Out the scope of the damage down there. The earthquake struck late last night. 61 miles off chiles northern coastline. We have Team Coverage on this. Lets start with rafael romo. Reporter as many as 900,000 people had to be evacuated for fear of a tsunami last night. Now authorities are waiting for daylight to assess the true extent of the damage. Sirens blaring, people running into the streets as a powerful 8. 2 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of northern chile causing landslides, power outtajs and triggering warnings. Items crashing to the ground. The initial jolt sending shoppers and employees running for the door. The massive quake proving deadly and forcing officials to evacuate the nations entire coastline according to chiles interior minister. Also saying, about 300 prisoners escaped. In a News Conference, chiles president warning that officials will not know the full extent of damage until inspectors are able to assess during Daylight Hours, though initial reports show chile may have dodged a major catastrophe. This is not the large earthquake we were expecting. We are actually still expecting potentially an even larger earthquake. Reporter and the president has declared three disaster zones. Kate, back to you. Some fears of looting going on right now. Well continue to check in with you. So the earthquake in chile comes, as we mentioned, just five days after a 5. 1 magnitude quake shook the los angeles area. There have been well over 150 aftershocks since then. They has people wondering about a possible connection. Indra petersons is taking a look at that. The one thing we need to remember, these are two very seismically active regions. Were talking about a 8. 2 earthquake across that plate in south america. Los angeles is a completely different plate. Keep in mind, just in the last month of march in chile, they already had a handful of quakes over 5. 0. Other than the correlation that they were on the ring of fire, they are not correlated. Remember, we dont have much information as far as earthquakes to get information as far as timing and correlation. It was a magnitude 8. 2, just 12. 5 miles underneath. Therefore very close to the shore. Very strong impact. So that was the concern. But that was only the first concern as we all know there was a tsunami wave. Only took about 20 minutes for 6foot waves to reach the region. That Energy Disburses all the way out into the ocean. This threat is not over with just yet. Notice as we go forward in time, we still have that concern even this morning. In fact, theres actually an advisory out in the Hawaiian Islands for the next several hours because that wave is imminent. Theres still a threat in their region. Still have something to watch out for the next few hours. Lets turn now back to the search for flight 370. Now being classified as a criminal investigation. Extensive interviews have been conducted with people who know the pilots well. Malaysia airlines also adds tight nd cockpit security on their planes. Lets get to jim. What are some of those new measures . Reporter they ininvolve the cockpit and who is allowed inside the cockpit. They involve the security procedures that would be in place when a pilot has to take a bathroom break, other things like that. Malaysia airlines isnt discussing them specifically, but there was a memo sent out to employees advising them of all of that. Meantime, weve got the Inspector General of the police today raising the possibility. He said one of the things theyve investigated is the possibility of Food Poisoning. As unlikely as that seems given the fact that the coms failed, he said thats just one of the things they looked at. Theyve done more than 170 interviews in this, and he called it a criminal investigation. They still have no direct links to know what happened inside the cockpit. Theyve asked so many questions. Theyre talked to just about everyone who touched that a aircraft, kate. They believe theres a possibility they may never know. The Prime Minister is down in australia. Until and unless that flight data recorder is found, theyre not likely to have the information that they need to conduct a real investigation into what happened on board the plane. Chris . You certainly put it right there at the end. Whether they get the information to properly investigate. Thank you for the reporting. It is all about possibilities at this point. Lets dig into the latest with mary schiavo. Also an attorney who represents victims, a former prosecutor. She deals with families after airplanedy sasters. And mr. David suecy, no sloich himself. Author of why planes crash. Thanks to both of you. Possibilities. Things are possible at this point. Right . Thats a very low standard of proof and thats part of the frustration for the families certainly. So investigators say this morning, we dont know if were ever going to be able to find that out. True. Incontrovertible, not worth debating, maybe you do never know. The question is, what do you know. Even though, david, you believe they could be holding back information. Mary, you say you dont know why they say its criminal based on what they released. What is the information they could have that justifies a criminal investigation when they say they have no connection between the pilots and this event. David . The fact that there was a turn at hand, a human hand. However it was actually commanded. The fact is that this airplane had intent. It wasnt an automated thing. It wasnt a free flight that just decided to make that turn. Do they know that . Yes. They