what his death and the loss of other researchers on board this flight and not just researchers, hiv aids activist whose really affected change over the last 20 years throughout the world, what this man s death and others could mean for the future of hiv aids research and treatment in the search for a cure.
destroying evidence and booting bodies. malaysian officials saying today the crash site should be off limits, but it s not. the integrity of the site has been compromised, and there are indications that vital evidence has not been preserved in place. so what is being done to secure remaining evidence? cnn is at the crash scene. plus, new details on the 298 people onboard. among them a malaysian actress, her husband and baby. 80 children in all on that plane, and a man considered one of the most influential fipg e figures in hiv-aids research. meanwhile, bloodshed as a battle between israel and hamas intensifies. israeli troops firing on animal it s they say are carrying bombs. what a spokesman for their military is telling our wolf blitzer. we welcome viewers in the u.s. and around the world. captions by vitac www.vitac.com
this flight as well. it s so important to give meaning to the numbers. you see that 298 but really these are individuals with their own stories and lives and we heard a lot there from erin mclaughlin talking about the impact in the netherlands. the doctor was a professor at amsterdam university and pioneer in hiv/aids research and you re looking at a photo of him there. i spoke to dr. lang s friend dr. patrick sullivan of emory university here in atlanta. he was a prominent voice in the hiv/aids community and he spoke to me about the impact and leadership role that dr. lang had in this field. i ve met him at research conferences but i think everybody in the field would know his work as well. and he s one of these folks who started, you know, as a clinician, saw a problem and he stepped up into leadership roles
seeing right there. i could see earlier there were pictures of the tail of the aircraft. you could see the actuator for the horizontal stabilizer. these are things in determining what happened to the aircraft. why it went down in the manner that it did. that had-l help us determine how close that missile was fired. and there be tell us who may have launched the missile in the first place. so i think that s a very important part as well. david soucie, colonel maginnes, thank you both. meanwhile, there are families and friends watching all of this, and they just want to remember the people that they love. one of those passengers was a pioneer in hiv-aids research, dr. joep lange. we ll hear about him. hundreds dead, thousands injured. we ll talk about the relief efforts headed into gaza as it faces down this humanitarian crisis. so nice, so nice
angela merkel. we protect germany. the german government doesn t protect germany we do. we are paying for angela merkel s suture. on this issue where she should have led? what is is she doing. what is she doing. stick with number two, angela merkel. if she is such a hot shot leader what s she doings. she is doing what she is doing for germany. i don t care about germany. she has brought in a very unstable economic climate she has brought stability to our country. she is not greece, she is not france, she is not the u.k. and she is not right you, the u.s.a. the governor and i disagree on merkel. bill clinton s on the list. now, i have mixed feelings about the former president. you know him much better than i do. yeah. your reaction to him on the list is? i think he probably deserves it. once again, leadership is not only what you do, it s what you encourage other people to do. bill clinton has encouraged an enormous number of coes to ceos to donate lots of money to h.i