Of the earth. New satellite images may show debris. Missing Malaysia Airlines boeing 777 an apparent gas explosion in new york city. Con received a call 15 minutes before the explosion. By the time they got there it had collapsed. Diplomatic effort to end the crisis in ukraine. The border controlled by Russian Troops. We consider to be a violation of International Law. Evil incarnate. Exor sis or is we begin with possible clues in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which disappeared saturday on route from kuala lumpur to beijing, with 239 on board. Images shot by a chinese satellite sunday show three large objects floating near the area where the South China Sea meets the gulf of thailand. A new zealand Oil Rig Worker reported in an email that he observed the plane burning at a High Altitude in one piece. He said he informed authorities in vietnam and malaysia. Vietnamese officials searched the area and found nothing. Malaysian authorities are unclear, saying they detected radar blips that could have come from the boeing 777. Analysts are speculating why the transponders switched off into the flight. Malaysian officials released the pilots last words. All he said was, all right, roger that at the transfer. For more im joined by former Inspector General with the u. S. Department of transportation. Have you seen an investigation into an air crash that is as confused and chaotic as this one . No, and part of the reason is theres no clear leadership. The International CivilAviation Organization rules that the Civil Aviation investigatory body should take the lead. We have the malaysian military taking the lead. Its causing confusion, and they dont have much experience in the area of leading these technical investigations. The Big Development on wednesday was the release of chinese Satellite Photos that show three large objects. The largest is 79 by 72 feet. Theres a lot of debate as to whether its possible that large debris is consistent with debris from a High Altitude crash. What do you thing . It depends what caused the catastrophe at 35,000 feet. If it was a situation where you had a problem, a fuel tank explosion, or a wing off an explosion or fire, then you would expect to see parts really torn apart and widely dispersed. If it was like an air france 447, the plane encountered bad weather. It had a stall, an aerodynamic stall. The air stopped moving across the rings at a speed fast enough to keep the plane flying and it fluttered to the earth like a leaf, the ocean. That could leave you with big parts. In the case of airfrance, it did not. Depends what the catastrophic event was. Wouldnt there be more debris evident . Yes. When a plane hits the water after an explosion or the wing coming off, or twa, an explosion. If a plane hits the water from a High Altitude, 35,000 feet, its like hitting cement. It comes apart. The only exception is if there was a water landed attempt and the only successful one we know from aviation history was captain sulemburger and jeffrey styles. If this is debris in the pictures, that the huge metal pieces could have floated for hours after the plane crashed . If there are parts of the plane that will float. For example, parts of the wings might float, the tale. Usually its things inside the cabin, the gallie carts. Parts like that are good floating. So to see huge parts, we know the foos large probably wouldnt float. That would be suspicious. The winds are large, thin on the end. Graceful, actually. Its possible for the sake of the family i hope that it is. Its too early to tell. The big question is why are they only releasing them now, why publicly to the malaysian authorities, and how did the ship that searched miss it. What is your cut. I heard others argue that the pieces are too large, and it doesnt make sense that it would be part of the airplane. My gut says we have to wait and see. When i see accidents and cases i worked on, its widely scattered. It takes the coast guard and the navy weeks and weeks to collect the pieces. Literally a flotilla of people. People collect it from all over. It was a widespread debris. Then i used to be an aviation professor. Planes find them intact rarely, but anything is possible. My hope is that it is. Im skeptical at this point. For the families i hope it is. Theres so much work to be done. The work has not started. So much confusion, the work of gathering the pieces, doing the residue testing, for the presence of other materials. Finding the black bombs and the sad chore and job of respectfully collecting the remains. The eyewitness testimony sounds compelling. The vietnamese searched the area and found nothing. If the oil rig is close enough to where he could have seen an explosion. He talks about fire in the sky. Could the plane have come down in large pieces like that . Its possible. Again, it depends what happened. When i worked the chalks case, the wing came off. When the wing game you have the fuel caught fire. There was a fireball. It came in two pieces. It wasnt an explease if event. When you see it put together, its amazingly intact once put back together. Its possible, if there was a fireball, i think ooud seed wider dispertion of the debris. We hope that for the familys sake we figure out and solve the mystery. Later on you