if you are joining us now, this is the latest on the crash of malaysia air 17. it went down 25 miles from the russian border earlier today. that plane was carrying 295 people, 280 passengers and 15 crew members traveling from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. ukrainian officials say the plane was shot down and president petro poroshenko called the crash an act of terrorism. an adviser to the interior minister says a soviet air launcher hit the plane. both the ukrainian government and pro-russian separatists are denying responsibility for the downed jet. wreckage from the plane has been found near a rebel-held town bolstering the theory that the fuselage broke apart before landing and scattered debris around a very wide area. before the crash he saw a white trail of smoke rising from the ground and seconds later he heard an explosion. today's crash is the second tragedy this year for malaysian airlines and follows the