certainly in this area. one of the things as we bring it back to you. one of the factors, a familiar thing is politics, countries what they want to disclose, what they don t, who is helping, who isn t. that all plays out in realtime. for families it s so agonizing to know there may be more information and there s a little bit of a game going on about what is told and when. thanks. we ll be back with you this morning. agonizing and frustrating for these families. thank you, chris. certainly more on the flight for 370. first russia cementing its grip on crimea. ratify the treaty absorbing crimea. the vote was unanimous. lawmakers in lower house approved it, 443-1. meantime president obama sanctions against russia, responding in kind.
financial services, mining, defense, energy and engineering sectors. this is not our preferred outcome. these sanctions would not only have a significant impact on the russian economy but could also be disruptive to the global economy. reporter: this time russia responded with its own sanctions on president obama s advisers. they call themselves proud to be on the naughty list of those willing to stand against aggression. mccain said i guess my spring break in sibera is off. my bank account frozen. i will never cease my efforts on behalf of freedom, including crimea. i will continue to lead efforts to capitol hill to bring putin to his senses. our nation s leaders almost gleefully using the #sanctioned by putin. senator landrieu calling it a
re-election campaign says it s a badge of honor. john mccain says i guess it means my spring break in sibera is off. a lot of people feel crimea is lost and president obama and white house have the not been able to agree on sanctions and aid package. should they stop laughing and start working. fine for one day. crimea looks like it lost, putin looks like he lost. can we win ukraine as a price perhaps of losing crimea. things have to be done, bigger ramping up of sanctions i would say. also military relationships with nato relationships around russia, ground troops. saying that should not be ruled out to ukraine. across two roads that go from ukraine to crimea, securing ukraine wouldn t be a crazy thing but nobody in washington wants to talk about ground
david soucie. thank you. more news, lets get to you on that. start with breaking news in crimea. russia s takeover of crimea now essentially a done deal. the upper house of parliament voting unanimously to approve a treaty to an ex crimea, the vote to ratify. president obama citing concerns about russian aggression in ukraine slapped members with sanctions. moscow hit back banning nine officials from russia. they include house speaker john boehner and senator john mccain. nine people killed in an attack in a popular luxury attack in kabul, the dead a mix of afghan and foreigners and children. police say four teenagers entered the hotel thursday and started shooting randomly. investigators say they smuggled small pistols in their shoes.
the plane if they do find this is the plane off australia, will he go to perth. he says absolutely. he said malaysia airlines assured them if any part of the plane is found, they will be flown to the location. until then, of course, he waits, watches and waits. we ll have much more coming up for you from kuala lumpur. lets get to john berman for today s top stories. we have breaking news. russia s upper house of parliament giving unanimous approval making crimea part of the russian federation. in the meantime the european union has joined the u.s. in expanding sanctions over moscow s move on crimea. president obama targeted nearly two dozen members of vladimir putin s inner circle. in response russia has banned nine u.s. officials from that country including house speaker john boehner and senator john mccain. senator john mccain s response. i guess this means spring break in sibera is off. an army general planning to retire now that a judge reprimanded him in a closely