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apology following a recall from the automaker. >> the official start of march madness a few hours away, why some athletes are filing a lawsuit against the n.c.a.a. >> hi there, welcome to al jazeera america. good to have you with us. i'm thomas drayton. tonight investigators are no closer to finding the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. a growing number of clues suggest foul play was involved in the disappearance. the "new york times" is reporting a computer system programmed by someone in the cockpit sent the plane off course. officials are not clear whether the path was reprogrammed before or after it took off. but they say it makes the plane's captain and copilot the main focus of the investigation. the new development comes as the search expands deep into the

north and southern hemisphere. lisa stark has the latest from washington. >> tell us what you were doing in the house? >> as investigators in malaysia search the home of the captain and resist dense of the copilot, an analysis of the air traffic control recording reveals who spoke the last words from the cockpit. it was the man in the right seat. >> initial investigations indicate it was the copilot who spoke the last time. >> that was 27-year-old fariq abdul hamid who family said "all right. goodnight", when he was told to contact controllers in vietnam. that contact never happened. investigators revised their timeline, saying the two communication systems that were switched off on the jet may have both been disabled in the minute after that final radio transmission. police interviewed the family of

captain zaharie ahmed shah, and are examining the flight simulator the pilot built in his home. >> the flight simulator has been dismantled from the home and assembled it at our office. we are getting experts to look at it now. >> friends of the captain have been quick to defend him saying they do not believe he could have been involved in the flight's disappearance. >> if anything would happen to the plane, he would make sure everyone else, crew and passengers, their welfare was taken care of before thinking about himself. >> 26 passengers were involved in the search for the plane, from india to australia in the indian ocean. >> the u.s., china, france have been asked to provide for satellite detail.

>> a sub from france has been added. u.s. intelligence assistance has been refused into the focus on the pilots. >> the federal bureau of investigation could have been called in, interpol. my understanding is that malaysia is not cooperating at all. >> another frustration could lie in the backboxes, which, if ever recovered, may yield few clues. >> it only records information for two hours and overwrites itself. if it's a 6 or 7 hour event, we have lost all the good stuff. >> we are learning that malaysian officials are changing how they are conducting the search. they won't do a surface search, they'll conduct by air. the uss "kidd" has finished operations and will leave the air. >> here we are, it's 10 days

since flight 370 mysteriously vanished. jonathan betz takes a look at the time line, and investigators believe where the aircraft has gone. >> we are piecing together a better time line. flight 370 took off from kuala lumpur at 12:40. in the middle of the night, headed to beijing. the plane sent a maintenance check out at 1:07am. it is supposed to do it in 30 minutes. it does not. 12 minutes after the copilot tells air traffic control all right, goodnight. everything seems normal at this point. two minutes after that things change your, the transponders shut off, the plane now becomes very difficult to track, but at the time no one notices. this is the last time we hear from the plane. an hour later we think it turns left to the strait of malacca. military radar pick it up about 2:15 in the morning, and there

it disappears again. not until six hours later, 8 o'clock in the morning, a satellite over the indian ocean pickets up a signal, it's a huge revelation, showing the plane flue somewhere along an arc maybe to asia or the indian ocean, and shows you the scope of the search and why it's difficult. >> shifting the focus to russia, they show no signs of backing away from ukraine. on monday vladimir putin declared crimea to be an independent and sovereign state. that follows the referendum where 97% of crimeans voted to breakaway. vladimir putin's declaration came hours after the u.s. and europe imposed their first sanctions freezing assets, imposing travel bans. now the west is watching crimea and all of eastern ukraine as

tens of thousands of ukrainian and russian troops gather at the border. nick schifrin has talked about the future of crimea with residents in the capital of simferepol. >> vladimir putin's declaration that crimea was part of russia was after they declared independence and part of that was the fact they'd move to the russian ruble, change your to moscow time, and going to nationalize all ukrainian assets, and all ukrainian laws are null and void. that is a lot of changes for everyone here to take in, and everyone is trying to figure out what is next. [ chants ] >> crimea has made its choice. the day after the party, regardless of whether they feel the vote was legal or fair, the next generation needs to face the future. we spoke with five 20 and 30s, two pro-ukrainian. >> i'm for ukraine, i want to

stay ukrainian. >> and three who voted to join russia. >> some people said vladimir putin is dictator. no, it's not true. he's very smart. >> christina is a dancer believing russia provide more economic opportunity. >> 23 years we didn't see any good future for people. that is why most people want to leave, want to be with russia, because it's really true, last 10 years, yes. russia so very, very good. >> victor is a musician. he expresses the sentiments of crimeans, when he welcomes russians troops and militias. he hopes they provide protection in kiev. >> of course i want them to stay. they don't do harm to anybody. >> but the pro-russian activists attacked pro-ukrainians.

