for "nightline" brian ross, abc news, washington. >> thank you, brian ross. we will of course continue to cover this deepening mystery right here on abc. >>> but now we are going to turn to a story we're calling "10% happier." we're trying something a little different on "nightline" tonight because i'm going to tell you a story about me. actually, it's not just about me because i found a way to make myself significantly happier and it could probably work for you too. i stumbled upon this whole thing as a result of a bizarre, unplanned odyssey. and it all started with the most embarrassing day of my life. >> from abc news this is "good morning america." >> we're going to go now to dan harris, who's at the news desk. dan? >> good morning, charlie and diane. thank you. >> reporter: this is me ten years ago. and the reason this is the most embarrassing day of my life is not that it looks like i've been attacked by a blow dryer and a can of hairspray. no, it's that i am about to freak out on national television. >> health news now. one of the world's most commonly

and abc's chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, spent the day tracking down new details. >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: the captain, 53-year-old zaharie ahmad shah, was a pilot's pilot. seen here on his own youtube channel, at the controls of a flight simulator. >> this is a youtube video i've made as a community service. >> reporter: a 35-year veteran of the airline, with more than 18,000 hours of flying. his co-pilot, 27-year-old fariq abdul hamid, is much less experienced. and today, the airline said it was investigating troubling reports he was kind of an airborne playboy, violating safety standards in the cockpit. according to an australian news report, these two, young women were invited by the co-pilot three years ago to ride with him in the cockpit on a 2011 flight from kuala lampur. >> at one stage, they were pretty much turned around in their seats talking to us. and they were so engaged in conversation. >> reporter: still, there's nothing known about the two malaysia air pilots that suggest foul play. but backgrounds of the pilots are coming into sharp focus with n

here's abc's brian ross back at the scene of the crime. >> reporter: until our 20/20 investigation, thee had been as cold as a chicago winter. but now, in the wake of our first report, the "20/20" tipline has been alive with all kinds of new, and admittedly sometimes whacky leads about the stolen baby or about paul fronczak's birth family. some viewers suggested he might be related to football quarterback bret farve. he's not. others wrote saying he bears a resemblance to the anchorman at our abc tv station in indianapolis. another dead end. and there were at least three 50-year old men who thought they were the stolen baby, based on drawings of what he might look like today. >> i could be paul. >> i might be paul fronczak. >> i do believe that there is a chance of me being paul fronczak. >> reporter: but while none of those three were a match, we continued to get more tips, including two that got the full attention of the fbi. that hairline is so -- first, a man who grew up in chicago, with a strong resemblance to the stolen baby. >> the resemblance is uncanny, if i'm not this guy. >>

headline behind one of the films for best picture, "american hustle" is based on an fbi sting that brian ross covered many years ago. knows firsthand. tonight he sits down with the con man behind it all. what he wants now. >> reporter: the movie "american hustle" is based on the real life fbi sting on congress. called abscam. it was a huge scandal when it was first revealed 34 years ago. one of the first big stores i broke as a network correspondent. investigators calling operation abscan the most important since water gait. captivating the country. it focused attention on the con man and fbi informant who was behind it all. in "american hustle" he is called irving played by christian bail. bail is a dead ringer for the actual con man and informant right down to the tinted glasses and hair comover. his name is mel weinberg. rooting for bail to win an os r oscar. that's you? >> yeah that's the way my hair combed over. >> reporter: weinberg's biggest complaint is the casting of his wife played by jennifer lawrence who he says seemed hotter than his miss rouse played by amy adams. >> it should h

but in january 2010, abc's brian ross aired the story of a runaway toyota in new jersey that could not be blamed on either the driver or floor mats. >> it just took off on you? >> it just took off. it seemed like the more i hit the brake, the harder it wanted to accelerate. >> reporter: it turned out some >> reporter: the settlement could provide a roadmap into a similar investigation of general motors and its faulty ignition switches. today, the attorney general made that clear, saying, other car companies should not repeat toyota's mistake. meanwhile, in a statement, toyota says, in the more than four years since these recalls, we have gone back to basics at toyota, to put our customers first. rebecca jarvis, abc news, washington. >>> now, we head overseas to the fast-moving changes in ukraine. signaling the russians appear to have won this round, taking control of their prize, crimea. under pressure, the ukrainian government announced it will pull out troops. abc's alex marquardt takes us inside the simmering tension, as vladimir putin beginnings to make over a new country in the im

