it hit too close to home for people in the gulf of mexico. timing of the accident is remarking as it happened just days before the 25th anniversary of the exxon valdez. 25 years ago it ran aground in the prince william sound. ultimately soaking 1300 miles of coastline. at the time exxon promised to fix the disaster. >> you -- you have had some good luck, and you don't realize it. you have exxon, and we do business straight. we will consider whatever it takes to keep you whole. >> so what are the lasting impacts on the people of alaska? and how do americans everywhere feel the effects of the disaster? joining us is tyson slocum, steve rodtschild, and patty, the executive director of the regional commission. we invited exxon to appear with us on the show. they did not respond. we use a variety of new technology to give those voices who don't have a chance to appear on main stream media. sometimes there are technical hiccups so bear with us. patty, enough oil spilled to fill 17 olympic-sized swimming pools. has the area and community fully recove

welcome back to the gulf of mexico. e on the ensco 99 oil rig off the coast of grand aisle, louisiana, but we're taking a closer look at one of the epicenter's north american energy revolution. this vig run by energy xxi, or e xxi a home gamer name. it runs seven of the 11 oil fields in the gulf and is always on the lookout to buy new properties like this one. an oil field left for dead by exxon is making big profits for energy xxi shareholders so let's look with john schiller, found,er, chairman and ceo of energy xxi limited. thanks for inviting us to your rig and welcome to mad money. >> glad to be here. >> this is an old field, old exxon field, but you come here with new technology and you have been using the phrase to me you're just scratching the surface. >> that's right, jim. we're sitting at west delta 30 which is the second-largest oil field on the gulf of mexico shelf, made $580 million barrels of oil and there's been two wells drilled in the field in the last nine years and we've got a rig right here getting re

bp now being allowed to win some lucrative contracts in the gulf of mexico. does that mean that you are a little bit more enticed by the stock? >> clearly, it is good news. i remember sitting in this very studio in 2010 and talking about the prospects of the company and where they were going to become involved in that -- at that stage. at that stage, we did not want to become involved because of the potential liability. that andwe can now see value it. it means that they become more investable still. it is clearly good news for them and as investors, it makes it investable. want tothat mean you own it? if you look at the oil industry group, is that something that you would favor? are you still cautious on the sector as a whole? >> we have been relatively cautious. valuations have become more attractive. in the overall market, when you stand back and you have valuation in favor. earnings, oil prices have stayed resilient and now you have the situation in ukraine. we do not know what the outcome is going to be. i think you have valuation on one side, earnings an

the gulf of mexico. this is bunker oil. 4,000 barrels. it's a low residual oil. the timing couldn't be worse, because this is the peak time for migratory birds. a lot of environmentalists are concerned about the oil on the water at this time. >> the coast guard says it's trying to take all precautions. how different is what they say to the public to what is happening behind the scene. >> gone gall veries tonne island they are very active. they are saying the bird count is ten times what the coast guard is reporting, counting 60 birds, and they think there's oiled. >> we mention that monday marks 25 years, what aftereffect is prince william sound suffering. >> the problem with prince william sound is they have experienced long-term damage to the eco system. the herring population has not returned and because of that a lot of the bird population has not returned. that's a major area. something similar has affected gall veries tonne in the past. it damages the migratory population. the environmental communit

the jet's last known location was in the gulf of thailand. now the military said it's radar picked up the plane here off a tiny island in the strait of malaka an hour after it was last spotted in the gulf of thailand. how it here is unclear. crews have extended the search to the west side of malaysia. they have not ruled out the possibility that the plane has been crashed in the jungle of thailand or malaysia. many countries are helping in the search. searchers are looking for the black boxes but they have to be within two miles to hear them. extremely close, and they have a lot of more ground to cover. >> the transponder on the flight might have been switched off inadvertently or on purpose. >> the last time we heard, the transponder was here. how does it get from here to here without nobody knowing or hearing it. especially if it went over land. with radar someone should have picked it up. the theory is that the transponder was turned off, switched off, the plane lost power and it was cut off. the plane could have flown anywhere. keep in min

