dayton. >> join us here at 11 p.m. for all the day's top stories or go to our website, kpix.com. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com captioning funded by cbs good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, march 20th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." a major development in the search for flight 370. a satellite spots debris off australia. planes and b rh to the scene. we're at the staging area. >> seth doane is in kuala lumpur as families await word, and bob orr on where the investigation goes from here. we begin with today's "eye-opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this is probably the best lead we have right now, but we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them. >> possible breakthrough in the search for flight 370.

>> australia has released satellite images of debris which may be related to the missing flight. >> the aircraft have been sent to try to find the unidentified objects some 1,550 miles southwest of perth. >> the flight 370 families have already been briefed. the malaysians have dispatched six ships to help with the search. >> the location of these objects will be extremely difficult. >> russians are finalizing the official takeover of crimea. >> we won't be getting into a military excursion in ukraine. >> first lady michelle obama on her first visit to china for the week-long three-city visit with her mother and daughters. >> in pennsylvania, deputies say a teenager tried to poison his exgirlfriend's new boyfriend with ricin. >> caught on camera, a train slams into a semi stalled on some tracks. no one was hurt. >> oh, that? >> oh! a line drive hit in the face. >> chapman taken to the

hospital. tests indicated fracture. >> mayor tom ford exercising at city hall. i cannot get enough of this guy. i don't know about anybody else. >> and all that matters. >> march madness gets under way today. 16 games spanning about 12 hours. a lot of college basketball. >> my pick, michigan state bringing it home for me. it's been a while since i won my pool. >> on "cbs this morning." >> you're a very good puzzle solvers, but i don't know. good luck. >> new baby buggy? new baby -- new -- oh. >> here, put your hands -- put your hands -- >> this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle king is off. good morning, norah. >> good morning, charlie. a lot of worry and anticipation

today. >> a big story. as you wake up in the west, we begin with what could be a major break for the missing airliner. overnight, australian officials revealed satellite images picked up two objects in the indian ocean. they say the pieces floating just below the surface could be from flight 370. >> the debris was spotted in one of the most remote places on earth. 1,500 miles southwest of australia. rebecca johns of our partner network 10 is at pierce air force base in perth where search planes took off today to that area. rebecca, good morning. >> reporter: charlie, norah, some 26 countries have been searching for flight mh-370, but since the search line has been downgraded from 2.2 million square miles to just over 100,000 square miles, it appears we could have our biggest clues yet. grainy satellite images taken sunday captured the two objects bobbing in the middle of the indian ocean.

the larger of the two pieces measuring nearly 80 feet long, close to the size of a boeing 777 wing. >> this is a lead. it is probably the best lead we have right now. but we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them, to know whether it's really meaningful or not. >> reporter: australia's prime minister briefing parliament urged caution. >> the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult, and it may turn out that they are not related to the search for flight mh-370. >> reporter: four military planes, including an american p-8 sub hunter, was dispatched to the area to get a closer look. the objects are located in part of the indian ocean that measures up to 9,800 feet deep and was spotted just days after u.s. officials helped narrow down the search. >> this is close enough to the national transportation and safety board's assessed area to

be a possible sighting. >> reporter: officials stressed strong currents and poor visibility will make for difficult task ahead. >> we may get a sighting. we may not. we may get it tomorrow. we may not. but we will continue to do this until we locate those objects, or we're convinced we cannot find them. >> reporter: now, australian officials are currently redirecting the commercial satellite in the hopes of obtaining a sharper image of the objects. meanwhile, a merchant ship is currently on the way through the search zone location with a very first close-up look as to what this object is. charlie, norah? >> thanks, rebecca. at least four military aircraft focused on the new area today, the search effort will resume at daylight. an australian search plane arrived last night. it did not find anything. an american navy plane followed an hour later, then came air force crews from australia and new zealand.

also, a c-130 is dropping buoys in the water to send back location data. >> a norwegian ship is now on the scene. but so far, it has not found any debris. the search area is thousands of miles from malaysia where flight 370 took off almost two weeks ago. seth doane is in kuala lumpur where families of the 239 missing passengers and crew wait for word. seth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, families have had their hopes raised before, only to have something that was thought to be debris turn out to be nothing related to flight 370. peter chong, the friend of the pilot, spoke with me on the phone earlier today, and he said it was kind of like being on a roller coaster. and today, he told me he felt like he was at the bottom with no sense of when it was going to go back up. malaysia's acting transport minister said today the lead out of australia appeared credible, but he urged caution. >> for the families around the world, the one piece of information that we want most,

that they want most, is the information we just don't have, the location of mh-370. >> reporter: for the families, it's been an emotionally draining 13-day wait for answers. at a meeting with malaysia airlines in beijing today, passengers' relatives criticized the airline. "you're cheating us, cheating us family members," this man shouted. this comes after anger boiled over yesterday in kuala lumpur before the nightly press briefing. a group of chinese passengers' relatives criticized the malaysian government for concealing the truth before they were pulled out of the briefing room by security. [ screams ] just after the plane vanished, we spoke with sarah bajc, the girlfriend of philip wood, the only adult american on board. >> the clothes in his closet are the worst. >> reporter: how so? >> i open the closet, and it

