ve warren >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, and i'm libby casey with a look at the top stories. >> flight mh370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> word that all 239 lives on board flight mh370 are lost as ships and planes from more than two dozen countries search for debris. >> ukrainian troops ordered out of crimea as president obama

works with world leaders to find ways to u.s. late russia. >> mud-like quick stand buries homes and people in the united states. the safe is on for survivors. >> it's the news people have been dreading sips flight mh370 vanished more than two weeks ago. the prime minister of malaysia said an analysis of data indicates that the plane crashed in a remote area of the southern indian ocean, and none of the 235 on board survived. it news coming as 26 counties join in the search. john terrett joins us from washington. there's a race against time to find the black boxes that may shed some light.

>> you're right. we are being called on to remember the families of the victims of flight mh370, the families that have been formally bereaved with the announcement from the malaysian government, and even the pentagon mentioned it, rear admiral john kirby saying over 200 families are grieving. he said they received stark, but honest news leaving them grieving. as he was speaking in washington d.c. a black box locator was being sent from the u.s. pacific fleet to the hostile territory in the indian ocean. >> the news no one wanted came in a statement by the malaysian prime minister. >> it is, thereof, with deep d sadness and regret that i must

inform you that according to the new data, flight mh370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> authorities say further analysis of satellite data shows flight mh370 headed south, coming down off perth western australia, one of the remotest spots in the world. according to the malaysian government, all soles lost. for days objects were seen flet -- floating in the o. over the weekend grey-green wreckage was spotted, nothing pointing to a splash down point. as the search goes on, founding the black box is a crucial step. audio signals or pings fade out at around 30 days. the u.s. pacific fleet is sending in a high tech black box locator to the area.

the dod gave evidence on the hunt for flight mh370 at a news briefing at the pentagon. >> the pinger locator, and a blue fin 21 autonomous underwater vehicle were flown out of j.f.k. airport in new york to perth. it will be useful should there be a debris field or underwater objects that need to be researched. >> it offers little comfort to the families, keen to know what happened. it's the beginning to the hunt to the answer as to why the giant 777 disappeared from radar screens and wound up so far off course. just to reiterate the pount that rear admiral john kirby was

making, the black box locator is on the way to the u.s. pacific fleet. it's going to a vast area. in and of itself it is effectively useless. they need to narrow the search to an area where they think there's a debris field, and they can then use it to identify where the black box is, presumably in thousands of feet of water. >> this has been a heart breaking day for the family of missing passengers and crew. they have been in hotel for two weeks. >> the families of the passengers of mh370 were called into a meeting by malaysian officials an hour before the prime minister of malaysia made the news public that the flight was indeed lost somewhere over the south indian ocean, it was

news that relatives waited two years to not here, holding on to hope that the plane had not gone down into a tight spot. otherwise it meant the relatives could have been alive. many are distraught. this is the last thing they want to hear. some are brought out on stretchers. it is chaotic. some relatives stepped out of the conference room saying yes needed to breathe. this is the last thing they wanted to hear. >> that report from beijing. >> ships and planes from 26 countries continue to search a remote part of the southern indian ocean. al jazeera's andrew thomas was able to get on board a plane. >> the crew on flight 104 saw an

object. its position has been marked. now a smoke cannister has been left. another plane sees another object. a second smoke cannister. there's a fleeting glimpse of a third object. the marker screen is beginning to look busy. >> it's a clean area of ocean, so we are not seeing much, we are seeing a few things in the water. i'm not trained, but i'm looking to. i think i see a red object, but at 100 metres off the o, travelling at 360, my possible and chris's definite are gone almost as soon as they are seen. it wasn't just crust that saw the object. others confirm the colour and shake. a photographer catches two in the frame. that's the fourth object marked

by one of the spotters as they are seen, the descriptions are called out over the radio, all four are described as more than a metre, something like a hose, rectangular, circular and sil inned rickal. the pilot brings the plane higher to redirect a plane and a ship towards the objects his crew has seen. >> they have been in communication with the rescue control center, and have been allowed - released from whatever searching they were doing to assist us, as this is the latest priority. it's collecting the items. and analysing them and classifying them. >> descending, another object is the spotted scrks a gps position are dropped. the search plane is low on fuel and needs to fly four hours back. the day has been a success. the crew has seen, located and