have probably all heard how satellites can rate your cars licence rate. How powerful are they. Why couldnt they find the aircraft. Now to the gas leak that triggered an explosion. Three people were killed, dozens injuredment the blast was so violent. The tragedy serves as a reminder of the dangerous infrastructure. An average of 27 gas leaks kill an average of in my opinion and injuring 45 more. Bill de blasio said the blast occurred 18 minutes after a 911 call about a gas leak. There was no warning in advance. This is a tragedy. There was no indication. For more we are joined by brieingan mccall. Residents on the scene in new york said the blast felt like an earthquake. Some smelt gas on tuesday. Otherwise there was not a warning. Is there any way to tell. I thought there were detection systems. There are. But they are very rudimentary. To this day, natural gas is odourless and colourless, and we add an odourizing agent so you can smell it. Given the technology you can have is the last thing contenned with is that theres gas out and about. Normally if you smell the rotten egg smell people should call immediately. Absolutely, and, you know, id like to tell your listeners, if you smell something that smells like rotten eggs, call 911. Natural gas leaks can be dangerous. Its a commodity we use. It comes into our homes, heats our homes. We use it to turn on the ovens. If you smell Something Like that, you shouldnt dismiss it. You should call. The explosion cams as Utility Companies are grappling with the ageing gas mains, mostly made out of cast iron, some of which date whack to world war ii. The nta is investigating and concerned about the old pipes. Lets listen to some of that. We had a longstanding concern about castiron pipe and we are looking at that. This morning we had a briefing to our staff, talking about a pipeline accident in birmingham, that did involve cast iron pipe. This is something that we are very interested in, we are concerned about. We are talking about millions of miles of pipes throughout the United States. Obviously, as it did today, it cap lead to tragedy. How can we get rid of the pipes in our cities . We have 2. 6 million miles of pipeline, enough to wrap around the earths surface 100 times, more than any other nation. Almost 2 million are what we call Natural Gas Distribution lines coming into the neighbourhoods and districts. The boston globe reported that the gas line in the area could date back to 1889. Rover cleveland was president. We brought north dakota into the state of union as the 4th date. The difficulty is its difficult to get access to the lines, and a significant cost to pull them out. You have the pipes within the buildings themselves. That adds to the complications. Its been reported that more than 2 of the gas leaks. Duke University Researchers drove around washington d. C. And found 6,000 natural gas leaks were out there, including 12 that could have caused explosions. In boston, 3600. Six of which were dangerous. With all that going on, its a miracle that we dont see more of these. We need to update the play book. We need to change your the laws and the regulations. All theuality companies should set aside money for improvement programs to go about replacing the lines. We need to leverage and adopt newer technology. We have censors that can detect gas from long distances. They have to be brought into the industry. I thought there was a wakeup call about all of this a few years ago with the gas explosion that killed eight, destroyed 37 homes. Was there not enough of a reaction to that . I think that was a wakeup call. That was a 1950s pipeline with a single bad weld in it. My former agency came out saying you have to take a hard look at ageing infrastructure. Because its old doesnt mean its unsafe, but you have to maintain it and watch for the development around the existing infrastructure, because oftentimes Development Comes to places thatrural areas. The number one leading cause of pipeline accidents, utility accidents is third party damage. We need tougher laws. Theres a lot we can do. Its time to become proactive instead of reaccessory. Its worse in older cities. Far fewer than in the United States from lightening. Are you worried as the infrastructure grows, that that will change your. With cities that have been around. Where you have ageing infrastructure, it is an issue. Here in phoenix, where we are growing, new infrastructure is going into the ground, its made out of flexible material. What it means is we have to be vigilant, we have to deploy newer technology. Sonar mechanisms, there are things we can do. We have to do that because we have to keep people safe so it doesnt happen again. Thank you for joining us and giving us your thoughts. More deaths in venezuela as there is a call for sanctions against the government. Harmeli aregawi is tracking top stories. We have numbers on an issue we have covered the rise of adhd prescriptions. While you are watching, join the conversation by tweeting to us. Or leave a comment on facebook and google payments. Google pages the u. S. Passed a resolution condemning the oppression in venezuela calling for sanctions. It comes as violence continues in venezuela after a month of protests. Three more were killed as government battled protestors. 