>> malaysia airlines has a solid safety record. they flight to the u.s. tiara. some of the airlines in indonesia and the other countries are banned from flying on safety grounds. to the west in europe and the state's. malaysia airlines has a sterling safety record. >> we appreciate your time, thank you for joining us. the aging manager from singapore. we hope to talk with you again. we continue to bring you developments but what we have just learned from david mackenzie who was citing news reports there and beijing of a vietnamese commander, the naval commander saying that the plane some help information that this plane went down 153 miles from the island off the coast of vietnam. still waiting to confirm that from other sources but that is what we have just learned in the past few minutes. we'll take a break, more on this story when we come back. i can download anything i want. [ girl ] seriously? that's a lot of music. seriously. that's insane. and it's 15 bucks a month for the family. seriously? that's a lot of gold rope. seriously, that's a signature look. yo

prevent acid with prevacid 24hr. >>> back with the breaking news that a malaysia airlines plane carrying from kuala lumpur to beijing is missing. the airline said in a statement that they lost contact with flight mh 370 at 2:40 a.m. local time. that's more than ten hours ago. the boeing 777-200 departed kuala lumpur at 12:41 a.m., was expected to land in beijing at 6:30 a.m., a 2300 mile trip. it's believed disappeared from all contact and radar contact after about 2 1/2 hours. 227 passengers, two of them infants, 12 crew members, it said. malaysia airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated search and rescue team to locate the aircraft. we go back to matt wald,"new york times" aviation correspondent. matt since i last spoke to you we now know weather is unlikely to have played a factor here. the weather at the time of takeoff showed partly cloudy skies and light winds less than 10 miles per hour. they estimated the plane would have been over cambodia or vietnam at the time it lost contact but no significant weather issues in that area, no storms and so on. what

we're anticipating on hearing from malaysia airlines in kuala lumpur. we're not sure what we'll hear from the malaysian officials, and we thought we might hear from the prime minister. and let's listen in if we can to what's being said here at kuala lumpur. >> we have the disappearance of flight 370 on the 8th of march. based on the evidence, we must accept the painful reality that the aircraft is now lost, and that none of the passengers or crew or board survived. this is a sad and tragic day for all of us. we not entirely expected after an intense multinational search across the area. this is devastating for the families of those onboard. they have waited for two weeks for even the smallest of hope or positive news about their loved ones. this has been an unprecedented event, requiring an unprecedented response. the investigation underway may yet prove to be even longer and more complex. 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 compa

two hours into the flight, malaysia airlines says it lost contact with the plane.ne should have been in vietnamese airspace at that point in the flight. china says the flight never entered its space. chinese tv says there are no reports of a crash in chinese waters. but search and rescue teams are launching at this hour. malaysia airlines tells nbc news that its thoughts and prayers are with all the affected passengers and crewmembers and their families members. all told they represent 14 different nationalities. four americans, a malaysia airlines 777 disappear thoing o this flight the red-eye flight saturday morning. rescue teams launching. this would be the second fatal crash involving a 777 in just the last year. we had the 777 crash involving an asian that flight at san francisco last july. investigators belief that was most likely the result of pilot error. we still don't know what happened to this flight, missing out of malaysia. i'm tom costello, back to you you guys. >> as tom said, the boeing 777 is the same type of plane that crashed in san francisco las

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

may have been traveling faster than previously thought. >> the search for any sign of the malaysiaing airlineslight been shifted to an area north following advice from the australia transport safety bureau. an international air crash investigation team in malaysia provided by updated advice top the atsb which has examined the information and determined an area 1,100 kilometers northeast of the existing search area is now the most credible lead as to where debris may be located. >> authorities are also disputing suggestions that they wasted time searching in the previous area saying it was based on information they had at the time. >> that does it for there hour of cnn newsroom. i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm natalie allen. for our viewers in the u.s., "early start" is next for you. for our international viewers, cnn "news room" continues next. . >>> breaking news overnight. the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 moved nearly 700 miles northeast from where investigators had been looking for days. new clues indicating the plane was flying much faster than previously thought and may h

