u.s.-china relationship. this is an auspicious occasion. 2014 is an important year. it is a year that the obama offeringation sees as a unique opportunity to develop a relationship with china defined by more and better amounts of cooperation and coordination on the major global challenges before us today. let me begin by underscoring the the brookings institution convening this country was -- this conference today. i can take no better topic than sports diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, and the contribution of young scholars to advancement of the u.s.-china relationship. ed is a fantastic initiative. it is the work of young scholars in institutions in the united states and china that is the essential to ensuring that the u.s.-china relationship continues to be propelled by lots of fresh thinking, and i know that because i experienced it myself as a young scholar at the rant corporation. i spent a lot of time studying and doing research about the underlying dynamics in chinese u.s.-chinaicy, in relations, and in e

he is a perfect representative of china and the u.s. [indiscernible] ming, ask who is yaoo everyone knows. yao ming and other chinese young scholars will share their perceptions, their understanding , and they're thinking our world concerning china today, concerning the relations.he i wish and i believe that our event will be a very successful one. thank you. [applause] >> i will start by thanking thorntonand the entire center. this is the best collection of china scholars in the u.s. it may be the best set of china policy scholars in universities here under around the world, and it is extraordinary, including predecessors,is two of whom i see in the audience. it's a great group. theme delighted for hosting this event, and hospitality they showed to me and my family two years ago when i spent three months traveling through china in preparation for a book. a major notrating event 35sition, but years ago. we are blessed and honored to have two transformational figures in this sport that many of us hold very dear. in 1979, ping-pong gave wa

u.s. consumer prices. while a china slowdown worries some u.s. investors and companies with business takes in its economy, it would come with a financial meltdown, not just a slowdown in chinese growth. for "nightly business report" i'm steve liesman. >>> it's not just the u.s. and china raising flags about the risk of deflation. the strength of the euro along with years of ultralow inflation in the currency block prompted mario draghi to announce the bank is taking measures right now to fight possible widespread price and wage declines that could send the entire eurozone sliding into inflation. >>> chief market strategy at convergex, you heard all the reasons for what was going on in the markets today? what concerns you the most? and is this the beginning of a correction? >> certainly the problems we're having in the ukraine with russia were top of mind today. because while the economic data was very sloppy out of china, it was better in the u.s. the selloff really came as the issue in ukraine began to come to the fore. as far as the beginning o

u.s.-china bilateral relationship. since your retirement, we have not seen a chinese basketball player as influential as you. can you talk about chinese ballplayers' futures in the nba and you have any advice for them? >> there is a few -- [laughter] even in the cba. there are a few guys that they had their chances. either cba or nba are very challenging today. they have to make their steps step i step. take your time. i think you are seeing some surprises in a few years. >> and i think that jeremy lin, who was chinese background, ethnicity, it was pretty interesting that someone who was 6'3" made it because it is more encouraging for youths to participate. the emphasis on the national theme starts with the age-old slogan you cannot judge size. the players who come into the nba, a person was 7'2, another was 6'6" -- was he 7'2"? there was a trend there, and we need to see a different grouping of great players, because they have to be there. don't you agree? >> so this gentleman here right there, fourth row, fifth row.

coming up, the u.s. china race. tell you about the push in africa when bottom line continues in just a moment. ♪ >> president obama's pick for janet yellen's top attendant needs to maintain monetary policy. stanley fischer testifies on thursday at his senate confirmation hearing but is prepared -- but his preparator comments of artie been released. peter cook has more on his message. the reception is expected to get? >> generally expected to be pretty warm. this is the first time fischer has faced questions since he was nominated. ot.re is a lot o the fed has made significant progress in recent years. he praises the fed's moves as courageous and effective. normalcy has not been restored in his words. the unemployment at 6.7% -- the fed's job is still not done. requires theeserve continuation of expansionary even though the degree of expansion has been cut back. fischer gives no indication that she does not support that scaling back of the bond buying program. which has been called into question recently given the ec