know it couldnt have been a turn on trim, so to speak, because of something that happened on the plane . Its not just the turn, its the recovery from the turn. If it turned and continued to spiral, yeah, possibly no ones at the controls. It spiralled and continued to fly for so many hours. Now, remember, it doesnt have to be proven that its criminal in order to restrict information. I refer to use restrict because thats the technical term for what theyre doing. Theyre not Holding Anything back. That is mary can speak to the legalities. As far as the informations ive known, ive done several that were criminal, and we were restricted from releasing information. Restricting information is good and promising because it shows some type of trail. What if thats not what it is . What if this is blind conjecture of their trying to figure out why the plane turned and theyre just deeming it criminal . But it means something to the families. Certainly means something to the families of the pilots. Well, it also means something to the investigation. Look, we did that in tws 800. So its just a way for them to procedure. There were a few includes in what they said yesterday. They now say that it may not be either the pilot or the copilot. Thats the first weve heard that. Its pretty easy to tell. You just get someone to listen to the voice. Thats a clue theyre looking elsewhere. A funny thing in their statement. They said, we would be looking at prosecution down the road. Well, you cant prosecute two dead pilots. Cant send them to jail. Obviously they started looking to persons outside the cockpit and probably because the fbi said they found nothing when they went through their computerers and the flight similar later. So we have a couple leads that theyre looking to anyone outside the cockpit as well as inside. I havent seen any etd, facts, data, but they have to do it. So its important. You went over a couple things there we should pull out and emphasize. The fbi, no red flags on the pilots. Looking at the passenger manife manifest, nobody pops out. Thats important to know because just like the search with the grid on the ocean, every time you find out that the plane isnt somewhere, thats relevant. Now we hear another bit of information. Theyre looking into the food, david. Why . We all know that airplane food is not great. Why might it be suggestive of something more here . This shows how dedicated they are. Theyre looking at every aspect they can. Food is a vulnerability on an airplane. I know it is for me. Its possible for any fair just intent. Not everybody eats. To me, it doesnt seem like a common thing if i hear you on the restricted information. And im putting a lot of hope on that. Its one thing to have tv people in certain places speculating. But for investigators taking shots out there would be concerning because the families they hinge on hope so much. I guess they have to look at everything. But when investigators say theyre looking at something, it takes on weight. You would hope they look at the food. And if they find something, then put out they were looking at the food as opposed to reverse. They cant say with conviction its not that. Thats the danger with putting out these speculative reaches. You put it out without thinking of the end in mind. Then you go to the families and say, we didnt find anything. That keeps seeming to happen here. Mary, one of your 15 credentials is former prosecutor. Its hard to prove the nonexistence of a fact, right . Right. And you always want to say sometimes no evidence is that. You have to look elsewhere. I think that was what was in their release yesterday. That they increased the cockpit security measures. The measures they put in place including having the Flight Attendant go in the cockpit, thats been the rule in the United States. Also practicality. If theres only one pilot in the cockpit and he or she passes out or dies, thats happened, then the Flight Attendant can let the other pilot back in the cockpit. Weve had those rules for a long time. Its pretty common sense. If they havent had those rules, i really commend them for continuing to make changes. A lot of times in these investigations, they will sit and do nothing. Two years later sometimes theyll wait. What theyre doing here is very proactive. Theyre saying we have this piece of information, its not conclusive, but nonetheless, were going to do the safest thing which is to move processes forward now. As mary pointed out, arguably they were behind any way. As you pointed out from one of your sources, they were also behind in terms of storing and maintaining batteries for black boxes. Which again theyve taken action on that already ive found. So thats good. Another development this morning. Its worth noting is that submarines are now involved in the search. They obviously have capablecapa. It gets a little cloudy. But it is a step in terms of more intensity for the search. Thank you for the perspective. Always a pleasure. Lets take a look at more of your headlines now. The white house now says 7. 