Good evening, im Sharyn Alfonsi with a western edition of the broadcast. The search for flight 370 and the 239 people on board continues to expand by air, sea and now significantly on land. Investigators have searched both pilots homes looking for any evidence the pilots could have done this on purpose. Authoritiesing say they have evidence that someone deliberately disabled the planes Communication Systems before the flight was redirected. Seth doane is in kuala lumpur tonight and begins our coverage. Reporter when police searched captain Zaharie Ahmad shahs home they found a flight simulator. The 53yearold pilot who is seen sitting in front of a simulate never a video he posted online. At todays press conference Authorities Say the simulator was confiscated and rebuilt at the police station. Officials from the Royal Malaysian Police visited the home of the pilot. They spoke to family members of the pilot and experts are examining the pilots flight simulator. Zaharie who had been flying with Malaysia Airlines since 1981 was an aviation enthusiast known to offer lessons on the simulator. Today we tried to enter a gated community where the captain lived but found beefed up security. Can we just come inside . Reporter police also searched the copilots house saturday. This is the copilots house. He lived here with his family. We rang the doorbell but no answer. Neighbors tell us that they have seen police cars and motorcycles here. They also fell us this was a relatively quiet family that kept to themselves. His nextdoor neighbor would not give her name said she had only exchanged quick hellos with the 27yearold. I know i dont know he is related, but when i saw a lot of cameras in front of his house, then i search the internet and i saw his face, so i know this guy. The focus on these pilots has sharpened following time lines laid out by authorities at press briefings. Officials say flight 370s Communication Systems were partially disabled before the final words heard from the cockpit which did not signal any trouble to airtraffic controllers. Growing frustration was clear on the sunday talk shows. The pilot and copilot should have been the focus from the start. That would be ode law enforcement, investigate tory procedures. The fbi could have been called in, interpol, intelligence agencies but my understanding that malaysia is to the really cooperating at all. They are reluctant to lay what they have out on the table. Observations here in malaysia say they have cooperated with International Authorities from the very beginning. Sharyn, we know that the plane sent its last signal to satellites selfenand a half hours after it took seven and a half hours after it took off, a search that included 14 country, now includes 25. Thank you, seth doane tonight in kuala lumpur. The increased focus on the flight crew raises questions about how pilots are screened. Not just in malaysia but all around the world. Jeff pegues reports from washington tonight. Reporter investigators are still searching for the plane, and although the pilots have not been charged with a crime, they are being closely scrutinized. Both are among the thousands of pilots across the globe passengers rely on, to get the job Airline Pilots here in the u. S. Face a rigorous screening process. Mark rosenker is the former chairman of the National Transportation safety board. First they have to be credentialed. You have to have the appropriate amount of certifications. An thats checked. By the company, with the faa. Reporter pilots are also subject to a battery of medical and psychological tests and criminal background checks. But the screening process varies widely country to country. How do you reassure passengers that, you know, these people who are flying these planes are trustworthy. We can look for people that, in fact, appear to be as normal as we like to believe you and i are. However, circumstances change in their life. Pressures come about. Because we are dealing with human behavior. A month ago annette croppian air lines copilot hijacked a plane in a bid for asylum in switzerland. 14 years ago egypt air flight 1990 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 217 people on board. The ntsb stopped short of calling it a suicide but concluded the pilots actions caused the crash. Malaysia air is a mystery and an anomaly. Still air travel remains the safest mode of transportation. Jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. Exit polls from todays referendum in crimea show overwhelming support for separation from ukraine and for unification with russia. In a Statement Issued as the polls were closing, the white house rejected the vote and warned of increased costs to russia which it accused of quote military intervention and violation of international law. Elizabeth palmer has more from the crimean capitol of simferopol tonight. Reporter crimeans, young and many old, cast ballots today. Convinced that a vote to join russia was a vote for a better life. For them moscows stage managing of this referendum is a nonissue. And they feel no pressure from thousands of Russian Troops who remain in control here. An toll tee franchuk is a former crimean prime minister. Are you worried that this happened with huge military backing . Of course not, he said. Theres been no pressure. Not a shot has been fired. Reporter not everyone agrees, of course. Before the referendum there were demonstrations by crimeans without dont want to join russia. But today many of them simply stayed home. The official count suggests that fewer than one in ten ballots was a vote to remain in ukraine. The crimean tartars, for example, who make up 12 of the population simply boycotted the vote. Their leader Akhtem Chigoz told me it was illegal and humiliating. We wanted to part of it. The ukrainian and many western governments agree, sharyn that this referendum was invalid. But they are going to have to argue with president putin of russia who can now claim that more than 90 of crimeans who voted are on his side. Thank you, liz palmer tonight in simferopol. Todays vote is further inflaming the divide within ukraine as a wholement take a look. Western ukraine including the capitol kiev is mostly ukrainianspeaking. And oriented towards the west. Eastern ukraine is largely russianspeaking and historically has looked towards