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many people might say why didn't we know this before? the australian investigators say this is not untypical for an investigation like this which is such a mystery. we keep getting more information. you keep refining the information you have. you keep putting it into other models and getting toward different conclusions. this has been happening in this search zone. we started in the south china sea. so it continues to narrow down. it is still a 300,000 climt search zone. ships won't get there until tomorrow night. planes are on the scene now. the latest heading out. it was a p-8 arriving from the u.s. navy. we'll be waiting for information from that. the first plane has returned. no word on whether they've seen anything. i should add the conditions, the sea conditions and the

atmospheric conditions, much kinder in this part of the indian ocean. it is out of those deep southern latitudes where you get the big storms that whip up very quickly. >> we should know the u.s. is deploying a second p-8 aircraft from japan heading to this new search area to aid in trying to identify any debris. andrew, it is 21 days into the search. no debris has been confirmed anywhere. this is a dramatic readjustment. it seems from our vantage point. how encouraged are officials considering it is a closer location, planes can spend a bit more time in the air and the weather is slightly better as well. >> an interesting question. if you look back over the history of the past 21 days, everything has been a credible lead. credible new information at the time. this is another one of those at the time we have credible new

information. what the australian authorities were very clear in pointing out at this news conference about two hours ago was they didn't say ever officially that they had seen debris in that southern search zone. they kept on talking about objects that were located. they didn't link the word debris. that tends to mean a debris field which could be much closer association with 370. we've just seen objects. we've never made that link. here we go again almost. we're moving 700 miles, 1100 kilometers further forth to this area of interest. it continues. the investigators say this is a normal pattern. information changes. sometimes the investigation gets way behind what new information comes in and we have to recalibrate. this is a normal situation. no one is saying this is the spot yet. there is still more information coming in. it may be recalibrated again. we just don't know. >> what's so frustrating for

families is that all of this is to identify debris. then the actual search begins to identify the plane and perhaps any of the voice data recorders that were on board. andrew stephens is live for us. it has been a similar scene these past 21 days. a bit of information and then new confirmation as these families wait. >> i can't even imagine. i walked the a commander last hour who said that they're not disillusioned that all of a sudden they're shifting. they are reinvigorated. so hopefully this will lead to something. let's talk more about this area they'll be searching in. >> indeed. i think we've got our -- >> karen mcginnis at the scene. and andrew touched on this. the conditions, where they're searching now is much better than it was 48 hours ago. >> much better. not only is the weather better but the currents are not as vigorous as they are in some

other portions of the southern indian ocean which can be, it has been scribbled as a washing machine. you've got that constant churning up of the water and the wave heights and constant storms moving through. the search area has moved. it is almost due west. it is about an hour less to get there which means it is an hour less to get back to the air force base. that mean more fuel allowed to search that area. and the weather will be cooperating. this has been a miserable 21 days for the families who are waiting word. the description has been objects. now credible leads into this search area. so they're sending more flights out. great. that the weather is now cooperating. at pierce air force base, they're sending the or ions. it is 34 degrees. i want to mention the water temperature in this portion of

the south indian ocean is right around 15 degrees or. so 14, 15 degrees. but as you can imagine the further down you go in the water, it will become much, much colder. and typically this is just kind of a churning area. we've got a good solid two days and it looks like a solid three days where the ocean is going to be. it won't be flat but it will be lying low and slow the winds. back to you. >> thank you so much. >> joining us now from the university of technology in melbourne is alexander, the director for the center for ocean engineering, science and technology. he joins me now by telephone. thank you for joining us. what do you make of this new direction that authorities are taking the search? >> good morning. i suppose it is morning in america. it is already friday night in australia.

it is quite a different area. so if we are thinking of the area where the debris were before, it can hardly be the same debris. it is not impossible for it to travel that far but practically i don't think it could happen. so we are looking at essentially a different area. and if it is indeed the area, everybody was looking at before and that should be a different set of objects unrelated. >> absolutely. >> what about what they're saying as far as the reason they are relocating this search. due to the fact they have new information about the flight speed of this airplane. that meaning that the flight ended much earlier than they thought.

