mystery. was it pilot error or terror? i'm toure. the more we narrow the possibility it is more confuse thing story gets. >> how far will he go? president obama expands russian sanctions and putin shrugs his shoulders. at least one top official over there is warning that russian president is not going to stop with crimea. >> in the storm cycle, when will it end? washington, d.c., is shut down for the st. patrick's day fortune luckiest of reasons. it looks like old man winter is going down kicking and screaming. >> don't worry. i'm here for sports. march madness is officially upon us and we are raring to go. i'm krystal ball reporting from san francisco. my bracket is done. let's just say you should probably go ahead and start calling it krystal baller. >> we begin with breaking news. the search for missing malaysian

flight 370 is a criminal investigation. focusing in two vast corridors. expanding two continents, pair of oceans and several seas. dictated by the final satellite ping that hit 7 1/2 hours after takeoff. the criminal aspect is based on investigators' belief the flight was taken off course deliberately. the pentagon now says that the u.s. military is about to cut back participation in the search and returning it to its normal navy operations. lots of developments happening over the weekend. we have no wreckage, no evidence after crash. we have no evidence that this plane landed anywhere and no evidence the pilots were onboard behind it but that's where investigators are focused. on the pilots the flight crew, the ground engineers and anyone who had access to this plane. let's start with nbc's kerry sanders in washington. let's start with the pilot and the co-pilot. what do we know about them? >> well, we know that -- this is

important. that they did not request to fly together. why that's important to investigators is because if there was a suggestion of collusion, it might begin with the fact that they asked to work on this flight together. but they had no indication of that. if there is something that happened in the cockpit and it happened at the will of either the pilot or the co-pilot, it does not appear that they would have done something in concert. that's what the investigators are looking at. they also want to know more about them. we know that the pilot is 53 years old and has extensive experience. the amount of hours that he has at a 777 controls are in excess of 18,000 hours. compare that to his 27-year-old co-pilot who had 2,763 hours. p a tremendous amount of time. and, as you know, the investigators have gone to their homes and at the pilot's home they took out a flim simulator.

a lot of people have been focusing on the flight simulator. why would he have a flight simulator? first of all, just pilots like to fly. either with 18,365 hours behind your controls of the 777, it may be that if he wants on his off time to fly, it is just not easy to get airborne in malaysian. it is not like in the united states where you can just take off and fly and have some pastime flying. it is not uncommon for folks to get with these flight controllers at home and simulate paths. also they like to play with different sorts of routes and weather and terrain. but what's important to investigators is when that computer is simulating flight, it may show something that he practiced and they want to know whether he rehearsed something if, indeed, he is the one that decided to take this plane on this very unusual route and then disappeared. they may also find the information that exonerates him there. they also went to the co-pilot's

home and they have taken some evidence there. between don't know the specifics. >> we are also talking about the two flight paths in the northern and southern corridor. what is that telling us? >> okay. i have sort of a map up here. let's just take a look at the first map, let's just see where we show you the plane comes out of kuala lumpur and goes up north there's possible flights of where it was going. where we see it goes to the dotted line going up to vietnam, that's where it was supposed to make contact on the radio from the flight controllers down to kuala lumpur to the flight controlners vietnam but that never happened. as we go to the next map here, we are looking at the region. i'm going to draw in here the arcs we are talking about. first of all, we are talking about down here. this is the area where we are talking about when we draw this arc. in there the australian military is now moving aircraft as well as vessels to see if they can

find any evidence down here up into the indian ocean and if there is any indication of any sort of wreckage. but they also are looking up here, up to the north to see over the land. in fact, i will take you to another map so we can zoom in there. up in this area and 15 countries. it is believed there is enough fuel to have gotten up into kazakhstan, all in and around this area. the thing that's difficult about looking at this particular area is as they look in and around here, that's really rough terrain. so it is not as if you are going to find open plat areas where the plane could easily land. so while it is a huge area, it actually narrows the spots of where had should look for a plane if you want to go with this idea that the plane was somehow purposefully taken to that location and landed safely

and didn't crash. >> kerry sanders, inning stuff. thank you for walking us through all of that. let's bring in retired navy fighter pilot rick ozzie nelson. also with us, john hansman. he runs m.i.t.'s international center for air transportation. john, what do you make of the timeline and the fact that the transmitters were shut off right as they are moving -- is this correct, from malaysia into vietnam? >> the malaysians have shifted the time lines a little bit. yesterday they have been saying that will was a dash one of the communication raid wroes shut off. then there was the last air traffic control communication and then another one was shut off p. today it looks more like the -- the systems were shut off or failed after the last communication. it takes a little bit that -- that's why they were so us is patient bus the crew right now.