has been a nearly ten-fold increase in the amount of oil that has made its way from the midwest to the gulff mexico. 38.1 million barrels of oil moved through the route. that has made the mississippi river a primary route for transporting crude oil from the midwest to the gulf. the hudson river is being used to move oil to refineries. with more oil coming online domestically, there is a new focus on safely moving it. since the bakken oil is highly flammable. as for barges the only thing slowing growth is the fact that there just aren't enough of them to keep up with the demand. mary snow, al jazeera. >>> a tough economy has contributed to a break infrastructure for transportation of oil. don is the director of petroleum geoscience programs at the university of houston. us. >> good to see you too, and thank you for having me. >> there is possibly a misunderstanding that if you stop pipelines from being built somehow we're not going to use as much oil. but we're still going to use as much oil. we still drill and produce and move a lot of oil in country. >> that's exactly right. we're using ov

the first gulf war was all about oil. >> the horror of 9/11. ten years after the gulf war. first president bush's son to go to war. he first launches a retaliatory war in afghanistan. but then quickly puts three other nations on notice. north korea, iran, and iraq. >> states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world. by seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. >> all three nations have been on america's national security radar for decades. but now after 9/11, the bush administration makes the case for action to disarm them. it is not just the threat of rogue states using weapons of mass destruction, themselves, the president argues but the rogue state providing biological or nuclear weapons technology to terrorist groups. neither iran nor iraq is known to have nuclear capability, but north korea is steaming full speed ahead to a nuclear bomb. >> we argued about this in the state department. why wasn't there more concern with north korea when the cia was telling us tha

you see it's there now with moisture coming up from the gulf first. here comes the threat later today and this evening. a line developing with some strong isolated severe storms possible. now that's the forecast today. tomorrow things get interesting with this high-pressure over the great lakes. that will keep the cold air in place, the storm moving up into that, so we're starting to see this rain-snow line develop. heavy storm forecast here, warm enough for all rain across the mid-atlantic and northeast. but a gusty wind with this as well. there is that northeast wind developing, keeping the cool air in place, where it's cold enough, keeping a lot of snow coming down. that is the forecast this weekend, both saturday and sunday, the temperatures are warm ahead of this storm into the 50s and 60s, by sunday cooler air comes back. 48 in d.c., 48 in new york. another storm pulling up and another surge of warm air. del? >> dave warren thank you very much. >>> a painting is back home in the baltimore museum of art. it was stolen in 1951, and lost until just

the gulf of mexico. 25 years to the day after captain joseph hazelwood, who had allegedly been drinking, made this call off the remote part of alaska. >> exxon valdez, over. >> valdez traffic. >> yeah. it's valdez back. we should be on your radar there. we've fetched up hard aground north of goose island off bligh reef. and evidently, leaking some oil and we're going to be here for a while. >> leaking some oil. in 1989, 11 million gallons of oil leaked out of the exxon valdez. at the time it was worst oil spill in the country's history. exxon was initially supposed to pay $2.5 billion in punitive damage to victims until the u.s. supreme court cut that number to $500 million. by the way, the same year of the spill, exxon made $3.8 billion profit. in the 25 years between the exxon valdez spill and what happened in galveston over the weekend, there has been just about one oil spill a year of more than 100,000 gallons. in this country, alone. this is just a partial list. it doesn't count the scores of smaller

we have a steady stream of moisture pushing off the pacific and the gulf of mexico. we have the culmination of two air masses with a chance of severe air weather to break out. that's what we'll see this afternoon and across eastern portions of texas, louisiana, arkansas, certainly on into portions of georgia as we track into tomorrow afternoon. we're looking at the threat of damaging winds, hail, and even the chance for a few isolated tornadoes. winter is ending. this is the last weekend of weather. spring is officially here. and with spring comes severe weather season. we're looking at march 18th. that was the deadliest tornado that ever struck the united states, and killed 695 people back in 1925. the most recent catastrophic tornado that we saw was in joplin, missouri, in 2011, and that killed 158 people. as we enter severe weather season we have to be aware of these storms and take the watchings and warnings very seriously. take a look at temperatures across the country. houston will climb to a high of 71. temperatures are really rising quite a bit here in new yor