startling revelation. >> good evening, the word from malaysia tonight is whatever happened to malaysia airlinest 370 is no accident. >> malaysia's prime minister ended the speculation today sending flight 370 airborne for more than seven hours to only taking the route it did 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 loss 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 to the indian ocean in the south. investigators believe the plane is more likely to be found in the southern corridor. >> the northern track had if over flight 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

we just need the truth. >> reporter: in the early days, malaysia airlines executives gave briefings to the families. now the airline's legal team and other employees come. the malaysian ambassador came twice last week to answer questions. now families say they haven't heard from any embassy officials. the families turn to each other for support. they check their smart phones for updates and from their beijing hotel rooms watch the nightly news conferences out of kuala lumpur for any will you leads. well into the second week of the search, families are now starting to ask what their legal options are, whether or not the plane is found. families are talking about suing the malaysian government over the delays and the confusion in the search. aviation litigation attorneys from the u.s. have shown up at the hotel. >> i have some contact. they invite me here. after this conference, they invite me to their conference to have some further conversation. >> reporter: as they consider what to do next, the families continue to wait and wait. their lives kept on hold. now a malaysia airline spokes

could cost fifty to one hundred thousand dollars per plane to install keeping this incident with malaysia airlines is going to lead to some changes in the way the airlines the governing body approach the sort of thing is this episode follows the in store model. i think to see some pretty significant legislation come out of this process potentially making future crash investigations much less difficult than the search for flight three seventy. james bowman cctv washington. major investments in china. it was windy the position. mr said the alarm. we in. the show he means business. the un welcome back nowhere to go back to our coverage of all of the missing malaysia airlines flight. in each three seventy and were going to go to our group for james joe he's been calling for a james one hundred twenty objects of been spotted by a french satellite images. how is this affecting the search in between the eighteen thirty eight people to add to that all the more prone to investigate that there is a pretty good. end of one hundred twenty two of jack no need to feel so awful they are free but is he going to g

on friday, the ceo of malaysia airline did not speak about the pilot or co- pilot. all pilots of the airline go through a psychological examination. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >>> still to come for you here on cnn newsroom, at least 17 people lost their lives in last week's landslide in washington state. we'll bring you one woman's heart breaking story next. everything your mouth does in a day is building up layer, upon layer, of bacteria. and to destroy those layers? you need listerine®. its unique formula penetrates these layers deeper than other mouthwashes, killing bacteria all the way down to the bottom layer. so for a cleaner, healthier mouth, go with #1 dentist recommended listerine®. power to your mouth™. also try new listerine® naturals. the only mouthwash that combines the power of listerine® with naturally sourced ingredients. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™.

the search, the mystery intensifying for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. new clues suggesting the pilots may have changed course while they were still in contact with air traffic control. and this morning, reports of a new area of focus in the search for this plane. we are bringing you live team coverage on the latest breaking news overnight. >>> and also breaking overnight, could ukraine and russia be on the brink of war? the fight over crime mia turning deadly, as russia warns the rest of the world that any country that gets involved will face consequences. we are live with what's happening and the very latest overnight. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm glad that you're with us. and rosa flores. >> and i'm john berman. we do begin with the latest in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 now missing. cnn has learned that the flight was programmed to make a turn at least 12 minutes before they radioed air traffic control saying "all right. good night." is this a possible sign of some kind of foul play in the cockpit? at the least, it looks

