i'm paul gigot. we hope to see you right here next week. fox news alert now. the hunt for the missing malaysian airline has now become a criminal investigation. malaysian authorities say the plane was diverted on purpose. its communication system intentionally shut off. the jetliner had been airborne for seven hours after it vanished off the radar. hello i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> we're back. hi, i'm jamie. i'm in for arcelle neville this hour. it has been over a week since that plane disappeared. the mystery is widening. there's still no word on any possible motive. the search radius now six times the size of the united states.

focusing on two possible flight patz as far north as kazakhstan or into the indian ocean. our reporter has more on the search. >> reporter: yes, the investigation has moved away from things like mechanical or electrical failure to focus on the crew and the passengers on board. malaysian police have for instance been searching the home of the pilot today. this all comes after a dramatic news conference in which malaysian's prime minister revealed investigators believe the missing plane was deliberately diverted. he says in all likelihood 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 reporting system or acars was

disabled just before the aircraft reached the east coast of malaysia. >> he added shortly afterwards the aircraft's transponder was switched off. he also confirmed the plane was tracked to the west and that experts have analyzed satellite data and it now indicates the plane could have flown for up to seven hours after they lost contact with it. those satellite communications in the form of pings from the aircraft suggest it could have flown along a northern or southern corridor to the north the plane could have flown as far as kazakhstan or several other countries. to the south, deep into the indian ocean and indonesia. they've now stopped searching for the aircraft in the south china sea and moving planes and ships to the indian ocean. the malaysian authorities are also asking for radar data from any countries the plane could have reached. the investigation is now focusing as i say on the plane

and crew and also the ground staff just in case somebody managed to sneak aboard the plane. back to you. >> all right, david piper, thank you so much. joining us live from thailand. greg with more. >> the latest salvo in the ukraine-russia standoff coming is no surprise russia vetoing a united nations resolution condemning sunday's referendum vote on merging ukraine's crimea into the russian federation. the united states sponsored resolution largely a symbiotic show of solidarity from the u.n. security council. we'll have a live report on the latest out of the u.n. top of the hour. also a big move that will change how the internet is managed. the u.s. government is announcing plans to possibly give up control of the system that assigns web site addresses and also directs internet traffic. there have been growing international pressure for the u.s. to turn over this authority, particularly after the nsa surveillance controversy. coming up later in the hour, our panel will take a look at what this means for all of us. one of our guests says he

actually predicted this is exactly what would happen several years ago. flooding occurring earlier than usual in western illinois with people forced from their homes along the rock river. look at those pictures. ice dams triggered by thawing temperatures sending fast-moving flood waters rushing downstream. but it's not thawing everywhere. there's more snow and cold headed for folks along the east coast. what a broken record we are. meteorologist janice dean is live in the fox extreme weather center. >> greg and jamie, we're back to brrr in a lot of these areas where we got a quick taste of springtime. that seems to be the rule, right? we get a quick taste and then it's taken away from us. someone has to give the memo to mother nature the first day of spring is this wednesday. but look at these temperatures. the average 37 in minneapolis, into the 20s on sunday. into the 20s for chicago. and even new york city we got a quick taste of some nice 50-degree temperatures and then we're back into the freezer on

sunday and monday. and look at the lows. they're going to stretch as far as portions of georgia and the carolinas in terms of very cold weather. so there's sunday night's lows, 26 in louisville, 51 in atlanta. and then watch as we go to 37 on monday. so this trough is going to dig in as far south as the southeast over the next couple of days. look at kansas city, okay? 71 today. then we've got this storm system moving through bringing some measurable snow in some areas. down to 37 on sunday. and then we'll rebound into the early work week. so that's what happens in march. a little bit of a seesaw sometimes. we're going to watch this developing low pressure area that could give us the potential for severe weather today and tomorrow across the gulf coast. could see some large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. so we'll watch that for you. and then this storm is going to move kind of northward. and with it some very cold air. so measurable snow perhaps for kansas city and st. louis. we could also see a wintery mix here across the ohio river valley.

d.c. could see several inches of snow for st. patrick's day on monday and into the morning commute. i know. you'd think it was april fools i was tell you can about. >> it's so strange. but the snow is not going to dampen the spirit of st. paddy's day, right? >> absolutely. >> people drink beer cold or hot or whatever. >> you said it, i didn't. >> j.d., thanks. >> you've got it. workers in new york city are still picking up those pieces, clearing debris from the scene of that horrific explosion that killed eight people and levelled two apartment buildings and a church underneath. we're going to have the latest on the investigation. plus the search for the malaysia airlines flight continuing more than a week after its disappearance. amid reports of sabotage. we're going to be talking with an experienced pilot about what could have happened to the plane. >> a boeing 777 would make a perfect delivery device for a weapon of mass destruction. just yesterday i heard a former

director or deputy director of the fbi suggesting that very thing, that this aircraft could very well be somewhere on the ground as we speak being reoutfitted for some other purpose. [ female announcer ] we'll cook all day today, but we're not staying in the kitchen. just start the slow cooker, add meat and pour in campbell's slow oker sauce. by the time you get home, dinner is practically done. and absolutely delicious. everne is cooking wiew campbell's slow cooker sauces.

s, and absolutely delicious. ya gotta wake up early like the pros. here's a tip. use a reliable alarm clock. (rooster squawking) ♪music announcer: bring the kids to bass pro shops' spring fishing classic this weekend for free activities and free fishing.