marked the position of objects in an ocean where hours later the malaysian prime minister confirmed flight mh370 had crashed. let's bring in former national transportation safety board investigator, al dickinson, joining us from los angeles. how much do we know about the data that's led the malaysian government to come to this conclusion? >> now, as far as i know they have increased data. i would have said that, rather than lose hope for all the families. we have no physical evidence so far. >> the pronouncement that the plane plunged into the southern indian ocean surprised you? >> yes, it did. >> what scenario do you think

would cause the plane to end its journey into the ocean? do you have a sense of that at this point? >> everyone has their own scenario. mine in particular - somehow the plane was overcome, i'm not saying it was the pilots, but somebody got in the cockpit that knew what they were doing, caused the tracking mechanisms, like the transponder, acars and other stuff to stop. therefore the aircraft was turned at an ideal spot, because it was a transfer of communication between air traffic control systems at the time, it was an ideal time not to transmit anything. it turned and kept going. something else happened to make the person - either they did it. they may have been overcome and they flew in a direction ending up over the indian sea.

>> if a plane plunged into the ocean, should we find a lot of debris. >> it's a good question. in egypt air, it hit the water at a high velocity and shattered. at t.w.a. it ex-plod and pieces fell into the o. landing on the hudson, if it came in a gentle area, it would stale intact, most of it and sink eventually. >> the pronouncement, did it inform your take on what happened, did it give you new information? >> not really. >> they used marsat data. i'm not sure on that. i think if they get trianningulation of a data going in one direction it's good data. there's nos data they have that indicates an altitude. they are making assumptions.

>> what kind of debris are they looking for. we are talking different sizes and shapes. what will they be looking for? another good question. if it's like the hudson, they won't have much debris. if it came down at a high rate of speed, it will have all sorts of things, and a lot of it because of composite, will be floating, cushions and other things will be floating. >> thank you for joining us. >> president obama and other leaders are meeting in the netherlands, to discuss the threat of nuclear terrorism. it's been overshadowed by the crisis in ukraine. today the president met with leaders of the larger economies. this is the foreign ministers of russia and ukraine, holding face to face talks. mike viqueira is in the

netherlands. president obama is trying to rally allies, what came out of the day's activities. >> you are right, the president is here for a nuclear security summit, the third in the last five years, a lot of important issues to discuss. this gathering of 53 world leaders turned into a session dominated by ukraine, no question about it. at the last minute the president called a meeting. you spoke of them, used to be known as the g8. they have frozen out russia. the goal in coming here, and over the cores of today, tomorrow and the next day, is to create a unified front with allies, not only to punish russia for what already happened, but detearing russia from heading into east and southern ukraine, areas occupied by ethnic russians.

the president wants a broader range of sanctions on energy, all down the line, and promised to do that with the executive orders. at this hour, it appears some effort is bearing fruit. there's a joint statement by the g7 coming after the last-minute meeting. they are are the to intensify action, including coordinated sectoral sanctions if russia escalates their aggression. it's a promise, not a done deal. it's contingent on russian elections. we'll see how far it was to go. >> is vladimir putin there? that is interesting because he's not here. he as sent sergei lavrov instead. when it comes to sergei lavrov, there's a bit of good news on the ukraine front, for weeks sergei lavrov, or any other

russian official refused to talk to anyone from the interim kiev government, did not recognise the government and said it was illegitimate. he did, for the first time, sat with the interim ukrainian foreign minister. we don't know what came out of the meeting. sergei lavrov seemed to be defiant about a lot of things in a press conference held after, and met with secretary of state john kerry, no movement, but symbolic and significant movement in the hague. >> mike viqueira in the netherlands. >> while world leaders met to discuss the situation in ukraine, the interim government ordered troops to leave crimea, the decision coming days after russian forces stormed and seized ukranian military equipment. jennifer glasse is in sevastopol. has ukraine surrendered to russia at this point?

>> no, the acting president made the decision to protect the families, and soldiers who were being harassed. we have seen the take over of the bases one by one. another base taken over, in eastern crimea, a marine base. marines were holding out. russians went in with force. a couple of ukrainians were injured in the incident. that may have prompted the announcement by the president. now, the forces are waiting for the order to be an official order. they have heard about it, know about it through the media, but have not got the order. we are expecting dozens to leave. we have seen the take over of theodosia but ships 120 miles from here have been boarded and taken over. the comaidian