they have adjusted that. but it -- the lost of communication was right at the border of the end of the malaysian air space. it is at a time where you would expect to be out of radio communication because you had stopped talking to malaysian but you hadn't talked to vietnam yet. if you were trying to disappear this would be a good place to try to do. >> it how seriously should we take malaysia's claims the pilot has these ties to the opposition leader and was in court just hours before the flight took off when the opposition leader was then sentenced to five years in prison? what is your reaction to that? >> i think it is clearly something that we have to be aware of and taking into account. obviously i think it is quite clear that the plane was deliberately altered. the course was. either by a rogue crew or hijacker and motivations, you know, we don't know, it is very difficult, these cases, as we know from the egypt air crash

990. you don't know individuals' motivations and whether they will act on the motivations. >> the part of this that does not make sense to me, if this was a terrorist plot or hijacking, it all seems to have been done in this very careful way with the handoff and transponders being turned off right after that handoff between malaysian and vietnam and the course correction. but why would someone hijack a plane, play it for seven hours, and then just crash it in the ocean without anyone taking responsibility without any sort of seemingly larger plan? >> you know, i think it is an excellent point and complexing which why it brings rise to one of the greatest concerns and the possibility that this plane was hijacked and was taken and landed at a -- another country and will be utilized as a weapon in future terrorist attack. it is unlikely but it is still a possibility at this point. and it is very concerning. >> john, we know that

authorities have searched the pilots' home and found a flight simulator in the pilot's home. between heard from kerry sanders saying it is not all that uncommon for someone that loves to fly to have one of these things in their home. is this something that to you raises a red fling? is it possible for them to see if the pilot rehearsed something like this on the machine beforehand? >> yeah. it does not raise any red flags at all. a lot of people have flight simulators and this was very sophisticated one. i think it just -- goes to the fact that this pilot was -- you know, was very interested in flying. i do think that what they are looking for on -- flight simulator are prayer pilots that had been flown or flight tracks and i think that if, in fact, this was an intentional diversion and the captain was, you know, was responsible for it, that -- they are hoping that that would give some hint as to where he was trying to go which would help sort of narrow the search area. >> john, ozzie raised the

possibility that the plane could potentially have landed somewhere and initially we were hearing, you know, 777 like this, it is so large. there wouldn't be that many places where it could theoretically land. then some media outlets were reporting that actually within the range, will 600-plus places where 777 could possibly land. does this seem even theoretically plausible to you that this plane could have actually landed somewhere? >> theoretically, you could do it. but it is -- it would be really tough. you have to have a runway that's long enough to 5,000 feet or so. you have to get the airplane on the ground without anybody noticing it. it is a big airplane. hard to do that. then you would have to have a place to hide it. because satellites are looking at all of those runways and all of those airports. that seems unlikely to me. the whole nation you would use the airplane as a weapon of mass destruction. that's a cumbersome weapon.

if you have this thing hide something where in, you know, somewhere in the middle of asia, what are you going to do with it? how will you fly with it, use it? you know, that to me, i think is more speculation. i think that it is pretty unlikely. >> that's one theory of the case you may land and as you say, it is an instrument. the other theory in the case it may have been headed for that kind of use in that same flight. we have a post-9/11 world here where obviously a lot of alarm bells are being set off when you have a plane disappear shortly after takeoff, make erratic movements in altitude. when you look at that entire pattern, should the malaysian military or any other national security apparatus had more of a response in real-time, do you think? >> i think that this raises so many questions from how did two stolen passports get used to facili facilitate boarding, lost track of this aircraft. we have to remember that

