back to sky news. >> i would have thought so. if you look at any historical book on warfare, who was shot down by whom at what time, difficult to put down after number of years. after hours or days this would be difficult. a aircraft at altitude can travel long way when damaged. not clear because it came down in particular region it was hit in that region. any weapon that could have damaged it would have a very long-range and could be far away. at present there is little idea concerning what occurred. >> by the sounds of this show -- though, this seems to have been a pretty catastrophic strike if that is the case as this plane was heading towards russian airspace. people are expected to turn up within moments and, it vanished from the skies and appears to have dropped some 50-k short of the russian border. sound like a pretty catastrophic strike that had an immediate impact and this was no case of a plane flying on for a long way? >> no, possibly not. the kind of weapons that the could reach an aircraft at altitude, the sa-11 tha

over $7 billion is what they will receive as b-sky-b gets their hands on sky italia, sky deutschland.rket is, good value or not? >> six years after the financial crash, are we back to where we started? we are going to get u.k. gdp figures expected to show 0.8% growth quarter on quarter. that comes out at 9:30 a.m. arguably one of the key projects helping fuel that growth is right here. the biggest european infrastructure project. tens of thousands of people. it comes at a cost of 15 billion pounds but they say they are going to return that threefold back to the taxpayer.

over $7 billion is what they will receive as b-sky-b gets their hands on sky italia, sky deutschland. the question for the market is, good value or not? >> six years after the financial crash, are we back to where we started? we are going to get u.k. gdp figures expected to show 0.8% growth quarter on quarter. that comes out at 9:30 a.m. arguably one of the key projects helping fuel that growth is right here. the biggest european infrastructure project. tens of thousands of people. it comes at a cost of 15 billion pounds but they say they are going to return that threefold back to the taxpayer. i will be entering -- interviewing the chief executive. u.s. is making its first public accusation of russia fighting on behalf of separatists. it is accusing russia of firing artillery over the border into ukraine. preparing to sanction russia's most senior spies and security officials. more on both developments. back to you. >> thank you very much indeed. we will have u.k. gdp. isn't it ironic that caroline is covering u.k. gdp? a great story standing in a very big hole. you can enjoy that on

we will have much more on the disaster in the sky. as all of this was playing out, the world watching those images, another international story break in the midwest. israel launching a ground incursion in gaza, the evidence being seen in the nighttime sky. >> reporter: the blazing night sky above gaza was the give away. after hours of heavy shelling, confirmation israel has begun the ground phase of its operations in gaza. this strip of land is being bombarded from the air, sea and land. the infrantry, the army core are all being deployed. another 18,000 being called up tonight, a total of 60,000. we've seen the steady buildup of this moment. we've seen two, three, four tanks moving across. there's a long line of them waiting in these fields to move in. the military is telling abc news there is no time limit on this operation. the mission, to bring calm and quiet back to israel. this is, stop the rockets and prevent hamas from conducting operations like this. today heavily armed militants used underground tunnels to get into israel. f

sky ran ahead of dusty, seeking shelter from the rain. a man in a car pulled up besides her. >> he said something to the effect, hey, baby, you want a ride? >> and i said no, i'm with someone, like obviously i don't need a ride because i'm not alone. he hadn't seen dusty right away. >> dusty walked over to investigate. >> he made a statement to the effect of, hey, that's my girlfriend. what's going on here? dusty went around to the driver's side, words were exchanged, there was an altercation. by the time it was all over, the car sped away, leaving dusty lying on the ground, bleeding to death. >> i didn't know there was a weapon involved until then. and i mean, obviously when i saw the wound, things started coming together. i was hysterical. why did you do this to dusty? >> when paramedics arrived, dusty had bled to death. >> i just was in total disbelief. i didn't want to hear what he was telling me. i didn't want to believe it. i didn't want to hear it. i was like, you're lying to me. and i was hitting the wall and freaking out. and he

what villagers saw in the sky. why was that commercial jet allowed to fly in that dangerous air space to begin with. team coverage across the globe. >>> the crises in the midwest, the breaking news, the israeli troops and ground troops moving in. our reporters right there. >>> good evening, in for diane. it's great to have you with us on a thursday night. we begin with breaking news on two fronts tonight, israel and that dramatic escalation in gaza. first the devastating images coming in from ukraine, pieces. broken jet and so many of the innocent lives lost, the passports intact, found in the field. and here's what we know at this hour, malaysia flight 17, 298 people on board, flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur at 33,000 feet when it disappears over ukraine. 30 miles from the russian border. look at the track of the plane on the flight map. you can see the jet simply vanishing from the air. that plane, a boeing 777, one of the strongest in the world. tonight u.s. officials say they believe it was shot down. thi

