Flight was headed when it left the radar screen. So far, theyre just discussing what we already know. Heres what is driving this bizarre turn. A senior Malaysian Air force official tells cnn the jet liner veers hundreds of miles off course. Top malaysian officials however now disputing that claim, but theyre also saying that theyre expanding the search into that area. This as were learning that the planes transponder was turned off. Why did that happen . So weve got the latest on the search and the investigation into its disappearance beginning with jim clancey. Reporter hot day here in kuala lumpur. Especially hot for the defense minister. He has basically now admitted that the plane is nowhere near the South China Sea when it was last seen on radar. He also broke down and said bring in the ntsb and the federal Aviation Administration of the United States, we need all the help we can get. Listen. The way forward, ladies and gentlemen, is to be more able to analyze both the civilian and military data in the east and west, on land or in the water. And this is exactly what we are doing today. Reporter chris, that press conference is going on and its still a hot one. Let me get you caught up on the rest of the days events. As we enter day 5 of the search for the missing Malaysian Airliner, a sea of frustration. A veietnamese official saying this is due to insufficient information about where exactly to look. This suggests this is the planes last location. But now a twist, a senior official telling cnn their radar shows it still may have been airborne more than an hour later flying the opposite direction of its destination. Now challenges to that with them saying over night its too early to say anything about the planes flight path. The air force saying the last known location was just over this small island of pulau perak. Adding to the mystery, the planes transponder, the instrument that transmits its location was turned out of while cruising at 32,000 feet. You have to have a very deliberate rative process to turn the transponder off. If someone did that in the cockpit, they were doing it to disguise the route of the plane. Reporter the unknown leaving families of the missing passengers hopeless, desperate for answers. Once again, it has flipflopped. Were getting word that, yes, the military is admitting the plane was last noted on its radar at 200 miles northwest of the town. It is gone for the south from the South China Sea. It is right now we see that they are having to look in another direction. They have also added india to the list. If the plane stayed on that path, it was flying towards the indian ocean. Thats it from here. Turn it back to you, brooke. Where the heck is this plane . Thank you so much, jim. I can tell you that Law Enforcement officials, theyre still scrambling to try to find out what happened on board that jet liner in those crucial moments before communication was lost. And while the iranian nationals have not been linked to any terror groups, the head of the cia says terrorism has not been ruled out. Nick robertson joins us this morning live from london. Reporter it cant be ruled out because there have been claims that this was a terror attack by groups that people havent heard of before. This is what john was referring to, essentially too many loose ends, no corroboration that these planes can in any claims can be substantiated. This could be a hijacking or sabotage falls under the terrorism banner, if you will. The two men were probably not engaged in terrorism, but that does leave over 200 other passengers. What is clear from this press conference right now is the civil and military authorities in malaysia are having trouble interpreting the radar data they have. The military seem to perhaps have the best idea. But what they are all stressing in searching these two different areas is because theyre having trouble interpreting that information. This is perhaps why were hearing the malaysian officials talk about having the help of the u. S. Federal Aviation Authority and the ntsb who can bring their experts to bear on interpreting the information that the military and civil authorities have got on their equipment. They just dont know how to interpret it correctly. This really does seem to be at the root of the confusion there. Is this about how theyre investigating it or what theyre investigating . Is it confusing by circumstance or by the practice of the investigation itself . Does this new theory about where they were flying feed into the idea of terrorism. This is where you need somebody who understands these types of investigations. We are very lucky to have mary ska voe on this story for us. Heres what we know, we know it left at about 12 41 from kul la lump purr. Thats where we start to get the conflicting reports. Some say it turned around, others say it didnt. Mary, we were were monitoring the press conference. We do have you on the phone. You with us . Right. Im with you on the phone. Help me with this. First, lets look at it from 30,000 feet here, no pun tended. Is this uncharted territory . I would say yes if we had the complete information, but i think its the opposite. I think what has occurred is we have not gotten Accurate Information from the malaysian government. When that occurs, you go to the most likely scenario. Whats most likely is the transponder was not able to transmit. And we look at the most recent warnings. Boeing had a warning out in november and most recently they renewed it saying there were fuselage cracking. Obviously, communications would go down. I think what the malaysian government needs to do they