so good to see you on a sunday. thank you for spending some time with us, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 6:00 on the east coast. beginning with breaking news in the hunt for missing malaysian flight 370. just moments ago, malaysian officials confirm they received new images from french satellites that can show potential objects in the southern search area. we'll get caught up in just a moment. eight planes from four

countries have been scouring the waters of the southern indian ocean, which includes the world's most sophisticated search plane which returned to perth just a short time ago. >> despite the capabilities of the poseidon it has taken a low-tech turn. the emphasis is on using eyes to spot things over radar. beyond the satellites and all the radar technology. yesterday a civilian plane spotted a wooden pallet in the water along with some strapping belt, but when a new zealand jet tried to confirm the sitine sig was seaweed. >> that large object there in the ocean, that is what everybody is really honed in on. but the thing is, that image was from tuesday. it was from march 18th. so, it's five days old at this

point and even a gentle current can move any of that debris hundreds of miles in just a day. >> of course, time is of the essence. they now more than halfway through their estimated battery life for these flight recorders. listening for the ping. to give you an example of what searchers are hoping to hear, here it is. >> yeah, that is the noise that everybody so desperately wants to hear. you have to be within two nautical miles to detect it. today's search area is nearly 23,000 square miles. >> so more of a click than a ping, but that's what they're listening for. to get you caught up on today's search let's bring in atika shubert. >> what do we know about these new satellite images from french authorities that we're just learning about? >> we don't have much.

at this point, all that we know is that these are potential objects found in the southern corridor. we don't know how far away they are from the search area. they are looking at now. we don't know the size of the images or the date. the first thing they will have to do is compare them to the other images they have from the chinese satellites, for example, and try to figure out whether they're looking at the same object or a different one. if it's a different one they'll open up a whole new area. once they compare some of these photos and figure out the size and other details and then they'll likely dispatch another round of search planes to the area. but, unfortunatelyunfortunatelyg and tedious process. it is largely a visual search. what they are doing is not only using military planes, but also drafting in commercial jets and commercial ships to try to cover up more area. >> we have more planes, as you

talk about the search planes. more in the sky today than they were yesterday. they are up against some rough weather out there. >> yeah. really rough weather. what that means is it will take up a lot more fuel and time. they're not going to be able to such in the same way they would have. when you these really choppy waves, it's harder to tell what you're looking at. staring out into the ocean and if you get the huge waves, it's possible to confuse it for a small piece of debris. not just looking for large, metal objects, looking for something on a plane that may float. plastic overhead containers that you sometimes see and sometimes of the floating cushions and that's what they're looking for. those are really quite small. it is really just scanning with your eyes this endless ocean surface and, unfortunately, bad weather makes that even harder. >> we so appreciate the update, thank you. so, the search teams, of

course, scouring the indian ocean and investigators are desperately waiting to hear that ping, more like a click from the flight recorders. the noise designed, as we said, to help locate a plane's location. again, here's what it sounds like. >> it almost sounds minute to us as we listen to it. like it would be very easy to miss it if you were near it. the thing is, as the battery runs out, that sound is going to fade here and we're looking at possibly april 6th in just about 14 days at this point before that ping goes silent. so, let's talk about what's happening with ocean explorer christine denson, cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo, as well. there's no word on whether the

u.s. will provide the underwater listening devices that help detect a plane's ping, as you heard there. help us under, would these hydrophones be useful if you don't have a specific debris field yet? >> well, no, it's very difficult because, as you mentioned, it's about two miles is about your limit. one to three, if you will, for the listening. when they zero in or narrow down, rather, the debris field so they can then calculate what the winds and waves have done to the debris and take it back to the likely point of impact, that's the area they need to be listening for these pings and the black boxes don't float. the hope is once they find the debris, then they can retrace the debris steps, if you will. have where they need to search for the sound of the ping or the click. >> let's take the next step here, christine. searching under water at depths of 10,000 to 13,000 feet, not

easy at all. the auvs are used to aid in ocean searches. walk us through what happens when that debris field is located? >> well, once the debris field is located and identified, i think that's the point that we're making it at the moment is that we really need to know what they're looking at before they put, before they launch any underwater vehicle. and, so there is a process here by which they must identify the objects, collect the objects and then find and map and start their grid on where they're going to launch these vehicles that will then start mapping that area of ocean floor to bring back data. there is some time before we start putting anything in the water. we're still working top side, visuals, which is the only way we'll be able to tell what these objects are, where they're coming from and follow that, follow that trail, if you will. >> mary, i was listening to an

expert yesterday talk about the fact that everybody was trying to distinguish, if we can bring it back up on the screen. what that satellite image yesterday was. was it a wing based on its dimensions. but an expert yesterday was saying this is a piece of debris that is a lot of little pieces stuck together like overhead bins and seat cushions that are intermingled with wire and other things. the fact, if this could be part of 370 and it's been out there for two weeks in the water since this plane vanished two weeks ago, what would be the condition of this debris? >> well, pretty weathered and beaten, but what is surprising what floats beside the obvious like the seat cushions or the life rafts or life vests, in prior accidents, all we have to go on at this point, at this

poi point all we have to go on. suitcases and galley carts will float. interesting what can be combined together into this grouping of materials and then, of course, in two prior, three prior accidents it was the tail that actually floated. >> christina, authorities say today's search is focused on just the visual search. i mean they have eight jets there and trying to see whatever is there. because, you know, they haven't spotted anything that actually is what the satellites have picked up. satellite pictures but no visual confirmation. do you think that is the right strategy? >> i've been on location, i've worked under these conditions and i can say at this point that you're working with the best teams available and they know what they're doing and they're working 24/7 and they're going out of rotations and they know this is the first stage. this is the way they have to go

about visually identifying what they're seeing in the water and, of course, the conditions are changing very rapidly day to day. you're trying to follow this trail to identify these pieces and say, okay, we can start here and then move to the next phase. yes, i agree. >> mary, real quickly, australian prime minister said we now had a number of very credible leads and increasing hope that we're going to find 370, based on this new information coming in today from the french satellite that they have spotted debris in that same area. how confident are you that this isn't just randomly floating? >> because of the numbers and they seem to be concentrated in the area i think they're zeroing in on a debris field. i'm hopeful. >> christine dennison and mary schia schiavo, thank you, both. a breaking story out of washington state. reports of people trapped under a devastating landslide and

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taking extreme hopes of digging out survivors in the wreckage of a massive landslide northeast of seattle. >> what you're looking at there is some of the debris and people were literally screaming from underneath it. a mix of rocks and trees and mud. unstable situation at the moment. at this point three people have been killed, three others including a 6-month-old baby are in critical condition. >> joining us now for the very latest cnn nick valencia. >> they're just dramatic. developing catastrophic situation. three people have been killed and three others in critical condition, including a 6-month-old baby. the big concern is that mudslide, that landslide came down from the mountain top and created a swell in that river and officials are concerned that the debris could take over towns down stream. yesterday the fire chief spoke to the local media and talked about this very disastrous situation just 775 miles

northeast of seattle washington. >> we have people that are yelling for our help and we are going to make, we're going to take extreme risk to try to get them out of there. >> 45 miles, i'm sorry 44 yards wide and 6 housedi destroyed an ground saturation and really heavy rain in the last month that led to this catastrophic situation. the pictures there hard to turn away from. look at all that mess, guys. >> i was reading the first reports came in 10:45 yesterday morning which is 1:45 eastern time. and it is along that state road 340. two-lane road, as i understand it. has it blocked access to and from the towns, do you know? >> we're working on trying to figure out what emergency crews are dealing with. very rural area and we know that two-lane road you're looking at

right there right now. emergency crews have their hand full. you talk about this, christi, 10:45 west coast time yesterday and 3:00 in the morning west coast time and they're still trapped. >> and it's dark. >> one of the difficulties is trying to get into these people who are literally screaming for help. you can't step on these piles of mud because you could crush and shift and the people who are on these, they could slip and fall into this. >> could create even more potentially dangerous situation. >> keep watching this. >> we'll keep an eye on it. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, dan. so, the families of the passengers on the missing plane. you've seen some of the pictures and it's hard to watch some of these people. they're furious and they're devastated and their wounds are really open and raw right now. >> they say even after 16 days now of this search, malaysian officials are not keeping them informed on the situation. we'll talk about that in a moment.