smells like him. >> reporter: today, i e-mailed bajc to ask about developments out of australia. she replied, "i'm anxious for news as the waiting is killing me. i'm desperate to hear it is an airplane wing and there are survivors clinging to it, and one of them is philip. i'm apprehensive it will be unrelated and the wait will just continue after many more hours of misery. i am prepared for dead bodies," she wrote," but i am not prepared for never knowing." it is the wait. it is the not knowing that is so excruciating, charlie and norah. everyone here just wants answers. >> seth, thanks. we want to look at where the investigation of the possible wreckage goes from here. bob orr is in washington. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> bob, what are the chances this debris is flight 370? >> i think there's a reasonable chance, charlie, because this debris is in an area where we would expect to find it. the ntsb mapped a radar data it

had and satellite data, they had projected flight paths. this would be at the extreme southern end of the southern projected flight arc. the one positive sign we can say so far without seeing this debris and physically retrieving it is that it's in an area we would expect to find it. so that gives me optimism. >> bob, added to that, the satellite imagery also suggests that one of those objects spotted was almost 80 feet in length. could that be consistent with the wing of a boeing 777 that measures about 89 feet long? >> yeah, it's possible, norah. the wingspan for that entire plane is a couple hundred feet, 199 feet across. so it's conceivable that what we're seeing here is a large section of one of the wings. and one of the reasons why some people might be willing to go that far is because the wings are filled with fuel on takeoff, but this would be near the end of a very long flight, an those tanks would be empty. so it's conceivable some panel from a large structure like a wing could be floating. but if that's true, and we don't want to get too far ahead of

ourselves, because nothing as yet has been identified as part of this plane, if that's true, it might also tell investigators something about the way the plane hit the water and the way it broke up. that's in the realm of speculation. >> suggesting, in fact, if it's that long, it might have been a landing they came in, rather than a deep dive? >> it's possible, charlie. i mean, this is something we'll have to look at after we verify it's part of the airplane. if this is verified and it hasn't been done yet to be part of the airplane, this is just the beginning of a very long process. because then, from here, we're going to have to use scientific calculations of currents and wind speeds and the way those seas moved down there, in a very rough part of the indian ocean, to locate the primary wreckage field. if this is floating debris, this is not where most of the plane will be found. the primary wreckage field will tell us a whole lot more if we can find it, about how the plane broke up. and importantly, don't forget, that's where the black boxes are, and they could be very important in untangling this mystery. >> bob, you pointed out the ntsb here from the united states now

involved, now says this area is a very important area. you also reported yesterday that the fbi is now helping the malaysians look at that home flight simulator to try and find some of the missing data. has the fbi found anything intriguing? >> so far, as far as i know, they have not, norah. what they're doing is they're going through that simulator, and also the computers of both of the pilots, the captain seen here and also the first officer, to determine whether they can find anything that hints at motive or preplanning. they're really interested in the simulator, because about a month ago, a month before the flight, i should say, some files were deleted. now, that seems maybe suspicious. but we all have computers and we have memory problems, and you have to dump data to clear up space. but absent physical evidence, and we don't have any physical evidence, they're going through the forensic side of this looking for motivations and clues. >> all right, bob orr, thank you so much. this search is concentrated in a remote part of the indian ocean

in some of the deepest water on th planet. "cbs this morning" contributor michio kaku is here. professor, good to have you here this morning. >> glad to be on the show. >> let's talk about this area, because it is some 1,500 miles southwest of perth, australia, somewhat near islands of antarctica. this have a very remote part of the world. it's also very stormy. how difficult will this search be? >> remember, it's a race against time. the window of opportunity is closing very rapidly. this area of the indian ocean is quite turbulent, and even a gentle current of 5 miles an hour could create a debris field of hundreds of miles across. and remember that the black box has a beacon, but that beacon has a battery, a battery with a life of 30 days. and we've already lost two weeks. and so, the window of opportunity is closing very rapidly. it's a race to the bottom. >> but, professor, we have heard

from australian authorities that this area could be about 9,000 feet deep. air france was about 12,000 feet deep. does that provide some promising information about finding this black box? >> well, the black boxes are not designed to work two miles below the surface of the water. and in air france 447, it took two years -- two years to look at the black box, precisely because the beacon did not work. and so, here we have an opportunity. we still have two weeks to locate the beacon, to find the black box, because that's where the smoking gun is. the smoking gun is not the debris on the surface of the water. it's in the black box. and if we don't find it in the next few weeks, it means we are blind. we're blind, because there's no more beacon to guide our submarines, and we'll have to use robot submarines. humans cannot operate two miles under the ocean. >> and then, professor kaku, i

am fascinated by this satellite imagery that spotted these objects. it's from a company called digital globe, a u.s. company. the images are from four days ago. they've been using crowd sourcing to look at the satellite imagery. is there somebody now saying what's the satellite imagery from yesterday? what's the satellite imagery from ten days ago? there's got to be a lot of imagery of this space they're poring over. >> yes, so we don't have realtime photographs available immediately. and remember that the atmosphere and the weather conditions change. right now, it's quite turbulent in that area. four days ago, we had a clear shot of the debris. now it's much less so, and that's why we're dumping buoys in the area to measure the atmospheric conditions and the drift of the ocean currents. so literally, it's a race against time, and the window of opportunity is closing very soon. >> thank you, professor. we're staying on this story throughout the morning. former ntsb chairman mark rosenker looks at how searchers will try to confirm that the

