including phillip wood, a 51-year-old ibm executive. thousands of miles away in beijing, the day begins as usual for his partner, sara bajac. >> i get up early, i drink coffey. we live next to an apple orchard and i do yoga every morning and eat my oatmeal and go to work. >> in the early morning hours, phil will take the red eye home to sara in beijing. the airport at kuala lumpur connects southeast asia to the continent. paul weeks needs to make it thousands of miles inland all the way to mongolia. >> he was doing this for the right reason. >> weeks is an engineer, husband and father of two young boys. >> he would take his kids to the zoo. >> in fact, preparing the boys was a major issue before paul left for his 28-day assignment abroad. >> we cried when he left. this is a big change for the family. we prepared lincoln, you know, to skype him and a map where daddy was going to be. >> when weeks left home, he told his wife he was leaving a few things behind. >> i'm going to leave my wedding ring and watch and should anything happen, i w

phillip wood was relocating to kuala lumpur in malaysia.y's 234r50flight was sup to be his final one. he was heading back after a visit with his family, including tom and james who join us tonight. i can't imagine how difficult this time is for you both, james, how are you and your family holding up? >> we're doing okay, we're getting through. we're taking it -- sometimes an hour at a time, sometimes just a minute at a time, but we're holding together and we are working on this, because of faith. honestly, we're getting through this on our faith. and taking it just a little at a time. it's been a little bit numbing, to be honest. >> i know phillip has two sons, one of them is in college, are you in touch with them? how are they holding up? >> absolutely. they're doing okay too. we just saw them a couple days ago, they're with my mom and dad right now. and so we all process our grief a little different. and so they're being a little quieter right now. so -- >> how did you first learn your brother's plane was miss something. >> my dad. he cal

it's called finding phillip wood.keep up energy for the search and keeping hope alive. it's one of the reasons you're speaking out as you have for the last several days. how concerned are you that too many resources are being put to this ocean search and not enough to searching over land? >> thank you for asking that question, anderson. i'm very concerned about it. if you look through our postings, i think general population is concerned about it as well. the experts keep pursuing all the options that would denote a crash. intuition of the innocent or the ignorant depending on how you want to look at it seems to be that the people are all still alive. that's a consistent theme. and whether it's wishful thinking or just logic, sometimes when you know less of the data you can make more intuitive decisions. but if there's a chance that it was taken by an abductor of some sort we should be putting some of our resources to land. >> have you been able to give that message to authorities, to malaysian airlines? what is the c

it's in the unknown that makes it so difficult. >> we mentioned phillip wood. family and brother are very concerned. if you look at the social networking sites there are questions a great many people have about the other two americans onboard, as we mentioned, four-year-old and a two-year-old. clearly they would not have been unescorted onboard the plane. a lot of people are wondering what exactly do we know, if anything, at all about them and give their age we're sensitive to center their family's privacy. any idea about that? >> we're trying to work on that with our contact at the state department. as you mentioned they are extremely young, two years old and four years old. they had american passports but they have chinese names, so there is some thought, some speculation, that they were born in the united states, parents of chinese nationals, and that's really all we know at this point. we're trying to track information down in terms of who exactly they were traveling with, if they were traveling with their parents or perhaps with an aunt or uncle, something

. >> reporter: without any answers, the family of phillip wood has turned to prayer. >> we are pretty calm and pretty strong. we are hanging in there. >> reporter: wood is among three americans. one of 239 people on board a plane that disappeared over the weekend. >> this is pretty fresh and we are processing it and we've just had a little bit of time to be together as a family. >> reporter: malaysia airlines flight 370 left early saturday morning. search teams from eight countries including the united states have been scouring the gulf of thailand. >> we have not found anything that appears to be object from the aircraft let alone the aircraft. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a modern jet has disappeared. it took crews nearly two years to find the majority of air flight france 447 that crashed from rio to paris in 2009. adding to the mystery of the missing malaysia airlines flight, interpoll says two of the passengers had used passports stolen to board the plane. the tickets for those two passengers were later found to be purchased together. the misery has fueled theories of t

