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and landed for use by the parties involved. and it's the only speculation that actually makes sense. faith thinks the plane is sitting on a runway and they'll wait for the frenzy to die down and then make demands. i'm uma pemmaraju, make it a great day. hello, everybody, i'm greg jarrett in for kelly wright and welcome to america's news headquarters. >> and i'm jamie colby, in for jamie colby. we'll be spending the day together, you and me, there's a lot of news to report. so glad you're here. topping the news this hour, the search is continuing for the missing malaysia airplane plane. taking a chilling turn. why investigators are now looking into the possibility that the plane may have quote deliberately changed course. and signing off -- the united states possibly giving up the last remaining control it has over the internet. we're going to take a close look
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at exactly what this move may mean. and tensions are building in crimea. coming up, we're going to have a live report on the situation residents there are preparing for a major vote. on whether to stay with ukraine or join forces with russia. we begin with a fox news alert. the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 taking a sinister turn, being called a deliberate act. those om mouse words coming from malaysia's prime minister, confirming earlier reports of foul play. he also says the communications devices on board were intentionally turned off. meaning, the plane could have gone as far north as kazakhstan. there you see it on the map, or as far south as to the distant reaches of the indian ocean. all of this adding major difficulties to the search effort. it is expanding to a staggering amount of territory. roughly six times the size of
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the united states. a global flotilla of 14 countries is combing the oceans, looking for any trace of the boeing 777 missing since last saturday with 239 people on board. david piper streaming live from bangkok, thailand, with the latest. david? >> hi, gregg, yes the investigation is focused on the passengers and crew of the plane now. and malaysian police have been searching the home of the pilot today, so far, no word if they found anything. now this all comes after a dramatic news conference in which malaysia's prime minister revealed investigators believe the plane was deliberately diverted. he says somebody in the cockpit switched off the main tracking devices. >> we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and
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reporting system was disabled just before the aircraft reached the east coast of the peninsula malaysia. >> he added shortly afterwards, the aircraft's transponder was switched off and confirmed the plane was tracked to the west and that satellite data now indicates it could have flown for up to seven hours after they lost contact with it. now despite somebody turning off the plane's tracking system, satellite communications with the plane continued in the form of pings, which showed it was still flying. those satellite communications suggest the aircraft could have gone along a corridor in the south or the north. now, to the north, the plane could have flown as far as kazakhstan or numerous other countries. and to the south, deep into the indian ocean, or indonesia. now the search for the aircraft has now been stopped in the
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south china sea and instead, resources are being moved to the indian ocean. the malaysian authorities are also asking for radar data from any countries that the plane could have reached. the investigation as i said is now focusing more on the passengers and crew of the plane. but of course, gregg, there's so many questions still remain to be answered. including the main ones -- why was the plane diverted? and there are the passengers and crew still alive? back to you. >> david piper streaming live from bangkok, thailand, we'll check back with you. thank you. and meanwhile, investigators are taking a closer look at the airplane's flight crew. especially the pilot. police searching his home looking for any clues that might clear up the mystery of what happened to flight 370. dominick dinatali live in los angeles with that part of the story. i heard about the co-pilot that may have broken rules over the years. but tell us about the pilot, dominick. >> the pilot is quite an interesting character. pretty stable fellow. but you know, they're looking at both of these individuals.