back to sky news. >> i would have thought so.f you look at any historical book on warfare, who was shot down by whom at what time, difficult to put down after number of years. after hours or days this would be difficult. a aircraft at altitude can travel long way when damaged. not clear because it came down in particular region it was hit in that region. any weapon that could have damaged it would have a very long-range and could be far away. at present there is little idea concerning what occurred. >> by the sounds of this show -- though, this seems to have been a pretty catastrophic strike if that is the case as this plane was heading towards russian airspace. people are expected to turn up within moments and, it vanished from the skies and appears to have dropped some 50-k short of the russian border. sound like a pretty catastrophic strike that had an immediate impact and this was no case of a plane flying on for a long way? >> no, possibly not. the kind of weapons that the could reach an aircraft at altitude, the sa-11 that

we are getting new pictures from sky news showing extensive debris on the grounds. the areas of burning product and areas that are not singed at all. that suggest to us that there was a fire on the ground, but the plane broke up before which suggest that there was an event in the air and something like a missile strike. jon scott and jenna lee with an interview now. >> yeah, the wide field of debris tells you that the plane broke up in the air and a triple seven that's virtually impossible but for an explosion inside or outside of the plane. lieutenant cow an is a analyst. we know that, that one of the pro russian leaders in ukraine bragged this morning about shooting down a ukranian government cargo plane and then withdrew that claim and then we get word that a malaysian plane was shot down. putting 2 and 2 together, it seems clear what happened. am i jumping to conclusions? >> not at all, jon, we'll go in to the finger pointing phase where the separatist and russians said it was the ukranian government. and the ukranian government is saying it was separatist. and

have a look at sky's price in london. a big shareholder in b-sky-b, 21st century sox. vote on this deal. .k., which b-sky-b u is saturated. we all love pay-tv systems. can he convince the minority shareholders that this is a cracking deal that truly he is going to turn things around in germany and italy? where people simply do not pay at the same scale or the same price for pay tv. meani say do not pay, i way under the penetration rates you see here in the u.k. idea what it takes to market to a german or italian to convince them to part with their euros for exclusive access. >> there are lots of very small, regional cable companies in germany. it is a different market from the u.k., where you have a series of large operators. in germany, it is a fragmented market. has said thatland they will review the offer. nothing is a done deal. looking back through my notes, utschland, b-sky-b is offering 6.7 5 million euros. if they get it at this price, average. the 52-week that looks reasonable in terms of pricing. will the institutional shareholders, is that enough of a premiu

>>> happening right now, disaster in the sky, thebo e.ne. a.n aaswily30nee o la. e ahab tahman bradley covers the crash. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the debris fie is deep in tplaysiaeral troht298 pee innt eos epkag o tle le looks anrea whe ien i>>nlo of doice mosay theyt site ae fe or mov any debris including the black box. >>epter: the rebels a russia deny any involment but ukrainian officials aim they have evidence. two intercepted phone calls cyety and devins cla t theistr >> reporter: a lot of pressure. it's a crime scene in a warne. ebr in inonnk eeedo the he fslth lasijech that t esge board flight 17 which crash yesterday. >>> and then there was this family. they were supposed to board the doomedlight but by twist of fate they did not. >>>he couple says they almost always flyaysian airlines and there was only one seat left so instead switched to a later eesomedyhetelkseit k grasssionas a nexter gm srection ande equip comssd o chhe uuropld russ endlo im san oia>icmshorheom at dpeas heescaunn ea op operair we, its objectives are clear and what th

blown out of the sky. >> i was walking along. somebody's flashlight fell upon some children's playing cards that were kind of scattered. >> you get a pit in your stomach. >> we were supposed to be on that flight. and obviously, something was watching over us. no, don't get on that flight. >> i'm shaking. don't know really what to do, to go or not to go. >> we owe it, as well, to the families of the dead, to find out exactly what has happened and exactly who is responsible. >> wreckage and people still strapped in their seats, along a path of five or ten miles, like we have here, it indicates that the airplane split up at higher altitude. and dumped not only people out, but dumped the entire floor section and sections of the fuselage. and that's indicative of an explosion. >> as things stand, this looks less like an accident and a crime. and if so, the perp traitors must be brought to justice. >> what more the russians may have may not have done, we don't know. and to put putin on notice that he has gone too far. and we are not go

