this time on the diplomatic front, with back to back news conferences great britain and rome, all in an effort to diffuse a cry that is seems to be growing worse by the day. just moments ago, the president unannounced coming to the podium announcing new sanctions against russia, we have a team of reporters cooing the crisis but we begin with jennifer glass, she joining us live now, and jennifer, western leaders taking a very hard line against russia. >> that's right. president obama says as clear plan he would like to see international on servers here on the ground that won't be easy here right after president obama spoke, we heard from john kerry he had very harsh words for russia. >> we cannot allow russia or any country to defy international law with impunity. there's no place in the community of nations for the kind of aggression, and steps that we have seen taken in crimea and ukraine in these last days. 40 russian ships are blocking other bays that are home to ukraine and the fleet. ukrainian ships basically blockaded in their own port, and in britain prime minister warned russ

guarantee our security when we gave up our nuclear weapons, that would be the united states and great britain, if they now demonstrate their power that could be a peaceful credit answer. the aggres aggressor will retreat to his own country. the one thing world leaders cannot do now is lose time. they cannot leave ukraine on its own. every ukrainian believes that the world will not leave ukraine on its own, to the aggressor who are why violating all treaties. the critical date is the date of the referendum. if the international community allows this referendum to be held then our struggle would be much more difficult. i call to all national leaders not to allow this referendum to be conducted and to not allow this brutal destabilization of the world. if key world leaders and the country that promised us to protect credit territorial integrity when we gave up nuclear weapons, then these sanctions like weapons will destroy all the plans of the aggressor to capture the territory of the other country. if a real war starts in crimea, if putin starts a real war in crimea, and if he starts to take ou

but the european union, the united states and great britain mutts sacrifice something in order to areerve peace and quiet throughout the world. they must sacrifice something in order to preserve stability in the world. i would tell them that these are just energy resources. and their people will accept, if their governments protect ukraine . i would say that the world must not let ukraine be the first country where people actually die for the cause of a eurnd europ unitedeurope not for their own territory not for their own country. they gave their lives for europe because they believe and they now believe in the credit values proclaimed by europe. and if ukraine is left now without any help during these hard times, that will be very cruel to those who already spilled their blood in this revolution. believing in the true values and the true standards of peace and quiet reigning throughout the world. >> you're talking about the people who died here in kiev? >> yes. you know the revolution started the moment yanukovych actually stopped the process of signing the agreement with the europe

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we signed this in 1994 along with great britain and ukraine and russia. that was the deal. you give up your nukes, they had thousands of nuclear weapons. they had more nuclear weapons than china and france and britain combined. you give up your thousands of nuclear weapons, you get to be your own country and everybody is going to respect your borders. that was the deal. we all signed on to it in 1994. it's still in effect. on friday, russia invaded ukraine. and this document from december, 1994, this is a legally binding document. it's not just some resolution of intent or something. this is not a feel good sort of thing. this was a formal agreement that these four nations were bound to. ukraine, russia, us and great britain. the russians are bound to it just as we are bound to it. it's technically legally binding, but how do you enforce it? yeah, you and what army. the specific part of ukraine that russia has invaded now, they now control not only all the airports, but the border checkpoints, that specific part of ukraine, it is part of ukraine. it is not part of russia, bu

-- were tolands unde great britain." we know the boat is happening in crimea. the russians will respect the outcome of that vote. the u.s. is hoping respecting the outcome does not mean annexation. i think they are prepared that it may mean that. in which case, as ryan said, we're talking about sanctions coming out on monday. eu far is the u.s. and willing to go? will there be economic warfare? >> who stands to lose the most from the sanctions? >> whoever they want to designate in terms of seizing their assets. those could be ukrainian as well is russian. those could be those oligarchs. it could go all the way up to the leadership of the russian government. i don't think the u.s. and the eu are repaired to do that right away. it was interesting that on the lot merkel has gotten the buy-in of the german business community by saying that trade sanctions would not affect germany that much. merkel.a the new war of the 21st century, on the economic front as opposed on the battlefield? >> that's right. the u.s. has made it ver

