thank you both. let's start here, reports of this surfaced last wednesday. this is when the rumblings started and it's led to what we saw from senator feinstein today. >> absolutely. this is a pretty intense or exploded into a pretty intense confrontation between the intelligent committee and the cia. reports surfaced last week and senator feinstein has been silent on this issue since then. this is a pretty aggressive step for her to say this and she set this up as a conflict between the cia itself and the committee and she's defending her staffers, as you heard her say, from what she says are cia accusations that they engaged in criminal activity by accessing this document. now at issue, is an internal review of this interrogation and detention program, the george w. bush era program, that was conducted by then-cia director leon panetta, so the committee says they had access to that document as part of a searchable database that the cia provided

to them. the cia, as feinstein alleged, hacked into senate intelligence committee computers to try and track down that document and figure how the committee got access to it, so you have two completely different stories here with feinstein really taking this aggressively public today. >> john brennan, the director, of course, of the cia said last week, as well, that there were no facts supporting this claim and even suggested at the time that the senate may be guilty of wrong doing. >> right. that's what you heard feinstein say at the end there, she's defending her staffers and saying that they did not actually engage in wrong doing and that may be some of what prompted her to take this sort of aggressive step and put all of this out there in the open. you really do have two different sides of the story, each side accusing the other of potential criminality. >> speaking of that, senator mark udall, a member of the committee, also a vocal critic of the cia, as i understand it, kasie, sent a letter to the president, as well?

>> it's something udall has focused on aggressively, transparency in particular and this detention program, yes. >> thank you very much. let me go to pete williams here. pete, we know the cia inspector general opened an inquiry regarding this and is said to have referred this to the justice department. break down the legal questions, especially as it relates to the allegations from senator feinstein today. >> well, i guess there are competing legal claims here, the question of whether senate staffers improperly accessed classified information. that's what the cia was looking at. now the senate's allegation the cia should not have been looking into the computers that were used by intelligence committee staffers at an off-site facility. there are a couple of issues here for the senator. one is what you called the separation of powers issues, which is the cia and executive branch agency interfering with the legislative business of the congress, and secondly, there is, of course, in the constitution something called the speech or debate clause, which as interpreted by the

courts over the years, this gets back to a centuries old dispute between whose got more power here, which branch, but it basically says that you can't criminalize, you can't punish someone for their activities in pursuing the legislative function. and committee staffers accessing documents might come under that. if it turns out this search is improper, i don't know what the sanction would be, it's not like a criminal case where you're going to throw the evidence out of court. so we're going to sit back and watch this legal dispute, as well as the political dispute, and we'll be hearing from the cia director in just a short time here. he's scheduled to speak at a previously arranged seminar in washington. >> absolutely, and we will play relevant sound from that. pete, thank you so much for joining that and we'll wait to see what happens next. thank you. there are new developments, as well, in the search for the

missing malaysia airlines flight 370. while officials have not officially ruled anything out today, the country's inspector general outlined what's being described as four scenarios of what may have happened to that flight. >> we are looking into four areas. one is hijacking, two sabotage, three, psychological problem of the passengers and crew, and four, personal problem among passengers and crew. >> we're also learning more about one of the two passengers who boarded the flight with the stolen passport. authorities identified him as a 19-year-old iranian national who they believe was actually seeking political asylum in germany. he is not believed to have any links to terror organizations. there are still -- they are still investigating the identity of the second passenger and investigators and teams from ten different countries have

expanded their search area to include both the eastern and western coast of malaysia. nbc's tom costello joins us. first, he didn't mention mechanical or structural, but a lot of people are focusing in on that and that may not be the right thing to do at this point. >> i wouldn't read too much into that. this is a police officer and he was asked what is his focus and from a law enforcement perspective he laid out those four areas, but that in no way precludes the idea that we may have a mechanical or structural issue with this plane. he is not a crash investigator, he's a cop, essentially, so i think he was thinking from a law enforcement perspective. >> absolutely. and, you know, looking at the amount of land and sea that's the focus here, it is incredible, but the other thing as you well know, the aviation safety issue regarding people with passports and i think the second topic i've heard a lot from people questioning outside of how could they not find this plane is, how many people are