navy -- ukrainian navy lost their command ship and the biggest military air force base, a few miles up the road, was taken over by russian troops. they used armored personnel carriers. >> what happens to the military and family left in crimea? >> they are preparing to leave page. they were concerned. there's rumours that they'd be seen as traitors. there's officials trying to assuage those fears. most of them live in housing provided by the navy or the government, so it's not only getting them out of here, one of the mothers - one parent whose husband is a sailor says she has

to move her kids from school and all the practical thing, but this time quickly, under duress, and the crimean forces telling ukrainian forces they probably won't be able to come back, so they have to take everything with them. >> the search is on for survivors after a mud slide in washington state killed eight. authorities are investigating dozens of reports of people missing or unaccounted for in a former fishing village. dozens of homes from destroyed, and a stretch of highway blocked. how is the search going? we have just wrapped up a press conference with emergency response officials. there has been more sliding in the area. they had to pull some search crews out of one corner of the one square mile mass of earth

that came down into the river. take a look at the screen, see what they are dealing with. this is described as 15 million cubic yards of dirt that crashed out of the cascade mountains, across a river, through a neighbourhood, up an embank. through a state highway and through further homes. an amazing force of nature. officials admitting they do not have an exact number of people who are missingment they are trying to figure it out. >> roland is among the missing, an electrician working on a job saturday morning when the mountain came down. we talked to his wife and daughter who, in the face of long odds, are trying to stay positive. >> we hope he's in a closet, somewhere in the mud but there's air pocket and they are okay and keep each other going. >> miracles do happen.

>> i do believe in that. >> familiar with the area, you could tell just how much is not there any more. >> just how much is not there is the way she describes it. that is what people at the scene said. they can't believe the devastation. response officials are saying they have 108 separate distinct reports of missing people. not 108 people missing, but different reports. there may be a lot of overlap. there's not a solid number. no one should be surprised if the death number goes beyond the eight confirmed. >> dave warren has been looking at the weather that lead to the mud slide and joins us now. >> it wasn't one storm, it was the past 30 days. we are not seeing much in the way of rain, additional that has fallen. this is the last 30 days, 150%.

it's highlighted. here, where the slide happened, 200% of what you get in a 30 day period has fallen. the ground is saturated. the river talked about, the slide dammed the refer, and here is the river gauge. it's blocked here. the flow blow that stopped. that was for 24 hours. it's come up a bit as the water is working through the slide. >> so the flood warning is in effect, and there's a flood watch, but the threat of it releasing is not there any more. it's going through the slide. the river is breaking through. we see that pool come down a little bit. >> now we are talking about storms. there's a little break. we are not seeing the rain now, but to the pacific another storm is set to come in. a 24 hour break. tomorrow we'll see the heavy

rain come back. not the best news, but a little break from the rain. the ground is saturated. >> dave warren, thank you. >> some called it america's internet surrender, the u.s. giving up control of system that keeps of internet ordered. now talks about who should take over. jacob ward explains. >> and the sipping sensation taking the social media world by

>> on wall street a late-day rally was not enough to put the dow in the plus column - losing 26 points, and the nasdaq hard hit, sinking 1%. biotech stocks, and high flyers such as tesla and facebook pulling the index lower. apple shares rose 1% on a report that it's in talks with comcast

to provide a streaming tv service. it would let apple bypass. last month a deal was down to stream their content faster. large firms may be able to limit online capability. >> the u.s. said it will step back from leading the organization responsible for maintaining the web. there are questions about who will take over. jacob ward follows the story from san francisco. we are talking about icann. tell us about that organization, and how the internet is organised. >> with the internet you need someone controlling a list of the domain names and the numerical addresses. when you type in aljazeera.com,

you need to make sure there's one, and your search goes to that one site. to icann - the organization - has done this since 1998. it's a california nonprofit under an agreement with the u.s. department of commerce, and that agreement is about to come to an end. the gathering in singapore is to figure out how icann will operate as a non-state entity controlling the master left of domains in america. >> some are calling it america's internet surrender. does it matter who is in control? >> that is the thing. here is what the icann president of global domain - the global domain division at icann had to say about the change. >> the idea is to change the stewardship from the u.s. government to a global stakeholder process, and i don't

think anyone will see a difference on the way the internet performed - is performing, because the things that we are talking about are really at a very high level of the internet functionality? well, there won't be any change at all until september 2015, which is when the handover is supposed to take place. in the past, result the united states has been in charge of this, or this has been happening within the borders. going forward. china and russia will have influence in how domain names are handed out. >> whatever icann does next, could it affect censorship? >> that is the question. the u.s. has been good. we have done an even-handed job of being fair about how we hand out domain names. we handed out domain names for the united states. we have been good about not letting it be a tool of

geopolitical leverage. that is the question going forward. with so many countries in the mix, will it change. the internet is a grand bargain of society. there has been so much richness of society. i don't think icap will let it change. there's many on the daisy change, all the isp, and people that sell domain name, no one will get in the way of what makes the internet great. >> the u.s. is stepping up efforts to help find african warlord joseph kony. years after seeing the video joseph kony 2012, talks about how he managed to evade capture. >> two ships collide sending 17,000 gallons of water into texas. we are there with an