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ukraine and the ukraine leave all nuclear weapons from the country and right now united states and great britained of -- for ukraine as independent country. >> you want the united states -- you want united states and britain to guarantee the independence of ukraine, including crimea? does that mean you want america to help in getting russian forces out of crimea? >> yes, of course. it's the main point right now the russians have to take away the russian forces from crimea. it's the main point. crimea, ukraine territory. we talk independence of ukraine, it's all military forces have to remove from ukrainian territory. it's crystal clear. >> you know what, a lot of russians say that crimea is really originally part of russia and that it would be okay if crimea were to go to russia. do you believe that would be okay? would it be acceptable to the ukrainian people to -- for crimea to become part of russia? >> yeah. it's not acceptable. crimea always was a part of ukraine country and right now russia try to create new territory and it's all what happens right now is crimea create not from ukraine, no

avo: all of great britain, all in one place.irty percent. >>> how canadian is quebec? are they truly one entity or two? this is a question that has been wrestled with for some time. quebec is certainly part of canada, but in many ways both culturally, spiritually and linguistically, it's very much another thing entirely. there's a lot of history, much of it contentious. go back far enough, and you get a clearer picture of why. the french arrived on the shores of quebec city in the early 16th century, but succumbed to the military might of great britain in the mid-18th. thus began a gradual but steady persecution of all things french. the quebecois have struggled mightily to hang on to their french heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick legas meets me to understand what many feel is at stake. so i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecois, but i have to get to the pressing matter of the day, pastagate. >> pastagate, what do yo

reporter: incidentally in case you haven't heard the beatles are four young male singers from great britain. they'll be appearing in concert tomorrow. a bit of enthusiasm we have here. >> reporter: 60,000 people, most of them girls between the ages of 13 and 17 descended on the cal palace. it dawned on the protoers that they were witnessing something new in the world of concerts. ed duran stood 6'6" tall but even he was small at the cal palace that night. >> they all had their nice sunday clothes. once the concert began, they just started screaming like mad. at the same time the place was dark. and the flashbulbs were going off. i had never seen, it practically lighted cal palace up. >> reporter: at last the beatles were really there up on the stage and not that you could hear them much. by this time the young women in the audience had been screaming for half an hour. they started fainting and they were picked up off the floor. >> it was, just thousands, thousands of girls my age. all excited and screaming. i honestly don't know if i heard much music. i screamed george's name over 50 times.

responsibility for crimea, what it means for russia, what it means much more to kamora to france or great britainthank you. >>> you have been listening to sergey lavrov addressing reporters in london. the two sides, the united states, the european union, and russia seem to be recalcitrance in their position. you hear him saying he recognizes the vote that will take place this weekend as being the will of the people in crimea. dana, your take on what the russian prime minister just said. >> reporter: well, i think -- you know, this conflict has been interpreted and torqued in so many different ways, but clearly i think if you are american or ukrainian or russian you couldn't hear this news conference and think there was any good news that came out of these talks. sergei lavrov was behind me here for just about five hours meeting with u.s. secretary of state kerry and he comes out with saying we do not have a common vision of the problem. so there was not a meeting of the minds. he did say it was technically useful, because i think maybe secretary of state kerry brought some proposals to the table

the united states and great britain forces are cust custodians of the art until they can be returned. i think it is the beginning of the end of this. the suez canal changes. and from the 1945-on we know it isn't going to go into countries and steal art. but trying to go back and look at the belgian marbles isn't the best thing to do. i think these are hot topics. i do think there she be discussions. perhaps loan plans worked out. but i think a legislation to address this would be a mistake. >> host: via facebook why asked when the nazis stole the artwork who became the new owner? the governor, the individual nazis or the community? are their -- there -- transfer titl titles? >> guest: the nazis tried to make this legal. acquisitions of works of art, often times d ... sales. of course, there's things that are just out and out stolen, but there was an effort to try and pass laws that stripped jews as an example of their ownership rights to try and, again, make these things look legal. it was a preposterous argument made by alfred rosenberg, one of the chief defendants at the nuremberg t