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

what is different about malaysia airlines versus air france question mark >> grade-point, trish. ese kinds of disasters rarely prove the undoing of an otherwise strong airline. you mentioned air france and there are numerous other ones. but they often prove the undoing of an airline that is teetering. if you think of pan am or swissair, those disasters occurring not too long before those airlines did go out of business. this story will go away. with all those others, as tragic as they were, they were off the front pages within a couple of weeks. that hasn't happened yet. customers are continually reminded that this airline is in this situation and let's face it, if you are doing a flight search right now a have a lot of airlines to choose from, malaysia airlines, but is not going to be their first choice. >> anyone can use lessons of leadership. coming up, the teacher is bed horowitz and the course work is hip-hop. want to buy a watch question mark you'll have to pay $55 million for this one and it's the world's largest. it's next in luxury. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg

we also heard from officials at malaysia airlines there. talking about this being an unprecedented event saying the investigation may be longer and more complex than it has been since it began 18 days ago after flight 370 took off and disappeared. ceos saying they did not know why or how this happened but are praying for the passenger asks crew of flight 370. we now rejoin "the kelly files". oh, i like that one. it's so quick! it's just like my car insurance. i saved 15% in just 15 minutes. i saved more than that in half the time. i unfriend you. that's not how it works. that's not how any of this works. [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for auote isn't how it works anymore. with esurance, 7 1/2 minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern world. esurance. backed by allstate. click or call. sunny or bubbly? cozy or cool? "meow" or "woof"? wheels or wheeeels? everything exactly the way you want it ...until boom, it's bedtime. your mattress isn't bliss: it's a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the all-new sleep number class

the crews off the cost of australia make a new find in the certain for malaysia airlines flight 370.trying to find what the satellite images >> covering los altos, petaluma and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> right now we want did update you on breaking news in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. a navy command are assisting in the search says after several hours he did not find the possible debris spotted in satellite images. radar picked up a freighter and two ponds of dolphins. a crew from australia failed to come up with anything. these are images showing possible debris in the ocean that could belong to the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. the objects were spotted 1,500 miles off the coast of veilia -- there is no way to know if this is actual debris. >> we will have any updates as they happen on twitter@abcnews.com . >>> other news, san mateo police are asking for help looking if a robber would broke into a woman's home and stole her money after tying her help. >> police want you to see a certain image. >> this was frightening for the woman would was tied u

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

we'll continue our coverage of the missing malaysia airlines plane in a moment.first i want to look at thor stories we're following closely as well. the european union has announced a new round of sanctions against russia targeting political leaders close to president vapd. e.u. leaders plan to sign a political association pact with ukraine later today. turkey's government has blocked twitter after the prime minister vowed to eradicate the social networking site. prime minister erdogan vented at a campaign rally. he says twitter ignored court orders to remove the web links. the founding pastor of a kansas church known for its anti-gay protest at public events has died. fred phelps was 84 years old. westboro baptist church members have picketed thousands of events, everything from lady gaga concerts to military funerals. now, an update of our top story again. planes are in the air over the indian ocean searching for signs of missile airlines flight 370, the area extremely remote and malaysia is asking the u.s. for more equipment to pick up the ping of the plane's

the search and mystery intensifying for missing malaysia airlines flight 370.es suggesting the pilots may have changed course while they were still in contact with air traffic control. the plane vanishing into thin air. and also this morning, reports of a new area of focus for that plane. we're bringing you live team coverage in the latest breaking developments. >>> and more breaking news overnight. tensions on a tipping point in crimea. on the verge of conflict, this as russia warns the rest of the world any country that gets involved will face consequences. we're live with developments overnight. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." a lot going on, i'm john berman. >> and i'm rosa

>> one former malaysian airlines executive told cnn while he's proud of malaysia and the airline, the country's image and could have and should have been handled in a much clearer way. nick robertson, cnn, kuala lumpur, malaysia. >> while families of those missing on flight 370 are caught in a personal nightmare, some say they're caught in a web of politics and c politics and crisis management. one group feels they've been captives of the authorities. >> for weeks malaysia airline representatives in kuala lumpur have been protective of families of those on board flight 370 shielding them from everything including the media. families initially appreciated it, but some family members from china say malaysia airlines staff have gone too far making them feel more like captives than guests in their hotels. >> translator: i wanted to come meet the minister and other family members, but i was not allowed to leave. they wouldn't arrange transportation. they wouldn't even let me take the taxi. i lost my freedom. >> tempers flared when the families in this hotel were told they could not attend

