her minivan straight into the atlantic ocean with her three children inside and now charged with attempted murder. >>> new"news4 at 4" starts righ now. >>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with the new developments of the missing maryland girl. the search for 11-year-old caitlin virts and her father has now expanded into west virginia. and the disappearance is believed to be related to caitlin's mother's death as she was found yesterday in dundylk. ther is driving a 1999 dodge durango and has the tag number numbers 5aj 4458. >>> 32-year-old ebony wilkerson has denied trying to harm her three kids as she was driving them into the atlantic ocean, and that is not what the children are reporting. she has also been linked to a fatal car accident in 2007 that caused another crash where a passenger was killed. >>> and some children are facing harassment charges by posting embarrassing pictures on instagram. they say a 13-year-old boy and 14-year-old boy created instagram accounts and then they obtained inappropriate pictures of fem

he's part of the team that found air france flight 447 in the atlantic ocean off the coast of brazil. how difficult is it? the waters of the indian ocean, specifically, from those waters are very deep. what, about ten times the height of the empire state building. >> yeah, that's right, wolf. it's going to be very different, much more difficult than working inside the gulf of thailand where the water depth is less than the length of the airplane. here we're talking about water depths 2 1/2, 3 miles or more. and also it could be anything from the smooth sediments on the bottom of the bay of bengal to steep rugal volcanic slopes. it just depends. that's an awful long way. it can take it almost all the way across the indian ocean beyond india into the arabian sea. so it depends on just where we're talking about. >> how fast are those currents move in the indian ocean? >> yeah, there's that too, you know. we should be collecting that data right away. because if we do find bits of wreckage on the indian ocean, we'll have to backtrack it almost a week, more than a week to find out where tha

technology found wreckage of the air flight that crashed in 2009 off the coast of brazil into the atlantic ocean. the data recorder holds vital clues investigators need to determine what caused the catastrophe but finding it is just the beginning. >> grab every single piece of this aircraft, every piece of this aircraft is going to tell its own little tale. once you can put those tales togethering that will give you the big picture and help draw conclusion as to what happened. >> reporter: if and when pieces of the plane are recovered, investigators will piece it together. this was done to the remnants of twa flight 800 in the late '90s, analyzing the fuselage, flight controls and wings would help investigators pinpoint a cause. many crucial parts of an aircraft like engine components are made of magnesium and one expert told us that in salt water magnesium can dissolve like an al a celt al a seltzer . there's also the grim task of recovering the bodies of passengers. the bodies should show signs of smoke inhalation, for example. expert say that work could take months if not years. family member

. >>> still ahead, the florida woman accused of driving her kids into the atlantic ocean on purpose faced a judge today. why it's unlikely she will get out of jail anytime soon. >> another reason you may now be bounced from a bar. the growing list of places saying stay away if you are wearing google glass. >> we are seeing a change account of weather coming for sunday. the forecast is coming up, too, after a break. ,, ocean went before a florida judge this morning. a bond of 1- point-2 million dollars was set for 32-year >>> a pregnant woman accused of driving her kids into the atlantic ocean went before a florida judge this morning. a bond of $1.2 million was set for 32-year-old ebony wilkerson which her attorney says is so high she will have to stay in jail. she faces three charges of attempted murder and child endangerment. she did not enter a plea. a tourist shot video of rescuers pulling kids out of the minivan in the ocean on daytona beach on tuesday. police say wilkerson arrived in the area three days earlier to escape an abusive marriage. >>> google glass, think twice about wearin

is pregna >>> new this morning, the woman who drove a minivan into the atlantic ocean in florida with all three of her children inside is pregnant and suffered from some form of mental illness. her sister had called 911 hours before the incident. >> talking about jesus and that there's demons in my house and that i'm trying to control her but i'm trying to keep them safe. >> police say 32-year-old enemy wilkerson drove her honda into -- ebony wilkerson drove her honda into the ocean yesterday. she was staying with her sister. then she started acting odd and left. rescuers pulling her out of the car say she was okay as she accelerated into the ocean. >> finally the back window came down. that's when i reached in and grabbed her son first and the daughter second. >> after wilkerson's sister called 911 a local police officer did find the minivan and the family. the officer noted wilkerson was not mentally stable but not enough to detain her. she told the officers she was going to a domestic violence shelter. two hours later she drove into the ocean. >>> minutes ago we learned the u.s. ha

