latest on that. we'll stay on top of this story. remember you can always follow us on twitter, tweet me @wolfblitzer. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room". erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. next breaks news on flight 370 search planes heading over the indian ocean a desperate search under water. a biggest search day so far. four weeks ago this hour we found out plals flight 370 was missing. families are demanding answers why nobody has searched the remote island of diego garcia. let's go "outfront". >> good evening.

we want to begin with breaking news in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. search planes taking off right now. the biggest search day so far that's just beginning at this hour. 11 military planes and four civil jets are taking to the skies. they are joining 11 ships. today two navy vessels are towing pinger locators to locate the black box. they are beginning the underwater search. they are racing against time. the plan was to deploy those locators once the debris field was found. since the chances are next to nothing it will find the debris without an indicator. the black box ping will go silent forever within the next few days. it's a long shot beyond long shots. the ship needs to move slowly in order for the locator to bronxerly. the ships only move three miles an hour. the search area is 84,000 square

miles. we go to perth where the search is beginning. how do they think they can cover that vast amount of space at such a slow pace? >> reporter: well, where those two ships are pulling those pinger locateors it's the area the search crews believe have the highest probability of where the plane may have gone into the water. it's a 150 mile track where the two ships will be pulling those locators. they will start on either end and then going to meet in the center. and as you say, erin, it is moving very, very slowly, 3 miles per hour. it will take them a day and a half just to do that first track and then we assume they will mf on to another track. the entire search area is far larger. that's where the planes can cover more ground from the air. but this is based on that educated guess, the electronics, the math, they are desperate for some physical scrap of evidence.

>> i know there's questions tonight as to whether the airline, you know, did what it needed to do for these pingers to work properly, cared for them, kept them in the right temperatures, gave them checks and if they didn't do those things the battery might already be dead? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. you're specifically talking about the scheduled maintenance in 2012. those batteries were set for an overhaul. well there's three things that the manufacturer tells cnn that the airlines could have done. they could have either replaced the pingers themselves. they could have hired somebody else to do it or done nothing at all. if they have done nothing at all it's very likely those batteries are dead. from the search team perspective what we're hearing is they are going to work on the assumption those batteries are working. they will give those towed pinger locators about ten to 12 days at sea to try to fine it. >> thank you very much. the past four weeks have been

filled as you know watching the stop, starts, twist, turns they said one thing and then said the opposite. it's created frustration, anger and never ending stream of confusion. we have breaking news. malaysia airlines confirms it lost contact with the plane carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members. flight 370 gone. the plane took off at 12:41 a.m. local time from kuala lumpur. headed to beijing. the information from that point trickled out much of it turning out to be false. first, investigators announced the final voice communication from the plane. but that turned out to be wrong. malaysian authorities weeks later announced the final words were "good night malaysian 370." as for exactly what happened to the plane. authorities say the transpondser stopped responding at 1:20 a.m.

the night it did you say appeared. the plane flu on for hour after hour. >> flight 370 laurelly no solid clues right now. >> three days and counting and no sign of that plane. >> no one stream of information p.m. we don't know what's happening. >> could it have flown as far north as kazakhstan, landed in china, on a remote island, was it hijacked or did got it as far south as the bottom of the earth. on march 24th a major announcement. malaysian government said all lives were lost. >> it is, therefore, with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this new data, flight 370 ended in the indian ocean. >> the government relied on analysis from the british

satellite company inmarsat which said the plane went south. >> you think it's accurate? >> it was peer reviewed. >> family and friends aboard the plane were crushed and outraged. >> march 27th another apparent break in the investigation. a new analysis of radar data led investigators to move the search nearly 700 miles northeast. australian authorities called at any time most credible lead to where debris may be located. so far lead after lead has turned up cold. the search area shifting daily. as to who is responsible for the disappearance, malaysia's police chief said all passengers aboard the plane have been cleared of wrongdoing. the focus now on the captain, co-pilot and crew. still, with so many unanswered questions, and no plane, officials now admit there's no

end in sight. no end in sight. joining me now for the special edition of "outfront" is richard quest and our invitation specials. we were all just sitting here during that piece saying you would not think this could happen in real life, this would have bean plot for a movie or a thriller. this is the real events of the past month. what now? >> not only a plot for a movie, we would have gone and seen it and uppontificated this could never happen. >> military radar, you name it. all the things that are in play. >> and also we talk about where they are looking. they were saying could have been in kazakhstan, a remote island. now there's no plane. so do we really know where it

