welcome to ooilz. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. charges and counter charges following reports that that missing malaysian flight sent out signals. the acting prime minister of ukraine says he will make his way to the united nations today. and a picturesque -- new england town fighting back. how they say heroin is ruining

life for the residents there. ♪ the mystery voushing the disappearance of malaysian flight grows more mysterious by the day. the families continue to wait in agony. lisa moments ago we heard from the president and ceo of boeing on capitol hill. what can you tell us about that. >> the bowing president was already scheduled to testify on another matter, but the first words out of his mouth were about this missing aircraft. the bowing 777 has a fabulous safety record, but boeing along with everyone else wants to know desperately what happened to this plane, and as the boeing president acknowledged, the families are in agony. >> i also want to express my

condolences on behalf of boeing to the friends and family of the passengers and the crew. boeing has certainly joined with the national transportation safety board, we have a technical advisory team in the asia, and we have doing everything to maintain a sufficient, and efficient global transportation system. >> he declined to answer any questions into the investigation, but there were some promising leads late yesterday, chinese satellite photos that appeared to show possibly some debris in the water, but the area was checked out and unfortunately no plane has been discovered. and the uss kidd is moving from the gulf of thailand to the

straight, as the search area continues on both sides of the peninsula. >> there are new leads that the plane may have been flying as many as four hours after it disappeared from radar. >> the wall street journal first reported this. data coming back from the engines appeared to keep coming back for a number of hours after the plane dropped off of the radar. here is what officials had to say about that. >> whenever there are new details, they must be corroborated. as far as we are concerned, those reports are inaccurate. >> but two aviation sources tell abc news that that is not off the table yet. the data continues to be

examined. so folks really shaking their heads over this one del. to the crisis in ukraine now, u.s. lawmakers are pushing back against russia for its aggressive moves in crimea. they are considering a bill that would slap new sanctions against russia. libby despite all of the tough talk this bill faces an uphill battle. >> yeah, yesterday the senate foreign relations committee did pass their bill. in addition to the loan guarantees to ukraine totaling $1 billion, it also would revoke visas and try to freeze the assets of those accused of attacking the anti-government protesters in ukraine. it also includes reforms to to

the u.s. contributions to the imf. the obama administration says it would increase the ability to give money to countries in crisis. republicans say it would diminish u.s. power when dealing with the imf. and we talked to senator from idaho about this. >> we all want to pass a bill that supports the ukraine, and imposes some type of discipline on the russians for what they have done. they brought into this a political issue, and that is the stricture of the imf, which is entirely separate issue. and they are putting this in as a poison pill. >> another senator with concerns is rand paul, republican from kentucky. he fears that it would ultimately end up in the hands

of russia. senator mccain thinks that aid is so essential it needs to go there. so he voted to get this legislation moving forward. the senate is scheduled to go out on a recess in the next two weeks. it will be put on the back burners until late march. and the house has its own version that is just a billion dollars in loans to ukraine. speaker boehner is calling on the senate to pick up that bill as well. so a bit of a turf war, and some philosophical questions. >> what can you tell us about the group of u.s. senators heading to ukraine and what type of difference do they think they will make? >> john mccain is heading this up as well as chris murphy. >> senator mccain and i were in ukraine in december when the

million ukrainians came down to the square to ask for a corruption-free government and orientations towards the european union. now they are getting their wish, but they need support, so we'll be there this weekend to show our support for the ukrainian people, and to also show support for the territorial integrity. >> they will also be there on the eve of this vote. they are watching that closely. both the senators as well as the president say that should not stand or carry any weight or have the potential to divide ukraine. something else the senators are watching. >> libby casey on capitol hill for us today. thank you very much. ukraine's interim prime minister will address the security council this afternoon. over the last few days, prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk has been making the rounds in washington, d.c. meeting with

president president d.c. at the white house and also vice president biden. the situation inside ukraine remains tense. russia has posted another 8500 solders along its border. nato has planes in the sky and the u.s. navy is conducting exercises in the black sea. jennifer glasse is in crimea, and it has already declared it's a part of russia. jennifer what can the un do at this point in time? >> good evening, del, as you can hear from the music behind me, for many people in crimea life just goes on as normal. what the united nations can do here on the ground in crimea is uncertain. russia forces have the ukrainian navy and ukrainian forces blockaded in the ports and across the crimean peninsula. there are already posters up,

