Captioning funded by cbs by cbs this is the cbs morning news for thursday, march 20th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning a possible lead in the search for that missing malaysian airliner. Officials say they have spotted two objects by satellite floating in the indian ocean, but they warn it may have nothing do with the vanished jet. The boeing 777 vanished 13 days ago and has been the subject of a massive search from central asia to the indian ocean. Tara mergener is in washington. Tara, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. The fate of flight 370 has so far baffled investigators, but these images are being called a potential breakthrough. This morning they are hopeful but cautious about this australian discovery. I would like to inform the house australias Prime Minister says aircraft are investigating a possible debris field in the southern indian ocean southwest of perth that may be tied to the missing malaysian airliner. Two possible objects
Good to be with you, im annemarie green. Donald sterlings hope of maintaining ownership has taken another hit this morning. This weekend, sterling made his first Public Comment since being banned for life from the nba for making racist comments recorded by his girlfriend. In an interview with cnns anderson cooper, he said hes not a racist and his remarks were a mistake. Im here with you today to apologize and to ask for forgiveness for all the people i have hurt and i have hurt so many people. By the end of the interview, sterling went on the offensive against an nba legend prompting the league to issue a new apology. Marlie hall is here in new york with more. Good morning, marlie. Good morning, thats right, part of the rant focused on Magic Johnson. During the interview, sterling continued to lash out at the hall of fame player. What has he done . Can you tell me . Big Magic Johnson, what has he done . Hes a business person. Hes got aids. Donald sterling took aim at Magic Johnson, bla
Afghan military Officials Say just after 9 00 a. M. Local time a suicide bomber on a bicycle rode up to within 30 yards of the main gate of the ministry before blowing himself up. Gunfire rang out after the explosion. Police say at least nine people were killed and another 14 woulded. Its not the first time that main entrance has been hit nor the first time it was struck by a person on a bicycle. U. S. Officials say defense secretary chuck hagel who arrived here in kabul last night was nowhere near the blast. He was at a safe location at a facility, the international assisted security force, but he and those traveling with him were taken to a facility which was already in lockdown. Security aside, hagel has a political crisis on his hands now too. Today was supposed to be the final handover of ba gran prison on the afghan control. Its been a major Sticking Point to u. S. And afternoon began relations, but this morning that was postponed over what officials are calling technical matters
And new jersey has now closed all the bridges and tunnels until further notice. Theres a whole lot going on tonight. Authorities have ordered people off the roads except for emergency responders. And at this hour this very heavily populated part of the United States looks like a wintry ghost town. When was the last time you saw new york look like that with a driving ban in effect and mass transit shut down . Joining us now with the latest on this storm is our own msnbc meteorologist dominica davis. What people want to know right now is basically how long is this thing going to last . Well this is going to last through tomorrow morning will be the worst of it and then it will start to settle down through the afternoon. But it looks like the snowfall, betty, is going to linger especially through new england through the first part of the afternoon. So we still have a ways to go. And we are seeing these blizzard conditions now ramping up especially through providence and the boston area. P
Since 9 11. These horrific events have in some ways come to define the United States. Every day in 2014, 92 people were killed with a gun, on average. In total, there were almost 11,000 gun murders, more than 21,000 gun suicides and over 81,000 nonfatal gun injuries that year. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. In 2011, the United States had over seven times as many as gun homicides per 100,000 people as did canada. Over 50 times as many as germany and almost 60 times as many as the united kingdom, according to gunpolicy. Org. So can americans learn something from other countries on this crucial issue of keeping its citizens safe . In this hour, were going to travel the world to look for solutions. Gun violence rates in one country are a fraction of americas levels. Well visit another nation where liberals and conservatives reached agreement on gun control and afterwards, shootings plummeted. But first lets visit a country where the people are