Terrible things happened in a delayed recall that claimed 12 lives. Jim axelrod reports. And 24 men were denied the medal of honor because of prejudice. Today, justice was done, and david martin met two of the men who lived long enough to see it. Reporter so you took out the machine gun . Oh, yes i did. I had no other choice but to do that. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. For most of the world tonight, it is an unsolved mystery. But for the families of the 239 people aboard that misses malaysian jetliner, it is unmitigated agony. In beijing today, some of them threatened to go on a Hunger Strike unless they get answers. But 11 days after the boeing e. E. E. 777 disappeared answers are still hard to come by. Today, sources told us that checks of the computers and email of the captain and first officer turned up nothing to suggest a plot. Still, there are indications tonight that someone in the cockpit intentionally took flight 370 off course. Seth doane is in kuala lumpur for us tonight. Seth. Reporter good evening to you, scott. Sources say there is evidence that the plane was turned off that original course after someone typed a course change into an onboard Navigation System in the cockpit. This would suggest someone had real training in the 777 systems, something far under sophisticated than simply turning a wheel. We asked malaysian authorities about that today. Was the planes path a westward direction programmed into the aircrafts flight Management System . As far as were concerned the aircraft was programmed to fly to bake. Reporter the c. E. O. Of Malaysia Airlines said reports the planes flight path was tampered with may have been speculation. Is it plausible . Is it something youre considered . Once youre in the aircraft, anything is possible. Reporter thats only sharpened suspicion of the pilots Zaharie Ahmad shah and the copilot, fariq abdul hamid. Captain zaharie is a person who enjoys his life, who loves doing things to make people happy. Reporter peter chong is quick to defend his friend, captain zaharie. A lot has been made of the fact that police found a Flight Simulator inside his house. Who has a Flight Simulator in their house . Anybody with aviation as a hobby and you can afford it. Reporter little is known about the copilot but so far intensive background checks on the passengers and crew have failed to turn up any links to terrorism. Criticism of the investigation is mounting, even within malaysia. Right from the outset, immediately when the plane disappeared, they should have realized that this involved expertise which was beyond our capacity. Reporter Sivarasa Rasiah is an opposition member of malaysias parliament. He said malaysia should have accepted offers of help from the u. S. And others sooner. I think if that had happened, perhaps we might not have had the fiasco of waiting a week in the South China Sea looking in a place where we shouldnt have been look, in the first place. Reporter now the real challenge is to define that search area, to narrow that search area. Scott, china says that it has redeployed 21 satellites to help. Pelley seth, thank you very much. In another major story breaking tonight, the president of Russia Vladimir Putin annexed part of ukraine ignoring the warnings of president obama. In an emotional speech, putin said ukraines Crimean Peninsula has always been an integral part of russia in the hearts and minds of people. Putin sent troops into crimea this month after the president of ukraine a putin ally, was overthrown in a revolt. Most in crimea are of russian descent, and over the weekend they voted to join russia. Elizabeth palmer reports ukrainian troops are still their bases in crimea, and for the first time today there was shooting with one dead. Reporter its unclear why the shooting broke out in the capital, but Ukrainian Defense sources say unidentified armed men stormed a ukrainian base. There are thousands of ukrainian soldiers barricaded in on their bases all over this passenger. Behind makeshift blockades theyre on constant alert surrendered by hostile prorussian armed men. Tonight, we arrived at one such base where soldiers feared an attack was imminent after theyd refused to surrender. When we arrived the officer wanted to talk to us, but suddenly an armed man loomed out of the dark and told him to keep his mouth shut. Turn off the cameras. Reporter after phoning his commander the ukrainian told us it was too dangerous and that we should leave. And, of course, scott, the longer this situation festers the friskier it becomes especially as today the Ukrainian Defense department has thursday its soldiers to use their weapons in selfdefense. Pelley elizabeth palmer, thank you very much. Russia has massed troops all along its border with ukraine and there are worries now that the annexation of crimea is just the start. Reporter along the border of russia, Ukrainian Forces are getting ready for war. Sasha and fredor are childhood friends. They found little in president Vladimir Putins speech to like. The bickest like that he respect ukrainian he still our older brotheres and we have to live with moscow or dont live at all. Reporter do you take that as a warning . Absolutely. Crimea is a warning. Reporter a warning sasha told us, that the russian crimea is just the beginning. Theyre both fathers of young children. Like many here they describe themselves as half ukrainian half russian. The biggest sin of mr. Putin is that he provoked this fight between brothers. Reporter brothers or not ukraines defense minister has put the call out for tens of thousands of volunteers to take up arms in case of a russian invasion. Im not ready to fight with russian, with ukrainians. I dont want to die for our country. I want to live for our country. Reporter theyre worried about relatives who live in crimea, who now live in another country. Do you think ukraine will ever get crimea back . No, no, i think no. Schieffer its over . Yes its over, its over. Reporter we asked both men whether they would leave if fighting broke out here, scott and they were torn between their responsibilities to protect their families and their duty to protect the country. They couldnt answer. Pelley Charlie Dagata reporting for us tonight. Charlie, thank you. In reaction to all of this, president obama called an emergency meeting of the g7 in europe for