commanders or the pilots of the 14th air force? >> i think it was the 14th air force. >> the pilots of which organization flew the hump first? who flew the hump first? do you know? flew first? >> it was a private airplane. in india, on the first of april, flew aanother young man .ouple of missions also jake was the last airplane out of rangoon. i think most of you heard that he flew out 71 passengers, and when they arrived, it was 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. [laughter] >> they carry fuel to china for the doolittle raiders. they ended up not needing it. >> what air force -- with the 14th or not? >> we will get back to it. >> what was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump? know. sorry, i don't i know it was very high. >> i think i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down. at one point, it was more dangerous to fly that and it was a round-trip to berlin and back out of england. not goplanes that would as high in the mountains in the world's worst weather with no good weather reporting stations, ver

state of the air force press briefing. and brigadier general mobilization assistant to the director of public affairs and i'm very privileged to introduce the honorable deborah lee james secretary of the air force and general mark welsh is chief of staff of the air force. let me give you the groundrules wrote that. what we are going to do today is secretary james and general welsh will have opening remarks and then we'll open it up for questions and answers. standard rules of engagement apply today so please state your name and affiliation when you are called on and then we will do one question and one follow-up and depending on how much time we have with us if we can get to other questions. if there are any questions we don't get answered today you are more than welcome to call the air force press desk so without any further ado secretary james over to you. >> thank you general and thanks for spending time this afternoon. i have now been on the job as the 23rd secretary of the air force for about seven months and during th

and the air force could do. and he said -- hap arnold did -- they wanted to get back into the big show, and he said -- he finally talked him into doing this by saying, "to hell with paperwork. get out there and fight." they did take him at his word. there's very little in the way of actual paperwork, which made researching this kind of a challenge. as i said, they were kind of young guys. they had all these planes. anything they wanted, they got. they not only got the planes, but anything else they wanted. some of you may have heard of the old paratrooper game designed for specifically paratroopers. they also demanded that each person in that unit be issued a .45 sidearm or .45 caliber thompson machine gun. the old jackets, they got too little pockets in front -- they do not hold much. they thought that they needed something with a lot of pockets because bad things can happen in the jungle, and if they go down, they would like some gear, so they put in a requisition for the paratrooper uniforms, the kind that loo

next >> update on progress for the coordination of air quality management sponsors raphael director and transportation programs and manager david birch of the principle environmental planner and research air quality management and presentation and discussion item. >> thanks monica director raphael if you know set it up for us. >> sorry i'm learning to press bottoms. i'm thrilled autonomy are you going to hear today from our own colleague bob hadden who runs the program for the department of the environment but in the bayer quality district if we are ever going to reduce green house gas emissions we're going to have to get people out of their cards it's going to take carrots you you understand what i mean >> and so as i was getting briefed on this i realized the program is at a crossroads but time to come before you and let you know what a goes on you're going to hear there was changed at the state a law passed at the state that engaged the air district that influenced our program it complicated and i thought it was you're aware of that it is going to change our program. >> bob. >> it's

for the air men, the ground war is remote. the only war you really understand is the air war. u can see a pattern to it. lots of the country never been touched. little towns that walked the ridges, like tightrope artists to keep from falling off. this one didn't matter. when something did matter, that was another story. this is how we changed the face of italy from the air. they boasted italian trains ran on time. not these. this is what we did to the face of italy. there's a story behind why we did it and how we did it. the story starts on an island 60 miles off italy's coast. the island of corsica. >> corsica, rugged, primitive, mountainous, malaria. here, they still remember a local boy who put corsica on the map. 150 years ago. this island part of france is liberated by the french in september '43. but you can still find a few germans left by the wayside where they fell in the shadow of our air drones. alto air base. sunday morning. here, sunday is like monday, and monday is like every other day in the week. a working day. the engines wake you at dawn. in your sack, you can

i am now at my father's house. >> we hear the firing in the air. the war is having a huge psychological impact on everyone, the old and the young, the fear of the people being trapped and no way out. >> funerals for friends and family now daily occurrence in gaza and a funeral for three of the children on friday and the home hit by a tank shelling and the gaza health minister is saying a fifth of the palestinians killeded are children. they need $66 million by tomorrow or else it is running out of emergency supplies. we have more from gaza city. >> the condition for the citizens of gaza becoming desperate. they have appealed for $66 million if water, food, blankets. the focus is right behind me, that is the northeast corner of the gaza strip and a lot of the rockets have been flying. the israeli army focussed the air strikes in that area and now that the ground operation is the second day focussing tank shelling in those areas. and that is why so many are fleeing and coming to gaza city and they need water, food, shelter for all of the people fleein

