in malaysia. we have the chairman and ceo of malaysia airlines we're going join that press conference live in progress. >> based on this evidence the prime minister's message was that we must now accept the fate of reality that the aircraft and none of the passengers or crew on board survived. this is a sad and tragic day for all of us at the airlines. who are not entirely unsuspected of the intensive search against 4 million square mile area, the news is clearly devastating for the families of those on board. they have waited over two weeks for even the smallest of hope of positive things about their loved ones. this has been an unprecedented event. requiring an unprecedented response. the investigation underway may yet prove to be longer and more complex than it has been since march 8th. but we will continue to support the families. as we have done throughout. and to support the authorities as the search for answers continues. i will now ask our group representative to provide you with fuller de

but just veering off and going back over malaysia. so that alerted them to the fact that they had had possibly it turned around, and they started searching in that area a day after the initial search got going in the area where it was last officially seen. so yes, they are looking in the straits of malacca. that search extends ever further out at this stage. no indication they found anything. >> still haven't found anything. i assume they're searching not just over the waterses but over nearby land, is that right? >> reporter: correct, yes. the search area includes basically the spine of malaysia, if you like. and on into the waters of malacca on the other side of that is indonesian, the island of sumatra. i'm not aware they are searching assusumatr sumatra. if this information is correct and looks like it is, that plane would have crossed over. but its last -- what they think its last position was, was the islands of this paola paraq, a tiny rock roughly in the middle of the straits between malacca and indonesian sumatra. so suggeste

. >>> it all begins in malaysia on saturday, march 8th. >> we're comings into news that a malaysia airlines 77 is missing. >> this has been a situation without precedent. >> it's an international mystery raising disturbing questions about airline safety, pilot reliability and terrorism in the skies. >> this is the most bizarre event, sabotage event or hijacking event or intentional act event that i've ever seen. >> this really captured the world's attention because it was a modern 777 aircraft, one of the most advanced planes in the world vanishing. >> 12 kwln 41:00 a.m. the flight takes off. the boeing 777 is carrying 227 passengers, two of them infants. most of the travelers are from china. there are also people from 13 other nations aboard, including three americans. >> let's go back to the beginning and talk about the timeline of what happened because at least the first half hour or so, this was a normal flight. >> absolutely. twro minutes later, the transponder stops transmitting. >> the vietnamese controllers are expecting this airline to check in, expecting to talk to a pilot. when t

why would the navy be sending ships west of malaysia? is it simply based on what this official, what the malaysian air force is saying that they had some radar indications that the plane was -- had crossed malaysia and was heading out in a westerly direction? >> well, my conclusion would be that the navy is -- thinks that's the most credible information they have. and perhaps they have access to information that not out in the public. >> so the chinese satellite photos, now that has been widely discounted as really any debris from this aircraft, right? >> yes. and i would add as tom noted i think that area's been pretty thoroughly searched and the pingers listened for and that sort of thing. >> and you agree with that? >> i agree completely. >> so basically the only solid evidence is maybe the radar that the singapore airport -- not singapore, malaysian air force had in its -- is reporting? >> right. we don't know behind the scenes what's actually the facts that the command post has. we know what they're saying publicly. again, they migh

again, that's the prime minister of malaysia speaking now. stay tuned. i'll bring you more at 6am eastern. i'm morgan radford with al jazeera america. >> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you're in "the stream." man bossy or b bossy? it's time to hear what girls think, we talked to teens to find out how they define leadership and empowerment.

from malaysia, 38. indonesia, 12. australia, 7. france, 3. the united states of america, usa, three plus one infant. new zealand, too. ukraine, too. canada to. russia, 1. italy, 1 pair taiwan, 1. the netherlands, 1. and austria, won. >> the nationalities of the people on that missing airplane. the flight was due to land in beijing nearly 8 hours ago. david mackenzie joins us live from the chinese capital. i am told that you are in an area where they have now moved the families that were expecting their loved ones on that plane. >> reporter: that's right. want to bring you some news, natalie. some 12 hours or so since that lost contact with air traffic control, it appears now that the news is not good. according to the people's daily, the main mouthpiece, as it were, of the china's communist party and according to leading daily papers in vietnam, the vietnamese navy commander is now saying that the plane went down around 150 miles south of an island off of vietnam and it appears so that this is definitely the case that this airliner went down.

