i'm thomas drayton. thank you for watching. fraternities is ending it's practice of hazing recruits. the fraternity was reportedly with the most reported hazing deaths. and others are following suit. the decades long practice. as always, raj is bringing in

i'm thomas drayton. >> the u.s. tonight is hoping for a diplomatic solution with russia over crimea. on thursday secretary of state john kerry warned of consequences if a resolution is not brokered before sunday's ses session vote. >> if there's no sign of a capacity to move forward and solve the issue, there'll be a series of steps op fond and year with respect to the options available to us. >> kerry is expected to meet with russia's foreign minister in london on friday. >> we are three days away from the crimean controversial vote. the lead-up has produced anxious moments between pro-russian forces. journalists covering the stories face similar converdicts. >> a camera man runs at a fear for a life. down the road, deeply worried crimeans run a bank out of fear for fair their futures. in 72 hours they'll decide whether to join russia. the proportion extended from their savings their safety. a cameraman filmed violent tension in a place where there's supposed to be order. those are pro-russian militia. inside - ukr

i'm thomas drayton. we begin this hour with breaking news coming out of california. a magnitude 6.9 quake struck up the coast of northern california, it was about four miles underground, and 40 miles north-west of ferndale california. experts say there's no danger over tsunami, and so far no reports of serious damages are injuries. another developing store gri we are following, the fate of the missing malaysia airlines flight 360 remains a mystery. there has been no black box signals since the aircraft disappeared. the passenger planeway heading from kuala lumpur to beijing. authorities are investigating all angles, including terrorism. >> there's no comfirmation of what the mist earsious object in the south china sea is. it may be part of the missing aircraft the the plab that spotted it -- plane that spotted it had to turn back, because it was too dark. the search mission is expected to resume in the morning. hope fle we'll have the information in a couple of hours. >> a day after two large oil slicks were spotted in the south china sea, comes another development.

i'm thomas drayton, good to have you was. a developing situation out of ukraine. an overwhelming majority of people in crimea voted to ses eed from ukraine and join russia. >> victory parties broke out before the polls closed. russian supporters danced in the street. it was one of the largest election turn-outs ever in a european nation. here are the results: >> ukraine's leaders, the united nations, europe and the white house condemn sunday's election. nick schifrin is in simferepol with more on the historic referendum. >> it is pouring around me, and that is the only thing that could get all of these celebrators off the streets tonight. if you talk to international and domestic monitors, they list a long list of irregularities. they say the voter poll was not accurate, the population was intimidated by pro-russian troops and militia that were armed on the streets, and the ballot was down to two questions - join russia now or later. but talk to the people and they don't care, they got to decide their own destiny. >> for the majority of crimeans, march 16th will b

i'm thomas drayton, in new york city. our top story at this hour - breaking news out of australia in the search for flight mh370. early thursday the australian prime minister tony abbott announced satellite images appear to show a pair of objects in the southern indian ocean that may have been a part of flight mh370. that has not been confirmed. for a breakdown of what we know, we want to bring in erica pitzi. >> we know that one of the object measures nearly 80 feet. australia is not releasing any of the images of what the satellite picked up just yet. the maritime safety authority held a press conference. here is how he described what they saw. >> the objects are relatively indistinct. i don't profess to be an expert, but those who are expert indicate that they are credible sightings. the indication to me is of objects of a reasonable size, and are probably awash with water, bobbing up and down out of the surface. the largest image i have seen is assessed at 24 metres, and another smaller, and a number of other images i

i'm thomas drayton.here is more tough talk coming out of washington regarding russia's occupation in ukraine, coming since putin addressed the crisis. the white house says there's a way out of the crisis if putin accepts international monitors in crimea. on tuesday secretary of state john kerry visited independence square and pledged a billion loan to the interim government. john kerry condemned russia intervention saying: >> in a fundraiser tuesday night president obama said: >> mike viqueira has the latest from washington. >> for a second straight bay mmr mr -- day mr obama interrupted a scheduled event. amid on outcry mr obama held out that putin was having second thoughts. >> there have been some thoughts that vladimir putin is pausing for a moment and reflecting on what's happened. >> hours after he spoke a not so subtle reminder of russian force. a test launch by icm. speaking in public for the first time since the crisis began, putin called the outruling of viktor yanukovych a coup. he denied russ

