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officials now say they know what happened to missing malaysia air flight 370. th is a live look from a news conference about to get underway. >> any minute now, malaysian officials are expected to announce definitive evidence the plane carrying 239 people was hijacked and then taken off course deliberately. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. ama dates is in the newsroom with the latest for us. ama? >> dan and carolyn, we are waiting for this news conference to begin. we are told the prime minister is going to be making an announcement. here is what what we learned so far in the last couple hours. a government official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the malaysia

airline jet missing since last saturday. the official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. the boeing 777 commune cation with the -- communication was severed. abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijacker was controlling the plane. >> if somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. >> they believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. after disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to a data health system which means the plane could have flown 2400

additional miles in any direction. now, the last known satellite data could narrow down the position of the jet. however, if the plane did crash into the indian ocean, it could be difficult to find with depths reaching 15,000 feet. i have learned that indian navy ships supported by surveillance planes and helicopters have been scouring the areas without any success in finding any sign of this missing plane. the indian coast guard official says they have expanded farther west into the bay of b nee gal. they are looking it the bay of bengal and the coast searching for the missing plane. we are monitoring the news conference and we will send it back to you and let you know if we will get any new word. >> a 27-year-old usc graduate may be among the 239 people missing.

they confirmed that the description published in the chinese newspaper is a match. the birthday found in the flight man manifest is a match. he was working for shell oil in beijing. we are waiting any moment for a news conference with this official announcement for the malaysian officials that the plane was hijacked. that's what we expect him to say. we will bring that to you as soon as it happens, but our reporting continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area. >> investigators are in castro valley where a woman was found dead in her house. her daughter discovered the body around 4:00 this afternoon at the home on stanton avenue. abc7 news reporter alan wang has been speaking with neighbors tonight. alan? >> reporter: alameda county's crime scene center is parked out front and crime scene detectives is moving in and out. the woman's body is still in the home partly because police

were delayed while waiting for a search warrant. the neighbors agree that they were shocked when they saw a girl leaving her castro valley home in tears. she just found her mother's body in the house at 4:00 p.m. >> we were sure this was a homicide. >> i am shocked and scared at the same time. >> they lived next door. they say the family has a third grade daughter who attends stanton elementary school across the street. the vehicle tim's husband is a. quiet man. >> i saw him working. >> outside of that they know little about the family who elevens here. tom delgado lives two doors down. >> people were more friendly and more close. but now days people change all the time. it is hard to be friends with

people because they stay to themselves. >> back to the search warrant, usually an adult family member gives the police access to search the home. but in this case they had to obtain a search warrant. the husband either denied them ago a success or they can't find him. at last check police told us they were still trying to locate the husband. reporting live in castro valley, alan wang, abc7 news. >> thanks. investigators are still looking for the cause of the massive fire in the mission bay neighborhood. they hovered above and arson investigators have focused their search on the northeast corner of the huge complex. it is still too dangerous to enter the building and so they are checking it out on top of an aerial ladder. the contra costa county fire protection district tweeted a picture showing a rescue on

campbel back road. a woman fell about 20 feet down a steep hill. crews had to use a rope and a basket to pull her back up. no word on her condition. daly city leaders want to ban e cigarettes. there are three in daly city and at least one is located near a church in the school. they are worried the e cigarettes will end up in the hands of young people. the mayor wants them banned entirely. san francisco is considering a ban on e cigarettes. >> a palo alto man made a wise choice and that's when he saw hems plastered on on northern california's website. he was being sought for firing a gun during a fight at a party in san leandro last year. as the police chief put it, he didn't use good judgment at that party, but he did last week. he turned himself in after seeing his picture on the website. >> mandatory water restrictions are in effect for

300,000 people in alameda county. they cannot refill their pools without a shut off nozzle and lawns can be watered twice in the spring. once in the fall. it may result in termination of water service. the district declared a water shortage last month. the east bay mud is taking a new hands on approach to save water. the utility sent out technicians to search for interior and exterior water leaks at the homes of three customers. they estimate one in four houses has a leak either from a sprinkler or a dripping faucet or a running toilet. >> toilets are the number one water wasters. they don't make a sound at times and you can't see the leak. and that's why their water bill or their water consumption has gone up so high. >> technicians say dripping faucets are also a big water waster. they can leak up to 45 gallons of water a day.

they plan to open a pipe leak repair site on monday. this effort is in association with the environmental protection agency. information posted on-line may lure thieves to empty vacation homes in sonoma county. property managers reported 52 burglaries since september. they suspect on-line booking information gives thieves a tip and a pathway to those vacant homes. sheriff detectives believe the crimes are linked because of the way crooks break in and the things they steal like big screen tv's. a dog on the job tracked down 50 pounds of marijuana hidden in a driver's car. here is 2-year-old dickey posing with the huge find. he alerted his human partner to the drunk. the officer found the drugs sealed inside with $14,000 cash. a man from brooke dale was arrested. he has been on-the-job for eight months.