saying choose fascism or choose russia, and the majority of the population is ethnic russian here. a lot of people are flying the russian flag already over official buildings including the intel defense headquarters here. a lot of people feel that it is already done. that they think this vote on sunday is going to correct a mistake made six years ago, but many here have always felt closer to moscow than anywhere else. >> and jennifer the international community already refusing to accept crimea if it decides to join russia, but non-russian supporters are already leaving. >> that's right. the crimea tatars are ethnic ukrainians.

one man said he believes this vote is a farce. the decision has already been made. he is looking to leave. but he has to sell his apartment and car, and he didn't do that right now, because the databases that have the land registry and all of that are frozen by kiev right now. it's very hard to sell an apartment or sell a car, to make any legal moves right now because everything is in limbo, and everybody is waiting to see what will happen on sunday, and what the situation will be like, what the atmosphere will be like. but some ethnic ukrainians say they have already been approached by neighbors, telling them it would be better for them to leave. ethnic russians debate this. they say they will welcome people. and the parliament passed a legislation saying that theta

the tatars will have a place here. >> thank you very much. the group islamic jihad firing rockets in israel yesterday. israel retaliated hitting more than 20 targets in the gaza strip. today marking one year since cardinal jorge was elected pope. and in keeping with his wishes, the catholic church isn't making a big deal about the date. >> reporter: a year ago, no one would have believed it, a south american pope, an argentine pope, jesuit, never. the surprise soon become a

reality. if you think the international media coverage is pretty comprehensive, you should see how he is followed in argentina. the people of argentina have not forgotten he was their father, and they are showing his home up to to the world. the tour starts at the confession box in the san jose basilica in the neighborhood where he grew up, where in 1953, he decided to enter the priesthood. his childhood home, the schools he attended, and of course the churches where the preached are all included. >> i think it's pretty special to get to see where pope francis took care of the city and the poor and imprisoned and it's special to get to see that. >> reporter: isabelle met the pope when he was still a young priest traveling on a bus. >> translator: the most beautiful thing that touched me

was when he finished the mass and waited for us all at the church door and took our hands one by one. when he reached me, he asked me to pray for him. >> reporter: praise for his humble works, his effort to reform, and his battle to resist becoming a public icon. >> translator: we have seen a very strong impact, but the truth is that pope francis has helped to change the church's image through his manner and his gestures and that has captured many hearts. >> reporter: he may have left home, but his influence is having a profound effect in argentina. boosting church attend dance and inspiring a pope full of

surprises. when we come back -- >> it destroys you. mentally you are all over the place. >> we'll talk about the battle against heroin adick shup. and the president wants to change the overtime rules for a lot of you. we'll see who gets more in their paycheck when we come back.

heroin use is spreading across america and taking a devastating toll on vermont. vermont ranks second of states for people seeking treatment for opiate addiction. >> reporter: tucked away between the trendy raukt -- restaurant

is serenity house, a halfway house for recovering heroin addicts. >> it destroys you. mentally you are all over the place. it's a roller coaster. you are happy, sad, and physically everything on your body hurts. and you deal with it for the rest of your life. you don't graduate from addiction, you are not cured. >> reporter: since last years deaths have doubled in vermont from opiate overdoses. the number of seeking treatment has increased 770% since 2000. >> my patients tell me you can find heroin on every corner. >> reporter: dr. deb richter

says it can be traced back to cheap painkillers that can be easy to get. >> i started seeing 20 year olds coming in with an addiction to onningsy cotton. it started with pills. >> reporter: pills that were crushable and easy to snort. dr. richter believes that pharmaceutical companies could have made it better. >> they could have put a coating orn the pills that would have made it hard to snort. >> she has turned her life around and returned to college. >> reporter: but martin's life shattered one night when police knocked on his door.

