. >>> outrage, another civilian shelter hit in gaza as our terry moran takes us into the battle with israeli forces. >>> and limits of forgiveness. kelsey grammer, his murdered sister and the decision about the murderer tonight. >>> a good evening to you on this wednesday night as we come on the air. there's urgent new concern about the deadly ebola virus. tonight two american peace corps workers in africa are in quarantine, possibly exposed. we also have news about those two other americans, the missionaries who were infected and are fighting for their lives. here at home anxiety created a scare at a hospital in north carolina, and abc's chief medical director has the news around the globe. >> reporter: tonight the peace corps pulling out 340 american volunteers as two were quarantined after come into contact with an ebola patient. they are slowing slight improvement. dr. ken brantly from texas and nancy writebol in strict isolation. staff communicating through windows. staff wearing full protective suits. tonight we spoke with writebol's son jeremy who is texting his mother every n

>> terry moran reporting on the chaotic and infuriating scene on the ground in eastern ukraine. terry, thank you. let's bring in abc news aviation consultant john nance. john, given how thoroughly contaminated this crime scene is now, how badly does that set back the investigation? >> it sets it back a little bit, dan, but not as bad as you might think. here we're not dealing with a mystery of how the plane came out of sky but evidence of what explosive brought it out of the sky, especially when we've got anything that has pitting on it and residue that would be traceable back to a particular type of missile. >> so that might tell us how the plane came down and what kind of missile was used, but it won't tell us who fired the missile or why. how do we figure that part out? >> i think that's the question that's going to have to be answered by a lot of basically bringing together of intelligence. because we know that a lot of tracking is out there from where the missile had to come from. some of it will possibly be discernible from the wreckage, but i think most of it is going to b

we have team coverage tonight and we're going to start with abc's terry moran who is on the ground. terry, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, dan. we returned from that crash site awhile ago, and i can tell you that as our team left as night was falling, it was completely unsecured with no professional air crash investigators in charge. that scene is compromised and the evidence is evaporating. today, two days after the crash, the grim task of collecting the bodies of the dead has finally begun. volunteers digging, bagging and trucking away the victims' remains to be taken to a morgue in the nearby city of donetsk, a separatist rebel stronghold. but so many of the 298 killed are still uncollected from these fields. we arrived late today and were stunned by what we found. just a few feet off the road one of the wings came down into this field. frankly, it's outrageous we can get so close. this is evidence completely unsecured. a few locals formed a tiny, lackadaisical perimeter around just a bit of wreckage. reporters and others tromped around everywhere, the victims' personal i

plus, abc's terry moran embedded with soldiers. >>> highway hazard. a poorly secured ax slices through a windshield while the car cruises down the highway. >>> "sharknado 2" makes its debut, the best moments and the cameos. >> one, two, three. >>> well, good thursday morning to you. we begin with the ebola epidemic spreading across west africa and fueling fears around the world. >> being called a major public health emergency. this morning, the peace corps is evacuating volunteers from three countries with a number of patients is growing. >> abc's preeti arla has the latest. >> reporter: the largest ebola outbreak in history is creating concern in the u.s. two american missionaries are now in isolated in liberia. they are said to be showing slight improvement. >> they are firm in their resolve about their decision to go to liberia and their decision to stay in liberia and to care for those who are there. >> reporter: the u.s. peace corps announcing it's pulling hundreds of volunteers from liberia, syria leone and guinea. the state department says ther

abc's chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, is in ukraine where it's already saturday morning. er: good morning, rebecca. from eastern ukraine. this is the city of kharkiv. this is where the bodies will be brought. this is where the families will come to collect their loved ones. 298 souls, who were just flying in the skies above this war-torn country, having nothing to do with it, when they were blown out of the skies. their lives robbed from them. in the fields of eastern ukraine, the wreckage still smoldered. the dead were still uncollected. the heart rending personal items. a disney backpack. and the shock was fresh for local residents who witnessed the tragedy. there was a sort of explosion, this man said. and then, people started falling from the sky. they searched the sunflower fields. so beautiful. but today, littered with horror. at least one american is among the dead. a 19-year-old with duel u.s./dutch citizenship, shown 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 c

