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

a government official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the malaysia airline jet missing since last saturday. the official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. the boeing 777 commune cation with the -- communication was severed. abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijacker was controlling the plane. >> if somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. >> they believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. after disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to a data health system which means the plane could have flown 2400 additional miles in any direction. now, the last known satellite data could narrow down the position of the jet. however, if the plane did crash into the indian ocean, it could be difficult to find with depths reaching 15,000 feet. i have

a malaysia airlines jet vanishes en route to beijing. it was carrying 237 passengers. the plane has crashed off the coast of the vietnam. let's go to rob mcbride at the airport in beijing. what can you tell us right now? >> it is a very agonising weight for relatives, friends of passengers aboard the aircraft, waiting for confirmation that the aircraft has, indeed, crashed in the sea. what we are hearing from malaysian airline officials in beijing, and from malaysia itself is that they cannot confirm there has been a crash. they have heard the same reports that we have, quoted on reuters newsagency. that a senior vietnamese naval official said there has been a crash. the agency is trying to get this corroborated. this has been reported. they are trying to get a corroboration. until they do get that confirmation, it is very difficult for the airline to confirm that. their official position is that this airline is officially missing. it's been some 12 hours since the last contact with the aircraft, a good six or seven hours since passengers should have been arriving in t

a government official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the malaysia airline jet since last saturday. the official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. the boeing 777 commune cation with the -- communication was severed. abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijacker was controlling the plane. >> if somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. >> they believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. after disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to a data health system which means the plane could have flown 2400 additional miles in any direction. now, the last known satellite data could narrow down the position of the jet. however, if the plane did crash into the indian ocean, it could be difficult to find with depths reaching 15,000 feet. i have learned

. >>> debris pulled today from the ocean where the search is on for the missing malaysia airlines jet defendant disappointment at what it turned out to be. >> a new weapon is emerging in the battle against high cholesterol. the hope for millions unable to tolerate statins. ,,,, [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. to a new area -- cre >>> a day after the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet shifted to a new area, crews plucked objects out of the water. wendy gillette on what the debris turned out to be for cbs news. >> reporter: a chinese search team recovered an object floating in the southern indian ocean. but it turned out to be garbage. there were additional sightings friday and saturday of possible debris from malaysia airlines flight 370. a chinese military aircraft spotted three objects, two of w

a government official said it is conclusive that one of the pilots highjacked the malaysia airline jet since last saturday. the official said nomo tiff was established and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. now here is some of the evidence that lead them to this conclusion. the boeing 777 commune cation with the -- communication was severed. abc news learned there were several turns that took the jet toward the indian ocean leading to the conclusion a rogue pilot or hijackecont was controlling the plane. >> if somebody is making a major heading changing it would impact the controls. >> they believe two key tracking devices were intentionally turned off in the cockpit. after disappearing from radar, sources say the jet was pinging a satellite every hour for four hours to a data health system which means the plane could have flown 2400 additional miles in any direction. now, the last known satellite data could narrow down the position of the jet. however, if the plane did crash into the indian ocean, it could be difficult to find with depths reaching 15,000 feet. i have learn

news tonight with new clues just coming in about what may have happened inside the missing malaysia airlines jet. reports indicate the plane wildwild ly ascended and descended. tonight we'll bring you coverage of the mysterious disappearance and the breaking news as i am joined by a whole team of aviation, naval and terror experts. but first we want to get you caught up on the latest developments some of which have broken as we came on air. in addition to the information on the up and down movements of the plane, today, a station confirmed the plane contacted the network. the pings sent out could help t? was it a pilot that had something happen to him that caused it? or was it a mechanical issue with the pilots on board? there is so much here we don't understand. it is frustrating. >> the communication system also of the airline seemed to have been shut down sequentially? have we confirmed that tonight? we confirmed they did not go out in one fell swoop but sequentially? >> true, true, that raises the questions why did these things go off? and why did the plane go on for several hours to fly? if

progress in the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet. coming up the discovery that could provide much-needed answers. >> reporter: a northern california sheriff's deputy is dead after the suspect leads authorities on a crime spree across two states. we spoke with one man who confronted the suspect on a shootout. ,,,,,,,,,,,, we get to the end of the day dinner'and i am toast. suit. in fact, we've had toast for dinner. but tonight i nailed it. kfc family feast. 9 pieces any recipe, 3 large sides, 6 biscuits, $19.99. do not give up on dinner. ♪ >>> it is probably the best lead we have right now. but we need to get there find them, save them, to know whether it's really meaningful or not. >> day 13 of the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 and there may finally be a breakthrough. two objects spotted by satellites in the southern indian ocean may be debris. >> a mendocino county sheriff's deputy is dead this morning the victim of a wild crime spree up in oregon. deputy ricky defiorina was shot to death. >> the suspect fired abou

