:00:00. > :00:00.missing Malaysia airlines plane, but now it is time to have a look at the
:00:00. > :00:11.news as seen across the United States.
:00:12. > :00:19.Welcome to ABC World News. Breaking news in the mystery of flight MH370.
:00:20. > :00:25.And this image tonight, is that a piece of the plane you are looking
:00:26. > :00:30.at? Our team are the only ones on board the navy search plane over the
:00:31. > :00:34.Indian Ocean. Also, the breaking developments with Russia. What
:00:35. > :00:44.President Obama did today. The President Putin is doing to strike
:00:45. > :00:49.back. How did a boy climbed to the very top. And what we have lied
:00:50. > :01:06.about the officer at the top of the building. `` talked to with.
:01:07. > :01:09.We have a lot to get to. We begin with the big new clue in the mystery
:01:10. > :01:22.of the plane that crashed 13 days to go. 239 people disappeared with it.
:01:23. > :01:28.`` disappeared 13 days ago. This object may possibly be a piece of
:01:29. > :01:36.the aircraft. Our reporter was the only American reporter on board the
:01:37. > :01:39.flight over the Indian Ocean. We can also reveal a clue that the
:01:40. > :01:48.Malaysian authorities kept secret and we ask why.
:01:49. > :01:54.That evening. Officials believe that they are closing in on the plane. We
:01:55. > :02:04.have the rare opportunity to accompany a navy team. We had a ``
:02:05. > :02:08.to surrender all recording devices, including our cellphones. We have a
:02:09. > :02:13.nine`hour mission into the open ocean. More than 1000 miles out to
:02:14. > :02:18.sea, a new set of orders, a possible breakthrough. We were given
:02:19. > :02:28.permission to call ABC News from the cockpit.
:02:29. > :02:41.Our primary focus is now on these two large objects. Possible degree.
:02:42. > :02:45.One piece is 78 feet. The images are now the best hope for answers.
:02:46. > :02:49.Australia's Prime Minister was breaking the news to the world.
:02:50. > :02:54.Following specialist analysis of the satellite imagery, two possible
:02:55. > :03:00.objects related to the search have been identified. The location,
:03:01. > :03:05.almost 1500 miles from the Australian coast. Closer to
:03:06. > :03:09.Antarctica than Australia. Our plane dropped just 300 feet above the
:03:10. > :03:13.waves. The technology on board can spot something as small as a
:03:14. > :03:21.basketball in the water. 60 miles away. Crew members were at every
:03:22. > :03:28.window. Staring at this lonely patch of ocean. It is 14 Empire State
:03:29. > :03:36.building is deeper. The present where the Titanic sank. For three
:03:37. > :03:43.hours they searched. But they saw nothing. Except a freighter and two
:03:44. > :03:48.pods of dolphins. We want to give the family 's closure. We eliminated
:03:49. > :03:56.the area. We will move onto the area tomorrow. Tomorrow is upon us. The
:03:57. > :04:06.search is going to resume in a couple of hours. Whatever was in the
:04:07. > :04:08.photos remains a mystery. In the meantime, I mentioned a
:04:09. > :04:12.moment ago that Malaysian authorities are facing heat. It is
:04:13. > :04:22.the withhold key information for days? With dozens of such planes, we
:04:23. > :04:28.have like to note that the Malaysian government was provided data that it
:04:29. > :04:34.is like looking in the wrong place. Nearly a week before it shifted the
:04:35. > :04:40.search. Unbelievable. It is such an egregious slipup. It was Saturday
:04:41. > :04:46.morning March eight that the plane went missing. We can draw a plot to
:04:47. > :04:53.the north and south where people might want to look. Just four days
:04:54. > :04:59.later, the data was given to the Malaysians. Also with the conclusion
:05:00. > :05:06.that all indications pointed to off Australia as the likely spot. The
:05:07. > :05:17.Malaysians only spoke of it three days later and it was only kept ``
:05:18. > :05:21.two more days later before they told the Americans and Australians. The
:05:22. > :05:28.wreck it would have floated away from where it was. How critical it
:05:29. > :05:32.is this? Degree can move 150 miles every day in this area. Every day
:05:33. > :05:40.the batteries on the black boxes get a bit weak. Only two more weeks on
:05:41. > :05:43.those. And that the families of the
:05:44. > :06:01.missing. Every hour Ring 's new horror. `` brings. We also have one
:06:02. > :06:06.American family, the father missing. For the families, hour upon hour,
:06:07. > :06:11.the wait is agonising. For the girlfriend of missing American, Phil
:06:12. > :06:22.Ward, seeing images of possible debris came as a blow. I believe he
:06:23. > :06:28.is alive, and that dashes the hope. His two sons describing their pain.
