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It is an improvement in terms of the restriction to the site, which will concern i think some of -- will answer some of the international concerns and in terms of dealing with bodies, getting them out of the son and in refrigeration where they can be stored more appropriately and examined, that is something that will no doubt be of some consolation to the families of these victims. >> phil, i know that you may have been listening to us talk earlier. reuters releasing this video that appears to s...

Hour of "up" with more on the malaysian air crash in the ukraine. theres more information about how the black box was take friend the crash site. rescue workers said they found the black box and were forced to hand it over to pro-russian rebels. they claim theyre going to give it to independent investigators. pro-russian rebels have reportedly taken all bodies taken from the crash site at gunpoint. thats according to u.s. administration officials. reporters from the associated press said they sa...

>> its been so interesting to watch your reporting, because these are the hours that sometimes we will see hamas pick things up from their direction into israel. well come back as the news warrants. john huddy, thank you. from eastern ukraine is leading officials in washington, d.c. to clue that malaysian flight 17 was shot down by separatist, however, with the help the russian military. parts of the 77 have vanished from the crash sites it is reported, and word that rescue workers -- >> liter...

For them to go. those orders came from the pro-russian militants who are in control of the crash site. "the rebels did not explain anything. they just said its over, youre done, you can resume at 6:00 tomorrow. they control the territory." thats what one of the ukrainian officials taking part in the search told nbc news today. "they control the territory." rescue workers who are in that field have located dozens of bodies but those bodies right now remain in that field. theyve been there, again,...

"the rebels did not explain anything. they just said its over, youre done, you can resume at 6:00 tomorrow. they control the territory." thats what one of the ukrainian officials taking part in the search told nbc news today. "they control the territory." rescue workers who are in that field have located dozens of bodies but those bodies right now remain in that field. theyve been there, again, all night. and theyll be there all night again tonight just like they were last night until the russia...

Horrifying scene they certainly will not forget anytime soon. "the new york times" sabrina taverness said that in another field, a dutch passport lay open. bodies fell from the sky, looking like regulars or clumps of ash. thats what residents and rescue workers saw after malaysia flight 17 came to rest in a field dotted with purple flowers, trailing debris over several miles over farmland. it was horrible, said a separatist rebel, who was part of the rescue crew. many of the victims were still i...

Soon. "the new york times" sabrina says, in part, quote, this. headphones and computers were scattered throughout a field of sunflowers. in another field a dutch passport lay open. bodies fell from the sky looking like rags or clumps of ash. that was with some of the residents and rescue workers saw after malaysian airlines flight came to a jolting rest. trailing debris over several miles of sparsely populated ukrainian farmland. it was horrible said a separatist rebel who was part of the rescue...

Rescue workers and firefighters trying to put out the flames. >> the boeing 777 was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. it disappeared from radar over eastern ukraine. >> the jet exploded midair, fell to the ground in pieces. the charred wreckage stretching for kill pleerts. >> a senior u.s. official said radar detected a surface-to-air missile right before the plane went down. the u.s. is analyzing the trajectory of the missile to try to determine where exactly it came from. >> the self-proc...

Evidence from satellites and surveillance aircraft, that the u.s. and its allies will now be looking at closely. the general theory at this point is that whoever was operating that surface-to-air missile was aiming at a military aircraft and accidentally shot down the 777 instead. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. the first journalists arriving at the scene of the crash were met by armed rebels controlling the area and searching for bodies. abc freelance reporter, john wendle, got a firsth...

Downing of a commercial airliner. it is 9:00 a.m. in ukraine now where government officials are blaming pro-russian separatists for shooting down a malaysia jet with 298 people on board to be precise. video shows parts of flight mhfine still smoldering. you see it there on your screen as firefighters and rescue workers try to put out the flames. witnesses say the jet excloed in midair and fell to the ground in bits and pieces, radar detected a surface-to-air missile system turn on and just befor...