i'm melissa harris-perry. this week the white house was utterly focused on president obama's signature piece of domestic legislation, the affordable care act. as we enter the final days of americans to secure insurance through online coverage, this campaign to ensure lack of -- the wholly sea and saudi arabia.

i am ari melber in for melissa harris-perry. we are talking about the fight over reproductive rights and president obama's education plan and we begin with the breaking news of the sudden disappearance of a malaysian airlines flight. it was carrying 239 people. that includes three americans, two of them young children. the flight was first reported missing yesterday at about 1:40 p.m. eastern. this morning the first indication appeared that the plane may have crashed. vietnamese air force planes have spotted two oil slicks in malaysia and vietnam. it was bound from kuala lumpur to beijing. it was an emotional scene where friends and relatives initially gathered to hear any news about loved ones on board. the u.s. is sending a naval ship, the "u.s.s. pickme" to the coast of vietnam to aid with search efforts. we go to tom costello who covers aviation for nbc news. tom, what can you tell us about the plane and the search and what we know right now. >> reporter: it's a mystery. i think this is one of the most extreme cases of a pla

i am ari melber in for melissa harris-perry. we're talking about michelle obama's plan for a healthier plan. >>> we have breaking news on the ukraine. a week after he was ousted, there are now concerns that russia is carrying out an armed invasion in ukraine's crimea region. that's a predominantly ethnic russian area in the south. just this morning, this is new, russian president vladimir putin officially asked russia's parliament for permission to send his country's military into the ukraine. they're needed to help protect ethnic russians. ukrainian officials say thousands of russian troops are already arriving there. now heavily armed men who refuse to identify themselves have taken up positions in the airport. a russian warship is blocking a set of ukrainian vessels. a russian ally asserted today that he is in control of the area's military. he's appealing to vladimir putin for help. demonstrators took to the streets of crimea for russian support. all of this unrest has drawn a new unscheduled set of remarks. we saw that last

i'm jonathan capehart in for melissa harris-perry. 16 hours. that's the amount of time the world will have to wait in the geopolitical chess match between russia and ukraine. crimea is caught in the middle. escalation of events right before the people of crimea vote in sunday's referendum on whether or not to realign with the russian federation has many on edge. from russia massive troops along the eastern border in at least three regions on thursday to german chancellor angela merkel warning russia that it risks, quote, massive economic and political consequences if it continues on to secretary of state john kerry meeting with russian foreign ministers sergei lavrov on friday where their talks broke down after five hours to president obama addressing the conflict in the region as he was meeting with irish prime minister edna kenny. >> we continue to hope that there's a diplomatic solution to the problem, but the united states and europe stand united, not only in its message about ukrainian sovereignty but there will be consequences if that sov

i'm jonathan capehart in for melissa harris-perry.ave new information in the malaysian flight 370. >> the news i just received is that the chinese received satellite image of floating objects in the southern corri r corridor. they will be sending ships to verify. >> the object measures about 74 feet by 43 feet and the chinese are sending chips ships to the area to verify it today. this latest discovery comes after an australian investigator said earlier today they had still found nothing at the end of a third day of searching for two different objects spotted in the region by an australian satellite earlier this week. for the families of the 239 passengers who boarded flight 370 on march 8th, each of these developments brings yet another hope preside hope. >> we are here waiting for you, 40 days. we want to know what happened. what the reality is. >> on wednesday some of those relatives disrupted a media gathering in kuala lumpur where they accused the malaysian government of concealing the truth. yesterday malaysia's acting transport

i want to let everyone know that melissa harris-perry will be back here, yes, melissa is returning tosaturday, 10:00 a.m. eastern. now it's time for a preview of "weekends with alex witt." alex? >> you did a great job filling the chair, though, jonathan. so well-done. >> thanks, alex. >>> day 16 now. a new satellite image. will it hold clues to the disappearance of the missing malaysia jetliner? is the exhaustive search effort about to get more difficult? a major weather event is brewing. what it means for crews in the indian ocean. >>> the clinton tea leaves. did hillary tip her hand on her 2016 intentions? what she said last night that's fueling speculation. don't go anywhere. i'll be right back. ris] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] "roll sound!" "action!" [ male announcer ] if you can clear a table without lifting a finger, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because i

i am ari melber in for melissa harris-perry.t has been nearly 48 hours since the last contact was made with malaysia airlines flight mh 703 seen here in a 2009 photo. it took off friday from kuala lumpur and was scheduled to land in beijing, saturday, at 5:30 friday afternoon here on the east coast. the u.s. is now joining china and other countries in bolstering this search with the federal and tsv sending investigators to help. a navy p-3 has arrived in the area, nbc news reports both are searching over the last-known communication and radar positions of the flight. malaysia airlines held a press conference earlier today. >> so far, there's no sign of the aircraft. and although we have confirmed reports of some oil spills, but there's not been verified. and not been verified, not been confirmed by the authorities. >> some officials also think the plane may have tried to turn around before disappearing, but 239 people on board. now, phillip wood, an ibm executive and 50-year-old father of two is one of the three american passeng