>> the big question should be addressed to somebody else. i'm an oceanographer. as i understand the decision to move the search area was made based on analogies of how fast the plane was flying and how much fuel it was consuming. but in terms of oceanography i can say that the new area should be much more cooperative, if we can use this word for the search. because the wave and wind conditions on average in this area are not as severe as a thousand kilometers south. i am looking at the global map, the satellite map of the winds and wave heights for the month of march. we are talking about the waves, perhaps three to three and a half meters high. maybe even less than that. and extreme waves would be about

four meters high. whereas 1,000 kilometers south, it will be six meters high. even if we have a storm, the way in the previous search area which of course makes it easier i suppose for the search teams. that would make less impact on the scattering of the debris. if the accident did indeed happen in that area. >> hopefully this will help those searching. we appreciate your time again. alexander babanin. thank you so much. we'll have more on the search a bit later. after this break we're live in preor the i can't. >> south africa's trial of the decade hits a pivotal point. oscar pistorius. >> and later, the turkish

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nine more plane and six ships will join in the effort today. >> australian authorities are shifting the search zone about 1,100 miles northeast of where crews had been looking. you see it there on the scene. they cite analysis of radar data. they say it indicates the plane may have been traveling faster than previously thought. therefore burned its fuel quicker. >> the new information is based on analysis of radar data about the aircraft's movement between south china sea and the strait before radar contact was lost. >> this indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimated resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> authorities also dispute suggestions they wasted time searching in the previous area, saying it was based on information they had at the

time. it could be the most dramatic day yet in the oscar pistorius murder trial. the defense begins to make its case today. >> of course he admits he shot his girlfriend but he has always maintained he thought he was shooting at an sbrooth intruder. ? tom forman looks at the crime scene and what pistorius is likely to say. >> both sides have been insisting their version of events is the correct one. let's sort them out. oscar pistorius says it all began in the bedroom where in the early hours of valentine's day in the darkness he and his girlfriend were asleep there and he got out to go to the balcony to bring in a fan and to close a window. unbenoenls to him he said his girlfriend got up at the same time to go to the bathroom. when he came back in from the balcony, he insists he was under the impression that she was

still in the bed. so let's fly inside and show you his point of view. emhe goes into this dark room. he doesn't have his prosthetic legs on. he can't see much but he thinks she must be. there then he hears a noise down this hallway. there have been threats against his life, break-ins in the neighborhood. he gets his pistol from under the bed and goes down the hall to could not front the intruder. sees an open window. he hears noise and he think that's must be the intruder. he starts yelling for his girlfriend to protect herself. in a panic fires through door. only when he goes back into his bedroom to put on his prosthetic legs and he turns lights on does he realize his girlfriend is not there. then it occurs to him that might have been her inside the toilet room. he goes back and bashes the door down and starts calling for help. that is his version of what that. the prosecutors tell a very different story. they say there was no darkness. the lights were on the whole

time. there was no confusion. there was a huge fight going on. they say this couple had been arguing for quite some time so loud that neighbors hundreds of yards away could hear it. and yes she went into the bathroom but she went there and locked the door to get away from him. and they say that oscar pistorius got his that i will tol and yes, he went down that hallway. in the full light with full knowledge of what he was doing. that he was pursuing her down that door. when he found her in a rage he shot through the door with the sbenlt of killing her. two very different stories. and the details will determine whether or not he spends a lot of time in jail. >> cnn legal analyst kelly phelps has been following this trial from the start. she joins us now live from pretoria with more we can expect. we have seen oscar pistorius break down so far in this trial. as the defense begins, as he

perhaps take the stand, what aspects of that story tom just laid out will he have to really, really nail as he gives his version of events? >> well, the two most important factors in his testimony really are first of all, consistency and second of all, sincerity and believability. consistency will be key. because unusually for an accused person, he gave a lot of details about his version of events very early on. even at the bail hearing. and so far he has stuck to that version of events in his opening statement and he has managed to reinforce that version of events through cross-examination. his defense counsel's cross-examination. now that it is him on the stand he will need to maintain that consistency in the face of what is likely to be very aggressive cross-examination. >> when we hear the

