they have the government and church officials to make sure the water really is not contaminated. for two little white ball. not all of us work for the planet. we hope the government and tactical will not undermine our trust because we made it very difficult decision. since it is. we believe in tackling the problem of contaminated water. proceeding with the decommissioning. are important for reconstruction and she mopped it up. some of the gym and are asking for an independent third party to monitor the implementation of the plants and trees to mention tidbits and quit the to ensure the credibility of the process. good week and is too low. the engineers have been restarted a keen water treatment since then that the nuclear clouds the system malfunction due to this series of problems due out in the three lions at the advanced liquid processing system are alps were suspended on monday after workers found water leaking from a storage tank the workers change the packing honest i had to the tank. you're able to stop the leak. and their neighbors the probation on tuesday afternoon. a we

or 20 into infinity a large number of ballet argument to gain the system and get appointed as the official proponent. it's one of the problematic things but in the past at least the people who were doing that were actual proponent of the measure. recently as people have read in the news the campaign co-chair of the prop b campaign submitted 25 arguments almost identical to be appointed the official proponent of the measure and was appoint so we have a campaign cultural of west side stealing the opposition argument and getting lending. this doesn't serve democracy and the needs of the voters and the process on consciousness on the ballots to make an informed decision. this is time to close that because an opponent got appointed i could see this becoming the norm where in every election everyone is trying to steel the official proponent argument that p so this will limit one person to submit one ballot argument as the official argument for any given ballot measure. this doesn't completely eliminate the problem but one major loophole. i'm not asking for a vote today but asking the city attorn

and believe it into the ocean. officials say they have set the standard for release at more than ten times lower than the government's conduct they think unusual compounded in the build up of contaminated water by one hundred times. members of his senior positions at the crease and i gave the approval of the plant on tuesday. after government officials to make sure the one who is not contaminated. for all people not all of us work for the planet. we hold the government and tesco was not undermined our trust because we made it very difficult decision. you will since. we believe in tackling the problem of contaminated water. proceeding to decommissioning. are important for reconstruction and wish him well. so the fisherman. i asked him for an independent third party tonight to implementation of the plant and produce relation to the stand with the to ensure the credibility of the process. we did we miss jowell. japan's prime minister shinzo of it is getting ready for a chance to improve relations with this country's closest nei

the two teams from the two countries the foreign ministry's a great reason to official in iraq after hitting only in shenzhen china on the sideline to financial records talks the national gulf until cooked to cancun and that two thousand trial. the scotsman says the discussions will be held over to thinking thinking thinking to achieve level officials of the foreign ministers. now he presented nineteen eighteen epidemic to channel the asian oceania thespian else. cami is likely to send some to call the template for normalizing relations with japan. she was a little more than usual. i think the abductions are a big issue for japan. we would like to have proper discussions on that age. a deal with it. he maintains that the abduction issue has been sent on earth straight into allow the parent of the best team in camille attack to the north of the envelope and do it any mobile yet. some japanese officials even eighteen and noting the change in the north into tears and ending its international isolation. michelle obama has said that chinese test in teaching pain and is quite at the start o

that's due out later in the day. >>> now government officials in the asia pacific are worried it's taking too long to craft a regional free trade deal. ministers from 12 countries last month failed to come to terms. but u.s. trade officials say they hope to close the transpacific partnership deal by the end of the year. american officials released a report on trade policy on tuesday, saying a lot of progress has been made toward an agreement in the u.s.-led tpp talks. asia pacific trade ministers last month made progress in intellectual property and other categories. but the u.s. and japan didn't see eye to eye on farm tariffs. american officials say they hope to clinch a deal that removes as many tariffs as possible by the end of the year. they say japan's participation in the talks has made the tpp more worthwhile. u.s. officials also say they plan to step up bilateral negotiations on autos, and insurance, and nontariff areas. meanwhile, japanese government officials briefed representatives from about 109 industry groups, that's on the outcome of the tpp talks last month. the officials

the ratio of that did fall nearly 2 percentage points. officialsoted that overall, people still opted for safer assets like deposits. >>> some of japan's top executives from the nuclear industry are being brought together to tackle the crisis at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. officials at tokyo electric power company are drawing on the managerial expertise at the country's major manufacturers to help oversee the decommissioning of the crippled reactors. the new body will have one executive from hitch atty ge nuclear energy, toshiba and mitsubishi heavy industries and will serve as senior officers. in the past these firms have helped tepco with separate tasks such as removing spent fuel and developing robots to probe highly radioactive areas. from next month, though, the executives will be involved in the entire decommissioning process. they'll provide their know-how to help solve problems related to containing polluted water and cooling nuclear fuel. tepco and government officials want to start removing melted fuel from the damaged reactors i