moscow. Charlie dagata is in the russian speaking city of donetsk tonight. Reporter pro russian demonstrators in donetsk want on the march. Then went on the attack storming one government building in the most aggressive protest yet. Protestors have managed to get past a line of riot police and break into the courthouse here. They not only support the referendum in crimea, they want one here too. Breaking through one entrance wasnt enough. They went for every entry point. Police didnt put up much of a fight. Their own Security Headquarters came next. Crimeas referendum to side with russia has only stoked the separatist movement here. These people want out of ukraine. When everybody here votes russia, not everybody feels that way. But pro ukrainian supporters have been told by a local pro kiev government to stay at home to avoid all confrontation. Not a concern for these Old Soviet Union army vets. Are you hoping that the russian army comes here. He told us we are brothers. We are one people. We are russia. Ukrainian government officials here told us today theyre taking those russian threats seriously. Theyre mobilizing more ukrainian force as long the border with russia not far from here to prevent against any possible russian incursion. Sharyn . Thank you, Charlie Dagata reporting from donetsk tonight. Here at home, the politically charged sexual abuse trial of brigadiergeneral jeff row sinclair may be coming to an end tomorrow. Cbs news has confirmed hes agreed to a plea deal admitting lesser crimes but not sexual assault. Don daaler reports. Reporter as Deputy Commander of the 82nd around born general Jeffrey Sinclair was one of the armys rising stars. But after pleading guilty to numerous instances of conduct unbecoming an officer, his future is not nearly as bright. Sinclair was accused of forcing his mistress to perform o ral sex, threatening to kill his family and performing sex agents with her in public areas. Sources with knowledge of the proceedings tell cbs news in return for prosecutors dropping those charges, the general will plead guilty to lesser charges of maltreatment of subordinate, disa boying a commanders order, using inappropriate language misusing his government issued charge card. He had already pled guilty to charges of adultery asking female officers if for explicit photographs and possessing pornography in a conflict zone. Despite those admissions sinclairs wife rebecca said on cbs this morning in november 2012 she would stand by him. Theyre going to see this for what it is. And theyre going to drop the charges an theyre going to let us go on with our lives. Reporter sinclair could still get prison time but will not have to register as a sex offender. Don daaler, cbs news, new york. Spring is just a few days away, officially it starts on thursday. But try telling that to the people in the mid at tk states theyre about to get hit with one last wallop of snow. Chelsea ingram is a pete roll gist at wjztv in baltimore. How bad is this going to be, is this going to be a big deal . Yes, were going to see some accumulating snowfall for places in the midatlantic, here is this area continuing to push towards the east, heavy snowfall for area as long the i95 corridor after midnight tonight. And here is what you can expect. The West Virginia panhandle there in the blue, as well as portions of northWest Virginia, were talking to six to upwards of a foot of snowfall, in the white including the dc metro as well as baltimore 3 to 6. Outside of that were looking at 1 to 3 inches and a mix for areas in the pink. Sharyn, back to you. This is the winter that will not quit. Thank you very much, Chelsea Ingram at wjztv. And well be back. Changing consumer tastes are taking a toll on the food court at your local mall. Quiznos announced friday will seek chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Sbarro the pizza chain is also filing for chapter 11 for the second time in three years. Closing 155 of 400 companyowned stores. Here to explain is cbs News Business analyst jill schlesinger. It seems like the food court never changes so, what is happening now . Well, the food courts and the companies that put their businesses in those food courts really lived by that old real estate saying, location, location, location, they were in this heavy foot traffic area, a mall, or even an airport. When the recession hit and people werent flying nor were they shopping, and another thing happened. The way we shop has changed so dramatically, think about it, over the last ten years, were shopping online. And when we do go to the mall, its for a shorter period of time. Its not a full day event so were not hanging around for lunch. Most of us are trying to get in and try to get out. You mentioned the recession. The recession ended five years ago so, why now . There is really a tale of two recoveries. And a lot of the retailers have said theres been a high end Consumer Retail boom at the same time where the lower end or the costconscious shopper really has been taking a seat back. And part of that has to do perhaps with some changing in the way we get paid and things have been frozen. Some of this has to really impact all over, the mall, that cater to the lower end, the Companies Like sears and radio shack, theyve seen their business dry up. And as a result, we are expecting according to some analysis, a 15 reduction in malls that are just going to go away on the low end. All right, thanks, jill schlesinger, very much. Thank you. Next up, bring home the brackets. Inside the basketball matchups. They call it march madness for a reason. And tonight we finally have our answers who is in, who is out in this years tournament. Before you fill out your brackets, Wally Szczerbiak of cbs sports is here to help us out it was so fun to watch all of these teams be announced. Some big surprises, smu out. And louisville with a four seed. A lot of shocking stuff. Its tough to explain. Thats why we all wait, we project and wonder what is going to happen but you never know until the brackets come out on selection sunday. Sm hearst, a great season especially in conference. They played in a Good Conference in the american. Shocking that larry brown is not in the field. And louisville slipping to a four after the way theyve been dominating teams, obviously the american athletic