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Here we are nearly 50 days since flight 370 vanished without a trace. the government has been called murderers by the families on board this missing plane. but today in an exclusive interview, malaysian's prime minister is defending the handling of this investigation telling our own correspondent that he doesn't feel comfortable saying the flight is lost. >> on the balance of the evidence, it would be hard to imagine otherwise, richard. >> but the significant is that until malaysia says the plane has been lost, the compensation packages, the next stage of proceedings can't go ahead. are you pr...

Until malaysia says that the plane has been lost, the compensation packages, the next stage of the proceed ugs under the montreal convention can't go ahead. so i ask you again, prime minister, are you prepared to say that the plane and its passengers are lost? >> at some point in time i would be. >> but not now? >> right now i think i need to take into account the feelings of the next of kin and some of them have said publicly that they are not willing to accept it until they find hard evidence. >> wolf, listening to the dignified answers of the prime minister who has clearly had to make some ...

This was his response. >> on the balance of the evidence, it would be hard to imagine otherwise, richard. but the significance is until malaysia says the plane has been lost, the compensation packages, the next stage of the proceedings under the montreal convention can't go ahead. i ask you again, are you prepared to say that the plane and its passengers are lost? >> at some point in time i would be but right now i think i need to take into account the feelings of the next of kin. some of them have said pubically until they find hard evidence. >> now let's be clear about this, brooke. this is ...

In this country and it's not one party or the other, it's the whole system and it's a couple of decades that it's been going on. >> there's a suspicion the people who have been having these massive hikes in their compensation packages are not reinvesting necessarily in job growth and productivity. they are actually -- it feels to a lot of americans on main street like funny money, it's getting recycled, reput into investment funds that are not necessarily then trickling down to create more jobs. that's a change too. you talked about a change over the course of a generation. people used to inve...

Hires. in to a 401(k). they do need it in places like san diego and alaska. utah is doing reform. so is washington, d.c., we can also unfortunately, you can cut unfunded healthcare benefits. so they can be cut without going to court. that is already happening in stockton and vallejo. the irony here is that already health reform may be taking care of this problem. health reform is starring to weigh whether to hire new workers or cut back on the city services. that is bottom line. do you cut back on the government services like police and firemen or do you reform the pension? >> david: is a byna...