all i ask is they not be taken away. >> that's all the time we have. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are the stories we are following for you. more leads in the fate of that missing malasian airliner, and what happened to the loved ones. taking a stand against florida am stand your ground law. as hundreds of floridians

protest that controversial provision. the search is widening in the multinational effort to find that malasian is airlines flight that disappeared without a trace. here is what we know so far about the plane bound for beijing. no official wreckage can located and officials say they have not ruled out the possibility that the flight may have been hijacked. they want to know something more about the two stolen passports used by two people on the plane. scott adler reports. >> doedozens of aircraft near ad far. no definitive evidence, still no certainty what happened to the flight from kuala lumpur to

beijing. >> we are mystified. and we are increasing our efforts to do what we have to do. malaysia airlines is helping us. all the central identities have been revealed, all the experts around the world are helping us but as far as we are concerned, we have to find the aircraft. >> malasian officials aren't discounting any possibility for the plane's disappearance including hijacking, terrorism or something catastrophic that ripped apart the triple 7 from thousands of meters above the water. its investigation continues on the two men who traveled on mh 370. with stolen documents. consulting with authorities on the investigation. and china has an investigation of its own. chinese state television has reported that one name on the passenger list did not match the

passport number and the person who has that passport number is still in china. so as the territory for the search widens and intensifies so is the despair of the family members who are on board. waiting for any shred of information. >> the men who used those stolen passports may have been involved in a stolen passport ring. the tickets they say came from a travel agency in the city of can -- city in thailand. >> two passengers on board the malaysia airlines flight used european passports stolen in the thai resort city of pouket. because the ticket number are

consecutive, it appears they were born together. they were stolen from an australia reefaustrianand itali. >> when i make a new passport, when they come back to italy, i talk to them about my lost passports so nobody can use. >> this is the resort city and just like pouket it is known as a hub for international networks. more than 60,000 thai and foreign passports were reported missing between january 2012 and june 2013. it is not uncommon for passports to be lost stolen or even sold. there is big money in this business. and thailand is one of the centers for this activity. in the capitol, bangkok, counterfeiting of all kinds of

identification cards is also wides spread. >> translator: in thailand, there are many organizations who enter illegally. they engage in the drug trade, human trafficking and other credit endeavors. >> a criminal ring for stolen and forged passports. there is still no evidence that anyone brought down the malasian airliner, or whether these people were involved in its disappearance. al jazeera, thailand. >> former member of the ntsb talked about the integrity of the boeing 777 and what problems if any might have played a role in flight mh 370. >> this airplane has proven to be such a reliable platform. it is structurally sound. what i'm told, take a look at

it, they have not found any serious problems with this airplane in the 20 or so years that it's been flying. >> now on their website malasian airlines says its primary focus is to care for the family of those who are missing. >> behind the closed doors the anger of are relatives waiting for the are whereabouts of their loved ones. chinese officials face a number of complaints. why has it taken you so long to hold this meeting, she shouts? have you any idea the pain we are going through, another woman shouts. the officials say for them to be patient and not take any radical action. no evidence that vietnamese recovered any evidence of the airplane from the sea. malaysia airlines is organize

flights for them to go to kuala lumpur to be closer to the scene of the search but so far there's reluctance in the absence of firm news. >> translator: 80% of the people don't want to go to malaysia until there's confirmation. we want the government to tell us what is really going on. whether we go or not, at least we need to know. >> reporter: several nations and international organizations are trying to determine what happened to the missing jet liner. china's ministry of foreign affairs is calling on the airlines to try to find more to solve the mystery. >> we urge the malasian side to increase semp efforts, start a search as soon as possible, in a timely manner. >> three days without confirmation of the airlines's fate, the stress is clearly evident. they believe questions are going

unanswered but the most important question: what happened to mh 370 no one can answer that. robert mcbryde, al jazeera, beijing. >> interim authorities in ukraine condemning what they call lawlessness in the eastern part of that country. mean whielmeanwhile russian fore tightening their grip. jennifer glasse in sevastopol. give us the latest on that. >> reporter: that's right, del. we heard from the foreign ministry not only you know russian forces have really tightened their grip across the crimean peninsula but the russian foreign ministry issuing a statement that the eastern crimeans have come under attack. that's the excuse that they used to come into crimea that ethnic