flying with passports that don't belong to them. >> yeah, well, and we don't really know the answer to that. we do know that these two individuals who we believe are both iranian are traveling through kuala lumpur and on to ultimately europe. that in and of itself is not unusual. there's a lot written and said about the fact kuala lumpur is a transit zone for individuals who may have shady backgrounds who may be trying to slip by immigration, not necessarily terrorists, some may be, but in most cases that's not what's going on. there are no indication these two individuals had any terrorist links whatsoever. they both seemed to be teenagers, 18 and 19, trying to get to europe. and the one case of the 19 year old trying to get to germany to meet up with his mother, but i think the other angle of this, what you just mentioned and is really striking, the search zone has done a 180. they are now focusing on the area to the west of malaysia,

rather than to the east of malaysia. that's not to say they are going to stop looking in that area to the east of malaysia, but they are looking in the straight of malacca after their radar seems to suggest its laszlo case according to malaysian military radar was in the strait of malacca. that raises the question, okay, where did it go? did it crash into the strait, keep flying into indonesia and beyond? beyond indonesia is the indian ocean, so you could imagine the potential of where this flight might be is endless. >> thanks so much, tom, greatly appreciated. one of the biggest issues being raised is, of course, how the technology is not helping. how now are they, as you heard tom costello mention, essentially we are looking in reverse, the opposite side of malaysia is the focus of this search. let me bring in now someone who's been critical of at least our lack of advancement as it relates to technology. daily beast contributor clive

irving wrote this, "at a time intruders are in the most intimate details of our lives, it seems inexplicable an airplane this size can vanish without explanation, giving this perplexing picture, what, if anything, looks like a firm fact." clive joins us now. thank you, clive, for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> i was so compelled to have you on after reading some of the things you had out yesterday, but you are asking this question that continues today, as well, which is, we have no firm facts. you heard tom costello's report just in the last few minutes here. >> yes, i agree with his assessme assessment that introducing the psychological element is a huge distraction when we should be focusing on other things. there are only so many options of what might have happened and as the list gets reduced, if

terrorism is out of the picture and hijacking is out of the picture, the list comes down to very few things which you then have to look at more closely. i have to admit at the beginning of this, i discounted the idea of some kind of structural failure because it seems so unlikely the safety record of boeing 777 is very impressive. but when you stop to look at the short list of possibilities, i took a look again of something which is called explosive decompression, which is when the plane is at cruise altitude usually and when the fuselage, cabin that we sit in in an airplane, basically what's called a pressure vessel and there's a big difference of the pressure of the air outside and pressure of the air inside, so if any flaw in the structure of the cabin, the air inside would want to burst out, it would be like an instantaneous explosion. the fuselage integrity of the boeing 777 is very impressive,

but that's not the only factor that could be involved here. it could be as simple as a cargo door or a cabin door. the seals on cabin doors, for example, if they leak, there was a recent case of this in january of a singapore airlines jumbo a-380 having to divert because its cabin doors were leaking and it was an emergency, the oxygen masks dropped down for the passengers. >> i also want your insight on the criticism that you've pointed out regarding radar and the lack of technology through issues related to -- go ahead, i'm sorry. >> yeah, exactly. i mean, we could now have in our hands the critical information that's lying somewhere in the flight recorder. we could have that now in our hands if we were using 21st century technology instead of 1960s technology. the basic idea of the flight recorder is that you wait for an accident to happen, the critical evidence about that accident goes down with the plane, then

you set out to search for it, which in this case, of course, is a very demanding search. we live in a time when you can co compress all that information. the plane is collecting the information and keeping it until the end of the flight. >> what about those who say it's impossible to store all of that data with the number of flights globally that that presents another problem, do you buy that? >> if you present that argument to anyone in silicon valley, they'd laugh you out of the room. it's so illiterate in terms of modern technology. >> we had someone present that argument the other day, i appreciate you responding to that. it's interesting to have you on and certainly our thoughts and prayers are with the families, as well, who are spending another day without knowing where their loved ones are. thank you so much. and developing now in new jersey, live pictures from trenton where two central figures in the chris christie bridge scandal are refusing to turnover documents required by subpoena. we're going to take you live to