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and the breaking news this morning on the search for missing flight 370. the french satellites have now picked up what they're calling potential objects and those images, these are satellite images have been passed on to both malaysian officials and to australian officials as they search continues in the south indian ocean in the search in the southern corridor. of course, we'll stay on top of that. but you have to think this is the second day this weekend when a country has passed on these

images and the families of the 239 people onboard now for 16 days have been waiting for some answ answer. >> and you think, you know, this up and down, this constant, they found something, they didn't find something because, remember, these families have all said they hope it landed somewhere. they don't want to hear of a crash in the ocean because at least they have hope that the people they love may still be alive if it landed somewhere. we want to get more information on that because we know these families, the anguish they're feeling is really amplified in their frustration and lock at how they're reacting here in this video to some of the meetings they're having with both the malaysian airlines. we want to get to pauline, too, live with us from beijing. i understand that families had a meeting with the malaysian airline people and it did not go well well. >> no, it did not go well.

and that video that you saw was from saturday when emotions were really, really running high. in fact, in that meeting, the officials got up and walked out because they were worried about their own safety. we were not sure if they would actually come back on sunday, sunday evening here in beijing right now. but, in fact, they did show up and officials met again with the family members and much quieter today. in fact, there was not a lot of drama that we saw yesterday. and, in fact, they met all day. we were speaking with some relatives as they came out because media was not allowed. in fact, the malaysian officials set down new rules that they did not want cameras in there because of what happened. we did speak with one grandmother who exited that briefing room and said there is still a high level of frustration and concern. >> translator: this is my first day here. i said what i needed to say. i'm too angry.

every day i watch the television and i'm going to go crazy soon. i'm very emotionally unstable. >> and she speaks for so many relatives. they're just emotionally drained and exhausted. now, you heard her say that this was her first day at a family briefing. well, here is her story. her daughter was on that malaysian airlines flight. her daughter had gone to malaysian for a holiday and was returning. and her daughter had left her kids home. the grandmother has been busy taking care of her daughter's kids, her grandchildren. they're 4 years old and 8 years old. still wondering where their mother is. christi? >> cannot imagine. >> 16 days now. how many people are still hopeful there? >> that's a very good question. when you look at the faces across the room, you see that

reality is setting in. and there is that small group of people that just wants to hang on to hope. you mentioned earlier just the fact that they don't find debris means a cause of optimism. maybe the plane landed somewhere. i posed that question to a man who came out today for fresh air. i said when you talk about the group, what is the level of hope there? he said, realistically, it's about 80/20. probably 80% of the family members in there are prepared for bad news. but then there's that 20% that is still optimistic and they really want to believe that their loved ones are still alive and we've met some of them. we met a man recently who said i don't think that debris near australia is from the airplane. i believe my son is alive. we spoke with another woman who said my mother's instinct is that my son is still alive. you see that dichotomy victor and christi, but they all know that each day progresses the

prospect of good news diminishes. >> any indication that, you know, with these meetings malaysian air officials are meeting with them only as a group or have they been able to meet one-on-one or individually with these families or even attempted to do so? >> they are only meeting with them as a big group. this big banquet room behind me hads turn under to a news briefing room and they are just meeting with them as this enormous group. yesterday that video that you saw 400 to 500 relative there's. today was a little bit less. one relative told me it was maybe 150 people, about 200. we just couldn't get in because they are not allowing cameras in any more. so, i don't think they're meeting individually. they could, if they wanted to. some of these relatives meet on the sidelines and ask certain officials certain questions. but the format is people get up and ask questions to these

officials and they're sitting at this sort of banquet table at the front of the room answering questions through microphones. so, that's the way things have been going. and i believe things went well today, they met all day, they should have be having these meetings tomorrow, as well. >> unimaginable. pauline, thank you. in a moment, we'll have more on this morning's breaking news. the french satellite images showing potential objects in the southern corridor search area for malaysia flight 370. stay with us. this is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it's cloudy, we use more natural gas. this ensures we can produce clean electricity whenever our customers need it. ♪

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welcome back, everybody. i'm christi paul. so glad to have you with us today. >> i'm victor blackwell. in the search for missing flight 370 less than an hour ago malaysian officials said they received new satellite images from france that may show potential objects in the southern search corridor. we do not know when the images were taken or how big the objects can be. >> we want to go to evan perez joining us from washington. thank you for joining us. we know these images have been moved or passed over to malaysian authorities and to australia. are they in the hands of u.s. authorities yet? have you seen this image? >> no, i have not yet seen this image and i'm sure it is going

to be on its way at this moment to u.s. authorities also that are involved in the searching. obviously, this is more good news. you know, if there's more satellite images perhaps showing some debris, this gives them more hope that perhaps they're searching in the right area, which is a big, big relief because, as you know, this has been going on for more than two weeks now and nothing much has been found. >> australian officials say today that mostly it's a visual search, but, of course, these teams hopefully are listening for that ping from these flight data recorders. we understand malaysian is asking the u.s. for hydrophones, these underwater listening devices and that could be really a significant development since the 370 locater beacons may go silent in, what, 14 days now. >> right, these things are made to last about 30 days and that is the battery life of them. it doesn't go silent immediately. it's kind of like any device in your house, the battery just get

weaker and weaker and the tone which we have been playing on air here goes just a little more dimmer and dimmer. so, they're really racing against time to try to make sure that they try to find some debris and perhaps find these before these pingers go silent in the next two weeks or just a little longer. now you might remember in 2009 in the crash of air france, they were able to spot some debris. they didn't find the black boxes immediately and the battery did die, but at least they found the debris and they knew the general area where to look. >> you know, let's talk about some of the things they say they know, they believe to have identified. a wooden pallet and some strapping belt they believe spotted boy searchers. why could those things be so significant? >> again, more good news for the families that are waiting to see if they can get some closure out of this.

