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It merely changes the area where the aircraft ended. >> you said it still makes you believe there was something mechanical. explain that. i believe that one possible scenario that makes sense for all the day that that we have found would be a fire in the electronics bay that would have caused the failure of the equipment. it would start with the failures of the acars and transponder. possibly vhf radios that would have precluded the pilots from communicating that would have caused smoke in the cockpit. this is the only area of the aircraft that is not monitored for fire alert, unlike the cargo...

Most of us who look at the transponder off, acars off, the computer system changing its flight path in the route. we look like terrorism to me. 100%? no, it could have been a mechanical failure, yeah. i would suspect we're looking at terror, and we need answers so we can protect other people in the future, and the families need answers. >> cody asked, how could president obama have handled the ukraine situation more effectively? >> look, putin, to me, is a thug and a bully. and this is basic 101 when you're dealing with thugs and bullies and you have to fight back. the president has threatened...

Airplane. he diverted it. >> he diverted it to the indian ocean. >> to the nearest field. an island, 13,500 feet -- >> transponder is off, acars is off. >> i believe it could be explained as an accident. >> bernie? >> i'm listening to geraldo. he's alienating, prevaricating, and i don't know. how do you go from obamacare to benghazi to the plane? i'm not following the train of thought. >> what about the senate candidate we were going to talk about from iowa, talking about castrating her opponent. conservatives find a way to lose public support. >> stop it. talking about cutting pork. come on. ...

Ended up in this area? is that feasible? >> of course he could have disabled various systems. but to completely shut off the acars, he would have had to go back into the e and e, the electronics and engineering compartment that's eight feet behind the cockpit and down below the galley. and basically vacate the cockpit. the evidence is such that the acars system was being pinged by the satellite. so he would have had to disable that, too. it just seems so implausible to me. >> you must be talking to pilots all the time about this. i'm talking to random people in the street about this. everyone'...

Some of the key facts here, facts you should get right, keep changes. they keep shifting. it then creates a suggestion, what's the motive? i happen to think the motive is they're not terribly competent, but i may be wrong. there may be a plan. >> i agree, i think the turn, the fact the route was changed within the airplane's computer system, transponder off, acars off. >> that has to be the working hypothesis. >> always good to see you. thank you so much. and our coverage of the mystery surrounding flight 370 will continue later this hour. first, so much for the march 31st deadline for obama...