more important, finding the 239 people on board. we have the latest. and stunning accusations this morning. a top senator accuses the cia of spying on the congressional committee. if laws were broken, will heads roll in washington. face to face, president obama meets with ukraine's new prime minister today. can they head off the crisis before sunday's referendum vote? your "new day" starts right now. good morning. welcome to "new day." it's wednesday, march 12th, 6:00 in the east. brooke baldwin. great to have you in for kate bolduan. here's the big story. a bizarre turn. new questions about where the

flight was headed when it left the radar screen. so far, they're just discussing what we already know. here's what is driving this bizarre turn. a senior malaysian air force official tells cnn the jet liner veers hundreds of miles off course. top malaysian officials however now disputing that claim, but they're also saying that they're expanding the search into that area. this as we're learning that the plane's transponder was turned off. why did that happen? so we've got the latest on the search and the investigation into its disappearance beginning with jim clancey. >> reporter: hot day here in kuala lumpur. especially hot for the defense

minister. he has basically now admitted that the plane is nowhere near the south china sea when it was last seen on radar. he also broke down and said bring in the ntsb and the federal aviation administration of the united states, we need all the help we can get. listen. >> the way forward, ladies and gentlemen, is to be more able to analyze both the civilian and military data in the east and west, on land or in the water. and this is exactly what we are doing today. >> reporter: chris, that press conference is going on and it's still a hot one. let me get you caught up on the rest of the day's events. as we enter day 5 of the search for the missing malaysian

airliner, a sea of frustration. a veietnamese official saying this is due to insufficient information about where exactly to look. this suggests this is the plane's last location. but now a twist, a senior official telling cnn their radar shows it still may have been airborne more than an hour later flying the opposite direction of its destination. now challenges to that with them saying over night it's too early to say anything about the plane's flight path. the air force saying the last known location was just over this small island of pulau perak. adding to the mystery, the

plane's transponder, the instrument that transmits its location was turned out of while cruising at 32,000 feet. >> you have to have a very deliberate rative process to turn the transponder off. if someone did that in the cockpit, they were doing it to disguise the route of the plane. >> reporter: the unknown leaving families of the missing passengers hopeless, desperate for answers. once again, it has flip-flopped. we're getting word that, yes, the military is admitting the plane was last noted on its radar at 200 miles northwest of the town. it is gone for the south -- from the south china sea. it is right now -- we see that they are having to look in

another direction. they have also added india to the list. if the plane stayed on that path, it was flying towards the indian ocean. that's it from here. turn it back to you, brooke. >> where the heck is this plane? thank you so much, jim. i can tell you that law enforcement officials, they're still scrambling to try to find out what happened on board that jet liner in those crucial moments before communication was lost. and while the iranian nationals have not been linked to any terror groups, the head of the cia says terrorism has not been ruled out. nick robertson joins us this morning live from london. >> reporter: it can't be ruled out because there have been claims that this was a terror attack by groups that people haven't heard of before. this is what john was referring

to, essentially too many loose ends, no corroboration that these planes can in any -- claims can be substantiated. this could be a hijacking or sabotage falls under the terrorism banner, if you will. the two men were probably not engaged in terrorism, but that does leave over 200 other passengers. what is clear from this press conference right now is the civil and military authorities in malaysia are having trouble interpreting the radar data they have. the military seem to perhaps have the best idea. but what they are all stressing in searching these two different areas is because they're having trouble interpreting that

information. this is perhaps why we're hearing the malaysian officials talk about having the help of the u.s. federal aviation authority and the ntsb who can bring their experts to bear on interpreting the information that the military and civil authorities have got on their equipment. they just don't know how to interpret it correctly. this really does seem to be at the root of the confusion there. >> is this about how they're investigating it or what they're investigating? is it confusing by circumstance or by the practice of the investigation itself? does this new theory about where they were flying feed into the idea of terrorism. this is where you need somebody who understands these types of investigations. we are very lucky to have mary ska voe on this story for us. here's what we know, we know it

left at about 12:41 from kul la lump purr. that's where we start to get the conflicting reports. some say it turned around, others say it didn't. mary, we were -- we're monitoring the press conference. we do have you on the phone. you with us? >> right. i'm with you on the phone. >> help me with this. first, let's look at it from 30,000 feet here, no pun tended. is this uncharted territory? >> i would say yes if we had the complete information, but i think it's the opposite. i think what has occurred is we have not gotten accurate information from the malaysian government. when that occurs, you go to the most likely scenario. what's most likely is the transponder was not able to transmit. and we look at the most recent

warnings. boeing had a warning out in november and most recently they renewed it saying there were fuselage cracking. obviously, communications would go down. i think what the malaysian government needs to do -- they clearly didn't think it was a hijacking, because they allowed it to fly right back over the air space and over the country. they were trying very hard to communicate, but could not. what they need to do is find the fuel on board and track that same heading to where the fuel would run out. >> all right. well, that's important. we have. this isn't the first time like this. i know you draw the comparison to air france 447 that crashed into the atlantic. it took five days to find, right? >> right. >> but, again, it seems to get more and more confusing.

we're now hearing that authorities will confirm that the flight did take this veering off course of some several hundred miles. you say it's still most likely it was a catastrophic event maybe dealing with the directive about the cracks in the fuselage but then how would it make it hundreds of miles? >> because the 777 has an interesting system. when you start losing systems, they shut down other systems. it's intended to do this. it preserves the flight controls as best that it can and the -- it tries to preserve what systems it has to keep that plane in the air. it's the same thing the air bus did. it preserved the systems that it did have left. the plane would keep the heading that it was last on when this occurred. if they were turning and trying to drop altitude, the plane would stay on the last course or

the last instruction that it had. whether or not people were even alive in the cockpit, that's what the plane would do because boeing and air bus engineered it into the plane to try to save the plane and save the flight. >> so it could have been a catastrophic event where it was a ghost ship is what you're saying, those on board were incapacitated for whatever horrible reason. that's why the flight path is so straight which is inconsistent with human manipulation of the plane and then it winds up in the strait of malacca. just speculation, but you are one who has the right to speculate with all your experience. thank you for the perspective. if i get new and fresh information on it, i'll try and get you on the phone again so you can fill in the blanks. so thank you, mary, appreciate

it. >> thank you. mean time, take you to washington. this explosive war of words is really heating up between the senate and the cia. john brennan flatly denying that they violated federal law. but feinstein took the outline that it's charges and others. >> what is being alleged here is really stunning, like cloak and dagger within our own government. it goes right to the heart of how much power the cia has and how much congress can keep tabs on it. five years ago, the senate intelligence committee started investigating the cia's investigation and detention policies. they say during this investigation, the cia accessed their computers and that certain

damning information just started vanishing. >> the cia just went and searched the committee's computers. >> reporter: diane feinstein blasted the cia on the senate floor. >> besides the constitutional implication, the search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer fraud and abuys act, as well as executive order 12333 which prohibits the cia from conducting domestic searches or surveillance. >> reporter: 6.2 million documents they've spent years coaming through and then noticed certain pages started disappearing. this happened twice, more than 900 pages.

she says the cia, when asked what was going on, first denied any interference. then blamed it on the it guys. then feinsteineinstein says an report that highlighted the cia's own prons started -- problems started disappearing. >> it was not their classification level, but rather their analysis and acknowledgement of significant cia wrong doing. >> reporter: cia director strongly denied hacking those computers. >> nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: feinstein says he admitted the cia, quote, searched them. she says now the cia is claiming her committee should have never had access to that report. and the cia has now gone to the justice department to look into

whether the senate intelligence committee has committed a crime, something she calls intimidation of those trying to investigate. >> wading through the details of a cia program that never should have existed. >> reporter: they said, if this is true, this is dangerous to democracy and that congress should declare war on the cia. feinstein is going to move to have the entire report de classified and made available to the american public. >> it's only as good as the proof. we'll be waiting to see what's behind the senator's suggestion about this. the clock is ticking in ukraine. president obama is set to welcome the country's interim prime minister today. he will express his support and discuss options to resolve russia's invasion.

this comes as russia seems to be tightening i ining grip on crim. flights are canceled through at least monday. we're live in crimea with the latest. why are the flights canceled? >> reporter: flights are canc canceled because they are not taking any of the planes coming from kiev, only from moscow which really tells you that russia is now in control of the crimean peninsula. they are clutching at straws. yes, the acting prime minister is in washington d.c. due to meet president obama at the white house along with secretary of state john kerry. as i said, they are clutching at straws. they are trying to find a diplomatic solution to reverse russia's invasion. that's what it is.