debris is from flight 370. that's ahead. turning to the u.s. response after russia's takeover of crimea, president obama is ruling out military action in ukraine. in an interview wednesday with a san diego tv station, the president said russia violated international law by seizing crimea, but the u.s. does not want to trigger an actual war with russia. >> we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in ukraine. what we are going to do is mobilize all of our diplomatic resources so make sure we have a strong international coalition that sends a clear message. >> president obama says engaging russia militarily would not be good for ukraine either. this morning, it appears russia will complete its annexation of crimea this week. ukraine is now trying to evacuate its troops, with russian forces solidifying their hold on the crimean peninsula. elizabeth palmer is in

simferopol. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. as you say, the combined pressure of the u.s. and europe has not discouraged vladimir putin one bit. the formal process of annexing crimea is going through the russian parliament today and tomorrow. and it looks as if, as far as the russians are concerned, it will be a done deal by the weekend. where just three weeks ago there was nothing but open road, ukrainian troops have set up a control point to check on traffic headed across the narrow neck of land that leads to crimea. and to keep an eye on pro-russian forces already dug in on the other side. on crimea's southern tip, in sevastop sevastopol, russian soldiers moved in, while the ukrainian soldiers who held up for three weeks were forced to surrender and leave with their bags hastily packed.

this woman is a military nurse. so what are these guys going to do, do you think? will most of them switch allegiances? "no, never," she said. "they will never swear an oath to russia. they'd be traitors then, respected by neither side." thousands of ukrainian soldiers all over crimea still stranded at their posts at bases and on naval vessels hope to avoid this kind of humiliation, being driven out by a new and unexpected enemy, the russians, with their possessions and their families, and nothing but uncertainty to look forward to. now, we just heard that the russian and the ukrainian defense ministers are actually talking today. that's some good news, because it will deescalate tension. but as to what will be offered these ukrainian soldiers, how they'll get them off the peninsula and what jobs they may be offered, absolutely no details yet. charlie, norah? >> thanks, elizabeth.

time to show you some of the morning's headlines. the dow is up this hour, but "wall street journal" says janet yellen's first news conference rattled investors wednesday. she suggested a rise in short-term interest rates could come sooner than expected. possibly in six months, after being at a record low since 2008. >> "the new york times" says osama bin laden's son-in-law testified about a meeting with the terror leader hours after the 9/11 attacks. at his trial, the son-in-law said he met bin laden in a cave deep in the afghan mountains. he said he told bin laden told him they won't stop, and he felt bin laden was being too pessimistic. >> "houston chronicle" say a raid on a home in houston uncover add stash house for schuman trafficking. 110 people were found imprisoned in the home. five men are under arrest. >> "usa today" looks at a study of new guidelines for taking statens. those are the cholesterol lowering drugs.

the report finds millions more americans could be eligible to take them. just under half of all of those between 40 and 75 would qualify. and "the boston globe" reports on a protein that may guard against alzheimer's disease. harvard researchers looked at a protein called rest. people diagnosed with alzheimer's were found to have lower levels of rest than those who did not have the disease. >> first lady michelle obama began a seven-day trip to china this morning. it's mrs. obama's first trip there. she's traveling with her daughters and mother. the first lady plans to focus on education and avoid politics. and it is 7:19. and ahead on "cbs this morning," russell crowe turns to pope high pressure beginning to weaken a little bit. still, we're going to squeeze in some warm sunshine in spots this afternoon but slightly cooler with a sea breeze. clouds rolling through this morning even patchy fog at the coastline. this afternoon highs pleasant

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good morning. checking traffic conditions right now getting into san francisco. we have been watching a couple of different accidents. one at ocean just reported blocking lanes and an earlier crash right before 101 just south of there. both of those accidents causing some big delays. right now use 101. it's a better alternate. here's a live look at the bay bridge, metering lights remain on. and traffic is stacked up through the macarthur maze. that's traffic. here's lawrence. high clouds streaming overhead even patchy fog along the coastline. how about this, from the sutro tower cam you see some of those clouds moving in toward the golden gate. so some changes now as the sea breeze has kicked in. warm in the valleys, cooler across the board especially near the coastline. sunshine will bring temperatures up to the 70s inland. 60s toward the coastline. next couple of days more low clouds and fog are on the way. maybe some showers by next tuesday and wednesday. , ,, ♪

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a very lucky cyclist in brazil. he was riding on the side of the road when a truck came by. a mattress flew over and knocked him to the ground, but the biker is okay. he landed on the mattress and a few minutes later the man in the truck came back, guess what, to get his mattress. there you go. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." we have more on the new developments in the search for flight 370. the search for the missing malaysian jet took a major turn overnight. this morning officials say images show two objects in the indian ocean. one of them is almost 80 feet long. the objects could be part of the plane. >> military aircraft are scouring the water some 1,500 miles southwest of australia. this is the first time potential

debris has been seen since the search area was expanded to cover two massive areas. planes from three countries are involved at this hour. the possible debris field is an eight-hour round trip from australia. investigators from the national transportation safety board have narrowed the search area. cbs news transportation safety expert mark rosenker is the chairman of the ntsb. he's in washington. good morning. >> good morning, charlie, norah. >> explain to us now in light of what we're hearing from australia what the process is in trying to make the determination of whether this is the debris from flight 370. >> well, it's still in the hands of the search and recovery folks. they're the people that are actually going to be able to get close enough to it to confirm or deny that it is a piece from the aircraft. >> mark, it's great to have your expertise because you are with the ntsb. given that the australian prime