cross-examination, what will the prosecutor likely go after as far as oscar pistorius' story and the story of the intruder? and the argument, the lights, whether they were on or not. what do you think he will come after him the most about? >> well, i think that the prosecutor will pry with the foundation they laid in their own case about supposed arguments that the couple had been having, and particularly about his impulsive and sometimes violent temper. and they will try to catch him up through aggressive cross-examination and in a sense try to get him to lose his temper and admit that they had been having a fight that night or immediately leading up to that night. the lights, they are likely to question on all of those small inconsistency that's differ taken with their version of events and his version of

events. the real key issue will be this claim that he genuinely believed that he was subject to a home invasion. we already saw earlier in the case that they put evidence on the record stating that there is in fact not a high crime rate in this area. and he is likely to counter that by saying his own levels of fear and paranoia did not necessarily bear any relation to the reality of the crime rate around him. >> we have seen him break down during this trial. we will see how oscar pistorius holds up on the witness stand in just a short time. thanks so much, kelly, we will talk with you again. we'll have more later this hour but first check out some other stories we're following here. >> indeed, ukraine may soon get an international boost. there is a tentative $18 billion loan. the parliament in kiev approved them. the loan would also unlock other

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australian authorities say this change come after, quote, a credible new lead. joining me on the phone from singapore is tom ballentine, chief correspondent. tom, first tell me your reaction to this change in focus of the search area. >> well, it is surprising. we are dealing with data which is probably three weeks old by now. i suspect that they must have got some new information. but investigators are very hopeful. it appears they've worked out that the aircraft was going a little faster than they thought and therefore using up foouch fuel more quickly. and up in the ocean earlier than they initially thought. if that is the case, if they're right, it is a bit of a bonus. that is far closer to earth than the previous search areas.

>> however, there is one plane that's already been over this new search area and has yet to find any debris. also, when you note this information they're working off of is ten days old and the families have been complaining to the malaysian government and others to share information, being more transparent. is it not disturbing that for a week now, officials have been searching an area of the ocean that has turned up nothing. meantime this information has been available the entire time. >> look, i think we all have to understand that this is pretty much an exact science. the data they have is not from specific readouts that gives a specific location, that sort of thing. it just gives very basic information. and they haven't been able to triangulate a lot of it. some of the best experts in the world are going over this information. going over it again and again

and again. tryi trying to refine it. as i said, it is not an exact science. they really had to search because they had satellites showing us possible debris fields and they couldn't ignore that. now they can move forward and we simply hope this is going in the right direction. >> one thing australian officials said in their press conference a few hours ago, this is based on the belief that when the plane made that left turn and headed south, it continued at a steady speed. they say it was moving faster than previously thought. what does that tell you about the most likely scenario for why this plane went down. that it traveled at a consistent speed them believe at this moment until it did end in the indian ocean. >> well, it does suggest in a way, the possibility that there was some sort of problem in the cockpit and perhaps the craw

ended up losing consciousness once they had made the time to try to get back to land. this aircraft was on automatic pilot to take it down to a certain altitude. if the pilots were there unconscious, the aircraft would have gone down to that altitude, i understand. 12,000 meters. and then it would have kept on going in that direction until it ran out of fuel. but it does not rule out the possibility that a human has not was involved and that's the issue here. we're still speculating. we still won't know until we get these black boxes. >> tom ballentine on the phone for us. thank you. joining us from singapore. >> those flight data recorders have about ten more days of pinging until they go silent so

that will make it all the harder to find. another story we're following closely. a rescue official in washington state now says he has not given up hope of finding more survivors from saturday's deadly land slide. >> at least 16 people were killed and 90 others are still missing at this hour in the rubble. the official death toll is expected to rise today as authorities identify bodies pulled from the debris. now more from the disaster scene. >> these are the latest pictures from the disaster zone. the mud in many places. some three to four stories high that came crashing down from the hillside and within a matter of seconds, one square mile of what was once a community, now coated and covered. gary mcpherson remembers, it felt like being in a blender. >> instead of making a margarita, you just kept mixing it and mixing it. when it got going fast enough,

you took the top off. >> gary is among the many rescued saturday when the wall of mud hit his farm. he said he and his wife linda were sitting in their reclining chairs. before he knew it, he was in the fight for his and her life. his air force training kicked in. stay calm. try to find a way out. he grabbed a stick. >> stick it up there until i haven't got any more stick left. >> a rescuer found that stick and that you told him to safety. all he could think about was trying to save linda. she didn't make it. >> there are so many stories of heart loss in the mud slide. the rising number of those who died. the missing and those who survived. the search and rescue effort continues but the outlook for finding anyone live is grim.