invasion of crimea. we traveled to the east and tip of the peninsula yesterday. the port's been taken over by russian forces. that's where they are ferrying across troops, convoys of trucks. this is a continual flow. the military buildup is happening. the people here will decide on sunday if it will become a part of the russian mainland. certainly, you know, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion. this peninsula here and the people are now officially part of russia. >> we heard from the president at the white house a couple days ago, still reiterating that referendum violates international law. a big blow for democrats in the first big political showdown. narrowly defeating democratic

alex sink in a democratic election in florida. both parties poured millions of dollars into this swing district race. we're live in clear water, florida this morning. this is not just one little race in florida, is it da na? >> reporter: it's not if you look at the way both parties poured in millions and millions of dollars. because if you look at history sometimes it was a yes, it really did predict what happened, and sometimes it was just an aberration. that is certainly not stopping republicans since they won here, saying this is our message that this is proof it's going to help in november. that message, of course, repeal obamacare. they have been putting all eggs in that basket to not gist keep

the house, but retake the senate. the minute jolly was declared winner, they said this is something the democrats should be worried about. the democratic candidate here said she supported the health care law but was careful to say that she wanted to make changes to it. so she didn't embrace it all together. democrats are saying the fact she came as close as she did in a district which is this one that had a republican congressman for 43 years is proof that they, in a more traditional election, can do well with that kind of mess sanl. it's unclear how much it's going to mean. you can be sure that both sides are going to be studying the specifics, especially givien th fact that about a third is independent. this is just an eight-month

electi election. they're going to be right back at it in november. >> all right. thank you so much. still dark there as it is in much of the nation this morning. i know you want to comment. >> we're watching the video there of the guy celebrating the win. the song is called "six fingered tune," and it is the song of the "price is right". >> how do you know that? >> what is metaphor for what politics has become that they're playing the theme song of the price is right when they celebrate the victory because it's about the money. makes me sick. >> does it make you sick? take a look at the head lines while you rovr. u.s. airways flight forced to divert to houston last night. they had a medical emergency on

board involving one of the passengers. that passenger's identity and condition have not been released yet. it was then allowed to continue onto arizona. >> a massive fire emergency in san francisco. look at this. 150 firefighters battling a blaze that broke out in the mission bay neighborhood. this blaze grew to six alarms. several hundred residents across the feet from the fire had to be evacuated. some of their windows were being shattered. the cause of the fire is being investigated. obamacare numbers show that signups have slowed down. 943,000 americans selected health plans in february. compare that to january's 1.2 million. total enrollment now stands at

4.2 million. they hope for a last-minute signup surge. former top aide to governor chris christie fighting a subpoena investigating the george washington bring scandal. the panel brants texts, e-mails and other documents from bridget ann kelly. and how about this? the president making a bit of a surprise stop at the gap during a fund raising trip to new york city. the chain recently agreed to raise its minimum wage in stores across the country. later on "new day," we're going to speak to the gap employee who helped the president make his selections. what do you buy the first lady? that's a tough one. >> is he shopping for his wife?

>> and the girls. >> indra petersons, can you imagine, you're hanging out at the gap and a bunch of guys in ties show up. >> yeah right. >> they probably want the girl's advice. all right. let's talk about what's going on. there's going to be big changes in your wardrobe. this is d.c.'s high expected today. 68 degrees. then i took you every four hours through the evening. by midnight, talking about 30s. by 4:00 a.m. in the 20s. only into the 30s tomorrow. and it is not the only city that's going to be seeing this. everyone's really going to feel the effects of the next system making its way through. of course that system continuing to strengthen as it pushes farther off to the east. heavy amounts of snow. detroit could see up to about 7 inches. blizzard warning, 13 inches of

snow. one of the models lead up to 2 feet of snow once you get toward burlington. new york city, less than an inch. here comes the low making its way across. keep in mind, if you're on the cold side of the low, that's where you're seeing snow. on the warm side, you're talking about rain. as it moves its way across, you move to the backside. there you go. that's the system making its way through clearing out of here by friday. by thursday evening, completely out of here. right in between, you're talking about the threat for severe weather. a good 15 million of you have a potential even for tornados, guys. mostly strong thunderstorms, but you can't rule this guy out. a lot to be concerned with here over the next several days. cold air, warm air together, never a good story. >> she missed boils and locusts.

anything else? >> heavy snow. i already covered that. coming up next, stunning development in the oscar pistorius murder trial. inside the courtroom right now, the actual bathroom door that separated the blade runner from his girlfriend on the night she was shot and killed. and we will bring you the latest on the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. highway a colorado company is hoping to locate it using their satellites and your computers. we'll tell you.

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i call this one "the robox." welcome back to "new day." now, a dramatic day in court in

the oscar pistorius murder trial because prosecutors here, they are using the actual door that separated pistorius and his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, to try to recreate what they say happened the night she was killed. the defense is trying to get away from what they said about that door during cross-examination. let's go live. robin, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning to you. and after eight days, we're seeing for the first time, some really compelling physical evidence. not only the cricket bat, but the door as well. the door was revealed in court today. a forensic scientist testifying that the angle of the cricket bat strikes align with pistorius without his prosthetics on.

contradicts pistorius' version of events who claims after he shot through the door, he put his prosthetic legs on before bashing the door down with the bat. also back on the stand, one of his friends, darren fresco. he testified over a year ago, it was the olympian driving over 160 miles per hour when fresco took a picture of the speedometer. >> incorrectly shown he was driving the vehicle to the fall. >> reporter: but fresco may have lost credibility after admitting it was he that was driving. >> i see the silence. >> if you've got the photo, then it must have been me driving at the time. >> reporter: tuesday, a pathologist also took the stand offering a critical opposition to pistorius' timing of events.

reeva had eaten tour hours before her death. now the defense said they were caught off guard by the defense changing their story by saying pistorius had his prosthetics off. of course, that corrosie cross-n is going to continue. big news in the football and basketball world. a legend of the hardwood perhaps making a return to the most storied nba franchise. andy scholes joins us with this morning's "bleacher report." >> we'll start with the bullying scandal news. there were two ideal spots for

martin. he's headed to the 49ers. the dolphins traded martin to san francisco for a conditional 7th round draft pick. he tweeted, can't wait to get to work. now to the news chris was waiting for. the greatest coach in nba history is returning to the game, not on the sidelines, but to run the new york nicks. fill jackson has agreed to become the president of the nicks. he won two titles as a player in new york before his coaching days. he could be in place running the nicks by the end of the week. we know he can coach a team to an nba title. what do you think, chris? i know you seem excited about this. >> ten or 11 times over right? >> oh yeah. modestly speaking, they would be favorites for at least three of

the next four seasons. that's what most experts say. >> we'll see if he can do that all the way from the front office. >> if anything can make him lose his cool, it will be working with the nicks. >> james dolan, that would be it. coming up next on "new day," this colorado company has now joined the search for that missing airliner. they're using this technique called crowd sourcing. they're providing satellite views of the ocean. details ahead.

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welcome back to "new dy." let's take a look at your headlines this morning. malaysian officials announcing they have now expanded the search for the missing flight 370. this comes amid conflicting information concerning where exactly that flight disappeared off ray da. an official told cnn it strayed hundreds of miles off course, but military officials dispute that claim. flat denials meanwhile from the cia director, claims that his agency spied on the senate committee. feinstein taking to the senate floor tuesday. she says spies accessed committee computers. feinstein calls it a defining moment for oversight of american spy agencies.

the u.s. army general accused of sexual assault, the judge dismissed the jury tuesday to allow sinclair's defense to harm out a new plea deal with the military. saying sinclair will not plead guilty to sexual assault or characterizes that land him -- charges that land him on a sexual offender registry. medication use is on the rise for adults with attention deficit disorder. this is according to a new report. the number of young american adults taking drugs for adhd nearly drubling from 2008 to 2012. the report says now nearly one in ten boys takes drugs for the disorder. it's a dramatic increase. >> yep. and important statistic. fastest growing.

>> new information for you. listen to this. a major u.s. satellite operator up loaded fresh images overnight that could help find missing flight 370. it's all part of something called crowd sourcing. they're looking for includes about the plane's whereabouts. can it help? >> the boeing 77 is no small airplane, but in this case it feels like a needle and the ocean is the hay stack. that's why a colorado company called digital globe has enlisted the country. they put the images online for people to scour for anything suspicious. see something interesting, you tag it with an easy click. a cnn reporter found this image that he thought resembled the

shape of a plane. it's not the first time satellite imagery has been used in this way. it helped track tornado damage last year in moore, oklahoma, and more recently, the floods in colorado. but the most well-known example of crowdsourcing during a tragedy occurred during the boston marathon bombings. as for the plane, the sheer number of digital volunteers has overwhelmed the website. >> in many cases, the areas covered are so large that without the help of hundreds of thousands of people online, we'd never be able to find them. >> dan, thank you so much. coming up here on "new day," a head band device for migraines. do you get them? i know i do. they're now getting the green

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only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. welcome back to "new day." if you're like me, you get a migraine, you are down for the count. there's a new device getting a little bit of attention here. this new twice actually sends electric pulses through your forehead. how well does this work? elizabeth cohen joins me with more. does it help prevent them or make them less horrible when you have one? >> they make them less frequent. which i know it sounds like that's not so great, you just get fewer of them. as you said, guy grains can -- migraines can put you out. if you get, say, five a month,

instead of seven a month, that will make a lot of people feel a lot better. it reduces the frequency. these would be by prescription. >> and the fda did approve this device. what about how does this compare to other medications out there on the market? >> we're told that medications, many of them work better than this. here's the rub. some of these medications are so hard to take that people actually stop taking them. there really are no serious side effects to wearing this. for some people, maybe they would use this in conjunction with medication. so maybe it would allow them to use fewer medications or maybe a lower dosage. >> why do we get migraines? i feel lucky i only get one really once a year. how do they happen? >> it's not exactly known why

some people getmy fwrans and other people -- migraines and other people don't. some people think it's because certain people have sensitivities to certain foods. there's no question that this is not an ordinary headache. for someone that has never gotten them -- >> god bless them. >> they miss work, they can't take care of their children. it doesn't even fit into the category of headaches. >> we'll take what we can get. thank you so much this morning. >> thanks. >> back to you. >> all right. we're going to take a break here on "new day." take a zsip of your green juice. now get this, bieber's lawyer says you are to blame for the star's problems in a way. crazy lawyer spin or truth about celebrity obsession? we debate, you decide.