coming up next, a bizarre birth in india. we will show you a two-headed baby. >> and a taste of fame in the east bay. not everyone is happy. why the cruelty is clear. >> and a local wiz kid swam with the sharks. did they leave him treading water? >> and the missing malaysia airlines jet and when it began we will bring it to you. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. clear skies right now and a warm upcoming for this last weekend of winter. i will be back with the temperatures when abc7 news

still awaiting word from the malaysian prime minister. a news conference is about to get under way. we have a live look there to show you, but we have learned tonight that a government official in malaysia says it is conclusive that one of the pilots that someone else with flying experience hijacked the airline jet. sky news said the conference was delayed because the prime minister may be speaking with the families of the passengers on board. a government official is saying it is conclusive the plane was hijacked either by someone with flying experience or one of the pilots. we will keep you updated and let you know if anything changes throughout the newscast.

the future hinges on a vote and that's when residents decide if they will separate from ukraine and join russia. russians make up a majority of crimea of its population. the u.s. and other nations would not recognize a vote to join russia. they also issued a travel alert for those traveling to the russia-ukraine border. >> a baby in india was born with two heads. here is a picture showing the girls. they have separate spinal cords, heads and necks, but they share everything below that. they will have to perform a meticulous and challenging surgery. there is hope. twin girls in the u.s. have grown through their teen years with the similar condition. a plan to allow people in the bay area to run with the bulls is facing fierce opposition from animal rights advocates. it is modeled after the running of the bulls in pam -- pam paw loan gnaw, spain.

>> this video provided by the animal legal defense fund shows a great bull run in florida. the company called the great bull run is selling tickets for another event at the alameda county fairgrounds on july 26th. but peta and the animal defense fund filed a lawsuit against the company and the provider of the bulls. >> california law makes it illegal to force a bull to fight with a human being. it also makes it illegal to cause unjust fiable suffering to an -- unjust fiable suffering to an animal. it makes it unlawful for a bloodless bullfight or a similar event. >> we reached out to the great bull run and didn't get a response. the website states we don't kill the bulls in a bullfight nor do we abuse them in anyway. we don't hit them, shock them or deprive them of food, water, light or sleet. they say the cruelty is clear. >> the potential for them to get entangled with other bulls and fall and break a leg or gore one another.

>> runners punched the bulls at the florida event. in texas they tried to get away from the runners only to be lassoed, roped and whipped into compliance. some don't see the harm. >> i don't think it is necessarily cruel just because you have the bulls out running around. it is one thing if you hurt the animals, but another thing if you do what they naturally do. >> it is not a local pleasanton tradition. i think it will be quite an experience. >> the event website says the event, day and location are subject to change. a a ma dates, abc7 news. a bay area -- >> a bay area high school student is the latest to seal a deal on the abc show "shark tank." jason lee runs a company that buys old electronic devices and finds new home for profit of course. he has made $40,000 over the past 12 months and he is out a

$100,000 backing from the sharks. jason's family held a watch party and he has two mid-terms to study for, but he wanted to celebrate his success with the people who have supported him. >> it has been really exciting. we filmed it awhile ago. although i knew what was going to happen and it was super compiling and i was more nervous watching myself. it is a good time. >> jason got the sweetest deal of three entrepreneurs and all were ages 16 or younger. you can watch shark tank on friday at 9:00 p.m. >> way to go, jason. nobody won the mega millions jackpot. but you may have won a smaller prize tonight. here is a look at the winning numbers. 7, 20, 54, 69 and the mega ball was 12. tuesday's jackpot will be at least $400 million since nobody picked up all five numbers plus the mega ball. the jackpot has been growing

since january 3rd. >> our office pool is a bust again. >> a big surprise. >> now all we can do is talk a about the weather. >> sandhya patel is here. a spectacular weekend ahead. >> it is going to be stunning, carolyn and dan. as we look at live doppler 7hd , clear skies. the temperatures this weekend are going to be more like june than march believe it or not. the view from our camera is sparkling tonight. clear skies and 57 in san francisco and oakland and san jose and half moon bay is one of the cooler spots. there is no fog from the exploratorium camera. low 50s napa and santa rosa. 54 degrees in livermore and from our sutro camera, clear skies overnight. much warmer this weekend. we will toss it back to you. >> sandhya, so sorry to interrupt. we want to take you to breaking news. >> the prime minister of malaysia is addressing

reporters right now. >> can you hear me? airlines flight lh730 disappeared. we realize this is an excruciating time for the families of those on board. no words can describe the pain that must be going through. our thoughts and our prayers are with them. i have been afraid of the on going search operation around the clock. at the beginning of the

operation, i ordered the search area to be broadened. i instructed the authority to share all relevant information with a wider investigation team. and i requested that our friends and our allies join the operation. as of today 14 countries and 43 ships and 58 aircrafts are i wish to thank all of the government for the help at such a crucial time. since day one the malaysian authorities have worked hand in happened with our international search including

