Contaminated or compromised. The real key here is to get to the site and to look at the forensic evidence on the skin of the aircraft. President obama called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern ukraine. So a credible International Investigation can get underway. Reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 news. Thank you. The local Ukrainian Community is set to gather tonight on the ben franklin parkway to remember the victims in the Malaysia Airlines crash. Chad pradelli is live there now with more. Chad . Shirleen, roughly 100 people are expected to gather here for tonights vigil. It begins at 7 00. There will be flowers, candles, and then a march. The march will begin under the ukrainian flag and ends at the flag of netherlands. We are expressing the range of feelings from shock, sadness, to anger, to terror, to determination that this be stopped. These ukrainian americans have been dealing with turmoil back home for months. Worry has been mounting about loved ones and fri
From nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Welcome to today on a sunday morning. A lot of concern in russia this morning as the suicide bombing takes place in a train station 39 days now away from the olympics. Concerns on whether this is a diversion, maybe trying to split security forces. We will get a lot more details in a moment. We want to start with the snow and bitter cold that will impact millions in this country as we are getting ready to close out the new year. Dylan dreyer is tracking it for us. We are going to see a lot of rain with the storm system. Take a look at where all the rain is right now. This is a huge storm extending from the ohio river valley through florida and then making its way into new england. We are going to see some very heavy rain despite the fact that it has been a little cool this storm system is bringing in warm air with it. It is all rain in washington, d. C. And parts of South Carolina and all of that rain is inching into the new y
Monahan al jazeera ah headlines on our 0 russian back authorities in the ukrainian city, of course, on have told civilians to evacuate as keeps forces advanced in the region. Thousands of people have been leaving in fairies across the new pro river as ukrainian strengths of may, the only 2 major bridges from her son impossible. Russia has claimed the region as its own since separate is held referendums last month. Well, im a james room has more from keith. There has effectively been a media blackout in place when it comes to the ukranian counter offensive. And what the ukranian forces are doing to try to recapture their saw. This has been in place for close to a week. Now i can tell you that when watching media figures here, when hearing from certain politicians, there is a sense that these folks are indicating that they believe that the Ukrainian Forces are steadily advancing. That there is a belief here in ukraine, the Ukrainian Forces will be successful in recapturing at least part
Being on. Lets reset at the top of the hour now. Im anderson cooper. Thank you for joining us. Were following two major breaking stories that the hour. The downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 that killed 298 people in ukraine. And im wolf blitzer reporting from jerusalem. The other major story, the breaking story we were following, the crisis in gaza, where israel launched a major ground offensive and it continues. A lot to get you up to date on in this hour. President obama today laying out the priorities and the aftermath of the Airline Crash in the ukraine. The priorities, learning the truth first, he say then acting. 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. In order to facilitate that investigation. Russia, prorussian separatists
and ukraine must adhere to an immediate ceasefire. Evidence must not be tampered with. Inves
Tense relationship with the cold war adversary is getting tense still. The chill is growing and rhetoric is heating up as new facts emerge in the investigation. Well cover all the angels tonight. We go live to phil black in a moment, the only correspondent to get access to the crash site and we will as always, take time and great care to try to remember the lives, to honor the lives of the men, the women and the children on board flight 17. Images from inside Malaysia Airlines flight 17 before take off yesterday as the 298 passengers and crew prepare for the journey. A surface to air missile downed the commercial jet, who is responsible for the act is still unknown. But take a look at this video released by the Ukrainian Government. It shows a system, the same kind believed to shut down the plane driving through prorussian territory. Look closely, notice one missal missing. The video saying to be taken off the plane was shot down. A Senior Defense official says the theory is russia pro