this is a sad day for all of us at malaysia airlines. while not entirely unexpected, after an intensive multinational search across 4 million square mile area, this news is clearly devastating for the families of those on board. >> here is where things get confusing. australian authorities say the search is till on, and everything up to this point is speculation. >> let's be clear, to this point in time we have not successfully identified and recovered debris from the aircraft in question. >> we are not searching for a needle in a haystack, we are trying to define where the haystack is. >> with australian authorities sticking to a safe, it gives families hope for confirmation. they are sticking to a holding pattern, and the heavy is not helping, there's gale force winds, heavy rain, and tuesday was a wash in terms of the australian maritime authority. the hope is that teams can go out and resume their search. >> difficult for the family, because you are talking about speculation. you can't forget the black box. it's vital, critical in th

secretary malaysia airlines flight 370 malaysia airlines flight 370 traveling to moscow carrying a message expressing concern held by vladimir putin about extremists in the new government here and of course also about other aspects of this brand new government that they say is basically a coup d'etat. the secretary general also said that the longer this crisis goes on, the bigger the chances of things spiraling out of control. >> the longer time the process of resolving this issue through peaceful resolution and dialogue, the greater risk there will be for the uncontrollable ascertaination as beyond these two countries and beyond the region. >> the secretary general is getting at a number of factors that have a lot of people around the country and region deeply concerned. you've got militias here that are out of the control structure, the ukrainian government, now they say in kiev that they are trying to disarm those groups, but nevertheless, that is a great concern. out in crimea itself, you've still got two armies, now facing one another on that disputed peninsula. we've seen activity ou

now, the details on how these theories are looked at by security agencies go quite far so malaysia airlines big international airline t functions according to international standards, for instance there's a procedure there on how to prove when they would open the cockpit door and when they would not, so all these kinds of things are being looked at now to see does this fall into place anywhere, does it fit with any incoming information. >> a lot of the investigation is also focusing on the pilot, a lot of scrutiny and he had a flight simulator in his home, investigators are trying to recover deleted files from the hard drive from the simulator. what do you make of that? >> well, it's a tough one here and this is one of the problems we're facing with this investigation again is i think what the world is sort of waiting for is one clear point that would speak and put out information on what's happening as opposed to dribs and drabs and then one agency or one country basing on what they get from another country. it's unfortunate here there wasn't some sort of open multiparty investigation righ

. >> breaking news in the search for malaysia airlines flight mh370. australian officials spotting what may be debris in the south indian ocean. >> thanks for joining us and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton, live in new york city. we begin this morning with breaking news out of australia. early thursday, australian prime minister tony abbott announced that satellite images appear to show two objects in the southern indian ocean, that may have been a part of flight mh370. no solid firmation. abbott told the australian parliament that an orion search aircraft has been sent to an area 1550 miles south of perth. >> i would like to inform the house that new and credible information has come to light in relation to the search for malaysia airlines flight mh370 in the southern indian ocean. the australian maritime safety authority has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search. following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified

i did not meet with the waiting media malaysia airlines is putting them up in hotels around kuala lumpur. eleven countries are participating in the rescue in recess mission but notice all of clues have been found so far vietnam says of one or give up until the voting triples seven and crop is like i said and it's going to widen the search. if life with the kuala lumpur international airport and forty one minutes up the big noise baking time said today it was expected to lead them by teaching at six thirty am contact was lost when the plane was flying over the protein in air traffic controller area in vietnam at one twenty i am on board on twelve crew members and two hundred and twenty seven passages than a hundred and fifty four from china now let's say i go to a press conference and while the kuala lumpur are being given by my laces to pop and all civil aviation the haze is in a few. today he said then i fed the line islands i think he will be sioux city iowa. the cd. he does what and who i was a lousy and eighty six a letter dated the twenty one the man who died monday. it was if they'

