well. >> china seas, the south and east china seas as an extension of their continental land mass, they see these adjacent seas the way we, the united states saw the caribbean in the 19th and early 20th century. we became a great nation by dominating the caribbean, thereby dominating the western hemisphere allowing us to effect the balance of power in the earn hemisphere. the chinese seek to dominate vietnam, malaysia, the philippines and south kai know sea and japan and the east china sea thereby unlocking the door for the navy and ma lock awe and strait of the indian ocean and the entire block of islam. chinese are supporting more and more oil and natural gas from the middle east across the indian ocean through the south china sea. and they bristle at the idea that the americans would come from half a world away with their great navy and air force and seek a balance of power in the region. the chinese feel they should dominate the region. >> rose: they do recognize that united states is a power in the region and not going to go away. >> they do. they're very realistic. they recognize

china has deployed two ships to the south china sea to help in that effort. these are pictures of family members that had been gathering at beijing airport to greet their loved ones arriving on the plane and as you can see the distress of learning that plan would not be landing. it was to have landed saturday morning in beijing. using rather bleak language in a statement malaysia airlines said we are working with the authorities to have activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft. our team is currently calling the next of kin of passengers and crew. the focus at the mama was to work with emergency responders. we will have more about that in a moment. most of the people on board flight came from china but as the ceo of malaysia airlines told reporters earlier there were passengers from a dozen other countries, too. >> there were 14 nationalities among the passengers. china, 152. plus one infant. from malaysia, 38. indonesia, 12. australia, 7. france, 3. the united states of america, usa, three plus one infant. new zealand, too. ukraine, too.

malaysian billionaire owns the south china morning post and has huge investments in china. analysts say such relationships with the mainland have an impact on the independent media in hong kong. >> another way beijing is changing the media landscape is by inserting political allies within news outlets. the south china morning post has been a hong kong institution since 1903 and the city's leading english language newspaper. in 2012, the paper appointed its first editor from the mainland, wang way. >> it is reasonable that people will speculate whether the his political information would be from china to the extent that he may not be an independent editor, ordinariln the other ha journalist by profession. he has a lot of experience. so one can never pin down on whether the move is a politically motivated one. >> since he has been editor, the situation has worsened. the most spectacular incident was on the coverage of a blind dissident who died in suspicious circumstances on the mainland. the story was meant to run quite prominently on south china morning post but it was cut

, off the south china sea. in the south china sea, sorry. >> raj, thanks for that information. just a short time ago i tuk tald to our florence lui and asked her what she knows. >> the official said the company had lost contact with the flig flight. rumors are going and that the plane landed in a city in china and they are working to verify the authenticityivit authenticie reports. working very closely with emergency responders and have also contacted passengers next of kin to notify them yet to be able to make contact with the plane. now he also said that the -- that they've not as far as they're aware they have not received a distress signal from the flight before they lost contact with the aircraft. the last point of contact was at a point somewhere over the south china sea which would have been on the rare craft flight path on its way to beijing. >> florence lui in kuala lumpur. it can hold up to 37,000 gallons of fuel, it weighs 545,000 pounds. can travel 6,000 miles, typically flying routes london to new

south china sea. general saki called the act a provocation that raises tensions. she said the u.s. was troubled by the report that chinese patrol vessels on sunday forced two philippine supply ships to turn away from waters at that time spraltly island. the island are at the center of a territorial dispute between the philippines and china. they were supposedly taking supplies. saki noticed the philippines has maintained a presence there since 1999 and say there is should be no interference with efforts to maintain the status quo. china and acian countries signed a declaration aimed at peacefully resolving territorial issues in the south china sea. china has been increasingly active in the sea claiming most of it as its own. >>> search crews have been sent to check a spot where satellite images found what could be debris from the missing malaysian jetliner. they have been scouring the ocean for almost a week looking for the passenger plane. officials at a chinese space development agency say their sat

let's talk about these oil slicks on the south china sea. what needs to happen next to find out if indeed those are ma markers that the plane went down there? >> kind of a simple matter of checking out those oil slicks and find out what kind of oil are we talking about. is it gt4 kerosene or just some oil from boats or whatever. that would give us an indication of what kind of a slick it is. you've dealt with having oil slicks from almost any number of different sources. the fact is there does present a real possibility. that we're hovering over the accident silgt. the thing is a puzzle of enormous proportions with all kinds of different scenarios. >> so, give us an idea -- >> it's getting through a waiting game. how soon and how sure can we be of what we're learning and it has to be absolutely horrible for the surviving families to go through this, but there's nothing else we can do about it. >> right, so, when you're dealing with something of this magnitu magnitude, help us understand how investigators go about trying to locate this plane.