is, snils you'is is, miles? >> i haven't seen the under lying data. it's proprietary information. there's a criminal investigation. i get all that. don't you think if that data was shared with the world -- you know they say the best and brightest minds are looking at it but why not crowd source it. there's scientist, engineers, smart people who understand this stuff with a look at that data might see something that no one else has seen. >> especially in trying to do math and triangulation. is there a time when you stop the search. they will try for ten days to look but then what if they don't find it? >> when you look at the language they are using, they are already trying to cool us down. they are already preparing us for the bad news. you know, they stopped using the optimistic language. it's repetition of hardest

search ever, hardest search in human history. we'll keep trying. the deployment of these pingers nobody expects them to work. we're going to try really hard please forgive us we'll try hard. >> i do think that we all know one month on the way in which they are shifting the search zone, in the same parameters, but doesn't seem to show much logical sense, first major shift. why go to the right and up a bit then left a bit. we're at the point where they do have to sit down and do the full scale this is what we've got. this is why we're doing it. this is where we're going. the lack of this reset information is now starting to become deafening. >> do i detect a shift. >> yes. >> that's a big deal for you. lay the cards out. >> i think it needs to be done

because you can't just keep saying we're moving it up but we're moving it here, we're doing this, we're doing that. there comes a point -- >> and say what you know. we'll talk about that a lot. we have a special edition of "outfront". four weeks later we still don't know what happened. we have an exclusive interview with the malaysian opposition leader who has been linked to the missing pilot of the plane. and breaking news in the fort hood situation with new breaking details on why the gunman might have done it. ♪

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. breaking news tonight in the hunt for missing malaysian flight 370. at this hour the biggest search day begin, 11 ships, 15 planes heading to the southern indian ocean trying to race against time to find the vanished jet. the biggest search day yet but it's been four weeks since the plane disappeared. so far nothing. the families much those on board are demanding answers, growing increasingly frustrated and angry with the malaysian government for lack of information. several family members met with officials in kuala lumpur today hoping for any news on what might have happened. sarah bajac was at that meet. her partner, who was in the process of relocating to malaysia when he boarded flight 370. sarah joins me now from kuala lumpur. you're going ahead with that

move that you and phillip are doing together and obviously you're on your way back to beijing shortly. you've been in my thoughts and our viewers thoughts since you were on this program days ago. how are you doing now? >> i've stabilized a little bit. i think the first couple of days were just excruciating. they just ripped me apart. then we had several weeks of misleads and misinformation that constantly changed. but in this last week i think i've come to a realization that for sure the flight is still intact and the passengers are still alive because the sequence of information that we've been given, actually all points to that and that was the common theme at the meeting with families. i believe all the other families feel the same way that i do. >> so, it's intact and that the passengers are alive. you were at that briefing for

the family members in kuala lumpur. did you get any new information or anything to answer your questions? >> we didn't. the only thing that they did is rehash all of the same evidence that they have been providing us up until now with the same interpretation so they have a single task of pursuit which is that there's been a crash. that's the only thing they seem to be exploring. and they completely and utterly avoid any of the questions that have been brought to the table about the obvious holes in their story. so, i never actually went to any of the family briefings in china, i steered clear of them for many obvious reasons. but this one here in malaysia was very interesting. the malaysians are taking a much more logical, much more calm approach. there were several representatives from families

who kept asking the same questions over and over. the same ones i have. and the government refuses to answer those questions. >> and, when you talk about the flight path and, obviously, as we all know there were -- there were so many possibilities at the beginning. then they said we know for sure it's down in the southern part environment dan ocean but there's been absolutely no evidence of it being there. did they give you any new information or any back up data to make a case for the plane's flight path? >> nothing that hadn't already been said and even within a single statement there's always some contradiction. so on one hand, inmarsat said has given precise readings but on the other hand oh, they never interpreted this kind of data before so we're not sure what they are saying. they always give two sides of the argument in any statement, which contradicts each other. but the one really unanswered

