>> pelley: don dahler has the story. a blood test may predict alzheimer's disease. dr. jon lapook on the new research. and chip reid reports on what may be the biggest obstacle keeping man from reaching mars. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. the mystery has the attention of the world. what's become of malaysia airlines flight 370? tonight, dozens of ships and planes from a number of countries, including the united states, are conducting a search of where the boeing 777 vanished. the plane left kuala lumpur, malaysia, saturday morning for beijing, china, with 239 people on board, including three americans. today, relatives in both cities held vigils and tried to comfort one another during what has become a painful and frustrating wait for news. we have a series of reports tonight. first we'll go to seth doane with the very latest. seth. h area has widened to include a 115-mile radius from where the plane lost contact, and those search teams, including 34 aircraft and 40 shi

one secret about adam lanza his father refuses to tell is how and where he was buried. >> pelley: don dahler reporting for us tonight. don, thank you very much. marijuana has become a new cash crop in colorado. researchers are calling a new test a potential game changer in the battle against alzheimer's' disease. and a helicopter is sent to rescue a climber from a mount when the cbs evening news continues opinion continues. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor rmeecomnded frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. he was a matted messiley in a small cage. ng day. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join today at angies

don dahler, cbs news, florida. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news. later on cbs "60 minutes."i'm jeff glor in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org that's rocking california politics --- enters a new p tomorrow when he appears in court. will corruption in politics play a role in his defense? the glitch leaving thousands of international passengers waiting in line for hours at s-f-o appears to be fixed..e question now -- why won't t airport explain what happen? and how the california lotty wants to pump up sales --- the gas pump. kpix 5 news is next. the bay area's bigg,,,,,,,,, memory --- takes another st tomorrow. the key factor one analyst says will play a role in leland yee's defense >>> the bay area's biggest scandal involving a state senator in recent memory takes another

don dahler reports. >> reporter: she was always something special, bethany hamilton won her first surfing championship at eight years of age, her second at 12. a few months later, her life was changed forever. she had been lying on her surfboard her arm dangling in the water when a tiger shark bit it off at the shoulder. >> so this is where i lost my arm. >> she also lost 60 percent of her blood, but hamilton not only survived, she thrived, seeing her injury as a challenge, not a setback. >> i look back on that and i think how i wouldn't even change that if i had the opportunity to. i just see all the doors that it has opened. >> absolutely unbelievable. >> a movie was made based on her best selling autobiography, her courage inspired millions of people. hamilton's foundation holds retreat for teenage girls with similar injuries to show them missing a limb doesn't mean missing out on life. >> it is really just cool opportunities to let them open up and share what their struggles are. >> reporter: even with all of the public responsibilities she kept competing, but hadn't won in over a dec

don dahler, cbs news, new york. >>> in sports it was selection monday for the ncaa women's tournament connecticut and notre dame highlight the field. both teams are undefeated and grabbed number one seeds. tennessee and south carolina are the other number ones. >>> meanwhile the men's tournament officially starts tonight. the university of tennessee team leaving monday for dayton, ohio. they're one of eight teams playing in the first four games of the tournament today and tomorrow. >>> the action begins tonight at 6:40 eastern on trutv. the university of albany facing off against mt. st. mary's and coverage of the round of 64 starts right here on cbs this thursday at 12:15 eastern with ohio state versus dayton. you can follow along over the next three weeks and see how you stack up against the experts by filling out your own bracket on cbssports.com. >>> finally, the luck of the irish was not with an umpire during a spring training game on monday. in the second inning cincinnati's brandon phillips hits a line drive to short stop. it hits umpire brad myers. and you can see from the rep

don dahler, cbs news, new york. >>> at the box office the "300 sequel:rise of an empire" was a winnerd. debuting seven years after the original "300." it continues the tales of the ancient battles of the greeks and the persians, earning just over $45 million. this week's other release, "mr. peabody and sherman" followed by liam neeson's thriller "nonstop." >>> coming up this morning on "cbs this morning," the latest investigation on the flight 370. we will be live from beijing and get reaction from captain sul j sullenberger. plus more on the blood test results that could defect alzheimer's disease. and former senator al franking joins us in the studio. that's the news for this monday. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and i'm frank mallicoa . >>> good morning jiff one. it's monday, march 10. >> nearly 4:30 on your monday and it's raining. >> yeah. >> storm clouds rolling in the bay area right now. it's going to be picking up just in time for the commute. unfortunately, here it comes rolling on in. we have much brighter

don dahler, cbs, new york. >>> today is st. patrick's day but some got a jump on festivities. bagpipes filled the streets of boston. thousands of people lined the parade route, but boston's mayor skipped the event after organizers excluded gay groups. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll have more on the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. i'm marlie hall. this is the "cbs morning news." malaysia airlines flight 370. i'm marlie hall. this is the "cbs morning nws." ♪ and tasty red balloons let's go! ♪ lucky charms ♪ frosted lucky charms ♪ they're magically delicious lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, no discomfort, because it's milk without the lactose. and it tastes? it's real milk! come on, would i lie about this? hello. [ female announcer ] lactaid. 100% real milk. no discomfort. and for a 100% real dairy snack you'll 100% enjoy try lactaid® cottage cheese. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. the residents of crimea have overwhelmingly voted to split from ukraine and joi

