>> join us on consider this... >> president jimmy carter joins antonio mora >> my administartion has a very strong human rights element. >> his perspective on the conflicts facing the world in the state of america. on al jazeera america >> we must now accept the painful reality that the aircraft is now lost, and none of the passengers or crew on board survived. >> malaysia airlines makes the announcement no one wanted to hear. >> missing in the mud slide, 170 people unaccounted for as the death toll in washington state

nearly doubles. >> the gas in the gulf. why an oil spill off the coast of texas is having an impact. >> our faith was important in starting the company. >> the contraception debate. hobby lobby heads to court in a major challenge to obamacare. >> this is a mystery and until we recover and positively identify a piece of debris, everything is virtually speculation. >> hi, welcome to al jazeera america coming to you live from new york city. we heard from malaysia airlines and australian officials. it caps a day of twists and turns and some unfortunate news for the families of passengers and crew aboard flight mh370. erica pitzi is joining us.

this is not the news family members want to hear. >> no, and you can imagine family members feeling frustrated and confused over conflicting information. >> it began on monday with the malaysian prime minister with evidence showing that the plane went down in the indian ocean. and that everyone died on the crash. new evidence led to the conclusion, and malaysia airlines officials expressed the same sentiment. >> this is a sad day for all of us at malaysia airlines. while not entirely unexpected, after an intensive multinational search across 4 million square mile area, this news is clearly devastating for the families of

those on board. >> here is where things get confusing. australian authorities say the search is till on, and everything up to this point is speculation. >> let's be clear, to this point in time we have not successfully identified and recovered debris from the aircraft in question. >> we are not searching for a needle in a haystack, we are trying to define where the haystack is. >> with australian authorities sticking to a safe, it gives families hope for confirmation. they are sticking to a holding pattern, and the heavy is not helping, there's gale force winds, heavy rain, and tuesday was a wash in terms of the australian maritime authority. the hope is that teams can go out and resume their search. >> difficult for the family, because you are talking about

speculation. you can't forget the black box. it's vital, critical in the investigation. >> we know it has a timetable. it's day 18 and the audio pings are good for up to 30 days, there's a clock ticking. the u.s. fleet is sending a high tech black box locator. aviation experts say they have to find a piece of debris to locate a serial number to track the frequency of the black box. >> you mentioned weather conditions. i want to talk about the current conditions of the south indian o. it's vital. >> it's gown be one of the most interesting water current systems. you have a current and countercurrent working, in a sense, against each other, like a washing machine. it churns things out, and you hear from some aviation experts that anything in the area can be

churned up and spit out and the idea of trying to find things, even though we are talking about a massive plane, as every day goes by, and the current and countercurrent works against the pieces of metal. >> when you have the satellite images, by the time you get to the locations, the currents, it may be too late to find anything. >> hopefully they'll be able to fined something for the families. >> erica pitzi with the latest. >> hundreds of protesters marching outside the malaysian embassy. many are families and friends of malaysia airlines flight 370. they are carrying signs saying "bring our families home." protests broke out through the lines. beijing authorities called in reinforcements. >> a storm system moved in over the indian ocean, delaying a

search. just before the storm hit, andrew thomas boarded a plane to see first hand what they are dealing with. >> the crew of the resist cue flight 104 -- rescue flight 104 have seen an object. the area is marked with a smoke cannister. on another pass, chris platt sees another object. >> mark, mark, mark, object in the water. >> a smoke cannister is deployed. there's a fleeting glimpse of another object. a third. the marker screen is looking busy. >> it's a fairly clean area of ocean, we haven't seen much, but today we are seeing. i'm not trained, i am looking. i i think i see a red object. but at it 100 metres off the ocean, travelling at 360, my possible and crust's definite

are gone almost as soon as they are seen. it wasn't just chris who saw the object. others confirmed colour and shape. a photographer fires off shot and cap future two. >> that is the fourth object. their descriptions are called out over the crew radio. all four described as more than a meter in length. they are like a hose, circular and something sil inned rickal. >> the pilot brings the plane higher into contact, redirecting another plane and a ship towards the object. >> we have been in communication with the rescue control center, and have been allowed to release them to assist us as this is, i g the latest priority, collecting the items. and analysing and trying to

classify them. >> descending again, another object. the search plane is low on fuel and needs to fly the four hours back from the base. flight 104's day has been a success. the crew has seen, located and marked the position of the objects in an area of ocean where hours later the malaysian prime minister confirmed flight mh370 had crashed. >> we'll follow the developments on the certain for the plane throughout the morning. you can get up to the minute information on the website aljazeera.com. >> now for the search for the victims of the washington state mud slide. six more bodies were recovered on monday, placing the death toll at 14. 147 people have been reported missing since the landslide north of seattle. this is in oso, washington. some of the mud is said to be 15