abc's chief investigative reporter brian ross with the next shocking part of the story. >> reporter:u know who stole this baby? >> yes. >> who stole the baby? >> my mother. >> his name is johnny harbaugh and what he told us about his mother may seem far-fetched. but it most definitely is not. his mother's name was linda taylor, a notorious figure in chicago in the 1970s and '80s. dubbed america's welfare queen and vilified by president ronald reagan. >> the name is linda taylor. the alleged illinois advisory committee on public assistance investigated, came up with 82 charges of welfare fraud, perjury and bigamy. >> reporter: we began to look for her after our "20/20" tip line provided this clue, the baby was stolen by a lady known as the welfare queen. linda taylor died 12 years ago but we found her son living in a chicago suburb, harbaugh said he was a teenager living in this house in chicago when he came home to discover a new baby. was your mother capable of stealing a baby? >> my mother was capable of anything. not only stealing a baby, but she could steal you. >> reporter: harb

brian ross, abc news, washington. >> with so many fast-moving developments, stay with abc news as weca." >>> an enormous apartment complex in san francisco has gone up in flames. the fire filled the sky with dense black smoke with plumes shooting as high as 80 feet. people in nearby buildings say it was like being in the middle of an inferno. some only had a few seconds to grab what they had and get out. >> yeah, i literally got home in the nick of time and my partner started screaming and said, look across the street. we saw flames out of the far corner of that building. i started to panic because they started getting bigger and bigger and bigger. >> fire crews managed to rescue several scared dogs roaming the area. crews will stay on the scene all morning. they expect full containment. no word yet on a possible cause. >>> nine children were taken to the hospital after a chemical leak at a swim center near houston. they range in age 2 to 16. and more than 40 people were also evacuated. it appears the chlorine system malfunctioned sending up a cloud of gas that triggered coughing, na

brian ross here with more on this. so far, one sketchy claim of responsibility from a group called the chinese martyrs brigade. >> that's right, george. very sketchy. there's no way to authenticate it. they do claim responsibility saying if you kill one of us, we'll kill 100 of yours. but no details in that letter. a lot of skepticism about that claim. there is an issue involving a chinese ethnic muslim group who have claimed that malaysia has forcibly returned members of their group that have gone there for asylum. >> this is not an area known for al qaeda. >> you're right. they have been decimated by actions by the u.s. and of course, alasct al qaeda r shy about claiming responsibility even for things they haven't done. >> brian, we have two previous examples, twa flight 800, that air france flight that disappeared, at first thought to be terrorism, then turned out not to be. >> that's right. both thought to be terrorism, but both turned out to be plane malfunctions or pilot error. >>> the key to solving the mystery

abc's brian ross joins us from washington with the latest on that end of the story. od morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. u.s. authorities are told the home of the two pilots have now been searched by police looking for any clues that would suggest foul play. officials this morning say they are mystified by reports the plane continued to fly for an hour after its tracking transponder was turned off. it's a small rotary knob in the center console of the 777 cockpit easily turned on or off. >> it would certainly appear that either the flight crew or there's someone else in the cockpit that is making some decisions that don't really compute. >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: the captain, 53-year-old zaharie ahmad shah was a pilot's pilot. >> this is a youtube video i made as a community service. >> reporter: seen here on his own youtube channel at the controls of a flight simulator. a 33-year veteran of the airline with more than 18,000 hours of flying. but his co-pilot, 27-year-old fariq abdul hamid, is much less experienced. and they're investigating troubling repo