it will make its way into some milder air across the gulf of mexico. 's why we're going to see severe thunderstorms breaking out this afternoon into the evening. we have the potential to see damaging winds at 55 to 70 mph. you can see a bit of hail and a few tornadoes are possible. not a widespread outbreak but a few tornadoes will be possible as the cold front pushes through the east. as we track late sunday night into monday morning you see the ice and the sleet pushing across the corridor back into west virginia. we'll have to be careful on i-81 and i-95. >> thanks so much. checking now on our top stories at this hour, malaysia's prime minister saying there was likely some kind of foul play involved in the missing malaysia airliner. they believe that someone disabled its tracking device on purpose. >>> ukraine's crimea peninsula is preparing for tomorrow's referendum on whether to join russia or remain a part of ukraine. international powers say they will not recognize the outcome. meanwhile russia said it will recognize the results setting the pace

major investments on the gulf coast. take advantage of that low natural gas. 's the key food stock for chemical companies and it's plenful and extraordinarily cheap. when we were in louisiana you could see it everywhere. major petro chemical plant. they get 70% of the sales. the trouble with these businesses is they're boom and bust. a lot of them are dependent upon china. when the economy gets weak they get crushed. that's why dow chemical sells for 14 times earnings here. it's an 18 multiple. ppg and it deserves that premium. but the bottom line is dow chemical is out to prove the activists and the critics wrong. dow's ceo doubted but i now believe has really turned the company around, wants to show his company doesn't need to break up to make the company successful. the stocks had an epic run. i told you about it at the top of the show, especially with dan low waiting in the wings. and if we learned one thing in 2014, it's that few situations are more lucrative than a motivated ceo and an activist underneath doing prodding. let's go to paul in texas. >> booy

>> i think they have been thoroughly good on our side. >> the problem, the gulf arab, some of them are supporting the net walls in syria and others arpporting the rebels that we support. i think even the saudi several we can't do the fact that the rebel rebellion could bring powers and people who will be coming after them. pay period how much friction is there over the egypt issue? >> big-time. >> saudis versus americans? >> we were horrified by the way we treated the leader of egypt. both of them are at the -- >> we need them strategically, but we need them them less and less for oil. i think the relationship is changing and both sides still need each other but if you like to strip will help settle things the little bit. i don't feel like there's any threat of eight huge rift. >> okay, saudi shopping spree. the mac user involve lecture goods and now instead of designer lands they are massively defense building spending billions of dollars in the us to upgrade their front- line army troops. the weapons purchases include everything from swiss made sphinx thistles, small arms an american

is abandoning the gulf security architecture. nd, frankly, every meeting that we've conducted in the region reinforces this view. i think it is incumbent on the administration and, frankly, the broader diplomat you can community to just make it clear there is no pivot to asia. you have an acceptance and an understanding by key nato allies that iran's conventional forces are squarely focused on the gulf. and that drives a great deal of this. whether it's competing in iraq, competing in syria. but in all of this i think, again, key countries have underestimated just how severe the scales are in terms of what syria doing. you have a new generation of fighters returning home to countries in the gulf, returning to europe -- >> to europe, yeah. >> you have all of the patterns in terms of prod socioeconomics, labor markets which we did not discuss in detail but that drive a lot of this. and i think countries like iran and saudi arabia that look at what's happening in syria as zero couple in terms of who wins or loses are slowly coming ar

the new green without hitting the gulf cooperation council approving its divided over this. now i think these particular. in the same time oh and also inflicted with twenty cents these are all sinners institutions for meetings. it is the time the key to dealing with medieval style feudal monarchy and absolute powers without any presence of any democratic rally in any of these persian gulf states not to be identified to the and the rich because they believe that art does not seem to understand the dangers in their mind the most number of diapers spain says the pumps the muslim brotherhood. it was classified as a grassroots organization that is killing sheep up in the state into a knot winds and an antique diplomat leave it to this world that you're innocent. it compelled to reach an agreement because at the end of the day they're fighting for their own survival. what they're fighting for the teens today are two things pretend we're on which reduces the time that's when did he would speak in town today. a number to the fact that it is an alternative political option is popping