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because irrespective of the backgrounds that they have, they're looking for any clue at all as to what might have gone wrong with the plane here. let's tell but the these two guys, the captain shaw and first officer fariq abdul hamid. official says either of these could have had the aviation knowledge to actually divert the plane and take it on the different trajectory that people are speculating it may have taken. officials say they have no alternative but to look into these two men, jamie. take a listen. >> in view of the latest development, the malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew and passengers on board. >> i'm going to come to that first officer first. fariq ahmed, just 27 years old. only 2,000 hours flying experience. he only started co-piloting the boeing 777. now these embarrassing pictures that came out, in the past 24 hours showing him with two
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teenaged blondes sitting in the cockpit of his aircraft back in 2011. a flight from phuket to kuala lampur. and the airline is investigating how on earth this was possibly able to happen. hamid is described as a good muslim by those that know him. regularly goes to prayers at a local mosque every friday and apparently he was considering getting married. let's come on to the captain, shah. he's a much morsteaddy character, 5 yea3 years old, married, a father of three in this gated community in placia he's been with the airline for 23 years. described as an affluent aviation buff and he has his own youtube channel where he posts do it yourself videos. he managed to build his own flight simulator apparently. and people say he's very trustwompttrus trustworthy, very stable kind of guy. the investigators are looking at what role either of these two could have had, depending what happened in the cockpit. the trajectory changed, the
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plane was diverted. and it flew for up to seven hours as david was saying a few moments ago. really, what they can find from the characters' background next patterns these people might have had, will all be crucial evidence in trying to work out precisely what happened to those steering the plane. back to you. >> our bookers are lined up all the guests that will help us get the answers to the story. keep it here on fox. there's so much happening in this fast-developing story. minutes from now we'll take a deeper look at how investigators are trying to crack the mystery of what happened to flight 370. what actually didn't take place when the plane disappeared that may offer clues? we're going to talk to a pilot and retired navy captain chuck nash and we'll be talking to him about a new theory that's out there today. we'll take a look. okay. president obama is touting his plan to expand overtime pay for millions of american workers laying out his case in his weekly address. >> we've got to build an economy
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that works for everybody. not just for the fortunate few. we know from our history that our economy grows best from the middle out. when growth is more widely shared. so we've got to restore opportunity for all. the idea that with hard work and responsibility, you can get ahead. >> in the meantime, republicans are staying focused on the botched health care rollout. ohio congressman bill johnson saying if the president doesn't act, many americans, especially seniors, will continue to struggle. >> because of obama care, many seniors enrolled in the popular medicare advantage program are paying higher premiums and out of pocket costs, many are losing access to their physicians. and many more will unless the president takes action. >> back to our other top story, the tensions and violence continuing to build in ukraine. we're a day ahead of crimea's succession vote. ukraine's acting interior ministry is reporting two people
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were killed and several wounded in a shootout there. meanwhile, the obama administration making it clear the u.s. won't recognize the results of the referendum. warning there will be sanctions if it goes forward. eric shawn live inside the united nations here in new york city. eric, this is your beat. what's going on? >> yeah, jamie, the aggression are expanding, so says the ukrainian ambassador to the united nations moments ago. he claims that russian paratroopers and forces have entered the mainland of the ukraine. in the southeastern portion. not just in crimea. although that has not been independently confirmed. his stunning remarks came right at the end of the united nations security council meeting which as expected, russia vetoed the resolution. and the other nations had harsh words condemning moscow's actions. this on the eve of tomorrow's referendum in crimea. the resolution here at the united nations criticized that referendum, calling it illegal and a violation of international
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law. diplomats here called it a farce. u.s. ambassador samantha power had harsh words also, saying russia can veto this, but not veto the truth. she said the whole scheme was quote hatched in the kremlin and called this a sad and remarkable moment. >> russia has used its veto as an accomplice to unlawful military incursion. crimea is part of ukraine today, it will be part of ukraine tomorrow, it will be part of ukraine next week. it will be part of ukraine unless and until its status is changed in accordance with ukrainian and international law. >> it is a secret to no one that the russian federation will vote against the draft resolution. >> well the resolution notes that ukraine has not authorized the referendum on the status of crimea. and declares the referendum can have no validity and cannot form the basis for any alteration of the status of crimea.
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the ukrainian ambassador said what russia has done is awful. >> all the united membership appeals to the wisdom of russian leadership. very unsuccessful. russian troops entered the mainland on the south. from crimea. for us it is not a surprise that russia vetoed today's resolution. >> well the lithuanian ambassador said ukraine is about to be in her words, carved up. saying that russia's moves echo the soviet union invasion of hungary in 1956 and czechoslovakia in 1968. despite the moves here it seems that vladimir putin is defying the west, refuses to back down in what is becoming the greatest international east/west crisis since the end of the cold war. jamie, some here wondering if indeed because of what putin has done, if the cold war is indeed over. back to you. >> wow, that's amazing way to put it, eric, thank you so much.