. .

time for a quick check of the headlines now. an american airlines jet making an emergency landing after hitting a bird during takeoff. the flight was headed toward dallas as it took off from tulsa international airport. no report of any injuries. the plane showed no signs of damage. a judge reducing the sentence of a doctor convicted of helping the united states track down osama bin laden, from 33 years to 23 years behind bars. the doctors has denied helping the cia. he may appeal further. and investigators here in new york city waiting for firefighters to clear the debris from the site of wednesday's

deadly explosion so they can access the basements of the two buildings. searching for clues that might reveal what caused that huge blast. the fire commissioner saying they'll check the meters, the pipes, and possible ignition sources. back to our top story. the mystery behind the disappearance of the malaysia airlines flight 370 and the 239 people on board, far too many to have just a trace. it's being called a deliberate act by the malaysian government. in fact, malaysia's prime minister is confirming that communication devices were intentionally turned off from inside the cockpit, meaning the plane could have gotten as far north as kazakhstan or south deep into the indian ocean. but we still don't know. the investigation is also taking a turn to the pilots, the passengers and the crew. and here to talk about the latest developments and the questions that he'd like answered, commercial pilot robert mark. hey rob, great to see you. you have tons of experience.

and i'm really glad you're here. thank you. >> thank you. >> let me start by asking you about the fact that the malaysian government is convinced now that deliberate action was taken. how would they come to that conclusion? >> that's the question i certainly want to know. as a journalist, you can make all the claims that you want. but in the last week, this whole story, as awful as it's been, has turned into one series of wild goose chases after another. and most of that misinformation has come from malaysia. now, whether it's intentional or something else, i don't know. but we certainly are looking in 50 different directions every day at different parts of the story. and there's never any evidence. at least not any evidence that we as the public are privy to. >> the possibility exists we're not being told everything by our own government. these other governments aren't

under much of an obligation to share their information. what we've learned so far is that they are starting to look at the pilot and copilot. it's been reported that with 18,000 hours under his wing, so to speak, the pilot had a lot of experience. but he also had at home a setup, a simulator. i mean, i certainly know aviators, mostly military, who have pretty sophisticated simulators at home that they like to tool around with. is there anything unusual about the fact that he had a lot of experience with remote operations of airplanes and also the fact that he liked to practice simulations at home? >> well, actually within the pilot community and sort of the aviation officianado community that isn't that strange at all. we've seen situations in which people found old airline cockpits and reoutfitted them for flight sims because it's just fun. we're all kind of geeky about that sort of thing. and again, i don't think that necessarily lends any credence

to any particular ill intent on the pilot's part. >> do you have a theory at this point? >> you mean a theory that hasn't changed about five times over in the last week? >> really? >> i think certainly it does look like there's been some interference with the cockpit crew. whether that was from the cockpit crew itself or someone that gained access to the cockpit, i know we talked earlier about the fact that they said the manipulations of the flight look like an experienced pilot, which i have to admit to me they don't at all. i mean, the airplane was zigzagging all over the place, climbing, descending. that's another issue. that climbing and descending. we haven't really understood how they verified that. the data blocks were all lost from the airplane. how did they know it went to 45,000 feet? again, we have no idea. >> as an experienced pilot, does it surprise you that no one else in air space would have seen

anything or any remnants of anything? >> well, when this first happened, when the last friday, we started talking about the possibilities. and i said that if i were going to steal an airplane for whatever reason, i would turn off the equipment the way that they did and i would go down low to make certain that i was avoiding all the radar. of course, the one problem with being down low, 1,000 feet off the water or 1,000 feet off the land, is that you burn a lot more fuel in the airplane. so it wouldn't have had nearly the range that people are talk about. but we don't know that. >> it's interesting you bring up the fuel issue. i have a question about that. to refuel a 777, if this plane was flown somewhere and is on the ground awaiting repurposing, where do you get that much fuel? you'd have to be a pretty sophisticated setup as far as an airport or a terminal, wouldn't you? >> well, i guess when some of the other folks have gone back

to analogies to 9/11, and those people were very sophisticated in their planning. and so my thought is that if someone was actually stealing this airplane for some purpose for which we don't know yet but needed to refuel it they would have had that figured out. you'd certainly need some large trucks with a lot of fuel on board. but that's not impossible to get. >> finally before we go, i have less than 30 seconds. is it within the realm of possibility that this plane is on the ground somewhere and undetected as far as you're concerned with your experience? can it be done? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely it could be. absolutely. >> all right. we are really searching for answers on this one. please come back, rob. great to have you here today. >> i will. thank you very much for inviting me. >> a pleasure. the obama administration once again bowing to international pressure as the u.s. now considers plans to possibly give up its remaining control of the internet.