clearly didnt think it was a hijacking, because they allowed it to fly right back over the air space and over the country. They were trying very hard to communicate, but could not. What they need to do is find the fuel on board and track that same heading to where the fuel would run out. All right. Well, thats important. We have. This isnt the first time like this. I know you draw the comparison to air france 447 that crashed into the atlantic. It took five days to find, right . Right. But, again, it seems to get more and more confusing. Were now hearing that authorities will confirm that the flight did take this veering off course of some several hundred miles. You say its still most likely it was a catastrophic event maybe dealing with the directive about the cracks in the fuselage but then how would it make it hundreds of miles . Because the 777 has an interesting system. When you start losing systems, they shut down other systems. Its intended to do this. It preserves the flight controls as best that it can and the it tries to preserve what systems it has to keep that plane in the air. Its the same thing the air bus did. It preserved the systems that it did have left. The plane would keep the heading that it was last on when this occurred. If they were turning and trying to drop altitude, the plane would stay on the last course or the last instruction that it had. Whether or not people were even alive in the cockpit, thats what the plane would do because boeing and air bus engineered it into the plane to try to save the plane and save the flight. So it could have been a catastrophic event where it was a ghost ship is what youre saying, those on board were incapacitated for whatever horrible reason. Thats why the flight path is so straight which is inconsistent with human manipulation of the plane and then it winds up in the strait of malacca. Just speculation, but you are one who has the right to speculate with all your experience. Thank you for the perspective. If i get new and Fresh Information on it, ill try and get you on the phone again so you can fill in the blanks. So thank you, mary, appreciate it. Thank you. Mean time, take you to washington. This explosive war of words is really heating up between the senate and the cia. John brennan flatly denying that they violated federal law. But feinstein took the outline that its charges and others. What is being alleged here is really stunning, like cloak and dagger within our own government. It goes right to the heart of how much power the cia has and how much congress can keep tabs on it. Five years ago, the Senate Intelligence committee started investigating the cias investigation and detention policies. They say during this investigation, the cia accessed their computers and that certain damning information just started vanishing. The cia just went and searched the committees computers. Reporter Diane Feinstein blasted the cia on the senate floor. Besides the constitutional implication, the search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the Computer Fraud and abuys act, as well as executive order 12333 which prohibits the cia from conducting domestic searches or surveillance. Reporter 6. 2 million documents theyve spent years coaming through and then noticed certain pages started disappearing. This happened twice, more than 900 pages. She says the cia, when asked what was going on, first denied any interference. Then blamed it on the it guys. Then feinsteineinstein says an report that highlighted the cias own prons started problems started disappearing. It was not their classification level, but rather their analysis and acknowledgement of significant cia wrong doing. Reporter cia director strongly denied hacking those computers. Nothing could be further from the truth. Reporter feinstein says he admitted the cia, quote, searched them. She says now the cia is claiming her committee should have never had access to that report. And the cia has now gone to the Justice Department to look into whether the Senate Intelligence committee has committed a crime, something she calls intimidation of those trying to investigate. Wading through the details of a cia program that never should have existed. Reporter they said, if this is true, this is dangerous to democracy and that congress should declare war on the cia. Feinstein is going to move to have the entire report de classified and made available to the american public. Its only as good as the proof. Well be waiting to see whats behind the senators suggestion about this. The clock is ticking in ukraine. President obama is set to welcome the countrys interim Prime Minister today. He will express his support and discuss options to resolve russias invasion. This comes as russia seems to be tightening i ining grip on crim. Flights are canceled through at least monday. Were live in crimea with the latest. Why are the Flights Canceled . Reporter flights are canc canceled because they are not taking any of the planes coming from kiev, only from moscow which really tells you that russia is now in control of the crimean peninsula. They are clutching at straws. Yes, the acting Prime Minister is in washington d. C. Due to meet president obama at the white house along with secretary of state john kerry. As i said, they are clutching at straws. They are trying to find a diplomatic solution to reverse russias invasion. Thats what it is. Invasion of crimea. We traveled to the east and tip of the peninsula yesterday. The ports been taken over by Russian Forces. Thats where they are ferrying across troops, convoys of trucks. This is a continual flow. The military buildup