terry moran. abc news, london. >> thank you. >>> and a triumph here at home to report tonight. today this family photo posted by our friends at channel 5 in boston and it was trending online. marathon bombing survival jeff bowman lost both legs in that attack. today he and his fiance introducing us to their new daughter. we love seeing that. >>> much more on "world news" on this monday night. the deadly crash involving that walmart truck, some of the first pictures tonight of comedian tracy morgan since surviving that frightening accident and the major lawsuit, what tracy morgan is now saying about walmart. >>> later here on "world news," tracking the sharks tonight, the exploding number of great whites tonight, what scientists have discovered, how they're now tracking them, and are they swimming to a beach near you? and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance can be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance q

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here's abc's terry moran who just filed this report. >> reporter: more symbols of hamas control came under fire overnight including its tv headquarters, government offices and the home of a top leader. and this morning, the palestinians claim israeli troops shelled gaza's power station hitting fuel tanks and sending thick blank smoke high into the air. the latest violence follows atax on a hospital and a park where nine palestinian children were killed. >> it's been for us as a human being, not our -- not as muslim or jews or christian, human being. >> reporter: fighting claimed the lives of several more children in gaza this morning and five israeli soldiers were killed by hamas fighters who used a tunnel to get into the country. >> terry moran reporting the death toll so far more than 1100 palestinians. mostly civilians, plus 53 israeli soldiers. >>> in other our big story, another round of wild weather from the colorado rockies to the shores of new england. >> the latest pictures coming in as you can see here on the left a powerful twister touching down north of denver. >> on the

>> we thank terry moran. i want to bring in stephen ganyard, retired fighter pilot. steve, we know now what it may have been, the moments before that missile hit the plane. >> that's right, diane. the sa-11 system we see here is being responsible for bringing this aircraft down. when the sa-11, when it gets close to the target, it explodes a war head that sends out a big fan that goes and impacts with little pieces of very hot metal into the airplane that it is tracking. >> it explodes away from the plane but sends a spray of shrapnel into it. >> that's right. we've seen some evidence on the ground of that today. we see pictures that appear to show some of the damage that comes from these hot little pieces of metal that will puncture the skin and go into the airplane. looks very much like shrapnel damage. >> a quick question about the black boxes that have now been turned over. can they be pen traetrated with anybody knowing? >> there are seems on them, diane. the trained investigators are look and make sure the seals aren't broken. even if somebody were able to get

>> terry moran on the ground. thank you. >>> and tonight, the focus of the world now turning to the rebels. this evening, we go to the evidence. an intercepted phone call, and some asking can you hear the moment they realize they'd hit a commercial flight? authorities also studying images in the days and weeks leading up to the incident. inclufding this wedding video. the wedding party and the people invited. brian ross has this story. the wedding video and what they could reveal. >> reporter: until now, the pro-russian rebels had welcomed all the attention they could get in the crew ukraine. even putting up billboards to promote their cause. at this recent wedding of one of the fighters, the guest of honor was their top military commander, a russian, not a ukranian, who uses the name igor strelkov, which means igor the rifleman. >> we know he's had a longstanding relationship with the russian intelligence services. >> reporter: under strelkov's command, the separatist militia fighting in ukraine has been known as

terry moran with israeli defense forces as they crossed into gaza. hamas tunnel that israelis believe leads under the bored near their country. some where up to 100 feet underground stretching up to a mile and a half long. lined with concrete and outfitted with power cables, phone lines, rail tracks. as the death toll in gaza rises with so many children killed, this israeli soldier is asked how that affects him? >> reporter: karen travers, abc news, washington. >> there was a prayer vigil last night in charlotte north carolina for the woman who contracted ebola working in africa. hundreds gathered to pray for nancy ripeold. the outbreak is now the worst in history. here at home finding out just how vulnerable our health record can be to hackers. a report in the new england journal of medicine reveals that the well-known hacking group calling itself anonymous broke into the systems of the boston children's hospital earlier this year. a cyberattack slowed down the hospital's server and website. but says no patient record were accessed and no one was ha

