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    Did Russia Play a Role in Downing a Commercial Jetliner?

    The President said it’s too early to place the blame, but the US is raising tough questions about Russia’s involvement in the Malaysian Boeing 777 shot down yesterday over Eastern Ukraine. We’ll also give an update on Israel’s invasion of Gaza.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 18, 2014 • 51m Listen

    The President said it’s too early to place the blame, but the US is raising tough questions about Russia’s involvement in the Malaysian Boeing 777 shot down yesterday over Eastern Ukraine.

    Also, we'll give an update on Israel’s invasion of Gaza, and should Central American children who’ve reached America’s borders be sent back to the “murder capital of the world?”

    Banner Image: The site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash is seen near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner Flight MH17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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