. an asian airliner was destroyed in european skies filled with citizens from many countries. evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile that was launched from an area that is controlled by russian-backed separatists inside of ukraine. we also know tha

. >> we know at least one american citizen quinn lucas shontsman was killed. our thoughts and prayers are with his family for this terrible loss. >> he had dual citizenship in the netherlands and the u.s. and 25-year-old carlin kaiser of amsterdam also had ties to the u.s. a member of the indiana university rowing team was described as a talented student and outstanding athlete. also 49-year-old glenn thomas, spokesman for the world health organization was on the plane and world renowned aids researchers. he and dozens of other scientists were headed to the international aids conference in melbourne, australia. >>> a candlelight vigil was held in d.c. tonight for the victims of flight 17. a small group gathered at the netherlands embassy and slowly made their way to the embassy of malaysia. if you'd like to share your support for the victims and their families, the netherlands embassy will have a condolence register available next week. you are invited to sign it monday and tuesday. you can count on wusa9 and www.wusa9.com for the latest on this global tragedy

philippines canada and new zealand there's at least one american on board a man by the name of quinn lucas shan's men a dual u.s. dutch citizen. investigation into the crash is just beginning a thirty member delegation most who are from the organization for security and cooperation in europe arrived at the scene today artie's francisco why excuse me has more that is a caution some of this video could be disturbing in twelve kilometers around here there is still this is of the bodies there are also this is offered us a lot of details of their lives of these almost three hundred people know the local government of don't ask is saying that they agree to make a ceasefire for some days that they can do an investigation and here they can come they say that they always see and also the international civil aviation organization the situation in this moment is that around some kilometers we have heard some grad rockets this means that big combat is still going on now is our correspondent francisco. all right take a look at this this is the newspaper about the netherlands woke up to this morning in

philippines canada new zealand and hong kong there is at least one american on board a man by the name of quinn lucas shands men a dual u.s. dutch citizen the investigation into the crash is just beginning a thirty member delegation most of which are from the organization for security and cooperation in europe arrived at the scene today artie's francisco has more but just a caution some of the video may be disturbing. in twelve kilometers around here there is still pieces of the bodies there are also this is all for grass and a lot of details of their lives of these almost three hundred people know the local government of the don't ask is saying that they agree to make a ceasefire for some days that they can do an investigation and here they can come they said they always see and also be international civil aviation organization the situation in this moment is that in or around some kilometers we have heard from grad rockets this means that the combat is still going on and i was r.t. correspondent francisco. are you take a look at this this is the newspaper that the netherlands woke up to this mornin

one american was among the 298 people on the flight, he's identified as quinn lucas shawn.has a u.s. citizen on his facebook page, he mov amsterdam for school back in april. shawn also leaves behind his mother and sister. another victim was a grad student at indiana university. she was a student studying chemistry. in an unbelievable twist of faith and an australian family is now affected by both malaysia airlines disaster. the brother and sister in law were on the flight back in march, this was a photo of her making a statement in march p. she learned that her stepdaughter was on the plane that went down yesterday. it just ripped our guts out again. >> and a woman who says she and her baby were supposed to be on the airliners says she's still s by news of the crash. >> ill feel that i have been given a second chance and so hopefully we'll get there safely and i will see my family again. >> and we'll continue to follow developments online and you can get the latest information on our website www.kron4.com and on our facebook and twitter pages. >>> in other big news in the b

. >> one american died on the plane, quinn lucas schansman. his grandfather, ronald is in the area visiting his sister. >> it's so sense atlanticless,u reallies it's a fate you can't escape. just pure fate. >> our coverage of the crash of malaysia airlines flight mh17 continues on the 6abc news app. we'll alert you to new developments as the story unfolds. we've posted videos and photos of the scene. you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >> now to the deadly conflict in the middle east where officials say the ground mission in gaza, they say they found tunnels used by hamas to infiltrate israel. the death toll has topped 300. the u.n. secretary of state is leaving for the middle east to mediate the condition -- conflict, the ground offensive could last two weeks. >>> palestinians walked toward city hall calling for the u.s. to stop the support of israel and for israel to leave gaza. this march followed a separate gathering of israeli demonstrators in the same are

citizen traveling on a dutch passport quinn lucas schansman. u.s. officials repeatedly hinted at russian involvement in the attack. the pentagon confirmed it was a russian-made sa-11 missile that brought down the malaysian flight fired from inside ukraine adding that separatists could not have done it by themselves. >> there's no hint that russian support for the separatists has ceased. in fact, we believe that russia continues to provide them with heavy weapons and other military equipment, financing as well. and they continue to allow these russian fighters to enter ukraine freely. >> this war can be ended. russia can end this war. russia must end this war. >> reporter: just 20 minutes after the plane went down this man, igor bezler, the self-proclaimed minister of defense for the russian separatists, is heard talking to a russian military intelligence officer according to telephone intercepts released by the ukraine government. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: ukrainian officials say this is the smoking gun. these telephone interce

