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Shootout, highspeed chase and a standoff. One of the hostages was killed in the hail of gunfire. Two of the robbers were killed, another wounded. 14 patrol cars being riddled with bullets. They were trying to kill our Police Officers. Rockets have been fired from gaza right in the middle of a fivehour humanitarian ceasefire. This after an israeli shelling killed four boys playing on a beach. Meanwhile israel claims it stopped 13 hamas fighters. They apparently had tunnelled to israel. Six western states are battling wildfires with hundreds of homes in danger. One fire in washington doubled in size. Microsoft says its prepared to layoff as many as 18,000 workers. This will be the largest layoff in microsofts history. A russian jet shot down a ukrainian warplane over ukraine using airtoair missiles. President obama announced new sanctions on russia. The russian leadership will see once again that its actions in ukraine have consequences. Passengers stranded on a casino boat crippled off the coast of georgia are back on land this morning. Ill always remember that. Caught on camera two thieves stole a dinosaur replica from the North Carolina museum of natural sciences. All that Stewart Scott battleing cancer asked his daughter to come on stage. A man tried to kill a spider using a makeshift blow torch and the house caught fire. On the bright side the spider is definitelily dead. And all that matters i have people all the time that say oh, gosh, its just a burden to be asked if you want to be leader of the free world. Its terrible. On cbs this morning. I cannot wait for the 2016 election. Youve got curly fries, youve got beef patty, youve got mild salsa, milder salsa and, of course, leftovers. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Margaret brennan is here. Good morning again. We start with a terrible story in stockton california. Police in stockton want answers this morning from the only suspect to survive a bloody chaotic shootout. [ gunfire ] a group of bank robbers took hostages wednesday, then led officers on a 45minute chase. One witness says he heard five minutes of nonstop gunfire. This morning two suspects and one hostage, who was a wife and mother, are dead. As Shawn Bennett of cbs station kvor reports, it almost seemed as though war had broken out in stockton. Reporter shots rang out, bullets ricochetting off the getaway car as police exchanged gunfire with three suspected bank robbers armed with ak47 style rifles. Inside the suv were also three women who had been taken hostage during the robbery. Two were employees. The third was a customer whose 12yearold daughter was waiting outside the bank when the robbery occurred. There was three guys had three guns and three hostages and they had the guns to the hostages heads. And they were petrified. You could see their faces . Their faces were white, they were just so scared. Reporter police say the brazen bandits took the three women hostage, firing off their weapons and using them as human shields as they fled the scene in an employees suv. And they surrounded the car. They just they couldnt shoot at them because they were so close to the hostages and they just drove right out of the parking lot right here. Reporter police set off in a pursuit. A highspeed chase that lasted nearly an hour winding through residential neighborhoods, bullets striking homes. Were taking fire. We are taking fire. Get down get down. Reporter the robbers exchanging gunfire with 14 Different Police cars. They were trying to kill our Police Officers because 14 patrol cars being riddled with bullets shows a definite attempt to kill the Police Officers. They have just dropped a hostage on the ground. They have just thrown her out. Reporter during the chase, the suspects threw two of the injured hostages from the vehicle who were bank employees. Police shot out the suvs tires, disabling the vehicle, but the suspects refused to surrender. And exchanged a final volley of gunfire. The police swarmed the suv and apprehended two suspects. A third was fatally shot. One of the suspects died later in the hospital. Also discovered in the vehicle was misty holt sing a bank customer, dead of gunshot wounds. She leaves behind a husband and daughter. For cbs this morning, Shawn Bennett, sacramento. New rocket fire this morning over godsaza after a fivehour truce overnight. Holly williams is in gaza city. Shes tracking reports of a new effort of temporary peace. Holly, good morning. Reporter good morning. There were reports this morning from the israeli side that israel and the Palestinian Militants had agreed on a comprehensive ceasefire to begin tomorrow morning. But they have both denied that. It follows the death yesterday of four palestinian children in an israeli air strike. The four boys were playing on the beach in gaza city. Some of them tried to run for cover, but didnt make it to safety. The youngest of the dead was just 9 years old. Israel says its offensive in gaza is targeting terrorists, but these people lost their son. God have vengeance on israel cried this woman. These two boys were both killed in the attack. Israel said it had no intention of harming the children and is investigating what happened. But it also blames all civilian deaths on Palestinian Militants, because it says they launch their rockets from residential areas. More than 200 palestinians have been killed during this escalation, and officials here say most of them were civilians. One israeli also lost his life and rockets fired from gaza into southern israel have caused injuries and damage, but many of them have also been shot down by israels iron dome antimissile deense system. The brief humanitarian ceasefire today allowed palestinians to leave their homes in safety. After avoiding the streets during ten days of air strikes, they crowded into markets and banks. Khetam al fataiergy is a mother of seven. I dont know anything about politics, she told us but i wish the ceasefire would last longer. Its difficult to feed my children with this war going on. The Israeli Military says it foiled an attack by 13 Palestinian Militants who were trying to sneak into israel via tunnels from gaza. Israel says those militants were armed with rocketpropelled grenades and other weapons and that one of them was killed in an air strike on the mouth of the tunnel. Holly, thank you. This morning russias Prime Minister calls new economic sanctions by the u. S. And european union, quote, evil. The sanctions target some of russias Largest Companies and financial institutions. President obama says russia is being punished for undermining ukraines government. Ive repeatedly made it clear that russia must halt the flow of weapons and fighters across the border into ukraine, that russia must urge separatists to release their hostages and support a ceasefire that russia needs to pursue internationally mediated talks and agree to meaningful monitors on the border. So far russia has failed to take any of the steps that i mentioned. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning, margaret. We have the first reaction from russian president Vladimir Putin to this newest round of western economic sanctions. Traveling in brazil putin said they will have a boomerang effect and are driving russianAmerican Relations to an impasse, causing very serious damage. The white house froze the assets of eight arms and denied access to two of the largest financial banks and companies. They blocked access to financing through two of its own development banks. Amid these moves the white house is weighing its options in collaboration with russia on a completely separate matter. Talks to end irans feared pursuit of nuclear weapons. The deadline for a deal is this sunday. Russia, the United States and four other world powers have offered to lift wideranging trade sanctions on iran if it abandons its pursuit of nuclear weapons. President obama met yesterday with secretary of state john kerry who told the president these talks have made enough progress they should be extended. We are told the president will heed that recommendation and call for another round of nuclear talks. Thanks. This morning more members of congress are balking at a white house plan to address the growing illegal immigration crisis. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. There is absolute agreement up here that there is a crisis at the border in southwestern states, but at this point its very unclear when that crisis is going to be addressed. Republicans want to speed up deportations. Democrats want to put on the brakes, and the white house is caught in the middle. It was a very thoughtful substantive discussion. Reporter secretary of Homeland Security jay johnson met with the senate last night and laid out the administrations proposal to speed up deportation hearings for unaccompanied minors coming here from central america. Right now the wait is a year or more. Republicans want that cut down to seven days. Nothing is going to improve until the plane loads of children return to the country that they left there by costing their parents and families thousands of dollars. Then theyll stop coming to the United States. Reporter democrats argue seven days isnt enough time for Migrant Children to make a legal case that they qualify for asiel imor some other some case. Bob menendez made that case to the president on wednesday. There are a universe of children who were facing a gang who said to them either join us or die or a young girl who was raped and who feels thats going to happen to them again when they return that will have a credible case and we cant undermine their ability to make that case. Reporter the white house hasnt said what its target is a few weeks or a few months for this very critical deportation hearing. These children are allowed by law. But its really critical. That question is whats going to determine whether Congress Gives the president the 3. 7 billion in emergency funding that hes been asking for. Margaret. Thanks. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie visits iowa this morning. He calls it a fundraising trip for fellow republicans. Others believe hes exploring his own chances in a key president ial campaign state. In an interview yesterday, christie said hes only thinking about running for president. When do you think you would have to decide . End of this year beginning of next. Decide in my own head. Whether i would tell you or anyone else at that point, im not so sure about the timing of that. Thats more of a political judgment than it is a core judgment about whether you really want to do that or not. But ive been pretty clear, i certainly am going to consider it. But whether i do it or not is something that i honestly dont know yet. The Iowa Caucuses are about 18 months away. Christie still faces an investigation in new jersey over a scheme to shut down access to the George Washington bridge. Major job cuts announced this morning by microsoft. The tech giant will eliminate up to 18,000 positions during the next year. Microsoft added more than 25,000 workers when it caught nokias device business in april. Microsoft stock is up this morning in early trading. High heat and strong winds are fueling at least two dozen wildfires in the west this morning. A state of emergency is in effect for all of oregon and part of washington state. Chris legeros of our affiliate kiro tv is tracking a large wildfire burning about 100 miles east of seattle. I think its tinder dry, man. Reporter more than 1,000 acres of forest north of leavenworth, washington continue to burn out of control this morning and over 500 homes are under evacuation notices due to the fastmoving flames. Seattle residents saw this massive plume of smoke rising 25,000 feet in the air from the fire. Its forming what is known as a pyro cumulus cloud fueled by the extreme heat from the fire. It was also responsible for the closure of a portion of u. S. Route 2, a main artery that connects Metro Seattle and eastern washington. Unfortunately, you cant go this way or this way right now. Reporter the Governors Office issued a state of emergency that covers 30 counties due to a number of other fires that have broken out across the state. Firefighters will find no relief in sight today. Temperatures are expected to hover in the low 90s with winds gusting up to 15 miles per hour. Not welcome news for crews trying to beat back the flames. For cbs this morning chris legeros, leavenworth, washington. A texas family murdered last week in their home is being remembered this morning as kind and loving. A funeral was held yesterday one week after the shooting in suburban houston. Omar sooe omar zivillafranca joins us from spring, texas. Reporter good morning. Theres a little rain here in houston to match the somber mood. A vigil was held last night after the burials just blocks away from the home which was the scene of the shooting last wednesday. Mourners here remembered the victims, but they also prayed for cassidy stay the only survivor. God, i pray that you give her strength. Reporter hundreds gathered at a park in spring in the memory of katie and steven stay and their four young children. It was here the stay family took this photo. Friends and neighbors decorated that same swing with ribbons and messages. Its terrifying. No kid should have to go through what cassidy went through. Its not fair. Reporter at a private Funeral Service earlier in the day, six white caskets were wheeled into the familys church, one by one. After the memorial a tearful cassidy stay watched as her familys remains were loaded into five hearses before the somber funeral procession. Moriah davis is a close friend of the family. Their family just had love and respect for each other and service and kindness. Reporter last wednesday the stays exbrotherinlaw, ronald lee haskell, allegedly broke into their home as he searched for his estranged wife. He tied up the family members and shot them execution style. The only survivor 15yearold cassidy stay pretended to be dead. Plice say her call to 911 helped end the shooting spree and led to haskells arrest following a standoff. Stay did not speak at the funeral but addressed the public last weekend following her release from the hospital. I know that my mom, dad, bryan, emily, becca and zack are in a much better place and that ill be able to see them again one day. Reporter an online fund for the stay family has raised more than 348,000 so far and that fund will be used to take care of cassidy. As for haskell, hes due back in Court Next Month where he faces six capital murder charges. Omar thanks. This morning we are learning new details about former p. O. W. Bowe bergdahl from the person he is allowing to speak on his behalf. Bergdahl was released in may after being held captive by the taliban for five years. He was traded for five prisoners at guantanamo bay. Michelle miller is here with bergdahls lawyer with what bergdahls lawyer is saying. Michelle good morning. Good morning. Although he reportedly still has not spoken to his family bergdahl is now reaching out to the president. Sergeant bergdahl is deeply grateful to president obama for having saved his life. Reporter former military prosecutor eugene sigh del is now representing bowe bergdahl. He met with bergdahl last week in san antonio, texas. Although he couldnt discuss what they talked about, he did give his impression of the former p. O. W. I like him as a client. That doesnt always happen but when it does happen its nice. Reporter an initial u. S. Military investigation in 2009 determined that bergdahl deliberately walked away from his unit based on evidence available at the time. If the army decides that there should be disciplinary action given all the circumstances, its a matter of great discretion on the part of senior army commanders. Reporter since his release, a growing number of people have called for bergdahl to be punished for deserting his post including some members of bergdahls former platoon. He chose to take off his gear, put down his weapon and walk away during the middle of the night. Reporter questions also remain about the taliban propaganda videos in which he appeared. As events unfold im sure people will put those videos into perspective and understand them for what they are. Reporter fidell says people should not rush for judgment and urges the public to wait until they hear all sides of the story. Even the most unpopular and villified parties have a right to representation and thats considered a lawyers responsibility. Reporter fidell is taking the case free of charge. He would not talk about bergdahls relationship with his family. On or off the record. Certainly on the record. Michelle thank you. Thank you. Its 7 19. Ahead on cbs this morning well check headlines from around the globe. Plus luck runs out for a ship full of good morning, everyone. Roberta gonzales in the kpix 5 weather center. Take a look at this. We do have drizzle. That will greet you heading out the door this morning in the city by the bay. Mostly cloudy skies and we do have the return of a very deep marine layer. 