right now i can hear israeli drones in the sky. israel says it decided to launch this ground invasion after hamas fired 1,500 rockets at israel in just the past ten days. now, israel says it is using a large force including infantry, artillery, tanks, combat engineers. this operation is just a few hours old. it began late at night. and so far has all been under the cover of darkness. the ground invasion began with israeli strikes on several sides of gaza, from the north and east, and from the sea. we watched the tracers from israeli guns firing over gaza. they show where the rounds are going. illumination flares were shot over gaza city, the most densely populated part of the gaza strip, home to nearly 2 million palestinians. the flares help israel target as drones circle the city. israel said its ten-day military offensive against hamas has "entered a new phase." it's unclear how long it could last. israeli officials suggested two weeks. the immediate target israel said are tunnels dug by hamas from gaza into israel. israel says m

"murder in the sky, missile destroys jet and kills 295."rom relatives of flight 370 passengers. that airlines flight disappeared march. still no trace has been found. in "the l.a. times" high-tech spycraft tracked missile's path from malaysia airlines jet. advanced u.s. satellites played a key role in determining that a surface to air missile shot down the malaysian jetliner on thursday. turning now to the middle east crisis. in the "new york times" israeli military invades gaza with sights set on hamas operations. israel says the military operation was a limited one. it was not intended to topple hamas from its long-time rule of gaza. >>> israel launches a ground invasion of gaza. no one knows how it will end. >>> once again, we are keeping an eye on those two major stories still developing this morning. first, more questions about that malaysian airliner that was shot down over a volatile eastern ukraine. the 298 people aboard reportedly included a team of aids experts on their way to an international meeting. colleagues say in that group

that is my benchmark for what the night sky is. so when i go to mountaintops at the finest observing sites in the world, and i look up, the first thought is, "it reminds me of the hayden planetarium." it's embarrassing, but i've come to terms with it. >> hinojosa: so your dad was african american, and your mom was puerto rican. >> yes. well, my father's ancestry is... both through the caribbean, so... but yes. >> hinojosa: and what was going on in the bronx when you were growing up? >> da bronx. >> hinojosa: da bronx. were people saying, "look at this smart kid who wants to be a scientist"? >> oh, no, no. >> hinojosa: "how cool is that"? >> oh, no. no, no. no one cared about your brains. could you jump high, could you run fast, could you shoot a basketball? >> hinojosa: all of your teachers, the community... >> oh, no. i'm talking about in the playgrounds where i grew up. no one... there was no intellectual conversation going on in the playground. and so to get respect of friends and of the community, you... athletics mattered. and

mostly clear sky overhead and we've got a mostly sunny sky as we get into saturday afternoon.kend comfortable dew point temperatures at 60 or below. tomorrow, for that matter right through sunday. here's satellite 6 and action radar this is what is left of hurricane arthur still a category one storm. winds sustained 75 miles an hour. not the best day for areas in new england as the storm system pulls away and moves north and east. you look off to the west and high pressure will be our fair weather friend as we head to the weekend and it's over the ohio valley now and will continue to push east ward as we get into tonight. for that matter for the start and finish of our holiday weekend. and future tracker 6 has you covered. waking up early tomorrow morning. temperatures along the 95 corridor in the lower 60s. upper 50s north and west of town and 64 in wildwood. as we get into 4:00 tomorrow afternoon with high pressure in control, plenty of sunshine on the way. 83 trenton. 81 city and 72349 dover. and temperatures will be pretty comfortable, 79 dover. 59 if you travel down the s

, from the feed from sky news, are illuminating.t was not burning from the video as it crashed. as it came to earth. the explosion happened once it hit the ground. so, whatever caused this plane to come from the sky, the fire that result eddied not happen until it hit the ground, and there you can pieces of the plane strewn about. the wreckage is a ten-mile long area. we believe the plane broke up at altitude, which was 33,000 feet. we still have no confirmation from anyone that 23 americans were onboard but we can tell you history tells us from these sorts of events, having covered this sort of thing for the better part of a quarter century, the manifests are almost always on point. i do not remember a manifest that had to be adjusted by more than a person or two, in a quarter century of plane crash coverage. most likely, if it says there were 23 american on the manifest, there were 23 americans onboard the flight. we don't know who they are. this is a very busy business route from amsterdam to kuala lampur and a number of dutch to