minister came out and said this this new and incredible information has come to light in the search, does that suggest they may know more than they're telling us at this point? >> well, to bring the prime minister out to share information is a very interesting element. i don't want to read too much into it because he alps said it is important to proceed with caution. so let's take a look at what we find and when we begin to actually be able to confirm that we actually have pieces of an aircraft that will begin this investigation in earnest. >> we know one of the top investigators is there in malaysia assisting with the investigation. what type of satellite imagery do they have? what additional inform dogs they have that causes them to narrow the search, focus on this very area? >> well, they have a very seasoned team of ntsb investigators that are looking at this. they really began to take a look at these radar tracks and try to assess and analyze where this track was taken and develop some calculations that would actually

narrow the field, and that's why we're down in the southern part of the indian ocean near australia. >> would we be able to find out more before the ship gets there with o continue to hear the sounds coming from the black boxes, that's really going to pinpoint where we need to be. >> and we have about two more weeks on that. >> we have two more weeks. sometimes these boxes will continue on for days after, but not too many. >> so the exact location of this debris says what to you? the location? >> well, the location is it's within where, in fact, the ntsb began to narrow its search. so with that we do have some

optimism. but one more time, this is the fourth time we've actually seen things that led us to believe we might have something from the aircraft. so until once again we get our eyes on the aircraft itself and be able to recover these parts, i would still proceed with great caution. >> but, mark, correct me if i'm caution, like an aircraft wing of a p 7777. >> that's true, norah. normally we don't see very large pieces. that's why it could be one that takes us to a dead end. i'm still optimistic. let's see what we have, put our eyes on it, try to recover it. that will be the beginning of what to do to recover it.

>> great to have your expertise. thank you so much. four families of the missing passengers and crews, the 13-day search is still an agonizing mystery. we return to that's right. we're back at kuala lumpur where flight 307 took off on march 8th. to say the families were watching closely would be an understatement. we know the prime minister called to tell him about these leads and these leads, of course, were the focus of today's press briefing. authorities in malaysia are calling them at several time as kridable lead but urging caution squ again, as you mentioned. this has been an excruciating wait for these families. our producer went to the hotel to speak with family members there.

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straying off of course. >> reporter: how do you build a audience for the movie "noah" by having a private audience of the pope to see your epic. at least that is what russell crow and the directors were hoping for when they showed up at pope francis's regular address. >> hollywood knows fewer bigger endorsements that you can get other than the pope, himself. >> reporter: they could not get a private meeting with the holiness, but they did have a front row seat of tens of thousands of observers and close enough to shake his hand. and crowe tweeted, what a privilege to attend the holy meeting with the pope. and the directors of "noah" are hoping to get a blessing.

>> it is a biblical-themed movie, but it is not by its own admission a literal adaptation of the bible. >> reporter: paramount is hoping that"noah" will appeal to the masses even though the tale is straying from the bible. >> and noah has dark moments, and there are some things that the early test audiences were not excited about. >> they did not do it according to the bible. >> reporter: christian evangelist ray comfort made his own film about "noah." >> and the script chur is called script chur and it is a script. and hollywood, if you do it right, the christians will fill your piggy bank full of money, if you stay according to the script. >> our father in heaven -- >> reporter: and that is what "sons of god" did after earning $3 million in the opening

weekend, thanks to support of pastors like rick warren. >> literally let the story speak for itself, and people will make their own judgment calls. >> reporter: so will "noah" appeal to the masses? we will know when it floods the theaters next week. for cbs this morning, carter high pressure beginning to weaken a little bit. still, we're going to squeeze in some warm sunshine in spots this afternoon but slightly cooler with a sea breeze. clouds rolling through this morning even patchy fog at the coastline. this afternoon highs pleasant about 75 degrees in san jose. 73 in san rafael. and 72 degrees in santa rosa. next couple of days we'll begin to cool things down with a stronger sea breeze right through the weekend. chance of showers by tuesday. ahead, google's co-founder and ceo larry page is going to talk to us about the

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deputy is dead at the handsa rime good morning, everyone. 7. 56 on your thursday. i'm frank mallicoat. get you updated on headlines around the bay area today. up north a mendocino county sheriff's deputy is dead at the hands of a gunman on a two- state crime spree carjacked a couple in eugene, oregon locked in the trunk. he drove south got into a shootout in the town of piercy before speeding off and killing the deputy in cleone near fort bragg. there is a $700 million mystery in north san jose this morning. a major tech company is going to build a massive complex near mineta international airport. . plans call for building 10 seven-story buildings. only the san jose mayor knows who that company is. mum's the word right now. >> traffic and weather coming up.