geico. >>> 25% of our oil production still comes from the gulf of mexico. to write it off. people wrote it off for the last 40 years but we coming back to bigger oil fields get bigger. >> two days ago i was in the gulf of mexico standing on the 99 oil rig off the coast of louisiana. looking all over that area. now, remember that was working for energy 21 and oil and gas crews from the gulf whose ceo we spoke to right then and there. fast forward today and we have big news for these guys. buying epl oil and gas. another for a total consideration of 2.3 billion which works out to be a 37% premium. i think the deal looks exciting. but because part of the transaction is being funded with new stock, shares got slammed today. it was one of the worst performers in the market. down 7.83%. it could be bargain. energy 21 has a history of making acquisitions and using science and technology to get more out of their oil fields than anyone thought was there. it will be the largestly held independent oil producer. it's a company that will have ten prolific fields in the r

researchers are finding that excess fertilizer runoff from wheat crops is affecting marine life in the gulf of california. so they are turning to technology to decrease fertilizer inputs without decreasing yields. dr. ortiz-monasterio: technology like this can result in a win-win situation, where the farmer benefits and at the same time the environment benefits. narrator: by showing farmers how to reduce pesticide and fertilizer use, both research teams hope to minimize environmental impacts while still producing enough food for our growing population. a staple throughout the globe, rice is an eential crop, providing 60% of the calories for half of the world's population. dr. peter kenmore of the food and agriculture organization of the united nations in rome, italy, has been conducting research about rice production in countries in southeast asia for 30 years. dr. kenmore: rice, now and probably for the last 4,000 or 5,000 years, feeds more individuals of the species homo sapiens than any other food. evolutionarily, why is it a good bet? because it grows in places that are flooded. you can

phil mattingly reports on bp's agreement with the eta to compete for leases in the gulf of mexico. alix steel looks at enrollment in strategic petroleum reserves in russia. john kerry and his counterpart from russia held talks today on the crisis in ukraine. or is mr. kerry in his post meeting news conference. him that clear with the president has made it clear there will be consequences if russia does not find a way to change course. we don't say that as a threat. we say that as a direct consequence of the choices that russia may or may not choose to make here. chilcoteerg's ryan joins us now on the phone from london. this latest diplomatic effort, did it accomplish anything echo >> i don't know. i just came back from the postmeeting press conference of the russian foreign minister who was meeting with kerry. i didn't hear anything that's adjusted that russia is prepared to stand down in ukraine. or anything that would suggest that this train wreck in the making can be averted. >> is there any way that russia could face sanctions echo >> there is. this vote in crimea is basically t

the gulf, i am following that. worked down there some during this whole mess, and i certainly sympathize with the folks down there. to the credit of that situation, putting $500 million early on into restoration before there is a settlement is the right thing to do. i thought that was -- we tried to do that in alaska and exxon, again, told us to get lost. they didn't want any part of it. i do know that some of states that are the recipients of some of these monies down there, some are planning ball fields, one is manning a resort casino -- planning a resort casino with, ostensibly, environmental restoration funds. that's the kind of distraction and dark alley that big money can cause. so there has to be an absolute carte blanche dictum that all these monies need to be used in the highest and best interests of full ecological recovery, period. it's, you know, economic recovery is something else. that's what the private case is all about. but the government money should be used for full ecological recovery period. no

critics in the gulf have longed accused the credit al jazeera network of a pro-muslim brotherhood bent. for now al jazeera's riad bureau remains open. just as myanmar's journalists and a news manager there have gone on trial charged with leaking state secrets. the charges relate to two reports in the yongon based, with the assistance of the chinese. in the northwest earn city of pauk. all five have pleated not guilty. but if found guilty could face up to 14 years in prison. now president of myanmar signed myanmar's long awaited media request law into effect. the law has been trumpeted as a way to guarantee freedom of the press after five decades of censorship undermilitary rule. but the bill that passed in parliament, without consultation with journalist groups comes with some significant loopholes. the government retains the power to withhold or revoke publishing licenses and ban any content it considers insulting to religion or undermines the rule of law. >>> ever insistence early days of the web when the printed word began its migration to media online, it's been a two way conversat

