-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. we would like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we're following very dramatic developments in the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370. today malaysia's prime minister delivered a somber message about the fate of the jetliner, and the news was devastating for the families of the 239 people on board. in the words of one relative, quote, they have told us all lives are lost. the prime minister says the plane went down in the southern indian ocean. he says the conclusion is based on new and kbroungroundbreaking analysis of satellite data.

here is the statement from the prime minister just a little while ago. >> this evening, i was briefed by representatives from the u.k. accidents investigation branch. or aaib. they informed me that inmarsat, the u.k. company that provided the satellite data, which indicated northern and southern corridors, has been performing further calculations on the data. using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort, they have been able to shed more light on mh-370's flight path. based on the new analysis,

inmarsat and the aaib have concluded that mh-370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the indian ocean, west of perth. this is a remote location. far from any possible landing site. it is, therefore, with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to to this new data, flight mh-370 ended in the southern indian

ocean. we will be holding a press conference tomorrow with further details. in the meantime, we wanted to inform you of this new development at the earliest opportunity. we share this information out of a commitment to openness and respect for the families. two principles which have guided this investigation. malaysia airlines have already spoken to the families of the passengers and crew to inform them of this development. for them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking.

i know this news must be harder still. i urge the media to respect their privacy and allow them the space they need. at this very difficult time. >> the prime minister of malaysia making the somber announcement. the relatives of the crew members have endured more than two weeks of anguish and uncertainty. now they're phase faced with the tragic reality of loss and overwhelming grief. our senior international correspondent, sara sidner, joining us from kuala lumpur right now. sara, how were the families actually informed about this conclusion from the malaysian prime minister, that the plane was lost and no one survived? >> reporter: they were told before the meeting. and that's something they have been asking for, as you know,

wolf, time. and again. they wanted the information, shouldn't go out to the world before the families get to hear it. what happened, some people received a message to come to a meeting. they do know that the family members were being briefed before the press conference. we saw they were in a room. the moment they heard what the authorities are saying happened, that the plane actually ended up somewhere deep in the southern indian ocean, there was a burst of crying. there was a woman who burst out the door, screaming "why, why, why," just saying it over and over and over again. there was a woman screaming "where's my son, where's my son." the families just don't know, because they have no proof. they have no physical evidence of where their family members actually are in their final resting place. that is extremely difficult. now, in beijing, the scene was a bit different. in beijing, there was screaming.

i mean, curdling screams from a family member who doesn't accept what they're hearing, saying we need proof. we need proof. and we have heard so many lies. we want proof. so there are some family members who are accepting this, that you can see they are trying to deal with the grief of never being able to see their loved ones again. there are other family members that are skeptical of this information, that until they see some kind of proof, some kind of wreckage, they just don't believe it. they are holding on to that tiny sliver of hope that perhaps somehow their family members are still alive at this point. but authorities trying to change their minds, trying to tell them, they believe that all the lives were lost. wolf? >> what about the airline, the malaysian airlines? are they doing something special right now to deal with the anguish, to try to console these family members? >> reporter: absolutely. we were walking in the hotel

room, i've been staying in the hotel where many of the family members are staying for the last few days, watching them as they go through this turmoil. and the whole time there have been counselors here, there have been members of malaysian airlines. here they are much more protective of the families. they're not letting anyone really get near them. they are trying to core don them off from pretty much the rest of the world, especially the media. but they do have counseling. and i put that question to one of the malaysian airlines representatives who was stopping us from being able to move freely in the hotel. and i said, "what is it you're doing for the family members, are you giving them counseling, are you helping them." and they said yes. we did see a lot of representatives from malaysia airlines here, a lot of police officers here. we also saw a woman being wheeled out in a wheelchair. we saw an ambulance show up, because there was an emergency, a medical emergency.

this information just overwhelming to the families. remember that for 17 long and difficult days, more than half a month, these family members have not had a clue as to where this missing flight was. and finally today, to hear from authorities this plane has gone down, and that all lives have been lost, just -- they just broke down. there is no other way to put it. many of the family members just finally broke down and let go of that hope that their family members may somehow still be alive, wolf. >> yeah. sara sidner in kuala lumpur. we'll go to beijing later and get reaction from there, as well. most of the people, two-thirds of the passengers aboard their flight were chinese. let's discuss what's going on right now with mark weise, aviation analyst, pilot for american airlines. and tom fuentes, cnn's law enforcement analyst, former assistant director of the fbi.

