you had the federal government watching russia poke and probe electoral infrastructure, and we didn t know what their motives were. it was an extremely tense time. there were hundreds if not thousands of people within the u.s. government laser focussed on this. it was a very sensitive time. evan, one of the recommendations in the report is that the u.s. create a list of what they call potential responses to hostile foreign powers to send a clear message. if you try this, something is going to happen to you. what are they talking about? well, you know, i think they want to make sure that there are people, at least the united states, telegraphs to these countries that there are consequences to some of these actions. i think during the 2016 elections i think president obama tried to say some of this. as anthony points out, i think frankly the government was caught flat footed, and the response was perhaps not as
increasingly turning their focus on those in the cockpit, the pilots being responsible for the missing jet. malaysian police today say they searched the pilots home outside kuala lumpur. police were also seen leaving the home of the co-pilot carrying small shopping bags. david mckenzie live in beijing, where the flight was scheduled to land last week. david, are tensions growing between china and the malaysian government because of this? reporter: well, they definitely are growing, those tensions. there has been a whole lot of mudslinging between the two sides. earlier this week, certainly from the malaysian side, they criticized the chinese for giving out mistaken information and now, the chinese are saying that they need to step up their efforts on the search. one state media editorial which is really a mouthpiece of the government here, saying massive efforts have been squandered and numerous rumors have been spawned repeatedly wracking the nerves of the awaiting families. so cer
nefarious to the airplane or an invited visitor or perhaps an uninvited visitor or another crew member that was bent on perhaps committing suicide or doing some destruction on the aircraft. reporter: there is an intense focus on the wreckage because many of the answers lie there, but not all of them. in the case of silk air, about 75% of the wreckage was reassembled, was pulled out, yet three different entities, the civil court here in los angeles, u.s. authorities and indonesian authorities all came up with different reasons for why this plane crashed. they were all looking, though, at the exact same piece of evidence. kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. thank you very much. very interesting report. cnn aviation analyst tim tillman joins me now, retired american airlines pilot and president of the tillman group, and also my former meteorologist in chicago. he knows everything, weather conditions and all about aviation as well. such a pleasure to have you working with us. you heard the pi
caused by a failed part of the plane s rudder. the victim s families never got a clear answer. just like another crash, egypt air flight 990. the ntsb ruled the pilot intentionally caused the 1999 crash. egyptian authorities say it was caused by mechanical failure. it s like a jigsaw puzzle. a jigsaw puzzle in which there are thousands of pieces and not all those pieces are at the bottom of the ocean. reporter: could someone in the cockpit have done something to malaysia airlines flight 370? these two young women say the co-pilot of the missing plane invited them to ride in the cockpit on a previous flight and did. retired american airlines pilot mark weiss believes based on prior history, someone, perhaps someone with the crew, intentionally caused this plane to vanish. whether it was one of the pilots that maybe had a meltdown or wanted to do something
side, they are pointing the finger at the malaysians. the malaysian acting transport minister just spoke to chinese media. he said if it takes two years or 20 years, he gives the assurance to the families stuck here in beijing of those passengers that they will find this plane. don? imagine in all of this, the families, hanging on every word from the media, from officials, anything they can get. what are you hearing from the families of those who were on the jet as they await some answers here? reporter: we are hearing this frustration, this anger, a variety of emotions over the past few days and certainly now it s more than a week since this plane vanished when it was due to land here in beijing. that whole gamut of emotions we have seen at that hotel. right now, it seems really that the family members want answers. like the rest of us. but for us, what is amazing mystery and intriguing for them has very real consequences, of