being pursued by police plows his car into a crowd, killing two people. nearly two dozen injured. we have the latest. also, growing frustration overnight. search crews coming up empty in an area chinese satellite images showed possible debris. also this morning, new questions about how long this ill-fated flight was actually in the air. we'll have the latest. death toll rising. now at least six people killed, dozens more injured when a gas explosion destroyed two new york city buildings. this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong as the search for more victims continues. >> your "new day" starts right now. we have breaking news, but good morning and welcome to "new day." it's thursday, march 13th, 6:00 a.m. in the east. michaela and i joined once again

from brooke baldwin. we have breaking news from austin, texas, where the annual south by southwest festival takes place. two people were killed, nearly two dozen injured when a car plowed into a crowd of people waiting outside of a nightclub in downtown austin. the driver, who police say was intoxicated, is now in custody. in just a minute, we'll talk with an eyewitness to what you're watching right now, but first, rosa flores is following developments. rosa, what do we know? >> well, at this hour, we're learning more about how the suspect was apprehended. according to police, this individual was tasered before being taken into custody. now, we don't know the name of this person, but we already know that he or she faces two counts of capital murder. >> multiple people down. >> reporter: one minute of peril leaves two dead as a driver under pursuit crashes into a crowd of people at south by southwest. people scattered in the streets with serious injuries. police rushed to the scene, performing cpr as ambulances were on their way. >> i just saw all these people,

like, just flying. it was terrifying. >> reporter: police say the driver crashed through barricades they'd set up, plowing through a crowd outside of a nightclub. nearly two dozen people were injured. witnesses describe a horrific scene. >> people down every ten feet, everywhere you look somebody's been hit. >> i just remember seeing people bouncing off in the street, all the way -- that's when there was cops coming through and the helicopter chasing minimum ahim people were scattered. >> reporter: police say the suspect was driving the wrong way down a one-way street when they attempted to pull him over, suspecting him of drinking and driving. the suspect sped off, almost hitting an officer. >> as a result of this person's reckless and willful disregard for the safety of the people of this city that were here along red river, we've had two individuals that were pronounced dead. >> reporter: the suspect now facing two counts of capital murder for allegedly killing two people who were on a moped.

police say the suspect also struck a taxi and a van before fleeing on foot. the whole incident took place in the span of one minute, according to police. police subdued the driver with a taser, taking him into custody. now, according to police, it took them 47 minutes to clear the scene, clearing the trauma for some of the people who were in attendance, of course, expected to take much longer. >> rosa, thank you very much. we have on the phone a man who witnessed the accident, was standing just feet from the car at one time. his name is pablo vasquez, joining us from austin. pablo, can you hear us? >> yes, i can hear you. >> all right, thank you for joining us, and it's great to hear that at least you are safe. please, take us through it. what did you see? >> well, i was right outside the mohawk on red river, which is -- the mohawk is a venue there for south by southwest for one of the music shows that was going on. i was just there mingling with

the crowd, and we had just been, you know, herded across the street to get ready to go into the venue when, out of nowhere, a car just barreled through some barricades and directly into a group of people, maliciously, even, i would say, as there was an open space in the road where he could have driven. but the car, it was traumatizing. the car barely missed me. i was less than a foot away from where the car barreled through the crowd of people. >> was it a situation where anyone had time to react or was it all just happening too fast? >> it was far too fast. i myself went into some form of emotional shock. i really didn't know how to process what was going on. people were crying around me, people were screaming, you know, people were bleeding around me, and you know, i saw some, you know, the folks die.

a couple of folks went unconscious. no one really knew what to do. my first reaction, because i had been keeping in touch with people online, was to immediately tweet out what had happened, and i was one of the first, i think the first to actually tweet out what had happened, calling for anyone who knew medical, you know, expertise to come out and please help out. >> well, that was smart. it was smart to call attention to it in order to get some help. that's for sure. now, did the car stop once it contacted people or did it just keep going? >> it just kept going. like i said, it actually swerved to hit these people. there was no reason for it to have actually swerved into this group of people. i'm not sure what the intent of the driver was, but the driver really just went forward and then continued until i saw it impact right down the road with what looked to be a motorcycle

at my end but ended up being a moped, and then hit a taxi and some other vehicle. and i think that the taxi was the one that disabled it and then just tried to take off on foot. >> what a horrible thing. luckily, you made it through. many did not and got injured, we understand that, and we also understand that it's still developing there. we're not exactly sure how many people were hurt. hopefully, they're getting the help they need there right now. if you learn anything else, pablo, please be in touch. again, i'm glad that you escaped the fate that so many others did not. thank you for joining us on "new day." >> thank you, and i hope everyone out there at south by southwest can be safe for the rest of their time here. >> absolutely. that's the hope of all of us, okay? and hopefully, you deal with this and you made it through, and hopefully, you find a way to stay strong now, okay? >> thank you. >> all right. brooke? >> we'll be talking to the austin police chief later this morning, too. again, this man, this driver facing capital murder charges.

meantime, nearly a week since malaysia airlines flight 370 vanished, and seemingly every lead they got, you know, fell within hours. well, overnight -- look at this here with me. this search crew in vietnam says that there is no sign of debris where satellite images spotted objects like this one here after the plane went missing. also this morning, the "wall street journal" sites unnamed sources who say information from the company that makes the engine shows that the plane was in the air for four hours after it lost contact with the ground. moments ago, we're hearing something different from officials in malaysia, who are calling the report into question, adding that the satellite images were released by mistake. so, where does the search go from here on this day six? we have full coverage for you this morning, starting with jim clancy in kuala lumpur. jim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, brooke. you know, it may continue to expand, because they're trying to intensify it and everything

else, but i think we've just seen in a press conference, they have declared that, look, we have had a hard time trying to deal with a mystery around this flight that vanished into thin air, but we are not hiding anything. as they debunked two rumors that were out there, two possible clues, a news story. let's just go through some of this. malaysian officials say they found nothing. >> let me be clear, there is no real precedent for a situation like this. the plane vanished. we have extended the search area because it is our duty to follow every lead, and we owe it to the families. and trust me when i say we will not give up. >> reporter: and the hopes that these clues would lead to answers now not as promising. vietnamese searchers came up empty after scouring the coordinates where chinese satellite spotted three floating objects. it was near 370's flight path in

waters between malaysia and vietnam, approximately 140 miles from where the plane's transponder went silent. the images were from march 9th, one day after the aircraft went missing. adding to the mystery of the missing airliner, the "wall street journal" reports u.s. investigators suspect the flight remained in the air an additional four hours beyond its last confirmed location. the sources of that information were unnamed, but the revelation could force a further expansion of the search that already spans 27,000 nautical square miles. in beijing, china's premier said his country would not give up on the pursuit of any clues. earlier this week, malaysia's defense minister admitted it could be some time before they are able to answer all the questions. another clue being pursued, the possibility the plane veered way off course. officials here hope the u.s. can help sort out malaysia's military radar records to prove

or disprove that theory. it all adds up to agony for the families of those missing. paul weekes was on flight 370 heading to a job in mongolia. before boarding, he handed his wife his wedding ring and watch to give to their sons if anything should happen to him. his wife spoke to "piers morgan live" last night. >> i'm praying that, you know, i can give that back to him, so i can hold on to, because there's no finality to it and we're not getting any information. >> reporter: the hunt for the plane and the answers continues. now, as we look at the situation, authorities here are saying they've got boeing here, they've got rolls royce here, they've talked to them. those engines weren't sending out any data messages at all for four hours. all of that stopped when that transponder went off. and as far as the chinese go, they say the chinese have now said they never meant to release

those photos, the satellite photos of debris. it was all a mistake. chris? >> jim, before we lose you, who says that the engines weren't sending any messages? because the "wall street journal" is reporting that, supposedly, the engine company says that they were getting telemetry or some data information from the engines. who says that that's not true? >> reporter: the malaysian defense minister, hisham rudine hussein saying they have talked with boeing here, they have talked with rolls royce here, they have talked with malaysia airlines, and that after that plane took off, it did send two bursts of information -- [ inaudible ] >> it's like even the satellite communication deepens the mystery in this. obviously, we just lost jim. i think what he was about to tell us is the "wall street journal" has an unnamed source -- >> two unnamed sources. >> -- for rolls royce. so, obviously, the sourcing

isn't perfect on it, but they say that the engine sent some initial information back to the engine-maker. >> right. >> which is part of the service contract with malaysian airlines. >> right. >> the rolls royce engine company, they do this with a lot of airlines, and that they did get early ones, but they don't know for sure that it sent it afterwards, certainly after the transponder quit working. >> but again, conflicting information, again. >> thanks to jim for chasing that down. we'll be back with him. now, as this search for the plane goes on at sea, the investigation continues into the plane's final moments in the air. again, trying to piece together what is actually known. we do know the pilot's final worded words show no hint of a problem. so, how did it go so wrong so soon? pamela brown is tracking that part. pamela? >> reporter: well, good morning to you both, brooke and chris. just moments ago, the minister of transportation in malaysia held a press conference, and again, malaysian officials now continuing to contradict reporting, which, of course, is just adding to confusion and the mystery over what happened to flight 370. the minister of transportation

denying reports that the homes of the crew members of that boeing 777 were searched. yesterday morning we learned from cnn reporters on the ground there in kuala lumpur that the homes of the crew members had been searched, which according to officials i've spoken to, is what you would presume would happen in a situation like this, where you don't have any answers and they're looking at whether the crew members had any psychological problems, whether the plane had been sabotaged or hijacked. but again, this malaysian official coming forward today and denying reports that the crew members' homes had been searched. also, officials denying this "wall street journal" report citing unnamed u.s. investigators that bursts of data information from the rolls royce engine on that boeing 777 showed the plane could have been flying for four hours after the last known contact with the plane. of course, that opens up all kinds of theories. but again, malaysian officials denying that, saying it's simply inaccurate, that they have been in touch with boeing and with

rolls royce and the airline since very early on in this investigation and that that information is inaccurate. so, of course, we're left just with not many more answers than we had before. brooke and chris? >> i'll tell you, pamela, it is increasingly confusing how the malaysian officials and the different parties here are seemingly contradicting each other, and now it continues as we move into day six. there are some leads, but there are, as pamela and everyone else is saying, more questions than answers as we deal with the search for flight 370. so, let's deal with what we know here, okay? basically, we're dealing with the search, okay? here's this route. this is basically the best and only pure piece of information we have. the flight leaving kuala lumpur at 12:41 a.m. saturday en route to beijing, okay? so, this is where it stops sending back information, where it went off radar. there were reports of radar blips. this is important, okay? so, this is where the two theories come in. the malaysians have been forwarding the theory that after it transponding here,

after they stopped getting information, there were pings in this area here. they believe this is where they got almost like a vague signal. it's called a reflection in radar terms, very unsophisticated, raw, that there may be something like an airplane here. they have since been trying to figure out, were there any airplanes in the area, could it have been this one, and that's proving very slow. the chinese, however, then had their own theory, which was that they have satellite images. there are satellite images here, okay? the chinese. now, questions about the chinese. why did it take so long? when did you get these images? have you been withholding these images? what do you know about these images? they seemingly show an object. well, where from? how long would this object have been on the air? was it close enough to the time where it would have been sustained in the air or up there an unreasonable amount of time? they say it's here, though, right? so, if it's here, that's obviously much more reasonable. maybe it would have made it there in the amount of time, okay? but these are the two competing theories that are going on right now. we thought that we had something that was interesting here with