>> can you explain me our situation? like yesterday i was not allowed to enter the polling place because militia guy stopped me and said he knows me very well, i'm an extremist and i couldn't enter. is it okay? >> why did you want to go there, and what did you say to them? >> i'm a citizen of crimea, and they vote, so, what, i can't enter the polling place. >> kate is an activist and artist. because of the russian militia, she feels she has no choice but to leave. >> some guy turns up, comes up to you and ask you to show him a passport. i do not want to live like that. >> i do not want to leave crimea, i crew up here. >> he is a medical student and

member of the tartars. he worries that russia could repress him, like the soviets repressed his grandparents. >> it's like today's russia here. how do i bring up my children? what do i do? am i going be in the russian army? how is it possible? i don't think for me that it will be easy for me to accept the changes. >> but the changes are coming. and most crimeans agree with the victor when they dismiss the criticism. >> you have your family, and i have mine. if i lecture you what you supposed to do or what i think about you, i think you have the right to tell me "thank you for your opinion, goodbye." >> that is the majority view. crimea is embracing a future it hopes will be russian. >> the u.s. and the e.u. are

expanding sanctions against russian and crimean officials, as mike viqueira reports. president obama is still urging russia to consider diplomacy. >> in the wake of the book, president obama made good on his threat of consequences for what he called is a violation of international law. >> today i'm announcing a series of measures continuing to increase the costs on russia, and on those responsible for what is happening in ukraine. those he holds responsible - russian and ukrainian figures, including officials involved in the russian arms industry. the measures, sanctions of what has been called the personal wealth of cronies. >> there could be nor come. >> if russia continues to interfere we stand ready to impose further sanctions. >> that was a warning to russia over designs on eastern ukraine, a region with a large number of ethnic russians, this as the russian military holds

provocative exercises outside the borders. joe biden is going to balkans to reassure allies. rush asta russia will stand more from a breakdown in relations with it and the united states, there are arse where they need cop operation, in the syrian chemical weapons removal. one person not targeted, vladimir putin. the president's spokesman would not rule ot sanctions on the russian leader himself. >> i will not speculate. i have not ruled out any individual who might be covered under the categories that are provided in the executive orders. >> very few experts expect the sanctions announced by president obama to be determinative, to

change your the behaviour of vladimir putin or the russian military in ukraine. much depends on a unified front between the united states and its european allies, and the president has a pre-scheduled meeting among the leaders. much depends on a unified front coming out of the meeting. >> you certainly have many sides. people are celebrating in crimea. the decision to breakaway from ukraine is leading to new questions about the future. in sevastopol it's independence day. as the council voted quickly and unanimously. it voted independently to become part of russia. outside a crowd cheered vladimir putin. >> just people probably feel safer with russia, with the new government in ukraine. our history, culture, everything

is russian. >> in the crimean capital the parliament voted the same way, to join russia. >> the politicians paved the way for crimea to return to russian rule. we don't know how or when that will occur. there are military questions to be answered. like what will happen to the ships and sailors in the black sea fleet and those on the bases. crimean officials say they should join the now crimean military or leave the peninsula. they have refused so far. russian soldiers hid when they saw the camera. >> russia brings in supplies through a commercial port. this came in to help with the referendum and is getting alarming messages from russians

in the ukraine. >> i get calls from my colleagues from different regions, telling me about danger and attacks. the situation is difficult. >> it's not his place to decide whether russian troops should head there next. there has been no violence in crimea. >> south the sevastopol council, as people celebrated, one woman demanded to have a stolen apartment returned to her. the crowd pushed her aside. there's little room for dissenting voices. >> this even russian president vladimir putin recognised crimea's independence. the celebrations continue. >> we should add japan is now imposing sanctions against russia. the japanese foreign minister says his country is cancelling talks. we will bring you the latest on the developments in ukraine throughout the morning and you can get up to the minute information on aljazeera.com.

