life after its owners are gone, having a good old time on the bed it is not allowed to be on top of.ç the ugly, an 18-year-old arrested for stealing $100 worth of makeup days before she won miss congeniality at a washington beauty pageant. she'll keep the scholarship she won because it can't be taken away under pageant rules. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. good morning. it is monday, march 17. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. was the missing jet hijacked by its own pilot? new details this morning about him and what investigators found in his house. plus breaking details from a press conference happening right now. >> is the missing jet part of a sinister plan ten years in the making? a terrorist mastermind coming clean about an khr-ldz plot to help -- an al qaeda plot to help

malaysians blow up anç airplane. >> one of the largest saint patrick's day parade in the world, so why is guinness pulling out? according to every study ever done mornings are better with friends. our friend. ♪ ♪ >> yes. you're listening to gaelic storm from the crossroads of the world. that isç about 46th and broadway on this very special day. it is monday. it is the 17th day of march. that means, brian kilmeade, you should always put on a green tie. >> i totally forgot because my mom who is italian, she says, she throws is a saint

patrick's day party and i kind of was dressed irish yesterday, the day before. >> you were pregreen. >> you should have seen me yesterday. boy, was i green. but you guys look fantastic. you did a great job. you remembered. >> i did. ow! happy saint patrick's day, everybody. >> just wear the green pillow. >> i know it's because you were coaching up a storm this weekend. >> more on that later as the show progresses. can you believe i could not get my eyes offç our coverage as it relates to the malaysian plane. >> right now we've got fox news alert. moments ago a news conference wrapped up on that missing malaysian airlines flight 370. officials say the search is intensifying as 26 countries are looking for the missing airplane. doug luzader live in d.c. officials are addressing

concerns they have been holding back information as well? >> reporter: there has been a lot of criticism of the malaysian government. as far as tracking this thing, a lot of information comes from a satellite over the equate tor not designed to track the location of an aircradté>@&c @f this is kind of an inexact science but they've looked at the pa*t -- data and looked at two paths. one goes through a lot of north countries. they are taking a much closer look at the possible southern pathway that goes deep into the indian ocean. they may concentrate their search there even though it is a huge expanse of ocean to cover. in the meantime malaysian officials are defending how they're handling this investigation. >> our practice has always been to find the aircraft. we would not withhold any information that would

help, but we also have a responsibility not to release information that has not beenç verified. >> china in particular has been very critical of how the malaysians have handled this. but to consider for a moment how many countries are involved in this search. it is a very difficult thing to coordinate, and critics of the malaysian government say they haven't done enough in terms of sharing information here. >> this is their national airline that's just lost a 777. i think until they get this cleared up and can point the finger at somebody else, a lot of foreigners are going to find ways to avoid flying on malaysian airlines. so if there were problems with these pilots, both malaysian airlines and the government are not going to be in a hurry to share thatç information. >> problems with the pilots? we know for instance that over the weekend they searched the homes of the pilots and the copilots.

when you look at this picture, the pilot is sitting in front of his home built a flight simulator, pretty elaborate. they are going to dive into the data contained in this flight similarity to see if he was -- flight simulator to see if that sheds any light on what has happened here. >> one thing that has certainly changed is we're focusing more on the pilot and less on mechanical error. >> the pilot captain shaw with that flight simulator you saw in his home, you also sawç a pilot going through security. >> very routine. >> sure. rumors out there now said to be a fan national cal supporter -- fanatical support of captain shah, an

opposition leader was jailed just before the plane took off. also the pilot's wife and three children set out to leave the home the day before the plane left. >> he attended the court case this opposition leader had. people are focusing on the t-shirt he had saying democracy is dead. they're focusing on his passionç for aviation, on what was his mental state and on whether or not he could have disabled the transponders in a way in which would make us unable to track him. we also think it is fascinating it is believed his final word were said after the transponders were already hit off. >> at one point out of nowhere the plane goes up to 45,000 feet. keep in mind the 777 is good to 43,100 feet. if you go beyond that and it went way down to 43,000

feet and eventually stabilized at 30,000 according to military radar. why on earth would that great fluctuation of altitude happen? it could be a symbol there was a struggle in the cockpit. or asç jeanine piro had an expert on last night, maybe the pilot was trying to knock out people in the back of the plane. >> all the altitude excursions that the plane suffered after takeoff -- it went up to about 40,000 feet and then dropped down -- could be explained by someone in the cockpit incapacitating the other pilot or pilots. if the 777 gets up to 40,000 feet or above, it is more than likely going to stall which would explain the tremendous vertical down movement -- it covered around 20,000 feet or so. at that point the plane is flyingç west.

if everybody in the back is going bananas like all of us would, the pilot -- again assuming this was a planned event -- has a choice to make. is he going to continue with what he's doing for six or seven hours and not care what's going on in the back or is he going to incapacitate or eliminate the passengers? >> the other theory perhaps is that we know that one of the people on the plane knew how to fly a plane. at least one. we don't know about the guys with the fake passports. we know there are at least two fake passports of those passengers that were on the plane. but could he have been in there and if there was a tandem situation could he have been coordinating with one of the pilots or the copilot because there was no push for either of the men to work with each other on the flight which might have been a preconceived notion thatç they might have worked together to shut off transponders. >> a "wall street journal"

reporter indicated it could not have happened alone. it would probably take two people to fly the plane at the same time to actually get down to that second shutoff which is in the belly of the airplane. >> it also took a special wrench to do that so they think it would take at least two people working in concert. there is another theory that came up from the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law. there was an al qaeda informant named sahid bedat, british born muslim from england. he said he was told in a terror trainingç camp in afghanistan to give a shoe bomb to some malaysians and told a court last week during the trial that four or five malaysian men planned to take a plane by using a shoe bomb to blow open a cockpit door. security agents say there is credible evidence that perhaps that could have been the truth. the disclosure though, in addition to being what a coincidence, he revealed

that this particular plot was hatched by khalid sheikh mohammed who is of course under arrest, but nonetheless it was hatched years ago. >> 13 years ago beddate was jailed in 2005, part conspiracy with the shoe bomber richard reid giving foundation to this. >> we want you to weigh in. this?s your working theory -coverage about what lot of happened. tell us what you think has the most credibility with you because all of the what the people were tweeting and writing has nor do with where we are now in the investigation than those who were actually trying to find the plane. >> all the experts changed their opinion on what happened. >> as we turn to who's behind it, the families of those on board the plane are waiting. one parent with seven children on that plane. >> it is 11 minutes after the hour on saint patrick's

day and she is also wearing green. we're talking about heather childers. >> brian, we have to pinch you because youç aren't wearing green. >> that hurts. >> happy saint patty's day. we begin with another developing story for you. a team of u.s. navy seals has just taken control of an oil fire that was hijacked in the mediterranean earlier this morning by armed libyans. the raid went down off the coast of cyprus, the seals acting under a direct order from president obama. those seals launching the raid from the u.s.s. roosevelt. the ship loaded with 200,000 barrels of oil is now being sailed back to libya. in a few hours the united states will announce sanctions against russia, this after crimea's election chief announced that just under 97% of the voters in the region supported leaving ukraine and becoming a russian province. president obama telling russian president putin the u.s. will not recognize the vote, calling itç unlawful.

we have just learned the founder of west borough baptist church is on his death bed. he is in hospice care though a church spokesperson would not give details. westboro frequently protested at funerals of soldiers holding hate filled signs like thank god for dead soldiers. >> what is saint patrick's celebration without guinness? they will find out today. the irish beer maker is pulling its sponsorship because of the parade's long standing ban on groups that march with banners identifying themselves asç gay. ford is the only remaining major american corporate sponsor of the parade. those are your headlines. >> heather childers following up on this story. stuart varney has given me his tie to rent for two hours. the show starts at 9 a.m.

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a fox news alert. new reports indicating the pilot spoke to air traffic control after the signal systems had been turned off. that's curious. this as officials intensify their investigation of the

pilots particularly 50-year-old zaharie ahmad shah who owned a flight simulator at his house and had ties to malaysian radicalism. >> good morning. >> what do you think happened? >> well, in the beginning i thought if we have to look at the evidence that we actually have,ç that's the activity of the airplane, the way it climbed up over 45,000 feet and then went down radically. that doesn't sound like an airplane problem. i can't imagine what kind of an airplane, maintenance problem, mechanical problem that could be. in the beginning i thought it was a struggle of some kind to take over the airplane. and whether that's somebody on the airplane that's been trained to try to fly it to overcome the crews and try to fly the airplane somewhere. and i thought from the beginning that was the

intent here, was to steal the airplane and use it for some other purpose. >> sure. >> flying up high like that would have been a dangerous thing to do deliberately. as a matter of fact, last night iç think it was judge jeanine had a man on who was an aviation attorney and he reminded of something i hadn't thought of for awhile and that is when the airplane gets up very high the air is very thin. the airplane need a certain amount of air volume coming over the wings in order to support the weight of the airplane. and if you go too high -- >> you could stall. >> you get in a box. they used to call it coffin corner. that's where if you go too fast at that altitude you get something related to the speed of sound. >> hank, let me ask you this. weç don't know why it went up so high. but some have suggested