25 have died. A big confrontation took place in the streets of caracases tear gas and water canons were accused. Dozens were injured. Carl meechan is the director at the center for strategic and international studies, and travelled to the rangeon to work with government and state departments. He joins us to discuss this from washington. Good to have you with us. The conflict in venezuelan is described in an editorial cartoon which shows president Nicolas Maduros standing with armed Venezuelan Police saying we are the revolution behind riot gear as the protesters are reduced to tossing stones. Does anyone buy the government lone of trying to portray itself as revolutionary, and extremist, fascists. I think a lot has changed since the late 90s, and early 2000s, when you had a furious rhetoric personalitiry, like hugo chavez, who was carrying the banner of that resolution. You have the streets of maimer cities in venezuela major cities in venezuela in chaos. You have scarsity, fears and crime. You dont have the same stability, id say, that you had years ago with mr chavez. No one would argue that mr chavez was a controversial leader. But a lot of folks would say at least he helped poverty between 2002 and 2012. Now, what you have are people that are struggling to have basic rights. I mean the kids that started the protest. They started protesting because of crime. And because of state institutions werent doing their job. Then there are other issues, like Economic Issues that are so severe. Right now it seems like the revolution is being carried out. Its not being carried out by Nicolas Maduro and his supporters, but the students and other folks that are claiming basic rights to do with economic rights, having to do with doing away with crime and bringing back stability to the every day lives of venezuela. In the meantime the alliance strengthens, and we here a rhetoric sounding like it comes out of Fidel Castros playbook. How comfortable can we be that they are taking an antiamerican position. You have a venezuelan that has not had problems with keeping its commitments to the United States with regards to oil. On the other hand instability in venezuela means venezuelan is a member of o. P. E. C. , its one of its biggest price hawks. It means that the price of Oil Increases because venezuela is a Large Supplier of oil. The price goes up because of instability in venezuela. That affect the United States, and they luckily is producing more of its own gas and petroleum oil, so we are in a better situation than in the past. But to say that this is not an issue that is relevant not just to the United States but others in the region is a mistake. I would add to that that countries like cuba benefit from venezuelas largess through through discounted oil. More the more instability, the worse it is for energy stability. Now, Al Jazeera America correspondent filed a report where they mentioned the protests started. The deaths were in vallentivale Opposition Forces were making molotov cocktails. Even though there are peaceful protests, violence is a daily occurrence. Is that hurting the cause . On the one hand you have the molotov cocktails, but the government is employing russian fighter jets and barricades, and using, tacitly, street gangs that operate and cause havoc and fear on any protestor that goes out there. So i think that the protesters are at a disadvantage in the Bigger Picture as it relates to the government. The government has all it in its hands. Lets listen to a couple of protesters. They are hiding their identities. What do you want the world to know . We are ruled by a dictator. When will this stop . It will stop when the res tent we dont what about negotiating. We dont negotiate with people that kill their own people. The opposition has its heels dug in. They are totally outgunned. Now the u. S. Is kicking in diplomatic efforts. The senate unanimously, which rarely happens, talked about and called for sanctions. Would it help the opposition . I think the sanctions are targeted enough to be significant. They are freezing seats. Its an proost approach. Secretary kerrys statement that hed invoke the democratic charter is appropriate and necessary. Lets be honest. What is happening in venezuela is of concern. There are serious regional implications involved in this, to do with columbia. Venezuela turned into a narco state. It was a petro state. They are implications as it relates to support in the region, and the instability that comes if the situation is not stabilized. What the senator does is smart. Its ineffective, going after specific individuals that have a stake in continuing their situation, receiving the largess of International Investment that they have been able to gain through in many situations corrupt approaches. Theres a lot of corporate corruption of people who allegedly have huge accounts. Its an important topic. Its great to have you on the show. Thank you. Thanks for inviting me. Switching to the crisis in ukraine. Ballot boxes were assembled in crimea for a referendum that could split off. In washington president obama assured ukraines acting Prime Minister that ukraine had americas support, and that russia would pay a price for its actions in crimea. We have been clear that we consider