feel, like she basically stood for domestic violence. you cl >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm libby casey with a look the the top stories. >> flight mh370 ended in the southern indian ocean >> renewed grief as families are told there were no survivors on board flight mh370. >> ukrainian troops ordered out of crimea as president barack obama meets with world leaders to find ways to isolate russia.

>> the search for survivors as mud-like quick sand buries people and homes in washington state. >> lots of news people have been fearing since malaysia airlines flight mh370 vanished more than three weeks ago. a new analysis of data indicated that the plane crashed in a remote area. southern indian ocean. none of the 239 on board supplied. ships and planes from 26 countries are searching for the aircraft. >> good evening, there's a race op now to find those black boxes, which may unravel the mystery behind flight mh370. >> good evening to you. yes, the thoughts this evening for now turn to the families of

flight mh370 who have been briefed formally today, for the first time, by the words from the malaysian government. they came up to at a pentagon briefing ending only in the last couple of hours at washington d.c. rear-admiral john kirby saying there are more than 200 families out there from the malaysian government, but he called it honest news. nevertheless everyone is grieving. as he was speaking a black box locator is on its way from the u.s. pacific fleet to this fasta of inhospitable territory. >> the moment no one wanted was read by the malaysian government. >> it is therefore with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this 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 souls lost. for days images showed items in the ocean, suspected but unsubstantiated crews. airplanes spotted grey-green wreckage, as the search goes on, finding the block is a crucial step. audio or pings fade out after 30 days. to speed up the search the u.s. pacific fleet is sending in a high tech black box locator to the area. a news briefing was given at the

pentagon. >> the pinger locator, as well as a blue fin 21 autoon mouse underwater vehicle were flown out of j.f.k. airport in new york to perth. it would be useful should there be a debris field, or maybe some underwater objects that we believe need to be researched. >> the break through offers slim comfort to the families of flight mh370, keen to know what happened to their loved ones. it's on the beginning of a hunt for answers as to why the giant 777 disappeared from radar screens and wound up so far off course. >> let me be explicit about this, what rear-admiral john kirby was saying is the black box locator, on the way from the u.s. pacific fleet is, at the moment, useless. the search area is too large.

what needs to happen is they need to narrow it to a debris field and then the black box locator can be useful for those searching for it. >> it is a pre-emptive flight. it's in place. >> well, it was a heartbreaking day for the families of the missing passengers and crew. many stayed at a beijing hotel for more than two weeks, waiting for word on the state of their loved ones. >> margo has more from the chinese capital. >> the families of the passengers of mh370 were called into a meeting by malaysian officials in beijing, an hour before the prime minister of malaysia made the news public, that the flight was, indeed lost over the indian ocean. this is news, but the rooel tifs here reason -- relatives here

had been waiting two weeks to not here. they heard possibly the plane had been hijacked. they were trying to hold on to that, because it meant possibly their relatives on the flight might be alive. this is the last thing they wanted to hear. many distraught. some have been brought out in stretchers. we understand people inside are fainting. it is chaotic in there. some relatives stepped out of the conference room saying they needed to breathe. this last two weeks they've been holding their breath. this is the last thing they wanted to hear. >> ships and planes from 26 countries are searching a remote part of the southern indian ocean for any sign of the missing plane. andrew thomas was able to get on board a search plane and filed this report. >> the crew of resist cue flight 104 have -- rescue flight 104 has seen an object in the water. the position has been marked and

a smoke cannisters has been fired, a visual reference for the pilot to aim for, on another pass, another object seen. >> object in the water. >> a second smoke cannister is deployed. as the plane turns towards it there's a fleeting glimpse of another object, a third. the marker screen is beginning to look busy. >> it's a fairly clean area of ocean, so we are not seeing. but today we are seeing a few things in the water. i'm not trained but i'm looking. i think i see a red object flash by. at 100 metres off the ocean, travelling at 160km an hour, my possible object and chris's definite ones are gone. it wasn't just chris seeing the object he did, other quirment the colour and -- others confirm the colour and shape and a photographer on board captured two. >> that's the fourth object marked by a spotter.