coming up, why critics are so deeply concerned about this. what it might mean for online freedoms. [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family.

brad blakeman joins us, former assistance to george w. bush. you called it in this column four years ago, you wrote about it. and you argued that america

created this thing, why hanged it over to others. but let me challenge you for a moment. sit fair or wise to have one country, the united states control what has become a powerful, pervasive global form of communication? >> yes, it's in our national interest. greg, look, you know and i know that our country is attacked si si cyberly through the internet. better us than anybody else to control the access to the internet because if you give it to a third party n this case the u.n., the u.n. is absolutely incompetent in every area of governance, there's never been an accusation that us as the inventors of the internet, controlled the internet, didn't provide access. in fact we gave it to the world. it's our technology, the government paid for it, we should control it. >> why give it up?

america after all is a beacon of freedom what better insurance than america to protect freedom on the internet, not to mention as brad argues here, our security. >> first after all, it's absolutely fantasy to think that we actually control this. other countries are going to come up with their.c s's. why don't we take the pr positive of it and say that we're goes to make it free and share through the united nations and know what we can't do anyhow which isa we can't control it. >> don't you worry about other less honorable nations that are our ascend danlt that may -- >> they're already doing that, i travel a lot, there's certain country where is you're not allowed to use skype, but

there's ways to get around it. these dark economies, there's unfortunately things that are illegal going on. so it's already there. >> so it's easier to conduct those -- >> not if it's through the united nations and i do cover the united nations. i am not going to say the united nations can't do anything, we cover the united nations, they do a pretty good job on a lot of things. >> they're pretty corrupt, aren't they? >> it's open anyway, the technology is all right there and other people are all right using it. >> critics, and i have heard them say this, that the handover is a "kumbaya" measure by president obama, let's show how inclusive and open we can be and forget all the dangers, do you think he's being naive?

>> i laid it out in chapter and verse, giving the proper evidence and argument as to why this is so dangerous. but the president was in full appeasement and apology mode at that time and he's carrying it through today, to somehow think that something that we invented, that we're protecting, and you just heard it from ellen, the mystery that's created by others, it's going to be open season for countries like china and russia and others. >> i want you to react to what brad wrote, i'm sure you read his comment way back in 2010, let's put it up on the screen. as far as i'm concerned, america is the last best hope for a more peaceful and prosperous world and the president should not be looking for ways to weaken us. rather his job is to work to strengthen us and protect our nation's greatest asset, our people's creativity and

ingenuity. >> by the president turning over domain names to the united nations, he's not going to change one bit of creativity, not one bit of ingenuity, it's all going to be there. >> brad? >> that's nonsense, the fact is when you have to go to a third party and a third party that has a history of failure and i inattentiveness to what goes on in the world. >> you bring up a bad analogy, it's the united nations, actually, through their conventions that tell us which way planes are flying in this world. they do a lot of things that are pretty good. >> again, very pressuring column, all the way back in 2010, thanks for being with us, appreciate it. >> thank you. back to our top story, coming up, search crews combing an ever increasing area. the country's government says it

can confirm its disappearance was intentional. and russia is not backing downing in its standoff in the ukraine over crimea. >> if russia compounds what was done in crimea by crossing into southern ukraine, that would be an outrageous escalation. know the feeling? copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens,

your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd. spiriva helps me breathe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? don't wait to ask your doctor about spiriva.

hello, everyone. glad you're with us this saturday. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> i'm glad you're here too. good to be with you gregg. i'm jaime colby. topping the news this hour, there are new questions about what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370. coming up why investigators are now looking into the possibility the plane's disappearance may have been an act of sabotage. and the united states possibly giving up the last remaining control it has over the internet. we'll take a closer look at what exactly this means and why some critics are crying foul. plus, 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. stunning new developments in the search for a missing jet liner, the malaysian prime

minister now revealing the plane's disappearance was the result of, quote, a deliberate act. this as new satellite and rarda evidence shows the plaeng changed course and then it headed away from it's intended destination. >> gregg, let me give you the time frame here that we have from malaysian authorities. the plane takes off at 12:41 a.m. the last contact with air traffic control is less than an hour later, 1:22 a.m. and then this is the new information today, more than seven hours after that, the plane sent a final ping to a satellite at 8:11 a.m. malays malaysia's prime minister says that plus the change in altitude plus the change in direction of the plane was district, not an

accident. >> in view of this latest development, malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew and passengers on board. >> there are reports that at one point, the plane apparently flew as high as 45,000 feet. and one pilot says that may give us some clues about what was happening inside the plane. >> the drastic deviations in altitude can be explained perhaps by a struggle between the flight crew, to gain control from a hijacker or it could be explained by a hijacker who doesn't know how to fly. i'm afraid, though, that when they took the airplane to 45,000 feet, i think that what may have been the idea was that the hijackers were going to depressurize the cabin and incapacitate the passengers on the plane. >> malaysian police today searched the home of the pilot. current and former co-workers stay he loved flying and spent his free times testing a flight simulator that he had set up at