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i'm thomas drayton in new york. escalating the situation, europe and the usa.n"america tonight" the war of words is on. >> they are escalating the situation. >> so is the push back. >> this is illegitimate decision. ukraine in crisis, and few signs that efforts to clamp down the tensions are working. also - bold breakthroughs or microscopic steps forward. new develops in the fight against h.i.v. are we close to

i'm thomas drayton. we begin with a 4-day search for malaysian airlines flight 370. that search is expanding. airline officials say they have moved beyond the flight's path and moved to the malaka straight. the search includes nine aircraft carriers and four ships. investigators identified the two men who used stolen passports to board flight 370. both are iranians, but authorities say they are not terrorists. malaysia flight 370 unexpectedly changed course. it adds to the mystery of the missing plane. >> the beijing-bound jet was heard from last at 1:30 saturday morning. air traffic controllers outside of kuala lumpur lost contact thinking it disappeared here. there has been conflicting reports. malaysian airlines say it's possible that the plane turned plying over the state of malaka. authorities are not certain and can't explain why the plane would have changed course. it could rule out an explosion. it also means that the transponder or tracking systems were turned off, making it invisible. the altered course would at complexity and challenges to on board search

i'm thomas drayton. thanks for watching. that they might be in some cases a little bit guilty of exaggerating the level of tensions sometimes, but that's it . >> some of the few remaining kind news outlets in russia have become casualties of this story. credidown the middle, replaced s editor with a more putin-friendlfriendly appointeed most of the staff just quit. those developments have been reported in the west reinforcing one part of the narrative. although threats of a clamp down in the media in ukraine tend to go your honor report -- unreported. >> there have been attempted censorship from the ukrainian side, last week the organization for accountability in europe, demanding that pro-russian channels be taken off the air in ukraine. we don't know whether this is going to be applied however the suggestion at least has certainly been made . >> looming over the debate over crimea and iraq and the post-9/11 coverage in the u.s., where the media including the new york times admit they failed to ask the right questions, to j

i'm thomas drayton. "america tonight" is up next. >> an investigation into shocking cases of abuse, neglect and the state's failure to protect. >> everything we know and think we know about air 370, there is every theory about what happened is flawed. >> at home, on the range. the life after on american treasurer and way of life. >> i continue to get up and dealing with the time and living the way we live. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. every year 3 million confirmed reports of child abuse in the country and in every one of the those cases the social workers have to best decide on how to keep the children safe and that is a difficult job and the mistakes can be deadly in the first of two reports, shelia is reporting from florida where hundreds of children have died even though the investigators knew they were victims of alleged child abuse. >> this was cold and calculating and evil. >> in a florida courtroom, sharon glass is facing sentencing for child abuse. a boy locked in this bathroom for mo

i'm thomas drayton, in new york. let's get your caught up on the headlines at this hour. still no sign of malaysia airlines flight 370. now the search is moving into a new phase. authorities announce they'll limit the search to air and satellite, ending the need for uss "kidd." officials continue to investigate the pilots and passengers on the jet. >> vladimir putin signed a decree recognising crimea as a sovereign and independent state. according to russian media near 97% of crimeans voted to breakaway from ukraine in a referendum on sunday. >> swift rehabilitation to the vote in crimea from president obama. he responded with sanctions against is 11 top russian and ukrainian officials. they cited several high government leaders. >> u.s. navy seals seized an oil tanker off the coast of cyprus. it was carrying oil smuggled out of libya. they were attempting to sell it on global markets. no one was injured. >> general motors recalling 1.7 million vehicles. the automaker recalling 2 million last months. problems from faulty airbags to engine fires. they are the headlines. i'