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we'll check back with you at the united nations. eric shawn. well some nasty weather in store for the south later today. a new storm bringing tornadoes it to texas and louisiana and more snow and cold on the way for some unlucky parts of the country. making for a very chilly st. patrick's day, meteorologist janice dean is live at the fox weather center with the latest in our seemingly never-ending winter. >> i know. i think i'm on strike. >> hey, i'll join you. >> for first day of spring, coming this week, and d.c., look out, you could see several inches of snow on st. patrick's day. so let's get to it here's your current temperatures, i want you to pay attention to kansas city and chicago, even minneapolis, where as we go through this evening, we're going to drop 20, 30 degrees. so there's kansas city, 33 degrees. and you could see snow within the next 12-24 hours in your forecast. we were talking about the potential for severe weather, we've got this low moving across
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texas, bringing us the threat for hail and damaging winds and even isolated tornadoes. and this is the weather-maker that's going to bring some accumulating snow. severe threat today for parts of texas through louisiana. and mississippi. up towards arkansas. hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, we don't have any watches or warnings just yet. but watch as we head north into sunday morning. we're going to see the accumulating snow in kansas city, even st. louis. and watch it across the ohio river valley, tennessee river valley. up towards d.c. and philadelphia. that's monday morning. and your commute could be very snowy for several hours. so just keep it in mind and keep it tuned to your local fox forecast. but look at the forecast precipitation, here's one of the forecast models. several inches of snow, we could see upwards of five inches for the nation's capital. charleston as well. so the virginia could get quite a dumping of snow for st. patrick's day. look at d.c., the forecast today, enjoy it. into the 60s. dropping to the 30s on monday. with that snowstorm and then
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we'll creep up into the 40s and 50s tuesday and wednesday. so again, the threat for severe weather continues for the gulf coast states. and then we'll watch it across portions of the mississippi river valley in towards the southeast and that snowstorm we'll continue to monitor just a never-ending winter, gregg. >> gigts it's going to snow int and august, that's my prediction. >> don't say that. >> at least into april, okay? >> we're almost there, you get this topsy-turvy forecast, but we're almost there, we'll get there eventually and we'll be complaining about the heat. >> yeah, we will. we're complainers, aren't we? >> yes. >> janice, thanks. >> janice was helpful yesterday, i think she was wearing yellow. and today you are, so perhaps the sun will be out this week ways up in east harlem taking a look at the gas explosion after it happened. there are new details. it turned deadly, the death count rose and emergency workers are there today, trying to figure out still exactly what
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happened. >> and the united states possibly giving up its leading role in overseeing a key aspects of the world's internet. we're going to take a look at what exactly that would mean and why some critics are crying foul. plus, we're going to show you the dramatic video out of california, where a horse had to be airlifted to safety. oh, my goodness, there it goes, following a hiking accident. hope it's okay. >> it looks okay. wow. >> he's having a great time. >> for sure. we would all like to try that once. [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma --
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time for a quick check of the headlines. sabotage at an iranian nuclear plant. somebody reportedly campering with the country's heavy water reactor facility. a senior iranian official said no damage was done. a prison sentence of the pakistani doctor convicted of helping america track down osama bin laden reduced from 33 years to 23 years. afredi was accused of running a bogus vaccination program to collect osama bin laden's dna. emergency workers in new york city are sifting through the debris, clearing the scene
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for investigators at site of an explosion that killed eight people and demolished two apartment buildings. this story is a true head-scratcher. the u.s. is possibly getting ready to relinquish any last remaining control it has over the internet. why? well, the move comes at the end of a long-running agreement between the commerce department and a california-based nonprofit group, elizabeth pran here to describe more on this from washington. tell us more, good to see you. >> you as well. what some are saying is an historic move, the commerce department is allowing its contract with internet corporation for assigned names and numbers to expire. it claims that the web requirements u.s. officials will give up its oversight role and let the contract run out. the job will be taken on by a group that includes private businesses and also multiple government agencies. recently critics are raising
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concerns that other countries may try to take control over what was created by americans. >> our tax dollars helped design this. so you know the fact that we're going to act like oh, well, you know, anybody can have a piece of it. i'm sorry, i don't buy that. >> well, some democratic lawmakers such as senate commerce committee chairman jay rockefeller are praising the decision, releasing a statement reading in part -- since 1998, the u.s. has been committed to transitioning management of the internet's domain name system, to an independent entity that reflects the broad diversity of the global internet community. ncia's announcement today is that it's beginning the process. experts say internet users will probably not notice any changes. >> elizabeth, great report. thanks so much. gregg? for more on the implications of the move, let's turn to our panel, good to see you both.