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good morning. the ride on 880 slowing earlier than usual. backed up from 238 nearby the oakland oakland. and once you get past high street, it improves on our sensors. to the sunol grade now southbound 680, we had a couple of different accidents approaching south mission. it's slow from the sunol grade down into fremont now. and at the bay bridge metering lights are on. traffic is still stacked up through the maze. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence. >> all right, lots of high clouds moving across our skies today. but still going to be a very nice first day of spring as high pressure is weakening enough to allow the clouds to move in each patchy fog toward the coastline. still warm in the valleys, it's going to be cooler though at the coastline temperatures staying down. numbers though inside the bay will be up in the 70s again, 60s toward the coastline. cooler for the weekend. ,,,,,,,,

good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, march 20th, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." major developments in the disappearance of malaysia flight 370. more news ahead, and let's start with today's "eye-opener at 8:00.." >> it appears overnight australian officials revealed satellite images picked up two objects in the indian ocean. >> this debris is in an area where we would expect to find something. >> it would create a debris

field of 100 miles across. >> it's the wait and not knowing that is so excruciating. everybody here just wants answers. >> the pressure on russia. >> the combined pressure has not discouraged vladimir putin one bit. noknonoah has very dark mom. >> oprah wintry, and on a cold night you can hear whispersu

this is a cbs news special report. i'm charlie rose. for the second time this week, president obama's about to deliver a statement about the crisis in ukraine. he will speak from the south lawn of the white house before departing for florida. >> yesterday, the president ruled out military action against russia after the takeover of the crimean peninsula. the kremlin intends to finalize the seizure by this weekend. earlier this week, the united states and the eu had both russian and ukraine officials with travel bans and asset freezes. >> bill is awaiting the president. >> reporter: we're told the president today will announce substantial new sanctions against russia. when the ones issued earlier in the week, we kept pressing the white house as to what cost they would really entail because they did not involve that much. simply a suspension of visits and no access to some accounts held in the u.s. by seven russians who are friends of putin. this one is expected to be

considerably larger. the policy here, which they'll tell us on background, has always been to ratchet these sanctions up very slowly, bit by bit, always leaving the door open for possible diplomatic solutions. but in spite of that, administration officials keep insisting that they will hurt in the long run. also, that the russian occupation in crimea hurts them more than it hurts anybody else. however, it's also clear to them, and they've said to us, that though vladimir putin does not really care what the west thinks. with that in mind today, the president will attempt to put in place more sanctions. but we're sold that more could follow this. these won't be the last words. >> all right, bill. stand by. we want to go to david martin. he's at the pentagon. david, how is some of the thinking changing at the pentagon? >> reporter: well, one thing that's driving the thinking at the pentagon is that there are as many as 20,000 russian troops

positioned just on the other side of the eastern ukrainian border who are poised without any further preparation or warning to go into ukraine. and this is different than we have seen in the past where there have been exercises which were intended to set the atmospherics. these troops are poised and ready to go. whether they will go is an uncertain question. but there's no doubt that they are poised and ready to go. one other thing that the administration is working on is to authorize -- >> david, thank you. here is the president of the united states on the south lawn. >> well, as we see the president make the walk there to the microphone, it is interesting to hear david say the concern about those troops. >> good point too. european union has announced to member states are going to ratchet up their sanctions.

>> good morning, everybody. i wanted to provide an update on the situation in ukraine and the steps that the united states is taking in response. over the last several days, we've continued to be deeply concerned by events in the ukraine. we've seen an illegal referendum in crimea, an illegitimate move by the russians to annex crimea, and dangerous risks of escalation, including threats to ukrainian personnel in crimea and threats to southern and eastern ukraine as well. these are all choices that the russian government has made, choices that have been rejected by the international community as well as the government of ukraine. and because of these choices, the united states is today moving as we said we would to impose additional costs on

russia. based on the executive order i signed in response to russia's initial intervention in ukraine, we're imposing sanctions on more senior officials of the russian government. in addition, we are today sanctioning a number of other individuals with substantial resources and influence who provide material support to the russian leadership as well as a bank that provides material support to these individuals. now, we're taking these steps as part of our response to what russia has already done in crimea. at the same time, the world is watching with grave concern as russia has positioned its military in a way that could lead to further incursions into southern and eastern ukraine. for this reason, we've been working closely with our european partners to develop more severe actions that could be taken if russia continues to escalate the situation. as part of that process, i signed a new executive order today that gives us the authority to impose sanctions

not just on individuals but on key sectors of the russian economy. this is not our preferred outcome. these sanctions would not only have a significant impact on the russian economy but could also be disruptive to the global economy. however, russia must know that further escalation will only isolate it further from the international community. the basic principles that govern relations between nations and europe and around the world must be upheld in the 21st century. that includes respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity. the notion that nations do not simply redraw borders or make decisions at the expense of their neighbors simply because they are larger or more powerful. one of our other top priorities continues to be providing assistance to the government of ukraine so it can stabilize its economy and meet the basic needs of the ukrainian people. as i travel to europe next week to meet with the g- 7 and our

european and asian allies, i urge congress to pass legislation that is necessary to provide this assistance. and do it right away. expressions of support are not enough. we need action. i also hope that the imf moves swiftly to provide a significant package of support for ukrainians as they pursue reforms. in europe i'll also be re-enforcing a message that vice president biden carried this week. america's support for our nato allies is unwavering. we're bound together by our profound article five commitment to defend one another and by a set of shared values that so many generations sacrificed for. we've already increased our support for our eastern european ally, and we'll continue to strengthen nato's collective defense, and we'll step up our cooperation with europe on economic and energy issues as

well. let me close by making a final point. diplomacy between the united states and russia continues. we've emphasized that russia still has a different path available. one that deescalates the situation and one that involves russia pursuing a diplomatic solution with the government in kiev with the support of the international community. the russian people need to know, and mr. putin needs to understand, that the ukrainians shouldn't have to choose between the west and russia. we want the ukrainian people to determine their own destiny and to have good relations with the united states, with russia, with europe, with anyone that they choose. that can only happen if russia also recognizes the rights of all the ukrainian people to determine their future as free individuals and as a sovereign nation. rights that people in nations

around the world understand and support. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> and there you hear the president of the united states saying he's deeply concerned by the actions of the russian government and announcing additional actions and sanctions against top russian officials and a bank there. >> our coverage will continue throughout the day on this cbs station, online at cbsnews.com, and tonight on the cbs evening news. for those of you in the west, we'll return now to "cbs this morning." this has been a cbs special report. for those of you with us in

the west, we want to bring you the latest on the missing airliner. it disappeared 13 days ago. satellite images show possible debris that may belong to the boeing 777. one of the two objects is about 80 feet long. a norwegian ship arrived in the area today, and so far that crew has not spotted any additional debris. and the hunt is zeroed in southwest of australia, and planes from the united states and australia and new zealand