. >> on the other side of the world, in texas, the brother of passenger phillip wood, an ibm executive, reacts with similar emotion. >> there are hearts that are hurting. we know so many families are affected just as much as us by this terrible tragedy. it's a shock. this kind of thing doesn't happen. hechs my hero, my friend. we were very close. so that's tough. it's a tough time. >> and the ordeal is not about to get easier. coming up, could someone on board be responsible? >> they have two people traveling on false pass ports. that really gets people's attention. ♪ [ female announcer ] one drop of ultra dawn has twice the everyday grease cleaning ingredients of one drop of the leading non-concentrated brand... ♪ [ crowd cheering ] ...to clean 2x more greasy dishes. dawn does more. so it's not a chore. >>> saturday, march 8 thd. malaysia airlines takes off from kuala lumpur en route to beijing. 38 minutes later, the last spoken words transmitted from the cockpit. all right. good night. two minutes after that, the plane's transponder stops sending signals with 227 passengers and 12 cr

it's called finding phillip wood.re trying to keep up energy for the search and keeping hope alive. it's one of the reasons you're speaking out as you have for the last several days. how concerned are you that too many resources are being put to this ocean search and not enough to searching over land? >> thank you for asking that question, anderson. i'm very concerned about it. if you look through our postings, i think general population is concerned about it as well. the experts keep pursuing all the options that would denote a crash. intuition of the innocent or the ignorant depending on how you want to look at it seems to be that the people are all still alive. that's a consistent theme. and whether it's wishful thinking or just logic, sometimes when you know less of the data you can make more intuitive decisions. but there's a chance that it was taken by an abductor of some sort we should be putting some of our resources to land. >> have you been able to gave message to authorities to malaysia airlines? what is th

this is the girlfriend of phillip woods.nd they're really strong, really holding hope against hope. >> some are still holding that hope. >> it's true. until there's really firm answers about what exactly happened, they really are holding on to hope, even if it's for the impossible. >> "people" magazine always comes through with this sort of look at the folks that are the victims in these sort of situations. what does it do for readers? >> i think when something like this happens of this magnitude, you know, you can only imagine what it would be like on that flight. although it's really something that's almost unimaginable for us. and then, of course, how many times have we all gone to the airport to pick up our loved ones and, of course, you're always assuming that they're going to be there. and then there are all these families that are now grappling with something that's really, completely unimaginable. >> well, liz mcneil, thank you for writing these stories. it shines a whole new light on the story that has captivated al

. >> on the other side of the world, in texas, the brother of passenger phillip wood, an ibm executive, reacts with similar emotion. >> there are hearts that are hurting. we know so many families are affected just as much as us by this terrible tragedy. it's a shock. this kind of thing doesn't happen. hechs my hero, my friend. we were very close. so that's tough. it's a tough time. >> and the ordeal is not about to get easier. coming up, could someone on board be responsible? >> they have two people traveling on false pass ports. that really gets people's attention. lping ups do just tha. soon, the world's most intelligent servers, designed by hp, will give ups over twice the performance, using forty percent less energy. multiply that across over a thousand locations, and they'll provide the same benefit to the environment as over 60,000 trees. that's a trend we can all get behind. let's see what you got. rv -- covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles -- check. atv. i ride those. do you? no. boat. ahoy, mateys. house? hello, dear. hello. hello. van with airbrushe

she says, quote, phillip wood was a wonderful man. although we are no longer married, he is still family. his sons and i just want peace and quiet right now. the search and rescue crews are searching near the gulf of thailand where the vietnamese air force jets say they did find two large oil slicks, though no wreckage, we're told, at this time. >> all right. >>> our other top stories this morning, the ongoing crisis in ukraine. the white house confirming ukraine's acting prime minister will visit the u.s. and that will happen this week to discuss the standoff with russia there. meanwhile, there are new reports that russia is tightening its grip in the strategic crimea region taking control of the border posts, trapping doesz of personnel inside. former defense secretary robert gates appearing on fox news sunday saying he believes the region has been lost to russia for good. >> i do not believe we're going to -- he's -- that crimea will slip out of russia's hands. >> crimea is gone? >> i do. >> we'll talk to credit a little bit more t

. >> on the other side of the world, in texas, the brother of passenger phillip wood, an ibm executive, reacts with similar emotion. >> there are hearts that are hurting. we know so many families are affected just as much as us by this terrible tragedy. it's a shock. this kind of thing doesn't happen. hechs my hero, my friend. we were very close. so that's tough. it's a tough time. >> and the ordeal is not about to get easier. coming up, could someone on board be responsible? >> they have two people traveling on false pass ports. that really gets people's attention. [ female announcer ] crest presents: crest 3d white whitestrips vs. a whitening pen. i feel like my lips are going to, like, wash it off. these fit nicely. [ female announcer ] crest 3d white whitestrips keep the whitening ingredient in place, guaranteeing professional level results. crest whitestrips. the way to whiten. to keep a germ-free office. from gloves to wipes, to cleaners, everything... [ sneezes ] except germ-free coworkers. thousands of products added every day to staples.com. [ click ] even protective suits. st