the who says new delhi has the worse'world's most polluted air quality but the indian government flatlythese findings. >> reporter: growing fresh air, that's what this business is new delhi is trying to do. these plants purify the air that's pumped through the czech it'complex, it's an innovate he have solution that he swears by. >> for the people running the building, it's actually bottom line in reducing the amount of money which you spent on energy bills. so it's a win-win. >> reporter: the world health organization says new delhi's air is full of highly toxic particles. the agency warns that millions of people are at risk of developing cancer, heart disease, or suffering a stroke. >> w.h.o. is periodically releasing data over the years when with he see no improvement, an increased number of deaths that can be a trib at the time tattributed to airpollution. >> reporter: to monitor how polluted the air in new delhi is the government has set up stations like this one across the city. real time data generated by these machines 24 hours a day is used to predict trends and forecast the ai

we will have a "spare the air" because of the lack of wind. around the bay, 64 at 7:00, and upper 80's at 4:00 and mid-70's so it will be comfortable this evening. inland, hazy and 65 and hot and 90 by noon and nearing 100 at 4:00 and in the upper 80's during the evening activities. so warm there. at the coast we have clouds along the peninsula and total sunshine by noon and mid-70's this afternoon. be safe. >> good morning, everyone, starting off at 6:01 we have a sig-alert and i will get to that in the next report. it is a big problem and it is causing major delays. if you are headed westbound along 92 you will find a disabled vehicle involved if a hit-and-run accident involved with one lane. the suspect is actually on the run and they have a gun and ran into a hotel. at the san mateo bridge you can see how much traffic it is causing as you make it across the water from hayward to foster city. it will take you at least 15 minutes to cross over so take the nimitz, it is clear, and the dumbarton to the peninsula is better. >> san jose police a

as far as what will happen with "spare the air" the poorest air quality is in to the santa clara valley but all of us are under the pair spare alert. if you can avoid driving, we would appreciate it. 56 to 94 and sunny through 7:00. sunshine elsewhere. 68 at the coast and 90 inland. at 4:00, 74 to 989 -- 98. 7:00 it will be 66 to 88. >>> we thought the accident was cleared and now it has turned into a sig-alert because the crash caused quite a mess and they need to bring a sweeper train but the battery died. they have called a sig-alert. eastbound 80 at travis boulevard, the traffic is quiet and it is early. until they get a new battery or sweeper they will open up the car pool lanes so both can travel. northbound highway 101 through san jose we have one car crash in the center divider and now it is blocking one lane, the car pool lane. southbound traffic is not a problem. here is a look at the golden gate bridge where traffic is light with a few extra cars into san francisco but other than that we are accident free. >>> thank you. ladies making millions by short chipping you in america

of the original air commandos who talk about their experiences during the war. this hour long event was hosted by the kansas city public library. >> let me tell you what to expect tonight. i'm going to talk to you a little bit about this little known organization known as the first air commando group. going to show you photos. i'll give you a condensed version of how they came to be, what they did, and at this time i might read a few excerpts from that book, just enough to give you the flavor of this rather unusual bunch of young american warriors, then i'm going to ask three of these veterans to join me on the stage and i'll introduce them at that time. i'm going to ask them a few questions to jump start the conversation. and at some point i'm going to turn it over to you all and let you have a conversation with these pretty incredible guys. this book project nine is the result of a lot of research from all over the country, and i won't go into that. i was lucky enough to be able to interview several of those veterans. pretty remarkable bunch. they were started

for the air men, the ground war is remote. the only war you really understand is the air war. een touched. little towns that walked the ridges, like tightrope artists to keep from falling off. this one didn't matter. when something did matter, that was another story. this is how we changed the face of italy from the air. they boasted italian trains ran on time. not these. this is what we did to the face of italy. there's a story behind why we did it and how we did it. the story starts on an island 60 miles off italy's coast. the island of corsica. >> corsica, rugged, primitive, mountainous, malaria. here, they still remember a local boy who put corsica on the map. 150 years ago. this island part of france is liberated by the french in september '43. but you can still find a few germans left by the wayside where they fell in the shadow of our air drones. alto air base. sunday morning. here, sunday is like monday, and monday is like every other day in the week. a working day. the engines wake you at dawn. in your sack, you can hear the crew chiefs pre-flighting their planes. gett