terrorist organizations not just al qaeda have had a fascination with aviation since the late '60s and early '70s. this is a viable weapon, whether it is to get your message out or as we saw at 9/11. while it is unlikely i don't think you can discount the fact there could be they farrious activity behind this. that's one of the reasons i think it has been turned into a criminal investigation. >> sure. when we say it is unlikely we realize we are comparing a range of unlikely events here, we are dealing with the low-probably built situation in the first place. john, of course, as we have been mentioning, 777 massive size jet, pirates seem to follow, no navigational wave points with the experience needed to navigate a plane like this. do you think the pilots ultimately from your best guess were at the controls or someone else took over? >> we just don't know. you know. again, when the timeline yesterday, when you had a different timeline and it seemed like it was appointmenting towards the pilots but today with the new timeline, if it was

taken over, it could have been an intruder or it could have been the crew or, you know, it is still a possibility -- it is more remote that will was some problem, original turn was an emergency diversion back to the crowsest landable airport and became incapacitated. it does not really explain the subsequent turn to the north or the south. we just don't have enough pieces to put the puzzle together. >> oz write, you are a navy pilot and you work for the national security council and the national counterterrorism center. what's going on behind closed doors of those places? >> as a navy helicopter pilot, working those institutions, work very closely with our foreign partners and this -- this is what the united states has to do in this case. they are not going to be the lead organization. looking at countries like china. they will be very interested in this. the united states both through law enforcement and intelligence channels will offer support, offer any intelligence or background information that it

may have. it is also going to use those relationships to try to glean any information it can be about potential criminal or terrorist activities related to this. we have seen a lot of behind the closed doors law enforcement intelligence conversations going on now. >> yeah. still so many questions. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> we bring it back to the table now with anthony roman. he is a former corporate pilot who runs the global investigation firm roman and associates. it is great have you with us. we know the plane experienced significant change in altitude. it climbed to 45,000 feet and then dropped to 23,000 feet. then climbed up again. what sort of impact would this have on the people in the plane? would it kill them immediately? do you see this as anything other than being deliberate? >> i think that we have to be very careful whether we take those broad altitude diversions as pure fact. primary radar data is not as reliable relative totality tud

and deviations about and rates of speed of altitude as is transponder enhanced raw dar. if an aircraft went to 45,000 feet, in had particular case, the 777, it is not designed to do this. it is outside of its flight parameters. if it was being hand flown and it had to have been hand flown, simply because the autopilot would not go up to that altitude. if it was hand flown, it would be very -- what we call squirrely. it would wobble and be very uncontrollable. if it dove to 23,000 feet at the rate that they claim it was, this would be beyond the fuselage's capability to stay together and it would have come apart. >> when you look at a story like this, one of the things that people say is -- a teachable moment which is one of the weird jargony words that just means a lot of us are learning as we go

about this area. there's such a tremendous interest in what happened to this plane. this missing plane and these people. one of the things we are learning ten days this is that even when there is a tremendous international priority here, the u.s. is not necessarily authorized to come in even though they have a lot of the expertise. by one estimate, public estimate, two fbi officials on the ground in kuala lumpur. walk us through for the background of how hard it is even in a crisis like this? this is a crisis. how hard it is to get the authorization to get sore governments, particular there u.s. government, and as fully engaged as possible so it can do some of the investigative work. >> i think that it can be very, very tricky. particularly in the case of malaysian. where the native culture is one to save face. one not to allow anything to be wrong, that the government knows best. this makes it politically and culturally difficult.

as is the current investigation concerning the captain and the first officer. absolutely very, very difficult for the population and some consideration should be given to that. particularly by all of us in the press. these individuals so far have impeccable records. will is no known affiliation with radical groups. the pilot has blown for that airline for decades. he filled his time with the usual pilot geek hobbies. as i do ask many other pilots. it just seems to me that the investigation absolutely needs to be directed will but weigh should be careful to protect their reputations. >> we have been looking at two possible flight paths. the northern arc that goes over some 15 countries up to kazakhstan and southern arc down

in the indian ocean. i mean, given the fact that the northern arc flies over a lot of countries, many of which have, you know, a lot of radar and in which the skates are being patrolled, relatively carefully, do the relevant facts point you towards it being more likely to have taken the southern arc through the indian ocean? >> well, the northern arc from a logic standpoint seems to be the way to go. not very much down in the southern arc. there are some remote islands off of australia and the australian vas tremendous air defense system. they would have been detected. in the northern arc, the same is really rue. there are air defense radars all along that arc. particularly in india and pakistan. and along the coast of vietnam. so to me, it seems like an unlikely scenario that needs to