the disaster. some wanted to keep them. but city officials decided to take down every building in which people died. now, his building is the only one standing in his area. yonezawa is determined to preserve it. he hopes it will help people remember the destructive power of the tsunami. he shares his experience with anyone who is interested. he has put up a sign to let people know how high the tsunami reached. >> translator: i climbed up here and while i was up here, the water came to this level. it came up to here. >> reporter: yonezawa thinks walking through the building allows people to understand more vividly what happened on that day. >> translator: i hope some of the buildings will be preserved so that we can visit and learn and pass on those lessons. i am grateful to people who are willing to conserve them. >> reporter: yonezawa's daughter was born just a month before the disaster. he hopes the remains of his store will also help him pass on what he learned to her generation and the generations after that. >> translator: i want my daug

but the demure put in is showing no signs he wants to talk with russian officials openly mocking the current economic sanctions. western leaders may have to take a tougher approach if they want results craig dale went into the world. red cross officials from tok joined kelly gang had begun talks on returning the remains of japanese who died around the end of world war two when one is now north korea the two day talks are now underway in the northeastern chinese city of shenyang they follow a meeting earlier this month. japanese representatives said they were grateful for holding the talks without the long delay that occurred between earlier meetings. they say they expect to take part in sincere and deep dialogue government officials and other experts also attended there is trade officials said they want both sides and expanded conference to work earnestly contain productive results. the two countries' foreign ministry officials taking part are expected to hold unofficial meetings on the sidelines of the red cross talks. analysts believe they will discuss the resumption of high level

the cheese stirring dying to self. officials in ukraine's at least two people dead and dozens in tears after demonstrations ten berman in the eastern part of the country. supporters and opponents of it into catholic last just a spoonful of rice and then in creamy and the sizzle be honest if you want to join russia. the ride the girls attending this plan in the city of donetsk hundreds of people gathered in a show of support for the mood to join the bunch opposite them was an equal number of supporters of the eu into confidence authorities say two people died and more than fifteen point six. the most innocent center based in cities including current cough and her ask her to stay to be made to release this weekend's principle of the crimean defend them first it is going to get into this as his computer is set to try to use all options should the tennis friends. ukraine's east to the gym. the arts from the united states and russia discuss the crimean defendant could not narrow that to fix this. he was sent to upstage on hannity and

the chinese official me to official visits to the north. last year. but about a week left until the new security summit in the cave where leaders of korea and japan are set to attend all eyes are on with the president talk and prime minister of it will finally sit down for the first ever summit. seoul says it is open to the one on one but stresses tokyo should first take sincere steps on historical issues. a case on acetate. with speculation by the president at the menu and japanese counterparts and next week's nuclear security summit in the netherlands. so he says there's no reason to oppose a sincere and constructive dialogue with tokyo. korean presidential spokesperson kim wilde told reporters monday. what's the point is whether any cost to bring out a productive outcome. not having tops for talks. the spokesperson said to create an atmosphere for productive discussions you'll have to probably take concrete steps to resolve its colonial and other historically she was with neighboring nations. on saturday a president that welcome the prime minister

>> some shots were fired into the crimea military base according to an official. we don't know what happened. we are not able to confirm anything, it is completely surrounded by the pro russian activists and militias and tried to grab the cameras and showing that the pro russian gangs or activists continue to try and silence anyone that is trying to expose what they are doing. there are reports out of kiev that the shots were fired and they hit a number of ukrainian officers and we are not sure to the extent of the injuries and we are trying to figure that out now. according to the ukrainian officer, shots were fired inside of the ukrainian military base by what are believed to be russian snipers. >> thank you, nick. we have a team of reporters around the world covering the crisis in ukraine. we will be right back. >> at fort bragg day of the sentencing for the colonel. he could take the stand and admitted to having an affair with a subordinate officer. he's facing 21 years in prison. >> veterans of three wars are being honored at the white house today and awarding

looking down the road government officials are conscious but they do expect the economy to remain on a recovery track even after the tax hike monday was the first trading day in the chinese currency with a new wider trading them they you want fell slightly against the dollar the people's bank of china doubleday you once daily trading range against the dollar. it's now allowing the currency to rise or fall of two two percent from the official midpoint rain breaks the previous limit was one percent on monday the u one briefly slipped about zero point seven percent from the midpoint market players were worried about china's economic slowdown. workers at two plants operated by a total orders of scenery in india are fighting for higher wages. there are adopting militant tactics. so ted officials on sunday camp early and walked out the workers from the plants due to careless car motor off officials as saying union leaders provoke some employees into holding assembly lines and threatening supervisors the officials say they shut down the plants of the city of bangalore. to protect employees