. >>> so how did a pregnant mother end up driving her minivan into the atlantic ocean with her three kids still strapped in their seats. the rescue was caught on camera. now emergency workers are trying to find out why. terrell brown reports. >> reporter: this video captures the moments on the beach in daytona. a minivan drifting deeper and deeper into the atlantic with a mother and her three small children. witnesses say the vehicle was moving along the beach at the water's edge and then suddenly plunged into the ocean. >> my friend pointed out that there was a car getting really close to the beach and actually started driving on the water. and i saw a little kid in the back like waving his arms around, like screaming help, help, help us. then the car kept going deeper. >> reporter: bystanders rushed

. >>> tomorrow morning a pregnant woman who drove her three children into the atlantic ocean will face the judge. 32-year-old ebony wilkerson of south carolina charged with trying to kill her kids was released from the hospital this morning booked into police custody. she faces three counts of attempted first degree murder and aggravated child abuse. according to an affidavit, she told rescuers she was taking them to a "safer place." >> you're supposed to protect your children at all costs. you're not supposed to be trying to kill your children. >> horrified bystanders ran into the water to help after hearing the children streaming. the kids age 3, 9 and 10 were not physically hurt. they did tell police that their mom was trying to kill them . the children's dad has been contacted but he's not shown up yet. >>> at ft. bragg brigadier general jeffrey sinclair faced his mistress who said he threatened to kill her if she told of their a. >>> if sin clair is married with two kid and -- affair. sinclair is married with kids and he's already pled guilty to adultery but denies abuse saying th

learning more information about the woman who drove her minivan carrying her three children into the atlantic ocean. they were all rescued, but authorities are still trying to find out why she did it. ? >> reporter: hours before a mother drove herself and her three children into the surf off daytona beach florida, the woman's sister had called 911. >> talking about jesus and that there was demons in my house, that i'm trying to control her but keep them safe. >> reporter: a police report shows officers interviewed the mother but found no reason to take her into custody. >> she had some crisis but did not meet the criteria to be able to do anything with her at that time. >> reporter: two hours later, the woman drove her minivan off the beach into the water, her three children still inside, as horrified beach-goers looked on. >> are they screaming help? if they're saying help, that's different. >> reporter: tim joined lifeguards and police in rescuing the family. >> we saw a kid on the mother's lap trying to pull the steering wheel out of her hand and turn away from the water, and the kid in the back

the plane stalled, and the plane then crashed in the atlantic ocean, killing everybody on board.raft, and we don't know what happened here on today's 777, but this would be, if this plane has, in fact, crashed, it would be only the second fatal crash involving a 777, and the 777's been flying for 20 years. the last one, of se, was last july in san francisco, when that asiana flight crash landed at the airport, and they believe that that was pilot error. >> all right, well, we will continue to follow it along with you, tom. tom costello, thank you. >>> the eyes of the world are back on sochi, russia, this morning with the start of the winter paralympics. the games kicked off on friday with president putin welcoming the athletes at the opening ceremony, but just two weeks after the winter olympics, there is a much different tone from russia, now embroiled in the middle of the crisis in ukraine. keir simmons is in sochi this morning with more. keir? >> reporter: hey, lester, good morning. the ukraine is just 300 miles across the water behind me here from sochi, and the tension there

. >> stuck in a car with their mother who is inexplicably drive into the atlantic ocean. >> what areinking about, man? >> why would she do this? and did the rescuers get those kids out in time? >> plus, this is the moment that could change everything for 17-month-old alex. for six months, we follow a family on a desperate search to give their child the gift of hearing with an experimental surgery. and tonight, the results. and tough love for lindsay. caught on camera. >> don't put words in my mouth. that's exactly not what i signed up for. >> oprah giving lindsay lohan rather stern advice. >> you need to cut the [ bleep ] you really do. >> good evening. you're about to see a potential disaster unfol. a pregnant woman with three children in her minivan, driving directly into the atlantic association. with one of the kids leaning out the window yelling help us, bystanders leap into action with only seconds to prevent a worst case scenario. and all the while, there was a camera rolling. . >> imagine driving past a beach and seeing this, a car deliberately driving into the ocean. >> are

should have been taken after air france and weren't. >> air france, of course, flying into the atlantic ocean that what was pilot error as well but not intentionally. mr. hall, thanks very much. we appreciate it next on the rundown, the world in turmoil over putin seizing of us should be paying attention to this story. and later, miller has some thoughts on the jet liner disappearance. and he we will show you the dumbest thing said about the story so far. fa co: i've always found you don't know you need a hotel room until you're sure you do. bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is what makes using the hotels.com mobile app so useful. i can book a nearby hotel room from wherever i am. or, i could not book a hotel room and put my cellphone back into my pocket as if nothing happened. hotels.com. i don't need it right now. put it on my capital one i earn unlimited double miles. hey, you're not the charles barkley? yes i am. nah charles barkley is way taller. there's my picture on the wall. yeah that could be anyone. what about my jersey over there? oh yeah, that's your jersey. there's my

