hundreds of firefighters battle that. wow. look at that blaze. new this morning, a huge blow to democrats overnight. republicans running a closely watched special election. one the democrats really, really wanted. so what does this mean for the president's future and the future of obamacare. >> only 3500 votes. every vote counts. that's one of the those elections that shows it. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berpen. there is growing confusion over what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370. it's missing five days with 239 people on board. no idea where this flight is. search crews fanning out over a wider area today after a malaysian official told cnn radar shows the 777 was hundreds of miles off course. hundreds are denying that is