Chief has a sitdown with iran. And Major League Soccer starting to see its investment in the u. S. Paying off. With an increasing number of fans in the stand, the league will consider adding new teams. Hi everyone. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im Thomas Drayton. We begin this hour with breaking news coming out of california. A magnitude 6. 9 quake struck up the coast of northern california, it was about four miles underground, and 40 miles northwest of ferndale california. Experts say theres no danger over tsunami, and so far no reports of serious damages are injuries. Another developing store gri we are following, the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 360 remains a mystery. There has been no black box signals since the aircraft disappeared. The passenger planeway heading from kuala lumpur to beijing. Authorities are investigating all angles, including terrorism. Theres no comfirmation of what the mist earsious object in the South China Sea is. It may be part of the missin
Germanys chancellor Angela Merkel speaking out calling crimeas referendum on joining russia illegal. Lets get to jim maceda of nbc news in moscow. We are looking at all the different ramifications and details. And one of them, jim, is the lock that russia has on energy in ukraine and the west would have to there eticly make up for that if they dont go with russia. So now we are looking at the details, and once again, a lot of it is about money when it comes right down to it. Reporter its about money, its about energy, and right now its about president Putin Holding all of the cards, joe. Were only six days away from the referendum you referred to in your lead. Taking place in crimea. But with those international monitors now prevented for the third time from entering the peninsula over the weekend, theres no reason to doubt that the final result will be a vote in favor of seceding from ukraine and becoming part of russia. Those russian or prorussian, if you will, troops continue to con
Diver tumble after being hit. How did he make it out alive . And tiny hero, when his mom was badly injured, this 2yearold managed to call for help. But not by dialing 911. The technology he knew how to use to save the day. Hey, good morning. Before we get to the top story, just a reminder, you need to set your clocks today, reset your clocks. Move them ahead one hour. Spring forward or spring ahead. Youre the bearer of bad news, ill bring the good news. We lost an hour of sleep, but the good news . Spring is 11 days away. Whoo butterfly. Our friendly butterfly. Hightech. Reminder this morning. And right to the top story, the misry of flight 370. The plane that vanished en route to beijing. Its baffling. No distress calls, no bad weather, no history of mechanical problems, and no crash signs except oil slicks off the coast of vietnam which may or may not be related. This morning, there are only more questions. Did the pilots attempt a midair turn around. And what does it mean that two o
Weve got some pretty big changes on the way for sunday. All right, moderate changes. Stay tuned. Ill have that for you with the sevenday forecast in a few. Thank you, lisa. Breaking news this morning. A desperate search is on for a boeing 777 that disappeared from air Traffic Control streams over waters between malaysia and vietnam. Just within the past 30 minutes a report that Vietnam Air Force planes have spotted two oil slicks in the water. The slicks were spotted off the southern tip of vietnam stretching between six and nine miles long. Air Traffic Controllers lost contact with the Malaysia Airlines flight over the South China Sea last night leaving the fate of 239 people in doubt. Reporter Malaysia Airlines flight mh 370 with 239 aboard broke radar contact in midair bound from kwa a la lamb purr to beijing. The airline says it lost touch with the boeing 777 200 aircraft about two hours after takeoff reportedly over vietnamese airspace. The ceo of Malaysia Airlines made the grim a
73 today in the livermore valley. Thats not the whole story. We have more clouds and some rain headed your way for tomorrow. Well have that coming up. Katie . Lisa, thank you. Breaking news. A desperate search on the way this morning for a Malaysian Airlines flight that disappeared in waters over southeast asia. Vietnam air force planes have spotted two oil slicks off the southern tip of vietnam. AirTraffic Controllers lost contact with the plane last night. 239 people were on board. Abcs bob woodruff has the dedetails. Reporter . Kuala lumpur, an authority spoke solemnly to the press. The flight lost contact with air Traffic Control at 2 40 a. M. This morning. Reporter the plane was due to fly from malaysias capital, koauala lumpur, to beijing, chi. It went off the radar somewhere off the southern tip of vietnam. 227 passengers from 14 Different Countries and 12 crew members were on board the boeing 777. Among them three americans, two of them children. Here at this Beijing Hotel room