>> the u.s. is stepping up efforts to find african warlord joseph kony. 150 air force troops and four specialty aircraft are added to the hunt. u.s. troops will act as advisors, and can only fire in self-defence. the new military aid is working with 5,000 african union troops. joseph kony became infamous when a film about his crimes went viral. >> we were committed to stop koni and rebuild what he destroyed. because we couldn't wait for institutions or governments, we did it ourselves. >> the charity organization, invisible children released kony

2012 and raised $20 million. president obama spoke in support of the campaign, but did not devote more assets to the search until today. senior policy analyst sasha joins us now. koni's name has been turned into a household name in the west. how far has the search come since the release of the video? >> the search is making progress. attacks by the lra are down 53% since the u.s. advisors and the african union forces have been deployed. we see that there are credible reports that the number two was killed by the mission, and defections were up. it's the largest since 2008. the problem is finding kony

himself. it's a difficult area to track, a broccoli forest, when you look at it from above. 127,000 square mile area. it represents an effort by the administration to say, "look, we've been out there for 18 months, we need the mission to succeed." they are deploying long range night vision helicopters to find them. >> is that symbolic, as well as having a physical difference. what's the rehabilitation to the timing and troops and material? >> the timing is a function of the troops being out there for some time, and there needs to be some more efforts to be able to act on intelligence. advisors in the african union mission face challenges because

of instability in the central african republic, in south sudan, and this is an effort to say, "well, you know, let's deal with the instability issues, but act on some of the reports that we are getting about where koni is." they have that capability, there are a number of different helicopters. i think it's more than symbolism. >> you mentioned that koni's number two has been killed. how significant of a blow is that? >> it's significant. >> the person killed is the person that culled the alawite's previous number two, and in charge of abducting thousands of children and going to khartoum and sudan when the peace talks failed a couple of years ago. that is significant. this is also a nice victory for

advocates and activists. enough project, visible children, resolve have been calling for additional assets to be deployed, and act on the intel gens. we are -- intel gps. we are seeing -- intelligence. we are seeing the fruits of that. >> has pressure been placed on the americans to send more assistance because of that video. >> kony is a household name. before no one heard of the lra, i worked in northern uganda. when i came home everyone asked "what is this about?", now everyone knows lra or cokony. for the obama administration, it's an opportunity to engage with the youth voters, who are concerned about the lra who want

atrocities ended by the lra. we are seeing them move from 250 to 350 fighters. this is an opportunity to shrink the number. without getting kony, we have not solved the problem, because he can abduct more kids. >> thank you, sasha. the white house emphasised that it is keeping up pressure on uganda over it's antigay law and is shifting $9 billion in aid way i from the government. >> 525 members of the outlawed muslim brotherhood has been sentenced to death. family members gathered outraged over the punishment. defense lawyers say they were not given a chance to review documents and were banned when the sentences were read. egypt cracked down on the muslim brotherhood, since deposing it

from power. critics say the verdict was politically motivated and can be overturned. >> also, the third hearing in the trial of three al jazeera journalists was held. the court adjourned until the trial next week. the three men have been in prison for nearly three months. we have the latest. >> the court reconvened behind the walls to hear prosecution arguments in the egyptian government's case against the three al jazeera journalists. they are accused of joining a terrorist organization and producing false news. it's the first time journalists have been prosecuted on terrorism charges. the families attended the proceedings and spoke to the media. >> the word terrorist is a big word that can end the future of anyone. mohammed has no link to terrorists or groups, they are false accusations. >> we have been shouting lopping

and proud that there's no way that he would have had any part to play in a form of terrorism. >> like the last court appearance, the journalist spent the hearing in cages, they've been asking for international engagement to free them. the english reporting team was detained at the hotel by egyptian security services on december the 29th. mohamed fadel fahmy's shoulder injury worsened in gaol. now he can barely move his arm, according to his bally. mohammed badr is only allowed to see his wife and two children once a week. peter greste's family are commuting from australia for the hearings. the peter greste and mohammed badr families have received all right from the interim prime minister promising the child will be run fairly:

>> the prosecution has not finished presenting its evidence, but defense lawyers were able to cross-examination them. the trial has been adjourneded until march 31st, no bail was granted. >> a fourth journalist abdullah al-shami has been detained sips august 2013 without trial. he is now on hunger strike. >> in kosovo the remains of 46 ethnic albanians killed by serbian forces in 1999 were handed over to families. coffins, draped in the albanian flag were lined up in a tent. serbian forces buried most of the dead. some of the victims were killed during an attack by the u.n. to charge officials with war crime.

1,000 ethnic albanians were missing. in syria, rebel fighters have taken a town and stepped up a campaign against supporters of bashar al-assad. an opposition group says 130 government and opposition fighters were killed in a battle. it's considered a minor strategic victory, but is a morale boost for rebels. it's in the home of the assad family, home to its strongest supporters. >> argentina is making memorial day for truth and justice, remembering the military coupe launched years ago. 120,000 people were kidnapped, and tortured and killed. the search for answers is just as strong today as it has been. >> thousands of military files, information on some held in clan

des tine detention centres in the 1970, and '80s, have been turned over to authorities. they have been made available to the public. more is to follow. the defence minister says the argentine military changed since the dark days of what was known as the dirty war. in a 7-year rain of terror, the military kidnapped and killed thousands of people, making the documents available to the public is vital in helping the country come to terms with its past. >> translation: it's an important symbolic act for our society and families wanting to rebuild history. it's providing evidence to talk the trials forward. >> the mothers of some victims march thursday afternoon outside the palace, demanding answers.

memorials for the victims come in all forms. 25-year-old long-distance runner miguel sanchez was picked up by a government death squad in 1978 and never seen again. the race is run every year. in memory of miguel. courses of 8 and 10km, runners of all abilities determine the season for judds, the quest to find answers remains in the public domain. it's a day to remember. so many other victims. we came to honour the sports many. just against humanity has been slow in comingment some responsible are serving time in prison. now with the victim's families, and the killers growing older and dying, argentina is engaged

in a race against time. >> clean-up crews on the scene off the coast of texas. the spill happened when a bathroom collided with a ship. 1,000 gallons of oil may have leaked into the water, shutting a busy seaport. >> brandon is in texas. what is the latest on the clean up? >> well, you have about 400 people. we talk state, federal, non-profits, volunteers participating in the clean-up. we under the clean-up is difficult - one, because the oil is thick and it's greasy, and, two, there's a great deal of wind pushing pockets of the oil further towards the gulf. as you hear from the coast guard, the motivation and the manpower is there to get the area cleaned up. >> at the present moment we are

focussed op removing the oil. because it's a heavy fuel oil, it lends itself to that, it's recover ail. that is the primary response strategy. >> he adds that it will take time. days, weeks, to get the area cleaned up. >> so there's cleaning and containing the spill. what are officials doing to contain the oil? >> >> well recollects you have several skimming vessels in the channel and boom. boom is like a large barrier used around various pockets. they are doing this to try to service or serve a wall around the pockets. that way it allows the skimming vessels a better opportunity to scoop up the oil. >> do you think this will affect oil prices? >> well now, i'm told it's too

early to stel. keeping in pond -- early to tell. keeping inmind the channel traffic. there's a number of oil rigs that pass through. there's a safe zone, so that's not allowed for traffic. that being said, it depends how long it will take for the area to be open for traffic. you wouldn't be able to get a true test or knowledge to know what kind of effect recollects if anything, oil prices will have. >> that report from texas city. >> exactly 25 years ago today the oil tanker ex-job valled ez hit a reef in alaska. our correspondent has more on the clean up that continues to this day. >> they didn't have this 25 years ago, a computer

simulator to teach mariners about alaska's tricky waters. it's real. the decks heave. there's no better way to practice. >> it's as reel as it gets, without being if danger. it's hard to convince yourself sometimes that you are not in danger. it's real. it's vertually real. >> when exxon valdes hit bligh reef, millions of litres of crew rushed into prince williams sound. areas were coated in tar. the clean-up and court cases wept on for years. a quarter of a century later, the waters look clean, the scenario as splend did as ever. problems remain with the vurnt, animals and humans. thousands lost livelihoods. bob linford left his salmon boat to scrub beaches, and then fell