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kelly has only been seen in public a handful of times since this all broke in january and he's not commented on it as of yet. kelly sent that now infamous e-mail that read, "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." today her attorney is fighting against self incrimination, arguing kelly cannot be forced to hand over documents that include personal e-mails and calendars because the information would, in effect, provide testimony that could be used against her. also in court today, the attorney for governor christie's two campaign managers, bill stepien. stepien is also refusing to turn over subpoena documents. he arguing federal agents have visited his home and talked to people who know him and is, too, citing his fifth amendment rights. the attorney for the state

legislature committee that issued the subpoenas is arguing the committee is not on a fishing expedition. >> obviously, ms. kelly is critical to what occurred based on the communications that we presented to your honor that we have. >> but you could grant your immunity and then you have -- then they have their right against self incrimination goes away and we don't have the constitutional issue and you have the right to proceed with your investigation. >> well, that's a -- there's a complicated analysis. >> nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff joins us live from the courthouse in trenton, new jersey, and also joining me in studio, political columnist for new jersey's asbury park press. let's start off with you here, what's happening in court. obviously, the back and forth over bridget kelly, especially, her attorneys wanting to keep these documents away from the public and if any trial comes out, as well.

>> right. actually, it's been a pretty interesting legal argument about the contours of fifth amendment protections when it comes to documents, and some pretty sharp questioning by the judge, mary jacobson, of that special counsel for the legislative committee. i thought he made one interesting concession here under the questioning, which is that the committee originally argued that the fifth amendment didn't apply because there was no reasonable grounds for kelly or stepien to believe they face criminal prosecution here. schar essentially conceded that's no longer the kacase, bad on recent developments by kelly and stepien's lawyers about how they've been questioned about how federal agents fanned out questioning in one case stepien's landlord and in bridget kelly's case, her ex-husband, that it seems pretty clear this is an aggressive federal prosecution in which they are at the very least the

subjects. so he conceded he's no longer going to vigorously defend the position that they had previously argued. >> wow. okay, let me play another excerpt from court today, this is stepien's attorney following up on the point that you made, as well, isikoff. let's play it. >> there isn't any doubt that the subpoena in this case requires mr. stepien in the course of producing responsive documents to attest to the existence of the documents, to attest to the possession by him of the documents, and to attest to the authenticity of the documents that they are what they purport to be. >> michael isikoff, it's not after this court hearing we'll have some kind of resolution or decision here, right? >> well, we don't know. the judge could rule from the bench, she should say take it under advisement, but a lot is riding on this. how she rules on this, you know,

may ultimately determine whether the investigative committee gets any further documents that could shed light on what was behind those lane closures. and, you know, given that the u.s. attorney probe is ongoing and that could last quite some time, as long as kelly and stepien invoke their fifth amendment rights and if they get protection for those documents from this judge, then this matter could drag on for quite some time. >> all right, michael, thank you very much for your reporting there. bob, let me bring you in to this point. obviously, the beginning when this news first broke, you had this explosion of information and now we are caught up in the legal process of this. that's why i asked michael isikoff if this is an ongoing thing, but from what you're hearing, the christie administration, obviously, he's watching this all play out, as well. what's the insight on what's happening there? >> they are keeping fingers crossed. >> keeping fingers crossed? >> keeping fingers crossed that

maybe they'll be successful in court. but whatever happens here and however she rules, i don't think we've heard the end of it. i think it will be repealed. >> whatever decision you think will be repealed here. >> this is going to go on quite a bit, but for the staff themselves, there's sort of an unhappiness, sort of a weary look about them when you encounter them in the hallways. >> interesting, as well, michael making the point stepien and kelly, now it is clear they are focus of an investigation here, which is what their attorneys are asserting today and have been, as well, when the subpoenas were first issued here. so we now know what we've all suspected all along, quite honestly, that they are a key part of this and are at the center of this investigation. >> well, kelly wrote the memo we've all quoted about time for traffic problems, so she probably is more identified at this point with what happened than anybody else. >> this is where the issue of immunity comes into play here,