one great britain. a memorandum was blend -- they do not want to participate in economic sanctions. the russians have a lot of deals with banks in great britain and they apparently are not willing to sign off on system then there's the germans who get so much of their energy from there who are financially tied as well. the bottom line is it looks like from london to germany, the cooperation is not as much as the words ought. how do we do with thought we eu? >> i disagree. there were leaked memos but secretary kerry has been engaged with this counterparts and they agree we're at a critical point. we need to show consequences and make this hurt. and that's what we're doing. so, we'll let the eu speak for a themselves, but i can assure you, we're united. we all agree the steps russia has taken are unacceptable and we need to take steps on our end to send the message as a united international community. >> i dock think anybody is disputing what your saying. we're saying different things. the united states is going forward with sanctions. european union is not and members of the senate a

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today, president obama called the leaders of six countries, including great britain, france, and italy. the white house said the calls focused on the response of nato and the european union to russian aggression. abc 7 up right here on news at 6:00, the mother accused of trying to kill her kids by driving her minivan into the ocean appeared in court today. plus, new details about a father and a daughter who were at the center of an amber alert. important information for metro riders. why a florida judge sent a bond for a pregnant woman accused of trying to kill her children by driving her minivan into the ocean. ebony wilkerson has been charged with three counts of attempted murder. is the beach where wilkerson drove her bands into the ocean. she told police that the ways poulter and. but her kids told investigators, mom tried to kill ys. she had three kids in the car. police say she intended to kill herself in those three kids. the bond course is setting -- the judge is setting her bail at $1 million dollars. she was confused. her family distraught by the whole thing. we do not know e

fatal for great britain. this was what caused margaret thatcher -- when we look at things like the children's television act or no child left behind or any number of things, we should be looking and asking the question, are we moving the socialist ratchet? most of the time the answer is yes. of the this is one reasons why outsiders are so much in favor in the republican party. you get in -- outside of washington, d.c., and pick in washington, the reporter said the other day that ted cruz needs to take a food taster with him when he goes to senate republican lunches. how do we stop this? there is a considerable difference between abolishing the department of education and adding no child left behind to expand the power and the reach of the education department. there is a considerable difference between be telling the children's television act on constitutional grounds and letting it become law it is you are afraid to veto it and possibly make the president look bad. what these stories illustrate is that, amon

you know great britain will. france has been hardliners on this.ny, now, there you might have a problem merkel is in a very difficult position if she doesn't back obama up on this, go ahead. >> look, this isn't the era when the american president was the preeminent president in the world. those days have gone away. all the reason why a nation like germany depends in part dealing a lot of european nations do supplies flow to and from russia is going to be too aggressive here. >> russia needs their currency. russia needs the german money. it's back and forth this is a crucial matter is. remember how this started. this started because kiev and the ukrainians were about to make a move in the direction of western europe with an economic partnership. putin didn't want that. he ponied up with a big bailout package for ukraine to try to dissuade ukraine. when the ukrainian leadership went against that for putin. the people rebelled in the streets and that government was overthrown. >> right. that obviously along putin and he sent in the troops. will it be

and great britain are sponsoring the investigation.he un was accused of ignoring the killings as they happened. ♪ >>> stocks up and down between gains and losses throughout the session today, the dow right now is down about 14 points, declines in tech shares weighing on the government. vladimir putin saying he is pushing back against those sanctions. he says the company will set up its own credit card system to get around restrictions. mastercard and visa said they would no longer service credit cards from banks that were targets of the sanctions. >>> consumers are giving a boost to the economy. the government's final read of the fourth quarter showing a gain of 2.6% a year. consumer spending jumped the most in three years. mike soft's new ceo is expected to make a big announcement, likely to unveil a new version of its operating system one that will work with ipad. >>> connecticut on wednesday becoming the first state to pass a $10 minimum wage. lawmakers voting to race it from $8.70, to $10.10. that trumps washington state which now