bystanders rescued three minivan andide a went into the atlantic ocean. the children's mother was already driving on the beach where cars are allowed where she, for some reason, drove into the water. the mother escaped unharmed but bystanders had to rescue the children from the van, going deeper into the waves. even one of the lifeguards struggled to get out. >> went in the car to rescue the little girl and then was stuck in the car. the other lifeguard took him back. >> all the children are ok. a rescuer told the police the children said their mother was trying to kill them. look into anywill past cases of neglect or abuse by their mother. >> all right. we will get a check on local weather. beach day.tly a good >> nonexecutive at a little cold out there. snow on the beaches. just looking at one of our cameras in ocean city. lapse toutiful time show you speaking of our cameras. this one is from virginia. the sun came up this morning and we had quite a bit of cloud cover across the region. it makes for such a beautiful sunrise. clouds have been up since ju

details about the pregnant woman accused of driving herself and her three young kids into the atlantic ocean. now charged with attempted murder and child abuse. the chilling stories her terrified kids have told investigators. >>> freak accident, tv reporter miles o'brien opening up about losing much of his arm. >> not something i would wish on anybody. >> what is getting him through this excruciating experience. >>> prince harry takes his girlfriend of two years where they've never gone before. why royal watchers mean it could mean a wedding in their future. >>> hey, good morning. we are covering a mystery and a massive search this morning. overnight this anguished scene as family members learned that malaysian airlines flight 370 simply vanished with 239 people on board while flying from kuala lumpur in malaysia to beijing. >> such devastating news and they're swarming a news conference held by airline officials. here's what we know. the flight went off the radar in the south china sea near vietnam and right now there's an air and sea search and rescue mission for that boeing 777 which neve

in the middle of the atlantic ocean. >> finding these water-activated pingers is a race against time. batteries are designed to last 30 days. after that time, the boxes are silent. >> and it becomes that much harder to ever find a box. not impossible, but that much harder. >> 30 days come and go and air france flight 447's flight recorders haven't been found. after a year of searching under water, french investigators turn to the world leaders in ocean exploration for help. the massachusetts based oceanographic institution. it's believed to be lost in one of the most mysterious and hard-to-reach places on earth. the ocean stretches for two miles. >> it was akin to looking in the rocky mountains for a shoe box with a flashlight. it's an unknown world that's characterized by rug l undersaes mountains. it takes specialized technology. >> the team launches three vehicles to comb the ocean floor. >> it can go down to 6,000 meters who is about four miles under water. it will send a pulse out to the side about once a second and when it gets back if there's a big rock or something hard out th

and it can unfold very quickly, as in the case of an md-11 that crashed into the atlantic ocean minutes after smoke entered the cockpit. september 2nd, 1998, passengers on board swissair flight 111 are making their way from new york to geneva. the plane is over the canadian coast when the pilot smells smoke in the cockpit. bill pickerill is the air traffic controller that day and the last person to have contact with flight 111. >> we were at the end of the shift. at approximately 10:15 p.m. local time, we were advised by one of the other sectors in the center that a swissair flight had declared a pan because of smoke in the cockpit. >> a pan call indicates urgency that is not immediately life-threatening. as a precaution, swissair 111 is cleared for an emergency landing at halifax airport in nova scotia. >> it appeared initially to be a fairly straightforward operation. the radio transmission was very professional, very calm. there was no indication of a sense of urgency. >> as they prepare for the descent, the smoke in the cockpit becomes heavier. amid the growing danger, the pilots ar

much of the effort to improve black boxes came out after air france flight 447 crashed in the atlantic oceantook nearly two years to find those boxes. but a former ntsb official tells me the cost to improve black boxes may not outweigh the benefit. take a listen. >> if there are two accidents a year where recorders use and serves any useful function, it's hard to make a case that the airlines of the world have to spend millions of dollars to buy new recorders that are marginally more capable. >> now, the faa also been looking, shep, at ways to strengthen the requirements for emergency locator transmitters. >> none of it really makes sense to me because on the way back from kiev the other day we have wi-fi in the plane at 35,000 feet above the atlantic ocean. the whole way here. and they can't have those planes stream some information about where they are the whole time? of course they can. >> well, it's definitely something they're looking to do in the future and looking to improve this technology. and i think it comes down to what that former ntsb official said which is money. >> they have