60s no clearing at the beaches today. Partial clearing bayside. And right now, were in the 60s inland, later today topping off in the 70s and 80s there. 60s at the beaches. The extended forecast, 80s across the board. This National Weather report sponsored by disneys plains fire and rescue in theaters in 3d this friday. Planes fire rescue in 3d this friday. Vikings before being deported. Now heig one boy spent do you live every day with a sense of fear about what happened to your father might happen to you . I wake up every morning and hope that its not going to be my last day. Manny bojorquez reports from el salvador with a boy desperate to return to america. 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Unfortunately, southbound 101 still pretty backed up looks like just beyond the 280 split. There is the live look at our sensors. So again, give yourself some extra time. Actually northbound is backed up, as well. Westbound 237 Silicon Valley drivers cant catch a break. There was an earlier accident northbound 101 at Mountain View. Jammed at 237 and 101. That is traffic. Heres roberta with the forecast. Good morning. Look at that. That is the marine layer trying to saturate the trivalley at this time. Drizzle at the coast and bay. 60s out the door for the most part and later today no clearing at the beaches in the 60s. Fullon sunshine 70s and 80s inland. [ heart beating ] [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. Thats why, coming soon, xfinity will double the Internet Speed on two of our most popular plans. Xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest most reliable internet, period. [ heart beating ] xfinity internet from comcast. Double the speed. [ heart beats ] a new video reportedly shows a 240foot sinkhole in siberia. They say its not from a meteor. There is speculation it may have been left by an underground gas explosion. An explosion is now planned to solve this deep mystery. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up this half hour russias listening post could be reactivated. A deal with cuba may put thousands of spies just offshore. Plus drama at saechlt rescued by the coast guard. Some passengers had to climb ropes to get out. Thats ahead. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines. The Washington Post says the acting chief is putting a price tag on fixing the crisis. He wants 17 billion and additional staffers are needed to improve conditions. The San Francisco chronicle says apple may have to refund 400 million to customers. Its all part of a proposed settlement after lawsuits claim apple conspired with five major publishers to raise the price of the ebooks but apple hasnt done anything wrong and theyre appealing. The Los Angeles Times looks at why a federal judge has ruled that the Death Penalty is unconstitutional. Most will never be skrulted violating the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Heres a huge story getting a lot of attention on the new york times. Rupert murdoch put time warner on his media wish list. He offered 80 billion for the communications giant. Time warner said no. It would have been the biggest media merger in the decade. No talks are scheduled but he may make another offer. The Academy Awardwinning director ron howard wants to examine how beatlemania gripped them. Interviews inclul paul mccartney, ringo starr and yoko ono ono. Ono. Ill take two tickets please. They high light the pearls of the journey but many young immigrants say they know the dangers. They believe the risk at home is greater. Manuel bojorquez travelled to san selva door the capital of el salvador, to see why thousands of people are escaping their homeland. Good morning. There are neighborhoods in this country even police will not enter at night. The streets are controlled by matas or gangs. One teenager told us the threats come daily. I dont even go inside my neighborhood because im scared that someone might do something. Reporter 16yearold raul says the impulse to head north starts here. The gang infested streets of salvadoran neighborhoods. Here if you dont do certain things, your life is going to end anyway and its better to try than to just stay in and die. Reporter the threats come from gangs fighting for turf in the drug trade and looking for new members just like raul. In my neighborhood a couple of days ago they already killed like two or three guys that are my age because they didnt want to join them. His life wasnt always this way. He loved in st. Paul minnesota, for eight years. His dad only had temporary custody. Then he was deported. Hi father arranged to have him return to the u. S. He knew if i make it its going to be a thousand times better than for me to stay here. But he was caught in mexico and sent pack only to realize the threats against his father who owned a business and was a target for extortion had worsened. Suddenly we find my dad dead. Its really horrible because i was the first person to go find him that way. He found his father shot and left in a field. I cry a lot at night because i remember him, you know . He was the one that taught me everything i know. Do you live every day with a sense of fear about what happened to your father might happen to you . I wake up every morning and hope that its not going to be my last day. Youre not really living your life if every moment youre afraid youre going to die and its a fear thats tangible in my eyes when i see them. Reporter elizabeth kennedy, a u. S. Citizen has lived there for month months. She has researched why theyre leaving. She said more than 60 say the threat of violence is the number one reason. Until theyre not afraid of their life until theyre not afraid to go out on the streets people are going to keep migrating because its a human instinct to survive. Reporter hes now the family bread winner but his sights remain on the United States. It seems like youll always have a desire to be there. I will never be, you know at peace with myself. Thats something i want to realize in one way or another. Reporter since october of last year more than 13,000 minors from el salvador have been detained by u. S. Border control. More have fled from honduras and got guatemala for different reasons. It really puts it in perspective. What a hard choice. Join a gang or well kel you. No wonder they want to come here. And you lose your father and find him. The instability of your neighbors. Their problems becomes your own. He put a human face on that issue of the drug problem and what it means for the u. S. Nicely done. Good piece from manuel there. Meantime russia may be reopening a soviet era base in cuba. It was once used to spy on the u. S. During the cold war it was part appears russian president vanilla vad mer putin is applying some pressure of his own. He reached a provisional agreement to reopen a cold era war spy base while visiting cuba last week. The base is located in lourdes, 150 miles from florida. It was established by the soviet union after the cuban missile crisis brought both nations as close as they would come to the brink of war. Our resolution will come to a prompt dismantling and withdrawal withdrawal. The base was opened from 196 p to 2001 and was a very substantial facility at its peak with about 3,000 people. As chief of the human armed forces in the 1990s castro boast thad 75 of russian intelligence on america was gathered from the small island nation. In exchange for russias return to the base cuba will be rewarded with up to 32 billion of debt relief. News of russias plan to reopen the base comes at a time of tense russian American Relations and coincides with president obamas announcement for more sanctions against russia for refusing to curb separatist violence in ukraine. We have to seek concrete actions and not just words that russia in fact, is committed to trying to end this conflict along the Russia Ukraine border. Reporter at the time of its closing the cuban base was an expensive venture for a russian government looking to cut costs. Thats why reopening and reinvesting in the aging facility is largely being seen as symbolic. Its a way to demonstrate to the United States that from a russian perspective, if the United States continues on the course that its on in dealing with moscow, the relationship may return to what it was like at the time that that base was built. 