we can barely see a cloud in the sky. the temperatures in the poconos right now at 54 degrees, and we are at 59 in allentown. temperatures in quaker town of 57. 61 in trenton, and temperatures in wrights town, 63. if you are heading to the shore, grab an extra jacket but in the afternoon the temperatures will range between 82 and 85. sunny and nice conditions expected. >> we will check back in just a few moments. >>> new from overnight two teenagers are recovering from a shooting in kensington. a 14-year-old and a 19-year-old were both hit in the legs. right now they are in stable condition. this morning police are looking for the shooter. >>> also new from overnight a. car smashed into an apartment building in north philadelphia. the car rammed right into the building along red line road. the driver managed to back out and drive away. nobody inside of the apartment building was hurt. police are still looking for both the car and the driver in the case. >>> today crews are cleaning up after a full day of fourth of july fe

it's wednesday, 5:25, cape may new jersey, live on sky 6.grees there in cape may so it's going to be a little cooler than it is around philadelphia. we're looking for a high of 90 degrees. a lot of people could see some more thundershowers later on today. >>> students at pennsylvania's 14 state owned universities will see a tuition increase this fall. the board of state system of higher education voted to hike tuition by $99 a semester. for full time students who are pennsylvania residents that adds up to $3,410 per semester. >> time for the morning buzz. it is summer time so a lot of people are spending time at water parks going down water slides. the world's tallest water slide is scheduled to open tomorrow in kansas city kansas. the official launch of the verruckt water slide was delayed three times in order to allow for more testing which doesn't make you feel very confident. verruckt means insane in german. pretty appropriate. in april guinness -- the guinness book of world records certified the 17 story, 168-foot tall attraction as the

beautiful view of the we were sky still aglow long after sunset.ow cloud moving in from the east bay hills camera. temperature readings of 57. 59 nap a.63 novato. 67 fairfield and concord and 65 at livermore and lovely view of the bay bridge from our emeryville camera. these are forecast feature see low clouds fog redeveloping and expanding overnight. it will be cooler the next couple days. by couple degrees then we have a chance of some spotty early morning drizzle next 2 morning mornings. so bear that in mind as well. could be a couple of little wet spots in the early morning commuting hours. starting forecast animation 11:00 o'clock tonight. we see low cloud fog spreading well inland across the bay and again that increases chance of spotty early morning drizzle. overnight low generally in the mid upper 50's. similar rain last several nights. generally mild all across the bay area. 1 or 2 location may have low that won't even drop below 60 degrees. now we assume the animation 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning and during the late morning midday hours

owns sky italian and a 57% controlling stake in sky deutschland.t could be valued at 13.5 billion dollars. fox could use that to help boost its offer. the sunday times reported that b-sky-b is close to getting an agreement to sell those units. >> this is the interesting thing. fox has a 39% stake in the sky be very haven't they been trying to gain control of this for a while? why would they diluted. -- dilute it? they were mired in phone hacking. it had to step back from that bit back then. their 39 percent stake if time warner does go through periods that stake has a value of $9.6 billion. it could help host the cash portion. knowing that stake would mean that fox is left with cable, broadcast networks, movies, tv networks. focusing on production. some people could say that could make it a lot more attractive to investors. -- staying tuned to this deal. thank you for that. zeb eckert is here with the uptick in business. news are still some good for reliance here. >> refining margins increasing, at least for these two refineries. these refineries a

he is the author of the book "lords of the sky." and the former army general for europe, a graduate of the air defense school and an expert on ukraine. general, let me begin with you. what would you expect us to be able to learn from the satellite information? >> well, i'll start off, michael, and say it depends on where we were looking at the time. if a satellite is focused on an area, we certainly can gain a lot of intelligence. it is not an unblinking eye. it would have had to be located in that vicinity to determine what we are looking for. if it was, we will see a heat signature from the missile launch. we could see trajectory potentially and we might be able to see the explosion. there are reported from european command a few awaks in the sky over poland at the time, but they don't think that could observe the things going on near the ukraine border. >> general, what level of sophistication is required to operate the buk weaponry? what i'm trying to get to is where there was direct russian involvement here. >> i think dan will

