today, we really have the ding honor for hosting an event foreseeablespectro john perez and mayor ed lee and having the presence of assembly member and supervisor chiu pr we intend for being champions 6 our clinics and meeting the needs of the most vulnerable it's one of the biggest centers targeting the underserved population and in 2013 net incomes had approximately 61 thousand unique patient of those patient we had 3 hundred thousand patients facing the encounters with our staff. we provided ourself with sensitive services with the dialect analytic 35 percent of our patients have other languages. we're proud to provide extensive will language services to receive the services in their native tongue. now i'd like to introduce john perez and he will talk about the effort to improve that important issue >> thank you for the work that mammograms does everyday. i'm pleased to join mayor ed lee and supervisor chiu and other. we're here to make one thing absolutely clear >> (speaking foreign language.) >> are put another way. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> for those who who don't spea

john perez rez pulled it.why. >> since it passed the senate in january with the democrats barely passing it, asian-americans groups have organized againstgfd@ this and things aren't broken, why fix them. 42% of admissions to uc berkeley are asian-american. they were concerned if anything changed and affirmative action were allowed to be used for admissions, they would be the users. three asian-american senators went to speaker perez and said please pull this off the docket. we don't want you to vote on this. we don't want it on the ballot this year. >> the three senators voted for it in january. why the change of heart? >> i wouldn't say these are profiles in courage. they see the politics. are difficult for them. three of these folks are running for office. the speaker john perez is running for controller, leland ye for secretary of state and ted lue is running for henry watchman's congressional seat. the last thing they wanted was to be in the middle of a crossfire between hispanic groups and asian-american

. >> earlier this week senators sent a formal letter to john perez urging him to stop the bill from advancing further and perez is reviewing that request. >>> another issue that is pitting democrat against democrat is some california democrats plan their next push to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. we have a divide within the party that's becoming more and more obvious. >> last week dianne feinstein announced her opposition expressing concerns about stoned drivers. governor brown is also opposed but a majority of democratic lawmakers and lieutenant attorney gavin newsom in. state party made it part of its platform at its conference earlier this month. the most likely scenario is the statewide ballot measure in 2016 but newsom says lawmakers might be able to legalize pot all by themselves. >> if somehow we can demonstrate real convictions on this, we don't need to go to voters. we can legislate it. >> he is leading a panel of medical and law enforcement officials who are studying now how the state could tax and regulate marijuana sales effectively. california became the first sta

she's expected to be sworn in later this spring replacing john perez. >>> a light earthquake rattledtoday. >> oh my goodness. that's an earthquake. >> yeah. >> and that's a big one. >> reporter: as you can see it caught this news crew off guard at our sister station. it struck around 3:30 this morning. you can hear it as the quake shook the cameras. meanwhile at ktla the anchors dove under the desks to protect themselves. >>> we've got temperatures today they were in the 60s and 70s. much cooler than they were 24 hours ago. we had numbers yesterday in the 80s. today we were a good 10 to 15 degrees cooler. 71 in santa rosa. nice day though. it was windy. a lot of winds. more winds tomorrow. should produce slightly warmer daytime highs. if jet stream is doing this. it's going right over the top. no rain, anything. we're under the ridge of high pressure. a bit of an on shore flow and that's going to create patchy coastal fog. there was fog this morning. but tomorrow was a little less wind. i suggest we might see a little bit of patchy fog. outside temperatures are in the low 50s now. it

she's expected to be sworn in later this spring replacing john perez. >>> a light earthquake rattledlos angeles today. >> oh my goodness. that's an earthquake. >> yeah. >> and that's a big one. >> reporter: as you can see it caught this news crew off guard at our sister station. it struck around 3:30 this morning. you can hear it as the quake shook the cameras. meanwhile at ktla the anchors dove under the desks to protect themselves. >>> we've got temperatures today they were in the 60s and 70s. much cooler than they were 24 hours ago. we had numbers yesterday in the 80s. today we were a good 10 to 15 degrees cooler. 71 in santa rosa. nice day though. it was windy. a lot of winds. more winds tomorrow. should produce slightly warmer daytime highs. if jet stream is doing this. it's going right over the top. no rain, anything. we're under the ridge of high pressure. a bit of an on shore flow and that's going to create patchy coastal fog. there was fog this morning. but tomorrow was a little less wind. i suggest we might see a little bit of patchy fog. outside temperatures are in the low