feet deep. allen schauffler has more on the search for survivors. >> emergency crews are throwing everything into the day of the search. hover crafts, dog teams, ground crews hoping to get to every courage of the landslide. it's estimated 15 million cubic metres of earth crashed down to the mountains, destroying and damaging homes. >> the situation is grim. we have - we are holding out hope that we'll find people that may still be alive, but keep in mind we have not found anybody alive on this pile since saturday in the initial staples of the operation. again, we are in a rescue mode. >> first responders admit that they don't have a solid figure for how many people are missing. >> roland is one of them, an electrician on a job in the slide zone.

his wife and daughter staying positive. >> we are hoping he is in a closet in the mud, but they have air pockets and they are doing okay, keeping each other going. >> miracles happen >> i believe in that. >> familiar with the area. you could tell how much is not there any more. >> in the small mountain towns everywhere knows someone that is lost. >> my friend denver is missing in the slide. he's a good friend of mine and is a lot of people at school. imo hoping that -- i'm hoping that they find him or something. >> more than two days after the slide hit, with searchers saying they are running a rescue mission, the hope for miracles is fading. >> it can happen anywhere. it's mother nature, i guess.

>> emergency response commanders tell us that there'll be crews on site overnight looking for survivors, doing what they can in safe areas with whatever lighting they can bring in. >> the hover craft, dog teams will all be on site, searching for any sign of life. >> we should note on monday, president obama signed an emergency declaration bringing federal assistance to state and local release efforts. dozens of response vessels are working to clean up thousands of tonnes of greasy oil before the channel can be reopened. the crude was released after a barge collided with a tanker, and caused a busy shipping and tourism channel to shut down. 90 vessels have been stranded. it is home to several bird habitats and at least 50 have

been found covered in oil. >> still ahead - russia kicked out of the group of 8 nations, punishment for the power grab in ukraine. what the troops are doing as russia tightens its grip. >> president obama's new plan for collecting phone data. >> it may be the biggest challenge to date for the president's overhaul of health care. contraception coverage heads to the supreme court.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. reports show that president obama is about to change legislation to limit the n.s.a.'s ability to collect and store data. instead, the records will be stored by telephone service providers. the n.s.a. could action the data with a court order. the secret program was revealed

by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden. >> the annual nuclear terrorism summit has been overshadowed by the crisis in ukraine. president obama is urging isolation. >> it is a crucial three days in northern europe as a long-scheduled security summit is dominated by the crisis in ukraine. with the dutch prime minister behind him and others at his side president obama urged vigilance. >> we are united in imposing a cost on russia. >> detearing a land grab is a top goal. trip. russia has been thrown out from the g8. president obama called a meeting of remaining members, pushing for a unified front. a warning to russia that

there'll be a heavy price to pay if it goes beyond crimea. sergei lavrov showed little concern at the prospect of losing g8 membership. >> so be it. we are not clinging to that format. >> sergei lavrov met with secretary of state john kerry and in a positive sign sat with ukraine's foreign minister after weeks of refusing to meet, insisting that the kiev government was legitimate. it's not all about ukraine and the hague. president barack obama is sitting with chinese leader. the backdrop, a security summit, efforts to secure a stockpile of dangerous nuclear materials. ukraine will dominate the talks. >> they are isolated. that is the message that we want to send at the g7, with e.u.,

with n.a.t.o. over the course of the next couple of days. at the end of the meeting that the president called at the last minute, a joint statement. promising strong sanctions if they go further than crimea and into eastern ukraine. >> as world leaders discussion the crisis russian forces are taking over military assets. as jennifer glasse reports, ukraine's interim government is telling forces to get out of the region. >> ukraine's acting president gave the order for the ukrainian military to leave the crimean peninsula along with their family. they said the order is because lives were in danger, and the families of ukrainian sailors and soldiers had been threatened and they estimate there's 25,000 military personal and families and ethnic ukrainians that want to be evacuated from the crimean

peninsula, and it comes as many military personal have been pushed off ships or bases. a marine base was overrun by russian forces. they fired in the air, they used flash grenades and some ukrainian forces were injured. a naval ship in sevastopol, the last flying the ukrainian flag, that was taken by the weekend by russian forces, and the belbek air base. the russians - a few small bases left. they are flying the flag over 100 more bases. they make their control over the crimean peninsula complete. >> jennifer glasse reporting from sevastopol.

