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using stolen passports. and the crisis in ukraine is heating up. russia is accused of carrying out more aggressive bullying tactics against ukrainian military and european observers get another unfriendly greeting at the crimean border and back here in the u.s., a mother seen driving her children into the atlantic ocean facing now attempted murder charges. hear what she allegedly told her children during those terrifying moments and the revelations about her mental state. first up, the mysterious disappearance of flight 370 and new questions about the identities of two passengers on board. the boeing 777 vanished not long after taking off from kuala lumpur yesterday. it was headed to beijing with 239 people on board.

most of them chinese nationals. at least three americans are among the passengers. state immediamedia in vietnam aa say the jet has crashed. but ma lay shani authorities are not confirming that. rescue crews from across the region are now searching an area from the south china sea under darkness. search helicopters and airplanes are also being deployed. this is new video from those operations. a vietnamese plane spotted traces of oil in the waters of that search area. fi officials say the oil slicks are between six and nine miles long. we have correspondents and analysts covering this story from all angles. tom fuentes in washington, jim clancy in kuala lumpur. let's start with renee marsh, joining us by phone in washington. so, renee, there has been some confusion surrounding the identities of two of the passengers. malaysia airlines saying there

is an austrian passenger and italian passenger, but austria and italy are denying that because of the issue of passports, one stolen or lost. and possibly replaced. explain to us what's going on here? >> that's the big question that investigators have and it's something that people are really zeroing in on here. if indeed those passports were lost and stolen, were they reported lost and stolen, authorities are saying they were, so the question now becomes how did someone get on board this malaysia airlines plane with these documents that should not have been valid. this is a question that investigators really want to get to the bottom of and so, how will they get to the bottom of this at this point? because as i speak to you, this plane is still categorized as missing, so you know, i spoke with one expert. he says one of the major points of access or points of

information for investigators is going to be going back to that airport. they're going to want to see surveillance video from these airports. who went through that security line. who got on this plane. who was using that passport to get on to this flight if it was not indeed a valid passport. that will be a part of the investigation. we do know that from our correspondence here in the d.c. bureau, our national security correspondent, did reach out to the state department and the u.s. officials, they are aware of this and they say that they are looking into this issue. but this, this investigation is going to be huge. it's not only about who are these two people who got on with alleged invalid passports, but there's so much more to this. not only going to want to know who got on the plane, but what was on the plane.

what kind of cargo was being carried in the belly of the plane. so, they're going to want to want that cargo manifest. was there undeclared hazardous material that may have caused an issue here? they're going to be working that angle while looking at the maintenance records of this plane as well, fred. this is investigation is going to be so complex. you just mentioneded off of the top, the search area, the rescue teams, they're focused on over the walker right right now. that's what will make this investigation so very complex because they're search focus is over the sea. so much more complex that what we saw in the most recent triple seven disaster that happened. when you think about the geographic locates here, asiana was on land, not in a remote area. in a matter of hours, we saw investigators on the scene and collecting evidence.

but in this incident, it's still a big mystery. they haven't even been able to locate the plane or the passenger at the hour, so, with the focus and if the focus truly turns out to be over water and if it turns out to be that kind of investigation, the tough task is going to be finding the wreckage. they're going to need sonar equipment. just to locate where this wreckage was. the most important piece of evidence is going to be what people often call those black boxes. the data recorders. there is no telling how long that could take. when you look at air france, flikt 447, that went down in the atlantic. they did not find those recorders for nearly two years later. so that just goes to show you complex this possibly could be. >> so, the difference in se that air france flight when the depths were very great, where as here in the south china sea, if it did go down in the area that

at least vietnamese authorities seem to believe right now, it's much more shallow water. detecting that ping in that plane might be a little bit easier. is it your understanding that the reason why the ntsb would be involved in this because there are three americans on board? or is it simply the interest of any airline that would go down in any part of the world that the ntsb would want to be part of the investigation? >> right, so, we were in contact with the ntsb yesterday and their official comment is that they're closely monitoring the situation. they haven't said they're officially participating in the investigation. that being said, we do believe that they will be participating in that investigation. there's a few things that come into play here. the airplane, the boeing 777 is manufactured here in the united states. so, you know, the ntsb would want to know exactly what

happened here if it had something to do with the plane, they would have an interest in learning what factors here were as far as this crash goes. also, you know, i spoke to several experts who bring up a point in this region, they may not necessarily have the same kind of resources that the united states have when it comes to investigating this sort of crash. so, usually, what would happen is the bigger country with more money and more resources would step in to really be, take a really prominent role in this investigati investigation, so we expect although we haven't heard, a team has been sent there, we expect the ntsb will be investigating in some way. >> all right. thanks so much. let me bring in tom because tom, still perplexing and very interesting and mysterious is the issue of two passengers who would be on the manifest with