he said the commander of the black sea fleet issued an ultimatum to surrender. an official from the russian navy denied the report. oleksandr turchinov warned people in crimea not to react to provocations. >>> the united states is hoping diplomacy and the threat of sanctions will help settle the crisis in crimea. u.s. president barack obama has referred to statements by nato and the group of seven industrialized country that strongly condemn russia. he says he'll continue diplomatic efforts but also suggested other options. >> if, in fact, they continue on the current trajectory that they're on, that we are examining a whole series of steps, economic, diplomatic, that will ice late russia. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry and assistant secretary of state victoria nuland, will both visit the ukrainian capital of kiev on tuesday. the u.s. defense department says it is suspending military exchange programs with russia. such contacts are aimed at reducing the chance of an emergency resulting from a misunderstanding. the announcement came as russia's president vladimir puti

the majority of local residents are ethnic russians. military officials have reportedly warned ukraine s forces in crimea to surrender by flying the pm local time on tuesday. a newsagency in moscow suggests the ultimatum was back to mind the threat of force russian present bloody we're putin says the use of force in ukraine would be a last resort but that he reserves the right to use all options adding to the good and was speaking to reporters at his official residence in a moscow suburb. he said ukraine's legitimate president victory in a covert officially ask russia to take military action. although eugenia now. whisk this was the new whisk. when you begin to see new moon along osmosis. he used. no when asked about a decision by other members of the gerber bates to suspend preparation for the g eight summit in sochi. he said that western leaders don't need to come if they don't want to the united states is helping diplomacy and the threat of sanctions will help settle the crisis. us president barack obama has refers to statements by nato and a group of

that's still the official position. we understand the various agencies are trying to get in touch with authorities in vietnam, trying to follow up and we are trying to find out how do we know the aircraft crashed. one assumes if it has crashed, it probably has done so. until we get confirmation it's difficult. it's agonising for the relatives. there was 150 to 160 chinese nationals on board the aircraft. an agonising weight. >> what are the authorities doing to assist the people, waiting for loved ones, the agonising wait. >> several hundred relatives, friends, are being looked after at a hotel near to here, wened. at the same time that is where malaysian airline officials have been giving news briefings. relatives have been kept away from media while they wait for any news they can get. >> one of the people from - one of the relatives, a woman in her 30, a chinese woman whose mother was on the aircraft came out to talk to the media complaining about the conditions. she said there are several hundred in a haul or meeting

show's only from one of the board on about how we get tickets with light to the store will be the last official opening will be my cute baby quilt. little. any i know. welcome to the world islam and you don't run into killers. here's a look at some of the stories we're following this hour the australian authorities and shifted the search area for the visit malaysia airlines jetliner based on my analysis of radar data. trade officials have returned the remains of more than four hundred chinese soldiers who died in the korean war. i decide to sell to stop climate change. boosting the population of deer rabbit golden outback be affected australian authorities had shifted the search area for the missing malaysia airlines jet are now focusing more than one thousand km to the north east from where search teams have been concentrating their efforts over the past few days the decision was based on revised analysis of radar data collected by various nations from before the cat went missing nearly three weeks ago these continuing analysis indicates that flying was traveling faster than was previously est

but the officials say the rate of increase fell to its lowest point in 18 months. and they warned that the figure could decline after march, and remain weak for the next six months or so. >>> many in japan recognize that the government needs more revenue to gore ballooning social security costs. but the tax hike will add an average of nearly $900 to the annual household bill and pensioners, in particular, are feeling the pinch from this. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: many elderly people haven't been looking forward to spring this year. they say, the consumption tax increase will further strain their finances. they are already dealing with a gradual cut of pension payouts. >> translator: i'm still having a can of beer every night. and i may consider not going to the hair salon as often to save money. >> translator: without enjoyment i may not feel the desire to keep on living. >> reporter: people with lower incomes will feel the impact of the consumption tax hike more than others. researchers say for households with an annual income of $100,000, tax payments

even after the money stance on tonight's contest signals based on the plane officials say it could have been trying for nearly seven hours. i demolished top central asia and oratory in the inhalation with the boston area. two lawyers and i could go into playing with north to central asia the radars of several countries would have detected that sold well i think it is highly unlikely that itself to the indian ocean. on a sandy that have asked of the countries operating in britain soccer icon the man cave am pro corporation to find any trace of amazing to me. oh come on top and a tear for him. thailand's prime ministry election a lot announced she will lift the state of emergency on wednesday. it was imposed earlier this year in response to fears anti government protests. johansson to rule in bangkok and small protesting this has been on the decline in recent weeks but that still remain continue to be mind you not step down and the influence of for profit. ousted prime minister and it seems no one should go. matsumoto has a story. i miss that has been using a wheelchair since she fell whi

