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Has controls on it. that would be one observation. second thing is we should know immediately that there was a missile launch and the site from which it was fired. and i personally heard, you know, missiles off the ground in the gulf war, when our satellites immediately get the hot spot. so i think we already know that it was a missile launch, if it occurred, and from where it was fired. and my guess it's not russian. it's inside the separatist zone. the russians have been pushing sophisticated equipment across the border. this sa-17, the buk missile is a self-propelled outfit. it's supposed t...

That conference and all the response from the u.s. government. this is malaysian air flight 17. a boeing 777 with 295 individuals on board. 280 of them passengers. 15 crew. the wreckage you see there has been reported to be a nine-mile radius, suggesting that this plane went down from a great height, potentially 30,000 feet to the point it would have been at that flight. we're seeing dozens of bodies reported to be scattered around that smoldering wreckage. a real scene of devastation and tough questions for authorities who have just slammed russia with some of our harshest san e sanctions yet...

Air traffic control way point. this was a 777, a boeing 777-200. extended range plane. that is commonly used for these long routes going from europe to asia or the united states to europe. the united states to asia. very commonly used. and we should also make the point that, of course, this is coming 4 1/2 months after malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared on the flight to beijing. all evidence right now, according to those who are looking for that plane, continues to suggest that the plane did a u-turn and is still missing somewhere in the south indian ocean. they still haven't found a sin...

That says separatists have done it. just to confirm, is this your belief? you don't have confirmation of that? do you have suspicions of that at this point? >> i'm not going to speculate on this for obvious reasons. we don't have any additional details to share other than confirm -- other than the reports you've seen about the plane crash. in terms of the causes, the individuals on board, i have nothing else here from the u.s. government. >> the ukrainian transport planes that were shot down in the last week, maybe in the same area. i mean, is that something that you are looking at in terms of...

They are talking to ukrainian officials about, ronan. we know this administration monitoring this situation and, of course, president obama in delaware right now on a previously scheduled trip which will focus on the economy, on infrastructure. he's going to speak in about an hour announcing new infrastructure projects. white house officials say at this point in time he has no plans to address the reports of the downed plane, but that could change. this is a fluid situation. at this point in time, there are too many question marks for the president to address the nation about this right now. s...