his home. malaysian airline officials say they do not believe he would have sabotaged the flight. officers also searched the home of the 27-year-old co-pilot. so far nothing has emerged, publicly anyway, indicating anyone on board had terror connections or any psychological problems, but the investigation continues. as that massive search intensifies, investigators are turning their attention to the two pilots as molly mentioned. >> yes, they're poring over the details finding out exactly what they can about the background of both the pilots. the captain, more details coming about about his private life. he was an aviation enthusiast. behind him on the photo you can see there, it was from a youtube

video he set up showing off the home made flight simulator that he had. he was a guy who made a lot of these youtube videos. he was mired and had three children. he lived in a gated community outside the capital and was considered to be a nice guy by all accounts and that's one of the reasons why other commercial pilots really can't frame him as either a saboteur, a hijacker or a terrorist. listen. >> he was an airplane nerd, he loves this, this was his life, this is what he lives and breathes, for the captain to try and do this, i don't really buy it. >> now his co-pilot, now he's got a bit of a history to him. back in 2011, he had two belong belonged teblond teenagers with him on a flight

to kuala lumpur and it looks likes he's enjoying their company. that means the malaysian airline officials are really looking into what exactly he'd actually been up to with those girls and why he actually allowed them into the cockpit, it seems to be well outside regulations. a 27-year-old guy, 2,000 flying hours under his belt. that's not a huge amount. but he had only just started co-piloting boeing 777, so they're saying, what's his home life like, apparently friends say he was a good muslim, actually he was about to get married, and he was just enjoying life. but investigators continue to dig deeper to see if they can explain what actually happened in that cockpit that took that plane seven hours in a different direction after shutting off the radar and communication systems. >> thank you. it's been a week since

malaysia airlines flight 37 0 vanished. the mystery began on saturday march 8 at 1:30 a.m. malaysian time when air traffic controllers suddenly lost radio contact with pilots about an hour into the overnight flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. malaysia airlines announces that it was handing over the flight to the vietnamese air control just before all contact was lost. the final words from the cockpit, all right, good night. adding to the signs that everything appeared normal, not a single distress call was made from those two pilots. tensions building in ukraine ahead of tomorrow's vote deciding the fate of the crimea region. russian officials say three people have been killed, many more wounded in violence between pro russian and pro ukrainian activists in ukraine. they're waving flags and banners

that say hands off ukraine in anticipation of tomorrow's kremlin backed referendum in crimea. and this has the united states drafts resolution on ukraine declaring tomorrow's vote illegal was actually blocked by a russian vito at the united nations security council. the latest from eric live from the u.n. >> reporter: greg, there were warnings here at the united nations today really not heard since the cold war. this is russian president vladimir putin continues to defy the west and the international community on the eve of that kremlin backed election tomorrow. it claims that the referendum tomorrow is illegal, a violation of ukrainian sovereignty and a violation of international law. china abstained, that is significant because beijing usually and routinely sides with

moscow but not this time. there was some stunning news from the ukrainian ambassador, he says that russian forces have already invaded ukraine's main land, they have gone beyond crimea to the southeastern part of the country. >> if russia compounded what it has done in crimea by crossing into southern ukraine, that would be an outrageous escalation. at the very time the world came together again, absent russia, the world came together to say respect territorial integrity, respect the aspirations of the ukrainian people, respect international law, for something additional to have occurred would be flying in the face of everything you heard here today. ru >> the russian ambassador rej t

rejected u.s. arts. >> translator: the world would be very interested to know if washington would actually tell the truth about it's role in the development of the crisis in ukraine. and finally, madam powers spoke about the dreams and aspirations but why are you negating the rights of the people in crimea to express their will during the referendum tomorrow. >> ambassador powers said that this whole scheme was hatched in the kremlin, midwifed by the russian military and there are concerns that the kremlin could use the vote as an excuse to not only potentially grab crimea, but even move beyond it. we're live at the united nations, back to you, gregg. >> thanks very much. >> we'll check back with eric as things develop. let's check with john fund who is a columnist with you can -- whenever everything first broke, everyone said that president obama had no healever

with putin burks i think about the natural gas and i know that you think about that too and the possibility that if erp providing it to european, we may have a bit more power over the revolution, is that true? >> jamie, europe is very dependent on russian natural gas. and if we had issued the permits that have been lying on the desk of obama for years now, we probably would have the facilities to send natural gas to them right now, reducing their dependence on russia, and we would be much freer of russian energy sources. obviously we didn't do those, there are two dozen permits that haven't been approved. but if we started, we could start delivering natural gas to europe in about two months. and we should start now rarng wait. >> what's the reason why we wouldn't? >> the president is under a lot of pressure from an

environmental lobby which is a major part of his governing coalition. and the environmental lobby has said the keystone pipeline and exports of natural gas are a do or die moment for the environmental movement. apparently they think that our energy abundance shouldn't be share with the the rest of the world so apparently the president is under pressure not to do these things. >> we'll see how this referendum works out, whether it's free and fair is another question. but right after 9/11, putin wrote a pretty famous op-eda i want to show to you and get your reaction. he said we need to use the united nations security council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and tush lent world, again, this was back on 9/11, is one of the few ways to keep the world from sliding into chaos. the law is still the law and we must follow it whether welike it or not. under current international law