and the pallets that may have been sighted could be some used on aircraft in the cargo hold, for instance. they load them on to containers for easier shipment. it could be these were shipping materials that were put on this aircraft if, indeed, that's what they are. again, it's more hope that perhaps some signs of the debris of this aircraft have been found, but i guess given the weather conditions down there, they don't know yet exactly what they've found. >> i think we have an image here that we can pop up just so when we say wooden pallet most people understand, do we have that image? we do not have that image yet, but we'll get it in a moment. let's talk about the search today as we move into tomorrow. six planes today, eight planes. more planes will be en route tomorrow. we heard from one of the leaders

there in australia of the australian maritime safety authority, jong young, that warships are on the way to the area, as well. tell us what you know about the resources that are en route. >> well, there's a tremendous amount of resources. i mean, we got over a dozen countries that are contributing now. you have countries that don't often get along. the japanese, for instance, will search alongside the chinese. you have countries that have all kind of disagreements and putting those aside and are sending aircraft or boats or ships into this area. this is one of the most remote parts of the world, this part of the indian ocean. so, every bit of it helps and i think this, again, shows you perhaps what the australian authorities have been saying and what the u.s. authorities have been saying. that they believe there are signs that they can find the debris here. the fact that all those assets are being sent there gives you an indication that they really

do believe. >> evan perez, live in washington, thank you so much. want to bring in now cnn andrew stevens in perth, australia. this, of course, the head of where the search is originating now. have you heard anything yourself or have you seen these satellite images that are coming from france? >> no, we haven't, christi. that was coming from the malaysian authorities just a short while ago. all they said is they have received these satellite images from the french and they passed all the information on to the australians coordinating the search down out here outside of perth. it is perhaps another piece of this jigsaw. this is the third piece of satellite imagery that we now know about. start would the australians two days later the chinese took a picture of another object, roughly within 75 miles of those

two objects the australian satellites have seen and now french satellite imagery. all we know it is in the southern part of the search zone. they are all coming together. it's interesting because a few hours ago the australian prime minister came out with what i would say is a pretty bullish statement saying there is still so little known about what is there, what may or may not be there. let me just read you this quote. i think it's quite interesting. we had a number of very credible leads and there is increasing hope, no more than hope that we might be on the way to discovering what did happen to this ill-fated aircraft. this is the australian prime minister. you don't get a higher authority, obviously, than that. he is volunteering this information. so, obviously, there is a sense that this lead, which has already been called strong, is developing into something perhaps stronger. i can also tell you that yesterday some small pieces of debris were seen by a corporate

jet. one of these ultralong range corporate jets going into the search zone. the only thing i could identify is this wooden pallet. they've gone back there today and we haven't heard if they found anything and only one plane has returned from today's search and that is the long-range surveillance ultrasophisticated surveillance. they didn't see anything, christi. >> we have an image just so people know what we're talking about. andrew, i wanted to ask you because i noticed something in that statement by the prime minister, as well, where he now said we have a number of very credible leads. a lot of people might be sitting back saying we are just talk about debris, how credible is this? do you get the sense, it is understandable, do you get the sense that they know much more than they're releasing? t. >> yeah, that's a good question. the australians have been very forthright in saying that we need to get the information out

as quickly as we can. that was tony abbot the prime minister's reason a couple days ago when he said there was this new credible information and nothing developed from there. he was put on the defensive. we can't say for sure, obviously, that those objects are related to mh370. i suspect that given this latest statement from tony abbott, there is a growing sense within the australian search coordinators that they do think they are on to something. they have to put so much into this. think about the assets that are coming down. we already had eight flights out today. there are now four commercial corporate jets and four australian and new zealand search planes, military search planes and there is a u.s. search plane, two chinese search planes will go out tomorrow. two japanese search planes arrive just about an hour ago here at the air force base where i am. so, the assets are really focusing on that area, not just

the land, but also sea. an australian naval vessel on site and three chinese naval ships making their way. the australians are sending another vessel, which has capabilities for remotely operated vehicles under water. so, you put it altogether and add the satellite images and, certainly, you think about what we've known over the past 15 days or so. there does seem to be a coming together of information which all points to the same area. >> all right, andrew stevens, boy, we appreciate you keeping us aprized of what's going on there. thank you so much. of course, we'll have much more on the flight for 370 just ahead. new satellite images help crews try to find a starting point in this southern corridor to try to find any trace of this missing boeing 777. ups is a global company, but most of our employees

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so, we're talking about this new satellite imagery that's coming from france. that satellite imagery is in the hands of australia and malaysian authorities where they believe they have seen potential objects is how they're characterizing them. but we know as search crews go out there, the weather has been so daunting for them. in fact, i was reading that they had to descend to 3,000 feet because of the weather. >> you consider all the changes that already face all these crews having no idea spa specifically where these objects

are, just basing the search on visual, objects on satellite images from several days ago and now they have to fight the weather. jennifer gray, this is making this even more difficult. >> you know, this part of the ocean is rough on a good day, you can imagine these little storm systems that roll on through add insult to injury and it could make it very, very rough out there and, in fact, over the next 24 hours another one of those fronts roll right on through that search area and going to bring in increasing cloud cover and increased winds as we go through the next day or so and also make the seas even rougher as they go out there. the seas will be increasing, as well. this is sunday, 6:30 local time. so, right about now, this is current conditions as we go through the next 12 to 24 hours. this is monday at noon local time, which would be midnight over there. you can see cloud cover in the area and rain. you say, well, it's midnight,

it's nightfall, no searching is going on. you have to remember leading up to these systems is when you get the increase in wind and the increase in cloud cover and none of this helps. that's when the seas will be rough, as well. another storm system rolls through, again, on tuesday. so, look at these winds as we go through the next 24 hours. we see winds anywhere from 30 to 40 miles per hour. you can plan on gusts even higher than that, guys. a rough 24 to 48 hours over there making that search more difficult. >> jennifer gray, thank you so much. this is such a collaborative effort and we have 26 countries now from around the globe working side-by-side trying to solve the mystery of this flight. next, we're going to take you inside one of the search planes as crews valor that indian ocean for those clues. you are going to see what they have on their side. you have dis like i do,

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well, the breaking news this morning in the search for malaysian airlines flight 370, french authorities today turned over new satellite images of potential objects. that's how they're describing them in the southern corridor search area. it's key location in the search for flight 370. >> the french working alongside u.s. military units and a lot of other teams from around the globe to solve one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. i heard someone characterize this as the amelia aearhart of our generation.

>> had a chance to fly along to see what kind of challenges search crews are up against. >> reporter: the american crew of this p3 orion is facing another grueling day, searching the massive indian ocean for malaysian airlines flight 370. plane commander has to stay motivated, even as mission after mission turns up nothing. >> we cleared that area of the ocean. so, we know it's not there and we can look somewhere else and focus our efforts on trying to find it somewhere else. >> reporter: this plane is their home for up to 12 hours a day. living conditions are less than luxurious. so, the first thing you notice when you get on the plane is just how hot it is in here. 95 degrees fahrenheit. the ac finally comes in when the dors close, soon the p3 is ready for takeoff. the malaysian coastline disappears in minutes and the ten-hour flight will take us

south of kuala lumpur and over the indian ocean. that sounds like a lot, but put that in context with the size of this search area. >> honestly, on a scale, a small percentage. that's what we can do. >> reporter: even getting to our search area will take three and a half long hours. the 11-member crew takes turns sleeping in cramped corridors or even on the floor so everyone is ready to tackle the tedious task ahead. we shut down one of the engines to conserve fuel and descend to as low as 300 feet, or just 91 meters above the water. and the search begins. some look out the windows. others watch the radar. it's sensitive now to pick up dolphins, schools of fish or anything that emits heat. >> sometimes you see debris and you think it is something significant and then you come down and look at it and it's

trash. >> reporter: look out the window. this is what you see. >> one of the things you notice as you do this for a while. you look out the window and your mind starts to play tricks on you. so, you think you might see some debris and then you realize it is just a white cap on a wave and, honestly, pretty disappointing because that part of your mind that just hopes you're going to find something. you just look out there and it's nothing. >> reporter: low clouds cast a gray shadow on this endless ocean and you can't help but think about the plane and those 239 people. they're out there, somewhere, just not here. >> maintaining hope. >> reporter: that hope and passion for the people on flight 370 is what drives flight engineer even as the sun fades away and it's time to go home, again, empty handed. >> it's pretty stressful. we were all hoping we'd find

