an airlines flight. as it headed from alaska west toward its final destination, that plane drifted into soviet airspace and a soviet fighter jet tracked the airliner as it headed back out toward international airspace. but before it could get there, that soviet fighter fired at the 747 with two missiles. the jet was hit. the jet fell into the sea of japan. all 269 people on board including a u.s. congressman from georgia were killed. and the soviets were totally unrepentant about that. they claimed that that korean civilian jet liner was actually an intruder spy plane into the soviet wrunon. it wasn t a commercial plane. it certainly wasn t an asian one. it was a spy plane violating airspace to provoke the soviets or steal soviet secrets or both. nine days after that plane was shot down, nbc nightly news ran a remarkable lead story about
crimea, which is condemn and forget. or is there going to be a genuine change in american policy towards russia? that has to go beyond just issuing a handful of sanctions just a few individuals. certainly americans don t want a war over ukraine even if the malaysian yet jet liner was shot out of the air my question is. this i don t think folks understand why putin is doing what he is doing. you can briefly explain why putin is arming these terrorists? sure. for what reason? because he gets away with it. no, no. there must be a reason for putin. he must want something out of it. putin sees his historical role as reconstituting the old, if not the old soviet union, then the czarist empire. he sees all of these areas of kiev. he wants part of the ukraine. already taken part of it, crimia, he wants more of it to just come over to russia? is that what he is after here. that s exactly it remember by the way.
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israel, but around the world use human shields. if we want to stop it, stop pressuring the society that s defending itself against terror. start pressuring those who are using human shields. the fighting goes on over gaza again, live pictures you just saw there as the explosions continue to rock that city. ambassador ron dermer, thank you, sir. thank you. coming up, so many questions about the other big crisis going on in the world right now. the missile that took down a civilian jet liner, 298 people are dead. how can it happen? and are we safe when we re in a jet at 33,000 feet? one of our own former fighter pilots is here live to explain. also look at this. brand-new images of the empty air space now over ukraine. jet liners scrambling to get out of that air space after what happened yesterday. has been the other dangerous places our planes fly? that s next
killed there. bad news breaking out all over the place tonight. we will do the best to provide with you accurate reporting, not speculation. we begin with the jet liner. malaysian air flight 17 in route from amsterdam, holland to koala lamb poor was shot out of the sky not far from the russian border. suspicion immediately fell on ukrainian separatists who want part of that country to be annexed by russia. because they had used missiles to bring down a cargo plane on monday. of course, vladimir putin is supplying these heavy weapons to the terrorists so he is directly responsible. i bet you don t hear european leaders or president obama say that but it s true. russia is trying to undermine ukraine and giving weapons to killers. no question about it. so, over the next few days, you will hear the usual calls for investigations and meetings and talks and discussions. but little will happen to putin. because the west is essentially afraid of him and he knows it. meantime, the families and