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turner. >> his lawyer says it's tough being justin bieber. >> his management team has to hire body guards to protect him because he is virtually assaulted wherever he goes. >> roy black launched into a staurge defense of his clients. bieber also faces an assault charge in toronto. and a lawsuit involving alleged battery. but bieber's lawyer says the blame lies elsewhere. >> we love it when people start becoming successful. but once they actually are highly successful, we do almost everything we can to destroy their lives. >> he wasn't present for the hearing, but a trial date was set for may 5th. police arrested bieber while

driving under the influence back in january. the 20-year-old pop star pleaded not guilty to charges. last week, he was in a deposition about his body guard. tmz released edited clips from the deposition on monday. >> the paparazzi then turns around and files a lawsuit against justin because justin's the person who has the deep pockets. >> black also told reporters he filed motions to try and keep that tape private. >> lot of people are going to have a hard time swallowing that. there is a point though because if we didn't care, didn't buy the magazines -- we are addicted to it. >> i didn't tell him to grab those eggs.

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>> the malaysians have not been fully cooperative. >> there are many versions of what occurred here. diane feinstein blasted the cia on the senate floor. >> the cia just went and searched the committee's computers. they say the people who don't want to be part of russia can leave. the bathroom door was revealed in court today. we begin with this, president obama set to meet with ukraine's interim prime minister today. the president is still pushing diplomatic options to end the russian invasions. what is certain is that the meeting comes as russia tightens its grip on crimea. flights canceled through at least monday, russia the only way in or out. a vote to break with ukraine is

expected on sunday. >> passengers on a flight from tampa to phoenix, the plane was diverted to houston because of a medical emergency involving a passenger on board. the airline has yet to release the identity or condition of this passenger. the flight was then allowed to continue onto phoenix once the passenger was taken off the plane for treatment. all hands on deck for san francisco's bravest battling a fire. a high-rise apartment building under construction exploded into flaems tuesday afternoon. that fire then grew to six alarms and it took all night for crews to get it under control. this morning, it's just a smoldering pile of rubble. a disturbingny scenario emerging in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370.

they tell cnn it veered sharply west in the direction of the strait of malacca. now, that is hundreds of miles off course. officials seemingly to back up that ghost ship theory announcing they're expanding their search to that area. let's bring in jim clancey. jim? >> reporter: well, last hour, you know, i told you that they had basically backed up what cnn's source told us about this that indeed the plane was headed toward the indian ocean and it was far north of the destination heading away from malaysia. well, they halfway came out and confirmed that, but they say because these are not active transponder readings, they are only radar readings, they want the faa and ntsb to come in and help them analyze the data. it appears it was last seen 200

miles northwest and heading towards the indian ocean. back to you, brooke. >> thank you so much. let's talk about this further with the host of "quest means business." i know you've been up around the clock trying to make sense of this. let's start with the conflicting information about whether the plane turns, whether it didn't. >> we've got two new developments this morning. the first is this quite dramatic increase in the size of the search area. >> how big? >> well, it's 27,000 nautical miles, which roughly equates to four times the state of massachusetts. so you can imagine, four times the state. so you can imagine this is a seriously large search area

they've now got to get to grips with. they've got dozens of ships and planes. but this particular track, this question of whether the plane turned back on itself and whether or not it then moved across malaysia, what they are now saying is they are going to be seeking help, further help on understanding the radar track. because clearly, the information they've got from the malaysian air force and radar, they are having difficulty understanding. so they're going to be turning to the ntsb in the united states and the faa to understand it. >> what about the fact when you see the dramatic left turn reports too that that's when the transponder went out? that's when all sorts of communication with ground control gone? >> they really have very little idea of what happened. we are at the point now where

they -- again, look at this map and how this moves. when you've got a plane going in this direction, which is the root plan, and then you've got it suddenly veering off or reports of it veering out of. they can't even confirm this fact. >> one person says one thing, one says another. >> now, this morning, you have got this vast expansion. that will not be easy. these are deep waters, not that deep, but they are deep waters and they are very wide to search. >> i was in different conversations with people throughout the afternoon yesterday as every one sort confused over what happened. it's almost like hollywood. what happened? >> i would not have expected to see this level of confusion at this stage in the investigation and the search and rescue. i would have expected by now to have seen a much more defined understanding of what the route

was, where the plane was heading and the narrowing of the search went upon that. the fact that they are calling upon extra efforts -- >> that's not a good sign you're saying? >> you got experts who are going to look at the military radar and civilian radar. boeing will be heavily involved in this. >> much adio has been made abou the pilot. a passenger saying, hey, he let me in the dock piet. we were smoking and hanging out while this flight was flying. is that paragraph for the course? >> no, of course it's not. malaysia airlines have said they are seriously concerned about this allegation. they obviously have very strict conflict rules. we were films in the cockpit under tight restrictions.

and -- but in this situation, look, i'm not going to sit here and criticize a dead man. >> no, of course not. >> when we don't know what has transpired as this woman has done. the malaysian authorities looking into this allegation, which they say is very serious. do not forget, there would have been a very senior captain in the left hand seat with him when this plane was flying. they much had no reason to suspect that these two australian were anything other than tourists. >> it is mind boggling. it took off saturday. and what is it now, wednesday? >> they cannot tell us where they believe the plane was. that's what's worrying. >> okay. thank you so much, as always. another story developing this morning is the oscar pistorius murder trial. prosecutors are using what

you're looking at right now, that's the actual door from pistorius' apartment and the actual bat that supposedly he used to bang against it. they're trying to recreate that night. a forensic investigator is hitting the door from every angle. what it means for the prosecution and could mean for the defense. a lawyer for bridget ann kelli says turning over texts, e-mails and other documents would infringe on her right to remain silence. it was her first time in public since being fired. >> david jolly winning a special election to fill the seat in florida's 13th judicial district. he will replace bill young who died last year. bigger picture here. this race was seen by both

parties as an early test of president obama's health care law as an issue in november's midterm elections. senate intelligence committee chair is setting off a political fire storm of the cia searching committee computers and removing documents from them. adding that she believes the cia may have violated the constitution or broken federal law. joining us now is republican mike rogers of michigan. congressman, thank you very much for joining us. these allegations are very important. couple other stories i want to get your take on as well. let's deal with the flight. nobody knows where this plane is. i want two angles of perspective from you. what donald rumz feld would call a known unknown. how are these stolen passports

being used so effectively on flights. your take on it. >> well, this has been a problem for several years in the sense that not every country is linked or using computers to link up to find the numbers that match stolen passports. it's been an issue. this has highlighted that issue in a way that's troubling and it's a huge gap. most of those cases are used for human trafficking or drugs or other criminal issues. the one concern you obviously have is that if criminals can get access to these passports and use them effectively, so can terrorists. >> you rightly point out that the two men have not been connected to terrorism. however, is this awakeup call that you need to do better with that part of security systems? >> absolutely and this needs to be a worldwide effort to get up

to these standards so you can use these computer checks. you have to be integrated and that's been the challenge. >> i know that it's early. i know that you can't say whether or not these allegations against the cir are provable yet. but just the nature of feinstein making an allegation this serious, what would happen if it is true? how far could this go? >> i hate to speculate. there is a little bit of back and forth. it's troubling to see this, but i do have immense respect for senator feinstein. if she's going down to the floor, she clearly believes that something untoward happened. the ig referred a criminal referral to the department of justice. there's something there. we need to get to the bottom of this soon to make sure it doesn't spill over and spot the

agency from doing its work. we also need to make sure the agency did not break any laws. that would be a pretty horrific situation. here's the other troubling thing, to have the cia deciding that they were going to openly confront the legislative oversight body. i think that was a horrible decision. we need to unwind this, get tensions down, and find out what the facts are. >> if there's even a whiff of truth, this is something a citizen would go down for for a very long time. if there's any truth to this, what kind of steps would you have to take just to ensure confidence in the process? >> again, i don't want to speculate. it's pretty serious if they're going to level criminal charges. if they're found to be accurate and the department of justice

chooses to prosecute, then somebody will go to jail in that circumstance. we probably shouldn't get there yet. that referral has been made. it's serious. obviously, the charges are serious or i don't think senator feinstein would have made them. we're going to have to unwind this, find out what the truth is. if someone broke the law, they're going to have to pay the penalty. >> obviously, i don't mean to push down the road of speculation, except on this one angle. we now seems to include government. do i believe it's time for a change in how this agency does business? >> this was a very unique circumstance. there are hundreds of engagements and oversight engagements. we have investigators that investigate different on goings of the agency itself. there's financial review, budget review, lots of that. this was an isolated incident

and kind of a rare circumstance where the investigation was being done in a space provided by the cia at the cia. so this is a little different than the normal standard standoff over sight that has to happen and continues to happen. and i don't want it to taint the whole agency. people put themselves in really dangerous circumstances around the world. >> true. >> i don't want to take away from their work. yeah, we need to find out what happened. was this a senior senior level decision to do something that violated the law. that would have been one case that should be punished accordingly if that in fact is true. but we shouldn't taint the entire agency. they're well overseen, lots of oversight and they're doing incredible work to protect the united states of america. >> appreciate your perspective on that. let's go to ukraine here.