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more now on the breaking news this morning in the hunt for missing malaysian flight 370. >> just last hour malaysian officials confirming they received new images, this time from french satellites that could show potential objects, that's how they're characterizing it in that southern search corridor where they are. >> just yesterday china also

released the satellite image that could belong to the missing flight. could be debris, but they just described it as suspicious floating objects. so, how could we go about figuring out if these small, grainy pictures are, in fact, leads. or how can investigators do that? here's renee marsh. >> reporter: some experts say the 74-foot object in this newly released satellite image from china is too big to be debris from the missing jet. others say we could be looking at multiple pieces. >> intermingled with wire and other debris, you may have a lot of smaller pieces mixed in, which might look like a larger piece from a satellite or the air. >> reporter: the size of the debris depends on how the plane hit the water, assuming it did. if it were going at a high rate of speed and made a nose dive, like alaska airlines flight 261 did in 2000 when it crashed into the pacific, there would be a

shatter effect, breaking into thousands of small pieces. a mid-air explosion like twa flight 800 would produce larger pieces of debris and a wider debris field. a third scenario, when ethiopian airlines flight 961 tried to make a controlled landing in the indian ocean in 1996, the plane broke into large pieces. what sinks and what floats depends on the part of the plane and the material it's made of. >> most of the cabin feurnishins made out of plastics and thermal plastics and some composite materials. things like the overhead bins and the seat cushions and the bulkheads all of those typically should still be floating. >> reporter: metal pieces sink. the engines go straight to the bottom and the fuselage, too. in the crash of air france, the tail of the plane was still floating. experts say the tail of a 77 7

is made of composite material and it may still be floating, as we well. depending on how long the search continues, some may become so water logged they will sink. but some items could potentially float for years, but over time, currents and wind would scatter them so far apart. all of these scenarios are problematic because the crews are depending on a debris field to lead them to the rest of the wreckage. christi, victor. and thank you to renee marsh for that. and a good morning to you on this sunday. i hope it's been well to you so far. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 7:00 here on the east coast. we're starting with breaking news this morning. major developments in the search for malaysian airlines flight 370. just about an hour ago, malaysian officials have confirmed they have received new

information from french satellites that could show potential objects in that southern search corridor area. we'll get to cnn's atika shubert on that angle. we want to catch you up on what we know this morning. >> the search team is larger than it has beignet. eight planes today from four countries scouring the waters of the southern indian ocean and that includes the world's most sophisticated search plane, the u.s. navy p8 poseidon. >> it's especially helpful to have it there, but despite the amazing capabilitiecapabilities search is taking a low-tech turn. it's a visual search with the emphasis on eyes over radar. now, yesterday a civilian plane spotted a wooden pallet in the water along with some strapping belt. but when a new zealand jet tried to confirm that sighting, all it found was seaweed. from malaysia to france and

they're leading the search there out of perth. ateaka shubert, the chinese had a new image, we learned later that new image was four days old. do we know yet how old this image from the french is? >> we don't have a date yet of that image and we don't have any measurements either. we don't know how long this object is and this is why malaysian authorities have immediately been given this to the australian search teams and comparing it to other satellite images. that it's not a different photo of the same object. and then, if they've identified this as a potential object to go search for, then they have to dispatch all those search teams, again. what we're talking about is an area that is 2,500 kilometers from the nearest shore in perth,

australia. four hours of flying there, two hours of searching and then four hours flying back. so, it really is a long and tedious search. they do have about eight planes up in the air today, but it's been bad weather. really tough going. >> i know that some of the planes have come back already, at least a couple of them have wrapped up for the day. have they given you any details about what they may or may not have spotted? >> well, the pal has come back and, unfortunately, because of the bad weather it was only able to fly 300 feet above the water. really wasn't able to be used to its maximum capacity. it did not find anything. the australian planes, however, did identify several pallets of wood and those belt strappings. that's interesting because these are often used in containers. so, when you're shipping containers by ship and also by air. they're trying to identify whether this came from possibly

the plane or did it simply come from a passing container ship. this is why the search takes so long. even if you find debris, even if you find something that is potentially part of the plane, you have to get a salvage ship there to lift it up, take a look at it and test it and see whether or not it came from the plane. >> atika s had hubert, thank yo search crews start to narrow in and another clue send them in another direction, which is only complicating that. >> let's expand the conversation mow and bring in corporate pilot and flight instructor anthony roman. and cnn aviation analyst and former inspector general mary schiavo. thank you for joining us, both of you. i want to start here with this new image from the french authorities and i'll start with you, anthony. what do you make of this report of potential objects there in the southern corridor? >> well, i think it's too early

to tell, victor. we have to be cautiously optimistic with these satellite views. there are several anomalies that can occur with satellite views. it could be the crest of the wave, it could be a shipping container, it could be debris that had fallen off a ship. we are actually conducting this search in an area that is a known large debris field. with the poor visibility and with the cloud structure, you have all sorts of problems in trying to interpret it. >> mary, we heard that the pa, you heard her there say it had to descend to 300 feet because the weather has been such a problem. at what point, they have been so diligent in going out, despite weather reports, at what point might they pull some of their efforts if the weather gets -- how bad does it have to get before they say they can't go out today or images coming

forward just going to keep pushing them out there? >> for these planes and these crews the images will keep pushing them out there. the weather will reach a point that they cannot operate, particularly if it's the winds and the rains and the conditions make it impossible and not just impossible, make it unsafe. but they are really tough. i mean, i've been out with similar crews in alaska and it was hailing and everything else, sleet, snow, you name it. they went out. and hat's off to them. it's really tough flying and dangerous, too. but unless the winds are so strong, i think they're going to go out. >> anthony, we earlier played an example of this ping from the flight data recorder that investigators are listening for. it's actually more like a click. let's play it now for people just joining us. what it sounds like and what the investigators are listening for. now, that would help the search

crews locate this flight data recorder and, of course, some of the debris from flight 370. how difficult would it be beyond april 6th when the 30 days expires and that battery life to locate it? i mean, i guess it hasn't been so helpful thus far, they haven't found it. beyond april 6th how much more difficult does this become? >> victor, it becomes incredibly difficult. you have an area of the bottom of the ocean here, which is largely unexplored. it's volcanic, it's mountainous, it has deep crevices, very narrow valleys, it's not well mapped out and, so, you have to operate with these submersible devices that have only a half a mile range. so, it really becomes a very, very difficult process. that's compounded by the terrible weather.

