expansion this year. so far starbucks said, initial testing, success. >> i bet. see you there after lent, right? >> with you after lent, sound good. >> fill up the gold card. happy hour. starbucks. >> let's do it. >> have a great weekend. 1:00. bye-bye. >> see yourow. jon: fox news alert. russian president vladmir putin signing bills today, officially making the black sea peninsula part of russia. it comes as ukraine signs its own deal aligning itself with the european union. e.u. leaders are slapping putin's inner circle with new sanctions, freezing their assets. the u.s. also hit russian bank and many of putin's allies with sanctions. toes sanctions are beginning to a of affect the russian economy. more on that coming up in a live report. jenna: but first another fox news alert. nearly two weeks after malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared from the skies, crews scour one

of the remote places on the planet searching for wreckage. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon so the. no one knows if a couple objects bobbing in the indian ocean by satellite 1400 miles west of australia are pieces of that jetliner. search teams are facing harsh conditions and rough seas trying to locate evidence of that plane that carried 239 people. the fbi. is sending what could be a critical piece of evidence, the pilot's home sim late tore to its forensic lab to try to achieve any clues that might be on it. doug mckelway is live now. what is the latest on the search? >> reporter: it is 12 hours ahead in australia you. night has fallen after another unsuccessful day of searching. they are beginning to question images of alleged debris in the ocean. none of the planes or ships scouring that area saw anything

resembling debris. the malaysia defense minister plans to call u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel to ask for more u.s. assistance. >> i think it is a gesture we'll have to respond to. we're looking for a needle in a haystack using a bunch assets. now we don't know where the haystack is. we don't know whether it is north or south. furthermore in the two weeks past the haystack might have moved to places we couldn't anticipate because of things like current. >> others speculated ited if it was debris in the satellite photos it may have sunk by now. jon: one. problems is the weather. give us a sense what conditions are like in that part of the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: is truly one of most unforgiving environments anywhere on the planet. 1400 miles southwest of australia. it is known to sailors as the roar 40s. so named because it lies between

50 and 40-degree latitude. it has winds and. its remoteness search planes can not loiter very long because of long travel distance. takes most ships four days to get there from australia. if debris is found there recovery efforts would be extremely difficult. the pilot of the plane made a mystery phone call to someone from the cockpit of the 777 just before takeoff. authorities want to know to whom the call was made. malaysian government turned over the hard drive from the pilot's home computer from the fbi in hopes the deleted files can be retrieved. jon? jon: doug mckelway in washington. we'll have more on that. doug, thank you. jenna: the long difficult search continues there are many questions surrounding the timing of key events in the disappearance of flight 370. the malaysia airlines jet carrying 239 people left kuala lumpur two weeks ago

today. chief correspondent jonathan hunt what happened after takeoff. a big question about the timeline. >> reporter: jenna, a big caution here many of the so-called facts have changed day by day. the malaysian government altered several of its statements over last two weeks. cross referencing your sources and most reliable information we can find this is what we can tell you right now. 12:41 a.m., saturday, march 8th in malasia, flight mh-370 takes off smooth smoothly. 26 minutes later the aircraft communication and reporting system a cars, sends information, everything is normal. 1:19 a.m., someone in the cockpit believed to be the copilot said, good night. as 370 leaves malaysian airspace and enters v. 6 vietnams. two minutes later the transponder shuts down. 1:28 a.m., malaysia military

radar see the plane having made a distinct left turn. 45 minutes later at 2:15 a unidentified plane shows up for final time on military radar 200 northwest of panang. six hours after that, at 8:11 a.m. a satellite picks up the last known signal from flight 370. within hours malaysian authorities confirm the plane is missing. a vietnamese plane spots an oil slick but it is not from a plane. debris is also spotted unrelated as it turns out. then the theories. two iranians on board using stolen passports. turns out officials say they're just two iranians trying to find new lives in europe. terrorism, mechanical failure, pilot suicide, all are mentioned. and by march 14th, the focus is on the pilots. two days later, malaysian officials declare the mystery of flight 370 a criminal matter and begin examining a flight simulator the captain built at

his home. on monday, u.s. officials confirm that the change in direction would have to have been done through a computer system in the cockpit by someone with extensive knowledge of flight systems. and by tuesday, two possible flight arcs have been identified. one north, one south. a search area of more than 2 million square miles. [screaming] then on wednesday after distraught and frustrated relatives of the missing passengers are hauled from a news conference, malaysian officials confirm flight 370 may have flown for seven to eight hours effectively invisible. and they reveal several files were recently deleted from the captain's home flight simulator. and late wednesday night in the u.s., late morning thursday on the other side of the world, the australian prime minister announces that two objects have been spotted in the indian ocean that could possibly relate to the missing malaysia airlines

plane. but as doug mckelway just reported, no wreckage discovered yet. still so many open questions, not the least of which, jenna and john, the we of when this good night communication was made by it pilot, before, after or during that left-hand turn. that is question you've been thinking about a lot, jon. jon: yeah, because if the pilot said good night and turned could have been a problem in the cockpit. but if they already turned before the pilot said good night it suggestion they were aware that they were off course. >> reporter: at some point we hope we get definitive questions. jon: strange story. jenna: jonathan, thank you. jon: with more on the search for the missing jetliner, let's bring in kenneth button, george mason university center for emergency operations and logistics. you have testified before congress about air transportation issues. you like so many of us are vitally interested in this case. based, on what we know now, no

