activities of u.s. diplomats, cutting down the embassy, and requiring all americans to apply for tourist visas. the socialist leader announced in the rules in response what he calls american meddling in his country. he said venezuelan authorities had to pay several americans including a pilot and allegations of espionage. the state department telling fox news it s looking into that claim. and pair of american astronauts venturing out of the international space station taking their third space walk in just over one week. they are wrapping up the project. taking a live look in space. that project involving an unpress debited amount of cable. about 800 feet long they re stringing outside the space station. it s a plan to install new docking reckdock ing mechanisms preparing for
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ocean. you can see everything and nothing. there s no sign of flight 370. how could an airliner with 239 people aboar just vanish? planes don t disappear. this is not a science fiction movie where all of a sudden it s there and it s gone. we have never seen anything like this. no, this is unpress debited. unprecedented. it s the longest a commercial plane has been missing in the history of aviation. we don t know. so many theories, so few answers. the evidence right now leads us to believe it s an intentional act. the question is by who. could satellite images provide key clues? it must be stressed that these sightings, while credible are still to be confirmed. as the families of passengers endure overwhelming anguish and uncertainty.
developing right now, president obama taking a bold step nominating three people to the u.s. court of appeals. during that announcement, president obama lashed out at republicans for trying to obstruct his nominations and declared the courts cannot be short staffed. what s happening now is unprecedented. for the good of the american people, it has to stop. too much of the people s business is at stake. joining me right now, nbc s white house correspondent peter alexander. is the president expecting a tru knockdown, drag-out fight? based on what he s had over the past several years, i think he is. that s why he did this publicly. note, this was the first time the president has publicly announced his nominations for the federal bench, not including the supreme court. this was a rose garden ceremony. that in itself was unpress debited. as you played in that sound bite, you could see his irritation with the time that it has taken for senate confirmations of his judicial nominations.