. >>> a sky diving couple is -- >> about to pull the mr. bill move. >> see how the next stunt throws her completely off balance. >>> and he puts the due in dude. >> that's the actual hair. >> how romeo gets the look he hopes the ladies love. >> no, seriously, this thing is flammable. >>> while you're watching the video, you are going to want to reach through the screen and help these people. a guy named dale posted this on his facebook page. you see the wife of dale and their twin children, 4 years old. this is at a mall in south africa. dale's wife, blond hair, two 4-year-olds in the shopping cart, and them you see dale's wife right there. watch this. here's the car, the kids, and that's not dale's wife. wait -- >> someone is pushing the cart away? >> it's an attempted kidnapping. >> she's in a frenzy, they are able to stop and get the children back. this is from another angle. this is what you see outside the store. she comes out, confronts the woman, takes the kids back, and all is well. dale said this woman who tried to kidnap the kids

. >> three orbs in the sky. >> see that? >> tried to wipe it off the screen, i thought it was dust. >> lights flash, on and off, it's cool video, but the commentary is awesome. >> there's three orbs in the sky right now. they are talking over my focus. i'm convinced it's ufos. they stopped. they spotted me. >> is that bill murray? >> they are coming to get me. son of a dick. >> i'm putting that in my phrase bag right now. >> so much better than the alternative. >> they spread out. they are getting into formation. this is terrible. yeah, i got to go. they are under attacking me. >> they are under attacking me? i love that. >> i got one of them. >> got a better look at it now. >> one of them, zoom in on them. >> hard to tell what it is, but i'm glad someone pulled out a camera and kept it steady. this next video is unidentified flying object caught by a police car dash cam in west midland. look off into the sky, just ahead of the dash cam. see it? >> a falling star? >> like a falling star, a meteor broke up in the earth's atmo

those white streaks, debris from the aircraft littering the sky.cameras reach the site of impact in the ukrainian countryside, utter devastation, as far as the eye can see, an apocalyptic scene, leaving no hope that the 298 souls on board survived the fiery crash. but the debris was spread across ten miles, and in some spots, the pieces of wreckage showed no evidence of fire. >> it appears like the paint is fresh, but the metal itself has been ripped to shreds. what this could suggest is that the aircraft broke up in flight. >> large pieces of plane with the malaysian airline colors were still visible. in the rubble, clothing, passports, even a vacationer's travel guide. >> the part that continued on for ten miles is the part with fuel in it. almost 20,000 gallons of fuel going up in smoke. >> flight 17 took off from amsterdam just after noon local time on its way to kuala lumpur, malaysia. the plane crossed into ukraine, nearing russia's border. that's when something went terribly wrong. >> what probably happened, this crew was flying along on aut

sky b. which is by the way thirty nine percent owned by fox for more than nine billion dollars now this is just the latest sign of consolidation in the european media industry and the deal comes out or time warner rejected a billion dollar takeover offer by rupert murdoch's twenty first century fox now analysts expect mr murdoch will make an improved offer to acquire time warner and the sale of fox as european assets could prove that the company with will then have enough extra financial ammunition that it needs to purchase what it wants now in the deal announced friday twenty first century fox would retain its minority stake in b. sky b. and by doing so twenty first century fox remains well positioned to take advantage of any future deals aimed at consolidating europe's telecom and media industries now the deal still needs approval from regulators along with b. sky b. as minority shareholders and not to mention antitrust officials are definitely going to be scrutinizing how the takeover wil

this plane, and there are a number of interstates in the sky.just looks like planes are going haphazardly. they are not. they are following airways, from one way point to the next. yesterday there was a cluster of thunderstorms in the way of one of those airways. that's the "a" airway. this is the typical flight plan here. the day before that, it took the "b" airway through here and then the "c" airway where we were yesterday. much farther north. this looks like a lake, but that's 200 miles north of where the typical flight plan was. down here, right here across crimea. now, ironically, you talked about that restricted air space. >> yeah. >> the restricted air space is where they usually fly. they don't typically fly up here, and this is where they ran into trouble, which is really kind of bizarre when it comes to it. but that's the thunderstorm activity in the way of that "a" flight plan. so they flew up to the north where the weather was going to be better. the weather was amazing, still turbulence there and still thunderstorms there. but wher

you can see the debris in this video falling from the sky.ne's foreign minister pins the blame on pro-russian separatists in the eastern part of the country saying they used a russian-made missile system to shoot the 777 out of the sky. so far no one has claimed responsibility. the spokesman for vladimir putin said talk of russian involvement is stupidity. tom foreman, what kind of missile shot this plane down. what missile can take down a passenger jet flying at 33,000 feet in midflight at 500-plus miles an hour. >> there are several candidates but the one we're looking at most closely is a single type out there that seems to be attracting the most attention. let's look at the lay of the land because this is what investigators will have to do. the plane took off from amsterdam heading to kuala lumpur, will fly all afternoon and over the night. this is roughly where we're talking about it in terms of its position, 33,000 feet in the air and at the same time about 30 miles away on ground from the russian border down here. that's the relative p