i'm thomas drayton. we leave you with live pictures of a very snowy nation's capital. thanks for watching. >> the far north of europe - a place of extraordinary beauty - home to an astonishing array of plants and animals which have survived largely thanks to the indigenous people of this area p the sami. to this day many sami follow herds of free-roaming reindeer, maintaining a tradition that has helped preserve their ancient environment. but in recent years a new species has arrived p the multinational. as this video shows the floodgates are open and mining companies are being invited to europe:s far north to exploit its riches - and right across lapland a way of is being pushed to the brink. every winter vast herds of reindeer descend from the scandinavian mountains to their winter pastures in the jokkmokk region of sweden just above the arctic circle. thousands of animals converge under the watchful eyes of their sami herders. it's a pattern unchanged for centuries which now hangs in the balance. british company, beowulf mining, plans to build a giant of open pit ir

i'm thomas drayton. it has been called one of the worst landslides in u.s. history, and one moment us swoop a wave of mud, dirt and debris barrelled down on oso. the devastation is apparent, as you can see here. the landslide created a one square mile path of destruction. dozens of homes were demolished 16 dead and eight more believed to have been found. 176 are still missing. hundreds of search and rescue workers are combing the rustle for signs of life. allen schauffler is in arlington washington. >> they asked for volunteers, and too many showed. >> it's frustrating, i understand. there's a lot of grief. >> it's devastating. we knew a lot of people down there. with no sign of them, it's frustrating. >> four days into the search the hope for miracles are fading. they are still looking for signs of life. the latest shows how hollow the hopes may be. so much remains at the landslide - it's a scene of death and devastation. >> nothing is worse nan the unknown. >> larrie jones was turned away in the first wave of volunteers and picked to fill in on a later shu

i'm thomas drayton. thank you for watching.raternities is ending it's practice of hazing recruits. the fraternity was reportedly with the most reported hazing deaths. and others are following suit. the decades long practice.

. >> i'm thomas drayton. thanks for watching. feedback, and the question is, have we gone past the rational balance point in the wake. >> i'm doing the research for the show, and some of the kids that get expelled, when we were growing up, we would probably get sent to the corner of the room. if that: >> people get afraid and do things based on fear, sometimes extreme actions occurring. >> we're watching with this. >> after the columbine shooting in 1999, zero tolerance policies became a traction and in some cases, zero tolerance has gone too far. let me tell you about in of them. in pennsylvania, five-year-old madison windows suspended for making a terrorist threat with hello kitty bubble game. biting a pop start into the shape of a gun. kissing a girl on the hand. and zachary was suspended for bringing his combination fork-knifespoon to eat lunch. a grandmother was arrested for sending a knife to cut aished cake. and a boy for having a toy gun on a school bus. some students were expelled and it has jumped 34% in the last decade

i'm thomas drayton. we begin with a search for malaysia airlines flight 370. that search is taking a new turn. china released these satellite images showing what could be debris in the south china sea. the malaysian chief says no signs of the missing plane have been found. here is what we know tonight. the plane bound for beijing disappeared from radar over the gulf of thailand. there were 239 passengers on board, including three u.s. citizens. 80 ships and planes are searching on area about the size of indiana. malaysian officials reveal the final message from inside the cockpit. a routine sign-off "all right, goodnight." authorities have not ruled out possible cause, pilot error, sabotage or terrorism. mary is the former inspector general of the u.s. department of transportation, saying if the debris belongs to the plane, the next steps are vital. >> two things are important. one, look for the black boxes and get as much wreckage out of the water. on the wreckage will be characteristic pipping. if it exploded. the residue will be on the plane, and characteri

i'm thomas drayton, live in new york. assets from tu.s., australia an china are on their way to the i don'ts -- indian ocean to look for signs of missing malaysia airlines. it will be hard, it's described as a trash can where cargo can disappear off ships. >> five military aircraft, two cargo ships, a warship and an icebreaker were expected to zero in on the. bad weather made it difficult for the crews so far. >> in the satellite images are a few days old so the objects may have drifted away. family members of the missing passengers and crew are more anxious than ever for any information. authorities are trying to make sure no one is jumping to conclusions. >> there are sophisticated assets, the safe and recovery planes. they have people on board looking out the window, and radar looking for either side of the plane. on top of that there areships. there's a commercial ship in the zone. there was a norwegian car carrier. it doesn't have much sophisticated equipment, but it may be the first one. it's at water level. on rout

