Situation. The secretary is of course aware of these reports. Were seeking additional information. Good evening. Im ama daetz in for cheryl jennings. Im larry beil. A missile fired from the ground brought down flight 17. 298 people on board, 3 infants have just been added to the death toll. We do not have confirmation of how many, if any, americans were on board though the guess is somewhere around 25. Most of the passengers were europeans, on a flight from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. Witnesses reported seeing a rocket blast hit the plane when it was above eastern ukraine. Parts of the plane and bodies are scattered up to ten miles from the main crash site. Ukraine security blames russian separatists for the attack and they plan to submit phone calls reported as evidence of a plot and emergency United Nations meeting tomorrow. Russian president Vladimir Putin said today, ukraine is to blame because of the unrest in that area. President obama talked to putin as well as ukraines president
Eastern ukraine and if military action in the country had not been renewed against pro russian separatists. Thank you. In an eerie turn of events, a dutch passenger on board flight 17 posted this photo to his Facebook Page shortly before takeoff. The picture of Malaysia Flight 17 was supposedly taken before he boarded. His caption jokes, quote, if it disappears, this is what it looks like. Facebook postings by friends suggest that it is genuine. The boeing 777 is known as a very advanced and safe aircraft. Its one of the most sophisticated Airlines Flying today. Now, meanwhile, investigators will be combing the wreckage for more clues. Large pieces of the plane and bodies of passengers are spread out over several miles indicating the plane broke up midair. But the most telling evidence has yet to be investigated. The critical pieces of evidence will be the black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder because they will tell the story of what happened before the crash
Good evening. The 71yearold james simon shot the man twice and now facing a manslaughter charge. How can you defend yourself in your home. If you have hell firearms should be you penalized for it . Dr. Simon seemed overwhelmed for the show of support from friends and neighbors. All couldnt fit in the courtroom. Attempted manslaughter ask assault. Its important during this difficult time that dr. Simon knows he has support of community and love of family. The doctor and wife had a road rage incident with a retired mortgage banker. He followed the couple home, trying to pull into their Garage Police say the door came down on his silver mercedesbenz simon came out, fired a warning shot and hit him twice in the stomach. They were both scared he told him to leave. I dont know why that man wasnt charged. Use of deadly force was not a reasonable decision based upon the facts. The person shot drove into his garage. Youll see what drove in means during the preliminary hearing. He was on the pro
You can see it off in the distance as it makes its way in. The last of 42 crossings here. Sausalito has another 30. But this will be the last boat with no one to take the throttles tomorrow. It pay may be the most relaxing commute but it was marred by the message. We apologize for the inconvenience. Our ferry boat cruise was well compensated, most well paid in San Francisco bay. Reporter money is whats churning the waters. The district is offering raises over three years. Captains want 12 because theyll have to pay more for health care. When ferry boats happen to be on attack, what do we do . I work very hard and im just trying to scratch out a living for my family. Im not talking about eating steak or lobster im talking about putting my kids through school and trying to save for a retirement. Reporter captains at 80,000 a year outearn those by far. We have to pay the ferry tours, the ferry fares and thats what were driving stood. Reporter deck hands and ferry workers will hold their o
For sunday and it looks like we could see lingering cloud cover and drizzle for the next work week. You may need to use your windshield wipers along the coastline. A deep marine layer sitting at 3,000 feet. Keep the umbrella handy just in case. There is the chance for an isolated shower. It will feel sticky with humid hair out there. Not the best of hair days. Next week, High Pressure will rebuild. We will see warmer temperatures. In fact a few 90s inland. More on the forecast coming up. Investigators in Eastern Ukraine trying to collect evidence and piece together what happened as a surface to air muscle downed Malaysia Flight 17 killing all 293 people on board. Getting access to the site is proving difficult. Mike is in the news room with that. We are getting a better look at the crash site that stretches upwards of 9 miles in Eastern Ukraine. We have seen laptops, books and beach sandals, perhaps for a planned vacation. While were looking at the scene, investigators are not Getting