Captioning sponsored by cbs. In is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. We have just learned that ukrainian rebels have turned over to investigators the flightdata recorders of the malaysian flight 17 which was shot down thursday over Eastern Ukraine. It has been four agonizing days for the families who lost loved ones on flight 17. They pleaded for the return of the remains of their loved ones. Today the pro russian rebels who control the area of Eastern Ukraine where the plane was shot down sent them home in rail cars. 282 of the 298 victims have been recovered so far. The u. N. Security council including russia demanded that the rebels now allow investigators safer and unrestricted access to the crash site. We have a team of cbs news correspondents covering this story and well begin tonight with Mark Phillips in ukraine. Reporter they died in a place they never intended to be. And now most of the victims of malaysia air flight 17 finally began the journey home. The train of refrigerated rail cars where the bodies had been stored became a rolling morning. It crawled slowly out of the rebel controlled town of torez near the crash site. A deal had been worked out to take the victims into Ukrainian Government territory, to the a city where they were due to be flown to holdandfor identification. Dutch Forensic Experts had viewed the bodies earlier in the day, under a tight escort of rebel guards. Days of living exposed in the summer sun had done its work. Still dutch investigator Peter Van Vilet said he was satisfied that the condition of the bodies. I have watched the train and the wagons. And i am think the storage of the bodies is at the crash site itself bodies were still being discovered and then vilet became the first foreign investigators to get a look f only a brief one, at the wreckage. An International Team of aviation experts that has been assembled has yet to arrive. Security in this war zone is still a concern. As is the security of the passengers belongings. We saw emergency workers going through personal property. Its clear theres been tampering with materials on the site. If theres ever going to be hard evidence of what brought this plane down it will be found here among the wreckage. Its one thing to say that a missile was fired at this plane. Its quite another to find bits of it or some evidence of an explosion. And right now nobodys looking. As part of the deal to release the bodies, the planes black box data recorders were also supposed to be handed over to malaysian representatives. In the end the handover was repeatedly delayed but finally, scott, the black boxes are back in malaysian hands. Pelley Mark Phillips covering near the crash site, thank you, mark. And a moment ago malaysia said the black boxes are in good condition. U. S. Intelligence says it has circumstancesal evidence that ties russia to the missile that was used. Our david martin tells us that analysts are going through Satellite Photos trying to find the Missile System crossing from russia into ukraine. The Ukrainian Government released this video in which it claims the system minus one missile crossed into russia shortly after the plane went down. Today president obama said this about the pro russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine who occupy the crash site. They have repeatedly prevented International Investigators from gaining full access to the wreckage. As investigators approached they fired their weapons into the air. These separatists are removing evidence from the crash site. All of which begs the question, what exactly are they trying to hide. Nothing, according to russian president Vladimir Putin who said today the west is using this tragedy to achieve selfish political objectives. Of course Clarissa Ward is outside the kremlin tonight. What is putins strategy . Scott, clearly putin is trying to portray the west as hysterical, irrational actors and casts himself as the voice of reason in this crisis. But what hes really doing by constantly repeating that we need to wait, wait and see what the results are of the investigation, hes essentially refusing having to answer any of the growing number of allegations of russian complicit in this tragedy. That is not a sustainable strategy and it remains to be seen how russia is going to deal with this going forward. Clarissa ward in moscow for us tonight, thank you, clarissa. World outrage grew all weekend long as the victims lay in the sun Flower Fields and wheat fields near the russian border. Liz balmer palmer is with the families in amsterdam. Mourners are still coming to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial just yards from where the passengers boarded the doomed plane. But for the families of the victims, condolences are not nearly enough. I want to arrange a funeral. I cant. I dont know where they are. I dont know. I want them back. I want my children back. They have to come back. Give the bodies back. Mr. Putin, send my children home. Send them home. Today at last some of the bodies are finally on the way. And public concern has now shifted to the crash site thats become contaminated and looted. Thats why many dutch people dont believe they will ever get the full truth about what brought down Malaysia Flight 17. But they do think their government should push for a thorough investigation anyway. If only to make a political point. Its now time to show mr. Putin that hes going too far, much too far. The dutch