france who helped find their country's own missing jet a number of years ago at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. lisa stark, al jazeera washington. >> and remember for the latest dairls on that missing malaysia airlines planes, the events coming out of ukraine and the latest headlines you can find us on twitter, our handle is @ajam. >> randall pinkston what came out of today's meeting? >> a lot of hand holding an encouragement. secretary of state john kerry credit set the peace talks and at that point, set a nine month deadline. fast approaching far both miles poot on a numbers of -- apart on a number of issues. israel has not agreed to abandon settlements on the west bank. palestinian leader abas. >> we remain convinced there is an opportunity. i think everybody understands the outlines of what a peace deal would look like involving territorial compromise on both sides, based on 67 lines with meufmutually agreed upon swaps. would ensure the palestinians would have a sovereign state in which they could achieve the aspirations that they have held forso long. >> they're hoping that talks will con

. >> reporter: air france flight 447 crashed into the atlantic ocean in 2009. in this case, floating debris led search crews to the wreckage five days after it went down. the debris field was relatively contained. that shows it broke up when it hit the water before it sank 2 1/2 miles to the ocean floor. in 1996, twa flight 800 exploded in the sky near new york. debris scattered far and wide. investigators had to map out several debris fields. the cockpit sank, but the fuselage and wings scattered far because of how high up the plane was when it exploded. >> initial pieces of floating debris just give you a clue where to start looking and listening for the pingers, the transmitting devices that make a ping sound that the sonar picks up that are on the recorders. >> reporter: in the case of the 1996 hijacked ethiopian plane, when the pilot tried ditching the aircraft in shallow waters it broke into three segments with the fuselage floating and the rear section submerged. in the case of the still missing malaysian flight 370 investigators are trying to cover all

when air france flight 447 went down in the atlantic ocean in 2009, the boxes were found almost two yearsstill held valuable information for investigators. that's going to do it for "nightline" tonight. we want to thank you for watching. "world news now" is coming up now. tune into gma first thing in the morning and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night. hello. raymond? even better. i'm robert, the brother. from humm vac cleaning systems international. oh, please, come in. thank you. ah, you must be raymond. yeah. hi. hi. i spoke to your wife last night about coming by to demonstrate our system. oh, right. yeah, oh, the vacuum. i thought she said that we didn't need a new vacuumum cleaner. yeah, she did. i remember because it was right before she told me that i have to go pick up something from somewhere. oh, you didn't happen to catch any of th, did you? sorry. yeah, so, when we spoke last night,, things did seem pretty hectic, so, since i happen to be in the neighborhood, i wondered if maybe now might be a good time to come show you how wonderful the humm vac is, and to off

should have been taken after air france and weren't. >> air france, of course, flying into the atlantic ocean that what was pilot error as well but not intentionally. mr. hall, thanks very much. we appreciate it next on the rundown, the world in turmoil over putin seizing the crimea. all of us should be paying attention to this story. and later, miller has some thoughts on the jet liner disappearance. and he we will show you the dumbest thing said about the story so far. factor is coming right back. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. until you're sure you do. bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is what makes using the hotels.com mobile app so useful. i can book a near

and i would say that was a harder find, because it was in the middle of the atlantic ocean.his is a smaller stretch of a body of water. the gulf of thailand, the strait between malaysia and vietnam, heavily trafficked, much more heavily trafficked than that stretch of the atlantic ocean they found air france in. what's similar here? what's similar is there was very little in the way of radar data on this flight, 370. and there was nothing in the radar data on 447. they had to piece together what was the last-known position and do mathematical calculations. >> all right. tom costello, quite the mystery. and as we found out, the big news of the morning is both the oil slick and the supposed debris that were found off the coast of vietnam have no connection to this plane. anyway, tom costello, thank you very much. >> reporter: okay. >> i'm joined by a former managing director of the ntsb, peter goals. mr. goals, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> all right. you've heard everything. at this point, what's your educated guess? and again, we know it's a guess. we know th

that plane crashing in the atlantic ocean. for the latest we go to david piper streaming live from bangkok thailand. what's the news? >> the search for the missing plane is having to cover a vast area. as you said, 25 nations are now involved. of course so far they found no trace of it. thanks to a satellite feed from the plane, investigators believe it flew on either a northern or southern arc for several hours. the area that covers is colossal deep into the indian ocean. ships and planes are taking the lead to search the sea and looking into the possibility it managed to reach land in one of 11 countries. the malaysian government says there's a high degree of certainty that somebody switched off the tracking devices on the plane before it changed directions. the focus of the investigation now is on the crew and passengers. malaysian police have been searching the homes of the two pilots and speaking with their families. they took away for analysis a flight simulator the chief pilot had built in his home. >> it's not intentio

