making news in america this morning, developing right now, frustration, anger and grief, a storm of emotions for families of flight 370. passengers marching in protest overnight as a storm at sea slows the search. searching for survivors, the number of missing people rises in a massive mudslide and a frantic 911 call is just released. stealthy stunt. four men busted after b.a.s.e. jumping from the brand-new world trade center. the new video of their breathtaking leap released overnight. and taste of his own medicine. a celebrity judge gets blasted in cuffed and hauled off to jail. good tuesday morning. i'm john muller.

>> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. flight 370 will not be found for at least another day after bad weather stopped the search. >> here's the headline in a malaysian newspaper, the darkened front page shows a plane above the words "good night, mh370." >> the malaysian prime minister says there is no doubt the plane crashed into the indian ocean with no survivors. abc's clayton sandell has the latest from perth, australia. >> reporter: it's been a cloudy, rainy day here in perth, australia, but 1500 miles offshore, the weather is so bad that the air and sea search for malaysia 370 is now on hold. today all of the search planes here are grounded. the search for any sign of that missing boeing 777 is having to wait as a storm system passes through a search area that stretches across one of the most remote and unforgiving places on earth. winds are forecast to be 50 miles an hour. even ships in the area are being moved out of the worst rough seas with swells around 13

feet. now, that includes the australian navy ship the "success." now, this is the vessel that was sent yesterday to investigate two objects floating in the water that had been seen from the air but they could not find them. >> we're not searching for a needle in a haystack. we're still trying to define where the haystack is. >> reporter: and the malaysian government says a new analysis of electronic pings sent from the plane and picked up by a satellite can only lead them to conclude that the 239 people on board all died when it crashed into the southern indian ocean. those officials held a press conference in kuala lumpur just a short time ago. >> but after 17 days, the announcement made last night and shared with the families is the reality that we must face and we now must assess. >> reporter: now officials tell us they hope to get those planes back in the air, those ships back in the target zone in the next 24 hours if the weather clears. clayton sandell, abc news, perth, australia.

>> and without actual physical evidence, some of the passengers' families are finding it hard to accept that their loved ones are gone. >> relatives of the chinese passengers staged a protest outside the malaysian embassy in beijing today claiming officials lied to them. >> abc's bob woodruff reports on the reaction in malaysia. >> reporter: this has been so emotional, as you can imagine, for the families here in kuala lumpur and in beijing, as well. they've been waiting for this information for the last 17 days. now finally some of those details are coming out. the sad thing is that some of these family members are furious that they got this news that their loved ones perhaps did not survive just before the prime minister's official announcement. they sent out a text message sent by the malaysia airlines to their cell phones. the families that i know just really couldn't stop from crying. it was unleashing so much anger up in beijing, as well. more subtle down here in malaysia, but now some of these families could be taken down to perth, australia, by the airline.

clearly the search for the plane and the bodies are going to step up, and hopefully this will come to an end fairly soon in terms of the search. >> all right, bob woodruff reporting from kuala lumpur. thank you. >> and stay with abc news for any new developments in the search for flight 370. the very latest coming up on "good morning america." moving on to some breaking news overnight, two people killed in a shooting incident at norfolk naval station in virginia. reports say that one navy sailor and one civilian are dead. there were no other reported injuries. the base was briefly put on lockdown as a precaution, but that has since been lifted and the whole episode is being investigated. and now to washington state's tragic deadly landslide. >> the death toll now stands at 14, and the total number of people that are missing has shot up to 176. search and rescue teams are fighting against time trying to locate the victims of the sudden disaster that unfolded in just a matter of moments. abc's akiko fujita has the latest. >> everything is gone. the houses are gone.

>> are there any injuries? >> yes, there are people yelling for help. >> reporter: frantic calls to 911 describe the chaos that unfolded saturday morning. half a mountain wiping out this rural community burying homes underneath. the debris field stretching 4500 feet across, the mud on the ground, more than three stories high in some neighborhoods. these google images show the scope of the devastation. communities once dotted by homes to the left of the river now nothing but mud. >> this is one of the biggest landslides i've seen. there is still some movement on the landslide, and so that is something that we're trying to get a better handle on. >> reporter: the search for survivors hampered by conditions on the ground. >> it's muddy. in areas it's like quicksand. >> reporter: search crews haven't found any survivors since saturday. the head of emergency management says he doesn't expect to find any more considering all the time that's passed, but he added he's still hoping for a miracle.