the officials that came to meet with them on friday should have been here within a day that the planet missing. it's been two weeks before they have gotten any official response. they feel even though there has been meetings with the malaysian ambassador, and several officials here as well. what we understand is that these relatives are in a closed-door meeting with chinese government officials, and they are wanting to get a backing from the chinese government. as they said they were, they feel the disrespect is not just to them, but towards the entire people of china. >> thank you very much for that. >> that's margo joining us from beijing. >> to other news - an international team of monitors is being sent into ukraine as the new incarnation of the country takes shape. the team will begin its work after russia dropped objections. there is disagreement on whether they'll be allowed into crimea. fireworks lit the skies over moscow after vladimir putin signed a law entering the region into a russian federation. thousands celebrated in simferepol. ukraine has been moving closer to the we

officials at the u.s. internal revenue service now say online currencies will be taxed in the same way as stocks and other forms of property. people use virtual currencies to settle transactions just as they would conventional forms of money. but, irs officials say online currencies like bitcoin should not be treated like cash. the irs officials say profits made when investors trade virtual currencies are taxable, just like profits from stock trading. and they say wages paid in virtual currencies will also be subject to income tax based on the market value of the currency when it was received. japanese government officials also say virtual currencies aren't the same, as conventional money. they say transactions made with online currencies should be taxed. well, failed bitcoin exchange mtgox has submitted documents to the metropolitan police department here in tokyo. mtgox representative director mark karpeles said in a statement on the company's website that the executives consulted the police about the di

my mouth off about that the senior white house officials said it was constructed with no signs of discord. but there has been plenty of discord old mates. it started small the nine year old. with the meal back became the first south korean president to visit iran to come play with appropriate controls. then in effect to suck raised questions about the cost. typically still cold cold for cleaning. you don't then you know the japanese politicians should demonstrate kobe his leadership and he'll have a hard thing to hit the pentagon is a true partner leon talley yet. i mean is i may add it to detention when he visited destination on. one is japan's war dead. was amended to include he is convicted of war crimes after watching one too. about me. i would use my pitch to strive for a while when people will not stop don't buy into the new school. i miss it. she has no intention of hurting the feelings of south korean and chinese. leaders from both countries. creepy fries i think this fascinating needed to happen. so officials from depend and south korea can stop blocking tell lies within the past

the official high at reagan national. it looks like we will be at that level are better for the next three days or so. morning.y early in the there could be a few suburban locations posted her 32 or 33 degrees by tomorrow morning. ,he chilly air has receded caribou, maine is the cold spot on the east coast. sunshine and with even warmer for texas. on the other side of this map comes much colder temperatures. this map shows how much warmer it is now than yesterday at this time. what is coming next? high pressure will move off to the east and pick up a few clouds. 60's again tomorrow and then by wednesday we will get a push into the upper 60's am a but with the front there could be an isolated shower north and west. this is reflected in the futurecast. generally very pleasant weather, some could see a sprinkle tomorrow as a little disturbance tries to go through. thursday in the 60's, maybe an evening shower, but then the next system heads our way on friday with a chance of showers. tomorrow partly sunny skies, 63, generally

the russian ruble will become an official currency. there is excitement and uncertainty, as long lines snake out of banks. >> they don't know what will be with their money in the future. >> reporter: then, there's food. no matter what country it comes from, whether it's american chips, italian pasta, it all comes through ukraine. and right now, no one knows how or if that will continue. water, power, phone lines, all come from ukraine. now, to connect russia with crimea, russia is proposing a massive construction of a bridge and tunnel. vice president biden, today, angrily called russia's actions a land grab and pledged to defend nato allies. but russia has not flinched. tonight, the world is doing little more than watch russia complete its takeover. alex marquardt, abc news, crimea. >>> and here at home, a big headline about alzheimer's tonight. why does the disease strike mothers, sisters, more than the men of the family? today, a new report reveals some startling numbers. and abc's mara schiavocampo has them. >> reporter: ed and peg

but the official says that about 2:40 a.m. local time, the civilian and military radar lost all contact with the aircraft, strait of malacca is in a body of water that separates the peninsula from the indonesian island of sumatra. it's many hundreds of miles from the usual flight path for aircraft traveling from kuala lumpur to beijing. so it was way, way off course, according to this malaysian air force. no explanation, obviously, given. still no sight of any debris. no sight of this airliner. peter goels is joining us right now, former ntsb managing director. so the -- this air force official from malaysia, peter, is now saying the plane was hundreds of miles off course from where it would have been going if on a normal route from kuala lumpur to beijing. what do you make of that? >> even more perplexing. i think it starts to narrow the options down. if this report is true, it means a couple things. one is, was there someone unauthorized in the cockpit ordered the transponder turned off, ordered the plane to fly, you know, 90