government has demanded total access for investigators or else it will enforce sanctions against russia. Flight mh17 a threat echoed by british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron speaking on behalf of the french and german leaders too. Russia needs to know that action will follow if there isnt a radical change in the way they behave. The european leaders are talking tough, scott, but theres a lot of resistance to really tough sexes. They have not only threatened billions of dollars worth of trade with russia but lets not forget its Russian Oil Gas that literally keeps the lights on in large parts of europe. Liz palmer at the airport where the flight began, liz, thanks very much. Malaysia airlines rerouted a flight from kuala lumpur to london after its normal route over ukraine was closed. This happened yesterday. And this time Malaysia Airlines flent flight mh4 over wartorn syria. The airline says that syrias airspace is not restricted. In another major story tonight, after 14 days of war, 571 palestinians are dead in gaza. Most of them civilians, 12 121 children. 7 Israeli Soldiers were killed today. They have battled over the gaza strip since it became a home for arabs displaced by the creation of israel in 1948. Hamas, the militant group that runs gaza is launching rockets into israel demanding an end to a 7year israeli blockade. Israeli Ground Forces moved in last week and we have reports from each side first Barry Petersen. Reporter the sky is gaza is draped in cloud from constant shelling. And shooting in the streets by Israeli Soldiers. And with the war, the never ending aftermath of desperate search for survivors. Sometimes people are found, lives saved. Sometimes not. These days in gaza death come was warning and sometimes without making much sense. A shell hit here last night. It killed 6 members of a family. The 7th a child, is still missing. A hassan el halak survived, his face scorched by the blast. His wife an two sons gone in an instant. His oldest boy was 6. Now el halak suffers a fathers agony. I remember him, i remember his smile. I find myself faceless. I could not save him. Relatives came to the morning to take away the bodies of his wife and children, his mother, his sister who was pregnant and a twoyearold child. Im helpless. I dont knows whats next. I cannot imagine. How can i start again. At the nearby mosque a brief prayer service. Then a procession down the street. Ending at the graveyard. Yesterday the el halaks were a large and vibrant family. Tonight they are statistics, more names on the list of the dead. More torement for the living. The growing death toll does not appear to be affecting morale in gaza, at least not publicly. But keep in mind that openly opposing ham. Assuras or the war with israel can be very dangerous here, scott. Pelley Barry Petersen in gaza city for us tonight. Thank you, barry. Israels death toll after two weeks is 27. Two of them civilians. 13 soldiers from one elite brigade, two of them americans were killed yesterday. Holly williams is in israel. He willing to pay a high price to stop attacks by Palestinian Militants. Its sold evers are paying with their lives. Max steinberg and Nissim Carmeli grew up in america but wanted to serve their other homeland, israel. They fought with the golani infant ree brigade seen here entering the gaza strip before a deadly battle with the militants. 13 sold evers were killeds were killed including the two young americans. In los angeles last night they held a vigil for max. His father Stuart Steinberg said his son was dedicated to being a soldier. He was our familys inspiration. He was our familys spirit. And in tel aviv sean carmelis family remembered a man who wanted it to join the recalls army since he was a young boy. His grandmother mar gallit told us he was against el and softly spoken. He was going to come and visit me in two weeks, she said. But now im here visiting him instead. The israelis say they foiled two attacks today by Palestinian Militants who had sneaked into israel via underground tunnels and they say they killed at least ten of them. And scott, destroying the network of militant tunnels is one of the goals of the ground offensive in which more and morris rheal soldiers are now leaving their lives losing their lives. Pinkston holly, thank you. Secretary of state john kerry arrived in cairo tonight to try to arrange a ceasefire in the understatement of the day. A senior official said it wont be easy. The governor of texas deploys the National Guard to stop illegal immigration. And crews battling western wildfires go on the offensive. When the cbs evening news continues [ male announcer ] thats why theres ocuvite to help replenish key eye nutrients. Ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. Ocuvite. Help protect your eye health. Pelley the first person to stand trial in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing was convicted today. Azamat tazhayakov was a friend of accused bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. He was convicted for his role in the removal of evidence from tsarnaevs dorm room. He faces up to 20 years. Today Texas Governor rick perry said its time to send in the National Guard. He is authorizing the deploy am of 1,000 troops to the border with mexico to bolster security. Theres been a surge of Illegal Immigrants, many of them children in recent months. And as anna werner reports, some land owners there have had enough. Your family has been here what, 17 175 years. Yes. Few textans are as eager to welcome the National Guard as lorenzo an zal duea. His familys lan has become a highway for Illegal Immigrants such as these women with children who came across the Rio Grande River just a mile or so away three weeks ago. Its like a funnel. And they all get on the border, or on our land, american soil. And they take three or four routes. But they all diverge into one. And thats right behind me, that road. Reporter many wind up in nearby mcallen texas. 