The nasdaq is down by 40 points. Just about 1 . The s p 500 right now is also trading in negative territory, down by about threequarters of 1 . Sitting at 1,967. Vix has been moving sharply. Biggest oneday gain for the vix. It is now up 21 , even higher now. It had retreated as the market talked about this potentially being an accident. But now weve gotten more reports, the vix approaching that 13 level right there. Many developments coming out of the ukraine today surround being the malaysia airplane crash. Nbc news correspondent Pete Williams has been track being the story all afternoon for us. Pete, are there any new clues . There was talk earlier in the day this may have been an accident because there hadnt been much activity over that airspace. But what do we know right now . The number one theory emphasize the word theory of the u. S. At this point is that it was in fact shut down, but there is no hard evidence to confirm that. Statements by the ukrainians, the coincidence of whe
Mother or daughter will not be coming home. And for israel, preparing to widen that offensive in gaza. We continue to follow those two major stories for you, including israels offensive in gaza, but we begin with the ukraine. Where observers are at the crash site. And they will be followed by malaysias assistance team. The plane was travelin travelinm amsterdam to kuala lampoire yesterday when it was believed to have been shot down in the ukraine. We have more on the investigation. These are Emergency Service personnel who have been on the scene for a couple of hours this morning. As you see, they are holding sticks with white cloth on the top of it. Theyre marking bodies. And they have been walking through these fields here, coming on this side. And this is a farm road that divides the debris field. They have been in there, and you can see some of the stakes out there with their remains. Whats interesting, one of these gentlemen, when they walked past the debris field, they came up a
Thousands forced from their home. The timing is right. Man on the moon my conversation with buzz aldrin who strolled on the moon 45 years ago. We begin with the tragedy of Malaysia Flight 17, and the suggestion from the u. S. That russia was behind the tragedy. Almost 300 were killed, including an American College student. U. S. Intelligence confirms the plane was shut down by a russian made missile. Washington is focussed on the russian backed rebels fighting in the region. The eyes of the world are on Eastern Ukraine. We are going to make sure the truth is out. Scott heidler has the latest from the crash routine. Reporter as the sun rose it revealed the scope of how difficult the recovery and investigation will be for flight mh17. The debris rests in a vast area around the wheat fields, a circumference of 10km. Translation there was an explosion in the sky above the house. I came out to see what happened. The plane fell in many pieces, as it fell, it broke apart. All the pieces fell
In midair. The Ukrainian Government says it was a russianmade missile, but the russians blame ukraine for the unrest in the area. Malaysia airlines had a list of passenger as cording to their nationality. More than half were from the netherlands and another 40 from malaysia. The malaysian Prime Minister said we must and we will find out what happened. No stone will be left unturned. If it conspires that the plane was, indeed, shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must swiftly be brought to justice. Reaction continues to pour in from around the world. Nbcs tom costello has the latest. Reporter amateur video from Eastern Ukraine captured the thick, black smoke billowing from the wreckage. On the ground, the intense fire left a scorched landscape. The distinctive markings left little doubt this was a Malaysia Airlines boeing 777. This video shows the actual plane shortly after it took on the at 12 30 european time. Nearly three hours later ukrainian aircraft controllers lost contact
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