as seen the descriptions are called out over the radio, all described as a metre in length, it's described as a hose, circular, cylindrical. the pilot brings the plane higher into contact, to redirect a plane and a navy ship shoords the object. >> they have been in communication with the rescue control center. they have been allowed to release from whatever searching they were doing to assist us, as this is the latest priority. the latest priority is collecting the items, and analysing them and trying to classify them. >> another object is spotted. more spoke and a gps positioner are dropped. the search plane is low on fuel and needs to fly four hours back from the zone to base. >> flight 104s day has been a success, the crew has seen, located and marked the position of objects in an area of ocean

where hours later the malaysian prime minister confirmed flight mh370 had crashed. >> president obama and dozens of world leaders are meeting in the netherlands to discuss the threat of nuclear terrorism. it's been overshadowed by the crisis in ukraine. mike viqueira reports. >> it is a crucial three days in northern europe as a long-scheduled nuclear summit has been dominated by the crisis in ukraine. >> with the dutch prime minister and others, president obama urged continued vigilance from allies in confronting russia. >> we are united in imposing a cost on russia for its actions so far. >> detearing a future land grab -- detearing a future landgrab is a top goal. russia has been thrown out of the g8 for now. >> president obama called a meeting of the seven remaining

members, pushing for a unified frunch. there would be a -- unified punch. there'll be a heavy price to pay. russian prime minister sergei lavrov showed little concern at the prospect of losing g8 membership. >> translation: so be it. we are not clinging to that format or group. >> sergei lavrov met with secretary of state john kerry, and sat with ukraine's interim foreign minister, a positive sign, after weeks of refusing to meet, insisting the kiev government was illegitimate. it's not all about ukraine. there are several meetings with world leaders over three days, sitting with chinese leader. the backdrop the third nuker leer -- nuclear summit and securing dangerous stockpiles of nuclear materials. the president and allies are oming together. >> the russian leadership needs

to see this is leading into a deeper dead end for them of pain and isolation. >> the president called it a joint statement, promising strong sanctions against broad sectors of the russian economy if they go further than crimea, and into eastern ukraine. >> as world leaders discuss how to handle the crisis in ukraine, the interim government ordered the troops to leave crimea. the decision comes after russian forces stormed and seized ukrainian military in the past few days. >> glass s has more. >> the acting president gave the order for the ukrainian military to leave the peninsula. it is because lives were in danger. this were in life-threatening situations and the families of soldiers on the peninsula had been threatened. they estimate there's about

25,000 military personnel and families and other ethnic ukrainians that want to be evacuated from the crimean peninsula. it comes as the military personnel are pushed off of their ships or bases. the marine base on monday was over run by russian forces. they fired in the air and using flash grenades. there were some ukrainian forces injured in the incident. over the weekend we saw the naval command ship in sevastopol, the last ship here, flying the ukrainian flag, that was taken over the weekend by the russian forces and the belbek airbase, the biggest in crimea. the russians, just a few small bases left. they are flying the flag over more than 100 military installations in crimea as they consolidate their hold and move the forces out of crimea as they

make their control over the crimean peninsula complete. >> jennifer glasse in sevastopol. crews are searching for survivors after a mud slide in washington state killed at least eight people. it happened in a former fishing village north-east of seattle. authorities are investigating dozens of reports of people missing or unaccounted for. the side levelled homes and blocked a stretch of highway. >> allen schauffler is live in arlington. tell us about the latest in the search? >> the search continues. there has been changes. search and rescue officials telling us that the area where the slide came down across the river is upstable, showing signs that there may be more sliding in that area, so they had to pull search crews out of a corner of that enormous slide area. take a look at it. we are looking at a square mile or so of cascade mountain

foothill thundering into the valley, across the river, up the embank. over a state highway, through a neighbourhood along the way. eight people killed. that's confirmed. authorities telling us that they do not have a solid number for how many people are missing as searches continue at the site with helicopters, dog teams, anything they can use. one person we know is missing is an electrician, working on a job on saturday morning when the slide hit. we talked to his wife and daughter, who are trying to stay positive. >> we are hoping he's in a closet somewhere in the mud, but they have air pockets and they are doing okay and keeping each other going. >> miracles happen in situations like this. >> they do. i truthfully believe in that. >> familiar with the area, so