continuing coverage of the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet just ahead.sis in ukraine. vladimir putin signed the bell bill that makes crimea officially part of russia. he called it a remarkable event. then ordered fireworks to celebrate in crimea and moscow. but british prime minister david cameron says the crimean people voted for annexation, quote, at the barrel of a gun. on theft side is how things before were the annexation. now it's part of russia. ukraine signed its own deal with the european union, and the same agreement that the former president rejected last year triggering the protests that forced him out of the country. the eu announced new punishments against the prime minister and others in putin'sstill,les. american penalties are making a difference. the moscow stock market fell three percent in the first minute of trading. fitch is joining standard & poors warning it may downgrade the credit rating. it's two notches before what is considered junk status. visa andmast of mastercards are not working with the russian banks. ed henry at the whi

. >>> continuing coverage of that missing militia why airlines jet -- malaysia airlines jet. crews from so countries a lock with helicopters and airplanes have found nothing. we are learning more about the two passengers on the flight who boarded with stolen passports. >> we know that once these two individuals arrived there on the 20th of february they boarded flight 07 using different -- 70 using different identities. >> upper poll, the international criminal police organization released these images -- images and they have found no terror links to the men. one, a 19-year-old is looking for asylum in germany and his mother contacted authorities. the retired airline captain from denville, from everything he learned must have been something which is catastrophic and we will not know for sure until flight coverage is reported. >> we will know what the flight perfect parameters were but the pilot did not signal authorities he was changing course. >>> a five-year-old baby and his baby-sitter are recovering after being hit by a car. it happen add -- it happened at the intersectio

malaysia airlines jetliner, the co-pilot is being investigateed for violations. >>> yes, kristen, malaysia airlines has dozens of car gaves with -- caregivers. >> 12 countries have joined the search for missing malaysia airlines jet, 42 ships and 39 aircraft are scouring 27,000 nautical miles and searching listened. >> we will never give up hope. we owe this to the families. >> the jet is believed to have veered off course after turning off the transponder tracking signal and banked lard to the left and blue for an hour over hundreds of mile of land and never sounding an alarm and cruising into the straits at a shipping lane near a small rocky island. no one reports a downed plane. authorities are searching a new stretch of ocean but no sign of the missing plane. criticism of the investigation is mount. >> it is haphazard, and worse. >> new questions of the crew. the airlines said they are investigating the co-pilot, 27-year-old, for possible violations of safety standards. according to an australian news report, these two young women were invited by the k pilot to ride in the cockpit during a flight. >> they were talking to us and engaged in conversation. >> the homes of both the co-pilot and the captain were se

what countries haven't joined the international effort to find a malaysia airlines passenger jet that disappeared on saturday china has called for better coronation of the search to find the plane. teams from japan and india enjoying this is for an age three seventy on thursday alongside ten other countries including us down nations china and the united states and at hp crew that flew on the malaysian military transport planes searching the northern my lap as traits the plane flew low at around six hundred meters above the senate this fall personnel use binoculars to look for any trace of the missing aircraft. i see one thirty transport plane from the japanese self defense force was dispatched over the south china sea. one hundred and fifty four of the two hundred and thirty nine people onboard the malaysia airlines jet for chinese nationalist be near lincoln county is a news conference at the end of the national people's congress in beijing to speak about the frustration many chinese people are feeling foreigners the village. we have requested that the relevant parties improve their

news tonight with new clues just coming in about what may have happened inside the missing malaysia airlines jet. reports indicate >> to give you a better idea, take a look at this, the last known position plane at 35,000 feet. it's now thought it climbed to 45,000 feet well above the safe limit prior to that the plane believed to have made a sharp turn west then tease yended. from there, climbed higher again, then changed course doing a u-turn. headed away from the destination. three separate tracking systems went dark. perhaps, they believe someone turned them off. from there, the plane appears to have gone north but they're not sure. it could have gone south as well. these are areas authorities are focusing now. joining me now is michael schmidt, thanks for joining us. and so the most significant piece of news appears to be ascending to 45,000 feet then descending shortly thereafter. walk us through what we think now happened >> as soon as it went off civilian radar it was picked up by malaysian military radar. a high that, for the air is very thin. oxygen masks likely would have come down an