russians are underthreat. there is no independent confirmation of that. there is concern that russia might try and move into eastern crimea as well. >> in this diplomatic tit-for-tat, more words from russian president vladimir putin. >> reporter: that's right. the american ambassador said really the military solution isn't the answer here and he warned russia not to annex crimea. >> this is a crisis that needs to be solved diplomatically. the ukrainian government, ukrainian military forces in crimea has an exceptional record so far of resisting the provocations that are clearly being undertaken by the russian forces on the ground. >> reporter: and we've seen the diplomacy ratchet up over

the last couple of days. angela merkel spoke with putin over the phone, whether crimeans woulcroornlstocrimeansto b decide to be part of russia, to get moscow to talk to kiev. that is part of the problem del. the two governments aren't talking to one another. moscow doesn't recognize the new government in kiev. a very, very difficult complicated situation with russian forces on the ground effectively in control of crimea for now and a referendum coming up that the international community says it won't recognize. it could get very messy here, del. >> jennifer, thank you very much. there is key testimony taking place in the new york

city trial of credit, crum and john what has happened so far today in court? >> well, del, the court has just broken for lunch. if we go, 2:00 this afternoon, the court has been hearing from sahim al wan, the head of a mosque in lakawanna, new york. he said he joined al qaeda, lied to his wife, said he was going to pakistan, went to taiwan and joined an al qaeda group. knew of the existence of the

defendant, sulaiman abu ghaith. >> what what is happened so far in the case? >> well, later on today at 2:00 this afternoon we're going to hear from sarjit badat, an english guy, he was born in glouchestshire, gland. he already served some time for the shoe bomb incident. served six years came out, turned to be an informant, a super-grass as he's known over there. he's provided lots of information about al qaeda at the time of the 9/11 attack and after. the prosecution seeks here to show that the word spoken by sulaiman abu aghaith where he speaks of sending wave after

wave of airlines weren't hollow words, but wesh linked to the shoe bomb attempt. they say abu ghaith ask a kuwaiti, an imam, to prove conspiracy to kill americans. del. >> john, how has security been in manhattan? there was security that these trials couldn't happen on american soil because terrorism would come to the u.s. but what has security been like? >> reporter: del, that's an interesting question. key campaign topic for president obama, he couldn't close guantanamo bay because of the nimby congress, not in my backyard congress, not wanting trials in their backyard, even in new york, especially in new

york and now they are slowly starting to happen. this man abu ghaith is the highest being ranching al qaeda member to be tried on u.s. soil. prosecutor, obama administration hoping they could pull this off smoothly that it goes well that it seems to be fair and free and there is no trouble in the hope they can hold other high profile trials here and maybe close guantanamo bay. peter lanza, so father of am lanza, wish his birth had never happened. he said, i know adam would have killed me in a heartbeat if he had the chance. the reason he shot nancy four times, one for each them, one for nancy, one for him, one for ryan and one for me. he says he hadn't seen his son

for two years, tried to reconnect but adam ignored all of his requests. a short time ago new information was released concerning security plans for next month's boston marathon. three people were killed, more than 260 injured, after those two bombs exploded near the finish line. the director of the massachusetts security ministry said there will be more security. >> more uniformed police officers across the course and as they approach the course. and in some areas the uniformed police officers will be accompanied by bomb-sniffing canines. the had year in addition to the significant increase of umpled policuniformed police officers,n particularly in those areas that have traditionally drawn the largest crowds. >> the security plan also calls for 130 national guard soldiers

to be positioned along the marathon route. coming up on al jazeera america, are protesters why for the ar stand your ground. law.

>> trayvon martin and jordan days of are now household names. supporters say both are victims of florida am stand your ground law. , overturn the controversial measure. julia yarborough is in tallahassee and julia, what do the protesters hope to accomplish today? >> well, good afternoon del. the march and really taking place here in tallahassee actually just wrapped up and the goal from hundreds of people

around the state coming here to tallahassee is to keep pressure on lawmakers to repeal that controversial stand your ground law. it was enacted in 2005 by florida then governor jeb bush. the law gives citizens the right to stand their ground rather than retreating in a situation if they reasonably believe that that situation would prevent death or bodily harm. the organizers and participants of this rally want to make sure that people understand that that law could affect anybody regardless of race. they want to keep the pressure on lawmakers to say repeal this law and they want to make sure that if they can push that forward in florida, that they may be able to set the pace for moving forward in other states which have enacted similar laws since florida put that in place in 2005. del. >> and julia as you indicated this law has been on the books for nine years. where do efforts stand to repeal it as of today?