the "wall street journal," because the "wall street journal" supposedly talked to rolls royce. they make the engines. and they say they get information from the engines, and the engines gave them information four hours afterwards, which seemed consistent with this theory that the malaysians have that it then made a big, dramatic left turn, right? this left turn that it made and then started flying towards the strait of malacca. that is the thicket that we are in. let's try to suss out what makes more sense here with aviation attorney and former inspector general with the department of transportation, mary schoalvo. i know you've had hundreds of these investigations, but this chinese satellite image coming out now, does this make sense to you that the timing is suggested to have been something that could have been suspended in the air is reasonable to assume? do you like what you're hearing here? >> well it made sense because it's where you would expect it to be if you had a catastrophic event, where the transponder

stopped transmitting, and i think that's probably the most appealing part of those pictures. they're awfully big pieces, if you had a midair explosion or breakup, but i said, it's possible if the plane came down in one piece, it didn't -- i mean, even an attempted landing on a water, whatever, you could have some big pieces. they're usually much smaller, but it's where you would expect it to be if that's where the disaster happened. that's what was so compelling about those chinese images. >> and what makes them uncompelling, other than a little bit of suspicion into why it took the chinese so long to develop them? what takes away from the credibility of this theory? >> well, what takes away is the u.s. navy and the u.s. coast guard, among other naval forces, are very good about tracking ocean currents, winds, where debris should be going. so, they can track from where it was on sunday and then they can project out where it should be now based on the currents, which, you know, they have an awful lot of ability and computer modeling to do that. and if they're still finding

nothing -- and of course, you take the ships in, where this debris was found and then track it back to where the impact or the explosion would have been, and you look on the ocean floor and you don't find anything, that casts doubt on it, because there should be something on the floor. not everything floats. there's currents on the floor of the ocean as well that will move it around, but you should have two different places where you could be looking, where the floating debris is now and where the event was on the floor of the ocean. and if they're finding nothing in either place, that casts doubt on those satellite images as being parts of a plane. >> you know, it's unusual -- i was surprised to hear malaysian officials kicking back on the rolls royce report, because it squares with their theory, that the plane became a ghost ship because there was some catastrophic event in the air, maybe distress cracks around the antenna, as you suggested, and then it continued on a straight-line path, suggestive of autopilot, as opposed to human, and towards the strait of malacca. now they're kicking back information that would have helped their theory.

what do you make of it? >> well, what i make of it is there is probably some justifiable outrage. if you're there, you're in charge of the investigation -- now, certainly, the malaysian investigation is not a model so far, although we don't know everything, but if you're there trying to do the investigation and then rolls royce and boeing are there with you and you get news from the "wall street journal," you know, a very major news source, that their information is different than what the parties to the investigation, rolls royce and boeing, are telling you, i would imagine you'd get more than kickback. i'm hopeful that they're calling a meeting right now, and the first thing that should have happened -- and this would have happened from the ntsb -- the very first thing is to grab all that data, all the maintenance data, all the engine data, all the repair data, anything about the physical structurability, maintenance, things on that plane, that should have been grabbed day one. and if the malaysian authorities don't have it, there is outrage to go around. >> well, outrage at when they learn it versus saying that it's

not true are two different approaches. >> right. >> one has to do with the politics of a situation, the other with the practicalities of just finding the damn plane, you know? >> right, except if they don't have it and it was sent back to the rolls royce headquarters, that would explain. you know, they'd probably say it's not true because we don't have it in our investigation. >> right. >> but if it went back somewhere else, you know, there's a mystery to be solved. and the mystery, the crazy thing about this is it's easy to solve this mystery. get the people who know and get this over for the families in terms of this information. and this is a mystery that doesn't have to be on this particular point. >> mary schiavo, thank you very much for the perspective. we'll be leaning on you throughout this story. let's look at other head lines, 20 past the hour now. the diplomatic push to keep russia from annexing crimea is intensifying this morning, a day after sitting down with president obama. ukraine's interim prime minister arsonny meets with president

obama before addressing the nation and secretary of state john kerry jets to london tonight for a meeting friday with russia's foreign minister. kerry warns moscow, sanctions could get ugly fast if ukraine loses crimea. we have just learned russian officials say about 8,500 troops are taking part in military exercises near its ukraine border, as ukraine's parliament has reportedly voted to create a national guard that could stand up to russia. stunning, new developments in that massive gm recall. a filing with federal safety regulators shows gm had received reports of an ignition defect back in 2001. that is three years earlier than the carmaker previously disclosed. that defect is now linked to 12 deaths and at least 31 crashes over the past decade. new this morning, case dismissed for the indian diplomat whose new york arrest and strip search sparked an international uproar. a federal judge dismissed devyani khobragade's case wednesday, saying she has

diplomatic immunity. she was indicted in january for lying on a visa application about how much she paid her housekeeper. prosecutors suggested they may seek a new indictment against her. today marks the one-year anniversary of the election of pope francis. he is spending the day on a spiritual retreat in rome, and apparently just tweeted, "pray for me" to mark his anniversary. pardon me. last year, the buenos aires-born cardinal became the first latin american pope as well as the first jesuit and the first to choose the name francis. one year. >> on the cover of "rolling stone." never seen that before. >> 1.2 billion catholics, yet, he is getting attention from people that aren't catholic, people that aren't even believers. it's been really interesting to watch. >> catholic means universal, his message is a little bit more that way. so, walking outside this morning, um -- >> shocker, right? >> a little bit of a shock to the system.

indra. >> okay it was for me. i knew it was coming, regardless. forget the temperatures it was so windy, guys. keep in mind, we are not the only ones that dealt with this. take a look at this pileup. we were talking about heavy, windy conditions and a lot of snow that made its way across the country. you can actually see cleveland, ohio, where unfortunately they had that huge pileup, saw about 3 inches of snow. unfortunately it was just those near zero visibility with the strong winds out there that caused that accident. buffalo, new york, though, had blizzard conditions. they got over a foot of snow in the region. so, definitely, that system, we want it out of here, guys. we are talking about it now, starting to exit off into the northeast. still looking for some snow into that region, but the bulk of you kind of already having seen everything you're going to see. new york city, you're lucky to see a couple flurries throughout the day. buffalo could see about an inch, but really only about 3 to 5 inches left in the northeast. this number i'm not going with, i'll say the models are wrong. still, maybe 5 to 7 inches in the region. the big story, we were just talking about this, the temperature change. when you felt it this morning, those winds are strong. you could really hear them ripping out there, 30, 40-mile-per-hour winds dropping temperatures. yesterday d.c. was 69.

today you're only looking for 30s. new york city going from 50s down to the 20s. the windchills this morning in many places in the northeast feeling like subzero. i mean, right now, d.c.'s 27, new york 20. look at pittsburgh, 10 degrees. now you add in the windchill and you talk about 40, 50-mile-per-hour winds out there, and there you go. pittsburgh feels like 10 below, detroit feels like 8 below. this is brutal. no one wants this to last, especially me. the good news, it is not. plus, we're so close to the weekend. i always say happy friday eve on thursday, because yes, as we're going towards the weekend, d.c. going to the 50s, even mid-60s by saturday. so, if it's only one day, hopefully a distant memory very quickly. like that. boom, like that. >> feels like a cold reality. >> sounds like enddra's getting over the whole "bachelor" fiasco. >> too soon. >> i had my tivo, and it did kno nothing for me. in case you care. >> of course i care. watch cnn's new original series "chicagoland," tonight at 10:00

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this morning firefighters are still battling this fire where two 5-story apartment buildings were absolutely leveled in this natural gas

explosion in new york city. and investigators, rescuers have been combing through this rubble, trying to find people who are still trapped, people who are still unaccounted for. as far as numbers here this morning, the death toll stands at six. more than 60 people were injured in that blast and several others, as i mentioned, are still unaccounted for. cnn's poppy harlow is live for us in harlem. poppy, how many people are still missing? >> reporter: hey, good morning, brooke. unfortunately, that number is high. it is nine people that they are still searching for after this tragic blast. i want to zoom in so you can see what we're talking about, because the smoke that is still billowing from these two buildings that collapsed is because firefighters tell us they have not completely been able to put out the fire yet. the wind here, it is extremely windy, making it much more complicated as they continue to fight the fire. so many other first responders digging through the rubble looking for anyone that may have survived. [ sirens ]

new york city's east harlem neighborhood shaken by an intense explosion wednesday morning. the blast shocking residents and reducing these two buildings to piles of rubble. >> it was so powerful that you heard the boom, and then it rocked the whole apartment. >> the ceiling tiles started to fall down. the back wall was lined with mirrors. the mirrors started to shatter and fall down. >> reporter: it's believed the explosion, which could be felt for blocks, was sparked by a gas leak, a massive five-alarm fire ensued, filling the area with thick, black smoke. hundreds of first responders rushed to the scene. dozens were injured. some are still missing. at least six people are confirmed dead. among the dead are griselde camacho, and carmen tanco who lived on the seventh floor of one of the leveled buildings for more than two decades.

before learning of her aunt's death, marisela frias said she was desperately calling her. you are close to your aunt. >> yes. >> reporter: tell me about her? >> she's sassy, feisty, very family-oriented, very connected. she's all about being together. life is too short, time is too short. it's about family. tomorrow's not promised. >> reporter: as this community grieves, authorities are now investigating why this happened. new york city utility company con edison received a call from a nearby resident about the smell of gas at 9:13 a.m. they dispatched a crew, but the explosion happened before they arrived. >> this is a tragedy of the worst kind because there was no indication in time to save people. >> reporter: and just moments ago, brooke, nypd confirming to us the name of the third victim, a 21-year-old woman, rosario hernandez barrio. she is one of the six that perished in this building

collapse. complicating efforts as they continue to fight the flames behind me, a massive sinkhole has formed in front of one of the buildings, so they can't get the necessary equipment in to continue digging through all of that rubble. as the mayor told us yesterday, this is going to be an extended operation, really search and recovery at this hour, brooke. >> obviously, people affected in the building and those in surrounding buildings, windows, walls gone. poppy harlow, thank you, in harlem for us this morning. coming up next here on "new day," day six in the search for the malaysia airlines flight 370. then there is this whole confusion that, you know, this missing jetliner, where could it be? will it ever be found? differentiation in reporting from "wall street journal" versus the malaysian government. we're going to talk to a former pilot about what he thinks could have happened, next on "new day." hey mom. yeah? we've got allstate, right? uh-huh. yes! well, i found this new thing called... [ dennis' voice ] allstate quickfoto claim. [ normal voice ] it's an app. you understand that? just take photos of the damage with your phone

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only from xfinity. welcome back to "new day." let's look at your headlines this hour. 2 people are dead, 23 injured after a car plows through a crowd of people outside a nightclub at the south by southwest festival in austin, texas. police say the driver was driving drunk the wrong way down a one-way street. when they tried to stop him, he sped off, but he was apprehended, is now in police custody. that driver faces two counts of capital murder. still no sign of debris from ma lasch flight 370 has been found near vietnam. the search focused where satellite images from sunday located objects after the plane went missing. now officials in malaysia are disputing a recent "wall street journal" report saying the plane was in the air for four hours

after its last contact, citing engine data from unnamed u.s. sources. at least six people now are confirmed dead in that natural gas explosion that flattened two 5-story apartment buildings in new york city. this morning, several people remain unaccounted for. dozens of others were injured in that blast. rescue teams and investigators are searching desperately the rubble for the survivors. residents in the harlem neighborhood say they had been complaining for weeks about the smell of gas. fbi agents in hawaii are on the hunt for the nation's most wanted domestic terrorist. the bureau says credible evidence places daniel andreas san diego on the state's big island. an alleged animal rights extremist, san diego is charged with detonating homemade explosives outside of two san francisco area companies with ties to a lab that conducted animal experiments. the 36-year-old has been on the run since 2003. do you remember that new jersey teen who sued her parents for financial support after she moved out?