you can tell just how much is just not there any more. >> now, we have said that some search crews have been pulled out of that area. they are covering a lot of that territory. 100 or more search and rescue people are on the scene, looking for survivors, officially they say it's a rescue operation, but with every passing hour hope is fading that miracles will be found in the mud and wreckage of the landslide. >> allen schauffler reporting. >> kevin corriveau has been looking at the weather leading to the mud slide, and he joins us with more. >> it's been awful for the last 30 days of how much rain we have seen in the area. let me show you how much we have seen in this area for the last 30 days. most of the region, especially western washington, 150% of what they would normally see. up here where the landslide happened, that was more. normally this area in the last

30 case sees 2.1 inches of rain, we saw 5.5, 5.6 inches in this area here, so, of course, this area is susceptible to land slides. when you add in the rain it makes it unstable. we have flood warnings in effect for the region. the problem is, if you saw the video of allen schauffler, there were blue skies. that will not last for long. we are looking at better weather. we are looking at a storm sting slowly to the east, bringing heavy rain showers across the region, starting tomorrow over the next 2-3 days we'll see 1.5-2 inches of rain. >> kevin corriveau, thank you so much. coming up on al jazeera america - two ships collide sending nearly 170,000 gallons of oil into the water of texas.

a live update. >> and a city that is too expensive for the middle class. we look at san francisco, and why first responders can't live in the city they protect and serve.

>> clean-up crews are on the scene of an oil spill off the coast of texas, happening when a barge carrying crude collided with a ship on saturday, spilling nearly 170,000 gallons of oil. that's how much may have leaked into the water, shutting a busy seaport for a third day. >> brandon is in texas, and joins us. update us with the latest on the clean-up. >> we are talking about 400 state local, federal non-profits and volunteers, pitching in with a clean-up effort. they have been going fon for some time. the task is difficult because the oil is thick, greasy, and it's been pushed towards the

gulf. the coast guard is confident and motivated to get the job done. >> at the present moment we are focused on moving oil from the environment. it's a heavy fuel oil, so it lends it's to that, it is recoverable. that's the primary strategy. >> now, crews have been working all day, all night. the work, i'm told, will continue. they are putting in 12-plus hours of work, but will continue until the work is done. >> what are officials doing to contain the spill. >> they are working with boom. that surrounds various oil spots, and a skimmer vote or vessel comes in and picks up the oil spots that have gathered in the booms. >> that report from texas. >> as you have been hearing, transporting crude oil is very

dangerous. "real money"s ali velshi joins us. why is it problematic moving oil around the u.s. >> because of the oil coming from canada in the tar sands and the bakan in north dakota, there's a lot of calls for pipelines. i'd like to use less oil. but between argue against it. we have one of the biggest pipelines, we have a lot. this is part of the consequence of this. as we avoid oil, we are not reducing the consumption of oil. the problem is there's oil coming in through canada, coming from north dakota, and there's oil using waterway, and, you know, going through tankers. the problem is these are dangerous things to move, crude

is dangerous. we still move as much. 93% of america's total oil movement goes flow the pipeline. the construction is not keeping pace because there's a lengthy approval process and a great deal of opposition from the public. operators are forced to look for alternatives. in 2012 the movement of oil by trucks, train and river barges rose to one million barrels a day, a 57% increase over the year before. the more we move oil, there are problems with pipelines, the more we move things other than pipelines, the more likely we are to see incidents like this. >> incidents still happen on the water and land. what type of damage can it do? >> there's a focus on moving it safely. when you move it, friendships, the shale oil that we talk about or the oil from the oil sands in canada, it's more corrosive and flammable.