that maybe whoever was flying the plane, whether it is the pilots or somebody who took over for the pilots and hijacked the plane, they went out real high to disable, knock out the people in the back. wouldn't it knock out the pilots as well? >> i don't think that's a very good theory because, first of all, if you went up to 45,000 feet or let's say even higher, first of all, it's not going to cause the cabin to fail. it might cause -- at some point it might cause it to drop the oxygen mask. but if you wanted to disable the passengers, you would just raise the cabin. you can do that as a pressureization system. you have control over that if you know how to operate the airplane. you wouldn't have to go up. believe me, if you just raised the cabin toç 25,000 feet everybody would go to sleep after awhile. if you raise it to 35,000 they would go to sleep much more quickly. i don't think they did that. in the beginning i thought it was somebody struggling

for control of the airplane. and if it was -- if it was a possibility it was only the crew and the captain is being looked at as a suspect, i can imagine i put myself in that place, what if i wanted to hijack an airplane, i'm the captain. the rest of the crew might not like that idea. and a struggle would ensue. >> maybe it was a struggle. maybe it was intentional. right now we don'tç know. we don't know if it's at the bottom of the indian ocean. we don't know if it is parked somewhere at one of hundreds of airports -- rather runways that are out there. hank whitmore joins us from sarasota. sir, thank you very much for your perspective. >> you're quite welcome. >> a lot of question marks. 20 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up, this is not what you want to see out of the window of your plane. part of the wing missing. that's exactly what happened to one flight.

we'll tell you about where. he sounded the alarm at cpac. >> our freedom as americans to practice our religious beliefs and to express our faith in god is under assault as never before.

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overnight north korea test firing 25 short-range missile rockets into the sea off its east coast. enough said. the missiles flew for about 45 miles. this being seen as the north's way of protesting military drills. imagine looking out your plane window and seeing this. a passenger snapped a picture showing a piece of the wing missing.

delta said it flew off mid flight. the plane landed in atlanta as scheduled without any problems. they say everybody was very, very calm. i wouldn't have been.ç elisabeth? >> i would have tried at least, brian. religious conservative leader ralph reed sounding the alarm at cpac over a week ago. >> our freedom as americans to practice our religious beliefs and to express our faith in god is under assault as never before. >> why does he think christian values are coming under attack both here and abroad? it is in his new book "awakening." the chairman and founder of the freedom coalition joins us now with more. good morning for being with us. you say in this book -- it is a fantastic one because it offers action points and what we can do. but you say we're on path to moral decay but it can be reversed. why do you say that and why

do you think our president'sç policies are pushing us toward this decay? >> i think it is undeniable. you've got one in every two marriages ending in divorce. you've got 40% of all babies born in america today are going to be born out of wedlock not knowing their father, many not knowing who their father is. there was a recent report here in new york city that showed that 80% of the people who will graduate from high school are functionally illiterate or can't perform basic math and science skills. they need remedial skills after they graduate. that's the bad news. ultimately awakening is the book of hope because i say there is a way to turn this around. it may seem odd coming fromç somebody who spent their whole life in politics but we're not going to turn this around any longer by passing new laws or electing new people. we need a moral and a spiritual awakening. it's happened before. it can happen again. >> let me ask you this. some kre -- critics may say

you say the president's policies don't do enough globally and domestically they are not helping either but isn't he a christian? >> i don't question his faith. i'm not a judge of another man's heart. i think what you do is you look at the fruit and the fruit of his administration's policies are that the h.h.s. mandate is forcing religious charities to adopt health care services that violate their religion, assault their faiths and do injustice to their conscience. if you look at theç hosanna tabor case, this was a case where a lutheran church and school dismissed a minister. this administration went into federal court and argued that churches shouldn't be allowed to hire and fire their own ministers. it was such an outrageous argument that the supreme court ruled against them nine to zip including both

justices appointed by obama. and he said while on foreign soil that america was no longer a christian nation. i'm not questioning his faith. i'm questioning his policies and i think those policies are either insensitive to and at times openly hostile to christians and their right to speak inç public. >> what i think is so incredible about the book is the method to get out of this spiral of decay. i want to thank you for being with us this morning. you have to read "awakening." coming up, an al qaeda informant says he knew about a malaysian plan to blow up airplane. how credible is this threat? that's next. security dragged her away when she started talking about god. >> if this is not one nation under god -- >> for the first time this morning she's going to explain exactly why she did it. but first happy birthday to

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but president obama doesn't buy it, doesn't like it. amy kellog is live in kiev. does it appear crimeaens want this or were they forced? >> reporter: steve, it really does appear that crimeaens wanted this. but what doesn't stack up or doesn't really compute is that 97% supposedly who voted for it, because it is diverse. you can imagine that the older soviet-era people, the retired military who live down there, makes sense that they would want to go to russia. but the younger population, you have to think some of them would have wanted to be with a european union-leaning ukraine. i think what's more worrying about all of this is the amount of intimidation and repression and aggression against the people who did not want this toç happen. we've been getting a report this morning of a camera man who is a friend of a friend, a local, who was kidnapped this morning and he was quite vocally against this referendum.

there's been quite a lot of of vigilantism. the government saying 97% of crimeaens voted to join russia. crimea has wasted no time, no time whatsoever in appealing to russia for this formal annexation to happen. they have already said ukrainian laws there are null and void and ukrainian military units in crimea must disband and there is widespread concern about the fate of the 15,000 ukrainian troops inç crimea and kicked off their bases before this referendum happened. the referendum has been called illegal by the u.s. and by europe as it contravenes ukraine's constitution and was conducted under a military intervention. the white house is rejecting it saying it happened under threats of violence and intimidation. this century we are long past the time when communities, when other countries will stand by and watch one country's sovereignty be violated in

this way. steve, brian, elisabeth, i just heard the european union's foreign policy chief speak. this morning i've never seen her appear more angry about what happened with crimea last night. she referred to the so-called referendum being top of the e.u.'s agenda thisç week. we can expect to hear about sanctions later. >> that will be key. what kind of sanctions and see how serious everybody is. thank you very much. fox news alert, a report about a plot to help a group of malaysians blow up a plane. >> some are asking the malaysian jet a dry run for terrorists? michael kay is a former advisor to the united kingdom ministry of defense. he joins us live. good morning. this came to light last week in open court where an

informant said that years ago at a terror camp, he was told to give a shoe bomb toç these four or five malaysian guys, they were going to use it to hijack a plane and it was part of a khalid sheikh mohammed plot hatched years ago but perhaps the news came out last week it's related. >> other thing we should be surprised by this information coming out, if you said to me september 10, painted a picture for me of what was going to happen the next day, would have thought you were balking. i think we need to look at this in terms of the geopolitical context and security context within the ring. if you look at what's going on in china, on march 1 there was a knife attack which killed 29 people there aimed at separating a group. in theç arabian peninsula they have a global jihad

looking to wreak havoc all around the world. i think it is not unusual for this information to be coming out especially when we have an undetermined outcome of where the aircraft is. there are three options. hijack, sabotage, i don't think we should rule out mechanical failure or mishandling of the crews because another flight that didn't kout out for -- didn't come out for years was related to mishandling of the crews. there are still options out there and we still need to be cognizant obç a number of different outcomes. >> when you think of mishandling, what was your interpretation of malaysian officials saying they have not mishandled or withheld information as it pertains to the search here in the face of china's accusation stph-s >> i was one of the first responders to the tsunami.

i got there 48 hours to indonesia. americans were off the west coast very quickly within 48 hours wanting to assist but the indonesian government resisted for a couple of weeks. i think there is a similar situation going on with the malaysian government as sort of a pride thing. they want to be able to deal with the situation themselves and not to yield to western influence. i think there is a perspective from britain, america and from the west. we do likeç to me del in things. we have to look to iraq. >> next time china is mad and next time expressed anger at us for not taking control which is mind-boggling. what about cyber jacking? somebody else with a cell phone gets into the plane and tells it what to do. >> that is theory that is not entering into my mind at the moment. i sat on two crash

investigations boards of inquiry. at the moment there are still areas that are vacuous in terms of information. one of them mentioned on judge piro last night, i don't think we have enough information on theç air traffic control procedures after the transponders went off. we still don't know what the conversations were between civilian and military air traffic. how can we corroborate the altitude of the jet when the transponder has been turned off? if that is off it is hard to ascertain not only the position but also the altitude of a jet. in the middle of the china seas there is no altitude coverage. >> had malaysia been part of the program we would have a lot data. >> thank you so much. stay close. >> thank you, michael. >> on this saint patty's

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we're foaling this breaking thus. malaysian airlines saying it believes the copilot spoke the last words to ground controllers and officials say those words came after one of the communication systems had been switched off. that timing has sharpened suspicions that one or both of the pilots may have been involved in the plane's disappearance. >> the former secret service agent joining us this morning. do you hear the latest here in terms of an al-qaeda informant saying this is a terrorist act. in your mind. >> an act of terror, and if indeed it is s a success or failure? >> i think it is an act of terror. given al-qaeda's foot print in southeast asia, i don't think it's a stretch to say that. the amount of time the plane was in the air after it was hijacked after this deliberate act says

to me that it wanted to be used as some -- they wanted to maybe do a dry run to use it as some type of airborne missile either for midair collision or dry run, take a plane, 9-11 type of attack on the ground. >> so if you say that, their goal was to hit, you say it's a failure then. however, you can look that as a success from the terror mind because they now have these super powers, scrambling to find out what happened and their message could get out that they could strike anywhere at any time. >> you're right in that respect. i don't think the plane landed. i've seen speculation about this. keep in mind, remember the osama bin laden reign, those helicopters, seal helicopters weren't in that sector more than a few minutes before someone actually tweeted using social media that it was odd that there was a helicopter above their home. the landing of 777 anywhere on the globe without anyone knowing

would be impossible. i think this could have potentially been a dry run to use it as a midair collision or 9-11 type of attack. i would be hess hesitant to call it -- hesitant to call it a failure. it may be how long they could take a plane and keep the plane in the blind. >> what would be your next point of search? >> i would be looking in the indian ocean. i think the northern trajectory is just not possible given the air pictures in the region. i think the indian ocean. i think the plane is out, unfortunately. >> real quick, why hasn't anyone stepped up and said it was me? >> that's not uncommon in terrorism. these terror groups sometimes wait for you to find out on your own. not uncommon at all. >> dan, thanks so much. >> hopefully we'll have facts to analyze soon. >> thank you. coming up, was the missing jet hijacked by a cell phone?

