right now breaking news, a flight from ukraine is on the ground in istanbul, turkey, after a passenger claimed there was a bomb on board and demanded that the plane land at the olympic games in sochi, russia. also right now the dow is up on news that the unemployment rate fell last month but a closer look shows there's still plenty of problems with the u.s. economy. and right now senator rand paul doubles down on his criticism of former president bill clinton. he's calling on democrats who have benefitted from clinton's fund-raising to give that money back. hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. let's begin with the breaking news, though, an attempted

airline hijacking connected to the opening of the olympic games in sochi. cnn has learned that the suspected hijacker wanted a turkish airliner diverted to sochi. our nick paton walsh is on the ground for us in sochi right now. the plane is in turkey, right, nick? tell us what we know. >> reporter: well, at this point, yes, it's in the sabiha gokcen airport in istanbul. now, it was flying from ukraine, from the eastern city of kharkhov there. it had 110 passengers on board according to turkish officials. it appears that one of them during that flight while the plane was in air and its route takes it over the black sea behind me or close to it, one passenger said that he'd stashed or he knew there was a bomb on board and asked the pilot to divert the plane to sochi here. now, clearly whatever happened, the pilots didn't choose to take that threat seriously enough or obey the man who threatened them. they instead landed in istanbul,

touched the ground there and were taken straight to a safe zone in the airport in sabiha gokcen itself. now, we're hearing from a transportation official that the plane is now being searched by security forces looking for a device. so, at this point it's pretty safe to presume that unless there's a piece of information we don't have or something's gone terribly wrong that because that search is under way, the passengers are off the plane and most likely the man who made the threat in some form of police custody. that's my interpretation, but at this point, wolf, given the plane's on the ground, given that it's not coming this direction to sochi, it seems perhaps, unless there's something we don't know, this threat may have been neutralized, wolf? >> do we know the nationally of this suspected hijacker? >> reporter: well, according to turkish media our affiliate cnn turk he's a ukrainian national, that could mean a lot of things because in the former soviet union a lot of people give

citizenship from other parts of the area. but hearing the man was a ukrainian international that did not necessarily immediately scream at me north caucasus or extremist from southern russia because there isn't a particularly big link between eastern ukraine and this part of the world where i'm standing here. it doesn't rule it out here at all if it turns out in the end this was, in fact, some sort of plot or some kind of real threat. wolf, remember in the air people can get erratic. strange things can happen. stupid things can get said, so the key thing, though, is the hijacked signal. the pilot's put out, that suggests they were adequately worried or scared and the fact now that it's in a safe zone presumably in the hands of turkish security forces, wolf. >> this flight pegasus airlines i take it, is that a turkish airline? >> reporter: as far as i know it is, yes. they do a lot of low hist cost flights around the middle east and the areas.

we don't quite know who the passengers were on this. a lot of turkish individuals work abroad often doing construction. it could also be ukrainians perhaps going to istanbul as well, a lot of ukrainians or russians, too, consider turkey to be a good holiday destination for them, though programs not this time of year, but the key things that raised everybody's eyebrows the demand to be taken to sochi and the timing, of course, the timing was right in the opening ceremony of the 2014 winter olympics after weeks of concerns about security threats and, wolf, as we've been talking about in the last 48 hours, this toothpaste tube threat, the possibility according to u.s. officials the militants might try to use toothpaste tubes or cosmetic tubes to get explosives on board an airliner. another reason why istanbul feeds in this, may have been raised eyebrows, it's one of two places with direct flights here to sochi, the one being frankfurt. a lot of things that have got people extraordinarily concerned. we don't have the full picture

yet, but it does seem given the plane is now on the ground, remember, in the 1970s a substantially lengthy standoff between plane hijackers and police. this is over fast these situations, often, it may be that this situation is now behind and under control, but we're still waiting to get the full picture, wolf. >> if you want to fly to sochi, you fly to frankfurt and connect in frankfurt or fly to istanbul and connect in istanbul, i assume there are flights from moscow to sochi as well, right? >> reporter: absolutely, absolutely. the one i was referring to istanbul and frankfurt because that threat about the toothpaste tube was focused on flights coming from europe. most flights down to here go through moscow. and as many of us experienced ourselves, it's erratic. it's not universal, but the russians do try and not let you bring liquids on in your carry-on. so that's another thing here, too, suffingt suggests a height anxiety about toothpaste tubes as well. we don't know if this flight had