question is this, this basic fact, or reality that that airplane flew for a very long time over malaysian airspace. so, you know, how long exactly i'm not sure but half an hour, 45 minutes, you got a 777, an unidentified object that theoretical has no communication with the ground flying over their airspace and they are saying that their military just didn't see it. right or they didn't think it was a threat. they thought it was friendly. i don't believe that. the malaysian military is quite sophisticated. they got one of the best radar coverage systems in this part of the world. they are clearly hiding something. >> and we're going to be talking to the opposition leader from malaysia in just a few moments on this program as well. i know he has a lot to say, actually the one who bought that radar system for malaysia. but when you say they are covering something up, why do

you think they would do that? >> i think they are doing that to hide what's really happened to the plane. now whether that purely a malaysian activity or if other countries are involved, i don't know. i mean i really don't know why or how they pulled it off. but i refuse to believe that the malaysian military ignored a 777 in their airspace. there was one of the family members, a young gentleman who pushed forward an idea that he had had noticed from people he knew that the jet had actually been accompanied by fighter planes for some period of time. there was some witness to that. now that's the first time i ever heard of that prior to this meeting. but that actually makes a lot more sense than a flight being ignored by the military. so, i think we need to have better view into where that plane ultimately went and who

has got it now. >> and, sarah, you spent so much time and i know you're very emotional and very analytical going through this and you have really dome the conclusion that it's intact and somebody has custody or control of it right now? >> yeah. my heart tells me phillip is still alive. i feel his presence still. i feel confident that he's still connected to me in reality not just in spirit. and logically, it's the only thing that makes sense. and, again, sometimes you just have to look at that one little nugget and maybe all the run up to it or follow on from it don't make any sense yet but i'm sure that the military and malaysians knew that plane was there and has tracked it in some way. whether they were in control of it or not, i can don't know. it could have been, many people

said it was the united states that was involved. a lot of people are pointing fingers at the chinese. you know the russians have been raised. the general thinking across the families here and even nonfamilies, the people i've had a chance to meet with that are local malaysians with connection to the military and/or security, they all believe this is actually a military operation of some sort. >> sarah, thank you so much. it's good to talk to you again. thank you for doing this before your flight and safe travels. still to come more of our special coverage for flight 370. you heard what sarah just said. our panel will talk about that. four weeks ago this flight disappeared off the radar and we have an exclusive look how many other planes were in the sky that night. sarah point they would have seen it. the other breaking news story we're watching closely new information about the ft. hood shooter. that's next. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah.

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argument between specialist ivan lopez and other soldiers. >> the subject proceeded to travel to two nearby buildings and opened fire. in transit to those locations, while in his personal vehicle, he indiscriminately fired at other soldiers while moving from one location to another. >> reporter: sergeant jonathan westbrook was shot four times and survived. he worked toichbs where the shooting erupted. westbrook's father tells cnn lopez wanted to big up a leave form was told to come back the next day. the father says lopez returned to the office and started shooting. >> first guy he shot right in front of my son was killed. and then he turned the gun towards jonathan. aimed it and fired. i can only imagine what my child was going through to see somebody else get shot down and

then realize that, you know, the gun is coming at you next. >> reporter: military officials say even though lopez was being treated for mental and behavioral issues and possibly ptsd they didn't see any signs of traumatic experiences during his time in iraq in 2011. >> his why are lying medical conditions is not a direct precipitating factor. we believe the immediate precipitating factor was an escalating argument. >> reporter: according to a statement from lopez's family his mother and grandfather passed away in recent months. the family said the army specialist was receiving medical treatment and believe the stresses in his life affected his condition. my son must not have been in his right mind. he was not like that his father said. the mayor of his home town in puerto rico and a family friend believes a dispute with the army over leave time might have triggered this violent reaction. the mayor says he didn't get

authorization for the time he wanted to spend with his mother during her last moments. i've heard many versions from friends saying he had a difficult time processing that situation. now erin, tonight a u.s. military official tells cnn lopez was awarded full time off to go to that funeral anywhere between ten and 14 days but he declined and u.s. military official tells cnn he was triesing to a new specialty in the army truck driving and lopez wanted to get back to go through more of that training that he needed to go through. this is one of those situations and part, one of the things investigators are taking a much closer look at tonight. >> thanks very much. still to come more of our special breaking coverage for the search of flight 370. and why the remote island diego