i'm thomas drayton in new york. thanks for watching. >> i'm lisa fletcher in you are in the "stream." chicago evicts thousands with a promise to deliver better, but what is in the future for the city desperate for rejuvenation? ♪ >>> digital producer, co-host, wajahat ali is here bringing in all of your live feedback throughout the show. we are talked about a lot of cities in crisis on this show, but it is never in a vacuum, a lot of cities are experiencing country. >> yeah, chicago is really experiencing it. it has a trickle-down effect that affects the entire neighborhood. mia tweets in . . . and as you can see lisa this is effecting all communities. >> it is. chicago promised new homes and a new life for many of the city's public housing drenthzs. but nearly 15 years later, nearly 40,000 families are still on the wait list for permanent homes. and many buildings just sit empty waiting to be torn down or rehabilitat rehabilitated. >> i have been on a waiting list since 2008. i'm a certified nursing assistant. i wa

i'm thomas drayton, in new york. let's get your caught up on the headlines at this hour. still no sign of malaysia airlines flight 370. now the search is moving into a new phase. authorities announce they'll limit the search to air and satellite, ending the need for uss "kidd." officials continue to investigate the pilots and passengers on the jet. >> vladimir putin signed a decree recognising crimea as a sovereign and independent state. according to russian media near 97% of crimeans voted to breakaway from ukraine in a referendum on sunday. >> swift rehabilitation to the vote in crimearo

i'm thomas drayton. tonight investigators are no closer to finding the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. a growing number of clues suggest foul play was involved in the disappearance. the "new york times" is reporting a computer system programmed by someone in the cockpit sent the plane off course. officials are not clear whether the path was reprogrammed before or after it took off. but they say it makes the plane's captain and copilot the main focus of the investigation. the new development comes as the search expands deep into the north and southern hemisphere. lisa stark has the latest from washington. >> tell us what you were doing in the house? >> as investigators in malaysia search the home of the captain and resist dense of the copilot, an analysis of the air traffic control recording reveals who spoke the last words from the cockpit. it was the man in the right seat. >> initial investigations indicate it was the copilot who spoke the last time. >> that was 27-year-old fariq abdul hamid who f

i'm thomas drayton. let's get you caught up on the headlines. little progress was made during wednesday's high-level meetings on ukraine. foreign ministers from around the world pledged to keep on talking the secretary of state john kerry described the talks in paris as very constructive and the begin of a negotiations. discussions will continue on thursday in rome with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. also on thursday e.u. will consider sanctions against moscow. penalties could prove tricky as russia is the biggest supplier of e.u.'s energy, and its biggest trading partner. >> in ukraine, a confrontation involving a senior u.n. official. armed men threatened to diplomat at gun point. nick schifrin is in sevastopol, and has more on the dramatic developments. >> for nearly an hour inside this cafe they barricaded u.n. envoy robert serry. demonstrators tried to stop us filming. whether at the cafe or airport they denied all access. the same activists blocked the door running serry out of the country. they feel empowered by the arrival of 1

i'm thomas drayton. thank you for watching. fraternities is ending it's practice of hazing recruits. the fraternity was reportedly with the most reported hazing deaths. and others are following suit. the decades long practice. as always, raj is bringing in all of your live feedback in the show, and raj, whether you pretended or not, it seems that everybody has an issue with hazing. >> the reason i never pledged, i would never join a group that hazed it's members, but a lot do. tony says: >> he makes a good point. tradition and strong social bonds, on college campuses are a centerpiece of the social scene, but some say that membership comes at a high price. a rite of passage or pledging is a rite for all new members. it's rooted in secrecy and involved with hazing. by definition, hazing is any kind of abusive or humiliating initiation. the practice is outlawed in 40 states, but it's often unreported. epsilons the second national fraternity to eliminate hazing from all of its chapters. but some wonder if the move will force pract