what happened to malaysia air 370, now the world knows. also, a dark part of virginia's history not all that long ago. >> the end was to develop a super-human race. >> exclusive look at how the commonwealth's forced sterilization policy became a model for the nazis. >> how many forced sterilizations do you think you witnessed during your time there? >> oh my goodness, i coan couldn't begin to tell you. >> and obamacare. >> evenly ly, that will be something i'll sign up for. >> it's not something i want to think about . >> good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. the official hope has ended. although the skepticism doesn't, with the notice that the malaysia air 370 ended in the indian ocean. the aircraft with 239 on board did crash into the ocean after taking off from kuala lumpur over two weeks ago. they can't say why. that's why a search continues in a remote part of indian ocean, 2500 miles beyond perth awful. sarah hoye has the story. >> it's with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this new data,

he said malaysia talked nonsense and lied, which delayed the search. "we want an explanation for this." this is totally different from a plane crashing or having some sort of a problem, he says. "they've cheated us and made the disaster worse." that is a sentiment that many of these families feel today on this monday in the second week. and keep in mind, rosa, many of these families are not only from beijing, they're from all corners of china. they had to fly in from two, three hours away, and their lives are in limbo. they have no idea when they're going to check out of this hotel and find out what exactly happened to that plane. rosa? >> so many things in limbo, including their emotions because of their loved ones, because they don't know where their loved ones are at this point. thank you so much. pauline chiou live in beijing for us. >> so sad. >> so incredibly sad. how do you start to pick up the pieces when you don't know anything? still ahead, much more on the mysterious disappearance of malaysian jetliner flight 370. >>> but first, breaking new

and then malaysia shoots them down.sterday we were told that authorities searched one of the pilot's homes for anything that might lead them to maybe a psychological problem he had or whatever. today, during the press conference, the malaysians said, no, we didn't do that. it's just confusing. >> but they should have. what's amazing is they seem to be embarrassed about investigating a horrific accident. of course you should search the pilots' home. look for data. when the ntsb and when we do an investigation in the united states, by the way, whenny in ntsb is done, people like me pick up, we depose everyone. we go back over and re-create the accident. you should have the -- the log books searches, contributes, what did he do in the previous week. i mean, there's no -- there's nothing to be saying they didn't do it about. they should have done it. if they haven't, i want to know why. >> mary schiavo, thanks, as always. >> thank you. >>> still to come, malaysian officials respond to the latest report that flight 370 flew

malaysia has nothing to hide. we have spared no expense and no one we're been involved with our neighboring countries and accepted all international offers to help. protocol sinced the incident began. much has been made about the expansion of the search area. we have intensified the search. let me be clear, there is no --for situation right thi like . it is our duty to follow every lead and we owe it to our families. trust me when i say, we will not give up. questions? [indiscernible] was the acting transport minister in malaysia giving us a fairly detailed breakdown of what we know and don't know. let's get back with brian who has been following the story closely. said, first of all, we don't have anything confirmed saying the flight to go off route. it is unclear to me if you are saying it is not true or it is inaccurate to say the plane flew for five hours or a flew for anything at all. >> if we take him at his word, because i think he was choosing his words carefully, he said it is inaccurate reports that the

what began as a routine flight for malaysia airlines 370 became the total opposite. leaving behind unending grief and unanswered questions. "flight 370: the final hours." here in the cockpit of this malaysian airlines plane -- >> got to reposition. >> -- the captain trains this co-pilot to fly the aircraft. calculations, notes, and a rare towering storm to avoid. >> if we see it on our radar and penetrate it, but yellow and red is asking for trouble. >> adjustments made, the trainee touches down moments later. a perfect landing. it's february, 2014, and the trainee is fariq hamid. weeks later, hamid would again be in the right hand seat, this time as first officer of malaysia airlines flight 370. march 7th, 2014. kuala lumpur, malaysia, in one of the busiest cities in southeast asia, millions of people are on the move. including philip wood, a 51-year-old ibm executive. thousands of miles away in beijing, the day begins as usual for his partner, sarah bajc. >> i get up early. i drink coffee in front of the window and look out over the sunrise. we live next to an appl

malaysia airlines says he was qualified to fly. listen. >> we do not see any problem with him, okay? so he is actually on the flight that doesn't require a check. you must realize he is flying with an examiner. he is not flying with anybody less than an examiner. the captain is a triple 7 examiner. >> finally, as for the 440 pounds of lithium batteries on the flight, malaysia airlines says they were secured and there is no evidence of them exploding in any capacity. >> all right, trace, thank you, so what about suggestions that malaysia is not telling the whole truth? what is the story of this government. and why would somebody mislead on this case? ambassador john bolton has interesting thoughts on that next. >>> plus, the heart of this investigation, speaking out tonight on "the kelly file." what they are now saying about this plane and the prime minister's comments this morning. i will press the executive on how sure they are on the conclusion. >>> also ahead we'll take a look at a religious freedom case. what is at stake and wh

