and the second track here is to -- for the chinese official delegation to help cooperate with official here's on the issue of stolen passports. so there's the security dimension here as well. the other issue we learned at this press conference is that the oil slicks that you've probably heard about, that some are saying could be linked back to mh-370, they are undergoing tests and analysis right now to determine whether there is a direct linkage. whether they did come from 370, but at this stage in time, those results are not yet available. so we are waiting for that. we're waiting to see if there is, in fact, any kind of linkage. in the meantime, ross, the search operations continue. they have been extended. they have been intensified. and they involve at least nine countries, a lot of assets on the ground, naval forces, we are talking about 74 ships and aircraft combined in this search. but a lot of people are very staggered here, that despite all this 21st century technology, nothing really has turned up in terms of debris that they can reconstruct and determine what happened in the

the free syrian army and also we have representative of other political forces within the our delegation officially. the official delegation. and the back delegation. and the guards and committees who are preparing for the negotiation -- board and committees. also you're wrong, we are, there is continuing cooperation and between the higher military council and leadership of the coalition itself. if you heard in the last month, within two weeks i think, before two weeks. there were new orders and changes in the higher military council. they changed leadership. they made a very promising plan for restructuring the free syrian army. restructuring the command and center and operations center. now you have leaders in the syrian army who are leaders on the ground, living inside syria. the head of smc, the head of operations for the military is general abdul bashir. who will control and operate the region and he is fighting daily but against the regime who lost his son fighting these weapons. he is ex-syrian army general which means he knows about military operations and you have his deputy, also an ex-ge

, the official delegation. also, the boards and committees who are preparing and managing the negotiations. becauseu are wrong there is continuous communication and continuous combination between the higher military council and the leadership of the coalition itself. if you heard in the last months -- two weeks i think -- there were some new changes, orders issued by the higher military council. they changed their leadership. planmade a very promising for restructuring the free syrian army, restructuring the command and operations center. theyou have leaders in syrian army or leaders on the ground. living inside syria. , the head ofhe smc operations for the military is general bashir. he is fighting daily battles against the regime, who lost his son fighting these battles. he is and ask syrian army ex-syrian army general. he knows about the operations. .e is the first to fight them.guys, we met with we saw their plans. we know they are doing things right and correct and we should support them in order for them

. >>> negotiators for the japanese and north korean governments have not held official talks for more than a year. now delegates from the two countries have agreed to resume negotiations. a japanese foreign minister official held informal talks with his north korean counterpart. the last official negotiations were in november, 2012. the follow s month, the north koreans launched what they say was a satellite. the talks were suspended. they will follow up later. and they want to take up abduction by north korean agents. at least 17 japanese were kidnapped in the 1970s and 80s. red cross delegates also met. they discussed returning the remains of japanese who died around the wednesday of world war ii in what is now north korea. the delegates agreed to hold further discussions. >>> north korean officials will hold their national parliament next month. leader kim jong-un will promote a generational change in the circle. he says that the supreme people's assembly would be held on april 9th in pyongyang. north korea had parliamentary elections this month. among those chosen was the senior of the guidance department o

brief you on something the without just announced, it will not send a delegation to the paralympics in sochi. we're having an olympic stand joch over a crisis with russia. the official u.s. delegation will not go to sochi. you've come back from sochi and moscow. let's talk about angela merkel saying to mr. obama that putin doesn't seem to be all there, after speaking with putin, she's not sure he is in touch with reality. how do you interpret this? >> well, i don't know the details obviously because i've left the government so i don't have a -- >> from your own knowledge of putin. >> your own knowledge of putin and of merkel. >> well, i think two things are important to understand. first of all, the russian government including president putin are extremely angry at how things have evolved inside ukraine and angry at their clients. their one-time client president yanukovych for how weak he behaved in their view. i saw all of the senior leadership right before i left and this was a view i heard many times, and so therefore, they are striking back and trying to do something independent inside ukraine because they feel like they lost when supporting mr. yanukovych. sec