the russian and persian crimea outside of its bases to be a violation of International Law and agreements of which russia is a siing gnattor. For more im joined from washington d. C. By a senior fellow at the mif center amongst others of the christian, good to have you with us. President obama told acting Prime Minister on wednesday that the u. S. Stands with ukraine in ensuring ter terror nal integrity and repeated that russia would face costs if it violates International Law. Does the white house meeting have reel value beyond moral support. It was all about moral support. Its important to remember that ukraine was not a nato member. The military means of responding to what russia has done is limited. The most hawkish republicans have not called for a military response. Its about moral support. We can help out on the money side. Ukraine is about to go broke. We have approved a billion worth of loan guarantees. It is probably a drop in the bucket. The g7, the club of wealthy countries, which russia is part of, part of the g8. The other countries came out with a statement telling russia to stop what its going. It has a certain degree of power, but i doubt it will dissuade mr Vladimir Putin. The g7 weighed in. Warning russia as to the annexation of russia. Because of the lack of adequate preparation and the intimidating presence of Russian Troops, the referendum would have no force and the g7 would not recognise the outcome. Vladimir putin, does moral force, is that something that matter to him when hes deciding on policy. I dont think it is. I think what matters to him is traditional power in the form of military power is money. United states is authorised sanctions against individuals and the russian government associated with the invasion of crimea. But the problem is that our european allies are not willing to go that far. Places like london are dependent on russian finance and are baulking at the idea of sanctioning specific people. Unless we can get on the same page, i doubt that will amount to much. Sergei lavrov and john kerry will meet in london. Will anything come out of that. That will interesting. Secretary of state john kerry has been trying to get a meeting with my only love, and hes been staying away from that, avoiding kerry. And that seems to be because Vladimir Putin wants to keep the initiative in his open hands. I think that Vladimir Putins strategy is to keep all of the channels, all the power in his own hands and probably giving instructions on how to act. Sundays referendum. Is it a done deal. Crimea will be a part of russia in a matter of weeks. The questions asked doesnt really give them an option of saying no. Thats correct. I think its a done deal. Everyone knows that. Russia has thousands of troops. There were thousands before troops were moved in. Theres little that the west can do or the Ukrainian Government. The Ukrainian Government stated that its not going to use force. That wouldnt probably help very much. And that might escalate the situation. The question is will the referendum, if the voters approve if. If they do, theyll brink crimea into the russian federation. That will be a good thing for Vladimir Putin and russia. We know that there are Russian Troops a few hours away. Ukrainian troops moved north. Do they thing it could escalate to something worse than this. That is why its dicey. A situation like this, where you have troops in a standoff, its a very, very tricky and delicate situation. I have i think with a lot of other observers have been impressed by the ukrainians restraint, even when the bases are surrounded by russian forces. They have not given in, and have not used their weapons to resist. The Ukrainian Government is intent on avoiding a spark. That is probably wise. Is this a warning to nations bordering on russia with russian speaking minorities, that they could be next. You wrote a comment making fun of the putin doctrine. I mean, thats a big question. You know, Vladimir Putins russia has intervened on behalf of allied minorities and other parts of the former soviet union. When the latest crisis began, kaz abbing stan, a big khazakhstan, a big country, rich and powerful with oil and gas. They issued a statement saying that they hoped that this new you rash yn union, a pseudosoviet union that Vladimir Putin wants to make. The kazakhs say we think this will be for economics and trade, and the unspoken implication was we have a lot of russian speakers, dont mess with our russian speakers, and thats a friend. If your friends are worried, that says kilogram. Christian carl, good to have you on the show. A programming note. Crimean tatars were exisland by Joseph Stalin during world war ii. This thursday at 3 00 pm eastern time and sunday 10am eastern, al jazeera will air return from exexile, at tatars struggling to reclaim their homes. Time to see what is trending on the website. Lets check in with harmeli aregawi. Several times on the show we talked about the rise of adhd prescriptions. We have new numbers. A report by the nations largest Prescription Drug manager found between 2008 and 2012. The number of americans using Prescription Drugs treating adhd rise 36 . Among all adults adhd medication went up 36 . This is interesting. Among women between the ages much 36 and 