riyad the huntor shifting search. the hunt for missing malaysia airliner 370 moves 700 miles north where investigators now believe the flight went into the indian ocean. >> what we have at the moment is the most incredible location into the entry of the water. spring starts off with a bang in the midwest. severe storms drop damaging hail and cause at least one tornado to touch down. off to oliver, sliding inside. >> and still dancing. the upset-minded university of dayton leads the first wave of teams into the ncaa tournament in week eight. captioning funded by cbs tournament in week eight. this is the this is the "cbs morning

news" for friday, march 28th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning the search for that missing malaysia airliner is shifting after australian officials say they have a new credible lead. until today the search had been focused on an area southwest of australia, but australian officials say search crews have moved off from there to a site 680 miles north and closer to land. holly williams joins us by phone from perth, australia. good morning, holly. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the search planes were forced back after heavy wind and rain in the area. the conditions have improved here today, so ten aircraft, most of them in the military, along with six ships are searching for wreckage of malaysia flight 370. but as you said, the area where they're scouring for debris has moved almost 700 miles to the northeast. martin dolan, the head of the

australian transportation safety bureau, head a press conference today to explain why. >> this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimated, resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> reporter: new images from two satellites appear to show large pieces of debris floating in the southern indian ocean, and they could well by the fragments of the boeing 777, but nearly three weeks after the jetliner went down in mysterious circumstances, not a single piece of its wreckage has been recovered. the search operation is racing against time to find the plane's black boxes or flight recorders, but they may have only ten days of battery life left, and experts have told us even the black boxes may not fully explain what went wrong on flight 370. anne-marie? >> holly williams in perth.

thank you very much, holly. officials in washington state expect the death toll from last week's mudslide to rise dramatically. at least 26 people are known to have died, but 90 others are still missing. more rain is expected today making the search for victims all that more difficult. in the words of washington's governor, we are looking for miracles. teri okita reports from arlington, washington. >> reporter: the search continues for survivors and victims of the washington state mudslide. more than two dozen people are known dead. many more have yet to be located. >> 90 people continue to be currently missing or unaccounted for. >> reporter: search and rescue crews have not found any survivors since saturday, but they're been here every day from dawn till dusk using heavy machines and bare hands to find life amid unbelievable chaos. >> if you can imagine houses, trees, and a bunch of mud put in a blender and run for a bit and then dumped back on the ground,

that's what it looks like. >> reporter: exhaustion is just one problem race facing rescuers who have to face waste-deep mud. >> going through the rubble, i see the exact same things that i have in my house, my little ponies. that's tough. >> reporter: his children have classmates. >> my 6-year-old, all she knows is her friend wasn't in school monday, not tuesday, not today. they had a memorial in the class for that girl. she's never coming back and now she understands that. >> reporter: the cub scouts are raising money for slide victims. say i they just want to help in what little way they can. teri okita, cbs news, arlington, washington. well, there's a possibility of severe weather across the south and central plains today. the storm system holds the possibility of producing hail, rain, damaging winds, and tornados. the wind may be strong enough to

knock down trees and power lines. a hailstorm pounded central missouri yesterday and several tornadoes were reported. at least four homes and several barns were damaged by the violent weather. no injuries have been reported. there has been a health enrollment surge leading up to the white house's monday deadline. the white house says now more than 6 million have signed up, fulfilling a revised goal set by the congressional budget office. that's a 1 million-person increase in the past ten days. the administration has not said how many enrollees have started paying for their coverage. a new government study find as big jump in the autism rate. the centers for disease control and prevention says the condition affects one in every 68 children. that is a 30% increase from just two years ago. jim axelrod looks at what's

behind the increase. >> reporter: the cdc says the findings don't mean more children are developing autism. it means more cases are being discovered due to heightened awareness. michael rosenoff with the advocacy group autism speaks looked at cases from 11 sites across the country. >> the approach that the cdc uses is based on medical and service records. so that's why we believe that part of the prevalence and detection is due to better detection of autism. better records and more records lead to higher prevalence. >> reporter: boys are more likely to be diagnosed with a prevalence of autism spectrum disorder than girls. 132 versus 189. whites are many likely than african-americans and hispanics. diagnoses varied across the country, ranging from one in 175 children in alabama to one in 45 in new jersey. >> the reason for the variation is not because there's an