. >> still no sign of possible debris from the missing malaysia airlines jet after the first planes returned better today in the area of 1,500 miles off the australian coastline where teaches from the united states, australia and new zealand are look for possible debris. they plan to go back there tomorrow. >>> on the first full day of spring we watch the drought get worse off california with warmer weather this weekend and a couple chances of rain in the back half of the forecast. >>> wish i could say it is friday light but we have problems across the bay area including the dublin entrepreneur with furniture in the lanes and a couple cars involved. >>> a san francisco hotel towns 10 years old. the st. francis holes a special birthday party with the cast of "beach blanket babylon," will perform and there will be a special proclamation as st. francis day in san francisco. the hotel has hosted royalty, world hers and celebrities since 1904. the anniversary sell operation starts at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon. >>> an effort to build a korean war memorial in san francisco has hit a new milestone

and i the search continues for a missing malaysia airlines passenger jet aircraft disappeared early saturday morning during a scheduled flight from kuala lumpur were to be changed to love puns and ireland bangkok has this update. teams are many said vietnam and other nations are looking for the missing and croft said there has been expanded. but there's still no evidence to suggest what happened to flight in each st seventy. a stream of cars belonging to vietnam's and folds enable police took off running and what in heck she means it's going to stay tuned for the malaysia airlines jet the duke and forget the weather was good today and we were able to fly five a police searched an area four hundred square kilometers and we haven't found anything. but we will keep looking. i call on pamphlet families of missing passage is sweet if it means of course we hope is alive and well. we'll accept the outcome whatever it is a good thing. authorities are struggling to understand what happened in the nation coming on tuesday the school test of two people who boarded the flight using still impossible it's

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a possible break in the case of the missing malaysia airlines jet. what australian officials say they found that may bring some closure to the families of the flight passengers. australian prime minster tony abbott -- tells parliament, there may be a break in the case of missing malaysian airlines flight 370. satellite imagery may have caught images of at least two pieces from the jet, in southern indian ocean. the largest piece is said to be almost 80- feet in length. australia has sent at least one air force plane to the area. to see if the wreckage can be found and verified. an australian maritime safety administration official says, a coordinated effort is being utilized to find the missing plane, but weather patterns may be an issue. in the 13 days since the plane disappeared, there has been no sign of any wreckage nor any conclusive indication of what happened to the boeing 7-7-7. the australian official also warned, it could take some time before there are some definitive answers. stay with kron-4 as we continue to cover the missing malaysian

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are important seeing two oil slicks during their search in the south china sea for the lost malaysia airline jet. they're believed to be from fuel tanks from a downed plane. no word that they have found the plane. now aircrafts and ships from four countries have been searching the south china sea for the plane all day. the boeing 777 went missing in the early hour of this morning local time on a flight from the malaysia capitol to beijing in china. it had 227 passengers on board and 12 crew. there were 14 different nationalities on the plane. including three americans. including a baby. 150 of the passengers on board were chinese nationals. contact was lost with the plane about two hours into it's flight. the route is over the south china sea near the coast of vietnam during that time. vietnam has said the plane didn't enter it's air space. the plane went off radar south of vietnam. weather along the route was reported to be good at that time. friends have been waiting anxiously for the news. some voiced their frustration at the lack of information about the plane. the boeing 777 200 is a long r

. >>> the first search plane sent to lack for debris from the missing malaysia airlines jet returned empty handed. weather conditions are better today off the cost of australia. teams from the united states and australia and new zealand are looking for possible debris spotted by satellite with five aircraft combing a wide area looking for the plane that disappeared two weeks ago. they plan to return tomorrow with ships and planes still headed for the region and officials say the certain is taking place in the most inaccessible spots on earth. >> in the ukraine, president vladimir putin signed bills making crimea party of russia calling this a remarkable event before signing the bill interest haw at the kremlin today. this comes after sunday's referendum which residents overwhelmingly supported practicing from use cran and -- ukraine and joining russia. the united states and european young have responded by slapping sanctions on russia. >> negotiators are expected to return to the bargaining table to prevent a strike on monday at hospitals. 13,000 patient care and technical workers le