asking for this including the u.s., china and france among others. we will provide other details. >> officials say without additional information on the final moments, finding this remains very difficult. >> switching gears. they have won the formula one season opener. they left the race from start to finish, crossing the line you may 25 seconds ahead. the driver was later disqualified. game featured 14 desperate to avoid relegation from germany's top-flight. they finally found their form against fellow strugglers. they dug deep thanks to a late strike. a feminist scandal took a toll on munich. that was the question as they return to the pitch on saturday. the reigning european champions put those fears to bed. they stretched their lead run for 50 matches with a wina against. conspicuously empty. it made no difference. they put up this and managed to hold off this for most of the frantic first half. the buyers attacks were deflected by a watertight defense and some acrobatics. they found a way through just before halftime for his 17th goal of the sea

. >> satellite assets, including the u.s., china and france amongst others to provide further satellite data. >> sunday the u.s. added its most sophisticated subhunder, th --hunter the p-8 to the sear. renewed focus on the pilots. >> the fbi could have been called to help that. interpol could have been called in, our intelligence agencies. but my understanding is malaysia isn't really cooperating at all. >> the flight's black boxes which if ever record may yield few clues. >> it only records information for two hours and then overwrites itself. if this is a six or seven hour event then we've lost all of the good stuff. >> also joining the search for plane, three investigators from france who helped find their country's own missing jet a number of years ago at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. lisa stark, al jazeera washington. >> and remember for the latest dairls on that missing malaysia airlines planes, the events coming out of ukraine and the latest headlines you can find us on twitter, our handle is @ajam. >> randall pinkston what came out of today's meeting? >> a lot of hand holdin

. >> the u.s., china, france have been asked to provide for satellite detail. >> a sub from france has been added. u.s. intelligence assistance has been refused into the focus on the pilots. >> the federal bureau of investigation could have been called in, interpol. my understanding is that malaysia is not cooperating at all. >> another frustration could lie in the backboxes, which, if ever recovered, may yield few clues. >> it only records information for two hours and overwrites itself. if it's a 6 or 7 hour event, we have lost all the good stuff. >> we are learning that malaysian officials are changing how they are conducting the search. they won't do a surface search, they'll conduct by air. the uss "kidd" has finished operations and will leave the air. >> here we are, it's 10 days since flight 370 mysteriously vanished. jonathan betz takes a look at the time line, and investigators believe where the aircraft has gone. >> we are piecing together a better time line. flight 370 took off from kuala lumpur at 12:40. in the middle of the night, headed to beijing. the plane sent a mainte

what we know is that more than 30 aircraft and 40 ships from the u.s., china and southeast asian nations are joining the search. the deputy army chief says their low flying plane saw two objects in the water 80 kilometers southwest around sunset and it was getting too dark to move closer. they sent three boats there and they are hoping for a better look in the morning, a few hours from now. a journalist said he saw what appeared to be two oil slicks but officials said there is no hard evidence. >> and chris, potential game-changer here is that news of people that were not supposed to be on that plane in the first place. are authorities investigating this as an accident or something more sinister? >> well, they are not investigating it as something more sinister. at least two stolen passports were used to board the flight and they are examining other passports as well. the transport minister said they see the two imposters on security camera footage and are trying to find out their real identities. but there is no hard evidence of any foul play. it is possible that those imposters were tr

you can tell the story of how target is going to be doing in the next quarter to u.s. china relations without understanding the parts of it. so that's when i get back to that idea of the all need to develop a certain level of knowledge and comfort. we have to demystify it and understand we will constantly be dealing with it. the second is by the way, journalists are increasingly being targeted. what they report on and the information they have in sight. so famously in the buck for example he explored the case where "the new york times" was hacked and emanated back to the unit that is in the parlor in the wine store, but they went after "the new york times" not because it wasn't a traditional intellectual property, they didn't want to find out the recipe of "the new york times" inc. it is that they wanted to find out who was talking to the times reporters that were doing a story about corruption in the senior levels of the chinese government, but again, so now you also have to think of it as part of the toolkit and yet no journalism program teaches that. who do we trust and t