. >> earlier this week the senator sent a letter to assembly speaker john perez urging him to stop thel from advancing further. perez is reviewing that request. >>> less than an hour ago we got an email from the chancellor of city college of san francisco expressing sadness that a demonstration on campus turned violent. students battled police in a protest over a new payment policy last night. kpix 5's brian webb is at city hall today where protestors got some news in their favor. >> reporter: the student protestors got the backing of several city leaders and this resolution asking the state to restore the college's elected board members and to get rid of the guy sent to save city college. [ chanting ] >>> reporter: the latest chapter of the city college saga took place on the steps of city hall. students protesting the new strict payment policy forcing up-front payment in full or a rigid payment plan. >> just make sure students are paying. >> well, the issue with that is mostly that he implemented this policy almost overnight. >> reporter: the man in the middle of all this is state ap

with john muller and diana perez. >> good friday morning, everybody.o see if i could come back from my maternity leave early. no, just kidding. yeah, it's great. >> you ease back into the work before you have a big full one. >> two-day week, weekend, then a full week. i'm thinking ahead. >> yes, you are. >>> let's get started. we do begin -- good morning, once again. we begin with the slow excavation of the mudslide in washington state. the scope of the disaster is finally sinking in it and is stunning. >> researchers are measuring their progress in feet. akiko fujita. good morning. >> reporter: officials say there's no timeline on how long this search will continue. they're not calling this a recovery effort yet because they say the urgency to find these victims is still there. it's an exhaustive effort with few victories. >> it's like forensic digging. >> reporter: crews comb through twisted piles of debris and thick mud. >> it's just mud, trees. underneath there there may be a house. some look like they've been put in a blender and dropped on the gr

i'm diane perez. >> i'm john muller. are following this morning on "world news now." a rare spring time snowstorm called one of the areas most powerful storms in decades. blasting new england with hurricane force winds. blizzard and whiteout conditions. some places there two feet of snow. we will take a look at the damage. that's coming up. >>> and a closer look at the scene in washington's deadly mudslide reveals the total destruction it left behind. the death toll rose to 25 overnight. 90 people still unaccounted for. some bodies may never be found. >>> and investigators in chicago trying to find out why this train's automatic braking system didn't stop it from leaving the platform and climbing an escalator. the operator fell asleep. >>> university football players have the right to unionize. the school plans to appeal if upheld. this decision could affect all big time college sports everywhere. those are just some of our top stories on this thursday morning. >> from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller

perez. >> and i'm john muller. we begin with big changes to obamacare. thousands of americans will get to keep their plans at least for a bit longer. >> tahman bradley has the details and quick reaction from washington. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: marci and john, these changes would affect 1.5 million people. up the new guidelines those people will get to keep their old plans for two more years even if they don't meet the requirements of the new law. it helps insurance customers but helps democrats a political problem in the fall elections. that's why they were kritly criticized. the president is rewriting laws around the election calendar, but the white house says the decision was not political. without this change, john and marci, there would have been a wave of cancellations of health care plans before the november election. >> all right, tahman bradley live in washington. thank you. >>> all right now, our other major story, an intense diplomatic effort aimed at resolves the crisis in ukraine. >> secretary of state john kerry arrived in rome fo

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet is producing confusion, frustration and grief. but not a single piece of evidence as to what may have happened. in kuala lumpur people gathered for a candlelight vigil, singing and praying for the 239 people on board that missing plane. >> malaysia airlines saying the search for the missing jumbo jet expanded to include the west side of the country from the beginning. one of the biggest questions is the disappearance. is it an act of terrorism? here is abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the fbi is urgently trying to find out why those imposters used stolen passports to get on malaysian airline flight 370. sources tell abc news the fbi is planning to compare fingerprints and photographs of those at the airport to those of known terrorists. fingerprints on stolen passports reveal tantalizing clues but the passports do not necessarily indicate terrorism but are often