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we're following breaking news on flight 370 tonight. the biggest search day yet just beginning. 15 planes, 11 ships, going out in what officials call the most difficult search in human history. it was a month ago this hour we first got word the plane was missing. and still there is not a speck of debris or proof of the plane's fate. after a move exhaustive efforts questions still remain. at a closed door briefing last night families of missing passengers walked away frustrated again. you heard sarah bajc talking. nic robertson is "outfront" in kuala lumpur. nic, you talked to family members. what were they demanding and asking? >> reporter: you know, they are asking can the investigators trust the inmarsat data, the data that gave the pings, that gave the current location and investigators are telling them that's the best thing we have. the families said have you looked at the diego garcia military base on those british

owned indian ocean islands. again the investigators telling the families well that's not on the inmarsat data and there's no evidence to suggest that the planes might have gone, there might have been hijacked, might have landed there, might have been shot down there. the families are not satisfied with that answer. they want to listen to the air traffic control recordings, the voices of the pilot and first officer. they said part of the gays can't do that. they want to know what was in the cargo. part of the investigation. they want to know whether the plane took a left or a right turn when it turned back to malaysia. they were shown maps, but having talked to someone present in that meeting still confusing and unclear exactly the route the plane took. so they are asking the same questions they have been asking. they are not getting the answers they want. but the narrative you're getting here is a real questioning over the route and this issue of some kind of conspiracy that the plane might have landed in diego garcia. this is something that the

investigators just can't lay to rest for these families saying that they can only go with this inmarsat data that they have right now. >> nic robertson, thank you very much. you know, joining me, our panel, richard quest, miles o'brien, jeff weiss. this is pretty incredible. the families are asking these questions, miles. they are not be given the data. they are now asking, it's now being discussed openly with theories that have been dismissed as utterly fantastic like landing near the military island of diego garcia. why can't they give all the information, all of the data? >> they have secret investigations in malaysia. these families are entitled to this information at this point. they have been tortured. they have an investigation that has been rife with lack of communication. credibility is next to nothing. as a result the competency we don't know where it is.

richard believes it's a good investigation at its core. how do we know? lay it out on the table because these families deserve it. >> the cockpit recordings. we tlachbs script. recording w ining woulds would be -- they are not letting the family members of the pilots and crew hear them. >> they never do. the cockpit voice recorder in the original voice, i can't remember -- >> we're not close to finding it anyway. air traffic control communications. >> the communications back and forth. >> this is part of the investigation. where i think they do have, the families do have a right to have certain questions answered, however nonsensical or however extreme things like diego garcia. if they believe, if the families believe and have an honest belief that the plane could have

gone there, it is incumbent upon the rest of us to go and have a look even to put their minds at rest. i cannot -- whatever it costs you spend it. >> you heard sarah bajc, very rag enamel but emotional she believes that plane is intact. she's right there's no proof to the contrary. >> the malaysians say, they say they have spoken to not only -- >> the lithium batteries. >> there was fruit. mangos. the malaysian authorities, police now say they've spoken to the farmers and growers and people who packed it and this is the level of an investigation that is now under way. the depth of it is quite enormous in the same way we're talk about it. >> yes. but at the same time, jeff, you have the reality that it took more than a week and weeks in some cases to begin to even interview families of the crew

and pilot. yes, richard has a point. >> there's a lot to do and it all came out empty, apersonally. i do have a degree of sympathy, miles, for the malaysians, because this is the strangest case. this is the strangest case any of us have heard of. so they are trying to explain to people the unexplainable. certainly given the information we have now. in our language we say conspiracy theories like a shorthand term for crazy theory. this was a conspiracy. if you look at the way the plane was flown -- >> if there's a points to entertain it it's in this case. >> let's go back to the basics. you go and look where you think the plane is. last friday and saturday. you suddenly realize it's not there. then you suddenly say well we have military data that has this. can't be right. are you sure? believe me it looks like indict this. somebody else says hang on a

second. and this is to your point, this thing just built and built. >> my question also if the inmarsat data was so sure and i talked to the inmarsat man on this show others did as well it was in this area in the southern indian ocean. it wasn't there. it could still be there. done that mean it's just as likely to be in the northern arc than the southern. if they are wrong on their so certain spot. >> again, if we can see the under lying data. they say it was peer reviewed. it would be good to see how and why and have experts the world over look at the northern arc. >> what about what sarah brought up. i'll talk to the opposition leader in just a moment. what about these questions that everyone is raising and we'll also look at how many planes are in the air. this plane suddenly goes rogue, heads towards kuala lumpur with two of the tallest towers in the world and malaysian military and