they're pushing for a vote to get the money through. two concerns. one, are you worried about going too quickly here in terms of where that money's going to go with the u.s. tax dollars so precious and your take on the situation at home? do you believe it's time for the right to move closer to the white house and show a united front here. >> it's important. i think the president has made good steps. seeing the ukraine prime minister today, important message, i think, to second. we had tarnished some of our european relationships. that needs to be repaired. they're doing some of that. i think the money was important because it sends a very clear message. these are loan guarantees to the ukraine. the instability will only been putin's effort to take pieces of ukraine. that vote on sunday is going to

be very, very important. i think we know how that's going to come out, but that is going to change the tension level in the discussion about the u.s. and european efforts. >> hopefully you're working with the white house right now. because you do know which way that vote is going to go. it shouldn't come as a surprise. thank you very much. i appreciate your perspective on "new day.." >> thank you. we start with the new york times. president obama is planning to use his executive authority to force american businesses to pay moreover time to millions of workers. tomorrow, he will order the labor department to revamp regulations for fast food places and other employees who are often classified as executives or professionals. encouraging news in an ohio study of alcohol, tobacco, and

marijuana use by teenagers. it said use declined to 15%. the average age for those starting substance abuse, 13. 23% of 12th graders reported binge drinking. and to the washington post, a rare show of bipartisanship. agreeing to shift funding that was allocated to presidential conventions to children's medical research programs. $126 million over the coming de decade will go to the research. the bill is named after gabriella miller who died of brain cancer last year. a guilty plea is expected from a civilian defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to a chinese

girlfriend. he will admit to passing on information to the woman while he was married. about nuclear weapons information and joint training exercises. venezuela is increasingly unstable. more street protests expected today in the capitol. at least 21 people have died in more than a month of violent clashes between security forces and protestors there. a student leader of those protests was fatally shot earlier this week in the western city there. >> also, more bad news for general motors. the justice department investigating the auto maker for its handling of faulty ignition switches. they first learned of the defect a decade ago. 31 accidents have been linked to

the part so far. new hope for a dying 7-year-old in virginia who has beaten cancer four times a. rare virus now threatening josh hardy's already weakened immune system following a bone marrow transpla transplant. there's a drug maker, they say they will provide an experimental drug that may save josh's life, granting a wish that his mother fought for on social media. >> quite a victory. let's take a look at what is trending now. jonathan martin has been traded to the niners. he will be reunited with his college coach gym harbaugh. the dolphins will get a conditional draft pick in return. he tweeted, opportunities are few in the nfl, can't wait to

get to work. >> could we be close to the return of the game flappy bird. it had gotten so popular that the developer couldn't take the pressure. now he's telling rolling stone he's considering a relaunch. does mel gibson deserve another chance in hollywood? they're appealing to hollywood head honest choes to -- honchos to stop shunning gibson. it led movie studios to effectively blacklist the oscar-winning actor. she was one of the journalists that really vilified him. she says it's time to let him out of the doghouse. >> they say that in hollywood, he has been shut out.

she says it's unfair. it's getting a lot of buzz. >> okay. we'll check it out. indra petersons, good morning. >> good morning. a little bit nicer here. but this is chicago, guys this morning and not feeling like spring anymore. already seeing snow in the area. 4 inches of snow has already been reported. it's the temperature drop, the part we're actually all not excited about. d.c. looking for 68 as the high today. chicago only looking for 24. the cold air will make its way in. tomorrow, d.c. goes down to just 34 as your high. so a lot is going on. very easy to see why. the storm is expected to make its way farther to the east and strengthen as it continues to move to the east. 40 million people today already going to be aeffected by the storm. we're going to be talking about

over a foot of snow. we're going to looking in chicago for stren thinning about 7 inches possible. burlington, almost 2 feet of snow. strong winds. of course, visibility near zero in some places. if you're on the cold side, you're getting snow. backside, you're talking about rain. as it makes its way through, you'll see snow in the northeast tomorrow. a lot going on across the country. you're going to feel the cold drop by tomorrow. >> act to begin. >> can't appreciate the warm if you don't have the cold. nobody believes that. coming up on "new day," there have been a lot of rumors about what is really happening on the peninsula of crimea. russian soldiers aggressively

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days before this referendum in crimea when the people could vote to join russia. this as officials in the crimean city of sevastopol take more signs to increase it. anna, good morning. >> reporter: hey, brooke. you're absolutely right. russia is now the official language of sevastopol. this stage, only in that city. come the referendum on sunday, it could be the case for all of crimea. the russian buildup is intensifying. and we got more proof of it. take a look. in the bleak skies. the coastal city sits on the black sea.

this is the eastern tip of crimea. through the mist is russia. this is our gateway to the russian invasion. as we drive up. military trucks line the road. we ask them what they're doing. no comment says the russian soldier, no filming is allowed here. an officer walked up, his machine gun in view. get out he tells us, you are not welcome. go forward? you don't want us here? our crew then heads to the entrance of the port. as soon as we approach, the ban orders us to turn off the camera. they refuse to give an answer. are they for russia, the myly sha asks our translator. putin is already our president.

it's the port on the other side that they're ferrying troops and military equipment from. from the soldiers we've just spoken to, they say the people who don't want to be part of russia can leave. one man who's been planning for this day is the mayor. he's already spoken to russian prime minister about building a bridge. moscow has approved the funding and a construction will begin in the next few months. a i according to the mayor, the russians don't just promise, they deliver. for now it's not civilians traveling from the mainland, but a continuous flow of putin's men. gets reports of a standoff currently underway. we have a cnn crew on the ground. the ukrainians.

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"new day." let's take a look at your headlines. we start with malaysia airlines flight 370. did it veer hundreds of miles off course before radar contact was lost? they say it strayed west towards the strait of malacca. he also claims the plane's transponder was cut off. top malaysian officials meanwhile are disputing that claim. >> a gripping reenactment in the oscar pistorius murder trial. prosecutors using the actual door that pistorius shot through and a cricket bat to recreate what they say what happened on the night his girlfriend was killed. they are now questioning a forensic experts testimony about that door during cross-examination. they will testify on capitol hill today about the situation overseas. he will face questions about how

long american troops will remain in afghanistan since karzai refuses to sign a kurt agreement -- security agreement. after 30 years behind bars, most of them on louisiana's death row, this man, glen ford, is a free man this morning. a judge vacated his conviction and death sentence after prosecutors said there was new evidence in the 1983 murder case that exonerated him. he walked out of the prison tuesday. ford says he has always maintained his innocence and he feels some resentment for being locked up for a crime he didn't commit, but not bitterness. and the pastor's houston mega church, $600,000 and 400,000 in checks stolen from a safe sometime between sunday afternoon and monday morning.

church officials say there's no data breach and the funds that were stolen are insured. that is a brazen thing to do, break into a church. >> just when you think it can't get any worse. >> let's get to john king and get inside politics on "new day." good morning. >> good morning. check in first, the ladies treating you better today? >> no. no. >> we'll discuss it later. >> we just -- no watching the internet while i'm having this conversation here. there's a lot to talk about. driving our day, the huge republican win with the special election in florida. it is impossible to look at this florida race, the republican candidate, david jolly wins. in a district the democratic candidate carried in 2010, the president carried it. there's a dozen seats out there the democrats have a good chance

of getting. this was one them. this is a bad loss. >> they look at this and say this had been a republican-held district for 50-plus years. look, they wanted to win this race. david jolly was a worse candidate. she outspent him, raised more money. looks like midterms could be more like 2010 man 2012 for democrats. >> means -- you have to go to a bar at closing now to find a democrat who thinks nancy pelosi is going to be speaker again. the one thing the republicans will take away from this is that the obamacare assault worked. even jolly complained. we're going to see more and more, right? >> at a minimum, it bulks up the gop turnout. even if you die into the democratic line that it's not moving swing voters, it is in

fact moving the republican base. bringing out base voters is crucial. also, alex sink raised more money. that was a race because you have the outside groups in in and play. when are you guys going to find your outside money to start competing with republicans. >> i do think the silver lining for democrats here is that alex was able to shave off independent zip port with the argument of fix and it move on as opposed to repeal and replace. >> republicans were nervous about this. they promised to catch up in the technology game. the republican actually beat the democrat on election day, which they will think is some proof they're getting their act together. when we see the enrollment numbers not quite what the administration needs. they wanted to get to 7 million by the end of the month.