the u.s. open and gulf. is is all streamed as well. >> some companies are losing money, what about the bars and restaurants. they must be loving this. >> they do well. los angeles does well, particularly the first weekend that includes the thursday, friday period. corporate america, i am sure, doesn't like it, on the other hand happy employees is a good employee. >> speaking of big business, you mentioned las vegas. how much money is generated revenue in gambling. >> well, in vegas, it's 60 to 70 million, dwarfed by the $5 that everyone puts down. >> it's also big business for the programs. how much money does each team receive per game. >> it depends how far they go through it. a lot of this is about exposure. it's not like a ball game, spls you get to the final. it's about the exposure the university gets, and the number of applications they receive in ensuing years, particularly for the universities and colleges that do not have a lot of exposures, the mid majors, the stories that you here of after the fac

this argument that's going on in the paintings in the gulf finance limited among the gulf states. you can feel the effects of that in levin on and in syria. yes yes yes i don't think because the company that cost them a note. as they have influence it was time to study and had to go clean stadia. let me give you my opinion of the conflict between the us everybody knows that so didn't get was not very happy to see at the drop off which was given. and then last weekend which is used twenty percent bigger than the size and so dad and yet did not commit golden eyes. he he you know that because i make the same case could see the end of the top. and dependaineteen forty three. this expedient to get that organized. and that company go to the bottom and do stuff that go up the commission s and thinking i don't think so d editor. with the simple life and other countries. and then gone. would that make the cut they had known he had on hand. is that he's in my opinion. not the sort that india was always to your goal and look in the muslim brotherhood with that. as suspicious. in all but they

some current go to the south, other circulate in the gulf of thailand. that's the issue there as the currents continue to spin around. the actual weather, that northeast wind is really starting to increase here over the next few days, has been increasing today and what that means along with that different current is you'll have the building seas in this area. the waves will continue to increase. so all of these are factors going into the search. of course the current is something that they're looking at plus the increased seas here we'll continue to monitor that over the next 24 hours. >> all right dave thank you. this mystery is e erily similar to what happened to air france in 2009. when it can disappeared off the coast of brazil. it found nearly two years to find the bulk of the plane and the 220 on board. poor rations by the pilots were the cause of the wreck. they may have had some ties to a stolen passport ring, we're not sure of that, officials say they bought their tickets for a city in thailand. >> the two passengers who boarded the malasian flig

the spill cleanup operation continues along the coasts of the gulf of mexico because of the accident was a commission of a barge hearing about a half thousand tonnes of oil and fry it in the accident occurred on sunday in the gulf still be in the gulf of mexico off the coast of texas the bars partially sank emergency services have removed all the oil from the bench compartments according to his more to guide the operation involves five large oil spill recovery vessels to ninety two people are working in the side of the accident according to authorities in the commission of the vessels only one of the port fuel tanks with damage which was transporting six hundred and thirty six tonnes of oil is currently unknown how much oil was spilled into the sea. unknown is holidaying with people prepare delicious and hearty potato pancakes to produce the get out all the cakes to neighbors to be closer and friendlier in the coming year it should be noted that most people began to celebrate them out as holiday of the turkic people seventy years ago after the mythic as expected among the settlers wa

providing the security of saudi arabia and the gulf and the saudi arabia pumping oil. now, with the tension and the lack of trust that has built up recently, saudi arabia has started to look outside with pakistan is, of course, a nuclear power. and saudi arabia is looking at that direct to try and do it on their own with preparing themselves for a total u.s. disengagement. >> mohammed, thank you very much, indeed, for that update on the challenges facing president obama in saudi arabia. within the last few minutes just before he left italy, he apparently made clear to cbs television that russia must pull back its troops from the ukrainian border. that just in before he left the vatican and italy for saudi arabia. >>> the turkish government has blocked access to the video sharing site youtube. it took similar action a few days ago to cut off the microbloging website twitter. the authorities are unhappy that an audio file has been uploaded to the website which features the prime minister's most senior advisers discussing military action in syria. but just as with the twi