terry moran reports that a few locals have an unofficial perimeter around some of the wreckage but there are no professional aircraft investigators in charge. >> one of the wings came down in this field and frankly it is outrageous that we can get this close. this is evidence completely unsecured. >> the ukrainian government accused the government of removing bodies from the crash sight and charge -- a charge one of their leaders deny. >> of body being dragged around the sight and not being treated properly. >> ukrainian officials say they have evidence that the missile that brought down mh17 came from russia. >> we are for sure that the team was russian. they were russian citizens operating -- and they came from the territory of the russian federation together with the missile launcher. >> today john kerry told russia needs to take immediate action to reduce tensions in ukraine and that includes telling the pro-russia rebels to put down their weapons. >> workers will start returning in february to the sight of the navy shooting. 12 workers were killed last september when aaron alexis op

abc's terri moran reports from ukraine. >> reporter: no clear perimeter and no one in charge and no one taking responsibility. >> we have proof and evidence and it was committed with russian participation. >> this we found 196 victims. >> most bodies were taken away in truckloads and now or rebel control. >> rescue work is complicated because gunmen and terrorists are present there and they don't allow rescue groups there. >> armed gunmen some masked hovering over the wreckage and standing in way of european team of observers limiting their access and allowing them to stay no longer than 7 five minutes. here one pro russian fighter seen holding up a toy fou among the debris. calling thete of vict down ghsgd trickling into kiev including oepsedutch forensic tmis now onn to force rebels to back off and allow international investigators begin pain staking search for investigators. >> our focus is on securing site so there could be a proper international investigation to identify cause and perpetrators so we can bring them to justice. >> in the midst of all this chaos flight's black boxes a

. >>> outrage, another civilian shelter hit in gaza as our terry moran takes us into the battle with israeli forces. >>> and limits of forgiveness. kelsey grammer, his murdered sister and the decision about the murderer tonight. >>> a good evening to you on this wednesday night as we come on the air. there's urgent new concern about the deadly ebola virus. tonight two american peace corps workers

abc news reporter terry moran is the only international reporter embedded with the israeli forces. >>reporter: today as gaza was shelled from air, sea, and ans returned fire. at a military staging area on the border. and we took cover. with the 188th armored brigade of the valleyi defense forces getting ready to go into gaza. do you have fear? do you get scare sfld. >> of course. >> reporter: we cross into gaza, gunners scanning the dusty roads and ruined buildings. several tense miles later we stop. a tunnel discovered here yesterday. deep, concrete-sided, and narrow. israelis believe it leads under the border into their country. israelis see these tunnels as an intolerable and terrifying threat. some up to 100 feet underground, stretching up to a mile and a half long, lined with concrete, outfitted with power cables, phone lines, rail tracks, used to infiltrate israel and attack outposts and neighborhoods. but today they aren't going in. >> the presumption is it's booby trap ed. there may be terrorists inside. >> reporter: suddenly, gunfire. israelis are trying to put down fire, sup

plus, abc's terry moran embedded with soldiers. >>> highway hazard.ts and the cameos. >> one, two, three.