the opening ceremony looking like now? >> reporter: of course there will be not so many delegations. they have not come here to sochi. so we're not sure who else will boycott the ceremony from other countries official delegations. but from the teams, all the teams are going to take part in the opening ceremonies. so for some hours to understand. >> okay. rafael in sochi, thanks very much for the moment. let's cross immediately to moscow and get a view from richard galpin, our world affairs correspondent. raining on president putin's parade yet again. >> reporter: in some respects. it is significant that the ukrainian team has decided to stay. there was a lot of talk about them pulling out right now. but they have taken that decision to stay at least for the moment. obviously depending on what happens over the next few days and what russia does over the next few days in ukraine. but certainly some officials not turning out from a number of countries. but, you know, i think there will still be a lot of people there. and president putin, whose pet project has been the olympics and paraolympics will be reasonably satisfied with a number of people who are at the paraolympics. >> just turning to events i

the u.s. delegation snubs the opening ceremonies of russia's paralympics. is it a useless gesture or will it carry some weight? >> the paralympic games kicked off friday in sochi without an officialdelegation, because of russia's actions in ukraine. will it mean anything or sit just a political stunt? al jazeera political contributor, sports editor of the facing and host of sports nation. dave, always glad to see pickup the u.s. is taking a stronger stance now by not sending any officials. the u.s. did send a delegation to the olympics but made a statement, openly gay athletes about sending a message for russia's anti-gay law. is it the right move? >> it is not the right move. what it is is another half measure not only by united states but other european union delegates following suit, they are really really tough on putin and really angry about it but they want to make sure there's room open for negotiations. so it mirrors a lot of the political and diplomatic moves we are seeing. the athletes are still going to be there, still going to compete but there's not going to be a u.s. delegation look with them. to-- along with them. to me it's far more impressive in sochi that the un

sanctions imposed against some in russia, the games will go on, the para-olympic games that is. official delegationsunited states, the united kingdom and canada will not be there in protest against the russia presents in crimea. we met an athlete who's competition will be for more glory than just a medal. >> reporter: meet the beast, that's what her friends call her. the only person male or female to win four major marathons in a single l year. >> i they was it, yeah? we are all done. >> reporter: what do you think your prospects are? >> um, well, my goals are to make it definitely top ten, which i did in world championships, and to make it into the final. >> reporter: tatyana mcfadden is no stranger to the olympic games or winning. she is a ten-time medalist who has been in a wheelchair her whole life. in fact she is one of the fastest wheelchair racers in the world. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: but at the paralympics in sochi, she'll be trying something entirely new. games. >> reporter: yeah, you are a track athlete. >> yeah, it is going to be cold for me. >> reporter: and you just took up

the problem with evacuation, laws of loved ones that they did. again, in manila high ranking officials, 500 delegates of the moro islamic front are there, to witness the signing, together with high-ranking diplomats, from different embassies, but the impact of this peace agreement is here. those that bear the brunt, the benefits and changes are here in mindanao, and those that will experience the quick changes are people - fighters like misrala. you have been willing after being a fighter for so long, you are willing to lay down the lesson. are they aware, that the government - they talked about - the spoilers of the peace. local government officials, groups that have long-profited from war. they'll lose this power, the hold over power and armed groups now. are you aware that this is a serious problem for your group? >> the leadership of mlis is aware that the spoilers are a problem for them. we have to deal with them, you know. we have to let them know that our government is inclusive. everyone is invited. they are included in this. >> we have to let them know that thing. >> bigger challenges ahead

the games. absent are any official delegations from the u.s. and several european allies. athletes for team usa are going to compete. among them, the men's sled hockey team. these competitors are up to this physical challenge. they are used to representing the usa in uniform. three members of the starting lineup are military veterans and all had legs amputated after being wounded serving with the marines in iraq and afghanistan. they are joined by -- they'll be looking to defend their gold medal from vancouver and we'll be cheering on for them. [phones rings] it's amanda. hey sweetie. what? okay, i'll send it. one hundred seventy-two dollars for a chemistry book, what is it, made of gold? just use citi popmoney. boom. ah, she's feeling lucky. hey sweetie...cancun, yeah no, you'll be spending spring break with your new chemistry book. with citi popmoney it's easy to send money to just about anyone, anytime. visit your local branch or citi.com/easierbanking to learn more. >>> receip >>> let's go to ukraine. ian williams joins me from kiev. tell me what the new leaders are sa

