Design has been part of what we , do. Our writers and editors work very closely with our artists and art photography editors, our photography editors and it drives the way we tell stories. We tell them graphically, through photography and we all Work Together, and design kind of moves us. A few years ago we started doing these special issues and we did Design Conferences which starts on april 11 in San Francisco and many of the speakers are featured in the special. Carol is there a theme you kind of think about . Ellen not really. We are try to talk about all different kinds of design. We have graphic artist, architects, and sometimes a theme kind of emerges. In this issue, it emerges that all the designers were talking , we are talking about how to solve problems and improve your business and life, so that kind of organically became the theme. Carol it is interesting because you cover everything. You cover food, business, art and you have the Costume Designer for hamilton. It is like
Out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Bnsf railway. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the fighting in Eastern Ukraine took a deadly new turn today. A Malaysian Airlines plane flying over the region appeared to have been shot down with all 295 passengers and crew board feared dead. A ukrainian official said they included 23 americans. The circumstances remained
Correspondent brian ross now with the latest on the investigation. Reporter with the rebels controlling the crash scene, the investigation of what happened and why is already facing serious questions and obstacles that could create a showdown with russia. Even that dramatic footage of the moment of impact is being questioned as u. S. Officials point fingers of blame at the prorussian rebels. They ask who happened to have a camera rolling at the precise direction and time the plane was blown out of the sky bursting into flames. Almost immediately the prorussian rebels moved in to secure and take control of the crash scene and the debris field that stretches over ten miles. A gruesome landscape littered with pieces of malaysian flight 17. Remains and personal belongings of the 295 on board. A tourist guide to bali unscathed. At the scene was john wendell, a freelance reporter for abc news. Reporter theres blood splattered everywhere and pieces of remains. Reporter tonight the rebels clai
And as weve been reporting during this eventful night on this of all days we also have the start of a ground war in the gaza strip with israeli troops invading tonight under a sky lit up by flares and incoming fire. So we begin this second half hour of the special edition of our newscast tonight with the downing of this 777. Nbcs tom costello who covers aviation for us has been covering this all day long. Tom, good evening once again. The malaysian Prime Minister said late today there was no distress call from this airline and it was flying in an ore declared safe by global Civil Aviation authorities. It left amsterdam at 1 30 p. M. Local time bound for kuala lumpur. They lost contact with the plane. Very quickly the Ukrainian Government reported that russianbacked separatists had shot down the plane using a surfacetoair missile. U. S. Intelligence and military sources confirm to nbc news that infrared satellites detected the missile laumpl and explosion. Malaysian flight 17 was a boei
Believe the jetliner was shot down by a surfacetoair missile. That plane took off from amsterdam with 298 souls. No word on whether there were any americans on board. Ukraines president blames prorussia separatists. They say they intercepted a phone call discussing the situation. Vladimir putin insisting ukraine is ultimately responsible. If it is results of the separatists or russian actions, i think theres going to be hell to pay. Israel has launched a Ground Invasion into gaza. The israeli army, one of its soldiers has been killed. So far 27 palestinians have died. The israeli Prime Minister has said hes ordered the military to prepare for a significant expansion of that ground offensive. What weve been hearing are explosions. Theres a rocket thats just been fired from gaza city. Dozens of homes have been burned by fastmoving wildfires in Washington State. An entire town is now being evacuated. A powerful typhoon is now heading for china. The strongest winds at the surface on planet