francisco who helped find their country's own missing jet a number of years ago at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >> meanwhile the loved ones on board flight 370 say they have a lot of questions. they believe they are still alive and are not giving up hope. >> we believe he's alive. in our hearts we believe he's alive. god is in control. with all the twists and turns that have happened through the week it's been--it's given us hope. >> he has created a facebook page encouraging people not to give up. >>> president obama welcoming palestinian president mahmood abbas to the white house. the goal is to get the palestinian leader to agree to framework talks with israel. >>> bringing nostalgia art back to life. and much more when al jazeera america returns. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are your headlines at this hour. palestinian president mahmood abbas will meet with president obama at the white house. the two discussing the framework fofor a peace deal. but palestinians believe they will face pressure from the u.s. to make a deal t

when air france flight 447 went down in the atlantic ocean in 2009, the boxes were found almost two yearsaluable information for investigators. that's going to do it for "nightline" tonight. we want to thank you for watching. "world news now" is coming up now. tune into gma first thing in the morning and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night.

but when you think back, air france 447 went down over the atlantic ocean in 2009.rned out to be a huge combination of a little bit of bad weather and a lot of pilot mistakes that caused that plane to just drop out of the sky. >> the aftermath -- >> that was back in 2009. primarily a pilot error crash. then think back to the egypt air crash, 1999. that was a pilot who was apparently suicidal. and took his aircraft down, a perfectly good working aircraft, took it down after taking off from jfk airport. the swiss air flight that went down. that was another wide body jet that went down off nova scotia in 1998. that went down because of the cockpit, the wiring on the entertainment system in the airliner, the wiring became overloaded. the insulation caught fire, brought smoke into the cockpit. the pilots couldn't see, they became distracted and that plane went down. and even more recently, think about the ethiopian aircraft that was hijacked by the pilot. there are any number of reasons the plane could have gone missing but i don't see a happy ending here. >> what do you

because of expertise gained during the two year search for an air france jet that crashed into the atlantic ocean in 20-09. 24 other countries are also involved in the search. authorities also say they are renewing their focus on the pilots and those on board because they believe the jet was intentionally taken off course. and another scare in the air. a delta flight from orlando to atlanta on sunday lost a wing panel. that didn't affect the plane's ability to fly or land. the crew declared an emergency. the plane did land safely. nobody was hurt. the aircraft was pulled out of service and is being inspected to determine why the panel came off. general motors is issuing another recall -- this time for 1.5 million vehicles. it's already in the midst of a recall investigation of 1.6 million vehicles for a faulty ignition switches. now...1.1 million models -- listed here -- are being recalled due to a possible problem with service air bag lights that could result in nondeployment. 300 thousand chevrolet and gmc models are being recalled to fix a material on instrument panels, while overheating brake

that plane, you may recall, crashed into the atlantic ocean in 2009, and within days, they had spotted debris and bodies from the crash, but it took two years to retrieve the black box. >> thank you very much, randall, and remember, for the latest details on that missing malaysian airlines flight, and the evidence coming out of the ukraine and the rest of the day's headlines, follow us on twitter. our handle is@ajam. >>> after days of fighting near the lebanon border, the syrian army has captured the citadel, built in the 20th century. it has been under rebel correctly since 2012. >>> two dozen children are sickened by a mass pointing in china. the toxic substance is as powerful as rat poison, but they have not determined if it was intentional or an accident. as many as six children are still in the hospital. >>> coming up on aljazeera, decades of pollution is making their community sick. people who live there say plans to clean it up don't go far enough. >> wall street seems to have spring in its step. the dow is upright now. and the s&p is also flirting with another record high today

is that huge plane at the bottom of the atlantic ocean? was it part of a terrorist attack?did the americans know what happened and just not saying? because the world is too complex to know everything. the human mind demands closure but we have to accept that sometimes unexplainable things happen and we'll never know why. for all we do know, sometimes huge planes disappear and sometimes mysteries are never solved. that does it for the cycle. "now" starts now. >>> we have just entered the third week in the vanishing act of malaysian air flight 370. it is friday, march 21st and this is "now." >> it has now been almost two weeks. >> the most intensive search ever mounted. >> so far nothing. >> this is discouraging. >> it is about the most inaccessible spot on the face of the earth. >> it is hard to