additional risk of autism in certain states. it's because there's more and better quality records in the united states. >> reporter: the average diagnosis in the united states is 4 1/2. that's too late says these parents. their twin 11-year-olds michael and kevin were diagnosed at 20 months. >> we were told ten years ago they would probably never speak or laugh or have friends or experience most of life. >> reporter: you guys share the room. >> yeah. >> how does that work out? >> not so very well. >> reporter: as for kevin now -- what does your shirt say? >> who's awesome. and i'm awesome. >> are you awesome? >> yes. >> reporter: for two years they had 30 hours each of therapy in the house. it opens a whole new world of possibilities for them. >> reporter: we asked the cdc whether the 30% jump could be a case of overdiagnosis.

they told us their clinicians use standard definitions of autism to diagnose each in the study and that they're all reliable. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. the air force is cleaning house over cheating at a nuclear missile base. the service fired nine mid-level commanders at malmstrom air force base. the senior officer resigned and retired. that represents nearly the entire chain of command in nuclear missiles. they measured their proficiency on the ordering and targeting and launching of missiles. >> coming up on the "morning news," long lost art. a tiny renoir painting is back in the museum after a legal fight of its real owner. you're watching the "cbs morning news." (woman) hey! toss me that litter! (announcer) tidy cats lightweight. all the strength, half the weight.

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points, the nasdaq fell 22 point. the national home retailers say the national association of retailers says the number of americans who signed contract to buy homes fell for the eighth straight month. it's down 0.8% in february. higher mortgage rates, rising prices, fewer homes on the market, and rough weather are to blame. walmart is suing visa over credit and debit card fees. walmart, the largest retailer, claims visa conspired with banks to inflate the fees. walmart claims those fees cost retailers and shoppers more than $350 billion between 2004 and 2012. if you have an ipad, you'll now be able to get a version of microsoft's office software. microsoft unveiled its ipad version of office yesterday. its bundle of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software is its bestseller.

now, this comes four years after apple released a tablet computer that has contributed to the steady decline in the sale of defbtop and laptop machines. anne-marie, after 36 years the painting has been returned to the baltimore museum of art. it was stolen in 1951. two years ago a virginia woman claimed she bought it at a flee market. the painting became the subject of a legal dispute and was eventually awarded to the museum. anne-marie? >> i'm sure she's disappointed but now the rest of us can enjoy the painting, right? jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, jill. ncaa, they continue their dance through the ncaa tournament. dance through the ncaa tournament. try our delicious new fresh mex bowls with chipotle or margarita chicken. all served with a bowl of soup, like our new southwest chicken. chili's lunch combo starting at 6 bucks.

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in sports what started out thursday as the top 16 is now down to 12. the ncaa tournament resumed last night. the gators pulled away from ucla in the second half to win, 79-68. florida heads to the elite eight for the fourth straight year. and they will be taking on the tournament cinderella story. dayton continues its improbable run with another upset win, the 181th seeded flyers topped stanford, 87-82, to advance to the regional finals for your the first time since 1984. arizona coach sean miller watching his younger brother archie leading his team to the elite eight. sean will be moving on as well. they win with a 74-68 win.

and they will be taking on the two-seed in the west. wisconsin uses a stifling defense to beat baylor, 69-52. with another win the badgers will return to the final four for the first time since 2000. the rest of the elite eight will be decided tonight. coverage of the ncaa tournament starts right here on cbs at 7:15 eastern when michigan takes on tennessee. that will be followed by a matchup of the last two tournament champions, louisville and kentucky. now, there's no talk of postseason or championships surrounding the philadelphia 76ers. last night the sixers fell to houston, 120-98. it is the 26th consecutive loss for philadelphia. that ties the nba record. philly could set the record tomorrow when they play detroit. and things are looking a little better for detroit tigers' first baseman miguel cabrera. he's agreed to a record-setting