if she's going to turn over this information, like any person perhaps facing a tough investigation, you want to see what you get in return here. >> right. part of the argument today in the courtroom was that the employee can't -- state employee, in this situation can't claim the fifth amendment right as opposed to maybe stepien, who wasn't -- >> wasn't a state employee. right, and as it relates to chris christie's approval right now, his rating in new jersey dropped from 61 in november, 61%, to 41% now. we saw his cpac speech, he was upstaged by rand paul and others. his political life is hinging on this court hearing today and what follows. >> every poll that we've taken or anybody else has taken since this broke, he has lost support. there was also one out of iowa that said that 57% of the people there didn't like the way he

handled this whole bridgegate thing, so it's not just new jersey, which is what i think they were banking on. >> i'm curious, as well, what do you think the insight is as far as people not liking how he handled it? he held that ridiculously long news conference, some felt, at the time. he gives the appearance of, listen, i'm answering the questions when they come, the town halls he's continued, the radio show, as well. whether the questions are suffice or sufficient, that's up for debate, but he's not hiding in his home. >> well, that's a matter of how you look at it, that long news conference you spoke of was back on january 9th. there hasn't been one since. >> he has the town halls and radio show. >> let's look at where they were. they were in morris county, that's his home county, he's very popular there. they were places where sandy had hit. that's important, because these people are wondering, where is my money, they are not going to ask about bridgegate when they can say why is my house not been

rebuilt. so if you don't really look at the situation closely, it might look like he's available and answering all the questions. the fact is, he hasn't answered any questions publicly about this since january 9th. what, three months? >> thank you very much. you're one of the best out there. thank you, appreciate your time, sir. >> you bet. just over two hours ago, 9:00 a.m. eastern time, senate democrats wrapped up an all-night session on congress, taking to the senate floor for 14 1/2 hours straight of speeches, all of the issue related to climate change. at least 28 senate democrats participated in this talk-a-thon. one after the other, the senators talked about how extreme weather and natural disasters are affecting their states. >> the sense of this climate problem is not lost on our average american. >> we're here because if we fail to act, our planet will be destroyed.

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president's health care law. conversely, if democrats end up losing this, this would be on turf president obama won this district one percentage point in 2012 and it could concern some democrats who are running, noting this political environment is politically treacherous for a lot of democrats, even those who represent blue and purple districts and states. >> which is interesting you make the blue/purple distinction, because it is a no-brainer regarding democrats in red states, even some senate races that could, if the conventional wisdom is correct, could be dragged down by some of the questions regarding the health care rollout and other issues. >> the way i'm looking at the midterm electorate, separating the two tiers, first is all the races happening in arkansas, alaska, north carolina, south dakota, montana. these are states that president obama's never had a whole lot of success in, but then there's the second tier of state, colorado, new hampshire, and if republicans are going to pick off some of those states and

senate seats, that would be something to watch, separate a good night for republicans in a great night, conversely a bad night for democrats into a terrible night. >> a lot of money being spent. outside groups on both sides have spent about $9 million, and mostly negative ads with nearly 200 political commercials airing on tv each day, mark. >> well, the florida voters in this election, tamron, have a good piece of news after today. they will be seeing no more tv ads on their tv screens. but it does show you the power of all these outside groups. alex sink, the democrat, has almost a 4-1 ad spending advantage over david jolly, the republican, but these republican outside groups have almost been able to narrow that gap where it's a 1-1 parody of who's up on tv. >> mark, thank you very much. i want to get our audience updated on breaking news out of washington. cia director john brennan has just responded to accusations made an hour ago by senator

dianne feinstein that his agency illegally hacked computers belonging to the congressional panel. take a listen. >> nothing could be further from the truth. we wouldn't do that. i mean, that's just beyond the scope of reason, in terms of -- >> she says there are potentially illegal and unconstitutional breaches by the cia. >> well, appropriate authorities right now, both inside of cia, as well as outside of cia -- >> justice department. >> -- are looking at what cia officers, as well as staff members did, and i defer to them to determine whether or not there was any violation of law or principle. if there was any inappropriate actions that were taken related to that review, either by cia or by the scci staff, i'd be the first to say we need to get to the bottom of it, and if i did something wrong, i'd go to the president and explain what i did and what the findings were. and he is the one who can ask me to stay or to go.