the us state department spokes person has criticized china for blocking philippine ships in the south china sea. jan said she'd call the act of provocation that raises tensions. she said the us was troubled by the report that chinese patrol vessels on sunday forced to philippine supply ships to turn away from waters near this friendly islands. the islands are at the center of a territorial dispute between the philippines and china the philippines ships were reportedly taking supplies to troops guarding an controlled by the country stacie noted that the philippines has maintained a presence at the shoal since nineteen ninety nine. she said there should be no interference with efforts to maintain the status quo. time an aussie and countries including the philippines signed a declaration in two thousand and two in debt peacefully resolving territorial issues in the south china sea. china has been increasingly active in the sea claiming most of it has its own. the top officer of u s marines says planning for the construction of new infrastructure and mom will start early next to it that i

islands and the south china sea. we will see it happening everywhere. the world knows it and they're scared to death.

it's in the south china sea, and will reach there in 24 hours. families are awaiting any news for their missing loved ones. the plane was on the way from kuala lumpur to beijing when it vanished. >> search efforts continue for the missing plane as vietnamese aircraft search the area where the plane was last in touch with ground control. families wait for news for the plane that disappeared off the radar saturday morning. 239 people were on board. in beijing, there are similar scenes. there's few details, but the fact that the crew didn't send a distress detail means whatever happened may have happened quickly. >> our focus is to work with responders and authorities and mobilise full support. our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and family members. >> a vietnamese search and rescue member said the last signal was detected 225km west of vietnam. international effort are underway. here is what we know about the flight path. the trip was 7200, left kuala lumpur at 12:41am. it was expected to arrive in beijing at 6:30am.

rescue crews are now searching an area in the south china sea under darkness. search helicopters and airplanes are also being deployed. the biggest clue so far, traces of oil that a vietnamese plane spotted in waters over the search area. officials say the oil slicks are between six and nine miles long. and now, to the confusion surrounding the identities of two of the passengers. malaysian airline says there is one austrian and one italian passenger on board the missing jet, but austria and italy deny that. renee marsh joins us by phone. what are we learning as to why they are saying that their citizens are on that plane? >> right, at this point, this part of this story here is really raising a lot of questions because we're not just talking about one passenger, but we're talking about two passengers. one from austria, one from italy and both saying their citizens were listed as being on this plane, however, they say they were not on the plane. so, this creates a big question for investigators that they're really going to want to get to the bottom of and i wou

we begin the news of the malaysia airlines flight which went missing over the south china sea on saturday a plane carrying two hundred and thirty nine people on board took off from kuala lumpur. headed for beijing. some ninety one and two hours after takeoff radio contact was lost at this hour airlines officials are still denying the plane has crashed no wreckage has yet been found. ships from malaysia china and vietnam are currently carrying out search operations. all family members wait for news of their loved ones posting cats mark thompson has more. and of the suites are friends on from the passengers on flights in each three seventeen. i was off the plane was due to land the arrivals board in beijing still reports the croft is delayed. both ortiz lost contact with the malaysia airlines flight on syria to forty local time and that the south china sea. few hours off the plane took off from quantum foam. in that it is. though our eighth and ninth. these. unknown poet and korea. the poem. the man who had been on board the boeing seven seven seven jets. two hundred and twenty seven passen

another sewns the south china post and has huge investments. relationships with the mainland have an impact on the independence on media in hong kong. >> another way that beijing is changing the landscape is by inserting political analysts. the south china morning post has been a hong kong institution since 1903. in 2012, the paper appointed its firsted tore. >> it is reasonable for people to speculate whether his background and political ipp clination will be very much prochina, to the extent that he may not be an independent editor. on the ordinary hand, a journalist by profession, he has a lot of experience, so when he never pin down on whether the move is politically motivated. >> since he has been editor, the situation has worsened. the most spectacular incident was the coverage of a blind dissident dying in suspicious circumstances on the mainland. the story was meant to run on the south china morning post but was cut and pushed to the back pages. the senior editor who questioned that decision was told that he didn't have to explain anyth

