Plane vanished. Relatives venting at officials. One woman wants the truth and doesnt want to be used as a political pawn. Theres little doubt the plane went off course because of demand from the cockpit. The New York Times citing unnamed Officials Saying someone in the cockpit deliberately changed the course. This person typed key strokes into the system to divert off course to beijing. Someone put into the Computer System a new direction for the plane to go in. It shows that whoever did this had expertise in flying. This was not someone on the plane that grabbed the controls and moved it. Also this morning, china is ramping up its search within its own borders. Chinese Authorities Say background checks on their passengers are clear. Theres discrepancy on the missing Airlines Time line. The ceo said the final word from the cockpit all right. Good night could have come before or after the system shut off. The ceo saying the system could have shut off between 1 07 a. M. And 1 37 a. M. When it was supposed to send out another message. This clarification comes a day after the Officials Say the planes system was disabled before the message prompting the investigation to shift to pilots. For the family members of 239 members missing the 370, the hijacking possibility has lifted spirits. Among many families, almost euphoria because that means they could still be a live. I heard cheer. Theyre holding on to any bit of hold. Reporter the u. S. Is scaling back its search in those waters pulling out the uss and helicopters. Theyre basing an aircraft in australia to continue the search. Joining me join from kuala lumpur, a difficult one to track day by day. Today is no different. What is your take on the report from the new york sometimes that key strokes happened because of demand from the cockpit. This is the normal way im not aviation ex pert. None of us are. Im learning this is a pilot familiar with where hes traveling to enter a digit code to steer the plane to a set waypoint. That way take him to the another course he wants to take. This is good information. Does this give us a clear idea of was this hijacking or Something Else . The hijacker could have forced the plane to do it. They just steer the plane. The other option is the pilot was in trouble and wanted to get that plane on the ground. He entered coordinates to the nearest airport to handle that aircraft. It needs more than 12,000 feet of run way. It still gives us something but still gives questions. More questions because we dont have the answer to the questions. We know it didnt make it. We know this plane went off. Was it hijacked . Was the pilot in on the plot . Theres no evidence without the flight data recorder. From the defense minister, we just heard they believe this is result of a deliberate action in the cockpit. Still not the hard evidence one way or the other whos behind it. Still, we dont know the biggest question, where is plane is. Thanks. Stick with us. Back to you chris. Lets start with director of transportation and cnn aviation analyst. Lets do what i said, start at the beginning. Do we believe at this point the plane altered course . Mary . I believe it did. We know it did deviate course. I think so. The question today, how that happened. The New York Times report, this idea spoken with great response by the reporter, key strokes were done, put into the computer. Do you believe theres reasonable basis for this conclusi conclusion . Based on the conclusion that is accurate, lets go with it. It still goes with my assertion entry into the flight computer could have been indication they were trying to go back to kuala lumpur or another nearby airport. To me that means ive got a problem, need to head back. That part of my emergency check. Lets go back. Knowing what they believe a pilot did on the computer, do you think they have a sound basis believing that that somebody did something . They have a sound basis that somebody put in the four key strokes or more to get the key strokes. The timing seems to be off. Its reasonable that somebody was keyed into the computer. The a cars system means the investigators have to move off the theory yesterday that this system was disabled before anything else happened. If the a cars recorded key stroke, obviously it was working. Right . Common sense conclusion. Who knows if that time line is correct. If acars recorded the data, then it was on. If it was on when they put in the key strokes, you dont have to be an expert to know that. Right . Lets get to what this means. Why would you do that . Some pilots come from different directions. Some say never do that if theres disstress in the cockpit. Others say you never do that. That would be my take, the latter. The fact they realized they had a problem and selected an alternate airport nearest to them. However, in confusion, if i knew an identifier of a specific airport, i would have put in the identifier and put in the key strokes. That would be i was on auto pilot. I think that too. You want to go home, almost like on star button. Key in the nearest airport to get the plane down. The waypoint isnt the nearest airport. How do you make sense of that . Its hard to make sense of that and also the timing. We originally thought the systems were fine and they gave the last all right good night and then turned. Thats when everything happened. Now the time line doesnt make any sense. Again, playing it from common sense