well, she is back home. last week a judge denied rachel canning's initial request for funds. the family has apparently now reconciled. the 18-year-old has not officially dropped the suit against her parents, however. a follow-up hearing is still scheduled for late april. those are your headlines. let's get back to our top story. brooke? michaela, thank you. back to our top story and this missing flight, the growing confusion surrounding the disappearance of malaysian air flight 370. let's bring in our former pilot here, anthony roman. anthony, thank for joining us here in the studio on "new day" here. >> my pleasure. >> listen, each and every day, it seems like there's all kinds of conflicting information, so let me get this out of the way. "wall street journal" with differing information citing two sources. they say they were security, despite malaysian officials saying their reporting is incorrect. but their reporting is basically that this plane flew for four additional hours after that transponder went off.

if that is accurate, what would that suggest to you? >> well, if the transponder is off, it can suggest a number of things happening. it could suggest a security problem in the cockpit, it can suggest a catastrophic electrical failure. there has been a history of cockpit fires and smokey conditions in this aircraft. and it could suggest that the pilot actually intentionally shut it off themselves. >> but the four hours, specifically, that it would be flying four hours, and we now know that the u.s. counterterrorism officials are looking into the possibility with this new knowledge that someone could have come into the cockpit. >> there are precedents for aircraft flying on their own for four hours where the crew becomes disabled. there is such a thing as called insidious decompression, where the decompression is so slow that the pilots aren't aware of it and start to become incapacitated. now, the cockpit warnings can go

off, but sometimes with this insidious decompression, the pilots, their judgment becomes affected by the lack of oxygen at the time the alarm goes off and they don't take action. >> so, one possibility, someone with necessafarious intent, you suggesting an accident could have happened on this plane -- >> yes. >> and it could have been a ghost flight for four hours before potentially crashing who knows where. >> that's one alternative. the other is a security issue in the cook pilot. >> what about the fact we're also learning -- let's play out the if it was hijacked. we know this plane had fuel for six hours? i was reading it could have gone as far as the indian ocean. >> it's true. >> it could have gone as far as the border with pakistan. so, when we talk about the search area, which doubled yesterday, should they be looking elsewhere? >> i think they're considering it seriously. now, they must have some primary

radar plots. even if the transponder is off. if the aircraft is flying above 10,000 feet, there should be a primary radar plot. now, i understand the national transportation safety board from the united states has dispatched radar specialists -- >> yes. >> -- to malaysia to examine those radar plots and make just that determination. >> yes. malaysia said to the u.s., we need you, and we're going to help. anthony roman, thank you so much for your expertise this morning. i appreciate it. chris, to you. >> brooke, thank you. coming up on "new day," more gruesome evidence in the oscar pistorius murder trial. will the blade runner's attorneys be able to shoot down the forensic evidence against the former olympian? we're going to take you live to south africa. [ male announcer ] this is the cat that drank the milk... [ meows ]

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day nine of the oscar pistorius murder trial, including some of reeva steenkamp's body, which appeared to make pistorius ill. on the stand right now, a former police commander who worked the scene. pistorius's defense has been sifting through the evidence, clearly looking for forensic mistakes, trying to undermine the integrity of the investigation. international correspondent robyn curnow has been watching the trial from pretoria, following every development for us. good morning, robyn. what do we know? >> reporter: hey, there, chris. well, one of the first police officers on the scene is currently giving his testimony in court, describing what he saw. and of course, that crime scene has been a huge focus in court over the past few days and will continue to be over the next few days. this morning, the oscar pistorius murder trial began with his defense team grilling the state's forensic expert, colonel johannes fermullen. >> all i want to know is who do

you speak to? >> reporter: pistorius was expressionly as they talked about the missing pieces from the bullet-riddled bathroom door, the door pistorius broke down with a cricket bat to reach his girlfriend after shooting her several times. >> for you to have stated under oath that nowhere that any of those exhibits appeared in sab-13. it can only mean one thing, that it was checked and it could not be found there. >> during the conversations i had, i could not determine where it was. >> reporter: pistorius had told investigators he put on his prosthetic legs before taking down the door. >> i'm in a natural position at the moment with my legs. >> reporter: and on wednesday, the forensic expert tried to undercut his story, testifying that based on the height of the cracks in the door, pistorius was not wearing his prosthetic legs. >> the marks on the door is actually consistent with him not having his legs on. >> reporter: showing photo after photo of the crime scene, the defense revealing that a mark on

the olympian's prosthesis could match a mark on the door, supporting pistorius's version of events that he had kicked the door and then bashed it in with a bat with his legs on. >> if that was the mark of a prosthetic foot on the door, it would be consistent with him wearing his prosthesis. >> yes. >> that is correct, my lady, if that is the mark of a prosthetic. >> reporter: now, just to give you an update, oscar pistorius has largely been quite composed in the morning session. however, in the last hour, he violently gagged, vomited again when pictures of reeva steenkamp's dead body were flashed up on the court tv screens. >> all right, robyn, thank you very much. we'll take a break now on newd nerpd. when we come back, millions of americans could be living the dream this year, becoming homeowners for the first time. we have details in "money time," just ahead. (vo) you are a business pro.

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anything. >> we fight for our freedom, we fight for our independence, and we will never surrender. >> this is a tragedy of the worst kind. >> at least six people are confirmed dead. >> you heard the boom, and then it rocked the whole apartment. we have breaking news this morning from austin, two people killed, nearly two dozen injured when a driver plowed into a crowd of people gathered outside a music venue at the south by southwest festival. police say that driver is now in custody and that he was drunk. earlier on "new day," we spoke with someone who was in the crowd and witnessed the chaos firsthand. take a listen. >> out of nowhere, a car just barreled through some barricades and directly into a group of people, maliciously, even, i would say, as there was an open space in the road where he could have driven. but the car, it was traumatizing. the car barely missed me. >> all right, so, let's get more on the story now from a cnn

affiliate reporter with keye in austin. adam, can you hear us? what do we know? >> reporter: good morning. police have arrested one man after they say he drove into a crowd of people at the south by southwest music festival. this morning, two people are dead, 23 more injured. we're standing about two blocks from where this came to an end. austin police say around 12:30 this morning, they tried to pull over a driver for suspected drunk driving. instead of stopping, the driver drove past them and through the barricades on to a closed road full of people. police say the driver almost hit an officer and then went into the crowd, striking multiple people. the suspect then hit a moped, killing both people riding on it, a man and a woman. the driver hit a few other vehicles, came to a stop and then tried to get away on foot. police were able to tase the driver and arrest them. austin police say they will charge the driver with 23 counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle. they also plan to charge the driver with two counts of capital murder. >> all right, adam for us in austin. thank you.

meantime, officials in malaysia are disputing this report this morning that their missing airliner was in the air four hours after its final communication. this is what we have from the "wall street journal" this morning. they're reporting that the information comes from engine data by way of unnamed american sources, specifically u.s. investigators. if that is the case, it means the plane could be anywhere in a radius of about 2,500 miles. you see all these possibilities on the screen from its last known spot? that stretches from northwest india to mainland australia. meanwhile, while the search continues, another dead end for that missing malaysia flight 370. a vietnamese search team found no debris, no signething in the water sunday. the search was between malaysia and southern vietnam, near where the plane lost contact with the ground. officials also say the satellite images, that they were released by mistake. >> all right, so what do we know? we know it's been almost a week

since the plane went missing and we know there are more questions than answers, as we still try to figure it out. you're looking at the satellite image here. do we have jim clancy or we don't have jim clancy, right? all right, so, we don't have jim clancy right now, kuala lumpur. we'll get him when the shot's back up, so let's bring in david sussy, former faa inspector and author of "why planes crash," certainly the question at the moment. good to have you on the show. let's deal with the competing ideas, because we don't want to advance theories that we don't understand or aren't fact-driven. >> exactly. >> now we have, let's call them the chinese and the malaysian models. chinese say they have satellite pictures, questions of timing, why they bring it out now, questions of whether or not that debris would be sustained in the air for an unreasonable amount of time. then the malaysian spm is more exotic, for lack of a term of art. it assumes a lot more facts. when you look at the two, which stands out to you? >> well, you know, there's so many theories and so many different options. it's hard to put it down into two different theories. what i like to do as an investigator is stick to only the facts that i know and not

try to speculate or until it's verified fact, it really doesn't mean much to you, unless you're looking at expanding that model. >> so, how far can you go based on what we know? >> basically what i would say at this point is if the intent was to mask that aircraft, which it appears to me that there is -- some intent had been made to mask the aircraft, to turn off the transponders. i don't think it's likely there was a failure on board the aircraft that would cause those transponders to go out. >> because mary schiavo thinks it's more likely that it was an event as opposed to intentional thing, a decompression event, because there was a warning maybe about like the stress cracks around the antenna. she doesn't think it's more likely it's intentional, but you could go either way, you're saying. >> yeah, you could, you could. but the reason i go the direction that i do is because if there was something intentful, if there was not something intentful, then a massive failure would have had to take out three redundant systems within that aircraft. you have three different buses,

powered by three different generators. if those go out, you have a fourth generator that you can deploy, driven by wind to add power back to the radios and communication equipment. >> so, when you say intent, are you referring specifically to the transponder being flipped off -- >> yes. >> and therefore, when we're hearing, again, conflicting information, malaysia versus "wall street journal" news, two unnamed u.s. investigators, they're saying this plane was indeed in the air four hours after that transponder flipped off. >> right. >> well, i've been waiting to hear what rolls royce had to say about this, because i know that data is streaming back to rolls royce, so they're talking about the engines -- >> they make the engine, for people who don't understand the collection. >> right. so, when that data's being transmitted every 30 minutes, it goes anywhere that aircraft is, and that's for maintenance reasons, so that you can compare one flight to another and for efficiency reasons as well. >> forgive the ignorance, how sophisticated does a user have to be or somebody that would intentionally go in there to shut off those systems? how well trained would they have to be to know how to do that? >> very much so. very much so. and again, the independence on

that aircraft is something that's made it as reliable as it has been over the years. so, the fact that -- or the thought that all of those systems, all that redundancy would have been somehow, one single event would have taken all that out, there's design engineers a lot smarter than me that are trying to figure out how to make sure that that doesn't happen. so, i think there's some intelligence behind being able to turn all that off. >> so, what do you make of this engine report? rolls royce, we know they have the capabilities, we know they make the engines. they say they got the information -- who's they? we're not exactly sure. the "wall street journal's" reporting it, saying they have two unnamed sources. >> they're saying investigators in aviation national security. >> and obviously, they're a fairly credible source, right? putting it lightly. then the malaysians kick it back, even though it does seem to fuel their theory about this ghost ship going, you know, tran gently where it was supposed to go, winding up in the straight of malacca. what do you make of it? >> well, in an investigation, everything is so confusing, especially if you don't have a lot of experience in this, and malaysia isn't a place where

they do these kinds of investigations very often. so, during the investigation, you want to keep things as tight as you can, and again, you don't want to follow a theory that's not proven. so, the last thing you want to do is give false hope to the folks who are waiting to hear about their family members or give it some kind of wild theory about it. so, during the investigation, i fight a lot with how much do you tell the public, how much do you not? it's not because you're trying to hide yianything, but because you don't want to give false hope to someone and let them think something else is happening that isn't. >> here's something else we learned from the malaysian government. just yesterday, they were saying, oh, yeah, our military saw some blips on a radar later on saturday, could have been a plane. who knows what it was, in the general area of where this plane took off. we didn't say anything because we just didn't know that it could be anything. >> right. >> now they're coming forward and saying that we don't know if it was the plane. if it had been the plane, you and i may not be sitting here talking about where the plane is. >> yeah, that's right, that's

right. something to understand about radar is that those were two different radar systems. the radar system which is primary is the one that says marco. and the secondary says polo. so, if you don't have the polo, which they didn't on these other pings, you really don't know much about it. you don't even know what the altitude of that ping is. it's just telling you there's something coming at you, it's about this size and coming at this rate, at this speed. so, that's why those two reports really don't jive that much. >> okay. >> to me. and i never really gave a lot of credibility to those other pings unless i saw that they started at the same point that they lost contact and followed it around to that direction. so, i think that's why that wasn't that credible in the first place. >> okay. bottom line, rolls royce's information. whatever it is, they've got the information. >> we've got to find out what it is. absolutely. absolutely. >> okay. david, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. let's move along, because the death toll is rising overnight from a suspected

natural gas explosion that leveled two new york city apartment buildings. authorities now say at least six people died in that blast and several others remain missing this morning. cnn's poppy harlow is live for us in harlem where firefighters are still battling a new fire on the scene, that the building's still smoking this early thursday. poppy, good morning, and tell me what you know now. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. you can smell the smoke from blocks away. let's zoom in so you can see what firefighters are doing, almost 24 hours after this initial blast. there are still pockets that are burning in this building. the winds are making fighting that fire more complicated. dozens and dozens of first responders still digging through the rubble, looking for any survivors they can find. as you said, we know six, at least six people have died. we just found out this morning one of those was a 21-year-old young woman. nine people still unaccounted for at this hour. this is a search-and-rescue mission, an extended operation.