>> all right. that is an interview with andrea mitchell off camera there. of course, andrea's show follows this and will have much more on the cia director's response to what we heard, the incredible accusation from senator feinstein and have the very latest on how this all started really developing last wednesday and hitting this major point today. well, turning back now to the search for malaysia flight 370, crews from ten countries are now looking over a massive area that includes the east and west coast of malaysia and thailand, as well as the land between. nbc's keir simmons got an up-close look at the search effort under way from the air right now. >> reporter: we took off from subang air base in malaysia searching for an aircraft missing for days. the heart of the operation, to find out what happened to flight 370. the water stretches out on either side of us. you can see ocean on this side, ocean on that side.

the malacca strait is 705 kilometers. the malaysian air force team scoured the ocean. while we were in the air, they made contact with six other airplanes also looking. we are flying low over the ocean off the coast of malaysia. well below 1,000 feet. it is calm down there, you can see everything, and nothing. there's no sign of flight 370. the flight took off from kuala lumpur, heading towards beijing. the initial search operation concentrated on the eastern coast of malaysia. it has now been expanded to the west, taking in the strait of malacca, that's where we searched today. another day without success. how frustrating is it, that we still haven't found the aircraft? >> it is frustrating. >> reporter: this team has been out over the water now for four days.

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killer whale shows at seaworld in california could soon be a thing of the past. richard bloom of santa monica is proposing a new bill that bans orcas from performances at theme parks. he says it's all because of the controversial movie "black fish," which highlights the death of seaworld trainer dawn brancheau. she was killed by a whale three years ago. here's a clip of the movie's trailer. >> when tilikum arrived at seaworld, he was twice as large as the next animal. >> we stored these whales in what we called a module, which was 20 feet across and 30 feet deep and the lights were all turned out. >> probably led to what i think is a psychosis. >> all whales in captivity are all psychologically traumatized, it's not just tilikum. >> the safety act would ban holding orca whales in

captivity. seaworld says the bill is flawed. assemblyman joins me now to talk more about it and i think we should have warned our audience. i've seen the movie and it is incredibly disturbing from many vantage points to watch, but i've got to read this to you just quickly. the family of dawn brancheau after "black fish" premiered, released a statement, we're not affiliated with the movie in any way. dawn would not have remained a trainer at seaworld for 15 years if she felt the whales were not well cared for. the family says she would not have been there if the whales were not cared for, but you still believe there needs to be legislation and a change. >> yes, i do. this bill would focus on ending the captive breeding of orcas and also importing or exporting them from the state of california. i think it's an important bill.

the scientific community that i have consulted with feels very, very strongly that the stress that these orcas, which in the wild have ranges of over 100 miles a day and can range over thousands of miles of open ocean don't belong captive in small swimming-like pool areas. >> as i mentioned, seaworld, part of the statement in response to your bill, they say that you basically align yourself with organizations that are clearly motivated by political stunt, and they say included in the groups are some of the same activists that partnered with peta in bringing the meritless claim that animals in human care should be considered slaves under the 13th amendment, a clear publicity stunt. we engage in business practices that are responsible. your reaction to that, assemblyman? >> well, all i can tell you is, there's no truth to it whatsoever.

i've heard from people from every walk of life, we have bipartisan support for this bill, the concepts in the bill are backed up by an editorial in "scientific america" this month. i haven't consulted with any extreme organizations, and, you know, i think this is seaworld kind of flailing and throwing as much stuff out there as they can to try and distract from the real issue here, which we should be discussing and debating, and that is whether marine mammals of this type should be on display and should be cooped up in small areas, when their natural environment is much different. >> some of the other things that you propose in the bill, outside of what you would end the import/export of orcas in and out of the state, retire captive orcas to sea pens and on display but not perform.