say the tank it doesn't belong to that. us officials described it as as a people is that so they said their forces will take it back to libya. researchers in it so we did have spent the last five years tracking the global weapons trade and they say china's sales are booming. i expect that the stockholm international peace research institute say china is now the world's fourth largest supplier of arms. members of the stockholm international peace research institute on monday released the report on the on stage is as international transfers of major conventional weapons stored fourteen percent over the last five years the united states was the world's top on supplier manufactures that to twenty nine percent of the world my kids. rochelle was second at twenty seven percent in germany was third with a seven percent. china leave from france into fourth place its exporters ground six percent of them i get really sick it's a chinese on zac's bullets had more than tripled over the last five years the pakistani government to listen the biggest b

the year 2060. government officials worry that could shrink the country's economy. they set up a committee under the council on economic and fiscal policy to look in to these issues. a key item on the agenda will be raising the nation's birth rate. japanese women give birth to an average 1.41 children during their lifetime. economists at the cabinet office predict that even if the birth rate rises to about 2.0 by the year 2030, that wouldn't be enough to put the brakes on japan's population decline. they predict that the number of working-age people between 15 and 64 will likely drop severely. members of the government committee plan to study the experience of other countries that have used immigration to deal with shrinking labor forces. >>> some retail managers in japan are refashioning their approach to fashion. people throw away 1 million tons of used clothing every year. only about a quarter of that gets recycled. now some managers are changing strategies and changing opinions . >> shoppers at the europe based h&m retail chain may have noticed something new dur

and the military officials said it's in one room. where is the military radar?s in another room. it's in the same building. the two teams are separated by a wall. so, the question is, why weren't these two teams monitoring civilian and military radar sharing the same data and they're under the same roof? that's one question. another person got up and asked the malaysian air force official, could another country's military have shot down this plane? now, the malaysian air force official said, very carefully, based on the data and radar at this point in time, shooting by the military is not highly possible. so, as you can see, poppy, for about three hours, these relatives were asking very smart, pointed questions. they're really holding these officials' feet to the fire. >> pauline, was there any explanation for that answer as to -- because there are so many unknowns in this, they don't have so many answers, they don't even know which direction the flight flew in for a number of hours, so did they say why they think that that's not a possibility? >> reporter: they

after the game, williams refused to blame the officials. >> they went to the monitor.y realized the operator started the clock late so there should not have been any time left when they made the observation. let's not lay this on the officials. >> iowa state advances to the sweet 16 for the first time in 2000. they will meet uconn. kansas is the second seed to go home from the tournament. tenth seeded sanford comes up with a win to send the jayhawks packing. sanford takes on dayton in the sweet 16. dayton's pretty excited after advancing to the next round on saturday night. after upsetting syracuse, school president dan curran joined students in a celebration. they picked him up, carried him around campus, chanting his name. it starts with dayton/stanford right here on cbs this thursday night at 7:15 p.m. eastern. >>> when we return, reinventing the mall. we will show you how developers are luring people back to the once popular shopping centers. once popular shopping centers. you eat activia everyday? ♪ ♪ activia helps regulate your digestive system. because when your

and so that northern track, they are still going the look at it, but the officials are telling me that it is not first on the list. by default, they are looking again very seriously at that southern indian ocean region, don. >> and barbara starr with the breaking news. thank you very much for that and we wanted to get to barbara first, because she had a lot of developments here, and a lot of fast-moving developments. here is what we know. malaysian police searched the pilots' homes, and they were seen leaving the home of the co-pilot carrying small shopping bags. today, with we learned that the latest words from the plane communicated "all right, good night" were said after the plane's systems were shutting down. so whatever caused this plane to disappear was happening when those words were spoken, but sti still, so many questions, and so many questions that we want to get through, and again, we wanted to start with the breaking news and what we know, but talk about the possibilities, and start here at the front of the plane. was something going on in the c cockpit between the pilot an

