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His family, just to be cut away like that makes it all the more a tragedy, not forgetting the three beautiful children. >> the three beautiful children. 298 beautiful lives, no doubt, on that flight. matt, are you getting the answers that you want this morning about what went on in that sky over ukraine? >> well, i think it's such an unusual incident that no one really can make sense of it at the moment. certainly the news feeds we're getting in australia from our government very good and information is given and we're well informed here in australia. >> matt jones, thank you so much for being...

Across western and that's where the tragedy took place. why was it taking that route? it had on different days taken different routes. on that day for various reasons whether it was taken a northern route. if this flight plane was entirely planned in advance, this wasn't made up at the moment. it was the flight path of being on airway l980 that was the flight plane it had taken. closer analysis of that flight plan shows it was an open airway. the international organization you and i have talked about this many times they are the ones that decide which of the roadways of the sky you can fly and...

Later in the show. maciaela is on assignment and we're following two stories. wolf blitzer is on the ground in israel as they launch a ground offensive. the military trying to close off tunnels. we'll get back to wolf in just a second. he'll cover all of that for us. but, first, we must begin with the stunning realization according to a senior u.s. official that it was a missile that brought down flight 17 over a rebel-controlled part of eastern ukraine. >> 298 people were on that flight when it was shot from the sky. most of the passengers have been identified. none so far are american. ukrai...

You can say some of the seprists may have had military training prior to this, we don't know this or provided by the russians or, worse-case scenario, you have a russian crew using this equipment. the fact that they've taken this equipment out of there tells me that there's something in that system that they don't want us to see. >> a signature they don't want us to know much about. >> i want to get over to richard quest. we heard from the ground those eyewitnesses there. they keep talking about the area, the farmland and there is nothing there, small ukrainian town and also how massive the de...

Watch to vote with xfinity on demand. for this summer's top 100 shows and movies. and remember, the only thing to fear is fear itself, and spoilers for shows you haven't seen yet. global...pandemic. ♪ mh17 malaysian airlines flight 17 shot down over ukraine. it was a crime. there are questions this morning about who shot it down and why but we cannot forget that it is a tragedy. especially for the families of the 298 people who were onboard that flight. this morning, they are mourning their relatives. they are in disbelief over what happened. we're joined by matt jones from sydney, austral...