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♪ ♪ good morning. it's monday, march 17. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. was the missing jet hijacked by its own pilot? breaking new details revealing the copilot spoke those final words to ground controllers. plus, what investigators are learning about his past. and is the missing jet part of a sinister plan ten years in the making? a terror mastermind now coming clean about an al-qaeda plot to help malaysians blow up a plane.

>> we know what the mainstream media thinks about these people. >> 20 somethings who are always texting and tweeting, they move from job to job and seem to be more laid back about life and seem to be very entitled. >> thank you, kathie lee. but this morning, we're letting millenials speak about themselves. a special panel with their problems and solutions because as we like to say, mornings are always better with friends. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> special thanks to the traffic for staying in order. no one is honking. we asked them not to. i think this is the time to dom work. look how open the streets are. >> it's perfect on 6th avenue right now for st. patrick's day because the lights

were all green. >> we're all wearing green. if you watched one hour ago, brian started the show with a red tie, but then there was an intervention. >> yeah. this is a fascinating story. steve, you're my first source and elisabeth, you'll be my second. >> quibbled. >> less than one hour ago where stuart varney, age not appropriate to bring up now, he starts a show in two hours, realizing i was in a red tie and he had a green tie. he came out here with a white shirt and a tie in his hand. he didn't think i could tie a tie. >> it was pretied. >> right. he said, brian, at the end of the show, give it back. but it goes to show you, i'm not waiting for hem tore walk in with a green tie. stewart is here to help me out. in return, i give him a promo. he's on at 11:00 o'clock on the fox business channel. >> elisabeth hasselbeck, you can barely see it, but she's wearing green shoes. >> i am. >> which as it turns out, she did not have to borrow from

anybody. >> no. these are not stuart varney shoes. >> that we know of. can i say this? very nice. >> thank you. >> keep your hands off the merchandise. >> all right, fine. >> we have doug luzader with a fox news alert. malaysian officials wrapping up a news conference and the focus now, focusing on the pilots. doug is live in washington, d.c., bringing us the newest information. what came out of that press? >> good morning. they're questioning the timing of this, the fact that one of those communication devices on the plane was disabled before we now think the copilot made that final verbal communication to air traffic control. that is very curious. they're also talking about the flight paths that they're searching. this is coming from that inexact satellite data they're dealing with. one path is to the north. somewhat discounted because it's very heavily trafficked with radar there.

so the thinking is that somebody would have seen something if the aircraft went that far, which is why there is a lot of focus on this possible southern route in the indian ocean. we learned this morning that australia is heading up the search there. that is not to say that they're completely discounting this possible northern route. what they are saying is that this goes through so many countries that malaysian officials are asking for those countries' assistance in providing whatever information they have. >> for countries in the corridors, we are asking radar and information, as well as specific information for the search and rescue operation. >> they need a lot of help here. you look at the number of countries that are now involved in this search effort just managing this has been a huge task. malaysia has come under a lot of criticism for a lot of decisions they have made. at one point it was reported they had not searched the pilot's home initially. they pushed back on that this morning, saying they did search the pilots' home the day after

the plane disappeared. back to you guys. >> all right. doug with the latest. meanwhile, we have video this morning of the pilots going through airport security. it's interesting, the captain got a little pat-down there, but his copilot, they pretty much, calm, cool, collected, like nothing going on of the learning more about the captain right there. what's interesting is we got a picture of him wearing a t-shirt that says democracy is dead. some are wondering whether or not he hijacked the plane as an antigovernment protest. this given the fact that he also apparently, what is reverend to as an -- referred to as an obsessive attitude toward a man convicted and sentenced to jail for five years just hours before captain shah got into the cockpit and flew the plane. >> and he was in the courtroom, right? >> he was. >> reports he did attend this controversial trial and obviously has those wondering if

his support for this opposition do with these convenience. apparently the pilot's wife and three kids left the home shortly before the flight. >> they had been divorced or separated, but living in the same house. but the day before they just get up and go. the day before as well, this guy winds up getting sentenced to five years in jail and reportedly the captain was incensed. >> and then there was a flight simulator. you sauce that image and say it -- you see that image and it looks like he's in a plane. >> there is report for a military transrespond nash said we saw this plane go way too high and then way too low. what are some of the reasons? there might have been a reason, to help subdue those passengers on the plane. let's listen to an expert. >> we have to look at the evidence that we actually have. %hat's the activity of the airplane, the way it climbed up

over 45,000 feet and then went down raddiccally. that doesn't sound like an airplane problem. in the beginning, i thought it was a struggle of some kind. i put myself in that place, what if i wanted to hijack an airplane, i'm the captain much the rest of the crew might not like that idea. and a struggle would ensue. flying like that would have been a dangerous thing to do deliberately. >> and hank also said that the pilot wouldn't have to knock out the people in the back by doing that. there are other ways you can depressurize the cabin and stuff like that. also there is a story out this morning that says investigators believe that there is a possibility, whoever was flying the plane, may have dropped down to about 5,000 feet to evade radar in at least three countries. it's called terrain masking. it's something guys in the military do. apparently the investigators say they have a rel good feeling and they were able to confirm they did go down to 5,000 feet over the malaysian peninsula.

so did they do it to evade radar? maybe. >> maybe not the eyewitnesses might be able to pick it up. but who knows how big the area was. let's talk about another terror plot involving al-qaeda and osama bin laden. while we had one of these trials happening in new york, one of the experts who testified, one of the terrorists came forward and said, yeah, there was a plot that i witnessed, four or five malaysians were going to be equipped with a shoe bomb that would essentially get near the cockpit and blow open the cockpit to take over a plane. i'm not sure if it applies here. but it's about ten years old. that's an example of a more sophisticated shoe bomber than the one we saw in early 2001 after 9-11. here is the biggest theory out there now that sends us into science fiction. >> yeah. actually involves phone jacking, cyber jacking. could this actually work? the theory now, as we've read,

"wall street journal" report was two individuals, one in the cockpit to fly the plane, one to go down and really just sort of dismember another transponder there. but in terms of connectivity, we understand it had to happen on the plane up to this point. now they're look at a cyber hijack. would it be possible to possibly have a mobile device and hijack the controls from an outside location? >> sure. exactly. you look at the 777, it is almost a smart plane. it runs completely electronically. you can run it by computer. they had a conference in china last year where they talked about it. as it turns out, the easiest way to get into the plane's computers is using the same system that provides the pay per view movies on the back of the headrest. and once you can get in there, almost anything is possible. they also -- there was a german designer last april who came up with this plane app that could penetrate an airline system.

it's called plane s plo it. is that what's going on here? we don't no. but it's something that obviously you got to take a look at. >> it makes you think the more connected we are, the more vulnerable we are. we talk about this in less severe issues when it comes to shopping on-line, yet when you talk about security and all that's available, it's an obvious question. >> look at that computer simulator in the guy's house. >> he made it himself. >> yeah. >> by the way, if you enjoy keeping your phone on, if this is a workable and conceivable idea, forget it. they might even take them away. meanwhile, heather childers waiting for the answer to this plot. she has other story. >> you were talking about the hijacking as a possibility. we have another story on that front. another developing story. a team of u.s. navy seals has just taken control of an oil freighter that was hijacked in the mediterranean by armed libyans. the raid went down off the coast of cyprus.

they were acting under a direct order from president obama. those seals launching the raid from the uss roosevelt. the hijacked ship loaded with 200,000-barrels of oil. it's now being sailed back to libya. in a few hours, the united states will announce sanctions against russia. this after crimea's election chief announced that just under 97% of the voters in the region supported leaving ukraine and becoming a russian province. president obama telling putin the u.s. will not recognize that vote, calling it unlawful. and what about this, what is a st. patrick's day celebration without guiness? organizers of new york city's parade will find out today. the beer maker pulling its sponsorship because of the parade's long-standing ban on groups that march under banners identifying themselves as gay. a legendary gay bar in the city announced it would dump barrels of guiness from its roof in

protest. guiness then pulled out of the parade and the bar called off the protest. the oxford english dictionary adding new words. 900 new words and phrases today. among the new entries are etickets, honky-tonker, do-over and whackado. also making the cut, one word worth mentioning and here is a hint. >> look who is here! >> there you go! oh, my god! >> that big hug, you can tell the word besty making the list. elisabeth, you and sherry, besties. >> she's my besty. no whackado. >> you old honky-tonker you. >> what's a honky-tonker? >> somebody who goes to honky-tonks, i'm guessing.

