>> thanks to all of our guests for joining us and we're out of time. until next time, we'll see you >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're showing for you. distressed families are getting the word, all lives were lost on malaysia 370. crews are on scene trying to clean up we continue to follow

that developing story coming outs of malaysia. the prime minister there now saying that the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 went down in the south indian ocean, randall pinkston has been following the day's events. how does that affect the search? >> the search continues but what has happened is that the malaysian prime minister has received information from the united kingdom's version of the ntsb. they cross referenced and came to a very sad conclusion for the families of the passengers board mh 370. >> it is therefore with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this new data, are the flight

image 370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> so they know that the plane went down in the southern indian ocean, they don't know where. this is where we have been for the past week, satellites and planes and ships have been scanning that area, trying to find debris that could find the black boxes. debris possibly from the plane but the pilot says you really can't tell for sure. >> there's no real way we can know, on the aircraft, all we provide is possible. the possibility that they are, as well as the location, at time, and we mark those objects. that's all we can provide. our analysis, when we left to

the photographers, the image analysis once we land, as well as hma's success once she steamed into the area. >> and that australian worship is en route to try to retrieve the objects the aircraft fown fd today. del. >> randall it bears pointing out we know where this plane disappeared we don't know why it disappeared. >> that is true. to that point one of the malaysian law enforcement officials said today, they had cleared aul the passengers of suspicion but interestingly, the investigation continues into the background of the pilot and co-pilot. no further information. but they are continuing to figure out who may have directed that plane into a southerly

direction and into the ocean. >> randall pinkston for us live in washington, d.c. randall, thank you very much. meanwhile the families were given the news before that announcement was made today. they were called into a closed door meeting with malaysia air officials about an hour before the news conference. margaret ortigas has that story. >> the families were called into a meeting by malaysian officials in beijing about an hour before the prime minister of malaysia made the news public, this is influences that the relatives here had been waiting two weeks to not hear. they had been holding onto hope for that long that possibly the plane was hijacked or had gone down in some remote spot due to technical difficulties. they were really, really trying to hold onto that because it meant that possibly their relatives that were on that flight might still be alive. this is the last thing they

wanted to hear. many of them distraught, some of them brought out on stretchers, some fainting. it is quite chaotic. some of the relatives stepped out, saying they needed to breathe. this last two weeks felt like they had been holding their breath in and this is the last thing they wanted to hear. >> and if things hadn't been bad enough, this area impacted by a cyclone. >> this is cyclone jillian, pushing to the south, clouds and rain reducing visibility. that is big problem. it will slowly drift south and weaken just a bit but still be a powerful storm. clouds building to the south over the search area. that reduces visibility. whether planes could take off and land. if it does pick up speed it will

have a greater impact. that is the problem now, not immediately impacted by the storm, causing problems with the visibility and the rain across that search area. del. >> thanks very much. cutting down on fuel, making gettingetting to the are site difficult. in the washington area, the debt toll remains constant at 8 people who died as a result of that new slide, allen schauffler is there. what are we to make of these reports that more than 100 are now missing? >> reporter: well, del, we should all be ready for those numbers to go up. that's what emergency response officials are telling us today. they say this is a very grim

situation. that was a quote from a briefing we had here just a couple of minutes ago. and they're saying they're continuing in rescue mode. that's something they have to tell themselves as they try to search for survivors but there have been no survivors pulled from this wreckage for 36 hours, no cries for help heard from the slide area in 36 hours since saturday night. they are saying they are still in rescue mode but this is also a recovery operation at this point. they are telling us 108 separate reports of missing people. 8 solidly accounting for, but all the different lists and reports, i think so-and-so is missing and might have been there, trying to bring them together in one list and one database. here is what the head of the emergency management for that county told us just a few minutes ago. >> today there are 108 reports of names of individuals who were either unaccounted for or

missing. i want to stop at that point and clarify that these are 108 reports. they're individuals that have been reported to various entities, various sources, it is a consolidated list. and in some case that list is very detailed. >> reporter: del, we should say the search continues on the ground, in the air, dog teams have been brought in today. we've seen hover craft being brought into the area. also the department of transportation bringing in heavy equipment so they can begin clearing the mile-long sometimes 20 and 30 foot deep slide, that's crossing state highway 530 here. a lot of work yet to do and i've said before no miracles here in the last 36 hours. >> and allen, this is a very precarious search site, as well. >> reporter: absolutely. it is still a shifting mass of