force is permitted only in self-defense or by decision of the security council. anything else is unacceptable and under the united nations charter and considered an act of aggression. >> well, what putin said then was yesterday and what he says now is today and today president putin has declared the unilateral ability to invade a country if people there are russian speaking and asked for his help. well, if that principal applied, russia has 150 million people, a lot of them are ethnic minori minorities, and what if he wanted them to sucede from russia, would he have a referendum? >> as it works right now, if one of the things we did was to say you know, g-8 is going to become g-7, what kind of impact would that have and would other countries join us? >> i assume that our alis would have to make a decision that

russia has violated the rules of the game by invading another country and therefore it should been part of the g-8. and that would make sense because russia is not one of the -- >> what do you think happens in the referendum and what's the impact, john? >> the referendum will of course declare immediate solidarity with the russian mother land and of course it will pass. everybody has been intimidated into silence who opposes it. the french are building a helicopter carrier that has just been completed for the russians i don't think they need a helicopter right now. i think the french should say -- frankly we should consider whether or not people who help vladimir putin invade ukraine should not have access to western bank accounts and western educations for their

children and western vacations. there has to be something that is done. we shouldn't obviously operate militarily, but we can pressure the russians and say bad behavior is going to leave to consequences. >> a lot of discussions about the disallowance of visas to. john fund, always interesting to talk to you, amazing situation that's unfolding there, thank you. today marking three years since the bloody conflict began in sierrayria. it started with arab spring protests that turned into armed insurgency and eventually turn turned into civil war. already the violence has killed 140,000 people and drove 2 million refugees out of syria and into neighboring countries. signs of peace dimming right now after talks ended last month without any progress. meanwhile in washington today t names of 100,000 syrians whose lives were lost in the crisis are being read aloud in front of the white house. and in february, the syrian

peace talks ended without ea eir side reaching a deal. iran says it has prevented attempted sabotage at a nuclear facility. it says the country's intelligence agency neutralized the plot before any damage has done. but the iran theian government has not disclosed what the threat was. it claims computer attacks by rooel and that israel. police lapel cameras, now they're raising privacy concerns all -- are worn by officers to record their interactions with the public. but in many cases, the devices are rolled out before departments create policies to govern their usage. well, the justice department says it has asked a nonprofit

group to help develop guidelines to protect privacy. and at least three students apparently attacked with a pellet gun and it all happened at an elementary school in ohio. one of the parents say a fifth grader allegedly used the gun inside the school without ever getting caught. >> i was like it hurt real bad and i was like, i'm going to tell on you and he was looking at me like i'm going to shoot you again if you tell. >> and then the kid shot the thing three or four times, five or six times, however many times inside the class, whether the [ bleep ] was the teacher. where was he at? the thing makes a noise. >> the school says it will take disciplinary action against that student. a huge explosion caught on tape. coming up, we're going to show you what caused this massive fireball and where it happened. plus the obama administration is looking to give up america's leading role in managing a key part of the world's internet. we're going to take a look at their decision and examine the

much wider implications next. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition inharge™. visit truecar.comoney,com,t and never overpay.yer's remorse. a good deal or not. "okay, thisensure®. is the price,"sman comes and you're like.ells you,

[announcer]...if you think the best bed for one of you might be a compromise for the other one... [woman]ask me about our tempur-pedic. [announcer] they're sleeping on the newest tempur-pedic bed... the new tempur choice... [man]two people.two remotes. [announcer] firmness settings for the head,legs,and back... and with tempur on top,that famous tempur-pedic comfort

comes any way you like it! [woman]ask me about the lumbar button. [man]she's got her side...and i've got my side. [announcer] tempur-pedic.the most highly recommended bed in america. [woman]don't touch my side! [ ship horn blows ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car, and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy?

a huge pipeline explosion rocking a rural community in nebraska. amazingly, no one hurt. investigators say they're still trying to figure out what sparked this blast. afghanistan's hamid karzai delivering his final address to parliament as president. karzai urging foreign countries to not interfere with next month's elections. and the man driving the car that crashed into the south by southwest -- even accelerated as he approached the crowd. well, we created it, but it soon could belong to the rest of the world as the obama administration considers turning control of the internet over to the global community. whatever that is.