the cargo ship is in the area. officialsthe objects may just be ocean garbage, like a container or two that fell off of a ship, but they also say the sighting is the best lead they've gotten so far. and there's also a development in the investigation, a u.s. official telling cnn that fbi investigators, they are confident they will eventually be able to recover at least some of the data deleted from the flight simulator that was taken from the pilot's home. joining us now from san francisco is retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel ken christiansen. he's a commercial pilot, certified aircraft crash investigator. ken, thanks very much for joining us. you have lots of experience in ocean searches like this one. just how difficult is it going to be to determine -- first of all to find these two objects and determine whether or not they are from the missing airliner? >> well, wolf, first of all they have to find -- you go back out and get eyes on the object that was found for the satellite. they have not done that yet. it's da

the passengers relative here feel there might more going on. they are meeting with official to decide on a concrete protest action. they feel the disrespect is a show of contempt not just for them, but all of china. >> some of the chinese relatives have chosen to stay in kuala lumpur. they have been told to move to a different hotel because of the upcoming formula 1. >> i thought we explained because of the formula 1. they are not unhappy about that. they are well taken care of. i think they are fully understood. >> search teams have been focussing on the southern indian ocean over the past two days, after australia picked up satellite images of two floating objects in the water. six australian aircraft are combing over the waters off perth, including two commercial jets and three p3 orions. two more japanese jets will join the search on sunday. malaysia asked to borrow sonar equipment from the u.s. to help with the search. we have the latest from perth. >> it's two weeks to the day since flight mh370 disappeared on route from kuala lumpur to beijing. who would have thought

among the culprit in the us to impose sanctions including busan restrictions and russian officials the article for direct talks between the government of ukraine and russia. here's a restricted to agree to international law it is in ukraine. officials in most kiss a kiss and told obama that bush's actions are in line with the tenants don't go in with the wishes of the stealth aunties. it is said ukraine's internal confidence that religious msc the officials protesting this saying is that motion us relations play a significant role in maintaining global stability and security and immigration should rest of the month nine today show issues. the city to the dismay of them that their foreign ministers will stay in close contact. this is about my house to discuss the ukraine crisis within the center of the traditional ally japan. i miss it seems and they did not show support for un sanctions and to say he doesn't want thomas country's relations with russia. her end and then leave and ms patients to address the crisis in cooperation with angie seven continents. this into the mosque which has

the pope. white house officials tend to be pretty jaded. they love this meeting. >> you saw obama with his motorcade going to the streets today, people cheering. it had to of been a good meeting for him today. >> all of the chaos he has visited. think that whatever he got, he really gave back to the new prime minister in italy. be good forg to italy and consumer confidence. president obama gave back what he got. >> he went on to visit the president and the prime minister. the degree to which the state of the italian economy and european economy dominated discussions with the leadership here. has ais coming in and terrible situation that he will be trying to fix. him got a big road ahead of and is a very crucial american partner. we are so close to the middle east and so many american bases for military purposes. that playsiscussion really big here in italy. i think that they pulled it off. >> another busy day of meetings between the president and the pope. we will have more news from the vatican later on. and have been big developments in th

say the base commander was detained. ukrainian officials are worried about minority groups. they've announced plans to help move them out of the region. they also announced the country will leave an association made up of former soviet republics. crimeans are seeing other changes in black and white. a russian government newspaper is being distributed for the first time. >> translator: i'm very happy. president putin is the best. there are no other leaders like him anywhere else in the world. >> reporter: the headline on the paper read "reunification". >> russian and western envoys exchanged harsh words at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. >> yesterday, a historic event took place, the reunification of russian crimea, something our people have waited for for six decades. it was in compliance with international law, democratic procedures and went ahead without interference. >> ambassadors from western nations don't accept russia's arguments. >> russia has decided, it seems, to rewrite its borders. but it cannot rewrite the fa

and he said the regional government will grant the language of the crimean tatar its official status. i i. it's now five days since the malaysian airlines plane disappeared six teams from twelve countries and scouring vast areas of the ocean from the south china sea to the street of melaka. but there's still no clues to its whereabouts. vietnam and singapore at monday's involved in the section along with the united states and china. an eight man team and japan's emergency rescue citizens joined the senate on wednesday following a request from the malaysian government japan's defense minister is sending one hundred years now and five and six including at least one c one thirty transport plane and a p three c patrol. i see one parity will drive early thursday the agreement we need to consider how the nation's corporate and with malaysia the country is an important part of japan we hope will be able to make a significant contribution. the malaysia airlines flight to nh to be seventy he was carrying two hundred and thirty nine people when it disappears most of its passengers were from chi

