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you are watching cnn newsroom. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> we want to check the headlines for you this hour. ships from aircraft from six countries are taking advantage of good weather while it lasts to look for debris from malaysia airlines flight 370. they are searching the indian ocean, an under water vehicle arrived in perth hours ago. both can search deep into the ocean. >> at least 176 people are unaccounted for, searchers look through a village in the u.s. state of washington. a landslide tore through, killing 24 people. eight bodys have been located.

not yet recovered. >> ukraine said it will defend itself against any incushion of russian forces. but it needs support from the international community to overhaul military and be ready to fight and win. according to u.s. estimates, about 30,000 russian troops are near the eastern ukraine border. >> oscar pitorius may take the stand whether the trial resumes. 21 witnesses over 15 days, perhaps the most dramatic moment, a police cell phone expert read alout text messages, when one said he scared her at times. >> a partial ping sent by the plane may help investigators to determine when it finally stopped flying.

now live, what are analysts saying what we can learn from the final partial ping sent from the plane? >>. >> this is another piece of crucial information that adds to the zig saw puzzle in the investigation. what we understand is, you will recall we talked about the handshakes or pings as we like to call them. connecting the aircraft with a satellite. now, that lead us to this kind of pathway, we believe mh 370 took toward the indian ocean. it has been reported that there was one final handshake at the 8:11 a.m., way, way into the morning after the flight was reported missing. in fact, an hour after the flight was reported missing this

partially handshake didn't make full contact. the "wall street journal" reported they don't believe it was done by anyone on board. according to investigators. in wasn't someone trying to make a distress signal. this partial ping does help investigators narrow things down, in terms of reference, where the aircraft is, exactly. or could be. and of course, the time frame. they know that flight went missing some time between 8:15 and 9:15 a.m. the search, i want to turn to the criminal investigation underway, by law enforcement. what process has been made with that? >> a crucial thing we are

waiting for is the flight simulator taken away from the pilot of the aircraft. he built it himself. installed it. friends told me this was nothing sinister at all. him taking his hobby home. taking the job home. wanting to share the joy of flying with everyone why it veered so much, and so far, out into the ocean, remotest point parts of the world. questions have to be asked and answered about the flight simulator. the fbi is looking at it. no news back from that. we do keep pushing, i must keep, what can you tell us.

we are told that investigators are looking at the passengers on the list, the cargo, the first officer. so, they are saying they are unable to share that information they don't want to jeopardize any kind of investigation and they don't want people to jump to conclusions, until they are able to jump to their own conclusions t could take months, up to a year, according to the investigation team. >> so much ground to cover. many thanks to you. >> we may never know what happened on flight 370. one involves the possibility that it was the result of a deliberate act. >> some u.s. officials.

>>. >> they don't fall out of the sky. multiple failure would have to be shown. >> in part of what evidence has not emerged f plane was in trouble, there should have been time for pithe lots to send a mayday and fly west. no call was heard. was it a terrorist attack? they don't think it is a like liscenario. there would have been time for the pilots to make a call. why not mechanical failure. >> if you had a fire,

catastrophic events, you want to get the airplane on the ground. the nearest point of time. >> instead, who was ever at the first made a deliberate left-hand turn before vietnam. then, the plane the person or persons in the cockpit were trying to put the plane where nobody would find it. >> nobody can say if anyone entered the cockpit or the pilot or co-pilot might have been involved. based on interviews, family members conducted by malaysian officials, and a no evidence so

far they did anything wrong. still, the reality s nobody knows what happened to flight 370. barbara starr, the pentagon. >> it means the focus of the search will move underwater, to the floor of the ocean. >> very rare, expensive arrived tmpt. how will it look for the plane's block boxes. one of them is headed to them. >> that is in less than two weeks. >> think of your cell phone, if you lose your cell phone, call it.

you hear the phone ringing, you narrow down your search. >> this helped to recover record from 447 in the atlantic. the pinger locator, with a fin can listening to the black box signal. >> the outside edge is about two miles. a mile and a half to two miles away. if the pinger's battery is fading, they can still detecting it. here is a capable t am cans into the receiver unit. so, we have a speaker on here. all the power buttons, adjust the frequency, and out of this box, we have a computer set up

that graphically represents the signal from the beacon. then a team on deck, a vehicle scans the sea floor, using a lawn mower pattern. >> this vehicle can go deep in the ocean, this one, recovered the block box, all of the. >> with battery life ticking down. every moment in critical. >> without a confirmed