akiko fujita, abc news, arlington, washington. the obama administration has a proposal to replace the nsa's dragnet collection of data about american phone calls. under the proposal phone records would remain only with the phone companies. the nsa could obtain specific phone call records only through a judge. congress would need to approve the policy after the administration was hit by harsh criticism by privacy advocates. president obama and european allies meeting in the netherlands have taken another step to further isolate russia over its actions in ukraine. for the latest, let's check in with abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: suspended, that's the message the u.s. and its international partners are sending to russia taking steps to exclude president putin from the g-8 and further isolate moscow. after talking for more than two hours in an emergency meeting, president obama and the g-7 leaders agreed to cut off russia's membership in the group of eight until moscow changes its course in ukraine. a summit meeting planned for sochi, russia, in june will now

be held in brussels without president putin, but just as the u.s. tries to turn up the heat on moscow, the russian military is adding to their forces on ukraine's border. u.s. officials tell abc news that russia now has 30,000 troops at the ready. the u.s. and its allies worried about further escalation warn russia it faces severe economic costs if it takes any more steps to destabilize ukraine. here in the netherlands president obama holds a press conference later today where he's sure to face questions about whether these new steps are enough to sway moscow to back off. meanwhile, the russians are downplaying the international snub. mary bruce, abc news, traveling with the president in the hague. at the murder trial of oscar pistorius a police cell phone forensics expert gets back on the stand this morning. during testimony yesterday a text message he revealed that pistorius' girlfriend reeva steenkamp had once told pistorius that she was scared of him. other texts that were read out in court proved both of them had insecurities. >> that you left -- that you

just left me after we got food to go talk to a guy, and i was standing tight behind you. i regard myself as a lady, and i didn't feel like one tonight after the way you treated me. >> now the expert did not reveal if police had recovered any messages from the night pistorius shot and killed steenkamp. pistorius claims he made a mistake that night thinking he was firing at an intruder. coast guard officials in texas are still testing the water before re-opening one of the nation's busiest shipping channels following a huge oil spill. dozens of ships have been stuck since saturday when a barge and a ship collided and spilled 170,000 gallons of thick oil. tar balls are washing up on galveston beaches, and more oil-covered birds have been found. all right, the big weather story today is snow, eastern new england, including cape cod, will get a blizzard starting tonight. there will be rain on the west coast and west texas today. >> milder temperatures in the west and southern plains, but below freezing in the upper plains and midwest. thrill seekers busted.

coming up, four people arrested after b.a.s.e. jumping off the new world trade center. the wild ride through their eyes. plus, what a catch, a fisherman hooks up to something big, and no one expected to see what was on the end of his line.

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candy crush was the most downloaded free app and the top grossing app last year, but some analysts question whether king can maintain that pace. abc parent company disney is paying half a billion dollars for a youtube video supplier, maker studios. disney plans to use maker to put more of its existing content online and learn about how to relate to young consumers who get most of their video from the web. well, it is going to be harder to smoke them if you got them in the navy. sources say the department is about to ban tobacco sales on all of its bases and ships as part of a health and fitness campaign for the navy and possibly the marine corps, which is part of the navy department. 30% of u.s. troops smoke, 50% more than the civilian population. and more than three out of five employers say when they've contacted references, they've actually heard negative things about the candidates. career builder says that's why it's important to ask potential references if they would feel comfortable recommending you. what are they going to say, no. >> yeah.

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francisco, miami and washington. well, three b.a.s.e. jumpers who parachuted from the tallest building in the country have been released on bail. >> this helmet cam video was posted on youtube last night showing the daring jump from one world trade center, the 104-story tower built at ground zero. it apparently took place september 30th in the middle of the night. their attorney insists the jump was not reckless, and he pointed to a lack of security. >> i can assume that the port authority police and the nypd is a little embarrassed by this whole situation. i'm hopeful that once we get into the courthouse, that the district attorney's office will take a more realistic view of this. a 16-year-old boy was arrested for climbing the skyscraper last week. officials say once the building is open, security will be ironclad. >> you might want to make it ironclad even before that. happening today in the chicago, the subway driver who was at the controls when that train derailed at o'hare

airport, he will discuss the incident with investigators. she, rather, has already told her union boss that she was extremely tired, may have dozed off just before that train jumped the tracks and scaled an escalator. 32 people were hurt. none suffered life-threatening injuries. former tough talking tv judge joe brown found himself in a tennessee jail cell. brown was in court yesterday representing a client in a custody hearing. he wound up with his own mug shot after going off on a judge because the case wasn't on the docket. >> if you want to get into this, let's get into this. this sorry operation needs to stop. >> 24 hours shelby county jail for contempt. >> well, apparently brown just kept on going and was eventually given a five-day jail sentence, but he was released later without bond. brown's show aired for 15 years but was canceled last year. he's running for district attorney in the county where he was arrested. well, an oklahoma city girl scout has broken the sales record for the most boxes of cookies ever sold.