perth the farming and tourism industries. ministry officials say they hope the materials will help students better understand the situation and push him out and make an informed judgment. they plan to distribute the booklets to schools in april marshall into two thousand and forty six pm. according to shakespeare. it unleashes power internally consistent and cool in summer due to spiraling out of school. to those who don't know the struggle to rebuild communities and. the road ahead is to rule. to recovery we usually. you call in japan what happened three years ago was never far away more than eighteen thousand people died in the disaster and the consequences. it brought about more than twenty six hundred others are listed as missing more than two hundred seventy thousand people are still living away from their homes. next tuesday. people will make me will mark the third anniversary of that day we're looking all this weekend how the disaster affected families how survivors are getting over what they lost and how they're preparing for what lies

the mother-in-law mrs. robinson is also along. a week-long officialthey are emphasizing the personal connection, connection, michelle obama is voiding politics and policy. michelle's soft and easy going approach is in stark contrast to hillary rodham clinton who gave a landmark speech in beijing, controversial at the time promoting women's rights. >> it is time for us to say here in beijing and for the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights. [ applause ] >> it was electric in that room. joining me now from our daily fix, chris cillizza, managing editor of postpolitics.com and julie page for the associated press. julie, there at the white house it's very clear that michelle obama and hillary clinton are two very different kinds of first ladies and the contest ha never been more apparent than in the trip to beijing. >> reporter: absolutely, i was struck listening to that clip from hillary clinton, it is not a speech you would expect michelle obama to give in china or anywhere else in the wo

the official economy and the economy that most americans live in. that second economy is not in much of a recovery. tavis: the fed as you know sets and on implement threshold of 6.5% as the benchmark for whether it considers raising these rates. to your point about those two americas, those two economies, there are many of us who don't believe that the number is what they tell us the number is. so many americans have given up looking for work. how arbitrary, realistic, reliable is the benchmark it that the fed has set? >> it is very unreliable if you are concerned with getting anywhere near full employment. janet yellen is concerned about employment. the fed has two mandates. one is price stability, avoiding inflation and recession. to get as many americans working as possible. janet yellen is very concerned about the second mandate. you are right, the official unemployment data is a very crude and misleading gauge of how many people are actually working. all of the burden is on the american workforce. tavis: let me go back to where you started this

the u.s. state of washington. >> but one emergency official says he does believe in miracles. that's coming up next. >>> rescuers are still hoping to find survivors of a weekend landslide in the u.s. state of washington. >> the death toll is at least 14, another 176 are unaccounted for, although a local emergency official does stress some on that missing list are likely safe. we have more on the very difficult rescue effort ahead. >> my neighbor's house and their neighbor's house has been completely taken out and it's collapsed on several of them. >> reporter: as you can see from this stunning new photo, the landslide was truly massive, devastating two tounds north of seattle. it covered about one square mile and was caused by groundwater saturation due to heavy rains in the area over the past month. >> this is one of the biggest landslides i've seen, i more than 100 people are unaccounted for, including this man, a plumber, making a service call when the landslide hit. his daughter isn't giving up hope. >> we just have to think that he's somewhere and he's safe and they just c

>> well, we have now heard from the official referendum commission, 93% is the figure they are givingo us. that figure was floating in the russian medium and rising the eyebrow from the fact it was giving out by the russian media before the commission. we are hearing the cheers in the distance and suggesting that the figures are flashing up at the square where the residents of crimea are gathering. they have been gathering and carrying the russian flags and wearing russian outfits and in some wall streets with blue, red and white stripes painted on their faces like attending a football match. this is a celebration here. the exit poll initially indicating that 93% of the ballots in favor of the union with russia. to give you a bit more context according to the referendum commission more than three quarters of registered voters cast their ballots in the referendum, just to inject a snoet of skepticism here, the council that represented the ethnic tartar community, a minority muslim community says it is only 30%. >> thank you, jackie. we are listening in, stand by. >> we didn't have any

the sochi olympics. is a particular bank, that officials call tut crony bank. here is more of what the president had to say. that gives us authority to impose sanctions on key sectors of the russian economy. this is not our preferred outcome. these without not only have a significant impact, but could be disruptive the global economy. the finance sector, engineering, metals and mining. now, it is clear that the white house isen canned, they are not only met as punishment for what is already transpired in crimea, but as a deterrent against any russian designs on eastern and southern ukraine. we have heard time and time again, they are very concerned that president putin may not stop, he may go into these other areas. the first time we have heard a strong warning from him, this is meant as a determ, they think this is a serious possibility. >> as we mention sanctions promised if there were further sanctions we howled issue his own, he did that barring officials from entering the country, what has been the response so far? mocking from the russian official whose we

the official results are impossible to verify. there will no internationally recognize edmonder toes on the ground to vert identify the vote but russia's force have already taken over crimea and the parliament is soon expected to make the annexation official. the white house has rejected the referendum, saying it will not recognize the results. the u.s. and europe are expected to impose sanctions but no sign president putin is backing down. abc news, crimea. >>> los angeles police say they fear for the safety of four children, the focus of a statewide amber alert. here's pictures of he children. police say they were forcely taken from their maternal grandmother by their parents in los angeles on friday. the children's parents were ordered to stay away from the children and were to only have supervised visitation because their father is physically abusive. they were last seen driving a dark colored chrysler pt cruiser with paper license plates, a missing right rear hubcap and tinted windows. >> two years ago a teenager disappeared.

