Killed. Flight mh17 crashed as a result of the detonation of a warhead outside the airplane above the lefthand side of the cockpit. This warhead was of the 9m314m type carried inside a surfacetoair missile system. The official said the plane was hit by hundreds of fragments of the warhead whose paint matches that of a russianmade missile. They added the voice recorder detected a High Frequency sound wave shortly before the plane fell from the sky. But the report doesnt specify who fired the missile. It only says it was launched within a 320square kilometer area in eastern ukraine. Ukraine and western countries blame prorussian groups for the crash, while the groups and russia say Ukrainian Forces were responsible. A joint team from the netherlands, malaysia and other countries have also been looking into who shot down the airplane. Malaysian government Officials Say they are committed to seeking justice. They said they are working towards adopting a treaty to establish an International
Ill make no mistake, the United States will fly, sail, and operate wherever International Law allows. As we do around the world, and the South China Sea is not and will not be an exception. China has been building artificial islands and doing construction work on the separa spratley islands concerning its neighbors. American Officials Say theres no legal reason u. S. Military ships cant sail within 12 nautical miles of the artificial islands. Philippine officials would back the u. S. Plan to send ships saying its important for the International Community to safeguard freedom of knave gags. The spokesperson for Chinas Foreign Ministry criticized carters remarks. Adding that she hopes relevant nations stop stirring up the South China Sea issue. A long running row in japan is heating up. The governor cancelled a permit for reclamation work on the future home of the base, and now officials with the Regional Bureau of Japans Defense Ministry are pushing back. Officials asked the land minist
Available on your mobile devices and the internet. The pitch is once folks park here they can get to philadelphia, patco, they have 60,000 unsold passes the river ferry or the maligned multimile hike over the ben franklin bridge, that is closed for traffic. Patco had news, they are no longer selling passes online, concerned they cannot mail them in time. They will sell them at the offices. And the new Jersey Transit line is selling tickets prior to the weekend. Think about those weekend, they will not be on sale over the weekend, you need to make an effort to make your plans and buy your tickets today. Reporter so different transit agencies two different theorys on sales, the sale for the special passes have been somewhat slow, patco only sold 20 of their 75,000 passes it has issued they hope that todays opening up of Parking Spaces here in camden will help spur the folks across the river to come see the pope. John rawlins, channel 6 action news. We of course are just nine days and 17
Good monday morning to you, im reena ninan. And im t. J. Holmes. We begin with that breaking news out of australia. A popular cafe in sydney under siege. A horrifying hostage ordeal at the hands of what appears to be a lone gunman. After six hours inside, some of the hostages made it out of the building. Terrified and in tears. They ran to the safety of police officers. The hostage drama paralyzed the busy financial district. An area also popular with tourists. All of it not far from the famed opera house. The coverage begins with lizzie pearl who is there with the very latest. Reporter we dont know if the gunman inside willingly let those people go or if, in fact, they escaped. One of them is believed to be quite an elderly gentleman who may have been suffering health problems. This is an unfolding situation. A lot of people are Walking Around with shocked looked on their faces. This is not something we see in sydney. This is something we usually see in other cities locations. We watc
Strong rip currents. For thats lets turn to chief meteorologist doug hill. The strong currents will continue at least tomorrow and probably into friday as well and then into the weekend as cristobal, the hurricane responsible for this moves more quickly to the north atlantic, then we should see some improvement. Were looking at our weather bug station at 2nd street and boardwalk. The weather is not the problem, it is simply an effect of the rip created by the strong wave action well offshore from hurricane cristobal located well to the southeast of cape hatterasers. It will pass to the north, northwest of bermuda tomorrow. And the water should slowly lay down a bit as we head through, saturday, sunday, and into monday. As far as the rain goes were watching these little thunderstorm clusters north and west of martinsburg and west of hagerstown. Were thinking most will fall apart before they get anywhere close to the metro area. This is ahead of a cold front they will give us relief from