any connection at all to the games here, whether or not simply someone was acting out of hand who referred to sochi or may even have been in a poor state of mind when they made this threat. we don't know the full picture, but certainly the fear is because the timing dur the opening ceremony, that's why everybody seems to be putting such attention on this and, of course, the hijack signal put out by the pilot, wolf? >> 96, stand by for a moment because i want to bring in our law enforcement analyst, tom fuentes who is here. not every day we hear about successful hijacking if you will. this was not apparently successful. the hijacker, the suspected hijacker, thought they were landing in sochi but really this pilot took them into turkey and istanbul. >> yeah, that's correct, wolf. this one sounds like we may have a mentally disturbed individual. who in their right mind would think i could fly this plane, we can go to sochi and they'll have a limo for me and they'll take me to the opening ceremonies, especially if they don't find anything in the luggage or

anywhere on that airplane that justifies the threat, but they had to take it seriously. they had to land the plane. >> walk us through the protocol. you are on a flight, let's say from ukraine to turkey, a regularly scheduled flight, pegasus airlines and some passenger says, take me to sochi. i've got a bomb. >> right. well, in that situation the pilot has a discrete way of notifying ground control that he has a hijack situation so he can press a button and discretely notify the authorities that there's a threat on that aircraft and, you know, it looks like hijacking to him. but during the course of events on the flight, and it would be a relatively short flight, the pilot would have his judgment that maybe this guy is just not right, that he's mentally unbalanced and that, you know, may be able to fool him and say, okay, here we are. welcome to sochi and they're actually in istanbul and they're able to evacuate the passengers quickly and then take him into custody and then now start the process to search the baggage

and interview him and find out what was going on in his head that he thought he would be able to fly to sochi. >> everybody is so nervous right now given the heightened security concerns involving the winter olympic games in sochi. you have to err on the side of caution. >> right now, yeah. there's such a state of alertness, let's say, somebody could pull out a tube of toothpaste to brush their teeth and everybody would dive for cover at this point. so things are in a heightened state of alert and they have to be. there's no choice around that. but an individual thinking he's going to fly into sochi, then what? now you're there, now what. >> hold on for a moment because ivan watson is our correspondent also in sochi. he's joining us. ivan, you're picking up some more information? >> reporter: that's right. our sister network cnn turk has been reporting that according to turkish security officials, the suspected hijacker on this pegasus air flight has been captured by turkish special forces.

this, again, is coming from our sister network cnn turk citing turkish security officials and now we're getting another report from the jihan news agency, another turkish news agency, they've published a photo of what they are reporting is the suspected hijacker aboard the plane surrounded by several empty seats and two men in uniforms. so, getting reports from various turkish news agencies that the suspected hijacker who claimed that there was an explosive device aboard this flight and tried to divert this plane, that he seems to have been subdued somehow by the turkish security forces as the plane continues to sit on the tarmac at istanbul sabiha gokcen airport. and i think in the immediate analysis of what's happened here, if this man was claiming to have a bomb and demanding that the flight be diverted, it perhaps goes to some credit to the pilots themselves that they were able to get the pegasus air

flight to its destination airline in turkey, in istanbul, regardless of this threat whether they fooled or bluffed the hijacker. it's not entirely clear. another turkish news agency dha has reported that the pilot has given the i'm okay sign to the outside presumably from inside the plane as well. so we're starting to get some positive signals now coming from a number of different turkish news agencies that perhaps this suspected hijacking attempt may be close to resolution. wolf? >> well, let's hope it is and i know, ivan, you spent a lot of time as our correspondent in istanb istanbul. i'm going to let you go back and get some more information. so, standby with that. tom fuentes is still here with us here in washington. the turks, they have a pretty good reputation in dealing with these kinds of -- they're nato allies. if an f-16 went up to escort this pegasus airliner down to the ground, they know what