very low clouds, high seas, squalls and thunderstorms, high winds, pitching decks. it limits the visibility. it creates anomalies with the sonar reception and side scan sonar. so, you know, the cabling that is used for these devices is very heavy. you have to use three times the length of cabling compared to the depth that you're operating at. it becomes a logistic nightmare. we're looking at not days, not weeks after the 30 days, i believe we're looking at years unless we are very, very lucky. >> years. >> mary, help me out here and just humor me for a second. i have heard from so many people, i don't know about you, but so many people who are convinced this thing landed on the ground in the north. based on everything that authorities do know and we might not know everything authorities

know, let's point out. may be keeping some things very close. do you still believe something like that is a possibility or have they all but abandoned the search in the northern part of this arch? >> i won't say they all but abandoned it, but there's been not one shred, not clue, not one piece of evidence to substantiate that. and i think most folks believe that they would be wasting some assets that they could apply down south where the debris field, well at least debris field of something has been sighted. so, there has not been one shred and the only thing left that they were looking at, of course, was the pilot's computer and flight simulator and this phone call from the plane and unless that turns up something and that could be completely innocent. pilots make phone calls from planes all the time. there's just not one shred of evidence to substantiate the northern route. >> let me challenge you on that, mary. you say the objects found in the southern corridor, i'm reading a

piece on cnn.com in which experts and even the japanese officials say that after the 2011 tsunami, 10 million tons of debris was washed into the ocean. so, when we say that they found some items, a wooden pallet that could have come from anywhere. have we really found any clue anywhere? >> we don't have anything because you don't really have a clue from the plane until you pull it up on to a ship or a boat and determine that it really is from the plane. so, until then, all you have are sightings. but the best they have to go on are these satellite returns which put the plane in that area. and, remember, a few days ago the satellite company that provided some of the images said that they had provided images or at least coordinates in that ara two days after the plane went missing. i agree it's not much, but something that puts the plane in that area where we don't have anything to put the plane in other areas of the world.

that's where we have evidence that can substantiate that the plane was most likely there. >> mary schiavo, thank you so much. of course, we're following the other breaking news this morning. when you see the pictures, it's difficult to imagine families literally being told to get out now. this deadly landslide in washington state. it's skilled at least three people. and as we speak, search teams are following cries for help, people are literally screaming for help and they're being asked to be pulled out of this mud. they're digging for the survivors. we'll talk more about this, next. ngs from the best angle i could. it's how i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin but wondered, could i focus on something better?

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france discovered via satellite what could be some sort of debris. >> potential objects they're calling them. >> potential objects is how they're characterizing it. again we'll get to that in a moment because there is a real urgent situation going on right now in washington state. >> emergency search and rescue crews right now are following the cries, literal cries for help and taking, as they call them, extreme risks. this is a massive landslide northeast of seattle. >> we know that three people have already died. three others, including a six-month-old baby boy are in critical condition right now at a hospital after being transferred and nobody knows how many people are buried under this deadly mixture of trees and rocks and mud. >> nick valencia is back with us. nick, right off the top, you have this dramatic photo from the front page of the "seattle times" here. >> you were just looking at dramatic video from our

affiliates in seattle. this photo you're looking at, this puts it all into perspective here. that landslide coming down from the top of the mountain here. right in the middle of the photograph, that is the big concern right now. officials still don't know how many people are trapped under the debris. captured this video of the mudslide that came down right in front of his car. >> i was coming down the hill and i just saw the darkness, like somebody wants to grab you and everything was gone. >> reporter: falco says the debris buried cars and trucks in front of him. >> we heard a woman and a baby screaming. >> reporter: the massive mudslide cut off the small town of oso, washington, and still a squaumish river and prompted an evacuation notice. >> we have a massive amount of mud out there and debris with a very, very fluid, unstable situation. >> reporter: this morning, dangerous search and rescue efforts are under way to find

any other survivors. >> only safe way right now with the water building behind that big mud is to rescue people on top of the mud that are alive with helicopters and hoists and actually get them out of there. >> reporter: well, some people were rescued, others are still trapped under the tons of earth and debris. >> we have people that are yelling for our help and we are going to make, we're going to take extreme risks to try to get them out of there. >> new information this morning from the national weather service, guys. there was a potential for a catastrophic flood, initially overnight we got that information just a couple hours ago. national weather service saying although there is a potential for flooding downstream for those houses and those communities downstream from oso, it doesn't appear at this stage that it will reach the catastrophic levels. >> it does appear the town that we were talking about earlier -- >> small town. this is a rural area.

th is a very small town. you know, it's been cut off because of this debris. jennifer gray can tell us more about the landslide conditions and why this happened. but the urgent matter is really the people that are still stuck under the debris, guys. look at the dramatic images coming out. >> this video came from a guy that was just driving on the 530 that goes by this town and through it and just came upon this and just pulled out his cell phone video and then unbelievable what we're seeing here. you mentioned, jennifer gray, let's go to jennifer and she can explain what happened and what led up to this massive landslide. jennifer? >> well, victor, you know we were talking about how dry california is. it all relates and it's all because of this jet stream. the reason it has been riding so far to the north, it kept california dry and kept the pacific northwest very, very wet. some of these areas have seen near record rainfall and especially for march. we just had a system roll on through. some areas right outside of

seattle picked up an additional inch. so, what happens is when you get so much water coming in off of these mountains and you get soaked into the soil and the soil becomes very, very heavy and basically gravity pulls it down with the hills too sleep to support it and then the slope falls and that's where you get your mudslide and that's exactly what happened here. as we move forward over the next couple of days, guys, we will be dry for the next several days but by mid-week we do get another storm system pushing into the pacific northwest and that will bring more rain to the area and that's not good news, but it is all in relation to that jet stream and why we think california is so dry and the pacific northwest has been wet, guys. >> real quickly, we want to show you another picture we just got in. this is from washington state department of transportation. look how steep this is where all of that, that mud and that dirt and that land just gave way. gives you a real good idea of

what these poor people are going through. >> three people dead and the oldest person 81 years old rescued and the rescues continue. people trapped in the mud and dirt there screaming, calling out for help. we'll continue, of course, to follow this breaking news out of washington state. >> yeah, jen, thank you so much and thanks to nick, as well. we do still need to talk about the crisis in crimea. stormed an air base there and further strengthening its hold over that peninsula. we'll talk about it in a moment. [ male announcer ] frequent heartburn? the choice is yours. chalky... not chalky. temporary... 24 hour. lots of tablets... one pill. you decide. prevent acid with prevacid 24hr. live in the same communities that we serve. people here know that our operations

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through the gates of the air base. >> one of the last barriers to total russian control of the crimean peninsula. it seemed like a calculated show, right, of course, by vladimir putin but wonder what the u.s. is saying, how they're reacting. >> well, christi, other officials at the white house have been concerned about greater action by russia over the past several days and they have been talking about it saying that russia's actions don't match their words and they're trying to really figure out what to do about it and president obama said on thursday that he wants to see more severe action taken against russia and he'll meet with european leaders this week about that very thing. >> so, with this meeting this week coming up with the g-7, we know that's happening, as you said. what else is on the schedule.