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don dahler, cbs news, new york. >> jeff: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight.on cbs, 60 minutes. i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. nsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs media access group at wgbh access.w captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org pursuit takes officers thro4 bay area counties. rapid progress on the bart extension to san jose. you y be surprised how far ahead schedule crew are right now. a right of passage for many girls. the bay area community making the prom accessible-- for those who y not be able to afford it. kpix 5 news is next. a police pursuit through 4 y area counties ends in the s ,,,,,, shooting of a san francisco officer. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. and i'm brian hackney. >>> >>> a police pursuit. ending in three people being detained in the shooting of a police officer. >>> good evening,. >>> a police chase all over the bay area ended with the arrest of a suspect in the shooting of a san francisco

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here's don dahler. >> reporter: for four years scientists used this telescope at the south pole to search for evidence of the astonishing speed at which the universe grew. it found evidence of gravitational waves, something like shockwaves sent out almost immediately after the big bang. the cosmic explosion that created the universe. john kovak of harvard lead the team of researchers. >> they have sometimes been called the first tremors of the big bang and they do arise at what is believed to be the first instance of the expansion of the universe. we're talking about the earliest times that can be observable. >> reporter: lightwaves can be bent by gravity, kovak's team detected a pattern distance space that shows light being affected by a force that he says could only be gravitational waves. >> the act of pushing the frontiers of science, i think, really captures our imagination and many people's imagination when it pertains so closely to these questions about where we come from how the universe began. >> reporter: cbs news space consultant bill harwood. >> will it make anyone's life bett

don dahler is looking at how criminals are using these stolen passports. that's ahead. >>> holding hearings into gm's response to faulty ignition switches. last month the automaker recalled 1.6 million vehicles after several deadly crashes. as jeff glor reports, the company knew about the problem for a decade. jeff, good morning. >> charlie, good morning to you. this is the house energy and commerce committee led by michigan republican fred upton. what they'll be exploring, why did gm announce these recalls in 2014 when they first knew about a problem with ignition switches in many compact cars in 2004? this will likely involve gm and nhtsa, the national highway transportation and safety administration. mary barra, one big question this morning, will she testify before congress now that she says she's leading this recall? barra, who has been with gm for more than 30 years, says she just learned of the ignition issue a few weeks ago. 13 deaths and 31 crashes are linked to the problem but there are many more complaints. and there are questions about whether

. >> don dahler introduces us to one man who uses imagination to help energize the change. >> reporterersey is one of the top five users of solar power in the country. one cheap, solar city says their signing of new users in 14 states at the rate of one every three minutes, an impressive figure, especially when you consider solar city's co-founder and ceo lyndon rive has zero information into it. >> i started my first company at 17 and started my second company when i was 22. sold that to dell computers and started solar city with my brother. >> reporter: rive immigrated from south africa 15 years ago and start add computer company with 280 employees. that's now how he became a permanent resident. >> the interesting thing is i never went to the university so i don't have a degree and it's hard to get a green card. >> special requests are made for special people with talents. >> right. both my wife and i play understood water hockey. >> hold on. how do you -- >> play with a snorkel. before owe run out of air, give the puck to your buddy. >> you're not going to tell me that was your spec

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>>don dahler. >>> this morning, first lady michelle obama is getting red for her third overseas tripe. but her journey to china will be watched more closely. jan crawford is there with what may be called a soft trip. >> mrs. obama is traveling with three generations, her daughters and her mother. white house officials are calling this visit a people-to-people trip. >> reporter: in between meetings with university students the first lady will make a stop at the great wall of china, the terra cotta warriors museum. it also includes a number of events with china's first lady less than a first year after mrs. obama missed her visit to the u.s. which some read as a political snub. richard mcgregor said this kind of diplomacy can go a long way. >> you don't have to have mrs. obama to go over there and lecture and chide the chinese about its human rights record for her to have a positive impact. she can go over there with a different message. a softer message. a more inclusive message. >> reporter: critics say it has dodged strained u.s./china relations like china's history of human rights.

don dahler is live with it. good morning. >> top of the morning, mrs. o'donnell and mr. o'rose.st time in decades, new york's mayor will not be among them. this one day after boston's mayor boycotted his city's parade in solidarity with the gay community. irish pride was out in force at the st. patrick's day parade in boston but the city's irish-american mayor sat this one out. >> i'm not marching in the parade. >> were they close on reaching a deal? >> we agreed on everything but the banner. five letters. >> reporter: they refused to allow them to watch with bap er th that. they said in a statement they would not allow anyone to express harmful or inappropriate questions and that, quote, this was a decision we made for the good of this parade. but the decision led the maker of sam adams beer withdraw its corporate sponsorship of the parade. the new york city parade also lost sponsors. they sighted its history as an advocate for quality and hoped if quality of exclusion would be exempt interest this year's parade. >> we were hoping it would be successful. >> reporter: melissa is

don dahler is in the middle of the tesla showroom. good morning. >> reporter: good morn anthony.can come talk to someone and buy one or buy one online as well. but a growing number of states are throwing up roadblocks as to how tesla does business. tesla not only builds expensive high-tech cars like no one has but they want to break the mode on how they've been sold before. it is illegal to sell cars directly to buyers in texas and arizona, restricted in maryland and virginia and last week new jersey's motor vehicle division voted to ban direct sales to customers. >> what this is really about is consumer protection and tesla is working overtime to try to understood mine the legitimate public purpose behind the this statute which is to protect the public's interest and make sure the fox is not in charge of the chicken coop. elon musk filed back on his website saying the rationale given is referring to consumer protection. he says unless they're referring to mafia protection this is untrue. many have automakers to sell but tesla has managed to circum vent those. >> once the manufac