of operations control said for malaysia airlines.d all these various rumors flying around that the plane has been recovered safely. and they clearly have no idea what has happened to this plane. did you deduce anything from what he said which could shed any more light on it? >> well, the fact there was no incidence of a distress call or any kind of issues that transpired at least what the representatives have given to us that their last communication with the crew there was no issue with the aircraft or themselves. so you have to figure that in between those reporting points, something dramatic, something catastrophic must have occurred for this crew not to have been able to at least get off a pan pan pan or may day call. we're dealing with some sort of situation that consumed them to try and keep the airplane under control, and that the fact that we don't have any additional information after that last reported call. now, we don't know if the crew actually made any calls to atc. the operations guy said that their airline communicati

>> reporter: john, in malaysia, in a town called kota bharu, along the coastline of malaysia, there were fishermen out with a good night fishing, friday evening, when mh-370 disappeared. now, they say around 1:30 in the morning, let's not forget that is around the same time that mh-370 vanished, they said that they saw an incredibly low-flying aircraft. i asked them, this unusual, you operate under a normal flight path, you see planes all the time. they said this was incredible unusual. they have never seen a plane flying this low before. i asked them what they could see on it? and one of the fishermen said the lights looked the size of coconuts to me. they were incredibly big. so this is two fishermen. there were ten people on board. eight others were actually sleeping at the time. two fishermen on board say they saw this aircraft flying very low. this, of course, is the last time that we believe mh-370 sent out the crucial turnaround. those on board say it was flying low. they went back home. they told their families and friends and immediately reported it to the police. thus is in the

and malaysia? >> i think there's substantial sharing between the united states and australia, because there's a decade-long close relationship between the two government. not so much with malaysia, they don't have the strategic assets that australia has, that the united states has been using in australia. really, there's not been any military need to share that level of data with the malaysian government in the past. i have to mention that earlier today president obama had an interview where he stated that the united states was sharing with the malaysians all the assets they typically share with a nation when there's an airline accident. that turn of phrase, the typical assets that are used, implied there are other assets that maybe the u.s. had and was not sharing with the malaysians. i believe the announcements today in australia add a little more credence to that. >> with that said, how confident do you think the australian prime minister whereas to hold the commence. >> given the high level ann

teams and the investigation teams of malaysia, they reached out to the u.s.nce in processing the investigation. >> reporter: malaysia says initial results came back but it was agreed by the u.s. team and the investigations team that further refinement was need sod the data was sent back to the u.s. again. friday the 14th, malaysia says the results were received about 2:30 in the afternoon and presented at a high level meeting where the u.s., the uk and others processing the information concurred. saturday the 15th the malaysian prime minister was briefed on the results and presented them in a news conference. >> it then flew in a westerly direction back over the peninsula of malaysia before turning northwest. >> reporter: experts agree that it's hard to analyze the kind of satellite data. but the prunlt move would have been to scramble the search teams as soon as possible. >> if they had an indication of where this possibly could have gone in, we should have had assets on it absolutely as soon as possible. >> reporter: another area where malaysian officials h

happened to malaysia airlines flight 370 is no accident. >> malaysia's prime minister ended the speculationy saying flight 370 airborne for more than seven hours could only take that route with someone at the controls. >> the idea that it was a deliberate act caused a much closer view to see if it was any other activity that the perspective militaries knew about and that could assist in this, even though they may have not seen the airplane at the point of lost contact. did they have any returns on their radar that could be? and would that be consistent with the flight plan. and it turned out that was the case. >> the search field now expands to two corridors from the kazakhstan to the indian ocean. investigators believe the plane is more likely to be found in the southern corridor. >> the northern track had the overflight of several countries, some of which are very keen to protect their air space. they have sophisticated and closely monitored radar. >> the only place to go where it would never be detected would be out into the southern indian ocean. >> as the hours and days pass, with no s