its presence in the region. >> the vietnamese navy may have spotted debris belonging to the malaysia airlines jet. interpol is investigating why two passengers were able to board the flight using stolen passports. >> syrian rebels released a group of greek orthodox nuns. they claimed they were holding them for protection. the syrian government released 113 prisoners for the 13 nuns. >> the venezuelan deposit as been accused of using brutal force against protesters. 20 have died since last month. today marked seven years since an american working for the c.i.a. disappeared. in a statement released secretary of state john kerry said, "the united states is committed to the safe return of rachel levin to -- return of mr levinson to his family. >> next "the toughest place to be a ferryman" starts right now. >> colin window is swapping a thousand ton car ferry in london for a wooden sampan in dhaka, bangladesh. >> this is gonna be a lot more involved than what i imagined, i tell ya. >> he'll be working in one of the busiest and most dangerous waterways on earth, where ferrymen take their lives in their

in the southern indian ocean but they still haven't located the wreckage from the missing malaysia airlines jet the search is being concentrated off the coast of south western australia the australian government says satellite images taken on sunday showed two large objects floating in the ocean one measured about twenty four meters long the other about five meters. australia and the united states had sent to patrol planes to waters. about twenty three hundred km southwest of perth on thursday and friday australian maritime safety officials say the visibility has improved and a cruise on board the planes are now searching for the objects initially but no the findings have been reported. search planes dropped marker buoys equipped with transmitters to collect current and when the day in the area were the objects were spotted officials say the objects could have been carried away by the currents. the data from the gooey school and it will be analyzed in efforts to relocate the pieces. we will move the search area according to where the winner has asthma and that's where the water has moved. i'm n

there is a growing sense this morning that whatever happened to the missing malaysia airlines jet it was a deliberating at. nearly a week into the search, there's still no sign of the plane, but u.s. officials say they don't believe flight 370 crashed immediately after it disappeared from radar last saturday. there are strong indications it flew for hours. so the search area is officials are declining to say. right now they're declining to give the path that they show. >>> a florida-bound flight turned terrifying thursday when the pilot aborted the takeoff. the jet was about to lift off when the tire blew and the nose gear collapsed. there were no injuries though two passengers requested medical attention as todd quinones reports -- >> reporter: video captured the chaotic moments as passengers used the inflatable chutes to get off the flight. the 41 passengers and flight on board were bound for ft. lauderdale, florida, when the tire of the front landing blew and the pilots aboarding the takeoff. tonight we talked to several a personals who were on board the plane. >> the second we we

a pilot who flew the same jets say it is one of the youngest in the malaysia airlines fleet. >> it is more solid than anything else in the world. for it to disappear the way it is, lots of questions. >> they say it is just a key stroke to take them off course. if they suffered mechanical failure it would not fly silently. the jet flew for hours with no distress calls. >> a news chopper in seattle made an unusual noise before it crashed. it went down feet from the space needle downtown. two people on board were killed. they say there was a wining sound as it took off. flames from the explosion spread to three vehicles and then trailed down the block. one person in the car was critically burned. the victims were a pilot and a long-time photo journalist. the anchors at the station tearfully reported the news today. >> as we have reached the point here where we can talk about the two people we have lost, this will be a very difficult time. >> the plane a's wreckage has been removed. plane investigators will look through it to see what went wrong. we are expressing our condolences with our

>>the latest on the international search for a malaysia airlines jet that mysteriously disappeared. >> ct 8 nears deadline for a switch to ventra only fair system. >>good morning. i'm dan ponce. and i'm tonya francisco in for erin. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. mike hamernik is in for demetrius with a check of our weather. >> nothing but good news for the short term. today a day we have been waiting for, the warmest day of 2014 is coming today. we are in the '40's already. 44 downtown. 41 in michigan city. this will give us a jump start with temperatures in the '50s later today. it has been windy but the wind will drop off later today. it will be extremely windy but there will be a breeze. there is a bit of rain showing up on the radar but it's not necessarily reaching the ground here in our area. today, 56 degrees. it has not been that warm in all of 2014. you have to go all the way back to november 17th to find a day warmer than this. tonight we begin to cool off. we will have the chance of snow coming tomorrow night. not a huge storm. another warmup comes

we'll get the latest on his condition. >>> now to the developing story of the missing malaysia airlines jet. right now nine krarkt, 24 ships from nine countries searching off the coast of malaysia for any sign of the plane, still no luck. tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning for how the u.s. is helping. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the u.s. is heavily involved in the search. let's start with the pentagon t navy sent a couple of destroyers to the region to help. they have helicopters on board to help with the search and hopefully rescue effort, at least a recovery effort if nothing else. we've also sent a surveillance aircraft to try to help with what is now a widening search in that area because there was so much fuel on the plane they really aren't sure what area to pinpoint. so that's going on from the military standpoint. we've also sent investigators in to help. the faa has a couple of people already on the ground in malaysia, as of yesterday also the ntsb that investigates these types of incidents in the united states, they have sent people to malaysia, so at leas