i will interview the chief of the air forcen the world's oldest independent air force and a look at how u.k. firms exported $22 billion worth of defense and sesecurity products last year. britain has one of the world's most capable and globally deployed military's. it has invested in the joint strike fighter and typhoon, new transport and tanker planes as well as sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft after years of austerity, prime nister david cameron added 1.1 billion pounds to the defense budget to improve special operations forces and also intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance systems. the star of the show was in danger of missing its long-awaited international debut. all 100 were grounded after a june 23 fire thahat has penetrae to turbine blades rubbing against the engine casing. the pentagon has lted a grounding opening the door for the planes to make it to farnborough for demonstrations. we met with britain's minister for support and technology who oversees the $25 bilillion a yer budget that includes the jfs. i asked whher the engine fire had undermined his confidenc

the air bag deployed or not, eligible. file the claim, and we'll work with the claimant in that regard. >> so let me make sure i understand. if the air bag did not deploy, you are eligible if you are in one of the cars on the list? >> exactly. >> regardless of the seat belt. >> exactly. >> okay. so the -- the total decision here is what car it is, and whether or not the air bags deployed. >> and/or whether the seat belts deployed. it is the same issue. if the seat belts deployed, the power is on -- >> i'm confused about the seat belt deployed. are you talking about whether the seat belt is on? would you explain for the record, miss biros? >> it is not the see belts per se, it is the pretensioners which are electrically controlled. if they were operational, it is unlikely that the cause of the accident was the ignition switch. >> so what you're saying is if the pretensioners are working, that is an indication that there was not a shutdown of the electrical system, or the power system, that would have prevented the air bags f

that's the international air transport association. t as we mentioned, the faa issued its own notice to airmen back in april, suggesting that u.s. airlines avoid flying over that route. we discussed earlier that it's likely we will see international carriers announcing that they are going to be avoiding the airspace. and in fact, over the course of the past two hours, the list is growing rather quickly. it includes lufthansa, another airliner in russia, and they are coming in as we speak, more and more airliners. british airways says it does not traverse ukraine, but it does fly into kiev once a day. and it says that that is under review. i found this interesting. according to the head of the ukrainian airspace regulatory authority, he says that the malaysian airliner was flying normally without problems until it disappeared from radar. i'm not sure how he would know that unless he's just simply looking at the trajectory on the radar, but he says the airliner was not having any difficulties before it disappeared. and we did also hear fr

people said it exploded in the air. everything rained down in bits and pieces, the people inside and the plane, itself. >> reporter: president obama was reached by president putin and pledged his support. >> i directed my national security team to stay in close contact with the ukrainian government. the united states will offer any assistance we can to try to help determine what happened and why. >> a u.s. official confirming to cnn the plane was brought down by a surface-to-air missile. exactly who fired that is unknown. the prime minister quickly blamed separatists. we do not call it an incident orcas that toef, he said, but a trifrt action. there were planes flying over parts of the ukraine. the faa band all flights in april because of the ongoing connext. no such bans existed for this part of eastern ukraine. >> anderson cooper reporting will. the white house is calling for an immediate cease-fire in ukraine to insure a safe and complete investigation of the crash site and recover sadly and tragically in this case th

it is a "spare the air" day. the air quality unhealthy into the santa clara valley.tures though if you like the heat, you will love it, 102 in sacramento, 104 fresno, 99 in yosemite. around the bay today, these numbers soaring into the 90s in the south bay. 70s along the coastline. should be just a gorgeous day out at the beach. 90s and triple digits in the valleys. then inside the bay as high as 88 in oakland. 85 in alameda. 95 in novato. looks like the next couple of days we are goings to that heat continuing through the weekend. those temperatures are going to soar. triple digits right through monday then slowly cooling off toward the middle of next week. that's the latest forecast, guys. back to you. >> all right, lawrence. thanks so much. >>> time now 6:52. an 80-year-old man shoots an intruder who attacked him in his california home. now he could be facing prison time. we'll explain coming up. >> reporter: police say a professor hid a camera in his bathroom and recorded students doing their business. we'll tell you why police think there might be more victims o