. >> what happened to malaysia flight 370? we'll take you live to kuala lumpur for the latest on the investigation from that part of the world. >> also the pilots continue to come under scrutiny but now the captain's son and others are coming to their defense. >>> welcome back. if you're just joining us, we want to update you on the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. >> that's because a short time ago australia authority say a credible new lead points to an area 1,100 kilometers -- 700 miles -- northeast of the previous search area. new analysis of radar data shows the plane was going faster than first thought, that means it burned fuel at a faster rate and didn't fly as far. >> let's get the latest on the investigation now that's headquartered in kuala lumpur where flight 370 originated. our jim clancy has been there many days covering this story for us. jim, what are you hearing from there? >> well, you know, i look across the scene of what we have right now, natalie, in this investigation and it takes me all the way b

the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 is our top news item of the day. there are several significant developments over the last few hours. here's what we know right now. four orange objects, about six feet long, have been spotted today in the southern indian ocean. australian officials who were leading the search call it the most promising lead so far. ships are on the way to the area to investigate. and officials say several other objects picked up by ships yesterday turned out to be fishing equipment and other trash. there is probably only about a week left of battery left on that flight recorder. and because of that critical deadline an australian ship carrying a u.s. pinger locator and undersea search equipment leaves for the search zone shortly and is expected to arrive there on thursday. >>> and back in malaysia, frustration is growing. a group of chinese families flew to malaysia to hold this news conference. they're demanding officials provide evidence on the fate of their loved ones and apologize for releasing what they call confusing informatio

a short time later, malaysia's prime minister makes an announcement.e 370 end ed in the southern indian ocean. >> what was the hurry to make that statement? if the malaysians thought that would make people feel better and be happy and go home, it didn't work, did it? >> and sarah bajc is still trying to desperately cling to hope. >> i am coping through it. there's just this huge vacuum, because, you know, it is not only that philip is missing, and by any reasonable person's calculations, he is most likely permanently missing, and i can't quite accept that, because, you know, what my head is telling me and what my heart are telling me are two very conflicting things. >> as she hopes, the data is fine-tuned, the search area shifts again, and the world waits. >> we can't stop thinking about this and wondering, because how could it be in the 21st century that a modern airliner could go missing? how could that be? and here we are with a missing airliner, and i think that just boggles people's minds, and we just need to know what happened, don't we? >> a mys

. >> reporter: malaysia prime minister telling the world all lives were lost on board the missing malaysiairliner, flight 370. in washington state a mudslide kills eight and several people are still missing. president obama talking to the u.s. allies about the crisis in ukraine. they are meeting at the nuclear security summit in the netherlands. ♪ we continue to follow breaking news at this hour, just before 10:00 a.m. eastern time malaysia prime minister addressing reporters, telling them sad news that the missing malaysia flight 370 went down in the south indian ocean and randall parentin pinkston has been following this for days and what do we know? >> 16 days from kuala lumpur to beijing and the british version of ntsb brought the prime minister to microphones to tell families of passengers aboard the flight the news they dreaded. >> it is there for with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this new data life image 370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: the new data that the prime minister refers to comes from the united kingdom's accident inve

>> malaysia airlines would train their pilots.a lash shaye airlines knows whether they trained their pilots on this. i assume ewas, this this pilot, he has so many hours. and who is investigating what the airline did? a very important clue. presumably they know all this by now. i don't know. it's kind of a mess. >> so, mark in your view, are you in agreement with arthur rosenberg, whom we spoke with earlier, who said this is a game changer, to have this kind of information is a game changer? although we already knew from a malaysian authority, malaysian authorities, they said they believe there was a deliberate action that had taken place. it does this just underscore that? >> with all respect to mr. rosenberg it's irresponsible to suggest it's a game changer or ominous. i think tall does is add to the, this crescendo of speculation. there are air traffic control tapes. air ground tapes, that the malaysian air traffic control authorities have. they can replay those. that's where they get the final words. they can easily determine

philippines and vietnam, so china will look at malaysia as a good neighboring country. >> reporter:ople are already callings for a boycott of all things malaysia and chinese tourists are the third biggest to malaysia and the figure is expected to drop by up to 40% and it's not a matter of compensation for the plane's passengers and said they showed lack of respect and understanding and not just to them but china as a whole and it is not enough for these relatives of passengers on board flight 370 that chinese officials allowed them a rare public show of emotion and want the government to do something more to punish malaysia. >> the case you here is the extent of public pressure coming from china itself and i think to the extent that is the case the really revealing thing about the story is not so much the relations between malaysia and china as it is the nature of the regime in china itself. >> reporter: they need to find a way to balance public and they don't want to risk under mining, the relationship with an important ally. i'm with al jazeera in beijing. >> police outyum interre

we still don't know what happened to this flight, missing out of malaysia. costello, back to you you guys. >> as tom said, the boeing 777 is the same type of plane that crashed in san francisco last july, but it's also considered one of the safest planes in the sky. aviation experts say many of the safety features on board likely saved lives when asiana flight 214 crashed on landing. the model has fire resistant interiors and stronger seats that help during impact. the asiana crash was the first deadly accident involving a boeing 777. >>> more breaking news now. the search for a missing maryland girl and her father is over. caitlyn and timothy virts have been found at a hotel in florence, south carolina. that's more than 400 miles from where caitlyn was taken from her home this dundalk in baltimore county. caitlyn appears to be okay. police say the expansion of the amber alert nationwide appears to have helped them locate the father and daughter. timothy virts took caitlyn from her home yesterday. he is also charged with the death of caitlyn's mother. >>> w