:06:29. > :06:33.I will never give up hope, but that doesn't mean I won't accept that he
:06:34. > :06:36.may not come back. Today, Malaysian officials apologising for the lack
:06:37. > :06:43.of answers. The piece of information they want most is that that we don't
:06:44. > :06:47.have, the location of Flight MH370. The families here in Malaysia are
:06:48. > :06:51.coming to terms with this. They are frustrated by this weight, and they
:06:52. > :06:56.do want to find a plan, but the most important thing is that they want to
:06:57. > :07:00.know where the families went, and why this happened. `` find the
:07:01. > :07:04.plane. Investigators tried to close in on what could be debris tonight,
:07:05. > :07:12.and they are up against the clock. 16 days left until the black looks
:07:13. > :07:16.as though silent. I have a retired colonel aviation expert, and he has
:07:17. > :07:19.reminded us every step of this is a race against time. Without the boxes
:07:20. > :07:26.pinging, this could be very difficult to find. The black boxes
:07:27. > :07:30.will be the key. We will never know everything we need to know until we
:07:31. > :07:36.get to them. It is so deep in that part of the world, up to 12 empire
:07:37. > :07:40.state building is deep. We have all these elements working against the
:07:41. > :07:46.rescuers, but the real races against time. The satellite photos we have
:07:47. > :07:52.been studying were taken four days ago. If that was debris, how far
:07:53. > :07:56.could it have travelled? The currents will affect the debris, and
:07:57. > :08:25.the wind will affect it. In that part of the world, currents are very
:08:26. > :08:37.strong, and the winds are howling. The
:08:38. > :08:37.will answer your questions on Twitter
:08:38. > :08:49.today President Obama went after the latter `` Vladimir Putin.
:08:50. > :08:55.As Russia tightened its grip on Crimea today, issuing Russian
:08:56. > :08:58.passports to those who live there, President Obama warned, Vladimir
:08:59. > :09:02.Putin may be preparing to go further. World is watching with
:09:03. > :09:06.great concern as Russia has positioned its military in a way
:09:07. > :09:11.that could lead to further incursions into southern and eastern
:09:12. > :09:14.Ukraine. The President announced more sanctions, this time going
:09:15. > :09:21.right at Vladimir Putin's inner circle, hitting his chief of staff
:09:22. > :09:26.and long`time confidant, as well as billionaires close to Putin, and the
:09:27. > :09:35.bank so close to him it is seen as Vladimir Putin's piggybank. This
:09:36. > :09:39.would not only have an impact on the Russian economy, but also could have
:09:40. > :09:43.an impact on the global economy. Within minutes, Russia slapped its
:09:44. > :09:46.own sanctions on nine American officials. That included John McCain
:09:47. > :09:57.and the Senate speaker. There is a travel ban, so he can't
:09:58. > :10:15.go to Russia. He They could cut off gas and energy
:10:16. > :10:22.supplies to our allies in Europe, and that could be a big deal. We
:10:23. > :10:26.move on for what so many have been waiting for, the first day of
:10:27. > :10:30.spring, after what seemed to be the longest winter ever. These pictures
:10:31. > :10:35.said it all, I skate is still on the ice in New York, but not far away,
:10:36. > :10:41.these tiny flowers determined to bloom in Central Park. What do we
:10:42. > :10:52.hear from the nation's top scientists today? It is spring! All,
:10:53. > :11:03.so says the calendar. Parts of New England in during up to a foot of
:11:04. > :11:07.fresh snow today. Chicago asking when it is going to happen. Hardly a
:11:08. > :11:16.normal winter turned spring out west. In Oregon, the ski area never
:11:17. > :11:19.opened. More than 20% of our nation is still covered in snow, and all of
:11:20. > :11:23.this will play a role in what is to come. When you have a yard packed in
:11:24. > :11:30.ice and snow, it reflects the rays of the sun, rather than absorbing
:11:31. > :11:35.them. That means it stays cold, but out west areas dry hot soil
:11:36. > :11:45.absorbing the Sun's energy, making it hotter and drier.