is happening. The people here will decide on sunday if it will become a part of the russian mainland. Certainly, you know, its pretty much a foregone conclusion. This peninsula here and the people are now officially part of russia. We heard from the president at the white house a couple days ago, still reiterating that referendum violates international law. A big blow for democrats in the first big political showdown. Narrowly defeating democratic alex sink in a democratic election in florida. Both parties poured millions of dollars into this swing district race. Were live in clear water, florida this morning. This is not just one little race in florida, is it da na . Reporter its not if you look at the way both parties poured in millions and millions of dollars. Because if you look at history sometimes it was a yes, it really did predict what happened, and sometimes it was just an aberration. That is certainly not stopping republicans since they won here, saying this is our message that this is proof its going to help in november. That message, of course, repeal obamacare. They have been putting all eggs in that basket to not gist keep the house, but retake the senate. The minute jolly was declared winner, they said this is something the democrats should be worried about. The democratic candidate here said she supported the Health Care Law but was careful to say that she wanted to make changes to it. So she didnt embrace it all together. Democrats are saying the fact she came as close as she did in a district which is this one that had a republican congressman for 43 years is proof that they, in a more traditional election, can do well with that kind of mess sanl. Its unclear how much its going to mean. You can be sure that both sides are going to be studying the specifics, especially givien th fact that about a third is independent. This is just an eightmonth electi election. Theyre going to be right back at it in november. All right. Thank you so much. Still dark there as it is in much of the nation this morning. I know you want to comment. Were watching the video there of the guy celebrating the win. The song is called six fingered tune, and it is the song of the price is right. How do you know that . What is metaphor for what politics has become that theyre playing the theme song of the price is right when they celebrate the victory because its about the money. Makes me sick. Does it make you sick . Take a look at the head lines while you rovr. U. S. Airways flight forced to divert to houston last night. They had a medical emergency on board involving one of the passengers. That passengers identity and condition have not been released yet. It was then allowed to continue onto arizona. A massive fire emergency in San Francisco. Look at this. 150 firefighters battling a blaze that broke out in the mission bay neighborhood. This blaze grew to six alarms. Several hundred residents across the feet from the fire had to be evacuated. Some of their windows were being shattered. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Obamacare numbers show that signups have slowed down. 943,000 americans selected health plans in february. Compare that to januarys 1. 2 million. Total enrollment now stands at 4. 2 million. They hope for a lastminute signup surge. Former top aide to governor Chris Christie fighting a subpoena investigating the George Washington bring scandal. The panel brants texts, emails and other documents from bridget ann kelly. And how about this . The president making a bit of a surprise stop at the gap during a fund raising trip to new york city. The chain recently agreed to raise its minimum wage in Stores Across the country. Later on new day, were going to speak to the gap employee who helped the president make his selections. What do you buy the first lady . Thats a tough one. Is he shopping for his wife . And the girls. Indra petersons, can you imagine, youre hanging out at the gap and a bunch of guys in ties show up. Yeah right. They probably want the girls advice. All right. Lets talk about whats going on. Theres going to be big changes in your wardrobe. This is d. C. s high expected today. 68 degrees. Then i took you every four hours through the evening. By midnight, talking about 30s. By 4 00 a. M. In the 20s. Only into the 30s tomorrow. And it is not the only city thats going to be seeing this. Everyones really going to feel the effects of the next system making its way through. Of course that system continuing to strengthen as it pushes farther off to the east. Heavy amounts of snow. Detroit could see up to about 7 inches. Blizzard warning, 13 inches of snow. One of the models lead up to 2 feet of snow once you get toward burlington. New york city, less than an inch. Here comes the low making its way across. Keep in mind, if youre on the cold side of the low, thats where youre seeing snow. On the warm side, youre talking about rain. As it moves its way across, you move to the backside. There you go. Thats the system making its way through clearing out of here by friday. By thursday evening, completely out of here. Right in between, youre talking about the threat for severe weather. A good 15 million of you have a potential even for tornados, guys. Mostly strong thunderstorms, but you cant rule this guy out. A lot to be concerned with here over the next several days. Cold air, warm air together, never a good story. She missed boils and locusts. Anything else . Heavy snow. I already covered that. Coming up next, Stunning Development in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. 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