u.s. and south korea. 15 ships from china. flight 370 is being sought by air, sea, and also by sound. the u.s. navy tweeted this sound of a pinger. once an approximate location of the wreckage is found, the device will be lowered into the sea to listen to pings from the flight recorder. it sounds something like this. the device will not reach the area until april 5th, three days before the battery in the device will likely go dead. the malaysian transportation secretary praised the international teams aiding in this investigation. >> with such strong cooperation from our international partners, the challenge is no longer diplomatic. it is now primarily technical and logistical. >> joining me now is pentagon press secretary. thank you for taking the time. >> thanks, jim. glad to be here. >> appreciate it. >> a lot of frustration over the last 18, 19 days. are we, the team, is the coalition any stronger to finding the plane than it was a few days ago? >> no, not really. the weather has made it even harder to do. i don't think we're any closer than we were. >> it's a sobering thought. i k

. >> u.s. china, france, among others to provide satellite detail. >> reporter: the p-was added to the search asthma haitian investigators who say the flight's disappearance is a deliberate act has refused intelligence assistance in the focus o on the pilots. >> my understand ising is that malaysia is not cooperating at all. >> reporter: the flight's black boxes if ever recovered, would yield few clues. if this is a six-or seven hour event we've lost all of the good stuff. >> reporter: joining the search of the plane three investigators from san francisco who helped find their country's own missing jet a number of years ago at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >> meanwhile the loved ones on board flight 370 say they have a lot of questions. they believe they are still alive and are not giving up hope. >> we believe he's alive. in our hearts we believe he's alive. god is in control. with all the twists and turns that have happened through the week it's been--it's gi

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. >> reporter: we've been with them, chasing grainy satellite images from the u.s., china, and france>> any word if anybody's seen anything? >> nothing yet. >> reporter: the radar array starts pinging. >> i just got two additional hits on the northern side of our search area. >> reporter: multiple content. each of them some sort of anomaly on the water. >> the board is lighting up, huh? >> getting indications on our screen. >> reporter: but in these conditions, forget about it. the crew circles three times over the radar contact with no success. as tough as this first stage has been, stage two will be even tougher because the heavy wreckage is miles away and miles down on the ocean floor. >> the computer models that we have done shows that the debris has moved almost 500 kilometers away from where it originated from. >> because it's been so long? >> it's been so long and the currents are quite strong. >> reporter: oceanographer chadarachi padiarachi has made a map of where he thinks the debris likely came from, based on the ocean currents. finding it will require sophisticated submers

they are embroiled in their own territorial disputes and the last thing china wants is to see u.s. and western involvement in that. at the same time the fact that china sustained in the vote was seep as a subtle show of support. now russia being sanctioned by the west could mean increased dependence or relationship between russia and china. this will be good for the chinese economy in the long run. what is working is it's not taking a stand, keeping it friendly with the russians and the europeans. >> thank you, margo ortag es in beijing. >> all the eightest news on the situation including the g7 meetingment you can find that at al jazeera, at live.al jazeera.com >> syria is accusing turkey of blatant aggression. it's challenging the blame that it was violating turkish air space. it ignored four warnings to turn back. the prime minister says the strike should serve as a warning against further incursions. >> the battle for the vital strategic crossing between kazaa now involves the turkish military, as syrian rebels cheered, the remains of a fighter jet burns in the mountains. it was

u.s./china relationship. we have a lot of problems with the chinese but at the same time, we have this very strong economic relationship which really limits what we can do. >> how do those energy needs play into all of this? it seems there's a few european countries already asking for the u.s. to start selling them natural gas. >> that's right. and we have a very difficult decision here. because we want to keep the natural gas here to keep our energy prices down. and this allows us to be more competitive in the international competition with german and european companies. so the more that we send to europe, the more that affects our economy at home. the other factor, of course, is gas prom is now threatening to cut off gas supplies to ukraine. a lot of the gas to europe goes through ukraine. the germans have a separate gas pipeline with the russians. so they're a little bit more immune from that. but i think overall, we are seeing right now that energy can be a major factor in how the russians try to destabil