one of the big questions is younger people. the administration says you need to get to about 40. can they get there by the end of the month? >> we saw on the internet the other day. but that's what they're making a big push to get young people. the success of obamacare really relies on having this pool that's balanced out with young, healthy people to balance out the elderly and sick. >> you mention the funny or die. zach galifianakis has this series. i want to go behind the scenes. bill clinton went on arsenio 458. was this demeaning or was it brilliant? let's have a little bit more. >> i have to know, what is it like to be the last black president? >> seriously? what's it like to be the last

time you ever talk to a president? >> it must stink though that you can't run three times. >> actually, i think it's a good idea. if i ran a third time, it would like having a third hang overmovie. >> maybe there will be a fourth hangover movie. who knows. >> i think most the strategists on there understand in the modern media age you have to be creative. i think he's pushing the line a little bit. just in terms of irony. for a lot of folks, the kids you mention, the under 40 crowd, that kind of humor is sort of standard these days. >> they're sleeping in right now, those kids. what do they do behind the scenes. he is the president of the united states. there's always a tough call when they do these unconventional

ways. >> at one point yesterday, the funny or die website was the single biggest driver to healthcare.gov. >> so it worked. >> yes. the white house says this was just a really funny time. there was a lot left on the cutting room floor. most of this was ad lib. north ikea that was all add lid. >> how did they hold it together? >> they didn't. they had to stop and restart. galifianakis said i don't believe you guys are letting us do this. >> the great part at the end is when the curtain drops. we'll see if he gets back. on a serious note, though, the president is trying to do this at a time he's trying to drive people to especially roll for health care. his approval rating has him at the lowest ever, 41 %.

if you average them out, the president is somewhere in the 40s in the wake of the florida election, we're going to see democrat democratic jitters. >> it also shows that strong majorities disapprove of his handling on specific issues, namely, the economy and that's something that could be a real drag in november. >> if true, diane feinstein, the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee, they are investigating water boarding and the like. she says this administration, the democratic administration has been meddling with the investigation. listen. >> i have grave concerns that the cia search may well have violated the separation of pours principles embodied in the united states constitution. >> again, this goes back to the bush administration. she says president obama's appointee in his tenure at cia

and since then, they've been interfering, tracking what the senate is doing. cia says not true. >> in the wake of the edward snowden, nsa spying revelations, the last thing this information wants to -- administration wants to be dealing with now is allegation that they're trying to keep information from the american public, particularly when it comes to dealing with diane feinstein who has defended the nsa spy program and over a program that the president campaigned on ending. >> that's the key political point. feinstein has supported the president and the cia on drone strikes. if they lose her on capitol hill -- >> that's what i was going to say. you have to look at the source. she's a very senior respected figure. it remind me of towards the end of the bush administration. you have some senior republicans speaking out against the iraq

war. it has that similar feel, where you have elder statesmen in the president's own party going south on the president. never a good sign for an incoming president. >> jitters about the special election, thanks for coming in early. as we go back to you, i think you had a great interview there with mike rogers to try to take this over to the house side. he was very careful. he said this would be horrific if true and that somebody would go to jail. >> senator graham said it would ail-out war. spying on those supposed to oversee them. >> a lot of tension right now. we have to watch this one. we have to be careful. there's a lot of tension here. >> he kept saying, i don't want to speculate. we'll be on it. john, thank you. >> the facts will be all important, but the reaction to

them, equally so. let's take a break here. the mystery only gets deeper. we will separate fact from fiction. and you like to smooch? >> of course i do. >> i don't want to get into your smooching habits. let's talk about these people. guess what? they're strangers. it's awkward, these encounters. these love birds just met. their first kiss forever on film. quite the back story behind this video. >> doesn't look that awkward to me. maybe i'm old fashioned, but that's pretty familiar.

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a field day with the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. we're now in the fifth day and it seems everybody has an idea about the fate of the missing jet liner. some of them need vetting. we will take care of it right now with pamela brown breaking down the situation. >> the agonizing wait taking a terrible toll on the hundreds of families who still have no idea what happened to their loved ones. with the wreckage still missing, speculation is swirling. ideas surfacing all over the internet and social media. aliens? international kidnapping? >> in this case of the international aspect of the story where you have people piping in with their conspiracy

theories literally from all over the world. >> another theory, a meteor took the plane down. given what we know about the eye rad ik flight path, highly unlike unlikely. the passengers are still alive, some think. the hope fueled by so-called phantom phone calls. family members saying they're loved ones' missing yell phones are still -- cell phones are still missing. pamela brown, cnn. >> i feel like we keep focusing on what we think happened, but you just -- i have to bring it back to those families. we're talking 280 souls on board sitting in a room with no answers. >> now frustrating it must be

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♪ ♪ i love you. >> none of that here. mckayla says, no, no, no. we're going to talk kissing. this is "new day" and you can do that. this is something you don't see every day. 20 strangers kissing for the very first time. this is a youtube video. it's called "first kiss." it's racked up tens of millions of views. here is cnn's jeanne moss. >> reporter: kisses. from super bowl ads to the sublime, but imagine kissing a stranger. >> what was your name again? >> greg. >> reporter: someone you've met only a minute or two before your lips meet. >> justin. how are you? shall we make out? >> absolutely. >> reporter: that's the concept behind a video on the web. >> since you're an actress you've done this before. >> a little bit.

>> you have nice eyes. >> there are gay kisses. >> can you turn out the lights? >> kisses between young and old der. jill larsson was an actress in the now canceled soap "all my children." >> what kind of a mess have you gotten yourself into now? >> reporter: in this case she's playing herself. some were ready to plunge in. >> good to go. >> reporter: others seemed nervous. >> do we just do this any time? >> yes. >> interesting moment was before and after the kiss. it was more intimate and more awkward. >> reporter: director tati tatia pilieva picked the strangers from friends and friends of friends. >> reporter: how long did you torture them until you had them kiss? only a minute or two. >> that's a long time with five cameras pointing towards you. >> reporter: let the kissing begin. some critics mocked it as a kissing audition. the shyest kiss was between the gay guys. the song, we might be dead by tomorrow was performed by soko,

one of the kissers. kissing completed, awkwardness returned. >> it was so tender. the world seemed like a kinder place just watching people be so sweet. >> reporter: love this posted one person. i wonder if any went back for desse dessert. >> reporter: one of the couples ended up going to a park. others ended up going to lunch. >> that was good. >> reporter: maybe they weren't necessarily their last. jeanne moss, cnn. >> it seems kind of tawdry. i got first kiss butterflies a little bit. brought me back to life. >> kind of that's what the whole magic is about, right? it's actually what happens before the kiss. i love it. love everything about it. people are going to say it's false inlt ma si. you should know each other. >> it's a clothing ad. >> more love. >> take it where you can find it. i love it.

>> softies. >> i love the guys. >> i love what the director said, made us feel when we were doing this the world was a little sweeter. >> absolutely. we could use that. >> what do you think? tweet us? if you're mean about it, forget it. >> forget about it, he says. speaking of not sweet, coming up next on "new day" we have to get back to the investigation on word on flight 370. the questions continue. did someone intentionally turn off the plane's trans ponder to hide the plane? the latest on that investigation ahead. and a story that we have to show you. imagine this. you're doing your shift working at the gap. this guy strolls in, the president. >> hello. >> and he did some shopping. >> can i help you? >> drop some tags. the sales associate who helped him here live next hour. "new day." >> selective editing. ♪ ♪

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we will never give up hope. this we owe to the families. >> the malaysia flight mystery deepens. conflicting reports over where the missing flight was heading when it vanished. was it off course? the search area continues to expand as do the theories as to what happened. we have the latest. and grave concerns. the head of the senate intelligence committee makes scathing accusations against the cia saying the agency broke laws by secretly seizing documents. we will sift through the war of words in washington. just like us, the president making a surprise visit to a gap store in new york city. we'll meet the store clerk who helped him shop for the first

lady and his daughters. so what exactly did he buy? your "new day" continues right now. >> announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and mckayla perez. welcome to "new day." wednesday, march 12th. 8:00 in the east. we are joined by brooke baldwin in for kate. malaysia officials confirming that they have expanded the search. the new area backwards of the direction the plane should have been heading. the question is, why. a senior mill lasalaysian officd it strayed. that area will be searched even though the official claims are being disputed. cnn was also told the jet's trans ponder was turned off

cutting off essential data like altitude, heading and speed. let's check in with jim clancey from kuala laum pu r? >> very heated press conference today in kuala lumpur. we watched the malaysian officials hedge their bets. they said, yes, they tracked this when it had the trans poppeder out there into the south china sea and, yes, they had another object from the same point at the same time that tra transponder went off and going out about 200 miles northwest of panang which would put it in an almost totally opposite direction but, you know, in order to sort it out they say they can't be sure that that was flight 370 that they saw, that they tracked. they need a little help from

their friends. >> good evening. good evening. >> reporter: this morning malaysian authorities are asking for help. >> the way forward, ladies and gentlemen, is to bring more experts to analyze both the civilian and the military data in the east or in the west, on land or in the water, and this is exactly what we are doing today. >> now on day five of the search for missing malaysian airliner 370, authorities respond to the sea of frustration. >> this is unprecedented what we are going through, coordinating so many countries together. it's not something that is easy. >> reporter: today malaysian authorities are expanding the search area to 27,000 square nautical miles, an area roughly the size of indiana, but with no clear plan a vietnamese official says they're scaling back the search due to insufficient information from malaysian authorities on where to look. civilian aviation radar suggests

this was the plane's last known location over the south china sea, but now a twist. a senior malaysian air force official telling cnn their radar shows the boeing 777 may still have been airborne more than an hour later flying in the opposite direction of its destination, beijing. the same air force official says it was just over the small island of palau parac. now challenges to that. they're saying it's too early to issue any confirmations about the plane's actual flight path. adding to the mystery, the plane's trans ponder, the instrument that transmits its speed, direction stopped working or was turned off while cruising at 35,000 feet raising the possibility of a hijacking or a catastrophic incident. >> you have to have a very deliberative process to turn the trans ponder off.

