Can i ask what happened . Can i ask you what happened . Anger and confusion surrounds the search for flight 370. Malaysian Officials Say the Flight Simulator taken from the pilots home had some data that was deleted. Thailands military now admits it ignored radar blips that could have come from the missing jet. They say they didnt say anything about it until now, because nobody asked. Ukraine, crimea selfdefense forces attack a Ukrainian Navy headquarters and raise the russian flag. As joe biden is in lithuania, reassuring nato allies that the u. S. Will defend them in the face of russias intervention. [ sirens ] in seattle, federal investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong in a horrific tv news Helicopter Crash. Experienced pilot Gary Pfitzner and photographer bill strothman were pronounced dead at the scene. The Washington Post reports the National Security agency is recording all of the phone calls in an unnamed foreign country. The paper cites edward snowden. 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Well begin in malaysia, because anger is boiling over this morning as the hunt for flight 370 enters its 12th day. [ screams ] families of the 239 people missing burst into an auditorium in kuala lumpur that was about to be used for a press briefing. Seth doane is at the hotel where that dramatic scene unfolded. Seth, good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, these press briefings have become almost routine, a kind of predictable backandforth between the authorities and journalists who are trying to get answers from those authorities. But today, as cameras were getting set up and journalists taking their places, it was anything but normal. [ cries ] a chinese woman, apparently the relative of a passenger, was dragged by security kicking and screaming, from the press Briefing Room today. Just before along with other relatives, theyd held up a banner that accused the malaysian government of withholding information. The acting transport minister addressed the chaos at the briefing. One of our main priorities is how to manage emotions and how to appease the families. Reporter earlier today Thai Military said they possibly picked up 370 turning west on radar, eight minutes after it lost contact with air traffic controllers. Sources tell cbs news there is evidence flight 370s apparent turn west was programmed into its cockpit Navigation Systems after the flight took off. Its still unclear why it was done, or who was at the controls. Today, malaysian authorities said data had been deleted back in february from the Flight Simulator confiscated during the search of the pilots house. Some data has been deleted from the simulator and forensic teams retrieve this data is ongoing. Reporter sources tell cbs news that in an initial review of pilots and copilots seized personal computers and emails revealed no evidence of any hijacking plans or plot. The pace of the investigation is prompting criticism even from within. Rasha is a member of parliament here. The plane appeared as a blip on our military radar a few hours after it disappeared. And theres no real explanation as to what our response was or lack of response was and why. We arent getting answers. Reporter as part of one of malaysias main opposition parties, hes criticized the government for not accepting help from the u. S. And others sooner. I think if that had happened, perhaps we might not have had might not have had the fiasco of wasting a week in the South China Sea looking in a place where we shouldnt have been looking in the first place. Reporter you can certainly feel those tensions rising in beijing. Of course, earlier in the week some family members of passengers had threatened to go on a hunger strike, and then, of course, just earlier today, you saw the chaos unfolding just before the briefing. Some of that commotion continued while we were inside the briefing. And just as we left you could still feel the heat in that hallway after all of that kicking and screaming, certainly underlines the real need for answers from these families. Anthony, norah . Seth doane, thank you. Cbs news confirmed this morning that a small group of american investigators from the ntsb and faa are now in kuala lumpur working with the malaysians. Cbs news National Security analyst juan zarate worked on counterterrorism under former president george w. Bush. Hes in ft. Lauderdale, florida. Juan, good morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning anthony. Lets start first with these reports that some files may have been recently deleted from the pilots Flight Simulator. What do you make of that . Well, thats tantalizing information, norah because authorities are looking for any piece of data any shard or thread or lead to give them a sense as to whether or not there was intent premeditation, or a plot to try to divert the plane for a particular purpose. To date they havent found anything with respect to the pilots backgrounds, and they want to find any piece of data that gives them a sense that this may have been preplanned or plotted by the pilot. What do you make of this report from the malaysian newspaper that the captain selected five runways to practice on his home simulator . Is there a chance, you think, this plane landed somewhere . Well in the realm of possible, given the lack of information we have, anthony. But given that this was a pilot given that he was training on his simulator you know, its not unusual he would be practicing on different kinds of runways. That said, authorities are