>> nearly two years after upholding president obama's affordable care act, the supreme court will debate the issue again. justices will hear arguments over a mandate forcing businesses to cover contraception. libby casey takes a look. >> hobby lobby is a family-run business based on biblical principles, founded 38 years ago. >> our faith was important in starting the company. we had a sense, barbara and i, that god had a purpose in our lives. offering contraception goes against its owners prolife beliefs. >> the case is about nothing short of the right to use freedom. in order to honour god. they feel they have to run the business consistent with biblical system. the prince palate stake here is an -- principal at stake here is

not to pay for drugs and devices that terminate life. >> hobby lobby is a privately held corporation and are asking the court to find the for-profit company has the same religious freed om as a church or individual, an argument upheld june last year. >> never has the court accepted an argument that a corporate entity can press a religious claim. that's new. >> the administration will argue that it has provided exemptions, and that exemption for for profit corporations sets a dangerous precedent. >> it presents a question of whether corporations can use the owners' personal religious beliefs to apply a law for all four-profit businesses. >> national women's council

fools it's about limiting contraception care. >> they ask to be involved in decisions that a woman should make with her doctor. those decisions are not your boss's business. that's what is at stake in this case. >> the court is expected to rule later this summer. >> nearly 50 businesses have sued over being required to kafr contraception, the largest being hobby lobby, 15,000 employees. >> the world health organization says smog and manmade pollutants may be responsible for as many as one in eight deaths. about 7 million people worldwide. in 2012, 3.7 million people, half the deaths are from outdoor air pollution.

indoor pollution cost more deaths than outdoor pollution - 4.3 million. it can leave tiny particles in the body. as many as 80% of deaths are from heart disease and stroke. still ahead - if you think hockey is a man's game, think again. the female goalie suiting up and playing with the big boys.

>> welcome back. when it comes to professional sportsmen and women are on a different playing field. the gender gap is changing. we have seen it on the golf course, the race track and now it's happening on the ice. jessica taff has the story. >> what makes a good goalie. >> mentally strong.

on march 15th, the colombus cotton mouth introduced its newest player. a crowd of over 4,000 fans watched goalie shannon become the first woman in the hockey league. >> it is special. something i had been looking forward to and what you dream of as a kid. >> i have been in the game for a while and seen a lot of things. i was proud that it happened with my hockey team. >> this is not the first time shannon played with the men. she always has. the 27-year-old edmonton native played with the men before. what is the biggest difference playing the men versus the women? >> it's a different game, obviously. guys are bigger, stronger, faster. to make up the girls play a smarter game. >> the more she replies, the

less gender is on issue. she helped to win metals in 2010 and "13. her former team-mate was instrumental in bringing her here. >> i wanted her here, i wanted to win. >> his philosophy - if you can't beat them, join them. >> she had played against he in junior, and her team beat us in four straight play-offs. she was the goalie. we scored two games on her in four games. >> as soon as kyle came, he told me how awesome it was. it's something i have been think of of for a few years. >> i would be lying if i said i wouldn't get publicity. it would put more people in the building. talking with kyle, and the guys that may, she's legit. >> there's another friend back

home that i played with. and she won goalie of the year, which is impressive. then you see her on tv. she's like a celebrity. it's kind of cool. >> you haven't asked for an autograph? >> no, just a picture. >> hockey will be the easy part. >> her biggest challenge is the receptionment at the end of the day, she is a hockey player. >> what is your ultimate goal? >> play the highest level. that's what you dream of growing up. my first progame is a step towards that. enjoy every moment right now, and keep working at it. >> we are watching the next big storm system developing. it's taking two elements to make that. first of all, we have a

disturbance across the central planes. that is the energy down here, across the gulf of mexico. that will be the moisture. the storm system is developing on tuesday. as we get towards wednesday, it will be in the north-east that sees a majority of the wind, snow and rain. not much is going on. as we look at the forecast, that's when the snow will develop. also, it will be affecting into parts of eastern massachusetts. for new york we expect an inch of snow. highs on tuesday - 38 degrees. as the temperatures go down, the rain will turn to snow. this is what the forecast looks like for new york. you can see the snow developing. wednesday, the snow is out of here. temperatures will stay the same. as we go to the weekend.

back to the normal temperatures, into the 50s. rain showers coming into play on friday. there is the rain shower activity into florida. it will condition through the evening and into the morning. then we'll see more rain to the carolinas. temperatures for atlanta to stay the same. thunder storms and warmer weather towards seat, and highs of 54. out to california - showers along the coast. rain showers to the north. south carolina, you'll be dry. >> thank you. the colorado governor's mansion is the first in the nation with its own beer taps. three were installed to celebrate the craft beer week. john hickenlouffer founded a

brewing company before getting into companies. it has more than 130 breweries in the state. >> that's it for this edition of al jazeera news. remember, the news is online at aljazeera.com.