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. turning to our lead story, there are still more questions than answers about what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370. >> malaysian authorities yesterday declared it crashed in the south indian ocean, killing all on board but they still don't know for sure, and any proof of the crash is going to have to wait at least another day. abc's clayton sandell has the latest. >> reporter: it's been a cloudy, rainy day here in perth, australia, but 1500 miles offshore, the weather is so bad that the air and sea search for malaysia 370 is now on hold. today all of the search planes here are grounded. the search for any sign of that missing boeing 777 is having to wait as a storm system passes through a search area that stretches across one of the most remote and unforgiving places on earth. winds are forecast to be 50 miles an hour. even ships in the area are being moved out of the worst rough seas with swells around 13 feet. that includes the australian navy ship the "success."

i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. today with the russian foreign minister over the conflict. he flew on kerry's plane to paris hoping to be part of the talks. >> the u.s. and 14 other nations are forming a military observer mission to monitor the situation in crimea where pro-russian troops have taken control. that's where we find abc's terry moran. >> reporter: at the air base, ukrainian troops unarmed march toward the russian guns. as they march, they sang their national anthem. ♪ >> reporter: confronting the russians who have seized control of their base, under the ukrainian flag they came. the russians yelled, then fired. warning shots but the first shots fired here, then negotiations and the ukrainians withdrew, heads held high. it was a day of high tension. russia test-launching an icbm like this one, a scheduled launch, but still a statement. >> mr. kerry, welcome to ukraine. >> nice to see you. >> reporter: in kiev, ukrainian capital 500 miles away, secretary of state kerry walked the street where scores of uk

perez. >> i'm john muller.ice say three unsolved murders in alexandria, virginia, may be connected and they're stepping up the search for the man who may have pulled the trigger. more from abc's david kerley. >> reporter: broad daylight, a knock on the door. long-time piano teacher ruthanne lodato was killed. that was three months ago. >> similarities of all three shootings require the police department to consider the possibility that all the cases are linked together. >> reporter: the similarities? lodato killed in february. ten years ago real estate agent and wife of the sheriff also shot and killed. all three involved in their community. all gunned down in their homes in broad daylight. all three killed within two miles of each other. police say forensics show similarities in the bullets used in all three killings but they won't go as far to say they came from the same gun. but they have similar characteristics and similar in design. >> he believes in his mind that these three people will represent the city

now," informing insomniacs or two decade. >>> good morning, i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perezdiana perez. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." >>> russian troops said to be 16,000 strong openly defying the u.s. and european union and rattling world capitals and stock markets. the latest in a moment. >>> the suspect in a theft of nearly $3 million in shaved gold will soon be back in custody in florida after being nabbed in central america. he was arrested shortly after the theft in 2012. posted bond and then disappeared. >>> microsoft founder bill gates is once again the richest person in the world according to "forbes" magazine. his net worth of $78 billion lifts him to the top spot after a four-year break. >>> apple launches carplay that gives drivers hands-free control of maps and music. mercedes and volvo are the tops to sign on. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good tuesday morning. we begin this half hour with urgent mission for secretary of state john kerry. >> he arrives in kiev today. there are new reports th

. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now," with john muller and diana perez. >>> good morning, everybody, on this back-to-work monday. diana's first full week, full week back on the job. >> i know. i can't believe it's here. feels like just yesterday i was pregnant and going on maternity leave. now i'm back from maternity leave. gosh, time flies. >> makes you always want to have another one. >> no. >> no. >> shall we get to it? >> let's get to it. >>> good morning to all of you. we begin with obamacare. the final day to sign up is here. after midnight tonight, people who don't have health insurance, they have to pay a penalty. >> the deadline is a little squishy. to get people on board. abc's jeff zeleny plains. >> reporter: from the courts to the campaign trail -- >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> reporter: one word is driving the political debate. the final day to enroll is coming up. >> there is no delay beyond march 31st. >> reporter: well, not exactly. the obama administration's now saying you can ignore the final day to enroll if you've had trouble signing up