if someone did that to disguise the route of the plane. >> the unknown, leaving family members of the missing passengers helpless, desperate for answers. >> you know, that is the question. how are the families going to be able to cope with all of this? they're getting perhaps some new information. they weren't getting much before. they still have no conclusive proof. it leaves a disturbing question, and that is, were we looking in the wrong place? after that press conference ended, brooke, i got a chance for a moment to talk with the ceo of malaysia airlines. i said, did he just say this plane was seen headed toward the indian ocean? and he said, that's what the man said. back to you. >> jim clancey, thank you so much. what is going on? david soucie, former faa inspector and author of "why planes crash, an accident investigator fights for safe skies." david, good morning. >> good morning. >> there are all kinds of

conflicting reports. let's just get that out there when it comes to this plane's path. from what i understand, you are not buying this report that the plane is located where this latest path indicates. tell me why. >> well, in any accident investigation my experience, you have to stick to just what you know without a doubt so if we stuck to just that, the fact that there's two different radars, the civilian radar and the military radar, the military radar is what we call primary radar. the primary radar can't give you much information about the airplane. it's something we used to use way back in the day when the faa started tracking and the radar was used to protect borders of the various cdown tris to say, yeah, something is coming our way. it gives you very little information. so little information that in order to identify aircraft when we used it, they actually asked the aircraft to change course to verify who they were. >> so stick with what we know. here's what you know.

there's so much talk and comparison to that air france flight 447. i want to talk about your investigations into these other previous they call them ghost planes, these missing plane investigations. you say look for abnormalities. how do you mean? >> well, even beyond abnormalities. when i was in hawaii as an accident investigator for the faa we had two of these ghost flights. i had some clue that both of the airplanes left oakland and disappeared en route to hawaii, both of them disappeared. we worked on that for over a year, couldn't find any information about these airplanes. in just a strange outlier i was listening to the television maybe a year later about the discovery challenger and i noticed that it was the same date that these two aircraft had disappeared. i thought, well, that's really strange. that was a really bad day. >> that's odd. >> yeah. so we started looking into it. i called some friends of mine

that worked at nasa. i said, do you think there's any connection between these two things? they said, certainly maybe. back then gps was not aye certified way of navigating. everybody used it. they had a portable gps that they put in their plane as a backup. they would fly over large bodies of water with that gps. when the discovery was launched nasa authorized that to the discovery challenger. at that point the airplanes were out in the middle of the oesh and they lost navigation so it's very important to keep your eyes open to a lot of different things, not just try to focus in. >> so we know that can be a possibility because it's happened before. you bring up gps. i'm curious because we now know, too, that these family members that are sitting with baited breath to see what happened to their loved ones and they're able to call some of these passengers. the phones are ringing. could they somehow use the phone gps to try to track this plane? >> you know, i'm not a gps expert on the telephones, how

that works for navigation purposes. it's highly unlikely that the gps satellites were changed in this scenario because now there's enough satellites in the air that that's reliable and it's a certified way of navigating. i don't think that has to do with that. however, with navigating off the cell phones if they're still active, which is very confusing to me as to why they would still be active at that point and why they would be able to ring them so i really don't have an answer for that. i'm no expert in that area, but i would think that that would be possible, certainly. >> it is entirely by zarl altogether. david sous si, thank you so much as an expert in this field. chris, to you. brooke, we have breaking news in the ukrainian peninsula of crimea. we hear that a skirmish has been breaking out on and off between russian forces and ukrainian soldiers at a military base. let's get to nick payton walsh. he is in this nation in the western part of crimea.

nick, can you hear us? >> reporter: to be clear, we haven't seen an exchange of shots. it is a skirmish but it is an intense standoff between the ukrainian soldiers and the base northwest of the country and some russian soldiers here. we've counted at least 20 but there are many more here in the building in this particular base. i should just tell you also in the past couple of minutes while i was waiting to talk to you in the skies at least one, possibly two russian attack helicopters have been swirling around. we don't quite know what's happening here or what we have hours ahead. let me run you through what we did witness. some of these russian soldiers -- i say russian. they have identified themselves as such in the past. they're all not wearing official markings or any description, but the ukrainians that we spoke to have identified themselves as being russian. these men began moving towards the base running around trying

to stop our filming. the ukrainian soldiers on the base are particularly nervous. this is the first base i've seen where ukrainian soldiers are quite clearly ready to defend where they are. their weapons were loaded. cocked in many cases. they've sounded the alarm as the russians took their positions aroundment at one point a small group of russian soldiers tried to move around a coast line towards the base itself. pure acts of intimidation, trying to make those on the base, the ukrainians still have something that was underway. slightly later on two russian soldiers sat down right in front of the main gate of this ukrainian naval base and laid a heavy machine gun on the floor seemingly getting it ready for some sort of action. i should point out we've not heard a single shot fired here at all but remarkable tension. one of the things, chris, that struck us here. talking to locals. they are very pro russian.

some of the newspapers, i can't say i speak for the entire group, they are very pro russian. they speak their language in the ukraine. recent laws have made that illegal. one said he regards the russian force here as actually being here to protect me but from what we've seen in the past, chris, one attack, two attack helicopters circling this town now. not quite sure what they're here for. tensions rising here. >> nick, thank you very much. at this point the word skirmish would be the wrong word. russian forces are moving in closer to ukrainian held bases. we'll watch what happens. >> crews on the ground watching that. let's go to washington because the question is did they or didn't they, cia director john brennan says his agency did not spy on the senate intelligence committee. that follows blistering accusations from the committee's

chair woman. here she is, senator dianne feinstein, who says the cia did, indeed, search their computers, remove documents during an investigation of the spy agency and that is not all. cnn's michelle cuisine -- kozinski is here. she accused him of accessing the committee's computers and deleting information while the committee was investigating the cai's detention and terrorism practices post 9/11. the director of the cia denied that happened but senator diane fine thyme laid out a detailed time line. she says now the cia's accusing the intelligence committee of possibly improperly accessing information and has gone to the justice department to see if the

committee committed any crimes. feinstein called that intimidation of the people trying to do an investigation. this has sparked a strong reaction. it goes right to the heart of the question, how much power does the cia have and how much power can congress have in trying to keep tabs on it? mckayla. >> the ramifications potentially huge, michelle. thank you for that. 8:13 in the east. let's take a look at more of your headlines. this morning san francisco fire crews finally getting a handle on that massive, massive construction site fire. took more than 150 firefighters to battle the blaze. it took place tuesday afternoon at a high rise acht complex. it burned all through the night. hundreds of people had to be evacuated from the mission bay neighborhood. not too far from at&t park. officials trying to determine what happened during that fire. shocking testimony. a british al qaeda operative said he backed out of a shoe bomb plot in 2001 after his

parents said they wouldn't want their son to be a terrorist. that operative said he flew from pakistan to the netherlands and then on to brittain while concealing a bomb in his shoe. plan a was to blow up a domestic flight in the u.s. bin laden's son-in-law is charged with conspiring to kill americans. two congressmen are making a push for the white house to declassify information in a report about the september 11th attacks. republican walter jones and democrat steven lynch are concerned. the government is censoring an alleged role by saudi arabia. they have introduced a role to make it public. supporters of hillary clinton turning out in denver today trying to coax her towards a 2016 run. it's the 2008 presidential bid that's getting a closer look. they accuse a long-time advisor of seeking illegal campaign

funds. washington businessman says he was asked to funnel over $600,000 to help clinton in several states. a spokeswoman for moore says she did not know the funding was done off the books. and a controversial court ruling in new jersey, this is very interesting. a judge says a woman giving birth can keep the expectant father out of the delivery room if she wants to during labor. he made this decision in a case involving estranged, unmarried parents. the judge says a woman's right to privacy allows her to shut the father out. this ruling could very well be the first of its kind in the country. >> i mean, if you're a woman and not married to this man, the father of your child and the father of a child wants to come in, that would stress me the heck out. >> i want to ask the attorney. >> slash dad. >> that seems to me something that would have to be -- that would be something that would have to be decided ahead of

time, not in the throes of labor, right? >> yes. it is a very awkward part of law. you hope the people involved would discuss this before in these situations. you usually hope that adult sensibilities are what dominate in a situation like that. >> not emotions. >> as opposed to rights but a lot of times having the right to do it doesn't mean something is right to be done. >> good point. >> what does science say about it? >> science. i fully agree. if you're estranged, that's a little intimate of a scene. i fully agree. especially if you don't get along. what about doctor-patient confidentiality? doesn't that stand? >> sure. >> it's a whole other level of confidentiality there. d.c., totally changing the subject, guys. 68 degrees. watch as we go through the night. every four hours, you're going down to below freezing and then by tomorrow your high is only into the 30s. this is not something anyone wants to see but unfortunately spreading into the east. new york city today, 52 going down to 27 tomorrow as your high. so, why? we know this already.

we're talking about a storm already out towards chicago dumping snow in the area. now strengthening as it pushes off to the east. what are we looking at? heavy amounts of snow, chicago four to eight inches, detroit, 7.6. buffalo, 20 inches. burlington, 1 to 2 feet of snow as you head towards maine. very strong winds will be building with this as well. why the big difference contrast here. all the warm air and rain. on the back side you're talking about snow. once you have that contrast, that system makes its way across, you have the threat even for severe weather. a lot is really going on. especially pay attention if you're out towards dc, richmond, roanoke, you have the threat for strong thunderstorms and straight line winds. even isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out. if you're all the way out west, very strong winds of a different kind. very warm conditions. santa than winds. hard to believe when you're talking about a 30, 40 temperature degree drop, rain,

snow. everything you don't want. >> shock to the system. >> and tornadoes. >> like the 7 plagues coming our way. >> back to the locusts again. >> he really is. >> i mean, really? >> no. you've done enough. you've done enough already. >> thank you. >> coming up on "new day" high drama in the blade runner murder trial. pistorius never denied he shot his girlfriend through the bathroom door. now that door is in the courtroom. is that door something that helps prosecutors or the defense. also on "new day" a company out of colorado is hoping you can help them find this malaysia airlines flight 370. all you need is a computer. we will tell you how it works when "new day" continues.