originally, they were looking in the south of china sea. they are stopping that investigation and moving it somewhere else after looking at the data they have received to reevaluate where they are looking. >> and we are past day six now of this just amazing mystery. and of course, we are keeping you up to date as we get the information. we pass it on. you will have all the very latest if you keep it here to kpix5. we will have regular updates on kpix.com and we want to just let you know that it is a fluid situation and the reports are continuing to change a little bit just to recap briefly. the malaysia

of late, however, as china has claimed most of the south china sea, and lots of island chains within that great region, that are also claimed by vietnam, malaysia, philippines, and brunei, there's lots of tension. this search for this plane has actually brought at least momentarily everybody together in a common endeavor. this is not something that's always come easily to china, which has always been circumspect about violations of other countries' sovereignty, for humanitarian intervention, or efforts that have involved sort of collective international community. so this is a good example, i think, of china joining such an effort. but i don't think in the long run it's going to mitigate the tensions in the south china sea. >> all right. orville shell joining us from san francisco, thank you very much. >> pleasure. >>> to the other major story, the crisis in ukraine. this afternoon ukraine accusing russia of sending troops outside of crimea. they said russia deployed 80 troops, three armored vehicles and four helicopter gun ships in a region north of crimea. back here in new york, at

the vietnamese state media report that the plane could have gone down near the south china sea, near vietnam's sworn coast. the acting transport minister gave this update. >> we have been working closely with our neighbours, especially with china, vietnam, philippines and indonesia, where we have requested assistance. first on information or whereabouts the plane may be, and secondly there is a need for search and rescue which we cannot - i've been told that cooperation from the military side is very forthcoming. we are doing everything we can to ensure that every possible angle in this situation is addressed. the second point i wanted to raise is to avoid speculation. there's two issues that have been raised. the first is not true, and the second is that they found wreckage on an island on the south side of vietnam. d.c. a and our foreign office have said that is not true. since the report mentioned the vietnamese navy, i'm getting confirmation through the military on that. we should be able to get an answer regarding that piece of information in a couple of hours. >> live now to be

we could not factor the search operations over land in the south china sea, and the indian motion. at every stage, we acted on the basis of very fine information, and we followed every credible lead, sometimes these leads have left nowhere. there has been intense speculation. -- frustration. we understand the need for information from the families cm investigation and the families to only release information that has been corroborated, and our primary motivation has always been to find the plane. in the first place of the search operation, we search near mh370's last known location, in the south china sea. at the same time, it was brought to our attention by the royal national air force that based on the primary radar, an aircraft, the identity of which could not be confirmed may have turned back. the primary radar data showed the aircraft proceeding on the flight path, which took it to an area north of the strait of malacca. given this credible data, which was subsequently corroborated with irrelevant -- >> you're listening live to the news conference from ma laze yam the prime mi

they've been scouring the south china sea, where chinese satellites have captured three specific objects. a navy destroying has been diverted to the west coast as the search area widens to both sides of the peninsula. the "wall street journal" is reporting flight nh370 was in the air for four hours after its last confirmed location. the plane vanished about an hour after take you have from kuala lumpur as it was thought to be flying over the south china sea. let's speak to our correspondent. more confusion. the chinese government saying they have satellite images, they didn't release it for four days after they were discovered, and malaysians and vietnamese saying they can't find them. >> they are saying it was a breach of protocol. the officials say they should have had the information about images that satellites from china picked up, that could have helped them to direct the search operations to these areas specifically. it was in a bigger area they were looking at. because they waited for so long, they are calling it - malaysian officials are calling it a breach of the protocol. they

originally, they were looking in the south of china sea. they are stopping that investigation and moving it somewhere else after looking at the data they have received to reevaluate where they are looking. >> and we are past day six now of this just amazing mystery. and of course, we are keeping you up to date as we get the information. we pass it on. you will have all the very latest if you keep it here to kpix5. we will have regular updates on kpix.com and we want to just let you know that it is a fluid situation and the reports are continuing to change a little bit just to recap briefly. the malaysian prime minister is holding a live news conference in kuala lumpur says there is a high degree of certainty that the transponder was disabled, other communication disabled by someone consistent of deliberate action of someone on the plane in his words. >> not confirming or denying that it was indeed hijacked but they are looking at all possible scenarios and they are reevaluating where they are going to continue the search. we are going to st