perez. >> i'm john muller.sday as we say thank you so much to marci and welcome back diana tomorrow. you've been such a hit. everybody is going to miss you so much. >> i'm going to miss being here. >> such enthusiasm, great attitude. such a pleasure to be around. >> it has been so wonderful sitting next to you and learning from you and everyone here, honestly. >> leave it to marci to give the credit to everyone. we will have the high jinx with you before you leave. >> all right. we begin with the grim discovery at the site of that massive mudslide in washington state. more bodies recovered from the wreckage. >> the community in mourning turned out for a candlelight vigil as the death toll is expected to go on climbing. akiko fujita has the latest from the scene. good morning. >> reporter: john and marci, crews recovered two more bodies overnight, bringing the death toll up to 16. but officials say there are eight other fatalities, bodies they will try to recover later today, so you can expect that death toll to

with john muller and diana perez. >> good friday morning, everybody.na, to be back for two days and already have friday come out of your mouth. >> yeah. i pulled a couple of strings and asked to come back early for my maternity leave. no, just kidding. this is great. two-day week, weekend. then a full week. see, i'm thinking ahead. >> yes, you are. >> let's get started. we do begin -- good morning once began. we begin with a slow and grim excavation of the mudslide in washington state. it truly is stunning. >> maer measuring progress in feet. akiko fujita joins us. good morning, akiko. >> reporter: they are not calling this a recovery victim yet because they say the urgency to find the victim is still there. an exhaustive effort with few victories. crews comb through twisted piles of debris, digging through layers of thick mud. >> just mud, trees. underneath there may be a house. some look like they have been put in a blender and dropped on the ground. >> reporter: officials say the rain made it difficult to dig victim out, even when they find a body.

i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller.in with that breaking news in the search for flight 370. here's what we know right now. the p8 poseidon, america's most advanced submarine hunter, is over an area where objects possibly related to the missing plane have been spotted by satellite. >> prime minister tony abbott has announced the discovery and said they have been diverted to the area to try to find the objects. >> two possible objects related to the search have been identified. i can inform the house that australian air force orion has been alerted to attempt to locate the objects. >> an emergency ship in the area has responded and is also on the way to the scene. the australian maritime safety authority says the possible pieces of debris, one of which is said to be as much as 78 feet long, have been spotted approximately 1500 miles southwest of perth, australia. abc's david curley has been following the search for flight 370 from the very beginning. >> david is joining us now to give us some perspective on where this is

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. we begin with high-level talks aimed at putting an end to the tense situation between ukraine and russia. >> secretary of state john kerry meeting with russia's foreign minister in paris this morning. kerry is also speaking with ukraine's foreign minister who hitched a ride to france on secretary of state's plane. abc's tahman bradley is following it from washington. >> reporter: the u.s. and other nations are still trying to defuse the volatile standoff in ukraine. in crimea, tensions remain high. with russian and ukrainian troops staring each other down walking the streets of kiev yesterday kerry saw the shrines where ukrainians died in last month's protests. the secretary blasted vladimir putin's invasion of crimea. >> it is not appropriate to invade a country and at the end of a barrel of a gun dictate what you are trying to achieve. >> reporter: putin says he ordered troops in to protect ethnic russians. president obama warned russia is violating international law. >> president pu

i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. latest developments in the missing malaysian flight 370. >> the u.s. has sent its most sophisticated sub hunter, the p-8, in the search effort in what is most likely the area the plane most likely went down, south indian ocean, far west of australia. this, as even more evidence mounts, that the disappearance was deliberate, and that whoever was at the controls was experienced in the cockpit. meanwhile, as abc's bob woodruff reports from malaysia, the focus is intensifying on the crew. >> reporter: we've now learned the pilots did not ask for any extra fuel for the flight and made no special request to fly together, making the idea of a conspiracy between them less likely, but much is still unknown. investigators going in and out of the gated neighborhood of the 53-year-old pilot, zaharie ahmad shah, security guards keeping reporters from getting in. so you're not allowed to let any media in? no way? authorities are concentrating on the flight simulator he put together himself and kept