malaysia airlines have already provided initial financial assistance of $5,000 u.s.ollar per passenger to each next of kin. we recognize the financial support is not the only consideration, but the prolonged search is naturally placing financial strain on the relatives. we are, therefore, preparing to offer additional payment as the search continues. this unprecedented event in aviation history has made the past 18 days the greatest challenge to face our entire team at malaysia airlines. i've been humbled by the hard work, by dedication, heart-felt messages of concern and offers of support from our remarkable team. we do not know why, we do not know how, we do not know how this terrible tragedy happened. but as this airline's family, we all are praying for the passengers and crew of mh-370. >> ladies and gentlemen, member of the media, i answer the floor for question-and-answer session. please state your name and media organization before you ask the question. >> i'm from hong kong phoenix tv. my name is carol chong. just now you show your sorrow to the family member

we're following very dramatic developments in the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370. alaysia's prime minister delivered a somber message about the fate of the jetliner, and the news was devastating for the families of the 239 people on board. in the words of one relative, quote, they have told us all lives are lost. the prime minister says the plane went down in the southern indian ocean. he says the conclusion is based on new and kbrounl

to 8:00 a.m., malaysia airlines knew where the plane was all along.families. >> reporter: we've seen that anger boil up over the days and now, really, it's this waiting, this agonizing waiting, as people maybe in their heart of hearts know this could be it. but of course we've been here before. >> absolutely. thank you, david mckenzie. live for us in beijing. >>> you're watching cnn's special coverage of the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. coming up next, we'll go to australia for the latest on the two objects spotted by satellite that might just be part of the plane. o learn so classes impact your career. while helping ensure credits you've already earned pay off. and we have career planning tools to keep you on track every step of the way. plus the freshman fifteen, isn't really a thing here. and graduation, it's just the beginning. because we build education around where you want to go. so, you know, you can get the job you want. ready, let's get to work.

and, jim, i asked him when you get malaysia airlines jets, are they poorly maintained? some airlines around the globe that do not take as good care as other airlines, but malaysia airlines is not one of them. he says not only are they adamant about their maintenance, they overdo it. jim? >> victor blackwell, thanks very much. >>> 19 full days have ticked by but time is still of the essence because these black boxes come with an expiration date, about 30 days of battery life. my next guest says the specific batteries on this missing plane might already be out of power. i want to bring in cnn safety analyst david soucy, author of "why planes crash. "i understand you had a sobering conversation with the auditors at the maintenance base that actually took care of this particular flight, 370. what do think thai tell you act how these batteries are maintained? >> i did, jim. he told me during his audit, he was a mechanic, working on not specifically this aircraft, didn't talk about that, but he did talk about the maintenance base where it it was maintained. my concern is he s

and cut cables in an unground vault and fires at the site for 20 minutes. >> no sign of the malaysia airlinesat vanished with 239 on board the crews from eight countries including the united states are scouring the seas between malaysia and vietnam while investigators focus on two passengers that bought their tickets using stolen passports. >> rain from half moon bay, to antioch, and san mateo and circumstancing down to the south, so the south by will get it later in the morning commute and from sutro tower, it is dry if san francisco but by the afternoon it will be left over cloud and that is it. temperatures cooler than yesterday but where we should be mid-to-upper but the coast is upper 60's to low 50's. the evening commute will be easier weather-wise. >> seven, the big-rig fire in the pleasanton and live more area, westbound 580 is the reason for slow traffic. it is clear now. expect long, long delays. >> thank you sue, we continue online and twitter and facebook and all mobile devices. see you in 25 minutes. [phones rings] it's amanda. hey sweetie. what? okay, i'll send it. one hundred s

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tell us the response from malaysia airlines, because there was a news conference there, and particularly the point of using text messages in english to tell family members that their loved ones are no longer alive. >> reporter: the f we talk about the family members, there has been an air of disbelief, denial, shock, and then that turned to anger. a lot of people, particularly in beijing where the majority of family members -- sorry, majority of passengers and loved ones of those on board are waiting wait ing to for information every day and agonizing night after night. it's day 18 now and they finally heard, some of them, via text message. cnn confirmed this last night that these text messages were sent out before the briefing informing all family members, both here in kuala lumpur and beijing that that the flight, mh-370, had likely ended in the southern indian ocean. that is, of course, how the prime minister put it. and this is what malaysian airlines had to say about in the today's press conference. >> our sole motivation last night was to ensuring that the incredibly short amount o

