opened for talks? thank you so much for your time and perspective. we ll stay in touch with you, of course. on to another story we are watching. russian investigators are hoping that a flight data recorder will help them figure out what caused a deadly plane crash. all 71 people onboard were killed. you can see a big explosion in the distance. the plane had taken off from moscow for the city of orsk. the crash side scattered out of radius. we know they have recovered the flight data recorder. how much closer are they to
11:30 here in los angeles. police in berlin, treating a truck crash as a terror attack. the tractor went into a crowd. some of the images you re about to see are graphic and disturbing. this is cell phone video moments after the attack. police arrested one man, not far from the crash side. a dead passenger found inside the truck was a polish citizen. reporter: from berlin, here s fred pleitgen. they say they have one man in custody. at this point in time, they are not sure what the nationality of the man is. and they cannot be certain that this is the same person of the wheel at the tractor-trailer as it plowed through the christmas market here on monday night.
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speculative. we can t report what the leader of the militia is i mean, he s saying himself this place is locked down so they can t tell you who s able to go through these possessions. i mean, alex, people s possessions are lying everywhere. as you would expect, i haven t touched anything, but it is possible it would be possible, it looks like maybe people have, or maybe the effect of the crash, of the accident, blew people s suitcases open. it looks like it is possible, people have just opened people s possessions. it s possible. so, you know, it is a really i mean, the malaysian government, like, a malaysian government source said to me he didn t think people were being treated with respect and just in terms of people s possessions. indicating, as suspected, that crash side is anything but view secure at this point. you talked about the hurdles you had to go to get to that site.
and ukraine must adhere to an immediate cease-fire. evidence must not be tampered with. investigators need access to the crash site. and the solemn task of returning those lost on board the plane to their loved ones needs to go forward immediately. here s what we know. when malaysian airlines flight 17 went down yesterday, most of the people on board, 189, were from the netherlands. president obama today identified by name one american who was also killed. the airline announcing today that they will make an initial cash payment of $5,000 to the family of each passenger. it sounds like very little amount of money. meant to cover travel expenses, immediate expenses, to the crash side. an audio recording ukrainian officials say they intercepted. and one of the voice on the tape describing debris falling from the sky and saying, quote, he s 100% sure the plane is a