this flight plunged into the atlantic ocean killing the 228 passengers and crew on board.ive days to find the wreckage and hear this. three years for the investigators to determine what had happened in this case. it turns out ice crystals caused the auto pilot to disconnect. we should add that the bodies of 74 passengers remain unrecovered. and now we go to the other case. i'm going to take you to 1972. two congressmen disappear ed in alaska. their small plane was headed to juneau from anchorage. they were never recovered. the wreckage was never found. and this again was in 1972. the active search lasted for 39 days. it involved 70 aircraft and 3,600 hours of fly time. nothing turned up. in 1972 because, hear this, this is flight 571. it's headed to chile. authorities are not aware that there are survivors. but there are survivors. you probably remember this plot from a movie so hang on with me. an avalanche actually hits the wreckage. the people on board are using this wreckage as their shelter. this is what we are using. but an avalanche hits it so another eight people d

. >>> in the u.s., a mother seen driving her children into the atlantic ocean faces attempted murder charges. hear what she allegedly told her children during those terrifying moments. and the disturbing revelations about her mental state. >>> we start this morning with that frantic search for a missing malaysian airlines plane. the boeing 777 vanished not long after taking off from kuala lumpur, malaysia yesterday. it was headed to beijing with 239 people on board. most chinese nationals. three americans are among the passengers. state media in vietnam and china say the jet has crashed but malaysian authorities are not confirming that yet. rescue crews from across the region are now searching an area of the south china sea where the plane may have gone down. search helicopters and airplanes are also being deployed. an official tells cnn a vietnamese air kraf has spotted possible debris and an oil slick in waters off vietnam and malaysia. >>> we have correspondents covering this story from all angles. richard quest is in new york and david mckenzie in beijing. richard, there's been a

that's after she drove her minivan with her children inside into the atlantic ocean in florida. wendy gillette with more on the horrifying moment caught on camera. >> reporter: witnesses ran into the surf and in daytona beach, florida, desperately trying to stop a minivan from driving further into the ocean. inside, a pregnant mother who was behind the wheel and her three young children trapped. >> there was a car getting really close to the beach, and actually it started driving on the water. and i saw a little kid in the back, like, waving his arms around, like, screaming help us. >> reporter: you can see the mother walking away from the minivan after she made it out yesterday. a tourist shot this video from the beach. it shows two people carrying two of the children to safety. moments later, the men realized there was another child still inside. >> heard screaming, there's a baby, there's a baby. i get back to the van, and by this time, a couple of lifeguards made it down there to us and come to find out there's a baby in the -- still strapped in a seat. but we got her. >> re

plane in a bid for asylum in switzerland. 14 years ago egypt air flight 1990 crashed into the atlantic ocean killing all 217 people on board. the ntsb stopped short of calling it a suicide but concluded the pilot's actions caused the crash. malaysia air is a mystery and an anomaly. still air travel remains the safest mode of transportation. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> exit polls from today's referendum in crimea show overwhelming support for separation from ukraine and for unification with russia. in a statement issued as the polls were closing, the white house rejected the vote and warned of increased costs to russia which it accused of quote military intervention and violation of international law. elizabeth palmer has more from the crimean capitol of simferopol tonight. >> reporter: crimeans, young and many old, cast ballots today. convinced that a vote to join russia was a vote for a better life. for them moscow's stage managing of this referendum is a nonissue. and they feel no pressure from thousands of russian troops who remain in control here. an toll tee franchuk is a form

for his involvement in the infamous shoe bombing case that plotted to take down planes over the atlantic oceanattorneys are saying that the government has no direct evidence that their client was a member of al qaeda, or knew of any plot against americans, much less planned any attack over americans. they, the defense are hoping to include testimony from the self-protested master mind as part of their defense. that is looking a bit uncertain at this time as the trial gets under way. written answers have been provided to questions, that the defense submitted the questions, and the judge is refusing to allow - to delay the trial for those answers to be submitted. so the clock is ticking. and his defense team to get the answers in as opening statements are expected as soon as wednesday. >> the middle east peace protest was on the agenda as israel's prime minister met u.s. president barack obama in washington. the nuclear program was discussed. binyamin netanyahu spoke at the annual meeting of the largest pro-israel lobby group. patty culhane has more on that. >> everything about this annual conve

national aquarium in baltimore, maryland, is right on the harbor leading to the chesapeake bay and atlantic ocean. that's where some of the aquarium's star attractions come from. bottlenose dolphins are crowd favorites. they're not fish. they're mammals. the babies get milk from their mothers. and just like us, they're sociable. and how smart are dolphins? >> dolphins are very smart. it's kind of hard to categorize exactly how smart they are, because there's no true way of knowing. but they're very socially complex animals. they learn pretty easily, so it's a lot of fun to work with them. >> i was soon going to find out just how true that is. but one more question first. and how do they communicate with each other? >> they communicate in a lot of different ways. so, most of the time when people think of dolphins and communication, they think of vocalizations like clicks and whistles, and that is part of it. we don't know obviously what they're saying. that's between them. but the other ways they communicate sometimes is body language. so a lot of times they will jump out of the water, make really

