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Liability? >> right now the president has to. the compassionate thing to do is to prevent these countries from sending these kids and that means putting the right incentives in place. >> and the right pressure. >> under the bush administration we had a similar problem with brazilians coming. the bush administration made a big show of sending a bunch back. word spread very quickly, and illegal crossings from -- >> look, if this was happening anywhere else in the country, we'd be passing the plate in church, raising money, pushing the other countries to take in the refugees. instead here our pol...

And she wasn't the only person of this mindset on the flight. a team of aids experts were on their way to an international aids conference in australia. the international aids society confirmed that fact, and issued a statement saying they are feeling extreme sadness of that loss. >> now, sarah, we're also learning more about the u.s. citizen onboard. with dual citizenship? >> reporter: question, quinn schansman. he was born in new jersey but lived the majority of his life in the netherlands. he was on his way to indonesia to meet up with his family of four. his visibly shaken grandfather appe...

Flight. >> to lose three beautiful children in a war that isn't theirs. >> reporter: several aids experts were headed to an international aids conference in australia, one of the top aids researchers in the world. george matthew was a friend, a writer and an aids activist. >> there are these special people who walk among us, and i remember him being one of those people. >> that was nbc's katy turf reporting for us. president obama today meanwhile is monitoring the efforts to determine here exactly what happened to flight 17. u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power friday made the ...

Would be closed for vacation. also on the doomed flight, 100 aids experts heading to an international conference in melbourne, uaustralia. bill clinton calling the loss i'm measurable. >> those people are the people we're going to australia to talk about. >> world health organization spokesman glen thomas and lang described by many scientists as the preeminent expert on hiv, aids. >> he really had the training of a scientists but in the end he had the heart of an activist. >> 29 malaysian passengers and 15 crew perished on board including this flight attendant, her best friend says she loved w...

Highest level in 50 years. experts previewing census numbers due out before election day say the official poverty rate is likely to rise from 15.1% to the current 15.7%. that rate has not been seen since the mid 60s. among the reasons cited, the weak economy has simply left government safety nets in tatters. as aids experts from around the world meet in washington this week, the federal government is rolling out hiv tests that are done in neighborhood drug stores. two dozen pharmacies will take part in the tests from rural georgia to inner city chicago. patients, they will get results free o...