you've got hundreds of crews here, and they're hoping that they can find some or all, hopefully, of those nine that are still unaccounted for. but that is a big question at this hour, as the hours go by. this has just shaken this enpicture community. it is the heart of the puerto rican community in new york city and east harlem, and they are devastated from this shocking, tragic building collapse that is still, still burning in pockets of these buildings, brooke. >> i'll take it here, poppy. devastating, indeed, and further complicating their efforts, the temperatures dipping down to freezing overnight. really a struggle there. now, overseas to the diplomatic struggle to keep crimea from falling into russian hands. president obama and ukraine's interim prime minister will meet wednesday at the white house -- or met wednesday, pardon me, at the white house. both leaders insisting there will be a severe cost if a referendum scheduled for sunday results in crimea's annexation. let's bring in white house correspondent michelle kosinski. good morning.

>> reporter: could lead to an announcement of maybe an advancement in strategy in dealing with this situation, but president obama again emphasized support for the new ukrainian government, warned russia that there needs to be a diplomatic way forward and denounced this referendum coming up in crimea on sunday as to whether that region would rejoin russia. both the u.s. and other western nations have called on russia repeatedly to do a number of things -- pull back troops, let in international monitors, sit down and talk to ukraine. but so far, none of that has happened. what is continuing, though, is discussion between the u.s. and russia. secretary of state john kerry will meet again with the russian foreign minister, but so far, they have not found common ground. chris? >> all right, michelle, thank you for that this morning. we also have new, stunning developments in that massive gm recall. a document filed with federal safety regulators shows gm received reports of an ignition defect way back in 2001, three

years earlier than the carmaker said. that defect has been linked to 12 deaths and at least 31 crashes over the past decade. what's this all mean? we bring in chief business correspondent christine romans. christine? >> it means big questions for gm, guys. we know this morning that in 2001, general motors discovered an issue with the saturn ion ignition switch during preproduction development. the federal filing says a 2001 internal gm report states an ignition switch design change was made that solved that problem. now, the issue behind the recall of 1.4 million cars in north america has led to some 13 deaths, involves ignition switches that can be bumped out of the run position into the off or accessory position. that can cause power braking, steering and airbags to stop working. gm says it is conducting a more in-depth analysis. there are now criminal and a congressional investigation into this recall, guys. >> christine, thank you. also, president obama refusing to comment on senator dianne feinstein's accusations that the cia illegally searched

the computers of the senate intelligence committee. the president insisting it would not be appropriate for him to wade in now that authorities are thick in that investigation. the president also says he is committed to declassifying a senate report on bush-era interrogation tactics that were used on terror suspects once it's completed. you'll recall the indian diplomat whose new york arrest and strip search sparked an international scandal. she's now been cleared for now. a federal judge dismissed devyani khobragade's case wednesday, saying she has diplomatic immunity. she was indicted in january for lying on a visa application about just how much she paid her housekeeper. prosecutors suggested they may seek a new indictment against her. israel launching air strikes on three areas in gaza after more than 40 rockets were fired into israel. five of the rockets landed in populated areas in the south. officials say it's the most substantial attack in two years. israel also closed a main

crossing from gaza in response but kept another one open for humanitarian purposes. violence is once again flaring in venezuela. three more people killed in clashes with government forces in cardia bobo, about two hours southwest of caracas. that makes 23 fatalities. more than 200 injuries since protests broke out just about a month ago. student demonstrators also flooding the streets of cracka. look at these crowds, demanding president nicolas maduro step down. two oklahoma teenagers, chancey luna and michael jones, will stand trial in the shooting death of an australian baseball player. you'll remember this story. now prosecutors allege the two targeted the victim, 22-year-old christopher lane, last summer because they were bored. they're charged with first-degree murder. a third suspect is expected to testify against them. all right, 12 minutes after the hour. let's take a look at what is in the papers. we start with the "wall street journal." some bad news for your pocket. sorry. health and human services

secretary kathleen sebelius saying health insurance premiums will likely go up in 2015. testifying before congress, sebelius suggested that the sweeping, new health care law will not end premium increases, at least for now. she did say premiums are likely to rise at a slower pace than in recent years. in "the new york times," attorney general eric holder endorsing a plan to shorten sentences in cases of nonviolent drug offenders and reduce the federal prison population. this would affect prison terms in about 70% of federal drug trafficking cases, reducing sentences on average by almost a year. holder's expected to announce his support today for the changes recommended by the u.s. sentencing commission. and from the "washington post," google announcing that it is now routinely encrypting web searches globally. that will make it more challenging for countries like china to sensor user searches and track what citizens are viewing. governments can still choose to block google services

altogether. ceo eric schmidt says encryption can effectively end government censorship within a decade. pretty bold move. >> intriguing. graphic, bloody images shown in court during the oscar pistorius murder trial, this time accidentally. the pictures were part of a slide show and lawyers are trying to get different images in there and they accidentally flashed a picture of pistorius's girlfriend's body right in front of him and the rest of the people in court. this made pistorius violently wretch, we are told. now, earlier, a former police commander on the scene was grilled about missing splinters from the door pistorius shot through. court is on break right now. arizona governor jan brewer will not seek another term in office. she made that announcement just yesterday. brewer faced a term limit and another run would have required a court challenge. her decision clears the way for other republican candidates to run for the seat during the 2014 midterms without complications. brewer was appointed to fill janet napolitano's term when she left to become homeland security

secretary in 2009. a former top aide to chris christie wants state officials to hand over e-mails they say link him to bridgegate. the state investigators reportedly have e-mails showing bill stepien organized the political payback, but stepien's attorney says they haven't seen those e-mails and want them released within five days. canadid comedienne roseanne nienab nienaber. the litigants say roseanne barr forced them into hiding because she treated out their florida address. they accuse her of trying to "incite a lynch mob" to descend on their home following george zimmerman's acquittal in the killing of trayvon martin. the "jeopardy" reign ends. arthur chu's strategy angered some of the fans of the long-running game show. well, chu lost wednesday, capping an 11-game winning streak and racked up $297,200.

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maine today. but again, the bulk of the system is out of here. i think the big thing we'll all be talking about is this huge temperature change, talking about almost 70 degrees yesterday out towards d.c. look at all this cold air that made its way in. almost 40 degrees cooler today, just in the 30s. new york city, highs today just expected into the 20s. so, take a look. these are the temperatures right now. looks like d.c. about 25. i mean, what a difference! they were almost near 70 yesterday, but we haven't even factored in the worst part of the day. if you are in the northeast, you know what it felt like. the winds are gusting out there, 30, 40 miles per hour, means windchills this morning feeling like subzero. the most important thing you need to know, it is not going to last. by the weekend, temperatures right back up where they want to be, so i'm not the bearer of bad news completely, right? >> take it. >> mm-hmm. okay. a little bit. indra, thank you. tune in tonight to cnn's new original series called "chicagoland," 10:00 eastern/9:00 central here on cnn. >> have a sip, brush the teeth, get the kids going. when we come back on "new day," malaysian officials are denying

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after that transponder stopped communicating with the ground. now, this comes as search for possible debris shown in chinese satellite pictures turned up empty. so, let's dig deeper into this with two gentlemen, former direct your of the office of i have safety, tom houder, a former ntsb investigator, and jim sciutto, chief national security correspondent. gentlemen, first, good morning to both of you. tom, let me begin with you. this has to be so incredibly frustrating for investigators, because you guys function on fact, hard evidence. and here we are this morning with this new development, malaysian government officials saying one thing, that they're getting from boeing and rolls royce. then we're reading in the "wall street journal" that they're getting different information from their unnamed sources about the fact this plane tha may have been in the air for hours. how frustrating is that? >> well, i think it's very frustrating for everyone, especially for the victims' families, what's going on i believe with t-- i believe what malaysian investigators are telling us, that they have the

best access to the information, they're working with the ntsb, working with boeing, with rolls royce, so they have access to all the facts, and i can't see why they withhold this keep of information. >> jim, i'll come to you in a minute because i know you spent a lot of time in china. we'll get to that satellite imagery in a moment. but tom, staying with you, what is the biggest, most significant known fact thus far? >> the biggest significant known fact is the last transponder hit on the aircraft. after the transponder quits, now we're with primary data, and it's a lot more difficult to find an airplane with just a blip on a radar screen because there's so many. it could be birds or anything else. it takes a lot of time to put all of this data together. the ntsb team's been on site for 2 1/2, 3 days. there's a lot of data to work with and it's going to take time to go through it all. >> so, conflicting information as far as whether or not this plane was in the air for four hours or not after that transponder was flipped off. jim sciutto, then you have the news people were jumping on initially yesterday, chinese officials showing this stlut imagery. could it be the plane?

could it not? now they're saying releasing it was a mistake. your reaction to that. >> well, i think all these things have fit a pattern here, where you have some new information released and then it's denied by some, one government or the other that released it, and then we're left throwing our hands up in the air. that happened with that radar data that showed an alternate path of the plane, you know, turning left and heading south out towards the indian ocean. it happened with the satellite images. and now it's happening with this "wall street journal" report. and i think what that says to me is that they still don't know, right, brooke? they don't know and they're exploring every possibility. you know, each new bit of data is a clue. it does not mean that that new theory is the theory. it's a clue. and they're exploring every one. i think john brennan, the cia director had it right when he said a couple days ago we're not ruling anything out. but when they say that, that doesn't mean that they have hard evidence, for instance, that it's a terror attack, but they can't rule it out because they just don't know, and they haven't even found where the plane is.

and that's going to be one of the most important pieces of evidence, right, to indicate that it was a terror attack or a catastrophic failure or something along those lines. >> right. tom, what kind of experience, really and truly, do malaysian officials have, malaysian airlines, in investigating something like this? i mean, from all the experts i've talked to, this really is sort of becoming unprecedented in terms of the number of days this has really gone missing. i know they have now enlisted current ntsb employees to go through the data, but what do you make of just how malaysia is handling this? >> i think it's very difficult because the lack of data. now, there have been other accidents that have occurred. i think of a south african 747 that disappeared in the indian ocean for quite a while. it's happened before. the problem is, you have a lack of data, you're trying to work with everything you have. you have all this information coming in. malaysia is not a large organization like we have in the u.s. with the faa and the ntsb. they don't have all the experience the ntsb has.