as a result, you remember the problems we had with the rail. let's talk about the houston ship channel spill. eight refineries, 12% of refining capacity are cut off. i have to imagine that will work into gasoline prices. the bathroom accident is a month after another accident on the missouri river in louisville, so the numbers of accident on waterways will go up. i'm worried about the rail accidents. there was a rail accident with oil in lakmagantic, quoouk ebbing in which a -- quebec, which killed 47 people and wiped out half the town after a train exploded. these trains go through chicago, detroit, toronto. these are major incidents. we have to think about the fact that we don't use any less oil than we did three or four years ago but are shipping more of it

around. >> what else is coming up on your show? >> we are talking about pork prices heading higher because of a virus killing piglets. i'll talk to a pig farmer that has avoided the virus. we see inflation with beef and chicken, a new reason to worry about protein you feed your family. >> "real money" coming up at 7 o'clock. >> shares of apple got a boost, rising 1% on a report that the company is in talks with comcast to provide a streaming tv journalist. it would let apple bypass congestion on the internet. netflix is paying comcast to ensure its movies stream faster. >> public advocacy groups are concerned online accessibility will be limited. >> many city employees say they

can't afford to live in the city of san francisco limits. a program for first responders could be a step towards closing the widening income gap. >> this man was born and raised in san francisco. he serves san francisco as a firefighter. he almost got priced out of living in san francisco. i went from the primary school to high school here, and everything has changed. the tech boom has driven prices high. and it's been pretty hard to afford to represent in the city, let alone buy a house in san francisco. it's unfortunate. you have teachers, police officers, sheriffs, fire department. we want to be in the city that we work in. >> according to a report by the brookings institute, the gap between the rich and poor is growing faster in san francisco,

than any major city in the country. >> families saw salaries drop $4,000 in the past five years. those at the 95 per centile saw theirs rise by $28,000. the median imcome is $73,000, and this group can no longer find affordable places to rent or buy. with the cost of living so high, firefighters and responders are forced to move hours away, and that worries officials in this quake-prone city. >> it's a question of when the next one hits, and when that happens, we want first responders to be living in san francisco. >> city hall is offering first responders up to $100,000 in down-payment assistance to purchase a home or an apartment inside the city limits. launched last year, the initial pool had enough money to help out about 10 applicants.

so andrew ye is one of the lucky few who benefitted. >> i was getting outbid by 20% over the listing price, a lot were cash offers. i was lucky to get a house in san francisco today. i just moved in about two months ago. i'm doing a lot of little projects on my day off. it's a two bedroom, one bath, small house, on a hill. >> the city recognises it would have to expand the program for any impact. andrew ye says he'd like to see the loan assistance scheme grow so public servants, like teachers, police and firefighters, have the opportunity to live in the city where they serve. >> well, the u.s. is stepping up efforts to help find african war lord kony. years after we saw the video

"kony 2012", and we talk about how he evaded capture for so

long. lesasha lezhnev

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. the malaysian government is under fire from families whose loved ones are presumed dead aboard malaysia airlines flight mh370. earlier today the malaysian prime minister said the plane crashed in the southern indian ocean, and the news hit the families hard. many have been waiting in a beijing hotel for the past two weeks. >> malaysia airlines, the government of malaysia, and the military concealed, delayed and hid the truth from the relatives of the people of the world. the despicable act aimed to misinform the families of 153

chinese families has wasted manpower, resource, and leading to the loss of precious rescue time. if the 154 of our loved ones lost their lives, than mair line, the government of malaysia and the military are really the executors. >> the government of malaysia believes none of the 239 people on board survived. ships and planes from 26 countries are searching for the missing aircraft. >> dr alan diehl joins us from albuquerque and is a former investigator with national transportation safety board, and author of . take us through the next steps of the book. >> the next step is trying to find -- next steps in trying to find the plane. >> aircraft, and they need more

of the p3 orion. they have several, but they need four or five dozen, a lot more equipment to find the floating debris to start, and sorry just lost me. >> we've still got you, keep talking to us. >> the prime minister needs to call the president and request several squadrons of these p3s. hang on one second. i'm sorry. >> we know you are in high demand since you are a former national transportation safety board investigator. can we throw more questions at you here? great. so you were talking about what steps happened next, keep going with that? the floating debris, if it's from the airliner, with the models, the oceanographers, and meteorologists can look at wind and ocean currents and find

