it" and now the rachel maddow show. you will be able to dvr tomorrow's show without having it set on auto play. i think. tomorrow night, our new documentary, 9:00 eastern here on msnbc. first look is up next. good thursday morning. right now on first look, liar, liar. the u.s. state department identified multiple areas where russia's putin is not telling the truth about ukraine. behind the rescue. police spoke to the mini van mom two hours before her drive into the seas. guilty plea. a one-star general is expected to plead guilty. but that's just the start of the case. plus those s.a.t. tests stressing out your kids are being overhauled. the first head rolls in that target credit card breach. and thieves use a forklift at the local drive through. thanks for joining us. double trouble in the skies.

a smoking american eagle plane forced make an emergency landing in texas. it happened right after takeoff in dallas last night. a passenger on the illinois-bound plane tweeted, i'm hearing the cockpit full of smoke. captain and flight attendant, can't thank you enough for getting us on the ground safely. no one was injured. and severe turbulence on a flight bound for palm beach. it was so bad that trays and drinks were flying around. one flight attendant was injured, but the plane landed safely. now a u.s. army one-star general facing sexual assault charges. brigadier general jeffrey sinclair is accused of assaulting an officer. he maintains his innocence of forcing sex acts, but he will admit guilt on three lesser

charges, including improper relationships with two other officers. the married father of two is expected to plead in court before opening statements at the court-marti court-martial. he expected to be the most senior to face charges on sexual assault and could face life in prison if convicted. and out of afghanistan, five afghan soldiers killed by a nato air strike. it happened around 3:30 this morning local time. eight other troops were injured in the strike. an afghan defense ministry spokesman confirming this to nbc news. nato says it has begun an investigation and in a statement says it values its strong relationship with its afghan partners. staying overseas so the ongoing crisis in ukraine. pro-russian forces control all access to the crimean peninsula. all this as the flurry of

diplomatic activity produced little progress. jim, is sounds like today is more of the same. are we seeing any movement with these talks? >> reporter: well, betty, it is more of the same. secretary of state john kerry is being positive about the flurry of diplomacy, saying that talks with his russian counterpart yesterday were, quote, tough, but constructive. one of the key goals was to russian and ukraine an foreign minister face to face, but that never happened. the russians say the new interim government wput into place by a unconstitutional coup. the talks will continue later today as they try to find a compromise out of the present crisis. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin had another phone conversation with german chancellor angela merkel and

exchanged views on an end game. eu members are meeting to perhaps decide on sanctions to russia in brussel. but there are growing signs of dissension within the eu, with many like germany who believe they will backfire. in fact in moscow, the russian parol suspect finalizing a bill that would seize properties owned by u.s. and european companies doing business with russia. >> really. thank you. and to want tell you about this, a war of words on capitol hill during a hearing on the irs. the agency still accused of targeting conservative groups. the former official at the center of the scandal took the fifth, as expected, but the explosive fireworks afterwards. daryl issa cut the mic of the committee's top democrat,

cummings. >> i'm a member of the congress of the united states of america, i am tired of this. >> well -- >> we have members over here each who represent 700,000 people. you can not just have a one-sided investigation. there is absolutely something wrong with that, and there's absolutely un-american. >> this public spat even caught colleagues by surprise. one saying he'd never seen anything like it during his tenure in congress. so from the halls of congress to the decision in the halls of every american high school. the s.a.t., a test that can make or break college dreams is getting a makeover. we have the details. >> reporter: she is among one and a half million students taking the s.a.t. every year. did you stress out about this a lot? >> yeah, i was cramming every night. >> reporter: many spent months and thousands of dollars preparing.

it's like a game, and you learn strategies to play the game. it's not even what you're doing in high school. >> reporter: the president of the college board explains that's about to change. >> there's no mystery as to what success in college and career training requires. it's time for a test that's open so kids can practice and ready themselves. >> reporter: the resigned s.a.t. is going high-tech. by 2016, available in both paper and digital forms. returning to a score scale of 1600. the essay portion will be optional, and the current penalty for wrong answers is being removed. vocabulary words like se gashs will go away. synthesis and empirical will be included. calculator use will be limited, and analyzing text and asking students to refer to real world examples and documents. >> things have changed. and that's abc's reporting.

and now a story that impacted so many of you, that massive data breach at target. their chief economic officer is out of a job this morning. part of the overhaul of information security. they are trying to restore public trust. in a two week span last year, the personal info of some 110 million customers was stolen. sports news. this morning. >> good morning. the start, they had one win in the last nine games, make that two wins now. their victim, number four duke. wake forest had a run of 17-straight points in the 82-72 upset. a couple folks happy there. dwight howard showing no mercy on his old team, the magic. 19 points, 14 rebounds. houston cruises to a 101-89 victory. their 13th in the last 15 games. here's an upset. golden state's stef curry taking

on mark jackson in the three-point shooting contest. well, the 25-year-old guard lost to his coach who is almost twice his age. go old guys. despite the ongoing crisis, yew kraukraine was able to cele victory in soccer. they beat the usa 2-0. and now the oldest, largest, no participant limit as you can tell, goals three miles apart. the teams, north of the river and south of the river. the northerners won this year 2-0. even in the water. finally, what consumes the fan was a losing team? how about one fan's kid getting embraced by the winning team, perhaps? brazil beat south africa 5-0, and after, as you can see, that 5-year-old south african there getting the embrace of the brazil super star. everybody friends, everybody posing. that was namar.