. >> reporter: search maps were developed to help location air france in the atlantic ocean. he took us through the sophisticated model they used. first a grid that showed where it could have hit. where the debris would have fallen if the plane had a catastrophic failure at cruisiig altitude. >> if you loi layer those you get a heat map. it's probably in that location where it's red and green is a medium chance. >> reporter: managing those zones has huge obstacles. why is it search aircraft can promise so many leads and surface vessels can't find them. >> the item could have sunk. it could have been blown completely off on a different course or pushed someplace else and the ship will never find it again. >> reporter: china's government released this photo of an object that turned tout be a whale car k c carcass. >> over a two week time frame they were checked to see where they were reporting. you see the buoy down here. the red dot started here and went west and ended up over in this region. >> reporter: one map grid a calculated as if the recorder pings were working. could t

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but on october 31st, 1999, the boeing 767 crashed into the atlantic ocean about 60 miles off the coast of massachusetts. >> i lost contact with the boeing 767 in my air space. we lost radar. we lost everything. >> reporter: crash investigators say the copilot had learned he was being demoted and took control of the plane when the captain stepped out of the cockpit, sending it into a nose dive toward the ocean. the cockpit voice recorder revealed the copilot repeated "i rely on god" 11 times just before the crash. the captain can be heard on the recorder saying "what's happening?" even more chilling, the last words heard are the captain saying "pull with me" as he struggled to get his plane to change course. in that instant the copilot turns off the engine, sending the aircraft slamming into the sea. all 217 people on board were killed. >> with egyptair, the transponder stopped working and there was no may day call. the ntsb ruled the copilot intentionally crashed the plane, though egyptian authorities still say it was a mechanical failure. >> certainly pilots are part of the potential

i think this is going to be more difficult than locating air france 447 that crashed in the atlantic ocean in 2009. took them two years to actually locate the wreckage, the main body of wreckage. they found some pieces on the surface. but the main body two years. this is going to be more challenging. it is deeper. it is more inaccessible, it is far rougher. this will be a big, big challenge. so finding the debris is one thing. finding the black boxes and the main body of wreckage could take many years to do that. >> well, certainly the patience needed for an investigation like this. jeffrey thomas, we appreciate your time this morning. >> pleasure. >>> one world trade center has been built as the safest commercial structure in the world but now security breach is raising some questions. a 16-year-old managed to sneak through a one-foot wide hole in a construction fence overnight sunday. he scaled a scaffold to the sixth floor, took an elevator to the 88th and walked up the staircase to the 104th floor. he got by a security guard who has been fired and climbed a wire to an an ttenna to snap

. >>> on this day in 1969, apollo nine splashed down in the atlantic ocean, first flight to orbit theith the lunar modu module. they performed tests critical to later landing on the moon. >>> happy birthday to emile hersh, 29 years old, actor danny masterson, 38, and william h. macy turns 64. >>> i'm brian shactman. thank you for watching "early today." have a wonderful thursday. >> we are following breaking news. people dead, dozens injured after a suspected drunk driver plows into a crowd. what police are saying next. >> police, conflicting reports this morning as the search continues for the missing malaysian airlines flight, officials responding after reports that the plane's transponders were shut the off. >> crews are still out at the site of a massive building fire in san francisco, this time tearing it down. >> a live look on this thursday, downtown san francisco along the embarcadero. it's thursday, march 13th and this is "today in the bay." >>

years ago a plane crashed into the atlantic ocean killing all 217 people on board. it a suicide but concluded the pilots caused the crash. the airlines disappearance is still a mystery. still air travel remains the safest mode of transportation. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >>> comedian david brener died here in new york over the weekend. >> jay walker, we know you're in there. throw out your shoes and come out with your feet up. >> reporter: brenner was a frequent guest on "the tonight show" with johnny carson. he also filled in for carson as host. brenner said he was ready to quit comedy until he landed his first appearance on "the tonight show" in 1971. david brenner was 78 years old. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest from kuala lumpur on the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 and we'll hear from former deputy director mike morell. >>> plus, we'll take you to a unique lab where engineers are making sure our bridges stand the test of time. >>> and three american hikers imprisoned in iran in 2009 join us from the studi