a search in the south china sea will end. european observers invited by russia are arriving in crimea for sunday's referendum. it will decide whether the region will split from the ukraine. saturday the u.n. security council is expected to vote. >> syrian forces take one of the the last rebel-held areas. the army entered the area. a syrian activist groups said lebanon's hezbollah is spear heading the fight. fighting is taking place in northern hama province. >> the number two leader in al nusra has been killed in fighting. he was the armed group's negotiator in talks to release a group of nuns. he was the commander. >> it was three years ago that a peaceful protest in southern syria triggered a conflict. it reduced much of the conflict to rubble. the conflict started in march 2011. anti-government protesters took to the streets. dozens were killed in the start of a brutalal bragg down. the free syrian army was formed. made up of army defectors and volunteers. more armed groups continued the fight. al nusra began to operate in

the search for the aircraft has now been widened west into the andaman sea and east to the south china sea. how can-can a plane disappear without any trace ? >>> three years after the start of the syria conflict, we're live on the jordan/syria border examining the ever worsens plight of the millions of people who have had to flee the fighting. >>> hello, everyone. day 7 since the disappearance of that malaysian airliner with 239 people on board. the search area had to be widened yet further. rescuers began their search in the south china sea. they have expanded that area several times. the first of the straits of malacca. now the u.s. said it is shifting focus towards the andaman islands and the indian ocean after electronic evidence from ping signals from equipment on board the aircraft for several hours. the acting transport minister gave this update on the search. >> ladies and gentlemen, there's been a lot of media speculation today after comments from unnamed u.s. officials suggested the plane may have traveled for some time after losing contact. as is standard procedure, the inve

it is well into the south china sea roughly halfway between malaysia and vietnam. this is the administration for national defense saying on march 9th suspected crash at sea. there were three suspected floating objects. that's about all i can tell you at moment. this is march 9th, a sunday. that flight took off on -- early saturday morning so, we need to get a lot more background checks on this, but that's what they are saying at the moment, which as i say it's on the flight path but a lot of the theories now are pointing very much towards the plane actually going to the west, going in totally the opposite direction on the other side of malaysia. >> andrew, stay with us. i want to go to michael goldfarb, former official with the federal aviation administration. when you see a report like this, the chinese government saying they've detected an image 22 by 24 meters in the south china sea -- >> sunday? it's wednesday. it's three days out and we're just getting this information now. the image was taken on sunday, three days ago. where has that been? that would have gre

seismic activity in the south china sea. it was 100 kilometers from where flights mh-370 was spotted in the south china sea. i'm sure that will be getting checked out. but for the relatives here, well, they just want answers. they want to know what has happened to their loved ones who were due to arrive in beijing in 10 hours time almost a week ago. >> martin, for the most, thank you. what the transportation minister was taking question on was this reported benign signal which seemed to be picked up somewhere in the indian ocean from something which is transmitted in a benign way. the question many people are asking, how can a modern aircraft just vanish apparently without trace? well, the transport correspondent richard wescott has this analysis on what airliners transmit and how the signals are received. >> the boeing 777 is full of sophisticated gadgets that should constantly tell the world where it is. satellites track the aircraft's location. something called a transponder tracks it on the ground. this seems to show the

yesterday, authorities cited two oil slicks in the south china sea, 16 nautical miles south of the last point of contact with mh-370. the first slick was investigated and analyzed and found to contain tiny traces of jet fuel. no jet was found in the vicinity. we do not believe the slick is linked to mh-270. some from second slick was investigated and analyzed and did not contain jet fuel. the investigative team accepted help from all those who can help locate the missing location. when we receive new information, and it has been very fine, we act accordingly. wherever there is a possibility, we have a duty to investigate it. from the beginning of the crisis, we have worked hand in hand with all the relevant authorities, including international agencies, experts and aircraft manufacturers. we have daily technical meetings with all the key players. we have followed the protocol set out by the international civil aviation authority. we have been in regular contact with our neighboring countries, and we have welcomed all international offers of assistance. we are committed to one aim, which

as it moved between the south china sea and the strait of malacca.