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chris, let me start with you. the u.s. programmers are the ones who invented this. it was pure genius. they advanced the internet, they nurtured it. they protected it. and they did so in a remarkably competent way. and they opened it up to the world. so why cede control of it? >> well you know, i don't see it necessarily as just -- you're right about everything you said in terms of this was an american invention, it's incredible accomplishment. but this is also now, a global phenomenon. and a global, if you will, utility. so i don't initially think one, the united states managing domain names in that aspect of the internet, i mean if we were talking about internet security. we were somehow shifting the entire control of the infrastructure of the internet over to some other body, that would be one thing. but this doesn't seem to be anything that significant, to be honest. >> this could be the first ten steps to a complete takeover by
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something that could potentially harm openness and freedom. angela, look, the transition details are unclear. but as chris pointed out, the internet is global. why shouldn't it be handed over to a global body assuming we can assure maintaining freedom and openness? >> listen, there's a lot of ambiguity there, who would be the independent body? would would it be wipo, the world intellectual property organization? would it be the world trade organization? would it be the u.n.? even though we might have challenges with our political, regulatory system in america, it's the best one in the world. i know, chris, you say this is small dealing with domain names, but your name could be up for sale to someone in china could buy and put a website actually back in use. >> angela, i hope so. i'm hoping somebody buys my name. >> this is serious where in essence if someone infringes on your domain name and steals your
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name, can you go to court and sue. >> i think, there's concern about foreign governments with nefarious purposes. newt gingrich made a point saying this would make it easier for foreign dictatorships to define the internet and unduly influence it. conversely, the united states obviously would never do that. so chris, how do you respond to that? >> i mean i don't, i don't see how that's possible. you know from what i understand, and listen, i think we all would agree that there's still details to be worked out and there's a lot of information here that is not clear. but in terms of how that would threaten our ability to either protect our intellectual property or our inventions or our internet -- i don't see how it is. i understand it's somehow frightening, but we're talking about a very, very limited aspect of the internet. >> let me jump in with a question. because i was struck by the fact that verizon, which is one of the world's biggest internet operators and providers, i mean
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they're all for this. so are a lot of other american businesses. they think that, i'll quote verizon, it's a positive and timely step in the evolution of internet governance. i mean if verizon thinks it's okay, maybe they have a point. >> because, greg, more money. it will bring in more revenue. >> what's wrong with that? >> angela, are you anti-business? >> i thought you were free market and capitalist? >> let me finish. right now you have a problem locally with globally with patents and intellectual property. even in the movie industry, when i was a lobbyist, we would release a movie and the next day it would be sold in taiwan. if we can't control it now if we allow it to go globally, i'm not against revenue, but i want control here in the united states. >> in the 1960s, this thing was developed. with american money by the department of defense. taxpayers paid for this whole thing.
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so, why should the obama administration or one president make a decision to give away something that has been probably one of the greatest world inventions ever by americans? >> well, one, like i said, that is a good observation, but what the internet was and -- listen, the initial internet was the defense department and darpa creation, but it has become obviously something that is part of our daily lives, global commerce. and, it is this change -- >> that we control. >> angela, angela. >> let chris finish. >> this is not something that i'm personally concerned about. you're seeing businesses, who are clearly in favor. i'm proud to say that i'm pro business on this issue. angela is anti-business. >> oh, stop lying, chris. you're lying, chris. >> we're out of time. chris and angela, you guys sort of reversed roles here. thanks very much. >> no, no, no.
