Knowledge as to what happened to flight 370 . New claims coming out claiming the flight was still in the air some four hours longer than previously thought. The revelation could force a further expansion of the search that already spans 27,000 nautical square miles. This as american investigators are on the ground trying to find answers. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. The search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370, more twists, more doubts. In an investigation that seems mired in confusion, this morning new claims that could vastly stretch the already sprawling search area. The wall street journal reporting an engine on the missing airliner sent data for four hours after the plane vanished from the radar. That means the plane could have traveled another 2500 miles in any direction. Malaysia is dismissing that report, though. Those reports are inaccurate. The last transmission from the aircraft was at 0107 which indicated
Early start im christine romans. So nice, you had to say it twice. Hi, there. Im john berman. It is tuesday, february 25th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin this morning with grave concern about a poliolike illness thats caused partial paralysis in children in california. Doctors not exactly sure what it is or whats causing it. Five cases have been confirmed, and state Health Officials say there may be 20 more cases. Sophia is one of the children studied so far showing signs of this elness. All of these kids received polio vaccination. Doctors say the children experienced sudden, apparent irreversible paralysis affecting one or more limbs. The prognosis weve seen so far is not good. Most of the children weve seen have not recovered use of their arm or leg. Id like to say that sophia is still a healthy, young girl whos thriving. She goes to preschool. She does dance. And we were very lucky that it only affected her left arm. I was with her in the er when she was having trouble breathi
Officials. Were keeping an eye on a busy day of events. At the bottom of the hour chuck hagel and joint chiefs chairman Martin Dempsey are due to testify on capitol hill. Secretary kerry meets with his russian counterpart in paris. Also at 11 00, they are due to meet with nato military alliance and president obama delivers remarks as comments originally suppose fobd cussed on minimum wage are likely to include some mention of the crisis in ukraine were told. Lets begin with our coverage of russian lawmakers drafting legislation that would allow moscow to confiscate assets of american and european companies. The russian retaliation of sanctions could have a relatively small impact on the u. S. Russian interests make up 1 of american trade but europe has far more to lose. Since trade has ballooned in postsoviet times. Just the first nine months of the last year the European Union imported more than 200 billion worth of goods from russia. Coroner nns phil black is in moscow. Is there an a
Against sb 1062. This is a bill that would expand current law to allow not just people, but businesses and associations to refuse Service Based upon their religious beliefs. Critics, and there many, say it gives people license to discriminate against gay customers. To Chris Christie, his damage control tour made a second stop in long hill, new jersey. This is the 111th town hall meeting that has to be a record. The government is trying to rebound from the bridge scandal that hurt his numbers. Coming up, we will talk to the chief correspondent about how governor christie handled the town hall and how voters handled him. To new york where Harry Kennedy took the stand in the bwi trial. She repeated the claim that she took a sleeping pill by mistake. She allegedly swerved between lanes and careened into the tractortrailer. This was back in july of 2012. She drove away from the accident scene despite a shredded tire. She was found collapsed over the Steering Wheel of her car. Kerry kennedy,
Hollywood honoring its best at the Academy Awards. Well have the showstopping moments and all the historic wins. Good morning, everyone. A lot going on this morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im Christine Romans. Its monday, march 3rd. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with breaking news, the crisis in ukraine escalating by the hour. U. S. Officials confirming Russian Forces have seized complete operational control of the crimean peninsula. Ukraines new government putting its own military on high alert, charging russia has declared war. Western leaders condemning moscow. Secretary of state john kerry heading to kiev to show u. S. Support for ukraines new leaders, calling russias actions a stunning and willful invasion. We need to bring in Diana Magness live in ukraine for us this morning. Get us up to speed. What is happening at this hour . Reporter hi, christine. Well, there are several military bases in crimea which are surrounded by troops. Also, were hearing fr