Hard to imagine anybody surviving Something Like this. 33,000 feet or so, 32,000 feet, the plane was flying at when it was believed to have been shot out of the sky according to ukrainian officials. At least they say a rocket was fired, missile was fired. That hit the aircraft. Questions remain about who fired it, what their intent was, whether it was a mistake, whether they knew it was. A civilian airliner, two Ukrainian Military airlines have been brought planes have been brought down in previous days, one of them a transport plane. So theres still a lot of questions at this hour. Im here with Richard Quest, and fareed zakaria, rick franconia. Also peter gould, aviation analy analyst, miles obrien. Peter, in terms of getting access to the crash site, how important and what sort of a time frame is it crucial that investigators get access to that site in . Well, its critical they get there as soon as possible. For a couple reasons. One is for the investigation. But most importantly, fo
President obama set to nominate the former Procter Gamble ceo tomorrow as Veterans Affairs secretary. The Va Department is reeling from a huge scandal over mismanaged and sometimes deadly wait times for veterans seeking medical help. Mcdonald graduated from west point in the top 2 of his class. Her isser offed five years as a u. S. Army captain. Question number two could the grieving mother of a toddler left in a hot car face charges as well . Lee anna harris defended her jailed husband at yesterdays funeral for for their 22monthold son. The little boy died after his father left him in a sweltering car for seven hours. Both the mother and father have told police they did internet searches on child death in hot cars. The father has pleaded not guilty to felony murder and seconddegree Child Cruelty charges. Question number three, what is a cal fate and why are we using that word when talking about the crisis in iraq in the Extremist Group rampaging all over iraq, taking control of cities
Hello im john berman. Michaela is off today. Those stories right now at this hour. Were going to start with israel, firing up its military machine resuming air strikes in gaza against hamas. The fivehour truce to allow humanitarian aid into gaza blew up two hours after it began. Hamas broke whatever peace there was with mortar fire. Israeli Officials Say at least one rocket was shot into the country just as the break came to an end. The head of the United Nations says the temporary ceasefire was, quote, mostly respected. Israeli officials also say more than a dozen hamas militants tried to get into the country through a tunnel as the ceasefire began. Video shows the explosion from an air strike on the spot a short time later. Meanwhile, theres outrage after four children were killed in an israeli air strike as they were playing at a beach in gaza. Hamas calls this a war crime. Israel says it was a mistake and its accusing hamas of using the boys as human shields. Our military analyst r
Hello, happy, monday. Im michaela pereira. Im john berman. Its 11 a. M. In the east and 8 00 a. M. In the west. Right now, the death toll rising in gaza. Palestinian Authorities Say more than 170 people have been killed after a week of attacks, no end in sight. Thousands of people are leaving their homes in gaza after israel dropped leaflets before more attacks. Our wolf blitzer is at the border between israel and gaza. In fact, wolf had to duck for cover as a rocket exploded near him and his crew. No, no, no pictures. Dont shoot. We dont know whats going on. But theres some did we get the all clear . Im sorry. Okay. Were here on the border between israel and gaza. You can see there was a rocket that just landed. It came in from gaza. We heard it not that long ago. It was a real moment because all of a sudden we were at this area that had been sealed off and the Israeli Military was not letting us go any further. They said it was sealed off. We were waiting for permission to go through
That the last town along that western iraqi border with syria that was still in government hands, cnn is hearing reports that that has now fallen. Which would mean that effectively syria and iraq to a greater degree have become one battlefield, that the Iraqi Government is only in control as these reports put it of that northern border with kurdistan. Thank you so much for keeping us apprised of whats happened there. President obama has a message for iraq, you need a political solution to unify your country. He says no u. S. Military action can bridge the sectarian divisions that threaten iraqs future. Kate bolduan has a oneonone interview with the president. Good morning, kate. Reporter i started by asking the president about Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki who the president just a few months ago commended for ensuring an inclusive and democratic iraq. But maliki has done none of that. So how can anything get fixed there with him in power . We gave iraq the chance to have an inclusive d