. >> reporter: malaysia prime minister saying no one survived on missing airlines flight 370.nd washington state, rescuers searching for signs of life in a mudslide that killed at least eight people. and president obama attends a nuclear security summit where the crisis in ukraine tops the agenda. ♪ returning to our breaking news on the status of missing malaysia airline flight 370, not long ago, about an hour, the malaysia prime minister breaking the sad news he believes it went down in the southern indian ocean and we are following this with randall and tell us what we know now. >> reporter: the news was devastating but not surprising, some 16 days since the disappearance of malaysia airlines mh 370 flight, we now know that the malaysia officials do not think it will be recovered and that is coming from the malaysia prime minister earlier today. >> it's therefore with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this new data mh 370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: and the search is now taking place in the southern indian ocean, still look

could that work for malaysia airlines flight 370 in? this method could work in the ocean but without wreckage found it's tougher. until more tangible information is found he says they can't come up with data that's as clean or pinpointed a location as the air france maps did. brian todd, cnn, virginia. >>> the weather off the coast of western australia, there's a cyclone and also some weather to report in the united states, a nor'easter is brewing here as well. >> absolutely guys. we'll give you a unique perspective of what's happening across australia, a google earth perspecti perspective. the storm front pushing through the storm zone. this is tropical cyclone gillian sitting off the northwest of australia and we're getting a lot of rain moving in towards perth. this storm system will ride parallel to the coastline, move farther south towards perth and we think remain offshore but important to note here as we're getting the latest information as transitioning into this storm getting into the numbers coming in but it's equivalent to a

is information being passed to malaysia?he answer is yes. >> do you have information or evidence that maybe there's still doubt that 370 did go down in the indian ocean? >> the best information we have and i haven't seen the report but the information from the british overnight seeps to indicate more sewurety that it went down in the southern indian nation. as we get more data, we continue to defined the search data. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> i won't go into those details. we won't have time for that. but it is to get an indication where you're searching before you can define that. >> reporter: how long do you think the search will be delayed because of the weather? >> they are very, very good at measuring the currents. we've dropped buoys to measure the water. they will keep a very good track on where the current debris field should be. as the weather clears, we'll go back in. at the moment it available by aircraft and we will send ships back in. we have to make sure anything we pick up we can possibly identify as wrec

agencies pouring into malaysia. what is your take on the relationship with malaysia and international front with the agencies in play. what are the hot spots you think can arise? >> i think certainly any country, malaysia, included, would feel a little overwhelmed by truly what is one of the most mysterious aircraft incidents in decades. we have to understand, this is not easy for malaiysianmalaysia. the united states has a good relationship with malaysia. a lot of countries have a good relationship with malaysia. it's one of the members of the association of southeast asian nations and the economy is pretty successful, open economy. it's hard issues with china in the past to be sure. malaysia has a substantial chinese minority and there's always issues within malaysia about the relations among these ethnic groups but i would say in a situation like this, they try to have a good relationship. nonetheless, i think they are feeling a little overwhelmed. they are certainly being overwhelmed by offers of help. they prob

malaysia is a popular holiday destination. nearly 1.8 million chinese visited the country in 2013, up nearly 50% over the previous year. some of the passengers on the plane were calligraphers from china returning home after an event in kuala lumpur. a number of them can be seen in this photo. families are growing frustrated with the lack of information on the whereabouts of their loved ones. some of gone to malaysia in search of answers. chinese officials have asked the malaysian government to speed up the search. beijing has dispatched several ships to the south china sea to assist. given the high degree of public attention, the government is doing all it can to demonstrate it's taking the situation seriously. kyoko fujita, nhk world, beijing. >>> a suicide bomber has staged an attack at a checkpoint in central iraq. more than 30 people were killed. more than 120 wounded. the bomber drove off in a mini bus packed with explosives. dozens of cars were waiting to pass through. the attack took place in the city of hila which has

they turned west across malaysia over the straight of malaysia. they didn't notice it, or they just saw it and didn't bother to investigate? either is astounding. the transponder shut off all they have is an aircraft. it doesn't have a flight plan and they couldn't be bothered. >> it is their territory. there's aircraft in the air. nobody knows who it is because of transponders are off. >> had we known is there a reason maybe we didn't know the possible flight path and they were looking at the ocean on the one side as opposed to the northwest trail they could have taken they knew him and they were too embarrassed to say it? >> a half a day or show they were aware they picked up something on radar. how quickly that got reported to other nations. >> they are talking about one nation they involve search and rescue such as this. when you layer on a dozen nations and the u.s. we are getting precious little information and ability to' cyst. we have always had a bit of a touchy relationship with the malaysian government. there's not a good working relati