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good to see you. >> nice yellow, angela. >> she's hoping for sunshine, too. have you reached billionaire status, gregg? >> no. i'm a long way away. >> dreaming of it? >> i've given up the dream. >> how is your bank account looking? do you know there are more american millionaires hitting the streets right now? >> that's right. >> and we're going to tell you how you could become one of them. if you can't earn it, maybe you can win it. because megamillions is going to make somebody very rich. we're certainly going to try. but also our top story, the disappearance of malaysian airlines flight 370. we're going to talk to captain chuck nash coming up on what could have taken place in that cockpit or from the ground. on my journey across america,
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airlines flight 370. malaysia's prime minister is now saying this was no accident. calling did instead a deliberate act. he also says somebody purposefully disabled the plane's communication systems. and that the boeing 777 continued flying for more than six hours. maybe eight hours. after losing contact with the ground now this means the investigation is expanding. with a massive search effort. now focusing on two possible flight paths. looking as far in and out north as the border of kazakhstan and as far south as into the indian ocean and indonesia. molly has more. >> a deliberate act, leaders are calling it meaning whatever happened to that flight, it was not accidental. moreover, the very changes of altitude and the shifting directions of the plane away from its set course are leading some aviation experts to this conclusion. >> of those erratic altitude changes, climbs and descents,
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definitely suggest to me there was some sort of struggle going on inside that aircraft. either it was from maybe a fire within the cockpit or a struggle with possible hijackers. >> now malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew. and the passengers on board. all 239 of them. in fact, malaysian police today served the home of the pilot. 53-year-old ahmad shah. co-workers say he loved flying and spent his time away from work testing a flight simulator he had set up at his home. malaysian airline officials say they do not believe he would have sabotaged the flight. officials also searched the home of the 27-year-old co-pilot. so far, as the search expands into the indian ocean, officials have not released any details about anyone on the flight who had a connection to militant groups or psychological problems. anything that could give them a lead as to what may have happened on that flight. all of this as anxious families of those on board await some kind of word on day eight of the
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search for this missen plane. gregg? >> molly hannenberg in washington, thank you. we're going to get answers over the next couple of days, chances are. and there are still so many questions to be answered. and for more on this, i'm truly privileged right now to have veteran pilot and retired u.s. navy captain, chuck nash, who is also a fox news military analyst. you're one of my military heroes, i want to give folks out there the benefit of a conversation that you and i had about what may have happened. we don't speculate here at fox news, but we need to be prepared for these, these opportunities that the bad guys could have when it comes to an airplane and you have to imagine it would be a dream come true for them to get their hands on a 777. and there are plenty of bad groups in that area. let me ask you what happens, when a pilot -- and i'm flying monday, so i hate to ask the question but you're on a plane, the pilot is in the cockpit. the pilot or co-pilot get up to use the rhett room and they
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close that door. what could happen if the person behind the controls at the time has ill intent zblext doesn't let the person back in. >> so the only way that anybody in the cockpit could get back in is if the person behind the controls lets him in. say he doesn't. what could happen? what could he do to the passengers? >> well at that point, he could, he could make things very uncomfortable for the passengers, all the way down to if he wanted to, dump the cabin pressure. and if you dump the cabin pressure, you then go to ambient. normally when we're flying around in airliners even at altitude, we may be at 7,000, 8,000-foot cabin pressure. but if you were to suddenly go to 25,000 or 35,000 feet of cabin pressure, because you're up there, at that point there's very little oxygen left. and you would very quickly -- >> you could kill everyone on that plane. >> yes. >> if you had that --
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>> we don't know if that happened. but to t does seem very interesting that no one on that flight sent an internet text, email, or tried to make a phone call. no family member has reported any of that. there's also a theory, and it may seem far-fetched. ufos, are as well. but it's nothing like that that you could hack the controls of the plane from a seat on the plane. or from the ground. is that a possibility? has the faa allowed that as an opportunity? >> in fact, they did. as far back that i'm aware in january of 2008, they came out with a notice, talking about what was then this brand-new airplane in construction. the boeing 787. in the interim, the 777 is widely known as a system that is very tightly coupled, electrically. so any time you have this increased coupling and this, you
