Cloudy conditions, temperatures in the 70s. We have humidity making a comeback. Ill explain with the sevenday forecast. Katie . Thank you. This morning new clues are emerging from the downing of a malaysia air passenger jet. The plane was shot down in an area of ukraine controlled by forces loyal to russia. But there are fears that the separatists are complicating the crash investigation. Abcs kirk hawkins joins us live with the latest. Kirk . Katie, right now dozens of detectives are fanning out all across the netherlands, hoping to collect dna samples that they hope will identify victims there. All this as investigators say theyre struggling with limited access to the crash site. The wreckage still smoldered, bodies and belongings still uncollected where the First International investigators of the scene have not been given full access. We are concerned that the crash site has not been properly secured. At least one american is among the dead. Quinn lucas schansman, a 19yearold with
Off. U. S. Officials confident it was a surface to air missile fired by russian back separatists that down the plan plane. Terri has new details on the investigation and the american on board. City. Under gloomy sky across meals of rural ukraine the grim work of recovery. Eye heart amsterdam tshirt. Disney backpack. Baseball cap. Testified silently to the unspeakable loss here. At the look for bodies in a field of sunflowers. And found some. Logical man described the terrible and surreal sight. Sort of explosion he said and then people started falling from the sky. Late today an International Team of investigators arrived but armed separatist stalk them as they work and the team said afterward they didnt get proper access to the crash sit site. Today u. S. Officials said this was the work of separatist rebel shooting down the plane with sophisticated russian made sa 11 antiaircraft missile like thi this. President obama directly linking the tragedy to russia noting the rebel have alrea
Volunteers dragged up and bagged and trucked away remains of some of the 298 victims of flight 17. They will be brought to a morning, a stronghold for prorussia rebels. Those rebels control the area where the plane crashed after being shot down on thursday. Abc easterry is on the scene and reports that a few locals formed an unofficial perimeter around some of the wreckage. But there are no professional air crash investigators in charge. Just a few feet off the road, one of the wings came down in this field and frankly, it is outrageous that we can get this close. This is evidence completely unsecured. Reporter the Ukrainian Government today accused rebels of removing bodies from the crash site, a charge one of their leaders besides. We already got the news today of bodies being dragged around, of the site being treated improperly. Ukrainian officials have evidence that the missile that apparently brought down mh 17 came from russia and so do the troops that fire it. The team was russi