. >> ifill: nick burns that sounds naivete on the president's part? >> i think his record is mixed because it's hard to take a snap shot in any one day and say he is winning and losing in foreign policy. he's done well on iran. for the first time in 34 years we have the iranians at the negotiating table mainly through tough minded sanctions he and george w. bush put in place. i think on the trip of asia he shows the concept you'll breckthrough that more of the interests will be in asia than any other part of the world. he has given it real time. in you this agreement with the pill feens will increase military strange. he is spending more time with ms. most important relationship given china's power. you want the american president and chinese president to be talking. the attack on the president, the rhetorical attack, this week, has been he isn't leading with a great degree of self confidence on ukraine, on the russia problem or in syria with the assad problem. >> ifill: let's talk about syria getting to the brink and not intervening and putin in russ

effectively takes control by political means of eastern ukraine, it's going to be too late. >> nick burns, thank you so much. >> thank you, andrea. >>> the tragedy in south korea, rescue efforts continuing through the night off the coast of south korea in a desperate search for survivors inside that overturned ferry. most of the nearly 300 missing passengers are high school students, kids. crews are hoping possible air pockets within the ship could be keeping people alive while teams work to get inside the vessel. south korean government officials say that three large cranes will be reaching the area friday to assist in the search. there is a u.s. naval crew on standby in the region, ready to help, if necessary. and the ship's captain, hiding his face from surrounding reporters, apologizing, expressing shame for his role in the deadly incident. there are reports that he may have left the ship early. but that has not yet been confirmed. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. reports" only on msnbc. reports" only on msnbc. get paid to do something you really love, what would you d

. >> reporter: former nato ambassador nick burns agrees. >> i just find that a little bit distastefulen involved at all, so we can't have it both ways. there's enough frustration to go around that none of us have been successful yet in locating this aircraft. >> reporter: and china's making a very big effort for the search, a dozen ships, planes, satellites all involved in this. complicated for china, not only because of its relationship with its neighbors and the united states, but the mistrust with its own people. clearly, with so many chinese people on that plane, the government wants to make it clear to them that it's doing everything it can, wolf. >> suzanne malveaux, good report. thank you. >>> coming up, we're going live to australia for the search for flight 370. ♪ [ male announcer ] when fixed income experts... ♪ ...work with equity experts... ♪ ...who work with regional experts... ♪ ...who work with portfolio management experts, that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a g

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they also say a perfect storm of factors led the flames to spread quickly and burn for hours. nick is on the scene. >> good morning. officials have confirmed with me they believe the fire could be accidental. fast moving flames and a gas line were a perfect mix to keep the home fire burning for hours and they believe it is the style of the home that plays a factor. the eichler-style houses are a powder keg. >> richard robbins had lived here in this neighborhood 40 years and his neighbor lost everything she owned a retired physician. >> looks like a bomb went off. when it was burning, it looked scary. >> our cameras were there as they tackled the blaze between west hamilton and campbell avenues shortly before 3:00 p.m. thick orange flames reaching 30' in the air and heavy black smoke that could be seen for miles in other direction. >> officials say their early investigation suggests that the fire was accidental. officials believe that a gas line helped fuel the place which wasn't fully contained for almost eight hours. >> this is the third house to burn down since we have been here

> we're following breaking news out of the east bay as a massive fire burns through a furniture store. let's go to abc reporter nickis live in berkeley at that fire. >> once again, i want to show you how the flames have kicked back up. you and i did a live shot not even two moments ago. you can see how things picked up. it would die down and pick back up. you can see flames are licking the roof of the building and the thick black smoke continues to pour out. take a look at video that was shot. when we got here after the fire first started this is video you will see only on abc 7, andrew, come back, i can see why the wires are about to go up. alma, we're coming back here live. this is something the firefighters have been dealing with, keeping us at a distance for this reason. we're watching the fires ignite. and the flames get at the electrical lines, two of them have fallen. no reports of injuries, this is what they're dealing with, just to give you an idea of how challenging it is. the fire is at three alarm. i tried to speak to the fire chief, she was busy, we know that the only building that has been completely

