A homicide. Good evening other top story tonight the major breaking news malaysian Officials Say investigators have now concluded that the missing jet was hijacked and steered off course. And the radar data backing that up. Radar signal recorded by the malaysian military appear to show the plane first climbing to 45,000 feet. The plane then turns west and descends uneve unevenly to 23,000 feet and in the last reporting 25,000 500 feet and then heading north west. So what is all this tell investigators again latest word is they belief this was a a hijacking. David curly is on the story. Tonight abc news has learned there was not just one turn possible effort to return to at the time airport but other turns that took the jet liner up the straits to the independent i dont know ocean. Even more evidence suggesting a possible road pilot or hijacker may have been in control of the malaysian triple 7 after it dropped off radar. That indicates that somebody may on the controls. Slight turns i
Program,ng up on the cashing in on cosmetics. I meet the founder of space nk which sells some of the worlds finest makeup and the business of botox. I sit down with an apprentice winner who runs a chain of skincare clinics. That is still to come on the program. We begin with our top story, the abandoned megamerger. But lisas and omnicom have called off their 35 billion try to create the Worlds Largest Advertising Company. One executive not surprised. Bloomberg caught up with him earlier this morning. We were surprised by the speed with which it fell apart. Call three or four weeks ago, it was predictable that it was going to fall. They sort of semicriticized one another and both said it was better or it was good to be separate. For more on the deal, lets bring in Jonathan Ferro and matt campbell. Why has the deal been shelved . There are plenty of theories out there. Two main theories. One comes from the companies themselves. Tax, regulatory obstacles. Analysts will tell you it was dow
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Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Smoking Electronic Cigarettes could soon be illegal in most Public Places in San Francisco. But i think its really important to show i had a banana flavored one. Ul heres a peach flavored one. But i know that other flavors from bubble gum, gummy bears, and other flavors are not targeted at elders. Theyre targeted at teens and youth. The board of supervisors voted unanimously this week to include ecigarettes in the citys strict antismoking laws. A similar measure is being considered in Santa Clara County next week. Ecigarettes are getting popularity especially among teens providing nicotine but instead of producing smoke, they emit a vapor. Supporters say they offer smokers a less harmful alternative. Opponents contend e cigarettemakers are targeting young people through marketing joining me now for a discussion about ecigarettes are michael mullins, founder and ceo of digital ciggz, rachel grana at ucsf, and marisa lagos, San Francis