live from washington, i'm steve handelsman, nbc bay area news. raj, back to you. >> steve, thank you. >>> the tension in europe and the middle east is having an impact on the stock market. the dow lost 48 points, while the s&p 500 was dragged down about four points. the conflicts are keeping investors away from riskier stocks. >>> tesla is halting all production in fremont, but the stop is only temporary and should pay off down the road. tesla began the stoppage today through august 4th. it will allow for improvements needed to help usher in the next major tesla vehicle, the model x crossover suv. the $100 million upgrade at the plant is also expected to boost production at the facility by 25%. and tesla says all paychecks are still being issued. >>> silicon valley social media leading the campaign trail. i'm scott budman, complete with tweets. coming up, hillary clinton meets her fans virtually. >>> hundreds of people in pleasanton are without running water tonight, but it doesn't have anything to do with the drought. why people are filling up wa

>> reporter: i'm steve handelsman at the u.s.eme court. >>> the president will not wait for congress on immigration reform. he announced he will act on his own through executive action. he lashed out on house republicans yesterday for failing to move on a measure passed by the senate last year. >>> after two months of rehab toronto mayor rob ford returns to work. in a statement he described himself as ashamed, embarrassed, and humiliated with some of his actions. he acknowledged his drug problem and promised only clean living going forward. >>> new video sparks awe and outrage. people in australia got an up close look at an immense whale this weekend, but some say they were too close. the law requires surfers stay a football field away. they're on top of the massive creature itself. >>> now to business. good morning to you, morgan. >> gm announces that six more recalls affecting 8.4 million vehicles with 7.6 million in the u.s. now, most of the cars are older models and being recalled for ignition switch issues. gm is aware of se

steve handelsman has the new details from capitol hill. >> reporter: everyone agrees it's a crisis. president obama is asking congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funding to beef up the border with more agents, to take better care of the 50,000-plus kids being detained, and for a campaign to convince central american parents not to send their kids to the u.s. and the president wants an okay from congress to deport more kids without delays. >> to more efficiently remove those individuals that do not have a legal basis for remains in this country. >> reporter: some democrats oppose a rush to deport children. >> we're not asking they all get amnesty, but we do need a little humanity here. there's a reason we don't throw them back in the river or drive them back into the desert. >> reporter: the white house blames a backlog protecting central american kids. >> this is the oldest trick in the obama book, blame george bush, it happened in 2008. really? >> reporter: in 2005, president bush famously flew over new orleans after hurricane katrina instead of immediately visiting. now in 2014

steve handelsman live on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: investigators getting out in the fields looking at the wreckage. this is considered by the white house good news for a change from ukraine and it is what president obama has been demanding. at the netherlands embassy president obama penned condolences to the dutch and promised to push a full investigation of flight 17. >> we are all heart broken. >> reporter: he got good news. russian president vladimir putin said today he told ukrainian separatists to cooperate and investigators got access to the site. in the wreckage they are finding the kind of punctures made by a missile set to explode just before impact. pro russian rebels turned over black boxes expected to indicate a shoot down. u.s. intelligence officials said they tracked a missile headed towards flight 17 from rebel controlled territory but said the u.s. has no proof of direct russian involvement. still some on capitol hill today demanded tougher action aimed at moscow. >> you want to see debilitating sanctions? we are not going to give the kind of missiles

i'm steve handelsman. news 4. >>> we want to stay on capitol hill.here are new concerns about safe driving now that marijuana laws are loosened in some states. are you sharing the road with stoned drivers? what about people driving planes and trains we ride in. federal transportation officials say the recreational marijuana legalization poses new concerns. >> we are working from our foundation of experience to understand the risks. >> transportation officials made one thing clear, the use of medical marijuana is not a valid reason for a positive drug test from any transportation employee who is subject to federal regulation. >>> no signs the ebola health crisis is easing. the outbreak in west africa has killed more than 700 people. today the world health organization reported there were 57 new deaths in recent days, almost half of them in liberia. security forces went house to house looking for people who may have been exposed to the disease. >> the first ebola cases emerged in march. the crisis has dramatically deepened in the last week. the outbrea

news 4 steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest. steve? >> it is controversial here on the hill, but some democrats and some republicans. president obama says holding hearings in honduras, u.s. hearings that he would then expand to include hearings in el salvador and guatemala would convince more parents there not to send their kids here that they're still doing now i droves. texas cops patrolling the border this week. on the mexican side of the rio grande are the smugglers and rafts they use to ferry over drugs and the children from central america. >> we have seen a tremendous spike in activity. >> reporter: the goal is to end the surge of kids. at the white house, the president shared his idea with the presidents of guatemala, el salvador and honduras. in honduras racked by gang violence an obama pilot program would offer hearings to kids seeking asylum who claim they're in special danger. >> there may be some narrow circumstances in which there is humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligie for. if that te,ul be or the