remain one of the investigative hypotheticals. but i -- i just don't see that happening. >> you have been in aviation and you have been in investigations before. what is the theory that to you at this point makes the most sense? >> regrettably i believe that this was essentially a hostage situation in the aircraft. co-pilot had a history of security breaches in the cockpit which, by the way, is not uncommon in foreign airlines. particularly non-western airlines. it would seem most likely to me that perhaps the aircraft may have been lost over the bay of bengal. although no one really knows. i have to qualify that. >> of course -- no one really knows. that's why we are spending so much time talking about it. anthony roman, thank you so much for your expertise. now you are all caught up on all the latest developments around

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today i'm announcing a series of measures for those responsible of what's happening in ukraine. believe there is a path to resolve this situation diplomatically. in a way that address it is interests of both russia and

ukraine. that includes russia pulling its forces in crimea back to their bases. supporting the deployment of additional monitors in ukraine. engaging in dialogue with the ukrainian government. >>s that was president obama this morning announcing new sanctions against russia and now breaking in just the last hour russian president utin in his part signed an order recognizing crimea as a soft earn and independent state. officials say 97% of voetners crimea backed secession. some public celebrations were is visible in the streets there are u.s. sanctions targeting seven russian officials and four crimean separatists leaders. the former president yanukovych. asset freezes, ban on doing business with u.s. interests or visiting the u.s. in

restrictions on donations that might benefit some of the targeted individuals. today the eu announced its own freeze on the assets and travel of 21 people while the sanctions here are fairly limited. the next steps in the stand-off could be expansive as russia's troops continue to gather on another part of ukraine's border. to analyze the ukraine's next move, former ambassador to ukraine. welcome. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. let's start with that buildup. the military buildup there on the border of ukraine which is happening in concert with everything i just mentioned. the sanctions and escalation. where do we go from here? >> well, i think that it would be wise to find some way to persuade the russians to basically ratchet down that military buildup. what the russians are doing is provocative and actually irresponsible because you get into a situation where perhaps

even if the russians don't into end launch a conflict one could break out by accident. you have russian and ukraine soldiers within yards of each other. one nervous 20-year-old mistake away from a shooting war. >> we just showed video. there were lots of celebration after the vote. journalists suggestion just so happy in crimea are to be a part of russia. the vote, we are going home, crimea is in russia. ambassador, you know, you spent a lot of time over there. help us understand how their daily lives will change and what, in anything, will be different? >> there is's no doubt there are a number of people in crimea who want to go back to russia. although i think that the referendum we saw yesterday cannot be regarded as legitimate. russia will be probably the only country in the world that recognizes it as such. and you have one report that indicates if you look at the turnout, the major city had a

turnout of 123%. i there are lots of questions. but what this means for the crimeans, what i think they are hoping, and we will see if this happens, is that they hope that by moving back towards russia, they can,ing in fact, increase their economics circumstances. but they are also -- there are going to be drawbacks. about 70% of the tourists to crimea come from the ukraine. are those people going to be coming to crimea this summer? probably not. >> ambassador, what are the implications here for the rest of ukraine? is putin going to be satisfied with crimea? is this the first of a wave? >> i think this is one of the wore why some things here. i don't know it is just about crimea. going back to last summer, it has been a concern that ukraine was on a course to draw much closer to the european unions. specifically through signing an association agreement. the new government that has

taken over since president yanukovych fled the capital on october 21 that government made very clear in its interest drawing closer to the european union. my guess is mr. putin is not done yet. he is trying to find ways and perhaps crimea is leveraged in this case to push kiev not to go forward with the move towards the european union. >> i'm sure some of those people were authentically celebrating. the people that would have protested the move or the vote are not actually allowed to protest. one-sided conversation there. russia is europe's prime supplier of oil and gas and we all know the customer is always right. it seems to me the person with the most leverage in this situation could be angela merkel if he goes to putin and says we are not happy about this and maybe we should take our oil and gas business elsewhere, that could make him want to rethink this whole thing, do you think? >> i think that there are a couple of points that are very good. first of all, if you look at