. >> on the other side of the world, in texas, the brother of passenger phillip wood, an ibm executive reacts with similar emotions. >> though our hearts are hurting we no that so many families around the world are affected just as much as us as this terrible tragedy. just shock. 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. >> and the ordeal is not about to get easier. as the day wear on, the questions multiply. >>> coming up, could someone on board be responsible? >> to have two people traveling on falls passports really gets people's attention. woman: [laughs] no way! that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro, you just don't know. cfp -- work with the highest standard. so, what'd you think of the house? did you see the school rating? oh, you're right. hey, babe, i got to go. bye, daddy. have a good day at school, okay? ♪ [ man ] but what about when my parents visit? okay. just love this one. it's next to a park. [ man ] i love it. i love it, too. here's your new house. ♪ daddy! [ male announcer ] you're not

. >>> one of the passengers on board missing flight 370 is 50-year-old phillip wood an american ibm employeey were planning to move to malaysia together after two years of living in beijing where sarah is a teacher. phillip was on his way back to beijing when the plane went missing. a good evening your time. i know this is a difficult time for you. i appreciate your joining me. are you angry with the malaysian government with the way they have handled this so far and their communications with you? >> well, i am angry with the way the communications with the families have been handled. i can't speak to the investigation because there's so much we don't actually know. we only know what they tell us. it could be that they are doing things we don't know about. >> the facebook page, finding phillip wood, this has had, as you know, over 1 million visitors now. can you tell us about it and how social media helped you in all of this? >> yes, we started the finding phillip wood facebook page as a personal outlook for me in the beginning. a way for me to communicate. my e-mail box was totally overwhel

phillip wood works in malaysia. his desk now covered with hundreds of colorful origami cranes. a message from his co-workers, they are still not giving up hope. of course, the families here in kuala lumpur feel exactly the same way, diane. they are begging the world not to forget their children. and also, pressuring the government to get them home as fast as they can. >> thank you, bob. >>> now, we're going to turn to steve ganyard, abc news aviation consultant. steve, with this dramatic reduction in the search area, and i'm going to put the map up once again, is this search more doable? >> it is more doable, diane. it's a good news/bad news story. we've narrowed that search area to come down quite a bit. but the problem is, it's still such an unbelievable large part of the ocean that we have to search. as the australians said today, it will take weeks still just to look at this smaller search area. >> and can those search planes see deeply into the ocean? and how deep is the ocean right there? >> no, unfortunately, the planes can't see under the ocean. so, if we're going to fi

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and on those on board american phillip wood father from texas. one of three americans on board.ong those waiting. >> to be honest with you. it is surreal and we are in shock and christ is holding us together and that's how we are dealing with it? >> phillip's dad believes his son is alive and the family refuses to give up hope. >> a new potential lead in the searching for that plane. china released a satellite image showing a large object. the development narrowing the focus on an area in the indian ocean. it is picked up on a previous satellite image. and if it is wreckage from flight 370 and found, crews will likely bringing in advanced under water technology. brian is here to look at that equipment. they are reading themselves and they have not used this because they are not called in action. they are hoping to be called. >> and they think the plane hit the water and only then can phoenix international be mobilized and the search would begin with the hopes of finding this sound. those are pings emited from under water and coastal beakanons. and the pings are picked up by the

there was a 51-year-old phillip wood and children ages 4- 2.n hour after taken off. there was no distress signal and no word from the pilot that we know of and no sign of bad weather. vietnam said there is smoul and on on smoke and oil select. no word on whether it is connected to the plane. it could be months before we find out what happened. the passenger list issued bow the airline included the napes of two europeans who were not on that plane. both of their passports were stolen or lost in thailand. all of this, we are learning more about the americans on the plane and how the united states is responding. dom, how is the united states getting involved right now? >> reporter: they are very much part of the multinational effort. it is normally based in san diego. and it was in the south china sea in maratine security. they have two helicopters and could get to the air of concern in 24 hours and they are sending the surveillance plane. that has long range radar and should help seven for debris. if planes flight out of the sky at altitude. it i

