thanks for joining us this morning. ,,,,,,,, from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffery, breaking news on the missing plane as new satellite images are discovered. and mitt romney speaks out on ukraine and american leadership. we'll get the latest on the search from our reporter on the scene and veteran pilot sully sullen burger and talk to dave galo who led the under water team who found the air france plane that had been lost at sea for two years. ukraine, does vladimir putin want more than crimea f. he does, what will the west do? we'll talk to mitt romney who warned during the campaign about russian intentions and we'll hear from senator dick durbin just back from ukraine and

interests. >> axelrod: please note that secretary of state john kerry will also be speaking with bob schieffer tomorrow morning on "face the nation." chinese state media is reporting 28 people were killed and 113 injured in what's being called an orchestrated knife attack in the southwestern part of the country. this took place in kun-ming when a group of men reportedly wearing all black stormed a busy train station and began stabbing people with long knives. the attackers were shot and killed by police. now to southern california, where the headline is be careful what you wish for. after months of drought, they're now getting pounded by rain. nearly nine inches of rain had fallen at cogswell dam since friday. nearby crystal lake has gotten more than sevenand a half inches. the big concern? the hills east of los angeles, which are still at high risk for mudslides tonight. john blackstone is there. >> reporter: the storms blew in from the pacific with rain, wind, and waves that threatened oceanfront homes in malibu. beaches disappeared in the storm surge. many places in the los angeles area rec

,,,,,, ♪ see what's new at projectluna.com from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer: today on fakes the nation, good news overnight on that devastating mudslide in washington state. some of the missing have turned up alive. we'll get the latest from washington governor jay inslee. we'll go to australia for the latest on the missing malaysian airliner. assian troops continue to amass on the border of ukraine and diplomatic talks presume, we'll get analysis from former cia official michael morell and former nsa chief michael hayden. and should college athletes be allowed to unionize and what does that mean for the future of college athletics. we'll talk to mark emmert the head of the ncaa. all that and an all-star panel of analysts.

from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: today on "face the nation." breaking news on ukraine and the mystery of malaysian air flight 370. it's been more than a week since the plane vanished but authorities now say they know why the plane went off course. and it wasn't an accident. >> this is consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. >> schieffer: we'll hatch the latest from malaysia and our team of cbs aviation, including sully sullenberger. then ask the chairman of the house intelligence committee, mike rogers, who he knows about the plane's disappearance. then we'll turn to the other big story, the vote today in crimea and the crisis over ukraine. what can the u.s. and our allies do if russian president vladimir putin tries to annex the former soviet state. we'll hear from former obama national security advisor tom done lone and a panel of experts about that and the other developments. 60 years of years because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs >> schieffer: good morning again as i said earlier there is breaki

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from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: today on fakes the nation, good news overnight on that devastating mudslide in washington state. some of the missing have turned up alive. we'll get the latest from washington governor jay inslee. we'll go to australia for the latest on the missing malaysian airliner. assian troops continue to amass on the border of ukraine and diplomatic talks presume, we'll get analysis from former cia official michael morell and former nsa chief michael hayden. and should college athletes be allowed to unionize and what does that mean for the future of college athletics. we'll talk to mark emmert the head of the ncaa. all that and an all-star panel of analysts. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning again we'll start with the devastating mudslide that wiped out a tiny town of oso, washington, a week ago. last night authorities raised the death toll to 18 but also revised the number of missing from 90 to 30. john blackstone is in nearby darrington. >> good morning, bob. i

good morning, bob. >> schieffer: good morning, charles.rific mudslide on the west coast and talk to the head of the ncaa college athletics ruling body about this move to unionize college football players. what does it mean. >> osgood: thank you. next week here on "sunday morning." >> nobody is going to die. >> osgood: nicholas cage. for the first time, you can use nicorette even if you slip up, so you can reach your goal. now, quit on your own terms with nicorette or nicoderm cq. how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ >> osgood: we leave you among the snowy owls among dayton, new york. i'm charles loss good. please join us again next