deployment is the biggest we've seen so far. 12 aircraft, including those from australia, new zealand, u.s., china, japan, and korea joining that hunt. also two ships out there, an australian and chinese ship. had he say conditions have been better after that 24-hour suspension because of horrendous weather. visibility today is said to be good, although the water is still very choppy. as of now it's, what, 5:00 in the afternoon here in australia. they have reported no sightings of anything suspicious or significant. now, also yesterday here in perth the arrival of new u.s. assets, submersible as well as a device which they call a pinger detecter for helping to detect that black box, but neither will be deployed until they've massively narroweded the search area which will, of course, lead them to find at least some debris, and no sign of that yet, betty. >> okay. we'll be watching. ian, thank you. joining us live from perth, australia. >>> now the latest in sports and the women's sweet 16. number one uconn stayed undefeated dominating st. joe's. it is connecticut's second straight win and keeps th

u.s.-china relations over the last 35 years. issues including sports and cultural diplomacy, featuring david stern, live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the scene in washington at the supreme court was a smelly one, as supporters and opponents converged with the justices hearing the arguments in two cases combined into one. the hobby lobby case and the other -- the question was whether for-profit corporations can refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives to their workers, based on the religious beliefs of the corporation's owners. this is a look at the scene outside the court. >> we gathered in a prayer andle inside this court, prayed to the supreme judge of the universe. not out here, where they tell us -- that is ok. inside the court. assured -- >> we will bring you the oral argument in that case, coming up tonight, 8:00 eastern. at 4:00 p.m., you can hear it on c-span radio. >> mr. speaker and my colleagues, i rise today out of us, andfor you, all of a concern for this united states house of representatives. it is one tha

patrolling the skies above the target area on this 19th day of the search, including the planes from the u.s., china, and japan. a number of ships have also returned to the area. the southern i understandian ocean. the u.s. navy is sending an undersea drone to assist in recovery efforts. several objects have been spotted on satellite images, but officials have not been able to identify any plane parts belonging to the missing flight. it was earlier today australia's prime minister spoke about how long the search would go on. >> we keep searching until there is absolutely no hope of finding anything. plainly there is quite a bit of debris in this part of the southern indian ocean. we've photographed it on a number of occasions now. we have not yet recovered any because of the difficulty of locating bits of debris in a vast ocean. >> he went on to say that the search isn't openended, but it's unlikely to be abandoned, and now malaysian airlines and boeing could face a lawsuit from the families of the now presumed victims of flight 370 because of possible manufacturing defects that led to the plane's u

u.s. china's relationship when alibaba was taken off the list? >> it is a big deal. t a the u.s., this is diplomatic. when the u.s. trader at placed them on the list in 2011, china's commerce institute openly complained about it. for the u.s. and china's relationship, this is crucial because when they took it off it was a tariff to china. the relationship continuing outreach and piracy and counterfeiting is always one of the key issues. from the u.s. perspective, as they look at the u.s. industry, when they can take what alibaba has done, take major changes, cooperating with law enforcement, reaching out to industries and benefiting themselves when it comes to they can say their crackdown on piracy has been ineffective and that makes u.s. companies more comfortable. >> it makes more sense, but does works?ge the way it >> i think it is on a company by company basis. as we look back through the 18 months, there level of outreach to the individual industries is what set them apart. they reached out to the motion they signedciation, agreements with all three of them. all

it's one of the things that is feeding into the u.s. china relationship but it also means we are being taken advantage of. we are taken advantage of at the individual level by the e-mail you receive from your mom saying i'm stuck in iceland. can you send me your bank account information? oh goodness i didn't know mom was in iceland that i had better help her. we smile and laugh about that but this hits even the most senior people. a group of diplomats at the ge 20 conference most important international conference of the year, received what is known as a spear fishing e-mail. it gave them an exciting offering and said if you this link you will be able to see photos of the former french first lady. a great offer. many of them clicked the link and downloaded spyware from and espionage agency into their computers. or being taken advantage of at the organizational level, the business level for the university level of like. alternative -- alternatively not being doing enough to protect ourselves or hiring hucksters who promise 100% security throug