, that dries the air, dries the fuel, creates high fire danger. ets us up with air quality issues. puts a cap on the commutes. 93 concord. 94 antioch. windy conditions not as windy, 23 miles per hour novato. san francisco airport, 23 miles per hour. winds work their way northeast tonight and tomorrow. gilroy, the garlic festival, how long has it been going on? >> a number of years. since i could remember. >> i will check. 100 degrees. hot all weekend in gilroy. hottest day will be friday. minor cooling for the weekend but still hot. tomorrow 101. 102. saturday and sunday 98 and 99. still hot. we get this pattern and it will be a nice one. 101 fairfield. 102 vacaville. 100 walnut creek. 101 perezenten. it will be -- pleasantle. it will be ease -- pleasanton. it will be easy to get a spare the air day. 95 san jose. the concrete heats up. it feels hotter. this 101 tomorrow in antioch will feel like 105. that is how that works. you knew that. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view the heat is on. we did our fire story today. i mention

force base one from the dutch air force one from the australian air force they're operating in unison and what they're calling a air bridge mission where they're to make sure that enough to put meant and investigators get into ukraine and to make sure that all of the bodies of those who died on malaysian airlines flight seventy four here to the netherlands what we did see though is just before the the coffin started to be unloaded the bugler played the last post on the bugle followed by a minute's silence that as you would imagine was impeccably observateur now it's understood from talking to airport officials here that around one thousand relatives of those who died that flights are in attendance also in attendance dignitaries from from the australian government the australian ambassador to the netherlands is here also king william alexander of the netherlands and queen and queen and also as well the dutch prime minister mark once these those bodies are unloaded they're going into funeral cars and being driven to a military base near to the city

. >> she's on the air here with mojo in the morning. >> the danger behind a dare. >>> a dog terrifiedy fireworks hides from rescuers. >> they are trying to get the dog to be unfreeway. >> see what coaxed her out. >>> a trick for your holiday barbecue. the step-by-step secret to shotgunning a beer. >> you want to go as fast as you can. >> that's not always a good thing, ever. >> in this event, yes. >>> this kayaker is in a terrible accident in the french alps, gots booted out of the boat, and now he's a swimmer. he has nothing to grab on to. you can hear him. can't grab on a wall, too fast. how do you get out of the situation? the more you swim, you are getting more and more exhausted. jam the paddle and get stuck? he's looking for a place to eddy out or the river has a break in the current where he can get off to the side to take a breath. right here, finds a little bit of an eddy, but he's getting beaten against the wall. what he's trying to do is clammor left where there's protection from the water. he's unable to get there. >> oh, he's going under. >> yeah, every few seconds, he's

apparently by the surface-to-air missile. the president of the united states speaking just a short time ago, saying at least one american was killed. quinn lucas schwan'sman, a dutch-american national. >> this was a global tragedy. an asian airliner was destroyed in european skies filled with citizens from many countries. so there has to be a credible international investigation into what happened. the u.n. security council has endorsed this investigation and we will hold all its members, including russia, to their word. >> president obama today very, very careful with his words. still no one is taking responsibility, but the u.s. now believes it may have been pro-russian rebels and the evidence against them is growing. cnn has obtained this video, which according to ukraine's interior ministry shows this buk launcher responsible for shooting down the malaysian jetliner and we have highlighted it for you. so it's just rumbling through the streets. the missile off this thing about the size of a phone pole. ukrainian officials c

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the assistant secretary of the air force. dr. morin was appointed to his current position in june 2009, as controller and chief financial officer, dr. morin is the principal advisor to the secretary of the chief of staff on all financial matters. he's responsible for providing financial management necessary for the effective and efficient use of air force resources. we thank you all for being here today. we thank you for your preparation, for your testimony, and for your willingness to respond to our questions. i have one other favor to ask all of you. i want you to take this to heart. i read through your statements. and it was replete with acronyms. i don't like acronyms. gao is fine. dod is fine. fbi is fine. epa is fine. sba, which shows up repeatedly, small business administration. ada shows up repeatedly, americans for disability act. and i don't want you to use acronyms. if it's something that's common, we see it all the time, that's fine. otherwise, i'll stop you every time you do it. i don't want you to use acronyms. use t