>> well, victor a very busy week. a lot of focus on that. on monday he will go to the hague where he will meet with g-7 leaders and discuss the situation in ukraine. on wednesday he goes to brussels for a summit between the u.s. and the european union. then on thursday a historic meeting in rome with pope francis who, obviously, is very popular and they'll be discussing inequality and on friday he goes to saudi arabia where he'll meet with king abdullah and that meeting is actually going to be on nuclear talks with iran and the conflict in syria. obviously, a very busy week ahead for president obama, victor. >> erin mcpike at the white house, thank you very much. now, the hunt for missing malaysian airlines flight 370, of course, continuing right now. there are new satellite images from the french given now to malaysians and to the australians that could help the search crews. the fbi is also looking at a hard drive of the flight simulator that belonged to the missing plane's captain. we'll talk more about that

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so good to see you, 7:29 is the time on this sunday morning. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. new clues in the hunt for missing malaysian airlines flight 370. malaysian officials confirmed that they have received new images from french satellites that could, could show potential objects there in the southern search corridor. >> we know some search teams are beginning to return to perth,

australia. the jet recorded it found no sign of debris. it had a hard time out there, descend to 300 feet because of the weather, we're told. an australian team, however, it was able to spot more pallets. now, those pallets are used in aviation, we should point out. they're also very common in shipping. >> yes, they're very common in shipping. the search team is larger. larger than yesterday. eight planes from four countries scouring the waters in the southern indian ocean with an emphasis on what could be seen. this is a visual search today from australian officials. the eye over radar today. let's get to the new images that malaysia received from france. jim clancy is in kuala lumpur. what do we know about the images and the investigation led by the malaysians? i know there is a lot of pressure, we are now in week three to have something, some

progress. >> well, you know, we've got more images. we've got to say, these are more clues in the puzzle that have to be confirmed on the ground, really, on the ocean, to be exact. in order to determine whether or not they have a direct link to flight 370. because, okay, it's one thing to have a clue, some image that might be debris. we know it's debris looking at the satellite images whether they're coming from france, from china or from australian satellites. u.s. satellites and others have all been trained in this area, nasa satellites, by the way, going into the search right now, as well. that's all they are. clues. until you can tie the evidence directly to 370. that's why the pallets have less impact because the pallets, of course, could come from a merchant marine vessel. and they are used quite commonly for all of that. what they're looking for is a key that would tell them perhaps other debris around it. they're really looking for parts

of that aircraft floating seat cushions, luggage, anything that they might be able to put together. things that might not necessarily show up well on a satellite, but they could then use, they could then use the larger objects to go down and take a look and see if there is any coniferatifirmation there ty have located something related to flight 370. a pain staking process and very dependent on the weather, as you point out. the crews that are working almost around the clock or literally around the clock remain dedicated hoping that they're going to be able to find something that brings some kind of closure and some kind of relief to the families. >> jim, i understand you have not yet seen this new satellite image from france. number one, are they going to be relosi releasing that, do we know, any time soon. have you heard anything in terms of the details of when the satellite picture was taken and

what not. and number two, i think allude to something you can speak of and malaysia has a lot on the line here because this is a government-owned airline. talk to us about the pressure they have to find something at this point and what it means for them. >> yeah. well, sure. the satellite imagery, as we would expect from what we've learned in the past, the process we've gone through, they will get that image to us along with the details of where it was taken and that southern quadrant where it was looking. it will give people some encouragement and now you talk about malaysia and their interest in all of this. malaysia has its reputation on the line and it well knows it. this is a bit of a mess to begin with. criticism of the slowness in response of announcing the plane

was missing and getting the focus of the search beyond the south china sea and on to the indian ocean and all this came in in the midst of the confusion. malaysia perhaps not ready to cope with a problem of this magnitude. officials are first thinking this plane is going to turn up in the first 48 hours, it's not going to be a problem. it has been a problem. so, its reputation is on the line and it is putting that very much into the way it's trying to coordinate the search effort among these 25, 26 different countries that are contributing assets to it. remember, malaysia doesn't have a lot of these assets. it is depending on the united states, australia, new zealand, south korea, japan, china and others in order to accomplish the goals of finding flight 370. and their more advanced surveillance aircraft are a big part of that. they have to be seen as doing that job well because they know their reputation hinges on it and they know their reputation will stand so long as this plane is found.

so, very much in kuala lumpur. back to you, victor and christi. >> in beijing with the families waiting for news of what happened to those 239 souls on board. thank you, jim. the investigation into 370 is unfolding really on multiple points. there is a search, of course, the investigation technological. >> the fbi focusing on what may have happened, specifically in the cockpit. the agency is looking that pilot's computer hard drives. as you know, this flight simulator taken from the captain's home. >> let's bring in mark rash now a cyberand privacy expert and also a former justice department prosecutor for cybercrimes. good to have you with us this morning, mark. we know some of the data was deleted from the flight simulator. u.s. officials tell cnn that

some of the deletions happened after february 3rd, as the malaysians initially believed. tell us more about what the fbi is looking for as it goes through these files of the flight simulator. >> well, really three things you're going to be looking for. first thing you're going to look for is what flights did the pilot simulate? anything unusual about the flights he simulated. unusual airports and unusual landings. did they delete files related to that activity. you'll look for that. look for any communications. e-mails, text messages and things like that that the pilot may have communicated with third parties to see what were they thinking, who were their friends and what were they communicating with. third thing browser history. what were they searching for and what kind of things were they looking at to get an idea of who they are and what their interests might have been. those are the three main things

you'll look for in a hard drive that you confiscate. >> how long could the process take for the fbi? this is in the hand of the folks at quantico. very skilled, but a lot of people at this point, it's been several days. they're probably wondering what is taking so long. >> sure. typically it's easier to find something than not to find something. if you look at a hard drive and see something immediately, you know you found it. if you look at a hard drive and you don't see anything, then you keep looking. the factors that determine how long it takes is how large is the hard drive, what shape is the hard drive in. is it corrupted and are files deleted and filed hidden or encrypted? typically, if it's not a very large hard drive and the files are not encrypted, you can do this in a matter of hours. the larger the hard drive, it could take a couple days and if it's corrupted or destroyed, it could take weeks. >> all right, mark rash, great information for us. thank you for taking the time today. >> thank you. the other breaking news this

morning, emergency search and rescue teams are following cries for help in washington state. and they're taking, as they describe them, extreme risks in hopes of digging survivors. look at this. digging survivors out of this wreckage. a massive land slide happened northeast of seattle. now, at least three people have been killed. three others, including a 6-month-old baby are in critical condition. and the deep and deadly mixture of rocks and trees and mud and all the wood you see there. it means this is still a very unstable situation. we'll continue to follow that breaking news there in washington state. still to come on "new day," some new clues in the search for the missing plane. malaysian officials now say they have new images. they use the word new but we don't know exactly when those images were captured of potential objects in the indian ocean. looks as though some bad weather, too, in that area may

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we've got more now on the breaking news and the search for flight 370. they are saying these are potential objects in the southern corridor of the indian ocean. >> these are coming from france. france turned over the images to malaysia. they are providing them then to australia. it will be interesting to see if they mirror anything that china had released yesterday.

