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Our top story this morning. ukrainian government search and rescue workers have now found 196 bodies at the crash site of flight mh-17. the government says the search is being hindered by armed separatists on site. the u.s. and ukraine say it was a russian made surface to air missile. international observers are complaining that ak sesds to the crash site is very limited. they say the area is under strict control. talked with a spokesman for the organization. michael and erin asked him about

Armed separatists forced them to leave. lets talk about this and the effort to get to the site and to those victims with cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistance director thomas fuentes. and tom, i want to start with you. we heard from the malaysian transport minister they have the cooperation of the ukrainian government that they will get access to this site. that stood out to me. we know not the ukrainian government have control over that site. talk about the challenge the malaysi...

Be discovered? they are also piling up the passports, organizing the whole thing. you have got to wonder where the black boxes are are at this hour. >> firing shots in the air. our own elizabeth plan is live for us from washington this morning with the very latest on this breaking story. elizabeth? >> good morning, guys. inspectors are saying that time is of the essence. but much of the site, like we all know, remains blocked by those russian separatists. starting to deteriorate. turns out that ...

In 18 vehicles. they have hampered by armed separatists and hampered by the scale of the debris field. we have heard from the ukrainian prime minister, visibly shaken, using very strong language and calling for international help to bring to justice those responsible. this is what he said. >> we ask all respective governments to participate in this investigation. and to support the ukrainian government to bring to justice all these people who committed this international crime. >> reporter: very...

His friends say they are furious the government hasnt done more to help this marine. quote, i really dont believe they do enough for people who stuck their next out says fellow veteran john richardson. i am so disappointed in the government this is my brother in arms my friend and they dont care. >> ukraine launches air strikes to take back a key airport from pro russian rebels. ukrainian forces ued fire gets and helicopter gun ships against armed separatists who ceased control of the airport on...

They and their backers would have good reason to cover up evidence of their crime. thus, it is extremely important that an investigation be commenced immediately. >> investigators with the organization for security and cooperation in europe did arrive in eastern ukraine today only to be stymied by a group of heavily armed separatists who blocked off a large part of the crash site. after what has been described as an hour-long standoff, the investigators retreated. "the guardian" reporting tonigh...