aloft higher up and the sun heats the earth and you get the rising air parcel and that causes the clouds to bubble up. and once the sunsets, the clouds are dissipating and they don't have much moisture to start showers, we have low pressure over canada and a big dip in the jet stream and not alone in the cool air, the low pressure is not going anywhere, but it will weaken and what this will do is allow the jet stream to move farther to the north and bring cooler temperatures for july and august and that creates instability. and that looks like better chance fz showers and thunderstorms as we head to the weekend. down the shore looking good tom, a mixture of sun and clouds and comfortably cool and 76 by 3:00, a temperature of 81, the call from accuweather, the clouds are just falling apart and a fall chill overnight low, 53 in the lehigh valley, and 62 degrees for center city, and you may want to consider a light jacket or sweater early tomorrow morning. as we time out the day, we'll see more sunshine throughout the day and again increasing clouds in the afternoon and 66 by 11:00 a

the russian interfax news agency is reporting. malaysian an air lines said it lost contact with the plane. it was last seen 80 kilometers west of the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk. christine is at the united states for us. she has been speaking to ukrainian officials about the crash. what more are they telling you. >> the security council has been meeting on libya. and we're trying to get reaction from other ambassadors. we know the russian ambassador left early and alerted media that we were waiting outside to question him about this crash. this plane went down in an area where fighting is happening, they say. the plane was shot down wednesday another was shot down. and they have blamed russia for being blamed for these attacks. whether it is coming from the russian side of the border, or the ukrainian side of the border they can't say for sure, but this is their belief. now russia has denied any involvement in the shooting down of ukrainian military planes. the russian ambassador himself told me we didn't do it. but they have not reacted fro

so, what does the interact mean for air travel across the globe? "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson joins us now in the cbs-3 sat center more on that, me? >> erika, already impacting international travel. keep in mind, before yesterday, this was a very common flight round. now, it is being avoided, so that's already a translation in lots of dollars, even bigger impact is expected to be on international pollutants. >> so grow test, almost not believable. >> confirmed, a boeing 777 passenger plane caring 298 people shot down by a surface to air missile. no one survived. >> the shoot-down a non-combat and the unbelievable. >> arthur wolk says the plane traveling from amster dan to qual a lumpur was on well traveled international route used frequently even during the recent conflict between ukraine and pro russian separatists. woke says warnings flying over the war zone, but to this point, they've been ignored. >> to me, it makes no sense, deliberately fly over war zone. >> the focus now is on who fired. >> you have got three suspect, the ukrai

was the ukrainian military it was the bottom of the. air defense forces. or certainly. what we know about the professional training of the ukraine army in general we know it to be very very poor. i guess if it was instead of using the word about it look at career officers being just used conscripts. their equipment. the opinion of aviation expert and it was eerie kalash that we're hearing from. and just to recap he basically was saying that this is a reliable plane so it is a professional opinion it's going to take in something an external factor here something untoward to have brought that to the ground in his experience and as well as you know the people are going to be drawing parallels with what happened on the eighth of march as well incredibly so malaysian airlines plane went missing this is a malaysian airlines plane as well there's going to be all types of coming out. to tell you what let's go to who as i keep saying has been following this story we're getting information she's getting information can you keep us going to stop the what's coming in because even at

monday russia's defense ministry has said also that they have proof that there was another clean in the air next to the malaysian airlines flight before it was shot down they believe this plane resembled a ukrainian military jets and they have been demanding comments or an explanation from kiev and kiev of course thus far has denied this we also do know that russia's defense ministry has also said that they have images of ukrainian missile systems within the zone of the crash. well the u.s. maintains that russia is responsible for creating the conditions for the crash by training and arming the anti-government forces in eastern ukraine washington admits that the opinion is partly based on social media posts america's failure to show the hard evidence is up for discussion in today's cross-talk. america extraordinarily good signal intelligence they are spying on the entire world they know what you and i had for breakfast today it it defies belief to imagine that they didn't have spy satellites over the place with the events occurred that they did not have over the horizon radar watching what