radar doesn't notice it. >> that's a fair question. if, in fact, what they say is true they didn't detect it, that's such a breach of their security and defenses and embarrassment. how could that be? >> i think that is -- until we find any further evidence there's no doubt in my mind that that is the biggest scandal so far. that there has not had an explanation from anyone other than the military is holding its own investigation. the plane could fly back across and thailand would notice it and didn't do anything. we've not heard a word from indonesia. >> not a word. >> not a word. >> other than to say it didn't land there. >> or to say what happened when it flew over it. those are the scandals in my review not whether "all right good night" was the correct wording. >> "outfront" next the shock charge levelled at the malaysian government, the opposition

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welcome back to our special edition of "outfront". we have breaking news on flight 370 with search planes taking off in the single loringest search day so far. as they continue to turn up nothing more questions are being asked is what the malaysian government knew and whether they are withholding any information. according to the country's opposition leader they are. he says the government installed a sophisticated radar system back in 1994. he would know. he was the finance minister at the time. he says because of that radar system they know more about the missing plane. malaysian officials say ibahim who was recently sent to prison because of sodomy is using this.

>> they have the capacity, capability to detect all flight moments from south of thailand through central malaysia and now they tell us they are not able, then why are they not releasing the information. what have they seen from the radar data? >> so, do you think the government knows what happened? to the plane? >> there's no way for a minister of defense to say we do not know about the radar. that's why we're directing the questions specifically to him. we asked for the setting up a select committee to allow for thorough discussions for us to support the government efforts. but they have rejected. we asked for a debate in parliament. this was rejected. we can't have a system of parliamentary system without accountability. >> do you think it's just that

they are covering up they were incompetent or do you think they are covering up something more nefarious. >> initially i thought they were incompetent. but when they continue to conceal information i have grounds to be more suspicious and i have demanded this open public explanation, and a release of this information. >> and what are the theories out there, is it the pilot deliberately did something to this plane. you're familiar with this theory. the theory i'm talking about the motive behind it is you, that you were removed from the political arena, and he was big supporter of yours and he brought this plane down in protest. do you believe that could be true? >> the judiciary has been used by the government to punish opposition leaders. it's not me. five, six members of parliament in the room to be punished or

imprisoned or denied their seat. there's fraud in the election, in the electoral process. we won 52% of the popular vote. it's not a question of people having motive. i mean people -- you take any cab or taxi in kuala lumpur most are disgusted with the government. but they don't hijack taxis. similar with the plane. i know him. he's a man that has strong passion for democracy, for rule of law. >> we're talking about the pilot here. >> the pilot. it's true. i've had discussions with him. he's also related to my daughter-in-law. i'm not denying this. i have no problem with that. but there's no shred of evidence to suggest there's a motive. we can therefore condemn an innocent man. i've gone through that. i'm now sentenced five years of imprisonment pending appeal. i understand that. i don't think other malaysians should have to endure this

injustice. >> what can you tell us about the pilot? you obviously know him. you know and he was supporter of yours. you've had time to talk to him. what can you tell people around the world -- everyone wants to know about this man who was at the helm. >> this is a senior pilot and he has impeccable credentials and track record. a great professional. that's why in many of our meetings, naturally people turned to him. he's a very senior pilot. a great professional. we know him. i've discussed with him. he was very clear in his position against the fraud in the last elections and known to be very disgusted with the manner, the court of appeal, the judiciary being used, ignorig facts and law just to punish me and sentence me to five years imprisonment. but he's also great family

person. he's totally against violence. we've taken a strong stance. we believe in rule of law and constitutional change. his only >> that's a pretty incredible conversation, richard quest is here with me with the opposition leader. obviously he's been at the center of this conversation since the beginning. but the member of the malaysian government tweeted while malaysian government and international partners are spending every minute finding mh 370, ibrahim is after political gant gains. this is a part of the narrative. >> it is. but it's well and truly into the fight between two. ibrahim goes to prison for years because of allegations which he's always denied. then a set of court cases.