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez.iladelphia for 149 passengers and crew bound for ft. lauderdale. >> they were forced to evacuate after a major malfunction on takeoff that ran into a safety issue that was captured in some dramatic video. abc's larry jacobs has more. >> reporter: this flight to ft. lauderdale got no further than the end of the runway at philadelphia international airport. >> oh, my gosh. my plane. it crashed. >> reporter: nose dear collapsed during takeoff. a tire blew out and bedlam followed. >> oh, my god. >> just as we started to get airborne, the plane dipped down in the front and it touched a bit. >> reporter: us airways flight 1702 from philadelphia with 149 aboard was forced to abort takeoff shortly after 6 p.m. as airbus a320 slid to a halt, landing on its nose. >> people were screaming. the front ripped off, sliding, screaming. >> reporter: passengers hit the emergency chute then hit the ground running. everyone made it to safety. three minor injuries were reported. >> we put a protective foam

perez. >> and i'm john muller. >> we begin with the deadly mudslides in washington state and desperate search for survivors. >> as the search and rescue progresses around the clock, the death toll is climbing. up to eight people dead and more than a dozen unaccounted for. these pictures show the scale of the mudslide. an entire side of the mountain gone in just seconds. abc's neal karlinksy has the latest. >> reporter: pictures from above show the full scope. it's as if half a mountain slid down on this rural community. a slide measuring a square mile in size. this is the carnage. this right here in front of me was the highway. home video from the ground makes it hard to tell there used to be anything here. survivors had to be plucked out by helicopter. >> the helicopter medevacing the mom and child, 5-month-old baby, out of here. still alive. >> reporter: that baby is hospitalized in critical condition. beneath all this mud, a residential street called steelhead road. officials say it's simply not there anymore. >> a lot of people that were very cared. need prayers. >> reporter: nearly 30 ho

perez. >> and i'm john muller. we begin with the breaking news, australia's department of defense released these satellite images of debris, two objects which may be related to the missing flight. one of the pieces is thought to be as large as 78 feet long. the other, approximately 16 feet long. >> the area where the debris has been spotted is approximately 1500 miles southwest of perth, australia. in that vicinity, the ocean is well over a mile deep, if not more. it's in the area known to mariners as the roaring 40s. southern latitudes notorious for wild weather and waves. an american p 7 poseidon subhunter is searching at the moment. >> it can provide high resolution images and hopefully provide a clearer picture. david wright is on the plane and filed this report on his way to the search scene. >> reporter: this is david wright. i'm aboard a u.s. navy p8 poseidon that's a surge and rescue vessel. it's rescue 74. we're past a search area that's headed towards the south pole from all those due south of kuala lumpu

perez. >> and i'm john muller. we begin with a fourth day and still no sign of a missing malaysian passenger jet. exhausted families waiting for news in fear and disbelief about how little is known about this plane's disappearance. >> many have gathered at a hotel near the airport in beijing for updates that are few and far between. their anger is beginning to grow as the search for the plane intensifies. our team coverage begins with abc's tahman bradley. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: marci and john, good morning. the search began in the area where the plane went off the radar. now it is expanded into areas this plane could have reached given the amount of fuel it was carrying. malaysian police say this man, a 19-year-old iranian is one of two men who boarded malaysia flight 370 using stolen passports. they believe he was trying to seek asylum in germany and has no ties to terrorism. authorities continue to run background checks on all the passengers. >> we are looking into four areas. one is hijacking, two,

informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> good morning, i'm john muller. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez we are watching this morning. diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in ukraine. john kerry hailed the small amount of progress from talks in paris. >>> and bin ladin's son-in-law enters a second day in court. what the top recruit er needs t be tried in the united states. >>> and the cia says there's no truth to agents spying on top lawmakers in the senate, but the top cia investigator is still looking into the claims. >>> and three third graders busted for smoking pot in their bathroom. the 8 and 9-year-old boys released to their parents and could be expelled. these are some of the top stories on this thursday, march 6th. >> good thursday morning, everybody. we'll begin this half hour with the latest efforts to diffuse the tense efforts in ukraine. >> a top level meeting with secretary state of kerry and france didn't yield much progress. abc's martha rad doc reports from par rick. >> reporter: caught in a crisis after putin's forces took over part of ukraine, thousands of demonstr