. >> steve handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest developments. >> reporter: compassion or political pressure or both. here in town today president obama said the least that the russian speaking rebels can do is release the bodies and let the investigators in and soon after on this fourth day some of that began. ukrainian separatists made a deal with malaysia to finally let the train that they say contains 200 sets of remains leave the region of the crash so the remains can head back to amsterdam. and the rebels agreed to turn over the data and voice recorders from flight 17 to malaysia airlines officials. president obama charged earlier that prorussian rebels were blocking the investigation. >> all of which begs the question what are they trying to hide? >> he called out vladimir putin by name. >> given the direct influence over the separatists, russia and president putin in particular has direct responsibility to compel them to cooperate with the investigation. >> reporter: the russian president who denies he controls the rebel calls for a full investigation and the united nations

we begin with steve handelsman on capitol hill. >> reporter: a jumbo jet down and destroyed in ukraine. malaysia airlines flight 17 with 295 people reported on board, some possibly american and president obama said the u.s. would help. >> the united states will offer any assistance we can to help determine what happened and why. >> reporter: flight 17 left amsterdam in route to kuala lumpur. that part of ukraine is torn by war, pro russian militia versus ukrainian forces. blaming moscow president obama last night announced tougher sanctions and was discussing them today with russian president putin when putin informed mr. obama of the crash. debris is reported widely scattered indicating flight 17 was likely blown up while air borne on purpose said vice president joe biden. >> shot down, not an accident, blown out of the sky. >> reporter: a ukrainian government official charged the plane was shot down by a missile, a system used by russia and ukraine, both denying responsibility. u.s. officials tell nbc news that u.s. resources confirm a shot by a ground to air missile. >> so this is a

steve handelsman has the latest live on capitol hill. hey, steve. >> hey, chris. here on the hill both sides say if they don't get what they want on the issue of hearings, they won't give president obama the nearly $4 billion he says he needs to stop an illegal flood of migrants. >> along the rio grandee, the u.s.-mexican border politicians disagree about what to do. more children and parents are crossing into the u.s., and being taken into custody. each will get a hearing. many never show up and stay in the u.s. republicans like john mccain today demand the law be repealed and the kids sent home to send a message. >> only way that this is going to stop is if plane loads of children arrive back in the country in central america that they came from and their pare s parents. >> reporter: to be sure that children in danger back home can stay in the u.s. kids, they say, who look like their kids. >> stop. stop trying to use the children and exploit a humanitarian crisis for political gain. >> reporter: at a detention facility in new mexico today obama homeland security

news4 steve handelsmans on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: here on the hill today and in europe today, the finger pointing continued about whose to blame. but the scene in netherlands was a moving reminder of the human cost in the war in ukraine. seven days after the tragedy t first 40 of the coffins carrying the remains of those killed on flight 17 came home to the netherlands in a solemn ceremony, attended by the dutch king and queen and relatives of those lost. >> we want the children back. that is the important for

i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >> thank you. >>> a week of airline tragedies plus the ban on flights to israel has a new york congressman residencrafting a 2 proposal to install technology on u.s. passenger planes. it would be an expensive undertaking. israel says it's worth the investment. >> that's the same cost for inflight entertainment system. what's a better deal, being able to get hbo 3 at 30,000 feet or knowing when you take off or land you're more protected? >> it protects against shoulder fired missiles. israel says defense companies are working on ways to protect against surface to air missiles like the one that took down malaysian flight 17. coming up on nbc nightly news with brian williams tonight on nbc 4 after this broadcast. >>> survivors say a tornado came out of nowhere. they're talking about the tornado that hit the campground in virginia this morning. two killed, three dozen injured. the vicious storm dropped hail the size of softballs on campers. jim has more on this. >> people at the campground say their cell phones began buzzing with weather alerts. the storm stru

we begin with steve handelsman live on capitol hill. >> this is moving fast, maybe to a dead end but still moving fast and not because the border crisis is getting urgent, it is already urgent. >> reporter: there is no change on the rio grande. texas cops still catching kids surging up from central america. what is changing is the calendar. three days until congress goes home for the summer and republicans want to be seen