however, they've got a lot of great people helping them. they've got ntsb, boeing, faa, they have their own staff. it's just going to take time because there's a lot of different parts and pieces coming in. they're going to take a lot of people looking at over a period of time to sort out. >> and then you have almost sort of, jim, politics at play. i mean, i know diplomatic feuds, nothing new when it comes to searches like this, but beijing very angry with malaysia right now. we know the vietnamese have pulled out of searching, frustrated with malaysia. this has happened before. >> no question. i'm really glad you made that point, because there is a lot of political tension here. first of all, there's the political tension over the delay in getting any hard answers. certainly, the chinese government, like the chinese public, frustrated with the malaysians. they have more than 150 chinese on board that plane and they have no hard answers, and it's their impression that the malaysians have information that they haven't been sharing in a timely manner on the radar data, which, apparently, the malaysian air force had for a number of days before they released that. so, you have that kind of tension. and then in the background, you have an existing political tension in this part of the

world. there are land and sea disputes between china, malaysia, these southeast asian countries that create military questions about the capabilities in that area. when the satellite images came out yesterday, for china to release satellite photos, although now it appears they weren't showing wreckage of that site, that shows military capabilities of china in that area, an area that's watching very closely. same with the radar data from the malaysian air force. that shows their ability to track, or frankly, to not track a plane, right? i mean, it's embarrassing for the malaysian air force to not know exactly what this plane was shooting across their air space in an area where there's a lot of political tension. so, you have that backdrop as well. it makes for a really, you know, a witch's brew of political tension. >> which can only be worsened over time. i was reading what the egypt airliner 767 from a number of years ago, and because of the ntsb report, that worsened ties between cairo and washington. tom haeuter and jim sciutto,

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good morning, once again, to you. welcome back to "new day." good to have you with us. headlines this hour, overnight, chaos in the streets of austin, texas, during the south by southwest festival. two people are dead. nearly two dozen others are

injured after police say a drunk driver plowed through barricades and into a crowd of people outside of a nightclub. police say the suspect was driving the wrong way down a one-way street and sped away when they tried to stop him. they pursued him. that driver is now in custody and facing murder charges. police have not released the driver's name. malaysian officials disputing a "wall street journal" report that malaysian airlines flight 370 was in the air for four hours after its last contact. the "wall street journal" cites engine data from unnamed sources. that could expand the search by hundreds of miles. two indian naval vessels joining in. that's the latest update this morning. search crews came up empty in their latest search south of vietnam, where satellite imagery sunday showed something in the water. turns out, they claim those pictures were released by mistake. convicted killer and former charles manson follower bruce davis has been granted parole in california.

that does not mean that he's going to be getting out of prison. there will still be a 120-day review period. then governor jerry brown has 30 days to reject or modify the decision. davis was also granted parole last year. governor brown decided at that time to overturn the ruling and kept davis behind bars. a surveillance camera captures quite a brazen robbery, and it's upsetting to see. a robber punching an 8-year-old, an 8-year-old child in the face and then stole the child's ipad. that happened in minneapolis, right outside a restaurant. the restaurant manager chased the suspect down, identified as aaron stillday. he is now charged with first-degree aggravated robbery. the stolen ipad was recovered, but it was smashed during the attack. we're pleased to report that apple reportedly replaced it after hearing about that story. and look at that. that is a 500-pound, 8-foot-long wild hog bagged by north

carolina hunter jett webb. local hunters have been tracking this ginormous beast for years. no one's been able to bring it home until now. did i really say 8 feet? looking at it, that's 8 feet. webb called his encounter with the giant hog humbling, to say the least. he says he set out to just put a little meat in the freezer for the winter. he came home with enough pork to feed his entire family for a year. i don't even know what to say. if you were just taking a nice hike in the woods and that came along. >> it makes me look at your bacon differently, cuomo. >> let me tell you, that ain't bacon. a wild hog versus a pig. there's a show "hog wild," we talked about it once. when you see these things, they have red eyes, big tusks. they will take you down. >> like a spear in the heart of cuomo. >> you go hunting a wild hog, is ain't your ordinary pig. >> 8 feet long! >> i know, no joke. neither is politics, so let's get inside it on "new day" with mr. john king.

john? >> i am incredibly impressed this morning with your bacon insights there, mr. cuomo, that's good. >> i do like to chew the fat. >> yes, you do. >> point, set, match, cuomo. we'll be with you guys in just a few minutes. look, when it rains, it pours. we had the florida special election. that was bad news for the democrats, bad news for the president. the republican won. healthcare was the big issue. and today, politics will be steaming over new remarks by kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary. listen to her talking to congress yesterday about health insurance premiums next year. >> i think premiums are likely to go up but go up at a smaller pace. and what we've seen since 2010, the increases are far less significant than they were prior to the passage of the affordable care act. >> with me this morning to chew that one over -- excuse me -- nia-malika anderson and ron port yea. now, she is saying as obamacare is implemented, the premiums will go up, and she could spin that as good news, not as much

as they've gone up in the past. but ron, if you're a republican cutting a campaign ad, obamacare's already the issue, isn't the ad likely to say premiums are going to go up, boom? >> yeah, and if you put yourself in the shoes of an average american, a year or so ago, your premium went up, you blamed the insurance company. now you blame democrats. >> you blame democrats. >> and not easy to put sebelius's long sentence there on a bumper sticker, right? they're going to go up, but at a slower pace. and i think that's the problem that democrats have. they're not really selling this. i mean, they're sort of afraid of talking about it. but i do think one strategy now is to sort of get all the bad news out as quickly as they can, because we know as the year goes on, there are going to be more bumps in the road around health care. >> but they have a huge debate now, because the democratic candidate in florida was saying let's fix the health care law. >> right. >> let's do some changed, fix it. now a lot of democrats are saying, whoa, should we run on that? and a lot of candidates are. the democrat in kentucky, alison grimes, that's her message, i

didn't like obamacare, wouldn't have voted for it, but let's fix it. do the democrats have a strategic problem now? >> i always thought they did. when you polled that wording, it polled very well, except it never explained -- and they were never explained how they would fix it. so in a focus group that might work, but in the real world, voters want to know how will you fix it? and democrats haven't had a good answer. >> in states like kentucky, louisiana, north carolina, where senators' offices are flooded with calls of people complaining about obamacare, their premiums went up or they couldn't keep their plans, this doesn't really work. >> the bad news for democrats, i'll add this, 39% is the president's approval rating in iowa. a new quinnipiac poll this morning. if the president's at 39% in iowa as of here, march, tough year for the democrats. paul ryan is the house committee budget chairman, he was mitt romney's vice presidential nominee. he might run for the republican nomination in 2016. he was on bill bennett's conservative radio show the other morning talking about his plan to help end poverty in

america. paul ryan is a disciple of jack kemp, has cared about this issue for a long time, but i always note when i wrote a book, it would be why smart people sometimes say stupid things. listen to this. >> we have got this tailspin of culture in our inner cities in particular of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working. >> now, he went on, ron and nia, to make the point -- he quoted charles mary, who is an academic, a social scientist, who says that if you look, that people below the poverty line are genetically inferior. why would paul ryan quote him? and i'm going to say this as someone who spent much of my childhood at or below the poverty line, family was on food stamps. i don't think, doctor, that i'm wired inferiorly. why? paul ryan cares about this issue. he's passionate about this issue. you can agree or disagree with his policy prescriptions. why venture here and not be more careful? >> it's inexcusable. all i can think is he's preaching to the choir. he was speaking to a conservative radio host.

if he was in an urban audience, which to his credit, paul ryan has -- >> right. >> i think he would have been more careful. when you compare what he said to what president obama has said, like brother's keepers, it's interesting, because they're both basically making the same point, but president obama will talk about the odds are stacked against these young men and we have to help lift them up. paul ryan was talking about the culture of not working, which kind of puts the onus not on the institutions but on the people, and that's a much different way to frame it. >> yeah, and i think it is important to talk about culture, but not necessarily inner city culture or black culture, but american culture, right? and these historical instructural forces affecting some of these folks in the inner cities. and also, i think we do ourselves just a disservice, and public figures do the discourse of disservice by not talking about poverty in a broader way. if i was a poor white person living in mississippi, i might feel left out from these conversations. >> you should never quote a person who says

african-americans are less intelligent to whites if you're a leader in this country. that's inexcusable. >> if you want to engage a community in a conversation and maybe ask them to look inward and think hard about tough things, it's hard to say think about this, but first, you are genetically inferior. >> and you might want to go on the tom joyner morning show, and that's a show that a lot of african-americans listen to. >> and there is something in politics called dog whistling and that's what this is about. whether he meant it or not, he's sending a subtle signal to white african-americans who feel like they're being climbed over on the ladder to success, that hey, i'm with you, i know we have to help prengt you against the other guy. >> i do know he's cared about these issues for a long time, so let's see if he tries to fix this. >> i guess. >> and explain himself. your guess is he is. let's move on to ukraine. the president met with the ukrainian prime minister, who said he would not give up the territory but is open to a diplomatic solution to the crimea region down the line. the president says he stands with ukraine. and listen to secretary john kerry testifying before congress saying the united states is ready. if russia doesn't back down, to impose tough sanctions and then more.

>> i don't want to go into all of the detail, except to say this -- it can get ugly fast if the wrong choices are made, and it can get ugly in multiple directions. >> ugly fast, ugly in multiple directions. so, the president was careful. secretary kerry careful not to draw any sharp, red lines, as in this will not stand, because they don't have a military option, but is there a credibility issue, potential problem here for the administration if putin doesn't blink? >> yeah. i mean, putin's got to be wondering, ugly? this has been pretty slow, the response. >> it's true. >> now, i know there's very little the administration can do. you can't really blame the president for what putin did, but i think you can say that the options that the president's had at his disposal, he hasn't used them forcefully and hasn't used them very quickly. >> and even on the hill, i mean, talk about things going slow, it looks like things are going slow there. the senate and the house can't agree on what sort of packages of sanctions, is it some sort of

combination? are they revamping the way the imf works? >> not to mention our allies, which are not getting behind sanctions. >> exactly. >> so, they need better coordination, command and control. nia and ron, thank you. as i go back to you in new york, we've been joking about mr. cuomo and tensions between him and the ladies. listen yesterday to michelle obama trying to get kermit to pick sides. >> well, kermit, i think you're very cool, and i think you're very smart. >> aww, well, thank you. thank you. and i think you are very nice, much nicer than miss piggy. >> oh, well, that's kind of a low bar. >> you've got some time to go. look right and left, mr. cuomo. who, which one? >> so, i'm kermit? as long as i'm kermit, i'm good. i thought i was miss piggy in that. i was like, why do i have to be miss piggy? >> there's no picking sides. >> no, no. >> there's only love. >> only love. >> john, you talk about, what is it, embarrassment of riches. that's what mickey was saying.

>> secretary of state chris cuomo. >> very diplomatic there. >> yes, i am nothing if not a diplomat. always on the fence. >> john king. >> thank you, john. coming up next on "new day," as the search for the missing malaysian flight continues, the only things the families of these lost passengers can do is sit and wait and pray. we will hear from some of them ahead. [bell rings]

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welcome back to "new day." as the search continues for the missing malaysia flight, every dead end becomes more difficult, obviously, for these families of the 239 souls on board. and in a gesture for the missing, the airline has retired the flight numbers between malaysia and beijing. pauline chiou spoke with some of the family members and joins us from beijing with a little bit more. pauline, i just cannot imagine. how are they holding up?

