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this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, march 12th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. it's been days now since a malaysia airline with 239 people onboard vanished in midair. a massive search has turned up more questions than answers. this morning the prime minister called for patience but the malaysia officials have issued confusing and contradicting statements nunld acknowledge they don't even know what direction the plane was headed when it disappeared. marlie hall is here in new york with the details. marlie, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. it's being called one of the most baffling miss stres in resent aviation history. the only thick we know for sure is so far there is no trace of malaysian airlines flight 370. malaysia's air force chief now denies reports that military radar showed flight 370 changed

course and made it to the strait of malaka before disappearing, and that's giving way to more frustration and confusion. ma slay shann chinese officials held a meeting. they say they're not working hard enough or fast enough. dozens of ships including two u.s. navy destroyers are combing the seas around malaysia and vietnam. they're traveling in presight mary let lines looking for any sign of a plane. they say a water search is difficult. >> you've got to deal with current, visibility, things like winds and waves if the ocean acts up. >> the plane disappeared saturday on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing. they have to look at mechanical a fillure, hijacking, and sabotage. cia director john brennan says terrorism should not be ruled out. >> we know there are terror

groups still determined to carry out especially against aircraft. >> malaysia's prime minister is asking the relatives of the 239 people on board to be patient. family members of a few of the passengers are asking the malaysia airline to search for the gps location of their loved ones' cell phones after saying likely

in indiana, ohio, and michigan. western new york and parts of maine could see up to 2 feet, and it's already showing in chicago where up to 8 inches of heavy snow is predicted along with near blizzard conditions. wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour are expected through this morning. the winter -- this winter, the city has gotten 75 1/2 inches of snow. the norm is about 32 1/2 inches. the head of the senate intelligence committee charges the cia has engaged in possibly illegal opportunistic by interfering with the work of a senate committee. the cia says it did nothing wrong and now both sides are

asking the justice department to investigate. wyatt andrews reports. >> reporter: the speech was both a surprise and unprecedented. dianne feinstein says they spied on the computer and important documents. she says they lied on the techniques including waterboarding. by snooping, the cia crossed the line. >> i have grave concerns that the cia's search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the united states constitution. >> reporter: the director of the cia john brennan denied that the agency did anything wrong. >> as far as the allegations of, you know, cia hacking into, you know, senate computer, nothing could be further from the truth. we would don't that. >> reporter: but brennan himself

disclosed in january the say iowa jency had conducted a search of the committee compu r computer. here's the thing. they have shared computers in norj virginia where they could access classified documents. last year the cia complained that senate staffers had hacked the system and copied a document considered off limits. that document called the internal panetta review because it went straight to former director leon panetta is said to be highly critical of the cia's program. senator feinstein said there was no hacking and the committee broke none of the rules. >> the document was made available to the staff at the off-site facility and it was located using a cia provided search tool. >> this class now leads both sides, the senate and the cia accusing each other of complaints of computer law.

things like this have gone all the way to the president. wyatt andrews, cbs news, capitol hill. on "cbs moneywatch," a criminal probe into general motors' recall and mens warehouse sews up a deal. >> good morning, anne-marie. the justice department is investigating general motors' recall of 1.5 million cars because of faulty ignitions. they recalled the cars last month but the problem occur 13d years years ago. they want to know if gm broke any laws with its slow respochbls gm is also facing investigations by congress and the national highway safety add mig racing. jitters about china's economy sent asian stocks tumbles. hong kong's hang seng dropped more than 1%. the dow lost 67 points, the

dmakz was down 27 points. following months of on again/off again negotiations men's wearhouse agreed to buy jos a. bank. they have over 1,700 u.s. stores. the two chains have been negotiating for months over whom would buy whom. california is considering how to regulate how to use driverless cars. they could be widely available by the end of the decade. at yesterday's hearingishes about testing, safety, and privacy dominated. by year's end dmv must decide how to integrate cars onto public roads. and president obama pushed for a hike during minimum wage during a shopping spree here in new york. the president stopped at gap store yesterday during a trip to attend democratic fund-raisers. mr. obama praised the gap's

decision to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour. he bought sweaters for his daughters and a workout top for the first lady. coming up on the "morning news," new jersey's bridge scandal heads to court. a former aid to governor chris christie makes her first public appearance in months. and -- >> i have to say that when i heard that like people actually watch this show, i was actually pretty surprised. >> president obama appears in a comedy web video that becomes an internet sensation. this is the "cbs morning news." >> announcer: this portion of "cbs morning news" sponsored by vagisil. count on it. so what can i get you?

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us to incriminate ourselves. >> the legislative committee suspects there's more evidence than an e-mail from kelly saying, quote, time for some problems in ft. lee. >> once they show they have communications on the topic of lane closures, we think we have a right to everything. >> reporter: christie's former campaign manager was also a no-show. he cut ties and fired him back in january. so far there are no documents that directly tie the governor the scandal. >> reporter: the judge ruled as quickly as possible but she ghaith both sides more time for arguments. alison harmelin, cbs news, trenton, new jersey. straight ahead, going free. an exonerated inmate walks out of prison after after spending three decades on death row. hi. i just finished an energy audit of this building

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. here's another look at this morning's top stories. the search for the missing malaysian airlines jet is expanding, but authorities are no closer to explaining what happened five days after it went missing. malaysia's prime minister is calling on the families of the 239 people missing to be patient. and the cia is rejecting accusations it spied on lawmakers. senator dianne feinstein says the agency improperly searched computers used by senate investigators who are looking into whether the cia used torture during terror interrogations.