ill, probably due to the chemicals used in the clean-up. years later it took a transplant to restore his health. >> i had what turned out to be a bone marrow disease. i had app autoimmune disease. i had two or three complications and 16 years of illness. >> avis was born in april. >> this doctor is a sea otter expert and rescued hundreds from the spill. these captivating animals are now recovering in the wild. >> this is exxon valdez crude oil collected 25 years after the date. >> they are still finding oil on shore. rick worked on the disaster and now helps clean up spills around the world, and has learnt that

transporting petroleum is risky. there's only one way to lower the risk of. >> there has been more oil produced and burnt in the world since the exxon vald, zcks oil spill. it's stunning. we have to get better at using oil more efficiently and transitioning into a low carb environment. nal that happens, many worry about another spill. the oil spill did lead to safer shipping, but the disaster lives on in the minds of many. >> further news, let's go maria. >> let's start in chicago - a commuter train derailed injuring 30. the eight-car train jumped the tracks on to a platform. it happened beneath o'hare

airport. investigators are trying to figure out the cause. >> in colorado sh - a search for victims of a plane crash. part of the single-engine plane was recovered that crashed into the reservoir. searchers are looking for the remains of the passengers that were on the plane when it went into a spin. >> five former employees of berp ard madoff were convicted on conspiracy charges. found guilty of helping to fruitulently deal with people. >> coming up next on al jazeera america - a singing nun blows the socks off the competition at italy's version of "the voice." we look at the video that is up next.

>> doping has haunted kenya's olympic program after a dozen athletes were caught using banned substances. the international olympic agency wants kenya to shape up and crack down on the abuses. kenya says some runners are not cheaters, just misinformed. >> it's early morning. the high altitude sports training destination in western kenya. the athletes train hard in the morning. it's the best time of the day to run. they hope that they'll be able to clinch medals, maybe break medals. kenya is a country that

dominates lopping distance international races. but allegations of widespread doping amongst athletes is threatening its imaging abroad. >> many find that it's out of ignorance. someone tried to tell them. if you have an injury, this is okay. without knowing that that it's a drug or a substance within that it prohibited. >> in 2012 this athlete was banned from running for two years. his blood had traces of a steroid. he says he was advised a supplement he was using was legal. >> i wanted to prove that i can run. this is one of 17 athletes who tested positive for doping. between 2012 and last year.

last year a task force was set up to investigate allegations of doping. findings and recommendations are crucial in ensuring that a reputation as an athletic spa house is not ruined. many flock to the training centres in western kenya. they use a lot of supplements when they are mass arranging. by using that to enhance performance, this is nothing to do with those issues. >> a report is yet to be completed, but athletes say there should be more regular testing and a serious awareness campaign, especially to young athletes that come from the villages, and have no idea what is legal and what is not.

>> an italian nun could be the next susan boyle. her edition on the italian version of "the voice" has gone wild. >> in is sister christina, she's 25 years old and went on the italian version of "the voice", and belted out alisha kees "no one." it hit the 25 million view mark, take a listen. sinks sinks sings sings [ singing ] >> sister christina said she went on the voice.

people have used the hash tag hoping the pope will contact her. she didn't get the contact from the pope just yet. the cardinal wrote in italian saying: institute you have to love the nuns on the side cheering and looking. thank you so much. >> a look at the top stories when we return on al

>> this is al jazeera america. i'm libby casey with a look at the top stories. malaysia's prime minister indicates that malaysia airlines

flight mh370 crashed in a remote area of the indian ocean, and none of the people on board survived. ships and planes continue the search for the missing plane. the process will be difficult since the area is so remote and far from land. >> authorities are searching for survivors after a mud slide in washington state. they are investigating dozens of reports of people missing or unaccounted for in a fishing village. dozens of homes were destroyed and a stretch of the highway blocked. >> an oil spill shut down a busy seaport. nearly 170,000 gallons of oil spills into the houston shipping channel after a barge collided with a ship on saturday. >> president obama and world leaders say they are ready to step up sanctions against russia, if it doesn't diffuse the crisis in ukraine.

they say can economic summit is scheduled to take place in june in russia will not go forward. >> an-egyptian court handed out a death sentence for members of the muslim brotherhood. it remains to be seen whether the sentences will be carried out. stay tuned for more updates. >> the crimea-ukraine has none about the amicable. and both sides are making threatening troop movements. it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. there have been big changes