>> reporter: it's been a really difficult week, brooke. there is a deep sense of desperation as precious time has been lost. it's evening here in asia as day six wraps up in this mystery and families are still very much looking for answers. [ speaking foreign language ] this man cries out in desperation, "i can still reach my son's mobile phone! you need to find him quickly!" but six days into the search, airline officials have little to say and few concrete answers. the nightmare started on saturday. families of the passengers rushed to beijing's airport, full of fear and uncertainty. malaysia airlines flight 370 had disappeared. the airline shuttled families into various beijing hotels, trying to provide updates inside this conference room. [ speaking foreign language ] this woman's only son was on the flight.

she says, "we only live because of our children. what's the point of having money without our children? my only demand is to have my son come back peacefully. otherwise, it's meaningless." this man's cousin was also on the flight. his cousin's father, who was already in poor health, died just a few hours after learning about the missing plane. [ speaking foreign language ] he says, "we don't mind our own discomfort. we just want them to search quickly and let us know what's going on. dead or alive, we want to know as soon as possible." >> he wants to give us some time to go through all these. >> reporter: conflicting information out of malaysia adds to the frustration. at least ten countries involved in the search chasing leads that fizzle out. this relative says, "we will definitely sue the malaysian government for all the delays. they've been talking nonsense this whole time." and that man there says he's researching international law

and plans to ban together with other families to sue the malaysian government over these delays. meanwhile, the malaysian ambassador to china met with some of the families today to try to answer their questions, but those relatives said they came away with very few answers. brooke? >> as they sit and wait and wait. pauline, thank you so much. coming up next on "new day," we will shift our focus here to crimea, revolution in ukraine started far to the north of the capital in kiev. we will talk with some of ukraine's younger and ask what they have to say about the russians.

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ukraine is in a desperate fight for its future. you know that. people have taken to the streets as russia looms large. the stakes couldn't be higher. especially for those who inherit the future. the young people. you see their faces in the protests. we haven't heard from them about what they want. but this means to them until now. cnn's michael holmes has more. >> reporter: independence square in kiev where the protest movement began and so many people lost their lives. the story has, of course, moved hundreds of miles away to crimea. but here in the capital, many young ukrainians can't quite believe they could lose part of their country to russia after the referendum this weekend. >> definitely was a disaster because we consider crimea as a part of ukraine and those people who live there, despite the fact that they speak russian, they are ukrainian.

>> crimea built itself with ukraine. but in russia, with russia, i think that there is no future for crimea. >> it's just not what they do in the 21st century. >> so it's a great problem because the army of russia in our country. it's not -- >> it really upsets you, doesn't it? >> yes. >> crimea will be again ukrainian. >> you think a mistake is about to happen? >> yeah, i'm sure. >> i think everyone has a right where they want to live, but it should be in a peaceful way. >> it's a joke. how can you have a free and, you know -- referendum under the power of russian guns. it's a joke. >> already some in crimea are leaving.

many heading to kiev to be with family and friends, not wanting to wake up next week in another country. michael holmes, cnn, kiev, ukraine. so it's interesting. i was talking to someone the other day who has been at a university who said we talk so much about, you know, the language, russian versus ukrainian, territorial, and she said it was really the generational difference. those who are younger because it's only been an independent nation since '91. those who have only known it that way really don't want crimea to go the way of the russians versus the elder population who see it so differently. >> it's really good to hear the people themselves speak because we've heard so many leaders on both sides. military officials and what have you. >> what about the people in the neighborhood trying to live their lives and go to work and take care of their kids. that's important. >> especially the young. war is old men talking and young men dying. you see these young people in the streets fighting for this supposed future. they'll be the architects of it.

they're going to inher fit. we haven't been really hearing from them until now. coming up next on "new day," the mess around malaysia's flight 370. it is worsening. leads going nowhere. officials aren't coming up with many answers. we'll break down what we know, conflicting reporting out this morning when "new day" continues. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard.

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i just saw all these people like just like flying, like it was terrifying. >> seeing people bouncing off the street. >> breaking news. the south by southwest festival turns into a horror show when a suspected drunk driver plows into a crowd while being chased

by police. two are killed. nearly two dozen injured. we have breaking details. also, where is 370? overnight, search crews came up empty again after satellite images suggested plane debris had been found. all of this as malaysian authorities are calling into question this new report about those final moments of this doomed flight. deadly explosion. two buildings explode in a busy new york city neighborhood killing at least six people, injuring dozens more. what investigators think caused that blast. could it have been prevented? >> your "new day" continues right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> it's 8:00 in the east. we're joined by brooke baldwin. >> good to be here. >> a lot of new information on malaysia air 370. new facts, not so much.

the biggest allegation is that the plane was in the air for four hours after controllers lost it. the journal report means the plane could be anywhere. 2500 miles out from its last known position just north of malaysia. here's the problem. here's why it's not a fact. malaysian officials say it's a bogus report. also overnight, a search crew in vietnam found no sign of debris where chinese satellite images showed objects in the water. we're now told those images were released by mistake. so we continue to try to figure out this story. what's the best sense of what makes sense, jim? >> you know, i saw that "wall street journal" report this morning. i talked to the ceo of malaysia airlines, the head of civil aviation and a spokesperson. they indicated they are going to have to study the facts and all of that. they said they'd come back to us. they did in this press conference. they say the report is not

accurate. the last signals that those -- the last data transmitted by those engines came at 1:07 in the morning. that's before the transponder was switched off. that's when all of the systems went down in terms of data transmission and, therefore, according to one ntsb investigator, everything, all of the data would have been shut down. that report as you noted, is debunked. the problem is, we have no answers on the plane itself. listen. malaysian officials say they found nothing. >> let me be clear. there's no real peace for a situation like this. the plane vanished. we have extended the search area because it is our duty to follow every lead. and we owe it to the families and, trust me when i say, we -- >> hoping the clues would lead to answers, not as promising. they came up empty after scouring the coordinates where chinese satellites spotted three

floating objects. it was near 370's flight path in waters between malaysia and vietnam, approximately 140 miles from where the plane's transponder went silent. the images were from march 9th, one day after the aircraft went missing. adding to the mystery of the missing airliner, "the wall street journal" reporting that u.s. investigators suspect the flight remained in the air an additional four hours beyond its last confirmed location. malaysian airlines ceo denies those reports. in beijing, china's premier said his country would not give up on the pursuit any of clues. earlier this week, malaysia's defense minister admitted it could be some time before they are able to answer all the questions. another clue being pursued, the possibility the plane veered way off course. officials here hope the u.s. can help sort out malaysia's military radar records to prove or disprove that theory.

it all adds up to agony for the families of those missing. paul weeks was on flight 370 heading to a job in mongolia. before boarding, he handed his wife his wedding ring and watch to give to their sons if anything should happen to him. his wife spoke to piers morgan live last night. >> i'm praying that, you know, i can give that back to him. so i can hold on to it because it's no -- there's no finality to it. we're not get anything information. >> the hunt for the plane and the answers continues. >> you know, no answers, you know, no airplane, it's a very trying time. interesting twist on those chinese satellite photos. the chinese embassy here issued a statement to malaysian authorities saying it was a mistake to release those. they weren't linked to flight 370. brooke? >> jim clancy in kuala lumpur. jim, thank you. let's turn to mary schiavo. we continue to turn to you.

i mean, it's so troubling. i know investigators have to work on fact, right? but when you continue to get these reports from separate entities, most recent "wall street journal," right, this reputable news organization, and the malaysian government continues to refute these reports, who to believe? what does your gut tell you? >> well, my gut tells me, the plane tells me that it's possible and it does transmit that data. you know, the system status reports just like on the air france 447 flight, those go out. there should have been data. first -- the premise is it should have been there. if it wasn't, it tells me the flight had an horrific event at the time it disappeared from the radar and the transponder and all of that. that's the most logical thing. that data should have been there if the plane was flying on. it doesn't exist, it doesn't exist. you'd expect it to have been turned over to the investigation because boeing is in the investigation as a party.

rolls royce is in the investigation. and if they didn't turn it over, it's very bad. >> so whether or not this plane was flying four hours after that transponder went off or not, what we do know is that the plane was made by boeing, engines made by rolls royce. we know there should be information coming from these companies to give investigators some inkling, some fact as far as what happened. >> exactly. and the absence of it. if everything stopped at the moment when the tran ponder stopped reporting on the radar, then that is still the place to look. that's what investigation techniques tell you. you go back to the last known piece of evidence and start again from there. and i think they have to return there. and boeing and rolls royce better be darn sure that there is no information other than that because it would be extremely egregious and such grief for the families. that's the worst of all of it. they are hanging on every word of every official, and i think the officials have to keep that

in mind. >> i know that the u.s. is helping. ntsb is called in to help look for this information and data. can you just overall describe, we're on day six. number of nations are helping. a lot of frustrations directed toward malaysia. how have they done so far, in your opinion? >> well, not well. and again, because it's not something that they have to do all the time. let's face it. the united states has a lot of experience on aircraft investigations because we were the major flying nation for so many decades. and one of the hallmarks of an ntsb investigation is gathering the facts. the first thing besides sending out the go team is gathering that data. data like this. the engine data, maintenance data, performance data. they swoop in like a s.w.a.t. team and seize it all. that's what you have to do because often the secrets lie in the data and maintenance records. >> mary schiavo, thanks for joining us. a street in austin, texas, became a crime scene in less

than a minute. a suspect allegedly rammed his car through barricades set up for the south by southwest festival and kept going leaving two dead, nearly two dozen others injured. cnn's rosa flores is following details for us. >> reporter: we're learning more from witnesses on the scene about the grisly scene they describe people bleeding on the street. and police officers tending to the wounded while ambulances arrived. >> multiple people down. >> reporter: one minute of peril leaves two dead as a driver under pursuit crashes into a crowd of people at south by southwest. people scattered in the streets with serious injuries. police rush to the scene performing cpr as ambulances were on their way. >> i just saw all these people like just -- like flying. it was terrifying. >> reporter: police say the driver crashed through barricades they'd set up, plowing through a crowd outside of a nightclub. nearly two dozen people were injured.