a new book considers the implications of another volatile region, the south china sea. the book is called "asia's cauldron." i'm pleased to have robert kaplan at the table. >> thank you. >> let me start with the ukraine. how do you see it through the prism of the book you have written about geography? >> there is a difference between analysis and policy. analysis has to be cold-blooded. policy has to be moral. what we have seen with the speech in europe was moral inspirational leadership. here is the problem. here is where the story geography tells. ukraine is thrust so far east, and so developed by russia, the ukraine was where russia started. ukraine matters more to any russian leader than it matters to the united states, or even leaders in europe. it's president obama's job to inspire the europeans to say no, it matters to us. we die for our ideals through the 20th century. we cannot let this stand. obama knows the difficulties through his realistic analysis. now he has to inspire europe to do more because of geography. europe is meshed with the russian economy. a we

on the conduct of parties in the south china sea between china and as iam in the country is. in nineteen ninety nine the philippine war ship ran aground in red ivory. the lara has refused to tell him what he has in a recent statement claims the warship was put there to serve as a permanent installation. the philippines has repeatedly attempted to deliver construction materials to build on the reef to intensify and expand its military presence the dprk engine hasn't started high level government hopes that the dprk and the city of ageing. it's the first time in more than a year that officials from the two countries have held talks. a major issue for japan during the two days of talks is the place of at least a dozen of its citizens do it says were adopted by the dprk in the nineteen seventies and nineteen eighties to pass the dti kind don't have diplomatic relations. i held talks in twenty twelve during a brief warming all blogspot does and adopted the cpi cayenne or store opened in december of that dia. the two countries agreed to resume the talks on an informal gathering ear

there has been so calm south china sea. we will not stir up trouble. however we're not afraid of trying of course but we must defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. first isna has often been seen as the gateway to europe especially economically which is why it's only fitting that presidency continues his european tour from germany to brussels where he'll look to strengthen china's relationship with the rest of the european union. some forgotten cctv berlin. these places on the missing malaysia airlines flight ninety three seventy and it's been twenty three days since the banking bound plane vanished mysteriously up to taking off from chua little pot but this still no explanation as to where it went and why. the chinese family members of the passages of life in kuala lumpur on sunday. on arrival the ones that said they will not reject the media would speak to reporters as a unified way they're expected to press malaysian officials in paris and the more the titles on the investigation as well as the evidence as to how they came to the conclusi

blue ridge in the south china sea. more resources? >> there are plans in the works to have some more resources available in case some of the aircraft debris is located. you know -- we have new information or new -- this is simply just a prudent effort to preposition the equipment and train personnel so that we're able to respond more quickly if debris is actually found. lieutenant can you tell us or would you know how long the navy would stay committed to the search? >> we will stay on the search as long as we're needed. right now we're focused on -- on the mission itself, the crews from the p-8 and the p-3. these are long days for these pilots and air crews. these are dedicated professionals that will continue looking as long as we're needed. >> are all u.s. assets directed to the search near the australian coast or are there more places along? >> the p-8 flight out of perth is directed to the -- the identified search area by the australian authorities. the other aircraft, the p-3 that's flying out of malaysia is still searching anot

that is a very wide area and would have taken it into the south china sea. we also know from your interview a moment ago with the malaysian airlines executive that the flight level was 350, that's 35,000 feet, which basically means it's at altitude in the cruise, which should have been the safest part of flight. >> i thought what was fascinating is he confirmed there was no warning of any issue from the pilots about anything wrong with the plane at all. so this simply adds to the mystery as to what could have happened there. i believe you've been on this flight, is that correct? >> yes, a number of times. i lived in kuala lumpur and bent back and forth to beijing. so the main point is that malaysian airlines itself is a good airline. when you hear of third world airlines, you may think of these african operations with a bad safety record. malaysia has a good safety record. >> the facts as we know them is it took off just after midnight local time, ten hours now ago. so we know it didn't have enough fuel to still be in the air. so this plane has come down, we

for example, for i while they were searching in the south china sea. perhaps it veered so far west it went into the straits of malacca. they do have an idea where the flight path is, they're just not quite willing to reveal publicly just yet until they can confirm it, which seems to indicate they have a lot more information they're not sharing yet, which under normal circumstances in malaysia would be it. you have the international media all pressing for answers. unfortunately, malaysian officials are finding themselves being under fire for not being able to give answers, which must be heart wrenching there. >> angela merkel has warned of catastrophic consequences unless russia changes course over crimea. she said if russia refuses to change course, europeans are ready to take measures with serious economic impact. >> translator: if russia continues on its pursuit the next few weeks it wouldn't just be a catastrophe for ukraine. as neighbors of russia, we would also see it as a threat. this wouldn't just change the entire relationship but i'm convinced