1 million merps have signed up for Health Coverage under obamacare surpassing the orange target of 7 million. President obama says the Affordable Care act is here to say, but a republican says the fight is not over to kill it. Mideast peace talks are on life support. Secretary of state john kerry cancelling a trip today. This follows reports of an e meshlging deal involving u. S. Release of an american accused of spying for israel. The deadline is not over yet. The house has given final approval to a bill that sanctions russia and provides aid to ukraine. It heading to president obamas desk for his signature. In the meantime, russia is accusing nato of using cold war language. The Organization Says it has seen no sign that moscow was withdrawing troops from the ukrainian border. The search continues this morning for the 20 people still missing after that devastatie i mudslide in Washington State. Workers saying they have to move very slowly because the mud and muck is like quick sand. Another concern and it is a big concern for the search crews, a huge amount of contaminants have leeched into the debris. Were talking raw sigh waj, propane, gas and oil. They are trying to get to those victims. Its important work and its that its far from over. Started learning how thick the mud is three stories. You cant imagine the work they have ahead of them. Lets take a break. Were going to continue our coverage of flight 370. Family members are desperately looking for answers about the fate of their loved ones. Theyve just been briefedly malaysian authorities. Were going to talk to one man whose mother was on board. The gm recall we are all over it. 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Capella university. Start your journey at capella. Edu. Welcome back to new day. Newly minuted Ceo Mary Barra answering for General Motors deadly ignition switch problems. Shes set sto testify today after yesterdays hearing. There will be times were there will be a material or a part that doesnt meet the exact specification, but after analysis and looking at the performance, the safety, the durability, the reliability, the functionality, it will be okay. What you just answered is gobbledeguke. Lets discuss. Our cnn Global Economic analyst is here. What barra was trying to do there was make a distinction between a defective part and something thats dangerous. Thats right. What she wouldnt say is why it took so long for gm to fix a problem that they knew about for years. Thats the crux of the problem. Thats the big question. She says that investigators within the company and outside the company are still looking into that. What she was trying to get at is that when a Company Builds a pa part, they have a parameter if they fall, even if its a little bit off, theyll consider it okay to use that part. We start to get into a lot of kn nuance here. One of the most damming parts of the testimony yesterday was the fact that gm did know there was a problem with these switches before the cars went on the market. You just answered your own question. It is about nuance if the issue is whether or not you know this part can be dangerous. Right. That is not the issue here. The issue is you knew the part was dangerous. We know you changed the part because you knew it was dangerous. You may have done it in a shady way with the serial number thing. Why did you do it the way you did it. Barry is not going barra is not going to be able to give them anything on that. I think youre getting to something important because how did this happen. Was this a case of, you know, who knew what. She cant tell them. And she cant tell them. Did somebody make a cynical decision or was there more of an engineering, somebodys not talking to another department kind of a problem. She did honestly answer she wasnt in the position to know at the time. I didnt know. I would like to know. One congressman said very clearly, but you are the company right now. At some point doesnt the i didnt know answer not work. I think shes legally correct to say i didnt withhold information and she didnt. At the end of the day, and she said this herself, she has to take responsibility. I think one of the interesting things is that the company is now considering compensation for the business. Theyre bringing in fienberg. Do you think its a pr move . No. I think the fact they may be considering compensation before and after the bankruptcy theyre protected so they wouldnt have to pay. They wouldnt have to do that. This makes me think that theyre thinking about that. They would have to pay if it is considered a criminal activity, you know, a fraud. Then theres going to be Civil Penalties attached. That they would have to pay. So they have to worry about that. I think the confusing part about this is the congressman used the word gobbledeguke. I tell you, it applies to the hearing. They dont know what theyre talking about. Absolutely. I believe this is just the beginning. Gm is not alone. Car makers do this and theyve been allowed to do it by government. Theyve been allowed to do it by the agency that oversees them. That guy was unimpressive when he gave his testimony. He didnt make any sense either. I think that federal prosecutors looking at it is a good sign. I think thats someones going to crack down and it aint going to come from congress. Theres been a culture of cost cutting at a lot of auto makers over the years. She herself criticized that, right . Thats right. Theres entire books written about it. Someone says its okay when we find out that you put on a table what chris life is worth in terms of your 90 cent change. This is an ignition switch. Its not one of the ones involved, but theyre all about the same. But you make a financial decision. Period. But can she its still a business. Can she change that culture really . I think she can. Decisions like this are made from the top. And gm had a culture of letting the bean counters make the decisions. The engineers were in the backseat, so to speak. She can change that. Shes an engineer and i do think that shes committed to makin