and as part of a 2012 abc news investigation, brian ross purposely left behind ipads at tsa checkpoints at ten major airports with a history of theft problems. >> we've gotten $500 and the ipad. >> reporter: in orlando, one tsa officer seemed to take the bait. >> did you take it? >> no, sir. >> you did not take it. >> no, sir. >> reporter: and later today, we expect an update from police about exactly how many people they arrested and precisely what charges they are now facing. meanwhile, the police are busy trying to reunite passengers with their lost items. and robin, that will be no easy task. >> i'm sure it's not. all right, thank you. >>> now the latest on the search for flight 370. more debris spotted by satellite this morning but bad weather has grounded planes again. abc's david kerley has been following this from the start and is with us again this morning. good morning, david. >> good morning, robin. even more evidence of something on the surface of the indian ocean and this latest image is near where those four other images came and showed potential debris but still not one p

but in january 2010 abc's brian ross aired the story of a runaway toyota in new jersey that could notit just took off. it just took off, it seemed like the more i hit the brakes the harder it wanted to accelerate. >> reporter: it turned out some toyotas also had sticking gas pedals. the record-breaking toyota settlement could provide a road map into a simple investigation into general motors and its faulty ignition switches. the attorney general made that clear saying other car companies should not repeat toyota's mistake. meanwhile in a statement, toyota says in the more than four years since these recalls, we have gone back to basics at toyota to put our customers first. rebecca jarvis, abc news, washington. >>> enjoy the low interest rates while you can. the federal reserve plans to hold them down for another year or so and then let them rise. the fed chief janet yellen says the decision to let them rise will no longer be tied solely to the unemployment rate. she also said the central bank will cut back the bond-buying program to shore up the economy as expected. >>> more than 100

i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan. joe is off this morning.ay, australia is now sending aircraft to an area of the southern indian ocean after satellites discovered two objects that could be part of a possible debris field of missing malaysian airlines flight 370. matt taylor joins us right now from sydney. matt. >> becky, thanks very much. the latest information that we're getting out of australia, authorities here on the east coast of australia is that one royal australian air force jet has been unable to locate any debris associated with these two satellite images that were released a little earlier on today by the australian government and australian officials. they say that two satellite images showing two objects which may or may not be pieces of da prefrom that missing malaysian airlines flight

here now based on a new report he just came out with, ross, thank you for coming on. >> thank you, brian for having me. >> since the financial crisis, derivatives have become a 4 letter word. you know what i'm talking about. >> i do. >> in your paper, though, you argue they do do some good. most people may not believe that. make the case. >> i would make the case if you look in the aftermath of the great recession, just to look at the role that derivatives play in commerce, for example, what we try to do is look at how the use of derivatives translates into broader economic growth. a farmer uses futures to lock their price in or a company like united might hedge fuel costs in order to plan better for the future. >> all right. so derivatives, though, you highlight some good things, have been blamed for much of the collapse because people didn't know, you know, how much leverage there was. there was derivatives for derivatives. do you believe in your new research, and this is important, that the systemic risk of derivatives has been reduced? have we gotten smarter? >> i think we have gotte

rich ross, and fundamentals, brian weezer of pivotal research group. great to have you with us.will the stock split impact the stock going forward? >> well, i'm not inclined to believe it will impact it much. i don't think any investors expects to have control of this company. you're basically along for the ride. that said, i think that investors will focus on top line a little less than they have, as there's a derisking. my view is a bit more tepid. i think investors aren't giving in to market compression, a real issue. >> rich, what about the technicals? look at what the stock's done this month. like a lot of tech, it's lower. >> high-flying tech stocks like google, facebook, the social networking space. when you bring up that one-year chart, let me set it up for you. how i would trade the stock. last year you see that five-month consolidation, well defined trading range. an explosive upside break. settle into the nice trench which takes us up anothers 3 $3. break down from the channel, bad. take out the 50-day moving average. 1yu679 today plunging through the 100-day moving a

i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin and brian sullivan. joe is off this morning. our top story today, australia is now sending aircraft to an area of the southern indian ocean after satellites discovered two objects that could be part of a possible debris field of missing malaysian airlines flight 370. matt taylor joins us right now from sydney. matt. >> becky, thanks very much. the latest information that we're getting out of australia, authorities here on the east coast of australia is that one royal australian air force jet has been unable to locate any debris associated with these two satellite images that were released a little earlier on today by the australian government and australian officials. they say that two satellite images showing two objects which may or may not be pieces of da prefrom that missing malaysian airlines flight 370 have been discovered just south of the corridor that australian authorities have been searching. one is 24 meters or about 75 feet in size. the other is around about five meters in length or around about 15 feet in size. now