going to have to look at that to see what those runways look like, if they match with runways in the region, and perhaps some smaller runways in the indian ocean that could give them some clue as to where to look. Another tantalizing report this morning, as seth doane mentioned, this Thai Military picking up on their radar, flight 370, that it was heading west away from beijing. Why does it take ten days for them to report that . Well i think weve seen fits and starts of this investigation, norah. This is a symptom of the lack of organization and direction of the investigation from the start. The malaysians now have gone out to their neighbors, in particular in Southeast Asia and south asia, to try to get as much information as possible, to include radar information. And i think part of this is the slowgoing, and, frankly, lack of organization how this has been undertaken. Its frustrating. And i think youve seen that frustration today. Juan zarate thanks juan. Prorussian forces are tightening their grip on crimea this morning. Troops stormed a Ukrainian Naval base one day after crimean leaders signed a treaty to join russia. Elizabeth palmer is in sevastopol crimea where ukraines military is bracing for confrontation. Good morning. Reporter good morning, anthony and norah. Thats right. Dozens of armed men took over the Ukrainian Naval headquarters in the suburbs of sevastopol this morning in just a few hours without a shot being fired. The russian flag flying over sevastopols naval headquarters is another sign of victory for prorussian forces in crimea. But its not clear theres been an order to storm more of the dozens of bases all over the peninsula where thousands of ukrainian servicemen remain barricaded in. They are admired by some civilians. This old lady is bringing the soldiers cookies and soap. But theyre surrounded by hostile prorussian armed men. Last night we arrived at one such base where soldiers feared an attack was imminent after theyd refused to surrender. The officer on guard wanted to talk to us but suddenly an armed man loomed out of the dark and warned him to keep his mouth shut. After phoning his commander, the ukrainian told us it was too dangerous, and that we should leave. Now, weve talked to those soldiers by telephone this morning. The attack they anticipated didnt come last night. Theyre still okay. But every ukrainian serviceman on this peninsula is very worried, and kiev has recognized it, and now sending the acting defense minister here to try to find a way out of this mess. Anthony, norah . Elizabeth palmer thank you. Russian president Vladimir Putin is celebrating his annexation of the region. On tuesday he joined a crowd in moscows red square. They sang the Russian National anthem and waved flags. Putin told the group crimea returned to what he calls its home port. This morning, Vice President joe biden has tough words in response. He is just across the border from russia in the baltic region meeting with allies. Biden warns russia the u. S. Will defend nato members against aggression and stood side by side with leaders of lithuania and latvia. We stand with our nato allies and against russia. As long as russia continues on this dark path they will face increasing political and economic isolation. Biden says the u. S. May send troops to the Baltic States for military exercises. Civil liberties activists are calling new revelations about the nsa spying program truly chilling. The Washington Post reports the agency has been recording every single phone call taking place in one foreign country. Agents can rewind and review the conversations up to a month later. The targeted country has not been identified. The post says nsa analysts listen to less than 1 of the calls, but they include conversations by americans who dial in and out of the country. Some details of the program, called mystic come from nsa leaker edward snowden. Yesterday, he made a surprise video appearance at the ted conference in vancouver. He said some of the most Important Information about nsa programs is yet to be released. Minutes ago, the government confirmed toyota is agreeing to one of the largest fines ever imposed on an automaker. Toyota will pay more than 1 billion to end a criminal probe to the sudden acceleration issues. Terrell brown is here with some of the details. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Eric holder called the conduct shameful when he announced the 1. 2 billion fine about 45 minutes ago. He said the company was not honest with investigators, congress, or the public about the acceleration problems. Today, we can say for certain that toyota intentionally concealed information and misled the public about the safety issues behind these recalls. Reporter strong words by attorney general eric holder as he announced the details of the billiondollar settlement. The deal brings an end to a fouryear criminal investigation of toyotas disclosure of safety issues. It stands as one of the largest fines ever imposed on an automaker. According to published report the Justice Department found toyota made misleading statements about safety problems. Toyota recalled more than 10 million vehicles starting in 2009 for various problems including the issue of unintended acceleration. Five years ago it gained National Attention when a family was killed. After their car accelerated out of control. A 911 call recorded the fathers frantic efforts to stop. The accelerator is stuck. Were on 125 northbound. Where are you passing . Where are we passing . Were going 120, mission