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the majority of the undocumented children that have illegally crossed into the u.s. the last several months. meanwhile, more protests are expected today against allowing these undocumented immigrants in the country. this was the scene in lansing, michigan, yesterday, for instance, as dual protests broke out between anti-immigration and immigration supporters. our reporter is live in los angeles where the annual conference is being held. amanda, now that folks are there, how are they dealing with this rise in tensions, as we were seeing some of those protests just there, but it's been happening for a couple of weeks now. >> reporter: you know, actually, the l.a. mayor is opening the city up to the kids who are in need of shelter. they're opening up shelters with many community organizations here that are well-practiced in providing aid to these kids. they know how to set them up with their families and what they need to do. and so it's very interesting
you just hope that none of the children will go before you. and now it has happened. >> so many questions, still so few answers about who shot down malaysia flight mh-17, and a back and forth on whether investigators are being allowed to the scene itself. we'll have the very latest. rocket shelling battles, and an operation rages on in gaza. crisis on the border. president obama is set to meet with the presidents of guatemala, honduras and el salvad salvador. how will this impact thousands of undocumented ingrants. i'm richard lui in for craig melvin on this saturday. we're going to get right to those fast-moving developments
commenced immediately. >> nbc's kristen welker is at the white house. good day to you, kristen. what do we know about how the president is discussing this catastrophe and what he can do moving forward? >> reporter: well, richard, the goal right now for the administration is to put the pressure on russia's president vladimir putin to make sure that there is an international investigation into exactly what happened so the president continuing his calls for a cease fire, and continuing the calls to secure that crash site so that the investigators, which include investigators from the ntsb and the fbi, can actually access the crash site. as you know, there's been a lot of reporting about the fact that the investigators on the scene so far have run into a lot of trouble in terms of being able to actually get there and investigate in an unencumbered way. he is in contact with a number of his foreign counterparts, german chancellor angela merkel, prime minister david cameron, as
seen in the region, bodies being loaded on to them, and then those trucks moving on, the location unknown. our keir simmons on the ground at the crash site just hours ago saying he had unfettered access to peruse, if you will, throughout the crash site. no command and control on the ground, at this point. let's bring in bob hager and medal of honor recipient colonel jack jacobs. keir just telling us over the last two hours, he just left the scene, getting back to donetsk about half an hour ago, and that when he was at the crash site scene, he was somewhat surprised, if you will, that people could be seen walking through at their own will. >> yeah. i've heard that story a lot. >> because it's crash site integrity. >> right, right. and certainly that's a contrast to what you see around here. a formal investigation -- boy, they guard that wreckage and they chart it all. information to taking out the bodies for purpose of dignity and respect, so forth.
>> reporter: we had a lot of free access. i mean, that's pretty disturbing. i don't think i've ever been to any kind of crash site where you can walk amongst the debris like that three days later. we saw a whole section, probably 15 feet long, of the right wing lying in a corn field. we saw people's possessions lying strewn around, suitcases, a laptop open, the screen smashed, and, well, very, very disturbing, as you imagine, we saw a toy. someone's hand-written diary. and life jackets for children. which were out and open, but i don't imagine that anyone onboard that plane had any time to get hold of those life jackets or put them on. >> i know you're leaving the scene right now, how much time did they give you to be there? >> reporter: we were allowed to be there really for as long as we wanted to. the reason why we're leaving the scene is because it is now