sky deutsche land. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox's selling the assets for nearly 6.8 billion euros. he is also b-sky-b's biggest shareholder. we will be back again in an hour time. >> time to check out what is >>nding on the internet. welcome to web news making the online headlines. coming up on today's show, a teenager under fire for taking a selfie. and they have a better birthday. they probably weren't expecting her selfie to go viral but that is exactly what happened after the american team posted this picture online. smiling away on a visit to the former concentration camp auschwitz in poland. it was made -- met with widespread condemnation. many have taken to a describing it as inappropriate behavior. millions of people died in this cap and there is nothing amusing about that. they are now famous. we see her grinning alongside for example. using the scale is a backlash, her mother has taken to the web to defend her daughter. she has posted a series of tweets explaining the context in which the

he is the author of the book "lords of the sky." and the former army general for europe and an expert on ukraine. general, let me begin with you. what would you expect us to be able to learn from the satellite information? >> well, i'll start off, michael, and say it depends on where we were looking at the time. if a satellite is focused on an area, we certainly can gain a lot of intelligence. it is not an unblinking eye. it would have had to be located in that vicinity to determine what we are looking for. if it was, we will see a heat signature from the missile launch. we could see trajectory potentially and we might be able to see the explosion. there are reported from european command a few awaks in the sky over poland at the time, but they don't think that could observe the things going on near the ukraine border. >> general, what level of sophistication is required to operate the buk weaponry? what i'm trying to get to is where there was direct russian involvement here. >> i think dan will tell you a lot about that since he ha

they don't appear to have been touched since they fell from the sky. and also, very importantly, of course, to everybody involved is that there's very little security around the perimeter of the site. so really anyone can go on the site and tamper with the fuselage or whatever. so it's a very complicated, difficult and dangerous environment. >> and did you see any of that, michael? anybody -- were there people roaming around? were those armed individuals, i suppose the pro-russian rebels who were there, were they tampering with the evidence in any way you could see? >> they mad interesting preparations for us. they organized all the journalists in one group to make it look like they how about wandered around. but most of the journalists had roaming access through a number of the sites. but when we were there everything was contained and personal belongings from the wreckage was organized to indicate there was no looting. it was not only an intense situation but comical in the sense in which they tried to work stra orchestrate it. >> you said they hadn'

blown out of the sky. the we have the latest. >> good evening. abc now learned that fbi and ntsb officials plan to head to ukraine. they plan to help visitors as they work to figure out who is to blame. malaysian air lane flight 17 bursting in flames as it crashed in eastern ukraine this morning. all of the nearly 300 people on board killed this man watching it all. saying i knew it was an airplane right away. fell over there. white streak raining from the sky. debris from the boeing triple 7. falling into fiery masses spread across 10 miles. u.s. officials say it is clear the plane traveling at 33,000 feet from amsterdam to kuala lumpur shot down by a sophisticated missile. >> not an accident. blown out of the sky. >>reporter: officials say still unsure who launched the missile and from where. russia and pro russian rebel who have been in a growing battle with ukraine deny any involvement. ukraine officials claim they have evidence. what they say are 2 intercepted phone call including this one. separatist

bodies fell from the sky looking like rags or clumps of ash.with some of the residents and rescue workers saw after malaysian airlines flight came to a jolting rest. trailing debris over several miles of sparsely populated ukrainian farmland. it was horrible said a separatist rebel who was part of the rescue crew. many of the victims were still in their seat belts attached to pieces of the plane and others had personal belongings nearby. a young man in blue shorts wearing nike sneakers but no pants lay with his arms and legs laying outward and his iphone by his side. here is a eyewitness accounts. >> i heard a lot of noise in the sky and several shots and strong ba bang. >> translator: i ran out and saw black smoke everywhere. i thought the house of my nephew was hit and i ran out and everything was black, on fire. >> of course, 298 victims and, so far, 181 have been recovered. let's go now live to key efficien dkiev, ukraine. vladimir putin putting this squarely on ukraine. what are we hearing from the government there? >> reporter: mika, as y