i'm thomas drayton. a massive search and rescue mission is underway for the missing malaysia airlines passenger plane. more than 10 countries are involved. authorities can't pinpoint where the jet went down 10 days ago. two men boarded flight 370 with stolen passports. they were listed in interpol's global data base, but security officials never double-checked the list. tickets were purchased with cash in thailand. an iranian man bought the tickets, but that has not been confirmed. >> in this age of heightened security, how did passengers with stolen passports get on the airliner. we look at some flaws in airport security. >> it's hard to believe in this day and age people can board planes with stolen passports. importantly it happens a lot. kuala lumpur never checked to see if the two passports were, indeed, stolen. last year people boarded planes a billion times without having passports screened. that's two out of five passengers whose documents are not fully checked. after 9/11 interpol built a huge d

i'm thomas drayton, here are the top stories we are following this hour. the death toll keeps rising in the washington state mud slide, an hour north of the seattle. 16 fatalities are confirmed but authorities say they have spotted eight bodies buried in the mud. rescue crews do not spent survivors, but will keep on looking. more than 107 missing person reports will be fired. >> intense hunts are occurring in the indian ocean. satellites received a last ping and it could help investigators figure

i'm thomas drayton. we'll follow the latest on pakistan. first, a developing story. a great deal has changed in ukraine. russia controls crimea and southern ukraine. there's pressure from around the world for russia to remove its troops. the foreign minister says he'll meet with the u.s. secretary-general on monday. ukraine's interim president says russia's invasion is not a threat, but a declaration of war. russia is calling up its military reservists. the new government will meet on tuesday. sunday night the g7 suspended plans for a summit in sochi. in the head of ukraine's navy has been fired for high treesons, after defecting and swearing allegiance to pro-russian leaders in cooumia. >> covering the unfolding cries circumstances we have teams in kiev, and sevastopol. >> jennifer glasse was in perevalnye as it happened. >> it was not a day that the colonel expected. a contingent of russians came to his base and wanted him to surrender, "they said they are here to bring stability to crimea", what that means he doesn't know. he refused to give up. more russian arriv

i'm thomas drayton. >> they are the two most powerful men in the world. thursday they tried to broker a diplomatic solution in ukraine. president obama and russian president vladimir putin spoke by phone for an hour. president obama urged him to hold direct talks with ukraine. their conversation comes as the u.s. and europe line up new sanctions and crimea lawmakers vote to break aafrom ukraine. we have the latest from mike viqueira at the white house. >> a third call in the last week between president obama and his russian counterpart vladimir putin. no visible or public sign that progress is being made in the diplomatic standoff. the call lost an hour on thursday. a read-out from the white house distilled it to one paragraph - the president calling for talks between the russian and ukrainian officials and the world community to look for the may 25th elections in ukraine as legitimate. we heard about the russian officials refusing to deal with the ukrainian government, the product of a coup. and the president calling for international monitors to be put

i'm thomas drayton, thanks for watching. >> a possible clue, australia says it has found two objects in the indian ocean that may be related to the missing malaysian airliner. this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead - gunfire and explosions. a suicide bomber's attacking police headquarters. >> what russia has done is wrong. >> a heated exchange at the u.n. - russia and the u.s. trade accusations over moscow's take over of crimea. >> and held against their will, more than 100 immigrants discovered at a house in texas. >> australia says it found two objects in the southern indian ocean, that could be linked to the missing malaysian plane, flight mh370. tony abbott, speaking in parliament, said the images were picked up on sat limit. aircraft are -- satellite. an aircraft it searching the their, three more will arrive later. >> the australian maritime safety authority received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search. following specialist analysts of the satellite imagery two possible objects related to the search have been identified. we mu