. >> and we are learned more about the sole american on board. 19-year-old quinn luca s. he was studying international business. he was flying to ba li for a family vacation and relatives are in shock and unbearable pain. >> you just hope that none of the children or the grandchildren go before you. and that has happen. this is the first time it happen in our family. >> enormous, we can't understand it. it is so useless and senseless what happened. >> grief fills the hallways of the school lab in indiana where carlen worked. she was on board of the ill fated flight. she was a foreign student studying chemistry in indiana university. friends and colleagues can't believe they will no longer see her walking through campus. >> right off of the bat, she was a confident young lady and passionate about science and sports all at the same time. >> i can't imagine. i till believe in my heart that fall semester will start in a month and she will come bang from vacaution. >> the air disaster taking a toll on finding a cure for aids. six experts were among the 298 people that perished

. >> we know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas shanzman was killed. >> reporter: the 19-year-old was a dual dutch-american citizens, he was travelling for a family vacation. he moved to amsterdam in april. on board 25-year-old caroline karza, a dutch citizens, a doctoral student at indiana university. she was on the rowing team. she was called an outstanding stupid and talented athlete. 298 people on board came from 11 countries. half from the netherlands. roger and jill gharde returning from a conference, an australian conference. >> mum and dad we love you and will miss you so much. they really wanted to see their little granddaughter walking when they came home. >> in newcastle england, family gathered to remember liam sween sweeney. >> my last words was "i love you so much." that was it. he doesn't deserve it. >> the 28 year-old was on his way to watch his favourite team play soccer in nz. then glen thomas, another britain on board, a spokesman for the world health organisation. >> glen will be remembered for his ready laugh and passion for public health. he will be greatly m

quinn lucas schansman was 19 years old with joint u.s./dutch citizenship. he's 1 of the 298 dead including 80 children, 3 of whom were infants. also this morning, growing international outrage over the fact that rebel fighters in eastern ukraine were not allowing investigators to reach the scene of the crash. we have team coverage of what is a fast-moving story at this hour and we begin with abc's kirit radia who was able to reach the scene and what he found is shocking. kirit. >> reporter: good morning, dan and bianna. i'm standing right in the middle of where the bulk of the plane landed. as you can see almost nothing survived. just a part of the landing gear, part of the engine there and burned body parts everywhere. this morning, international investigators complain that the rebels that control this area won't give them full access to the site. the smell hits you even before you see it. jet fuel and death. the wreckage still smoldering. vetcemergenal in a body part.g id the fl has evidence the rebels shot the plane down. >> evidence indicates that the p

quinn lucas shanskil, attending business in the netherlands, and meeting his family in malaysia for a vacation. a 27-year-old woman working for the africa programme was killed. her parents and brother died in the crash. they were heading to indonesia for a holiday. for australian family trajly struck twice. this woman lost her brother on malaysia airlines mh370. and on friday found out her stepdaughter was on the flight. this was posted by a 30-year-old doctoral student. going to malaysia e for the eade holiday. then the lucky three, barry, his wife and son were bumped off seats. >> just the shock. the feel in the pit of your stomach. just... you start to get butterflies. the heart goes s. >> a lot of other families were not as lucky. >> thank you. we'll continue to look at the personal cost ahead. many passengers were on their way to a major aids conference. >> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. >> every single one of these buildings shook violently. >> for continuing coverage of the israeli / pa

. >> yes know of one american citizen, quinn lucas schatzman was killed. >> he was a dual dutch-u.s. citizen. apparently he moved to amsterdam just in april. now another person on that flight with an american connection is caroline, a 25-year-old student. she was recruited to the indiana rowing team in 2010. her university described her as a straight-a student. she was also a champion rower winning several honors for they are rowing. her coach said that she was the leader of the best boat they had that year. the president expressed his sympathy stating that karlijn was an outstanding student and talented athlete, and her pass something a loss to the campus and the university. that's a sampling of the loss that is felt across the globe. >> we'll continue to affirm those lines as the president mentioned in his words today. jonathan betz. we'll have more on the passengers at this hour, but first a search for hours. we go to phil ittner who is in london for us. phil, over to you. >> reporter: well, tony, it's been a very powerful day. it started out with expressions of sorrow. as the day