bob schieffer today spoke with defense secretary chuck hagel about u.s. military options. bob, what did he have to say? >> reporter: i'll tell you, bob, it was just before the president spoke and he pointedly told me it would be a mistake if the russians moved forces into other parts of ukraine. what would we do if the russian forces started rolling into other parts of ukraine? >> well, i won't get into the different specific options, but this could be a very dangerous situation if this continues in a very provocative way. we have many options, like any nations do. we're trying to deal with the diplomatic focus. that's the appropriate, responsible approach. >> reporter: hagel was circumspect, for obvious reasons, but it was clear that what he and other western officials are telling their russian counter-parts is, look, it is in no one's interest to let this get beyond where it is now. we've got to work together to try to calm this down. now, whether that message is being heard is the part that's not clear. >> pelley: bob, thanks very much. bob will have much more with secre

from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: today on "face the nation." the crisis in ukraine intensifies. >> with russian forces in crimea. call up their reserves and begs the international community for help. >> we are on the brink of disaster. >> we'll go to ukraine for the latest nice. we'll hear from secretary of state john kerry and secretary of defense chuck hagel. we'll have analysis on all of it from our panel of experts and with russia once more in the news we'll look back at a milestone "face the nation" interview. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs >> schieffer: good morning again there are developments from overnight on the crisis in ukraine. russian president sad her putin has moved troops in to crimea that is region where mostly russian speaking population, a move that the ukrainian prime minister says is a declaration of war. vladimir putin and president obama spoke yesterday for 90 minutes a conversation the white house described as the toughest of the obama presidency. as for ukraine, a new

captioning sponsored by cbs welcome to "face the nation" i'm sit ink for bob schieffer. we're watching two big stories this morning first as recovery teams search waters between malaysia and vietnam for the missing boeing 777 that disappeared saturday morning, there are new questions about some of the passengers on that plane. we start with cbs news correspondent seth doan in beijing. what's the latest? >> good morning, the search for flight 370 has widened to include 22 aircraft and 40 ships from 11 different countries including the united states. people from have been sent in to assist with the investigation, today in malaysia authorities there say they will review radar images that seem to indicate that the plane may have turned back just before it lost contact with controllers. there think are also looking closely at security camera footage from inside kuala kualar airport focusing on two passengers who were traveling on stolen passports. two-thirds of the passengers on board this plane are chinese. and family members here in beijing have been taken to a local hotel

next he on "k- p-i-x five." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schiefferation." the crisis in ukraine intensifies. >> with russian forces in crimea. call up their reserves and begs the international community for help. >> we are on the brink of disaster. >> we'll go to ukraine for the latest nice. we'll hear from secretary of state john kerry and secretary of defense chuck hagel. we'll have analysis on all of it from our panel of experts and with russia once more in the news we'll look back at a milestone "face the nation" interview. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs

he tells bob schieffer his plans for 2016, at 8:30 on kpix 5. >>> tensions continue to flair betweendustry and san francisco neighborhoods. there's the perception at least that well paid workers are driving up the rental market and pushing lower income residents out. private shuttle buses are using city bus stops clogging transit routes. >> there are big questions. one is how can the tech industry best address these public concerns? i'm joined by alex church, a spokesman for fs don't c city. an advocacy organization representing 9 tech industry in -- the tech industry in san francisco. you are a long time in politics in san francisco. you worked a lot with the homeless community. you started project connect. out there on the streets. san francisco has always had new comers, hippies, yuppies, now techies. what got this group off to such a bad start? >> i think the perceptions are real. people are suffering. we understand it. but tech does represent about 8% of the work force, so -- but when a two-bedroom is going for $3,900 we can understand there's some tension out there. i don't thi

