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now the search is on for the man who started the brawl. >> good evening and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. we begin with a 4-day search for malaysian airlines flight 370. that search is expanding. airline officials say they have moved beyond the flight's path and moved to the malaka straight. the search includes nine aircraft carriers and four ships. investigators identified the two men who used stolen passports to board flight 370. both are iranians, but authorities say they are not terrorists. malaysia flight 370 unexpectedly changed course. it adds to the mystery of the

missing plane. >> the beijing-bound jet was heard from last at 1:30 saturday morning. air traffic controllers outside of kuala lumpur lost contact thinking it disappeared here. there has been conflicting reports. malaysian airlines say it's possible that the plane turned plying over the state of malaka. authorities are not certain and can't explain why the plane would have changed course. it could rule out an explosion. it also means that the transponder or tracking systems were turned off, making it invisible. the altered course would at complexity and challenges to on board search and rescue missions by drastically expanding the site. none of the developments bought

comfort to the families of those on board. i hope all the passengers are safe, especially my little brother. >> police focussed their investigation on two of the passengers. men that boarded the plane with stolen passports. officials say they may have been asylum seekers with no links to a possible terror ist plot. investigators are combing through information about all passengers, while the loved ones wait for answers. >> the families of the passengers and the crew don't thing enough is being done. adding to the frustration is the fact that search teams likely spent days looking in the wrong place. the boeing 777 is considered one of the safest planes in the sky. allen schauffler takes a closer look at the 777 at an airport in pascoe washington. >> like this company, watching and waiting and hoping for the best for the people on board the

flight and the relatives. the company released a statement saying boeing joined the: >> that means they'll be available to offer technical details about the 777-200, about the aircraft, how it was cop figured with that many people on board and that much fuel. how big a range it might have had, how far it would fly, about its communication capabilities, the redundancies built into the system, transponders, black boxes, everything. a way of eliminating possibilities. we should remember, this is one of the safest airplanes in the sky. it's flown more than 5 million commercial flights, 18 millionaire miles, more than that by now, and we've had one crash with fatalities, that

involving asiana airlines at san francisco international last year. one of the most reliable long-haul jet liners in the world. 1,100 operating all over the globe. >> is there concern about the model of aircraft worldwide because of what has happened. the company is not willing to address the issue. we asked them. they referred us back to a short statement. if it's discovered that this was a kata trophic mid-air occurrence that brought the plane down, if they find a debris field, a crash site, and that is the case, certainly it would be logical to take a look at other 777s around the whole and check them out and make sure everything is running fine. at this point no plans to ground the fleet. boeing, like all of us waiting and watching about that. >> allen schauffler from pascoe

washington. flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board. a 12 member flight crew and 207 passengers. john terrett has some of their stories. >> this man was one of three americans, the other two were children. from texas, he worked from ibm in beijing, and was in the final stages of transferring to the company's office in malaysia. two french teenagers on board, in love, travelling back to their school in beijing, after a 2-week vacation. the young man's mother and 14-year-old sister were listed on the fight. >> this travelling couple from australia were in the midst of a big adventure, sharing the adjournmenty with friends - now all missing. these canadians were returning to beijing, after vacationing in vietnam. they worked in china and had two young bys that stayed home. this group of calligraphy

artists, many famous in their home, travelled to an exhibition. this, members of a semiconductor company. 12 chinese, one malaysian. this young man heading to bm -- beijing to start a new job. he posted this picture before it took off. relatives say cell phones are ringing. experts say because a caller is hearing a ringing sound doesn't mean it's going through to a phone. >> turning to ukraine, the campaign to split off the crimean region is growing intense. in five days the region will vote on whether to become part of the russia. the government in kiev say the vote is illegal. this as the new prime minister is headed to washington. as jennifer glasse reports, the move could further divide that region.