phillip wood is an ibm executive. for the last two years he livedd in beijing but was moving to malaysia. his brother james says they are leaning on each other and relying on their faith. >> to be honest with you it is almost surreal we are still in shock. christ is what holds us together. that's how we are dealing with it. >> he was home to celebrate his father's birthday. >> the terror trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law will resume in federal court in new york city. the shoe bomber richard reid is set to testify against him via video feed in london. he will show he was in bin laden's inner circle and knew a plot against the target. the accused terrorist faces life in prison if convicted of conspireing to kill americans. >> the second week of the oscar pistorius trial is underway. while you were sleeping the security guard who spoke with pistorius after he shot reeb bay steenkamp took the stand. he called the blade runner after neighbors heard gun shots but pistorius said he was okay and hung up the phone. he insi

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without any answers the family of phillip wood has turned to prayer. >> pretty calm and pretty strongknow, we're hanging in there. >> reporter: wood is among three americans, one of 239 people on board a plane that disappeared. >> this is pretty fresh. we are processing it and we've just had a little bit of time to be together as a family. >> reporter: malaysian flight 370 left kuala lumpur for beijing early saturday morning. search teams from eight countries, including the united states, have been scouring the gulf of thailand. >> we have not found anything that appears to be objects from the aircraft, let alone the aircraft. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a modern jet has disappeared. it took crews nearly two years to find the majority of air france flight 447 which crashed en route from rio de janeiro to paris in 2009. interpol says at least two of the passengers had used passports stolen from an italian and austrian to board the plane. the tickets for those two passengers were later found to be purchased together. the mystery has fueled theories of terrorism, but officials

reporter: among the 239 people on board were three americans including sarah bajeck's boyfriend phillip wood. >> phillip is dead, i refuse to believe it. of anybody that could survive something like this it's him. >> reporter: the u.s. navy is helping with the search and the chinese government is also redirecting satellites to search the area from above. mentioned authorities are searching that west coast of malaysia now. it's not clear why, if they found any more evidence, ken, they haven't exposed that to the public. >> they are going to keep searching the original flight path as you say, but wasn't there a report earlier that said they may have turned around? >> right. so we've heard some possibilities that it turned around in midflight. so it may be they're just expanding the area. that's a possibility, but they haven't told us quite why they're now focusing on the west coast. >> we hope to get some of those answers. joe vazquez in the newsroom, thanks, joe. stay with kpix5 for up to the minute developments on this on air and online. >>> a car slammed into a 5-year- old boy and his baby-

they include phillip wood, ibm executive from texas. this plane is 12 years old, considered middle aged. in 2012 it lost the tip of a wing after clipping another plane on the ground in shanghai. while that wing was repaired, investigators want to know whether the repair contributed to the crash. we've talked about how eerie similar this is to air france flight 447 that disappeared over the atlantic in 2009. search crews found pieces of that quickly. it took two years to find the body of the plane on the ocean floor. that was air bus 8330. this time it's a boeing 3eing 7. now wreckage and debris is being searched for as night falls the asia. >> we'll be continuing the coverage on news 4 as well as nbcwashington.com. >>> a deadly crash in maryland, police confirm a motorcycle and suv crashed late last night on route 198 near the laurel racetrack. the biker was killed. the driver of the suv was taken to the hospital where he remains in serious condition. officers believe speed was a pack tomorrow. the motorcycle was reported stolen to howa

two young children and 50-year-old man from texas, phillip wood, an executive from ibm, who had livedears. just last week, woods returned home to visit his now distraught parents. his brother and two sons remember the last visit. >> last thing i said was, i love you. >> he was here. he was sitting on the stairs, organizing through some of his stuff and just looking through some boxes. i was going back to college. and he just stood up and he gave me a big hug. and i just said -- i told him i love him. >> and their father was preparing to transfer from beijing to malaysia. saturday was supposed to be the last time he had to fly from one city to the other. >> a lot of people wondering, how is it possible that none of the debris has been found yet? the last time there was a midair collision in 2009, it took five days for the first pieces of debris to surface and it took a month to find the black box. they don't believe it will take that long because the water in this area is shallower but it still could be days before they find anything. >> let's hope they find it soon. they have about a