chief marshall, the air commander in chief, said go. eisenhower stood up and began walking the war room's blue rug back and forth. it was now up to him, only he could make the decision. he kept pacing, hands clasped behind his back, chin on his chest and he stopped. the tension left his face. he looked up at his commanders and said, well, this is where history draws a blank. what did ike say western he launched the d-day invasion? and why is there no single memorable quote?b!ímnd!ñ well, the eyewitnesses offer answers but little help. of the 11 to 14 men who attended the final decision meeting, and that number as we'll see is in dispute, only four men decides -- besides eisenhower report what they believe were the supreme commanders words. the accounts of three of the men appeared in their memoirs. lieutenant smith probably spent as much time with him as anyone during the war, reported well, we'll go. in his memoir eisenhower's decisions, general montgomery's chief of staff reported we will sail tomorrow, in operation victory, published

. >> we are behind the offices of the united way of buck county. this is where their air conditioner used to be, clearly it is gone and this is one of the thefts that police are investigating. >> i thought it was terrible. especially for the united way, they give things away to people and all. >> that is the reaction for falls town residents after learning that thieves stole an air conditioning unit from the offices of the bucks county unite the way. >> the staff came in and the breakers were blown in the building and they started to investigate what the problems were and the air conditioning unit was totally gone. even with insurance, the air conditioner will cost $3,000 to replace. it's not the first place that the united way has been targeted. twice in less than two years, thiefs have broken into this storage shed where they keep donations from retailers that are pleasant to help the county's needy. >> we had individuals come and break the doors off the shed and then came back a second time and use the bolt cutters and took off the locks and chain. >> they cut off this

. >>> and the air strikes continue. an office building of a media organization among the targets. >>> hello, this is al jazeera. our other main news stories - what brought down malaysian airlines flight 17 - ukraine's government and russian separatists blame each other. >>> relatives wait for news. the plane carried nearly 300. international leaders want answers, as pro-russian separatists seek access to the crash site. >>> we are covering two major news stories - the crash much malaysia airlines flight mm-hmm 17 in eastern ukraine. first, gaza, where israel launched a ground offensive. after 11 days of air strikes and shelling, israel's prime minister ordered the army to move in to palestinian territory. these are live pictures from israel looking into gaza. hamas, which runs the territory condemns the invasion. 259 palestinians died since the violence began. it's nearly 10 days ago. 19 died overnight in the latest phase of the operation. a hospital in eastern gaza had to be evacuated because of intense bombing. we have

executive director the national association of clean air agency's under the 16 local air pollution-control agencies across the country member agencies with the altar of responsibilities to a draft, signed, and submit the state plans under epa clean power plant proposed rules. i am pleased to have the opportunity to testify this morning and to provide initial reactions and does not reflect the views that began its efforts to develop their will and conduct its own early average. in response our association developed a set of section 111 the principles and some better than to the agency. the recognize the extensive levels of the epa staff effort that went into developing the proposed clean powerplant. the proposal does not offer everything for everyone. much of what the recommended. i l.a. features that are consistent with the principles. in terms of process that deserve credit for its outreach effort which was truly unprecedented in duration and scope. the agency sought input from many groups especially state and local air pollution control agencies. it was inclusive of key interest and expe

this is the surface -to-air missile the sa-11. it has the ability to take out a plane at 45,000 feet. it can launch missiles at four different targets. two questions for you. did it appear to you that the rebels knew how to use this weapon, and how did they get this weapon? >> okay, these are very important questions, and they go to proving that it could have been the separatists or the rebels. first of all if you're looking at the picture you'll see what looks like a gum drop on the front of the missile system. that's for the acquisition radar, the shorter range radar. that communicates between the missile and the launcher, and it tracks the aircraft but it doesn't give you the minutes and minutes of advanced warning that a surveillance radar would have. also, when you're looking at this picture, this is just the launcher and it does not include the command vehicle and the other radar xoecomponents so ju the system by itself, although it's capable and highly technical, is not as capable as it would be in a complete system, and it

that would indicate an aircraft that came apart in the air. at least 100 bodies have been seen by rescue workers apparently many of them quite distant from the crash site where you see that smoke rising in these early pictures that we have received. and that again, would be an indication of an aircraft that came apart in the air. malaysian flight 17 was apparently at 33,000 feet when as best we can tell from the early reports it was struck by an antiaircraft missile and fell into the region of ukraine, which has been fighting the ukrainian government in the capital kiev for the right to secede from ukraine and join the russian federation. this has been a conflict that we have been reporting on for many months now. a number of military aircraft helicopters, fighter planes cargo planes have been shot down fairly routinely over the last few months. but, of course this is a very different situation that we have today. malaysia flight 17 flying over ukraine, roughly halfway on its journey from the netherlands to kuala lumpur in malaysia a boeing 777

one of the deadliest air disasters ever. >> shot down, not an accident.

