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restricted zone at the moment. still so many questions to be answered. and there s going to be a lot of finger-pointing over the next several hours, days and even weeks as this investigation begins to intensify. let s take a kind of a look back now at all we know. at the top of the hour, thank you very much for joining us, it is 3:00 here on the east coast of the united states. we are following breaking news this hour. right now it is 10:00 p.m. in ukraine where earlier today the horrifying scene was captured on camera, the moment a passenger jet falls from the sky, exploding on impact. the tragedy without a doubt. but was it an accident? right now it appears very likely this plane may have been intentionally shot down over eastern ukraine. we don t know for sure. there s a lot we don t know. here s what we know right now. this was malaysian airlines flight a boeing 777 traveling from amsterdam to kuala lumpur in malaysian. on board, 295 people, 280 of them passengers. 15 ....
seriously tonight. a short time ago, the u.s. central command, the coalition, announced it is opening a formal assessment into whether on march 17th, in west mosul, it may have dropped bombs that killed a significant large number, perhaps, perhaps hundreds of civilians. so issue right now, nobody knows exactly what happened. all of this began to emerge over the last couple of days as social media activists in the area began to report large numbers of civilian casualties due to bombings in west mosul where there is very tough fighting against isis. the picture has been pretty murky because there s so many conflicting reports, and the u.s. doesn t have anybody on the ground there that can put eyeballs on the situation and really verify it. but the pentagon, the coalition today, a short time ago, said that they ve been able to determine that, yes, they did conduct the air strikes in one of these areas where the allegations have emerged from on march 17th. iraqi officials on the ....
near travis air force base. we ll bring you the latest at 6:00. bye bye. tonight, breaking developments. protests and chaos at the g20. as president trump arrives, thousands descend on the summit. many fighting the global economy. police and protesters clashing in the streets. water cannons, tear gas and now mounting injuries. our team in the middle of it. also tonight, the meeting with vladimir putin is now coming with president trump now offering his toughest words yet aimed at russia. but when asked who meddled in our election, how the president responds on the world stage. the new findings tonight inside the airport disaster in chicago. the jet engine, the catastrophic failure. shrapnel flying. panic on board. we have surveillance video tonight. the veteran new york city police officer ambushed while sitting in a police vehicle. and the hot car and the dogs trapped. the urgent effort to save them, tonight, the president in his own words, warning he is consideri ....
fasten your seatbelts, federal judge in hawaii blocked the travel been just before it takes effect, has extended that order. derek watson further blocking the government from restricting noncitizen travelers from six muslim majority countries. in seattle mayor ed murray announced he is suing the trump administration over threats to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities who refused to cooperate with federal immigration officials, that brought several sanctuary city mayors and police chiefs to washington for a meeting with john kelly seeking to find some common ground. it is absolutely untrue that our priorities anything other than keeping our communities safe. we don t have the resources to be the immigration police, nor would that benefit the population, nor will that be proven. we cooperate with ice, make sure we are aware of who is in our custody but we do not prosecute based on immigration status. first priority is to keep the bad guys off the street. cutting f ....
the high-rise apartment building up in flames. the death toll rising tonight. the mother who dropped her baby nearly ten stories to safety. announcer: this is a special edition of world news tonight with david muir, reporting tonight from washington. and good evening on this wednesday night. we re back at the capitol in washington tonight, because of that awful scene that played out this morning. as lawmakers were practicing for an annual tradition, the congressional baseball game, when a gunman opened fire. it was not long before the gunman allegedly asked, are they democrats or republicans? he was told they were republicans. five people were hit, including congressman steve scalise, a member of the house leadership. tonight, he s in critical condition. after trying to crawl across the field to safety. authorities now say james hodgkinson was the attacker, the husband and home inspector from illinois. who had strong political views. tonight, that gunman is now dead, tak ....