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It got stuck too shallow. Passengers climbed into smaller boats which ferried them to the cutters and then they had to climb ropes to get on board. One passenger described it as a fear factor moment. No one was hurt. We ate crackers and drank water because we ran out of food on the boat. That was fun. Its hard to think everythings going to be okay when you feel a shift in a boat thats already leaning and you know the only thing surrounding that boat is water. Reporter we reached out to trade wind casino cruise the escapades owner but have not heard back. We were told the sat bars wither not on the nautical charts. But we were told the plots had malfunctioned. What are the good morning, everyone. Roberta gonzales in the kpix 5 weather center. Take a look at this. We do have drizzle. That will greet you heading out the door this morning in the city by the bay. Mostly cloudy skies and we do have the return of a very deep marine layer. 60s no clearing at the beaches today. 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A private Security Guard noticed and called police. In just a few hour, the official ribboncutting ceremony at the 49ers new stadium in santa clara. Crews have finished all the major work and theres just a few glitches to work out now. The 49ers first preseason game is august 17. Stay with us. Traffic and weather in just a moment. Good morning. Checking traffic conditions. It looks like it is slow going now in both directions near candlestick. Good news, about 15 minutes ago they cleared the scene southbound 101 just south of candlestick. But look at the delays. Southbound backed up to the 80 split. Northbound jammed solid from 380. Also, not looking too good at Mountain View or sunnyvale coming westbound 237, thats backed up after an earlier crash on 101 for that moffett. That is your latest kcbs traffic. Heres roberta with your forecast. I want you to take a look at this, elizabeth, good morning, everybody, thats it, thats where all the action is today. The ribboncutting ceremony at the brandnew levis stadium. Right now Current Conditions there, we have clear skies and numbers in the 60s. Pretty much 50s, 60s out the door. And later today highs topping off 60s at the coast, 80s inland. Bulldog oooh mattress discounters 197 mattress Sale Television announcer get a serta mattress any size for just 197 each piece when you buy the complete set. The 197 mattress sale. Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Is on now. Mattress discounters good morning to our viewers in the west. Its thursday july 17th 2014. Welcome back to cbs this morning. More real news ahead including a story of survival how a stranded hiker survived with no food and a broken leg. But first here is a look at todays eyeopener at 8 00. A group of bank robbers took hostages in and led officers on a chase. One witness said he heard five minutes of nonstop gunfire. Two suspects and one hostage are dead. A comprehensive ceasefire but they both denied that. Vladimir putin in the newest round of western sanctions say they are driving russian and American Relations to an impasse. A state of emergency is in effect for all of oregon and part of washington state. And the tech giant will eliminate up to 18,000 positions in the next year. More than 13 minors from el salvador have been detained by u. S. Border patrol. If i make it its going to be 1000 times better. Passengers on a gambling boat did not know they were rolling the dice. We just felt a big and sudden jolt. Pope francis he is now thinking about lifting the celibacy requirements for priests. Todays eyeopener at 8 00. Is presented by comfort inn. I am charlie rose with gayle kings and Norah Odonnell is off. A deadly gun battle with three gunmen in stockton left cars and homes riddled with gunshots. The suspects fired assault rifles at police during a tpraoeufminute chase and used three female hostages as human shields. One woman was dead and two were hurt but survived after being thrown out of the get away vehicle. Two of the suspected bank robbers were killed and two are in a local hospital this morning. And then israel agreed to a ceasefire tomorrow. Hamas has not confirmed that. The pause was supposed to pause for humanitarian needs, and. The palestinian american teenager that says the soldier beat him is back in florida this morning. He arrived at the Tampa International airport last night and the 15yearold told reporters he will never think of freedom the same way again. That killing was in retaliation for the murder of three issueie issue israeli teens. His family denies the boy was involved in any violent protests. And then surviving six days alone with devastating injuries. He was trekking through the National Park in the high sierra this month when a boulder crushed his leg. He used his hiking gear to secure his leg and then dragged his self to a secure spot eating moths to stay alive. He says he plans to hike again one day. In florida this morning, environmentalist are racing to rescue delicate corals off the coast of miami. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The army core of engineers is dredging the port of miami and making room for super tankers expected to pass through at the end of the next year but is a problem. There are coral reefs being put in immediate danger. Its the color radiant between the clearwater and the daughter tea water. A few miles off the coast of florida, the marine biologist is fighting to save what most people cant even see. The entire health of the ocean is dependant upon the health of corals and coral reefs. He says corals like these located 25 feet below the surface are in danger. Does that threaten them . It does because corals have callenized. Its estimated the original coral has already disappeared and the remaining corals are extremely resilient making it more important for researchers around the whirl. You can transplant them back out to the coral reef where we can regrow the coral reefs that have been in decline. One woman says the expansion project violates one act. In a statement to cbs this morning, the army corp. Of engineers responded saying we will continue to use the best science engineering and technologies available to minimize impacts to the human and marine environments. Fords organization has moved over 300 corals to safety but with the blasting phase of the project scheduled to begin in october, ford is racing to save even more. If they collapse we will see a collapse of other ecosystems in the ocean and populations of fish in decline. Fords Group Expects to go diving once again this weekend, and meantime the ships are expecting to be working here until next summer. What it reminds me of is how beautiful the planet is and how many interesting things there are about. Yeah, we dont want to lose that. A Cleveland Police officer saving a life. The officers camera cam khured him reviving a 2yearold. The officer and the boys aunt both did cpr and the boy made a full recovery. Its weird when you dont know exactly what you are looking at, but once you know you feel grateful that officer knew what he was doing. Michael sam has not played a minute yet, but he got the courage award. He spoke from his heart as he received the honor. Finally, to anybody out there, especially young people they dont feeling like they dont fit in and would never be accepted please know this great sorry. Great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself. Thank you and god bless. A lot of people cheering for michael sam. It is very courageous what he has done and the influence he will have on other people is really nice. And he is already having that influence, too. Great to watch him. Ahead on cbs this morning, taxi drivers taking their image this mornings eye opener at 8 sponsored by comfort inn, truly yours. 