. >>> a malaysia airlines jet disappeared with 239 people onboard. it's been an intense and emotional wait for any information. the u.s. state department says three americans are among the 239 people missing. according to an unofficial passenger list, we have the names now. >>reporter: the search for malaysia flight continues. >> we're focusing on the area where we received the last signal from the plane. >> the 239 people onboard seemingly vanishing into the pre-dawn sky, including three americans, one adult and two children. rescue crews following two large oil slicks near the gulf of thailand where they believe the plane may have gone into the water. >> the u.s. navy has agreed to assist in search operations. >> the vessel is a navy vessel that is sent out to help search. meanwhile family and friends of those onboard can do nothing but wait. >> some people are crying, some people checking information on their phones. there's nothing in these rooms except for water and bread. >> several agencies reporting that two of the passengers onboard may have

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a pilot who flew the same jets say it is one of the youngest in the malaysia airlines fleet. >> it is more solid than anything else in the world. for it to disappear the way it is, lots of questions. >> they say it is just a key stroke to take them off course. if they suffered mechanical failure it would not fly silently. the jet flew for hours with no distress calls. >> a news chopper in seattle made an unusual noise before it crashed. it went down feet from the space needle downtown. two people on board were killed. they say there was a wining sound as it took off. flames from the explosion spread to three vehicles and then trailed down the block. one person in the car was critically burned. the victims were a pilot and a long-time photo journalist. the anchors at the station tearfully reported the news today. >> as we have reached the point here where we can talk about the two people we have lost, this will be a very difficult time. >> the plane a's wreckage has been removed. plane investigators will look through it to see what went wrong. we are expressing our condolences with our

. >>> the search intensifies this morning for a missing malaysia airlines jet. authorities discovered two passengers on board are traveling with stolen passports. military radar indicates the missing boeing 777 may have turned back before vanishing but there was no distress call from the pilot that would reveal mechanical problems. 239 people are on board, the aircraft lost contact with the ground controller somewhere over the south china sea between kuala lumpur and vietnam. >> even if the pilots aren't talking the airplane is sending signals back to the company so they know how it's operating. something had to catastrophically happen to stop all the electricity in the area at one time. >> that aviation expert says if there was an explosion on the plane the pilots would have no warning whatsoever. the u.s. is sending faa and ntsb officials to asia to be ready to assist in this investigation. we will have continuing coverage on the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. find the latest information on kpix 5 and on-line at kpix.com. those are a look at th

navy destroyer is on its way to the south china sea to search for a missing malaysia airline jet. today, two large oil slick were spotted off the coast of vietnam. al jazeera has more. >> reporter: anxious families wait for news for malaysia airline flight 370 which disappeared off the radar early saturday morning. it left kuala lumpur on its way to beijing. in beijing, similar scenes. there are few details, but the fact that the crow did not send a distress signal means whatever happened happened quickly. >> we will work and mobile full suppormobilizefull support. our thoughts and prayers are with the. passengers, crew and their family members. >> reporter: here's what we know about the flight path. the triple 777 was expected to arrive in beijing, but disappeared. the boeing 777 has a great safety record with only one fatal crash in its history. it's been flying for 20 years. >> the aircraft is 12 years old, and if it was going to be a structural break up we would have expected to see problems with the older fleet than we already have done. >> reporter: boeing is monitoring the s

. >>> there is growing frustration for relatives of the missing passengers of malaysia airlines jet. this is in kuala lumpur when police tried to escort family to a news conference. two relatives are dragged away earlier after they held up a banner and started shouting at malaysian authorities. the search for the missing flight 370 with 227 passengers on board is now focused 1,600 miles southwest of perth but nothing has been found. >> this morning, the malaysian transport minister says files were deleted from the home of a flight similarity at the home of a pilot. the transport minister said that relatives of people in the island off of india saying they saw the plane are not true. >> toyota has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle a justice department investigation into the run away cars that suddenly accelerated without warning. it is the largest penalty imposed on a car company in united states history. the issues of handling the party was linked to five deaths and though a recall of 10 million cars. we were the first to expose the problem back in 2009. >> today, we can say for c

