could have landed somewhere. a plane full of people, 239 people, doesn t just disappear. so where is flight 370? our big story. it s been a week almost the fate of flight 370 remains unknown. we have new information tonight. barbara starr what do you know? reporter: good evening, piers. a senior u.s. official now telling cnn exactly what you said, there is a strong likelihood the flight is at the bottom of the indian ocean. why do they come to this conclusion? the malaysians have now given the u.s. in the last 24 hours some access to key data, essentially pings from the airplane as it flew four to five hours out over the indian ocean to satellites. the u.s. has analyzed all of that and now concludes that it did fly over the indian ocean. basically these pings match the air frame, the type of engines that was this flight, and there
answers. how long did flight 370 stay in the air and how come no one noticed it. was the transponder deliberately shut off or mechanical failure? is there possibility a plane could have landed somewhere. a plane full of people, 239 people, doesn t just disappear. so where is flight 370? our big story. it s been a week almost the fate of flight 370 remains unknown. we have new information tonight. barbaraer s starr what do you k? reporter: good evening, piers. a senior u.s. official now telling cnn exactly what you said, there is a strong likelihood the flight is at the bottom of the indian ocean. why do they come to this conclusion? the malaysians have now given the u.s. in the last 24 hours some access to key data, essentially pings from the airplane as it flew four to five hours out over the indian ocean to satellites. the u.s. has analyzed all of that and now concludes that it did fly over the indian ocean.
been working your sources. you have information tonight. your sources are telling you vladimir putin isn t done, no way ready to pack up and go home. not going to happen. i spoke to one of the highest officials in the obama administration today. he s been involved in foreign policy throughout the administration. and the view of the white house is that putin is in this for playing a long game and trying to destabilize ukraine, the first step is this military incursion. call it what we will. but it s very much in his interest. pursuing a russian empire. he s made that clear. an empire to compete with the west and ukraine is essential to that vision however much people in the west think the vision is delusional. and he is playing very hard. he s got economic levers. he s looking at leverage. he s going to pull back now. there can be a military off ramp. somebody like former premier schrader, foreign minister schrader of germany might go
want to rush ukraine out of rush why s control and make it have to live in a hostile relationship with its neighbor. we want russia invested in ukraine s success and by the way, there s a $15 billion tabitha someone s going to have to pay and might as well be all parties involved here. and carl, i know you have been working your sources. you have information tonight. your sources are telling you vladimir putin isn t done, no way ready to pack up and go home. not going to happen. i spoke to one of the highest officials in the obama administration today. he s been involved in foreign policy throughout the administration. and the view of the white house is that putin is in this for playing a long game and trying to destabilize ukraine, the first step is this military incursion. call it what we will. but it s very much in his interest. pursuing a russian empire. he s made that clear. an empire to compete with the
empire for 300 years. crimea has been part of the russian empire for 200 years. and as you say, the gas lines crisscross through ukraine. all ukraine s industry is in to put it crudely, the pro-russian eastern half of ukraine. so were there to be trouble, secessionist movements, ukraine would not be viable as a state without risha s encouragement. and finally, anderson, we don t want to rush ukraine entirely out of russian control and make it have to live in a hostile relationship with its neighbor. we want russia vested in ukraine s success and by the way. and by the way, there s a $15 billion tab that someone is going to have to pay, and it might as well be all parties involved here. and carl, i know you have been working your sources. you have information tonight. your sources are telling you