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But the guy on the phone says its my job to have the conversation that you keep your service so the Cable Service encourages you to do whatever it takes. Yeah, the reason why it got spread all over the internet is because we are so used to it Cable Service at the Cable Company is terrible and awful and because of their monopolies they dont have to compete or win us over they have got us we have to buy their services so they dont treat us well. They cant be thrilled by the publicity . This is not a good week for them, but its not going to lead to more regulation that leads to a more competitive cable industry. Well, if you look at how much it costs and figure out alternative ways then they will shift and thats part of the reason that cable coverage has been going down. Right, so there are a lot of people cutting the cords and moving to alternatives and comcast provides both your internet, and your television so you can cut off the Cable Services but you will still deal with the Customer Service reps but if you keep the internet you can watch a lot of shows through hulu or get a digital antenna, and there are a lot of alternatives, so you can pay for the internet and pay for the ad on services. You were talking about the lack of services. Nobody is defending the customer here. Yes. We talk about them getting bigger and bigger and when does it stop . This is one of the worst regulatory failures in the country. If you look at Internet Speeds we are about 30th or 40th in the world and thats terrible for a company that created the internet. Were that slow . Yes, and the reason is because of policy failures and we have not encouraged the market or enforced policies and yesterday there was an amendment to make the competition worse, to lesson competition and limit the fccs ability to push composition in the cable market. As there are more mergers, it will become more and more monopolies monopolies. Switch back to the service and the phone calls. Do you believe the attention that has come to this will change policy by comcast . Yes this will probably change comcasts policies for a short while. They will tell all of the reps that you need to keep your customers and they are valuable and dont abuse them i am sure theres a memo and this tape will be played in every training class, so yes, i think Customer Service will get temporarily better for sure, but there are still the structural problems. You seem to negotiate your bill . Absolutely. This is one thing you can do. You can call your Cable Company and say i am thinking of leaving and want to pay less, and they have a whole bunch of options and can reduce your bill. Call them now and see what you can bargain them down to. This is a good week to do that. Jason seagulls new movie about a couple trying to spice it up in their marriage. He will tell us about the real world inspiration ahead, next. This portion of cbs this morning sponsored by mercedesbenz. Some of the most advanced vehicles on the road today. [ male announcer ] if you cant stand the heat get off the test track. Get the mercedesbenz youve been burning for at the summer event going on now at your authorized mercedesbenz dealer. But hurry offers end july 31st. Share your summer moments in your mercedesbenz with us. You read the labels on the foods you eat but do you know whats in your skincare . Neutrogena naturals. 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Theyre learned,000 Better Connect with their fare paying passengers everything from driving more safely to handling complaints. You could say the class is an admission by the taxi industry that they have an image problem. There was an investigation conducted earlier this year on hundreds of complaints on the citys cabs in 2013. Among them speeding running red lielts and illegally refusing short trips. Theyre getting superior service at appbased Companies Like uber and lyft. Customers are not supplying posted to tip but theyre to rate them after they drive. While initial cabs put a wall between their drivers and passengers, ride sharing companying are trying to break down barriers. You hop in give your driver a fist bump meet somebody in your community and you have a great conversation. Reporter its made ride sharing apps so userfriendly by fighting back with their own apps like taxi map. It enables customers to not only have all the conveniences but to know the vehicle is insured, that the driver is background checked and the vehicle is in expected. For now cab drivers hope this Charm Offensive will put them at the top of the class. Its our training that really, i think, puts us over them, over their service. Reporter for cbs this morning, ben tracy, los angeles. Yep. I say charm and friendliness works every time dont you . Mmhmm. Dont you . Absolutely. Im hooked. Ahead, an american classic finds new ways to fit. Reporter im John Blackstone at the headquarters of levi strauss. The company that invested the riveted blue jean 141 years ago is still looking to the future. A your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. Good morning, its 8 25. Im for some news headlines. A man suspected of having too many drinks is accused of posing as a tsa agent at sfo and groping women. His only charge of public drunkenness, because the women were gone by the time he was arrested. A Sonoma County woman will find out if she will be charged for the alleged assault of an 11yearold boy at olivet elementary school. Delia garciabratcher admits she confronted the boy but says she didnt have physical contact with him. The Alameda County Water District will vote on whether to add up to 46cent drought surcharge. The Water District that serves fremont, union city and newark says since people are using less water, they are getting less money. Stay with us. Traffic and weather in just a moment. Hey pal . You ready . Can you pick me up at 6 30 . Ah. boy im here im here cop too late. I was gone for five minutes ugh move it. Youre killing me. You know what, dad . Im good. dad it may be quite a while before hes ready, but our Subaru Legacy will be waiting for him. vo the longestlasting midsize sedan in its class. Introducing the allnew Subaru Legacy. Its not just a sedan. Its a subaru. Good morning. Traffic remains a mess right now on 101 trying to get out of San Francisco. We had that one earlier crash south of candlestick. Now we have this one. Its a motorcycle accident southbound 101. Thats the latest tweet from kcbs traffic. Its right before cesar chavez blocking the number 2 lane. Anyway, you can see the jamups right now from the skyway split and the central freeway and even past that exit traffic is heavy all the way down towards the airport. Northbound 880, slow as you pass the oakland coliseum. And it continues that way through downtown oakland exits. And a check of the south bay traffic still hasnt recovered after that crash on northbound 101 near moffett. It remains stacked up and very heavy through san jose. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Another check of your forecast with roberta. Elizabeth, a little bit of good news the drizzle that was greeting morning commuters now pretty much out of here. Take a look at our live kpix weather camera, mostly cloudy skies, gray temperatures, nice temperatures in the 50s and 60s. It is now 67 degrees in redwood city. Now late today, numbers will stack up from the 60s with no clearing at the coast. Upper 60s bayside through the 70s and 80s, outside number 85 today. A new video show as short maiden flight for a model airplane. The man launches his model. His friend are supportive. He lapp. S it up and it hits him in the face. No problem. He does it again and this time his son catches it. Why do we always crack up when we see friends get hurt . Because we always know whats going to happen. Coming up on cbs this morning, goodbye how i met your mother and hello sex tapes. Well tell you about the warning he gave his mom before she watched the new product. This is in the vault. Levi strauss will crack the safe for look at the oldest blue jeans in the world and the denim tuxedo made for a hollywood legend. Thats ahead. Right now its time to show you some of this mornings headlines. A republican congressional candidate is apologizing