malaysia airlines flight 370 had 239 people on board, including four americans. today the airline's ceo spoke to reporters. >> our purpose now is to work with the emergency responders and the authorities. >> people who had come to the airport in beijing to greet passengers were taken to a hotel several miles away. still waiting for information this morning about what happened to that plane. right now no word that the plane crashed, but officials are saying those two oil slicks are the first signs of a possible tragedy. >>> a husband arrested almost 25 years later for allegedly killing his wife in san jose. kathy zimmer's body was found in the back seat of a chrysler at the san jose airport in 1989. investigators' dna evidence on zimmer's clothing linked her husband, david, of half moon bay and his brother, robert zimmer of slrk to the murder -- of santa clara to the murder. >> we feel that between the physical evidence that we have as well as other evidence of financial motive we have the two men responsible for this awful crime. >> investigators say kathy and her

. >> we are following breaking news now on the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane. the prime minister of malaysia is expected to speak at a news conference any minute now, and we are not sure what he'll say. officials say there'll be a major announcement. we are listening to the event and will bring you the latest as soon as we get it. >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford live in new york city. it's 8am in ukraine, and the start of a fateful day for the people of crimea. in just 24 hours they'll vote on whether to join russia or remain a part of ukraine. western powers say they won't recognise the outcomeven as international observers arrive there. moscow says it will adhere to the outcome of the referendum libby casey explains that an 11th hour appeal to stop the vote failed. >> a meeting between john kerry and sergei lavrov. >> we have no shared vision of the situation with western countries. sergei lavrov says sunday's vote in crimea is about self-determination. >> translation: we will respect the as a result and express our opinion after the resul

more on the search for the malaysia airlines flight and the investigation in a moment. first, we want to go to our other major international story this hour. >>> the upper house of russia's parliament expected to vote in the next hour to ratify the agreement allowing crimea to join the russian federation. the lower house approved the measure 443-1 on thursday. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov told lawmakers the move is necessary to protect ethnic russians. meantime, u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is headed to kiev today after meeting with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. the european union is ratcheting up the pressure on russia over its annexation of crimea. e.u. leaders announced a new round of sanctions against moscow thursday and say they plan to sign a political association pact with ukraine. nina december santos reported on that from brussels. >> reporter: leaders agreed to add 12 names to the list of individuals who will be facing sanctions. we're talking visa bans, travel restrictions and asset freezes for their role in russia's incursion in

those scene in these satellite images, that could belong to missing malaysia airlines flight 370. >>> good morning to you. it's 4:30. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're going to get you caught up on the latest surrounding the missing jet but first we want to check the forecast. it's the first day of spring. >> good morning to you. happy spring bay area. it's going to be a nice day. part of the reason why is because we're starting out nice and mild. plenty of 50s out there, and temperatures are actually running about 10 degrees warmer at this hour than 24 hours ago. we expect the 80s in some cities. i'm going to tell you. where right now, though, let's get you out the front door on a good note. >> we're looking toward palo alto. we have the speed limit let's say that, probably a little higher along the peninsula. the drive for 101 moves smoothly here. goodness, we'll show you the traffic flow actually in real life on our sensors moves as you pass by the dumbarton bridge. up past the san mateo bridge which is moving smoothly, as broadway a crash on the southbound side h

i know the airline, malaysia airlines is a sophisticated organization. problems i see happening is that the airline, the malaysia airlines and the malaysian government seem to be used interchangeably. the fact is they are not interchangeable here. the government is running the investigation. the airline is not. the government seems to be the body that is releasing the information and in many instances misinformation. the airline is not. we can all criticize some aspect of any investigation, but what's happening here to the airline and what's happening to the flight crew is quite frankly though the the context of speculati speculation. there's no need for anybody to be rushing to a courthouse. none whatsoever. >> let me bring jim back into the conversation. these families are quite vulnerable now. from your perspective, is it okay to consult an attorney at the time if you're one of the family members? >> well, if the families feel they want to speak to an attorney, who am i to tell them it's inappropriate? carol, the best piece of news i could possibly he