>> they're digging through different piles, there are guys looking in holes, as you notice out here, there is lumber, trees, mud, dirt, residents, everything that anybody had out here is now thrown around. >> reporter: he says the mudslide threw his home more than 100 yards away. nothing left standing and everything he knew. >> obviously losing linda. >> reporter: changed forever, george howell, cnn, washington. mind-boggling how large that land slide was. >> for all the families there. >> you are watching cnn newsroom. the search continues for the missing malaysian airliner. >> just ahead we'll take you live to perth, australia. this is the hub of the search. py to combine solar and natural gas at the same location.

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welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. >> we've got news for you on the search for malaysian airlines

flight 370. >> authorities now searching on an area about 700 miles northeast of the previous search area. >> it may seem small on your screen but really, this is a big move based on what australia calls a credible new lead. >> the search operation, of course, still based in perth, australia. andrew stevens joins us. we know that there are already planes in the air over this new region. >> reporter: we should point out this is about the size of poland. about it is 320,000 square kilometers. there are planes on that scene. we don't know whether they've seen anything. this new search area is quite a lot closer to the mainland of australia. so search planes can stay on location longer but it is an extraordinary new twist. we've been talking about credible new information from

the southwestern part, where that search has been focused. for the past week we've been getting a steady trickle of satellite images coming to us. objects being spotted in the sea. so for the families, it must be bewildering to suddenly see these credible leads all amming to nothing. the whole search switching. 600 miles away. that question was actually put to the australian authorities a couple hours ago about that search in the southern sector and whether it was worth it at all. this is what they had to say. >> we have not seen any debris and i would not wish to classify any of the satellite imagery as debris. nor would i want to classify the few visual sightings we made as debris. that is just not justifiable from what we've seen. >> so are you saying it has been a waste of time focusing on that southwest area? >> the search to date has been

what we had at the time. and i might add, that's actually nothing unusual for search and rescue operations. >> that's the point they're making. this is not an unusual situation. they act on information it is a becomes available. the information they're acting on right now and the reasons why they're changing that search is they have been doing further analysis on the radar images of that plane flying across down south toward the indian ocean. they have calculated and spoken to bowing about where that plane could have come bound based on they now think it was traveling faster than first thought. if it is traveling faster, it is burning more fuel. so basically it was still in the same trajectory heading south. but it went down, sort of stopped short of that southern area.

this is now what they think. again, they keep making the point at this stage this is a very inexact science. so again we're back to, this is the best lead they've got. >> looking for the hay stack as one of our guests put it. we hope they're there. andrew stevens for us live in perth. let's get you to another story we're following for you. turkey says the webb youtube pose as threat to its national security. >> that's the reason the government is giving for blocking the popular video sharing website. >> reporter: the turkish government is expanding its crackdown on the internet nousing on thursday the popular video sharing site youtube would be blocked. this comes days after the turkish government similarly blocked the popular social networking site twitter. from groups that include the

european union and media and press freedom's watch dog groups. unlike the twitter ban, the turkish government justified it by saying this was a matter of national security. and this came after the leak of a recording. it appears to have taken place in the office of the foreign minister. a conversation between him, the head of the national intelligence agency and a top army general discussing the possibility of sending tanks into neighboring syria. the turkish fortune ministry called it an act of espionage and a very serious crime against turkey's national security. all of this comes days before the turks go to the polls in hotly contested national

elections for mayors of turkish cities and towns. these are local elections but they're seen as a referendum on the government of turkish prime minister. he's been in office for more than ten years. he's come under increasing criticism for his crackdown on the media here and what critics claim is his increasingly authoritarian rule with violent crackdowns on opposition protests starting last summer as well. the they have warned that they will shut down other parts of the internet if it sees other threats to turkish national security emerging in the days ahead. ivan watson, cnn, it is stab bull. >> we should note the turkish court overruled the ban on twitter wednesday. >> despite that ban, it remains blocked in the country. that's because turkish authorities have 30 days to implement the court's ruling. we should note they offered a

work-around so they could still use it. >> he certainly has a war on social media on his hands. we'll see how that works out. at pretoria's high court, it is time for the defense to make its case in the oscar pistorius trial. >> they may take their stand just an hour from now. we'll take an in-depth look at the case so far. >> also, we will look at the case of the japanese man who walked out of prison after nearly a half century. for a crime he probably did not commit. gunderman group.