rescue crews are searching on land for a boeing 777 that went missing over the south china sea. the malaysia airways flight suddenly vanished seven miles in the air, and tonight, brand new video and international coalition of at least 22 aircrafts, 40 ships now actively scouring an enormous search area. vietnamese officials just a few hours ago sent ships to get a closer look at debris near a large amount of oil they suspect could be part of the aircraft missing. crews also are searching the ground along the coastline for any sign of that plane that went missing 48 hours ago now. it had reached 37,000 feet about two hours into the flight from koala lam pure. it was on it way to beijing, china. crews lost contact with the plane. 239 people onboard, including three american citizens we know at this point. two of them children, just 4 and 2 years old. but the word of a u-turn has been making headlines. malaysian officials say the jet may have turned around just minutes before it vanished. >> normally, there is if the pilot is unable to proceed as per plan, and normally, then he mak

when it was somewhere over the south china sea. on board the flight, 227 passengers, including two infants and 12 crew, all from 14 different countries. among the missing, 51-year-old philip wood who worked for i.b.m., and two other americans. foreign ministry officials in italy and australia say the names of two nationals from those countries listed on the flight manifest matches passports reportedly stolen in thailand. two-thirds of the passengers were from china. distraught family members rushed to beijing's international airport, hoping for news, any news about their missing loved ones. "my son is only 40 years old," this woman cried. many are frustrated with what they say is the airline's lack of response. "nobody has gotten in touch with us. nobody talks to us," she said. malaysia airline says they're dispatching all information when they receive it. >> reporter: malaysia airlines c.e.o. also said that there was no indication that the pilots had sent a distress signal, suggesting that whatever happened to the airplane happene

this area, south china sea, there is no really -- not heavily trafficked by ships, by air. it is very strange that we're finding all this activity going on there and hopefully that debris field will lead us to that is accurate. >> i hate to be negative here. but mr. abend, thanks. les abend, thanks to so many of you. do you think in today's technology and the advances we have, you think we will absolutely find this plane? >> i'm optimistic. >> okay. thank you very much. we now know that flight 370 had a dramatic drop in altitude. coming up. we'll take you inside our flight simulator and let you know what that looks like. latte or au lait? sunny or bubbly? cozy or cool? "meow" or "woof"? wheels or wheeeels? everything exactly the way you want it ...until boom, it's bedtime. your mattress isn't bliss: it's a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the all-new sleep number classic series. designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. starting at just $699.99 for a queen mattress. he's the softy: his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock: your setting i

that being said the south china sea search will be shut down and all attention focussed west. >> scott updating us on the situation from kooum bur. >> tom valentine joins us, the chief correspondent from orient aviation, a commercial aviation magazine. first of all, looking at the latest evidence that has arisen so far, what scenarios does the evidence point to? >> well, it probably points to one of two things - either a hijacking where someone took control of the aircraft and coerced the pilots to do what they did, or that something happened in the cockpit, that either one or both of the pilots - there was some sort of issue, a psychological thing. they decided to take this plane off to do whether they wanted to do with it. i think it's quite significant though that there has been some take of pilot suicide, for instance, one would have thought if that was the aim, then they would simply have crashed the plane in the south china sea, rather than flying for hours in the other direction. my feeling is that we are looking at some sort of a hijack, a taking over the aircraft. what the pur

china and east tennessee's will stop china's deliberate -- in south china and east china's seas. deliberate -- raises doubts of this representation that china is interested in a peaceful rise. we were dismayed by china's unilateral declaration of an air identification zone last year that didn't want follow proper consultations with its neighboring countries and that includes the airspace over islands that were administered by japan. in addition, china's lack of regard for the intellectual property rights of that u.s. and other nations is a significant problem for the global community . china is the leading source of counterfeit parts both in military systems and in commercial sex or's. in addition, china appears to have engaged in a massive campaign to steal technology and other vital business information from american industry and from our government. china's apparent willingness to exploit cyberspace to conduct corporate espionage and to steal trade and proprietary information from u.s. companies should drive our government and businesses to come to -- come together to advance