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have a potential nexus where you can cross over from a, a nonsecure system into a secure system. >> has this been evaluated by any of the governments involved, of whether or not even another passenger may have hacked in? because the problem is, that once we went digital, in cockpits, the only way to overcome by a pilot someone that takes over the controls remotely, is analog. is there anything analog in that cockpit any more? >> no. just about everything is digital flight controls and fly by wire controls. so you no longer have for example, mechanical linkages running back to the rudders and the elevators like did you back in the old days. because the control forces would just be too great. these are very large flight control surfaces. in some cases, you don't even have a yoke any more. you just have a side stick controller. where you've got strain gauges on there. >> so if a pilot realizes the plane has been taken over in
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some way, even bay co-pilot, there's really nothing you can do? >> no, and the airbus that crashed on its way from brazil to france over the ocean several years ago, what happened was, that was a pilot suicide, sorry, that was not a pilot suicide. no. that was they flew into some bad weather. but by the time they realized what was going on, the co-pilot had a lot of backpressure and they just stalled it in. the egypt air flight was a pilot suicide. and when the captain realized what was going on, he was yelling at the co-pilot, and the co-pilot was pushing forward and he was pulling back. and you got a differential -- >> you have to put in the koo coordinates and everything, there's's there's no way to control the plane any more? >> you can stick-fly the thing. but you are not -- directly influencing the flight control surfaces. are you influencing actuators
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electrically. >> do we need to institute more security measures then on the ability of -- what, bottom line it for me. i only have 30 seconds. what went wrong here? what should have been done from a security standpoint? >> we don't really know what went wrong here. it looks by all appearances that it was some kind of an inside job or somehow bad people got access to the cockpit. what their motive is, is going to help us really find out where the airplane is. if they wanted the airplane for some sinister reason or for what it was carrying. it's probably not in the ocean. if they just wanted to do a terrorist thing, they would have probably flown back and flown it into some buildings. not just run out of gas. >> not a trace so far. thank you, captain nash for all your expertise and for years of service, we appreciate it. we're in the money. a new report out showing that more americans than ever are rich. the number of millionaires in the united states reaching an
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all-time high. coming up, we're going to talk to financial expert about how the wealthy get and keep their fortunes. also, what if could you save yourself a trip to the doctor? we're going to tell what you common over-the-counter medicines may you keep out of the exam room. is this the bacon and cheese diet?
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in last night's drawing. the next drawing, tuesday. singer chris brown under arrest again. picked up yesterday in los angeles on a warrant. being held without bail. a judge issued the warrant after brown was discharged from rehab for failure to comply with rules. and this horse in california had to be airlifted to safety after a hiking accident. hoisted up 150 feet in the air, after a fall that left the horse and the rider stranded. we hope he's okay. at least i think it's a boy. wealthy americans are booming. the number of american millionaires hitting a new high last year. more than $9.6 million. according to a research firm spectrum group and the number of the ultrarich, those folks with $25 million or more? that's up 57%. so how did they get all that money? what are they doing right? here now to talk about it,
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financial adviser dominick devela, president of diversified financial consultants. >> i think it comes from ingenui ingenuity, intelligence and just plain hard work. how and why did it happen? >> i hate to say it, greg, but you're absolutely correct. they didn't play lotto. ky promise you. the vast majority of the people that became millionaires, new millionaires in the last year, didn't do it by playing lotto. they worked hard. they own their own business, they started their own business. they are entrepreneurs. they put their own capital at risk. and they were rewarded for that risk. >> and you know, they were smart. because in disaster there is opportunity. for example, when real estate market crashed and the stock market crashed, what do the folks do? >> well, exactly, gregg. if you look at it logically, first of all they had to be fiscally responsible when this thing happened.