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word but it is widely expected that he will testify in his own defense. programs beginning in less than an hour from now. >> cnn will bring that you testimony live if indeed it does happen. he admits to killing his girlfriend but insists he was shooting at what he thought was an intruder. >> you've covered oscar pistorius since his days as a runner. this is an tunnel for oscar pistorius to give us a sense of his state of mind on that one night. what do we expect him to say? >> reporter: of course nobody else was there except for reeva steenkamp. so his version is so crucial. and of course the state has wrapped up their case and oscar pistorius has a lot to answer for. at times stoic.

at times physically ill. oscar pistorius in court more than three weeks as the state made its case for premeditated murder. the prosecutor waiting until this week to reveal what legal analysts say is the strongest evident. >> i'm scared of you sometimes and how you snip at me. >> a police expert reading texts between them including this one sent just days before he shot and killed her. >> i thought the effect by outsiders and be attacked by you. the one person i de serve protection come. >> he said it was a tragic mistake. that he thought steenkamp was a burglar. >> those texts are the first piece of compelling evidence we have to establish some sort of motive from which his intention

can be inferred. >> the defense plans to put pistorius on the stand to tell his story. one challenged by expert witness after expert witnesses. most damage, the ballistics expert. >> it was too low. >> facing her in a defensive position when he shot and killed her. some of the most chilling testimony, neighbors who say they heard reeva steenkamp's screams. >> it was clear this person's life was in danger. >> only one person knows what happened that valentines morning. when oscar pistorius takes to the stand, it will be not just about sticking to his story say legal experts but about his emotional state as well. particularly under cross-examination. >> okay. what's happening now? you're seeing a lot of

cameramen, ordinary south africans waiting outside the entrance to the pretoria high court. oscar pistorius is expected to come here in the next 15 to 30 minutes and there is really an expectation that he will take to the stand today. legal analysts say it is highly unlikely that he doesn't. and the south african criminal law, normally and in most cases the accused takes to the stand first. >> and just a quick question. do we know if reeva steenkamp's family is expected to be there in the courtroom today? >> reporter: for the past two weeks her mother june has been in court supported by a friend. she's been very stoic at times. sometimes crying. i've watched her. she's gone through some of the most gruesome emotional testimony on how her daughter's life ended. it is expected she might be there. there is no official confirmation if she'll be here today. i do know that two of reeva's

friends, the meyers sisters will most likely be here. reeva steenkamp was staying at the time of the death. so there will be some support for those who loved and knew reeva. of course also oscarstein's family has been incredibly supportive. they've been here throughout the last month. so i think there will be a pretty pacted courtroom today. >> a pivotal day indeed in the oscar pistorius trial. as we've mentioned if oscar pistorius does testify in court, we'll bring it to you live. we've got extend analysis, videos and including kelly phelps with a great breakdown so far. from the moment we cross to japan in the case of a man convicted of a quadruple homicide nearly a half century ago. >> new evidence suggests he may not have been the murderer. now the man who has spend most

of his life on death row could be innocent. and the retrial may ignite more criticism of a justice system that has come under attack before. >> reporter: the start of retrial, this banner reads. words he's been waiting for for 48 years. the former professional boxer has spend almost five decades behind bars in tokyo convicted of can i go a family of four. becoming one of the longest serving death row inmates. thursday a judge approved dna test results as evidence. the dna from blood on clothes pros kurgts presented as belonging to the murderer was not a match to him. the court reopened the case suspending his death sentence. the now 78-year-old inmate walks free for the first time since his sentence began in 1968. >> it is all thanks to all your support and hem. all i can say is i'm really

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search teams for the malaysian airliner have just shifted to a different part of the indian ocean. >> australian authorities say this change come after what they describe as a credible new lead. investigators are moving the search area to some 1,100 kilometers northeast. you see it highlighted on your screen there. they say this is based on an analysis of radar data indicating the boeing 777 was traveling faster than previously estimated resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance the aircraft traveled south into the indian ocean. the first of several aircraft has returned. commander william marks of the u.s. navy says this new search area has the advantage of being closer to the base of search operations at perth, australia. i spoke with him last hour.