>> we are focusing both on the south china sea and in the straits of -- in the statements i have issued, there are 42 ships and 39 aircraft, and these are searching the two areas i mentioned. -- the primeof minister indicated that the area of the search and rescue is going to be expanded. he extended this to the straits of -- [inaudible] >> i fully understand that. this is unprecedented, what we are going through. green countries together -- this is not something that is easy. we are looking at so many aircraft. for the search and each time, the process, it appears that the search-and-rescue becomes just a search. but we will never give up hope. this is what we owe to the families. and the longer it takes for us to find the aircraft, i think are the family members ones -- as i said in my early statement, they are the ones who suffer so much. >> [inaudible] this relates to any particular nation. china obviously still agrees because so many other nationals are involved. -- a crisis ofis this magnitude, sometimes they're driven by emotions and motivations but the goal is to find the aircra

the route is over the south china sea near the coast of vietnam during that time. vietnam has said the plane didn't enter it's air space. the plane went off radar south of vietnam. weather along the route was reported to be good at that time. friends have been waiting anxiously for the news. some voiced their frustration at the lack of information about the plane. the boeing 777 200 is a long range aircraft and was introduced in 1995. it's in service in many airlines around the world and has a good safety record. the airline also has a very good safety record. >> thank you very much. now, for more on the search that's underway for that aircraft, let's go to retired air force lieutenant general tom. thank you for joining us, sir. i know you have been involved in these kind of search operations. the most difficult aspect of this, of course, is that this jet disappeared off the radar a few hours after taking off and yet there is still no indication as to what happened even though they found some oil slicks on the ocean in that area: what do you see as the way to go fo

has also sent to rescue ships to the south china sea to help yep roc with two hundred and thirty nine people on bullish lost contact with and traffic control at two forty am on saturday to alice onto the team on oh four and the passengers on board twelve from sixteen countries including one hundred and fifty four from china. as you mentioned just now that i'm asking. actually to rescue ships to south china sea to help search for the nation many see as lines and cried and chinese opinion he could tell what heads and the media to imagine series almost touching the civil aviation authorities to lepak many cf in the rescue operations and vietnamese rescue officials say any ripples that the signal from the pain had been detected to look for walks. and chinese presidents eating peanuts or dead imagine seam edges to be taken in response to the disappearance of them in a scene flights bound for beijing to let me sing with more than hundred and fifty chinese nationals on board and see what this is the ministry of foreign affairs and chinese embassies and cause rates to strut through contact wi

stop all of the searching in the south china sea. focus in the indian ocean. and he's going to hold consultations with the countries that may be involved in that search effort. there's been a lot of the neighbors that have come together. unclear whether they want to continue on into the indian ocean. the indian navy has joined that. the u.s. navy is there as well. they're beginning that search already before the prime minister spoke today. but he said he's instructed the foreign minister to give a full briefing to the countries that may be involved here and he said it goes all the way from the border of kazakhstan and turkmenistan in one corridor, all the way down to just open water in the southern indian ocean, from indonesia. so a huge area, to be covered. no doubt about that. and he wants to bring in some of these countries that might have radar records. he says they're being invited. they're going to be briefed, and they're going to try to find out if they can collect even more data that will yield some solid clues, particularly if it took that northern ro

he is here in the south china sea. none of them, either one of those ship is is really where the arcs are. i wanted to ask them why they are not where malaysia thinks the plane was. maybe we can get him back tomorrow or the next day. they are going to be very, very busy. i woulden der if those helicopters can fly over land or do they have to stay over the water. commander, i hear you are still there. can you hear me? >> i am still here. i listen to you guys on td news all the time. >> thank you. the malaysian government has put these little arcs but your ships are not near the arcs. are you searching a different pattern or are you doing something completely different or do you have other information? >> the two are the northernmost arcs you see goes over land. we are not really flying over land. we do have permission from malaysian to fly over their territory. any time you fly over anyone's land, you need their permission. right now, just up, malaysia. the southern most side, where really no one is down in that area, t

we have conducted search operation over land, in the south china sea the straits of malacca, the andaman sea and the indian ocean. at every stage we acted on the basis of verified information, and we followed every credible lead. sometimes these leads have led nowhere. there has been intense speculation. we understand the desperate need for information on behalf of the fament lis and those -- families and those watching around the world. but we have a responsibility to the investigation and the families to only release information that has been corroborated. and our primary motivation has always been to find the plane. in the first case of a search operation, we search near flight 370's last known position in the south china sea. at the same time it was brought to our attention by the royal malaysian air force that based on their primary radar and aircraft, the identity of which could not be confirmed, made a turn back. the primary radar data showed the aircraft proceeding on a flight path which took it to an area north of the straits of malacca. given this credible data, which was subse