perez. >> and i'm john muller. there is further indication this morning that the disappearance of malaysian airlines flight 370 was not caused by a malfunction but was deliberately done. >> abc's kristin fisher is following the latest from washington. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning, john and marci. well, u.s. investigators say they are now convinced that someone manually intervened with the plane's communication system. this morning american ships are on the move heading to the edge of the indian ocean where u.s. officials say there is an indication flight 370 may have gone down. they're now seriously considering the possibility that the plane's disappearance was not an accident. two sources tell abc news that the plane's two communication systems were shut down separately adding fuel to the theory that this may have been a deliberate act. >> maybe it was a hijacking. maybe it was a pilot suicide. maybe there was some elaborate plan to take this airplane somewhere and do something with it. >> repo

i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. where a nine-story apartment building under construction is nothing more than a smoldering pile of rubble. >> the fire broke out around 5:00 last evening. filling the sky with dense black smoke. fire suppressions systems had not yet been installed in the building yet. so flames spread quickly. it threatened other buildings in the area as well. >> from my apartment, i saw the fire, the smoke, i came over here. i walked down here. it was really intense. the flames were really hot. >> fire crews did get a handle on the flames before they could spread. but they will be working until later this morning to put it out completely. one firefighter suffered second-degree burns. >>> our other major story this morning -- the disappearance of flight 370. after more than four days of intense investigation there is still not even a sliver of evidence. >> the search area is expanding and the speculation is nearly spiraling out of control. abc's devin dwyer is following the developments. good morning,

perez. >> and i'm john muller. we begin with another show of force and escalating tensions between russia and ukraine. >> overnight russia set its sights on ukraine's warships. new video this morning shows four russian navy vessels blocking a ukrainian ship at a crimean port. >> it is the latest sign that the two countries are on the brink of war. abc's tahman bradley is following the developments from washington. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, john and marci. world powers are urging president putin to withdraw his troops before this situation gets out of control, but so far putin is not backing down. he's saying he's protecting russian interests. with the russian air force in the skies, russian boots on the ground and the russian navy patrolling ports and seas, vladimir putin now controls the crimea region in eastern ukraine. it's a huge escalation raising tensions around the globe. russia says its troops are there to protect russian citizens from the unrest in ukraine sparked by violent protests

i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. to our top story this morning. the intense explosion in new york's east harlem that reminded some people of 9/11. but there are no signs of foul play, just a horrific tragedy. that was probably a gas explosion. >> the fire department released these close-up pictures of the scene where at least four people have been killed. devin dwyer has the latest from the scene. good morning, devin. >> reporter: good morning, john and marci. this tragedy rattled the nerves of anyone who lived in an older building that is fed by natural gas. the explosion came so fast, so violent and so frightening. a desperate search for the missing. >> i just want to know if my daughter is fine. >> reporter: after a massive explosion leveled two five-story buildings in new york city's harlem neighborhood just before 5:00 in the morning. 9:30 in the morning. residents described an ear-popping blast that blew out windows, collapsed ceilings and sent residents fleeing for safety. >> our hearts go out to all of the fa

i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller.nds of miles of ocean. >> australia is leading part of the search and says the area it's checking today is about the size of texas. as abc's devin dwyer reports, the international search team is looking for the tiniest of clues. >> reporter: the search for flight 370 is a hunt for fragments of floating debris on open seas. american sub hunters with powerful cameras scanning the surface for specs of insulation, seat cushions or clothing. the primary search effort is now off the coast of australia in the south indian ocean where satellite information suggests the plane could have gone down. >> with the turns this plane made, even if we don't know the altitudes, someone was definitely in control of the plane and knew what they were doing. >> reporter: that someone, investigators now believe, was likely to be the pilot or co-pilot, both now the subject of intense scrutiny. malaysian authorities are urgently examining the captain's personal at-home flight simulator for clues. >> reassembled

