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And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. 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 its been five days since a Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down over eastern ukraine, and today, 200 of the 298 victims reached the first stop on the way home. Neil connery of independent Television News filed this report from ukraine. Reporter after a 17hour journey, the train carrying the bodies of flight mh17s victims finally arrived in kharkiv. A former tank factory in the soviet era turned into a makeshift morgue, now offering some sort of sanctuary before the final journey home. There was at last here dignity for the dead. One malaysian official on board the train told me great care is being taken here. They were taken from train to the building because theyre going to make sure that it was kept properly so that when reporter most of the victims from flight mh17 are now finally under the protection of the ukrainian and dutch authorities in this site behind me. Their families have had to wait five long and agonizing days for this to happen, but they are now finally about to head home. Back at the crash site, International Observers say they fear the aircrafts wreckage may have been tampered with. The other day when we were at the cockpit section, when we were leaving, we did see workers using a dieselpowered saw to get a closer look at the fuselage. We cant draw any conclusions, thats not our role, but its an observation that we made. Reporter the black box flight recorders were finally handed over to the malaysian authorities by the prorussian militia in donetsk in the early hours. Theyre now being sent to air accident investigators in britain to be downloaded, for the dutch to then analyze them. A small Memorial Service was held next to the wreckage. The 298 lives extinguished at 33,000 feet last thursday were remembered by villagers. The bodies of those victims will leave this makeshift morgue behind these gates and return to the netherlands tomorrow, each one laid in a coffin. Ifill later, a european monitor said his team saw no sign of any attempt to recover the human remains still at the crash site. Well turn to the days diplomatic developments, later in the program. Woodruff and in other news this day, president obamas nominee to head the department of Veterans Affairs promised today hell work to sort out a scandal over health care delays. Former procter and gamble c. E. O. Robert mcdonald appeared at a Senate Confirmation hearing. He said the challenges include long treatment delays, falsified appointment records and the v. A. s very culture. The departments problems with access, transparency, and accountability, and integrity are all welldocumented. Theres a lot of work to do to transform the department. It wont be easy, but it is essential and it can be achieved. The seriousness of this moment demands action. Woodruff if mcdonald is confirmed, hed replace retired general eric shinseki, who resigned in may under mounting pressure. Meanwhile, Senate Majority harry reid said today theres been some progress on congressional funding to address the v. A. s problems. Ifill researchers in the u. S. And britain say theyve taken a big step toward developing future drug treatments for schizophrenia. They reported today the largest ever genetic study of the disease has identified 108 d. N. A. Markers. Schizophrenia makes it difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is not. It affects one of every 100 people and, in the u. S. Alone, costs about 60 billion a year to treat. Woodruff the president of nigeria, goodluck jonathan, held his first meeting today with parents of girls abducted by boko haram militants in april. The meeting took place at the president ial villa in the capital, abuja. Later, in a statement, jonathan said his goal is to free the 219 girls still captive, and rout boko haram from nigeria. But news reports say the insurgents overran more territory in the northeastern part of the country in the past few days, an army base and surrounding villages. Ifill Election Officials in indonesia have declared a winner in the bitterly disputed president ial race. Jakarta governor joko widodo won 53 of the vote. He celebrated with supporters today, and appealed for unity in the worlds Third Largest democracy. Earlier, though, the other candidate, former general Prabowo Subianto, withdrew from the contest and charged it was all a sham. translated there has been a massive fraud, structured and systematic in the 2014 elections. In consideration of this, we, the president ial candidate Prabowo Subianto and running mate hatta rajasa, will use our Constitutional Rights to reject the 2014 election. Ifill despite that claim, the defeated candidate opted against challenging the results in court. Woodruff dozens of police were rounded up in turkey today, accused of spying on Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan and others. They were charged with using a corruption probe as a cover. In another development, erdogan said he no longer speaks directly with president obama. He told a t. V. Interviewer its because the u. S. Failed to take stronger action in syria. Ifill in south korea, police announced theyve found the countrys most wanted fugitive, the man whose family owned the ferry that sank in april. The decomposed body of yoo byungeun turned up in a farm field, more than a month ago, but it took lab tests to confirm the identity. Yoo disappeared