and we will continue to follow any updates on the missing malaysia airline. first, we will check other headlines. russian president vladimir putin is being hailed as a hero in moscow after announcing that crimea is rejoining russia. russian law makers are expected to approve the annexation by the end of this week. but ukraine's prime minister says russia has stolen part of its country. >> reporter: today's events in moscow can only be qualified one way. this is a robbery on an international scale. one country is applying force thinking they will never be held response nl. >> toyota has agreed to pay $1 billion to settle a u.s. justice department probe. the auto maker was under investigation after customers complained about their cars suddenly speeding up without warning. beginning in 2009, toyota recalled millions of cars after years of doing little to fix the problem. well, there's no end to the theories about what happened to flight 370. and coming up, a retired airline captain shares his views that the simplest explanation is often right. also, masked gunm

malaysia airlines doesn't run the investigation. >> malaysian government. >> the malaysian governmentruns it. so to a certain extent, even though it's the national airline, they are indeed at the mercy of, and under the control of the government. >> same thing could happen here if there was a united disaster, the ntsb or faa would take charge. >> correct. and indeed, under malaysian accident investigation rules, and they have relatively sophisticated rules, all investigations are deemed to be private, which means no information gets released. if an accident occurs in this country, the airline is not permitted to comment about the investigation at all. they are party to the investigation. all of the information comes from the national transportation safety board, and customarily, the member of the board who is present on the scene will brief the families on a regular ongoing basis. or the investigator in charge will brief the families. >> these families believe malaysia airlines and malaysian government are withholding information from them. >> that is a credibility gap and a trust gap

pilots issued a distress signal. >> reporter: this morning the search intensifies for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. >> we are equally puzzled. >> reporter: now three days into this exhaustive search for clues multinational rescue teams are scouring the waters of the south china sea. overnight malaysia's civil aviation chief says no wreckage has been found. >> we have not found anything that appears to be objects from the aircraft let alone the aircraft. >> reporter: teams from the united states, thailand and china all involved in the search effort with more than 30 aircraft and some 40 ships across at least 50 nautical miles. the missing boeing 777 took off from kuala lumpur in malaysia just before 1:00 a.m. on saturday. less than an hour after takeoff the tower lost the plane's signal. no distress call cents and the weather clear at the time. the boeing 777 and its 239 people aboard seemingly vanished. despite the lack of clues officials here say they have some leads. >> we look back at the recording, and there's an indication that the aircraft may come back. >> reporter: malaysia and

let's get caught up on the missing flight 370 from malaysia airline. on is focused on the crew members and the passengers. >> the search area, too, is focused on this new map. this is one you haven't seen when you went to bed last night. it was totally different. the first corridor, the red area there with the circle. that whole area is what they are looking at. it is so expansive as far north as kazakhstan and south as southern indian ocean. this larger search is not sitting well with chinese officials. they are demanding malaysia provide more information at this point. they are concerned about the fate of flight 370. they are running rampant. the theories. if you have gone online and talked to friends and family. you have heard wild ideas. >> despite the massive search answering these questions this morning, the answers are few and far between. it leads to more speculation out there. let's get some experts in here to talk about what we know and what we can glean from what we learned from the prime minister. we have former ntsb john. we have the map. i

a potential new development in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. comes from china which has an especially strong interest in locating the airliner which was carrying so many chinese nationals on board. late today, chinese authorities released satellite photos of what they call a suspected crash site. they were taken on a high definition camera on the morning of march 9th, a day and a night after the the boeing 777 vanished on route from kuala lumpur to beijing. three images in the open ocean, each showing floating objects. what precisely they are, that remains to be seen. we should point out there h

