Just why was that malaysia air flight flying over such a dangerous area and what has been the policy of all airlines that fly internationally with so many hotspots across the globe . We have phil lebeau standing by. Hes been looking into that. And for anyone who travels, you may be surprised about where airlines have been willing to go, at least until yesterdays tragedy. Then back in corporate america, two developing stories. Time warner trading above rupert Murdo Murdochs 85 offer, which was rejected. So, what does that say about what wall street thinks is going to happen next . Somebody thinks were going to get a deal. Yep, for sure. But at a higher price. Also, fedex higher today, despite being indicted by the u. S. Government, accused of being a drug mule for illegal pharmacies, saying fedex is knowingly shipping drugs to dealers and addicts. Well look at the governments case. All right, lets get you caught up on the markets. Weve essentially, as michelle was highlighting, done a r
Believe the jetliner was shot down by a surfacetoair missile. That plane took off from amsterdam with 298 souls. No word on whether there were any americans on board. Ukraines president blames prorussia separatists. They say they intercepted a phone call discussing the situation. Vladimir putin insisting ukraine is ultimately responsible. If it is results of the separatists or russian actions, i think theres going to be hell to pay. Israel has launched a Ground Invasion into gaza. The israeli army, one of its soldiers has been killed. So far 27 palestinians have died. The israeli Prime Minister has said hes ordered the military to prepare for a significant expansion of that ground offensive. What weve been hearing are explosions. Theres a rocket thats just been fired from gaza city. Dozens of homes have been burned by fastmoving wildfires in Washington State. An entire town is now being evacuated. A powerful typhoon is now heading for china. The strongest winds at the surface on planet
Missile to determine where it came from. Reporter impact and then had explosion. This is video taken near the crash site. You can see burning wreckage scattered 10 miles across a field in ukraine. Looks like it may be a terrible tragedy. Reporter Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it crashed 30 miles from the boarder. She and her child missed the deadly flight. I am just thinking i feel like i have been give an second chance. Hopefully [ indiscernible ] reporter the crash comes when tensions between russia and ukraine continue to be heated. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko called the crash an act of terror maintaining pro russian separatists were behind the attack. Vladimir putin russian president Vladimir Putin said it was [ indiscernible ] the United States will offer any assistance we can. Reporter as the investigation gets launched the mourning has already begun. We are all united in grief. President obama phoned Petro Poroshenko soon aft
17. U. S. Officials say they believe the jetliner was shot down by a surfacetoair missile. That plane took off from amsterdam with 298 souls. No word on whether there were any americans on board. Americas president blames prorussian separatist. They say they intercepted a phone call discussing the situation. Vladimir putin insisting ukraine is ultimately responsible. If it is the results of the separatists or russian, i think theres going to be hell to pay. Israel has launched a Ground Invasion into gaza. The israeli army confirming one of its soldiers have been killed along with nearly a dozen palestinians. Hes ordered the military to prepare for a significant expansion of that ground offensive. What weve been hearing are explosions from the rockets, consistent fire from gaza city. An entire town is now being evacuated. A powerful typhoon is now heading for china. The strongest winds at the surface on planet earth. All that the Justice Department is accusing the shipping department of
Out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Bnsf railway. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the fighting in Eastern Ukraine took a deadly new turn today. A Malaysian Airlines plane flying over the region appeared to have been shot down with all 295 passengers and crew board feared dead. A ukrainian official said they included 23 americans. The circumstances remained