last night president obama spoke on the phone with china's president ping. the u.s. and china are coming together in interesting ways. for one, china would be fearful of referendums like this given their relationship with taiwan who has threatened something similar in the past. we know that putin tried to establish an alliance with china over the years. so if the united states and china's relationship is somehow strengthened over this would that be enough to change putin's behavior? >> well, i think the call and what the readout of the call at least at the white house put out was very important because the two leaders stressed the importance of recognizing sovereignty as a paramount international norm. and i think it shows just how isolated putin is. there's hardly anybody. i think maybe just assad in syria, nobody else has supported his actions yet. >> that's not great company. >> it's not going to change his tactics in the short run. it will only make this costly over the long run. if he decides he wants to annex krooim crimea it doesn't matter if the rest of the wo

. >> u.s. china and france amongst others to provide further satellite detail. >> sunday the u.s. added its most sophisticated subhunter the p-8 to the search. the flight's disappearance is a deliberate anlt act have refused u.s. nelings incidence into the renewed focus ton pilots. >> the fbi could have been called, interpol, but my understanding is malaysia isn't really cooperating at all. >> also lie in the flight's black boxes which if ever recovered may yield few clues. >> it only records data for two hours then overyou writes itself. if it was going on for six or seven hours, we have lost it. >> we know the french have now been asked to come to help with this search. these are frecial officials -- french officials who found the flight that disappeared over the atlantic so obviously they have a lot of experience with deep water searches. >> be a change in the u.s. strategy, the u.s. is pulling the u.s.s. kidd out. is there a sense that things are shifting in the search effort? >> there are senses, there is now such a massive area that they feel that surface ships aren't going

. >> the u.s. china, france, among others to provide satellite detail. >> reporter: the malaysian investigators say the flight is a deliberate act has refused u.s. intelligence help. >> reporter: another frustration could a lie in the flight of black boxes which ever recovered may yield few clues. >> it only records information for two hours and then overwrites itself. if this is a six-- or seven-hour event it's rewritten over itself. >> jonathan betz joins us now with more on the timeline of events leading to the plane's disappearance and where the aircraft may have head. >> reporter: it's a huge search. the facts keep on changing. we are now piecing together a better timeline of what we do know about this plane. flight 370 took off from kuala almoslumbor. everything seems fine at this point. but then the big moment. his two minutes after this. the transponders for some reason at 121 in the morning shut off. the plane now becomes very difficult to track but at the time no one notices. this is the last w

u.s. first, china second then the emerging markets third because they are really the order of what impacts corporate earnings. what we learned so far since five years ago, don't panic on u.s. equities unless you're afraid the earnings will decline a lot. >> we did see a decline of more than 6%. could it all gang up on us? >> obviously there's a risk. our view is that the market never goes down 10% or more unless people are afraid of earnings. all of the work focuses on what could increase volatility. our base case is 8% earnings growth for s&p because you have generally an improving economy and that's morgan stanley. >> joe, let's talk about that. the bad weather we've seen has people trying to figure out how much of the bad numbers are simply a one-off. how much of this is a serious decline in the economy? >> i would say a three-off because we had very bad weather in december and january and february. i've been a big bull on growth and agree with adam's assessments of stocks and how they'll behave. the issue or argument we make about weather, there are series that actually ask people, did

china, their first trip to the country. it was supposed to be a trip that avoided thorny topics, but while speaking today mrs. obama delivered a message on free speech, the u.s. opposes china's message on the internet. >> when it comes to yourself to worship as you choose and having open access to information we believe those universal rights, they are universal rights. >> reporter: and they got personal. >> my husband and i are on the receiving end of plenty of questioning and criticism from our media and our fellow citizens, and it is not always easy, but we wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. >> reporter: it was a rare political statement from a first lady who has largely stayed away from controversial topics. >> sort of mention in a way that wouldn't completely offend the chinese but also gets the message out. >> reporter: each event, a carefully made trip on the pivot to asia. >> she is talking about issues that fit a broader framework of the administration. >> reporter: the diplomatic push came against the somber issue with the malaysia airlines issue. >> my husband has said the united states is offering as many resources as possible to assist