his car flips over and launches him 25 feet in the air, landing him precariously on this wire fence. >> the start of the accident was very common. the end of the accident was very, very shocking. >> photographer mike truex has been shooting racing from his perch up on the scoreboard for more than 15 years. passionate about the sport, mike has intimate knowledge about the racing experience. >> 80 miles an hour around the top of the racetrack, mud flying, driver's arms flailing. it's insane. >> and if sprint car racing is insane from mike's vantage point, imagine how insane it is to drive. >> just think of the scariest thing you've ever done ever in your life, holding on for dear life, and it almost takes somebody a little crazy to do these, to drive these things. >> number 4 driver tony jones has sprint car racing in his blood. his father was also a driver, and during the course of his 16 years of professional racing, tony's had his share of crashes. >> one of my worst crashes, the car is a little too tight, you know, flipped pretty good, hit the cage on the ground, and next thing you

space the route passed through. and international airrtation -- >> ukraine authorsed flights above 32,000 feet, an altitude that was considered safe. nonetheless, some airlines did avoid the area. unless the air space is restricted, it's their call whether to fly through. carriers like british airways and air france flew around the conflict zone altogether. reuters reports so did qantas, air berlin, asianna airlines, korean airlines and taiwan's china airlines. carriers like malaysian airlines flew directly over the war zone. >> you can't simply take every air space that might have a problem and say we're not going to fly there because, as i say, the global scope of that would be enormous. >> late this week, the dangers of the air space now abundantly clear. those aviation authorities took action. the aviation arms of the u.n. and europe recommending that airlines avoid the air space. and the u.s. and ukraine prohibiting flights there. but for flight 17, it's too late. renee marsh, cnn, washington. >> malaysia airlines have just announce

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i was captured during the first punch air offensive. it was followed by the second offensive when soviet troops and pro-government forces attempted to bring the puncher valley on the control. that's the plane and then called his field commanders from all the provinces and told them to bring their prisoners to punch air. there were six of them but if and i was number seven. i was relieved to see some fellow russians. it was good not to be alone because we didn't know what was going to happen next told the prisoners why a translator the war is about to start i decided to set you free you can go wherever you like to the us iran pakistan switzerland or elsewhere it's your free now everyone was happy. he just wanted to say you're free. they sent everyone to pakistan first and then to other countries. so all of us prisoners got together there were russians turkmen and uzbeks. but we didn't trust each other we never revealed our real background or one guy told me his name was son and that he was from ukraine but that wasn't true and when you kn

. >> from his point in the air, greg sees the yacht is in real trouble. the front sail is in shreds and the engine has failed leaving the skipper unable to maneuver. then things get worse. a monster wave smashes into the boat destroying the mast and throwing malcolm overboat into churning white water. >> it just enveloped the whole craft. we thought then that was the end. >> as the men in the news chopper watch helplessly, malcolm manages to scramble back on board. the situation looks dire. but then the coast guard appears. >> we thought thank god, they've arrived. now we'll be able to get this guy out of this predicament. but it became obvious quickly they had their own problems. >> once western out there, the waves were bigger than the boats. >> collin ward is one of the two-man coast guard rescue crew. they also have a hard time pinpointing the yacht's location. >> in those days there was no radar, there was no gps. we located the vessel mainly by the helicopter above it. it was complete white water everywhere. so we never physically saw the boat until

it's the mainstay of the air traffic control system that we have. the radar signature that comes off a sleek, small fighter jet is very different. it may not be that someone operating a mobile missile platform will know that difference. an experienced operator would know that a plane at 33,000 feet, that is not diverting its path and moving along an airline will not be a military plane. if all else fails. all aircraft monitors. 125 megahertz, the emergency frequency, and can be hailed on that frequency by anyone on the ground. that's how they get in touch. there are many ways to tell the difference and confirm though radio communication, if they needed to. it didn't happen ep. >> sounds like human error is the most likely matter. >> it does seem to be the case. the missile platform is networked together in a big group of these individual units, and can be fired as a single missile unit. you can turn on an autodetection and targetting system that almost takes humans out of the group. it acquires targets. the human is a veto in that case. this is a tre

