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Life in the grieving nation largely came to a halt, as the days somber events played out. Jonathan rugman of independent Television News has our report. Reporter at eindhoven military airport this afternoon. Two aircraft, one dutch and one australian, ferried the first of mh17s passengers and crew back to the country which lost the most. 193 of the 298 were dutch. 32 australian, and 10 from the u. K. 40 hearses for 40 coffins. And before they were taken away for forensic investigation, the dutch gave the bodies a heroes welcome, with the sounding of the last post. The countrys new king willem alexander, and queen maxima, led a day of national mourning. The ceremony here, meticulous in bright sunshine, and performed in front of about 1,000 relatives of the dead. And what was most striking, the determination to give them a dignity in death that they never received in the fields of Eastern Ukraine. At the crash sight itself, separatist rebels gave access to officials from the organization for security and cooperation in europe. But not to dutch investigators, who said their safety was not guaranteed. The planes flight recorders have been taken to the u. K. For an examination which could take weeks. But six days on, there has been no professional investigation permitted here. On monday, the u. K. Said it had imposed an absolute arms embargo on russia. But today, it emerged that more than 200 export licenses, including for missile launching equipment, are still in place. We have an arms embargo in place. We set out the terms of it, and we need to make sure that everything thats happened since is consistent with the terms of that embargo. I believe thats the case, but well want to go through each one of these individually to very much make sure that it is the case and if it isnt, of course well act very swiftly. Reporter and amid disagreement among World Leaders as to how to respond, pro russian separatists are continuing to shoot down aircraft. Today, it was two Ukrainian Military jets. This just 25 miles from the mh 17 sight. The ukrainians claiming the rockets were fired from russia itself. On the other side of europe though, the peeling of bells, and then a minutes silence. Not a corner of the netherlands have been untouched by this disaster. And the scenes this evening have been unprecedented. Many thousands lining the streets to watch the hearses pass by. The first bodies from 11 nations in all, though none of them have yet been identified. Yet all of them, honored here by the country, which less than one fateful week ago, had sent them on their way. Woodruff european monitors said today there are body parts still at the site in Eastern Ukraine where the plane was shot down. And australias Prime Minister warned its increasingly likely that some of the remains will never be recovered. Ifill and in other news today, in taiwan a Transasia Airways plane crashed in Stormy Weather as it was trying to land on the small island of penghu. At least 47 people were trapped and feared dead. Rescue workers used flashlights to comb through the wreckage in the darkness. 58 passengers and crew members were on board. Woodruff republicans and democrats in congress offered up competing bills today, on the flood of Migrant Children across the southern u. S. Border. But there was no sign that either side can win over the other. House republicans said their bill would cost 1. 5 billion, far less than president obamas request of 3. 7 billion. Speaker john boehner what the president is asking for is a blank check. He wants us to just throw more money at the problem without doing anything to solve the problem. The administration ought to get their act together. Without trying to fix the problem, i dont know how we actually are in a position to give the president any more money. Woodruff republicans also insist on speeding up deportations by changing a 2008 law that lays out a lengthy hearing process. In the senate, democrat Barbara Mikulski proposed legislation to cut the president s funding request by 1 billion. But it would not change the 2008 law on deportations. Homeland Security Department officials warn border and immigration agencies will run out of money in the next two months, unless congress acts. Ifill lawmakers in iraq have again delayed voting on a new president. They agreed today to put off a decision until tomorrow, after the kurdish political bloc asked for more time. At least 95 candidates are running. Meanwhile, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an overnight suicide bombing that killed 31 people at a checkpoint in baghdad. Woodruff in indonesia, a former general who lost the president ial election now plans to challenge the results in the nations highest court. His campaign alleges widespread fraud in the voting, although election observers have said it was generally free and fair. Election officials declared Jakarta Governor joko widodo the winner, yesterday. Ifill the Costa Concordia cruise liner began its final voyage today, more than two years after it capsized off an italian island. Two tugboats pulled the ship away from the port of giglio. It will make a slow, fourday journey to the northwestern port of genoa, home to the company that owns the vessel. It is difficult to describe the feeling without being too emotional. The ship is heading north at 2 knots expected rival time following between saturday night and sunday morning. Ifill 32 people died