>> your move, webster. they raised it up a notch. >> thank you. >> here is what's coming up. >> is al-qaeda behind missing flight 370? if so, why haven't they taken credit? former head of the c.i.a. bin laden unit will explain. some really ugly behavior from a beauty queen. wait until you hear what miss congeniality -- i know sandra bullock starred in the movie. (knocking) hello? hey, i notice your car is not in the driveway. yeah. it's in the shop. it's going to cost me an arm and a leg. that's hilarious. sorry. you shoulda taken it to midas. get some of that midas touch. they tell you what stuff needs fixing, and what stuff can wait. next time i'm going to midas.

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more on this fox news alert on flight 370. al-qaeda informant says up to five malaysian men have been planning to hijack a passenger plane using a shoe bomb like the

one used by richard reid to blow open the cockpit door in this case. this plan has been in place since 2005. but if his claims are true, why isn't al-qaeda claiming responsibility? let's ask the former head of the c.i.a.'s bin laden unit and the first head of that, michael. why not take credit if terror is involved? >> i would suppose that if they went after the aircraft in the way they did, they want to use the aircraft again. if it hasn't crashed and if it's still intact, they clearly have other purpose for that aircraft or wouldn't have gone through the process of trying to hide it. >> khalid sheikh mohammed has been out of the pipeline for ten years. is it possible that they'd be using an old plot? >> no, i don't think so. if this was an operation from al-qaeda or some other group, it's an extraordinarily professional one. it's something you would expect from an intelligent service or something like that. it's a very, very good operation. i don't mean to sound callus,

but they really did a good job on this one. and i think the one thing we need to remember is the government published the letters they took from bin laden's hideout in 2011. they published them in 2012. it was very clear in those letters that al-qaeda had a very high priority on maintaining operations against aircraft. >> what about the use of that area of the world? does that perplex you? >> no, i don't think so. it would perplex me if it had been a suicide attack because that would have been -- there wouldn't have been many americans on board and it would have been a less important operation from their perspective. but in terms of stealing an airplane, it probably makes sense from that region in the -- from what i've read in the past week, that security there is not exactly what it is in other places, in europe or north america. and so there must be something either that plane or someone on that plane or some cargo on that

plane that they wanted, or the plane itself. >> how would you characterize this operation from the terror mind? a success because there are so many questions? a success because we don't know how to adjust our security? a success because they're back in the news? >> i think all of those things to some extent. i would throw in the enormous expense that has been incurred by all the people participating in this event so far. but i think if it is a terrorist operation and the plane survived, there is an act two. this is the first act of a two-act play 'cause they're not going to steal that plane to do nothing with it at some point. >> right. the question is, what the goal was and where would you focus the investigation today, if you got the keys? >> if i was looking for that aircraft, i think there are places like bangladesh that are very much pro-al-qaeda, pakistan has been broaded about on the

news. i think that's part of it. i think you have to look in a lot of places, unfortunately. >> michael, always great to get your perspective, years in the c.i.a. helping us out today. thanks. >> thank you, sir. 19 minutes after the top of the hour. straight ahead, a packed plane losing its wing midair. how does that happen? we'll find out. then he plays the hero in hercules. but his new role is a whole different battle. kevin sorbo puts his shirt on and joins us in studio. but he still has that super human strength where you've learned youa thing or two. age

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time for news by the numbers. first, $32 million. that's how much oprah winfrey is selling her harpo studios in chicago for. she filmed her program at the studio to 2011. the network will remain there for two more years. then we don't know. next, $21.2 million. that's how much the family flick "mr. peabody and sherman" raked in this weekend, coming in first at the box office, finally. yep. ten seconds is how long it took for a cold plane to be blown to blitz. it's been sitting empty for 41 years. now it's gone. >> they're trying to put it back

together. good luck. he plays the hero on hercules. but kevin sorbo plays "in a film" god's not dead." >> he defended his faith. >> you think you're smarter than me. do you think there is any argument you can make that i won't have an argument for? >> i never said i was smarter. >> i want to make this clear. in that classroom, there is a god. and i'm him. >> oh, boy. >> kevin sorbo joins us live. this is an interesting story. i love the story and apparently when you read the script, you said you had to make this right away. you go into that class. you have a class full of kids and say, there is no god. >> there is no god. i challenged them, a professor of philosophy. and i don't want to waste my

time going over that part of the program 'cause he is a devout atheist and he has the students write down god is dead and sign their names and they can move on. one student says i can't do this, i'm a christian. i said okay. then you have to debate me and prove the existence of god. >> and if he can not prove it? >> he can get -- basically an f in my class. >> but what if he proves it? >> then you have to watch the movie and find out. >> you saw this script and you thought it had potential and now how do you feel with it? >> i saw the final cut about three weeks ago and i was blown away. same company i worked with before. i did a movie called "what if" which i recommend for families as well. and this movie opens march 21 in a theater near you. >> what's in it for someone who doesn't believe? you're somebody who says, i'm an atheist, i have my mind made up. is there a conversation? >> i think that's what it's going to do is create

conversation. it is for those -- it's a great way to look at the subject of believing god and proving the existence of god in the world. it will be interesting for people to see what happens. there will be kickback for sure. >> for sure. people will say, that doesn't really happen in real life. yet, at the conclusion of your film when they roll the credits? >> you'll see lot of cases that are actually -- that have taken place over the decades. they have a lot of proof 'cause they knew this would happen. i find it interesting with atheists that they get so angry over something they don't believe in. i don't believe in vegetables, i don't get mad about it. just go out there. watch the movie. it will create an amazing debate. >> that's a real conversation that's happening all across the globe. >> oh, sure. your guest said something earlier, christianity -- please embrace the muslim religion but attack the christian religion. it's weird to me. i don't understand why you're

picking on christians. i don't see christians causing problems the way that they are causing problems. i don't understand it. >> you see the number one movie about jesus and the series and then this message here today. >> all these movies coming out right now. it's interesting. >> i got a feeling we're going to watch on friday. but i got a feeling the kid is able to convince you, there is a god. the movie is "god's not dead." thank you very much. >> thanks for your time. >> the same exact budget. >> exactly. >> straight ahead, security dragged her off the house floor after she started talking about god. remember? this morning for the first time she explains why she did it and you're going to want to hear it. >> some really ugly behavior from a beauty queen. wait until you hear. >> miss congeniality. we're going to hear what she's

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am. got another fox news alert on this monday morning. turning now to the situation in the ukraine, crimea voted this morning to join russia, but president obama doesn't buy it. >> amy kellogg is live in kiev. does it appear that crimeans really want this or were they forced to vote for this yesterday? >> reporter: they probably really wanted it, the majority of them. but the fact is that this was carried out at the end of a barrel of a gun, so to speak, and there has been a lot of repression of those people who actually opposed this referendum. detention, harassment, all sorts of things. it will be interesting to see how quickly russia jumps to absorb them into the russian federation. it's possible russia may use this as a bargaining chip as the situation unfolds. crimeans are celebrating, 97% of them voted yes in this referendum. the defense minister of ukraine

has said crimea is and will remain part of ukraine, but the facts on the ground tell a different story and finally the e.u. is talking about sanctions today. they're thinking of possibly targeting 20 very top russian officials and hitting them with visa bans and asset freezes. >> all right, amy kellogg in ukraine, thank you very much. >> we've had more conversations with putin and their foreign secretary and we've got nothing done. >> he's winning. putin is winning. >> what do they talk about? the mets? >> a long six hours. >> heather childers is standing by to bring us other headlines. >> another big story we are all talking about, and a fox news alert. the latest developments on the investigation of that missing malaysian airline flight 370, now focused on the pilot and the copilot. officials believe that the copilot spoke the last words to ground controllers and say that those words came after one of

the communication systems had been switched off. that timing has sharpened suspicions that one or maybe even both of the pilots may have been involved in the plane's disappearance. al-qaeda informant telling a court last week that a plot to help a group of malaysians blow autopsy plane with a shoe bomb, so still series theories. 26 countries are now helping in that search. imagine look out of your plane window and seeing this. a passenger snapped this showing a piece of the wing totally missing. delta says it just flew off mid flight, the plane heading from orlando to atlanta, landed as scheduled without any problems. it is now being inspected. and she was the stenographer in the house of representatives removed from the floor after grabbing the mic and talking about god. >> if this is not one nation

under god it would not have been. they go against god. >> diane reedy and her husband, they are now speaking out in a 38-minute video posted on youtube. reedy says that the spirit of the lord spoke through her, telling her in advance that she was going to speak during the big vote. she was fired from that job. now this, this isn't pretty. a beauty queen accused of stealing make-up just days before being crowned miss congeniality. the 18-year-old was arrested while walking out of a wal-mart in washington state with $100 worth of lip gloss, fake eye lashes and all sorts of stuff in her purse. pageant judges didn't know because she didn't use her real name in the competition and they're now deciding whether she will be able to keep the title. those are your headlines.

