Planes front tire blows out during takeoff. New, dramatic pictures of this smokey scene. We will take you there this morning. Wow, a lot going on this morning. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. And im poppy harlow. Christine romans is out. It is friday, july 14th, 5 00 a. M. On the coast. New questions about what happened to a malaysian jet missing for days with 239 people on board. U. S. Officials say the plane continued to send ping to satellites for up to five hours after losing contact with radar, which means it could be up to 2,000 miles off course. The last signal seemed to indicate that it did take a turn from its scheduled route and headed out over the indian ocean. Malaysian Officials Say the Communication Systems on the plane seem to have been shut off at different times. Thats important. That could point possibly to a deliberate act. Adding to all of this confusion, reuters now reporting this morning that radar data shows the plane may have been flown intentionally towards the andaman islands. Now a u. S. Navy destroyer is joining the search, with Officials Saying there is now a significant likelihood that the plane could be at the bottom of the indian ocean. Jim clancy has the very latest for us. He is in kuala lumpur. Jim, what do you know . Reporter well, there is no doubt whatsoever that about an hour after the plane left kuala lumpur on saturday morning that the pilot or someone turned that plane around more than 90 degrees. Malaysian authorities originally called it a turnback, thought they were maybe returning to kuala lumpur. That course, though, set it going directly into the indian ocean. Malaysian government says it is aware of u. S. Reports overnight about the satellite pings, about the fact that it was sending back data. It says it is working with the federal aviation administration, the National Transportation safety board and others providing them that raw radar records, those things that are being used to figure out where this plane is located. U. S. Warships now moving east to west along what is believed to be the suspected flight path of the missing flight 370. The indian ocean depth is an average of about 13,000 feet, which may present problems. But remember, air Frances Black box was recovered from 16,000 feet. Right now, the indian navy is joining u. S. Warships in that hunt in the indian ocean. Were awaiting a press briefing later this hour, hoping to get more details from malaysian officials. Meantime, in beijing, were told that the families of the missing people aboard that jetliner are hoping that the scenario that comes true is a hijacking. Its the only one that affords them the hope they will see their loved ones again. But that may not be likely. Poppy . You know, jim, if this reuters report is confirmed again, this is not our data, this is coming from a reuters report point, saying that radar shows the plane may have been flown intentionally toward the andaman islands. Do we have a sense for how far off they were from when the plane was turned, if it would be safe to land there . Do we know what that scenario would entail . Reporter look, reuters doesnt have to tell us that. Cnn can tell you, here from kuala lumpur, what the malaysian officials told us they came out on sunday with this that plane did a turnback. Nothing automatic is going to turn the plane around more than 90 degrees. The andaman islands are simply along that path. If it was trying to return to kuala lumpur, it would have had to have turned at a much sharper angle. It didnt do that. Got it. Reporter it set a course going out to the indian ocean. The andaman islands are just along that course. Right. Thank you. Thank you, jim. We appreciate the reporting this morning. It does raise so many questions, though. All right, lets turn now to crimea, where this morning all indications are that this weekends secession vote is likely to go in favor of those who want to secede and join russia. Troops are now massing on ukraines eastern border, a dramatic buildup raising the specter of a russian invasion. In just an hour now, secretary of state john kerry is set to meet with his russian counterpart in london. Theyre trying to find a diplomatic solution to keep this crisis from getting worse. Our Nick Patan Walsh is in simferopol this morning in crimea. Nick, whats the feeling on the ground there . Reporter really, everyone looks at this as a done deal here, the referendum moving full speed ahead to bring this peninsula closer to russia, if not make it actually part of the Russian Federation itself. Were seeing moves, talk of the russian ruble, moscows time zone being introduced here. In fact, one man i spoke to yesterday considered himself a subject of russian as soon as the polls closed sunday. But yes, the real fear, whats happening on the eastern border of ukraine and russia, near an Industrial Town to the east, 8,500 Russian Troops conducting exercises which the Russian Ministry of defense said were there to make them familiar with territory theyre not particularly aware of at the moment. Thats going to be causing real fears in new government in kiev. Weve also seen an outbreak of violence between prorussian and proukrainian protesters in dinesk last night where 1 person was killed and about 17 injured, raising fears, too, that perhaps that violence could be used as a pretext for further russian intervention here. The point is, were seeing john kerry and Sergey Lavrov meeting in london to try to stem or find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in crimea, but still were finding things moving on significantly faster on the ground themselves. Its almost like its a done deal here. Its unlikely diplomacy will stop this referendum from going ahead on sunday. I think many western capitals are just hoping it stops here, and what were seeing across the border in ukraine isnt the beginnings of some further russian intervention elsewhere. The key, nick, as you said, if it is, in fact, a done deal in crimea, where youre standing right now, whats the game that Vladimir Putin is playing . I hesitate to even call it a game with troops amassing near the border there. And what are the chances that, you know, hes not going to walk back from crimea, then . Is your best bet to get him to withdraw from the border up in the Eastern Ukraine . I think a lot of people, longterm observers of Vladimir Putin, are very confused right now. Normally, you can understand what hes doing, even though you dont necessarily find it agrees with your world view. A lot of people, a lot of reports were seeing, hes got a very closed clique of advisers around him, perhaps not giving him the full picture the entire time. What is the end game . I think certainly, crimea will be part of russia or extraordinarily close to russia within the next week or so. Does he have further ambitions to bring the russian speaking parts of ukraine closer to russia or stage a similar even nonviolent venture of Russian Troops as weve seen in crimea, its unclear. There will clearly be