so, you know, you understand when it finally happens to you. >> that was phillip woods' younger brotherear-old wood was one of three americans onboard that missing flight. so far no wreckage has been found, although oil slicks were spotted in the sea south of vietnam. >>> last year's crash at sfo was the first deadly crash of a boeing 777. we're digging deeper into the boeing 777. it has a very good safety record. boeing has delivered more than 1,000 aircraft since 1995. the national transportation safety board has logged fewer than 60 incidents involving this model since 1997. according to the ntsb, most of those incidents were minor. it is one of the more popular models for boeing because it can fly extremely long distances. some flights as long as 16 hours. >>> the annual gathering of top conservative politicians and their supporters wrapped up near washington last night. cpac had three days of speeches. many from leading conservativec. and it's clear -- it's clear that the path to the 2016 gop nomination for president is as wide open as it's ever been. nbc's chris pollone reports. >

this is phillip wood. one of three americans on board. the other two were children.e was headed to beijing where he worked. this is wood with his grandfathered here. she is very upset, as you might imagine in an e-mail to reporter she writes, it's time for the wood family and time for her to grieve in private. and that she still believes her boyfriend's presence and feels it there but says perhaps it was his soul all along. casey is in our dallas newsroom for us, giving us the rest of the story you spoke to the wood family. what else are they saying? >> they're frustrated and mad. they don't understand how the malaysian government can just come out and make this claim the flight ended over the ocean, and that there are no survivors when they have not officially found a single piece of wreckage just yet. they say they're emotionally and physically exhausted, tired of running through awe the scenarios. aside from his girlfriend, all of his closest family lives right here in texas. his parents, brother, two sons, one by the way who just graduated from college, and they

according to a state department official, we know that they include 51-year-old phillip wood, an ibme from texas, and brother and sister 3-year-olds, nicole and leo mang who were traveling on that flight with their parents. after the announcement that the plane likely crashed in the indian ocean, the family of phillip wood posted this message on their official twitter an facebook page saying, quote, hurts, hurting. lift all loved ones from mh-370 with your thoughts and prayers. thank you for your support and for being our inspiration. tough day for all of those people. our hearts go out to them. >>> let's check in now with shepherd smith, who's reporting live from the fox news desk. >> hey, martha. the searchers looking for that missing jet are about to get some high-tech help. scientists are getting ready to deploy deep-sea submarines. something kind of like this thing that can dive some 20,000 feet below the surface. think of that. there are only three of these things in the whole world. we're going to have a version of those subs right here on the fox news deck. we'll show you all

the family of phillip wood in texas told abc news he visited home just last week, his father, barely able to speak. >> from his sons. >> last thing i said was i love you. >> i was on my way out. going back to college. and he, just stood up and gave me a big hug. and i said, i just told him i love him. >> tempers clashing in ukraine with pro russian and pro ukrainian groups rallying in support of their cause. a scuffle broke out in the city of luhonsk in the middle of the screen. shoving and kicking. ukrainians want the russians out of their country. pro russians say they have the right to protect russian citizens. in san francisco, a crowd gathered at the plaza for a pro ukrainian rally. organizers asking the obama administration and the world for financial support for ukraine as well as diplomacy. >> we are asking for u.s., europe, and members of the international commune fity to s observers into crimea to make sure we are getting information about what is going on there. >> president obama will meet with the ukrainian prime minister wednesday at the white house. the face to face in

among them, american phillip wood, ibm executive, but one to two hours into the flight 35,000 feet, air traffic controllers lost contact over the gulf of thailand. investigators say, it points to an abrupt end to a routine flight. >> whatever happened was catastrophic, and incapacitated the airplane such that the crew couldn't get a may day call off. >> reporter: the plane, boeing 777-200 series, nearly 12 years old, middle age for planes. it lost the tip of a wing after clipping another plane on the ground in shanghai. the wing was fixed but did that contribute to the accident? nbc news aviation analyst captain john cox. >> one of the things under way is a thorough review of all of the maintenance record of the airplane and if the airplane has sustained damage in the ground incident, that is something that certainly the investigators are going to look at. >> reporter: we do know that captain was experienced, 53 years old, with 18,000 hours of flying time. when he wasn't in a real cockpit, you can find him in the advanced simulator he built at home. on a website he wrote, time to take t