after the ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people. Investigators do not suspect foul play in his death. Woodruff back in this country, detroits plans to shed debt and emerge from bankruptcy have won a big boost from active and retired city employees. An overwhelming majority of them voted to accept pension cuts, as part of the effort to cut the citys longterm debt of 18 billion. A federal bankruptcy judge holds a hearing next month on approving the citys plan. Ifill on wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained more than 61 points to close at 17,113. The nasdaq rose 31 points to close at 4,456. And the sandp 500 added nearly ten, to finish at 1,983. Still to come on the newshour several airlines cut off flights to telaviv; europe brings additional sanctions against russia; bridging the chasm between charter and traditional Public Schools; two federal courts issue conflicting rulings on the Health Care Law; and, ten years after the 911 Commission Report was published, how safe are we woodruff the battle between hamas and israel raged on, and prompted some commercial airlines to cancel flights to tel aviv. Woodruff by night, israeli air strikes and artillery fire kept up a heavy barrage in gaza city. By day, palestinians again counted casualties, now more than 600 dead, more than 500 homes destroyed, and raged against their attackers. translated there is no excuse. They killed innocent children, women and elders who were using this building as shelter. They thought this place was safe. Woodruff hamas struck back with new rocket fire, hitting a house in tel avivs yehud suburb and lightly wounding one israeli. It was the closest strike yet to the Ben Gurion International airport, and several u. S. , european and Canadian Airlines temporarily halted service to israel. The Israeli Transportation Ministry criticized the move, saying it would hand terror a prize. On the ground, military officials acknowledged the deaths of two more soldiers. They also announced a 21year old sergeant, oron shaul, is missing and presumed dead after a battle sunday. Hamas had claimed it captured an israeli soldier over the weekend. But Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the assault, after meeting with u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon in tel aviv. What grievance can we solve for hamas . Their grievance is that we exist. They dont even want a two state solution. They dont want any state solution. In the face of such extremism, in the face of such violence, in the face of such terror, israel has no option but to defend itself. This is what we are doing. Woodruff secretarygeneral ban, wholl meet with the palestinian Prime Minister in the west bank tomorrow, urgently appealed for the shooting to stop. My message to israelis and palestinians is the same stop fighting. Start talking. And take on the root causes of the conflict, so we are not back to the same situation in another six months or a year. Woodruff later, in a videoconference with the u. N. Security council, ban said its his hope and belief the fighting will end in the very near future. Meanwhile, in cairo, secretary of state john kerry continued the u. S. Push for a ceasefire, meeting with egypts leaders and the head of the arab league. While we still obviously have work to do, it is also clear to me from each of the parties that i have met with that there is a framework available to end the violence, and that framework is the Egyptian Initiative that has been put forward. Woodruff the egyptian cease fire proposal is backed by both the u. S. And israel, but has so far been rejected by hamas. The militant group, with support from turkey and qatar, has demanded an end to the blockade that has crippled gazas economy. Woodruff for more on the f. A. A. s suspension of flights to israel, the broader efforts to broker a cease fire in the conflict there, and the latest on the situation in ukraine, we turn to ben rhodes, Deputy National security advisor to the president. I spoke to him a short while ago. Ben ben rhodes, thank you for talking with us. We reported the f. A. A. And other Safety Agencies halted commercial traffic into Ben Gurion Airport in tel aviv. We know the israelis are saying thats not necessary, it hands terror a prize. We know Prime Minister netanyahu has called secretary of state kerry to try to reverse the decision. What does the president believe about this . Well, judy, its important towns the f. A. A. Takes certain precautions out of an abundance of caution. The f. A. A. Said the rocket fired by hamas landed roughly a mile from Ben Gurion Airport, triggering f. A. A. To warn u. S. Carriers to avoid landing in ben gurion because we dont want to put our Civil Aviation at risk. They review us every 24 hours, but, again, this was gone in accordance with common tract. If you see that kind of threat in the vicinity of the airport, we have to issue a warning to civilian carriers to avoid the airport. Woodruff so the president is not inclined to reverse the decision of the f. A. A. . F. A. A. . No, we wouldnt want to overrule something the f. A. A. Is doing for the protection of americans and those flying american carriers. We can review the situations based ton security situation on a 24hour basis but we believe its necessary, particularly when we see what happened in ukraine, that we are taking great care when it comes to the safety of our air carriers. Woodruff when it comes to the fighting in gaza between gaza and israel, we know there are 