Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. This is our Western Addition of the broadcast. Its a crash site and its a crime scene but what the area of Eastern Ukraine where the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 lies is not is it the location of an active investigation. Two days after the jet with 298 aboard was shoot out of the sky, row after row of body bags lie in fields. Russiansupported rebels control the area and they are not giving International Investigators complete access. Pressure is mounting on russian leader Vladimir Putin to help make that happen with american and ukrainian intelligence pointing to the rebels as the ones who fired the missile that brought the plane down. The Prime Minister of the netherlands in what he describes as an intense phone call reports telling russian president putin the rebels are his responsibility. We have a team of correspondents covering the story. We begin with Mark Phillips in Eastern Ukraine. Reporter to tragedy indignity has now been added oere. Workers have finally begun to retrieve some of the bodies of the victims of this crash but only some. Most of the 298 people whose remains are scattered across these fields still lie exposed under the summer sun. Temperatures today were in the 80s. No refrigerated trucks have arrived so far. The bodies have begun to decompose. The selfproclaimed donetsk peoples republic, which controls the site has said it will cooperate with an International Investigation into the crash, but that promise does not seem to have gotten through to their men on the ground. For the second day in a row, an advanced party from the o. S. C. E. , the European Security body thats supposed to run the investigation, was denied access. Local commanders allowed only a brief, restricted visit under close supervision, and the o. S. C. E. s Alexander Hug was not happy. Reporter two days after the crash, no search for clues about how this plane came down has begun. This is exactly the sort of thing that a crash investigating team would be looking at. This is the tail section of the e ane, this would have been upright, the rudder part. The leading edge of it seemed to show deep, penetrating holes, seemed to indicate some sort of perhaps shrapnel, exactly the kind of thing youd see in an explosion and exactly the sort of thing the investigators would want to be looking at by now. When will the inspectors come . Will they be here tomorrow, i asked the local commander . Maybe, he says. And theres still the mystery of the planes data recorders, the black box so crucial to any crash investigation. Contrary to earlier reports, the rebels now say they dont have them. In this case, though, the evidence on the ground, the evidence that is not being inspected, jim, may be more critical. Axelrod Mark Phillips covering for us in Eastern Ukraine. Mark, thank you. So how does the crash investigation proceed if the wbels are tampering with the evidence on the ground . Lets bring in our Senior National security analyst juan zarate in washington. Juan, how strong is u. S. Intelligence on all this and do they need physical evidence to back up what theyve seen on satellites . U. S. And International Authorities want access to that site, jim. They want Forensic Experts to get in to help understand what happened to the plane. They want data from the ground. But its not the only source of information that u. S. Intelligence will have. Theyll have information from satellite and radar imagery. Theyll have intercepts and other intelligence, and theyll have other sources of information from foreign counterparts. They want to put together a complete picture to not only understand what happened but who is responsible. Axelrod so at this point, what is the intelligence suggesting about the biggest question, that of direct russian involvement in all of this . Well, the information is strongly suggesting that russia had some degree of involvement. Clearly, theyve been arming the russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine. This missile came from russian separatistcontrolled territory, and the system seems to have been a russianmade surfaceto air missile system. So at a minimum russia has been arming, enabling and training these forces to shoot down aircraft. Axelrod juan, thank you. Thank you, jim. Reporter british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron said today if it is proven separatists were behind the downing of flight 17, russias destabilization of ukraine is to blame. When the dutch Prime Minister expressed his anger and dismay to Vladimir Putin during that phone call today, he was speaking for his entire country. Elizabeth palmer has been watching the outpouring of grief in a town outside of amsterdam. Reporter the book of remembrance in st. Vitus church is filling up fast. Practically everyone knows someone in the small town of hilversum who died in the crash, 12 in all. Take the peewee soccer league. It lost a key family. 