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anybody could have looked at an apartment building in miami or a business that had fail and see there's opportunity there. but if you didn't have the capital or the cash, you couldn't take advantage of it. so typically, these are very fiscally responsible people. hold their cash to the close to the vest and when they see an opportunity to buy a business, to start a business, to buy real estate, to buy the stock market when it was down 40, 50, 60%, they take advantage. they take risk. >> the kind of stats we mentioned in the introduction, increasing number of millionaires and billionaires and so forth. that is going to get the attention of the folks at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. income inequality and so forth but has that kind of rhetoric from actually stoked resentment and to some extent hatred against millionaires when in fact we should be applauding those millionaires, they create jobs.
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>> let's start with that one, greg. first of all, the small business owner in this country creates the vast number of new jobs. not only do they create wealth for themselves, think of the restaurant owner who hires the cook, who hires the waitress, who hires the staff. the small business owner. these are the people that create jobs. but every day they're hearing how somehow they're the bad guy. because they work 60, 70 hours a week. because they risk their own financial well-being. they risk their own houses and put them, borrow against them to invest in business, create jobs. somehow they're the bad guy because they were successful. this is outrageous, and believe me, resentment is an understatement. >> do you think higher taxes and onerous regulations contribute to income inequality? for those, those two things make it financially expedient and more profitable to for example invest overseas instead of here in america. >> look, we talk a lot about the
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super-wealthy. but we have to think about what the average american millionaire looks like. they own the local meetsa shop. they own the local deli. a gas station, a funeral home, a car dealership. mostly employ local, hard-working americans. when we create this environment where we're taxing them to death, we're taking money, sub s corporation, taxes flow through on a personal level. we're taking money out of their possibility. we overregulate. it creates an environment that prohibits them from hiring. >> can you make more money producing products overseas in asia than you can here in the united states. not always, but in many cases, we've certainly seen that. dominick, thank you very much for being with us. >> have a great day, gregg. got an important medical story coming up. there are common pain relievers you probably have in your medicine cabinet, that may hold the key to fighting off dangerous infections. dr. manny will be joining us next. ♪
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out antibiotic flu and -- we want to talk to our doctor on the medical aid team. is it good or bad to be taking painkillers? >> you don't want to take a lot of medication if you don't have to. this story is exciting. exciting for me, not for you perhaps. but we're talking about the overutilization of antibiotics. over 2 million cases in the u.s. where you have infections due to bacteria that we don't have any good antibiotics to fight them with. you have 23,000 people that die from these infections. and very little research of new antibiotics is on the marketplace. however, scientists now have discovered that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories specific types, carprafan. >> prescription. >> exactly. does hold properties that fights bacteria.
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the way that it fights bacteria because it interferes with the dna formation of the bacteria. different mechanism than you would find on antibiotics which attacks the cell integrity of the bacteria. so the good news is that now this leads scientists to say, aha! we have already good chemicals in the shelves that seem to destroy bacteria that perhaps may eliminate all of this resistance that we're seeing with regular antibiotics. >> translate to your doctor's office. if you come in with an infection of some kind resistant to a standard antibiotics, do you prescribe something else? >> we do. we have very few antibiotics available. but those things are also failing. talk about mrsa, for instance, all those things very commonplace. very little room to maneuver. that's why 23,000 people die every year and you have so many
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infections. the fight is to find new chemicals, new bathways to attack bacteria. now scientists have discovered at least something they can sort of put a flag on, move forward and mark. so for us i think it's very exciting. >> that's good. because people worry, right, greg? you go into a hospital with one thing and then you can pick up an infection. if there isn't an apartment by theic to control it, maybe these pain killers hold some truth. but with every medicine i'm sure there's a little poison. >> is there? we hear that. >> sure. i mean, everything -- you don't want to take a lot of medication. and everything has a side effect. they could harm you. the big question is when you have now -- if you take any of the nonsteroidals you're familiar with, ibuprofen or alleve, we sort of knocking off some bacteria in our bodies that we shouldn't. that's going to be the point of analysis further on. but exciting point is that the chemistry is there. so we might see new medications coming on board. >> good they're always looking. >> always looking.
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