names that match an italian and austrian whose passports have been stolen or lost or missing for some time. so, apparently, at least with the italian, apparently, there have been some contact made to the person who has that italian name. family members who say as far as they understand, that person is fine and actually traveling in another part of asia and that that passport was lost or stolen in malaysia last august and a new one had already been distributed to that passenger and were they able to freely travel now. so talk to me about the importance of if the names are on this manifesto and these people r were able to get on the plane with these names, tell me how concerning this is potentially to you. >> well, that's just one aspect

of many that are concerning. so many simultaneous absolutely aspects of the vest dwags are going to go forward, such as what caused the plane to come out of the sky and crash. if it did crash into the ocean, did the pilot fly it in on purpose? did it have a catastrophic mechanical failure? was it sabotaged? an explosion? terrorism? that is a factor for the plane itself. but in terms of the passengers, the authorities of many coun countries, every country listed as having a citizen on that plane, will be working together to verify the identity of every single person. so, that means and the majority of the persons were more than 150 chinese citizens, so that will require a lot of work on the part of the chinese to verify each person's identity listed as being on the aircraft as well as all of the other passengers including the americans that were on that flight. so, identifying each person, identifying all the aspects concerning the aircraft -- are

crucial. so far, no terrorist organization has risen up and taken credit that's been reported. it remains a very deep mystery concerning the people on the aircraft and the aircraft itself. of course, finding the plane, finding out why it went down and then why the manifest would have names of people who don't necessarily match the identities of the passengers. >> right. but they don't do one and wait until that's completed and then do the next one. this is all occurring simultaneously and it's bringing to bear the resources of every country. in this situation that might have had someone on that aircraft including the united states, including china, malaysia. who would be a directly involved in this. and their crash experts as well, so the ntsb because there are americans on that aircraft, they typically get invited by the

country that owns the aircraft to say, please help us, you have the resources, experience and expertise, please come here and work on this crash with our authorities, yet the chinese probably doing the same thing. you have boeing itself wanting to know what happened to their aircraft. you have rolls-royce, who made the engines of that aircraft in united kingdom, they may want to participate and send their engineers. so this is going to be a multinational effort and it's going to be an extensive investigation. >> all right, tom, thank you so much. meantime, we just got new video in showing the vietnamese plane crew that spotted oil slicks in the south china sea suspected to be coming from the missing asian airliner. reports are that the slicks are between six and nine miles long. cnn's jim clancy is joining us from kuala lumpur. are you hearing anything as to

whether this plane simply went off radar one hour or two hours after take off or was there a different time frame that's being examined now? >> well, i think that's the same time frame that's being examined right now. very quickly that it seems to just disappear. and that has authorities here baffled, concerned, and of course, the families grief stricken. we're at kuala lumpur international airport. the families have been sequestered away from the media. they are awaiting word. everyone is awaiting word. the ceo of malaysia airlines saying we're not ruling anything out here as they look at this. now, this oil slick that two of them that have been reported, that came from vietnamese search aircra aircraft. and they indicated they thought this might be typical for a plane like this one. so they were making the presumption, if you will, that

this was linked to the crash, that this could be the crash site. some 90 miles south of the southern coast of vietnam. that is a lead that is going to be obviously strongly pursued when daylight comes across this region in about five hours time. they'll have more search planes up. vessels out in in water. they're going to try to pinpoint where exactly the plane went down. they don't know that yet. >> okay. and they're at the airport. you mentioned there were a number of loved ones that are at a nearby location. what, if anything is being said by them about what they're hearing from the airlines? what is this like for them? >> nothing, you know. they are just completely smothered in grief.

they have been left here for more than 24 hours. no word fwr their families. obviously, hope is fading of finding this aircraft. they know that. they want some closure. they want some answers. that might help them to understand what has happened. where their loved ones might be. what is the possibility they would even be able to recover their bodies. they don't have the answers to any of that and perhaps the question that baffles the most, the one they're asking themselves, the most difficult one that may never been answered is why. >> all right. jim clancy, thank you so much. keep us posted. making her first court appearance in the u.s., the mother charged with attempted murder after driving her van into the ocean with her children inside. we'll tell you what happened next. and debt desperate families wait for that news about their loved ones on board that missing