very quicksand-like material. we're told that the river has been finding its way through this slide area. and that means that the moisture that's in this landslide is soaking down, and moving downstream. it should get a little bit easier to walk on and move about in. so that should give crews a little bit of a break today. but i've looked forward at the weather reports and it looks like nine out of the next ten days we have a chance of full-on rain or showers. so it's going to remain a very dangerous situation there for rescue crews as they continue their search. del they're also putting crews on five bridges just downstream from that slide. they'll be looking for debris coming down the river and also for bodies coming down the river. >> allen schauffler, allen, thank you very much. chicago's blue line commuter tracks went off the tracks during the busy commute traffic today.

officials say the train plowed across and went up the escalator. minor injuries none seemed to be life threatening. ntsb is called in to investigate. shutting down one of the country's busiest credit routes, the houston ship channel. >> they have quite the tax task at hand, talking about 168,000 gallons of oil in this waterway, extending between houston and the gulf of mexico. you can see some of the guys are busy right now, they are using what they call boom. around pockets of oil. you also have skimming vehicles out, many in this waterway, those are being used to scoop up some of those oil pockets.

now, also in this area, which people are really concerned about, this place is also a popular bird habitat. and we understand that as many as ten birds have been affected. five of those birds we're being told have died. but one thing we understand that is working in the birds' favor is they have a strong north wind in this area which has moved some of thosing pockets out of the area. >> world leaders including president obama meeting in europe this hour for a nuclear security summit. and ukrainian troops are being ordered out of crimea. meanwhile there are more questions about the crimean economy that are being raised.

>> 529 people in egypt have now been sentenced to die.

they were convicted of killing a police officer and attacks on government property. there's been attacks on the muslim brotherhood, hundreds have been killed, thousands more arrested. also in egypt the trial of our colleagues, the three al jazeera colleagues, mohamed fahmy, are baher mohamed and peter greste. al jazeera continues to demand their immediate release. the crisis in the ukraine is topping the agenda in the netherlands. president obama is mitting there with others in th in the hake t. what came out of that meeting?

are in well, there are a number of bilaterals that the president is undertaking on this three day swing through northern europe. kook is dominating the -- ukraine is dominating the conversation. it's charged to deal with dangerous leftovers from the cold war, called loose nukes. and as we speak the president now getting ready any minute now to commence a meeting of the g7. minus russia, kicked out or suspended for the time being. on the topic, on the agenda, what to do with russia's aggression. the land grab in crimea but also trying to zoos v detert a

further move into ukraine. still ominous evident, a senior administration official teg us just a few minutes ago that the president wants to see a, quote, foreshadowing of economic aggression. tomorrow the president continues here in the netherlands. you're right he met with china shi gen pang. he goes on to the eu meeting in brussels. can they come together the united states and europe in a front to deter that further aggression, del. >> mike viqueria, thank you very much. now despite warnings from world leaders at the hague, all out of

ukrainian bases. jennifer glasse, this order to withdraw is it essentially ukraine surrendering to russia? >> you know, we don't think it is ukraine surrendering to russia. ukraine has been steadfast that crimea remains part of ukraine. the troops here whose live were in danger and whose families are harassed. to get those sailors and their families out of crimea an into the peninsula. aa lot of those sailors were living on bases or boats that they have been thrown out of or in naval housing here. some of the families that i have spoken to are concerned. we have diplomatic movement for the first time, moscow talking to kiev, russian foreign

minister sergey lavrov in the hague right now, we don't know what will come of that meeting but very clear he would demand that russian troops would leave crimea and hope to get crimea back, hopes to get international backing for that. very, very interesting meeting. the first diplomatic meeting between moscow and the current government in kiev. >> massing along eastern border what is ukraine saying about this? >> reporter: very concerned about that. about 20,000 troops they estimate on that eastern border. russia says it does not have more troops than it should but obviously very worrying signal to kiev. we've seen demghtses i demonstrn