i'm thomas drayton. >>> new developments overnight, president obama met with the national security team to discuss the crisis in ukraine. secretary of defense chuck hagel, secretary of state john kerry and susan rice were in the meeting. secretary of state john kerry boarded a plane at andrew's air force base, headed to kiev to meet with the interim government on tuesday. kerry's trip coming as russia shows no signs of backing off from crimea. they received a deadline to lay down arms or face a full-scale assault. russia de nice making that call. they say they were invited by president viktor yanukovych. nick schifrin is in the crimean peninsula with the latest. >> this is a ukrainian base on ukrainian land. those are not ukrainian soldiers or that's not a ukrainian flag. the welcoming committee doesn't pledge allegiance to ukraine. >>. translation: we are here to support the russian peacekeepers. they are the only means to stop the violence in ukraine. >> in this area the russian occupation is growing and the resistance seems non-existent. the russian soldiers occupied the base without

i'm thomas drayton, with a look at the top stories. >> four days ago a malaysia airlines flight vanished somewhere over the south china sea. the fate of 239 on board is unknown. the plane was on its way to beijing. search and rescue continue to try to find clues officials are trying to understand why two with stolen passports boarded the plane withees. >> a standoff continues in ukraine. n.a.t.o. announced they'll

i'm thomas drayton in new york. you can log on to aljazeera.com for the latest headlines. thanks for watching. >>> this is a special edition of "the listen post." we devote this program to the government. to say he takes a hands-on approach with the media is to understate the case. he's been known to call news editors personally and demand changes on what's on the air. the editors grant the wishes and complain about government intimidation. there's a new internet law in turkey that gives the government the power to take down any downline content is doesn't like. it passed as damaging corruption allegations surfaced on the net has reinforced the suspicion held by many turks, that their government uses the law as i censorship tool. the recurring themes is the turkish journalists need to get on board and spread the good news. there's plenty of news outlets loyal to him on the television side, and with local elections in a few weeks and a presidential round expected this august, the prime minister will count on those channels for some favorable coverage. in the second half of

i'm thomas drayton, let's get you caught up on the top stories. >> a massive fire in san francisco. according to the city's fire department it's a high-rise building under construction. fight ght the flames was difficult because the fire suppression system had not been installed. the fire is under control. >> no answers in the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. reports said tuesday that the plane might have changed course and flown south-east over the strait of malaka. authorities know little. there's no physical evidence of the plane or the 239 on bo

. >> clz >> good morning welcome to al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton. >> vladimir putin annexes crimea, ignoring international condemnation, and signs a treaty with the crimean government, making it part of the russian federation. it steps up troop presence in the region, and the death of a ukrainian soldier in simferepol sparks outrage. >> the u.s. will not recognise the treaty, and says there'll be more sanctions if aggression continues. the vice president visits n.a.t.o..al lies, signalling th

i'm thomas drayton. here are the top stories we are following. it's day 14 of the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane. search crews are focussing on the southern indian ocean. last night the australian government released images of objects 1500 miles off the australian coast. nothing has been found. the white house announced sanctions against russia. president obama signed an executive order allowing the u.s. authorities to impose sanctions on key sectors of russia's economy. the sanctions will have a painful financial impact. in texas authorities arrested five people

i'm thomas drayton, live in new york city. we begin this morning with breaking news out of australia. early thursday, australian prime minister tony abbott announced that satellite images appear to show two objects in the southern indian ocean, that may have been a part of flight mh370. no solid firmation. abbott told the australian parliament that an orion search aircraft has been sent to an area 1550 miles south of perth. >> i would like to inform the house that new and credible information has come to light in relation to the search for malaysia airlines flight mh370 in the southern indian ocean. the australian maritime safety authority has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search. following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified. >> abbott said he notified malaysia's prime minister of the development, but warns the objects may not be related to flight mh370. >> this marks day 13 of the search. we have se