>> she's miss congeniality. not miss trustworthy. >> right. good point. >> very friendly. heather, thank you very much. maria molina, you're outside with the latest with our weather. >> good morning. hello, everybody. happy st. patrick's day to you. and if you're home in the mid-atlantic, you probably looked out your window and noticed there is a lot of snow on the ground. look at some of the totals. in parts of virginia, we've already picked up more than a foot of snow. more than seven inches reported in parts of delaware and also across maryland. so it is quite a mess out there. we still have the winter storm warnings from parts of west virginia all the way through southern parts of new jersey. travel impacted, widespread snow totals here of five to 12 inches of snow. locally some higher amounts. farther south, same storm system is producing concerns for severe weather, especially as we head into this afternoon and this evening. if you live in daytona beach,

tampa, fort myers, have a way to get those weather warnings. we have a risk for tornadoes, damaging winds and even large size hail from some of these thunderstorms. temperature wise, well below average across parts of the northeast. in new england, some will see highs only in the teens. farther west, very warm. upper 80s in parts of arizona, like in phoenix, 60s and 70s widespread across the center of the country. now let's head over to brian. >> let me tell you what's going on in sports. march madness time, which means it's time to tell you who the number one seeds are. number one went to the university of florida. they're the top of the south bracket. over the east, university of virginia, surprising stories this year. number one spot, they're coming off 28-6 season. in the west, arizona is number one with a 30-4 record despite losing the championship. the only undefeated team, wichita state shockers grabbed the sop seat in the midwest bracket. defending national champions louisville were shocked they were just the number four seed.

the first round tips off tomorrow. a lot of great minds are picking michigan state. take a look at this picture right now. this is a picture of the mavs and celtics. they took on the defender national champions and won 3-0 yesterday. it's my son's team and there they are. they're 17 now. they started coaching them when they were nine of the they're unbelievable team and beat them by three goals. >> that's great, coach. >> not me. it's all these guys. they're driving to the games now. >> tell them we said good job. >> thank you. 22 minutes before the top of the hour. we know what the main stream media thinks about this group of people. >> those 20 somethings who are always texting and tweeting, they move from job to job and seem to be more laid back about life and seem to be very entitled. >> well, this morning we're going to let the millenials

speak for themselves. frank luntz is bringing a panel of 15 people, young people live in the studio. do you ever wonder what your dog does when you're not home? this pup caught red handed. >> busted. first, the aflac trivia question of the day, born on this date in 1955, the csi actor is also a musician. he plays the guitar in the lieutenant dan band. who is snow be the first to e-mail us with the correct answer. i love this guy.

>> time for the answer to the aflac trivia question. born on this date in 1955, the answer is gary sinise, friend of this program. and our winner is beth goggins from rhode island. she'll get a copy of brian's

book "george washington's secret six" which elisabeth hasselbeck has just downloaded on her ipad. >> i promise to sign it. >> more on that fox news alert on the missing malaysia flight. >> what exactly happened in that cockpit? let's ask commercial pilot flight instructor, philip. you've been getting the information we've been getting. what do you think could have gone wrong or was it something the pilots wanted to do? >> well, we really don't know what went wrong, except for the fact we do know this is a criminal investigation. this is a crime. i've been a pilot for 25 years and a criminal lawyer for 18. this needs to be handled like any other criminal investigation and needs to be based upon facts, not assumptions and not supposition. unless and until we find some debris or any indication that that aircraft has crashed, you've got to be look for it on the ground somewhere. >> so it sounds like you think there is a possibility that it is in one piece and it is dry?

>> i think there is a very good possibility of that. back in world war ii, the united states and other countries built airstrips in a lot of these small remote islands there in the middle of the indian ocean and the south china sea and elsewhere. these are now deserted islands. this airplane, if it went in there at night, this is aç meticulously planned operation. so they would have had to find exactly the right place. all you need is 5,000 feet. >> that map right there depicts locations there in the region where there was plenty of fuel. over 600 have runways of at least 5,000 feet. >> 600 that we know of. and you can't rule out a desert as well. >> i was wondering if you're going on an airstrip, do you get an eyewitness that sees a plane lands out of nowhere. let's look ahead to another theory. tell me about cyber hijacking and the possibility of this happening. it was discussed at a conference in china about a year ago.

>> yes. i've heard about that and apparently there is some type of an app that was developed for that purpose. i think the person who developed that app is probably going to be asked very hard questions in the very near future. however, it's typically the simplest explanation is the correct one and to me, the fact that the acar system was turned off about 14 minutes before the transponders were turned off and in the interim, you had a human being on the radio acting quite calm, suggests to me that there was no cyber attack going on. in fact, it suggests that the plane or whoever was operating the aircraft was going out of their way to wait until the very last minute to go dark so as not to arise any suspicions from air traffic control. >> sure. and if they were going to disable the satellite system, we understand it might have taken two people 'cause you got to go down below. why do you think the airplane went way up to 45,000 feet and then down to 23,000 and stabilized at 30? >> well, if that happened -- keep in mind, radar data is not

very reliable when it comes to altitude. the fact that the transponders were turned off, eliminated altitude information from something the air traffic control would normally have. so assuming that it did go up to 45,000 feet, i put myself in the position of someone if i were trying to steal an airplane. if you go up to 45,000 feet and manually depressurize the cabin, the masks will come down, but that's a limited system and it's going to run out of oxygen in a very few minutes. so it will incapacitate the people. >> why does a pilot even have control over spanned tonsers? that -- transponders. that should be something for a safety precaution. >> actually pilots need to be able to control the transponders because we are given, by air traffic control, a unique digit code to be manually entered for each individual flight that identifies that aircraft as that

particular flight. so the transponders also cannot operating on the ground because it would clutter up the air traffic control too much. >> that makes sense. you got a great perspective and a lot of know how. sir, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> sticking with what we know what we know. straight ahead, 13 minutes before the top of the hour. they get a real bad rap from the main stream media. labeled things like entitled and lazy. i'm talking about millenials. this morning we're going to let the millenials speak for themselves. we've got a whole room full of them. >> come out of the hall. first on this date in 1982, "i love rock'n'roll" by joan jet, number one song in america. millenials, not born yet. >> they're all texting. this is a shot of them wisest kid?

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you worked hard, you finished school. maybe you should move out because freedom sounded cool. but for millions of millenials, independents comes with a new set of rules. from home buying to health care, there is struggle at every turn. the media says they're lazy. the government says it's helping. but no one bothered asking for their side of the story. so today you're going to meet the millenial, hear their problems and listen to their solutions. it's the start of our week-long series, what now. here to help keep it off, fox news contributor frank luntz. frank, glad you're here. we're going to get straight from

the millenials today. >> we're going to delay it for 30 seconds because i want you at home to see what the media has been saying about the millenials and then we're going to hear from them directly. let's play that clip. >> the so-called millenials. >> they were raised by doting parents who told them they were special. >> those 20 somethings who are always texting and tweeting. they move from job to job and seem to be more laid back about life and seem to be very entitled. >> they would rather be unemployed than take a job that they think is beneath them. they can't marry them because they sit at home and play video games. >> sit at home and play video games. they called you selfish. they say you think you're selfish. that you would rather be unemployed. it's not a positive reaction to your generation. is it a fair critique? >> i don't think so. i think our generation has had a much worse economy to inherit than our parents. we have college degrees that don't get the same type of

salaries, inflation has eaten away at those salaries. the reason we have to switch so many jobs and internships is because you need so many skills when you come out of college that you can't get the same way you used to. >> we haven't met before, right? >> no. >> that is one of the most articulate statements i have heard from anybody. good for you. is he right? is it your parents' fault? >> i don't want to place blame. i think the idea that we're lazy or disengaged comes from our generation doesn't have to be physically active because technology has advanced so much. we're actually more engaged and more active because we're encouraged to use our minds, our words to express ourselves at the drop of a pin, yet we can publicize it to the whole world. >> with all due respect, all you do is spend your time on your iphones and androids and all that technology. you don't make eye contact. you don't know how to talk.

although you did pretty good so far. it seems like you're about technology. >> is it only us that is taking advantage of what technology has to offer? we have a lot of opportunities with technology. we use it for blogging and live tweeting on protests or something that actually does matter. is it only us that are using these technology? >> you're telling me your generation is okay? >> i believe it's a balance. yeah, you think we spend a lot of time on our iphone and stuff, but do you know we're also reading a book while we're doing it? yeah, i have my head phones in, but i'm also doing three other things. >> you're multi tasking? >> multi tasking. >> the problem is you're driving and multi tasking at the same time. kevin, the rap on gen-y is that they're focused on themselves and they don't want to put in the work to get the benefit. is that fair? >> i don't think it's fair.