announcement for the malaysian officialse plane was hijacked. that's what we expect him to say. we will bring that to you as soon as it happens, but our reporting continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area. >> investigators are in castro valley where a woman was found dead in her house. her daughter discovered the body around 4:00 this afternoon at the home on stanton avenue. abc7 news reporter alan wang has been speaking with neighbors tonight. alan? >> reporter: alameda county's crime scene center is parked out front and crime scene detectives is moving in and out. the woman's body is still in the home partly because police were delayed while waiting for a search warrant. the neighbors agree that they were shocked when they saw a girl leaving her castro valley home in tears. she just found her mother's body in the house at 4:00 p.m. >> we were sure this was a homicide. >> i am shocked and scared at the same time. >> they lived next door. they say the family has a third grade daughter who attends stanton elementary school a

obama makes his first ever visit to the eu headquarters in brussels, including top european officials cementing the russian takeover of crimea. you might call it cheese diplomacy. the chinese president kicks off his trip to france in the gastronomic capital, marking 50 years of diplomatic relations. first, a search for flight 370, back underway after being put on to badr a day due weather. the malaysian airliner is thought to have crashed 18 days ago now. thousands of miles off course in the indian ocean. recovery of the wreckage could be the key as to how and why it went so far off course. the battery for the black box on board the plane has just two weeks left before it runs out. charlotte hopkins has the latest on the search. >> one dozen aircraft from five different nations took off in perth on wednesday morning, continuing the search for the malaysian jet. it has been 18 days since it disappeared from radar screens. positions on the plane five hours after it vanished, it came down in the southern indian ocean. this still leaves a huge area to be searched. >> this is an extremely

malaysia i'll quote the ladies and deception some of those family members are meeting with police officials today to try and get more information. asian correspondent an intense sense of smell. malaysian authorities are very much trying to explain what happens the plane to family members here who are reading and teaching explain why they believe the plane went down explain the data and the evidence they haven't a simple way that still this ongoing starts an investigation into what happens the plane may have a long term impact on relations between china and malaysia as we reported yesterday. dozens of family members marched to the malaysian embassy to protest seeing what they see the bungling of the investigation by malaysian authorities and a correction by the malaysian government and the search can also have been a long term impact on the opinions of its chinese of malaysia and a new poll seventy seven percent of chinese that they no longer want to travel to malaysia for business or vacation. and sen kerry in beijing. write some otherworldly is for you now and barack obama is in brussels t

the officials said the d600 camera is sold worldwide but that the model is no longer in production. >>> a leading japanese bank has become entangled in a legal battle over what used to be the world's largest exchange for bitcoins. mizuho bank has been named as a defendant in a u.s. class action lawsuit against mtgox. the suit accuses mizuho of conspiracy to commit fraud. mtgox is based in tokyo. executives there filed for bankruptcy protection in japan late last month. last week, they sought protection from u.s. creditors. the company says hackers stole about $100 million worth of customers' bitcoins and cash. other estimates put that value closer to half a billion dollars. the complaint submitted to the federal district court in illinois alleges that mizuho helped mtgox commit fraud. it says mizuho learned that the exchange was not properly keeping company and customers' funds separate but continued to service its account. mizuho bank's representatives have declined to comment. they say they don't know the details of this lawsuit. >>> women have long struggled to get a fair deal in t

her husband was on the flight that officials say disappeared somewhere over the indianan. she can't bare to tell her boys her daddy may not come home. >> i have no courage. every day, i am scared to call them. they will cry out, daddy, mommy. my heart can't handle it. i don't want to hurt my children. >> she can't bring herself to accept that her husband is dead. after a malaysian airline put it bluntly that all people are board are gone forever. >> what did you love about him? >> there are a lot of reasons why i love him. he is very good to me. very consider ate, he takes care of me. >> she is soft spoken, filled with anger as well. she does not have faith in anything that malaysian government or airline has to say any more. >> some families had harsh words. the airlines are responsible for the death of the family members, do you feel that way? >> yes, they have been hiding the truth. even though they know. >> she and her husband came here looking for fun and sun in a tropical paradise. it didn't work out that way. her husband needed to take a short business trip back to