prejean has dispatched several ships to the south china sea two cents given the high degree of attention the government is doing all he can to demonstrate. it's taking the situation seriously. that miniscule beijing the russians in ukraine are doing what they can to influence the results of a referendum on their future voters in the autonomous republic of crimea will decide on sunday whether they want their weekend to unite with the brush and the fifty s the russians guarded and train station in the city of sin the roll call. they stop passengers arriving from the capital kiev. they chanted their passports and baggage. their leaders said they tried to prevent extremists close to ukraine's internal governance from entering tiny and some passengers complained that suggested the situation is unavoidable. doesn't that mean you knew it would be that we have lived in crime and for a long time. without restrictions. a number of students. it's not very nice to be treated like this but wouldn't it be. i did them. i do it. chinese prime minister has said enough. he wants patrols will include about

in the south china sea. at the same time, it was brought to our attention by the air force that based on their primary radar, and aircraft, the identity of which could not be confirmed, made a turn back. the primary radar data showed the aircraft proceeding on a flight path which took it to an area north of the straits of malacca. given this credible data, which was subsequently corroborated with the relevant international authorities, we expanded the area of search to include the straits of malacca and later to the sea. early this morning i was briefed by the investigation team, which includes the faa, ntsb, the aaib, the malaysian authorities, and the acting minister of transport on new information that shed further light on what happened to flight 370. based on satellite communication, we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and reporting systems or acars was disabled just before the aircraft reached the east coast of the peninsula. shortly afterwards, near t

and also, china looks at the south china sea the way the united states, we, looked a to the greater caribbean in the 19th and early 20th century. we control the caribbean, it unlocks the door to world power. >> so should we be concerned about the growing u.s./china military relationship? >> we should be. because, look, the united states and china are locked in a tight economic embrace. which is a stabilizer for our relationship. so that's the soft end of our relationship. the hard end is where this chinese navy is deployed in its adjacent seas and where the united states is deployed in the pacific. the chinese officials have said to me, look, you've come from half a world away with your navy. that makes you a hegemonic power, but these are our own seas, we're just protecting our own. but the united states would say, wait a minute, we're a pacific power too. we fought world war ii in the pacific, we fought vietnam, korea, we've been supporting the philippines sin 1899, we're destined to be a pacific power. so the different points of view of the united states and chooin are geographical points

these images were taken on sunday from a government satellite over the south china sea. the images according to the chinese shows three objects that seem to be floating in the ocean, large pieces, 43 x 59, 56 x 62, and 78 x 72. importantly, these images are identified as being in the very area of the south china sea over which the plane was reported half way between malaysia and vietnam. the coordinates put the wreckage south of vietnam. and this is an area that has been searched heavily by dozens of ships, plane, helicopters and from a dozen navys. again if the images show the plane debris then the plane never made a u-turn and headed back towards malaysia, and the strait of malacca, as the military suggested the past two days. the development comes as the defined search zone grew to 35,000 square miles. to the gulf of thailand, to the west, the strait of malacca, and the sea, with the indian navy joining the search pursuing the theory that the plane did double back. the images are correct they will focus on whether or not the crash was human error or something else. an

the vietnamese military saying they spotted two large oil slicks in the south china sea and it's sending two ships now to investigate. aircraft and ships from several other nations have also been searching the south china sea for the aircraft. but malaysia's transport minister says so far no wreckage has been found. the malaysian airlines 777 went missing yesterday local time on a flight from the malaysian capital to beijing in china. it had 227 passengers and 12 crew. there were 14 different nationalities on the plane including three americans. 150 of the passengers on board were chinese nationals. it's reported that two passengers an italian and austrian on the plane's manifest were not on the flight. they both reportedly had passports stolen in thailand. the authorities say they are looking at all possibilities for the reason for the missing plane, including terrorism. contact was lost with the plane two hours into its flight. at that time the plane should have been flying close to the vietnamese coast. the plane didn't enter its air space. friends and relatives have been waiting at b

we have conduct i had search operations over the land in the south china sea and the indian ocean. at every stage we acted on the basis of verified information, and we followed every credible lead. sometimes the lead have lead to no where. there has been spec lags -- speculation. we understand the need for information. on behalf of the families and those watching around the world, we have a responsibility to the investigation and the families to only release information that has been corroborated. our primary motivation has been to find the plane. in the first phase of the search of the operation we searched near the last known position in the south china sea. at the same time it was brought to our attention that based on the primary radar and aircraft the identity of which made it turn back. it was sitti on the aircraft and took it north of the straits of mallaca. given this credible data which was subsequently corroborated with the international authorities, we expanded the area of search to include the straits of manaka you. earlier this morning i was briefed by the investigatio