>> that is one happy kid. thank you. and here's bill with the weather. i've heard the word warm come out of your mouth today. >> like above the heater of the stove this morning in new england. it's a rough one in new england. give me a break. look at the wind chill temperatures in the northeast this morning. it is just frigid. this is march. we're at minus 4 wind chill in hartford. caribou, maybe, but not hartford. and pittsburgh and new york city and philadelphia, it is a very cold morning. other areas starting to warm up, denver into the midwest. and that warmer air has to come east eventually, this weekend it will. and that storm system in the southeast, march is a severe weather month in florida. we can get strong storms and tornados. that threat exists today. a lot of lightning strikes over the gulf. that will sweep across today. wind damage and possibility of a few tornados. the tampa -- orlando area to the

rest of the country. the rest of the country, no travel problems at all. >> like that. and massachusetts judge rules that photos taken up women's skirts is legal. i kid you not. and the detroit fire that investigators believe is arson. [bell rings]

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time now get down to business with cnbc courtney reagan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. u.s. safety regulators are asking gm why it took so long to recall 1.4 million cars for faulty ignition switches that could make air bags not work. they are due april 3rd and why they didn't do it in 2004. and offering a glimpse on how the winter weather affected merchandise. they are now trying to clear space for spring items. >> spring, can't wait.

also in the news, residents of a detroit apartment building forced to jump out of windows when a fire broke out. investigators believe the four alarm fire was used to cover up a sexual assault crime earlier in the morning. some residents with still missing. the massachusetts supreme court ruled that it is legal to secretly photo underneath someone's clothing. the judge ruled the up skirts in the case did not violate the law because the women were not fully nude and were covered with underwear or other clothing. that, my friends, is a talker today. texas police looking for a forklift with an atv hanging off it. a thief with heavy machinery plucking an atm off the ground and driving away. officials aren't sure how much money was in the machine and have no suspects. and police in florida trying to figure out why a mother of

three would drive her packed minivan into the ocean. >> reporter: the dramatic scene at daytona beach, florida, was captured on amateur video. these are the moments after a woman in a minivan hauling her three children suddenly veered into the heavy surf of the atlantic and sent witnesses to the rescue. >> she drove left straight in. >> reporter: tim of north carolina was one of those rescuers and says the 9 and 10-year-old he helped pull from the van both said their mother's actions were intentional. >> he heard the kids say, please, help me, our mom's trying to kill us. >> reporter: he also says it was the two children who told rescuers about their 3-year-old sibling strapped in a car seat while the mother just wanderered off. the sheriff's department said the woman isn't talking to

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all right. time for first buzz joined by bill and richard. do you know this is the first ever that it's happening. there is a job fair for pot growers. believe it or not. and where is it happening? in denver. yes. it's next week, in fact. so if anyone's interested, they

have it going on. 15 large marijuana-related companies are looking for bud tenders to bookkeepers. >> the title. >> i've watched every episode of "weeds," i'm qualified. >> if you're good you could be hired. it's a booming business. >> you could have fun with the titles. bud tenders. >> i'm a hydro expert, speci personally. >> quality control. >> there does need to be a good -- i never thought about this. >> we could go on and on. >> possibly, possibly. >> barbie's take an new look. >> this is on the news constantly, ever have a realistic-looking barbie? an artist came up with renderingings, he's doing a kick starter campaign for this average life size barbie doll. he took a 19-year-olds average

statistics and he's named her lameli. he's playing off himself. >> lammily. >> doesn't have feet like this. so $95,000, if he does it, he'll go into production. >> 95 gs? >> that's how much he needs for production. >> i didn't know barbie was 19. >> he'll get it. >> real life barbies. that's right, this is an amazing cheerleader, houston texans cheerleader, she agreed to a deal with a 17-year-old high schooler, if i get 10,000 rts, retweets, will you go out on the prom with me? he recently became single. she answered back to him, yes, of course i'll do that. in one day, he gets over 10,000 retweets. so catelyn and our young friend, michael ramirez, 17, will be going to the prom.

she's saying it's about the kid, not me. have a good time. >> and every single female is now upset. >> yeah, get a really good-looking dress at this point. thank you for joining us. "way too earlier" with thomas roberts starts right now. have a good one. >> well, we've had our now pope, pope francis for about a year now. he's getting more and more popular. i saw a new magazine focusing on pope francis. totally true. we actually got our hands on the first issue. it's got interesting articles, 19 signs god's really into you. then there's turning water into the right kind of wine. the five must have napakas for 2014. and finally, zero tips to a better sex life. i have to get the subscription and get my hands on that. >> he's popular, but stumbles with the international coverup

of sexual abuse. and a lot of shouting and pleading the fifth from capitol hill. why did daryl issa storm away from an irs hearing? and why is this lopsided photo here? katy didn't want to kiss the girl. break out your cherry chap stick. this is "way too early." hey, everybody, good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is thursday, march 6th. welcome, we will only reveal three digits of the s.a.t. score but aced learner's permit. true story. and the top story on the house. propping up ukraine's fragile government with badly-needed funding. and eyeing sanctions on russia to punish them. and secretary of state john kerry is going with the diplomatic issues trying to get