when the concordia steered too close to land and struck a reef. The captain is now on trial on charges of causing the wreck and abandoning his passengers, and for multiple counts of manslaughter. Woodruff back in this country, General Motors has issued six more safety recalls, covering another 700,000 vehicles. This time, the problems range from faulty seats to turn signal failures, to problems with power steering. All told, g. M. Has issued a record 60 recalls this year, for nearly 30 million cars and trucks. Ifill congressional investigators told house members today how they repeatedly qualified for Subsidized Health coverage using fake i. D. s. The Government Accountability office said investigators succeeded in 11 out of 18 attempts; they said they got around an online identity checking system by dialing government call centers instead; also today, a study by the department of health and Human Services estimated more than ten million adults have gained coverage under the Affordable Care act. Woodruff the anthrax incident at a Government Lab has cost the lab director his job. Michael farrell submitted his resignation today from the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Hed already been reassigned from a c. D. C. Facility in atlanta that handles bio terrorism agents. Last month, that lab accidentally sent anthrax samples that were still alive, to two other labs. Dozens of c. D. C. Workers were potentially exposed, but no one got sick. Ifill wall street had a mixed day after some mixed reports on corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost nearly 27 points to close at 17,086. The nasdaq rose 17 points to close at 4,473. And the sanp 500 added three, to end at 1,987. Woodruff still to come on the newshour the humanitarian crisis on the ground in gaza; how a georgia race will help decide control of the u. S. Senate; what a flys brain tells us about our own minds; stricter rules for trains carrying crude oil; and, whats happened to the abducted Nigerian School girls, now missing for 100 days. Ifill the fighting between hamas and israel continued today as americas top diplomat shuttled between israeli and palestinian leaders, attempting to broker a cease fire. More than 680 palestinians and 34 israelis have been killed since the fighting began july 8. Ifill secretary of state john kerry landed in tel aviv, his air force jet exempt from the f. A. A. Ban shutting down u. S. Flights there. He met first with u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon, and suggested theres been some progress toward a ceasefire. Were working hard and im not going to get into the characterizing, but we have certainly made some steps forward. Ifill from there, he headed to the west bank, and talks with Palestinian Authority president mahmoud abbas. Were doing this for one simple reason. The people in the palestinian territories, the people in israel are all living under the threat or reality of immediate violence. And this needs to end for everybody. Ifill and then, back to tel aviv, for a meeting with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Amid all the shuttling, even russian president Vladimir Putin spoke with netanyahu by phone today, hundreds of palestinians were also on the move, pouring out of the Southern Gaza town of khan younis. They were fleeing heavy israeli air and artillery strikes, and there were reports of many people still trapped. translated they were firing from tanks next to our house. We were stuck in the house, we called the ambulance and the firefighters, none came to help us. Ifill in rafah, hundreds took part in a funeral procession for five palestinians killed by overnight air strikes. And in jerusalem, thousands attended the funeral of israeli soldier max steinberg. The 24yearold man from california was killed in fighting on sunday. Violence also spread to the west bank, where a palestinian man was killed in fighting with Israeli Soldiers in bethlehem. Meanwhile, hamas rocket fire killed a Foreign Worker near ashkelon, in southern israel. The rocket threat prompted more airlines to call off flights into Israels Ben Gurion international airport. President shimon peres urged them to reconsider. May i say i regret that airlines have suspended flights. The real answer to the danger of flying is not to stop the flights, but to stop the rockets which are endangering the flight. Ifill but the u. N. High commissioner for human rights navi pillay held both sides responsible for the rapidly rising death toll. I unequivocally reiterate to all actors in this conflict that civilians must not be targeted. Not abiding by these principles may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ifill israeli Justice Minister tzipi livni answered the allegation with two words on her facebook page, get lost. Late today, hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called for the world to force an end to the israeli offensive, and to the economic blockade of gaza. Pernille ironside, of the u. N. Childrens agency unicef, has been on the ground in gaza since the conflict began. I spoke with her via skype earlier today. Pernille ironside, as you travel around in gaza, tell us, what are you seeing . Well, the conflict has been getting steadily worse by the day, and were now into our 15th day here, and with each one the civilian casualty rate has only mounted. Amongst those, children are bearing the greatest brunt of this terrible conflict at the moment. Theres over 168 children