we will have much more on the disaster in the sky. as all of this was playing out, the world watching those images, another international story break in the midwest. israel launching a ground incursion in gaza, the evidence ry, aseen in thete tla nzingigd alin.anothep tonight, a total of 00we've bui waiting in these fields to move in. the military is telling abc news there is no time limit on this operation. the mission, to bring calm and quiet back to israel. this is, stop the rockets and prevent hamas from conducting operations like this. today heavily armed militants used underground tunnels to get into israel. for five hours earlier there was a window of hope, a temporary cease-fire, but expectations of a lasting truce are now shattered. at least 240 people have been killed in gaza so far. this afternoon they buried four boys this afternoon killed yesterday as they played soccer on the beach. these will not be the last funerals this war brings. david, there are significant risks for israel in conducting a ground operation inside g

fireworks also lit up the night sky over our nation's capitol.housands packed the national mall in washington, d.c. the fireworks were launched from the lincoln memorial reflecting pool. >>> at the white house a fourth of july picnic paid tribute to america and service members that protect our freedom. hundreds of military families were there for the celebration. president obama said the sacrifices made by our troops are keeping america safe and free. >> on behalf of the entire country, michelle and i simply want to say thank you to all of you for your courage and strength and unending service to this nation. happy fourth of july, everybody. >> the president also noted that july fourth is a special day of his family not only because of the holiday, but because it's his oldest daughter's birthday, and yesterday she turned 16. >>> more than a dozen teenagers and children celebrated the fourth of july by becoming citizens. there was a special naturalization ceremony. the children ages 8 to 14 are from a dozen countries around the world and now they

partly cloudy times in the sky smoke.omorrow afternoon though we will see some sunshine filter by the high clouds overnight though look for i hope creasing clouds with mild conditions low temperature mainly low mid 60's tomorrow south bay with filtered sunshine. look for high mainly mid 80's. 85 santa clara. 86 san jose. low mid 80's on the pens will and mid upper 60's on the coast. downtown san francisco high of 70. 66 in the sun set district north bay mid 80's from santa rosa to sonoma to napa east bay high 75 at oakland 78 san leandro 84 at castro vaechlt inland east bay have high in the upper 80's to low 90's where today we had triple digit in many location and the accu-weather 7 day forecast look like this. we have steady pattern of mid upper 80's inland through friday and humidity will start to tairp off by the end of the week. over the weekend the air is dryer but the temperatures will rise. a little bit of warm-up our way with high pressure in the low 90's i hope lapped by sunday and monday. sort of typical summer

a view you will see only from sky 7 hd.the driver of the vehicle, rafi, the registered owner of the blue toyota didn't stop when officers hit their lights and later crashed near 33rd avenue and 880. take a look as one, two, three, and what appear to be a fourth officer move in to get the 32 under control. chp says that rafi was strong and combative. and officers believe they know why. >> we determined he was under the influence of some type of drug. >> reporter: police say he was weaving in and out of lanes and speeding. then chp got word he hit other cars and kept on going. chp says they received a total of 23911 calls directly connected to this incident. an eyewitness described the moment before the crash and cops taking rafi down. >> he slammed into the wall, chp drove in front of him and stopped him from moving any farther. and then jumped out with his gun and smashed the window and started to drag the guy out. >> he was taken to highland hospital for medical evaluation, due to the fact we used force. >> reporter: rafi

and also the sky conditions. you can see outside of the network right now, the coldest weather to the north bay and 59 degrees. not only the fog in san francisco, but drizzle at the immediate coastline and overcast throughout the east bay. the one spot that is being sheltered from the fog, that's the south bay. the santa cruz mountains hoping to keep that fog at bay. you can see unlimited visibility right now across downtown looking pretty sweet. so as we head throughout tomorrow morning's forecast, write going to find is some of the best conditions. as we start off on your friday forecast, right down into san jose with 58 degrees. but you'll probably need a light jacket yet again in the north bay. check it out. 54 as you head out the door around 6:00 and also 7:00 in the morning. let's go and take you into the microclimate forecast on friday. and what you're going to find here is temperatures actually going a little bit cooler here across the bay with again, this fog pattern that just has not budged. you can see

nights when the constellations orion and the seven sisters of the pleiades were not visible in the sky. >> the planets aren't just named after gods and goddesses. they were the gods and goddesses. the stars also were the homes of gods or the lights into heaven. so these are powerful ideas. these are powerful symbols. >> to predict when the zodiac would strike next police asked astronomer to identify the next time within the 21-day cycle that orion and the seven sisters would not be in the sky. he predicted zodiac would strike next on june 21st, the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. >> so we have hundreds of the plain clothes detectives out on nights when we think this guy is going to shoot again. >> and the zodiac was even more clever than anticipated. he did strike but not in the same area as before. this time it was in manhattan. he shot a homeless man who was sleeping on a bench in central park. in the victim's shoe was a note. the zodiac somehow knew that larry parham was a cancer, a sign different from the other three victims. and the newspapers were calling him a copy

