she is well aware of the media reports of looting and body snatching coming from the crash site. she had this message for russian president, vladimir putin. take a listen. mr. putin, please take care of my son and my daughter. who knows where they are. who knows where the bodies are. where did they take them. i can do nothing but wait for their bodies. reporter: do you have any idea where your son s body and his girlfriend s no idea. maybe they took it. maybe it s there. maybe it s in one piece or maybe it s in 1,000 pieces. reporter: you can hear the anger, the outrage, the shock and confusion in their voices. she told me it is her human right to be able to bury her son. christine? thanks so much for that. it is so tough, so tough for those families. the coverage of who shot down
saying, mr. putin, you must put pressure on here. i think it has somewhat worked, as we are heard reports the rebels have allowed some access to international investigators. it seems that it is working. of course, four days have passed and there s also concern that the evidence might have been tampered. that s a serious concern. we shouldn t overestimate putin and russian government control and influence over the rebels. i don t think it s 100%. of course it s significant. under the pressure, the russian president tried to do something as the international investigators managed to get into the crash site. i have been struck by the carefully chosen language vladimir putin used since this crisis broke the other day. he tried to place blame on
their tickets. passengers can postpone their flights for free. the question, will the flights have any passengers? the company is not commenting and won t tell how many have canceled their flights. the travelers are fleeing the airline in large numbers. the turn around plan could mean bankruptcy. another possibility they may have to go private. certainly an up hill battle for the airline. one minute to the top of the hour. new day starts right now. we have breaking news live from the frinl resting we have breaking news live from the final resting place of mh 17. the u.s. and the world is ramping up pleasure on putin. new evidence as to who shot the plane down and the possible attempts to cover it up, the crash site controlled by rebel fighters, 298 bodies now in limbo, their memories and dignity at the mercy of a larger battle. we have hard questions for the
community. reporter: clearly a number of world leaders believe he does have immense influence over the rebel that is control this part of eastern ukraine. the german chancellor, angela merkel had him use that pressure. the dutch prime minister, as well. they have all lined up to urge russia to take steps here. the australian prime minister saying he s hearing the right words from putin, but it has to be followed up with actions as well. as you mentioned, putin broke his silence sunday night. called it a tragic event. he appealed, said international experts from the civil aviation organization should be on the scene coordinating the investigation at the crash site but he also issued a warning saying that different parties shouldn t be trying to get some kind of political advantage of this tragedy. when you ask the rebels themselves, hey, are you getting
it s certainly a welcome development for families of victims here in the netherlands. we have been hearing calls of outrage and anger. they are very aware of the media reports coming out of that crash site area of looting and body snatching. i spoke to one woman who lost her son and his girlfriend to mh17. her son was 23 years old. they were going on holiday to bali. she purchased the ticket to help the girlfriend get over the loss of her mother. she lost her two and a half months ago. she wants to bury her son. she said it s her human right. listen to what she had to say. mr. putin, take care of my son and my daughter to bring them home. who knows where they are. who knows where the bodies are. where did they take them?