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
always so inspired by what other people are doing and what we can learn from them and so since i left office, it s been kind of a regular part of my life thinking about those people being knocked out of the sky, it s pretty tough. reporter: one of the victims, prominent dutch scientist joep lang. i met him in 2004 in bangkok. those who knew him say he was a hard core scientists with the heart of an activist who worked tirelessly to get affordable aids drugs for hiv positive patients living poor countries. one small example of his work, he argued if coca-cola could get refrigerated beverages to places all over africa, we should be able to do the same with refrigerated hiv medications. people in his lab and on the society as a whole, it s an
one small example of his work, he argued if coca-cola could get refrigerated beverages to places all over africa, we should be able to do the same with refrigerated hiv medications. people in his lab and on the society as a whole, it s an incredible loss. we re all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight, it s just unbelievable. it s not really real yet. reporter: the world health organization tells cnn the spokesman glen thomas was on the flight. he most recently worked with us during the coverage of the ebola outbreak in guinea. a friend says he was a wonderful man doing great work in the world and was also planning his 50th birthday celebration. his life and so many others cut tragically short. so, so sad. well, the conference will go on as scheduled, but organizers say
i first met him in 2004 when he presided over the international conference in bangkok. those who knew him said he was a hard-core scientist who worked tiresliless to get affordable aid drugs for hiv positive patients in poor countries. one small example of his work, he was the one who argued if coke-cola could get refrigerated beverages to places all over africa, then we should be able to do the same with refrigerated hiv medications. it s going to be a huge impact, both on people who worked closely with hip, people in his lab and on the society as a whole. it s it s an incredible loss. we re all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. it s just it s unbelievable. it s not really real yet. the world health organization tells cnn their spokesman, glen thomas, was on board that doomed flight. he most recently worked with us here on cnn during our coverage of the ebola outbreak in new
prominent dutch scientist, lang. i first met him in 2004 when he presided in bangkok. those who knew him say he was a hard core scientist with the heart of an activist, who worked tirelessly to get affordable aids drugs for hiv positive patients living in poor countries. one small example of his work. he was the one that argued if coca-cola could get refrigerated beverages to places all over africa, then we should be able to do the same with refrigerated hiv medications. it s going to be a huge impact, both on people who worked closely with him, people in his lab, and on the society as a whole. it s an incredible loss. we are all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. it s just unbelievable. it s really real yet. reporter: the world health organization tells us glen thomas was on board that flight. he worked with us here at cnn