you're watching malaysia's dirty linen being washed. when he says that, you ask the question is it incompetence or do they know more? they no, he says. >> he said first i thought it was incompetence and now i am suspicious. they know more. >> that is a fairly -- even for a political rival to say that. ibrahim is a very bright man and very respected in many quarters. >> what he's saying is echoing what sarah bajac, partner of filip wood passengerer on the plane said earlier. >> he's been on the inside. he was the defense minister. he was the deputy prime minister. he did spend the money on the radar system. he knows how system works. he'll also be aware of the political cost to him or gain of making this accusation. >> the accusation and being wrong. you've been following this for four weeks. you love planes, you know everything about planes. what do you think when you

consider all the evidence? >> all right. i did the first major plane crash, if you like, i did was lockerbie in 1988. i've done the twa, all the others that have come in the 25 years i've been covering aviation. i've never seen anything of this magnitude where there isn't a shred of evidence or proof. and not only that, that which is there, erin, is so tenuous and extremes of science we're having to question it. that's why i say a month on -- also we need to wait now for the first report. let's have a report now. a statement of facts. >> all right, richard quest, thank you very much. it's amazing, four weeks ago tonight almost at this minute we got word this plane was missing. no one could have had any idea that we would be sitting here having these conversations tonight. outfront next, an exclusive look at how flights are monitored in and around malaysia. we're going to look exactly live

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just four weeks ago to the minute that we broke into this program with the news that malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared. every night since, malaysia airlines has flown the same route from kuala lumpur to

beijing. the one thing that has changed is the flight number. it's now flight 318. we wanted to see exactly what the flight looked like on that night. so we tracked it using a popular web site called flightradar24.com. the data you're seeing right now, this little yellow plane was taken just after 1:00 in the morning today at malaysia at the same moment that flight 370 vanished. as you can see, there are only a few dozen other flights in the region. we have flight 370 in red as you can see. you'd think it would be impossible to not notice that one plane went rogue. it seems like every day brings a new search zone with little results as well. tom foreman's outfront. you've got the flight path how this could have gone missing. also, tom, because of all these questions these zones keep shifting. >> reporter: they do. erin, you look at an image like you have right there, and it seems so compelling and so easy. you have to see anytime bigger picture, too. these millions of square miles they're looking at right now. and as you mentioned the

shifting zones. let me bring in a map and show you what's happened in just a short time here. these are over the past 17, 18 days or so. look at how they have changed, those search areas, time and time and time again. they've changed and changed. not small changes, either, hundreds of miles. and the reason they've had to do this because so much has had to be based on conjecture. mathematics about what happened to this plane, erin. because in the end, despite all of the math and readings they have and everything else, you can put this away and say what they really have is just what you started with, an airplane flying through the night that vanished. >> tom, we're been asking how can you lose a plane. when you look at that map, help me understand the flight traffic and how they're monitoring it, what they actually see. as you watch that plane. we watched flight 318 go tonight. there was a point where flight 370 as it was then called just disappeared off that map. >> if everything's normal, that picture just looks normal.

you don't pay much attention to it. let's take the missing plane and put it into that environment. not just for those hours but for the 24-hour cycle. that's how people live and how they work. every yellow dot on here is every flight in the world in a 24-hour period moving around. and the asian pacific region over here is one of the busiest areas in the world. and it's the most rapidly growing. it's believed that half of the airline and air flight growth over the next 20 years is all going to happen right over here. and much of it is going to involve planes like the 777. so it's this backdrop, people who are working this way, day in and day out, week in and week out, that becomes a little easier to understand how one dot might have slipped away. but it also explains why it's so important to figure out what happened. because an awful lot of future flights need to know what happened with this one as that area continues to grow with all that air traffic. erin? >> tom foreman, thank you very much. on that map just right over the

coast of malaysia as ways showing you earlier, the big question tonight is, how could one plane when there were only a few in that space, how could that one plane have gone missing with the sophisticated radar system and the military and they didn't notice. we are going to keep asking the questions. thanks for watching. anderson's next. good evening again. i'm john berman sitting in for anderson tonight. a big gamble on the flight for flight 370. this is a big development and not the only one as investigators race to find something, again, before pingers from the boeing 777's black box stop working. four weeks with no signals from them or any sign of the plane. we will show you how investigators now plan to change that. we begin with breaking news out of fort hood. new information that may shed considerable light on how the rampage unfolded and what may have motivated the killer, specialist ivan lopez. today investigators and