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sunday, he told bob schieffer that russia has committed, in his words, an incredible act of aggression. >> you just don't, in the 21st century, behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped-up pretext. i think russia needs to think very carefully about the choice that it's making, and there are visa bans there are asset freezes, there's isolation with respect to trade and investment. american businesses may well want to start thinking twice about whether they want to do business with a country that behaves like this. these are serious implications. >> and president obama spoke with other world leaders yesterday. major garrett is at the white house where officials say they're prepared to shut out russia. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. the economic moves that secretary of state kerry just outlined are very real and the white house is hoping that vladimir putin, the russian president, will back down at least slightly and take the offer now on the table of international observers and international monitors in crimea, in

a conversation about russia on wednesday including face the nation anchor bob schieffer, former national security advisers, and the tenant generals. live coverage of 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> secretary of state john kerry said that russian president vladimir putin's move to claim crimea as part of russia is on the wrong side of history. he is speaking to university students at a town hall meeting. he was disappointed in president putin's remarks. this is 45 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> secretary of state john kerry said that russian president vladimir putin's move to claim crimea as part of russia is on the wrong side of history. he is speaking to university students at a town hall meeting. he was disappointed in president putin's remarks. this is 45 minutes. >> i apologize for being late. we have a few things on the plate. i got held up. i was on a phone call with the prime minister of a country. [laughter] the phone call dropped multiple times. that is modern communications, i gue

without further ado, please join me in welcoming bob schieffer, who has little show called "face the nation," which is number one on sundays. bob. [applause] >> andrew told me that they had to cut off invitations at 600 for this. this is far and away the largest group we have ever had. thank you all. and i know why you are here. this is one of the best panels we have ever gotten in here at the same time in the same place. thank you all for coming. just to get it going, we're going to talk about russia, obviously, with the two men that i'm proud to say are not just long-time friends, but at veriest times over the 45 years that i've been in washington, they have been very good sources for me. [laughter] sometimes on the record, sometimes maybe not. dr. brezinski and general scope rocked -- general scop roger: ofwell as the "new york times ear cup -- of the "new york times." burzynski that mr. was a senior advisor of the president and held many other receipt just foreign-policy positions. -- prestigious foreign-policy positions. was a military assistant to richard nixon and deputy assis

bob schieffer's guests will include congressman mike rogers of the michigan house and tom donilin, security adviser to president obama. >>> there is hope that the death toll in new york won't climb any higher. michelle miller is here with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the emergency workers are continuing to clear the debris from the site of the deadly explosion. they're expected to reach the basement levels today. they plan on conducting tests to pinpoint the source and time line of the apparent natural gas leak. surveillance video obtained by our new york station wcbs shows an explosion that destroyed a pair of five-story parents in upper manhattan. it blew out windows and sprayed debris in all directions. it happened at 9:30 wednesday morning. utility workers arrived too late. it revealed that an unsafe concentration of gas had seeped into the ground near the buildings. >> is there any indication of how long gas may have been leaking prior to the explosion? that's exactly what we want to find out. >> investigators are focusing on the underground gas main that runs in front of

bob schieffer sat down with chuck hagel. here's what he had to say. >> what will they do? >> i won't get into the different specific options, but this could be a very dangerous situation if this continues in a very provocative way. we have many ways to deal with it, a very diplomatic way. that's the responsible approach. >> you can see more tomorrow morning on "face the nation" along with care tenkirsten gillibrand. >>> no one was talking about this. rain has been dumped along the pacific coast and with that mud slides. john blackstone is east of los angeles. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony and vinita. the rain has stopped for the time being. the forecast calls for more strong storms. that means this neighborhood remains in danger of being buried under a massive mud slide. the rain-soaked hills up the street could give under way. residents were warned if the slides come, rescue will be impossible. >> i repeat we cannot go into moving mud and debris and risk our personnel to get to you in your homes. >> reporter: in january wildfires burned across the hills

moderated by bob schieffer of cbs news and hosted by the center for strategic and international studies, it is an hour. >> thank you all for coming, and willto get it going, we talk about russia with two men who are not just longtime friends, but at various times over the 45 years that i've been in washington, they have been very good sources for me. [laughter] sometimes on the record, sometimes maybe not. dr. brezinski and general scowcroft as well as roger cohen of the "new york times." let me say that mr. brzezkinski was a senior advisor of the president carter and held many other prestigious foreign-policy positions. scowcroft was a military assistant to richard nixon and deputy assistant to national security affairs during the ford and nixon administration. that was with henry kissinger, right? and he holds the medal of freedom in 1993. queen elizabeth made him an honorary knight of the british empire. and roger cohen has been a foreign correspondent of the "new york times" for more than a decade. he now writes a column for the "times." he is an author of several books on foreign p