12yearold verter, a player, his sister and mother, and his dad, who ran the teams web site. Ricardo metz is a league referee. We are devastated. We are broken. Reporter along with the shock and the grief, there is a great anger in the netherlands. And a growing consensus on who is responsible. Just look at the front page of one of the Main National newspapers, a photograph of the prorussian rebels in ukraine, and one word across the top murderers. The government isnt goings that far, but it has sent its foreign minister to kiev demanding answers. We want to know who did this and we want the proof to be there. Not just the people who pulled the trigger. Also the people who made this possible. Reporter in other words, he means russia. Until now, an ally of the netherlands. Hilversums mayor is pieter broertjes. We have a very strong relationship with putin. Reporter and you have big trade links. Thats correct. Reporter those trade links undermine the netherlands leverage to force russia to cooperate in a credible investigation. Do you think theyre going to do it . No. Reporter right now the dutch want one thing above all for russia to use its influence and bring the bodies home. The main european powers are facing an unpleasant truth, jim. If they really lean hard on russia to get to the bottom of this plane crash, they are going to have to sacrifice crucial commercial and diplomatic ties. Axelrod Elizabeth Palmer in mark strassman, thank you. Lets go now to Clarissa Ward in moscow. Clarissa as the pressure continues to build on the russians, what kind of response are you seeing . Reporter well, jim, clearly this is potentially a nightmare scenario for the kremlin if these rebels who they have been supporting and extolling as Freedom Fighters are proven to be responsible for this terrible tragedy, and so perhaps because of that the response were seeing from the russian leadership has been muted and extremely cautious. Theyve called repeatedly for an international, impartial igvestigation. Theyve said that they would support and cooperate with that investigation, but what we dont know yet is whether theyre exerting any influence, which they have a lot of on the rebels, to try to get these rebels to open up and give the investigators unfettered access to the site. Axelrod clarissa, how is the Russian Media reporting this story . What are the russian people being told happened . Reporter well, news channels here are trying to poke holes in the ukrainian governments narrative. Theyre saying that the rebels have allowed investigators open access to the site, that theyre behaving professionally, and theyve also even suggested that Ukrainian Military may be responsible for downing the plane. Axelrod Clarissa Ward in moscow. Clarissa, thank you. For the second time in four months, Malaysia Airlines has suffered a devastating loss. The company says its pilots did nothing wrong flying the route they did over Eastern Ukraine. But as jeff pegues reports, the damage done to the airline may be irreparable. Reporter today Malaysia Airlines defended itself against accusations it shares some of the blame for what happened because its pilot flew too close to a war zone. Liow tiong lai is the countrys minister of transport. Ve reporter just over two weeks ago, ukrainian officials warned that it was unsafe to fly at 26,000 feet in the donetsk region. Then just three days before the crash, they raised the floor to 32,000 feet. Mh17 was flying at 33,000 feet when it was shot out of the sky. The plane was following a route well traveled by other airlines. According to flight radar 24 over the seven days prior to the crash, more than 800 commercial planes had chosen a similar flight path. Malaysia airlines is now trying to weather a second aviation tragedy just four months after the disappearance of mh370 with 239 people on board. Not only has its reputation been tarnished, but the airline has been losing money, 1. 3 billion over the past three years. Peter greenburg is the cbs news travel editor. Their bookings are flat lined. Their future bookings are not even on the radar, if youll excuse that expression. And thats what is happening is its going beyond that. Reporter just last month in a speech, the companys c. E. O. Vowed to rebuild the airline, but that was, of course, before thursdays crash. Jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. Axelrod moving now to the middle east, where an Israeli Ground invasion of the palestinian territories is under way. U. N. Secretarygeneral ban ki moon will travel to the region tonight. We have reports from both gaza and tel aviv. Well start in gaza with Holly Williams who reports 46 more people were killed by israeli bombs today. Reporter the Israeli Military pounded the gaza strip with airstrikes for a 12th day. The ground offensive is so far limited in scale. Today, we drove to within a mile of gazas border with israel, and just a few hundred yards from Israeli Soldiers and tanks. The closer you get to where the israeli troops are, the quieter the streets get, and you can see that this road has almost entirely emptied out. Were not going any further because just around that corner behind me four men were killed earlier by