katie francis, there she is. she sold 18,107 boxes in the 7-week sales period that ended sunday night. the previous mark of 18,000 stood for almost 30 years. you could call the sixth grader one happy camper. >> i was really, really happy. i started dancing around. i was just really, really happy. i was excited that i had made it. >> what a great kid. katie's three secrets to racking up big sales, a lot of time, a lot of commitment and asking everyone she meets to buy. >> she could send some right here to us. >> yeah. >> there will be no complaints. >> you buy them, i'll eat them. >> all right, deal. no fish story here, just an encounter with a 14-foot hammerhead shark to tell you about. this guy hooked the monster while doing some night fishing on a beach in south florida. >> after a long fight, they dragged it onto the beach for some pictures. they esimate the shark weighed about 700 pounds. >> after all the trophy shots were taken, they dragged

the shark into deeper water and they released it. >> that's good. hopefully it's okay. time for sports and with march madness taking a break we're going to focus on the nba. >> all right. we get last night's highlights from our guys at espn of the well, it looks like you fell asleep on the couch again. i'm kenny, he's jay. and we're going to do some sports for you at this hour. >> we have a team that's playing well versus a team that just can't seem to play, 76ers and the spurs, roll the highlight, please. this is a good one. well, if you're the spurs. not so much if you're philly. second quarter austin daye stealing the pass and then cory joseph finds duncan eventually for the slam. spurs lead by 20. later, marco belinelli finding duncan again for the wide-open dunk. spurs up 16 at the break. later in the third quarter, spurs up 20 again. daye left all alone for three. 22 points. he had six attempts from downtown. spurs roll, 113-91. the heat hosting the blazers. heat came in losing 7 of 11. that's unusual.

heat down three early too, but lebron james ready for that. he just paid money for that. now just 17 seconds left to play. heat down one, lebron, tie game. uh-huh. who do you go to? that guy. he had 32 points. blazers don't call time-out. they try to run at him. here's damian lillard. looks like he's going to do something, but chris bosh denies that. bosh, 15 points, 8 rebounds and it was his birthday. heat win it, 93-91. so let's do the math. they've now, what, 7 -- yeah, they've won 5 out of 13. >> 5 out of 13. >> coming back. watch out for the heat. >> 5 out of 13. >> good morning. >> all right, thanks, guys. up next, "the pulse" where a hot button issue resurfaced overnight. what the owner of the redskins said about the future of the team's name. and winner, winner, a woman picking a multimillion dollar lottery ticket, and you won't believe who sold her that ticket. is the better choice for him, o you that aleve

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creating an organization to benefit native americans calling the washington redskins original americans foundation. >> critics are calling that arrogance and bribery. bottom line, it doesn't look like the name is changing any time soon. moving on to the new arrival at the san diego zoo, a baby gorilla who just met her mom for the first time. >> check it out, the youngster was laid down in her mom's cage by a human caregiver yesterday then mom was let in, and they got along immediately. after about three hours with mom, the little one started nursing, and then she fell asleep. >> the new baby was born by emergency c-section about two weeks ago. her human minders say the baby's prognosis looking good. sure looks like it. cozy. >> they were made for each other. weren't they? >> uh-huh. definitely took her a while to realize it, but the owner of a family store in virginia is a lot wealthier this morning. >> glinda salgado was excited when she heard that her store sold the winning $3 million

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning at 4:28. i am kristen sze. >> i am matt keller. we heard of the rain today. it is delivering. >> and soon. mike nicco has the timeline. >> live doppler 7 hd shows it is off the mendocino county coast. some do not even have cloud cover. the individual storms moving to the northeast. the entire line is slowly searching to the southeast. you do not see yellows, oranges or reds. it will be a lot of light rain. it will move in the north bay toward the end of our show at 7:00. it will stay in the north bay during the morning commute. this is what we have to look forward to. it is clear from the east bay

hills to san francisco. light rain and temperatures up to 10 or 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. the light rain spreads from the north bay through the heart of the bay and into the south bay in the afternoon hours. temperatures are aircraft to 65 and 61 to 65 around the bay and upper 50's along the coast. we will have heavier rain with the second part of the storm. first, though, we have traffic. >> good morning, everyone, that moans we have to be careful on the roads when it rains slowing down the speed because it has not rained with the dry conditions and the oil build up will cause slick conditions. over the altamont pass, westbound direction, we are at top speed eastbound 5 construction is slowing things down around greenville and north flynn road so be careful. slow for the cone zone. this is how long it will take. 23 minutes from tracy to dublin. 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is under 20 minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza shows

we have cash payers loading up but fast track lane is moving fine, and cross the water to the peninsula to hayward, at foster city, it is empty and only taking you nine minutes. >> breaking news, an important thoroughfare in the east bay is closed after a fatal crab this morning between a car and a motorcyclist. we at fremont classified -- boulevard. >> you can see as far as we have been allowed to go showing you how large the area that is designated as part of the crime scene. fremont police are investigating a fail track accident at fremont boulevard half a mile from where we are now. the collision between a vehicle and a motorcyclist was first reported to poli