had previously admitted, and the transponders, they have suddenly stopped transmitting out over the gulf of thailand. as the search for flight 370 continues on the sea and in the air, new questions tonight over what could have happened on board the plane. the malaysian military now says its radars tracked the plane as it doubled back over the gulf of thailand, over the malaysian mainland and a small island in the strait of malacca. the plane's transponder had reportedly stopped broadcasting. cia director john brennan responding to nbc's andrea mitchell today. >> you cannot discount any theory, you know. who had the ability to turn off the transponder? i don't know. how can one's actions be masked, in terms of technologically on the aircraft? >> reporter: the plane's transponders could have been shut off intentionally or as the result of a catastrophic event taking out the electrical system. but veteran 777 captain tom casey says that would be very unlikely. >> there are ten generators on the 777. it has tremendous super redundancy. you would have to lose all ten generators before the ele

. >> that leg that you are referring to is what we call phase three from cushing, oklahoma to the gulf coast. the pipeline is built right from canada through the united states, we can deliver to the midwest and to the gulf coast. in this last week, we actually delivered our first batch of oil right from alberta right through to texas. a very important part of getting this project done. what's left in fact is only about 800 miles of pipeline through montana, south dakota and nebraska. once that's complete, then you have the full four phases up and running. >> that's when we get to the $830,000 some -- >> the first two phases have delivered about 560 million barrels of oil since 2010 to the u.s. what will happen with keystone xl, it will add an extra component to pick up barrels from canada and deliver them to cushing, oklahoma. subsequently they can be delivered in gulf coast to go to refineries in the gulf coast. >> the ultimate question consumers want to know when this is said and done, what will that mean for the price of crude oil? >> this is the benefit of this pipe is internationa

." ♪ petroleumnt british is soon back drilling in the gulf of mexico. e ban on contracts and ruling was lifted last year. the government says that bp is the highest bidder for 24 exploration blocks offered for lease. you may remember the bp rig explosion and spill in the gulf of mexico that haunted deep water in 2010. that disaster also lead to 210 million gallons of oil leaking into the gulf of mexico. one of my next guest says made retyping the environment his mission. the vicenedy junior is president of the waterkeeper alliance. and we are joined i glenn rink. they are both tackling the issue of contaminated water. thank you both for being here. tell me what is ad tech? >> it is an environmental technology company. we have the ability with our technology which is called smart much, and it looks at any -- pretty much any kind of water can, nation. to take away one bacteria or another and more recently heavy metals. it is a really innovative way to go after water contamination. >> a high-tech sponge. bobby kennedy, when did you come into this kind of te

and lions gate currently trades at 31 dollars b-p is allowed back into the gulf of mexico. the enviormental protection agency has lifted a two year ban that prohibited the company from seeking oil drilling contracts in the gulf following the deepwater horizon explosion. in 20-12, the epa said b-p had not fully fixed problems connected to fallout from the explosion, and massive oil spill. environmental groups contend that the area continues to grapple with damage from the incident. bp says the deal allows it to "compete again for federal contracts and leases." the stock that's already taking investors on a wild ride could spark some interest this week. plug power shot up after signing a deal to supply 6 walmart distribution centers with its fuel cell -powered forklifts. last week as the stock was trading around $12 -- it plunged after a short selling analyst said the shares were fairly valued at 50 cents. the ceo of plug power however, tells marketwatch... the company expects to turn a profit by the end of the year and has plans to reveal 2 to 3 major deals. president obama i