. >>> the high tech hunt is on for the missing malaysia airlines jet. good evening. happening now, the search re resumed in the indian ocean for signs of the bowing 777 that disappears 2 weeks ago. at least one vessel has joined the search and more ships are on the way. they are using sophisticated equipment, but there's been no definitive sign of any wreckage. doug reports on how the u.s. is helping in the search in one of the most remote corners of the earth. >> we have not here in the united states reached any conclusions about what happened or where it is. >> reporter: the search for the flight is still underway. australian aircrafts used human spotters in the waters considered treacherous. >> it's about the most inaccessible spot you can imagine on the face of the earth. if there is anything down there, we will find it. >> reporter: they have covered 125,000 square files. they were talking of hope yesterday, but on friday, he took a different tone. >> i think we have to trench down on this. the purpose is to find the plane. >> reporter: malaysia plans to ask the

official says that investigators are looking into the possibility that the disappearance of the malaysia airline jetmay have been an act of piracy. the official that spoke and is not identified says key evidence is that contact with a transponder stopped more than 10 minutes before a messaging system adequate. they said it's possible that the plane did land somewhere. another communication system on the plane pinged a connection for about four hours after it was lost. malaysia investigators have not said when or if they had information about those satellite pings. >>> russian foreign secretary says that russia and the u.s. do not have, quote, common vision about ukraine. the strategic region is voting on whether or not to succeed. they spoke for several hours and said the talks were useful. russian troops held exercises overnight. they said about 8500 tries participated in the drills. many included artillery and rocket launches. they have not said how long that training will last. >>> new evidence in the phone hacking trial in london. reviewing that princess diana leaked information herself about th

. >> an oil slick may be the first sign of a missing malaysia airline jet. searches spotted a slick just off the coast of vietnam. the boeing 777's last recorded connection. many have assisted in the search. we have more. >> reporter: anxious families wait for news for flight 370 which is disappeared off the radar. the flight left the airport at kuala lumpur on its way to beijing. in beijing, it's a similar scene. the fact that the crew did not send a distress signal means what may have happened, may have happened quickly. >> we'll work with first responders and mobilize full support. our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members. >> reporter: vietnamese search and rescue members said that the last signal from the plane was detected 225 kilometers southwest of vietnam. international efforts are under way sending help. here heirs what we know about the flight path. the 777 left and was expected in beijing at 6:30 p.m. but then disappeared. the plane has been flying for 19 years and experts praised its safety featu

what's believed to be debris from the missing malaysia airlines jet is discovered in waters off vietnaminvestigators investigate a possible terror link. >>> the latest on psalm bosama laden's son-in-law. >>> next on news hour weekend. >>> brought to you in behalf of roslyn p. walter. corporate funding provided by mutual of america. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the wnet studios in new york. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. investigators are trying to determine whether terrorism was behind that crash of a malaysian jetliner with 239 people aboard. dozens of ships and planes are scouring the south china sea looking for the plane's wreckage. late this morning, vietnamese said they spotted what may be the first bits of debris. >> reporter: found floating in the sea is this an aircraft door? vietnamese officials believe it could be the first clue as to the fate of this plane. they think it may have disintergreated

malaysia airlines 370. one of the biggest twin-engine jets simply vanished. riefing, press secretary jay carney said that based on new information, the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 may expand to the vast indian ocean. >> in an investigation led by the malaysian government, an investig

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objects could be leading us to the missing malaysia airlines jet. >>> breaking news. >> more than half a dozen people are injured in a reported hit-and-run in san francisco. major intersection in the city shut down overnight. we'll get the latest details in a live report. >>> plus, after two days on hold, crews are back out looking for the missing malaysia airlines flight. they now say they have spotted another field of debris. we'll have the latest on that search. >>> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm peggy bunker. we'll get to those stories in a moment, but first, live look at weather radar. a second storm is on its way here. we have team coverage about this rain and how it will be affecting you today. also, mike inouye keeping an eye on the roads. bob redell in foster city, where the rain is expected to fall soon. let's start off with meteorologist christina loren. all of the green is good news for us. >> rain is a good thing. good morning. 5:00 straight up. it is looking fantastic. we've picked up decent downpours yesterday. we had conv