what angela merkel said last week about russia, it is very difficult to find in the last 20 years a harsher statement by a german chancellor with regards to russian activities. i think that the germans are very concerned here. now, my guess is that the germans don't want to move right away into the economic area. because cutting off the oil and gas on if t one hand denies russia's significant income. but it also is a major source of energy for germany. . there may be more possibilities in the area to financial sanctions and you have seen already the u.s. and the european union take initial steps at targeted individuals but they could also go on and if merited towards broader financial sanctions that might deny russia international lending. and it doesn't even have to be -- neither russia mohr brussels have decide dodd that. have you seen the financial markets the stock market down 15% over the last lee weeks. just the threat of those sanctions may have some impact

and inflict some pain on the russian economy. >> demonstration that can sometimes have hard consequences. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> up next, quakes, pyre and snow. a sea of green. wild weather from coast to coast. yes, of course, "the cycle" has you covered for this st. patrick's day.

. it is a special edition of the storm cycle from out here in california where mother nature rattled a whole lot of people right on -- out of bed this morning. as if mondays are not already tough enough. 4.4 magnitude struck the los angeles area this morning. will have been no reports of significant damage despite it being the strongest quake in the past five years. fortunately milwaukee viewers had a calming presence to guide them through what was happening. >> more problems -- >> earthquake. we are having an square.

>> okay. it appears to have stopped. we are going to -- we are going to jump right now -- yes. to the u.s. geological survey. let's get right on that right now. that felt very close. >> very strong. >> let's get right on that. >> okay. you can see right now, i mean, we have stuff here falling. some sort of ceiling from -- >> now to be fair, all television studios have very heavy lights that hang from the ceiling. we have them, too. you do not want one of them falling on your head. i promise. i know that that is an entirely different story for you guys back east. this is the annual st. patrick's day parade in new york city today. revelers braved wind chills in the teens. at least they escaped this. the nation's capital tacked another eight inches of see in on to their already large winter totals. some of the surrounding areas got almost a foot.

it is march 17, people. the weather channel's jim cantore is taking it all in stride. >> the only evidence that march is here was from two days ago white was 68 degrees outside. and that sun warmed the ground so nicely that you can almost see the melting going on. even show it is about 25 degrees. the heat is being reradiated back up to melt the snow here. where we have on the mall the new grass, there's just enough insulation so that will is no melting going on out in through here. a big difference when you have insulation versus bare ground in march. that absorption of the heat from the sun, believe it or not, is helping us to get rid of this bad memory here. wind chills in the teens now. we have a stiff norther winds. low pressure trying to develop offshore. funneling the cold air all the way down to north carolina where the precipitation is. the damage was done. a lot of this event came in last night and this morning. where they literally had to cease operations at dulles and

reagan for about four hours for snow removal. that was successful. now we are talking about planes that never got a chance to get in here. so people that are waiting on planes that didn't get in this morning won't have planes to get out on. there is going to be a backlog. no question bit. a lot of the airports -- 800 from philly down through the d.c. airports and down into charlotte and raleigh as well. where we have this wintry precipitation. but to make matters worse, 7.2 inches of snow here in washington, d.c. at least the downtown area here is the most snow we have had on a single march day since 9:00. tonight temperatures drop into the 20s. will it ever end? even as a meteorologist, i'm beginning to question that. back to you. >> all right. jim cantore, thank you for that report. up next, more than five years after the financial crisis award winning investigative reporter

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we are back with a market alert. stocks are up sharply today with worries over crimea dissipating for investors. the dow right now is up triple digits. coming off its worst week since january. s&p is also rebounding. as we learned all too well over the past five years, good news for wall street does not necessarily translate into good news for all the rest of us. this new book "seven sins of wall street," bloomberg investigative reporter bob ivry digs deep into the discretions what led to the financial crisis. more concerning he argues the sins have continued without consequence. no matter what you have heard, big banks and washington are still helping each other cash in on bailout culture. bob, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you know, we had the