witnesses describe a horrific scene. >> people down every ten feet. everywhere you look, somebody has been hit. >> i just remember seeing people bouncing off in the street all the way. that's when there's cops coming through and helicopter chasing them and everybody was just scattered. >> reporter: police say the suspect was driving the wrong way down a one-way street when they attempted to pull him over. suspecting him of drinking and driving. the suspect sped off almost hitting an officer. >> as a result of this person's reckless and willful disregard for the safety of the people of this city, we've had two individuals that were pronounced dead. >> reporter: the suspect now facing two counts of capital murder for allegedly killing two people who were on a moped. police say the suspect also struck a taxi and a van before fleeing on foot. the whole incident took place in the span of one minute. police subdued the driver with a taser, taking him into custody. according to police, the suspect was allegedly drinking and

driving. we don't know if this person is sober this morning, but the sobering reality is this person now faces two counts of capital murder. >> let's talk to the police chief. got him on the phone. he is police chief art acevedo. can you hear me? >> i sure can. >> let me begin with the numbers to see if they still hold. two dead from the moped. 23 injured, 5 critical. do those numbers still stand this morning? >> they still stand. we have one person in extremely critical condition. we've got them in our thoughts and prayers and are hoping they hold on. those are good numbers so far. >> our thoughts and prayers as well, sir. i heard you this morning in a news conference. this whole thing started as one of your officers was out about looking for drunk drivers. we know the suspect is now in custody. what was his blood alcohol level? >> well, we did a search warrant. it had to go to the lab. we won't be getting it back

immediately. it will take a few days. we're going to make that a priority. but we're confident that he was under the influence. but more importantly, it's clear to us that he didn't care about anybody but himself. in a span of one minute, this man decided to change the lives of a multitude of families. i'm just glad that our officers were able to be on the spot to help us save lives and more importantly, catch this guy before he hurt anybody else. >> i know that officer who was pursuing him, doing his job, there's a case being considered by the u.s. supreme court right now when it comes to these police chases. i just have to ask you, did this officer -- what was he working in line with your protocol? were there fears at all given the fact that south by southwest music festival, a lot of people in the streets that there could have been other injuries? >> well, absolutely. this happened in less than a minute. our officer was not able to pursue him to the very last second because he went

through -- the bad guy went through a shell gas station parking lot. our officer backed up. he didn't realize he was actually fleeing from him at the rate of speed he was going. weren't able to initiate the pursuit until after he'd already struck a bunch of pedestrians. at that point, the officer made the decision to try to stop him before he hurt somebody else. he was able to do that -- >> i understand that there was -- it was a mohawk music club, barricades, crowds. can you just describe the scene for me as best as you can when this car came careening through? >> he made a right turn, went around the barricades. we had a uniformed officer at the barricades that was forced to jump out of the way. close to getting hit himself. we were fortunate we had moved folks and the security had moved a lot of folks on the sidewalks because there is a fire lane there that we keep open for fire apparatus. but for that, this would have been a lot worse. i think as tragic as it is, we

have a silver lining that we have had just moved a lot of people off the street. i think it was a very selfish act of putting these people at risk and killing two of our -- the musicgoers. >> such a happy place. i've been to south by and i just imagine this drunk driver plowing through all these innocent people is absolutely horrendous. chief, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. have a great day. >> chris? >> tough situation. >> tough. another situation developing overnight. more victims pulled from the rubble two of new york city apartment buildings. seven people have died, nine others still unaccounted for. it's a big debris pile. it's tough to search for firefighters. the adjoining buildings have been compromised as well. poppy harlow is live in harlem. what's the latest? >> good morning, chris. this is very much still an

active search and recovery mission for those nine people that are still unaccounted for. this is a tragedy in the middle of the heart of the puerto rican community here in new york city and east harlem. two buildings absolutely leveled after this explosion believed to be caused by some sort of gas leak. you can see smoke, steam still coming out. why is that? it's because fire is still raging in pockets of this building. the wind has made it more complicated to put out. this at the same time as first responders continue to dig through the rubble. as you said, seven people have died. seven people have died. hopefully that number will not go up, but it has been rising overnight. we just found out another identity of one of the victims. a 21-year-old young woman dying in all of this. people want answers. they want to know why this happened. why was there a leak. the only warning was a

15-minutes before this, a call from a resident saying they smelled gas. the explosion happened before any first responders could get here. a lot of unanswered questions still at this hour searching for the nine people that remain unaccounted for. michaela? >> no time for them to get away. concern about the nine other people still missing. poppy, stay on it. we'll get back to you when we can. let's look at other headlines. three days, just three days until crimian s crimeans are expected to vote. a europe based economic group postponed russia's process for membership. this comes a day after president obama met with ukraine's interim prime minister at the white house. both men warning moscow there could be serious consequences if that election takes place. president obama flexing more executive authority. he's set to bypass congress and order the labor dopt institute changes in the rules governing overtime pay today. the changes are aimed at those

considered supervisory employees who currently can be exempt from overtime if they make more than $455 a week. the new rules are not likely to take effect until next year. pretty stunning new developments concerning that massive gm recall. we told you about it here on "new day." the new information that reveals that the -- what the carmaker suspected and when. a finding with federal safety regulators shows that gm received reports of an ignition switch defect back in 2001. that's three years earlier than it previously disclosed. that defect is now linked to 12 deaths. and at least 31 crashes over the past decade. new charges against former nfl star darren sharper. a grand jury in tempe, arizona, has just indicted him on two counts of sexual assault and three counts of administering dangerous drugs. sharper is under investigation for rape in five states, including california, nevada, florida and louisiana. new orleans police have just issued a warrant for his arrest.

sharper is scheduled to attend an extradition hearing today in los angeles. today marks one year since pope francis was elected by the college of cardinals. we saw the smoke go up. he's marking the occasion with a spiritual retreat in rome. he became the first pope to choose the name francis when he was elected to replace retiring pope benedict. his message to his followers came via tweet. he tweeted, please pray for me. >> you were covering the conclave. >> i was. what a highlight. >> it's hard to believe it's been a year. >> it's been a year for them. much better year for him. he's really established himself as the humble leader that church so desperately needs. we have a pope. we couldn't wait to say it. when you think of the city of buffalo, new york, i think of buffalo wings. maybe it's because i'm ready to eat breakfast, but -- >> what's better for breakfast. >> by the way, it is totally not

even breakfast for us anymore. >> this is lunchtime for us because we've been up a few hours. >> but also snow. talk about how much snow. they had a blizzard. take a look at video we have for you, i think, where we have about 13.8 inches in buffalo. this is a live shot right now where you can see some of that video. that's a daily -- or double their daily record for the day. unbelievable how much snow they had. good news, finally starting locally to clear out of there, but we're all left with what is behind it. and that is the cold air, guys. we feel it this morning. i'm feeling it. new york city is 19 degrees. but that's not it. it is windy. this is the worst part. when the winds are so strong, 30, 40-mile-per-hour winds are out there so it feels even worse. we have like two days in the teens of spring. right now new york city feels like four. i couldn't complain. at least we feel like we're above zero. pittsburgh feels like 5 below. chicago at the lovely 3 mark. here's the good news. it's not going to last. that system that brought all the trouble is kicking out of here.

look at this temperature difference. d.c. was 69. today your high is 36. new york city staying into the 20s. no one likes this. but here you go. there's a system making its way out of here. still a couple inches for them. by the weekend, the temperatures rebound very quickly. so we can go outdoors, have some munchies outside. >> buffalo wings. >> i'll find some for you. >> on the way, coming up on "new day," the court has been forced to change how it does things. the defense is fired up this morning after missing evidence. what is going on at the trial? we're going to take you through it. big issues to discuss. >> we've been covering, a lot going on overseas. this missing malaysia plane. day six. also the crisis in ukraine.

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so listen to this. it was a mistake so bad it left oscar pistorius wretching in court again. a gruesome image of his dead girlfriend's body accidentally flashed in front of him and everybody else. it had the prosecutor apologizing saying graphic evidence and evidence slideshows will be proceeded by a warning. meanwhile, the case goes on and that really wasn't the moment. a former police commander was back on the stand. the defense is grilling him about missing pieces from that ever present bathroom door. why? why is it so important?

sunny host sin host of the cnn's "making the case." a new show. i like being able to intro you that way. and mr. danny cevalos is a cnn legal analyst. let's start with you, danny. and we're going to be talking about the door. explain why the splinters are so important and the idea that when the shots were fired, the door was intact. good forensics work on display here. what could it mean to your side? >> it is interesting. it is good forensics work in that they are concluding that the shots were fired before or after the door was hit and splintered. but on the other side, the defense is making the point it is bad forensics work because they didn't handle the evidence in an ideal way. and i know that sunny is going to say that you can't win in these situations. and i will concede that no matter what, there's always a better way evidence could have been handled. the defense has elicited testimony that if this -- this

door wasn't stored particularly well. they didn't preserve the splinters particularly well and they could have gleaned more evidence. i will concede. sometimes you can't win but the defense has an obligation to explore whether or not the evidence was handled properly. >> i see the time line as the bigger issue here. and if the door is intact means it wasn't hit with a cricket bat before the shots, it feeds the story he shot first and then realized it was his girlfriend so he used the bat. that's helpful. another big component of the sequence of events which means accident or premeditated is the prosthetics. early on the prosecutors were big on, he didn't have them on. then he had them on. that shows, they seemed to have moved away from that. >> they have. i think it's a wash at this point. the prosecution has moved away from it, chris. bottom line is, pistorius says i was on my stumps. that's why i felt vulnerable and started shooting. prosecution is saying, well, no, used to say, but the bullets' trajectory was a bit higher so

it seems as if he was on his prosthetics which seems more against -- more sort of toward this intentional shooting. i think at this point, the prosecution has moved away from it because it was clear from the prosecutor's own expert that it really is possible he was shooting on his stumps, which i think sort of coincides a bit more with his temperature. and i think if this were in front of a jury, chris, this would be a big deal. >> big deal? >> it's in front of a judge, though. >> and two fact assessors. but i think the judge is not going to be persuaded by this particular evidence. i think it's going to lean more towards what the evidence has shown and what the -- i think what the witnesses have said. >> and maybe what the prosecutors seem to be doing is leaving the legs, so to speak, but they are now going to the angles of the strikes of the bat. they've made a big deal of saying he had to be coming over his shoulder, but the strikes are horizontal which seems to mean he wasn't. what is that about? >> you know, i think what it's about because the prosecution has to show that there was a big

argument before. he's got the cricket bat. he's trying get her out of the bathroom and then shoots in this premeditated fashion. the defense wants it to be no, the shots came in first and he's still on his stumps and hitting the door trying to get in. i have to tell you, again, it's kind of a wash for me, this whole cricket bat. and i see danny is, you know, agreeing with me, oddly enough. and the prosthetics. i think all of that is a wash. it's going to come down to oscar pistorius' testimony and whether or not the judge finds him credible and all the witness testimony. all of them say they did hear this argument and did hear a woman screaming. >> it's so amazing that a door -- i've got all these dweets when this started about, who cares about the door? everything seems to wind up being seen by what's in this door. the sequence of events. it's been so pivotal. another reason it's pivotal, danny, is that oscar pistorius says i needed to use the cricket bat. i'm using the cricket bat and

then saw the key on the floor. hasn't been mentioned in trial yet. vinnie politan brought it up yesterday so i read into it. what's going on with your side? he needs the cricket bat because he needs the key to open the door? sounds suspicious, huh? >> i think that is going to be problematic. at this point we're quibbling over how did he swing the bat at how many centimeters high was he? was he on his stumps, on his prosthetics. and then you have an introduction of evidence he may have kicked it and that explains the sock particles in the door. and now i think after a point it becomes awash. who knows how he got the door open. but if after all this banging and smashing he finds the key and is able to effortlessly open the door, that can still be explained away by the defense. it's a dark room. maybe he didn't see the key -- >> i don't know. prosecutors like sunny -- >> i know where the keys are in my house. >> i don't know why you have a key to the bathroom door.

>> and why would she lock it? >> why was the door locked? >> but the prosecutors like sunny will point to that. >> it feeds, danny and sunny, the idea the sequence of events is i'm mad at you. you run away. i use the cricket bat, then i shoot. then i find the key and open the door to see what happens. it does suggest that. >> it does suggest that. that's going to be the prosecutor's main argument. i think that's why the prosthetics and the cricket bat doesn't matter in terms of the forensics on the door. what really matters is a sequence of events and what the evidence shows in terms of the witness testimony. that's really going to be much more persuasive to this judge than this forensics because i do think the defense did a pretty decent job of saying this is -- this was a shotty police investigation. could have been done a bit better and that's when i think a judge says i'm not going to focus on that. i'm going to focus an the eyewitness testimony. >> whenever one of the lead investigators winds up in hot water legally himself you know -- >> you know. >> -- you're going to be attacked for the investigation.

but it's amazing how much -- >> happens more than you think. >> it does, danny. danny cevallos and sunny hostin. >> i love the system. >> good luck with the new show. you're great on it. >> thank you. thank you. >> brooke? >> chris, thank you so much. coming up next, we're watching major stories unfolding this morning. the growing crisis in ukraine. accusations of cia spying by a top u.s. senator. and the disappearance of that malaysia airlines flight 370. we are digging deeper with our upcoming guest, new york congressman peter king. and how are they searching for it, you ask? we will show you. some pretty incredible high-tech equipment being used right now to find this thing. stay here.