. >>> some new evidence now to support the possibility the disappearance of that malaysia airlines jet could have been deliberate. the search area is expanded to the west. the plane may have flown another four hours after contact was initially lost. cbs news confirmed two communications systems on board the flight 370 were shut down sequentially raising the possibility that last week's disappearance of the plane what 239 people on board was a deliberate act. >>> in oakland firefighters kept watch over a partially collapsed building. a wall of a two-story victorian home undergoing renovation when it just fell apart. it happened on myrtle street around 8:30 last night. nobody was hurt. the area has since been roped off. >>> and police community volunteers have started distributing thousands of flyers to warn people about home burglaries in san leandro. thieves posing as utility or other workers have pulled off three heists lately. the criminals target the elderly. >>> 6:09. tuesday's construction inferno in san francisco's mission bay is finally done smoldering. but the incident is hardl

a pilot who flew the same jets say it is one of the youngest in the malaysia airlines fleet. >> it is more solid than anything else in the world. for it to disappear the way it is, lots of questions. >> they say it is just a key stroke to take them off course. if they suffered mechanical failure it would not fly silently. the jet flew for hours with no distress calls. >> a news chopper in seattle made an unusual noise before it crashed. it went down feet from the space needle downtown. two people on board were killed. they say there was a wining sound as it took off. flames from the explosion spread to three vehicles and then trailed down the block. one person in the car was critically burned. the victims were a pilot and a long-time photo journalist. the anchors at the station tearfully reported the news today. >> as we have reached the point here where we can talk about the two people we have lost, this will be a very difficult time. >> the p >> the plane a's wreckage has been removed. plane investigators will look through it to see what went wrong. we are expressing our condolences

news tonight with new clues just coming in about what may have happened inside the missing malaysia airlines jet. reports indicate the plane wildwild ly ascended and descended. tonight we'll bring you coverage of the mysterious disappearance and the breaking news as i am joined by a whole team of aviation, naval and terror experts. but first we want to get you caught up on the latest developments some of which have broken as we came on air. in addition to the information on the up and down movements of the plane, today, a station confirmed the plane contacted the network. the pings sent out could help the authorities find the trajectory and even the aircraft. we've learned the search area has expanded. to give you more on what they suspect take a look. at the last known position, the plane was at 35,000 feet. it is now thought the plane climbed to 45,000 feet well above the same limit prior to that. that is above the approved altitude limit. the plane is believed to have made a sharp turn left and then descended to below normal cruising levels. from there, the plane changed again, doing a drasti

. >>> and, as authorities finally talk about the fate of the missing malaysia airlines jet, we mr. have all the latest there. how technology from the bay area is playing a crucial role in the search for clues in the malaysia airlines crash. >> thank for watching us at 5:00. cbs news with scott pelly coming up next. >> remember, always, news on kpix 5.com. we'll see you at 6:00. >> pelley: tonight, the news strikes hard. families are told there are no survivors. >> flight mh-370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> pelley: seth doane with the families. holly williams with search teams making new discoveries, and jeff pegues on how one mystery was solved.many are dead and missinr a mudslide takes out homes and cars. danielle nottingham is on the scene in washington state. in a rare interview the commissioner of the nfl talks concussions and kids. >> reporter: you see some of the questions you get from mothers saying should my kid play football. what do you say? >> pelley: and these judges thought they heard an angel. they didn't know how right they were.

rescue teams are searching for a malaysia airlines jet. it went missing on the way to beijing. it happened yesterday afternoon east coast time. there are 239 passengers and crew on board. it is flight mh 370. they insist everything is being done to locate that aircraft. >> they have activated the search and rescue team to locate the aircraft. our team is currently calling the next of kin of passengers and crews. >> meanwhile, the malaysian transportation minister says so far, there is no sign of any wreckage and denying reports the plane crashed south of vietnam. >> there are two issues that have been reached earlier that the plane landed. it is not true. the second point, they found wreckage in an island on the south side of vietnam. they have said it is not true. >> here is what we do know. boeing 777 took off from kuala lumpur. air traffic controllers lost contact with it two hours into the flight. it was expected 6:30 a.m. local time. three americans including an infant are on the missing airline jet bound for beijing. family, friends have been taken to a nearby hotel to wa

. >>> breaking news coverage in the malaysia airlines jet which disappeared a week ago.out about it at this hour. ten minutes from now a week ago we got the first report. a u.s. official tells our barbara starr shows that radar movements were made from flight 370 on the morning it vanished. those movements were made after it turned. "the new york times" is reporting it experienced those sharp altitude changes right after it lost contact with ground control. the sight of last contact. there were those that were turns and then it proceeded all the way out there past the straits of malacca and turned north or south. for the families of those missing, it's been agonizing in an unprecedented situation. some are clinging to hope that their loved ones have landed somewhere and that they're alive. david, a lot of the family members are there with you. the plane was expected to have landed about this time in beijing a week ago. what are you hearing now from families who had loved ones on that flight with all of these developments? >> reporter: well, erin, these developments have