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,,,, here's a look at today's ca here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. in health news now thousands of americans die every year due to medical mistakes. some hospitals are better than others at avoiding errors. jericka duncan looks at a new study separating the good from the bad. >> reporter: john james used to

be the chief toxicologist at na san jose sharks helping protect astronauts in space, but his mission changed in 2002 after he lost his son alex. james says the teenager died of cardiac arrest after doctors misdiagnosed him. >> he was six days short of his 20th birthday. >> reporter: james went on to start patient safety america. a recent study from his group found medical errors are linked to 440,000 deaths every year. >> i want to emphasize it's an estimate. my goal is to educate folks about the risks of health care across the board. >> reporter: a new analysis from consumer reports finds those risks can depend on which hospital you choose. they scored more than 2,500 hospitals nationwide on a safety scale on a safety scale from 1 to 100 and there was a wide variation. for example, the medical center in mississippi only received 11 while miles memorial hospital in maine received the highest score, 78. >> higher rated hospitals have

lower death rates, lower admission rates so all the things you don't want to happen to you are in general lower in those hospitals. >> we all make mistakes, doctors included. >> reporter: james said it's important people find out which hospitals are less likely to make those mistakes. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. president obama continues his international trip this morning heading from rome to riyadh, saudi arabia. he had his first ever meeting with pope francis at the vatican on thursday. the president said he and the pope found common ground. >> the theme that stitched our conversation together was a belief that in politics and in life the quality of empathy, the ability to stand in somebody else's shoes and to care for someone even if they don't look like you or talk like you or share your philosophy, that that's critical.

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a high school in michigan has changed the way students traditionally do homework. as elaine coo a know reports, the students have found success by flipping the lesson plan. >> reporter: it's 7:00 p.m. on a school night and this student is at home and in geometry class. he's part of a new way of learning called a flipped classroom. he listens to lectures at home and when he goes to school he does what's traditionally known as homework. >> the teacher didn't get up and say, here's the worksheet, this is how you do it on the board, do it. he said here's an activity, here's a video to help you get along with it.

we're going to talk about it and solve any questions you have. >> reporter: principal greg green came up with the idea when he was helping his son with his baseball team. it leaves more time for hands-on work at practices. >> they increase their activity and knowledge of it. i said as a principal what if we did this in math or science or social studies. >> reporter: there are 525 students in this flip school at clintondale where flipping made financial sense. it cost little to nothing to implement. teachers assign videos from free educational websites or include their own lessons. >> we're covering more material than we have in past years. our achievements are higher. >> reporter: thomas fiori has been teaching here for 12 years. >> it's given me an opportunity to be more aware where my students are and how to help them better. >> to me it's like they started to care me and it helped me

break out f my shell so to speak. >> reporter: so far three educators from five continents have visited clintondale to see why the flipped classroom works. graduation rates have gone from 80% to 90% in the past three years. the failure rate has dropped to 10%. and college enrollment rates has jumped 17%. laronte is one of those heading to college. what's that like for you? >> that's game-changer for me. >> reporter: it's been the pathway to pursue his dream of becoming an optometrist. elaine quijano, cbs news, clinton township, michigan. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll go live to australia for the latest on the search for the missing malaysia jetliner. plus, as the baseball season gets under way h e'll see how new rules involving instant replay are changing the game. and actor josh holloway

from the new movie "sabotage" joins us in the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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about now. [ laughter ] >> it's 4:30. we're going to talk to roberta about the weather. >> it's tgi friday, right? out the door, keep the umbrella handy, light showers under mainly cloudy skies today. the weekend will be wet. details ahead. >> some overnight roadwork still out there in lanes, some of our coworkers got trapped in this, various directions northbound and southbound 85 between san jose and sunnyvale plus a check of your bridges, your drive to work, all coming . today in sacramento, leland yee's fellow state senators may vote to suspend the indicted senator. the leaders of both parties in the senate are calling for a vote today to bench the san francisco democrat if he does not leave voluntarily. it's not clear if enough senators will be in sacramento for a vote today. kpix 5 reporter joe vazquez says yee apparently will not heed the calls to step down from his senate seat but he is not running for secretary