gorge. Were in trouble. We cant theres no brake. Reporter minutes ago, toyota said the settlement is a major step toward putting this unfortunate chapter behind us. The government said five people died due to claims of unintended acceleration. Toyota has faced several lawsuits. It has never admitted to wrongdoing in those civil cases. Thanks. It may take a year to find the cause of a news Helicopter Crash in seattle. The chopper went down in a busy intersection yesterday next to the space needle. The pilot and a photojournalist aboard were killed. As rob munoz of our seattle affiliate kiro reports colleagues were hit hard by the story they had to cover. Reporter two were killed and one severely injured Tuesday Morning just south of the Seattle Space needle. At 7 40 a. M. , komos tv helicopter had just refuelled whether something went wrong. The helicopter lifted off from the beginning, began to rotate counterclock wise and subsequently crashed. It sounded like in the movies, when it goes into slow motion, you hear the ding ding ding, the engine, and after that, i heard it collapse. I heard it hit the ground. Thats when i looked up it hit the red car, and two seconds later it burst into flames. Reporter a man in that car walked away with severe burns. His head was bleeding. Reporter he is expected to survive. The two aboard the chopper were killed. Gary pfitzner and bill strothman. Komos news team made the announcement. This will be a very difficult time. It is a tough day already, and this is even tougher to be able to see this picture and talk about bill strothman. We know his lovely wife nora bills son dan is one of our photographers. Reporter late yesterday, his son spoke with komo tv. He was a great photographer, but he was just a great person. My mom, she is definitely having the hardest time. She and my dad were planning for retirement. They just bought a little place. So they had finally gotten their little piece of paradise they were planning on sailing off into their sunset up there. Reporter the exact cause of the crash is under investigation. For cbs this morning, rob munoz, seattle. And a poignant image captured shortly before the tragedy. A photographer from another seattle station king tv spotted the komo helicopter flying across the horizon in front of a rainbow. And a surprise turn this morning in the murder trial of double amputee track star oscar pistorius. The prosecution says it plans to wrap up its case next week. As correspondent and cbs news contributor debora patta reports from pretoria the news comes after graphic testimony. Good morning. Reporter good morning, anthony and norah. Well, for the past two weeks, weve heard repeated evidence of how police bungled the crime scene. It was a very different side that was presented today when captain chris mongena took the stand. He said Reeva Steenkamp was facing the door when pistorius started shooting. He said the first shot would have hurt her in the hip, causing her to fall down. The second bullet ricochetted, missing her, causing bruising on her back. He said at this point, she was cowering in a defensive position protecting her head. The third one hit her arm, the last one passed through her head and shattered her skull. She would have then slumped over the toilet, explained the captain. Now, the prosecution initially indicated that they planned on calling 107 witnesses to argue their case. So far, weve heard from less than 20 of them. So it came as a surprise today when the prosecution announced in court that it plans on wrapping up its case early next week. Anthony and norah . Debra thank you. A new study finds alzheimers disease takes a far greater toll on women. The report from the Alzheimers Association finds one out of six women over the age of 65 could develop alzheimers. That compares to one in 11 men who will be diagnosed, and women in their 60s are about twice as likely to develop alzheimers as Breast Cancer. Time for the mornings headlines. The Detroit Free Press says the Top Executive at gm is apologizing for the recall of 1. 6 million vehicles. Mary barra said it took too long to deal with faulty ignition switches linked to 12 deaths. The problem surfaced in 2001. Barra said she didnt know about the problem until january. Wall street journal reports that some of Hillary Clintons closest advisors dont think she should run for president in 2016. Some fear the campaign would test her stamina as she moves into her late 60s. And they worry that scandals from president bill Clintons Administration would be painful. The Los Angeles Times says a report on the shooter at l. A. X. Is highly critical of the response. Paul ciancia ambushed a checkpoint, killing a tsa officer. The report concludes there was a lack of communication and poor coordination between emergency responders. And the Washington Post says the white house launches a new initiative today to give people more access to government climate data. The information will help regional planners farmers, hospitals, businesses to prepare for the impact. And it is 7 19. Ahead on cbs this morning tesla leads a battle to change offshore winds are blowing again, High Pressure overhead. That will crank these temperatures up some places near 80 degrees by the afternoon. So were looking at a gorgeous day all the way to the coastline. Clear skies to start with and thats the way well finish, too. 75 degrees in concord, 76 san jose, 70 San Francisco, 67 degrees in pacifica. Next couple of days cooling down slightly more clouds returning to the coastline, slight chance of showe