. >>> the malaysia airlines jet is still missing, but now they believe the search has shifted hundredss over the ocean, so the plane may have been badly off rs could. >> let's check in with sandhya patel jie. back on the windy rooftop. >> i was getting blown around. the winds relaxed a little bit. still breezy. we will talk about the 80 plus degree weather. nothing but clear skies. it is still breezy to gusty around the bay area. another thing we need to watch out for tomorrow along the coastline, fast-moving northwesterly swell is building and it will be large and it may create a greater risk of rip currents. be careful if you will check out the waves. the camera is bouncing and gusty in the hills. mid60s in san francisco. san francisco's temperature actually went up at 11:00 p.m. that's because of the offshore flow. it is a down sloping wind, so very warm. 63 oakland and 62 redwood city and half moon bay is 64 degrees. giving you a shaky view of the city by the bay. 58 in santa rosa. it is currently 63 in napa. temperatures dropped in the 50s and livermore 63 degrees. from our emeryv

investigators are desperate to find the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from that missing malaysia airlines jet. >> we keep hearing this over and over again. they're crucial to understanding what happened, when, and also why. searchers are now racing the clock. >> reporter: with the secrets of malaysia airlines flight 370 believed to be hidden in a remote section of the indian ocean, the race is intensifying to recover the clues before it's too late. >> things are getting compromised as the clock ticks here. there are components that can corrode so, yeah, this could be disappearing so, yeah, the clock is again running against it. >> aviation expert matthew robinson spent nearly 20 years investigating accidents for the u.s. marine corps. he says the top priority must be finding the flight data recorder. a torpedo-like sonar device will be deployed into the waters, the same kind of technology found wreckage of the air flight that crashed in 2009 off the coast of brazil into the atlantic ocean. the data recorder holds vital clues investigators need to determine what caused the catastrophe but find

. >>> two chinese rescue ships are now on their way to help search for the missing malaysia airlines jetrying 239 people, chinese and vietnamese media quoting a vietnamese navy officer now saying the flight crashed near an island, the boeing triple 7 was traveling from kuala lumpur, when they lost contact with it. the boeing triple 7 was traveling from kuala lumpur. the airline officials say there was no distress call from the plane. they say it was carrying seven and a half hours worth of fuel, which most certainly would have been gone by now. flight mh 370 was due to land in beijing 6:30 local time. the relatives have been now taken to a hotel nearby. we will continue to bring you any developments on that story as the search now goes on in the south china sea, but we want to bring you the latest developments we're following from ukraine. a group of unarmed military observers has been blocked from entering crimea for a second day. the delegation it from the organization for security and cooperation in europe. that is a regional security block. they were asked by ukraine's government to

. >> plus the criminal investigation into the missing malaysia airlines jet. >> three years sips the start of the civil war in syria, staggering numbers of the dead and displaced. >> plus an entire civilisation forced to abandon settlements in the south-west. why history could be about to repeat it is. [ ♪ music ] >> it's 8am in ukraine, where residents of crimea are making a crucial decision. you are looking live inside a polling station in the city of simferepol, where the polling booths have just opened. welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. the next chapter of ukraine's political crisis is unfolding as we speak. polless are open in crimea, where voters will determine whether to join russia or remain part of the ukraine. >> western nations say they should stay as part of ukraine. the vote has been called illegal. russia exercised veto power of an un-security council resolution. china abstained. >> inside ukraine more clashes between supporters and opponents of that referendum. russia says it's been askeded to step in and protect demonstrators.

families of the missing malaysia airline jet are taking out their frustrations. do new satellite photos hold the key to finding this missing plane? >> he had the baby held upside down. >> and a near catastrophe on a flight to phoenix. how they came together to save a baby's life. >> and you think you are getting a deal with amazon prime, right? why the company is being accused of cheating. abc news heard so much about today have turned out to be another false lead in the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane. chinese satellites caught debris floating in the ocean. but the civil aviation chief says no signs of the missing plane were found at that location. families of the 239 people on board the plane are running out of patience now. several people threw water bottles at airline officials and demanded answers. the u.s. is now helping. the f.a.a. and the ntsb today were finally allowed to join the investigation. >>> a fourth person has just died after an explosion flattened two apartment buildings. investigators believe the gas leak caused the blast in eas