>> well, all malaysia airlines -- all malaysia has to do is invoke the treaty and involve the interested parties, which includes china and the united states and the structure is there that will help get to some factual information. >> why don't they invoke the treaty? >> i think there's a great deal of national pride involved in the operations of a national airline. and when something like this happens, particularly with the overlay that perhaps something nefarious was going on in the cockpit, boy, the military steps in and says we're going to control this. civil aviation takes a back seat to it. even the prime minister's office apparently is not in control. >> you saw something similar like this when egyptair, the pilot committed suicide with all the passengers on board. >> it was a very delicate situation, but in that case the egyptians actually delegated their authority to the united states. now, they grew to be very unhappy with that once the investigation progressed because the ntsb determined that the co-pilot flew the plane into the water. but they delegated the authority to the n

ten days and still no word on what happened to malaysia flight 370.bring back our panel of experts, arthur rosenberg in new york, mary schiavo in charleston, south carolina, and mike dumbroff. why wouldn't malaysia's military react to flight 370 flying in its spare space and off its beijing-bound track? are you suggesting malaysia was not just negligent but perhaps even complicit? >> no, i'm not going that far. what i'm suging is if you look at the north route that this plane, one of the projected paths this plane took and you combine it today with the request from malaysian authorities for 25 countries to submit radar data, when you put this all together it becomes very telling, and it tells a story that there are holes, there are dark spots, blind spots in the radars of these various nations. last night we were discussing some of the radar capabilities of india and some of the surrounding countries. and one of your security correspondent guests was talking about the fact that he had been to several radar facilities that supposedly were doing what th

quick update on malaysia airlines flight 370. australian authorities have found two objects that may be related to the plane. they were spotted by satellite about 1,500 miles from western australia. aircraft have been sent for a closer look. malaysia's prime minister has tweeted that his government is now awaiting confirmation from australia. with that in mind, sara is live in kuala lumpur this hour to tell us more about the malaysian government's response to what could be a breakthrough in all of this. >> i think the response is extremely cautious, john. that is because, as you know, all of the different roller coasters, emotions that have been coming out of these families because information has been coming in and it's disputed sometimes hours or a day later, and it's just been very difficult for them. i think the government has sensed that and they're being very cautious. however they did have a conversation. we know the prime minister talked to the prime minister of australia, tony abbott when this all happened, before the pr

>> well, as against malaysia air, no matter what the result is found to be, malaysia air is going toe responsible. whether it's hijacking, a terrorist act, act of the pilot, pilot suicide or mechanical failure, they will be responsible. >> my question is now, can malaysia airlines sustain this? can they afford to be in business after this? >> sure, they can. they have at least have $1 billion in insurance. so their liability will probably approach that amount, but they can withstand it with that insurance. >> there's always the government, as well. it is majority owned by the government. the malaysian government is certainly not going to step back and away from this one. >> what is this new information you have about part of the plane that may hold the answer to the black boxes and batteries, what do you have? >> this is the story tonight that maybe the batteries on the black boxes, the pingers may not be that strong, because of the way they had been stored back in malaysia. david was reporting earlier, his sources told him that there was an audit that showed the batteries were store

. >> that breaking news coming out of malaysia. it is expected officials will announce that missing plane was hijacked. i want to show you live pictures from that news conference we've been expecting for 20 minutes. we're waiting for officials to come out. it is expected they will say that jet liner was actually hijacked and may have been done so by one of the pilots. good evening. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. nearly a week of questions, tears and theories. now the prime minister of malaysia apparently going to announce what the associated press is reporting, that missing plane was hijacked according to the ap about 90 minutes ago. the bigger question, the 239 people on board, it's still unclear if they are alive. we have a team of reporters on this breaking story. jean elle joins us from sfo this evening and steven stock is here with us in studio. begin with monty francis. >> reporter: we do expect the prime minister to address the report that the flight was hijacked but it does not appear if he will answer any ques