sign of this plane has, has turned up yet, what is the working theory? >> i don't think there is a working theory. i think of a number of theories. some more possible than others but at the moment we really have no idea where this plane is. this is almost a unique situation. to lose an aircraft of this size with its technology on a normal commercial flight it is extremely unusual. as i say, almost unique and i think it is going to be very challenging finding it. jon: there have been cockpit fires before that have brought down airliners. the swissair crash off newfoundland is one example. certainly possible that the pilot said good night. all of sudden, finds smoke in the cockpit or some kind averaging fire, turns left to try to find a friendly airport and is just over come by smoke and doesn't make it. >> indeed that is possible and i you have to remember that the 777 is amazing reliable aircraft

but one of the three triple 67s have been destroyed was with a cockpit fire in cairo in 2011 which eminated from a electrical flaw affecting the oxygen system in the cockpit. luckily no one was killed and the plane was evacuated. jon: we know that there was a large shipment. we don't know how large but there was a large shipment of lithium-ion batteries in the cargo hold. now malaysia air has said that was not going to be a problem. i'm sure that batteries get flown from manufacturer to manufacturer in that part of the world all the tile but do you have any concerns about a large load of lithium-ion batteries? >> not really. i don't know of any major instance which they have caused in the past. not all together certain they caused something now. had been one instance of course in this country when a plane came down in florida due to its carrying of oxygen equipment for

replenish meant. jon: the valujet crash. >> the valujet crash indeed. they can have problems in the hold that do spread to the care aircraft. that would problem think give the pilot time to do something. doesn't really explain the chain of events of the technology being turned off. jon: right it doesn't explain, if there were a cockpit fire, the crew might have started flipping circuit breakers, trying to turn off equipment, trying to find out and isolate the source of the problem but that doesn't explain if there was some massive electrical failure in this 777 which has so many redundant systems, it doesn't explain how the plane might have been able to fly on seven or eight hours on autopilot which is electric i driven. >> some pilots put in emergency landing location when they get on the plane f there is something happens on takeoff the plane can be diverted to best

next place and pie loots do that what is difficult to explain the course of this plane after it had left the handshake with the air traffic control. it was quite a complicated course. jon: yeah. very, very strange. kenneth button, we thank you for sharing your expertise. jenna: we'll continue to stay on that story. meantime the crisis over crimea is escalating as russian president vladmir putin formally annexes the black peninsula. we have latest developments live from ukraine's capital. you don't want to miss that. dramatic testimony and key evidence this week in the oscar pistorius murder trial. will we soon see "the blade runner" on the stand? that is the question for our legal panel coming up. is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet!

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jenna: welcome back everyone. a fox news alert. russia taking the final step to

annex crimea from ukraine. president vladmir putin signing bills maisching the peninsula part of russia now. at nearly the same time ukraine's interim prime minister signing an historic deal, strengthening political ties with the european union, moving ukraine further away from moscow's influence. greg palkot live from kiev, ukraine with more. greg? >> reporter: hey, jenna. moscow making official what is the grim reality in crimea for now. for all intents and purposes russia in control of a place a short time was through and through ukraine. now they are backed up by some 20,000 russian troops and forcing this new ground reality. still we are hearing as many as 10,000 or more ukrainian troops are still there as well. a government official here told us today, that they are planning an evacuation of those troops and family members. if that is the case, then that would be the final surrender from kiev. but late today, there are some

indication that is some people are not piv gig up. six ships holding out bense the russians, making plans to try to sail off. the russians are blacking their way. we're also told, planning a possible assault. in eastern ukraine as well, ukrainian troops are digging in. defenses are being beefed up as officials today told us they are watching a buildup of russian troops on the other side of the border. that putin claimed he is not going to invade. folks in kiev welcome signing of that deal with the european union. remember it was the decision of a former ukrainian government to back off closer ties with the west and move towards russia that started all the protests here. they're also welcoming new sanctions today from the european union, yesterday from the u.s. they are looking for more help though from the u.s. on the military side. for example, ukraine's former spy chief reminded me today that his country got rid of all of the soviet-era nuclear missiles,

many of them, pointed towards the united states. he says now, his country wants pay back, a little bit of help from the states in this difficult time. back to you. jenna: interesting point and interesting conversation about nuclear power as well. one we'll be having a lot in the future. greg, thank you. jon: well some critics are complaining about the media coverage of the east-west standoff ukraine taking a back seat to the mysterious disappearance of malaysia flight 370. is the story of the missing jumbo jet getting too much attention? is the obama administration using poles to avoid action in foreign conflicts. we'll look at something our next guest described as american fatigue syndrome, coming up. huh...fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids

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jenna: the crisis in ukraine and resulting tensions with russia and president putin has many wondering just how involved the united states will be in issues plaguing eastern europe as two long wars wind down. polls do show, quote, fatigue among americans. daniel henninger writing in "the wall street journal" in his column this week, sometime in the first obama term, opinion polls began to report that the american people were experiencing what media short land called fatigue with the affairs of world. u.s. should mind his own business, the america fatigue polling fit with mr. obama's stated goal to lead from mind. a close observer of american politics can notice republican politicians, presumptive heirs of reagan began to recalibrate their world view to accommodate fatigue again in quotes in the opinion polls. daniel henninger joins me now. deputy editorial page editor of "the wall street journal" i will

stalk to you as dr. dan because you're talking about american fatigue syndrome. this poll from pew shows what we feel about what is happening in ukraine. if you look at numbers, 56% say we shouldn't get too involved. 30% say take a firm stand. some look at that there is america's fatigue. we don't want to get involved anywhere, dan. is it a real syndrome or one that perhaps is made up? >> i don't think it is made up. i think it may be a little bit exaggerated. we did have a long war in iraq. and also we've had five years of, past five years the obama presidency, a fairly low economic growth, 2%, should be 3%. a lot of not great job creation. i think there's a lot of anxiety in the american population. but you know, jenna, that was true in 1939 as well. we were in middle after depression and then world war ii commenced. i'm not suggesting that we're on the brink of world war iii but this is a very serious event going on over there in eastern europe right now.