i was a little surprised. i must say, i was plenty surprised that the prime minister of malaysia would make this announcement, based on analysis from inmarsat, the british radar company, the satellite company, based on deep analysis. but they still haven't located actually any debris, even though they're apparently getting close to finding something that may or may not be related to the plane. were you surprised he would go this far, that malaysia would tell everybody all hope is lost without any physical evidence? >> actually, i was, wolf. i thought that, you know, you could wait until you even have one piece of debris confirmed and say, okay, now we know that the plane is in the ocean. so absent that, just based on the analysis of the satellite data, it seemed like a little premature, unless they already know. >> maybe they have a piece of debris they've already got in possession and confirmed and haven't put that part out yet. >> i have to assume, he knows more than he's saying, the prime minister of malaysia, peter, that maybe there is an across the board, u.s., australian,

malaysian, british, everybody is on the same page. but why wouldn't he tell us if they did find some debris from the plane that, yes, we have confirmed that this piece of debris is from that jetliner? >> well, i think today's statement by the prime minister which really was extraordinarily compassionate, was aimed at the family members. they had to figure out a strategy to get the family members, both in kuala lumpur and in beijing, out of the hotels and back to the supportive environment of their homes. we had to do that with twa flight 800 after about three-and-a-half weeks. it is just essential that family members get the support, the love, the caring, that they can only get at home. this investigation is now recovering. there is no hope for survivors. and that message had to be delivered. the prime minister, i thought, did a great job doing that. >> yeah, but it would have been maybe even more reassuring,

mark, to the family members, probably a lot more reassuring, if he would have said "and we have confirmed that we have spotted debris from the plane." >> well, certainly. and, you know, that's what they really need. they need some level of closure. but at this point, you know, they didn't want to let that information out. but i do agree with peter. in the sense that i think a lot of this was for the family, and to gain a trust level back. >> i want you to stand by. there is a lot more to dissect and assess, including whether or not this tells us anything about whether a human being was responsible for that plane going into the indian ocean or some sort of catastrophic mechanical failure. we're going to continue our analysis on that. the location where authorities think flight 370 ended is the same area where crews have been searching for debris. we're going to update you on the hunt for suspicious objects spotted in this very remote indian ocean. also ahead, we'll have a live report from beijing. we're waiting for families who did get the heartbreaking news that none of their loved ones

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quite know what the significance is until they actually get this debris out of the water. what i can tell you, an australian plane did spot something in the water. and this is very significant. they spotted it at all. it was a gray object and an orange object. that was the first sighting by the australians. there is another sighting by a chinese plane, a white square object surrounded by some white debris. so two separate sightings. they have not been pulled from the ocean. the ships have to get there, they have to pull them out. so the question may be, well, why didn't the planes hover above? the problem is, those planes have limited fuel. this is a remote section of the ocean. so they've got to spot it, they've got to radio down the coordinates and then a ship has to go and get it. so that's the challenge here. what this operation now becomes, now that we have this news out of kuala lumpur, they want to bring the evidence home to the families, wolf. and that's really what's driving this search right now. wolf? >> and as you know, kyung, a

chinese plane flying over this search area in the indian ocean also reported spotting two objects. what do we know about those objects? >> reporter: that those also haven't been pulled up. that's the white object surrounded by other white debris. so there's two pressing searches going on. that australian plane and the chinese plane sightings. and once they pull that out, once that's retrieved from the ocean, and then the airline and investigators can take a look at it, and then connect it, perhaps to the plane, remember, this area, wolf, is remote, but it also has a lot of junk in it. and so they've got to make sure that what they're pulling out is actually connected to the plane, wolf. >> reporter: kyung la on the scene, thanks very much. we are just getting cnn a formal statement from the government of china. let me read it to our viewers right now. china is aware of malaysia's announcement of the plane crash.

