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The russians have been shipping across the border. and, yes, those missile launchers. so now, however, it appears that there is some intelligence that points to the possibility that a russian soldier or soldiers themselves could have actually pulled the trigger. or at least, at the very least, the command to shoot down that plane, whether they knew it was an airliner or not, appears it may have come from some kind of russian commander, melissa. >> so, jim, let me ask you a bit more about that. s...

For that matter. because hes culpable. he does support those rebels. instead of saying fine, russia is involved one way or another. i agree, they did not -- i mean, its hard to imagine, and we actually know from transcripts that they did not give the direct order that the rebels actually did think of themselves as the heroes, when they shot down the plane. but then they decided to dial it back. >> this is how the evidence is beginning to come back. >> to dial it down when they found out there ac...

Jim, about the building of a case of the culpability of the russian state and of vladimir putin in particular. we want to take a moment and listen to our ambassador to the u.n., samantha power doing some of that. >> early thursday, an sa-11 system was reported by a western reporter and separatists were spotted hours before the incident with an sa-11 system at a location close to the site where the plane came down. >> is there actual confusion about what happened or is this just about building th...

And against america which claims to have defeated america and that worked for the internal politics. >> i agree with hillary. i would not observe putin from playing the victim but bully victim saying the united states did that to us and we cannot do it back to the whole world. if somebody is a bully, you do not respond this way. hes worse. i think actually today with whats happened now, i dont know if its a turning back and trying to end this crisis. i think there was a window of opportunity. si...

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Actions might be requires. that means they are discovering the possibility of possible sanctions against russia. if it is confirmed that the plane was shut shut down by russian-backed separatists with weaponry provided by russia. thats significant, melissa, because youll recall this past week, the day before the plane was shot down, president obama announced the stiffest round against russia yet. the e.u. also announced new sanctions but they did not go nearly as far. whats happening with the un...

Hes giving himself room to maneuver. >> maybe putin, but russian-based media. that is the prime -- where you see theyre trying to get to the people. they are saying ukrainian jets have followed. they were tracking this plane. there could have been an air-to-air missile. the amount in the russian media, its some correspondents that have said its even worse than during soviet time. >> i want to speak to a point that we get to as soon as we get back, what is happening internally within russian poli...