Possibility behind that mystery Malaysia Airlines flight 370. That it was not some sort of mechanical failure. Clearly, nobody knows yet but phil lebeau is going to catch us up on the latest developments in about five minutes time. Why did that plane fly seemingly for as long as it did after losing contact with Ground Control . And a very bright future. See how this teenager just won a big prize from google and see how her idea is literally changing the world. She is an amazing young person. She is with us today live. First lets check in with sue with some news on new problems for General Motors. Absolutely, ty. As you know, it has not been a good week for General Motors. Right now, the stock is up 1. 75 but investigators are opening waves of probes into whether the companys efforts to save money cost lives. Despite todays uptick, the stock is down almost 10 this week. Phil lebeau begins our coverage for us on General Motors. Phil, over to you. Reporter sue, more bad headlines for Gene
In russia, though, the benchmark micex index fell by more than 3 at the open. Right now, its down by just over 2. 3 . The u. S. Futures at this point are hanging in there. Theyre showing a slight rebound after yesterdays selloff in wall street. You saw that decline when the dow was down by 230 points. Also saw the s p and the nasdaq down significantly. We will have a deeper market discussion with our panel in just a few minutes, plus a live report from kiev. Secretary of state john kerry gets ready to meet with his russian counterpart in london. Coming up at the bottom of the hour, Michelle Caruso sa brar ra caught up with ukraines Prime Minister who was here. There was a question that he wouldnt answer. In fact, he walked away from the camera. Thats coming up at 6 30. About bitcoin . No, not just bitcoin. It wasnt whether he was the that was the guy that we pegged as the person that looked like no, that was not the question. Because andrew said the guy didnt look like the actual guy.
The crimean referendum, of course, is this weekend. The roadmap begins with continuing Global Concerns led by china and ukraine. Have the markets looking at a modestly higher open this after the major averages logged their worst day since february 3 period. General motors is firing back that air bag failure in recalled vehicles resulted in more than 300 deaths. Target admitting it did not take immediate action after Security Software originally alerted the company to malicious activity after the data breach. And Mark Zuckerberg calls president obama to complain about the governments surveillance programs. First up, though, thursday, the 13, was bad luck for the bulls as worries about a slowdown in china and rising tension between ukraine and russia helped spark a market selloff. All 30 components finishing in the red. And the s p has fallen to negative territory for the year and the nasdaq posting a decline for the fifth time in six sessions. The s p has only had a yeartodate gain nine
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Good morning, everyone. Im brian shactman. We have a very busy new days. We want to get you started with a routine trip from philly to ft. Lauderdale that turned terrifying for passengers over Us Airways Flight after its nose gear failed during takeoff. Investigators are now looking into the cause. Nbcs kirk gregory explains what happens. Reporter scary moments for passengers, forced to evacuate this plane when a tire on the front landing gear blew during takeoff. She said the plane took off and then it crashed. It came down. And then it went up again and then came down again and then it basically, you know, crash landed. Reporter airport Officials Say u. S. Flight 1702 was departing Philadelphia International airport headed for ft. Lauderdale, florida, when the aircraft experienced a mechanical failure. The pilot aborted takeoff. And the air bus a320 skidded to a stop, nose down on the runway. All 149 passengers and five crew members fled the jet using inflatable chute and exits on th