24. Prescriptions went up 85 between 2008 and 2012. To the last finding exxon says i maam Young Mothers and wives that work are facing a double burred in and need fetts to keep up. The numbers reignite the debate about whether the increase in prescriptions is because of awareness or over diagnosis. Brandon says you can read more about the report on the website aljazeera. Com. Back to you ahead, excorsisms are not just the stuff of movies. Also wall street made less money, why did they pay them more and the power and limitations of satellites used in the search for the missing malaysian airliner. As Pope Franciss first year as pontiff comes to a close, praise is almost universal. The more humble pope is facing a difficult change your a rise in claimed cases of demonic possession. And the church is reportedly increasing the number of priests at trains to perform excorsisms. Joining us is father vince lambert, the exor cyst for indiana, and the pastor in center grove. He is a member of the International Association of exor cysts. Most people have their perception of what an exor cyst is. The right, the excorsism of emily rose, portrayed at violent confrontations. Having people with spinning heads, speaking in tongues. Its not what an official excorsism by the church is like. No, not at all. A true excorsism is a prayer by the church. Aritual performed. When the determination has been made. It is a series of procedures. It is true that there can be manifestations of evil that will take place, but the best way to thing of an exor sim is a prayer of the church. What, if anything do the movies get right. They play to an audience that likes the theet at ricks. In reality, thats far removed from what a true exorcism is about, prefers refer people to doctors. What do you do to determine if, under if its something that the Catholic Church would deem a real possession, and the person needs an exor cyst. An excorcist relies on people in the Mental Health field, to determine the physical cause. And they are asked to weigh in on whether or not theres something about this person going beyond the scope of expertise. Theres a belief that there does exist that there are possession, and there are different types of possessions. The clvern believes that evil is personified. Sometimes people view evil as nothing nor than humanitys inhumane treatment. The church has a different view of that. There can be Different Levels of demonic activity. There can be vexation, physical attacks that person can go there. There can be obsession, meantal attacks, and then demonic possession itself. So infestation, vexation, and obsession would be the lesser degrees of demonic activity. When you became an exor cyst in 2005. You were the 12th in the United States, and now there are more than 50. Reports are that there has been acceleration, because there has been a lot of requests for them. What is going on, why a drastic increase . I think the increase is people say its a greater sense of evil in the world. I say that i believe that the increases are because people are more fascinated with evil, they are tabling with things. They can open up an entry point to evil. The church recognises if it doesnt address the issue people will turn elsewhere for the answers that they are looking for. Excorsisms should be rooted in Pastoral Care and faith. It needs to take place within the confines of a church. A reason mentioned for the increase is what you said, there has been a rise in satanism and black magic and the occult arts. How what have you seen . What is have you seen extreme cases where you are convinced theres a demonic possession. Yes, after working with experts in Mental Health and the physical area, have made a determination to perform an exorcism. Exorcism is rare, but they happen and i have probably down five over the course of nine years that i have been involved in the ministry. Is part of the reason something that you referred to, that we are seeing an increase in people selling them as exor sifts outside the church, or those that are not out there to make a buck. Seems like theres a growth of people. Its not linked with faith, so ultimately the professionals cannot provide the relief that these people are looking for. They may provide temporary relief, but longterm care of person is what is being neglected. What would you say to noncatholics who say this is crazy. Catholics would tell you that all of this is crazy. The reality is that its not knew to modern times for people to doubt the reality of evil. Many people doubt the reality of god. A common theme is a clash twine the kingdom of good and satan. There are many people that think that exorcism is a throw back to the middle ages, back to the time of christ when Mental Health issues were not understood. Once again, it can be extreme whereby it would be a need. We appreciate you talking about it. Youre welcome. Ahead wall streets profits dropped by 30 . It didnt impact the bonuses. Your data dive is todays data dive gets a bonus. Wall street paid out there 26. 7 billion in bonuses and deferred compensation, the largest total for bonuses assistance the final collapse in 2008, and the third highest in history, despite a 30 drop in profits for wall street. They had a good year. New yorks state controllers arrived at the numbers. The billions in bone aweses were a bigger deal. There are 12 fewer workers on wall street. For perspective the total amount of bonuses was more than 1. 