as others were saying, we have a lot more technology now. people are putting in the work. it's just not the quote, unquote, traditional way that other people have done it in the past. but there are other ways, through facebook, through other social media where we can find jobs, make connections and not be in face-to-face contact all the time. >> by the way, i understand that this air quotes is a big millenial thing. do you that a lot? go ahead. >> i have to disagree to some sort. yes, technology has made it easy for many things to get accomplished, but it has also taken away from talking to people, from having a decent conversation. i see everybody, whether they're on the street or on the subway, that's all they do is either on their phone, the ipad. it's like you can't have a decent conversation with anybody. >> i see parents and kids, four or five people at a table and none of them is talking to each other. they're all on their device. >> and i refuse to let them use

the ipad. i want them to talk and have fun with their kids. that's what they should be doing instead of spending all their time on technology. >> elizabeth? >> millenials, i personally love you, but everyone spends their time complaining about you. what's your main beef with everyone's complaints about you? truly, get in there and say look, i'm not this lazy tech addicted person. who are you? >> who are you? >> my beef with everyone is the economy. the economy makes it hard for us to find jobs, sustain jobs. we all are qualified and overqualified for most of these positions, but the positions aren't out there. >> why are you overqualified? >> well, for one i'm a college graduate. i have a bachelor of science and human resources. >> you're unemployed? >> i'm unemployed. >> how many of you are having trouble finding work? four of you are having trouble. we got to go. we'll be back in about 45 minutes. i'm going to ask them why they're not the most selfish

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good morning. it's monday, march 17. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. we begin with a fox news alert. was the missing jet hijacked by one of the pilots? breaking new details about the final words spoken from the cockpit before that plane went off the radar. is that missing jet part of a plan by al-qaeda ten years in the making? a terrorist mastermind now coming clean about a plot to blow up a plane involving a shoe bomb and malaysians. >> wow. war tore them apart. but now they're back together. wait until you hear how they were reunited.

according to every study ever done by frank luntz and others, mornings are better with friends. ♪ ♪ >> that is not new york city. that is actually dublin, ireland where as you can see, it's noonish there. >> wow. >> i got a feeling they're drinking some green beer. >> what song is this? i love this song. >> i don't know. >> today is st. patrick's day. so if you're just getting dressed, perhaps something green. >> right. i wish you could have been on at 2:00 o'clock live in the morning when i was getting dressed because i forgot my tie. >> you did.

>> and to bring fox network and fox business channel together, stuart varney gave me his tie. he looks like eric bowling now without a tie. >> stuart varney is someone who loves the color green. >> an englishman gave an irishman a tie. shows you this world can come together. >> stewart, i'm bringing you back your knot. >> what about that coffee stain? >> that's mine. that's my gift to him. >> more on that later. right now we've fox news alert for you. what happened inside the cockpit? officials are now focusing the investigation into missing malaysian flight 370 on the pilots. they believe the copilot spoke the last words to ground controllers after one of the communication systems had been deliberately switched off. that timing leads investigators to believe that one or both of the pilots may have been involved in the plane's disappearance. >> and after a search of the pilots' homes, police found an elaborate flight simulator

set-up inside the captain's house. they're now looking at data from a laptop connected to the simulator to see if it was used as a practice dry run in the plane's disappearance. background checks, the rest of the crew and passengers are being reviewed at this hour. >> meanwhile, 26 countries are now helping in the search for the plane. they're look as far north as central asia, south as the indian ocean. >> meanwhile, washington, d.c. is involved and that's where we join up right now with bret baier. he's in our nation's capitol and wearing a green tie. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> how about this story out today that apparently in the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law, there was an informant, al-qaeda informant from great britain who said yeah, when i was in a terror camp years ago, we had this plan where i would give a shoe bomb to four or five malaysian guys and they'll blow open the door and take over an airplane. >> yeah. testimony in that court hearing

and the trial that's ongoing. it is amazing to hear. whether it is tied to this incident orb not, don't know. but it's obviously with the news from the malaysians this is a deliberative act and the investigation focusing on that road. this ties into that. this essentially said that, according to the testimony and this informant, that four to five malaysian men were planning for years an airline heist to take over an airliner and using a shoe bomb to get into the cockpit. you'll remember that the u.s. had tips about al-qaeda plans and remember the stepped up concern about different shoe bombs and toothpaste, liquids. there was a new round of concern about that and you remember also national intelligence director

clapper up on the hill saying that there were specific plans involving airlines that they're very concerned about. >> michael shoyer and i talked about this. >> one thing we need to remember is that the government published the letters they took from al-qaeda from bin laden's hideout in 2011. they published them in 2012. it was very clear in those letters that al-qaeda had a very high priority on maintaining operations against aircraft. if it is a terrorist operation and the plane survived, there is an act two. this is the first act of a two-act play 'cause they're not going to steal that plane to do nothing with it. >> in hearing that, too, suppose this is a dry run. terrorists are to then learn what now? we have chaos over 25 countries involved in the search here. what's the take away? >> the takeaway is that one, you're able to do it and two,

that 25 countries are now engaged and can't find it and can't figure out what the situation is. and that there are blind spots in the world. i do think that if this is a dry run that it's interesting to see where it's going to go. a loft intelligence people say it's still possible that this thing is at the bottom of the indian ocean. but you think about the data that suggests that the plane was flying for 7 1/2 hours and the arc at which it could fly up to kazakhstan or south deep into the indian ocean. that's a huge, huge area. there is just a lot of possibilities. now with the focus on the pilot and the copilot, i think it's a surreal mystery. >> one thing we have been doing, maybe we overreact to the threat. that's why we have to find out what happened, whether it's the pilot or a mechanical or was indeed a hostile act taking over the cockpit. until then, we'll have to put

that to the side and continue the investigation. hopefully we'll take the lead. there is another foreign policy crisis by the definition and that's what took place with that referendum that took place yesterday. 97% of the people voted. crimea is now part of russia. now you're looking at some of the celebration afterwards. i'm asking you, right now, the president of the united states, it's his move. putin did exactly what he said he was going to do. all the talks, all the conferences with kerry and president and putin t didn't matter. what's the next move? >> technically the next move is putin's move because it's not officially a part of russia. this is a vote, referendum in crimea to join russia and yes, 97% of crimea voted to join russia. but putin has to annex crimea into russia and has to move to establish passports and to get

that country as a -- that region as a part of its own country. the call between president obama and president putin apparently was firm and president obama said that this can't stand. it's illegitimate and that the u.s. and e.u. will levy harsh sanctions if he moves forward. the going bet is that he will and there is really concern that he'll go beyond crimea into the rest of ukraine. whether the e.u. can step up with the u.s. enough to do something to push back putin, i think is the big question. >> and bret n washington, is there frustration from a number of lawmakers who clearly see what putin's pulling over the line. frustration with our president that so far he hasn't gotten tough enough? i mean, he says yeah, i'm getting tough with him. but still, we could do a lot of stuff that we haven't done. >> yeah. i think there are other things that are on the table and there are a number of lawmakers who

say more can be done. but i think there is a lot going on behind the scenes with specifically who is running point here is angela merkel in germany. she's talking with putin, also talking with the e.u. and really stepping up the sanctions. their concern is that this thing really spirals out of control quickly and becomes the ukrainian military confronting the russians and it sparks into a big tinder box over there and becomes a war. >> all not good. bret baier, we're going to be watching you tonight, 6:00 p.m. eastern time, "special report" with that guy right there. he'll probably be wearing that neck tie, too. >> i bet he will. thanks. heather childers is standing by with some headlines for us. >> yeah. talking about getting tough, you know who is tough? the navy seals. we have a developing story involving them. a team of u.s. navy seals has taken control of an oil freighter that was hijacked in the mediterranean by armed libyans. new video into fox news of that

ship now docked off of port in libya. the raid went down off the coast of cyprus. the seals acting under a direct order from president obama. those seals launching the raid from the uss roosevelt. the hijacked ship was loaded with 200,000-barrels of oil. and you heard bret talking about this. in a few hours, the united states will announce sanctions against russia. this after crimea's election chief announced that 97% of the voters in that region supported leaving ukraine and becoming a russian province. president obama telling russian president putin the u.s. will not recognize the vote, calling it unlawful. and the founder of westborough baptist church is on his death bed. 84-year-old phelps in hospice care. though a church spokesperson would not give further details. westborough known for proceed testing at soldiers' funeral,

holding fate-filled signs like thank god for dead soldiers. and do you ever wonder what your dog does when you aren't home? apparently they do a lot of that. this dog caught red handed, or red pawed, we should say, break his owner's one rule. no jumping on the bed. the guy installed the hidden camera to find out what really goes on when he is not there. those are your headlines. that's one naughty pup. >> did you notice that the dog was doing all that stuff and the cat, screen right, just sitting there taking it all in. >> it's a set-up. >> the cat kept his mouth shut. the cat was willing to keep the secret. >> i think the cat knew about the camera. >> i agree with you. >> let me tell you something else, when you go home, now my kids are old enough to stay by themselves. they're four, six and seven.