76 of the Illegal Immigrants in this recent surge have come through the Rio Grande Valley region. Volunteers have offered help to the immigrants at a Catholic Charity shelter downtown. Lazaro fernandez juniors Fabric Company is just two blocks away. Im frustrated because we should have never gotten to that point n that situation. And our government has put us in that situation. And that is wrong. Reporter officials in mcallen want washington to reimburse the city for the 700,000 it expects to spend this year to deal with the latest surge of il local immigrants. That includes transportation and security costs. We are being invaded. And the quicker the politicians realize it is an invasion, the quicker they will close the border. Anzaldua hopes the arrival of the guard is the first step in that direction. Anna werner, cbs news, mcallen, texas. Pelley in a moment well remember americas giant leap in space. 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Pelley tonight fire crews in Washington State are getting some help from the weather. A giant wildfire has destroyed homes and burned hundreds of square miles but lighter winds and cooler temperature kos help calm the flames. Right now wildfires are burning in six states. Hayley guenther of our spokane affiliate krmtv has more. The fires burning in the pas civic northwest have scorched 1300 square miles. This video was taken over washington. More than 100 homes were lost. Fire commanders expect that number to grow. Fire spokesman pete buist. As long as we have hot, dry, windy wlfer weather well have problems containing the fire. Its hot, dirty nasty work. There are now more than 3500 fire fightsers trying to get a handle on the wildfires in the state. The arrival of more waterdropping aircraft and calmer winds have allowed crews to beat back blames flames threatening houses. The first thing that came to mind mind was survival. Judy swank has lived in this valley for 14 years. 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Pelley president obama invited 28yearold ryan pitts of nashua, new hampshire, to the white house today so he could present the former ashee Staff Sergeant with the nations highest military award, the medal of honor. Pitts defended a key observation post during one of the bloodiest battles of the afghan war and he told his story to david martin. American soldiers digging in for what would prove to be their last stand. Nine of these men were killed when the enemy attacked their makeshift base in the afghan villeage of wanat in july 2008. It was the most intense fight i had ever been in. Seemed like fire was coming from everywhere. Sergeant ryan pitts was wounded in the opening fuselage. How badly are you bleeding. My biggest concern was a count wound in my inner thigh on my right leg. So then i crawled to the southern fighting position in bogar put a tourniquet on my leg. Jason bogar who was killed a short time later kept pitts from bleeding to death. But the situation described by an Apache Helicopter pilot was desperate. I think they dont want to lift their heads. As shown in this army recreation pitts was manning an observation post above the main base at wanat. The enemy was so close he had to let his grenades cook off before he through them. So that the enemy couldnt pick it up and throw it back because it was so close i didnt want to give them a chance to pick it up. You would activate the grenade and count to 3 or 4. Yeah. And then lob it. What happens if you get a short fuse. It would detonate in my hand. And pitts ran low on grenades he fought on with a machine gun. Suddenly, there was an awful silence all around him. I thought everybody was dead. I thought i was the only one there. An you were. I was. Youre all alone. You are wounded. And the enemy is how close . Close enough that they could hear them when i was talking on the radio. Four soldiers rushed to his aid but they were all cut down. One of them Israel Garcia was mortally wounded. I just held his hand and we talked for a little bit. He wanted me to tell his mom and wife that he loved them. The apaches laid down fire within ten meters, about 30 feet to pitts. 10 meters, so youve got to be kidding. And finally beat the enemy back. But you can see american dead lying on the ground. Nine guys died so the rest of us could come home. And valor was everywhere. Everyone was fighting as hard as they come and i dont think anybody, you know, no man fought harder than any other. And the families of all nine were there today for ryan pitts. David martin, cbs news washington. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news. All around the world. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs. Okay. I dont want to believe this. But are beyonce and jayz really about to break up . The headline is everywhere. So could gwyneths pals be hollywoods latest conscious uncoupling . Drunk in love mr. And mrs. 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