with the russians and vladmir putin throwing down the gauntlet to the west like this, unfortunately the burden falls on the united states or at least its leadership to step up. so i don't think fatigue is an option for us. jenna: do you think politicians, whether they're democrat or republican, have accurately, or even persuasively described the stakes of what is happening in ukraine to the american people? >> well i, not really. i mean i think that the european leaders are fumbling for a way to try to describe the seriousness of the stakes. i think anybody who has been paying attention i thinks it. they understand invading a country like ukraine and annexing crimea means. sound like what hitler did to the sudatan land. people get seriousness of it. it is not the job of the population or american people to come up with a response. it is the job much their leadership. i think that is what they're waiting for. jenna: interesting to see contrast in leadership. vladmir putin with a speech this

week talking about russian nationalism and humiliation. he had people openly weeping in the crowd and, dan, i don't remember a time that any of, any of us have been moved to weep based on a speech about america. that actually alarms me more than makes me feel good. not that we want to be like vladmir putin but it's a contrast in how this situation is being portrayed to the public. >> well, exactly, jenna. you make a good point. vladmir putin is an autocrat and friends of mine who have been in moscow for the past say two years tell me, you can not understand the amount of propaganda, anti-u.s. propaganda that is being fed to the russian people on russian television. nothing like it. unprecedented. they didn't even do this sort of thing back during the cold war. that is what putin is speed feeding into. it is easier for vladmir putin who has controls of the instrument of information to whip his population into emotional frenzy like this,

unlike in the west where our leaders have to talk to the people and convince them of the importance of a crisis like this. jenna: worth pointing out the polls being what they are in russia, we're taking that into consideration. also with their state media coverage, poll numbers for him, vladmir putin seem to be going up. this is one of their top domestic agendas in their country right now. we have others, dan and how do you think the domestic agenda of our administration right now is conflicting or interacting with this big foreign policy issue we have on our plate as well. >> i suspect barack obama is very conflicted about this. this is the last thing he wanted right now a big international crisis. i'm not pogue to equate it with jimmy carter's iranian hostage crisis but it is similar in the event that is major thing that will be on his plate for a long time. barack obama would much rather be spending his time right now trying to sign people up for obamacare or get the country ready for the midterm elections. to the extent this event damaging his credibility and

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jenna: world leaders now respond together latest developments in the crisis in ukraine. russian president vladmir putin is formally annexing crimea today, signing bills officially making the peninsula part of russia. the big question whether russia has designs on other heavily ethnic areas including parts of eastern ukraine, lithuania and moldova. we have senior fellow and national security study at council on foreign relations joins us now. max, it is hard to believe two weeks ago vladmir putin came out and said, listen i'm not interested in crimea. why would i be interested in crimea. i'm not going there. now we know what happened. where do you think we'll be in another two weeks?

>> you have to worry because putin is saying hey, i'm not interested in eastern ukraine, but given his track record i would not put a lot of faith in his pronouncements. clearly he is a predator, somebody gauging the reaction he is going to get and calculating his next move. question is, is he getting enough push back from the west to make him think twice about further aggression in the future? at this point, it is not clear. jenna: what, can you go on a little further and answer that question that you just poseed? >> well, if you would ask me this a couple of days ago i would have said, we have done nothing, essentially because on monday, president obama announced sanctions on 11 individuals. which was truly nothing. now yesterday he actually stepped up his game. i have to give him credit. i think he announced some more serious sanctions that will in fact and have in fact gotten the kremlin's attention. he sanctioned 20 individuals, including putin's chief of staff, his deputy chief of staff and even more importantly, many of the money men who support the

kremlin, these oligarchs in bed with the political leadership. obama put them on a list that could wind up seizing their assets in america, prevent them from traveling to america. and he also imposed sanctions on a russian bank which is very closely aligned with the kremlin leadership. so i think that's a good start but i think there is more that could still be done. and -- jenna: what does that look like, max? while we're talking here and we're talking about sanctions, we're also getting reports of these unidentified russian-speaking special operations soldiers that are going into different areas of eastern ukraine. again, a lot of mixed reports from that area. but one wonders if the sanctions are enough and how much further should we push? >> well those are all good questions. i suspect the sanctions at this point are a good start but i think there is more that could be done. not only on the sanctions, front. i think there are some military moves we can make.

obviously we'll not refight the crimean war. we'll not fight the russian army but i think we ought to be providing equipment and support to the ukrainians so they can defend themselves, so they can secure their own border which right now is wide open to these russian forces. we ought to be doing more to impose a military cost on russia, for example, france, should not finish complete and deliver two amphibious assault ships they're building for the russian navy. that's crazy. and lastly, i would say, we need to step up our game in terms of aid, putting u.s. troops into poland and the baltic states, some of these front line states, to make clear to putin there is a limit how far he will get away with aggression. finally that we ourselves should rethink cuts in the defense budget. jenna: i'm glad you brought that up. sorry to interrupt you. that is where i was going next. there is reports that we're preparing for military exercises in poland. i want to go back to an article you wrote, max, at the end of last month and about the defense

budgets. you entitled it the defense budget versus history. one of the things that you mapped out we're really preparing for best case scenarios. we're not preparing for worst case scenarios. in many cases we're repeating history. so dig into that a little bit. what message are we sending the world about with we are prepared to do, whatever happens? >> we're not sending a good message because, you know, last month chuck hagel appeared in the pentagon briefing room to announce a defense budget which will slash the active duty united states army from 520,000 soldiers today, down to a low of possibly as low as 420,000, over the next few years which would be the lowest level since 1940. just two days later, two days after this announcement, these unidentified gunmen, so-called, local self-defense forces, which as we now know were really just russian special forces soldiers began taking over crimea. now that is not somebody anybody