on the other side of the globe this week family members of missing american phillip wood say they are relying in faith. >> i know within my heart phillip is with god. >> reporter: seeing these families who are getting so few new details and also such little consol lags. david. >> gloria, thanks to you. i want to bring in pierre thomas. we know the fbi is offering to help. when you hear eight days before they went to the pilots homes there's got to be frustration for american authorities. >> clearly. valuable time was lost. law enforcement officials here are baffled as to why it took so long to do a search of the homes. the quandary for u.s. law enforcement is simple. the malaysians are in complete control of the police investigation and the fbi thus far has not been invited to go in to help. >> and we heard about the flight simulator found inside the pilot's home. not entirely uncommon. is it worrisome? >> it's not uncommon. for pilots to own flight simulators we're told. but the key is investigators will want to know what type of maneuvers he practiced. they might find information ab

one passenger is 50-year-old phillip wood of texas. he's an ibm executive. another is a pittsburgh, pennsylvania resident. she's identified as mae ling, an engineer at a pennsylvania chemical company. the other two americans were small children, 2 and 4 years old. >>> russian forces tightened their grip on the crimea region of ukraine with reports they fired shots after they tack took over a ukrainian naval base. russian sold yers could be seen standing guard at the base. all of this comes as people in crimea are getting ready to vote this sunday. senator john mccain said the vote won't be valid but it won't matter. >> this is the only -- >> it's a vote but -- >> it cannot be valid. i promise you. vladimir putin will not be thrown out of crimea because of a vote. >> the russians have set up a defacto border big barbed wire fences. >>> in a cnn orc poll, 48% of those responding approved the president obama's handling of the crisis about 43% disapproving. 59% say they favor economic sanctions against russia. the president's overall approval rating was at 49% i

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the manifest shows passengers from 14 countries, 3 from the u.s., one of them was this man, phillip wood from texas. 239 people were on the plane, if confirmed dead it will be the deadliest airline dissaster in 13 years. scott thompson reporting. >> the authorities are looking at foot annual of the two passengers that boarded the jet just to try to find out who they are. >>> an italian man vacationing in tie land is surprised to learn he was aboard that flight. his parents and friends called him to tell him he was reported among the passengers. he is as his passport was stolen in july of last year and got a replacement. it is believed two people were traveling in stolen passports. the tickets were bought together. >>> many high school girls are focused on one thing, getting the right prom dress. >>> big changes ahead in bay area weather. you will not believe what will happen next weekend. we will have the forecast as we look live towards oakland. forecast after a break ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, regulate transportation sers like "uber" and "lyft." >>> city officials in san francisco are looking

one of the missing is 50-year-old phillip wood from north texas. seen here with his two sons.eacted to the new developments with optimism and a healthy dose of skepticism. after all, she has been down this road before. >> until we get it from an official. so we're hopeful. we remain hopeful. of course, you know, this is another new twist. i want to know. one way or the other, i want to know. >> we begin now with nbc's sara james on the ground in melbourne, australia, where it is the wee hours of the morning. sara, the air search is set to resume very shortly, right? >> reporter: that's exaly

. >> the partner of phillip wood, who is one of the americans on that flight, gave her theory about whatppened. she was on rachel's show last night. let me play that. >> the crash didn't make any sense. but this clearly looked like an abduction. and you know, without evidence of them doing something immediate and visible with that very powerful tool of a big plane filled with people. i believe this is just one step in a bigger plan. and sooner or later, we're going to learn what that is. >> there's a lot of speculation about that, michael, online. we heard yesterday that israel is increasing its security measures, in light of the missing plane, concerned it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction. what is the likelihood of that? >> i really, i feel so much for the family members and so many people are grasping for some bigger issue here. i have to say, in my experience with terrorist organizations, and what we've seen thus far in this, i think the likelihood of seeing this plane in any way in the future is absolutely minuscule. i think the likelihood that it actually could have bee