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nick is there with the latest. >> fast moving blames and a gas leak were the perfect mix to keep a fire burning for hours.ook at this car: reduced to the frame the burned to the core. it is just twists of steel and fiber glass. firefighters spent hours pouring water from every angle frying to put out this blaze. part of the problem was a gas line fueling the fire even after the walls of one of the homes burned to the fund and the house where the fire started is destroyed ands with so big that it spread to two other houses. this neighborhood is full of what are called eichler homes built in the 1960's, the homes have a reputation with firefighters. >> because it is so open it allows more air to flow through giving more help to the fuel production and heat in the fire or in the structure. >> because the homes can burn is quickly they have the nickname "seven minute eichler," and pg&e cut off the gas two hours later but not before the neighboring homes were badly damaged. the fire went to they alarms. a dozen residents were we evacuated to a local middle school. the cause of the fire is under investigation.

burned three homes and smoldered for hours. much of the neighborhood is still affected. we are at the san jose and campbell border. nick? fast moving blames and a steady gas leak were a mix to keep the fire bumping for hours. this car is destroyed behind me. and some of the video we shot when we got to the scene show firefighters spending hours pouring water from every angle to put out the blaze. part of the problem was a gas line fueling the fire even after the walls of one of the homes bushed to the ground. the house where the fire started is come completely destroyed and was so big it spread to two other houses. this neighborhood is full of water are called ickler homes and one resident we caught up in the confusion was aware of the danger. >> it is unfortunate. they are nice houses but they not meant to withstand a fire. it is unfortunate. when there is a fire it is a big issue. that is the number one concern of any of these owners. >> because the homes can burn so quickly they have the nickname "seven minute iykler," and the neighbors homes have been badly damage with the gas not being cut off for two hours. the ca

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burned. just another way we put members first, because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> welcome back to the "newsroom." lots going on today. and nickencia here with much more. >> happy easter to you guys watching at home. let's catch up on the headlines. a mysterious shooting in eastern ukraine has left at least one person dead. earlier this morning one of their road blocks was attacked when some gunmen opened fire. ukraine's prime minister this morning blames all of the unrest in russia on the president. >> president putin has a dream to restore the soviet union. and every day he goes further and further and god knows where is the final destination. and he was very clear saying this stuff in his state of the union a few years ago. i consider it the biggest disaster of this century would be the restoring of the soviet union. >> those protesters are ignoring a call for them to vacate government buildings that they seized. >>> malaysian airlines plane made an emergency landing after takeoff. it had 166 people on board. after turning around were the train was able to land safely back there. >>> you don't react with denzel washington.

. >> so, nick, seeing everybody running around in washington, especially on the left, with hair burningl. >> -- and i sit there wondering, these were the same people running around with the sheldon adelson get-together this weekend with their hair burning, and saying, oh, gee, if the parties were only a little more stronger, these individual tycoons wouldn't be able to dominate the process. is there not an argument -- and i didn't bring you -- i brought you on here to report -- but did you hear the argument yesterday that it sort of is zero sum game? you're actually taking power away from the mega donors possibly and giving it to the party, because people are free to write more checks to political parties? >> well, joe, i would pick a different metaphor. i would say it raises the parties back up again. the party officials, party leaders have seen a decline in their influence since mccain-feingold banned soft money to parties. and what this does is it allows party leaders and senior lawmakers on the hill a way to get back in the game for better or for worse, asking for the big chucks, $2

burning house. each with their sirens blaring, crashed into one another. the impact sending one of the rigs plowing into a restaurant. abc's nickatt is there. >> reporter: terror and panic in an l.a. afternoon, captured on a cell phone camera, screams fill the air. a man is trapped by a fire truck that smashed into a popular dumpling house in suburban los angeles. customers and employees trying desperately to free him. >> all of the employees in the back, it feel like earthquake. >> reporter: two fire trucks both responding to a nearby fire, collided at an intersection, sending one careening into the corner restaurant. 15 people were hospitalized, including customers, passersby and firefighters. one person is said to be in critical condition. but remarkably, there are no fatalities. almost nothing is left of lu's dumpling house but rubble. the only stroke of luck, this happened at midafternoon when there were only a handful of customers in the restaurant. late last night, the fire truck was pulled from the wreckage. the cause of this terrible crash, as of yet, unknown. for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angele