>> axelrod: tonight, is this debris from flight 370? a new search area yields objects with the same colors as the malaysia air 777.

hollhaim with the promising, disappointing, and exhausting quest for the piece of the puzzle. >> this is the most confused, contradictory, frustrating search investigation i've ever come across. >> axelrod: an emotional moment of silence for the mudslide victims in washington state. john blackstone has the latest on the rescuers and the devastating search. >> a little tremor here in the ballpark. >> axelrod: more than 100 aftershocks in southern california today after last night's earthquake. could more be on the way? and mind games-- terrell brown on the new u.s. memory champ and his unforgettable win. ( applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. crew members of chinese military planes searching a new section of the indian ocean say they spotted objects with some of the same colors as malaysia air

flight 370. while those objects may become the next target of investigators' focus as we have repeatedly seen, the ocean is full of trash and false hope. at this point, no one is saying any more about any possible link to this mystery now three weeks old that continues to unfold more than 1100 miles off the coast of australia. so far the search has been one giant exercise in frustration as crew after crew has come up empty. holly williams shows us what it's like when a burst of promise turns out to be nothing. >> reporter: we flew on an australian p3 orion today, in clear conditions, perfect for spotting debris. pilot dave o'brien took the plane down as low as 250 feet over the southern indian ocean. >> you know, ultimate to be the guy that finds it or the crew that finds it, and, you know, not just for bragging rights, but also for closure for the families. >> reporter: relying mainld on the human ithey sighted several

objects-- fishing buoys, ropes, and even a pod of dolphins, but four hours into the flight they saw something that really got them excited. >> white and light blue just below the surface. >> reporter: lieutenant o'brien banked hard to circle back and take another look but on second inspection, it turned out to be a disappointment. yet another fishing buoy. a series of satellite images that appear to show large pieces of debris floating in the indian ocean have raised hopes that fragments of the boeing 777 could soon be found, but yesterday, search teams discovered they'd been looking in the wrong place. investigators said they'd taken another look at flight data and decided the jethyperhad probably gone down 700 miles northeast of where they'd previously thought. jeff thomas is an australian aviation expert. >> this is most confused, contradictory, frustrating

search investigation i've ever come across. >> reporter: lieutenant o'brien and his team know that finding the wreckage of flight 370 may help finally solve the riddle of what went wrong and give some comfort to the families of those who were on board. >> there are lot of people out there just hanging on almost every word that get released, and we just hope we can bring somed isome good news. >> reporter: for the first time ships have retrieved objects spotted by of from the air by search crews, but three weeks after the flight mysteriously disappeared nothing they retrieved so far is confirmed as kebrie from the missing jetliner. >> axelrod: it has now been a week of frantic digging at the mudslide. today all of the victims were remembered. john blackstone is in darrington, washington tonight. >> reporter: at 10:37 this morning, exactly a week after

the landslide, washington state paused to remember. nowhere did the moment of silence mean more than in darrington, the nearest up to to oso, the community wiped away by the slide. >> one week ago today, our community changed forever. >> reporter: dan rankin is mayor of darrington. >> the reminder is always there, and that scar on the mountain will never heal, nor will the scar in our hearts ever heal. >> reporter: searchers at the impact zone briefly stopped their work in honor of those lost beneath the mud. for searchers, the steady rain just one challenge. national guard units are working in water up to their waists. at the end of the day, searchers must be decontaminated because toxic ofix chemicals are part of the mix. >> you just have to walk very slowly, very carefully. i think you probably heard some of it being described similar to quicksand. you have to be very careful where you step. >> reporter: search dogs, often doing their job deep in

mud, have proven essential here. steve harris is incident command supervisor. >> the big tool are dogs and keeping those dogs healthy and safe with the mud out there, it's a real problem because the dogs are getting hypothermic. the mud takes away their natural insulating ability so we're real careful to give them rest. >> reporter: at the radio ground, volunteers caring for animals displaced by the landslide paused for the moment of silence, even if the animals did not. volunteer kelsey nickerson came to care for the horses. >> i think it's really cool how the community is coming together. >> reporter: one week after the landslide, the community is also beginning to understand the enormous task that lies ahead. a reskative of one of those lost in the landed slide was told the search for bodies could go on for four months. jim. >> reporter: john blackstone amid the heartbreak of washington state. thank you, john. in southern california they're cleaning up tonight after an

earthquake. it was centered just about 20 miles outside of los angeles, rattling both homes and nerves. the quake even stopped the rides at disneyland for a while. here's carter evans. >> reporter: the 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit just after 9:00ed from night. it left stores a mess and did enough damage to homes and apartments that more than 80 people had to find somewhere else to sty. since then, more than 100 aftershocks have rumbled through the region. >> so the early warning system, four seconds-- ( buzzer ). >> and now we're having an aftershock. >> reporter: crews are now inspecting bridges, dams, and railroad tracks for signs of damage. the quake even caught the attention of baseball hall of fame announcer vince sculley during an exhibition game. >> a little tremor here in the ballpark. >> reporter: there were no reports of major damage, but photos posted to social media, show plenty of minor damage to homes and businesses. the last big quake to hit california was in 1994, the 6.7 magnitude northridge earthquake

killed dozens and caused $25 billion in damage. 20 years later, californiaians are fairly acuft tomed earthquakes, but officials fear another major one like north bridge could catch them off guard. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> axelrod: i tornado watch has come and gone in central florida, but they've been getting pounded by rain all day. this is what it looked like today in orlando. the northeast is also in the process of getting soaked. that, of course, is producing concerns about flooding. eric fisher is the chief meteorologist for wbz-tv in boston. eric, how concerned should people in the northeast be? >> well, jim, we're looking at minor to moderate flooding and you get into springtime you get soaking rainstorms and this is one on the map for us this evening, unlike the big storm we saw in the atlantic earlier this week, this will become cut off from the jet stream flow, so it will sit and spin through tonight and tomorrow and into the continued dayon monday before it finally dwe parts. how much rain are we talking