could have anticipated. it was total surprise. guess what? we're always surprised. we never expect we'll wind up fighting wherever we wind up fighting. but we have to be ready for a range of contingencies. my concern is, as we cut the defense department as sharply as we're cutting it, down in many cases to funding levels not seen on a relatively basis since before world war ii, we are fighting aggression and making it exceedingly difficult for to us respond to unexpected contingencies like the one playing out in ukraine. jenna: bigger point i'm glad we got to today, max. it brings up so many more issues how much control we really have and what type of preparation we need. good to see you. thank you for joining us. look forward to having you back. >> thanks for having me on. jon: what about economic battles? tougher u.s. sanctions over the land grab by russia over crimea are hurting the russian economy. credit ratings agency standard & poor's downgraded the russian credit outlook to

negative. that is dealing a big blow to russian stocks. let's bring in jo ling kent from the fox business network with more. >> reporter: russian stocks taking a tumble after president obama levied sanctions against 20 more russians who are key members of president put paul's inner circle. looking at markets in russia yesterday the stock index fell by more than 3% in early trading and ended down 2.1%. the rtx index lost more than 4% in early trading. so overall the russian stock market has lost 10% in the last month, erasing billions of dollars in gains. meanwhile visa and mastercard halted their services with the bank which the white also sanctioned yesterday. described as the department of treasury as personal bank for senior russian. putin has responded to that saying he will open an account in the targeted russian bank and have his salary payments transferred there. and, after standard & poor's downgraded its outlook on the russian economy, fitch, another

agency followed suit, citing a potential economic fallout from the crimean crisis but here in the u.s. stocks are not affected by the russian markets. s&p 500 hit a intraday trading high this morning. the dow is currently up north of 100 points. back to you guys. jon: somehow i suspect vladmir putin has a lot of rubles hidden in other banks we don't know about. >> reporter: certainly. this is his cheeky way of getting back at russian sanctions. certain sectors will feel the pain, no doubt about that. jon: jo ling kent, thank you. jenna: the media coming under fire in some quarters for overdoing coverage of the missing malaysian plane. we admit it. we talked a lot about it and big news. one news network look the supernatural forces took the plane. has the media coverage gone too far at the expense of other major stories? we'll get into that with our panel. deadly motel fire, at the same motel involved in another tragedy. we'll tell you what happened and where.

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jon: as speculation grows over what happened to the missing malaysian jetliner critics are saying the media have been focusing too much on this mystery and downplaying the major crisis still underway in ukraine. our own bill o'reilly blasting the media coverage, particularly another news network which delved into conspiracy theories about the plane. >> what i'm watching this, i'm like, throwing things, i'm upset about it. i know i'm old school but i know it is ratings obviously, it is ratings. people want to watch the mystery but it's now corrupting the news business i think. jon: does he have a point? let's bring in our media panel today. judith miller, pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter, author, fox news contributor and kirsten powers, news day columnist and fox news contributor. what do you think? you and bill o'reilly, kirsten, don't often agree.

what do you think about his point. >> i think bill might have a point here. jon: wow. >> this is really fascinating story, no question. everywhere i go people are talking about it, wanting to know what is the latest news on it. i think people are really fascinated, but, there isn't a lot of new information. so i think the wall-to-wall coverage is a little bit troubling in the sense, yes it is taking away from other very important issues, but there is no new information. it is a lot of speculating and some of the speculating has gotten kind of cookie. think they're not adding a lot in terms of news coverage. jon: one cnn anchor wondered whether the plane was swallowed by the black hole and, apparently the guy was serious about it. i couldn't believe it. judy, news by definition is the unusual and we never had a 250, 300-ton jetliner with 239 people on board disappear, just go missing for two full weeks. >> exactly, jon and i know that you as a pilot may be

particularly interested in this story but i think america, not just america, the world is interested. bbc is reporting more traffic to its website because of this than any other story since the japanese tsunami. it, what we have to focus on i think, if anything has not received enough coverage, 12 years after 9/11, it is still possible for a plane like this to disappear, for a couple of pilots to turn switches and a plane to disappear off the radar. the skies are still not safe enough. we haven't done enough on counterterrorism. jon: right. because on 9/11, those hijacked airliners, the hijackers, all turned off the transponders so that nobody was able to track those flights as they were inbound to the world trade center and pentagon. >> exactly. that just shouldn't be possible 12 years after 9/11. what have we learned? whale we concentrate on aliens stealing the plane or the depth of the indian ocean we should be looking at why did the

malaysians wait so long to go into the house of the pilot to look at what he had hon his home, on his computer? why did they not share information with others who were more able to track the plane and provide the kind of information we all needed? >> and kirsten, the guy who is really rejoicing over all this is a guy named vladmir putin, right? >> well, yeah. i think are a lot of people that feel there is, there is other news going on that is more important than this, namely what is happening in the ukraine. though, i wouldn't say that it is more important. i would say it is equally important. i think a plane missing, going missing and all of the issues judy just raised which are serious issues that need to be looked into deserve coverage. i wouldn't go so far to say they shouldn't be covering it. they shouldn't do wall-to-wall coverage when they don't have any new information to report. jon: what does it say about us, americans, people all over the world that we are more interested in this missing jet liner than the fate of, you know, hundred of thousands of people in crimea suddenly under

russian influence and control? >> i think it says we're human and we can all imagine ourselves being on that plane. i mean being on a plane is now kind after universal experience where it is hard to imagine yourself as a kind of a pork fat salesman in the crimea. i mean that is the problem is it, that's why this story continues to drive ratings even as kirsten says there isn't a lot new to say. jon: even, when anchors speculate that black holes swallowed that plane. >> exactly. jon: all right. kirsten and judy, thank you both. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. jenna: well a big week in the oscar pistorius trial. dramatic courtroom reenactments, chilling testimony about the night reeva steenkamp was shot dead and bombshell expected next week in the "blade runner" murder trial. recall all parents should hear about. the children's bed at the center of it. details next.