donetske and i think that's very worrying because if russian troops did come in, i think we would see a very, very bloid battle -- bloid battle. i think you might see some very, very serious fighting and i think everyone wants to would i i -- to avoid that. >> jennifer tell us about the people who are left behind? >> reporter: there is supposed to be a plan drawn up right now for their evacuation. we understand about 80 families are going to be leaving from eastern crimea going into ukraine. we are also seeing more the last remaining bases fall, sophiadocia, in the this is the last few remnants of those military personnel still standing their ground on their bases or on their boats but with

the order now expected to come down, kiev ordered troops to leave but the order hasn't officially been made. they're waiting for that. we are expecting people to start to evacuate in a day or so. >> jennifer glasse, thank you so much. meanwhile russia racing to bring crimea under the direction of russia. nick spicer reporting from simferopol. >> with breathtaking speed, they are ruling, russian style 2. people are registering here to get russian passports. the happiness and high expectations are hard to miss. but the issues persist.

>> they say the price will double. i don't know what we pensioners will do if prices go up. it will all work out. >> reporter: the kremlin is sending in top ministers from all agencies. in highly symbolic moves, clocks will advance by two hours to moscow time. this couple have just found out they are going to be parents. the birth of another crimean is the source of another joy. the ukrainian baby bonus will disappear, the mother set of saf course the russian government will pay. the father has no doubt everything will be fine. a big change will be the shift to the russian currency, the

ruble. the ukrainian why currency still in force. possible source of discord in the future but for now the russian speakers in crimea seem happy for the promises that russia is making. >> that's 96 spicer reporting from simferopol. coming up, 25 years ago, emple n valdez.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are your headlines. missing malaysia 370 crashed in the indian ocean and all lives are lost according to malaysian government. most of the are are passengers on the flight were chinese.

russian prime minister sergey lavrov meeting with his counterpart at the hague. authorities in north washington state say they have received 108 reports of people missing since that massive landslide on saturday. as many as eight people are confirmed dead. the search for survivors continue. chicago's blue line commuter train went off the tracks, piled across a platform and then went up the escalator. there are reports that any injuries were minor. it was 25 years ago today, the oil tanker exxon valdez hit a reef in alaska. credit are al jazeera's daniel lack has more. about the impact on the residents that still live there about. >> they didn't have this 25 years ago, a computer simulator.

the decks appear to heave. there is no better way to practice steering and oil tanker. >> about as real as it gets without being in danger. although it's hard to convince yourself that you're not in danger. it's totally totally real. it is virtually real. >> reporter: when exxon valdez hit bligh reef, hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude hit the shore line. quarter century after the unthinkable happened, the waters look clean again, the scenery as splen did i as ever but problems -- splendid as ever. but problems with environment and humans. fish stocks collapsed. bobob lynnford, needed a

transplant to restore his health. >> i got what turned out to be an autoimmune disease, my bone marrow failed, aplastic a19 ya, 16 years of ill -- anemia. >> credit she helped rescue hundreds of sea otters from the spill. thousands more perished and the doctor says these captivating animals are only now recovering in the wild. this is exxon valdez crude oil collected 25 years after the date. >> reporter: they're still finding oil on shore. rick steiner worked on the fill spil, he learned that

transporting crude is risky and only one way to lessen that risk. >> there has been more burned, than up until that time. it's pretty stunning so we got to get better at using oil more efficientlily and transition -- efficiently, and transition into a different economy. >> did lead to safer shipping here but with ill effects still lingering and the demand for oil lingering on today, the disaster lives on in the minds of many. daniel lack, off seward, alaska. >> i'm dave warren. tomorrow we'll be busy tracking this storm as this storm intensifies as it moves up the

coast. this is tuesday morning. you see how it rapidly intensifies with rain and snow. heaviest snow out over the ocean but still parts of new england and massachusetts could see six to 12 inches of snow. lighter the further west you go but the impact will be the wind, deep low pressure, lines of low pressure when they are close together, you get a tremendous wind. high pressure builds for the west, northwest wind creating blizzard conditions likely especially closer to the storm. also brings in some cold air wednesday but by thu thursday another storm developing great lakes and northeast. brief cool down will not last long. light snow expected from d.c., baltimore, philadelphia, new york, closer to the coast, hint of purple, six to 12 inches of snow on tuesday, by wednesday that area of snow heads up towards maine.

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