the u.s. is taking a stronger stance now by officials. the u.s. did send a delegatione olympics but made a statement, openly gay athletes about sending a message for russia's anti-gay law. is it the right move? >> it is not the right move. what it is is another half measure not only by united states but other european union delegates following suit, they are really really tough on putin and really angry about it but they want to make sure there's room open for negotiations. so it mirrors a lot of the political and diplomatic moves we are seeing. the athletes are still going to be there, still going to compete but there's not going to be a u.s. delegation look with them. to-- along with them. to me it's far more impressive in sochi that the united states did not send a delegation that included the president or the vice president for the first time since 2000 to those particular games but instead sent openly lgbt delegates. they could have sent a delegation like donald rumsfeld and dick cheney. they didn't go that far i guess. >> the black power salute in the 1960 olympi

the opening ceremony. there will be no official delegations from the united states, from great britain and also from some otherwe don't know exactly who they will be. but also i would also add during the opening ceremony there will be no actions from the ukrainian team. they will not show anything here. but also he said to me he fears that during the events sporting events some athletes may take anything, any actions, and he fears that. because the paralympic committee of course will not be able to just listen to such action, political motives or something like that. >> rafael, thanks for joining me. the fifth day of the oscar pistorius murder trial is well under way in pretoria in south africa. he is accused of killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp last year. the double amputee denies intentionally kill her, saying he mistake the 29-year-old model for an intruder. his former girlfriend, samantha taylor, has been testifying in court and she has been describing how he fired a gun out of the sunroof of a car during the time they were together as a couple. >> i can clearly say that he shot through the sunroof of

the room. they were literally dragged out. officials say they regretted that, they'd investigate and are sending a delegation to china to meet with officials and the relatives of the missing passengers. in terms of their response and how they deal with the families and passengers, that's something that they received a bit of criticism for and have been under pressure to rectify the situation. >> nicole johnston joining us from kuala lumpur. >> also joining us from the malaysian capital is an aerospace expert. good to have you with us. if i can start off by asking you - there are reports that the australian prime minister called the malaysian prime minister and told him of the probable finding of the plane. are you hearing more about this? >> well, if as far as i'm concerned there was a call made by the australian prime minister to the malaysian prime minister, informing him of the probable location of the aircraft. this is all i have at this moment. >> so probable location of the aircraft, or probable location of these objects that the australian authorities have said that they found. >> sorry, it's the probable election. yes, th

the japanese delegation pyongyang's and one for normalizing ties with japan so we'll call it the north korean team. he has said they had what they called whahe called serious and candid discussions. japanese officials are expected to demand that the north koreans take concrete steps over the abductions of japanese nationalist government officials say north korean agent in nineteen seventeen japanese nationals in the nineteen seventies and eighty delegates are also expected to get back to north korea's nuclear and missile programs. with korea has reacted sharply to the un security council's condemnation of the two recent ballistic missile launch. and that they would not rule out a new form of a nuclear test north korea's foreign ministry issued a statement on sunday the council is it a provocative act unjustly and dams in orissa want you to launch and rails the statement says these words self defense drills aimed at dealing with the united states increasingly hostile policy towards the north. she added that the united states condemns north korea's one one two drills again the noise will not rule out conducting a new form of the nuclear test the statement may be referring to a test using high end whe

the russians are taking. by all means, don't sends an official delegation to the paralympic games in sochi. i understand that. but there are many voices out there in washington, and they come from across the political spectrum now, who are saying you've just got to get much tougher. there's a whole range of options out there that stop short of putting military boots on the ground in ukraine. >> i want to get through some of those, simon. the u.s. -- you know, should they attend the g-8? should they say russia can't be a part of the g-8? should they move u.s. and nato forces into poland? should they set up anti-ballistic missiles in poland, which obama scuttled in 2009? these are just some of the options in front of him. >> there are a range of options ut there. i think moving troops into poland would be upping the ante, perhaps a little bit too dramatically right now. you can certainly authorize the movement of some sort of military forces, perhaps the naval flotilla down towards the black sea to demonstrate you really mean business. you could absolutely say that instead of everybody headin