the san diego mayor, mayor of san diego, says this bill would hurt the city. he said in his statement, seaworld's a critical part of san diego's economy, in addition to drawing thousands of tourists to san diego each year, it is also a leader in maritime and wildlife conservation. that is a non-seaworld criticism of your proposal. >> yes, well, i certainly agree with much of that statement. seaworld is important to the san diego economy. it does contribute a lot. a lot of the research that they fund is very important and welcomed research, but i firmly believe that this bill is not going to affect the bottom line of an organization that's a multibillion dollar corporate entity at all. corporations and businesses shift their models all the time, and, in fact, if you go to seaworld's web page right now, they don't feature the killer whales except in a very, very small part of their marketing.

so i don't see this as having a significant impact on the bottom line, and again, i think that seaworld is trying to find excuses to distract away from the very important dialogue and discussion that has to happen around this bill. >> well, to your point, prior to the movie, but certainly after, the dialogue has certainly increased regarding this serious concern. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you, sir. well, a may 5th trial date for justin bieber tops our look at stories around the news nation. bieber is charged with driving under the influence and several other related charges. he was arrested in january in miami beach after what police are calling an illegal drag race with high-end sports cars. breath tests show his alcohol content was below the legal limit, but other tests detected pot and xanax. nadya suleman, octomom, faces a court hearing today on a

welfare fraud charge. prosecutors say she took government aid without reporting that she was making money as a topless dancer and an adult film actress. she already pleaded not guilty to three charges and will face a fourth today of receiving almost $10,000 in medical benefits. entitled to. and professional hockey player is okay after a xaerry moment on the bench. he collapsed during first period of the game. staffers rushed him to the hospital where doctors say they did a chest compression to bring a rhythm back to his heart. he underwent a procedure to correct a heartbeat six months ago. they postponed the game. that is terrifying. up next, we know how much tax money the state of colorado earned in just one month of legalized pot sales and that big number coming up after a break is one of the things we thought you should know.

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there is a lot going on this morning and here's some things we thought you should know. it looks like people are smoking up a storm in colorado. the state says it took in more than $3.5 million in taxes and fees from recreational and medicinal marijuana sales in january. 2 million of that was from rec sales alone. president obama endured six minutes of barbs and kind of insults but not really, all in the name of the healthcare law. he appeared on "between two ferns" to tell everyone the deadline to sign up for healthcare.gov is march 31st. >> insurers can't discriminate against you if you have a preexisting condition. >> but what about -- what about this though? >> that's disgusting.

how long have you had? >> just four months. >> spider bites, i got attacked by spiders. >> you need to get that checked right away. get on healthcare.gov, that's one of the most disgusting things i've seen. >> which country were you rooting for in olympics? >> seriously? >> on a serious note from that, it's time for the "news nation" gut check. we heard from richard blum who is proposing a bill that would ban killing whale shows in california. he says the movie "blackfish" opens his eyes and sea world says it already operates under state and federal laws and its deeply committed to the well being of all of its animals. so, what does your gut tell you this morning? should states ban using killer

whales for our entakenment. take a look at what yesterday's gut check showed. we asked, do you think the conference should have been invited snowden to speak? 40% of you said yes. 60% said no. wow. all right, that does it for this edition of news nation. i'm back here tomorrow. we'll see you then. up next, "andrea mitchell reports" with peter alexander. they'll have more of andrea's conversation with john brener.

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committee computers. >> i have asked for an apology that the cia search of computers used by the committee was inappropriate. i have received neither. pieces to the puzzle. new clues revealed about the two passengers who used stolen passports to board the missing malaysia airlines flight 370, but this new lead has not brought investigators any closer to finding out what went wrong. >> this clearly is quite disturbing because it's been several days and still no trace of the aircraft. rest assured a number of threads are being pulled to see what we can find out. the desperate mission to find any sign of that jet liners expands to a new area west of malaysia. >> reporter: we're flying low over the ocean off the coast of malaysia, well below 1,000 feet. it is