they're doing. >> yes. and the united states, tsa works with the authorities all around the world. it's not just tsa here at our american airports but they are all over the world, they work with the authorities in each of these airports. protocols are established if a plane is hijacked to take it to a particular location in an isolated point in the tarmac, usually cameras are already set up there so they can feed the video to the authorities and they can get an idea of what the situation looks like. they can get emergency vehicles there to evacuate the passengers and crew. so, there are well established protocols for this. it appears that the turks are just following what they've been trained to do. >> and very close cooperation with the u.s. law enforcement including the fbi. >> yes. >> tom, standby, we'll continue the breaking news coverage. ivan watson is working his sources in istanbul right now. we'll watch this. there's other news we're watching as well including new unemployment figures showing the

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if your pill isn't giving you the control you need ask your doctor about non-insulin victoza®. it's covered by most health plans. we're following the breaking news out of turkey right now. a pegasus airline flight. that's a turkish airliner scheduled from ukraine to istanbul apparently some passenger claimed to have a bomb on board, said he wanted that plane to go to sochi. the pilot and some other crew members managed apparently some way to convince that passenger they were on the way to sochi, but instead they landed at an airport in istanbul escorted by f-16s presumably turkish f-16s

turkey being a member of nato. that plane is on the ground. we just heard various news reports coming out of turkey suggesting the incident may be over but it's unclear. we have pictures of that airliner on the ground at the airport in istanbul right now. tom fuentes our cnn law enforcement analyst, the former assistant fbi director, is here with me. you were just at that airport in istanbul a couple weeks ago, and i assume in advance of the sochi winter olympic games and the only place you can fly to sochi is frankfurt direct or istanbul or moscow for that matter and the security must have been very intense. >> it was very intense. i was taking a connecting flight from africa on the way back to washington. hand searched three different times just going to about eight gates. from one gate to the other gate. >> they opened your luggage and all that stuff. >> yes, hand search of everything and i understand a very comprehensive search of the luggage that was checked and security was extremely tight.

my understanding is that turkish airlines the only way to get to sochi was through moscow as was previously mentioned. the security is extensive in istanbul and will be extensive and has been in moscow preparing for this. now, this flight didn't originate in istanbul, it's just the destination. the turks are very well trained and they work closely with the u.s. authorities how to deal with a hijack situation like this. >> we're showing our viewers a little google map of that airport where the plane is now on the ground surrounded by turkish law enforcement personnel at that airport. you don't hear much about hijackings nowadays do we? >> it's hard when you come out of a plane and you go through the searches and so forth, if you make a threat i've put a bomb on the plane if you don't do what i'm telling you, how would you undo the bomb going off if that's true? it's not like you are going to pull out a tv remote control and make the bomb go off it would usually be on a timer or altimeter or other detonation

method. i think pretty quickly in this the crew on the plane realized they were probably dealing with a mentally disturbed person. they still have to treat it as if there could be a bomb but we're probably dealing with somebody that --? and usually on these international flights air marshals on board who are dressed up as regular passengers. >> well, i think in this case most of the flights that are coming out of the ukraine, out of russia, out of that area right now, would have security on board. i mean, it sounds like there may have been someone on board that immediately subdued the individual. it doesn't help them in terms of the bomb. they're going to have to land that plane and do the extensive search. and sochi airport, you know, has got to be a very small airport compared to the hub of istanbul which is a major international hub airport. >> ten of thousands of people have been coming in to sochi -- >> exactly. >> -- for these winter olympic games, so i assumed they beefed it up. tom, standby. we'll get more on the breaking news and all the other news as well. new unemployment numbers. a lot more. we'll be right back. i have the flu,