the french republic of france we're delight to have you here. we're pleased you've brought a delegation i believe the administrators of your government and the elected officials and your ambassadors and advisory. you're in a city of innovation and the french have brought so much here today wear in city hall and your host is mayor ed lee who women's to you to this city hall who has a great deal to talk about the french architecture. thank you, mr. president for coming west after your visit in washington, d.c. pr it's n a little in congress so you, you came across the united states to study fast foods but we welcome you here today. and san francisco we hope that not only you learn about all the innovation but i also know you'll see the hospitality and see the french influence and the cultural that's plausible here in 1839 the first immigrants came and brought others. there's someone here who knows about the city hall. he's been a supervisor and the mayor of san francisco and now may, i.e., present the great governor gavin newsom >> thank you good to be back. on behalf of governor jerry brown and in a great deal state welcome mr. president, it's an honor to have

the officials just got up and left. this, these are meetings that the families have been asking for. because this delegation from malaysia is high level. high level officials from the government. and the military. high level officials from malaysian airlines, malaysian ambassador to china is here. there are also family conferences in kuala lumpur. those have gone better. and the transportation minister at his news conference saying the meeting here in beijing was "less conducive" they were going to try how to work out way to make it more productive. so, the fact that this meeting today has been ongoing for a couple of hours is a good sign. it shows they're in discussions. i can tell you that, that, some concessions have been made. from the malaysians. this is, information that came out of the briefing yesterday. the families have said to malaysia airlines, we are organizing. we would like things, printer, stationary, so we can get our messages out to the world. they actually agreed to that. also, families have been split up. some of them are here in beijing. some are in kuala lumpur. they are saying we have

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the end of world war ii. delegates have gathered in china along with senior officials from the japanese and north korean foreign ministries. japan's representatives said the participation of government officials will create some momentum. officials with the japanese red cross society say more than 34,000 japanese died in what is now north korea in the turmoil around the end of the war. the remains of more than 20,000 of them have not been returned. the japanese are also concerned about the fate of people who were abducted in the 1970s and '80s. the government says north korean agents kidnapped at least 17 japanese nationals. talks on that issue have been deadlocked since november, 2012. >>> members of china's legislature, the national people's congress, are preparing to lay out their plans for the year ahead. they've heard complaints about corruption, the gap between rich and poor, and threats to the environment. but amidst all of this, china's economy continues to grow. president xi jinping and his administration are pushing ahead with reforms, as they aim for long-term stability. we'll have insight, and analy

. >> reporter: officials from the japanese red cross left for the chinese city of shenyang on wednesday morning. sources say more members are likely to join the north korean delegation than at the previous meeting two weeks ago. >> translator: last time we talked about adding the government officials handling this issue to our discussion. that has now happened for both countries. i hope we can make practical progress through dialogue. >> reporter: the director of the japanese foreign ministry knows the decision was also on the flight. alongside the red cross talks, he's expected to hold unofficial discussions with his counterpart from pyongyang. japan has been pressing the north to reopen investigations into the japanese nationals it abducted. government officials say north korean agents kidnapped at least 17 of its citizens in the 1970s and '80s. five of them were returned in 2002. japan has maintained that the rest of the abductees must be returned. but north korea has so far refused to comply. and prime minister shinzo abe's cabinet has placed a high priority on the abductions issue. >> translator: the basic stance of the japanese government is to aim for a compr