our coverage beginning this morning with abc's terry moran who is at the scene.ood morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. what is happening out here to the bodies and the evidence is in many ways shocking. 196 bodies have been recovered. 169 of them now sitting in refrigerated boxcars at a railway station in a village not far from here. the rebels are in control. either they aren't saying what will ultimately happen to them or they don't know. they suggested they'll go to russia. other bodies are being stored in nearby hospitals. so the anguish of the families deepens. and much of this vast crime scene, crash site, remains unguarded and the evidence unexamined. no clear perimeter. no one in charge. no one taking responsibility. >> we have proof. we have evidence that it was planned. and it was committed with the participation of the russian federation. >> reporter: this crash site now arguably the world's biggest and most disputed crime scene. >> we found bodies of 196 victims. >> reporter: most of the bodies taken away in truckloads and are now under

we begin with terry moran, and the new clues coming in tonight. >> reporter: the grim work of recovery in ukraine. a disney backpack, a baseball cap. testifying silently to the unspeakable loss here. they look for bodies in a field of sunflowers and found some. a local described the terrible sight. there was an explosion, and then people started falling from the sky. late today, an international team of investigators arrived, but they were stopped before they got to the crash site. it is believed to be the work of separatists. and president obama noted the rebels have already shot down other planes. >> a group of separatists can't shoot down military planes without sophisticated training and equipment. and that's coming from russia. >> our reporter made it to the crash site today, where a rebel scoffed at the claim that they were responsible. and 80 children, their bodies now marked like all the others with white flags, waiting to be collected and brought home. >> and this is where the bodies will be brought and where the loved ones will come to claim them, trying to fathom what happen

terry moran, thank you for your reporting this morning. so many questions.et's bring in abc news chief anchor and host of "this week." george stephanopoulos. good morning. >> hey, dan. >> given the outrage about the treatment of the bodies, the chaos at the crime scene, and the fact that the rebels apparently shot the plane down in the first place, to the belief of many, does that put pressure on vladimir putin? to stop supporting the rebels, to calm the situation down in eastern ukraine at all? >> no question about it. he's placing the blame on ukraine. you are absolutely right. you have evidence that -- u.s. intelligence, international intelligence point to a russian missile in territory held by the separatists. they couldn't have done this without the training, the support of the russian military. we know that military equipment from russia had been going across that border. what you see is the pressure building. the british prime minister, david cameron, and the dutch prime minister saying sanctions will intensify if vladimir putin doesn't take responsib

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we have full team coverage, starting with abc's terry moran on the scene in ukraine. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning,george. 272 of the 298 bodies have been recovered. they're in a nearby village. they'll leave the village today, but rebel authorities aren't telling us where they'll go. fighting is raging not far from here, complicating all the work at this site. this morning, international monitors, local machines still working on sunday, moving large pieces of the downed malaysian plane, removing more bodies from the wreckage. and, overnight, strong words from australia's prime minister. >> the russian-backed rebels, having those people in control of the site, is a little like leaving criminals in control of a crime scene. >> reporter: new video from local rebels recorded just after the crash. this man rummaging through a backpack. this weekend, local emergency workers carrying on the grim work of gathering bodies, turning them over to rebel authorities who are taking them by train. to a nearby village for storage. inside these refrigerated boxcars lie

so it hurts. >> terry moran, abc news, in the gaza strip. >> a rare political move, republicans in thent obama. accusing hem of overstepping his constitutional authority. the pro posed lawsuit focuses on the way the president implemented his health care overhaul. mr. obama and fellow democrats called the move a political stunt. ahead of the midterm elections. >> connecticut judge ordered prosecutors to preserve all evidence as kennedy skcousin awaits trial. he was freed from prison, a judge ruled he had inadequate legal counsel. he was accused of skilling martha moxley when they were 15. >> looking at the fatal crash of a small plane into the shopping center parking lot in san diego. the faa says the plane bounced practicing touch and go landings at nearby montgomery field. the plane clipped the roof of a store and crashed into the parking lot. two women on board. one killed. the other suffered minor injuries. two rescuers injured on the ground. meanwhile, on the east coast, another flight related tragedy. skydiving student man in his 20s killed. his instructor in critical condition. p