we are paying high attention to it. china has requested malaysian authorities to further provide all information and evidence leading up to such a conclusion. china's search and rescue efforts are continuing. we also hope those of malaysia and other countries could go on as well. let's bring back our panel. tom fuentes, first to you. the chinese, that statement carefully crafts a statement. they say they want to see all of the evidence from inmarsat, from the u.k., from the british, how they came up with this conclusion for the malaysian prime minister to make this very somber announcement the. a lot of us would like to see all of that, as well. are you surprised by this sort of cautious chinese reaction? >> not really. because, you know, they have the family members there that are literally screaming at their officials and calling them liars and calling the malaysians liars every time they're briefed up there. and i think the chinese government has a certain degree

of skepticism and wants the proof laid out before them. if they've got some new mathematical formula applied to the satellite data, they would like to see that data themselves. you know, from which the conclusions are drawn. >> you heard the prime minister say they've never used this technology before. this analysis before to come up with this conclusion. the british authorities and inmarsat, a british satellite operation. how concerned should we be this is legit, this is a done deal? >> well, there's been issues of transparency throughout this investigation. and this really underscores it. the chinese believe that this has not been a particularly transparent investigation. things have been withheld or reversed. they want to see it put on the table, and it should be. in any accident investigation, the facts ought to be put on the table, as quickly as they are identified. >> and as we point out, this is a new technology, a new analysis, that even the prime minister of malaysian says has

never been used before. but based on that, mark, and you're a pilot, a 777 pilot. based on that, they have notified the family members that it's over. >> well, and, again, going back to what we were talking about before. we think that some of this is really to put some closure for the families themselves. but with the chinese government, they had over 150 families on board that aircraft. and i think what the chinese government wants to do is present to both the world and certainly to their people that we are really investigating this. we don't want to put out speculation. we want facts to be able to present to you. >> and does this conclusion from the malaysian prime minister today, based on what the british authorities have told the government of malaysia, help us better understand whether a human being was responsible for the disappearance of this plane, or some sort of mechanical failure? >> well, again, we haven't found anything that actually presents that this is actually the aircraft. so we really don't know. but, you know, if you just go through some logical steps, some

rational thinking, what could have presented that caused this aircraft to be in this part of the world, that far off course, if the gyrations are true, if they're not true, how could that have happened? we have gone through explanations. some absolutely not really plausible. and some -- we've had some validity. electrical fires, mechanical problems. fires in the cargo bay. people being -- intruders into the aircraft, the cockpit, the crew. you know, each one really has to be looked at. i mean, if you come to a conclusion too early, that's what you're going to focus on. and that's what you're going to determine. so we really need to keep looking at this. by i still believe that there could have been human intervention into that cockpit. >> and i'm going to get peter and tom to weigh in, as well, as we continue our analysis. we'll have much more on the search for flight 370 coming up, including what we have learned today about the plane's flight path. we also want to go to washington state, where the number of missing are unaccounted for in

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we'll get right back to the latest developments on flight 370 in a moment or so. but first want to go to washington state. there is an emergency situation unfolding, emergency crews are actively searching for survivors in the wreckage of a deadly landslide northeast of seattle. the number of people listed as missing has gone way up. so far, eight bodies have been recovered. cnn's george howell is george us now. george, what's the latest on the missing? >> reporter: wolf, a lot of new

numbers came out today. not to lose sight of the heart of the matter, though, there are families now waiting for days without answers, just uncertain of whether their homes are still there, whether their loved ones are still alive. but again, we learned several new numbers today. first of all, that 108 reports of missing or unaccounted for people. that's what investigators are focusing on right now. want to break that down so you can understand the number, because it is a very big number, compared to what we have seen the other few days. 108. they're saying that could be names, it could be vague identities. for instance, making up a name. jim, who lived in that home, haven't seen him for several days. that is an identity. they're looking at 108 of those reports, and they're trying to narrow it down. they're asking people to call in and check in. they're asking family members to do the same. they hope to narrow that number in the next several days and hours, obviously, as they continue that search today. >> what's the latest, george, with the search and rescue

operation? what's going on? >> reporter: we know that the search today on the ground and by air, wolf, will intensify. we know that they will have aircraft, search and rescue dogs on the ground. people will be walking the ground today with electronic equipment to probe the ground, to search for people. we also understand that the washington department of transportation, they're bringing in the heavy equipment to start moving a lot of that mud, especially off of state route -- state road 530. that's about a mile stretch where this mud came through and basically cut it off. so they're going in with a lot of equipment. they hope to get in there and find more people. but again, officials even admit today, the outlook today is grim. given the day -- it's been several days since this happened. >> all right, george, thank you. george howell reporting for us. horrible situation out in washington state. just ahead, hopes dashed for the families of flight 370. some react by angrily lashing out at waiting reporters.