. >> quinn lucas shonman was killed. our thoughts are with his family for the loss. >> at the united nations, a moment of silence for glen thomas, a spokesman. he was among many head toing an aids conference in australia. including a globally recognised activist working to bring h.i.v. treatment to the developing world. >> what if the cure or aides was on the plane. really, we don't know. there's prominent researchers that have been doing this for a long time. >> reporter: there's the families on vacation, like this woman visiting her mother, and the grandfather taking three grandchildren home. they said goodbye to their parents at the airport and were heading home to australia to begin school. for one australian family double heart ache. they lost family on two different malaysian airlines flights. ms mann's brother and sister-in-law for an flight 17. yesterday she lost a step daughter and stepson. and the ones that narrowly avoided death, changing flights at the last minute. >> we were supposed to be on the flight. obv

. >> also dead is quinn lucas schansman attending, business school in amsterdam. >> the u.s. has offered n.t.s.b. assistance in the investigation. kris van cleave, abc~7 news abc~7 news the victims on board that plane hailed from 12 different countries. most from the netherlands and then malaysia and australia. according to the numbers provided there were some children on the plane including three infants. >> a candlelight vigil will be held in the district as a show of support for those lost in the plane crash. a group has started their march to the malaysia embassy. >> this should be a very emotional evening. the dutch embassy is in a quiet neighborhood in northwest washington. certainly a a marked contrast to the plane crash. there is a small memorial, flowers, teddy bears, candles sitting in tribute to the people who died. also a letter of thanks from the ambassador of the netherlands thanking people for their notes of condolence and support. a group of ukrainian americans will be taking a memorial walk for the the 296 victims. they will be walking in silence from here to

and one of the victims was an american citizen. 19-year-old quinn lucas schansman, he was the son of a dutch diplomat. he was studying business and he played soccer. he was on his way to meet family in malaysia. his grandfather spoke about the tragedy. >> you know, you just hope that none of your children or your grandchildren go before you. and now it has happened. >> another victim was on the independent university rowing dc--was on the indiana university rowing team. she was a doctor student. he was working on a project to maybe help cancer patients. we have a lot more information on the victims and the investigation right now on www.wral.com. >>> isreal is planning to go keeper into gaza strip. more than--deeper into the gaza strip. 300 people have been killed so far. here is more on the fighting and the fear. >> reporter: in the dark of night, isreal kept up its aall the on the gaza trip. the israelis are on the ground there, too, trying to stop militants from firing rockets into isreal and using terror tunnels. >> they are tunnels that can pack ten, 20, 30 people in a line, all

he's 19-year-old quinn lucas schansman. he held a dual dutch/american citizenship.jersey as a child and returned to the netherlands when he was 5. he was on his way to a family vacation, according to his grandfath grandfather. >> you just hope that none of your children or the grandchildren will go before you. and now it has happened. this is the first time it's happened in our family. >> so hard to listen to that. schansman says that his grandson was studying international business in amsterdam. >>> the consequences of the crash are being felt far from the crash site. around the world, really, and with signs of at least some russian involvement, what does this mean for the strained relationship between washington and moscow? and will this end up turning into a crisis, a continually growing crisis in ukraine? or perhaps as a turning point there? former u.s. ambassador to ukraine john hurst joins me now. mr. ambassador i want to start with this. a lot of people are saying there is some russian involvement. it seems like by the time you have the intelligence services

one passenger born in new jersey is quinn lucas schansman, a 19-year-old with dual american and dutchitizenship. according to online profiles, his father, thomas schansman, once worked in san mateo. neighbors tell ktvu the father lived in menlo park until a few years ago. quinn's grandfather spoke in new jersey. >> big boy, very lively and we will all miss him. of course now at the moment the whole family is in mourning. >> reporter: he says quinn was heading to bali for a family vacation. others in san francisco are mourning a world renowned dutch scientist and aids researcher pioneer, helping develop protocols for treating aids in the early '80s. >> i heard from a person who basically put him on the plane. i knew he was on the plane. >> reporter: another victim, carlin kaiser, remembered as a caring friend and talented athlete. cara lui, ktvu channel 2news. >>> south bay investigators say alcohol and high speed contributed to a deadly accident involving a family returning from a birthday party. the crash happened yesterday morning in sunnyvale on the lawrence expressway off ramp on

quinn lucas shons man. a dual u.s. russian system reported meeting family on vacation. the enormous challenges ahead. debra hearse man and former chair of the ntsb. it's great to have you on the program. i'd love to get your perspective on how you go about in this investigation in the middle of a war zone. >> i would tell you that's the biggest challenge facing this team as they're coming into this investigation. first it's being invited in. then it's the logistics of getting on the ground, making sure you have the right -- making sure you have protection when you arrive on the scene. they are facing a very diffuse debris field. we're talking about something that could be as extensive asinine miles. we know that there are already a lot of people that have been on the site, on scene and potentially tampering with evidence. >> right. so if you were still in charge, would you want your workers to go into this war zone? what would you do to make sure they were safe? >> no. i would say that's got to be weighing heavily on some of the leaders making decisions about sending th