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welcome back to "new day." a dramatic turn of events in the oscar pistorius murder trial. the door that he is accused of shooting his girlfriend through is in the courtroom along with the cricket bat that he used to break down the door. why? they're using a forensic investigator to hit the door on his knees to simulate pistorius doing it without his proth they the -- prosthetics. it lined up perfectly. is the defense going to wind up using this? let's discuss. we have the host of "hln now on the case." and danny. gentlemen, usually we break it down. i see several different factors.

not today. i am all about the door. i am not falsely fascinated with it being in court. this is an unusual forensic investigation with the act. i start with you, the prosecution fully ka pit two lats the idea that he did not have his prosthetics on. he argued earlier. they had protested against it. now they seem to be ahead of it. >> a couple of things. they brought the door in. you talk about two things that happened to this door. it was hit with the cricket bat and the bullets went through the door of reeva steenkamp. they're establishing where was pistorius at the time. was he on his prosthetic legs, not on his prosthetic legs. the experts are in the courtroom saying he's on his stumps at the time he's shooting, he's on his stumps at the time he's bashing the cricket bat.

miss to pistorius will do the same thing. he'll have him demonstrate his version of what he says he did. >> well, look, here's the thing. there are people who are watching this discussion who will say, so what, it's a door. you are wrong. you're naive. not you guys. when you're home. you can't dismiss the door. this is huge. why? it goes to who's telling the truth as to when. it goes to sequential events. was the door hit first or the bullets fired first. is the angle appropriate for having no stumps on. there's a lot of things here, tan any, as vinny teaed up. it could be as much for the defense if that's true. why? >> and you missed another one, chris. it's being developed now in testimony that maybe the forensic expert didn't do as much as he could have, and i point you directly -- listen to me, i'm starting to talk to a south african lawyer. i put it to you, chris, that the door evidence, he didn't examine certain splinters of the door, certain pieces of the door were never recovered and you can hear in testimony that expert not only saying we didn't look at it

but making minor excuses. that really wasn't my job. i wasn't there when that was done. so the door as you are absolutely right, the door is critically important, not only for the evidence it yields about the actual case but for what it demonstrates that the prosecution and law enforcement may have failed to do in their investigation. >> what's the basic argument, danny? why was he banging on the door? what's the good story for pistorius about using the bat? >> the good story is, oh, no, there's an intruder, bang, bang, bang. oh, no, my girlfriend may be in there. smash, smash with the cricket bat or pry, pry like a crowbar to get in there and rescue my dear injured girlfriend. i mean, that's the ideal story that the defense wants to get through. >> vinny, i guess the opposite idea is, no, you were in a really bitter fight with her. you didn't have your stumps on, she outran you, you tried to

break down the door with a bat. >> he opened the door with a key. it wasn't opened by bashing it with the cricket bat. so i think that's an explanation that we need from pistorius. why didn't you use the key initially. >> what was he doing with the bat? >> i'm not sure. i wasn't there. pistorius was there, reeva was there. she can't speak in court because he shot and killed her so it's up to pistorius, but i'm not climbing down into his rabbit hole with his story. >> i've got to tell you, this is strong here. first of all, it's very vish visual. these are pros. this is powerful stuff. danny, it comes on the heels of defense attorney roux doing a very good job, i would say fairly, of going at every witness in a way that is providing some doubt. what has been the pattern of strategy we're seeing? >> yeah, i'll say it again. i said it yesterday morning. i'll say it again. it takes a big man to admit when he's right. here i go. they used two witnesses, taylor,

the ex-girlfriend, and fresco, the former friend or with friend's like that, and roux demonstrates very well that these two prosecution witnesses can't even get their stories right vis-a-vis each other. and that is a really important fact. i mean, once you demonstrate that the prosecution's witnesses are at odds with each other and not consistent, then the prosecution's case begins to lose some consistency. now i'm sure -- >> i've got to jump in. >> the story is there. >> i've got to jump in because here's what barry roux is doing which all criminal defense attorneys do. whatever is said in court is wrong. they had two witnesses who barry roux said their stories were too consistent so you can't rely on it. now you have two witnesses whose stories aren't consistent enough so you can't believe them. what is it, barry? what is the story that you're supposed to believe? i mean, to me that's what a criminal defense attorney does. whatever you say is wrong and that's what roux has done. i think it's undermined his own

credibility. too consistent, don't believe it. too inconsistent, don't believe it. >> danny, i'm happy you can't see how hostile vinni vinnie politano's guest particul guess particular cue lagss are. i appreciate the passion. easy with the bat, easy with the bat. appreciate the coverage here on "new day." we'll be watching you on headline news all day as you cover it. danny, thank you again. a little bit of distraction the door has had. a lot of findings from the autopsy about what they found in reeva steenkamp and how that set a time line. very gory stuff but we'll take you through that as part of the testimony. brooke. >> chris, thank you. coming up next on "new day" what has happened to the malaysia airlines flight 370. folks, we're five days out from the searching and still no one knows. the public is helping the experts through crowd sourcing. we'll explain how you can get involved.

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when you use code: spring '14. i reckon this is one deal you won't want to miss. all right. five things you need to know for your "new day." we'll start with number one. the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. it is expanding to two areas including the straight of malacca. an officer in the malaysian air force said the jet liner was last picked up on radar there. so far his claims have been disputed. a political firestorm brewing in washington following allegations from senator dianne feinstein that the cia spied on the senate intelligence committee. cia director john brennan, however, denies those accusations. president obama is hosting ukraine's prime minister today as a show of support for the government there. russia has tightened its control of crimea and has named russian the official language in that part of the peninsula.

florida republican david jolly victorious over democratic rival alex sync in a democratic election that was seen as a referendum on obamacare. the fda at number five approving a battery powered head band helping those that suffer from migraines. the device puts an electric current that stimulates nerves associated with migraines. it is meant to prevent them from happening. interesting development there. we're always updating those five things to know so you know to go to newday.cnn.com for the latest. should be book marked. this morning we're getting satellite images for the newly expanded area for flight 370. it comes along with a challenge to people everywhere to help investigators find the plane. the effort is a form of crowd sourcing. hundreds of thousands around the

world are heeding this call. cnn's dan simon has the story. >> reporter: the boeing 777 is no small airplane, but in this case it feels like a needle and the ocean is the haystack. that's why a colorado company called digital globe has elicited the public to help find the plane. >> we'll ask you to mark anything that looks interesting, any signs of wreckage, life raft. >> reporter: the company has pointed a couple of its orbiting satellites at thailand. people can scour for anything sus spish shugs. see something interesting, you tag it with an easy click. a cnn ireporter found this image that he thought resembled the shape of a plane. no word on what, if anything, it is, but by crowd sourcing the images you put more eyes on possible clues. it's not the first time satellite imagery has been used in this way. it helped track tornado damage last year in moore, oklahoma, and more recently the floods in colorado.

but the most well-known example of crowd sourcing following a tragedy occurred after the boston marathon bombings. investigators asked attendees to submit any image or video that might assist them in locating the perpetrators. as for the plane, the sheer number of digital volunteers has overwhelmed the website. a sign of a public eager and willing to help. >> in many cases the areas covered are so large or the things we're looking for are so hard to find that without the help of hundreds of thousands of people online we'd never be able to find them. >> dan simon, cnn, fran. dan, thank you so much. mark jones has never let anything get in his way. this champion pool player survived a nearly fatal car crash some 40 years ago but the man known as the snake was not about to let that stop him. here now with cnn's chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. >> reporter: 65 years old mark the snake jones has competed in the world wheelchair 9 ball

championships. he never planned on becoming a champion pool player, but it helped him overcome something that happened 40 years ago. >> i was asleep on the passenger's side in a little volkswagen beetle and the rear wheel came completely off the car and the impact, my door flew open. i didn't have on a seat belt and i flew out of the car at probably 50 miles an hour. and ended up breaking my neck, my back. broken up all over. >> reporter: he was paralyzed, no longer able to walk. >> the able body as my friends, they said, let's play pool. i sat there watching them play. i said, this can't be that difficult. >> reporter: friendly pickup games turned into tournaments. >> it's pretty much undescribable, you know? i just love it. you know, i'm just -- i just love it. love the competition. >> reporter: it's a feeling he wanted to share with others like himself, which is why he began working with the national

wheelchair players' association. its. >> it's not easy. i know exactly what they're going through. that's what our organization is about, getting people back into society again, out doing things. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >> thank you, sanjay, for another beautiful demonstration of the truth that you are not your limitations. >> absolutely not. coming up on "new day" has the spoiled brought tour. he is giving a lot of lip in deposition, a lot of attitude caught on film. wait until you hear his lawyer's theory of the case. you know what bieber's problem is? you. that's what he says. we'll debate it when we come back. so you're telling me your mom has a mom cave?