next week to talk about further punishment of russia. Bill plante is at the white house for us. Reporter in poland, Vice President biden pledged that the u. S. Would stand by russias european neighbors and promised more sanctions are coming. The first round announced monday by the president freezes any u. S. Assets of 4 ukrainians and 7 russians close to president putin and blocks them from entering the United States. The move was greeted with disdain in russia. Deputy Prime Minister dmitry rogozin, one of those sanctions tweeted, i think some praifngster prepared this draft of the u. S. President. White house spokesman jay carney begged to differ. A lot of people who were sanctioned dont have any assets in the u. S. So or say they dont. Reporter or say they dont. So how do these bite . Bill, what i can tell you is the actions taken against 11 individuals were part of a process that will continue, and the costs have been real, and they will increase. Reporter could russian president putin be a target of the next round of sanctions . Administration officials dont rule it out but admit its not likely given that the u. S. Has to deal with russia on many issues, including iran and syria. Scott, the white house concedes that the russians sanctions so far are not in the top tier of that nations super rich and most influential. And it also knows that the prospect of tougher sanctions makes American Companies who do business in russia very nervous. Pelley and the very latest on all of this on cbs this morning tomorrow. Bill thanks very much in seattle today a tv news helicopter crashed near the space needle. It had just taken off from the roof, and one driver suffered serious burns. Theres no word on the cause. The new c. E. O. Of General Motors today apologized for the companys failure to recall more than 1. 5 million vehicles until years after it learned of a deadly that defect is now linked to at least 12 deaths. Also today a veteran g. M. Engineer was put in charge of safety at the company. Heres jim jim axelrod. Reporter meeting with print reporters today g. M. C. E. O. Mayora barra admitted the company took too long to issue the recall saying, i am very sorry for the loss of life that occurred and we will take every step to make sure this never happens again. This is barras second apology in two days. Yesterday, she apologized to employees. After all something went wrong with our process in this instance and terrible things happened. I think thats an unprecedented step to apologize the way mary barra did. Jackener adis with kelly blue book. Reporter also today barra named jeff boy a 40year veteran of g. M. To head up Global Vehicle safety. This is a big big company and problems have a tendency to be buried in bureaucracy so appointing somebody whose key job is to keep track of safety is a very important step, i think. Reporter g. M. Has admitted to knowing that faulty ignition switches could cause engines to shut down and power steering and airbags not to work. Yet the company did not issue a recall for 13 years. A 2011 study by the Insurance Institute forafety found the Chevrolet Cobalt had the highest fatality rate of the bestselling cars in its class. One thing to remember about this is many people who were at the prebankruptcy General Motors are still highranking officials in the current General Motors. So some people have the potential to be tainted by this. Reporter g. M. s lawyers were on capitol hill today. Hearings are expected to be held some time in the next few weeks. And mary barra says she plans to be there and scott she plans to testify. Pelley jim, thank you very much. Was there a coverup after a toxic spill contaminated 80 miles of the dan river . And there are concerns this evening about the health of the baby gorilla born by csection when the cbs evening news continues. As you age, you may not get all the nutrition you need to stay active. Try boost® nutritional drink. It helps fill nutritional gaps in your diet. 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I decided to charge, close enough, i threw a grenade at the defending guy. Reporter in may 1969, erevia took out not one but four enemy bunkers that were raking his unit with tbier. And on the fourth guy he came out of the spider hole, and he was just, like, as far as you are from me. And i took him out with the m16. Reporter his Company Commander immediately put erevia in for the medal of honor but instead, he was awarded the nations second highest medal the distinguished Service Cross. I put it out of my mind for 44 years until president obama called me and he said, were going to give you the medal of honor. Reporter a review of army records found 24 soldiers who deserved to have their distinguished Service Cross upgrade to the medal of honor. Jose rodela was a sergeant with the green berets in september 1969 when a viet cong machine gun opened up on his unit. They were laughing at us because they were firing a machine gun. Reporter the enemy was laughing at you. Yes circ they were lawflg at us because they had us pinned down with a machine gun. Reporter when their machine gun jammed, they fired on rodela with their rifles. Finally got up close to them, and i got all three of them. Reporter so you took out the machine gun. Oh, yes i did. Reporter ask jose rodela how he feels about receiving the medal of honor all these years later. Joe haga, rudy chavez, two of my best friends they didnt come back. Reporter ask santiago erevia about patrick deal and the other buddies he lost in vietnam. Are they going to be there with jew in my memory, theyll be there, and ill say. Reporter and he will see their names inscribed in black marble on the vietnam memorial. Neither erevia or rodela has been to the wall but they will go there tomorrow, wearing their medals of honor. David martin, cbs news, san antonio. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. 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It goes into effect at 34eud night and continues until 11 00 a. M. You may have a brief period of freezing rain. But we dont see any real problems. In part, temperatures arent going to go below freezing. 42 downtown. 39 in gaithersburg. 37 in winchester and 41 up in martinsburg. So, we have a yellow alert for tomorrow. Mainly for drizzle and showers. Were going to have a wet commute across the board. Light freezing rain