. >>> and the partner of american passenger phillip wood without confirmed wreckage of the airplane closure is impossible. >>> the leader of the largest western exclude president putin from the group of 8. the joint statement following a 2 hour meeting in the netherlands between president obama, germany, france,ity lately, uk, japan and canada, the move is a -- last week, russia's former minister, saying it would not isolate russia from the rest of the world. >>> weighed on wall street, the dow lost 26 points but did manage to bounce back from deeper losses, nasdaq fell 50, weighed down in part by net flix by 7%. reaction to a potential deal between apple and come cast, a possible partnership between apple and cop cast would bring a joint streaming individual yes service to apple tv, the new device stream live and on demand programs, that could present major competition to net flix's popular video streaming service. >>> depper into the cloud, the networking giant today announced a new plan to invest $1 billion over the next two years to create cisco cloud services, the new system will. >>>a

american phillip wood is among those passengers.d and his partner have been planning to move to kuala lumpur in the coming weeks and getting married. she believes woods is still alive and being held hostage somewhere. >> the entire u.s. population is reliving things like 9/11 in this experience, right? if an unthinkable thing can happen even after we've taken all these precautions, what could happen next? this is a planned activity. somebody wants to do something and make a message out it and it would serve them no good to be seen as callous and brutal and just start killing people unnecessarily because then they won't have as much bargaining power, i think. i think. i mean, i can't imagine to put myself into the mindset of somebody who would even possibly contemplate this, but i've got to believe that the hostages are valuable to them. and as the only adult american on the flight phillip would be a valuable asset. he's very calm and very put together and he would know to step back and, you know, not cause any conflict so he wouldn'

three were american including an infant and 51-year-old phillip wood, an employee at ibm.itude when it dropped off the radar. there was no disstress signal or radio call. >> once they find the aircraft and are abet to recover the digital flight recorder and recover the voice recorder, the sound and voices in the cockpit, they should have a lot more information to go on. >> reporter: and now raising more questions, authorities say two passengers were traveling with passports that had been reported stolen. cbs gnus, new york. >> the boeing777 has been in service since 1995 and it is widely regarded as one of the safest airplanes. it was not involved in ans an incident until last summer with the asiana. it was in the safest part of its trip when it disappeared. >> the system ins the airplane are sending signaled to the ground so they know how it is operating even if know one is talking. so something catastrophically had to happen. >> reporter: if there was an explosion on the plane, the pilots would have had no warning. stay with us for continuing coverage on malaysia airline

. >> reporter: american phillip wood was on board flight 370. >> i'm totally confused. i honestly don't understand why the government has behaved the way it has. the whole way through i haven't. >> reporter: tonight, a high-tech underwater listening device is enroute to the search zone. it will be towed behind a ship to listen for the flight recorder's pings. those pingers which are right here, is supposed to send out a signal for about 30 days. that means there's about eight or nine, maybe ten days left before the battery dies. lester? >> kerry, thank you. >>> new developments on the crisis in ukraine with reports of tens of thousands of russian troops massing near their border and their intentions not clear. there are renewed diplomatic efforts tonight and a surprise announcement by secretary of state john kerry. nbc's kristin welker is at the white house with more for us. >> reporter: lester, good evening. secretary kerry was headed home from saudi arabia today when he abruptly turned his plane around and headed to europe to meet with his russian counterpart in paris

the girlfriend of american passenger phillip wood is hopeful he is still alive >> we need to know wherein the road is going to go. we're not ready to take either branch but we have to know what is coming. >> malaysia airlines has flown several family members to kuala lumpur. >> the european union and united states imposing sanctions on a number of russian officials over the crisis in ukraine. the sanctions target members of vladimir putin's inner circle. residents voted over the weekend to separated from ukraine and join russia and today, putin signed a decree recognizing crimia as a sovereign, independent country. >> we're imposing sanctions on specific individuals responsible for undermining the government of ukraine. we're making it clear there are consequences for the actions >> the united states and european union says the referendum is illegal. >> general motors offered a recall for a variety of safety defects. gm under investigation for its fail your to recall cars with faulty ignition switches. the cars recalled today include suvs listed here on the screen. side air bags could f

phillip woods entire family lives in a suburb of dallas.els his son is still alive. the 50-year-old was getting ready to move to kuala lumpur. he was telling us how beautiful kuala lumpur was and awas excited to be moving there from beijing. >> reporter: a 2-year-old and 4-year-old with chinese names were listed on the manifest. arthel: i believe there was another woman on board with connections to pennsylvania? >> reporter: a malaysian national who had been transferred to the united states to work. she is an engineer forestman chemical. she just purchased a home in the public bush of pittsburgh in october. a company spokesperson releasing a statement to fox news. all of us at eastman are deeply shocked and saddened and our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families on the flight and especially to the family of our friend and coworker. it's been just two weeks into this mystery and til these families want and need closure. i think all of us do. bill: putin is making another move on crimea today. what will the up s. do to respond? criti