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♪ ♪ welcome back. so, are we, you and me, are we to blame for justin bieber's bad behavior? that is precisely what his attorney told reporters outside of a miami court tuesday. here is just a piece of it. >> you want to know what's wrong with what happens with celebrity in america today? what's wrong in being a success? well, this is the best example. this kid who did nothing except try to become a success in music has turned his life at times into a nightmare. >> does his attorney have a point? we're going to have a big old discussion on this. cnn legal analyst mel robbins. >> good morning. thank you. >> awesome having you.

we're going to get into this because these guys are going to jump in on the celebrity culture and issues with with this. listen, my biggest issue when i hear this and read the whole transcript of what he said, that it's our fault? i never, you know, handed these accusations, justin bieber, alcohol, drugs. >> are you a hater? >> why is it my fault? >> are you a hater? let's take a step back. i like to think about the context. this kid was discovered at the age of 14. he had a platinum album with seven 100 billboard hits at the age of 15. he was a mega, mega, mega star. >> yes, it's great. if you think about who raised him, it's the public. i have a 15-year-old, her biological impairment is to be with his peer group. >> did he not surround himself with -- >> scooter? do you think his manager has been the proper -- >> no one knows justin. where are his parents?

>> see, here's the thing. i find it fascinating that people are surprised that he was such a jerk on that tape, the deposition tape. i expected that, number one. number two, when you think about it, why wouldn't he act that way? i mean, seriously. here he is in a deposition. he is being asked questions that are totally irrelevant. this is about an assault that potentially happened in miami. they're asking questions about australia, selena gomez, usher. this was the performance of a lifetime. >> go ahead, mckayla. >> before we get to all of that because i have some feelings. roy black using a strategy or is this like you think an off-the-cuff candid moment that he's speaking extestimony poor rain yously? >> i think it's a candid moment. justin bieber is one of the biggest super stars on the planet. we can't for an instant almost feel what it's like. >> are you a bieber apologist? >> no. i guess i think i understand where he's coming from.

>> doesn't he have to? he's what, 20 now? >> right. right. >> doesn't he have to take some personal responsibility here? because, as you said, we're not the ones that said, go drive fast in this residential neighborhood. let's egg the neighbor's yard. let's pee in a bucket backstage. we didn't tell him to do that. >> that's true. that's absolutely right. here's the thing that i keep coming back to, which is that i don't like how he's behaving, right? it's completely disrespectful and a judge is not going to play this way in court but i also understand, look, first of all, it's a four-hour deposition. he's being dragged down to miami. he's being asked irrelevant questions and he's being sued by the paparazzi. by the way, i'm certain it's probably the photographer's attorney that leaked the darn tape to tmz. >> that does smell fishy. >> sure. >> it's the possible leak here of this long deposition, i totally agree with you. the issue that we, society, are

to blame for destroying his life. >> i don't think it's about destroying his life, it's about whether or not -- >> that was one of the quotes from this lawyer, and then the next question would be, okay, how do we stop this behavior? >> don't buy his music. >> see, here's the thing. if you think about raising kids, you've got two strategies. you either acknowledge them or you give them consequences and justin bieber since he was 15 years old. >> hasn't had consequences. >> has been rewarded for every single thing he's done. >> the sad thing is, this kid was supposed to be the exception. it seems to have faded away. here's what i say to you, mel. i think the weakness of your argument is at its premise. you said context matters here. i would say you are 100% right. >> thank you. >> roy black is 100% right that the media lives to build you up to tear you down. the media is not your friend, however, the context here, the opposite is true with this kid. he has been lauded and lionized his entire life.

he's treated and boosted and made something special for all of our children. the opposite has been done of what roy black suggests. we have made it too easy on him, not too hard. >> breathe, cuomo. here we go. >> there is no candor from a bein attorney especially at roy black's level. >> can i get a witness? >> here's the thing though -- >> final thought. >> final thought is that, i mean, honestly i don't -- i don't expect anything other than the what we saw from justin bieber. >> that's a good point. >> i think that is classic bieber. i think he was being exactly who he is. i don't expect him to be any other way because that's how life has gone for him for the last five years and i think we're going to see a spiral downward. hopefully a spiral up for me first day at cnn. >> glad to have you here. >> mel, you are smart and savvy and we love to have you here. >> i'll take any compliment i can get. thank you. >> you'll get them all the time here. >> short break here on "new day." next up, would you have the presence of mind to keep it together -- >> no. >> -- if the president of the united states walks into your

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quickly became unforgettable. you saw that picture. that's susan. yeah, she's helping president obama shop for presents for his daughters and the first lady. he made a surprise visit to the 42nd street store in new york as a way to thank the company for raising the amount that it pays its employees noting that it also doesn't hurt to bring a little something home for the ladies in his life. susan is here with us this morning. that was a pinch me moment, i bet. can you hardly believe that happened? >> no. no. see, i don't even have a good response to that. it was so incredible. i was still in shock by it. >> did you have any notice at all that the president of the united states was coming into your store? >> well, i definitely knew somebody was coming into the store because once you start seeing these like mobs of men in the suits coming and standing around, standing near the door like their arms crossed, you know something really big is happening but i'm just doing my thing, folding the shirts and then all of a sudden they come over to me and tell me you've been chosen as the person to

personally assist president obama as he chooses gifts for his family. >> you immediately checked your hair and lipstick. >> i didn't do it immediately. i waited until it was cool. is it okay if i take a quick peek in the mirror. >> because you knew you would be photographed? >> the thing that makes me nervous, they assured me he would be very nice, which he was. he would come up to me, shake my hand. would immediately make me feel comfortable. >> did he seem price conscious? what was he going through? >> i will say more than, you know, like the majority of customers are asking what's on sale, can you show me what's on sale. he did not ask that. you know, which i liked about that, you know? >> his credit card didn't say money of the people, did it? >> i didn't look. i gave him some privacy at the register. >> can we talk about what he bought? >> absolutely. >> for the ladies in his life. he was very careful not to buy pants because that's always difficult for the men buying

pants for the ladies. we went with the sweaters, safe choice. >> absolutely. there are some actually types of customers that i think are fun to help and that includes the president coming in to buy presents for his ladies. near the u.n. so we get a lot of international travelers, too, and they're always wanting to buy present. it's fun helping them buy presents. >> that's got to be stressful. everybody looks to michelle obama, the first lady, as a style icon. did you panic? >> i was given the heads up that he probably was going to want to buy sort of nice sweatshirts, it would be easy to buy the correct size. so we kind of started veering off from that. i was like panicked. oh, my goodness, what am i going to show him? >> did you offer him up this sweater like the one you have on now -- >> yes. >> the president of the united states shot you down. >> i know. it wasn't a complete shoot down. you know, we were just narrowing it down. but i was a little surprised. he thought this sweater that i was wearing might be too

revealing for his daughter. >> too revealing. >> girls in turtlenecks way up here. >> i know. it was really cute and sweet. >> what about when he checked out? i can't imagine the president rolls around with a bunch of cash or credit cards. does he know there are machines that you sign? >> he made a comment like that. he swore he was joking but he actually was so good and so convincing for a second i actually believed that he really did not know that he was supposed to sign the credit card receipt. >> mr. president, this is where you sign. >> no, he came prepared. he said he normally doesn't carry his wallet but he made a special exception today. >> you're never for getting tuesday at the gap in new york. >> absolutely not. no way. >> right place, right time. what an incredible experience. did you get a photo with him at least? >> i obviously was not having my cell phone out. >> right. >> but, yes, when i loved it when i got home i always think it's so cool if you google my name nothing came up but now that's totally different. there's so many pictures of me on the internet.

most of them i really like. really special. >> good side. >> they picked the right gal to help the president. >> getting attention for good reason. enjoy it. >> i cannot believe it. this is very exciting. >> thanks, susan. >> congratulations. >> i like the sweater. i think you were right. >> thank you. right? i know what i'm doing. >> yes, she does. all right. coming up here on "new day," another day, another snowstorm. imagine if every snowflake gave you a chance to help a friend. details in the good stuff ♪ let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ♪ ♪ more leading-edge technology. ♪ and more style. the lexus es. get great offers on your favorite lexus models,

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>> what a good friend. >> the little things that are helpful. >> 40 different driveways. he says he'll do as many as he can because he wants to help out his buddy. >> that's awesome. >> that's why it's the good stuff. >> will we be back tomorrow morning? >> we will. thank you so much for watching "new day" here. let's send it to the "newsroom" with carol costello. >> thank you. have a great day. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com happening now in the "newsroom." anger. outrage. and the sea of frustration. >> the malaysians have not been fully cooperative. >> they've basically done nothing right so far. they seemed to have dropped the ball. >> this morning vietnam fed up and pulling back from the operation. the size of the search and questions about it almost doubling overnight. using the latest