officials believe the plane crashed somewhere in the gulf of thailand, off the coast of vietnam. joining us now is keir simmons. >> good morning. the tension is here, because in this very hotel, are journalists and we believe relatives of those missing, all waiting for news. the journalists cram into this news, where government ministers come out to give the latest updates. they're having to say that what happened is simply a mystery, there have been some sightings of debris, but they said they haven't turned out to belong to the aircraft. they're still doing tests on oil found off the coast of vietnam. and the latest sighting is the possibility of an overturned life raft. as but as we speak, simply no news. a u.s. fleet is involved in the search as well, it has a helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft. but the commander onboard there says that the waves are likely to get higher, he's talking about four to six-foot waves tonight, which will make the search more difficult, which is exactly not what these people searching need. there are people searching from all over the world. >> n

particularly the rifts amongst the gulf state. ey are the driving force of the arab league, and are divided on the issue, the role of the muslim brotherhood. worth rewinding a year to the last summit in doha. then president mohamed morsi was the leader of egypt. now he finds himself in gaol as do many of his supporters. including the large group that have been sentenced to death. so it is going to be an important issue. it's going to be behind the scenes and affecting everything that happens, don't expect many people to talk about it in public. >> a bit of a subdivision. does the arab league have an idea of what it wants from the security council, when it can't agree on the problem or the solution. the security council can't agree. deadlock in the crimea is probably going to add to the problems between the u.s. and russia. the arab league is not clear on its position on syria. again, at the last summit a year ago, it looked like the arab league was going to give the opposition the syrian seat. that has not happened. we are, in the

johnson following the developing story from the gulf of thailand. thank you. ukraine's acting foreign minister says the country will not give up crime area -- i mean and do everything they can to end the crisis peacefully. they are set to hold a referendum on whether to remain part of the ukraine, but it seems the decision has been made. russia seems to be calling the shots as pro-russia soldiers try to flush ukrainian soldiers out of the military bases still under their control. >> you can see the marks from this invasion instep estoppel. there were no injuries reported. 35-to-60 people from people broke the gates and jumped over the fence. they threatened to fire their guns at us. we had to use special means. >> the ukraine believes the men were russian soldiers. both moscow and the pro-russia government denied that. they have still not left the area. motives for the attack remains unclear. took to the moscow streets in support of their stance on crimea. >> everybody living in crimea consider themselves russian. they have always wanted to become russia. they

. >> no country or collection of countries can do for the gulf states what the united states has done and continues to do. >> as the relationship became strained, experts said that it was time for the president to come see the king. >> i do think that at least symbolically what will come out of this is reaffirmation by both sides of a little bit that both sides need. >> the president will spend the night in saudi arabia, and he's scheduled to fly back to the u.s. tomorrow. >>> digging through the debris in the aftermath of that deadly mudslide on saturday. victims are being identified. a grandmother, a navy veteran, a high school custodian and a librarian, and that death toll is expected to rise as the day goes on. sabrina, the death toll could rise a lot today. and explain. >> reporter: that's exactly what we're hearing, del. the death toll right now does stand at 17. that's the official word from the medical examiner here, but again, we're hearing that the death toll could rise significantly. and we should know in just a few short hours at the press conference. 95 medium remain unac

the world's largest accidental spill happened in the gulf of mexico. gallons of crude spilled on the b.p. deep water hoars rig. a mexican company was drilling an oil well when an explosion caused 140 millions of gallons of oil to spill into the waters there. >> apple and comcast may be teaming up. the two companies are in talks about a joint streaming t.v. service. apple hopes the partnership will help it by pass the congestion on the internet, meaning dealing with less buffering while you are streaming on the web. the dow jones starts at 16302, the s&p at 1866 the news schock com possibility sit at 1476 away asia ending the day higher. european markets are lower. >> economic growth is expected to pick up steam, economists finding the g.d.p. relevant rise in 2014 after that rough winter. they say stronger growth will lead to an end of the bond buying prom by the fed. an interest rate hike could come next year. >> president obama meeting with world leaders in the netherlands. >> they will talk about nuclear security. >> 1,400 tons of highly enriched uran