>> it would be interesting it see the images themselves soon hopefully. let's go to cnn justice reporter evan perez in washington. evan, this is the third set of satellite images to come out in just the past few days. but when these crews go out to, you know, do a visual confirmation of these items, these objects, they're not there. what's the value here? >> well, you know, of the fact that it keeps getting, we keep getting images, we keep getting indications that there is some debris, i think, is some sign of hope for the searchers that perhaps there is something there. as you know, the flights are dealing with terrible weather. some of the ships that were on scene had to be moved away because of very rough seas. so, this is not very easy. some of them are flying, some of the planes are flying very low to try to see if they can catch anything. this area is also known as a collection point for a lot of debris or a lot of the world's garbage end up right over in

this area. that is what makes it so difficult. you know, until they can get some of this debris onboard a ship perhaps and examine it, they won't really know. but they have to keep looking, you know, victor. >> let me ask you this, evan, asking the u.s. for these hydrophones that can be significant, of course, because the locater beacons can start fading in a couple weeks. if you don't have a starting point, would they start using them anyway just randomly? >> we're told they want to find debris in order to have some place to know where to look. obviously, the southern indian ocean is one of the remote parts of the world. and so they don't really want to send these devices down there and start looking without knowing if there is any indication of anything there. so, i think what they first want to-do is find the debris field and then send these types of listening devices. they can listen for about two nautical miles.

so they can hear things from pretty far away. but, first, you have to have to have an indication that there might be something there. >> all right, evan perez with us this morning. evan, thank you so much. you know being able to see down on the oegcean surface is critical because search teams are using a more visual search as opposed to using radar. the p8 that went out one of the most sophisticated pieces of technology had to descend to 300 feet because the visibility was so bad today. >> we were told through this news conference that the weather was terrible. that's how they characterized it. let's bring in cnn meteorologist jennifer gray. i can see your board from here. we're waiting to get cone confirmation on the object that the french satellite captured. is this what the chinese saw? >> weather is bad on a good day.

you know, we have very low clouds and reports of sea fog and we had very, very high waves, high wind. you know, you have the white caps that can also be deceiving when you're searching for white objects out in the ocean. so, we have seen some clouds roll on through and a couple disturbances roll on through and most of the rain as the happened during the overnight hours and you have to keep in mind leading up to the cold fronts and the rain bands you'll see an increase in cloud cover and the waves and the winds and all of that just ahead of it. looks like we'll have another pretty nasty one move through later on into monday night into tuesday. so, really, for the next 24 to 48 hours, guys, it will be really rocky out there. we'll see very high winds and you know the waves will be pretty rough, as well. look at that, winds of 50 to 60 miles per hour as we go through the wee hours of tuesday morning. so, you know it is just going it be really, really nasty out

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so glad to have you on our team here this morning. >> coming up on the east coast, some major developments this morning in the search for flight 370, the malaysia airlines flight that disappeared 16 days ago. malaysian officials confirmed they have received new images from french satellites that could show potential objects in

that southern search corridor. >> in the meantime let's talk about the search crews because they are beginning to return now to perth, australia after they had a really long day searching the indian ocean. the navy's p8 poseidon reported it found no images. australian teams able to spot more wooden pallets we're told like the one we're going show you. they are often used invasion although very common in shipping as well but in both. >> the search team is now larger than yesterday. six planes yesterday, eight planes today from four countries. they've been scouring the waters there in the southern indian ocean on an emphasis what can be seen. this is a visual search. emphasis on the eye over radar. let's talk now about those new images that the malaysians said they received from france. what do we know about these

images? >> reporter: we don't know much at this point all we know is malaysia's transportation minister announced in a statement today that they have received these images and immediately sent them on to the australian coordinating team in perth. we don't know what date these images were taken or even, you know, what this object could be. all we know is it's an object of interest. we don't know the size. what they are going to have to do is compare it with the satellite images they already have. they some from an australian an chiz satellite. then they have to figure out where it's at and whether it's worth to check out a third search area in that southern corridor. there's cautious optimism with each much these new sightings means they can cover more area. even if they can't with f 8 coming back saying they didn't see any debris they can keep searching and try new areas. the more they can see the more they know they have covered.

>> we've talked about the searches as well as today. can you talk to us about the malaysian government because they have been so criticized about their handling of this. and this is a real issue of pride for them because this plane -- this is a government owned airline, malaysian airlines. >> reporter: this is a huge issue of pride. malaysia airlines represents in many ways the country so it's more than simply an airline that went missing with 239 passengers aboard, an entire nation's pride is at stake and the whole country, really, is following this and watching every move. remember a lot of the passengers on board were malaysian, chinese passengers have relatives there's. there's a sizable china population here in malaysia. this is why it's become so critical for the entire country. the malaysian government has come in for a lot of criticism but a lot of malaysians feel the malaysian government is doing the best it can in an

unprecedented situation. no one has seen an airliner like this simply disappear. so the malaysian government has struggled with something that nobody else has dealt with. for a lot of reasons the malaysians are very defensive about the criticism that's come. >> a good point. appreciate the update. thank you. now day 16 of this search for flight 370 and the question today is as it has been every day, are teams any closer to solving this? let's bring in now cnn aviation analyst miles o'brien and former cia covert operations officer mike baker. >> mike, i want to start with you. hello to you, miles. mike, we talked about these satellite images that are coming in, the pilot's personal flight simulator that's being investigated by the fbi. if you can what else are investigators looking at that we haven't spent as much time talking about? >> well, i mean i think it's been extremely well covered

because unfortunately now we're two weeks into this tragic mystery, but at the end of the day the investigative standpoint you have frustrating little you can do. now, unfortunately, some of that work got started fairly slowly. been a lot of criticism on the malaysian authorities and they were, you know, basically engaged in some self-inflicted wounds at the start. what do you? you investigate the crew. that should have been one of the first things they did. in term of the data they had in knowing that they had a problem within 24 hours they should have been conducting forensic tests on everything, the crew's laptop, communication, flight simulator and should have called in outside resource. it's a very proud nation, nationalistic nation. it's not surprising they didn't turn to the fbi or others for assistance. then you look at the passengers and tear apart the passenger manifest. the problem there is to give the

malaysians some credit they are dealing with a multination situation. imagine trying to get data on those chinese passengers from the chinese authorities. not exactly the font of transparency. you look at the passengers and everything in the hold. then you do this data pull. you try to get information on the flight path from all the various nation. you're talking about military radar in some cases, capability that a lot of nations don't want to give up. malaysians have had some issues and didn't help themselves at all but it's extremely complex because you're dealing with these other nations. >> nasa will start to assist in this search. we've seen on these satellite image from different countries, we know maybe they are low quality because they don't want to release everything they have. but what would be the difference between what we've seen from china, what we've seen or expect to see from france, the australian image and what we'll see from nasa once they start to release image?

>> in the commercial world, companies like digital glob provide tremendous capability. one resolution meaning you can see something at three feet in width and resolve it. there's a lot of expo ability outside of nasa's realm. any set of eyes you can put on the scene is a good thing. we should back up here a little bit and question exactly where the scene might be. remember, this has been identified by using primary radar targets which are sketchy at best along with a pinging between the inmarsat system and the a-card system that communication device that was turned off but passively pinging back and forth. that was not designed to identify the location of an airplane. you have to wonder if they are in completely the wrong direction this morning because it's a possibility. we have, if you take earth of those out of the equation and both of them are sketchy you're

back to square one. >> miles, you just walked me into my very next question and i want to hear from both of you on this and miles i'll go to you since you were on it. i've been bombarded by people who are convinced this thing landed somewhere north and it's going to be used for a very nefarious purpose. you know the theories. how plausible is it to you, miles, first and then mike i want to hear your take on it, how plausible is it that could it have landed somewhere? >> here's the thing. when you have a transponder on an airplane, you light up like a christmas tree on a radar screen. the type of aircraft, speed, altitude all kinds of information is overlaid that tiny blip. when you turn off that transponder you're back to that tiny blip. none of that data is there. is it possible in overnight hours of that night that either radar installations were turned off or people supposedly manning

these radar installations weren't paying much attention. that's quite possible. would countries want to admit that? of course not. it is within the realm of plusability the plane went north or there was some detection we're not aware of. these nations are not going to want to admit a radar site was down or not being properly monitored. >> mike, what's your theory on that? >> well, you know, unfortunately this is very an unsatisfying answer. that scenario is as plausible as good as others and it's two weeks down the road. i find it hard to imagine in one sense that plane could have taken that northern arc that you're referring to and bypass somehow either accidentally or willingly or with motivation all the radar capabilities that are within that northern arc, but you can't take that scenario off