>> the original search area was quite a challenge with the planes having to fly 12, 13, 1,400 miles just to get to the search area. and then may have only a couple hours on station. and then have to fly back. these are our best search planes. the best fixed wing long range patrol aircraft we have and it stretches even their limitations. it was a very, very difficult area to get to. this looks to be a little closer to help out. the second thing to remember is we still do not have visual confirmation of debris. the satellite images are certainly helpful. the change in the search area, what this signifies is that we need a visual confirmation of the debris. that's why we need our u.s. navy poseidon flying but also an

international collaboration with china, south kree, japan, australia, a number of other countries. we still need these planes flying so we can get a visual confirmation of a debris. once we do that our oceanographers have a formula where they reverse the environmental. the wind, the current, the sea state. they create a reverse plot that can then determine the point at which they think the plane crash landed. >> we want to bring in karen mcginnis now at the international weather center. once they identify these other debris fields. the current flows to help this plane go down. it is a big deal if the weather is better than what we've seen. >> it is. hear we are now three weeks out.

those ocean currents, and they're very strong across the region. it is kind of a downer clockwise circulation. you can see the search area much further, a little closer, closer to percents. that will allow eyeballs to the ocean. they can see if there are objection, all kinds of words that they have associated with this particular area. square miles or kilometers they're looking at for the possibility that this plane may have debris. here's perth. we have pearce air force base. the winds will be fairly light. the ocean heights, lying down a little bit. this is good. we'll have two, maybe we can squeak out three days whereas they take those poseidons and

the orions. looking at the ocean where they can have a good look at the sea. it will be a lot calmer over what we see. back to you. >> thanks. the newly wed who shoved her husband off a steep cliff. >> this drew global attention after a surprise guilty plea by 22-year-old jordan graham. you see her on the left. she admitted pushing her husband of eight days to his death. >> in her plea she told the judge she had had second thoughts about the marriage. that she and her husband had been arguing before the incident. the victim's family had asked the judge to sentence her to life in prison. >> we have something much, much more uplifting. in paris where couples often leave behind a pad lock on city

bridges. >> a symbol of their love they hope will remain for decades. now a new campaign called no love locks may put a stop to that. >> reporter: paris, often called the city of love. couple come from all over the world to visit the local landmark. many leave behind pad locks attached to the bridge as a symbol of their passion. now two american women who live in paris believe the locks have become an eyesore and a danger. bridges are actually being physically damaged by the weight of the locks, by the rust that passes from the locks on to the mesh, by the environmental damage to the river from the keys that are thrown in and rusting. >> reporter: the tradition started in 2008, thousands upon thousands of pad locks now cover the bridge and others along the

river. >> it is covered with 93 metric tons of metal. that is about the equivalent of three very large trucks being parked on the bridge at all times. i have a hard time believing this bridge which is a pedestrian bridge, not made of stone, was built to withstand that kind of could not stand pressure and weight. >> reporter: lisa and her friend launched no love locks. a campaign seeking to free the bridges from the tourist tokens. her online petition has gotten more than 1,600. they prefer to deem the locks in place. >> i think certain things are illegal, there are thing you should not do. >> when it comes to pollution there are other problems to deal with and pad locks. >> but row man particulars may soon have to find a different way to display their affections if the heart ache over the locks continues to grow.

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hello and welcome, everyone. i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm natalie allen. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we are following two stories today, to search for flight 370, a big change there, and the oscar pistorius murder trial where he could take the stand this hour. >> we will bring that to you live. more on the trial in a moment. first, the breaking news on the missing malaysian airliner. >> authorities focus on an entirely new area. it's 1,100 kilometers -- or about 700 milor