china. the trip is aimed at promoting educational exchanges between the u.s. and china. mrs. obama also talked about freedom of speech. >>> oscar pistorius expected to take the stand in his own defense this week. his trial for the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp enters its fourth week today. prosecutors say they'll call four or five more witnesses before wrapping up their case. that means pistorius could be testifying by wednesday. >>> pope francis is set to start investigating the child sex abuse issue. anytiming the first members of a special commission to advise him. after of this eight are women, including an irish activist who claims being assaulted by a priest as a child. the only american on the panel is card fall sean o'malley, the archbishop of boston. >>> erupting here at home, the latest battle over gay marriage. the time in michigan. hundreds of same-sex couples signed marriage licenses right before an appeals court on saturday put on hold a federal judge's ruling that tossed out the state's ban on gay marriages. the marriages are in limbo until a federa

u.s. market? china, the ukraine, the underlying growth or lack of growth in the u.s. economy and corporate profits? >> for us, it's more about the u.s. economy. right now, think of it as we're firing on all four cylinders but driving a chevy, not a ferrara. we want to see the fundamentals come through and the corporations start earning what we expected at the beginning of the year. >> well, i'm with that because earnings are coming out in the next few weeks. at the end of the day, when the numbers are finally out for the first quarter of 2014, is it going to be positive numbers for the markets or negative? >> so, we've seen a lot of revisions downwards, and that's where i'm really concerned about potentially having a correction. estimate haves come down from about looking for about 10% profit growth for this year to a little about 7.5% growth this year. pretty big revision in two months. now a lot of it has been warnings about the weather has really hurt our profits and our revenues for first quarter, but that only takes you so far. also, a lot of corporations are say

u.s. first. china second. emerging markets third. because there really, the order what impacts corporate earnings. i think we learned so far, since the trough five years ago, don't really panic on u.s. equities unless you're afraid earnings are going to decline a lot. >> we did see jitters, decline 6% based on emerging markets. could it gang up on us? >> a risk in that. our view is that the market never goes down 10% or more. unless people are afraid of earnings recession. all of our work focuses on what could introduce volatility into the earnings estimates. that's not our base case. our base case is 8% earnings growth in the s&p this year. because you have generally an improving economy. that's our morgan stanley. >> joe, talk about that. the bad weather. that has people trying to figure out how much is bad numbers simply one off, and how much is a decline? . >> three off. really bad weather in december, january and february. and i have been a big bull on growth. i agree with adam's assessment of stouks and how they will behave. the

u.s. and china, that the u.s. ll never go to war because we depend on each other so much in trade. hopefully, that's true and this crisis will diffuse itself, but is there a long-term strategy for dealing with putin, can we decrease europe's energy dependence on russia, i think that would be a wise policy move over the long term to undermine his leverage. >> something familiar to folks here, because we talked about that for a long time with the most and our dependence on foreign oil. you know, let me just ask you finally, because i think in this big picture of whether or not vladimir putin is going to back off and whether diplomacy can work, i was talking to a recent former ambassador mike mcfaul at the top of the program, he was not optimistic about diplomacy alone working. are you pessimistic about that? >> i'm pessimistic in terms of crimea. crimea is lost. those russian troops are, frankly, never going to leave. diplomacy has stopped a military move into other parts of ukraine and a potential war there, so that

u.s. versus hong kong. the other benefit is to make this company, maybe to introduce alibaba -- people don't know it outside of china. this u.s. offering, this global offering is a way to introduce it to other parts of the world, investors and other potential partners. even though the growth outlook in china is extraordinary and considered to be a long-term growth story, alibaba wants to look globally in the u.s. and the rest of the world but it will be more competitive than and their core chinese market. >> paul sweeney a bloomberg industries and chid yu we will continue this conversation and the twitter ceo is in china this week as well and we will talk more about that. also, the facebook purchase of has many wondering what exactly mark zuckerberg will do with the messaging service. one of the top former developers of facebook joins us later. ♪ >> welcome back. alibabaalking about planning to go public in the united states and weibo filing to go public in the united states, two big potential tech ipos. a formers crid yu executive of google in china and paul sweeney. let's talk about the regulatory issues and corpo