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in our "morning rounds" an allergy survival feed after a tough winter. we finally made it. yay, it's the first day of spring, everybody. you may be breathing a sigh of relief unless you're one of 40 million people who suffer from seasonal allergies.

some of you may already be feeling the effects. good morning. >> great to be with you, guys. >> can we already predict what kind of allergy season it's going to be? >> yes, we can. we're really tired of winter. spring is here, first day. we have to get people ready, their allergy iq up. precipitation, record temperatures, a lot of good stuff for the roots of trees and plants. they're primed and ready to g. these seasons are getting people unsuspectingly. they don't realize they're coming in. they don't have colds. it's due to ailer gentlemens. we've had a wet winter, climate change, people with indoor allergies, they're suffering throughout the winter. and when the pollen hits in the spring, it's spilling over. >> you say if you live in a city the pollen may be worse.

why? >> that's right. air pollution. air pollution hangs on to pollens. we also know city landscapes largely plants, insects pollinated. switchover, male -- >> don't get her started. >> you're saying that it's because there are more male plants it's worse? >> that's one of the reasons. that's what they do. air pollution -- warm temperatures and climate tells is affecting urban landscapes dramatically. >> this is a key finding. this is a key finding, don't you think, charlie? >> it fits into her thinking of everything. >> which is what? >> the problem with the world are men. >> hey, you know i love men. >> no, no. >> it's the battle of the sexes. but we're talking about plants. >> if we did more to empower women we'd have beater world which we agree about.

suppose you know all this that you know, what should you do? >> here's the key. get tested. find out if you have a sigh muss problem or allergy. once you know that, we can create a allergy calendar. you want to pretreat two weeks before it kicks in. that can affect it.d vegetables- other tips. wash your hair at night. hair gel is a poll en magnet. >> here's the key. hair gel and male plants. that's the problem. >> people really suffer. we have allergies and drops. >> for people who have allergies, it's no laughing matter. it's on the rise. climate change is here to say and that's affecting it. >> that was my point. >> thank you. >> great to be with you.

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this is the coast guard cutter adler smashing through the ice on lake superior. some of it is 2.5 feet thick. at one point it took the crew 21 hours just to go three miles. by the end of march the cutter will break through more than 300 miles of ice. and you don't need an ice breaker to know how cold this winter has been for hundreds of millions of americans like our dean reynolds. >> reporter: so this is the worst winter of my life, and i'm a very old guy. i've never seen cold and snow combined in such a devilish mix. >> i'm with dean. how spring could still bring winter-like misery. that's ahead on "cbs this morning."

your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >> hi,everyone. good morning. 8:25. time for some news headlines. i'm frank mallicoat. a mendocino county sheriff's deputy is killed by a gunman during a two-state crime spree. deputy ricky del fiorentino was shot in cleone near fort bragg yesterday chasing a man who apparently carjacked an oregon couple. the shooter was killed by the police. a tech company going to build a massive complex in north san jose and only the san jose mayor knows which company it is. plans call for a $700 million development near mineta international airport. and the contra costa water district board approved a voluntary reduction in water use. 250,000 customers now being urged to cut back by 15%. most of the customers can reach that goal by reducing yard watering. got your weather, got your traffic, too, coming up on this

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good morning. let's start off with a look at the east bay. our drive time on the nimitz freeway continues to grow, unfortunately looks like the delays begin around 238 and now continue up past the embarcadero exit. 36 minutes between 238 and the maze. also slowing down now westbound 237 for silicon valley drivers. looks the heaviest from 880 to

about zanker road and conditions improve a bit into sunnyvale. and here's a live look at traffic on 101 and 280 coming into san francisco. some of our coworkers got caught in this. we had a couple of earlier accidents on 280 jamming up the ride all the way past the 101 interchange. that's your latest "kcbs traffic."with the forecast, here's lawrence. a lot of sunshine but a change overnight. we have seen more of a sea breeze bringing more clouds and patchy fog toward the coastline and a few high clouds overhead. still, it will end up being a warm day for most of the bay area. temperatures going to be cooler especially near the coastline though. let's plan on 60s there. some 60s and 70s inside the bay. and as high as 75 in san jose. next couple of days, we are going to see some more sunshine after night and morning low clouds and fog. that fog on the increase, temperatures cooling off through the weekend, chance of rain tuesday and wednesday. ,, ,,,,,,,,