terry moran, abc news, ukraine. >>> a rocket landed dangerously close to the main airport. imsed a 24-hour ban on flights to israel but major u.s. and european airlines suspended flights to the country indefinitely. delta turning around one plane mid flight. the rocket was likely aiming for the airport but landed in a nearby neighborhood destroying a house. former mayor -- former new york mayor bloomberg, one of the wealthiest men in the world got on an el al flight and wanted to show solidarity with israel and show it is safe to fly in. >>> another big legal battle after two contradictory crueling issued one after another by federal appeals court can. another appeals court said those subsidies were legal. policy holders should expect no change in coverage while the legal fight is decided. >>> and police in new york are promising a full investigation after white flags appeared on the brooklyn bridge. here's abc's linzie davis. >> reporter: an eerie sight flying high above the brooklyn bridge, two white flags in place of the american flags typically above the towers. the abi

. >>> outrage, another civilian shelter hit in gaza as our terry moran takes us into the battle with israeli forces. >>> and limits of forgiveness. kelsey grammer, his murdered sister and the decision about the murderer tonight. >>> a good evening to you on this wednesday night. as we come on the air there's urgent new concern about the deadly ebola virus. tonight two american peace corps workers in africa are in quarantine, possib

we have full coverage tonight starting with abc's terry moran who's on the ground. >> reporter: good evening. tonight the crash site and the victims' bodies remain with the rebels here while the u.s. builds a damming case against them and against vladimir putin's russia. all day emergency workers carried on their grim work of gathering bodies but there's no investigation being done here for wounds or other potential evidence on or around the bodies, the bags just laid out along the roads and turned over to rebel authorities who are taking them to a nearby village for storage. inside these refrigerated boxcars lie the remains of nearly 200 of the dead of flight 17. for nearly three days they lay out in the sun at the crash site. their ultimate destination remains unknown and in dispute. they're in limbo. the crash site itself still unguarded. all the evidence still unexamined. 102 bodies still unaccounted for from the crash. abc news spoke exclusively with the rebels' prime minister who told kirit radia he's keeping out bodies until international experts arrive. but the u.s. governmen

terry moran is in ukraine with the latest. >> reporter: finally, after days of rebel obstruction andsionals showed up. a three-man forensics team from the netherlands, joined by international monitors. still surrounded by armed and masked rebels. but bringing a bit of order to the chaos here. the air crash investigators have just arrived at one of the major impact sites scattered through these fields. they're taking pictures, walking around. just getting a sense of what they can learn here. ahead, a daunting task. searching for signs of shrapnel or explosive residue or damage. scattered across a 13-mile site that's already been compromised. including rebels rummaging through the personal belongings of victims last week. earlier, the dutch team examining the bodies. 289 of the 298 onboard flight 17 now recovered, stored in refrigerated boxcars in a local village. that train left for the city of kharkiev, where the identification will take place. then, the victims will be sent home. a dutch mother, capturing the heartbreak of so many. >> when i'm in my bed at night, i see my son lying

abc's terry moran at the supreme court. >> reporter: a victory today at the supreme court for many deeply religious americans and for the corporations they own like hobby lobby, the arts-and-crafts store founded 44 years ago by the green family in oklahoma. >> our faith was very important in our starting this company. >> reporter: so when the affordable care act became law and required companies to provide contraceptives in their healthcare policies, the greens objected, not to all contraception but to those methods they believe end a human life. obamacare, hobby lobby claimed, restricted their religious liberty. but does a for-profit corporation have religious liberty? yes, the supreme court said today, in a 5-4 decision, at least those closely held corporations with just a few owners like hobby lobby. corporations are people, justice samuel alito wrote, and when rights are extended to corporations, the purpose is to protect the rights of these people. thousands of american businesses are closely held corporations like hobby lobby including in-n-out burger, chik-fil-a, and forever 21. ju