it's a multi national effort including nations such as japan, new zealand, the u.s. china, australia, of course. and the prime minister of australia says notwithstanding, the failure to find the plane so far they'll continue to everyone. >> i have pledged to the prime minister of malaysia for australiaen cooperation in the recovery and investigation operation. the crash zone is about a close to nowhere as is possible to be, but it's close for australia than to anywhere else. >> reporter: 12 planes went up today, found nothing, they will try again tomorrow. >> randall pinkston reporting for us. >>> americans who don't have health insurance will have a little more time to get it. the white house is extending the affordable care act to help people whose applications have been held up on the website. jonathan betz is here with how many have actually signed up at this point. >> we're still talking about the website, another extension for people looking to get health insurance. the big deadline is being pushed back to mid airplane. the white house originally hoped that 7 million

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the 29 year old malaysian reportedly was on his way to china to work on airplanes. >> even as u.s.e been involved, maybe the crew engineers, there's still a lot of questions that have not yet been answered opinion. >> we want to talk about that with cnn aviation analyst mark weiss. thank you for being with us. we know investigators have taken this flight simulator that belonged to the captain from his home. they dismantled it and reassembled it at a facility to look at the data. i want to first point out we know that a lot of pilotses have simulators. this is not unusual. but what kind of information can they glean from this? >> good morning. it is nice to be here. thank you. well, what you are looking for in the simulator is whether or not -- we heard this before, is whether or not that simulator had any flights to destination that may have proven suspicious. that would be off the normal plight path. if that, in fact, could be kept on a home simulator, something like that. one of the -- couple of other questions that really are significant, when you bring up the fact of the other

u.s. and china so the u.s. and china can help figure out where the plane went.e. he says that country's committed to finding that jet with 239 people on board. it's now been missing for six days, and there are beginning to be serious questions now about how malaysia has handled this investigation. >> and the families are just outraged. the families want to know something. every day there's a new report and confusion about where the search and the investigation is heading. >>> all right, a convicted killer and former follower of charles manson now closer to being freed from prison. bruce davis has been granted parole again. the 71-year-old has served nearly 42 years for two 1969 murders. he has been granted parole twice before, both decisions shot down by california governors. only in recent years has davis acknowledged his role in the murders. after a 120-day review period, the governor has 30 days to make a final decision. >>> a court appearance today in los angeles for former nfl star darren sharper, as prosecutors in louisiana move to extradite him on rape ch

don't miss our special coverage, "china: road to reform" at these times right here on "newsline." >>> a senior u.s. official has called on china to address international concerns about this year's defense budget which is more than 12% larger than last year's. leaders in beijing submitted this year's draft budget to the npc on wednesday. defense spending has been increased to more than $130 billion. there's been double digit growth almost every year since 1989. >> we continue to carefully monitor china's military developments and encourage china to exhibit greater transparency with respect to its capabilities. >> she also expressed concern in november when china set up an air defense identification zone over the east china sea with no prior notice. china doesn't offer a breakdown on its budget. furthermore, analysts believe the spending plan does not include research and development costs or foreign purchases of defense equipment. >>> south korean foreign minister yun byung-se has made use of japan's handling of the so-called comfort women issue. >> it is a universal civil rights issue, an unresolv

china's apparent willingness to exploit cyberspace to conduct corporate espionage and steal trade and proprietary information from u.s. companies should drive our government and businesses to come together to advance our own cybersecurity. we also have grave concerns that china's cyberactivities, particularly those targeting private companies that sport mobilization and deployment, could be used to degrade our ability to respond during a contingency. our committee will soon release a report on cyber intrusions affecting u.s. transportation command contracts. the administration continues to rebalance towards the asia pacific to meet these challenges. substantial realignments of u.s. military forces in south korea and japan are ongoing, as are initiatives to increase u.s. presence in southeast asia, especially in singapore in the philippines. the u.s. relationship with australia is as strong as ever. it's evidenced by the continued plans for successive rotations of submarines to australia. with the success of the planned alignment, the governor approved the landfill permit for the replacement facility last year. noneth