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jobless rate has dropped to 6.6% the lowest level in some 5 years. you're to the going to find a whole lot of celebrating out there, that's because 113,000 jobs added in january. that number was far fewer than expected. it follows an anemic jobs report in december as well. our alison kosik is joining us from the new york stock exchange. alison, so relatively weak payroll numbers for both december, now january. there are, though, some bright spots out there. >> there are, wolf. do you know what, it wasn't a complete washout, you know, there was a lot of hiring in blue-collar jobs and despite the report's shortcomings being blamed on the bad weather in january and december as well, there were job gains in construction and manufacturing and mining. and this is good news, because other recent reports that we've

gotten have shown that manufacturing is slowing down. also another bright spot, more temp workers were hired last month and the good thing about that is usually companies hire temp workers before they hire full-time workers. ah, yes, but that's where the good stuff ends, because overall this was just not a great report. you look at job growth in december and january, it's really, really weak compared to what we were seeing in 2013. we really need to see stronger growth for a sustainable amount of time to really make a dent in getting the 10 million americans who are out of work back on the job, wolf? >> yeah, a lot of people have simply given up looking for jobs and that to a certain degree is one of the reasons why the unemployment number goes down because you don't measure people who aren't -- who are out of the workforce, if you will. >> exactly. and you look at the unemployment rate and it doesn't -- it hasn't been falling actually lately for positive reasons, you know, sometimes we see the unemployment rate dropping because people are actually getting hired. but not always. you know, sometimes people get really discouraged, they give up

looking, they're not counted in that number. and we saw that happen in january, and you look at the broader trend happening, you know, unemployment -- unemployment just hasn't been dropping for the right reasons, even though it has been dropping for the most part since 2010. but many jobs that have been added have been these low-wage positions. many people, you know, settling for a pay cut or anything that they could find just to bring in some sort of income. so, you throw in the stock market that's really had a tough year so far. companies who are reporting their latest results, they're uncertain about the future. so no wonder the majority of americans think the economy right now is not in so great shape. wolf? >> dow jones, though, up about 113 points right now. we'll see how that holds over the next few hours. alison, thank you. so, will he or won't he? the vice president of the united states, joe biden, he's talking about the 2016 presidential race. our own kate bolduan, she had an exclusive one-on-one with the vice president, among the questions she asked, will he

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you stop short of saying he'll run for the democratic presidential nomination in 2016, but the vice president joe biden says there's no obvious reason for him not to run. the presidential race was just one of the topics in biden's exclusive interview with our

"new day" anchor kate bolduan, they covered everything from the jobs to the economy and the midterm elections, immigration reform. here's what the vice president said about the prospects of passing an immigration overhaul this year -- >> reporter: i know you have been very optimistic saying you think immigration reform can be and it can be done this year. speaker boehner is now saying he thinks any action on immigration reform is unlikely this year. why? he says because house republicans don't trust the president. he even said they don't trust the president to enforce our laws. so, is this over? >> no. look, the thing we have going for us is the vast majority of the american people support reform. the vast majority of republicans support immigration reform. and if he allowed a vote tomorrow on the senate bill that passed, a significant portion of the republicans and all the democrats would vote for it. he's getting understandably, not a criticism, a great deal of pressure from the right that

wants no part of this. i think he'll work his way through this. i still think we can get this done. it doesn't take much time. >> reporter: if it doesn't take much time and if it does come your way, you could be looking at a bill that allows for legal status but does not offer a pathway to citizenship. the president did not say definitively one way or the other in an interview with cnn. would you support a bill that falls short of a pathway to citizenship if it came your way? >> that is clearly not our preference. any bill that passes out of the house has to go through a conference committee of the senate which passed overwhelmingly a pathway to citizenship. dual status in america, legal but not citizens is a bad idea. >> reporter: isn't there a principle you need to stand for one way or the other. i know you don't like to judge legislation before it's before you guys, of course -- >> let's be straight as the president says. you see the way the hard right responds to anything the president says. so, the president is being very smart.

he's saying what passed we support. see what you guys pass and then we'll respond. because what you don't want to do is create more problems for john boehner in being able to bring this up. >> kate's joining us now from new york. excellent interview, kate. vice president seemed to be trying to give the speaker some room to maneuver despite those comments this week suggesting it didn't look likely that there could be a deal for comprehensive immigration reform. i suspect the president really wants a deal, so what's the strategy? >> well, they clearly really want a deal and he was very careful on not saying that he was going to stand firm even when i pushed him to say they would only take a pathway to citizenship or it's a no go. they're leaving boehner room because honestly they think they have the leverage here. they think that the senate has passed a bill, comprehensive bill, in a bipartisan way, and that gives them the leverage and he thinks it's the internal politics in the house that needs to work itself out and he's not off base on that before they need to move.