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. >> more now on the landslide that occurred in washington. many are still unaccounted for. >> nobody has been pulled from the rubble since saturday. it is unlakely they will find more survivors, crews are

continuing their search. >> the 911 calls don't do it justice. >> there is a mudslide, the houses are gone. >> how could they? how could people in that moment fathom this. an entire small town deviewered by a blender of mud, boulders and trees? after a few precious rescuers, volunteers lined up, that someone survived all this. >> hear one voice. >> people are looking for that. >> there was a dog found yesterday. that was a boost. we will keep hope alive. >> for the first responders who spent three days pulling broken humanity out of impossibly sticky mud, that is easier said

than done. >> that is a sample. >> it is like potter's clay. >> it is like grease. my goodness. the stickiest, slimeiest stuff. it is hard to move n it weighs you down. >> when you hope that someone has an air pocket somewhere, is that realistic? >> we are finding cars ripped in half. survival chance of going through something like that with all the trees and timber that came down. boulders. air pockets, i don't think so. hit the river, up with it. to possibly drown anybody. >> how you are coping? psychologically? >> handle it pretty good. diagnosed with a bleeding stomach ulcer, trying to keep it contained it is coming out in other ways. >> it is like a war zone.

>> her hand was sticking up out of the ground. >> he hiked spot disaster zone on sunday is. desperate to find a missing cousin, driving highway 530, the mountain came down and her cell phone went dead. >> you are hopeful that your cousin somehow is in that car? has enough air? >> i pray to god she has the air to survive. i don't think any vehicle holds enough air to survive for four, five days. that is how long before they can get to some of the cars, there is a jeep liberty upside down up there, there is a motor home, a 34-foot motor home, now, i can touch the wheel base it is

crumpled like someone balled up a roll of paper. >> the president asked us to pray for the victims and their families. >> it is rare in the united states. >> yes, exactly what the topog graphy is. >> 25 fatalities in the year that is the average for a nation as a whole. all 50 states get landslides, up to 24 can exceed 50, maybe 100. that would put it in the top two deadliest landslides of all time. this being sticky, greasy mud. that is a sign we are talking about a landslide, that was rapid and quick, and destructive. you see the damage.

conditions not going to dry up across the region. the river gauge is fascinating. before the landslide. drops to zero. runs through washington. as far as getting could cause flooding. a double edged sword. across the opposite side of the country, it is heavy snow. not necessarily in the u.s., but nova scoutia. 50% of the flights about have been cancelled take you to

arizona. a massive dust storm. we know this occurred around haboob. early to see this. the winds stark landscape out there in the deserts of arizona. >> you never know when will be hit by haboob. i do enjoy it. >> can tens of millions of users wet the appetite of investors. why not every analyst craves today's big public offering.

welcome back to cnn newsroom, with the creator of

the addictive game candy crush saga is richer. >> king digital entertainment is poised to begin trading on the new york stock exchange in the next few hours, the island-based company, 93 million, without much to do play the game. adds up to more than a billion games every day. >> king announced the shares would be at $22.50. it raised 500 million, giving king 7.6 billion. not all analysts are that hungry for the candy crush creator. >> do you know candy crush, this app? >> the people who know it are obsessed with it. >> celebrities like adam levine. >> it say resent obsession. >> get that sprinkle ball out of

the way. thank you. >> they warn about the addictive nature. >> don't play that game, it is not just candy it is evil candy. >> candy crush has become a global craze, the game's masterminds are cashing in. >> delicious. >> here on wall street, investors are getting their chance. just to understand how popular candy crush s you have to go underground to the new york city subways. >> in the tunnels of go tham city, it appears to be the go-to game. >> trying to occupy my time on my commute. >> how often do you play it. >> every day on the train. >> king says half the people who play candy crush in the u.s. do it on subways, trains and buses, and the minutes definitely add

up. >> do you play candy crush? >> yes, i had to delete the app, it was taking over my life. >> even she has issues. >> vispent hundreds of dollars playing the game. >> hundreds of dollars. >> literally. >> players like megan spend big bucks on tool that is get them to higher levels. helping to propel king to $150 million. king could become one of the hottest ipo's this year, investors might want to think twice. >> that number has been declining, they have other games, not doing as well. if they are a big game is slowing down, it sent looking good for them. >> farmville was once the hot

game, their shares have fallen dramatically. even angry birds struggled to maintain the buzz. investors felt like kids in a candy shop. in the fierce world of social gaming, investors may want to settle for a less intense sugar rush. >> you know who likes candy crush. >> candy. >> yes, always playing it. that is all the time we have for now. >> for our viewers "early start" is coming up up. for everyone else, "world business today."

♪ breaking news this morning. the search narrows and intensifies for the missing malaysian jetliner that vanished from the sky nearly three weeks ago, investigators scouring the southern part of the indian ocean by air and by sea. new technology on board to help find that wreckage and reveal what went so terribly wrong. we have live team coverage on everything you've missed overnight. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm poppy harlow. it's 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. 12 planes and