neighbors countries, the aviation authorities and a multi national search course. many have been on the ground since sunday. we have shared information in realtime with authorities who have the necessary experience to assist the investigation and we have put our national security second to the missing it is widely understood that this has been a situation without precedence. we have conduct i had search operations over the land in the south china sea and

at every stage we acted on the basis of verified information, and we followed every credible lead. sometimes the lead have lead to no where. there has been spec lags -- speculation. we understand the need for information. on behalf of the families and those watching around the world, we have a responsibility to the investigation and the families to only release information

that has been corroborated. our primary motivation has been to find the plane. in the first phase of the search of the operation we searched near the last sea. at the same time it was brought to our attention that based on the primary radar and aircraft the identity of which it was sitting on the aircraft and took it north of the

straits of mallaca. given this credible data which was subsequently corroborated with the international authorities, we expanded the area of search to include the straits of manaka you. earlier this morning i was briefed by the investigation which includes the f.a.a., the ntsb. the acting minister of transport on new information that shared further light on what happened to mh372.

say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and reporting systems was disabled before the aircraft reached h the east coast of the peninsula. shortly afterwards near the border between malaysia and vietnamese, air traffic control, the aircraft from this point onward the

primary data showed that an aircraft which was believed, but not confirmed to be mh3700 did indeed turn back. it then flew in a westerly direction before turning northwest. up until the point at which it left radar coverage, these movement are consistent with deliberate actions by someone on the plane. today based on raw satellite data which was obtained from

the satellite data service provider we can show the primary radar data lost flight. after much forensic work, the f.a.a., ntsb, aaib and malaysian authorities working on the same data conquer. last confirmed communication between the plane and the satellite was at 8:11 malaysian time.

making further calculations which will indicate how far the aircraft may have flown after the last point of contact. this will help us to refine the search lieu to the type of satellite data we are unable to find the precise location of the plane when it last made contact with the satellite. however, based on the data, the authorities of malaysia and the international counterparts have determined the plane's last communication with the satellite was in one

of two possible corridors. the northern corridor stretching pr the border of cad swrik stan stan -- kaz kazakstan and turk stan. the southern corridor crossing from indonesia to southern indian ocean. the investigation team is working to further refine the information. in view of this latest development the malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew and passengers on board. despite media reports that the

plane was highjacked, i wish to be very clear. we are still investigating all possibilities what may have caused mp3700 to deviate from the original flight path. this new satellite information has significant impact on the nature and scope of the search separation. we are reassessing the redeployment of our assets. we are working with the relevant countries. involved many countries. the foreign embassies have been invited to a briefing on the new information today by

the malaysian foreign ministry and the technical experts. i have also instructed the foreign ministry to provide a full briefing -- which had passengers on the plane this morning malaysian airlines has been informing the passenger and crew of the new development. clearly the search entered a new phase over the last seven days. we followed every lead and looked into every possibility. for the family and friends of those involved, we hope this new information brings us one

step closer to finding the plane. >> all right, that is malaysian prime minister outlining the state of the investigation today. he stopped short of using the word hijacking. what he did describe was a transponder being turned off and some of the communications equipment turned off as part of a deliberate act. he did not say that the plane was hijacked at this point. >> he did talk about the search area expanding. he talked about the direction this plane could have gone in when it changed course. he mentioned kazakstan as a possibility and another search of the indian ocean or a further search of the indian ocean because that area has been searched at this point as well jie. this plane carrying 239 people vanished with absolutely no trace seven days

ago on its way to beijing. there has been rampant speculation and a massive search effort. the f.a.a. and ntsb joined this investigation to help malaysian authorities try to figure out what happened to this plane. >> that has been a bit tricky because they were not allowed to take part in the veges -- the investigation into recently. when they did, they reported that the systems were disabled. that was the first clue when abc news broke that story a day or two ago now. they lead us to believe that, wait a minute, this appeared to be a deliberate action. >> one of the things we found interesting that we heard today was up until at least earlier today, don't know about the last few hours, but malaysian authorities had not looked at the apartments of the two pilots to see if there were clues or information in their apartments about what may have happened to this plane. >> the on going investigation

continues. the search continues. no word of hijacking from that malaysian official. >> we are all over this, of course. we will update out morning news, saturday edition at 5:00 a.m. and on our tweeter feed at abc -- twitter feed on abc7 news bay area. we interrupted our weather to bring that you. >> now back to sandhya patel jie. we are looking at temperatures coming up tomorrow. it is going to be a warm day. 70 in san francisco and half moon bay. 74 in oakland. near 80 degrees out toward concord and livermore and san jose. 76 in santa cruz. a warm day around the bay area. on sunday we are going to see the numbers come up even more. bay and inland cooling off middle of next week. >> all right. >> remember, you can follow us on twitter for updates at abc7 news bay area. >> we will keep you updated all evening and all weekend on this major breaking news involving the malaysia airlines flight. for sand -- sandhya and larry

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