but malaysia flight 370 did have air phones in business class. they might have been deliberately disabled along with the transponder and other communication systems. but cnn aviation am linalyst ma weiss says the more likely scenario is no one called even when the plane reversed course. >> the lights would have been dimmed. it was almost an hour into the flight. it was a very frank quitranquil. it probably wouldn't have been turbule turbulent. nobody would have noticed anything. it could have been business as usual. >> another theory that aviation analysts are look into is whether or not the cabin was depress surized either by the pilot or someone who may have wanted to sabotage the flight. at 30,000 feet, passengers would have passed out within seconds or they would have had 15 minutes with oxygen masks. mark weiss doesn't put a lot of weight behind that scenario, but there are others who say with so much still to investigate, they're not ruling out anything. nn, washington. >> time for another break. when we come back, for people with family on

we're not getting enough support from the malaysia government or the malaysia airlines. we're going to start our own self-help family support group. and they're meeting right now discussing what they're going to do. they' taken down names of relatives. they've also asked people to list what their jobs are and what their specialties are so they can at least use their own skills to try to help each other. job? >> and pauline, i guess a lot of anger directed as malaysian airlines, the malaysian government. but what about at the chinese government? do people think their own government is doing enough? >> you know, that's a good question. because at the top level, we have heard the central government publicly tell malaysia that they need to step up the pace of the progress. they need to be more transparent with information, but we've asked relatives here, have any government officials showed up from beijing, from your own government? and they say they have not seen anyone. so that's also a bit of a disconnect. no government officials from china here. no government officials f

his only son, 31-year-old son, was on the malaysia airline flight coming back from malaysia after workingation. he was at the press conference earlier today that the prime minister of malaysia had given. he was here in beijing watching a live feed of the press conference. we spoke with him after that. he said this is where he is emotionally and psychologically. here is his perspective today. >> translator: i hope this is a hijacking because they are of loved ones. i hope that they are alive no matter how small the chance is. i haven't slept for days. we are grateful for the help from so many countries. >> reporter: and there are more than 14 countries involved in this search and rescue effort. imagine what he said. the best possible case scenario for him right now is that this is a hijacking situation. that shows what kind of emotional and psychological hoops these relatives are going through. i also asked mr. li about what he thinks of the focus of the search. the two new corridors that we have been talking about from the borders of kazakhstan and turkmenistan and from the indonesia and

and malaysia airlines.s if they were getting information at all and now the news today, which is simply, simply heartbreaking. >> you know, there is no good way to break this news to a family member that's in this kind of circumstance. but they at least had it -- they had medical experts on hand. they had, as you could see in the video, stretchers on hand. the text messaging has raised a lot of eyebrows in terms of notifying family members that way. but they also held a lot of meetings and phone calls. our david mckenzie is standing by, live in beijing. i don't even know how you were able to get through the morning and do this kind of reporting, being surrounded in so much sadness and heartbreak. but fill us in for what the pictures didn't tell us, david. >> reporter: well, ashleigh, certainly it's been heartbreak today. and many days of agonizing, waiting, has ended for these family members. as you say, some of them got the news via text message from the malaysia airlines saying without a doubt, mh-370 pla

after all, malaysia is a majority muslim country. typically these groups have targeted western embassies or hotels so terrorism seems one of the less likely scenarios. >> thanks to peter bergen, our security analyst. we'll continue to bring you the latest on the missing missile m airliner. >>> vladimir putin will discuss crimea when he discusses russia's parliament later today. he has signed a decree recognizing their independence. on friday russian lawmakers will consider crimea's request to be incorporated into the russian federation. today's hearing at the oscar pistorius trial is about to get under way in south africa. testimony is expected to focus on police photographs of the crime scene. on monday, a gun dealer said the olympian knew it is legal to fire at an intruder only if one is facing an imminent threat. po oscar pistorius is charged with pre-meditated murder in the death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, he says it was an accident. l'wren scott, the long time girlfriend of mick jagger, has been found dead in her apartme

malaysia airlines says the people are all dead.oday they say, well, you know, that was the best evidence we have. we can't -- there's no -- obviously no bodies. there's no wreckage. what do you think of the way they're handling this? >> i think it was very insensitive. we looked at this and why they would say that. and you have people, you know, screaming at officials in beijing and kuala lumpur that there's no debris. how do you know this for sure? it's based on a new mathematical calculation. and this is kind of like high school math. if you've come up with a new answer, show us your work. don't just say what the answer is. and you know, the chinese have a space program. they have some of the best mathematicians in the world. let them -- show them some of your calculations or share it with them. have some buy-in from the other countries that have lost dozens of people in this event. >> you have done a lot of aviation accidents, peter. and you have you studied them. you have gone back. have you ever seen a case where a country def