here is a look from sky 7: much different picture than we have seen a couple of days ago that started around noon and it just took off in the heat and wind and two homes and seven structures burned. no one has been injured. it appears from this picture that the crews have made a lost headway in containing this wildfire. here is video from how bad it got. caltran is fighting it aggressively with local crews fighting from the air and the ground. 400 homes are still considered "threatened." those who been evacuated don't know when they can return. it is steep and rugged terrain and it is moving northeast toward snell peak and is considered only 30 percent contained. we will bring you the latest information immediately on twitter at twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >>> cal fire called in 600 more firefighters to help contain the fires including alameda strike team that headed to napa this morning. this is video of crew ready to leave from the county fire station 12 in san leandro. the team from oakland, livermore, pleasanton, fremont, and hayward. >> cal fire is having a tough time as we showed y

there were two explosions in the sky with so how the plane broke apart with pieces falling everywhere and there were sometimes a military jet flying nea everyone saw it yes everyone saw it flying the little oh the presenter plane looters were killed we heard explosions in the sky and then the plane suddenly turned around changed its flight path and headed their way. when the video was taken off the site many internet users were keen to know why the b.b.c. said the report did not live up to the editorial values of b.p. see. some journalists have taken sides to the point that when the ukrainian president said this ukrainian nation now are united we don't have any conflicts inside ukraine and he was not picked up on it even as pictures and video pour in a floor raging in the country since. the us media is once again taking aim at our t.v. well what c.n.n. discussed as you the impact of russia's media machine for all the talk about propaganda which by definition is you know misinformation i would say russia's when it chris cuomo and artie's piddle of el became a youtube page after a heate

>>> happening right now, disaster in the sky, the jumbo jet brought down by a missile. nearly 300 on board. >> it's a very grim scene that we're seeing here. >> debris scattered across miles of countryside in ukraine. >> this is truly a grave situation. >> from europe to asia, shocked and devastated families. the world wants to know who did it and why. we're live with breaking new details just coming in. >>> good friday morning to you. the malaysian plane crash is just one of two breaking stories we're following. >> that's right. in the middle east the first israeli soldier has been killed in action since the recent conflict erupted with hamas. it happened during an intense ground operation launched by the israeli military. we'll go there live in just a moment. >>> but first it's being described as an act of terror. a missile shooting down a malaysian passenger plane with nearly 300 people on board. >> the plane was blown from the sky near the ukraine/russia border 30,000 feet over disputed land. this morning both sides are pointing the blame at each other. abc's tahman

on the sky deck was seeing some blue sky, in the western suburbs blue sky but the bulk of the rain fromhat off shore system will miss us to the east and the bulk of the rain from that system to the west will fizzle before it gets through. overnight chance of a few showers down the shore. a couple sprinkles may move inland early tomorrow morning. don't be shocked if there's a stray shower here or there especially early tomorrow. by 1 o'clock you can see the clouds are starting to fizzle, still a couple of spotty showers around but then by four, 5, 6 o'clock i think most of us are looking at mostly sunny conditions and we keep getting drier from there. today we had that system off to the south. tomorrow a squeeze play. clouds early, maybe a shower if some of that moisture spins back towards the coast. otherwise we'll see more sunshine in the late afternoon and highs still comfortable in the low 80's. monday we start to get that storm out of here. it does tart to turn more humid but more sunshine as well to start the week. here's your beach forecast. if you're heading down tomorrow it is m

for it to fall out of the sky. this missile only had to hit the aircraft. >> as peter -- >> a wing, a tail plane. >> as peter gould said, when an aircraft is hit like this, it in his words unzips and falls apart. >> all the fasteners around it start to fall apart. so it's essentially the plane could have come out of the air in one piece. but extremely distressed. because obviously it has been hit by a missile. and what you're seeing there is the fuel explosion. >> fareed? >> what this reminds us is of the enormous kind of power of asymmetry and asymmetrical warfare, that you have these weapons systems that even ten years ago you would not have had. that a few people, a handful of people, not particularly well-trained, could take out a commercial airplane, flying at 35,000 feet in the sky. the fact that you have radar that can do this -- we have democratized violence in a sense and made it accessible. but what we haven't done is created systems and structures to control or regulate and so that's why you can have som