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security team, national security team the 4 big national holiday like the one we are about to experience tomorrow. what is out of the ordinary is to have that meeting after a terrorist attack like the one that was planned and executed in paris. officials are said to be worried, we will hear more about this, they are said to be worried about copycat attacks, copycats of what happened in paris. bolognese nothing is flash on your screen, that is white house talk for a plea to minute warning to the president. so we will see if he does that lead to minutes from now. that said the white house has been careful to point out before the meeting took place and the last couple days that they have nothing specific, no credible or specific threats against the united states homeland. in terms of a copycat attacks there were reports the visible and sent to 18,000 law enforcement officials warning them about homegrown threats saying these law-enforcement officials should be even more on ....
aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions. not subject to restrictions. as we have said, the faa gave a notice to airmen, to u.s. airmen back in april suggesting they however, international carriers, pardon me, this flight, 17 from amsterdam to kuala lumpur it traverses, as you can see, this particular region which has been the site of hostilities. we believe that there were 295 passengers and crew members on board on board this plane, multiple media reports shot out of the sky, malaysian airlines said word from air traffic control in ukraine, saying that about 9:15 or so eastern time that the air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane. and then very quickly ukrainian authorities accused separatists of shooting the plane down using soviet-era missiles, surface-to-air missiles. we can also tell you that we believe that there are many international people on board this plane. we have reports of americans on board, of dutch tourists on board, and you ....
hat can we do for you? and now bbc world news america. reporting from washington, this is bbc world news america. malaysian airline plane with 295 people on board crashing in eastern ukraine. debris falls from the sky. while there are reports it was shot down. both ukrainian government and pro-russian rebels deny involvement. the clash fight is a scene of destruction. and israel s prime minister has instructed the military to begin a ground offensive in gaza, escalating the conflict even farther. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. tonight we come on the air tracking two breaking stories. israel has started a ground offensive in gaza. we will have more on that story in just a moment. but first a malaysia airline passenger plane with 295 people on board crashed in eastern ukraine. there are reports that it was village near the grabovo. they blamed an act of terrorism. here s the latest. the horrific moment when the ....
correspondent brian ross now with the latest on the investigation. reporter: with the rebels controlling the crash scene, the investigation of what happened and why is already facing serious questions and obstacles that could create a showdown with russia. even that dramatic footage of the moment of impact is being questioned as u.s. officials point fingers of blame at the pro-russian rebels. they ask who happened to have a camera rolling at the precise direction and time the plane was blown out of the sky bursting into flames. almost immediately the pro-russian rebels moved in to secure and take control of the crash scene and the debris field that stretches over ten miles. a gruesome landscape littered with pieces of malaysian flight 17. remains and personal belongings of the 295 on board. a tourist guide to bali unscathed. at the scene was john wendell, a freelance reporter for abc news. reporter: there s blood splattered everywhere and pieces of remains. report ....
in midair. the ukrainian government says it was a russian-made 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. nbc s 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 ....