melissa harris perry, minus 500.lys analysis. this guy has an extremely high rpi, really puzzling individual. >> number one pri, good strength of schedule,deserving seat. joining jeff is norm orstein from the american enterprise institute. he put up 13000 points. number three seed, buzzfeed's kate nocera. she secured her spot just last week. she will be the number three seed in this group. so there you go, jeff smith jervis norm orstein, versus kate nocera. what do we make of this grouping? >> i like kate nocera, the dark horse, quick on the buzzer. norm orstein, adetected a scoring anomaly. now it doesn't affect the final score but in terms of your mental condition going into the final round, i think that that could have affected things. i think norm orstein benefitted from that. show good sportsmanship. and if you watch the tape, he shakes his hand. >> do you think your highly technical and advanced white board scoring system might have missed 100 points in that game? >> i think you couldn't subtract. >> by the way

i'm melissa harris-perry.bama's signature piece of domestic legislation, the affordable care act. as we enter the final days of americans to secure insurance through online coverage, this campaign to ensure lack of --

i'm melissa harris-perry. this week the white house was utterly focused on president obama's signature piece of domestic legislation, the affordable care act. as we enter the final days of americans to secure insurance through online coverage, this campaign to ensure lack of -- the wholly sea and saudi arabia. on thursday he sat and spoke with pope francis at the vatican and today he leaves saudi arabia where he met with king abdullah on friday. the white house noted the purpose of the president's travels with this specific, pointed and inspiring language. to mobilize the international community and some of our most important partners in the world, at a time when the united states is dealing with a number of important challenges. yes, the president went abroad to get people to help us do stuff that is important and challenging. it's a far cry from the international enthusiasm that marked senator obama's 2008 european tour when he was still an aspiring presidential candidate. at that time candidate obama seeing

i am ari melber in for melissa harris-perry. 781 days.kers shane bauer and josh fattal were in jail on espionage charges. shane spent four months in solitary confinement, an experience so defining when he did make it back home seven months later, he began investigating how we use that same punishment here in the u.s. he found many people who think we overincarcerate and overpunish. and in a new report for mother jones magazine, he describes how many are rethinking their justice policies, including some republicans. to understand this reevaluation, i think you have to look at how we got here. today's broken, overcrowded, and unjust prison system can really be traced to this moment, june 17th, 1971. >> america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse. in order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new all-out offensive. >> even then, though, few understood just how much offense the government was about to play. republicans led the way and many democratic politicians followed suit, that included tip o'

i'm jonathan capehart in for melissa harris perry. ever more expansive. this morning, the malaysian minister of transportation announced that the area being searched is bigger than ever. >> the search area has been significantly expanded, and the nature of the search has changed

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. >>> good morning i'm melissa harris-perry. can you feel it in the air? the excitement the fear?e deadline to sign up for health insurance under obama care. more than six million people have signed up for health insurance on the state and federal exchanges. and the administration took a bit of a victory lap this week. but dig down a bit and you'll find more interesting numbers. as or march 1st, 483,087 people signed up for the exchange in florida. in north carolina, 200,546 signed up by march 1st, and that is not counting those who have signed up by tomorrow night. and these are the same states led by these republicans. both refuse to expand medicaid. in florida, republicans tried to cripple the aca by banning navigateters to use state dollars to promote enrollment. in north carolina governor signed a law to prevent using federal dollars to set up exchan exchange. both look like they will out perform predictions. why? >> well partly it is because people who really need it. one quarter of floridians, and these two states are among the 11 states targeted by enroll next. a pro aca,

i am ari melber in for melissa harris-perry.ve rights and president obama's education plan and we begin with the breaking news of the sudden disappearance of a malaysian airlines flight. it was carrying 239 people. that includes three americans, two of them young children. the flight was first reported missing yesterday at about 1:40 p.m. er

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i'm jonathan capehart in for melissa harris-perry. 16 hours.olitical chess match between russia and ukraine. crimea is caught in the middle. escalation of events

i'm jonathan capehart, in for melissa harris-perry.or malaysian airlines flight 370. malaysian authorities say france has provided new satellite images of objects that could be from the flight that's been missing for more than two weeks now. we're still awaiting the release of that imagery, but we do know the objects are near the area in the indian ocean where two previous satellite images sho d ed debris. now, according to the associated press, a malaysian official involved in the search mission says the images were captud

i am ari melber in for melissa harris-perry.t contact was made with mays

i am ari melber in for melissa harris-perry and we begin with breaking news in ukraine.

i'm jonathan capehart in for melissa harris perry. the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 and the 239 people on board is growing ever more expansive. this morning, the malaysian minister of transportation announced that the area being searched is bigger than ever. >> the search area has been significantly expanded, and the nature of the search has changed from focusing merely on seas, we're now looking at large tracks of land in every country as well as deep and remote oceans. the number of countries involved in the search and rescue operations has increased from 14 to 25, which brings new challenges of coordination and diplomacy to the search effort. this is a significant recalibration of the search. >> the new search area is based on information reported yesterday that a private satellite company picked up signals from the plane hours after it lost regular contact. apparently due to an intentional act to shut down the plane's communication systems. the area stretches in two arcs from turk men stand to thailand in the north to i