the gulf and perception between russia and the west is vast. russia considers the new government in kiev illegitimate, led by extremists. the west is going out of its way to help that government. from brussels european promises of financial assistance for kiev. >> the package combined could bring on overall support of at least 11 billion euro for the next couple of years, from the european union government and financial institutions. it is a package designed to assist reforms under the ukrainian government. >> western governments are drawing up plans for further sanctions. the russians say it's hardly conducive to the success of negotiations. for now both sides agree it's a good idea to carry on talking. >> elite phone call has raised questions as to who was responsible for the deaths of 80 people in the ukraine capital. in the conversation estonian prime minister says snipers were both sides may have shot at protesters. the killings on february 20th were the turning point in the demonstrations against then president viktor yanukovych. estonia

the cracks of social media. next came riffs between saudi arabia and it's gulf partner qatar. they pulled their embassies out of doha earlier this month saying that they won't stand with anyone supporting regional destabilization. the president's visit comes during a different era in saudi american relations. for decades saudi arabia and the u.s. have been close. the king even visited president george? bush at his texas ranch in 2005. but now things have changed. the aging king's long-time bargaining chip oil resources has lost some of its influence. the growing ability to drill for shell natural gas in places like north dakota has made the u.s. less dependent on foreign fuel. >> before we begin our conversation on the strains in the u.s.-saudi relationship, we want to go live to saudi arabia to the white house's correspondent mike viqueira. mike, what have you learned about the meeting? >> well, it was a two-hour meeting, fairly long as far as these bilaterals go. the president talked about ukraine and the saudis were angry. the saudis are important. it was important for the p

otherwise the storm system will be watching down into the gulf of mexico. with texas will show some subtropical moisture. we'll see the end by monday morning. we'll get a break for the west. it is interesting. it caused problems in hawaii as well. we had several storm reports. one, a pilot reported a water spout and we had heavy rain, three to four inches. heavy rainfall. for alaska, we are tracking huge low pressure, that is bringing you winter storm warning from sewer to prince william sound. heavy snow, powerful winds for much of the day monday. looking at the disturbance bringing rain fall. you can see it tracking across northern mexico. it will be in the gulf of mexico as we get all the way through tuesday. >> finally a winner in the spelling bee show down in kansas city. >> d-e-fi-in-i-t-i-o-n - chris sharmer in first place. the slug-fest lasting two weeks. it was postponed because officials ran out of approved words to challenge them. both kids breezed through harder words in the second round. sophia misspelt survitifling. >> i was sat when she messed

. >> the gas in the gulf. why an oil spill off the coast of texas is having an impact. >> our faith was important in starting the company. >> the contraception debate. hobby lobby heads to court in a major challenge to obamacare. >> this is a mystery and until we recover and positively identify a piece of debris, everything is virtually speculation. >> hi, welcome to al jazeera america coming to you live from new york city. we heard from malaysia airlines and australian officials. it caps a day of twists and turns and some unfortunate news for the families of passengers and crew aboard flight mh370. erica pitzi is joining us. this is not the news family members want to hear. >> no, and you can imagine family members feeling frustrated and confused over conflicting information. >> it began on monday with the malaysian prime minister with evidence showing that the plane went down in the indian ocean. and that everyone died on the crash. new evidence led to the conclusion, and malaysia airlines officials expressed

ahead. >>> still ahead on al jazeera america, oil from a sunken barge in texas could spread into the gulff mexico. crews race to contain the mess. >>> searchers spend another day over the indian ocean looking for the missing airliner, the fresh satellite photo that's offering new leads. >>> one of the busiest shipping lanes along the gulf coast remains closed after an oil barge collided with a ship. it's led to a sizeable slick and a massive clean-up effort off galveston bay in texas. traces of the spill are already showing up on land in nearby texas city. the coast guard says up to 168,000 gallons may have leaked from that barge. al jazeera brandan truck ling has the latest. >> the people working to clean up this mess describe it as terrible. they are talking about 168 gallons of leaked fuel now in the houston canal. it is a 50 mile stretch that goes from houston all the way to the gulf of mexico. we are told this job is very difficult because that oil is very thing. it's very greasy and difficult to clean. crews have been working all night and continue to work right now as we speak. you

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