specifically giving up the system that manages to technical functions as well as web addresses. elizabeth fran in washington with the details. >> reporter: hi, gregg. the u.s. is giving up its leading role in managing certain aspects of the internet. the commerce department has been overseeing the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers or ican for almost a decade. it administers do s domain nam it appears the u.s. will give up its oversight role and let the contracts run out. recently, critics have been raising concerns that other countries may try to take control. >> i think that's kind of what i'm seeing with the internet. it's almost as if rather than admit that we made some stupid and even some unconstitutional mistakes in invasion of privacy,

let's clean up our a act, but let's not give away the whole process. >> some democratic lawmakers such as senate committee member -- reading in part since 1998, the u.s. has been committed to transmissioning management of the u.s. domain management to an independent global community. while the decision is historic, internet users should not notice any changes. greg, back to you. elizabeth prann in washington, thanks. mickey, great to see you. why would he do this? >> it's part of a broader plan to start passing off the administrative of the world wide web to a group of equal partners who actually use the web. we have a lot of distrust of government right now and it's a

shame that our government has been such a poor steward of the public trust that we distrust everything they do. >> let me stop you there for a second. because i can understand other governments distrusting our government after all the questions having to do with the nsa, although several of my sources tell me the nsa is doing everything by the book, so we may never know. but the countries that we're talking about possibly bringing into this international soon to be formed organization, these are the ones that they come up every single time in a cyber security situation. couldn't we be opening ourselves up to big, big problems. >> i expect this will work about as well as the u.n. works. but nevertheless, this is the direction that we're going with this current plan and if we want our federal government out of our lives, then we have to allow them to let go of some of these things that they control. now this is largely a clerical function, it's the equivalent of

assigning telephone numbers, so this particular issue is not a particularly big issue, and i think it's something that we should let the taxpayer let go of and let the international community take care of it. >> you know, i don't take an opinion very often on things, but are you sure that you're not overlooking the possibility that having a website for so many people that have had to turn to home businesses and small businesses, this is really the only way for them to get started and if it's possible for someone else to be controlling it other than our government it may make it virtually impossible for them to earn a living? >> jamie, that's certainly the concern with this issue and it's why we're talking about it today. but i think that concern is somewhat unfounded. i do believe this is no different than making sure that our telephone numbers that you and i don't have the same phone number. so when we type in fox news.com, that we know where we're going to go, rather than to a different site, however, i do believe that in the long run, this will have little impact on

the individual consumer and that we will not allow other governments to take control. this is one thing the commerce department has said is that they will not let this be a government run administration. >> i suppose for those who believe that there's too much government control going on right now, there are certain things that we wish they would butt out of. do you think this is really where they should be focusing their efforts right now, where there are so many other issues they could consider leaving us alone on? >> well, this has been parent of the bigger plan since 1998. so, you know, they're simply enacting the plan--concern over the nsa and their impropriety. i think we need to look to a world wide web that is global, and that we have equal partners and those partners are actually

committed to the web and not the government oversight that we have currently. >> it's a way we have even seen in certain tragedies and uprising that people have used to it communicate and we would hate to be hammered and be able to use it in the way we use it i'm sure if someone else were in charge. >> if it were just a regular business, would any head of a corporation say, oh, here, have our business. >> right, take it over, charge the fees, be in charge. >> taxpayers paid for this, it was taxpayer funded department of defense project back in the 1960s. >> mickey who is very pro business surprises me that he doesn't think it's going to be a problem, we'll hope he's right. malaysia's prime minister is saying the disappearance of that jet liner more than a week ago u this is not accidental, he said. so what might have happened to the boeing 777 with 239 people on board? plus -- general motors

acknowledging it knew about faulty ignition switches on more than a million of its vehicles causing deadly consequences now. the automaker is facing major lawsuit, our legal panel weighing in. >> it will increase the likelihood of the key moving if you have a lot of weight, it would be a lot safer at this time, just to have a key only in there so it won't move out of pocks. ♪ ♪

but we're not staying in the kitchen. just start the slow cooker, add meat and pour in campbell's slow oker sauce.

by the time you get home, dinner is practically done. and absolutely delicious. everne is cooking wiew campbell's slow cooker sauces.

and welcome back, everybody. bottom of the hour, time for the top of your news, protests have turned violent in venezuela against the president over crime, food shortages and also inflation. there's a firearms company

showing off an assault rifle next to all american symbols like baseball and apple pie. critics call it offense but the billboard says the first amendment allows the message. and grab your lotto ticket now. megamillions jackpot is $450 million. that is for next friday. the jackpot has been rolling along and up since january 3. as we await new details on that missing malaysian airlines jet, evidence is mounting that the plaengassenger's disappeara was deliberate, an act of piracy, hijacking and now an international investigation is storing in on the crew and the passengers, pulling in resources from all over the world. rick grenell. rick, i would think that they would have looked immediately at the two pilots. >> yeah, there's no question this investigation has been painfully slow, very inadequate

and really with today's technology, greg, there's no excuse for why the malaysian government and our own government haven't acted faster. >> well, this has been a mistake laden and slow footed investigation during the course of a week, would you agree? >> oh, yeah, it's really an embarrassment, again, as i say, not only for the malaysian government, but for our government, with the technology that we have, there's no reason why the united states couldn't have stepped up their efforts, even if the malaysians weren't cooperating, there's a lot that our intel agencies can do k after all we knew osama bin laden's license plate. we could see it. we know exactly how to do -- and no one is arguing that our intel agencies aren't aggressive. so why aren't they aggressive when americans are on this plane? >> well, we have an expert on the air earlier today with a