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new york. so, you've been saying you don't think putin is going to stop with crimea. what do you suppose he's up to in your view? >> look, we have to -- first time in 2008, part of the territory of the republic of georgia. if we follow putin's remarks and statements, putin's russia does not recognize the government of ukraine and putin openly stated that russia had legitimate quote unquote interests in the eastern and southern of ukraine, though this region showed no appetite of cooperating with russia. >> talk to me about the fear ukrainians or those in crimea have of putin and would they ak

wii es k because of that fear? would they simply give in? >> crimea is occupied now by russian troops. it's just a mockery. i don't think we can call it a referendum. it means you will have both parties containing, presenting their point of views of views, having dialogue. but there's no dialogue at the point of a gun. just having ten days, it offers no time. even for preparing for proper balance. so we all know the results and you know, putin's officials there very experienced in falsifying results from russia and i think they will definitely use this experience in crimea. >> so, right now, the west is contemplating sanctions as its most powerful tool in this crisis. putin keeps saying he doesn't care about the west sanctions. can he be hurt by these sanctions or is it really an

effort that will only kind of exacerbate this situation and perhaps he would want to then cut off gas supplies to europe or even seize western assets in russia? >> okay, let's remember that pipelines, they were both ways. putin's economy today is not only good shape and was out revenues from oil and gas, it may last for two or three months, then go belly up. also, talking about seizing western assets of russia, yes, i'm sure we're talking about billions of dollars, but on the opposite side, we have hundreds of billions of dollars, but most important, russian state companies. and russian trade bank. if worst come to worst, west has very powerful weapons to send putin not just a message, but actually to create greater chaos

among his ranks and files. >> and there is a vote coming up in about a week, calling for a separation from crimea. what do you think is outcome is is going to be? >> we know the outcome because russian parliament announced annexation. we should not only look on the march 16 as something serious as a day in crimea for one sovereign country to another. it's being defact o occupied by russian troops and parliament made no excuses by passing the law that will make crimea russian territory, but i expect that neither european union nor the united states will ever recognize the results of these annexation. >> and just on a personal note, you left russia last year, correct? do you ever see yourself going back? >> i'm sure eventually, i will

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yesterday. it was headed to beijing with 239 people on board. at least three americans are on board. rescue crews from across the region are now searching an area of the south china sea under darkness. search helicopters and airplanes are also being deployed. this is new video from the operations. they spotted traces of oil in the water. the slicks are between six and nine miles long. joining me on the phone, jim tillman. let's talk about these oil slicks on the south china sea. what needs to happen next to find out if indeed those are ma markers that the plane went down there? >> kind of a simple matter of checking out those oil slicks and find out what kind of oil are we talking about. is it gt4 kerosene or just some oil from boats or whatever. that would give us an indication of what kind of a slick it is.

you've dealt with having oil slicks from almost any number of different sources. the fact is there does present a real possibility. that we're hovering over the accident silgt. the thing is a puzzle of enormous proportions with all kinds of different scenarios. >> so, give us an idea -- >> it's getting through a waiting game. how soon and how sure can we be of what we're learning and it has to be absolutely horrible for the surviving families to go through this, but there's nothing else we can do about it. >> right, so, when you're dealing with something of this magnitu magnitude, help us understand how investigators go about trying to locate this plane. we know one vietnamese plane was flying over, had saw the oil

slicks and has reported that information and these images, but what kind of apparatus, what kind of detail is being used here to try to ascertain the where abouts of a plane that has simply vanished, when it would be premature at this point to just rely on the pings, but what were the other indicators ands and kinds of apparatuses being used to try and locate this plane? >> the wreckage will talk to us. it has pings that will beep every so often. one of the only limitations to that is if this wreckage is in a trench of some kind and kind of buried in terms of the line of sight, it may make a difference, but those things are very, very helpful. the air france crash, we learned a lot in making that search and everything else and i'm sure a

lot of that technology will be put to use here in this situation. >> like what are some of the things that you recall that may have been learned from that air france plane disappearance? it took two years before they were able to find larger pieces of the wreckage and piece together what happened. what was learned from that? >> one of the first things i learned is don't give up. because there were a number of times when so experts said, you know, this is a lost cause. we'll never find any part of it to give us information. but the folks that really were into that study really never faltered. they kept going and going and it was a very, very difficult search, but they did get the information they wanted to find. so, part of it is just being willing to pay the price of whatever it costs in order to get to the bottom of this thing.