for an embarrassing tweet. State representative adam joined a protest tuesday. Demonstrators were at a shelter expecting dozens of children from the new immigration crisis. Q kwasman tweeted, bus coming in. This is not compassion. The bus was actually carrying wmca campers. Clevelands thethe plain dealer received outpouring last week. Their baby daughter died last week. He post add message on reddit wanting someone to create a photo of a 6 week old daughter without her breathing tomb. Since then hes received hundreds of photos and paintings. He calls the response amazing. Police are look for a young couple. Theyre caught on Surveillance Video stealing the replica of a baby dinosaur. It happened at the North Carolina museum of sciences. Its worth about 10,000. The police say the pair also stole artifacts from another museum. And the Los Angeles Times say the new Orleans Saints have a new cheerleader, a 40yearold mother of two. Christykristie lewis is a Dance Fitness instruct ir. She tried out because she has a desire that could require her to go through a kidney transplant. Jason segel appeared years ago and then how i met your mother. In the new film sex tapes jason and cameron diaz play a married couple trying to spice up their love live. We should have sex time. I love. Maybe thursday. Id love that. It feels like its beener from. It has. Last time was when we got the bath towels from bed bath and beyond. Listens ive got to go. Not to right time. Were both so exhausted. Tell me about it. Maybe well have sex instead of watching project runway. Maybe thats why people tivo project runway so people can have sex. This is the thing. Ooher a normal couple that. Ire not freaky deaky. They have two kids. They dont have time. You think a lot of people can relate. Yeah. I think this is a common moment in a relationship that im experiencing. You start out young and hot and it brings you together because you have such grainge chemistry, you love each other and 10 15 years into the relationship when kids and the realities o of life, the min ush yautia comes into play. You think its 10 or 15 years . Yeah. Sometimes sooner yeah. And so thats how the movie begins and then they decide to do the sex tape and its off to the races because its accidentally sent out on the cloud. Theyre telling us to put all of our personal information to. They didnt choose to call it the vault. Its a cloud. All of a sudden it starts raining your contents. I started writing this at a time when they were transferred everything to this cloud, this ubiquitous thing that nobody knows what its about. I was trying to think what your biggest nightmare would be. If youre on the pta and a tight knit community its your friending and family and father and motherinlaw seeing your homemade tape with your spouse. You said started writing this. Did you write this . That the original script was rinne by kate angelo. Her us was a physical tape. So it came to me dur a cloud moment. We moved it up to the cloud because it seemed topical. A little different between the muppets and something called sex tape. Although i have to say i never saw kermit wearing pants. You were comfortable with your body because they did a montage of your body where you were in many different positions. Yeah. I was wondering where it came from. The cup slle is the cup sl trying to cameron is very athletic. Im not that flexible. Some were impossible so imagination came into play. It was a real it was a real game of one upsmanship between me cameron, our director and our prop guy who was surprisingly helpful and brought out a lot of tools i wouldnt have thought out like a cactus. Jason, before you came in the studio, i asked a crew how many of you have done a sex tape. Yeah. The answer went from do polaroids count. Two, which one. Charlie was which one. Fantastic. So i mean polaroids count, by the way. I do they . Totally. You were very comfortable with your body because in the last movie Sara Marshall there was a very famous nude scene. Your mom sent out an email. You didnt tell her. She sent it to flame, i would like to inform you that jason has done full frontal nudity, however its not gratuity and its essential to the plot. I learned from experience it was not a nice joke. I looked at my mother and there was a tear coming down her face at the premiere and i realize this was not fair. It was not a nice thing to do. Im her little boy. Excuse the language. It was like the most well worded email. Shes the best. Gratuitous. Necessary to the script. Is writing satisfying to you . You act, you produce . Is writing satisfying . I think that what i my favorite thing is of this whole job that ive been lucky enough to get do is this weird little ail kany of being in your shower walking down the street and three or fur years later seeing it in a Movie Theater with an audience. I was like magic. You were telling us earlier that jeb was your mentor. Yeah. We did a show called freaks and geeks. all of us were very young. For most of us it was our finlt thing. He took me aside. It was canceled halfway through the season. He took me aside and said listen jason, youre kind of a weird guy the only way youre going to make it in this business is if you write your own material. He sat me down and showed me how to write a script and sent me off. The other thing he told me is if youre going to write a comedy write a drama. Sits going to be funny by the fact youre funny. You can layer jokes under it. Joke after joke after joke. If you dont lay drama underneath, no ones going to Pay Attention for an hour and a half. Thats why a sitcom is only 20 minutes. I heard you have a Childrens Book coming out . Y, i do. How did you make a leap . What is this . This is what im most proud of. When was 22 i wrote nightmares and sold it and it never got anything. The script sat on the shelf and nobody put together that it was the same jason segel and so when it became available i bought i back and turned it into a kids novel. I got you. Continued success. We all met you from how i met your mother. Youre okay with that . The show had a beautiful run. We told the story from beginning to end. Thats the goal right . And now sex tape opens in theaters tomorrow. Yeah. Its the best. He says with no eight belles. Yeah thats right. And the new home of the San Francisco 49ers. Levi stadium opens today. This is a cbs news special report. Im Margaret Brennan in new york. There has been a plane crash, a malaysian jetliner went down today in ukraine, near the border with russia. Malaysian air flight 17 was en route from amsterdam to kuala lumpur with 295 people on board. Were just getting many of these details. Our bob orr has been watching the situation from washington. Lets go to him now. Bob, what do we know . Margaret, just a moment ago, Malaysia Airlines confirmed it lost contact with the plane, which we believe to be a boeing 777 200, a long range airplane exactly like the one that disappeared several months ago coming out of kuala lumpur. Our best information is that this is a flight that took off from amsterdam. We believe it to be Malaysian Airlines flight 17 with as you said 280 passengers a crew of 15. It was en route to Southeast Asia when it got over Ukrainian Air space. Thats when radar lost track of the airplane. On top of that we see now reports from the ground some pictures of a column of smoke rising near the russian border in eastern ukraine. The kind of picture that would be consistent with a plane crash. Now, Interfax News Agency has said the plane is down. In fact has gone as far as to say there is some indication the plane may have been shot down. I want to emphasize that right now u. S. Authorities are just monitoring this information and have no independent confirmation either of a crash or the reason for that crash. But we believe as the facts are starting to come in here that it is looking pretty bad, margaret. Yes, Malaysian Airlines saying they have lost contact as you say there. Do we know what altitude this plane would have been at when it was flying over this Ukrainian Air space . This would have been midway in the flight, or part way along the flight route from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. The airplane the 777, here is a picture of a 777, would have been at about 33,000 feet. Thats the safest phase of