background in aviation, he says our government likely knows a lot more than it's saying but they want the malaysians to either determine it on their own, confirm it or give them the opportunity to explain it. is that the wrong approach? after all, there were americans on board and this is an american-made jet, a boeing 777. >> yeah, there clearly are implications for not only americans national security, but for commerce issues. i mean this is an american plane, as you say. the simple fact is that we need to be aggressive when something like this happens. we need to be leading the way. i don't understand why we would back off and allow the malaysian government to come to the conclusions on their own, because we don't wanting to step on their toes? i mean, this is a crisis situation and in crisis situations, leaders actually have to stand up and not worry about the implications. i served at the u.n. for a very long time in a multilateral setting. i know what it's like to sit

behind the united states placard and have everyone in the room look at you and expect you to r governments, they do want our help. there's a way to go about doing it. we don't want to take over the investigation, if at first, the malaysians are doing a good job. but when there are signs that the malaysians either don't know what they're doing or really don't know what steps to take, then we need to step in. the chinese at this point are furious. when the chinese diplomatically begin to call you out, you know that there's a huge problem. they usually wait until the very last minute. >> yeah. >> and back to a point you made earlier, i mean, with all of our advanced technical ability and our equipment, we have greater aptitude to search for this particular plane, right? >> absolutely. and even if the malaysians were not sharing early information with the united states, or we wanted them to lead, there are a

lot of informational techniques that we can access and then give to the malaysians to be helpful. certainly satellite information, other intelligence operations, there are a lot of things that we can be doing proactively and, you know, the white house looks like a bunch of bystanders at this point. >> rick grenell, good to see you, rick. there are a lot of people who depend on overtime pay to make ends meet. president obama wants to extend protection for those americans, details of his plan coming up. and it's been three years of bloody fighting in syria, we're going to take a closer look at the true cost of war.

people join angie's list for all kinds of reasons. i go to angie's list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family.

bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone

who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. president obama is touting his plan to expand overtime pay for millions of americans. he laid out his case in his weekly address today. >> we have got to build an economy 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. to we have got to restore opportunity for all. the idea that with hard work and responsibility, you can get ahead. republicans continue to focus on health care, notwithstanding improvements in

the system, many republicans are saying if president obama doesn't act-- >> 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. >> lawmakers from both sides of the aisle focusing on different issues before november's midterm elections. here before you know it and as we reported earlier, it has been three years now since the start of the bloody uprising in syria and it's certainly taken a huge toll on the syrian people. greg powell talks about the human side of that conflict. >> reporter: vigils for syria, three years after the start of the uprising of brashear al assad. >> it's not getting any better. >> reporter: now described by the u.n. as the world's biggest

security and hue unanimomanitar crisis. over 9 million are refugees or displaced. the opposition is badly divided with islamists in its ranks as assad's tactics get more vicious. >> it's more of a war of destruction. >> reporter: meanwhile a new round of peace talks in jean ne geneva is going nowhere. >> there cannot be any further delays. we are out of delay time now. >> reporter: president obama has relied on russian president vladimir putin to keep these and other diplomatic efforts alive. now that russia has isn't troops into crimea, hopes of working with the u.s. on syria are shot down. >> i think it's extremely unlikely under the circumstances that we're in now, that we can expect any kind of major koerpgs from the russians. >> reporter: and after the ousting of a moscow friendly government in ukraine, there's even more incentive for putin to

stand by assad. no wonder the syrian leader openopen appeared in public this week. >> assad is more confident, he's increasingly emboldens. . >> reporter: this is just one of some 34 vigils being held around the world to bring attention to the 3-year-old conflict in syria, organizers hope there won't be a fourth anniversary. >> and in the meechbantime, fra says it's doing everything it can to come up with a diplomatic solution. but the syrian opposition says they're still not getting the support from the west that they were promised. and a recall of general motors cars that could cost the company billions of dollars. a proposed class-action lawsuit, what it means for the giant automaker. and a helicopter, saddling up for a horse. it's not mr. ed either. we'll explain coming up.

lobsterfest is the king of all promotions! it's red lobster's lobsterfest! the year's largest selection of lobster entrees, like lobster lover's dream. hurry in and sea food differently. go to red lobster.com for ten dollars off with purchase of two lobsterfest entrees.

[ chainsaw whirring ] humans -- sometimes life trips us up. sometimes we trip ourselves up.

and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call liberty mutual insurance at... [ thump ] to speak with an insurance expert and ask about all the personalized savings available for when you get married, move into a new house, or add a car to your policy. personalized coverage and savings. all the things humans need to make our world a little less imperfect. call... and ask about all the ways you could save. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy?