on the ground the israeli air strikes continue to hit northern gaza. raeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu not saying when the offensive will end, only saying he will do what is necessary to stop hamas. now there are calls on both sides for a cease fire. >> nobody can see what useful purpose will come out from the continuation of the present exchange of fire. i think there is either an open or a hidden wish to arrive to an immediate cease fire. >> we want to see an immediate cessation of this assault, of this aggression of this military assault against the palestinian people but we also want to see that israel is held to account. >> in the meantime life in gaza is anything but that. not life at all. nick schifrin has the story on people searching for safety. >> the children don't come here to study. they come here to live. more than 15,000 people from rural north gaza but here to gaza city to escape the bombardment. this was their neighborhood last night. israeli bombs light the sky. israel warned all residents to leave. they feel they had no choice.

now from some of the artillery fire and the air strikes. we're looking to the north. fires growling in the distance, coming back around. so, more explosions. so, really, from day one, the tunnels have been the objective, and the question was, did the idf, the israeli air force, do enough with the air strikes? and the answer was, probably not. now, so then, that raised the specter of a ground assault, a ground offensive, and now that is what we're seeing as we go into the 11th day on the ground near gaza. you can see the red light there, the -- obviously that's probably something burning in the distance there to the north, the smoke. coming from that constant shelling, the barrage of artillery fire on locations there. flares go up. they go back down. fire commences. we saw those flares very close to us, around the corner to the right of the camera, right up the road, shepard. maybe a couple hundred yards. haven't heard anything yet. but you know that israel is taking -- the israeli military is taking a hard look at something over there, and again, this area, as we have

clara valley so it is a "spare the air" day. nonetheless, serious heat in the central valley, 102 sacramento, 104 fresno. 75 and sunny into monterey bay. and about 99 in yosemite. around our bay 98 in morgan hill. 94 in san jose. 94 in redwood city. 74 in half moon bay. about 100 in livermore. 101 in brentwood. and about 98 degrees in walnut creek. inside the bay, you're looking at 80s and then toward the coastline, some 70s into daly city. next couple of days, going to stay very hot, in fact probably about the next five to seven days temperatures running well above average especially inland. then cooling off as we head in toward the latter part of next week. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. we have a problem now in fairfield. it sounds like two lanes are blocked approaching travis boulevard because of a cement spill. it was from a dump truck. you can see lanes are not really slow. 62 miles per hour. this is a live drive time sensor. two lanes are closed eastbound 80. that ramp closure continues in t

the original air space included crimea and the black sea. nontheless, we were seeing it since only 100 flights were going in this area. since the downing, faa expanded the restricted zone. take a look during the actual incident. many planes were flying in that air space. 21 planes. it was not the only plane there. of course, since the downing of the plane, things drastically changed. two hours after, only six airlines in that region. a lot of things are changing and evolving. it was not restricted at the time. >> it is now. it will affect how people look at conflicts in the future and commercial aviation over them. thanks so much for that interesting look. >>> we are going to follow the latest on who shot down malaysian flight 17. there are many, many developments. breaking news in gaza. israel launching a ground assault. thousands warned to evacuate. the tanks and crew have moved in. we are live in gaza with the latest on this breaking story, next. >>> welcome back. breaking news right now. the shooting down of malaysia airlines flight 17 o

you cannot destroy the tunnels from the air or sea. have to put boots on the ground, if you will. israelis mobilized about 50,000 reservists. they say there is no desire on the part of israel to reoccupy gaza. a strip of land of 2 million people. israel withdrew from gaza in 2005, no desire to reoccupy gaza but want to cripple hamas. >> wolf blitzer reporting from jerusalem. stay safe and thank you. >>> the u.s. is standing behind israel in the conflict, but as the two sides continue to battle, is military action really the answer here? plus, politicians from both sides of the aisle here in the u.s. are rallying for israel. genuine or part of a political campaign? you fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance.uld save yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold 'em. ♪ know when to walk away. ♪ know when to run. ♪ you never count your money, ♪ when you're sitting at the ta...♪ what? you get it? i get the gist, ye