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The second year in a row. a 2—0 win over hearts means they can secure a fifth treble in just seven seasons, if they win the scottish cup in june. red bull's max verstappen showed his class and carved through the field to win the miami grand prix, after starting ninth place on the grid. world champion verstappen beat team—mate sergio perez, who started on pole. the defeat for perez could raise serious questions about his claims to be able to challenge verstappen for the title. fernando alonso continued his superb season for aston martin to take his fourth podium finish in five races. george...

There was at least one missed hand shake when i went from the malaysian radar system to the next system. i wonder if i can ask you a question, a lot of view es are sending in tweets now. it's jeff russell who asks, why should pilots have the ability to turn a plane's communications off? why do commercial airlines need stealth in effect? why is that ability inside the cockpit of the plane, the acars system, the transponder. what's the safety reason or the operational reason for that? >> well, all appliances have an on/off switch. the transponder being something under our control. we wouldn't tu...

Again, more questions. one thing i think -- earlier today you asked me about passengers going in to the cockpit. it doesn't seem to match that scenario, because if the passengers had broken in to the cockpit, turned the acars off, turned the transpander off, you know, they're not going to make a normal radio call to air traffic control. >> so this heightens the alarm, does it not, in you? what does this new bit of information tell you, or indicate to you, or what other questions does it provoke for you? >> it actually scares me, and making me be more suspicious about the flight crew. >> that t...

Atlanta region once again froze solid, and that is making for some treacherous driving conditions. the good news is, is that it appears that many drivers are heeding the advice of state officials to stay off the roads, unless it is an absolute emergency. schools will remain closed, as will some government offices in the atlanta area. the idea there to reduce the amount of traffic so the road crews can start to catch up. also later today, the georgia department of transportation will begin ferrying drivers back to the cars that they abandoned at the height of the storm. they're going to be prov...

Gamal, don't even know that cairo has a traffic problem. because whenever they drive through the city, of course, the police have cleared all the cars off. so they're living in another world and the masses are on another universe for them. anderson? >> that's certainly not the case over the last several days. they seem to have been brought back to this world. we're going to have more from nic robertson and ben. first, a look at some of the other stories. isha? new word of progress on don't ask, don't tell. in a memo today, defense secretary robert gates says all military branches will implem...