years ago. >> i can't wait to show my kids that. the "san francisco chronicle" says a overweight baseball is getting help from a charity. the 8-month-old weighs some 48 pounds. a charity moved him to a hospital where he's going to be put on a diet and undergo surgery. phil jackson got a warm welcome as the knicks new president. fans gave him a rare ovation. making things sweeter, knicks beat the indiana pacers, 92-86. it is new york's seventh straight win. on wednesday i spoke with the co-founder of google at the ted conference. ceo larry page discussed online surveillance and privacy. >> it's tremendously disappointing that the government sort of secretly did

all this stuff and didn't tell us. i don't think we can have a democracy if, you know, we're having to protect you and our users from the government for stuff that we never had a conversation about. and i don't mean we have to know what the particular terrorist facts they're worried about p protecting us from, but we need to know what type of surveillance and how and why and i think we haven't had the conversation. so i think the government has done itself a tremendous disself. >> a disservice. >> and then there's the priebscy side of it. >> yes. there's so much more information about you, and that's an important thing and it makes sense why people are asking difficult questions. you know, i look at medical records and i say, wouldn't it

be amazing if everyone's medical records were available anonymously to research doctors. and when someone accesses your medical record or research doctor, they could see -- you could see which doctor accessed it and why and maybe learn about what conditions you have. think if we did that, we'd save 100,000 live this year. >> absolutely. >> you know, it's so rare to hear from him, charlie. how's his voice doing? >> he has paralyzed vocal cords and he spoke with that microphone. i think it's better but the more important thing he s he's been willing to talk about. sergey helped him go public with it. because he did that, there's been an outpouring of concern but also recognition of how people can better disclose medical issues. >> yeah. >> he's a remarkable guy.

i'm much admiring of what he's done an how he sees the future. a lot of smart people out there said to me this guy has a better understanding of the future than many tej knoll jits. that's why the medical records made a lot of news. thank you, charlii. really interesting. now to the movie "parenthood." it captured all the questions parents decide through. >> sh's not a bomb. she has the ability -- >> do you want her to relate to him? >> help, help, help. >> well, in the new cover story for the atlantic titled the overprotected kid, hannah rosen says parents are harming their child's independence and perhaps intelligence in the name of keeping them safe. good morn, hanna. >> good morning. >> this is such a fascinating article. how are kids overprotected?

>> we're too safe. play grounds have been transform toefrd last 30 years to be extremely safe, rubber padding, don't go too high. so kids don't have a sense that they're experiencing anything challenging that they can then overcome. >> i thought this was isolated because when we lived in washington the swing sets disappeared and we were told it was because of lawsuits but, in fact, it's because someone start add trind of sueing. >> yes. it's been happening for 30, 40 years. over the years the playgrounds have become more and more and more boring. >> and the results are scientific about creativity in children. it's down, right? >> yeah. basically you need to feel like you're taking risks and overcoming challenges in order to grow and that essential part of childhood, we've made go away by protecting them from any sense of not just physical harm but emotional harm. you think of the sense my job as a parent is to keep my child

safe and happy all the time. >> one of my great regrets is -- i'm not a parent and can't speak to this, but i have a lot of kids, god children. i love playing and engaging with them. i wonder when parents are worried about them. it seems to be if you unleash all of their energy and creativity, it's an incentive for a lifestyle. >> yeah. kid children are always watched. i talked the strange danger idea. we have this sense children are in harm. it's not true. >> yes, it is. that's how i feel. i worry. >> i know. this is the thing i'm afraid to bring out of my mouth because parents will say, are you crazy? my mother said it to me yesterday when she read the story and i thought, but you know what? statistically they won't. they have no greater chance now than they did in the '70s of

being abducted by a stranger. >> it is. there is a difference. i remember -- i know you do and charlie you talked about it where you were gone for hours. you parents didn't know where you were when you were under the age of 10. >> that's some of what i talk about. these films of kids off in the woods. >> that was me. i lived in a small town. you wandered. it was great. nobody was constantly surve surveilling you and thank god for that. >> how did you play sports? you went to the baseball field. you showed up at the field and they set up a game. now your mom drives you to the soccer game. >> you need indepechb dense and self reliance. >> yeah. and think there is a consequence. that's what this story is designed to tell you. it's not just nothing. we are actually doing damage to the kids and making it difficult for them to grow up. >> what is the suggest for how to fix that? >> i think on an individual level it's reconceiving our role as parents. create opportunities for growth

and development. just think of yourself as dog that instead of keeping them safe from harm all the time. in individual moments opportunities will arise to let them do things which makes them feel like they're experimenting and taking risks, even if they're not. on an institutional level, maybe we can arrange thing at school to let them walk alone. >> thank you. ahead, the new aroma filling college campuses. >> this university bleed orange but do they also smell orange? i ooh i'm m

a professional ballroom dancer is taking center state zbej. last year adrianne haslet-davis lost part of her left leg at the boston marathon bombing. a team at m.i.t. developed a prosthetic device just for her. she is thrill and hopes she's an inspiration to others. i was there. i wasn't in the room when she did this but people said not a dry eye in the house. >> inspiring. she cried too. we'll be following more of these stories at the one-year anniversary of the bombing comes up. >> and a now to the big business of college sports.