>> the issue is divisive not only within the lawmakers in the state. florida representatives allen williams recently sponsored a bill to repeal that law and it was defeated in committee, never went further. florida governor supports that law. keeping this in the forefront not letting people forget exactly how this law works. they are adamant until they are able to make changes in the law. del. >> julia yarborough joining us from tallahassee, julia, thank you very much. on wall street stocks off to a bad start this week. the dow is down right now 60 plus points. a slow down in chinese exports renewing concerns about the health of the global economy. the keeping customers away from mcdonald's, the company

reporting a larger than expected drop in sales, stiff competition was to bay as well. ebay is standing up to investor carl ikon. directors that ikon named to the board. ikon owns a portion of the company. >> jeep and dodge sport yutes, problems with the brake fluid causing, problems, made 2012 and 2013. a candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of the fukushima disaster, to commemorate the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in japan. 150,000 people left their homes.

>> japan's northeastern coast is marked with what's missing. houses from dozens of neighborhoods. loved ones from thousands of lives. shanishi endo is doing what he can to rebuild. a carpenter, he is putting up a playground where his house once stood, he found his mother cradling his three children, all of them died. >> if children come here to play i think my own would be happy. i don't want it to be a sad, lonely place. >> hannah, cantor and kendda wee 11 be nine and seven when they died. a sense of resolve that his

children have guided him. >> you might think it's strange but when my wife is sitting there and me over here, sometimes we feel something, someone looking through the glass. when i notice it, so does my wife and she'll say, they probably came home to play again. >> a 20 minute drive from endo's home is nagawa. the sea reared up 20 meters here. more than 800 people were killed. there's no question, the communities are slowly changing. the rebuilding process is underway but three years on they're still marked with a terrible feeling of absence. >> like the bank that once stood on this spot. her husband still carries her picture everywhere and he thinks about her last e-mail from the bank roof saying that she wanted to come home. and so last month, this 57-year-old bus driver qualified as a rescue diver.

he won't stop he says until he finds her body. >> she needs to come back home. be buried. her bones, i mean. so we can pay tribute to her. if i leave things like this she'll continue to lie where she fell at the bottom of the ocean. and that is too sad to bear. >> reporter: back here the weather is turning but endo wants to show you an earlier memorial he made. he sits and remembers. it's just their bodies that aren't here he says. so he spends time on each lovingly crafted seat, one for each child so they won't get jealous. he will always be their father. miagi prefecture, japan. one of the biggest parties in the world.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm dwlt. herdel walters.here are your he. owners of a travel agency issued two one way tickets to two men on board the malasian airlines flight.

meanwhile the search widens for new clues about just where the plane might be. russian troops remain in crimea ahead of that referendum coming up in a few days. u.s. threatens sanctions. ukraine's interim prime minister will be in washington this week to discuss the crisis. officials outlining security for the boston marathon, there will be 130 credit soldiers lining the route, the site of last year's deadly bombing. >> are credit i'm -- i'm meteorologist dave warren. really best phi east o -- best y east of the rockies. snow in the higher elevations.

this is video that has come in. lot of flooding problems with cars submerged in washington, oregon, areas hit hard, daily records 2 to 3 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. too much rain in a quick period of time. the higher elevations seeing that as snow. all of this moisture getting pulled in, the storm in the pacific and another in the gulf of alaska. notice how the clouds are starting to bow out a bit. high pressure intensifying over the rockies and it will really intensify east of the rockies as the air goes down east of the rockies. this will happen tuesday to wednesday. by wednesday it really best certifies, especially by chicago, here is heavy snow where the air is cold enough, northern parts of the storm. the temperatures could soar into the 50s and 60s. here is what's happening warm

air up the mid atlantic coast. the front will have a tough time making it as far as new york. difference between north and south, 48 to new york, 60 in philadelphia, these are the highs on wednesday. 60s and 70s even further south so a big jump in temperatures. but where that storm is and to the west of it, it is cold and there's a lot of rain coming down. but where it's cold enough there is snow, new york to new england. winter storm watches are in effect because we're talking about several inches of snow here. winter storm watch wednesday to thur. t-- to thursday. to the south it is just a cold chilly rain. to the south even further del. in carnival, thousands on the streets of rio de janeiro, the block party that closes out weeks of celebrations. more than 200 drummers

participating. guaranteeing everyone can take advantage of one of the last street parties of 2014. somehow though i think that's not the last. thanks for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "techknow," featuring kid genius, is next. >> i'm phil torres, welcome to a special episode of "techknow." we wanted to share a story with you of innovation that brings out the spirit of welcome. >> hello, i'm cara santa maria, and i'm here to talk about innovations that change lines. we explore the intersection between hardware and humanity and we do it in a unique way.