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Guidance computer was a marvel of innovation in its day, helping command the nearly 240,000 mile journey from cape kennedy, florida, to the surface of the moon. but it couldn't do what an iphone can do. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >> hello, everyone, i'm frederica whitfield. these stories are topping our news this hour. crucial in evidence the hands of pro-russian rebels? the very group blamed for shooting down a malaysiaen plane may have its hands on the flight recorders. the leaders say they'll turn them over if they turn out to be t...

Insecure and already we don't know where the critical information, the flight recorders or black boxes or whatever you want to say is on the ground. we don't know where it was taken or impartial investigators. we don't know what happened on the ground. >> that was cnn international correspondent christiane amanpour. discussing the unknown of the crucial pieces of information, the so-called black boxes. there is worry today that the crash zone may be contaminated by rebel fighters and that will make it harder for investigators. my next guest is mary schiavo. she also represents victims and fami...

Call with the dutch prime minister and called for a thorough and unbiased investigation. does he mean it? >> reporter: well, carol, you know, just going to what general ryan said, it is obvious that the russians will deny it as they have denying it, but everybody from the united states to the main european leaders believe that it is only president putin who has influence actual tangible actionable influence with these separate is rebels. so does he mean it? we're not sure. what we certainly do know is that this crime site is insecure, and therefore already we don't even know where the critical...

Several square polls in very volatile region. we're not sure exactly where the black boxes and flight recorders are. chuck nash joins us, retired navy air captain and fox news military analyst. you say there is a big threat to all of us. what is the biggest threat facing the public right now based on what happened yesterday? >> well, i think what we have to put into our consciousness is not just that this airliner was shot down probably as u.s. intelligence says, by the russian separatists in the ukraine. but the broader implications of the potential and that is, that terrorist organizations h...

The investigators are heading to the scene and there is a global demand for answers at the scene. the reuters says that local rescue crews have recovered the plane's flight recorders. witnesses say the plane exploded in the air raining charred debris on a rural area of farms. all 298 people on board are presumed dead at this stage. the united states as we were reporting believes it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. but has not determined who fired it. the ukrainian government in kiev, though, is adamant that they believe pro-russia separatists are behind this. the crash has prompted a...