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takeover of crimea. heres the president. >> the world is watching with grave concern as russia has positioned its military in a way that could lead to further inkurgss and to southern and eastern ukraine. >> nbcs sara james joins me from melbourne, australia and here in washington, tom costello. i tom, i want to start with you. this search focused on the coast off australia, 1500 miles from perth. whats the latest? >> here are the images we have of the debris out here. this was spotted...

said i want to know. those searchers are thinking about mothers and fathers and sisters and probrothers like th as they head out in just a couple of hours. they know a lot is riding on this mission. and many people want to know. and its their job to get out there and, if possible, find these pieces of debris so we know exactly what they are. let me set the stage for you if i can because its not an easy mission. theyre going to be flying off the coast, the western coast, of australia, a...

>> if you get a lead, start trawling with sonar to pick up noise from the ping sound. >> the task of locating these objects will be extremely difficult. this is a lead. it is probably the best lead we have right now. >> the world is watching as russia positioned its military in a way that could lead to further inkurgss. >> will isolate it further from the international community. >> all right, we have got new information today on the hunt for flight 370. that search is going to resume ...

Obviously a plane safely landed somewhere, is there anything definitive that can be determined? i mean, i guess my point is, in the absence of finding the plane which does seem to me less and less likely each day this goes on, or at least finding it in the near term, what does an investigation even consist of, or is this about what were going to get? >> well, i dont see how were going to get a great deal more than what weve got. and even what were getting now seems to change a little bit. i mean...

Computers turned up nothing suspicious. malaysian fishes facing continued criticism for offering contradictory and confusing information to the public indicated the search had been expanded to a massive area. joining me, nbc news correspondent kerry sanders whos been covering this story. kerry, what are we to take of this? at first blush it seems deeply incriminating. greg feith offers caution about possible nonnefarious explanations. whats the takeaway? >> i think the take swaway is w have sort...

Disappearance, malaysian authorities said today that police searches of the pilots and first captains home and computers turned up nothing suspicious. malaysian fishes facing continued criticism for offering contradictory and confusing information to the public indicated the search had been expanded to a massive area. joining me, nbc news correspondent kerry sanders whos been covering this story. kerry, what are we to take of this? at first blush it seems deeply incriminating. greg feith offers ...

That data? >> i think all of the data that is possible has been squeezed out. >> okay. >> because as soon as the acars were turned off, the data part. the box, itself, wasnt turned off. thats how we got the ping, six hours of pings. the electronic box was still active. it was just the data downburst. once we lost that, we lost the transponder. the airplane went out of radar coverage and we dont have eyes in sky, the satellite data to track this airplane. now its anyones guess and we will not get...

>> i know. can you do that? >> that have been deleted. theyre saying theyre giving it their best effort. obviously, though, adding to this, this is the defense minister who revealed this information, saying that the pilots in this captain shot is innocent until proven guilty of any wrongdoing. >> okay. >> but still, theyre trying to get the files, obviously they become of great importance seeing theyve been recently deleted. >> malaysian officials coughing up information. thats been another part...

But according to one retired 777 captain, one thing does remain clear. >> this would be a very elaborate scheme. they would have had very, very extensive training to pull this off. >> okay. extensive training. also deleted files in the pilots home. bob hager, what do you make of all of this and how do you rate the latest information from a one to ten? greg feith gave it about a 7 or 8. >> i dont know that id rate it that high. id give it a 3 or 4. its useful to know the pilot preprogrammed -- so...

Flight. a timeline that would seem to strongly suggest foul play by the co-pilot and anyone else active in the cockpit at the time. but, crucial caveat, former national transportation safety board investigator greg feith told nbc news this new information does not necessarily by itself indicate ill intentions. according to feith, "some pilots will program into an alternate flight path in the event of emergency. we dont know what the reason was for this particular flight plan, whether to go back ...