financial collapse which was awful. but congress passed dodd-frank financial reform. we are good to go now, right? >> toure is laughing. i can't laugh because i'm too outraged. what dodd-fringe missed was the one thing that would have solved or gone the most solving this problem we have and that's breaking up the big banks. because if you are concerned about democracy, you ought to be concerned about the concentration of wealth and power in the biggest banks in wall street. >> the political system is owned by the banks. whatever happens will always be best for the banks ask not for us. >> that's what the perpetuation of the bailouts has done to our democracy and country now. we do need strong banks in this country. the big banks, strong banks, need a strong america as well. and we haven't had that balance. >> you talk in the book about how some on wall street used complexity to get away with wrongdoing and you also mention breaking up the banks. then there are folks that say

they are too big to prosecute. washington uses this complexity as an excuse. >> attorney general hold werpt nonfront of congress and said these institutions are too big to pay for their sins. i use the word sin but to pay for their crimes. that should be a concern to every citizen. so, yes, and -- governor huntsman did come forward in the last presidential campaign and you might have heard of him. he -- >> my dad cares deeply about the issue. it was like no one was listening. month one listened. one of the arguments against breaking up the big banks was that -- you -- punishing success. what we saw in the bailouts and what bloomberg news unveiled through a people of information act request was that the banks were borrowing money up to $1.2 trillion in a single night from the federal reserve. if your business needs that much money to con it is not successful. you also write about not just

the sort of extra cash and the special interest rates and all of that kind of stuff we know about, you also write in the book about all these exemptions to the rules that are on the books. right? >> forget what new laws you want passed. say j.p. morgan gets special exemptions to do special tricks around commodities trading. one big question i have is an easy one. you know, why do they get these special loopholes? if you have this administration come in after bush and say we are going to be tougher, wouldn't that be an easy place into the year of executive action for barack obama than an easy place to start? >> that would be an easy place to start. you go back to washington and the title of the book is "seven sins of wall street." i have a lot of -- find a lot of fault with washington. if the federal reserve which is supposed to be looking after the big banks or supervising them, they really -- practical reserve has let the big banks get away with whatever they wanted to do in the last few years. that's where you should start.

that's where you should look. >> it is a great book. really every citizen should read it and be outraged by what is going on. thank you so much. >> thanks. >> up next, i told you so. did you hear who got the last number one seed? i have one word for you. we have our brock et cetera filled out and are ready for march madness. here's next. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health.

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let the march mad must begin. as favorites and underdogs prep for their opening round matchups millions of americans are ducking their bosses anding a mizing over their brackets. time to pick the winning combination. number one overall see practice make to it the championship. could an upstart like creighton or st. louis surprise everyone? i have the answers right here in my hands. this is my bracket. we all sent ours over the weekend after getting tips on friday from jordan. he's back to help us brick down the field and our picks. jordan, it is great to have you back at the table. we are so excited to see what each other picked. you said arizona would win it all before we saw the brackets. are you sticking with it? >> they have a little bet of a tougher draw than i would have liked. i like arizona. love their offensive balance balance. top two teams in the country defensively. i like the wildcats. >> arizona winning. going up against iowa state. so we win together or dying together. >> iowa state is like the

opposite. >> iowa state offensively is arguably the best team in the country. big 12 player of the year. i love iowa state. >> jordan, you don't understand. this year it is all about one team. >> kansas, duke. >> show him. >> florida, florida, florida. >> florida, florida, florida. >> if you are like me, you have pittsburgh beating florida. gigantic upset because florida is the number one overall seed. had won about 119 games on the road it feels like. i do think florida has an opportunity go really far. this seems like a year with all the parody, florida, a team that people have winning the title could bow early, to me at least. >> all right. you want to hear serious -- >> yes. >> i have been waiting all week to hear your picks. >> do you want to do whatever it is you keep doing bring it to

me. >> let's put it up on the board. i have syracuse. can we see it on the board there? not putting it up there. syracuse because i went to school in upstate new york. gonzaga because i'm from washington all. i'm a proud go blue alum. run back one. >> coastal carolina is my sleeper team. it sounds like a nice place to visit. >> coastal carolina a is a 16. to give you perspective, a 16 has never beaten a 1 seed in the history of the field. >> is that the true? >> it is true. >> damn it. >> steven f. austin, the lumberjacks are a great defensive team. i think they will beat bcu. >> i want to bring in crystal. i don't know if you are rooting for them. >> not so much. i might have had acc and virginia bias in the bracket. i have a redo of the acc

championship. uva versus duke. i have vcu and i do have arizona in there for charlie. who do you think is going to under perform? you've got the cinderella stories and the giants who fall out early. >> i think duke and north carolina out of the acc, one of those teams will definitely win early. north carolina is a 6. not as much expectation. duke has potentially the number one pick and is a 3 seed. kansas, out of all the teams on the top four lines has an opportunity to go out earlier than people think. a lot of it is because the best player is out. we don't know when he'll be back. that's gigantic. >> you are bullish on michigan state? >> i love them. we had tom izzo on this morning. talking to him, it's hard not to pick michigan state. they're a 4 seed as is louisville. the two best 4 seeds i have seen. one of them, i wouldn't be surprised if they won table.