they also said they'd take on the russian ruble as a currency and move to moscow's time zone, nationalizing also oil and gas assets here. a delegation of crimean officials going to moscow to talk about the practicalities of becoming part of russia, some issues involving utilities, water, etc., how will you supply them to crimea if the ukrainian mainland plays tough and cuts them off. but this list of officials who will be sanctioned by the e.u. in the united states many many ways not particularly powerful figures in them, the e.u. list certainly concentrating on minor russian military officials involved in the crimean campaign here. one key official on the u.s. list, the chief ideologue of the putin era almost mocked being on the list, saying he had no assets in the u.s. to freeze and considered it an honor, a sign of his service to the motherland, the only things he liked out of the u.s. were the artist jackson pollock, the poet alan ginsburg and the rap you are tour tupac shakur and she didn't need a visa to enjoy those. so we're waiting to see if vladimir putin on monday having recognized the independence of crimea will go further. will he bring it i

the malaysian officials. for the past few days, they've been meeting with this high-level delegation from malaysia. we had another one of those meetings today. and again, the families said they posed certain questions to these officials, even that report out of cnn that a source had told cnn that this plane had gone down to 12,000 feet. they asked the officials here in beijing about that, and the answer was we cannot answer that because there's no one from the military here to address that question. and that's why these families are so frustrated. now, i spoke with a group of family members in a hotel. you can see this video of them. we shot them from behind because they say they don't want their elderly relatives to know about their connection with this flight. they have kept this news away from their grandparents and other elderly relatives, but they say they'r just so frustrated. and then earlier, we had spoken with a family whose only son was on the flight. his name is mr. li. he walked out of that briefing so angry and he talked about his mistrust in the malaysian government. >> translator: our

the u.s. gateway taking a stronger stance by not sending any officials. the u.s. did send a delegationfor the olympics but made a statement by including openly gay athletes to send a message about russia's anti-gay laws. is it the right move to not send anybody with these moves? >> no. it's not the right move. it's not necessarily the wrong move either. what it is, is another half measure, not only by the united states but other european countries who are going to follow suit where they are showing that they are being really, really tough on putin and really angry about it but they want to make sure there is room open for negotiations. so, it mirrors a lot of the political and diplomatic moves we have seen. the athletes are still going to be there. they are still going to compete. but there is not going to be a u.s. delegation along with them. to me, it's actually far less aggressive than what we saw in sochi, where the united states did not send a delegation that included president president or the vice president for the first time since 2000, to those particular olympics. as you said

are continuing their investigation into the flight simulator that the pilot had, and they are also sending a high delegation of officials to beijing to meet with the chinese relatives of some of the missing passengers from the plane. we know that there's been a lot of angst and upset relatives in china and malaysia and focusing their anger at the malaysian officials. >> now that australia has joined the search and claim to have in their words new and credible leads, does that take the pressure offer the malaysian government a little bit? >> it's a really good point. it does take the pressure off. wednesday was a very difficult day for the malaysian authorities. they had a lot of commotion here in the media center when two chinese women came to protest. thursday has been much calmer. the focus has been on australia, on the southern corridor. we've had the press conference out of australia as well as the prime minister tony abbot speaking. this is taking the spotlight off the makes, diverted it to australia as well as indonesia in charge of the investigation down there. the u.s. and new zealand are the two other countries

the new politics alliance for democracy. over two hundred fifty delegates including lawmakers officials who are veterans and thousands of citizens from all walks of life attended the event and saw this on his olympic stadium. absentee speedster get to the forty six victims had died when the washer and one some four years ago and commemorated the one hundred fourth anniversary of the death of independence fighter and content prior to the mean he backed the coalition will be jointly funded by democratic party representative to hamdi an independent lawmaker and tyson for one year until it can lead the party chairman and leadership next year they completely calm esther is for dissolving their previous parties and on the register as a new one with a national election commission. the new politics alliance for democracy will hold one hundred thirty seats at the national assembly with the vast majority of them being members of the former democratic party the intended party currently has one hundred fifty six seats in the parliament the alliance adopted its platforms at the ceremony which include a focus on forming a just society and mai