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think that western journalists are covering up the fact that facists are in power calling from great britain and from the u.s. they have been beaten up and robbed. eggs are thrown at them. journalists from the west are not welcome. the only journalists welcomed here by the government by the pro russian people are those from russian state tv. >> all right. thank you very much. 1-0 victory. the game's only goal was scored in the 58th minutes denying vital points. n sunday's league kickoff -- now another coach is out of a job. stuttgart has fired thomas schneider. they were 2-2 at home on saturday after eight successive defeats. >> this was the moment that cost thomas schneider his job. leading 2-1 in the 82nd minute his team allowed a scrapy goal from the corner. for the sixth time in eight games stuttgart dropped point in the final minutes of a match. before that the game going to plan. stuttgart fought their way back from a 1-0 deficit and played with spirit and pace. evel after half an hour. five minutes later they were in front thanks to this fine piece of skill. the thread came loose as t

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and while i'm at it, god bless great britain too. good night. >>> this is a cnn special report.flight 370. i'm don lemon. good evening. we do have breaking news tonight. any moment, ships in the search zone could be picking up some of those floating objects, objects that could give us at least one answer to the mystery that's become a worldwide obsession. we'll tell you what that news is in a moment, as soon as we get it. but even if this turns out to be debris from flight 370, there are still more questions than answers. you have been tweeting us by the thousands and we have top aviation and security experts standing by to answer your questions throughout this hour. like this one from randy. under ideal conditions, how long would it take to completely search the new area? this is from john. an hour or so into the flight, there's a problem. the pilot turns around. why not return to a base an hour away?

in response to the crisis, the united states, great britain, and france are suspending their participation in prep talks for the g-8 sum russia will host in june. to our guests in just a moment, but first cnn's ian lee in the ukrainian capital kiev. ian, we are hearing about a new incursion with the border today. what do you know about it? >> reporter: candy, the ukrainian border services website are saying two of their installations were overrun today on the crimea by a mob with what they say is support of russian military troops. when they overrun these installations, they say that the attackers broke all the doors, destroyed telecommunications and monitoring equipment. now, the forces inside those installations were able to safeguard the weapons in a locked room from the attackers. right now we're hearing that the border security is trying to negotiate with the attackers to stop this incident and calm things down. but it's definitely tense times in the crimea, candy. >> ian, we're hearing a lot from the current ukrainian government and from their representatives saying we're going to st

. >> the united states of america, the russian federation, and the united kingdom of great britain, we affirm that obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the independence of ukraine. and none of their weapons will ever be used against ukraine. >> we're waiting for another statement from secretary of state john kerry in paris after his marathon meeting with the leaders of ukraine, russia, and european ministers. right now, kerry is back behind closed doors with allies after meeting with russia's foreign ministers. this is an additional meeting. kerry was supposed to address the press and head back to paris hours ago. but russia's lauvrov left withot speaking to his ukrainian counterpar. the white house saying no deal has been reality showed. but president pawn and chancellor merkel discussed a possible international effort to improve the standoff. >>> in brussels, nato putting all military and civilian meetings with russia on hold and is reviewing all of its dealings with moscow, the russian envoy accusing nato of double standards here in holding cold war stereoty

then you have germany, central europe, followed by great britain and western europe.and of course, there is increasing demand here in the united states. >> our dealers and our customers are screaming for more x-5s, x-3s, and i'm sure they'll be very fond of the new x-4. >> take a look at shares of bmw over last year, up more than 20%. nice move along with all of the automakers over the last year. up more than 4% this year. bottom line is this, when you look at this plant, as they continue to grow, they would not be surprised if at some point they could be building more than a a half million vehicles every year, that's how much demand there is nor luxury suvs and crossovers. >> phil, thank you. phil lebeau, reporting from south carolina for us. >>> more questions raised now about gm's ignition problems and whether the automaker committed bankruptcy fraud by not revealing them. representative michael burgess vice chair of the oversight and investigations committee, he will be questioning gm ceo mary barra next week. welcome. good to have you with us. >> thanks for havin