about? a widespread 1-3 inches total, but in the new york and braer, 2-4 inches of rainfall are going to cause localized streeting and watching the rivers. there is a lot of ice and snow still out there. that will be melting and adding in to some of that water. nine states, flood watches and this whole storm sticks around until tuesday morning. >> axelrod: a very messy end to march. eric, thank you. general motors will has expanded its recall yet again. g.m. added another 662,000 to the recall list, bringing the total number to $4.8 million, nearly double the number of cars they sold all last year. >> reporter: the new problems g.m. reported late last night have t with the transmissions of six different models of trucks and s.u.v.s. the list includes the top selling chevrolet silverado, and gmc sierra 1500 pickup trucks

and a list of several models from next year's lineup, including the 2015 chevy suburban and tahoe, and mood models of the 2015 gmc yukon, with six-speed automatic transmissions. in all those models, g.m. said transmission cool lines weren't secured properly, meaning oil could contact a hot surface and result nay vehicle fire. the company said three fires have been reported without any injury. also recalled, certain trims of the carol cruz exact. the company said it was aware of several dozen episodes but no crashes or injuries. g.m. is also confirming another death related to those faulty ignition switches, bringing the total to 13. today an attorney sent g.m. c.e.o. mary barra a letter asking her to meet with family

members of loved ones who lost a family members because of an ignition defect. we reached out to g.m. the company tells us it will respond to the invitation directly. vinita nair, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: in central ohio they are dealing with a health situation you don't hear about much these days-- a mumps outbreak. the virus, which causes fev, headaches and swelling of the salve zero glands has affected 103 people, 81 at ohio state university. it is also the measles that has the attention of public health officials in several state. afs yesterday, the c.d.c. reported 84 cases in 11 state. california tops the list with 34 cases followed by new york state with 24. let's go to washington and dr. anthony fauci, the executive director of the national institute for allergy and infectious diseases. doctor, we've gotten used to the idea in this country over the

last several generations that vaccinations have sort of reduced the threat of measles and mumps. what's going on here? >> what we're seeing is a failure to have as much vaccination as you really feel to completely control these types of outbreaks and one of the problems is that usually mothers who are concerned, understandably but really without any real scientific basis, about the adverse events associated with vaccines, balanced against the serious consequences of the disease itself. and when people don't get their children vaccinated, that's when you see these types of outbreaks that we're seeing, which is really very unfortunate for the children who get infected who could have been protected had they been vaccinated. >> axelrod: how widespread could this get? >> well, it's not going to get country-wide widespread. in the united states, although we'd like to see complete compliance with vaccination, we have about 90% of people get vaccinated for measles in the

united states. that's lower than we would want it, but what you're going to see is pockets of little outbreaks like this that are unfortunate for the children and others who get it. in the u.k., it's down to 80%, and if you go and look at what's happening in england, in the united kingdom, there are much greater, more frequent, and larger outbreaks of measles because they're down to 80%. it's completely related to how you vax nais nate and what percentage of the people get vaccinated. >> axelrod: dr. anthony fauci, thank you so much for your time. >> you're quite welcome. >> axelrod: secretary of state john kerry will meet sergey lavrov to discuss the crisis in ukraine. that follows yesterday's hour-long phone call between presidents obama and piewtip. in ukraine, former world boxing champion vitali klitschko cropped out of the race for president today. later, prime space available.

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years? >> it's been vacant longer than that. it's been really empty since the 1980s. >> reporter: david wise is with the government accountability office. how much do you think a building like this could fetch? >> that i really can't tell you. >> reporter: it's millions of dollars. >> i think that's probably a fair-- a fair estimate, yeah. >> reporter: the gsa says they are starting to move properties using online auctions and building swaps for long-term leases. take, for example, one of washington's crown jewels, the old post office pavilion. it has been leased to the trump organization for a luxury hotel. since 2010, the gsa has generated $200 million by disposing of of over 550 properties. but there are thousands of buildings like this one to go. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> axelrod: up next, the philadelphia 76ers and some historically bad basketball. for over a decade

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>> axelrod: finally tonight, for anyone who's ever forgotten a name or where they put their car keys, the competition that played out today in new york was something to behold. terrell brown takes us inside the 17th annual u.s.a. memory championship. >> reporter: the challenges seem impossible-- memorizing the names of 117 strangers in 15 minutes, and lifting them in order correctly. or memorizing a shuffled deck of 52 cards in five minutes. these are just some of the task ftz u.s.a. memory championship. nelson dellis is this year's winner and a three-time championship. you didn't win last year. >> right. >> reporter: how much does this year mean to you? >> it was pretty big. i wanted so bad to win last year and i thought i had it and i lost it at the end. >> reporter: you seeking redemption? >> yeah, a little bit.

>> reporter: dellis, who is a mountain climber and works out daily in the gym, started training his mind after learning his grandmother was losing her memory because of alzheimer's disease. >> once you learn these techniques and you realize you have the skill, it's kind of addicting. it's suddenly this seemingly super power that you've-- you had always inside you. >> reporter: frank felberbaum is one of the world's leading memory experts and coaches high school students at the academies at englewood. he believes anyone can improve their memory using simple techniques. >> if you use those tech dismeeks practice every day, you'll elevate your powers to a degree that you would not have imagined in your lifetime. >> reporter: 17-year-old christian macais is one of his students. >> basically, what i do is around 20 minutes a day, i try to look over some card or look over some numbers. >> reporter: although he didn't win this year's challenge, he plans to use these skills next year in college. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: and that is the cbs evening news for tonight.

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