flight. Thats called cruise altitude. At that point the pilots are going along, monitoring systems. It is not nearly as risky usually as a takeoff or landing. Suddenly when we look at radar tracking data we see at about 33,000 feet thats the last reported position that some of these tracking stations have. So whatever happened happened very very quickly and the plane came down very very quickly. There are these reports it was shot down. We cannot confirm that. But this kind of activity with an airplane coming down suddenly from altitude is certainly consistent with some kind of catastrophic event, sabotage or a bomb in this case perhaps a shootdown. It is not consistent with an accident scenario. We are seeing some conflicting reports on the wires about the altitude and about whether as you say flying over war zone whether this could have been sort of caught in some cross fire here. But as those details come in i mean we are looking at an area, ukraine, that is in conflict where there is a lot happening on the ground. What do we know about the information gathering at this point . I mean who is sort of providing the best source of information here the airline really not saying much at this time. Well the reports originated with Interfax News Agency and on top of that, ukrainian officials have come out to verify that a plane is down. An adviser to the ukrainian minister said he confirms 295 fatalities. Again, this information is moving faster than u. S. Authorities are able to confirm it. One thing, back to this idea of the plane being attacked as it were if it is a shootdown, this would have happened at altitude 33,000 feet. That takes things like shoulder fired missiles out of the equation. So for it to have been shot down at that altitude we believe, anyway it had to have involved some kind of large surface to air missile or air to air missile. Ukraine is an area of unrest. We have separatists there fighting the government. We know Russian Forces have been amassing on the border. There is no indication we want to emphasize this we do not know exactly what happened here. And we do not know who was responsible for this if in fact it was a shootdown, margaret. Bob, as you said at the getgo here, Malaysian Airlines many people know from their previous News Coverage and experience there, that missing airliner the boeing 777, what do we know about the aircraft itself . The boeing 777 is one of the best airplanes ever built with a Safety Record that is the envy of the industry. It is a great airplane. It is a work horse for long flights. In this case from europe to Southeast Asia theyre used all around the world for those kinds of long flights. This is a highly reliable airplane. We know that malaysia air also had a pretty good track record. The missing airplane notwithstanding, thats a case that is still unsolved we dont know what happened there. But there is no indication that even was an accident that may have been a deliberate act. But this is certainly something that happened very suddenly in an altitude. I would not, in my opinion, suspect the airplane. It is possible you could have some kind of catastrophic breakup, but it sure doesnt look like that with the data points we amassed so far. As we amass those data points this is over a complex zone being closely monitored by a number of governments around the world, is this a situation where we might actually get more information forthcoming, more immediately, and perhaps more definitively than we did with that still missing malaysian jetliner . Yeah i think so. I think were going to know maybe in short order what happened here. I mean if this is an act of war, or are if it is an accident some kind of accidental shootdown, and if it involves thats a lot of ifs, some kind of large surface to air missile battery, we should be, intelligence should be able to detect some kind of large flash. As we speak, the u. S. Government is involved in a Conference Call the security agencies the security agencies and intelligence agencies are looking at all of these facts and trying to go to their best available sources to find out what happened. One of the things that they can do is with satellites they can go back and review data and see if they see large flashes that would be consistent with some kind of shootdown. But if someone quickly gets to this wreckage presuming this is wreckage we have seen that has been smoking in the pictures provided to us, they should be able to find evidence pretty readily on the airplane and the black boxes there would tell us some very interesting clues too. When a plane suddenly breaks up when it comes down from altitude these black boxes have kind of an unmistakable signal. Usually have just an immediate cessation of all data because something obliterates an airplane or takes it apart, like pan am 103, the bombing in midair that usually cuts the data lines and the electronics. So when they retrieve these boxes, theyll be able to look at this and say how quickly did we lose data. And if it is instantaneous, theyll use that in the forensic evidence to say what caused that. Lets bring some of our viewers up to speed here on what we do know at this point, which is that malaysia air has said they have lost track of one of their airliners, a flight mh17, somewhere over Ukrainian Air space. This information being put up on the web by the airline itself via twitter. You see the exact information, the quote there, the last known position was over ukraine air space. They have not confirmed the details of all of those passengers on board, but what we do know is that there were 295 aboard that boeing aircraft. It has reportedly crashed with the malaysian jetliners themselves the airline, i should say, has not confirmed the fate of those 295 people. What youre looking at on your screen right now are some amateur videos of that that have surfaced of as you can see, smoke, some people there locally shooting this video of what appears to be and what is purportedly the downed aircraft. This is flight mh17, Malaysia Airlines. It was a boeing aircraft with 295 people on board. It had taken off from amsterdam, the flight originating out of europe was supposed to be bound for kuala lumpur. But it is reportedly either as you can see in the pictures been downed on the ground in ukraine, but the Malaysian Airline company itself only saying at this point that they have lost contact. They have not confirmed the fate of the passengers or the airplane itself. Bob, are we hearing anything bob orr, of course in washington has been updating us on what we know about trying to track this airline, what might have been the Safety Record of that flight itself because as so many of you have may well remember this same company lost an aircraft lost track of it altogether somewhere in asia just a few months ago, this appears to be an actual downing of an aircraft here. And were gather information. Bob, this boeing plane itself the 777, you said, was sort of the envy of the industry. When it comes to this Safety Record of this plane, of this type of this make and model, what do we know . Well, it is excellent. The Safety Record of this plane is excellent, margaret. There have been very very few crashes that i know of it goes back to the early 90s when it was introduced. It was boeings first big airplane out of the box after the 747. It has been a work horse, long haul aircraft for now, going on about 20 years. So it is an excellent aircraft. There is no reason in this case to suspect a problem with the airplane. We have to be a little careful, because we have just very very few facts, what we have are just anecdotal facts, but going back to what we talked about before youre talking now about a plane that was pretty high altitude. About five six miles in the air, making a long journey across europe and asia to Southeast Asia. When suddenly it comes down from altitude. Airplanes dont simply do that. There is only a couple of things that can happen. And that is a bomb or some kind of catastrophic event with the airplane structure, which that just isnt going to happen in this day and age in terms of the airplane just falling apart. Or you could have some kind of external factor maybe a shootdown as theyre suggesting in this case. I think we have to be careful not to paint with a real broad brush about Malaysian