600 palestinians dead, threequarters civilians, a quarter chirn, problems with water supplies, 29 israelis dead. When does this situation become intolerable for the president . Judy, we believe the best course of action is immediate cease fire. Weve long said hamas is responsible for the conflict because they precipitated it with rocket fire. Israel has a right to defend against rocket fire and tunnel attacks. At the same time, we have been heart broken over the loss of innocent life on the palestinian side, the growing death toll on the israeli side and believe the best outcome is an immediate cease fire to restore the calm and the deals of threat of rocket fire from hamas, the part of the cease fire would be the rocket fire stopping and addressing the stockpiles of rockets. Woodruff secretary kerry is saying the egyptian proposal has been agreed to by the israelis. He is saying hamas is the holdup. So youre saying thats the administrations position . Yes, absolutely. Israel has indicated an openness to the egyptian cease fire proposal. We are working to get hamas in agreement so there can be a restoration of calm and an end to loss of life weve seen. Seen. Woodruff do you think were any closer to seeing it happen . Secretary kerry has been doing consultations in the region. Those who moved forward. Again, it will take extra push of influence on hamas to get them to come into complains with the cease fire. We achieved that in 2012 the last time we saw a conflict like this, and thats what secretary kerry will press in the region, talking to egypt and other countries and partners as well. Woodruff turning to ukraine. Senior u. S. Intelligence officials late today are telling reporters that the passenger jet, the malaysian jet was likely feld by an sa surfacetoair missile fired by the prorussian separatists but they dont have direct evidence of russian involvement. Does this mean the administration can prove that this came from within separatistcontrolled territory . Thats right, judy. What weve assessed and what weve seen in our intelligence is there was an sa11 system, likely the missing that brought down the plane, and the geographic space from where the misis shot is controlled by the russianbacked separatists. I wouldnt absolve russia of responsibility of this at all, number one because theyve created the climate of arming separatists and stoking the conflict in ukraine, and number two because were looking at hard whether that sa11 system came from russia and whether there was russian training on the system. Weve seen russian provision of arms including antiaircraft systems to the separatists so thats something well continue to pull the thread on. Woodruff can you share the evidence the missile was fired from territory controlled by spratdists . Were working to declassify the information we have which includes the assessment of where it was fired from which is a russian separatistcontrolled area and our assessment is this is a missile that goes basically directly up and the wreckage of course also fell in russian separatist controlled areas as well. Everything points to the fact that this was a mills that was likely fired by those russianbacked separatists. Woodruff and do you believe you will be able to prove one way or another if the missile launcher was provided by russia . Do you expect to get fragments from the crash site . I ask because there were reports that the crash area has been tampered with. Thats one of the reasons why we need International Investigators to get access to that site because we believe there would be forensic evidence in that crash site that could further corroborate what weve determined here regarding sa11 and perhaps where it came from as well. So we are very concerned about reports of tampering. It is the case of investigations, good forensic work can determine what it is that brought down a plane. I would know, judy, for instance, there have been reports of black boxes provided out of the separatistcontrolled areas. That is not sufficient. A black box will not tell you exactly what felled the airplane, will just tell you about the airports flight path. So thats not sufficient. Thats why were working to get that access. We passed a Security Council resolution yesterday, working to get teams on the ground, and the United States has f. B. I. And ntsb teams on the ground in ukraine to assist with that investigation. Woodruff quickly, ben rhodes, about the European Partners of the United States. So far they have not been willing to go along with tougher socalled sec torl economic sanctions as the u. S. Has been urging. What does this say about the unwillingness of the europeans to punish russia or punish russia and its policy for what happened here . We have been coordinating with the europeans in putting sanctions on russia. We did move into sanctions in different russian sectors. The president has been forking the phones with his european counterparts. What we saw today was the european Foreign Ministers met and there was actually a positive statement coming out of that meeting indicating they are giving instructions to prepare designations in different sectors and named the energy sectors, arms sector, the financial sector. Those are exactly where we have been targeting our sanctions so were optimistic with this announcement from european Foreign Ministers today well see further actions in the coming days and weeks where the europeans are moving with stronger sanctions on russia. Our sanctions have led to significant thing