then, in 1763, great britain gained a foothold in the region. in 1810, local colonists united against the british under a flag known as "the bonnie blue." finally, in 1812, louisiana achieved statehood. it looked like the stars and stripes were here to stay. but with the civil war, louisiana withdrew from the union. it declared itself a republic, with its own flag, of course. but two months later, it joined the confederacy. louisianans would live under two different confederate flags before the war ended. finally, in 1912, louisiana adopted the flag we see today. >> the louisiana flag i love, because it's a story of unconditional love. what the settlers saw, according to a louisiana legend, when they first arrived there, were these brown pelicans. and if food was scarce, what the mother pelicans would do was peck at their breasts until they bled, and they would feed that to their young. so, on this state flag, you see a mother feeding three baby brown pelicans. >> eventually, louisiana adopted the brown pelican as its official state bird. by the

avo: all of great britain, all in one place.ook on expedia before march 16th and save up to thirty percent. >>> two months after cathy lamb's murder, a worker found a tire iron on the roof of his building. >> he was on the roof because it had been leaking over the tow company. and he found a fire tool that was used on one of their big, big tow trucks. >> it was the office building of the tow yard where jeff lamb worked. the tire iron had hexagonal heads for loosening and tightening nuts. it was tested for dna. >> we tried everything to test the tire iron, but it was south florida and it rains all the time. the sun would have evaporated any dna as well as the water washing it off. >> but since it was so distinctive, as were the wounds on cathy's body, the tire iron was still a valuable piece of evidence. the hexagonal head was placed over photographs of cathy lamb's wounds. >> you look at the injuries on cathy's face. there's no way in the world anything other than this did it. >> jeffrey lamb was arrested and charged with first-

they were russia, the united states, and great britain.ll said, in essence, we're not going to try to gain any advantage by working for or against ukraine. we're going to respect their territorial sovereignty, and we're not going to enter into any agreement that would give you leverage over the others, which is where this began. because the russians entered into an agreement with the ukrainians, under the previous administration. and when they did that, you could see that as a violation of that 1994 agreement. which should bring some sort of action. let's get right to our senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. judge, correct me if i'm wrong on any of those matters. and is it a violation, or is that you want for interpretation? >> you're not wrong, shep. and it was, as usual, an excellent summary, not only of what we just heard from secretary kerry, but of the history of this region. look, the violations of the law, local and international law, are profound and except for the words from president putin, essentially undisputed. to

. >> malta, cyprus, france, switzerland, japan, australia, great britain. >> all right, you named likeeah. >> and i said name five, so you lose. okay, so maybe we're not the first best or second-best, but at least we're in the top-- 37th. whatever. in your face, slovenia. i just came back from a place with shockingly poor health kir conditions. they're still reeling from the loss of the civil war. a quarter of the young people are living in poverty. they have high rates of cancer. heart disease. >> this is how bad it could get, sure, yeah, if we keep going down the path of more government control, less invasion. i don't know if we could be that place unless great catastrophe happens to this country. >> i should probably mention that the place i'm talking about knoxville, tennessee, in america. >> which has the greatest health care in the world. >> what i-- obviously not-- you know, you're-- you know, people do fall through the cracks. >> and from what i saw those are some pretty big [bleep] cracks. so the worse case scenario for obamacare is that it gets us to a place where we already

