witnessed during your time there? >> oh my goodness, i coan couldt begin to tell you. >> and obamacare. >> evenlyeventually, that will e something i'll sign up for. >> it's not something i want to think about. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. the official hope has ended. although the skepticism doesn't, with the notice that the malaysia air 370 ended in the indian ocean. the aircraft with 239 on board did crash into the ocean after taking off from kuala lumpur over two weeks ago. they can't say why. that's why a search continues in a remote part of indian ocean, 2500 miles beyond perth awful. sarah hoye has the story. >> it's with deep sadness and regret that i must inform you that according to this new data, life of 370 ended in the southern indian ocean. >> the missing malaysia airlines plain that vanished 17 days ago, crashed, he said. citing new data analysis by satellite company bringing new comfort to the families of draughdistraught passengers. >> for them the past few weeks have been heartbreaking. i know this news must be harder still. >> reporter: plaintiff malaysia's prime minister addressed the world, malaysia airlines met with the families of the missing passengers. released a statement that said in part, it must be assumed the flight had been lost. chaos ensued with many screaming inside the briefing room in agony and disbelief and dozens needing medical attention. the announcement was too much for this woman who heard the news at a hotel where many of the relatives are staying in beijing. although there's been no confirmed sighting of the plane for days satellite images showed possible debris floating in the indian ocean. with the search window finally narrowed, the few pieces of possible wreckage that have been spotted. for some family members of the missing reality is setting in. >> translator: there were only two possible outcomes, good or bad. this is my worst fear, i just have to accept it as calmly as i can. >> with officials believing the plane's flight ending in the indian ocean, the race is why the jet ended up so far off course. >> sarah hoye joins us. when are officials going to tell us what more they have found on the search? >> we'll have an announcement and press conference tuesday. >> can they tell us any more about what happened to it from the hours from the take off to the time it crashed? >> the answer, no, because they really need that data recorder. so if they don't find it, that's really what they need, they're going to try to check what this debris is. it really is something that takes a lot of time, it's tedious we're talking about rough waves and bad weather. >> very, very deep part of the ocean as well. they've asked the united states help here. >> that's right, the united states is moving in a black box locator. >> what does that mean? >> it is like a sting ray, towed behind a naval ship. it can locate whatever is missing. >> even in the very deep water. we know it only pings for about 30 days. they're watching for that very carefully. sarah hoye, thanks very much. the news crushes hopes for families waiting for more positive news. heidi snow joins us. after she lost her fe fiancee, n twa flight, heartbreaking on getting the news from the plaishiamalasian authorities. can you talk us through the stages of emotional grief happening here? >> i remember all too well-being we were all gathered at the ramada inn in new york city, getting information, wanting information. and waiting and hoping to get some confirmation that the loved ones of our remains were found. in this case, they do not actually have any remains of the plane, and they don't have the remains of their loved ones. what we're finding is people are still going back and forth and fluctuating from hope there is a possibility that they survived then going back the next hour to the reality that they truly could be gone at this point. >> i did see some relatives going on the air already talking about you know, they had so much doubt, there had been so many conflicting reports over the last couple of weeks that really must add to that feeling that how can i believe this to be true? >> right, exactly. and i believe that until there's tangible evidence, like some piece of the plane or remains of their loved ones found they are going to continue to go through this process of wondering, holding onto the possibility that they could still be alive somewhere safe. and then going back and forth to the reality. and so many people who call us for help at access over time, we all remember this waiting period. and that's what our mentors are there to do. we just listen and we remember just fluctuating back and forth. and it's just so hard not knowing. >> do you find that this is different, in different cultures, or you know, faiths, that people have a different reaction to this? an emotional place that is different in different groups? >> yeah, absolutely. it is different. but at the end of the day, what they all need is to go through whatever the process is. so if it is being angry, if it is willing, or screaming or crying, do people helping them need to embrace that and understand that this is what they need to do to get through this. and there really is no right or wrong way. and yes, different cultures do vary as to how they express their emotions but in any event that's what they need to go through. i remember it so well. it took five weeks for the remains of my fiancee to be found. but we had confirmation and visual parts of the plane. i could see that part but these folks have nothing. they really don't have anything beyond the latest news report to really hold onto it and make sense of it. and we still deal with this. i think about it all the time did michelle feel pain? to really understand what they go through, that goes on inevitably. >> hydeheidi snowy, we appreciae you being with us. a -- snowy snow, we preach you u being with us. the town of oso, an hour north of seattle, millions of tons of mud and rock came down, the recovery effort comes continues. allen schauffler is in arlington, washington, not far from oso what can you tell us allen? >> that huge landslide hit a couple of dais ago, joie. we can tell you they had to pull a couple of the search and rescue out of the that slide zone. they're worried about further slides coming down so that a portion at least of the search and rescue eferl rescue effort e pulled