the proper haystack to look at the needle. that's when the p3 orions will come in handy to locate it in the area. we know we have, what, 12 days of battery life left. this is kind of like the apollo 13 rescue, a running clock, we need to move and need a lot of equipment. it will take the prime minister calling president obama to make it happen. >> you mention a needle in a haystack. to use a metaphor, there's chicken and egg. you need to find the wreckage area in order to find the black box pinging. what has to happen first? >> exactly. well, like i said, we are doing a surface search. we don't have enough aerial assets. eight or 10 of these p3-type airplanes are not adequate. we need a lot out there. it's a big ocean. another group of aircraft that could be helpful, u.s. navy

aircraft, the australians have a couple, the japanese have a few - that could be handy. we need the united states air force mc 130, they are not subhunters, they can't listen for the pingers, but they can search for the debris, and i think we'll find it with the eye ball. the mc 130s have aerial refuelling capabilities and can stay out for a long time. >> we didn't get a lot of spickses from the malaysian prime minister. he talked about data. did you glean more information from what he had to say? >> very little. i know the families are upset with the malaysians to say the least, but i think the fundamental problem - we can second-guess them, the prime minister should have done what hosni mubarak did from egypt, when the 767 crashed. he called president clinton and

said "sent me a go team and have them look at the accident", i don't see evidence of a cover up or that they are incompetent, it's just they have never done in and need guidance from people like the national transportation safety board, but now they need a lot of p3s, scouring the area to localize the floating debris to track back to where the pingers are on the recorders. now, this is kind of a re-run of the south african airways 747 that crashed in 1987. they didn't get out there in time and didn't find the pingers, it took them two years, and they knew roughly where that aircraft was and it still took them two years. once the batteries die, it will be a long wait for everyone. >> more eyes looking now is what is needed. . >> a lot of pc3, and m c130,

that's the first step. there's three reasons to do this. we know about the humanitarian issues with the families. we have 1,100 of these 777s flying. they have a great safety record, and if there's something wrong - and i'm not saying there is - but we need to know about it soon, not three years from now. boeing is building a follow on aircraft. if we are talking about the malaysian 777 that disappeared, boeing will lose billions, and americans thousands of jobs. i hope the president responds quickly if the prime minister asked for the equipment. >> alan diehl, former national transportation safety board. >> efforts to find joseph kony

is being stepped up. patty culhane reports on a new push to catch a fugitive. >> for more than a year, 100 elite soldiers have been combing the jungles of africa, looking for a wanted war criminal, joseph kony, accused of raping, kidnapping and murdering for decades. the u.s. will send in four osprey aircraft. the search area - uganda, south sudan, central african republic, and democratic republic of congo. former ambassador to uganda, herman cowan, says the new forces likely mean they are close to finding kony. >> with all the intelligence stuff from satellites, i think they have kind of found out where he is and need the helicopters and others to pounce on him. now is the time. >> the pentagon didn't go that far when describing the new

mission. >> this is a mission we have been conducting for a year. it's been a consistent requirement and requests of the afghan union. we are in a position now to provide that air lift for a while, and we are going to do it. >> the barack obama administration, increasing assets in a popular cause - to find kony. this is not about helping the government of uganda. last month the white house press secretary said the relationship was under review, the administration pointing out that the changes have been made. >> we are shifting funding away from partners whose actions don't reflect our values. we are spending a survey. we are redirecting approximately $3 million in funding designated for tourism promotion there and

shifting dod african air chief symposium and a co course to locations outside of uganda. the money is shifted inside of uganda, not taken away, new troops are about bringing one man to justice, not rewarding what many see is a grave injustice to the gay community in uganda. >> in libya the rebel militia controlling three ports is demanding the government return a rogue tanker that set off two weeks ago. the government has given rebels an ultimatum - give up the courts or face a military assault. the militia says it will enter talks once the tanker is returned. "the morning glory" is back in tripoli after u.s. stopped the ship. >> in syria rebel fighters have taken a town along the boarder in a stepped up campaign against

supporters of president bashar al-assad. an opposition group says more than 130 deposit and opposition fighters were killed in the battle. the province was considered a minor victory, it's a moral boost as it's the ancestral home to the bashar al-assad family and its strong thest supporters. >> argentina is marking a memorial day 30 years ago, many were kidnapped, tortured and killed. as daniel schweimler discovers the search for answers is still strong. >> thousands of military files, information on those held in detention centres in the 1970s, and '80s have been turned over. they have been protesting and made available to the public.