i'm thomas drayton in new york with a look at the top stories at this hour. senior united nations diplomat was threatened at gun point in crimea. his car was surrounded by armed men who demanded he leave the region. the diplomat was there to assess the reported russian take over. he found safety in a cafe for hours, leaving ukraine unharmed. >> secretary of state john kerry met with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and european diplomats in paris. sergei lavrov refused to speak with his ukrainian counterpart. talks continued in brussels where e.u. officials will discuss sanctions for russia. israel seized a ship carrying rockets from iran. israel has accused iran of supplying enemies. >> al jazeera journalists mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badr were back in a cairo courthouse on wednesday. the case was adjourned until later this month. the three were arrested in december, accused of having links with a terrorist organization. al jazeera rejects the charges and continues to demand their refuses. >> the college board will make changes to

i'm thomas drayton in new york. escalating the situation, europe and the usa. on"america tonight" the war of words is on. >> they are escalating the situation. >> so is the push back. >> this is illegitimate decision. ukraine in crisis, and few signs that efforts to clamp down the tensions are working. also - bold breakthroughs or microscopic steps forward. new develops in the fight against h.i.v. are we close to a cure for aids? >> and the truth behind the facade. america is not the only nation built on slave labour. the sad history in britain's great past. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. there are late develops in the crisis in ukraine. president obama spoke to vladimir putin for about an hour this evening. the white house reports the president laid out a road map for a resolution, but only if russian troops returned to their bases, and russia engage in direct talks with the interim ukrainian government. the call comes after mr. obama drew a bright line on the most urgent question of the day. >> united states is united with our allies

i'm thomas drayton, with a look at the top stories. >> four days ago a malaysia airlines flight vanished somewhere over the south china sea. the fate of 239 on board is unknown. the plane was on its way to beijing. search and rescue continue to try to find clues officials are trying to understand why two with stolen passports boarded the plane withees. >> a standoff continues in ukraine. n.a.t.o. announced they'll monitor the region. a week-long celebration of former president's hugo chavez's life continues, anti-government protests demand the precedent's resignation and solutions for the high level of crime and resignation. >> a powerful coast off the coast of late last night. it struck west of eureka. there haven't been reports of casualties or damage. the impact was reduced on land. those are the headlines. i'm bra drit. "america tonight" is coming up next. lockerbie, what really happened. unanswered questions. also tonight, three years later. a horrible disaster. the natural and man made disasters that changed this japanese fishing village. michael okwu open fukushima. >> what keeps

i'm thomas drayton in new york with a look at the top stories we are following this hour. incident an hour on the phone with russian leader putin on thursday, hours after authorising visa restrictions and economic sanctions on russians and ukranians. >> the crimean parliament votes to have a subsession from ukraine. ukraine denounces it as illegal. crimea became part of ukraine in 1964. new jersey governor was greeted with applause at the conservative political action committee conference. the 4-day meeting features meetings. chris christie was left out of last week's event. the senate thursday blocked a bill that would have stripped commanders of an authority to strip of rape and other offenses saying commanders should have more responsibility for the men and women led. last year congress made several changes to the law, including stripping military commanders of the ability to overturn a conviction. that's all. remember you can get the latest news online at al jazeera. >> president obama's hot seat is boiling over ukraine, becoming the target about heated accusations abo

i'm thomas drayton. here are the top stories we are following. it's day 14 of the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane. search crews are focussing on the southern indian ocean. last night the australian government released images of objects 1500 miles off the australian coast. nothing has been found. the white house announced sanctions against russia. president obama signed an executive order allowing the u.s. authorities to impose sanctions on key sectors of russia's economy. the sanctions will have a painful financial impact. in texas authorities arrested five people after finding one of the biggest human smuggling rings. 150 people were crammed inside a suspected stash house in houston. authorities say they came from central america and are believed to have entered the u.s. illegally. >> nine are dead after a hotel shooting in the capital of kaboom. four gunmen attacked a restaurant inside the serena hotel. three women, two children and four foreigners were killed in the shooting. a 16-year-old boy who climbed to the top of new york