jenna: welcome back, everyone. some intense courtroom drum ma this week in "the blade runner" murder trial. oscar pistorius charged with premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp last year. the olympic runner becoming very emotional the past few days listening to prosecutors lay out the case against him. he thought reeva was an intruder when he shot her through the locked bathroom door in the middle of the night. fox producer paul tilsley has been in the courtroom through the entire trial. he joins us by phone with the latest, paul? >> reporter: jenna, strike one with pistorius statement read in court on first day of the trial by an attorney that he shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp by mistake thinking she was intruder. along with this the defense is pointing out several police officers appear to badly contaminated the crime scene.

strike two went to the prosecution when several neighbors testified they had heard first sounds of an argument, then a woman screams before and between what they believed to be gun shots. pistorius's gun trainer created strike three for the prosecution. when he pointed out that the pistorius knew that in south africa, even if an intruder is seen and threatening to kill you, it is against the law to fire at them. csi gave what may turn out to be the key in the whole case, strike four, to the prosecution. when a ballistic specialists and a blood spatter expert used lasers and autopsy results to help them deduce there was a gap in time between the first and the second shot. the ballistic cop said if the "blade runner" fired all four shots in quick succession, then the wounds on steenkamp's body would be closely group which they are not. the blood spatter expert claimed the first shot hit steenkamp in the hip. this cop says, steenkamp then defensively put her hands over her head before being shot in

the arm and through one of her hand and head. this is particularly significant because the claimed gap in time of her screams and steenkamp having time to go into a defensive position, all between shots one and two, analysts believe the prosecution will claim all point towards premeditated murder. jenna? jenna: fascinating, paul. thank you. jon: so looking ahead to the murder trial, when it resumes next week the state is expected to finish up its case against pistorius and then oscar himself could take the stand in his own defense. well now we're learning that pistorius is selling the house in which he shot and killed reeva steenkamp. he says it is to pay, to raise money to pay his legal team. let's bring in now, heather hand soon a trial attorney. with us dug burns, a former prosecutor. where do we stand now? the testimony about the screams and reeva apparently putting her hand up in between shots, that is pretty damaging to his defense, isn't it? >> well i think the screams is

definitely damaging, jon. the thing about putting hands up, these shots, even if you imagine there were seconds in between they were still in quick succession. for her to have time sillily to raise her hand i don't think necessarily establishes it was premeditated that he stopped between shots. i just don't think that's there. jon: talk about the definition, doug of premeditation. >> sure. jon: in the middle of the heat of the argument can you have a premeditated murder if that is fast? >> that is one of the bigger sort of clicheed statements or principles taught in criminal law, which premeditation can be formed in an instant. that leads to a lot of confusion. everybody is like, did the person plan this out in advance? that is not the requirement. it has to be in an instant. back to the earlier discussion, i think earlier chronology is more important which is if the trier of fact believes the neighbors when they say they heard a loud argument and female screaming and then shots and then, that is very hard to overcome, jon. jon: so, what about the, the

ballistics, you were -- >> the thing about the ballistic that is will be enormous when the defense has the opportunity to put forth their case. they have hired a very expensive american team that will put together an animation to show this judge and in south africa, that is unheard of jon. this judge probably has not seen this animation because it is so expensive. when we see the defense's very, of fact played out in animation, a lot of minds may be swayed, including judges. jon: you think the experts in this case will be worth it for pistorius? >> without a doubt. they're necessary. not only did he hire the animation team and hired his own pathologist come in to participate in the autopsy. that pathologist will testify and someone actually there and can testify. thus far all we heard is from the prosecution. when we talk about the timing and blood spatters he will hear the version the defense will put forth in a very effective way. jon: doug, the guy who taught him to shoot, one of his

instructors testified, he was taught that even if there is an intruder in your house you just can't shoot that person willy-nilly without, fear of your life. >> funny you say that, jon because behind the point about the chronology of the scream and the shot, i consider that to be the most important fact that the prosecutors put into this record which is that he signed a gun certification forms. and i was talking to heather before we came out, the point is, when he says i thought it was an intruder, the word thought is hugely problematic for him because, under those pun forms, he -- gun forms he certified, unless you're sure that it is an intruder you can't willy-nilly fire shots. that is a critical second part of this. jon: yeah, his version of events, maybe we'll hear him state this when he gets on the stand this week, his version of events, apparently it was warm night. he got up to get a couple of fans. reeva went into the bathroom. he heard the door and i'm

sorry heard the window open in the bathroom then when all of this broke out. that is a little hard to believe. >> till will be interesting. he will have to take the stand to set stage for forensic experts. it will be interesting to hear the details since we have not heard from him. what i think is helpful to the defense the prosecution originally said he put on his profit at the time tick legs. they're now conceding that point. if there is concede enough points it is reasonable doubt all over the place. they will have to go after him on cross-examination to reassert the doug made which are their best. >> my third and last point which i said before, the bathroom door being locked. i'm not being funny. i asked my wife, friend, don't lock the door at 3:00 in the morn. >> they had been dating a short time. i think there is argument to make -- >> i don't think -- jon: they have been dating long enough they're sleeping together, heather. >> right. >> he rests his case. jon: well, i do. and you again, there is, there