down. they had se sonar, dog teams one scene, as well, and we understand about 100 people on foot looking through the debris from 30 or so homes that were wiped out by that slide. we now understand about 15 million cubic yards of earth that came thundering out of the cascade foothills wiped out a neighborhood and search and rescue officials admit they do not have an exact number of how many people are missing. they are chasing down 108 separate reports of missing people. they say a lot of those may be overlaps, publicly they are saying this is still a rescue operation and with every passing hour those miracles seem more and more likely. joie. >> allen i was in this area miefl. this imyself. this has had landslides before. is there indication what happened before, had there been rain or precipitating event? >> you nailed it joie. this area has slipped before at least twice in the last 20 years, the last one at least seven years ago, a major one at this very site. >> al jazeera's allen schauffler, thanks very much for being with us. after the break, on "america tonight," what might have been. >> i looked ahead. i wondered what kind of daddy would i be if i had any children. that's all i want to know. >> the dark era of forced sterilization in virginia. how it inspired the nazis, "america tonight"'s investigation into the attempt to create a super-race in this country. ... and what is also very disturbing is at this time, egypt partners would not simply limit themselves to some condemnation and not change anything in their dealings with egypt. i think the more silent or the more muted the international community is, and in particular, the u.s.a, and the more emboldened the egyptian authorities come. >> can hashiba and sheila, thank you very much for being with us. after the break, the obamacare checkup. one week from the sign-up deadline what will it take to convince the young invincibles? >> i mean, i don't know who's illegal, who's not illegal... al jazeera america presents a breakthrough television event. borderland a first hand look at the crisis on the border... >> i'm already afraid just being here >> six strangers, with different points of view take a closer look at the ongoing conflict. gary, a farmer, who hires many migrent workers... >> people say immigrants are stealing our jobs, it's not true... >> and allison, a born again christian, republican... >> let's just send them back to mexico and let their goverment handle it. >> they re-live the fatal quest of a young boy named omar... >> do you think that omar was way too young to make that trip accross the dessert? >> you just can't keep being strong... >> where will this path lead them? >> just because they make it to the u.s., doesn't mean good things are gonna happen to them. >> experience illegal immigration... up close, and personal. >> the only way to find out, is to see it yourselves. on... borderland only on al jazeera america >> sometime is running out. the white house is getting creative when it comes to young americans. hoping to get another 1 million to sign up before the march 31st, obamacare debt line. "america tonight"'s adam may sat down with a group of them. >> who currently has health care, just raise your hands? you two do, you have no health care? >> that's correct. >> how long you hav have you ben without health care? >> four years. >> illegality, under 3healthy, . >> the whole process of getting insurance, the jargon of it all, the prices, it's not something that i really want to think about. >> an uninsured graduate student facing a march 31st deadline. >> i'm getting text messages from my parents, do you understand the new deadline. everywhere. it makes me a little worried, wow, they're desperate. >> with less than a week to sign up for health care, the obama administration is getting creative. >> a lot of people think they're invincible. >> you think invisible? >> not invisible, invincible, meaning, they don't think they can get hurt. >> it was a carefully marketing strategy. the obama administration needs all enrollees to be between 18 and 44 years old, will offset the cost of ensuring older americans. >> if they get that insurance, it will really make a difference. they have until march 31st to sign up. >> i saw it on facebook and i made sure to watch that. >> they made google on affordable care act. >> that made your google? >> yes, i wanted to get more information on it. >> well, and i think that you know the campaign should have been focusing on things like that more often. >> ben and soyala are both assureinsured and impress impree shot on the ellen show. >> i did exercise and i ate healthy and i had some carrot sticks along with the potato chips. >> good, it balances out. >> hi, i'm lebron james. sign up now. you never know when you might take a hit. >> and the timing of college basketball's march madness. >> we want you to check this out. it's got sweet 16 reasons you -- >> you should sign up for health insurance. >> featuring first lady michelle obama and jonah hill and adam levine. >> one things we should not have to put up with is are our kids not having health care. >> until something happens they will continue to feel invincible. >> we nag you because we love you. >> are you happy you signed up? >> i am. >> ben has been enrolled for months. >> the biggest thing is it takes away the pressure of thinking, what will happen if i have to go to the emergency room or to the doctor. i feel just an immense load off my shoulders. >> so you actually do some work with hospital billing, correct? >> yes, i work as a medical scribe in the emergency room. >> what has your personal experience been working in hospital billing and how that impacts your decision on whether or not to sign up for obamacare? >> they are trying to get as much money from you as possible. if you are uninsured, you are falling into debt. we focus so much on car insurance but we're like running motors 24-7, we can't ever expect we are going to be invincible because we're not. >> you're nodding yes to this, i can't believe it. we are like cars, like motors. are you putting time into investigating this? >> i am, i agree with what you said and i get it, i think that prevention has gotten me pretty far in terms of i eat a plant-based diet, i go to yoga a few times a week, i've declined invitations to go snowboarding. it is a bit of a roll of the dyedice i suppose. i don't know how much