so that's where we start with abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran at the crash site in ukraine and the latest from investigators right now. >> reporter: finally after four days, the professionals showed up today. a three-man forensics team from the netherlands, joined by international monitors still surrounded by armed and masked rebels but bringing a bit of order to the chaos here. the air crash investigators have just arrived at one of the major impact sites scattered through these fields. they're taking pictures, walking around, just getting a sense of what they can learn here. ahead, a daunting task -- searching for signs of shrapnel or explosive residue or tell-tale damage, scattered across a 13-square-mile site that's already been compromised. including rebels rummaging through the personal belongings of victims last week. earlier, the dutch team examining the bodies, 289 of the 298 on board flight 17 now recovered, stored in refrigerated boxcars in a local village. tonight, the train left for the city of kharkiv, where the identifications will take place and then, finall

abc's terry moran is on the scene and said a few locals formed an unofficial perimeter around the wreckage but no professional aircraft investigators in charge. >> a few feet off the road, one of the wings came down in this field. it is outrageous we can get this close. this is evidence, completely unsecured. the ukrainian government accused the rebels of removing bodies from the crash site. a charge one of their leaders denied. >> bodies. >> officials say they have evidence the missile that brought down mh17 came from russia. so do the troops that fired it. >> it was russian. they were russian citizens. and they came from territory of russian federation together with the missile launcher. >> reporter: today secretary of state john kerry told russia, it needs to take immediate action to reduce tensions in ukraine, including telling pro-russia rebels to put down their weapons. karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> coming up, we will hear from families of the victims and the remarkable stories of survival from people who were supposed to be on that plane. >>> the annual aids walk san fran

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abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran is tracking all the breaking details. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, jon. what an extraordinary episode this was. another sign of the turmoil out of control across the middle east. libya is a nation driven by rival gangs. the fighting so fierce in recent days and weeks that the decision was made to evacuate the embassy. as chaos and fighting increased, in tripoli, ambassador deborah jones and her staffers were spirited out of the compound. nearly 150 people, about half of them marines. a convoy of armored suvs. a surveillance drone above. two f-16s flying nearby. at sea, a destroyer. ready to react. photos released by the pentagon show u.s. marines on board an osprey aircraft ready to land if the convoy came under attack. months ago, you could have mistaken the ambassador as a tourist. walking around the streets of libya, looking at the sights, talking to the citizens. but the violence in tripoli has escalated in the last few weeks, the deadliest since moammar gadhafi was overthrown in 2011. a few weeks ag

we have full team coverage beginning with abc's terry moran in kiev. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning. this morning, a team of international investigators is on their way to the crash site. their safe passage and their access to that debris field has supposedly been guaranteed by the rebels who control that territory. this is a race against time, aviation experts say, to preserve the credibility and the accuracy of any investigation. this morning in ukraine brought a clearer look at the ghastly scene, the charred remains of malaysia airlines flight 17 and the 298 souls on board. the wreckage scattered across ten miles of countryside in rebel-held eastern ukraine, and this the moment of impact, the huge boeing 777 slamming into the ground sending up plumes of smoke and those white streaks, pieces of the plane raining down. it was 4:20 p.m. local time. four hours earlier flight 17 took off from amsterdam bound for kuala lumpur in malaysia, carrying enough fuel for the 11 1/2-hour flight then traveling at 33,000 feet crossing over war-torn uk

terry moran is on the story. terry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this extraordinary episode, another sign these days the middle east is coming apart at the seams. since the fall of moammar gadhafi, libya has become a gigantic gang war. the violence so fierce and chaotic that the decision was made in tripoli and in washington, it was time to go. this morning, we're learning details about the dramatic and daring rescue of 150 americans at the u.s. embassy in tripoli. the evacuation forcing them to drive through the war-torn streets of libya. a heavy military presence on stand by in case they came under attack. teams of quick-reaction marines ready to swoop in. a convoy of armored suvs to protect at least 70 staff members including ambassador deborah jones. in the sky, two f-16 fighter jets and a drone. at sea, a u.s. destroyer. ready to provide assistance. their only way out, driving through high-risk streets filled with insurgents and heading north, along the african coast until arriving in tunisia. >> it seems to be more of a prophylactic measure t