he spoke to nbc's stephanie goss. >> it was like looking in the rocky mountains for a show box with a flashlight. >> reporter: it found its target some 13,000 feet below the surface. malaysia airlines flight 370 is believed to be at a depth of 15,000 feet. malaysian officials vow to keep on looking. >> this is a promise that i made to the families of the passengers that we will continue. >> reporter: they vow to keep looking but we're on day 41, and the chances of seeing floating debris are greatly diminished at this point, which means officials might start scaling back the visual search on the water, brian, quite soon. >> katy tur, who remains on the story where the search is based, perth, australia, thanks. >>> extreme weather is having an impact on a big part of this country tonight. the upper midwest, about record cold and yet, more snow. the cold wave extended from south dakota all the way east to new york. snow forecast ranged from a half a foot to 18 inches through tomorrow. heavy flooding is also a big problem tonight, especially in new england with all the melt off. flood war

stephanie goss being has more. >> low supply, high demand, high prices.ven the most casual shoppers can't help but notice the difference. at $5.36 a pound, red meat is at the highest price in 30 years. not just beef. chicken rose 24 cents in 2013. eggs 14 cents. a pound of bacon surged 64 cents higher. factors include a virus that wiped out millions of pigs in the u.s. also, a growing demand for u.s. food imports in china. but the biggest culprit is one of the hardest to control. drought. california and the southwest continue to struggle with record water shortages. lots of cattle ranchers have lost their pastures. >> beef prices will stay at these levels or close to these levels for the next three or four years. >> a daunting prediction with the summer barbecue season only just around the corner. >> that was stephanie goss being reporting. economists warn that the higher prices could cause significant cuts in spending elsewhere. we'll keep our eye on that. general motors looking to shield itself from lawsuits related to faulty ignition switches. the auto

nbc's stephanie goss has more on the bold operation that police say was in place. >> reporter: prosecutorsroject. >> you are the [ bleep ] out of my face. >> reporter: and the inventory, that of budding drug lords. >> eight pounds of marijuana and three grams of hash oil, and 23 grams of cocaine and 11 grams of ecsta ecstasy, and over $11,000 in currency. >> reporter: what the prosecutors say they seized also included several firearms and one of them a loaded assault rifle next to a lacrosse stick. and true books on crime raids. >> this is not a gang, they were in business. >> reporter: police say that the alleged ringleader 25-year-old taught 18-year-old timothy brooks the tricks of the trade, and then he had five subdealers in high schools. >> they were encouraged to develop the business to sell at least one pound of marijuana a week. >> reporter: and investigators say that brooks encouraged dealers to make shure that the supply of pot never ran dry. and brooks, now that will never happen for the rest of my life, because i got you. scott, we will crush it. once you go tax-free, it is har

for "today," stephanie goss, new york. >>> google entered a new phase in the push to develop a self-drivingy to master driving on city streets. google says the cars have already driven about 700,000 accident free miles on freeways with a backup human driver. but city streets much more complex because of blind corners, bicycles and pedestrians. >>> a graduating student at davenport university got too caught up in the moment. take a look. bobby flank was so excited he tried to do a back flip. instead, he hit the stage with a big thud there as you heard. good thing bobby is okay. he said the flip was a spur of the moment thing. ouch. he has apologized for stealing the spotlight though from the other deserving graduates. yeah. there's one that will leave a mark to the ego. 8:08. let's send it back to al once again in kimberly, alabama. al? >> he's lucky they didn't take the diploma back. in fact, we are looking today at a decent amount of sunshine out west. santa ana winds are a problem. here in the east, the southeast, a strong risk of strong storms. we're looking at wet weather back up into t