more is to follow. >> the defence minister said the argentine military changed since the dark days of what was known as the dirty war. in a 7-year rein of terroror, the military kidnapped and killed thousands. making the documents available to the public is vital in helping the country come to terms with its past. >> it's an important symbolic act for society and the fm lis that want to rebuild history. it's helping to provide documentary evidence to take the trials forward. >> the mothers of some victims march every thursday afternoon outside the government palace, demanding answers. memorials for the victims come in all forms. 25-year-old long distance runner miguel sanchez was pick the up

by a death squad in 1978 and never seen again. >> the race is run every year in buenos aires. courses of 8 and 3km, runners determining this the search for justice, the quest to find answers is in the public domain. >> it's a day to remember. so many other victims like miguel. we came to honour the sportsman. >> justice has been slow in coming. some responsible are serving time in priftenl. the fight goes on. now, with both the victim's families and the killers growing older or dying, argentina issen gageded in a -- is engaged in a race against time. >> questions are mounting over a shooting. police are accused of using

excessive force against a homeless man illegally camping in the foothills. police say it was justified. heidi zhou-castro joins us live from mexico. >> why is it controversial? >> it is controversial because it appears james boyd was cooperating with police, and is heard that he'll walk down the mountain. despite that officers throw a dis-orienting device, and boyd is seen reaching for his knife and officers fire six rounds at the man. we warn you the images you are about to see are disturbing and violent. >> james m boyd settled in for the night under a tarp on the foothills of the mountains. the 38-year-old had an extensive arrest record and he showed

signs of mental illness. the video shows how he died, we warn you what you are about to see is graphic. >> get on the ground. get on the ground now. >> the albuquerque police who had engaged in a 3-hour stand-off with boyd say the shooting was justified. >> all less than lethal devices were dereplied. the canine officer was down directing the dogs, the suspect pulled out two knives and directed a threat to a canine officer with no weapon drawn. >> others are wondering if it's excessive use by albuquerque police. in the last four years albuquerque police have shot and killed 23 people, the highest per cap ita rate of police

shootings in the country, four times the average. >> it makes me physically sick. you can see mr boyd was obeying the command. he was turning around and his hand - he was going to go on the ground like he was ordered to do. that's when they murdered him. >> kenneth ellis says watching the killing is adding salt to the wound of his son's death at the hands of albuquerque police. 25-year-old kenneth ellis the thurd was an iraq war veteran. he was shot in the neck as he pointed a gun at his own head. >> he said "i'm not going to harm anyone", he wasn't going to harm anyone, he was a threat to himself. he had suicidal - like most veterans, they are in pain, severe pain. >> the officer who shot ellis was not punished and remains on the force today. the ellis family sued for

wrongful death. in march of last year a jury delivered the largest civil rights verdict, $10.4 million. the department of justice is investigating weather the albuquerque police department in the past used unreasonable excessive force. at issue is whether boyd's death will be a part of that investigation. >> it appears that that will be the case. we learnt that the department of justice reached out to family members of past, fully chuting members on wednesday. they'll be giving an update in light of concerns of the recent killing of james boyd. >> investigators say they have found the cause of a hotel fire. we have details and other news around america. >> a new jersey prosecutor says

a cigarette caused the fire on a new jersey shore. official say it was discarded in a chair in the hotels smoking lounge. flames, fanned by the night spread through the wooden building, four were killed. >> in new york closing argument at the trial of suleman, the highest ranking member of al qaeda. >> the conspiracy that suleimain abu ghaith is accused of taking part in is al qaeda. taking part in al qaeda in any role is a crime. abu ghaith's role was as a spokesperson. there has been hours of video tape speaking with osama bin laden by his side.