. >> reporter: an american phillip wood was planning to locate to malaysia with his girlfriend. >> i want an answer but i don't want an answer. [ crying ] >> because an answer is the end, right? >> reporter: distraught relatives of passengers in bay bridge are also demanding answers and say they may take their complaints to the malaysiaian embassy. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> searches are also happening northwest. experts say the plane may have flown on for some time after deviating from its flight path. stay here with kpix 5 for continuing coverage. missing malaysia airliner. we'll have the latest information on kpix 5 and kpix.com. >>> 4:37. let's get a check on the weather. very nice week ahead of us. >> temperatures are something else. we'll see nice weather today. we got a taste of it yesterday afternoon today going to be nicer. out the door we go. we have mostly clear skies. it is windy in some spots especially in the central valley up to 30-mile-an-hour gusts. plenty of sunshine at the coastline, 70s inside the bay and valleys. it is clear over the bay. mild in sp

the family of phillip wood, one of the passengers on board the flight, continue through the agony of en more complicated emotions. >> it's going to sound ironic that a hijacking would be a good thing, but when you think in terms of not a plane crash and that there is no sign of wreckage, then you obviously have hope for a different outcome. >> and woods' family set up a facebook page dedicated to that message of strong faith and hope for phillip's survival. as we have more details about flight 370, stay with abc news. our next live updates are on "america this morning" and "good morning america." >> this morning a 20-year-old national guardsman from california is in custody facing a terror charge. nicholas teausant a was arrested near the canadian border on his way to syria to fight along side islamic extremists. online comments drew the fbi's attention and he told his plan to an informant, also telling informants he planned to bomb the l.a. subway. he could get 15 years behind bars. >>> european allies imposing first round of sanctions on russia for taking over crimea. sanctions mean

the girlfriend of american passenger phillip wood is hopeful he is still alive >> we need to know where the fork in the road is going to go. we're not ready to take either branch but we have to know what is coming. >> malaysia airlines has flown several family members to kuala lumpur. >> the european union and united states imposing sanctions on a number of russian officials over the crisis in ukraine. the sanctions target members of vladimir putin's inner circle. residents voted over the weekend to separated from ukraine and join russia and today, putin signed a decree recognizing crimia as a sovereign, independent country. >> we're imposing sanctions on specific individuals responsible for undermining the government of ukraine. we're making it clear there are consequences for the actions >> the united states and european union says the referendum is illegal. >> general motors offered a recall for a variety of safety defects. gm under investigation for its fail your to recall cars with faulty ignition switches. the cars recalled today include suvs listed here on the screen. side air ba

phillip wood is an ibm executive working in china was about to relocate to malaysia. ks t, wood's brother says he and the family want answers, whether the plane crashed, or was it an act of terror or even a hijacking. >> that would be a whole lot better than what we've been thinking. so i'm crossing my fingers that, you know, maybe there's a happy ending to this. you know, this is pretty fresh, and we're processing it and we've just had a little bit of time to be together as a family. we're pretty calm, we're pretty strong. and, you know, we're hanging in there. >> the families of many other passengers have been waiting anxiously at the airport in beijing where flight 370 was headed. cnn's david mckenzie is in beijing. >> reporter: wolf, first of all, shock, then anger and frustration by the family members here in beijing who are wanting to know some clarity about where their loved ones are on that missing flight mh-370 that vanished over the skies of vietnam early saturday. >> translator: i'm not going home until i know what happened. we've lost loved ones. and they n

we now have a statement from his family, which reads in part, phillip wood was a man of god, a man ofonor and integrity. we ask for your prayers, not only for ourselves, but for all involved during this difficult time. as a family, we're sticking together through christ to get through this. and it is, of course, a terribly difficult time for all the families of the passengers. wood's brother, tom, also spoke to our nbc affiliate in dallas, kxas. >> just shock, you know? this kind of thing doesn't happen, you know? like, this shouldn't be happening. this shouldn't happen to us. >> he was excited to be moving kuala lumpur, you know, he was telling me how beautiful it was. he was my hero, my friend, and we were very close. so it's tough. it's tough times. >> and as investigators search for clues to what happened here to this plane, there is a growing concern over the two passengers who apparently boarded this flight using stolen passports. interpol this morning confirmed that the stolen documents were l listed in its database, but no checks on those stolen passports were made by any nati