>> it was devastated. i had had loss before but never my child. >> reporter: martin says his daughter's body was dumped in a hospital parking lot. >> reporter: this is the ben thatch sarah used to sit on? >> this is the bench. >> reporter: he and his wife started coming to this bench to start a support group to help understand. they named the group wits end. >> if we can help one other person live. help another family save their child, then her life won't have been in vain. in the next installment of its special series, addicted in vermont, "america tonight" takes

a look at whether vermont's efforts to battle the heroin epidemic may be backfiring. ♪ on wall street encouraging economic news boosting stocks at the open. right now the dow down 104 points. the index is coming off of three straight losing sessions. amazon prime is raising his membership price to $99. gm now saying it knew of that safety defect of its car even earlier than first reported ] they said the ignition problem was detected in saturn ions as

early as 2001. today the president is taking another step to reduce inequality. he wants more workers eligible for overtime. we're taking a look at what are called the gray collar workers. >> reporter: millions of americans are white color workers but don't make nearly as much as most people think. >> the type of work they are doing, they would probably qualify as exempt from overtime. >> reporter: these are some of the workers who might benefit if the overtime threshold is raised. they are called gray collar workers people who don't have jobs involving manual labor. bank tellers are one example. a survey found almost a third of tellers received some form of government assistance, whether it's food stamps medicaid or

low-income tax credits. there are more than a half million tellers in america earning about $25,000 a year. while social human services assist about thes are bringing home about $29,000. it makes no difference if they work up to 80 hours a week, as long as they meet certain requirements such as directing the work of two other employees, or performing office work directly related to a company's general business. >> if an individual is spending a fair bit of their time managing the work of others as they would qualify as exempt from overtime. >> reporter: who are a few jobs listed in the gray collar area . . .

and the list includes some other workers you might expect earn well over $50,000 but don't. mental health counselors . . . when we come back on al jazeera america, remembering david frost the memorial or the british broadcaster and al jazeera presenters, attended by many. ♪

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welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines at that hour. u.s. investigators confirming to al jazeera, they are looking into whether that missing malaysian airlines flight may have flown for hours after losing contact with the

satellite. the ukraine prime minister set to address the united nations security council this afternoon. russians ministry says it has posted 8500 additional soldiers along the border. eric holder is imposing shorter sentences for many prison sentences. titans from the world of politics, journalism and show business paying their last respects to sir frost. >> reporter: westminster abby is a place reserved for britain's finist. the country's elite. but here came people as diverse as the former head of armed forces, tony blare's former spin doctor, former bosses of the

bbc, celebrities by the dozen who would have a memorial service like this held in his honor? why, david frost of course. >> what do you think of having a memorial service in westminster abby. >> i think he would have a very cheeky smile. he would be extremely grateful. but i think he would probably want to talk to every one of them, engage with every one of them. ♪ >> reporter: surely it was the warmth of his humanity, his interest in people, and what made them tick, that made his hello, good evening, and welcome, welcome in the world's living rooms. ♪ >> hello, welcome to frost over the world.

>> reporter: david frost was a journal list, broadcaster, and celebrity. he was just at much at home speaking to hamid karzai as isabel. he created his own business brands and his own ledge ends through the nixon interviews. how few in the media can say they helped alter the course of history. >> in the movie they brought david to the attention of a whole new generation who new nothing of the original interviews. after seeing the film my mates suddenly understand who my dad was and just how good he was. >> reporter: frost's name was immortallized in stone at the abby. the prince of whales helping with the honors. >> stay in the sunshine, rest

never in the shade, don't curse my absence or this live you'll evade. david frost's final broadcast came through his family. all of the messages were through celebration, that people should try to be happy. certainly that's how frost lived his life. ♪ i'm dave warren. the bitter cold arctic air has moved in. that front pushed through. still some snow coming down. but just cold air is in place now. it is dry, and it won't stick around long. this is this dip here in the upper level wind pattern. the arctic air is just moving out. warmer air is developing in the midwest. these temperatures really dropped, 28 degrees. that's how much warmer it was

yesterday at this time, 22 now, but a big cool down yesterday. but it's not lasting long, the warmer weather will -- return in the next 24 hours. >> thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "the stream" is next. ♪ hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you're in stream. the latest high-tech tools that some say are missing from an officer's arsenal.