is murder or a death at the end of this and i hate to be flip but i just think it is very, it is hard to believe his version of events. >> we don't want to joke around. >> i understand. there is a lot of circumstantial evidence but circumstantial evidence is not always enough. i think that the hard evidence, the direct evidence is going to be played out in the forensics. when you have a team like this, we'll wait and see what the defense does but they have a lot -- jon: very expensive team that is costing him his house. all right, heather hansen, doug burns. thank you both. >> my pleasure, jon. jon: jenna. jenna: almost two weeks ago flight 370 took off in the middle of the night and simply hasn't been seen since. the mystery what happened to a boeing 777 packed packed with 29 people sparking so many theories and so few real clues. fox team coverage in latest developments in multinational search. brand new numbers how americans view obamacare. majority giving it the thumbs down just days before the crucial sign-up deadline.

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we begin with this news alert. what has been described has a best lead in the flight mh370 has turned up no evidence. i am jon scott. >> i am jenna lee and hope you are off to a great day everybody. the australian search plane finding nothing after spending hours scouring the indian ocean 1500 miles off the coast of australia after satellite revealed two large objects floating in the sea. they thought it could be debris from the flight mh370 that vanished over a week ago. we have more on what could he

happening. first, this could have not been debris from the plane, it could have sunk, or it could have drifted. either way, discouraging plane. no visual conformation of the ocean or pings from the vis voice or data record. so there is no hard evidence that the plane crashed here. >> the satellite imagery that has been the device of the search was actually obtained on the 16th of march so it is five days old. something floating on the sea may no longer be floating.

>> reporter: another great mystery, on the day the plane disappeared there are multiple beacons aboard the plane and as soon as the passenger jet crashes they go off immediately and they will glow and the alerts back bounce and each year the system saves all of the systems and boaters. why these elt's didn't work make no sense. >> it would be picked up by a satellite. a couple types are able to receive these messages. one time would hear it instantly. we might not be able to pinpoint the position, but we know it went out and after 2-3 hours we would be able to pinpoint the positi position. >> reporter: it is possible that the plane could have been torn

apart into the tiny pieces. searchers go out again tomorrow and the pentagon said the cost of the search and rescue so far is $2.5 million. >> we will talk more about the cost coming up the united states navy is reporting no trace of the missing jetliner. a p-8a equipped with the most sophi sophi sophist sophistocated technology but it has found nothing. michael fortune is here who is a retired pilot. we are loosing opportunities to hone in as the time goes by. >> we sure it. it is disturbing they haven't been able to find anything today. >> one of the problems the

misstatements made by malaysia air and malaysian government authorities. we thought we had a timeline and then they will say something and back away from it. >> the facts are fight thing. we know the airplane took off, the a-car was shutdown, it turned off course, and the transponder was shutoff, beyond that it is just speculation. >> imagine there was a fire on the board that erupted after the pilot said good night. but in other fires, the pilots radioed to the ground they had a fire on board. same with value jet. >> that is one of the more

baffling issues. i am surprised in a situation like that. once the oxygen masks are on, that they didn't broadcast to a controller or make an airport request to get the airplane on the grown as quick as possible. >> if there was a catastrophic electrical failure, the plane went back to the west, maybe they are trying to find a friendly or close airport, how does that explain the plane flew for five or six hours on auto pilot. wouldn't auto pilot be taken out by the catastrophic electrical event that occurred? >> one would think. that is why i am led to believe

there is human intervention. >> meaning one of the pilots or a cockpit intruder? >> that is exactly right. >> the indications from the cockpit are someone was trying to cover the tracks. the fact the pre-programmed move was made by the flight direction and does that suggest there was a coverup going on? >> that is speculation, but if is very possible. it is easy to turn the aircraft around, put in another point and have the auto p pilot fly and turn to that

point. it is a very easy process and if he was under distress that could be figured out easily. the pentagon has spent 2 million for it search divert ing two navy planes and other search planes that will continue to search. $4-$5 million is what the pentagon has allowed. >> afghanistan officials are saying four taliban members were responsible for a late evening

assault that killed nine people including a journalist, his wife and children. officials say they were shocked they were able to penetrate an area that is considered to be the safest for foreign born people. the president meeting today coming a week after the facebook ceo protested nsa surveillance on the internet. fox news learned that the ceo of facebook will be one of those guest. a new poll is shedding light on how americans view the afford four years after the president signed it into law. and aircrews closing the doors and books on another grueling day in the search were the missing malaysian jetliner.

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a new poll shedding light on how americans few the affordable care act four years after being signed into law. 41% approve and 5 9% of people say they are against -- 53% -- and is the 53% disapproving on the up or down swing? >> that number has been stable since passing in 2010.

it was 40% then of these who approved. so it hasn't skyrocketed ly ove months. many people would expect you would see public disapproval increase which we have not seen so far. >> you did great reporting on the other shoes that will drop. you found the health care premiums are going to be double or triple what they have been paying up until now. when those things start to happen, you cannot expect the favorability numbers on the low will go up. >> we have to remember the power of antidote is going to be very

revealing. the white house has to be ready for the increases but they are denying that. they are saying the increases will be better than thin the pa but this is showing in certain parts the plans need to be conservative and they could increase in cost. this will be in isolated areas of the country, but part of the problem with the administration has been the negative antidotes. >> we have ten days until people supposed to be signed up for obamacare and what happens to those people do who don't get it done and there are millions of them? >> that is right, john, there

are millions. it means come next tax season you will pay a fine of $90 or 1% of your income. >> people focus on the $90-dollar figure. but one prickercent of your inc can be a lot. >> and it is going to up to get team to enter the pools. the public is clueless about the law. a lot of people are not following the news because they are sick and fatigued about the problem. so there could be a surprise when they see the penalty. critics say the administration is going to have a hard time enforcing the law but it isn't going to be looking good for people seeing the numbers