president obama spoke with the leaders of great britain, germany and poland. they are trying to deploy international monitors. one option that is not on the table is military action by the west. "we are trying to de-escalate this", says a senior official. another added that the focus was on economic options. republicans and democrats are supporting the president, some believe president obama should have seen it coming. >> putin is playing chess and i think we are playing marbles. >> the u.s. signalled that it could get much-needed financial support to ukraine. treasury secretary jack lew spoke with treasury counterparts, saying washington will work with partners to help kiev support finances. support would hinge on whether the new government would embrace reforms. >> australia assumaned its russian ambass -- summoned its russian ambassador to explain it's actions in ukraine. ukraine opened military recruiting centres. hundreds of men are volunteering. jacky rowland spoke to some in the capital kiev. >> ukrainians are preparing themselves for war. in kiev, wher

that's more than what we sell to great britain, germany, france, netherlands combined.it's more than what we sell to the so-called bricks, the about stillans, thbrazilians, russia,o was this good, you bet it was. >> when go into the store much of what you shop from is elsewhere on the planet, not in the united states. did nafta full till ross perot's threat. >> history teaches us when you take these skills away from people, you lose those skills, you destroy their self-respect, their pride and their dignity. >> ross perot was an error on the jobs going south. what has occurred in the two decades since nafta took effect is globalization. we're much more inter connected in the world. jobs are moving around as products are moving around. you mention the shelves of walmart and others, but when i had my last year in office as u.s. trade representative i would go on the floor of a manufacturing facility, and it was teamin teeming with people. people screwing in bottles here. you went on an auto factory floor, and you stumbled over people. today you go on an auto factory floor

this is an engraving from the victorian era of the first printing press to hit great britain. and here he is demonstrating a press to edward for and the unfortunately thing it arises in what is the middle of an incredible amount of religious turmoil in britain. so being among the monarchy they see control of the press as a way to control information and it's part of the exercise of power and privilege. so the monarch controlled who had licenses. they were called privileges. who had the privilege of printing. the printers are happy to go along with this idea because that protects them as the exclusive source in their lives. so it protects them in these ways and they can have philip and mary come back its successors to henry viii and they licensed it to print pro poker literature. and then the stewards come in and then we have the romans that are out. the protestants are back. we switch our public is and we've got the puritans that come in and they take over and there is a pure puritan press which show these images and white the man by the name of ray patterson , he is really a

the biggest market for exports, china, germany and great britain and u.s. earn europe. given the appetite for sport utility vehicles, could bmw some day built a half million vehicles every day in spartanburg? >> it's not impossible. at least we have the space to expand the plant to further grow. >> reporter: while bmw trails mercedes in luxury sales in the u.s., it did sell more than 3,000 vehicles last year and the new x 4 is expected to boost the total. the x 4 rolls into showrooms in the middle of this year and while bmw has yet to announce a starting price, most believe it will start around $45,000. >> that will do it for "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm tyler mathisen, thanks for watching. >> i'm susie gharib. have a great evening. tyler and i will see you back here tomorrow. >>> "nightly business report" has been brought to you in part by. >> thestreet.com, founded by jim cramer, thestreet.com is an independent source for stock market analysis. cramer's action alerts plus is home to his multi million dollar portfolio. you can learn more thestreet.com/nbr

in exchange, russia, great britain, and the u.s. promised not to threaten ukraine's borders. now vladimir putin in sochi today to kick off tomorrow's paralympic games. pyatt has been accused of meddling. >> our role here in ukraine has been a diplomatic one and to suggest the dramatic changes that happened over the past three months were somehow instigated by the united states is crazy. >> reporter: the white house says tonight that the president told president putin that there have to be direct talks between russia and the ukraine, and that russia has to withdraw to its base, something it has refused to do. u.n. ambassador samantha power today warned that today's move in crimea increased the threat of military escalation. brian? >> thanks, as always. and as always, we want to alert you to some of our further coverage in ukraine, including pete williams reporting on whether russia is committing an act of war here. it's all on our website tonight, nbcnews.com. >>> and there is news as well on several fronts tonight on an issue that has become a huge problem in the u.s. militar