artillery fire. Israels bombardment of gaza has left hundreds of homes destroyed and killed more than 300 palestinians, many of them children. If israel does expand its ground offensive, as its government suggested, the price may be more bloodshed. Holly williams, cbs news, gaza. Axelrod israel has suffered many fewer casualties, despite an estimated 1,500 rockets launched from gaza since the conflict began but the danger is real there, too, especially as hamas tunnels underground further and further into israeli territory. Two Israeli Soldiers were killed today by hamas fighters who used one of the tunnels. Reporter sometimes the war is hightech, a tunnel discovered and blown up, along with those in it. Sometimes street by street, this is Israeli Soldiers job blow up the entrance to another tunnel. explosion and sometimes the war seems positively medieval. Rebels say explosiveladen donkeys were aimed at Israeli Soldiers. As in gaza, the innocent are victims here. The hamas rocket killed an israeli elderly bedouin man, and wounded four, including two children. Israel says about half the 10,000 rockets hamas has have either been shot off or found and destroyed. Army spokesman peter lerner. Reporter and the try for peace continues. With the u. N. Secretarygeneral visiting the middle east, hoping to accomplish what other efforts have not getting the two sides to Start Talking and stop shooting. Jim. Axelrod Barry Petersen reporting for us tonight from tel aviv. Thank you, barry. Later, the wildfires sweeping across parts of washington state. And the jazz trumpeter who performed until he was 102. When the cbs evening news continues. Well roundup has a sharpshootin wand im sendin them weeds to the great beyond roundup yeha [ whip cracks ] no need to pump, just point and shoot hit em in the leaves, and it kills to the root round fences, trees, even mulched beds cause the only good weed is a weed thats dead roundup yeha [ whip cracks ] [ male announcer ] roundup. [ whip cracks ] with a onetouch wand. [ male announcer ] roundup. 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Axelrod prosecutors and internal Affairs Detectives in new york city are now investigating the death of a man while in the custody of police. During his arrest, which a bystander recorded, the man repeatedly tells officers he cannot breathe. Vanita nair now on the death of eric garner and the outrage surrounding him. Reporter the video shows five officers pinning down eric garner, and you can hear what he is telling them. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. Reporter police were arresting him for allegedly selling untaxed cigarette on the sidewalk, but when the 63, 350 pound man refused the handcuffs, an officer appears to put him in a choke hold. About after hour after this video was made, the 43yearold father was six was pronounced dead. His wife, esaw, was overwhelmed by grief at a rally today. My son is dead. Hes leaving for college, on august 5, on full scholarship in basketball, and his his father didnt get to see him step in that school for the first day of school. 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Of the 298 victims aboard, 43 were malaysian, including all 15 members of the flight crew. Seth doane has the story of one Flight Attendant and the widow he left behind. Reporter hes text you from amsterdam at this point before boarding the flight. Madiani mahdis husband, Mohammad Noor mahmood, was a member of flight 17s cabin crew. Today, in a house full of grieving family members, madiani showed us the last text they exchanged. We always flied together. I met him on amsterdam flight mh16. Reporter they were both Flight Attendants for Malaysia Airlines and met five years ago on that same kuala lumpuramsterdam route. Come, come, come, sit. Reporter they fell in love, and two years ago, zulika was born. Your daughter was close to your husband. Very close. Reporter in march, when flight 370 never landed, it sent shock waves through their company, and strengthened their marriage. He changed a lot after 370 happened. Reporter how did your husband change . Changed for a better better than, better husband, very loving, caring. Its like a wakeup call for airline crew, Malaysia Airlines crew, that if we go for flight, it doesnt mean that we are coming back. Reporter on thursday, thats exactly what happened. Do you think youll fly again . I dont know. Reporter hours after shed learned her husbands flight had exploded over ukraine, she sent another text. Joon i said, after landing call me. Reporter but at this point, you knew the plane was gone. I dont know. I just, i say, i will wait for you. Reporter ill wait for you, she wrote, just because thats what shed always done. Seth doane, cbs news, kuala lumpur, malaysia. Im jim axelrod, and for all of us here at cbs news, thanks for joining us and good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh acce making inroads with bay area techies. Its one of the most importt things homeowners can do to fight fire danger. In fact its the law. 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