>> you say repeal isn't what most americans want? >> right. the vast majority of americans want lawmakers to make the law work as best as possible. that is not true of republicans associate with the tea party. a lot of them say that lawmakers should make the law fail to move on to a better solution buch. but the vast majority do want to work it out. that is going to be a tough needle for the republicans because they are counting on obamacare as their golden ticket for reclaiming the senate. but a lot of voters want to hear about improvement of the law not getting rid of it. >> and if 1-4 are paying attention to the debate you have to assume they are like me, and

covered by an employer sponsored plan and don't have to run out and sign up for the individual mandate. and some will be surprised when they find out uncle sam is taking a big chunk. >> the law has been understood poorly from the beginning. a lot of people are going to be surprised about the conscioequcs of not having health insurance. >> and the story about the health care premiums going to double has the white house pushing back >> yes, and their point is well taken. when you look at the country broadly, the premiums may not go up. in fact, they will only go up a little bit over time they are saying.

but the hikes could be in the double digits, but unlikely to be the triple. so if we see the triple digits that is going to be a message from the insurers that they are upset with this and want people to pay more to cover the sick, new patients entering the pool. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you. a disabled transponder at the center of the investigation in the missing malaysian plane. many are wondering why there is even an off switch and would we it would be appropriate to over turn it down. and too much salt teenagers and

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the investigation of the missing malaysian airplane focusing on the aircraft transponder that was disabled and it is causing people to ask why anyone would turn that off. the georgia senator says that is what happened on flight mh370. >> we know for example someone manually turned the transponder off. >> how do we know that? others are saying perhaps there was an event that led to the shutdown of the systems? >> well, those that have examined it, and particularly the folks from boeing who made

the airplane, there is no way a catastrophic event turned off the transponder. someone had to manually turn it off. >> that is a significant development in the case. you tell me this raises the possibility of hijacking by the pilot or passenger to a considerable level. >> i don't think there is any question about that. >> captain robert, senior airline captor is here. bob, it is great to have you. it is interesting to hear there is no way a catastrophic event could turn this off. what is your response? >> when they designed the aircraft they put the transponders in two areas.

there are two on board. therefore there is time if there is a fire. they are on two different electrical systems and backup systems so it is taking manual systems to do that. the timing is critical. >> tell us about that. >> when you switch from one air zone to the other you say good night to the controller and there is a space of 3-4 minutes before you fly into the next air defense zone. there is a period of lull there when you turn off the transponder you go down to a primary track and loose the altitude and the radar is a long distance today but they are not great at what they are called a primary target. something that is painting skin. >> so there is a slim amount of

time where it would be effective if you wanted to turn off the transponder that would be the timing window you would do it. is that what you are saying? >> exactly. it is just a nano second. i flip the switch to standby. it is done and you don't see me. that is what happened on 9/11. we have not learned anything in 13 years. >> it was the topic of a "new york times "editorial where the writer points that out saying this was the first thing that was done. and the question asked is why isn't the transponder automatic. why is it possible to turn it off. bob, why is that? >> there is no reason. i talked to the maintenance people today and asked why we require the switch and he said

there is no reason. we can put a thermal interconnector on it to shut it down. but as pilots, we keep it on from the moment we take off and land. at kennedy, that is how they identify the palane. >> and someone said that is why it needs to be annual, when you get into an air space and you cannot turn it off, there is a lot of interference. is that true? >> it can happen. it happened the other night. there is a tracking reporting system call t-cast, it does pick up other airplanes but the weight on wheels turns it off. >> it is great to talk to a pilot and an investigator -- you

investigated in the army. and what do you think of the investigation so far in the last two almost two week and where would you like it to go? >> i would like lifestyle str s stressors on the pilot's life and what was going on. from the pilot standpoint i think it is geekish to that much of a simulator. i know you don't go home and sit in a fox news simulator at home. >> it is interesting i do good home and watch tape to see if i can get better and better. it is like watching game tapes. so i understand what the pilot could be doing but maybe there is something more. but his tapes are being

investigati investigated right now so we will see what happens there. >> severe weather making it harder for surge after a 6.7 magma magnitude struck the indian ocean today. how is the search weather out there? >> that earthquake was very, very far away in the north indian ocean so no impact there. still in the indian ocean, so raising an eyebrow but no impact. this is the storm from two dayedatwos ago. high pressure rotates in the opposite direction in the southern hemihems spear.

you can see the next front moving through and that is around midnight tomorrow locally. we are is 12 hours from the time in perth. we will get another system on monday and then another one right behind it and more windy conditions. so john it is a rough spot in te earth. they get a break and then it is going to get bad then. >> if there is debris it is going to get scattered. and republican lawmakers are saying holder is in the way of

fair investigation against the irs. and ikea is encourageing parents to get rid of their can anticipate bed nonow.