the great britain into which he was born, 1759 was a broken place. it's hard for us to become broken it was but every social evil you can imagine, the slave trade was only the worst of a host of social ills but i was myself a study. this was news to me. i'm not a historian who studies it for decades and decidedly to write a book about a. i knew what most people know which is almost nothing. but in 1785 we had a dramatic conversion experience, very dramatic, and he turned everything over to god. basically said, i've been given wealth, connections, influence, tremendous talent, oracle skills. how can they put these in service to others, not my own political ambitions but in the service of others? the cardinal example of that is his efforts to end the slave trade, which he led and accomplished to end slavery itself which he also was successful in the publishing. just before he died, but a host of other things. so to me he's a true example of bold example from history of what's possible through one person. >> the secret to their greatness is what? >> a s

great britain will guarantee your territorial internet. and it didn't work out that way. ukraine saying, we thought you were going to defend us, and they're not part of nato. poland is part of nato and poland and the baltic states. i thought it was forthright with the symbolism and the rhetoric, leaving no doubt that nato will defend them if the unthinkable happens. if vladimir putin has ideas. >> they are not working in syria either. and meanwhile, the u.n. secretary general is in moscow at this hour, hoping to end moscow's dispute with ukraine. even as russia's parliament has now atfied the takeover of crimea. we are joined from kiev with more on that, and bring us up-to-date on the european developments. >> well, del, the europeans are meeting to discuss their version of sanctions. we have the strong sanctions coming from the white house, and we hear that they will be discussing in brussels an equal package or at least stronger than what has come out so far, and they're going to be discussing an association agreement, a partnership with ukraine. the document they're di

avo: all of great britain, all in one place. book on expedia before march 16th and save up to thirty percent. that they are all safe, and we are trying to do everything in our power to find where the plane is. >> hundreds of passengers are missing after a malaysia airline plane disappears midflight. >> friends and family are gathering waiting for word about their loved ones. so far no wreckage has been found. good evening. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. at least four americans were on board including an infant. >> vietnamese authorities detected signals from the missing plane about 120 miles southwest of the vietnamese coast. and we are learning that china has sent two ships to the area to help with search and rescue. >> here is david curly. >> the malaysia airlines flight was going to beijing when all contact was lost. 227 passengers and 12 crew aboard. the boeing 777200 left after midnight local time and was due in the early morning hours of beijing. the airline said it lost radar contact with the aircraft two hours a

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avo: all of great britain, all in one place. book on expedia before march 16th and save up to thirty percent. >> live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. >> an emotional scene when people learn their loved ones were on board a plane that disappeared l. are over 200 people on the malaysia airline flight. >> air traffic control lost communication with flight 370. >> air traffic control lost communication with malaysia airlines flight 370 about two hours into its journey. the plane was headed from kuala lumpur to beijing where people waiting for the flight to land were distraught. it was over vietnamese air space at the time it vanished. cbs news travel editors sayen event like this is extremely rare. >> we have very reliable airplanes, very reliable equipment in terms of engines, texnology, and backup systems. so for a plane to disappear off the face of a radar screen without any knowledge or information about where it might be is a little strange. >> reporter: 227 passengers including two infants and 12 crew membe

no doubt if you cutoff gas it will heard and freeze assets in germany and great britain it will hurtm but this is a threat to the territorial integrity of europe. >> reporter: the forthright actions as they belittle their own president's foreign policy and they conceded mr. putin was in a strong position. >> putin has had the upper hand in this and even though he risks huge economic problems he has soared and not a lot of economic going on at home and his popularity is lower and those dynamics in putin's mind means he is ahead walking into negotiation with kiev and we are playing catch up. >> reporter: the focus is on if the eu has tough measures against moscow on monday. i'm with al jazeera, washington. >> reporter: and we have a journalist with russia profile and say if eu doesn't have sanctions on russia it will not be crippling. >> the eu in a sense have already enforced so many restrictions on russia business abroad on the visa issue that now they haven't got much leeway to strike at russia. as for the russia oil and gas i'm not sure you can refuse using them because they would