i'm only kidding. all of a sudden we walk in, we finds out the dog is on the couch. when we're home, the adults don't let the dog on the couch. and the dog knows that and the kids and the dog panic when we walk in. i'd rather get caught with beers. >> the dad is away, the kids and dog will play. >> i guess so. i want you to reprimand them. >> i will not. 12 minutes after the hour. coming up, lot of theoryies about to that missing malaysian airlines jet. up next, we're talking with that "wall street journal" reporter who broke this story wide open. the former cop going above and beyond to protect his source. he ate the evidence. right there. ♪ ♪

fox news alert. how does somebody hijack a plane and then make it seem to disappear? the "wall street journal" releasing a new video showing exactly how it can be done. >> fully disabling the transponder would require unplugging circuits located above and behind the pilot's seat. pilots rare, if ever, need to access the circuit breakers. in the ensuing minutes, it's suspected a second piece of equipment, acars, part of the flight management system, was disabled. shutting that off would require a set of key strokes that requires expert knowledge, but not necessarily of that particular aircraft model. >> joining us, one of the creators of that video, john. first off, do you believe if you

look at that cockpit, the construction of that plane, you believe that it's going to be that involved to do just what you described? >> good morning. first off, it's important to remember that the way that this has unfolded, as far as the acar system, the automatic reporting system, being shut off before that final transmission, certainly indicates that whatever was going on on that aircraft appears to have begun before that final call, whether that was sent under curies or another situation, we don't know right now at this point. that's something that investigators are going to continue to look at. >> john, in addition to those first two steps, the report you've done is to disable the satellite communication, two people essentially would have to work together. somebody flying the plane and then somebody else doing what? >> so the way that the 777 is laid out, many of the important computer systems completely straight from the cockpit.

and stored under the floor of the aircraft. we went to great pains to identify specifically where on the airplane to blur out our report to go make sure we're not developing a how-to manual here. we took great steps there. essentially it would require someone to leave the cockpit to get access to this part of the aircraft. of course, that would at least on some level suggest that there was more than one person involved. however, it's notable that we do know the last ping was sent at 8:11 a.m. local time in malaysia. that may have been the last ping for a number of reasons. either someone went below deck and disabled the satellite communication system which would have taken enormous amount of expertise, or something catastrophic happened to the airplane, or a third option is just that it didn't have power anymore and may have been not operating or not flying at that point. so there are a range of scenarios that are playing out here that really could have

informed what little we really know on the outside. >> john, that second person that you're saying would have to go and take care of the acars there, does that have to be a pilot? this could be someone who perhaps learned how it do this from on-line sources? >> the amount of information on-line about aircraft of all types, big and small, does vary pretty widely. there are airlines that do have some more or less detailed technical manuals on-line for access to portals for pilots, and also within more hobbyist communities. but at the same time, the type of action required in this particular case going underneath the floor of the aircraft would require an enormously detailed amount of information to know exactly what to disconnect and where. it's a tangle of components, wires and boxes. >> just to finish your story line, the pilot and copilot did

not ask to fly together. we know there was at least one passenger with the knowledge of a plane and it was a pilot and would be able to step up. >> the "wall street journal" put together a video explaining broadly how it works. we thank you very much for telling us how it could work. thanks, john. >> thanks. on facebook, we want to know your theory. coming up, security dragged her off the house floor after she started talking about god. this morning for the first time, she explains why she did it. >> and the war tore them apart. but now they are back together. take a listen. >> hey there, buddy. >> what are you doing? >> there you are. >> so sweet how man and dog were reunited and they're both here live. ♪ ♪

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we've got some quick st. patrick's day headlines. a prison chief tossed himself into solitary confinement. colorado's new chief of corrections spent 20 hours in the 7 by 13-foot cell. he wanted to put himself in his prisoners' shoes. now the chief wants to reduce the use of solitary confinement in colorado's prisons. his predecessor was shot to death by a former inmate who spent years in solitary confinement. and just how far will one retired cop go to protect a source? yeah. that's the evidence he's eating. the former police chief is now the head of miami crimestoppers

and he ate parts of evidence rather than reveal an anonymous tipster. he now faces up to two weeks in jail in contempt of court. he probably could also use a rolaids. >> five minutes before the bottom of the hour. a retired u.s. airman reunitessedunitessed with his fe four-legged partner a year after they were forced to part ways. >> who is that buddy? >> what are you doing? >> good dog. been a long time. >> they worked side by side for four years, including a tour in iraq before simpson was medically retired from the air force one year ago. when he heard robbie was up for adoption, and retiring, he immediately flew to germany to pick up his buddy. they are now back home in florida and trying to meld the two families together.

robbie back with david and now he's got to get him used to the family. thanks for your service and tell robbie thanks for his service. glad you're together. what does it feel to be back with him today? >> just tremendous happiness, very happy to be with him. >> how hard was it, sergeant, to leave him behind when you retired? >> it was a very difficult thing to do. it broke my heart. that's the best way i can explain it. >> so you've had missions in beirut, iraq, rome. so the bond you guys had for years is like any other partner. but you retired first. then you get word about him retiring. what was your reaction? >> i was ecstatic. i was more than happy. words can't even explain it. >> you fly to germany. you attend his retirement ceremony and then what? >> then we packed up and i brought him home to see the

family and adjust to retirement life. >> now that he's back with your family, how is it going? >> it's going really good. you can tell he was extremely happy. loves the kids. if a dog smiles, he's definitely smiling. he doesn't leave my side. he's never more than three feet from me at all times. >> i had a chance to talk to the head of the k9 unit with special forces and they talk about the animals, the dogs actually becoming part of the unit. they actually feel like one of the guys and you feel the same way. can you describe that for the civilians like me? >> yes, sir. these dogs serve right by our side at all times. they go through the same training that we go through. we treat them just like one of us. they're another soldier, airman, marine. when these guys retire, we give them the full nine yards with the color guard and everything else. they get the same treatment that we would receive.

>> right. could we see robbie? where is he? >> come here, boy. come here. up. >> you know what he's saying -- >> there he is. there he is. >> i'm tired, leave me alone. i don't have to listen to anybody anymore. >> he's still getting used to the daylight savings time. >> that's true. it's hardest on german shepherds. you as a retired could get used to that life. do you get a sense he has to get used to his life now? >> i think he's adjusted a lot easier 'cause he came into a loving home. with military going into civilian world it's a little different because the camaraderie is not there. i think it's easier for him going to another vet to adjust, especially a friend. >> your family has got another important member. they've already been battle tested with you. david simpson and robbie, thanks for sharing your story this morning. >> thank you, sir. >> thanks for your service. a minute and a half before the

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good morning. malaysian airline officials saying those were the last words spoken by the copilot of malaysia air flight 370 before it disappeared. >> they say those words were spoken after one of the communication systems had been deliberately switched off, which points to the theory that at least one pilot was involved. >> 26 countries are now helping in the search for that plane. officials saying the plane veered west before going off radar. that could put it in two possible areas. south and the indian ocean or north near kazakhstan. people think more southeast because north would have been over a lot of land. >> sure. and there has also been some reporting that in that area, the range of the fuel and given what we know about that particular airliner, there are over 600

airstrips where the thing could put down. >> yes. one of the theories that's floating out there, put out by a british antiterrorism expert, she was a former science advisor to the britain home office. she said this could possibly be a cyber hijack. >> a takeover. >> asking the question that many of us maybe have wondered, but could a mobile phone have been used to sort of link in to the plane, the smart plane and take it over? we have the data that goes through the back of the seats where all the entertainment flows through. >> because the computers are all connected. so if you can get in through that device, you can get into the plane's computers, or you could use a smart phone. but we had earlier a former pilot and an aviation attorney. he says that probably didn't happen. >> the fact that the acar system was turned off about 14 minutes before the transponders were turned off and in the interim, you had a human being on the

radio acting quite calm, suggests to me that there was no cyber attack going on. in fact, it suggests that the plane or whoever was operating the aircraft was going out of their way to wait until the very last minute to go dark so as not to arouse any suspicions from air traffic control. >> one of the crazy things is as we just started this news cap with is apparently the guy said good night after he turned it off. >> i know. just hard to think of al-qaeda, if it is a terrorist operation, being ahead of us to that extent. our focus group is standing by of millenials. until then, let's go to heather childers with the breaking news. >> this something that you do not want to see outside of your plane window. while flying, a passenger snapped this picture showing a piece of the wing totally missing. delta says it flew off mid flight, the plane from orlando to atlanta. it did land without problems.

it's being inspected obviously. she was a stenographer in the house of representatives removed from the floor after grabbing the mic and talking about god. >> if this is not one nation under god. it never was. no. it would not have been constitutional. they go against god. >> now diane reedy and her husband, they are speaking out in a 38-minute video posted on youtube. she said the spirit of the lord spoke through her, telling her in advance that she was going to speak during the big vote. she was fired from that job. so why is the st. patrick's day -- what is a st. patrick's day celebration without guiness? organizers of the new york city parade will find out. the beer maker pulling its sponsorship because of their long-standing ban on groups that

march under banners identifying themselves as gay. a gay bar in the city announced it would dump barrels of guiness from its roof in protest. guiness then pulled out of the parade and then the bar called off the protest. finally, check this out. it is a selfy that is literally out of this world. you will only see it right here on "fox & friends." astronaut legends joining together to celebrate the 80th birthday of fellow astronaut gene thurman who was the last man to walk on the moon. that is quite a selfy. >> out of this world. and i do believe that picture comes from our friend in san diego. and apparently they're making a movie about him and it's coming out. >> thank you, heather.