. >> darrel violated the code of official conduct that states a member, delegate, resident commissioner the house shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect on the house. now therefore be it resolved the house of representatives strongly condemns the offensive and disrespectful manner in which chairman darrel e.issa condu conducted the hearing march 5th, 2014 during which he turned off the microphones of the ranking member while speaking and adjourned the hearing without a vote or unanimous agreement. >> this didn't going anywhere but escalates tensions in the house of representatives. i want to bring people up to speed on what happened yesterday. show them the drama that unfolded in the committee hearing. let's listen. >> mr. chairman you cannot run a committee like this. you just cannot do this. >> what's the big deal? pl may i ask my question? >> you're free to leave. we have adjourned. the gentleman may ask the question. >> we're adjourned. close it down. >> my question to you at this point, is this just about the irs situation going on for some time? or is this a sign

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in the mean time a congressional delegation has traveled to ukraine to check out the situation there and talk with government officialshis added sunday's referendum on whether or not ukraine wants to be part of russia. we've been reading some of the tweets sent by members of the delegation. john mccain to senator from arizona said good to sit with officials from ukraine's interim government and also senator durbin tweets to stand with ukrainian people working for a more hopeful democratic future. here's some of the members of the congressional delegation. senator mccain as i mentioned, senator barrasso of wyoming, durbin of illinois, senator ron johnson of wisconsin, chris murphy of connecticut and sheldon whitehouse, democrat from rhode island. secretary of state john kerry and the russian foreig russian r laughter off our meeting in london today where they each said they are glad to be meeting before sunday's referendum in crimea but there are no signs they would prevent the region from voting sunday to break off from the rest of ukraine to join russia. secretary kerrey and the foreign ministers have spoken almost d

the other day's news ahead. as we go to break, here is rehabilitation from malaysian officials to the news out of australia. stay with us. >> i'm meeting the australian delegation now. as i have been doing from day one, we have been following every single lead. and this time i just hope that it is a positive development. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. breaking new us overnight in the search for missing malaysia airlines flight mh370. australian officials say satellite images have floated something that may be debris in the south indian ocean. crews are on the way to the search area. i want to bring in todd curtis, joining us via skype and is a transportation al jazeera coordinator. what do you make of the location of the objects and the flight path of the plane. >> the location makes sense, given it's been about 13 days since the event, and the currents and the wind could have pushed them outside the search area. these debris - debris was spotted south of the recommended search area from the ntsb. also, what strikes me is that during the conference, the australians basically mentioned that one of the organizations that was providing the information was

the search for flight 370 must stay strong. 154 passengers on board the missing flight are from china. delegation of malaysian officials are in beijing to meet with grieving relatives. >> reporter: well, so far it seems that the relatives are not getting much more information than they already were being given over the last two weeks. they're saying it's more of nothing. basically this one concrete lead that officials are saying they've had with the australian findings is still lead to go not much more in terms of closure for these relatives. now they're being told that this lead could basically develop into nothing more than potentially a containership that was passing in that area. what they're saying concretely they're not ruling out the possibility of a hijack or act of terrorism. this has led to more anger and frustration. they basically have been told that there is still no new information with regards to what might have happened to all the relatives that were on board that plane. >> whether conditions have forced search crews to turn back once and it could threat the search again off australian coast. we have mo

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will the deputy prime minister ensure a delegation from my constituency can meet the appropriate ministers and officials so we can seek the support necessary in order to find a long-term resilient solution to this problem? >> mr. speaker, i visited his constituency to see for myself and hear for myself the damage done to many communities by the terrible, the terrible flood and the extreme weather in recent times and i know how long he has been campaigning on this issue. i will insure that meeting does take place with the relative minister in government. >> mr. robertson. >> mr. speaker, surely also right to extend condolences to the family and friend of bob crow and the secretary of state for defense has issued a ministerial correction where he corrects the falsehood that there was no measurable change in the radiation discharge at hms vulcan near dunry. does the deputy prime minister agree the ministry of defense should be fully answerable to the scottish environmental protection agency. >> of course i would like to also expressing my condolences to the family and friends of bob crow. whether you agree