>> the campaigning is sponsored by russian supported organizations. the poster is saying no to n.a.t.o., explaining why it's clear russia is the only choice in the referendum as to whether crimea should breakaway. >> translation: all know how we will answer the question, where they'll go and why. we don't want to stay in ukraine, or with the government. we wouldn't survive. what they offer us is not life or existence, it's worse. >> this woman hands out newspapers to convince voters to choose the session. she says there's disinformation on ukrainian television. . >> the tv says russians are occupiers, but they really are protectors. because of the russians, if they weren't here, the enemies would be here suppressing it. >> the majority of residents are ethnic russians, expecting to

vote to rejoin russia. >> officials say although they have not had time to prepare, they'll be ready for the election. if crimeans choose to become part of russia, the first thing that will happen is crimea will declare independence. then it will request to be part of russia. koso vo's ind dependence was quoted as a precedent. >> i don't think it is sincere of them to consider the tatars, and the community is pretty much in shatters. it doesn't seem like the proposal will be seriously considered. >> this is the levadia palace, once home to russian tsars. here, in 1945, franklin

roosevelt, joseph stan line and churchill carved up russia after world war ii. >> once again jennifer glasse reporting. ukrainian authorities say they arrested a man suspected of being an undercover russian spy, saying he was seeking to stir up trouble in donetsk. al jazeera obtained exclusive video of that arrest of the border guards are on high alert. >> this video given to us from ukrainian authorities shows russian agents working inside crimea. it showed a young man arrested with a large supply of money and bomb making equipment. at a press conference in kiev, the head of the state intelligence service says this

is no home grown threat. >> we arrested today and stopped the work of several groups organised by a sab tur, a citizen of russia with a link to russian security services. >> intelligence sources tell al jazeera, this has been going on for months. before the event on maydan square. they say they believe it's an organised meticulous plot to provide a pretext for russian intervention. the situation has border guards on high alert, closing crossings and turning away thousands of nationals. infuriating moscow. this is a ukrainian member of parliament who says the russian agents are fine, facilitating corruption, attending meetings.

>> all that creates discontent. prove okay tours are gathering around groups of dissatisfied people. >> those dissatisfied people take to the streets, leading to violence. the problem is how many more are out there, and how many fires will they start. >> phil ittner reporting. clashes erupting between police and demonstrators in turkey on tuesday. police fireded tear gas to disperse 2,000 demonstrators. people protesting after a teenage boy passed away at a hospital. he was injured last summer and has been in a coma. his death is the eighth linked to the anti-government protests in istanbul. >> firefighters at this hour battling an inferno in san

francisco. with more than 150 firefighters on the scene of a major construction project. looking live in the capital where congress is furious with the c.i.a. what they are accusing the intelligence agency of doing to

them them. >> take a look at the scope at mission bay neighbourhood in san francisco bay. more than 100 firefighters have been battling the fire, it's been under construction near the baseball stadium. it seemed to destroy the $200 million apartment complex being developed. >> two students have died in venezuela, bringing the death toll to 22. an assault was launched in san cristobal. it's the second attack in

three days. it's now been more than a month of demonstrations in the divisions - the divisions are getting deeper. >> that's right, we are on the streets of san cristobal, a flash point for the last five or six weeks. this is where it started on a sexual assault on the university campus. it became a nationwide protest about shortages, crime and the right to protest. it is now a constant battle ground. the street they were on is a residential neighbourhood. we have apartment buildings, residential low rise buildings and hotels. it's barricaded on both ends. 6-8 hours ago it was a running street battle. >> there were troop carriers smashing through the barricades. they came down the street, pushing protesters back. it lasted two hours. clouds of tear gas filled the

street. we had to retreat into the hopt. after a couple of hours, people regrouped. young people were spending the afternoon like they were playing checkers. but they were making molotov cocktails, sitting on a street corner, putting together empty beer bottles, getting ready for another confrontation. there's a strange atmosphere of deadly serious business. two dozen have been killed in the weeks of progress. yet people are serving copies up and down the barricades, people doing their groceries. an atmosphere that is tense, but others getting on with life. no end to the crisis in sight. >> federal prosecutors are

looking into whether general motors can face charges over the recall. it recalled 1.6 million vehicles because of an ignition defect linked to 10 deaths. according to the "new york times", the investigation is in early stages and focus on the company knowing about the problems dating back to a decade. >> the head of the intelligence senate committee says it c.i.a. may have violated federal laws after looking at their computers. >> taking to the senate floor, dianne fienstein, the democratic chair of the senate committee. the c.i.a. was spying on her panel's investigation of the c.i.a. itself. >> after a series of meetings i

learnt on two occasions c.i.a. personnel electronically removed committee access to c.i.a. documents, after providing them to the committee. the subject of the inquiry, the controversial bush era and rendition program. fienstein said the c.i.a. turned over aninternal review, only to remove and look at some of those documents. >> what was interesting was not the declassification level, but the analysis and acknowledgment of significant c.i.a. wrongdoing. >> in 2002, the program, which included water boarding began in secret. four years later it was divulged publicly. after an inquiry an investigation in 2009 was

