charter schools have the financial capacity to physical space and the government s support to thrive and to grow. mayor de blasio led his own rally two blocks away returning to push his plan for universal pre-k. we are closer than ever to opening next school year with 54,000 full day pre-k seats in new york city. that s tens of thousands more full day seats than we have today and that is a game changer for our children, a game changer for our families. joining us now to talk about the schools, the drama and the students we have a professor of sociology at nyu and regina
vietnamese air force planes have spotted two oil slicks in malaysia and vietnam. it was bound from kuala lumpur to beijing. it was an emotional scene where friends and relatives initially gathered to hear any news about loved ones on board. the u.s. is sending a naval ship, the u.s.s. pickme to the coast of vietnam to aid with search efforts. we go to tom costello who covers aviation for nbc news. tom, what can you tell us about the plane and the search and what we know right now. reporter: it s a mystery. i think this is one of the most extreme cases of a plane disappearing suddenly and without explanation and still missing this far into the experience. this is a very experienced pilot. the 777 200, a very great plane with a great safety record. it is a very early model of the 777. this particular one that was flying, 11 or 12 years old. importantly though, it did have an incident within the past two years or so. it hit another plane on the ground, on the tarmac, china p