perspective, why werent they on the radio . Thats not exactly how things work when flying an airplane even though you think the regular person uninitiated thinks why werent they talking right a way to somebody . Doesnt work that way . Communication comes in third place if youre extremely busy. We know the copilot was the one not flying. Its a mystery to me, if they had the ability to key in the code, turn the plane around, they didnt have time to talk. Theyre expanding the search area a. Its my understanding malaysian officials were talking to u. S. Saying we need your help finding that box. We believe theres Something Like 20 days left as long as it will send out a signal. Does that sound right to to you . Im not familiar with the system, but it sounds correct with the air france situation. Does it sound like looking for 20 to 30 days in all . Thats right. Theyre thinking that box is in the water . Thats the only reason youd need to find it in this period . At least the United States folks think so. Expanding the area, yes, it is big, but what do we know about the ground to cover and assets in water and in air . They do the grid each country is assigned a certain grid. They break it into several square miles each and go back and forth until they cover it. Its important for people following this at home. This new information if all 100 true and accurate does not lead to a reasonable conclusion why this was being done. Whether an accident in the plane or whether someone was forcing the pilot to do it or if someone else took it over, right . It lets me know someone was coherent and able to key something in, which is some news. Do you have to have such is sophistication to add this entry into the computer . I can train you in 15 minutes to make entries in the computer. Its a little confusing. Knowing what we know is not a step in the direction to know who did it or why . No. Thanks for helping us along. Its important to test each piece of information. Well continue to monitor the missing flight. Theres a lot more to get to. A desperate search for eight chinese crew members after two ships collided. The Japanese Coast Guard rescued 12 people from the ship after it collided with the vessel and capsized. At least a dozen are taking part in the search and rescue operation. A an alleged aspiring terrorist is behind bars. Nicholas was captured near the border attempted to travel to syria to join the Al Qaedalinked militant group. He appeared in court monday. Hes charged with providing support to terrorist and faces 15 years in prison if convicted. A major milestone for obama care as we head to the deadline for coverage this year. The white house says 5 million americans have signed up in the last two weeks. Thats an encouraging pace to the white house no doubt considering the program had such a rocky roll out. It is expected to fall short of the 7 million Administration Officials had initially hoped for. After a 90 minute delay, the pistorius trial got underway. The photographer said police took 900 pictures related to the killing. It seemed to show the gun was tampered with and evidence was moved. President barack obama will correct a historic justice today a warding the highest honor to 24 jewish hispanic american. It was looked into whether they were overlooked previously because of their ethnicity. Melvin morris is one of three who are still a live that served in vietnam. A high honor well deserved. The fact the families can celebrate the recognition finally. So the weather yesterday, how about that . Colder, turned out to be a snow maker for d. C. Indra is watching that. Its on its way out right . There was another system behind it this morning. This guy also making its way out. Keep in mind theres a little freezing rain around virginia this morning. What is this guys . Its supposed to be spring, right, two days away . We are talking about another system coming out of the midwest making its way to the ohio valley and eventually east tomorrow. Keep in mind, its not going to have a lot of rain and snow. Definitely windy conditions. The bulk should be rain as it makes its way across. Upper portions of the midwest, minnesota out toward michigan, highest points could see heavy amounts of snow. Everyone else, only a half inch of rain as this kicks through. The winds are the concern. Possibly flight delays, 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour as it continues to push across. Thats one of the bigger stories were watching. Behind it, were looking for spring. Were so close. Atlanta, 49 for their high today. Dont worry, by the time its officially spring, talking 60s and 70s. D. C. 30s to 60s. Well all feel better a lot sooner. Spring itself, official day, has to feel good. Im going to try for you. I like she can control the weather. Very powerful lady. Thats always a plus. Remember it. Were going to take a break on new day. When we come back, investigators turn their investigation to the pilots. What do we know about the copilot . Well talk to his neighbors in the cnn exclusive. 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We begin with michelle. 