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wheelchairs. the area where officials think the plane went down is the same general location where the search is now focused. australian officials say they spotted two objects in the area, a chinese plane also reported seeing, quote, suspicious objects, but so far, nothing has been linked to flight 370. the malaysian prime minister's remarks today were the not words anyone wanted to hear. let's go to david mckenzie in beijing where family members must now adjust to the certainty that the flight went down in the indian ocean. members got the news as a text message ahead of the prime minister's somber announcement. we have been seeing them, getting their reaction. how have they been taking it? >> reporter: they're taking it very badly, of course, with all these days of agonizing wait, hoping against hope their family members might be alive. look at how this woman reacted.

[ screaming ] it. >> translator: they made this announcement today. is it really true? what's their proof? first of all, they have not been able to confirm any suspected floating objects. they simply made this announcement today, telling us no one survived, sank into the ocean. what's your proof? it's been 17 days. they simply just give us this result. how can people bear this? the chinese government of ours should come forward and clarify and tell us. my mother. this happened on the 8th. she died on the 9th. tell us, how do i live? i'm not done yet. all countries' governments, they are too vicious. they are too dirty. everyone has their own ego. this society, this world is so horrible. too dirty. no government is merciful. >> reporter: wolf, you see those terrible cries of that woman,

angry, lashing out, at anyone she can. there were other angry scenes here tonight, people coming out of their conference room when they got the news, lashing out at the cameramen on the scene. and many people taken on stretchers out of the scene, because of the sheer overwhelming nature of this news. you really have to feel for these family members. hundreds of them in this hotel behind me, which have been going through these days of agonizing wait, and just that information coming to them, which is really the news that they didn't want to hear. wolf? >> certainly would have been a little more reassuring, i'm sure, if there actually had been some physical debris that was recovered from that plane. if they have it, they haven't told us about that, david. the chinese foreign ministry released a carefully written statement and posted on its website, among other things saying china is aware of malaysia's announcement of the plane crash. china has requested malaysian authorities to further provide all information and evidence leading up to such conclusion.

china's search and rescue efforts are continuing. we also hope those of malaysia and other countries could go on, as well. so it sounds as if china, the government of china in beijing where you are, david, they want more details before they're ready to say everyone is dead. >> reporter: well, that's right, wolf. and they certainly -- it's reflecting what we're hearing on the ground here from family members. and the man i just spoke to saying he wants to see physical proof this plane went down. a lot of suspicion right now from the families towards the malaysian government. some of it being fueled by the chinese government. repeatedly pointing out they feel this effort has not been up you to scratch, according to them. china has sent several assets to the southern indian ocean, including a giant ice breaktory try and find physical evidence of this plane. one important cultural thing to note, for chinese, it's very

important to get the body or get the remains so the family can grieve. so even if they find the plane, it's going to be very hard for the people here to have closure, because presumably the amount of time and the place it's gone down, any physical remains will be extremely difficult to find. so, you know, harrowing scenes here in beijing, as the final news came through the news that some people still don't want to acknowledge. they want physical proof. wolf? >> all right, david, thank you. david mckenzie in beijing. just ahead, more on the fate of flight 370. we'll take a closer look at the technology used to track the plane's path and other satellites being used in the search. that's next. it's the little things in life that make me smile.

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malaysia says the groundbreaking satellite analysis led to the conclusion that flight 370 went down in the

southern india ocean. joining us now is chris mclaughlin, senior vice president of the british satellite company, inmarsat. chris, thanks very much for joining us. tell us, are you 100% convinced this plane, this 777, went down in the southern indian ocean, based on your satellite analysis? >> yes, wolf. we have looked at a number of other malaysian airlines 777s to look at the overall model. and the best path fit with the pings we got off the aircraft go to the southern route. >> i just want to make sure that the analysis is perfect, because these family members, a lot of them in beijing and kuala lumpur, they're still not convinced. so, you know, they're watching you right now. do you know for sure, without any doubt whatsoever, that the plane went into the indian ocean and that there are no survivors? >> no. there are a number of jumps

there. what i can it tell you for definite is that the operator of the world's global maritime distress service for the last 34 years, we have a lot of experience. we feel the sadness of the families, and we do feel for them at this point. but if you look at the plots we have using recent adjusted techniques, we can say the most likely route is the south, and the most likely ending in roughly the area where they're looking now. but, of course, nothing is final. we're not earth observation satellites. we're data satellites. so it will require a lot of different skills, a lot of different people, not least the naked eye, to finally confirm what happened to 370. >> because as you point out, most likely is not necessarily perfect. and for the malaysian government and malaysia airlines to inform the family members that their loved ones are dead, that is a jump from what inmarsat, your company, has told them, based on