u.s./china relations today. she started the day with a forum with chinese professors and students. later, she headed over here to the great wall. the first daughters and mrs. obama's mother were also there. now, while visiting china, the first lady has spoken out about the government's need to respect free speech among its people. >> but when it comes to expressing yourself freely and worshipping as you choose and having open access to information, we believe those universal rights, they are universal rights. >> and chinese state-run media did not air the first lady's remarks about free speech, but her comments were widely praised, very popular on social media. china routinely filters out information deemed offensive by the government and blocks many social media sites like facebook and twitter. >>> we have been watching some fast-moving developments today in the fight for gay marriage in michigan. same-sex couples rushed to say "i do" yesterday morning after a federal judge struck down the state's ban. these couples were afraid that the ruling would be overturned, and tonight it t

calling it objects because we've known from the three satellite images that have come from the u.s., china, and france, poseidon aircraft has gone out there and only come up with a pod of dolphins. what we know, if we can go to the next slide, is that the latest developments using this aircraft, which is the one of two chinese aircraft that have now come on to the scene, there have actually been visual sightings, which is going to be absolutely key. we will heard they're processing that data. they're going to be looking at the photographs. we now need to know if there's anymore conclusive evidence to take us in the right direction. >> lieutenant, thank you very much. >>> new developments now to tell you about on the crisis in ukraine. the white house warning moscow it could face even tougher sanctions now. president obama in europe today for a nuclear summit with world leaders. we'll tell you what is happening there as the russian forces are seizing ukrainian ships and most military bases in crimea over the weekend with a real show of force we saw in these videos. the topic has turned to h

and this includes the u.s., china, japan, india, a lot of big players, a lot of different governmentscoordinate so you can't help but wonder if this is all slowing down the effort to give some peace of mind to the loved ones who have been waiting so long. joining me now is former u.s. acting attorney general. >> american airline -- you have obvious jurisdiction. >> right. >> how much of this do you put on the point that all of these countries are involved and malaysia doesn't have a national transportation safety board the way we know it? >> or a lot of experience dealing with it, as i think it evident from the way we've dealt with it. there's an interest in that from the aircraft safety point of view but if there was some kind of incident on the plane which led to an accident, sabotage or hopefully not but if there were an act of terrorism, our government needs to know who, why, and how. >> now, as implausible as it may be for any of us, that the plane is somewhere in tact, that's a threat, right? that's considered a threat? it affects the investigation whether that is even a conside

u.s. and china to help with the search efforts. six, the investigation into the pilots. that the homes of the crew were searched is not true. finally, malaysia's response. first, the situation is unprecedented. went completely silent while there were over the middle of the ocean. search involving many countries and 40 -- more than 80 ships and aircraft. it is a complex operation and has not always been easy. we are focusing our energy to the task at hand. i want to be very clear, our focus has been on finding the aircraft. we have not done anything to jeopardize the search effort. there have been at times we have not been able to reveal information. requires analysis by other entities before it is released. to release such information before it was ready could have compromised the investigation or the search efforts, and that anguish to the relatives. malaysia has nothing to hide. we have spared no expense and no one we're been involved with our neighboring countries and accepted all international offers to help. protocol sinced the incident began. much has been made abo

of australia deep in the indian ocean. >> we are asking countries that have assets including the u.s., chinaers to provide further satellite detail. >> sunday, the u.s. added its motor sophisticated sub hunter to the search even as malaysian investigators who say the disappearance is a deliberate asked refused u.s. assistance into focus on the pilots. >> interpoll could have been called in, our intelligence agencies. malaysia is not really cooperating at all. >> back in kuala lampur, malaysian police searched the home of the airlines captain, interviewed his family and are now examining the flight simulator the pilot kept in his house. >> we have the flight simulator and dismantled it from the room and assembled it at our office and we are getting experts to look at it now. >> friends of the captain have been quick to touchdown him, saying they do not believe he could have been involved in the flight's disappearance. >> if anything would have happened to the plane, he would make sure that everyone else, crew and passengers, their welfare is taken care of before he think about himself. >> the