andrew ross sorkin along with michelle caruso cabrera and brian sullivan.ota is expected to announce a $1 billion settlement with the justice department today. the automaker expects to avoid prosecution. also, janet yellen and the federal reserve in the spotlight today. the fed concluded yellen's first meig as fed chair with a policy statement coming at 2:00 p.m. eastern. brian will be on the air. that will be followed by yellen's news conference a half hour later. the fed expected to cut its monthly bond buying by another $10 billion. and while investors await that fed statement, they have a few economic reports to consider, as well. we're going to be getting a weekly look at mortgage applications from the mortgage bankers associations. the commerce department, they're out with a four quarter current account deficit coming at 8:30 eastern time. and at 10:30 eastern, we've got the energy department issuing its weekly assessment of oil and gasoline inventories. >>> let's get a check on the markets this morning. the futures right now are suggesting a flat ope

i'm andrew ross sorkin, along with becky quick. brian sullivan is in for joe who's back next week.ook at the futures this morning, see how things are setting themselves up. green arrows across the board. the s&p 500 a little over six points higher and the nasdaq looking like it could open 16 1/2 points higher as well. it's a quadruple witching friday. that means volume and volatility could be higher. thank you for the sound effects. >> i think that was just me laughing. >> oh, that was you? >> yes. >> i see, i see. >> all right. when i said thank god for joe's return, it's not because i don't enjoy being with you fine people. these 3:00 a.m. wakeups -- >> it's rough. >> it's hard. or i'm just getting old. strike around for "street signs" 2:00 eastern. >>> in the headlines, russian stocks taking a hit following the imposition of additional sanctions on russia by america. vladimir putin nonetheless, though, pressing forward. he's annexing crimea into the ukrainian region now of russia. we'll get more from nbc's richard engel on that in just a moment. >>> tiffany's shares under pressu

ross sorkin. joe is off today. brian sullivan is joining us for the morning.sky is here with us this morning. >> do you want one? can we hand them around. >> i already had a couple. this is tradition. when i come to visit "squawk box" which is 20 years plus, i always get the hot, early morning -- >> you go all green. which one did you have? >> the mint oreo one which we have in the make-up room. >> my guess is you'll try all of them before we're done, andrew. >> go for it. he said he wouldn't be tempted. come on. >> i have to have something green today. >> wee have a lot to talk about. markets will be interesting as the investors are following the situation in ukraine and crimea. futures have been indicated sharply higher this morning. right now the dow futures up are 85 points above fair value, s&p is up over 9 points. these levels are off the highs of the morning. at one point we were looking at the dow futures up 99 points above fair value. in the meantime, take a look at what's been happening with the ten-year note. yield at 2.674%. in our headlines this m

brian, but i'm not going to chase microsoft here. >> you said everything. so we're not going to get the other side. thank you very joining us as always rich ross. check out the online segment of talking numbers with this fellow standing next to me. >>> coming up next, it is no secret that apple wants to make waves in the streaming world. make it easy. should apple buy netflix? one writer makes his case. >> so why is is a tech legislate doubling down on bitcoin? but first let's see what's coming up on the next hour. >> thanks. we've got a huge show ahead for you. first there was a big rally on wall street. are the bulls back or are there too many red flags to ignore? >> what do economists and jim grant and kobe bryant have in common? they'll all be with us on "closing bell." >> they're all pretty tall too. plus the maker of candy crush, how much is this business worth? we'll get into that and much more coming up on "the closing bell." tdd#: 1-888-648-6021 there are trading opportunities tdd#: 1-888-648-6021 just waiting to be found. tdd#: 1-888-648-6021 at schwab, we're here to help tdd#: 1-888-648-6021 bring what inspires you tdd#: 1-888-648-60