bob schieffer will interview mitt romney, kelly ayotte and dick durbin democrat of illinois. >>> man was arrested after he allegedly rammed his car through the front of a base in florida. he ran from his car forcing the base to go on lockdown last night. he was captured a short time later. police did not say why he crashed through the gate. >>> arson investigators will resume their investigation today to determine the cause of a fire that killed four people at a new jersey hotel. eight others were injured. some of the 40 staying at the hotel have lost their homes to superstorm sandy. >>> the affordable care act also known as obamacare became law four years ago. the deadline to sign up is march 31st, just nine days away. the original goal was to have 7 million americans on the role by then. john dickerson joins us from the washington bureau with a look at where we stand. good morning. >> good morning, anthony. >> first of all, what are we going to know on the 31st? >> we're going to know from the administration -- we'll have to third quarter word for it -- how many people have envol.

bob schieffer, zbig brzezinski, and print scowcroft -- brent scowcroft all share their views about russian intervention and ukraine and crime is about to join russia. again that is today at 5 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> during primus' question time today and the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron and labour leader ed miliband talk about sanctions against russia for its intervention in ukraine.d here is a bit of their exchanged >> i think the primaries are fos the answer, mr. speaker, but i'd like to ask chim about meetinge that are coming up.ed their the white house is indicated that there sanctions will berain expand i'm sure the whole house will support the idea that theab list of ukraine and russia'sou official targeted by assets wila also be extended to the councilm tomorrow. can ask the prime a minister to the house the circumstance inl e which he will be supporting also additional wide economic sanctions on the russian federation? house the european t out some very clear triggers. we said if the russians did not take part in a contact group with the ukrainian gover

bob schieffer, former national study advisor to president carter, zbig brzezinski and brent scowcroft will all share their views about russian intervention in ukraine and crimea's vote to join russia. that's up five on c-span. and some news on that as vice president joe biden warned russia views will respond to any aggression against nato allies. "the associated press" writing vice president biden told reporters today that there are quote growing costs that come with naked aggression but the vice president spoke a day after russian president putin signed a treaty to annex ukraine's crimea region. the united states and other nations are calling that a violation of international law. that is from the ap today. >> today's young adults, the so-called millennial generation for having a lot of trouble getting started in life because they have come of age in a very hostile economy. they are paying money into a system to support a level of benefits for today's retirees that they have no realistic chance of getting when they themselves retire. so there needs to be a rebalancing of the social c

cbs bob schieffer, former national security advisor will all share their views about russian interventionin ukraine and crimea's vote to join russia. again that is at 5 p.m. at 2:30 p.m. on c-span3, secretary-general and his restless and we'll talk about the future of that security organization. against that will be on c-span3 today. all of these life events coming up on the c-span networks. so while we wait for the privacy and civil liberties board to reconvene we will show you a this morning's "washington journal." >> host: our first guest of the american enterprise institute, senior fellow here to talk about gop efforts and outrages to millennials and minority. this stems from a top support which were talking about in the last segment what you think about the effort overall by the rnc and the progress so far? >> guest: they have made some progress. had a very long way to go. they had some seriously weaknesses with kids and particularly melendez, women and minorities and is going to take a long time to overcome. >> host: let's break down the three dimension to millennials to which what'

schieffer: liz palmer, thank you so much. we're going now to cbs news correspondent charlie doing da who is in eastern ukraine to see what the situation is there. charlie? >> bob, to the ukrainian government they say the situation in crimea is nothing but a land grab. they say that the referendum is illegal an and will not be recognized by kiev, whatever the results of the outcome of that there is no intention of withdrawing ukrainian forces there. in terms of the apparent russian military incursion further outside crimea they said this is invasion and ukraine reserves the right to use all necessary measures to stop it. here the city is divided may be able to see a lot of russian flags flying there. we see these demonstrations and protests turned violent over the past few days, three people have been killed here between here and a city close to the russian border. now the ukrainian government has blamed russia for supporting these demonstrations. even going so far as saying that there are agents from the kremlin sent here to cause trouble. meanwhile, russian foreign ministry said that the situation here is out of control, whether or not that's the case, once a