at least i can smile on this

one today. here's something you don't see every day, at least we haven't. it's a flying horse, folks. it's not a cartoon either. there was a trail that crumbled away under this horse's feet, sending her, it turns out it was a girl, gregg, named dakotas, i was wrong and her rider tumbled down into a ravine. so veterinarians calmed the horse with a tranquilizer and hoisted her up by a helicopter 100 feet into the air for safety, there she makes a safe landing, dakotas and the righter suffered a few broken bones and scrapes, everybody is going to be okay, it was the ride of that horse's life. >> i could have told you it was a girl. i can tell the difference between boys and girls. >> i got it wrong, i need more practice. back to you gregg. general motors facing a major class-action lawsuit that could cost it billions of dollars, it stems from the company's massive recall of 1.6 million vehicles for faulty

ignitions. the lawsuit claims gm knew about the problems for years, did nothing about it. what does that mean for the company? kristen wilson joins class-act that deals with other things, like what? >> like the instabiliability to the car, the inability to drive the car. since 2009, those are the only cases that have been filed so employers needed to look for damages that happened since 2009. most of the deaths happened before then. so this class action deals with the minor fallout from this recall. >> i think we have a list of all of these gm the saturn, ion. i am proper pronounceing that wrong. chevrolet. hhr. pontiac solstice, saturn sky,

chevrolet co ballot. pontiac g5. diminished vauchlt all these people that, could add up. after the exploding ford after the chevy vega. we had one in our family. nobody wanted it. right? >> i mean, certainly the damages can add up. i think that the basis that general motors is a potential catastrophe is how long have they known about this and some of the information that's coming out is they might have known as far back as 2001. it's affecting future sales let alone the damages is where the real money comes from. >> from this kind of lawsuit you have to prove negligence on the part of general motor the mere fact that they admitted negligence through the recall, that gets rid of that, right? >> it will be an easy case for the lawyers. what will be less easy is trying

to get through the prups and go after the indication cases where people were hurt. you got the house, the senate, the u.s. attorney office investigating gm here. in all of their statement, all of their investigations can be used against them in this civil suit. >> what about that, kristen, if the negligence pre-dated the bankruptcy, doesn't gm get immunity because i thought the court had given them a legal shield from liable when they exited bankruptcy in 2009 or before they exited bankruptcy in 2009? >> that's certainly going to affect some of the issues in the civil case. we still have an investigation starting as far as criminal negligence and as heather just said, the department of justice is looking at the case from a criminal perspective, there is skrinl investigations through general motors. you think we are in a pandora's box, where it's unclear where they will have a corporate measure of bankruptcy protection. >> well an internal documents allegedly show that gm knew

about this as far back as 2001, didn't take action and they may have hidden evidence. that's a crime. >> well, that's right. under the tread act, which was enacted in 2000 to deal with similar events with ford, it is a crime. people can actually serve time in jail if they knew about this, greg, and didn't say it. >> so that would be involved in the people hiding it, allegedly, executives? >> absolutely, criminal charges against the corporation the individuals, themselves, have an opportunity to tell something about it and did not, they could face jail time. >> normally class action lawsuits, when you seek certification from the judge before you can move forward, you have to identify the class, here it's easy to identify the class. the members of the class are the people who bought those cars we listed on our screen a moment ago, right? >> fro 2003 to 2007, throws i believe the time frame we are looking at, as heather said, with damages we are looking at.

now that comes after the year 2009. so the class is easy to define, but i think it's going to explode exponentially. >> i'm as genic as a washed-up lawyer. it's the lawyers in the end, the class action lawsuits, big tort claims, lawsuit, they're the winners and the consumers are not the winners. >> especially here. because again we're talking about the loss of resale value, the inability to drive your car. the big cases are subject to immunity. if they get through that, some people that are harmed. >> history shows car shoppers are forgiving. all you have to do is look at toyota's big recall. they're doing quite well. >> certainly toyota and even when you look at the explorer, rollover, from not that long away, the public forgives and especially with toyota. >> chevy pickup gas tanks have exploded. we remember that. kristen wilson, heather hanson,

good to see you both. jenny. >> leave it to me. i have to report there is more cold and snow on the way. thanks, a lot, greg. janice, you be the bad guy. >> you know, spring is next week. veto give mother nature the mantle. take a look at the temperatures. some areas are feeling like spring, for example, kansas city, tulsa, dallas, 58 t. problem is the temperatures will drop within the next six to 12 hours across kansas city and also we had the threat for severe weather. there is a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for parts of texas and oklahoma until 10:00 p.m. local time. large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes so we will watch that watchbox and the potential for some strong-to-severe storms. we will certainly keep up to date. but that storm is the one that will give us the potential for some snow across kansas city, so 73 today in kansas city, into the 30s in the next 12 hours. all of that will move eastward and give us the potential for saint patrick's day snowstorms

for washington, d.c. on monday. more details coming up at the bottom of 4:30. back to. >> you that green on the map is not in the air. >> i'm greg jar et. a happy you and carole walsh is next. >> bye-bye. attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line, anytime, for $15 a month. low dues, great terms. let's close! new at&t mobile share value plans our best value plans ever for business. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back on ery purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally soone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards!

meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every d. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, larry!

>> welcome to "a healthy why you." i'm carole alt. organics. we seem the hear the word everywhere. we hear it in commercial, food stores, restaurants. but what you are eating may not be organic. today they are back with an investigation into some of your favorite food establishments. plus, it seems like you need to rid yourself of cancer. maybe for some. but for others, wholistic approaches are way more appealing. we have ty bollingers take on cancer treatments. first, have