an impact on the russian economy persisting in the weeks ahead. That could weaken Vladimir Putin. And you heard john kerry talking about very serious steps on monday after the referendum if this diplomatic offramp isnt taken. So, i think there will be a crisis ahead around the kremlin. Whether or not those inside the kremlin are aware how significant it is, well have to see. They are pursuing a distinct agenda here and i think it is troubling many people, and it isnt something a lot of people were able to predict. John . Nick paton walsh in simferopol. Our tv screen there says its still part of ukraine. Theyll be voting to decide whether that continues in the future on sunday. Thanks to nick. Happening today at the white house, president obama set to meet with immigration activists a day after ordering Homeland Security to come up with better ways of handling deportation. The white house had insisted for months that there was really nothing they could do without congressional approval, but activists are calling on the president to make changes as reform stalls in congress. And Congress Announcing a proposal to crack down on predatory poorperforming schools. The new rules are set to take effect late 2016, denying certain institutions access to federal student aid, punishing programs that saddle students with debt but do little to train them for what the white house calls gainful employment. According to the white house, students at forprofit colleges make up only 13 of higher education, but they account for 31 of all student loans. This morning, more than 2 million americans may be a step closer to seeing their Unemployment Benefits reinstated. Senate negotiators have reached a deal to extend those payments for five months, and it would be retroactive to last december. That is when the senate failed to find a compromise to keep those checks going out. Republicans believe they have enough support to pass the deal in the senate. Unclear, though, how it will go in the house. So, it turns out problems at a Nuclear Missile base in north dakota were far worse than originally thought. Documents obtained by the Associated Press show that the air force base passed an inspection last year because of the good work from cooks and maintenance staff. The airmen responsible for Nuclear Missiles themselves, they flunked. New trouble for General Motors after the handling of an ignition problem now linked to 12 deaths. A Research Group says crash data shows airbag failures in two gm models were responsible for more than 300 deaths from 2003 to 2012. Gm calls the Data Analysis flawed. Those models of chevy cobalts and saturn ions have also been recalled for ignition switches that turn off middrive. Nbc news is reporting that gm failed to issue a fix nine years ago for the faulty ignition switches because executives made a business decision that would have cost too much. A gm executive told nbc the company is troubled by past decisions that were made. Worries over chinas slowing economy and continued turmoil in ukraine sending stocks lower around the globe. Stocks in asia closing lower. The nikkei down very sharply, down 3. 3 . The hang seng losing 1. 5 overnight. European markets opened for just about an hour or so of trading so far, looking like a pretty glum day there as well. It has been a week of straight selling for the dow. The dow industrials dropping 231 points. The dow has lost 2 of its value this week so far. The nasdaq heads into friday sharply lower for the week. The s p 500, which was just hitting record highs last week, has pretty much erased its gains for the year. The dow does not like uncertainty, whats going on in the ukraine right now. Absolutely not, and with china. A lot of uncertainty. All right, well, it was pretty cold getting into work this morning. I mean, not that bad. Yesterday was really cold. But things are warming up for the weekend. Indra petersons is here with the weather. Its going to get nice for the weekend . Oh, yeah. This is the good news. Things are going to be starting to get a lot better out there. Well be talking about temperatures really going up over the next several days. Now, today is rough, talking about temperatures below freezing in many places feeling like subzero, especially in the northeast this morning. And of course, we have a little clipper coming through, so chances for snow. Keep in mind, its all about this dome of High Pressure bringing very chilly temperatures. You can actually tell even down in the south, were talking about freeze warnings this morning guys, it is march. Were only like a week away from spring. Where is it . We need it so badly. Look at these temperatures. Burlington right now 6 below. Thats what were talking about. Wow. Raleigh 28, atlanta 37 degrees. The good news see that bad boy, this ridge of High Pressure . It is moving offshore. Say goodbye. That is good news, because new york city will rebound to 40s today, and it only gets better as we go through the weekend. In fact, d. C. Also looking at about 58 degrees for today. So, huge difference. Just keep in mind, there is another storm well have to start watching. Notice all this moisture coming out of the south. By tomorrow, thats going to develop. A threat for severe weathers already going to be out there. Austin, dallas, keep in mind, strong thunderstorms, even the threat for tornadoes. Thats the bad sign of spring. We really start to see two air masses collide. All that moisture continues to build into the southeast. The cold air goes with it, then we have the threat, look at this, sunday into monday for st. Paddys, talking about snow in toward the midatlantic and into the northeast. Well monitor where this guy goes. Not in the clear yet. That High Pressure off the coast, thats a bad boy . Thats a bad boy, unless you call it a good boy that brings really cold temperatures. Just wanted to be sure. That woke him up. Indra, thank you. We appreciate it. 13 minutes after the hour. 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Then they said evacuate the plane, and everyone started panicking. The 149 passengers on board were hurried off the airbus a320, taken back to the terminal and put on later flights for ft. Lauderdale, where they were headed. Pretty dramatic pictures. Only one minor injury reported, thank goodness. Authorities in new york this morning continue sifting through the rubble at the site of that deadly explosion that leveled two apartment buildings. Right now the death toll stands at 8 with as many as 5 people still unaccounted for. Authorities plan to test a gas main at the site as they try to find the cause of a leak believed to be behind the explosion. Poppy up there the last few days. Very, very, very tragic. New details also this morning about the man police say was intoxicated when he drove his car straight into a crowd at the south by southwest festival in austin, texas, killing two, leaving nearly two hurt. Rashad owens is in jail facing two counts of capital murder. 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