who have died already and were now over 1,100 children who have been seriously injured, maimed and even terribly burned. The physical and psychological toll is undescribable. Ive met with, for example, the three surviving baka boys who were on the beach playing with cousins and the next moment saw pieces of four of their friends and cousins strewn around them. These are lasting emotional and physical scars that children are bearing across the gaza strip. I also met 4yearold shima in the hospital the other day and she was longing for her mother and her siblings, all of whom died as they were seeking shelter, leaving their home in search of a safer place, and only shima and her father survived. The fact of the matter is there is no safe place here, even in the Public Schools and compounds and in shelters, there are no guarantees for safety. Ifill thats what i wanted to ask you is where do people go when they seek shelter . Well, gathering around the main Emergency Hospital in gaza, theyre gathering in mosques, in the Orthodox Church here in gaza, and theyre also gathering in school compounds, both u. N. Schools and now, as those have basically reached their capacity is over 120,000 people in them, people are also pouring into Public School compounds. I visited two of the Public Schools today just to see how people were coping. The vast majority of nearly 1,400 people in each compound were children. I woul would say, in one alone,2 children were under the age of 2. This is an enormous civilian impact and upheaval in terms of all these lives who have literally had to flee, not knowing if theyre going to survive or not. In fact, one grandmother today said to me, 40 of them, all they could do was pray at that moment because they did not know, as their 5story building came crashing down around them, they did not know if they would live. Ifill what is the condition of the infrastructure, whether water, electricity, even the roofs over peoples heads . What is your sense of how damaged that all is . I have been visiting a number of the most critical water and sanitation installations around gaza. I can say that 70 of the population is now without access to safe water. The main sewage pumping station has been hit directly. 40 of gaza sewage is flowing directly into the mediterranean now. Just down the road from there the primary Sewage Treatment plant was also directly hit and the sewage flowed down the street into the neighborhoods and fields, contaminating a huge amount of area. Water wells have been directly hit. There is at least 50 of all the water and sanitation infrastructure is no longer functioning at this moment and even when some urgent repairs could be made to reestablish some of the connections, its been rendered impossible because there is no safe humanitarian access for the Municipal Workers to be able to make these repairs and, already, three of them have been killed while on duty. Beyond water and hygiene, the emotional toll, we have the emergency psychosocial teams who are reaching out to all the families who have lost loved ones in order to provide some immediate coping skills, and this is really just the first step of a very long process of healing and recovery that gaza will need to undergo. Ifill sounds like a long process in every possible case, pernille ironside, the u. N. Childrens agency unreceive, thank you very much. Thank you. Woodruff now to politics yesterday in georgia, voters chose the republican nominee for the u. S. Senate in what turned out to be a tight primary election. It sets the stage for what will be one of the closest watched races of the year, a contest that could help decide control of the senate. With us to talk about this race and the broader Senate Landscape is our political editor, domenico montanaro. So welcome back. Thank you. Woodruff domenico, the republicans, it was a tight race, a runoff, but they have candidate now, his name is david perdue, who is he . Former c. E. O. Of Dollar General and the Sneaker Company reebok, which everybody knows. Jack kingston is who he defeated 5149. Kingston, a member of congress. It shouldnt be lost that david perdue in this race was the only person who ran in this primary who was not either a member of congress or a former elected official, so he really played that outsider card. He ran this ad depicting babies on the lawn in front of congress crying, depicting all the lawmakers are cry babies, essentially, so he really tried to play that card, hit kingston with being on the insider status, and thats what probably did help him. He also pulled in about 3 million of his own money which didnt hurt. Woodruff now perdue faces a wellorganized democrat and normally deep south is not fertile territory for democrats but in this case she is the daughter of a wellknown former senator. Thats right, and democrats have hope that Michelle Nunn, daughter of sam nunn, will do well because of her legacy and name but also because to have the changing demographics of the state. So i think this is a state that democrats are starting to feel a little bit better about and, given the fact perdue is a political novice, never run before, nunn is in a similar situation, but she also has tried to play the outsider card. Now you will see republicans weve already seen republicans take strong aim at Michelle Nunn. We know the democrats are already picking apart David Perdues business experience, trying to reopen the mitt romney playbook to say this is someone who cost jo