what i'm hearing now. >> we have originally on the 11th put forward to the investigation a possible north-south route. our engineers and scientists have continued working on the data and comparing with other similar flights from malaysian, to lead to us conclude it was the southern route. would i simply point out that the malaysians are obviously stating that there was any 777 half hours of fuel, and that if the plane went to the south t most likely went into the indian ocean. i'm not an expert. i'm just simply saying that does look the inevitable experience. >> so chris, is inmar sat saying the plane most likely took that southern route through the indian ocean? or that it definitely took that southern route through the indian ocean? >> well, wolf, i'm trying to be a little bit british about this. you can imagine, i'm saying we look at the modeled path, and we have looked at the experience of the pings we got off the aircraft. they closely match each other. so, you know, if you're in this

whodunnit mode, you're most likely going to be looking in the southern ocean. you are not going to be looking to the north. it's -- i can't give it to you definitively. because the world's airlines and the world's industry does not specify putting mapping and tracking data off of aircraft at the moment. it's an oversight that will be recognized and dealt with soon. >> tell us what the new analysis, the new technology, the new system that you have used now for the first time to come up with this conclusion that most likely it went into the indian ocean, based on what we heard from the prime minister of malaysia. what is the new analysis you have done? >> we are trying to do something very rare. we're trying to give a guidance based on just a single piece of data. normally you expect it to be triangulated, normally you expect other data. we're also trying to work with a system off an i-3 satellite launched in the mid 1990s, lockheed martin satellite.

it was built and operated without the gps fixes. so later generations could tell you more. but this one can simply tell you the plane was powered, it was traveling in a north or south direction from our own sort of trig no, ma'am metric and testing of the network data we've got. but i must stress, this is very limited data. we're not saying we have definitively, where the aircraft came down. only that the direction of travel is almost certainly to the south. >> any of the information that inmarsat collected, could you determine if the plane was cruising at 35,000 feet? did it go up to 45,000? did it go back down to 20? at one point did it go to 12,000? we have heard all these numbers out there. based on your analysis, what can you determine as far as the altitude of the plane? >>el with, like you, i have read all the speculation. like you, i've mapped out 100 different scenarios. all i can say is that we are

able to say over a number of hours that the plane was at a fairly constant altitude. we have assumed, with guidance from boeing, a speed of about 350 knots, which would be the automatic pilot speed. and we have assumed the range based on what malaysians said the plane was fueled up for, plus a safety margin. but i can't speak to if the plane varied its speed. i can't speak to if the plane varied its altitude over time. i think most of those changes are off of malaysian radar. the early stage of this crisis. so i think you would have to talk to the malaysians about their readings of radar and perhaps primary military radar. >> so just to recap, chris, i just want to be resize. a lot is at stake right now. your analysis, based on the new information you have, the new technology, the handshakes, the pings, whatever you want to call it, is that most likely, the plane went into the southern indian ocean someplace, did not go into central asia, that northern arc, if you will.

that's the bottom line, receipt? >> right? >> the bottom line, most likely in the southern indian ocean, west of perth. and that the ships and aircraft are now looking in the right area. >> chris mclaughlin of inmarsat, thanks so much for joining us. thanks for that explanation. we really appreciate all the good work you guys are doing at inmarsat, helping us better appreciate what happened to this flight. we'll take a quick break. much more coming up, right after this. peace of mind is important when you're running a successful business. so we provide it services you can rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'll experience reliable uptime for the network and services you depend on. multi-layered security solutions keep your information safe, and secure. and responsive dedicated support meets your needs, and eases your mind. centurylink. your link to what's next.