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now to the dramatic end to a full week of testimony in the trial of oscar pistorius. he is charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his model girlfriend. a neighbor testified she heard a woman scream for help, then a man scream for help. that was before the witness heard gun shots. and a security guard said pistorius told him, quote, everything is fine, before carrying his body downstairs. kelly phelps is a cnn legal analyst and with the university of cape town law faculty. so, what do you believe was the

biggest headline from this first week of trial? >> well, there were a number of memorable moments. i think first of all, the fact that the states claim the defense claim is based on the fact that mr. pistorius sounds like a woman when he screams. i think the first time this was heard in court, people reacted that it was quite implausible, but then you had the second witness, the neighbor come under the stand and actually although she was testifying for the state, she said in part of her testimony that she heard a woman screaming. she asked her husband to check who it was and he came back and said it was oscar pistorius. she said, oh, i thought it was a woman screaming. so, already seem to be these competing versions of events managing to gain traction in the court. >> what would that mean? what would be the interpretation of these kind of details from the eyewitness or earwitnesses?

>> well, it's important because it plays into the two opposing versions of events being put forward. the defense have always argued that mr. pistorius himself was hysterical in the aftermath once he realized what had happened and what had cried out for help and we've seen some witnesses having attested to a man's voice crying out for help. on the other hand, that there was a heated fight and that mr. pistorius took the decision to kill reeva steenkamp in cold blood. now, if her voice was heard, that would start supporting the state's version of events, so this issue of the pitch of his voice and whether it was her voice or his, is really a crucial piece of evidence in sorting out these different versions. >> and then there's the issue of the security guard who had

testimony speaking to pistorius saying everything is fine. and then moments after that, carrying the body of reeva steenkamp. that doesn't seem to compute either. >> no, and certainly, i think the security guard was the strongest state witness so far. the defense will no doubt continue their cross-examination of him on monday because they need to gain traction with his testimony, but it remains to be seen. there is some contradiction there. yes, he said mr. pistorius said security, everything is fine, but in the same break, he said that he could hear pistorius was crying on the phone. so, we still haven't quite workeded out what the circumstances of that were yet. >> kelly phelps, thank you so much. appreciate it. next, more coverage on the search for that missing boeing 777 over the south china sea. and why the investigation is turning to stolen passports. there's this kid.

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happening right now, the search is under way for malaysia airlines flight 370. the bol 777 vanished not long from taking off of kuala lumpur,

malaysia yesterday. most onboard, chinese citizens. at least three americans among the passengers. state media in vietnam and china say the jet crashed but malaysian authorities are not confirming that yet. rescue crews from across the region are searching an area out of the south china sea and the chinese government has sent a diving and salvaging team off the coast of vietnam. search helicopters and airplanes are also being deployed. a vietnamese plane spotted traces of oil in the area over the search area, and now have questions about just who might have been onboard this jet. italian police say one man listed on the manifest who did not board the flight had his passport stolen last august in malaysia. go now to jim shuuto, our chief national security officer. on the phone with us. jim,ing a stolen questions and concerns, now arising from this are what?

>> no question. from the beginning it raises questions because a plane disappears in the skies, on its ascent, or near the end of its descent without any distress call. it's early, though. so whether mechanical or another explanation, you're not going to get any definitive answers now. certainly two passengers onboard. one using and austrian passport. another italian. we're hearing from austrian and italian authorities. the two identified were not on the plane, are safe and sound in home countries traveling elsewhere and prorted the passports stolen fwop passengers were traveling with stolen passports and that raises questions. why would you be traveling under a false identity? you know, it's too early to say if there's terrorism. they're aware of the reports of stolen passports. they're tracking them.

as this point, i'm quoting, no nextism to terrorism but there's an explanation they're exploring. >> i talked we tom fuentes of the fbi formerly and he says all of these arms of the investigation will be taking place simultaneously. trying to locate the plane, whether the oil slicks that the vietnamese authorities say they saw is indeed a marker for where this plane may have gone down. to what extent will u.s. authorities try to be involved here, in not only trying to figure out this whole passport discrepancy, if that really is a factor in addition to trying to disconcern where this plane is? what happened? how it fell out of the sky? >> they're certainly be involved on a number of levels. one, it's a boeing airplane. the company will be involved, to look and see, to share information, there there was

anything mechanical. they'll know the plane best. they will be involved. from a government, from an official perspective, the u.s. has a number of cooperative relationships which s when it terrorism in the region. there are terrorist threats, philippines, al qaeda, previous group this. you have cooperative relationships with these countries and the u.s. would offer help and track reports and helping to investigate. and so that's the way they would be involved. clearly, the leadership will come from malaysia. the malaysian flagship state airline and it crashed off the waters of malaysia and vietnam, they would be leading and the most passengers, chinese. that said, also americans onboard. you also have a u.s. state department interest in the safety of americans who are living abroad. >> jim shuuto, thanks for your insight. appreciate it.

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