in hopes of finding the missing malaysia airlines jet.expansion to n jose is actually *ahead of schedule. and while it will definitely ease traffic problems, some people are worried about a negative si effect of bart's arrival. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 ,,,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around >>> researchers are reporting a new tool in the fight against alzheimer's. it's a blood test that is 90% accurate, predicting whether people in their 70s will get the disease within three years. that could lead to earlier detection and treatment. alzheimer's affects more than 4 million americans and 35 million worldwide. >>> in florida now, a pilot and a skydiver are both recovering after a bizarre accident saturday. a pilot practicing takeoffs and landings became entangled in the strings of a skydiver's parachute. that sent both crashing to the ground near tampa. a photographer captured the incident. remarkably both escaped serious injury. the national transportation safety board and the faa

tonight, two weeks since malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared from the radar. a search for possible debris picks up again tomorrow in the southern indian ocean, crews facing harsh conditions there. >> russia officially annexing crimea, ukraine signing the e.u. trade deal. sanctions ramped up. ban ki-moon trying to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. >> while much of the world is watching crimea, we wanted to show you this. some people there don't see what all the fuss is all about. this is the harbor. locals have their lines in the peer, hoping the fish are biting. >> of course this is better for russia, because it means power and protection of southern borders. for crimea, it means our life will become calmer. >> the flagship of the ukrainian navy is among those now trapped in the harbor by that russian blockade. >> your morning cup of joe might cost more because of a dry spell in brazil. farmers are afraid production could shrink to lowest levels in 30 years. >> a drought, the worst in living memory has struck brazil's coffee belt. >> how much rainfall

aren't there different levels of acars that airlines can subscribe to and malaysia didn't subscribe tohe more advanced one? am i correct in that? >> we talked about this, didn't we? >> that's right, we did. we talked about this. anderson, that's absolutely correct. some airlines -- actually most airlines in the world, malaysia airlines is the only one that i know of that doesn't do this, subscribe to a system whereby the information that they send to satellites and vice versa is more robust. it's protected more and there's more information passed. you have to pay for that. it's like an iphone. again, 16 gigs, 32 gigs, 64 gigs. you want better performance, maybe a little faster, you upgrade to the 5s, get 64 gigs. you pay for it, but it's better performance and that's the same with the acars. >> so that would be coming back to haunt them now because they didn't have that more sophisticated data. >> if they did, it would have made the search a little easier because there would have been more information, perhaps easier to find and we would have found it by now. >> one of the important th

this is malaysia airlines makeshift crisis center in china.e families and friends of flight mh 370 were told to find the latest news of missing mothers, grandparents and children. the last time i heard from my son he called before the flight to say he'd be home around 9:00 a.m. he came here from the nearby village to get word of his son, traveling with his wife crying the whole way. over in texas, the brother of another passenger said, american phillip wood was working as an executive in malaysia. he had just visited the family last week. >> just shock. you know? this kind of thing doesn't happen. he was my hero. my friend. and we were very close so it's tough. it's tough times. >> reporter: for relatives here, the tough times are sometimes too much to bear. my grandparents were on the plane and they're nearly 80 years old, she says. we don't have much hope. a grief shared here in china and halfway around the world. >> though our hearts are hurting we no so many families around the world are affected just as much as us by the terrible tragedy.

we sat down with the former ceo of malaysia airlines, the man who founded this airlines and asked him about the pilots. a pilot he knew from the time he went to flight school 30 years ago. listen. >> you knew captain shah. some people point a finger at him. >> he's an excellent pilot and i think also an excellent gentleman. i think they're going to wrong way. they're pointing a finger at him. >> you also knew the co-pilot. what can you say about him? >> his father learned the quran by heart. so he also learned the quran by heart. he's a good muslim. i know he's a good muslim. >> now the former ceo of malaysia airlines told us he's hoping they find the aircraft and locate the flight data recorders. he says that's the only way the pilots and their families are going to be able to clear their names. otherwise it's just too difficult to overcome the doubts. no one has any evidence and the pilots can make all too easy a suspect. back to you. >> exactly right. you mentioned the families. the elder son of the pilot has spoken out. tell us what exactly he's been saying and whether other famil