11 have been identified by the u. S. , 21 by the eu with overlap immediately sanctioned to freezes. For now, targeting key players while still leaving that door open to diplomacy. Not everyone agrees this is doing much on what or should be done at this point. U. S. And eu decided the referendum to rejoin russia is something of a red line. Were making it clear there are consequences for their actions. Those costs are real. Announcing sanctions on two dozen ukrainian officials. On the list, a close aid to putin, one of his advisors, members of Russian Parliament, Prime Minister of crimea and Russias DeputyPrime Minister that tweeted to president barack obama. Or you didnt think about it . Its true the effect was hard to define. Britain and germany described it as a statement. For the u. S. , russia isnt a trading partner. Many russians have bought property in america. Investment is done offshore through identities. Identifying the investor is incredibly difficult. I dont think its going to dissuade him or change his course of policy. It tells putin if crisis escalates there would be a stronger response. I think sanctions deliver that message. Limiting trade by the eu would have a strong effect. U. S. Officials say theyre hitting record lows but cant be attributed to threat of sanctions rather to russias own actions worrying foreign investors. Thats what might hit russia the hardest. John mccain called the sanctions tim hid and said why not provide military assistance to ukraine. Many others asked how about sanctioning putin himself. Administrations didnt want to discuss fully what the options are on the table at this point. Michaela . From the white house to moscow where we mentioned the defiant president Vladimir Putin is ignoring sanctions and paving the way for crimea to become russia. Moscow will reretaliate against those sanctions by boycotting visitors. In fact we know the Russian Parliament is going to meet today. One of the things theyre going to talk about a side from the crimea issue is counter sanctions on u. S. Officials. We dont know who those would be. Top u. S. Senators might be among those simply because of the fact among the russian officials sanctioned by the u. S. , also the speaker of the upper house of Russian Parliament. We expect them to provide tid for tat sanctions. Not only has Vladimir Putin recognized crimea, hes approved a draft form for them to join russia. The indication from officials is they want to move this along quickly. Were going to hear from Vladimir Putin in one hour, less than an hour. Well hear whats on his mind and how fast he wants this process to go forward. Dont look for him to be backing off. Russians are in for confrontation with the west. Certainly going to monitor that report. Russia will ban members of the obama administration. One of them said my mother would be proud her son made Vladimir Putins american enemys list. Many are taking pride to be on each others sanction list. Neither seem to be providing process on that situation. When we come back on new day, kate spoke to the neighbor of the missing copilot. Is there anything in the mans background to suggest he could have done something . The new report out about what they believe the pilots were doing in the final minutes. Well take you to the simulator investigation. Did the flight veer off course because of a preprogrammed compute instruction . How easy would that be for the pilot to pull off . Well take you through that when we come back. [ woman 3 ] to travel the World Without leaving home. [ male announcer ] whatever the reason. Whatever the dish. Make it delicious with swanson. Welcome back to new day everyone. Im joining kate of course. The search grid has been expanded once again. Now covering almost two and a quarter million square nautical miles. Malaysia is getting more help from other countries after being criticized for response. Also this morning a New York Times report out all but concludes the decision to turn the plane off original course, route, came within the cockpit where the change was entered manuelly into the planes computer. Now to a new day exclusive. So much direction has been on the pilot and copilot. I spoke with the copilots neighbor who said he often sees the family but they have not been at house since saturday, the day police searched the home. Like many others, the neighbor was hesitant to speak to the media and did not want identity revealed. Here we go the family of flight 370 copilot reclusive since the Media Attention flooded their home saturday. Their relatives now emphasis last words from the cockpit, all right. Good night are a mystery. Here seen flying the 777 just weeks before it went missing. How do you know the family . Around five years. Along the streets, the copilots neighbor, a taxi driver says he doesnt believe the 27yearold copilot would play a role in the flights disappearance. He is a pilot and this is a respected career in malaysia, he said. Its an honor to have a neighbor like this. The taxi driver describes him ambitious, someone that loved sports cars. After he became a pilot, he bought a gti and bmw. I dont think hed do something crazy, he says. He says he also viewed the father as someone important. He cant forget the most recent conversation with his neighbor when he said simply, my son is lost. When the father talked to you, how did he seem or act . He was clearly worried but seemed calm and able to accept it. His father asked me to pray for his son to be found, the plane to be found. I assured him that he would be fine. When i asked the neighbor how he thinks hes handling this. He thinks the go. Is experienced, slow to respond, but he said this is an unprecedented crisis theyre dealing with. A lot in that conversation. A little