he said to me in a different part of the interview, wolf, i said do you really think if you stood here right now and said you stand for pathway for citizenship or nothing or it's a no go, that it would impact what happens in the house. he said absolutely. he said i think no matter what we said, it would have an impact on the internal dynamic and politics in the republican caucus. we should let them figure their caucus out. they think they've got time on their side, and if the house doesn't act, then the house is left to be blamed that immigration reform wasn't pulled off. >> you also spoke with the vice president about 2016, asked him if he was going to run. he didn't say yes, he didn't say no. but he certainly gave me the impression from your one-on-one that he was seriously thinking of running a third time for the democratic presidential nomination. what was your impression? >> i had the very same impression. i mean, you know, he's asked any big name is asked almost at every turn at every interview about 2016, so they're ready for it. but i was really surprised on how far he went and how really genuinely honest he was in answering the question.

it came up because i had heard him earlier in the week, and i know you did as well, he had some fun speaking before the uaw in talking about how the -- there's one good ren to not run for president and that's so he can get behind the wheel of a corvette and go from zero to 60 in 3.4 seconds and so i wanted to know if there's any other good reason that he shouldn't run. so, let's listen to that part of the interview -- >> reporter: can i ask you one final question about corvettes? >> sure you can. now you hit my sweet spot. >> reporter: i know hit your sweet spot, what can i say? you had a lot of fun earlier this week speaking to the uaw. >> i did. >> reporter: talking about corvettes and going zero to 60 in 3.4 seconds. >> that's right, man. >> reporter: and that's one reason you said you would not run for president. other than corvettes give me another good reason why you shouldn't run. >> i can't. >> reporter: yeah? >> there may be reasons i don't run, but there's no obvious reason for me why i think i should not run. >> reporter: can i have a timetable? >> probably the -- realistically, a year this summer.

>> reporter: is dr. biden on board? >> when i ran the first time, jill didn't want to run again. second time, she came to me and said you've got to run. the reason she wanted me to run, because she was convinced if i ran we'd end the war in iraq and have a sounder foreign policy and she was convinced that if i ran i would work like hell to make sure the middle-class got a fighting chance. for me, the decision to run or not run is going to be determined by me as to whether i am the best qualified person to focus on the two things i've spent my whole life on -- giving ordinary people a fighting chance to make it and a sound foreign policy that's based on rational interests of the united states, where we not only are known for the -- the power of our military, but the power of our example. i think the future for this country, i know, people think i'm too optimistic, but it is incredible. there's so much just within our grasp. doesn't mean i'm the only guy that can do it. but if no one else i think can and i think i can, then i'd run.

if i don't, i won't. >> reporter: sounds like a man who is thinking seriously. thank you very much, mr. vice president. thanks for your time. >> appreciate it. >> and, of course, wolf, he has a lot of time to decide and a lot of things to consider, but at that moment that does not look to me like the man in sunset of his career. that looks like a man who wants it and who's thinking about it. >> yeah, totally agree. he would still like to be president of the united states. good to be vice president, better to be president of the united states. and, you know, i was intrigued and i watch "new day" every morning, kate, as you well know and your co-anchor chris cuomo said something intriguing right afterwards. >> he always does. >> he's a very smart guy, he may be reading too much into this, he pointed out joe biden can't wait to get into the corvette and drive, drive, drive very fast and that -- and chris pointed out that hillary clinton she hasn't driven a car since 1996. is there a little -- a little rivalry going on there as far as potential democratic presidential nominees are concerned?

>> i am more to think that's more of a coincidence, he was speaking before the uaw, the united autoworkers, so there was a reason to be talking about cars in that setting. but that is vintage joe. he's the every-man. you know him, you've interviewed, you covered him for years, wolf. i think it's more of a coincidence in my opinion, but you never know when it comes to politics. he definitely did not say her name once in that interview, but he's definitely a man who is considering it. it was good to get some of his time to think about it. i think you'll agree, though, his timetable seems a little far out, though? doesn't it? summer of next year. i think he needs to make some moves -- >> yeah. >> -- to get the machine in motion to start a presidential run before then. >> right after the midterm elections -- >> yeah. >> -- that's when they really need to have an organization and fund-raising and all that stuff ready to go, even if there isn't a formal announcement until summer of 2015, you have to indicate to your supporters out there this is a go, go, go. you know, i was intrigued by chris what he said, well, that he's a man of the people, he