Air because this is now an airline, frankly, that may just be incredibly unlucky. Malaysian flight 370 seems to be a case most likely of a criminal act, the airplane being taken and flown deliberately off course. This appears to be some kind of accident or deliberate act, but not the actions of the pilot. So while it has been backtoback major events with the same kind of airplane from the same airline, i think we have to be very careful not to kind of draw any conclusions from that if you follow me. Bob, i want to stay here. Were looking at this video here of smoke plumes coming up from what is reportedly the wreckage. We cant verify this. But this is from the ground from some amateur photographers who filmed this video on the ground in ukraine. Thats how we have obtained it. But i want to update you on what were hearing from an adviser to the ukrainian interior minister who is claiming that this aircraft was shot down over Ukrainian Air space. And he in saying that is laying blame at the foot of some of these separatist groups pro russian separatist groups within ukraine. We cant confirm that but we know the Ukrainian Government has come forward, this adviser to the interior minister and said that. We also do know that those types of ground to air missiles are believed to be in the possession of some of these separatist groups some of these russianbacked paramilitary groups who are on the ground there. As you say, the airline itself cant yet confirm the fate of its own plane, nor the passengers who are on board or were on board, 295 of them. What we do know of the aircraft itself were seeing that the faa boeing itself are aware of all of these reports. About this Malaysian Airlines plane. But they themselves are gathering information but boeing itself would be aware of what had reportedly happened to the aircraft it makes, but as to what happened exactly over that ukraineian air space were waiting on information. As you say, bob, this could be an incorrectly unlucky airline itself, but it seems such a strange confluence of events to be happening over a war zone as it is. Would these types of surface to air missiles been able to take down an aircraft of this size of an Airline Flying at the altitude we believe it was when it came to the ground . Im not a weapons expert so i have to be careful with how far i take this but, yes. If a missile can reach the aircraft at 33,000 feet a shoulder fired missile will not get there, i believe there are ground systems clearly that can, if a missile can get to that aircraft it doesnt take much of a charge to bring the plane down. And heres why. I mean that aircraft is a fairly fragile instrument in the air. Once you puncture the system puncture the fuselage and take away the pressurization of the plane, the plane itself can start to come apart. On top of that youve got fuel tanks in the wings, that are fully loaded for a long, long flight. And these fuel tanks are highly flammable. If you get a situation where a missile makes a direct hit on a heat source like an engine of an airplane at altitude that plane is very likely going to come down. There are ways to save it but thats a really really bad place to be. If youre a pilot, you dont have a great chance there. You have a very vulnerable structure, you know it is fairly thin material it is no competition for a warhead or a missile. And with those fuel tanks sitting there as a ready source of fuel youve got a real big problem here. Now, the fire we have been watching on the ground here from this feed that has been beamed in that kind of column margaret ive seen enough airplane crashes in my time to know that kind of column of smoke is very consistent. So thats a fairly thats a fairly large smoke pattern which would be consistent with fuel burning. The one thing several things different about this incident and the missing mh370 flight. That one missing over water, was not controlled air space, we didnt have radar contact. We didnt have Ground Control contact with that flight once it made you know a left turn out over the bay of bengal and went towards the indian ocean. Thats why it was so mysterious. There was nobody tracking it aside from the satellite handshakes we have talked about. In this particular case because the plane had taken off over amsterdam, and was always flying over populated areas, for the most part i would think almost for the entire way, we would have Ground Controllers, we would have radar stations monitoring this as it would transit sovereign air space from one country to another, the pilots would routinely check in with the next country, identify themselves and there would be people watching this flight. You have to presume with that kind of scenario of facts that if the plane had a problem, or if the pilots had a problem they knew about, they would have had plenty of time to tell somebody. So we may find out later that they either did or did not receive messages from the airplane. But, again, this seems to have happened very very suddenly with some kind of violent event at 33,000 feet. You know we dont want to speculate too far out here. We know there are foreign officials, including an adviser to the foreign minister in the ukraine claiming that it was shot down but i want to emphasize, we have no independent verification from any u. S. Authority that any kind of missile was involved. Doesnt mean there isnt. It means right now we have to go a little slow here not to get too far out on that branch. Scott, i guess you joined us. Yes, bob. I joined the coverage here in new york. And to pick up where you left off, bob, it is important to remember that at least two military aircraft have been shot down by missiles in ukraine just this week. On monday a ukrainian cargo plane, a military cargo plane was shot down by a missile. And overnight the nians reported that one of their ground attack aircraft another military aircraft was shot down by a missile. They claimed a missile fired from the russian side of the border. No confirmation of that. What we do know is that over the last several days there have been a lot of missiles flying a lot of missiles flying and at least two military aircraft shot down on monday and yesterday. Now we have this report as you see, smoke rising in the distance quite a lot of it a report of a Malaysian Airlines boeing 777, this is a twin aisle jumbo jet carrying almost 300 people having crashed in ukraine, near the russian border right where russia and ukraine have been skirmishing now for many months a number of antiaircraft missiles fired in that region over the week and now we have this report of this malaysian civilian plane with 295 passengers on board having crashed near that border of the region. This aircraft was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur in malaysia. So one would presume that over ukraine, it would be flying at altitude. There is no reason very very rare that an aircraft would fall from its cruising altitude and crash. Extremely rare event. Most aircraft accidents occur on takeoff and landing, of course. So the ukrainians are claiming that a missile fired by ukrainian separatists hit the aircraft and caused it to crash 280 passengers were told 15 crew members, a boeing 777 en route from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. Bob, youre in washington as we watch these images now, smoke rising in the distance. You make a very important point. People need to understand here that this airplanes last known altitude radar as far as we can tell was 33,000 feet. Thats in what you described, scott, accurately as the cruise altitude part of the flight. It is the safest part of the flight. If pilots can take a breath thats when they do. Everything is fairly automated. It is a routine part of the flight very very safe. It is extremely rare for an aircraft to come down from altitude. And when one does come down it is usually the result of an external force like a bomb or a missile. So these reports of a shootdown while we cannot independently confirm them makes some sense in terms of the scenario that we see playing out here because it is almost inconceivable to come up with a mechanical scenario that would fit the facts with that airplane crashing from that safe phase of flight. So we know scott that the u. S. Government is picking up the bits and pieces of