look at that. >> oh, wow! >> this is the first time we've seen maria with a beard. >> yeah. i let it grow for st. patrick's day. >> i never thought beard would get up around the eyes. >> hello, everybody. happy st. patrick's day. we have a loft weather to tell you about, especially across the mid-atlantic. take a look at some of these snowfall totals. it's st. patrick's day, you're expecting to go out for a parade and across parts of virginia, you picked up more than a foot of snow. we still have some snow coming down in several areas out there. so this is a concern. a number of winter storm warnings in effect through this morning because the snow is such an issue for west virginia, virginia, maryland, delaware and across southern parts of new jersey. be careful out there. across the southern half of the storm system, risk for severe systems. tornadoes, strong winds and large hail possible.

let's head over to you, elisabeth. >> thanks, maria. well, millions of millenials voted for president obama twice. as a group, they were some of his biggest supporters. but now new polls showing that millenials are more outraged than ever. so what upsets them about our government the most? we are back with our millenial panel and expert pollster fox news contributor frank luntz. hey, frank. so you have some info there with our favorites there, the millenials? >> yes. i want to ask you by a show of hands, how many of you trust washington to do what's right most of the time, raise your hands? one person. what don't you trust? what makes you nervous? go ahead. >> looking at history. history always repeats itself. washington continues to show us a repetitive cycle of how they do things. >> did you vote for barak obama? >> yes, i did.

>> are you glad you voted for him? >> i'm somewhat glad, but not 100% because we can't rely on him to do everything we expected him to do. >> thomas? >> he can set the tone. we're not going to rely on him to do everything, but he can set the tone and he hasn't. >> jordan, go ahead. >> i think that i'm glad that i voted for him for many different reasons. i think that just his election definitely was very powerful and instrumental and i think it will be good for a lot of the future generation. but in terms of what's going on, it's mixed feelings because the economy was left so horrible by bush that, you know, there is only so much that could be done. but i had high expectations. it's mixed feelings. >> who is disappointed in the obama presidency? >> why? >> from a to z.

i think since he's been president, this country has been in debt more than ever. he has created a lot of racial tension. >> did you vote for him? >> i did for the second. but i'm very disappointed that i did. >> did you vote for him? >> no, i didn't. imof the opinion that we are so confined within this two party system that we need to -- as young generation, we need break out more into new ideas that can probably be different from the status quo. >> who did you vote for? >> johnson. >> the libertarian? >> yes. >> the one who wants to legalize marijuana? >> sure. >> that's a good thing for you? >> that's a great thing. >> the last time you smoked was? the last time you smoked was? >> i mean, again, we need time to have the freedom to pick whatever we want to do as individuals in this country. >> show of hands and i want to go to elisabeth, how many of you are disappointed in barak obama, regardless of who you voted for? raise your hands if you're disappointed. remember, elisabeth, among

millenials, 66% voted for him back in 2012 and yet you have the majority here and half of them voted for obama, actually disappointed with his presidency so far. >> sure. that's interesting. as you're get not guilty their business there, i want to ask them about privacy. so we know about the phones and about the exchange of information. millenials, how many of you are worried about how much access the federal government has in to you, your lives, your money, your health care? >> everybody. let's first ask the question, how many of you -- how much of you got stoned within the last 30 days, raise your hands. okay. you're lying to me. you were getting stoned downstairs in the green room. what were you so afraid of? what are you so afraid of when it comes to the government and your information? >> where does it end? for me, i mean, there is cameras everywhere. i just heard a report about more drones that are out there. it's scary. there is nothing that's unprotected now. >> what are you afraid of?

>> look what happened with the irs. they were targeting tea partiers. i have tea party affiliations. you know what i mean? >> now you're audited. >> yeah, exactly. that's exactly what's going to happen. >> is there something you've done that you don't want the government to know about? >> there is nothing that i've done. but i'm afraid of getting hacked and how does that really protect me. i don't see where it's benefitting me. i think it's more just more control. >> actually, go ahead. what are you afraid of? >> just like she said, i'm afraid about being targeted for any little thing you say. what people say on tv or to friends. it's like everyone is judging you based on your opinion, especially as a republicanful you have to be nervous. >> i got to ask you a question, we're almost done. how many of you think your future will be better than your parents when you get to be their age? who thinks your future will be better? and who thinks six -- six of you. who thinks it will be worse? of all the things, elisabeth, that is the one that is so

upsetting to me, that this is the generation that should be the most optimistic and yet, so many of them are pessimistic about their future. >> frank, we got to thank you for being with us in an honest panel. thank you for sharing your thoughts. coming up, missing jet, hijacked by its own pilot? we'll find out.

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of that missing airplane? was it hijacked by its own pilot? there you can see them going through security just before they vanished. >> doug luzader joins us live from washington, d.c. with the latest. hey, doug, what are you hearing now? >> reporter: good morning. we heard from malaysian officials this morning. we're learning more about what happened very early on in the flight. remember malaysian radar picked up a turn to the left. so what led up to that? we know that one of the communication systems, a data link, was shut off and then we heard someone in the flight deck saying good night to malaysian controllers. we now understand from malaysian officials that that person was, in fact, the copilot. as far as the overall search area is concerned, we're still dealing with those two arcs. one that goes to the north, one that goes to the south. the northern one kind of problematic because there is so much radar coverage there. there might have been scrambled fighter jets if an unidentified aircraft flew that direction. that's why there is a lot of focus now on this southern route that goes pretty far into the

indian ocean, pretty close to australia. the australians are sending up these aircraft to assist with the search there in the indian ocean. but a lot of other countries are involved in this as well. malaysia has come under a lot of criticism for the way they have managed the search thus far. they pushed back, saying they're communicating when they can, but they need to verify information before they disseminate it. back to you guys. >> doug, thank you very much. meanwhile, time to get in the way back machine. a very young brian kilmeade used to wait tables at bennigan's. now the ceo says obamacare puts jobs like that in danger. he is next. >> but i can't get my job back? >> i have to keep this one? >> in the meantime, we're going to check in with martha mccallum for what's coming up at the top of the hour. why do you think brian doesn't have that job anymore? >> we'll work on that. so coming up this morning, one pilot says this mystery will

redefine airline security as dramatically as 9-11 did. and why he believes that world wide intelligence knows a lot more than they are admitting at this point. big questions this morning. congressman mike mccall will join us on that. a daring navy seal rescue and meet the press invites bill maher on to trash republicans. howard kurtz has a few thoughts on that. bill and i will join you at the top of the hour [announcer] a healthy dog is a playful dog. give him the calorie-smart nutrition of

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all right. the come back story about my former employer. bennigans went from filing bankruptcy to 150 locations world wide. >> yes. with everything from obamacare

to wage mandates, does it feel like washington is pushing away some businesses. >> our next guest says yes. joining us is the ceo of bennigans. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we'll talk a little bit about the high cost of doing business in a moment. but first, today, your business is green. it's all about st. patrick's day. this is one of your busiest days of the year. >> i'm glad you introduced it that way because today i the day. of course, everybody, brian, you know this from being at bennigan's, everybody has been celebrating since last thursday burks today is the big day. i want to wish everybody out there a very, very happy st. patrick's day around the world, from the largest irish-themed chain in the world, bennigan's. >> let's talk about something else in reality. after this day the reality of business, when people say raise the minimum wage, you say isn't that great for the worker? but what about the owner? >> i tell you, it's another

piece of adversity that all the owners and franchiseees have to face that is being compounded by the weather, by the commodity fluctuations, the minimum wage debate and then obamacare. so when you add all those things in to an already fragile economy, it puts more pressure on those margins. i'm afraid that the more marginal operators will go out of business. >> sure. as it affects your employees, many wait staff are women. a lot of them saying this is definitely affecting them directly. as an owner and manager then has to make decisions, what happens to your employees as a result of these policies? >> yeah. i tell you what's going to happen. let's assume it goes through and there is an increase in minimum wage. the talent pool for more experienced servers or hospitality people is going to be where the direction is because there is going to be able to pay more money. so the entry level, which this is all about, the entry level

where when you came on and we trained you and your kind of an apprentice through the service and hospitality piece, they're not going to get the jobs. it already has an impact where there is something in the neighborhood of 500,000 people that will not get jobs if the minimum wage is actually increased. >> this reacts to these policies. >> exactly. >> it's one of those things you have to plan for because you're planning to reopen the steak and ale chain. >> you heard it first right here. >> it's coming back. >> it's coming back. >> so there is a possibility he could actually wind up working there. we're going to talk about that and so much more as we roll on live from saint patty's headquarters. ♪ ♪

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tomorrow, helping you with your march madness bracket and cheryl casone has advice for millenials and maria menounos will be here. fox news alert. brand new week on "america's newsroom." there are new details in one of the more baffling aviation incidents we've ever known. what happened to flight 370? that investigation taking a brand new turn. the focus shift together pilots and there is a lot to talk about that on today. happy st. patrick's day. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." martha: good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. here is what we learned over the past 36 hours on this we now know it was the copilot to last spoke to air traffic control, signing off, after the plane's communication systems were