>> don't the sleep on the coasties. >> sleep on the coasties. >> it would make history. >> if they won a game. >>en count it. >> is that a high five moment? >> another one. low five. >> high fiving randomly. >> people love the coasties. >> go blue. >> we are so excited for the game. whose bracket do you think has the best chance to win? pick mine! go to the facebook page to cast your vote for me. check back throughout the tournament to see who made the bestle calls. >> i did. >> we all know it's winning that matters. up next, a page out of the political book. kes underwater fs that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪

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krystal ball is like a sister to me which is why i let her beat me up on tv. okay, enough of that. we have great respect. i believe she's on the wrong side of the democratic party's ongoing discussion about who and what it should become. the current battle for the soul of the party is will dems accept being the party of hillary or fight to be the party of a true liberal philosopher unafraid of wall street like elizabeth warren? the rise of the populist wing is thrilling. i'm proud to vote for ta. unless i move back tos boston that's not happening and i'm okay with it. when i was a kid i was fascinated with politics n. 1980 i stayed up late watching returns knowing carter would win and then -- >> reagan is our projected

winner. ro nald wilson reagan of california, a sports announcer, film actor, a governor of california is our projected winner. >> in 1984 it was even more painful. >> nbc news is now able to project is re-election of ronald wilson reagan. >> in 1988 i interned for the dukakis campaign. i was not shocked when -- >> george bush is the winner tonight in the presidential election putting together at least 279 electoral votes to beat michael dukakis in the race for the president of the united states. >> dems seemed hr focus on principle than electability and lost 5 of 7 elections. now they are buoyed by the win withes of obama and yet disappointed he's at knot a liberal. i remember when dems nominated true liberals and the smartest guys in the party and the resulting years of losses. in those year it is conservative revolution reshaped america and

dems were too weak to stop it. i'm not ashamed to say i'm willing to sacrifice some of what i believe in as a liberal to get behind a moderate dem who is electable. you should be, too. the party shouldn't risk a national election to see if the nation is ready for a liberal president, something they haven't asked since mondale got crushed. like him, warren is a true liberal, but she's an inexperienced national candidate who fits into the classic view of dems as ivy leaguers. benghazi and monica and age aren't going to win one vote that hillary could have gotten. the big argument is about what sort of party the dems will be. i know liberalism is about dreaming big and wanting to change the world and help the downtrodden. i love that. but american political change is incremental, not radical. the closer your candidate is to

the ideological edge of either party, the more radical change they propose, the riskier they are. demanding ideological purity out of your presidential candidate is the path to defeat. losing means you don't get to enact anything. you get to play defense. bill clinton led dems out of the wilderness by being a centrist. obama promised hope but was a moderate. in a way the whole debate is a false choice because warren is revolution fair because she's new and hasn't had to do the compromising that comes with governing. hillary has been in the governing class for decades. getting things done requires compromise. i hope warren continues to stand down so the most electable democrat we have had in decades can win. we are with looking at a potential 2014 disaster, so dems have to worry about pragmatism than political purity. that test is destroying the party. and hillary clinton, she of health care, is more liberal

than she's getting credit for. that does it for us. "now" starts now. >> could the captain's flight simulator tell us what happened to flight 370? it's monday, march 17, st. patrick's day. this is "now." >> search for flight 370 is an unprecedented stage. >> go back to amelia earhart. >> still no sign of the missing malaysian airlines plane. >> this is the largest search in aviation history. >> australia is agreeing to take the lead in scouring the southern indian ocean. >> it's a vast expanse of ocean. 28 million square miles. >> the pings from the black boxes carry only 15 miles. >> it would be like looking for