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this is a high level delegation sent from malaysia. the officialsuded an air force general, the malaysian ambassador to china, a malaysian airlines pilot answering questions from the relatives, a large part of the beginning of the meeting was taken up with trying to outline for the relatives of those on board the analysis that has led to this conclusion that the plane followed that southern tract and disappeared into the southern indian ocean. quite technical, they were shown graphs of the frequencies of the signals sent by the airliner as it made that journey. they were told about the doppler effect and how the difference between the frequencies received and the frequency center allowed the investigators to find vital clues about the direction of travel. but i have to say, although many listened patiently for a long time there were angry outbursts at times. the end of it all, one of the representatives from the families said he still did not accept that conclusion. the position remains the same. for many of the families here, until they see physica

they'll pass a resolution asking the russian federation to officially invite crimea into its orbit. they are expected to send a delegation to moscow and the deputy prime minister is talking about replacing the local currency with the russian ruble. everyone here is not talking about what the west is condemning as a fraud, they talk about how excited they are to look east. >> that is the focus without question. nick schifrin there. >> in southern crimea russian flags are flying high, but not everyone is celebrating. al jazeera's jennifer glasse has more from sevastopol. >> in this village going to church is split -- political for this family. they have to navigate through a checkpoint and decided not to vote. >> how can we have free choice under the barrel of a gun. >> their church sits next to a ukrainian base, surrounded by russian troops who arrived two weeks ago. inside they are praying for a peaceful resolution to all this. these are mostly ethnic ukrainians. they say they'll stay despite the referendum. this man says crimea is caught in ageo political mess. >> we are between the giant, russia, u.s., n.a.t.o. and the

will the deputy prime minister in sure the delegation from the constituency can meet the appropriate ministers and officials so that we can seek to support to find a long-term resilience solution to this problem? >> i visited a constituency to seek myself the damage done to many communities by the terrible floods and the extreme weather in recent times i know how long he's been campaigning on this issue and i will ensure it takes place.

long as there is a threat of hope the search for flight 370 must stay strong. 154 passengers on bother of missing flight are from china. a delegation of malaysian officials are in beijing to meet with the grieving relatives. here are reports. >> reporter: so far it seems that the relatives are getting not much more n than they were given over the last two weeks. they're saying it's a lot more of nothing. this one concrete lead that officials are saying they've had with the australian findings is still leading to not much more in terms of closure for these relatives. now they're being told that this lead could basically develop into nothing more than potentially a container from a ship that might have been passing in that area. one thing that malaysian officials have said concretely is that they're not ruling out the possibility of a hijacking or act of terrorism. this has led to more anger and frustration from the relatives. they've basically been told that there is no new information with regards to what might have happened to all relatives on board that plane. >> britain's telegraph newspapers has obtained communication between 370 and air traffic cont

the miami-dade congressional delegation and m.i.a. officials have long been focused on how to fix this problem while ensuring a safe and seamless travel experience for our local residents on our many, many visitors. earlier this week i wrote a letter to the secretary, secretary johnson, of the department of homeland security asking for his immediate action on alleviating the ongoing and age of c.b.p. officers back efforts to make florida competitive, and it hurts our travel and tourism, two vital engines to our nation's economy. the entire miami-dade congressional delegation, including our senators, is united on this bipartisan, bicameral effort. with the strategic location to handle connections between the americas and europe, a. m a. serves as the doorstep to the -- m.i.a. serves as the doorstep to the united states. 30 million passengers passed through m.i.a.'s doors as they made their way to their final destinations. these people come to our port of entry either to visit south florida or make connections to other national or international d

will the deputy prime minister ensure that a delegation from my constituency can meet the appropriate ministers and officials that we can seek the support necessary to find a long-term and resilient solution to the problem? >> i visited my honorable friend's constituency to see the damage done to many communities by the terrible floods and extreme weather of recent times. i know how long he has been campaigning on the issue. i will ensure that that meeting takes place with the relevant minister in government. >> this week, it is surely right to extend condolences to the family and friends of bob crow. the secretary of state for defence has issued a ministerial correction in which he corrects the falsehood that there was no measurable change in the radiation discharge at hms vulcan near dounreay. does the deputy prime minister agree that the ministry of defence should be fully answerable to the scottish environment protection agency? >> i also express my condolences to the family and friends of bob crow. whether one agreed with him or not, he was someone with forthright views, and he always worked tirelessly