likes to drive. hilla hillary, she likes to be driven for 20 years or so. >> we'll leave that for a debate in the primary down the road. >> not necessarily a woman of the people, shall we say? maybe chris is reading too much into it, but it was fun to hear what he had to say. kate, excellent work, thanks so much. >> thanks, wolf. the vice president, by the way, is getting a lot of attention for his comment about new york's laguardia airport, he compared it to what you'd expect in a third world country. biden made the comment in a speech in philadelphia about the need for more investment in u.s. infrastructure. >> if i blindfolded someone and took them at 2:00 in the morning into the airport in hong kong and said, where do you think you are, this must be america. it's a modern airport. if i took you and briblindfolde and took you to laguardia airport in new york and you would think i must be in some third world country. i'm not joking. >> not joking. the vice president, by the way,

isn't alone. "travel and leisure" ranked laguardia airport in new york city as the second worst airport in the united states. the worst airport according to "travelxleisure" bill and hillary clinton national airport in little rock, arkansas. wow. the monica lewinsky scandal surfacing in the fight over whether republicans are waging a so-called war on women. the kentucky senator rand paul doubling down on his criticism of the former president over the lewinsky affair. but could his criticism backfire? [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve.

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the republican senator rand paul taking another swipe at bill clinton and the democrats over the monica lewinsky scandal. senator paul said recently that clinton's relationship with the former white house intern is a liability for democrats. he said it undermines their

claim that republicans are waging a so call war on women. now he's repeating that criticism. listen to what he said in a c-span newsmakers interview that will air this sunday -- >> i really think that anybody who wants to take money from bill clinton or has a fund-raiser has a lot of explaining to, i think they should give the money back. if they want to take a position on women's rights, by all means do, but you can't do it and take it from a guy who is using his position of authority to take advantage of young women in the workplace. >> let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger, he's really doubling down -- >> yeah, he is. >> -- on the earlier comments suggesting he was some sort of predator if you will. >> and i spoke with someone close to rand paul today. source said why is he doing this? >> why is rand paul doing this? >> why is rand paul doing this? and the answer is very simple, rand paul's brand, the brand they want to have, is someone who fights back.

who not afraid of taking people on directly. this appeals to the base of the republican party. this is good for them to do if he's thinking of running for the presidency. and the answer was, that bill and hillary clinton, this is according to the rand paul folks, are running as a team, therefore, it's fair to attack them because bill clinton will be hillary clinton's greatest advocate and spokesman. and so the feedback that they're getting from their supporters and, again, this is a move they're making with the base of the republican party. the feedback that they're getting from their supporters is, go right ahead and take them both on. >> because it suggests he's seriously thinking of running for the republican presidency, he's going after the base like that. >> absolutely. >> but bill clinton is still a very popular guy out there and it could potentially backfire a little bit. >> of course, it could. largely with independent voters which would be a problem in a general election should he get the nomination obviously with democrats, but with women. the question -- he's got to be very nuanced about this and not

ever suggest that hillary clinton is somehow to blame for her husband's past problems. and there's some nuance there that he has to keep saying, you know, this is not hillary clinton's fault, but when you are in the republican party which had 11-point gender gap in the general and a 36-point gender gap among unmarried women, i think this is kind of a dangerous path to go down if you should get the republican nomination. >> but in a contest -- in a republican caucus or in a republican primary -- >> yeah. >> -- going out to the base it might be a successful strategy. >> yeah. and they feel that, you know, again, their brand is taking the clintons, plural, on directly is something that would be very good for them. that's why he's doing it, wolf. >> does he really think, though, any of these democrats who have had money raised by the clinton -- >> are going to return it? >> are going to return that? >> of course, not. of course, not.

but as far as his constituency is concerned, there's no political harm in him even suggesting it. >> certainly is doubling down on those comments. >> he is, he is. >> not backing away at all. thank you very much, gloria borger, reporting for us. embarrassment of a foreign american diplomat, a senior diplomat, now answering questions about an intercepted profanity posted online. up next, what was said? what is she saying now? how could this happen? mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