news 4 steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest. steve? >> it is controversial here on the hill, but some democrats and some republicans. president obama says holding hearings in honduras, u.s. hearings that he would then expand to include hearings in el salvador and guatemala would convince more parents there not to send their kids here that they're still doing now i droves. texas cops patrolling the border this week. on the mexican side of the

steve handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest to date. >> down at the white house they said thiss welcome news from ukraine for a change and it is dending. ident obama has been at the netherlands embassy president obama penned condolences to the dutch and promised toush a full investigation of flight 17. >> obviously they are all heart broken. >> reporter: he got good news, russian president vladimir putin said today he told ukrainian separatists to cooperate and investigators finally got access to the site. in the wreckage they are finding punctures made by a missile set to explode just before impact. pro-russian rebels turned over flight 17 black boxes. u.s. airlines banned from ukraine were banned today from israel where it is feared hamas could use antiaircraft missile. >> you want to see debilitating sanctions? we are not going to let you give to terrorist organizations the kinds of missiles to close down airports. >> reporter: despite the plane downed u.s. allies cannot agree on sanctions. france still plans to sell at least one warship to russia despite president obama urg

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> they are not the only ones dealing with this. there's a demand for answers in virginia. some of the children may have been transferred to a facility in bristow. we have more on how local residents are reacting. >> i think maybe we should encourage the federal government to send them back. >> reporter: the debate over what to do with unaccompanied immigrant children stretches from the border to northern virginia. the board of supervisors chairman, corey stewart and board members are trying to figure out where the children are and what they can do about it. >> they should be sent back home. the reason they should be sent home is to send a message that if you make that journey to the united states, you are just going to be sent back home. don't try it. >> reporter: stewart says a home for troubled teens in bristow called youth for tomorrow is housing the children. video shows a sprawling 200-acre site. youth for tomorrow didn't respond. they say they don't identify shelters for unaco komccompanie minors. srk they should be processed

we begin with steve handelsman live on capitol hill. >> this is moving fast, maybe to a dead end but still moving fast and not because the border crisis is getting urgent, it is already urgent. >> reporter: there is no change on the rio grande. texas cops still catching kids surging up from central america. what is changing is the calendar. three days until congress goes home for the summer and republicans want to be seen fixing the crisis by friday. >> frankly, we need to show that we can act and act thoughtfully, responsibly and quickly. >> reporter: republicans charge barack obama created in 2012 when he ordered half a million children raised in the u.s. can stay. >> come step foot in the united states of america and nothing will happen to you. >> reporter: house republicans proposed 649 million short term. they beef up the border and end individual hearings for each migrant child. no way say hispanic democrats who say judges will grant asylum to many kids. >> refugees fleeing crime, fleeing poverty and attempting to be reunited with their families. >> reporter: she said she escap

news4 steve handelsmans on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: here on the hill today and in europe today, the finger pointing continued about whose to blame. but the scene in netherlands was a moving reminder of the human cost in the war in ukraine. seven days after the tragedy t first 40 of the coffins carrying the remains of those killed on flight 17 came home to the netherlands in a solemn ceremony, attended by the dutch king and queen and relatives of those lost. >> we want the children back. that is the important for the family. >> reporter: is this small nation lost 193 people. and as the motor cade, heads to the military base for the from process of identification hundreds paid respects. back in eastern ukraine, pro russian rebels and horrifying flash back and another plane down. a fighter jet. and the separatists want credit this time. they posted this video on youtube that nbc news cannot independently authenticate. 20 miles away investigators got access to the flight 17 crash flight. finding more holes punched into the skin of the airliner. the white house again blamed ru

. >> steve handelsman has the latest and a look at one boy caught up in the crisis. >> reporter: one of the thousands of central american children who flooded into the u.s. is this 15r- says he came wit none he knew in aume heayt lheas m h tow oeing proffials shat lld t nhev. >> reporter: in washington dingo ecial at relief and don't have a legalai b iun sent ep tfureep nonly to republics toe2i in emergencynde rijusis.el, wovasi. witthela g elevatehi others get nothing. >>> shot while she slept. a new jersey teen wounded by guire i her own bed. tonight while she recovers in a hospital bed, her family has choice words for the shooter who caused this. >>> plus, deadat hs rived.l ea t on de99 a mbuun...aly 1h. oo o >>> right now at 5:30, a 13-year-old girl becomes the victim of a violent crime while she's sleeping in h own bed. the girl was struck by a stray bullet that pierceder >>rcoronr thrlt rlsen g owr use. ve is ugy.hrou a spo the siding right into her bedroom. she wants whoever did this to consider the eighth grader will now have to spend her summer healing. she wants them to tur