and we got a preview of what congressional campaigns might look like this fall when midterm elections are held. republican david jolly won a special election for florida's 13th district. the seat was vacated when veteran congressman bill young died in october. more than $11 million was spent on the race, and the keys issue during the campaign was president obama's health care law. the white house says nearly a million people signed up last month, but the six-month enrollment ends march 31st, and the administrations still far short of its goal of having 7 million people covered, and that's why on tuesday president obama hoped his message to get uninsured americans to sign up would go viral. >> i have to know. what is it like to be the last black president? >>. >> seriouslily? what is it like to be the last time to ever talk to a president? >> president obama enlisted the help of comedian miami zach galifianakis on the website

"funny or die" to endurance young americans to enroll in health care coverage. >> have you heard of healthcare.gov? >> here we go. okay. let's get this out of the way. what did you come here to plug? >> the administration chose the web series because of the popularity of people between the ages of 18 and 34, a demographic seen as key to making president's health care law work. >> i have to say when i heard that like people actually watch this show, i was actually pretty surprised. >> they do watch. the video was viewed more than 10 million times on "funny or die"'s website and shared throughout social media sites like facebook and twitter. white house spokesperson jay carney said a link on the "funny or die" site was the number one source of referrals to healthcare.gov on tuesday. >> i can assure you that the "funny or die" video will be one of the reasons we get young americans to healthcare.gov, one

of the reasons we get young americans to enroll in health insurance programs but not the only one. >> the truth is that they can get coverage all for what it cost you to pay your cell phone bill. >> is this what they mean by drones? >> not everyone is smiling at the video. house speaker john boehner's office released a statement saying, quote, it seems the president's push to enroll young adults is far too little too late. young adults are deciding the health care law is a bad deal. now, the white house says the percentage of americans ages 18 to 34 who signed up under the affordable care act is up slightly in february. their insurance spending is needed to help offset the cost of treating older adults. jonathan martin, the offensive lineman who left the miami dolphins after accusing teammates of bullying, is on the move the dolphins traded martin to the san francisco 49ers for a draft pick. he'll be reunited with head coach jim harbaugh who coached martin at stanford. the nfl investigation found that

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a mountain lion was caught on camera prowling the streets a mountain lion was caught on camera prowling the streets of california's hollywood hills. home surveillance cameras were rolling as it sauntered through the neighborhood. the big cat wandered past parked cars wednesday. the neighborhood sits on the edge of a canyon about 1 1/2 miles from the famous hollywood sign. and in a small village in england, there is a big bird problem. tens of thousands have invaded, and as alphonso van marsh reports, they are leaving behind an unwelcome calling card. >> reporter: bird lovers say this mass movement of about 20,000 starlings is a spectacle of nature unless you live underneath their flight path in hereford, england. >> if you're walking about when you're up there, you're going to

get covered in poo. >> reporter: daily showers of bird murk are drenching cars, roofs, and even garden gnomes aren't safe. keith taylor lives next to the massive hedges where the birds have been. >> they keep you awake all night. the noise is unbelievable. >> reporter: some say when the birds are swarming they say the stream is so strong they have to use umbrellas to protect themselves. bylaws require a quarter cutting of hedges in july. >> we've tried to outscare them but it doesn't work. >> reporter: residents will get some relief as the weather gets warmer ad the birds leave. until then helen glover will keep rushing to get her laundry before the birds do. >> the other night i came home from work, came into the drive and heard thump, thump, thump. >> reporter: environmentalists say the birds will likely keep coming back since they found the

perfect place to roost. alphonso van marsh, cbs news, hereford, england. a family in portland, oregon, says it has no plans to give away its cat lux. the 22-pound cat is now famous. on sunday the cat attacked the baby and force ed them to lock themselves in a bedroom. they called 911 for a help. >> i have kind of a particular emergency here. our cat attacked our 7-month-old child and i kicked the cat in the rear and it has went off, over the edge, and we aren't safe around the cat. it's a very large himalayan and we're trapped in our bedroom. he won't let us out of the door. >> police arrived and captured lux. the barkers have received offers to adopt the cat, but the family says they're going to be keeping him at least for now. but we all know the reality is lux is keeping them. coming up after your local

news on "cbs this morning," we'll go to kuala lumpur on the latest on the missing plane and get reaction from captain sully sullenberger. plus, we'll show you why hampton, florida, is the most corrupt city in the state and why lawmakers want to wipe it off the map. and actress emmy rossum joins us this in studio. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, march 12. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. 4:30. a little weather and traffic and a little bit of change.

i can't put my finger on it but something's changed a little bit. >> something strange around here. the winds are whipping around the bay area today. it looks like we have some 30- mile-an-hour gusts even one 40. but lots of sunshin coming our way. >> some of us noticed it was a two hands on the steering wheel kind of morning. we'll have the morning commute coming up. >> it was windy. >> thank you. developing news right now. ome a massive fire still smolders in san francisco this morning almost 12 hours after it all got started. kpix 5's anne makovec is live at the china basin where there are some overnight developments and, anne, firefighters are running into some new challenges one of them looks like the wind, huh? >> reporter: yeah. its really, really windy out here. so luckily, this fire at t