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perez. >> i'm john muller.cars all morning long, from the winners, the losers, the fashions, the laughs, we'll cover it from "a" to "z." it was a great show. >> i watched it from start to finish. my first oscars. you look lovely, by the way. you look red carpet quality. >> thanks. i wasn't even invited. still i'm waiting. i'm checking twitter to see if i'm called to any red carpet oscar parties. >> we'll have fun on our red carpet set in a little while. >>> we'll start with the major winter storm zeroing in on the washington, d.c. area and mid-atlantic region. nearly a foot of snow expected with a later of ice with rain falling now. most federal offices will be closed today. school is out today as well in washington, pittsburgh and parts of new jersey. >> and estimated 90 million people are being impacted by this storm. in oklahoma city, besides snow, there was thunder, hail and lightning yesterday. producing some dramatic moments courtesy of mother nature. our coverage begins with abc's alex perez. >> reporter

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez.h day of the ongoing search for malaysia airlines flight 370. >> frustration is rising hand in hand with confusion as once again malaysian officials change their version of several key details about the flight. our coverage begins now with abc's david kerley. >> reporter: the mystery of flight 370 came no close to being solved when again the malaysian government -- >> i would like to say -- >> reporter: -- changed the story. so few facts have produced so many theories. the long-time pilot who wrote, it could have been a fire in the cockpit that brought that big turn off the flight path, but u.s. sources say they remain focused on what appears to be a deliberate act, and it is all because of the tidbits of information we do have. as we first reported this weekend, a source says someone programmed the autopilot for that dramatic left turn off the flight path before 1:07 a.m. 12 minutes later, the final radio call to malaysian controllers, reportedly from the co-pilot, "all right, good ni

i'm john muller. >> i'm reena ninan in for diana perez. search for malaysian flight 370. the problem, locating it. >> search planes are again flying through the location of that possible debris spotted by satellite. abc's david wright was on one of those missions and takes us along on this abc news exclusive. >> reporter: we took off aboard this p-8 poseidon on a nine-hour flight into the open on or about. then a thousand miles out to sea, the crew got a set of orders, a possible breakthrough. they gave us permission to call abc news from the cockpit. >> we are told by the flight crew, that they have some intelligence now, that there is some sort of debris in the water. they're not clear what. we will be the first plane on site. our primary focus now, those two large objects seen in those satellite images, possible debris. one piece as big as 78 feet. the images, now the best hope for answers. as we were racing to the scene, australia's prime minister was breaking the news to the world. >> following specialist analysis of this satellite im

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez.ad this half hour, from the oscars, from the big surprises, the letdowns, all the fashion and glitz. be sure to stick around all morning. >> i give it a big thumbs up overall. >> i'm impressed you watched the whole thing. >> from start to finish. that's dedication. >> it is. >> and i actually enjoyed it. >> how about that? >>> we begin with a major story developing overseas. on day four of what the u.s. is calling russia's invasion of the ukrainian region of crimea. >> russian troops still in unmarked uniforms digging in for what looks to be a long stay. secretary of state john kerry travels to the ukraine tomorrow. abc's terry moran is there. >> reporter: by sea the russian navy poured in more forces. on the roads, russian troops were on the move. on the border between crimea and the rest of ukraine, russian soldiers were spotted digging trenches, a sign they're here to stay. and nearby, in russia itself, full scale military exercises were under way ominously. for ukraine's new prime

john muller. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. we begin with that tense one-hour phone call between president obama and russian president vladimir putin. it is the second time in less than a week the two leaders have talked about the crisis in ukraine. president obama urged a diplomatic solution while proposing a pullback of russian troops. >> putin upped the ante saying ukraine's government is not lem and the conversation did little to quell the violent protests in ukraine. abc's tahman bradley live in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: john and marci, good morning. this standoff has taken a dangerous turn. secretary of state kerry returns home without a solution as vladimir putin digs in. with the crisis in ukraine rapidly escalate -- >> the slightest miscalculation could see it spiral out of control. >> reporter: -- the united states is offering vladimir putin a diplomatic solution. president obama is proposing direct talks between ukraine and russia. russian forces returning to their bases and international

