Germanys chancellor Angela Merkel speaking out calling crimeas referendum on joining russia illegal. Lets get to jim maceda of nbc news in moscow. We are looking at all the different ramifications and details. And one of them, jim, is the lock that russia has on energy in ukraine and the west would have to there eticly make up for that if they dont go with russia. So now we are looking at the details, and once again, a lot of it is about money when it comes right down to it. Reporter its about money, its about energy, and right now its about president Putin Holding all of the cards, joe. Were only six days away from the referendum you referred to in your lead. Taking place in crimea. But with those international monitors now prevented for the third time from entering the peninsula over the weekend, theres no reason to doubt that the final result will be a vote in favor of seceding from ukraine and becoming part of russia. Those russian or prorussian, if you will, troops continue to con
Stocks in the ukraine in the call between Angela Merkel and the president. This following pro and antirussian ral lies in kiev. And the biggest banana producer. Chiquita is merging to create a billiondollar fruit giant. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange. Bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello and welcome to the first Worldwide Exchange of the week. And for those of you in the u. S. And asia, for the next three weeks, youll only be seeing one hour of the good stuff as the u. S. Has now switched to daylight savings. You used to be able to see the twohour program, but good morning to everybody in north america if you are just joining us. Well start your Global Trading week. The leading story today is the continuing search for clues on the disappearance of malaysia air flight 370. In the last few minutes, the vietnamese rescue Team Investigating reports of a yellow object floating out at sea have said it is not a plane life raft. This is investigators that still have not f
Terrifying collision shares his side of that story. I definitely thought i wasnt going to make it. And casts blame directly on the pilot. But the pilots fighting back today, monday, march 10th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a monday morning. And what a mystery we have on our hands in malaysia. That flight that seemed to disappear into thin air. Its todays top story. Of course, new developments in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370. More than two days after it vanished with more than 200 people onboard. Weve got two reports this morning. Beginning with nbcs keir simmons. Hes in kuala lumpur where the plane took off. Keir, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. Im at the airport where the plane took off. Relatives are waiting for news in the hotel behind me of loved ones who have simply vanished. Their aircraft disappeared. The lates
Im annemarie green. We begin this morning with a powerful earthquake that hit off the coast of northern california. The magnitude 6. 9 quake hit last night centered in the ocean four miles deep west of eureka. It was followed by half dozen aftershocks. More than a thousand people reported on the internet that they felt the quake, but so far no reports of damage or injury and no threat of a tsunami. Still no sign of a malaysian is airliner that vanished with 239 people on board. But this morning rescue crews are checking out a yellow object floating off the coast of vietnam that may be a life raft. The malaysian airliner boeing 777 disappeared over the South China Sea on saturday. Since then dozens of ships and planes have been searching, but investigators admit they have no idea what happened. Marlie hall has our report. Reporter Vietnamese Navy planes spotted what they think could be fragments from a missing malaysian airliner in the sea off vietnam sunday. But officials from the coun
Theres nothing to say as to what happened to this aircraft. A desperate search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Vanished on its way to beijing, more than 239 people on board, including at least three americans. The stolen passports may have been tied to drug smuggling, unrelated to the planes disappearance. The father of newtown gunman adam lanza is breaking his silence. He talked with new yorker magazine. He says he wishes adam had never been born and hed trade places with the parents of his sons victims. A power 6. 9 earthquake struck 60 miles off the coast. No reports of damage and no threat of a tsunami. In florida, a skydiver was hit by a plane as he descended. Both survived with minor injuries. Incredibly, a photographer was there to capture it. I never in a million years thought id see this myself. Just a bad time, right place. Investigators in Southern California are trying to figure out what caused a frightening stage collapse this weekend. U. S. Weapons companies sparked out