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i'm thomas drayton in new york with a look at the top stories we are following at this hour. a senior united nations diplomat was threatened in gunpoint at crimea. his car was surrounded by armed men who demanded he leave the reporter. he found safety in a cafe for several hours, and left ukraine unharmed. secretary of state john kerry met with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and european diplomat in paris. he refused to speak with his ukrainian counterpart. >> israel says it seized a ship carrying rockets from iran. israel accused iran of supplying weapons to its enemies. >> mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste and mohammed badr were back in a cairo courtroom on wednesday. it was adjourned until this month. the three were accused of having links with a terror organization. al jazeera rejects charges and demands their release >> changes to sats, to reflect what students study. the new test won't have a required essay and will throw out tough voke abb u lairy. >> those are the headlines "consider this" is coming up next. i'll see you again, in one hour. >> ukraine takes a

thomas drayton will have the latest. >> as the irs continues to face backlash over cufertion h accusations that it treated conservative groups harshly, alleging widespread corruption, misconduction and abuse, wastin wasting taxpayer money, are these contained in smaller offices or i irs as a whole, david k. johnson who also writes for taxanalyst.com, he won the pulitzer price. david you wrote that these massive weighs, have let tax cheats get away with it and this potentially cost the government dollars. how much revenue is being lost? >> well, we don't know exactly how much money. there's not an official number that the irs has, about a billion dollars a day of lost. i don't put much credence in that number at all. per waysive problems with -- pervasive problems with managers, consistencily they talk about the high standards of conduct, the lack of abuse of taxpayers, a lot of favoritism and a lot of abuse of people. of course anybody who works at a big office may have some idea of uneven management. >> is that what could have happened here? unbalanced work loads, lazy managers, it does s

i'm thomas drayton, here are the top stories we are following this hour. the death toll keeps rising in the washington state mud slide, an hour north of the seattle. 16 fatalities are confirmed but authorities say they have spotted eight bodies buried in the mud. rescue crews do not spent survivors, but will keep on looking. more than 107 missing person reports will be fired. >> intense hunts are occurring in the indian ocean. satellites received a last ping and it could help investigators figure out what happened when it stopped flying. >> it came eight hours after the jet lost contact on march the 8th. it could help investigators figure out what happened. >> the supreme court heard argument in the hobby lobby, challenging the affordable care act, that employers must provide health coverage for all forms of contraseptions. >> president obama is in brussels. tuesday on the side lines of a summit on nuclear security, he warned russia to hold back on further action. he warned moscow would days tougher sanctions if they continued to go into ukraine. those are

thomas drayton has the latest on the search for the missing plane. >> 13 days after malaysia airlines flight mh370 disappeared on its way to beijing, a break in the investigation. >> the australian maritime safety authority has received information based on satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search. following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified. >> it's these two objects, one of which measuring 80 feet, that have been located in the southern corridor of the expanded search zone. more than 1500 miles west of the australian coach, and the indian ocean. now ships and aircraft are on the way. >> this is a lead. it is probably the best lead we have right now. but we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them to know whether it's really meaningful for not. >> it's the first sign of hope for the loved ones of the 239 missing on board. after almost two weeks of frustration and anguish by family members of the missing passengers. and that anger directed at malaysian authorities, criticised for

i'm thomas drayton in new york. here is a look at the top stories we are following this hour. ukraine's interim president says russia has made a declaration of war. it comes after russia seizes key installations in the southern region of crimea and are building up troops tonne the border. >> secretary of state john kerry will travel to kiev to meet with officials. the g7 suspended talks over the summit in sochi in protest of russia's actions. >> a challenge to the iq standard to determine mental disability in the supreme court. having an iq higher than 70 means an inmate is not mentally disabled and may be executed. the supreme court prohibited the execution of mentally disabled in 2002, but left it to the states to determine mental stattius. >> the results are in. joshua letander, best supporting actor in dals. best sporling actress to franco lupoi, in "12 years a slave." best director quarn , in "gravity." blanch won best actress in blue where are, and jahi mcmath for best actor in dals. and best picture was "12 years a slave." >> those are the headlines. "talk to al jazeera