frederik pleitgen is live in moscow with the latest. fred, we're hearing reports that protesters may have broken into the fence into the navy headquarters in servastopol. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it appears at 8:00 a.m. local time, this morning, and at some point, protesters broke through the front gate of that naval headquarters. what they did, they stormed inside and took down the ukrainian flag and raised the flag of the russia and the russian navy. and what we hear is going on between the protests are and the ukrainian military personnel are clearly outnumbered and that's one that is very dangerous because of yesterday, the ukrainian forces were authorized to use force on the ground if attacked. this would be clearly one of those situations. it seems at this point in time cooler heads are prevailing there in this very chaotic situation. as you said, it's really unclear which country crimea belongs to. the russians say it is now theirs. the ukrainians say it is still theirs. they consider the forces on the ground to be occu

frederik pleitgen live from moscow. thank you. >>> this morning, we're following the breaking news, the new questions in the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. there is new evidence this morning that the pilots may have changed course on their computer 12 minutes before saying good night to air traffic control. this as the search seems to focus on an area off the southern australia. what could this mean? well, we're going to break it down live after the break. female announcer: what will you get with your new sleep train mattress? man: i'm getting a camera! - i'm getting an espresso maker! - i'm getting a new smart phone! female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected beautyrest, posturepedic or tempur-pedic mattresses. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. - a new tv... - a laptop... - a game console! female announcer: sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> welcome back. it

our frederik pleitgen is live in moscow with the latest. fred, what can we expect from the russian leader? >> reporter: well, he's going to be stepping in front of the press in a couple of hours, as you said, and basically, we'll hear his position on the crimea issue, and we expect nothing less than for him to say that he's in favor of crimea joining the russian federation. all indications, john, that we're getting from the ground here in moscow, everything that politicians have been doing in the morning here seems to indicate that they want to move this process along very quickly. one of the things, in fact, that vladimir putin has done today is he approved a draft bill that's essentially a bilateral treaty between the now, at least in russian eyes, sovereign state of crimea and the russian federation that would allow crimea to join the russian federation. so, they're moving this along very, very quickly, in spite, of course, of the sanctions. and in fact, a lot of the russian officials that have been hit by sanctions have gone to twitter

i want to bring back frederik pleitgen in moscow for us now. apologies, we don't have fred. we'll get him back after this break. but up next i can tell you we will take you to crimea as well. that's the region right in the middle of this whole crisis as well as getting an update from our own correspondent on the ground in moscow. police stay with us. we'll be right back after this. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ with limited availability in select markets. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i had to do something. i saw my doctor. a bloo