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desperate search for any trace thoef missing malaysian airlines flight. it's been six days. searchers found no debris in the ocean after they flagged images that showed what could be airplane debris in the water. meanwhile, malaysian officials now dispute reports that the engines sent signals hours after the plane went off radar. so with the latest on the search and the situation in the ukraine and other topics that are going on like the cia battle with the senate, let's bring in congressman peter king. he's a republican from new york and a member of the homeland security committee. congressman, a pleasure. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, chris. >> let's talk about the timing of the release from the chinese with these satellite photos of what might have been in the water discipline it bother you with so many chinese on board and so much capability that these satellite photos came out so late? >> chris, all i can think about that is that the chinese may not want us to know how sophisticated this system is and they may have dumbed down some

of those photos before they put them to out. but, no, i would think that certainly human life that they should have put them out right away and put other factors aside. i guess almost half the plane was chinese citizens. and you would think that in a time like this, the chinese would have come forward. but maybe they thought that the images they would show would show a level of sophistication beyond what we think they have. >> yet, if they are so sophisticated, turns out these pictures had nothing to do with that flight. let's just dismiss them from the conversation. it raises another point about people with a lot of capabilities helping out here. the u.s., you have on your lapel, a 9/11 pin and certainly we will never forget and it made us mindful of surveillance. we're talking about it all the time about whether privacy is being compromised. what is the u.s. doing to help with this search, and should it be doing more? >> we're doing everything we're asked to do. the ntsb is involved. the faa is involved. our intelligence agencies are certainly working around the

clock on this trying to find any type of terror connection or terror nexus that can be found. we are willing to do whatever we're asked to do. and of course, there's american citizens involved. we do have a responsibility here. >> stolen passports. find out that they were used with great efficiency here by at least two members on board of that. doing a little digging, i'm told that, hey, malaysia is not the only one. stolen passports are used. we see it here in the u.s. is this a little bit of a vulnerability that's been revealed by this story? where are we on this issue? >> it's a real vulnerability in other parts of the world. we try to absolutely minimize it here in the united states. it would be very difficult for stolen passports to be used in the u.s. everything is checked against interpol and we have terror watch lists and various screening systems. so we've done everything we can. the british are very good at it. israelis are very good at it. you have other parts of the world where they don't check against interpol at all. i think about a billion people

flew last year without having their passports checked. other parts of the world are far less interested in security than we are. the saving grace for us is at least those flights cannot come into the united states. if you get on a plane in malaysia, there is no direct flight to the united states. before you come to the united states you'd have to go through a whole screening process and your passport would be checked. >> let me get your take on a couple hot-button issues here. ukraine. a lot of talk about how one of the things the u.s. should be doing is to allow itself to start sending natural gas and be a supplier to the rest of the world. reduce the dependency on russia. we both know that's a short-term fix. it's not going to affect the situation in ukraine. but what do you think about that notion? are we just seeing some evidence of motivating republic agenda or do you think that's a real way to weaken vladimir putin? >> i think it is a real way. it's something we have to do. and you are right. it's not going to have the immediate short-term impact. i think in our dealings with russia we have to have a

long-term view. as we go forward, even if this issue somehow with ukraine is resolved, the fact is we're going to have a tense relationship with russia over the next five to ten years at least. i think it's important that we provide another outlet for countries such as england and germany and other european countries that they can get their natural gas, not be totally reliant on russia but be able to obtain that from us. we have vast, vast supplies of natural gas. >> it seems that criticism of the president in the ukraine situation is quieted a little bit from your brothers and sisters in the republican party. is that intntional, trying to be less divisive, show a more unified front to the world? >> there was grounds for some questioning at the beginning. the fact is, we are where we are. we're in a national crisis. i'm from the school that when you are in a national crisis you stand with the commander in chief. i believe that certainly everything the president has done over the last week has been very strong. has been very assertive. and he deserves the support of all americans. i think meet with ukrainian prime minister yesterday was

certainly a act of strength. the fact he is trying to marshal support to sanctions against russia, it's a time like this we should stand with the president. and hopefully this crisis will be resolved and at that time we can do a post analysis as to what should have been done better. right now it's important we stand with him. >> the cia, allegations from senator feinstein strong. she certainly had some issues with the agency in the past, but do you think that if there's anything to these allegations it is time for you all down there and the rest of us to take a hard look at whether we know enough about what our spy agencies are doing? >> you know, i am on the house intelligence committee. we have not had that at issue. this is senator feinstein. you do see other people on the committee such as saxby chambliss. he's not willing to join in right now. he thinks there are other facts. this seems to be one of those issues where john brennan feels clearly that senate investigators had access to

documents and removed documents. they should not have. senator feinstein feels it shouldn't interfere with our investigation. they believe there's ex facto moralizing done after 9/11. but i hope it's resolved. it's important we have a relationship between the oversight committees and the cia. so many important issues here in the world. i have a lot of respect for senator feinstein and john brennan. i found them to be straightforward. so let's get to the bottom of what happened here but let's try not to get involved in a total fight between the cia and house and senate. there's just too many very, very dangerous world and we have to work together. >> you are going to get away with it this time because i'm out of time. it is a complicated relationship where we have to have complete confidence as american citizens that our spy anxieties are working for us in the best possible way. >> we also have to be sure secrets aren't disclosed that pose a danger to the country.

>> true. it is a new world. no question about that. it's a balance. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. coming up next here on "new day," we'll look at some of the cutting edge tools being used in the search for that missing malaysian airliner, flight 370. also ahead this morning, a new jersey teenager, remember this story? she made national headlines because she sued her parents for financial support. well, you may not believe what she has done now. so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month?

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welcome back to "new day." despite this enormous search and rescue operation, the fate of

malaysia air flight 370 is still a mystery. now at least 12 countries are involved. dozens of ships. aircraft. and just about every kind of cutting edge technology out there. cnn's renee marsh is following this angle of the story for us in washington. good morning. >> good morning, brooke. this morning, malaysian authorities say they've handed over radar data and other information to the ntsb and the f faa. the agencies have seen the data and they say it was reasonable for this search to be extended to the west of the malaysian peninsula but the main focus is still in the south china sea. as the search continues for this sixth day, this morning we take a closer look exactly how they are doing it. from the sea, air, land and even space, search teams are using everything at their disposal to find malaysian airlines flight 370. the first question figuring out where radar last picked up the plane. >> it's a big task because you

have multiple radar sites. and possibly from multiple different countries. they're not all in the same format. >> reporter: some of the top radar experts in the world are helping analyze every possible blip but searching can also be low tech like looking out a window for debris. >> most of the search is being done either by air, airplanes flying over because they can cover the largest area. >> the u.s. military is even searching in the dark. >> we're looking at tonight actually flying a night mission which can use its radar, infrared and even night vision goggles there. >> and high above, it gets even more high tech. devices that look for nuclear explosions and missile launches were checked to see if the plane blew up. and satellites were focused on the area. nasa says it's using weather satellites to look for wreckage. along with a camera on the international space station. besides these photos released

from the chinese government, the pentagon is checking its satellites. but below the waves, the plane itself could be calling if anyone is close enough and listening. >> there is the acoustic pinger which is on the flight data recorder. but that requires that you have basically a microphone that will work in the water. most ships don't have the right equipment so you have to get ships to the area that have the right equipment to start looking for it. >> and the longer it takes for them to find the plane, the harder the search becomes. currents and winds play into this in a big, big way. so if the plane is in the water, currents are moving it x many miles per hour, multiply that by 24 hours and multiply that again by six days and you have a search area that's expanding hundreds of miles every day that goes by. brooke? >> rene marsh, thank you. coming up on "new day," parents, you have teenagers? heard this story. this teenager sued her mom and

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wrong. new court filings and shocking new allegations. cnn's jean casarez has been following this for us. what's the latest? >> she may be back home and the attorneys for her parents say this should always have been in a counselor's office and not a courtroom. not so fast. it is homecoming forry the new jersey high school student suing her parents to pay her school bills and college tuition. >> she returned last night. everything went great. >> reporter: but it may be too soon to call this homecoming happy. while an attorney for shawn and elizabeth canning held a press conference announcing their daughter rachel's reunion with her parents, the 18-year-old's attorneys were filing additional legal motions for emergency monetary support claiming documented abuse by her parents. the emergency papers also state rachel's change of heart was not her own free will but due to the extreme pressure of her parents

and the media. the judge denied the request for emergency money. rachel is still suing her parents for financial support, college tuition and legal fees. saying in documents she was forced to move in with a friend's family because it got so bad at home. rachel's parents say she wouldn't follow the rules, spending nights out drinking with a boyfriend they disapproved of. finally, her parents issued an ultimatum. follow the rules or leave. she left. >> she's always going to be your daughter no matter what happens. and they're always going to be your parents. >> last week as rachel sat opposite her emotional parents in a courtroom, the first time she had seen them in four months, her father tried to talk to her as the judge tried to foster reconciliation. >> let me give you a chance. >> and at least one half of the feuding family seems to believe

that has been achieved. >> everyone should be happy today. this is a happy situation. >> and with a very serious allegations of parental abuse made by raichel's attorneys, we asked for a response from her parents' attorney. we were told they have no comment as to the merits of the case. simply saying that rachel is happy and she's at home. >> wasn't part of this initiated because some of boyfriend the parents didn't like who was keeping her out at all hours of the night, she was drinking -- >> i think there were many things. that was probably the most serious because they believed he was a bad influence. she had a phone message to her mother last july where she said she wanted to defecate on her face and she hated her. so this -- >> that made the judge crazy, by the way. >> he couldn't -- he was very upset. and the response to that was, where did she learn that language? and the language was worse than what i just told you. her side said she learned it from her parents. >> she's a little old to be judging her parents for the language. she's being manipulate.

we're not sure by whom. it plays out in a lot of families but never this way. >> the lawsuit still stands. >> okay. coming up here, suburban farm just outside of chicago is in trouble. dozens of animals are potentially at risk and 100 volunteers are standing up to help out. it's the good stuff. it's coming up. ♪

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just outside chicago there's a farm. there was no good going on at the farm. authorities discovered awful conditions, several dead animals. the ones left behind, sick and starving. and there were all kinds of them. take a look and a listen. >> alpacas, bunnies, chickens. >> it got worse. animal control is only set up for small animals. so farmers and volunteers heard about the situation and they wound up coming to the rescue. >> put this out at 9:00 last night and next thing, i had 98 missed phone calls on my office line. i was getting phone calls all evening on my cell. >> i brought one employee with to help move animals. that's normal in the farm community. everybody likes to get out and help each other. >> this was not about gain for them. it was about sharing the responsibility. the animals will be nursed back to health, put up for adoption. the owner of the farm charged with animal cruelty. that's the obvious part. what's not obvious, people stepping up at their own

detriment, doing the right thing. >> community. quick reminder. watch the latest episode of our new original series called "chicagoland" at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central here on cnn. we'll be back tomorrow. tgif, almost. in the meantime, gleets let's gr colleague carol costello. >> that's right. it's friday eve. have a great morning. thanks so much. "newsroom" starts right now. happening now in the newsroom, the mystery of flight 370 deepens. >> the plane vanished. trust me when i say -- >> searches come up empty. this turned out to be nothing. >> it was near 370's flight path in waters between malaysia and vietnam. approximately 140 miles from where the plane's transponder went silent. >> is the search back to square