started. in 2010 documents were removed from the files. two months ago the c.i.a. director informed her of the document search. appearing at a previously scheduled forum, the c.i.a. director issued a denial. >> nothing could be further from the truth. we wouldn't do that. that's beyond the scope of region. >> brennan cautioned - the full story has not been told. >> when the facts come out, a lot who are claiming there has been tremendous spying and monitoring and hacking will be proved wrong. >> at stake, the right of congress to investigate the executive branch. >> when the executive branch does something to intimidate, chill oversight or interfere, that's the executive branch stepping on the congress's constitutional sphere of

authority. that's a problem. still ahead - a fire in the sky. what caused a fireball in colorado, that was seen for miles in every direction. plus, bullets fly after a bar brawl in massachusetts. now the search for the man who opened fire. >> what is it like to be the last black president? >> seriously. what's it like for this to be the last time you talk to a president. >> the comedian-in-chief - president obama shows off his lighter side. ♪

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propane tanks are used to heat the site with a vh hospital is under construction. no word under what causeded it to explode. >> civilians video captures scenes that took place last sunday. a melee erupts after a man is sucker punched. a man can be seen reaching for something in his waste band. he pulls out a gun and waves it wildly. police say it's lucky he didn't start shooting. >> it was a small confined area with 20 to 30 people, if it erupted into gun violence it would have been serious. >> the man ended up firing shots outside of the bar. one shot hit a man who he had been fighting with, and another hit a security guard.

>> it was a beautiful day along the eastern sea board from boston all the way down towards parts of washington. now, that is going to change your. we'll have drastic changes. over the next 24 hours we are seeing the rain coming into play across the great lakes. we have warnings that are in effect. we had blizzard warnings for parts of western new york. what that means is 6 to 17 inches of snow is expected across the region, as well as 45 mile per hour wind. this is where the snow will be a major player. where you see the pink, that is going be up to 20 inches of snow on wednesday. temperatures tomorrow are not looking too bad towards the south. we'll see new york at 54. tuesday we could be up to 66 degrees.

that is the warmest temperature. as you see, things deteriorate. as we go towards thursday. 26 degrees. the windchill will make it feel like 10 to 15 degrees. across the north-west things are getting better. we don't expect to see much in terms of rain over the next couple of days. as we go to the weekend it's up to the '60s there. across the south-west there's cloud coming in off the pacific. no rain in the forecast. los angeles, 81 degrees. you have to remember they are in the drought situation. we don't expect to see much in terms of a change your in temperature until we get to the weekend. 89 is the high on sunday. rain passing across. >> things are heating up. >> president obama is turning to a popular web comedy show.

it opens up a new avenue to capture the youth. >> when i heard people watch the show i was surprised. >> hi, welcome to an addition it "between two ferns". >> it's a show that makes quests feel awkward or uncomfortable. and with president obama date day. >> he's not our ambassador >> the questions were amusingly undignified. >> where are you planning to build our presidential library, in hawaii or your home country of kenya. both places seem to be... >> that's ridiculous. >> the burns went both ways. >> what is it like to be the last black president? >> seriously, what is it like for this to be the last time you talk to president. >> must stink that you can't run three times?

>> i think it's a good idea. if i ran a third time, it would be like a third "hangover" movie, didn't work out. >> three minutes in, the president turned to obamacare. >> have you heard of affordable care act. >> i heard about that. that's the thing that didn't work. why not get the guy that created zune to ceet the web item. >> healthcare.gov works. you can get affordable health care. most young americans are not covered. >> under the law all americans have until the end of march to get coverage or face a tax penalty. the ratio has been lower than what analysts say the systems need. >> a lot of young people think they are invincible. >> to reach them, the president made a string of pop culture

appearances. she slow-jammed with jimmy fallon. and connected with younger people through google hank outs and facebook town halls. >> we buckle down and say this stuff is important. >> subjecting yourself to this is different. >> which country were you rooting for in the winter olympics ? >> seriously. >> jay carney confirmed there was a white house debate in advance about protecting the dignity of the presidency. >> we assess opportunities that we have, and, you know, look at whether they'll be successful. i think we made the right call. >> the risk appears to have paid off. >> the video got rave reviews even from broadcast media. >> i'm going to press this. >> don't touch that. >> several republicans said the obama appearance was humorous

and likely be effective. >> you've been shooting these shows here in the diplomatic room? who gave you permission to do that. >> bush. >> i'm thomas drayton. thanks for watching. feck