the day after the attack on the world trade centers he says "this is the call to jihad", and "fight against the friends of satan", the defense is arguing that the kuwaiti preacher speaking as a muslim on behalf of muslim people, not on behalf of al qaeda, but he is shape with osama bin laden and other top leaders. >> san francisco - hints that the operator of a commuter train that was derailed was fatigued. the 8-car train jumped a track on to a platform injuring 34 people. the operator was extremely tired. the pile-up happened underground beneath o'hare airport. >> authorities in colorado say they have found the bodies of victims much a plane that crashed. the single-engine plane blew up from alabama before crashing into the ridgeway reservoir.

searchers found the five bodies inside the single-engine plane's cabin and will recover the many on wednesday. >> some have called it america's internet surrender. the u.s. gave up control of the system that keeps the web organised. talks now begin to find who should take over. jacob ward will explain. >> and the sinking nun sensation taking social media by storm. psh

>> the question of who should control the internet is up for debate in singapore. the u.s. said it will step back from leading the organization responsible for maintaining the web of the this week there are questions about who will take over. jacob ward is following the story from san francisco, and

joins us. what we are talking about is known as icann. tell us with the organization and how the internet has been arranged and organised until now. >> well, there's basically got to be some organization that keeps the central list of don't an names and the num -- domain names and numerical addresses. so if you type in al jazeera america, so there's only one site, not two competing sites. the organization that looks after this is icann, a nonprofit in california, farmed in 1998, in an agreement with the department of commerce. what the u.s. government is doing, is letting the agreement lapse. the gathering in singapore is $to take pubic -- is there to take public comment to figure out how icann will be run international a. >> some call it the american internet surrender. does it matter who is in control?

>> here is what the president of icann's global demands division had to say? >> the idea is to change the stewardship from the u.s. government to the global stakeholder process. and i don't think that anybody would 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. >> so any changes that do take place will not take place until 2015. we will not see anything right away. the real question is how about a new international body behave. up until now they had control, if that's the right word, and china and russia will have a hand in this. that is the question n everyone's mind. >> can it affect censorship?

>> the u.s. has been even-handed and have done a good job. we've handed out strange domain names. we gave the palestine state a dot ps domain. and will the new authority change that? my theory is know. there'll be stakeholders between you and icann to change the whole value proposition of the internet. it doesn't seem like anything will change. >> an italian nun could we the next susan boyle. we are back with the story. >> this is sister christina. she's 25 years old and went on the italian version of "the voice", and belted out alicia kees "to -- "no one."

it hit the 26 million views. [ singing ] >> now, sister christina says she had a gift and wanted to share it with others, and hopes pope francis will contact her. she's waiting for the contact. in the meantime she has a fan page and cardinal rovosi from rome tweeted out: >> and alicia kees tweeted:

>> thank you so much. >> an update on the top stories is next. "real money" with ali velshi. >> coming up on "real money," 25 years after the exxon valdez, another oil spill is wreaking havoc on the environment. why it's happening and how the trend could be the same. and ugly odds for people out of work for six month. the view from a pig farmer who escaped the virus killing mill jobs of piglets, sending pork prices higher. all that and more on "real money".

>> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm libby casey, with a look at the top stories. malaysia's prime minister says an analysis of satellite data indicates that malaysia airlines

flight mh370 crashed in a remote area of the southern indian ocean, and none of the 239 on board supplied. ships and planes from 26 countries are continuing the search. the process is difficult. >> authorities are searching for survivors after a mud slide in washington state that killed at least eight people and are investigating dozens of reports of people missing or unaccounted for in the fishing village. dozens of homes were destroyed and a stretch of highway blocked. >> an oil spill off the coast of texas shut down a busy seaport for several days. more than 100,000 gallons of oil spilt into the channel after a barge collided with a ship on sunday. >> president obama and other world powers are ready to step up sanctions against russia if it doesn't diffuse the crisis in

ukraine, an economic summit scheduled it take place in june in summer will not go forward. that's the headlines. "real money" with ali velshi, is next. 25 years since the exxon valdez paster. toxic oil clogs america's rivers and waterways like never before. and a deadly virus threatens americas vulnerable piglets. and i'll talk to an expert who can help you beat all odds and land a job. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." ♪