but the search still continues off malaysia's east coast. the monday after the disappearance, the "new york times" reports the search area is expanding. there is wide speculation over the aircraft's fate. a character made mr. ali emerges, who paid for the journeys of the men with the stolen passports they were bought last minute and paid for in cash. the possibility of a hijacking is seriously considered. experts tell the kelly file they suspect foul play. >> i think it was a criminal act. the 777 is such a reliable airplane, i can't imagine that there was some sort of structural malfunction that was enough to bring this airplane down. >> the men with the stolen passports are iranian nationals. but authorities discount any links to terrorism, suggesting their goal was to emigrate to europe. this as learn more about the plane's curious track. >> the new twist in the search for that missing malaysia airline jet that seemingly disappeared into thin air with 239 people on board. a high ranking malaysia military official is conducting the investi

chinese tourists are the third largest group of visitors to malaysia. that number is expected to drop by 20%. they feel the way malaysia handled information showed a lot of respect and understanding not just towards them, but china as a whole. chinese officials allowed a rare show of public emotion. they want the go to do something more to punish malaysia. >> there is public pressure coming from within china itself, and the really revealing thing about this story is not so much the nature of the relations between malaysia and china, but between the governments themselves. >> reporter: it can't be seen not to take the side of its people, but it always doesn't want to risk undermining a relationship with malaysia. >>> two people were killed in kabul. a suicide bomber blowing through the gates. afghanistan is holding its presidential elections next week. >>> nato is getting a new heard. he will take over in october. the former prime minister of norway will replace the secretary general. >>> many with mental health illnesses are now finding the doors closed

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so i was actually in malaysia doing a story with malaysia airlines on how the ceos are turning around profitable. but in terms of its air safety record, absolutely until now there have been a few incidents but nothing, nothing to give cause for concern. >> richard quest, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> coming up, he doesn't go more than an hour on any day without thinking about what his son did. adam lanza's father breaking his silence. >>> plus, almost 40 million passports currently known to be missing or stolen. how two men managed to get on the flight using someone else's identities without getting caught. save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.ould yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. but when we put something in the ground, feed it, and care for it, don't we grow something more? we grow big celebrations, and personal victories. we grow new beginnings, and better endings. grand gestures, and perfect quiet. we grow escape,

we also hope those of malaysia and other countries could go on, as well.as if china, the government of china in beijing where you are, david, they want more details before they're ready to say everyone is dead. >> reporter: well, that's right, wolf. and they certainly -- it's reflecting what we're hearing on the ground here from family members. and the man i just spoke to saying he wants to see physical proof this plane went down. a lot of suspicion right now from the families towards the malaysian government. some of it being fueled by the chinese government. repeatedly pointing out they feel this effort has not been up you to scratch, according to them. china has sent several assets to the southern indian ocean, including a giant ice breaktory try and find physical evidence of this plane. one important cultural thing to note, for chinese, it's very important to get the body or get the remains so the family can grieve. so even if they find the plane, it's going to be very hard for the people here to have closure, because presumably the amount of time and

now what do you glean from the words of the malaysia prime minister? >> i glean that whatever their evidence is, they are convinced that it went down in the southern indian ocean and that's pretty final in terms of the families or anyone else. and i think it's not at all surprising. i think that the fact that there has not been surface debris found is not surprising. if something does turn up, a cushion or whatever it might be, that would be a little surprising. so i think that in fairness to the relatives of these folks, this is given what they know pretty convincing that there is no longer any hope for their family members. >> reporter: and, bob, i want you to answer this question and randall i want you to answer it after bob and explain to our audience why it is so important and why we have seen so many countries devote so much in the way of resources and effort to find this plane, why does the search continue in the case of that air france flight years after it went down, why is the international aviation community so concerned about what may have

the prime minister of malaysia now says flight 37 at this was quote deliberately difficult disrerted and flew for at least another six hours after cutting off contact with the ground. 14 countries are now part of the search, 43 ships and 58 aircraft have been deployed, and now eight days later, investigators have finally searched the homes of the pilot and copilot to see what role, if any, they might have in this disappearance that only seems to grow more mysterious by the day. >> we have two reports tonight starting with seth doane in kuala lumpur, seth. >> good evening to you, jim. malaysia's prime minister arrived at this airport hotel today to offer new information about this investigation, which seems to be taking a criminal, more sinister turn. >> it was not an accident, malaysia's prime minister najib razak fold reporters today. >> two of the communications systems on board flight 370 were turned off apparently deliberately. one after the other. then he confirmed that military radar had indeed picked up flight 370 as it changed course and flew westover malaysia before turning