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let's dig deeper into the technology used to determine the fate of flight 370. joining us is ken christensen. what is your reaction? you just heard my interview in which he suggests most likely the plane went down in the southern indian ocean based on the new analysis that they have come up with. what is your reaction when you hear that? >> i agree and i think what we have available certainly points in that direction. again, i think it's important and ships are out there now and search teams are out there now, their most immediate concern is to get to one of those items and physically take it out of the ocean and look at it and see if that in fact is a piece of that

aircraft. they will have aircraft manufacturer, boeing people in there looking at that, probably take pictures of it, send to them and see if that in fact is a piece of that aircraft. that's definitely confirmation that it was that aircraft in the ocean will. >> let me get reaction to the news that we just had from the interview with chris mclaughlin. former fbi assistant for you law enforcement analyst is here. what do you think some he didn't say definitively 100% this is the plane that went down and those people are all dead. we heard that basically from the malaysian government, but we didn't hear it from inmarsat. >> he coached a statement saying i'm british, but my understanding of the english language is most likely doesn't mean to sure. and that statement from the prime minister pretty much was that plane went down in the south indian ocean and his statement was most likely it went down. that doesn't mean it's precisely that's what happened. >> and the malaysian government

september tex sent texts to the family members saying your loved ones are dead basically. i didn't hear that 100% certainty from inmarsat. >> no, there was nothing new in what he had to say. thi i think today is about the malaysian government trying to get the families out of the hotels and home. >> how can they do thought without -- unless they're 100% sure that they're giving reliable information, how can they ten these family members there is no hope? >> i think they weigh that against another week or ten days in the hotel. we have no evidence that we're any closer to finding any wreck allege. >> but they have spotted wreckage out there. they don't know if it is from a cargo ship or from the plane. but couldn't they simply wait another day or two or three to see that if is really part of the plane? >> i think they could have waited, but again, think they're trying to positimanage the expectations of the families.

really no new technology was brought into this. it was just another set of eyes. so another way of looking at the what has already been established or what they have been finding. >> so ken, where do we all go from here? >> you have to send aircraft out there to see the pieces and then you have to again confirm it. you confirm it by sending out a boat and picking up a piece out of the water and looking at it and comparing it with the aircraft manufacturer to see if that's in fact the piece of the airplane. once you have that, follow the debris field. >> we'll continue the conversation with you. thanks very much. much more coverage of the plane coming up. also, the president of the united states meeting face to face with world leaders today as they look for ways to try to end the crisis in ukraine. y. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains.

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president obama is meeting with world leaders in the netherlands to discuss the ongoing situation in crimea and russia.

he's meting with the members of the g-7, the normal g-8 without russia. on the agenda, talk of possible sanctions against russia. joining us is jim acosta. so what are the options that they're discussing when it comes to next steps against russia? >> reporter: well, you just alluded to it. it may be the g-8 no more. senior administration officials say president obama will be pushing for a suspension of russia from the g-8 at this meeting. we understand from just a few minutes ago that the president walked in, sat between anxiogel merkel and david cameron and they will be talking about what has happened in ukraine, the russian intervention in crimea and the president said earlier today he wants to impose a cost and he said the united states and europe are united in

imposing that cost. and kicking russia out of the g-8 would come at a big price for slad me pure continue. putin. he has hopes the hosting that meeting. david cameron said basically the g-8 summit is off. so we'll hear the leaders say it's over for russia. they're out. >> so what does the president do next as far as today and tomorrow is concerned? >> reporter: he's been busy all day long. they had a nuclear security summit where they worked out an agreement with japan to remove nuclear materials from that country. he met with chinese president, got assurances that he would also like to see a political resolution when it comes to ukraine. and we know that there have been discussions happening on the i'd lines here. lavrov met with secretary of state john kerry earlier today.

he also met with ukranian foreign minister here at the hague or near where we are at the hague. and so that might be some promising developments happening on the diplomatic sidelines here in the netherlands. but we've seen these kinds of diplomatic discussions before. they occurred before the russians basically annexed crimea. so there is no real sense as to what putin is up to next even within the obama administration. they're looking at the 20,000 troops lined up along the ukranian border. >> a lot of people aren't sure. all right. thanks very much. back here in the united states, shipping traffic is it at a is an still of a taker massive oil spill near texas city. nearly 2,000 gallons gushed out after it collided with anothership. the cleanup effort is under way which includes the coast guard banning all shipping traffic in the area. that brings us to this important programming note. it's been 25 years since the

"exxon valdez" ran ag ground. tom night you' tomorrow night you'll hear from the captain. watch oil and water, the wreck of the exxon "valdez" tomorrow night 10:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. that's it for me. thanks for watching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern a special two hour edition of the situation room. news room starts right now. p. great to be with you on this monday as we continue. cnn special live report on the hunt for missing flight 370. today was huge. big developments to share with you. first, we saw the that lazian prime minister delivering the news many had expected but no one wanted to hear. >> mh