5 times the pay of 1. 1 million fulltime minimum mentioned. Without Stock Options and base salaries, they were 15 higher. It averages 160,000, quadruple the average american salary. If you factor in base pay, the take home for employees shot past 365. That is the average. Its still five times more tan the rest of the private sector. All of the bonus move comes five years to the day Bernie Madoff pled to fraud, money laundering. Only about half of those 10 billion have been distributed. Coming up, tracking the missing maliron flight using satellite. We see how Space Age Technology is being used in the search. As the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 continues, the effort has been crowd sourced. The earth imagery Company Digital globe started on online campaign, where people can log on and inspect imagery of the search area to help look for signs of the name. The Chinese Government released pictures of their own that they say may show signs of debris. How powerful are the satellites that fly over our head. Lets bring in dr derek pitts from the Franklin Institute science museum. How accurate are the hollywood and spy novel depictions. The movies make it seem like they can read licence plates, newspapers, and the reality is that on our computers we can look at google earth and see detailed images of our houses. If they are that powerful. Why have they not been more interested in finding the airplane. The question is how do we bring it to bear. Where do we tell the satellites to look. Its not clear where the airplanes went down. When you look at an Ocean Surface the reality is that the Ocean Surface is enormous, truly enormous, and an object as large as an aeroplane from a great distance covers a small portion of what you see when you look down. With great magnification that helps. You have to be able to pinpoint where it looks. So if a location can be identified. Maybe it can help. 30 years ago tom clansry wrote hunt for red october, he described how satellites could tect the heat generated by a submarine. They could detect it from under water and a pod of wales. If theres that infrastructure technology, couldnt that help find the plane, that heat source . You know, if this it were employed after the aircraft went down, that would have helped. If the aircraft went into the ocean, the whole aircraft has cooled off down to the temperature of the o. Theres not much difference in heat signatures. Detecting heat can pick out slight differences in temperature between objects, even at a great distance. But it helps to know where to look, and theres technologies that could be used like radar penetrating ocean service, and radar can penetrate Ground Surface and see subsurface structure. Maybe it could have been used also. Its a question of where do we look, how soon can we get in to look at it. Theres other limitations, cloud and others. Youve seen the pictures that china released. Resolution is low, lower than the images than in the crowdsourced search images in what google earth can do. Is China Holding back on the resolution of the pictures. I think that all the major world powers that have satellites looking at the earth have tremendous capability to see in high detail. What we see on google earth is a great representation of how powerful the technology is. When you think of the satellites that countries use to look on other countries, their capabilities will be an order of magnitude greater. They can see the make and models of cars and other details. But will they admit they have that capability. We wont reveal it to other countries that we have it. Other countries wont. It may be a question of getting the information through other channels, but not communicating what the truly value is. I want to change your topics, a team of astronomers found evidence that changes how we believe that galaxies were formed in the early universe. Yes, this is interesting. If you imagine 12 billion years ago. 2 billion years after the beginning of a solar system. Someone used a microwave oven to flash cooked galaxies, they seemed to have come to maturity faster then they do. This is causing astronomers what could cause these galaxies to accelerate faster than others. Does it do anything to the explanation of the big bang and how the universe started . It gives us pause to wonder about the early history of the universe. We wonder if other galaxies are slow to mature. How is it that they could come to maturity. What does it tell us about the state of the university verse, and the start of the universe itself. Good to have you on the show. The show may be over, but the conversation continues. Aljazeera. Co aljazeera. Com considerthis. Well see you next time. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Al Jazeera America, im John Seigenthaler in new york. Is this flight 370. A satellite image of the South China Sea homes in on what might be debris from the plane that disappeared five years ago. We talk to a u. S. Navy commander searching for the missing jet. Without warning a huge explosion levelled two buildings in new york city. Three dead, nine