the gop is crying foul over the irs target scandal after the justice department is refusing to appoint a special council to investigate them. critics are blastic them for

rufuseing to allow what they see a non-partial investigation >> ted cruz made the request for why asked eric holder why it doesn't warrant a special prosecutor and holder defended the team >> they are neutral, detached and unless i find a bases of reversing the review, i expect team to do a great job >> ted cruz says the key person looking into it is a key democrat who has a donated money. the department of justice wrote after consideration of your

request, in light of the standards above, we have concluded a special council isn't needed >> please, for the sake of justice, for the sake of the appearance of propriety, pick a special prosecutor who is unmotivated by pollack it -- politics >> the house oversight commit continue with many lawmakers looking confidence in the department of justice investigation into what went wrong at the irs. >> so the justice department is investigating themselves? >> they are saying they are looking into this with someone who has given to democrats so why not pick someone who has no

political interest whatsoever to look into matter. ikea recalling canopy beds due to a strangle risk. there were no reports of permanent issues, but instances of it becoming entangled among the necks of infants. the company is urging customers to return the items for a full refund. going to florida's atlantic coast showing you this sight of massive ships aaribing. -- arriving -- at port canaveral. it is part of a massive expansion there.

white house press secretary jay carney in the spotlight after a news anchor at a cbs station in phoenix claims he got questioned by white house reporter in advance and that report spread online despite the report admitting she may have mixed up what happened and carney denied it as well. some of us might have missed the story. but it was interesting back and forth with the white house. catch us up. >> this blue up on twitter and if carney was getting questions in advance from the white house people this would be a big story. it didn't pass the smell test. the people in the room are not going to giving the questions in

advance if you know the people in the room. the cbs affiliate interviewed president obama and had an off the record conversation with carney and he said she apologizes and engaged in bad reporting and she was never told this. >> a misunderstanding or did she say something she had to take back? >> she really screwed up. at first she claims she was asked for a question she was going to ask were in advance. then she said she volunteered. it is pretty big changes to allude. she didn't have the facts and acknowledged that. >> it will get you national attention. real quick, you are talk about

the mid-terms and saying there is a narrative on the media about what to expect. >> some are saying the democrats will have a hard time this time and robert gibbs agreeing the democrats will lose the senate or are likely. i am surprised to see that this early. >> does that mean we don't need to do mid-term stories? >> it is all coming once the plane is gone. >> a deadly morning fire ripped through a hotel steps from america's best sea side rerepso. and a study raises concerns

about salt and why young com p and old should pay attention to hoop they con sumsume.w much tt.

you know a lot of adults watch their salt intake, but it turns out it can have a negative impact on teens as well, aspecial those who might be overweight. overweight teens that contain too much salt show signs of fasting heart aging and it play as real earnhardt jr -- heart damage and aging.

we have a doctor here to discuss this with us. too much salt can age the teens? >> teenage obesity is on the rise with 17% being overweight or obese and now you add salt and that combination looks like it is causing a cell aging. when you talk a lot of salt, kidneys filter it, but a lot stays in the body and the water follows the salt and you will get third spacing and that causes increases in flood pressure and that causes heart and stroke.

microscopic levels are showing the changes on the chromosome level as well and the cells can actually start to age as a result of the salt. the american heart association is recommending 1500 miligrams of salt and we are getting 3600. so double the amount. combination of obesity and salt is dangerous. >> we have the video of people shaking the salt shaker on their food. you say you don't or shouldn't do that. >> we are getting over 2400 mil milligrams of salt in the processed food so i would say don't add anymore. if you can bring it down to 1500, you reduce the risk of my highway blood pressure and slow

down the aging. to see the slow aging in teenagers i am concerned. we want to make sure a lot of people are paying attention to this. stop taking the salt while you are working on the weight. >> i can sit down and eat a bag of chips and not think anything of it. and i don't think i pour a lot of salt but it is in the prepared foods >> it is okay to have chips, but cut down other places. so 2400 would be a good number. about hundred teaspoon. >> you need some salt and the iodi iodine. >> you need salt to function. the electrlites are needed.

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right now, firefighters are searching for clues after a massive morning fire breaks out steps away from the jersey

shore. >> reporter: the fire chief wrapped up the conference and said they knew it was bad when it started with 15 call for dispatch for help. and many people saying at the hotels were left what phones after super storm sandy. look at the video we have been getting. the flames eating through the two-story structure. the roof at the marinars cove collapsed making it hard to reach people. many made it out on their own, but many have serious burns and a shareriff office is being treated for a broken bone. they managed to pull one woman out alive and she was crouched down in her showers.

>> we tried to rescue people through the windows but the fire was blowing out through there windows. no way to even get through the windows. the only rescue we could make was that one woman because she, i guess, like i said, she saved her own life. >> she was crouched down and had air to breathe so the flames had not reached her yet. he did confirm this -- 10 people remain unaccounted for. it is possible they got out on their own as many people were able to do before the flames were blowing through the window and they are okay. they don't know. they have to track down everybody. they are picking through the debris to see if more victims parished there the investigation

begins. >> so scary. new concerns about the threat of insurance fraud under obamacare. they are seeing attacks over the last few years and concerns the rollout will make consume to the fraud. >> reporter: this is no surprise they will be after the information, but the health care information can be more lu lucrative to scammers and the health care industry is facing a 100 percent increase in attacks.

insid insiders being negligent is what is causing this. they be be costly. encryption is a big part as the humans can't read the text but it isn't all encrypted as it is being transforward. the aca mandates doctors and hospitals use electric information and that is good for some but fraught t-- not for al. organizations have to protect millions of avenues but criminals just need one point of

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ares starts right now. >> fox news alert. vladimar putin completes the annexation of crimea. wow. welcome to hq. how are you? >> very good. happy friday to you. and i am sandra smith. nato flexing its muscle with two weeks of exercises in eastern europe. they are streaming live from ukraine. >> reporter: moscow making the official grim reality and russia for all intents and purposes is in control. in addition to the stroke of the pen, 20,000 russian troops in crimea on the ground backing it up. we are getting 10,000 ukranian troops in place in crimea. government officials said there is an evacuation plan in place and that would be an effective surrender from kiev even