conference didnt get the respect they deserve. And gator nation has to be happy. They were the overall number one. They won a lot of games this year. They are an experienced veteran team that has a tough road. They have a really tough bracket so it is going to be interesting to see how they father but in my opinion they have to be one of the favorites. Its all about schedule, right, at this point, some of of this is schedule. Schedule and matchups. Matchups is so important. If you are a team that can really score you dont want to play a team that will really slow you down and make you play a halfcourt game. When you are a mid major team you want to avoid those teams with really big guys because they a lot of times dont have the post implayers it is good to see how the matchups are coming out and may the best team wins. I love to look for the sleepers. Who are the sleepers headed to texas this year. I really like new mexico. New mexico. Won the Mountain West title three years in a row. The Mountain West tournament title three years in a row. I dont think that conference got the respect they deserve. They possibly are the best Power Forward in the country in cameron baristow. A really good front line. Really good guards. I think that is the team that could make a run as a 7 sowed. And very quickly your pick. Pick to win it all, wichita state. Thanks Wally Szczerbiak from cbs sports. Still ahead, young poets speaking out on big city life. A month long poetry competition for teenagers wrapped newspaper chicago last night it at Dean Reynolds tells us, it was a chance for student word smiths to shine. And to cast a light on the big city realities they face daytoday. Momma, why didnt you tell me bandaids couldnt cover every wound. And i screamed wouldnt always reach your ears that my baby teeth would be knocked out by rejection. Chicagos youth poetry competition is called louder than a bomb. The man mo puts the fire out is the man who isnt passive. Now in its 14th year, its the largest in the country with a thousand students from 100 schools across the city and suburbs. To you beautiful, you great big beautiful doll. Sharing the spotlight, and their unique stories. This is my first poem and it is dedicated to you young poets. Like jasmine, like flowers struggling to grow. Kevin koval is a former teacher and the festivals founder. On thursday i see a kid in my class on the west side and on monday i see them locked up. And we wanted to respond in that moment of fear with a radically different cultural space that was hopeful and more powerful. The poetry slam runs for a month and the young poets are judged olympic style. 9. 8. Scoring well lets you advance. But theres a saying here, its not the points, its the poets. So he picked up daddys gun. No more running scared. With sin in his hand. The team from Gwendolyn Brooks high schools with inspired by the dangers involved in dodging fate and bullets on the citys south side. Its confusing how a city with so much history. Is now history. For the boys playing with guns. Team member seanba anderson is the poem is a plea for action. We are trying to reach chicago itself. Were trying to tell them that the streets are dangerous and something needs it to be changed. Have you had a participant who was shot or wounded. Yeah, of course. Killed. Yeah, many over the course of 14 years. Every time you not. So the stage is an escape. Where the sound of finger snaps lend support. What is the impact. I think the impact for young people is that they feel that they are heard. Heres a heads up generation y is fed up. Because no one wants to believe in the youth. You dont guide us but you tell us everything is the wrong thing to dom. You judge us. Having something to say. And having others hear you say it, Dean Reynolds, cbs news, chicago. Coming up, remembering comedian david brenner. We lost a legendary comedian this weekend. David brenner was called the godfather of observational humor. He spent decades on the road doling live shows at comedy clubsment but Many Americans saw him for the first time late at night in their living rooms. Did we ever talk about you being in the army. I was in the 101s airborne for a while until i found out they jump out of planes. He was as much a fixture in the tonight show as the coup. A favorite of Johnny Carson many times over. David bren certificate with us tonight. He has appeared on this show applause some 40 times. He would appear over 100 times more, always leading the audience in stitches with topical humor like this bit after new york declared bankruptcy in 1975. Only america could buy a property like manhattan for 24 dollars and end up losing money on the deal. In an interview in december for cbs this morning, he recalled carson asking him. Do you ever wonder why i make you do a standup every show . I cant lie to him, i said yeah, of course. He said because i like to sit back, smoke a cigarette and laugh for six minutes. Which is a great compliment. He almost didnt make it to the tonight show. Brenner said he was too political for carsons tastes so he switched his routine to be more observational. Did you ever notice they picked the astronauts by their names, im sure of that. Bread, glen, bit. They never picked a astronaut like melvin. It wouldnt work, right, come in melvin on the moon. That trademark did you ever notice influenced a generation of comics including Richard Lewis and jerry seinfeld. His family said in a statement in davids final request, he asked that 100 dollars in small bills be placed in his left box just in case tipping is recommended where im going. David brenner was 78, leaving the stage and leaving them laughing. Its not often that an obit leaves you laughing. Thats the cbs evening news. Im Sharyn Alfonsi i more like they are at war. A killer still on the run. The search for the man poli say killed his wife. Why sheriffs deputies say the suspect is no stranger to t and why a hugely popular bay area burger joint, once featured on National Televi is calling it quits. Kpix 5 news is next. Good evening, im ann notarangelo. And im brian hackney. , good evening, im ann notarangelo. I want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. I want you to be smart. Super smart. I want one thing in a doctor. To speak my language. 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