the table. and so from an investigative point of view there's no evidence, you know, to conclusively support one scenario or another. from a psychology point of view this has been fascinating because people have gotten on one particular scenario or not and defended with emotion. you're an investigator you try to keep an even head and look until some conclusive evidence allows you to do that you can't take anything off the table. >> i want to come to you, mike, with this. your former covert operations and we see this 26 country multinational force, a lot of countries working together that really don't have the most cordial histories together. chinese planes in australia. we're day 16. if this goes to day 26, 36, 46, is there a points at which, you know, these countries feel that this is a lost cause and feel less likely to share imaging,

less likely to share resources, intelligence. i imagine time is of the essence as you look at this politically. >> well, exactly. it certainly is because at a certain point, i hate to say this, but there are budget issues involved. there are certainly self-interest involved from the various nations that are engaged in this exercise. but i think the thing that we have going for us in a sense is that there are perhaps some 1,200 777s operating around the world. the industry itself has a real high motivation to understand what happened to this because of the other assets that are up in the air at this time. so, i do think the core governments here involved in this, malaysian, chinese and others will stay engaged. they will continue to work this until we have resolution and the industry will be a big part of driving that. >> okay. miles, real quickly i just want

your viewpoint on this. the prime minister of australia said we now had a number of very credible leads. a lot of people look at this and say i don't understand what's so credible necessarily. do you believe, and i'm sure there is some doubt to some degree, how much do you believe authorities may be holding back from releasing to the public that they know that we don't right now. >> i think there's an awful lot we haven't heard. i still would like to hear the air traffic control tapes. they haven't released that. they haven't released an accurate transcript. we don't know anything about their investigation into the flight crew. there's a lot of information we would have heard if this had been conducted in the u.s. with the national transportation safety board running the investigation. they don't run their investigations in the same way and frankly it's been unanimous complete release of what they know and that's fueled a tremendous amount of speculation. when i hear the prime minister

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we'll keep our eyes open and keep you apprised of developments about this french satellite that spotted a possible object in the search of flight 370. folks in washington have an urgent situation on their hands and it's deadly. >> these emergency search-and-rescue teams are following cries for help and taking what they are calling extreme risks. they are hoping to dig out survivors of this wreckage. look at it. this is near the town of oso in washington. massive landslide. this is northeast of seattle. >> list jerngs let's just take a look at this picture too from officials. you see the cutoff there that's the size of the landslide that eclipsed that area killing at least three people. three others including a 6-month-old baby in critical condition right now. no one knows how many people are buried under that deadly mixture of rocks, trees and mud. >> nick valencia has the latest.

high pressure this video of the mudslide came down right in front of this car. >> i saw the darkness. like somebody wants to grab you. and everything was gone. >> reporter: he says the debris buried cars and trucks in front of him. >> we heard a woman and a baby screaming. >> reporter: the massive mudslide cut off the small town of oso, washington and the stillaguamish river. >> massive amount of debris with fluid unstable situation. >> reporter: this morning dangerous search-and-rescue efforts are under way to find any other survivors. >> only safe way right now with the water building behind that big mud slurry is to rescue people on top of the mud that are alive with helicopters and hoists and actually get them out of there. >> reporter: some people were rescued, others are still trapped under the tons of earth and debris.

>> we have people that are yelling for our help and we are going to make -- we're going to take extreme risks to get them out of there. >> we're standing by for a press conference later on this afternoon about 12:00 eastern we're hearing from our local affiliates to hear from local officials to update on the situation. people still trapped. and as you were talking about you're hearing screams from people still trapped from the debris yesterday afternoon. we're going on 24 hours nearly. 24 hours that they have been trapped. >> it's so urban. such an area there. 75 miles northeast of seattle. it's blocked. >> it's cut off. >> cut off. >> so i guess we have to wait to hear if they are able to get into them and get people out. >> creating a big problem for search-and-rescue crews because the town is cutoff. initially we heard the stream, stillaguamish river was going to

create a possible, you know, another fatal event a catastrophic event is what they are saying. national weather service saying that there's potential for flooding but it's not catastrophic potential. >> some improvement. nick valencia, thank you so much. to moscow, tying up some loose ends to exert complete control over crimea. there's a barrage of gunfire and stun grenades, russian carries rammed through gates. >> let's go live to the white house. this seemed, erin when you look at it like a calculated show of force by vladimir putin. how is the u.s.ry acting this morning? >> reporter: we heard from a spokeswoman from the national security council just yesterday who said russia is responsible for all of the casualties and all of the damage that they are

inflicting now on ukrainian forces from these incursions into the crimean peninsula and we have known from the white house in the past few days that there's been increasing concern that russia would be doing more and president obama said on thursday that he wants to see more severe action take towards russia as this continues and we do know that he'll be meeting with foreign leaders when he leaves tonight for a foreign trip all next week and this is a heavy focus of his trip over the next week. >> erin, thank you. getting back to the missing flight. searchers are scanning the indian ocean for debris and we have some new satellite image, not from china this morning. >> from france. malaysian officials say french officials passed on to them and australia potential objects that they've captured via satellite.

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i don't need it right now. listen i know it doesn't sound like much but that noise, that click, click actually we're calling it a ping, it's been altered so it can be heard by humans. that's what could help to solve this international mystery. what happened to 370. investigators have about two weeks, 14 days or so until the battery of the flight recorder dies. once that battery goes that ping which helps pinpoint the jet's location will fade. why haven't investigators been able to detect that ping, that click you heard. you need to have a listening device within two nautical miles to here it and the search area

is almost 23,000 skies miles. >> we do have something new this morning too in terms of the french satellite now, these images that they say may help search crews as they look for that flight in the indian ocean. >> malaysia says the images show or told by the french potential objects in the southern corridor of the indian ocean. let's go to cnn's andrew stevens. he's there in perth, australia where all those planes are heading out the search every day. we know two of the p3s, andrew are back now. have they found anything? >> reporter: nothing at all, victor. we're get nothing word from any of the search craft today which will take uceny further on this potential discovery. but what we are getting is what you're talking about. we're getting more and information. still no linkage yet but is this third set of satellite images,

this time from the french, t tantalizing. we don't know where they are at the moment. are they close to the images that were taken of the objects by the australians and by the chinese? does it put it in the same zone? if it does it just continues to build this case. remember too there's been small pieces of debris spotted in the same zone. that was spotted yesterday by a corporate jet, spotters on board. all they could distinguish was a wooden pallet. they sent planes back to the zone today but no other sightings. very frustrating for everybody. on the back of that you are continuing to see this big, big ramp up in the air search. now we had eight flights out today. tomorrow the search will be joined by two chinese aircraft. they carry optical equipment, long range, they are a good

platform for visual sights. japanese sent two planes, they just arrived. they will be going out in the next day or so as well plus the australians of course plus the new zealanders and the americans. this continues to ramp up. this is the best lead. anything getting stronger. >> thanks for the update. we've been waiting to see what planes may have found. nothing so far this morning. but we do know that that p8 had to, the p8 that went out which is incredibly, you know, technologically advanced had to fly, i think 300-foot level because the weather was so bad. but thank you so much. we'll keep you informed throughout the day. >> we'll keep watching the breaking news. stay with us, "inside politics" with john king starts right after this quick break.

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