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want to update you on the breaking news we've been following out of turkey, a pegasus airline, airliner, there you see it, it's a turkish airliner, private turkish airliner, was forced to land back in istanbul after a passenger on board claimed there was a bomb in the belly of that plane. wanted the plane to go to sochi for the winter olympic games. for some reason, we don't know what the motivation of the suspected hijacker was, but the pilot managed to fly the plane instead to the airport in istanbul, where it landed safely, escorted by an f-16 turkish air force fighter. the plane is on the ground. we understand that the suspected hijacker is in custody. we don't know what the motivation might have been, but there was obviously heightened sense of concern, security concern as a result of the open -- this being the opening day of the winter olympic games in sochi, but once again, that pegasus airliner is now on the ground in istanbul.

we'll get more information and update you on what's going on. just wanted to let you know that we're watching that story. other news we're watching, there's an other news we are watching over a top description of a key american ally, a phone call leaked online suggesting that the assistant secretary of state victoria newland dropped the f bomb when talking about ukraine and the response from the eu union. they won't confirm or deny it's her voice. brian todd is looking into what's going on. the world learned about this because someone posted the audio online and the u.s. is accusing russia of doing that. >> i lot of finger-pointing if you thought the spying between the u.s. and the russians end ed with the cold war, they are sadly mistaken. the first time was a tweet with the russian official, the top

aide to the prime minister. he posted this and on it, a voice strongly resembling hers said f the eu. with frustration or the ukraine situation. they are pointing fingers at the russians implying they were the ones who tapped and it and leaked it. this is her talking about this. >> obviously i'm not going to comment on private diplomatic conversations. other than to say it was impressive trade craft. the audio was extremely clear. >> more than a strong i678ication they believe the russians did this. the spokes woman said this was a new low. jay carney the white house spokesman saying this expresses a russian role and reflects a russian not saying at all whether they tapped the call or

not. not denying it, but they say they didn't post it. this saying i just found it on the internet and posted it. that's where i got it. >> you know it's worrisome that the assistant secretary of state for the european affairs has a sensitive conversation with the united states ambassador to ukraine. he is supposed to be in a secure room at the embassy in ukraine. supposed to have a secure line back to the state department. obviously if there was a secure line it wasn't very secure. you have to blame them if the line was not secure. the ambassador discusses sensitive information on an open line that you suspect the russians can easily tap into if they want to. >> i had a former cia officer and state official me they can't believe they made the comments on a line that can be tapped.

they were not classified, but they were sensitive comments. the state department spokes woman asked about this yesterday. don't you instruct your people not to have the conversations on a line that can be tapped. i don't have any outlines for you. wau called the state department on that today. why were they speaking on an unsecure line. >> if they were, then you have another much more serious problem. obviously that is what they think is secure is not secure. we will have a lot more. you are working the story for "the situation room." thank you. jay leno on a different note, wrapping up "the tonight show" run. he is leaving after 22 years. up next, we will take a closer look at the sign off and the stars who helped him say goodbye. also, it's national wear red day with heart disease in women. there several things both women and men need to be aware of to

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. >> it's take two at the end of an era as jay leno signed off as host of the tonight show. he had plenty of special guests on his last night. billy crystal, carol burnett and oprah. then jay had his turn. >> i want to thank you, the audience. you folks have been just incredibly loyal. this is tricky. we wouldn't be on the air without you. secondly, this has been the greatest 22 years of my life. >> got emotional, understandably so. more than 4600 shows, more than

johnny carson did in his 30-year run as the king of late night. we wish jay leno only the best. thanks for all the excellent years. many more to come. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. see you at 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." newsroom continues with brooke baldwin. >> thanks, wolf. here we go. breaking news. we begin with a rapidly developing story about a possible terror plot for the sochi games involving this plan right here. a hijacker attempted to take over a commercial airliner which left ukraine. his goal reportedly was to take the plane with all 110 passengers on board to sochi. the plane was eventually able to land in turkey. all of this happening, think about the context here as this is going on. the opening ceremonies getting under way in sochi this