insurance costs. >> fauna also feels the confusion and the pressure. >> i'll definitely get insurance. >> will you get it this week? >> that's a million dollar question. i'm not sure. if it were ever the 11th hour it's now? right? >> the president wants you to sign up now. >> i know, i know. but i'm not sure. i'm not sure. >> adam may, al jazeera, washington. >> almost every american will be required by law to have health insurance by next week, monday march 31st marks a hud huge deadline for can obamacare, the affordable care act as we know i.t. largely focused on data collection, interpreting those kinds of information, this is a perfect example on that. what's the data on this? is obamacare going to reach its numbers? >> so we know right now 5 million people have signed up. that's as of last week, the white house said they hit the 5 million mark. the congressional budget office has projected that 6 million will enroll this year. it's really hard to tell whether they'll hit the enrollment goal. they are expectation a surge in the last week, for all those who will anxiously go on to healthcare.gov. >> we saw it on the adam may report, these young invincibles, young folks who are waiting until the last minute, undecided, will they reach the kind of numbers that obamacare needs? >> i think they are generally expected to be why critical to the system to work. the older sicker people who really do use a lot of health care services. we know that the white house said previously before health care started, they wanted 30% to be between 18 and 45. we hope they get a surge of yinger people. in massachusetts they went online at the very last minute. we don't know whether that will help with federal health reform and that's something we will be watching. >> it really seems that behind the whole push by the administration to do some very young folk directed stuff, the sports folks, between the ferns, what is hoping this is turning people out. >> it is something that's been in the works for a while. the white house is meeting with people at funnie funniy or fun . between the two ferns, which is when the video aired it was a heavy traffic that day but it got people to the website. and that's really something. that you can go on this comedy site and get a lot of people over to health car healthcare.g. >> direct people to specific audience he. >> they've had more than a million people sign up just in california. but they have lagged behind on latino elementary. latino populations, encouraging them to sign up. there are 14 exchanges, crunching their numbers, who are the people left behind and who do we want to reach in this next week. >> the other number that is pretty important is how much do people end up paying for their policy. you can punch the button and sign up but that doesn't actually mean you're in. >> health insurance companies don't consider you covered unless you pay your premiums. healthcare.gov has not been releasing that information, there is no data available on how many have paid their premiums. hearlhealth care administration% of five million, that's one thing insurance companies are going to be going after. they are going osay great, you signed up, now where is that first month's premium? >> now pay up. >> sarah, look forward to your launch, appreciate you being with us. and up with our last thoughts, madam la mayor. we'll take there next. >> finally this hour, voters in paris are about to make history one way or the other. over the weekend they headed to the polls to elect a new mayor. for the first time ever, the mayor of the city of lights will be a woman. >> at stake is the chance to run all this, one of the world's most distinctive cities. and whoever wins this election in paris will make history. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> becoming its first female mayor. on the left, the front runner socialist ann hidalgo, on the right, natalie hiscusco. >> both campaigning hard to do their mark but doing it differently. mar samarseilles. >> i want to change paris for better because i love paris. >> while h hidalgo: >> over conservatism and redress. >> keep in mind the interest of its more than 2 million people. this is the first real electoral test since francois hollande struggled in the polls. the economy and security and that two women are leading the race. politics here like in many places it's at this time dominated by men. and at times, during this campaign, the two main mayoral candidates have been scrutinized in a way they wouldn't have been if they were men. >> and compared not only on their politics. >> translator: the interest in the fact that the candidates are women could be seen in the media. for example while they talked about the color of their hair, how they dressed, in fact they have to play on a double level, which is one on sai seduction ad the image of the mayor. >> both hidalgo and morrissey, could lead to greater equality in politics here. emma hayward, al jazeera, paris. >> that is it for us here on "america tonight." please remember, if you want to comment, log onto our website, aljazeera.com/americatonight. or twitter and facebook. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america, i'm tony harris. the search has been called off for missing malaysia airlines three 50. the slight image shows that the plane crashed into the indian ocean. the prime minister made the announcement earlier today. authorities don't believe there will be more survivors are rescued, in oso, washington, north of seattle. 108 missing persons reports have been filed. more pressure on russia over its seizure of crimea. they agreed to seclude russia from the g8 conference of nation. as russian back forces consolidate their control over crimea. more manpower and machinery to search for african warlord joseph conee, he is believed to be hiding out in the jungles of africa. those are the headlines. i'm tony harris, i'll see you here at 11:00 eastern 8:00 pacific. south by southwest concert, "consider this" is next. >> it went down in the southern indian ocean - the latest grim details about the missing malaysian airliner. deadly force on camera, the albuquerque is under federal investigation. what is it like to be american and imprisoned in iran - three hikers share their harrowing ordeal. >> and america's greatest concentration of wealth. >> i'm antonio mora,

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