devoted to a us navy and used to search for the air france flight that went bad in this type atlantic ocean to five years ago to do what we most often covered in nothing beats a movie like this book covers the floor with the compress the records i like to think of it is like going on. you want to cover every bit of the sea surface. without the sensors like sonar. green swirls down the ocean beds surging back and forth to live for something awesome the slow painstaking process of sorting through the images collected. the doldrums at considerable cost. malaysia has not said they would pay for the underwater operations it's like finding the dress is the top priority. it being a leading light in the far right movement in ukraine another shooting in such go bailey to the snow has led to calls for the country's acting interior minister to stand on. the activist off with a move that triggered the hero in the overthrow of president viktor yanukovich was killed to the interior ministry by offices of the so called special unit. when was the one chosen. we can't keep silent when the ministry of interi

it's far more difficult than the search for the air france aircraft in the atlantic ocean a few years ago, because we had very precise information as to where that aircraft had come down. we've just got very general information about where this aircraft has come down. but nevertheless, we are giving it the very best shot we can. and if anyone can find this aircraft, it's us. >> reporter: and as you can see, here at pearce air base, planes continue to take off and land. we're expecting a malaysian and korea c-130 to planned here from the search in an hour or so. but australia says they will continue with this search. in fact, the prime minister told me that they are not going to be winding it down. in fact, they're ramping it up. they have ten planes in the air today, ten ships in the ocean and expect to have more out tomorrow. john? >> atika, more resources than they've had yet, but it has to be discouraging when we get reports like the one we just got back, that those objects that had provided so much hope, those orange objects they pulled out on sunday really turned out to be nothin

into the eyes of this pregnant mother of three who police now say drove this minivan into the atlantic ocean on purpose, with her kids inside begging her to stop. they've charged 32-year-old ebony wilkerson with three counts of attempted first degree murder and three counts of child abuse. she has yet to enter a plea. >> you're supposed to protect your children at all cost and you're not supposed to try and kill your children. >> reporter: police say she told the children, ages 3, 9 and 10, to close their eyes and go to sleep. that she was taking them to "a safer place," but her son seen waving for help in this eyewitness video wasn't having it. >> are they saying help? >> reporter: two men and three daytona beach lifeguards answered his call, rescuing the family. at the hospital, police say, all three kids kept telling them, "mom tried to kill us." her frantic son saying, "mom was going to drive us in the ocean to die." they called their mother "crazy," a "lunatic," "she was going to kill us all dead." wilkerson's family had tried to hospitalize her the day before and later called police. >

subs to track down the wreckage of the missing air france flight off the coast of brazil in the atlantic oceanlook now. we have the president of the -- tburon subsea services. he brought with him this device here. similar to the one they'll use. this one is four or five feet long. >> this is a shallow water unit but all of them are out ton news underwater vehicles, drone for lack of a better word, are similar construction. >> the deeper you have to go the bigger the thing has to be. >> have to carry more power, more payload, and once you are down there you want to stay there. >> so until recently you told me they way they get down to very low depth to look for anything or take sonar pictureses with a cable. but no more. >> yeah. they still dt$!9÷líei8pñ0( 3x"oy"- ii that. but it is -- a vehicle with sonar and you put it in a water and put addable down, 5,000 feet in shallow water. you would have to have 20,000 feet of steel cable. that's heavy. big ships and big reels. then its data is not as accurate because it's moving around unless you have another boat following it with telemetry gear. thi

more details on the woman who drove a van with her three children into the atlantic ocean in florida.d stopped the vehicle. of driver showed signs mental illness, not enough to take her into custody. the children were rescued. she is undergoing evaluation. no charges have been filed. in north korea, state run television showing kim jong-un with the military official considered to be second in command. the first time the man has been seen in weeks. some believe he is the target of a purge by kim. no word on when this was recorded. harbaughisco jim sinking a half-court shot. he was giving a pep talk to the university of kansas jayhawks. their game. won that is the exact outfit harbaugh always wears on the sidelines. khaki, black shirt. that's a swish. who says you cannot change and 88 euro tradition? not the college board. they have announced an overhaul for the sats. here are some of the changes -- optional.is vocabulary will focus on words commonly used in college. no more penalties for guessing on multiple joints. the goal is to pry open the doors of college education. ofspoke with t