it's meeting up with multi-billion-dollar industry, but, no, no, no. it's not athletic wear. it's fragrances. that rice. mo rocca is here with a story that just smells different. mo, good morning. >> good morning, norah. today syracuse university's basketball team kicks off its bid against western michigan. the 'cuse has plenty of school spirit, a spirit that one businesswoman is turning into a fragrance spritz. the orange. syracuse university. >> a shot-off on the way. got it. syracuse wins it. >> if i cut you, do you bleed orange? >> i bleed orange. do you want to try it. >> reporter: but do they smell orange? kaitzy hopes if they don't already, they'll want her. her company is barpging on it. >> smell is so personal and your

college connection is so personal and emotional as well. >> reporter: masik collegiate fragrances makes fragrances for schools. >> think with a big sports program become as big fan base. does the fragrance idea going to be embraced by the campuses and the communities as a whole. >> reporter: we fanned out across the campus to ask the experts. >> what does syracuse smell like? >> pulp and delicious. >> oranges. >> you smell it. it smells like fresh mowed grass. >> i love that smell. >> snow and cold. >> does snow actually have a smell. >> reporter: if i say syracuse and fragrance, what springs to mind? >> oranges. >> reporter: so that the scent evokes the school masik and her

team have to consider it all. let's not forget the mascot, the crazed fans, and especially that color. >> very oranges. >> a tangy orange. >> a tropicana? >> i think that's a fan. >> we even asked former sclunt carmelo anthony. it's his job to look into the fragrances. >> orange is a color and a fruit and a feeling we have experts to work with us. we sit and smell and talk. >> what we're going to have you rank them. >> reporter: masik took them back to the school. students sniffed and commented. the result, a signature scent for men. >> oh, it's nice and -- it does

have a citrus zest. >> reporter: and a signature scent for women. >> i just feel like she's just walking across campus on her way to an art history class. the sun is shining and even though the sun is out her long hair is out. >> reporter: but is it enough to make a successful business. were you worried the could be an easy joke? >> i mean, yeah. look, we make jokes too. it's a fragrance. it's f it's fun. >> reporter: college in a bottle and many fans are focusing on what it means to be the orange. >> syracuse smells like victory to me, smells like excitement, and this year it smells like magic. >> i think he went a little over the top with the story. most people don't want to remember what college smells like. >> i expected it to have a top

note of pachouli and a hint of sweat socks. >> the sweat sock is what i remember. >> but alabama is a vivacious burst of pink candy and a hint of vanilla. >> all right. mo. thank you. you can start watching march madness today. also, a fair well to winter, ♪

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and thrive. the winter that never seems to end is turning a corner. terrell brown is in new york city. terrell, good morning. >> reporter: hey, charlie. good morning to you. spring officially begins this afternoon at 12:57 eastern time.

that would be the time to trade in a heavy coat for a lighter jacket or maybe even a t-shirt, but not this year. it's safe to say this has been a miserably long winter for most of the country, and though you expect the official start of spring to offer a reprieve. just ask meteorologist eric fisher. as you head toward april and you're thinking about baseball and greener lawns, it's not going to be the case. >> reporter: westerners learned about polar vortex. chicago saw its third snowiest winter ever and 93% of the great lakes iced over, a new record. coast guard struggled to keep shipping lanes open. the cold stretched flieshl far south. an ice storm in atlanta stranded motorists for hours and paralyzed the city in late january. later north carolina felt

winter's wrath. grounds keepers are using a machine like a janlt hair dryer to thaw the field before opening day in two weeks. no one would welcome spring than our chicago-based correspondent dean reynolds. >> reporter: we woke up in chicago to exactly what we didn't want to see. more snow. >> reporter: and cameraman jake barlow, often the first thrown out in the snow. >> so this is the worst winter of my life, and i'm a very old guy. i've never seen cold and snow combined in such a devilish mix. how much fun were those early morning live shots. >> ah. >> that about sums it up. >> reporter: sometimes these patterns come in recurring patterns. meteorologists say it's too soon to tell.

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your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning, everyone. 8:55 on your thursday. let's get to some news headlines on this morning. a mendocino county sheriff's deputy is dead at the hands of a gunman on a two-state crime spree. it started when his killer carjacked a couple up in eugene, oregon, yesterday morning, locked him in the trunk and then headed south got into a shootout in piercy before speeding off and killing the deputy in cleone a town near fort bragg. there is a $700 million mystery at north san jose this morning. a major tech company is going to build a massive complex near mineta international airport. the plans call for building 10 seven story buildings there. only the mayor chuck reed knows who that company is. he is not saying who it is. the first day of spring is good. >> looking good around the bay area.

a sea breeze brought with it some low clouds and fog and cooler temperatures expected especially near the coastline. you see some of those clouds looking past russian hill toward the golden gate bridge. they snuck onshore just inside the bay. some high clouds overhead, too. still, high pressure strong enough to bring us some warm sunshine into the afternoon in most spots away from the coastline, still up in the 70s into san jose, 75 concord and napa. and 72 degrees in santa rosa. along the coastline we'll keep you cooler generally in the 60s with some partly cloudy skies. more low clouds and fog on the way, the next few days, but staying dry through saturday and sunday. then storm clouds roll in late tuesday to bring a chance of rain, could see more showers into wednesday. we are going to check out your "kcbs traffic" when we come back.

good morning, checking conditions in the bay bridge we finally are starting to see some improvement backed up between the overcrossings but the metering lights are on and still heavy on some of the approaches. look at 580 still jammed solid from highway 13 through downtown oakland. here's a live look at some of our sensors in the south bay. 101 sluggish capitol expressway, all the way to trimble 280 also heavy but looks like mass transit is a great option. bart, muni, caltrain and ace all on time. stay tuned march madness is next.

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