>> still ahead - president obama is pushing peace. what mahmoud abbas refused to do. there could be another roadblock for peace. an emotional apology from the c.e.o. of general motors, recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

>> it was a messy day on monday. across most of the eastern sea board, virginia, maryland, and into delaware. this is what it looked like in washington d.c., where they saw eight inches of snow. it was one of the snow yesterdays in march that they had seen in a while. we'll see better weather as we go into tuesday. wet weather along the southern parts of the coast. we have been watching that. we could see a bit of localized

flooding. washington looks like this. 41 degrees. the snow will mement. rain mixed in with that. most of the snow gone by wednesday afternoon. look at the temperature by friday. 64 degrees, and a cloudy day. here towards the north-west down the coast into oregon, and we'll see a little more rain, light rain showers across the western part with seattle seeing 52 degrees, and portland 54. as we go towards the week, it gets cooler, down to 49 degrees. overnight lows into the 30s. friday looks a bit better with more sun in the forecast. a high on tuesday, 78 degrees. that will not change your too much over the next couple of days. we make it down to 75. overnight lows in the mid 50s. texas will look dry. we had clouds pushing through into oklahoma. dallas, a high on tuesday of 79

degrees there. temperatures will go down a little bit. we'll stay in the 70s for the rest of the week. >> president obama is trying to keep middle east peace negotiations on track. he met with palestine president mahmoud abbas on monday at the white house much there's disagreement between israeli and palestinians on many issues. president obama believes a resolution is within reach. >> we remain convinced that there is an opportunity. everyone understands the outlines of what a peace deal would look like, involving a territorial compromise on both sides, based on 67 lines, agreed-pon swaps, that would ensure that israel was secure, but that the palestinians have a sovereign state in which they can achieve the aspirations that

they have held for so long. mahmoud abbas is willing to make concessions but is unwilling to recognise israel as a jewish state. >> that is required in any agreement. >> another massive recall for general motors, the auto maker is pulling more than one million cars because of an airbag issue, on top of an issue with faulty parts. the latest is prompting the new c.e.o. to rethink how it handles these issues. >> gm is recalling more than a million vehicles worldwide, after a recall on a select number of cars for an ignition switch problem linked to a dozen deaths and multiple crashes.

>> here is gm's latest list. these need to be repaired and over one million vehicles. it includes buick enclaves and acadio. and: >> gm is recalling over 300,000 - 2009 to 2014 expresses and savannahs. they say the vehicles need instrument panel material, and on the list 2013 to 2014 adda lack carses. they are bring recalled to prevent break problems. gm says no crashes or injuries have been linked to the recalls.

company c.e.o. addressed employees in a video message this morning saying the new recalls are the result of a safety review, which she requested, following last months ignition switch recall, involving 1.6 million cars. >> i want you to know that we are completely focussed on the problem at the highest lels of the company. we are putting the customer first, and that is guiding every decision we make, that is how we want today's gm to be judged. how we handle the recall will be an important test. >> all the recalls are expected to cost general motors 300 million. gm is under investigation by the federal government for allegedly failing to publicly disclose and move to fix ignition switches in a number of vehicles over 10 years that may have led to 12 deaths. two law firms out of texas filed a class access lawsuit against

general motors in connection to these issues. >> a labour group planned a protest at mcdonald's and other fast food chains, calling on the companies to raise workers' wages to $15. >> mcdonald's in new york, california and michigan filed lawsuits last week, saying the chain forces them to work off the clock, cheats them out of overtime and denies rest breaks. >> hours away from the first march-madness match-up. a legal battle is brewing, and why some athletes are joining a class access. >> the united states and cuba working together for the first time in decades, centring around literary giant ernst

>> welcome back. march madness has barely started, and there's already a sports college controversy here. the n.c.a.a. and the five college conferences that make the most money from sports are being sued. michael eaves reports - they are accused of unfairly preventing student athletes from making money. >> a group of college football and basketball players are suing the n.c.a.a. because they claim the body has kept the student athlete conversation at the value of a college sponsorship. the antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of the players says the goal is to restrict earnings for players that play sport, and it was said:

>> earlier i asked legal contributor jamie floyd how significant it is, particularly as they facing charges of compensation or athletes and how it differs. >> it's very different. this is a culmination of what has been building for the last decade, maybe more. this is significant, first of all, because he's representing a class of students, a class of athletes, a class of what he claims are professionals, the top tier football players across the country, the division one basketball players, potentially thousands of athletes, if you think about athletes across the country, although this represents football and basketball players, and he says they should be treated as professionals in what is a

multibillion about business. that's why the class action is significantly. number two, it's significant because it's brought as an antitrust case, treating the nc2a not as an association as it wants to be treated, but as a monopoly. he wants to crush the monopoly under the antitrust laws and is going after it. so that is what makes this is major and significant case, dovetailing with the other actions we have seen over the course of the last several years. >> kessler said this lawsuit is not about collecting past damages, but seeking to institute fundamental change your to the n. c.a.'s economic model generating a billion in revenue annually. >> the u.s. and cuba is generating an effort, congressman james mcgovern visited the author's former

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