:11:46. > :11:52.Let's talk about what came out today. That would be the private
:11:53. > :12:00.addiction centre's outlook `` climate prediction centre. The
:12:01. > :12:04.orange and red, above normal, but up north, below normal. Then we have to
:12:05. > :12:07.talk about spring flooding potential. This is another matter
:12:08. > :12:15.came out from same group. Moderate risk of spring flooding.
:12:16. > :12:27.Even though it doesn't feel like it, we are thinking spring, and that
:12:28. > :12:31.will have to do for now. A controversial figure has died,
:12:32. > :12:39.Fred Phelps, the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church. He was
:12:40. > :12:47.peddling a message of intolerance towards gay people.
:12:48. > :12:50.An update on a high profile case. A high`ranking officer accused of
:12:51. > :12:55.sexual assault, and improper relationships with his subordinates.
:12:56. > :12:59.He was sentenced today, a $20,000 fine but no prison sentence. It was
:13:00. > :13:04.all part of a plea deal. The most serious charge was dropped, in
:13:05. > :13:12.exchange to him pleading guilty to lesser charges including adultery.
:13:13. > :13:16.Rescuers freed a construction worker trapped in a muddy hole, when the
:13:17. > :13:20.ground collapsed around him. The whole was ten feet deep, and filling
:13:21. > :13:25.with water. He was stuck for almost three hours.
:13:26. > :13:32.Controversy tonight, with a breach of the new World Trade Center, how a
:13:33. > :13:40.teenager managed to climb through a tiny hole and climb to the top of
:13:41. > :14:22.the toy `` tallest building in North America.
:14:23. > :14:29.Now to the breach of the top of the World Trade Center. A teenager snuck
:14:30. > :14:35.his way to the very top, 104 stories, I notice. Where were
:14:36. > :14:44.security, and that officer at the top?
:14:45. > :14:51.It is an American symbol of wealth, the World Trade Center. 1776 feet
:14:52. > :14:54.high. This very spot, attacked twice by terrorists. Officials promised
:14:55. > :15:00.this would be the most secure high`rise on earth, so how did a
:15:01. > :15:04.16`year`old, seen here on his Facebook page, standing on the
:15:05. > :15:08.railing with the tower in the background, climb to the very top?
:15:09. > :15:11.Police tell us that at 4am he squeezes through a one foot opening
:15:12. > :15:15.in the fence around the construction site, climb to the scaffolding up to
:15:16. > :15:21.the sixth floor, the elevator up to the floor, then walked up the stairs
:15:22. > :15:26.to the 104th floor where he went right past and inattentive security
:15:27. > :15:31.guard. On the roof, he climbed the light up to the antenna. Around 6am
:15:32. > :15:35.he was spotted by a construction worker when he tried to leave, and
:15:36. > :15:42.he was arrested. He also had to go through two additional security
:15:43. > :15:48.check point on site. It is shocking and terrible. He could get more than
:15:49. > :15:53.three months in jail, charged with criminal trespassed. Is the kind of
:15:54. > :15:59.kid who would see something, you're crazy for doing that, and he would
:16:00. > :16:00.do it. The Port authority, which handles security, said in a
:16:01. > :16:11.statement... Walking along the perimeter, we
:16:12. > :16:16.can't find any easy way in, in fact, security is tight. You can see those
:16:17. > :16:25.card readers, but there was clearly a massive security gap.
:16:26. > :16:28.We have a big headline this evening about Staton. Many Americans taken
:16:29. > :16:32.to control cholesterol. One study could mean that millions more
:16:33. > :16:43.American should be talking to their doctors about getting a ascription
:16:44. > :16:54.for statins. There shows that the effect could be
:16:55. > :17:00.massive. The number of people taking statins could increase massively.
:17:01. > :17:04.The increase could be in people who don't have heart disease. This is
:17:05. > :17:09.designed to a lot of people to prevent heart disease. There is some
:17:10. > :17:11.debate, one doctor we spoke to told us that something like the
:17:12. > :17:34.Mediterranean diet. A definite change in the weather
:17:35. > :17:41.over the past 24 hours. Still relatively mild, some outbreaks of
:17:42. > :17:51.rain currently, but the mild air is being displaced by cold air.
:17:52. > :17:52.Relatively mild in the far south`east, but in rural