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. we begin with breaking news. a hit-and-run accident in austin, texas, as a town hosts the hugely popular south by southwest tech and media conference. >> two are dead and two dozen injured after a car plowed into a crowd outside one of the bars participating in the festival. police say the driver was a drunken driving suspect being chased by police. >> the driver continued to drive after crashing through the barricades and hit numerous pedestrians before the vehicle stopped. the driver was taken into custody. >> now, some of the injured are in critical condition much the two people killed were on a moped. tens of thousands of people attend south by southwest. it runs for ten days. the austin music awards were presented last night. we're still working on this story. a full update on "good morning america." >>> our other top story, the latest on the disappearance of flight 370. within the next 34 to 48 hours the uss destroyer "kidd" will join the search. >> new satellite images from china are only adding to the con

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >>> we begin with new developments overnight in the search for flight 370. the search has shifted to a new area as investigators focus on the background of the pilot and copilot. >> tahman bradley joins us live from washington with the new details. tahman? >> reporter: good morning. the search now covers the very deep indian ocean and 11 countries the plane could have flown over. it could take months, or longer, to find the plane. at least 26 countries have joined the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet. the u.s. using its most sophisticated submarine hunter, the p-8. as the search continues, more evidence that the disappearance was a deliberate act. >> there is nothing out there indicating it's terrorist. something with the pilot and the copilot. that has to be drilled down on. >> reporter: abc news has learned that the flight, 370, that a hard turn of the flight path was preprogrammed into the computer. the data transmission was cut off some time after 1:07. the location transmission cut at 1:21. in the middle of all that, someone

perez. >> and i'm john muller. we begin with the deepening mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370. still so few clues about what might have happened. search crews testing an oil slick found in the south china sea and tracking down a possible sighting of a plane part. >> we've learned a woman from the pittsburgh area, a malaysian citizen with a u.s. green card, was also on board. and the airline admits it's not uncommon for passengers to travel with stolen passports. abc's pierre thomas begins our coverage. >> reporter: this is the real luigi maraldi, his passport with that of austrian christian kozel was stolen in thailand months ago. there's an urgent international investigation trying to figure out who used those passports to board flight 370. malaysian officials have looked at surveillance video from security at the airport that show ail of the passengers from the plane. >> i can confirm that we have visuals on them and i can confirm two individuals concerned a details that recorded. >> reporter: the fbi and u.s. intelligence agencies hope to use super computers to get known ter

john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >>> we begin with the desperate search for that malaysia boeing 777 gone for more than two days now without a trace. >> an american destroyer has joined more than two dozen other ships in the china sea but still nothing to report. >> abc's tahman bradley joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning, john and marci. teams have searched more than 50 nautical miles from where the aircraft was last spotted. u.s. technical experts are en route to asia to assist. search and rescue teams continued scouring the maritime border between malaysia and vietnam lacking for wreckage. a plane spotted a rectangular object originally thought to be the boeing 777s door, but ships could not find it. >> we have not found anything that appeared to be object from the aircraft, let alone the aircraft. >> reporter: authorities are waiting for the result of samples from oil slicks in the south china sea. malaysia airlines told the families of the 239 people onboard to prepare for the worst. american passenger philip wood's mother is still very shocked. >> if you wa

john muller. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >>> 12 days later and still no answers as to what happened to flight 370, but clues this morning from military radar and fishermen are creating new theories. >> abc's nikki battiste is in perth, australia, and she filed this report moments ago. >> reporter: this morning the u.s. navy's most advanced surveillance plane, the p-8 poseidon, has joined aircraft from australia and new zealand. they're scanning a million nautical miles far off the western coast of australia. >> those are really, really treacherous, deep seas. winter is coming. the rescue effort just continues to get difficult by the day. >> reporter: with all the high-tech equipment, it may end up being a human eye that spots any sign of the missing flight. >> it's not even a needle in a haystack. it's a needle in thousands of fields of haystacks. >> reporter: abc's bob woodruff tracked down some malaysian fishermen who claim they saw the plane the night it disappeared in almost the exact spot the plane was thought to have made a left turn off course. >> they said they were here whe