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the missing airline s communications were deliberately disabled and it veered off of course by the actions of someone on board. these movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. in view of this latest development, the malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation into the crew and passengers on board. despite media reports that the plane was hijacked, i wish to be very clear. we are still investigating all possibilities as to what caused mh 370 to deviate from its original flight path. the prime minister also says that investigators also believe the airliner knew for more than 7 hours after turning back from its flight path. the plane headed west. investigators are trying to trace the plane across two possible new flight routes, a northern accorder and a southern corridor which heads out over the indian ocean. there are reports that the jet experienced sharp changes in altitude after it lost contact with air traffic control, first u
and what a mess. seattle iced over. massive flooding in oregon. now a strong snowstorm that could cause major travel troubles from illinois to massachusetts today. friday, january 20th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. that helicopter crash in afghanistan is the deadliest there since 30 soldiers and 22 u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s died when their chopper was shot down in eastern afghanistan last august. we ll get the very latest from the pentagon in a moment. meantime turning to politics. what a wild day in the gop presidential race. trying to keep track of it all. rick perry dropped out. we learned that mitt romney actually finished second behind rick santorum in the iowa caucuses. then that all led up to the debate where newt gingrich s past took center stage right out of the gate. he said the claim being made by his second ex-wife that he asked for an open marriage so he
now a strong snowstorm that could cause major travel troubles from illinois to massachusetts today. friday, january 20th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. that helicopter crash in afghanistan is the deadliest there since 30 soldiers and 22 u.s. navy seals died when their chopper was shot down in eastern afghanistan last august. we ll get the very latest from the pentagon in a moment. meantime turning to politics. what a wild day in the gop presidential race. trying to keep track of it all. rick perry dropped out. mitt romney actually finished second behind rick santorum in the iowa caucuses. then that all led up to the debate where newt gingrich s past took centerstage right out of the gate. he said the claim being made by his second ex-wife that he asked for an open marriage so he could carry on an affair is completely false. it s an issue i talked to the f