positiveness than negativity. because the negativity can just suck you in. >> i've been there. i'm don lemon. this is cnn. searchers are focusing on areas of debris sightings but weather could interfere for the hunt for the missing malaysian airliner. ukrainian forces leave crimea as the nation chooses a new president. and the deadly ebola virus. one nation has closed its border at the outbreak and fears seem to be spreading. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the

world. i'm natalie allen. you're watching cnn "newsroom." the search has resumed but planes and ships are facing deteriorating weather. more than 1800 kilometers west of perth, australia. australian officials say one of their vessels has a black box detecter and underwater vehicle. on saturday two chinese ships collected white, orange and red objects from the search zone but none has been linked to the missing boeing 777. chinese airplanes have drooped buoys to mark three sites. the latest on the search. atika schubert live from perth, australia. atika. >> reporter: a number of search planes should be in the search area. also a malaysia c-130 just took

off at the air base and expecting another one to take off shortly and join the search. so they have a little bit more time searching today. the weather in this new search area is much better than the ole one but unfortunately a storm is coming up from the south. so that might affect their visibility but we understand from the coordinating team here in australia that they will press ahead and try to get the most out of the search today. hopefully they'll be able to find something soon. >> right, because the clock is ticking for the flight data recorder. what's the pressure there as far as the time frame goes, atika? >> reporter: there is a bit of a deadline with the flight data recorder and has a pinger that sends out this signal. but the problem is, the battery on that only lasts for 30 days, so what we're looking at is just a few days left, hopefully it stretches out a little bit further but this is why it's imperative for the australian vessel, the ocean shield to get this towed pinger locator known

as a tpl25 out to the area. the problem is even though you have this pinger locator, it doesn't know where to look yet because we don't have any debris field. we haven't found any debris confirmed from the plane so there's nowhere for the locator to really look at this point. but what they're doing can they're trying to bring it out to the area so that at least it will be in position if they do find some debris but at the moment that's all they're able to do, natalie. >> is there any frustration? are they expressing any frustration? we know this is looking for a needle in the heyaystack and they're used to it but we know they want to find a debris field. >> reporter: yeah, i think it's difficult and it's tough but on the other hand, a lot of the search teams we speak to tell us this is how it goes and all of a sudden you see something that can be confirmed. but as of yet we have not found any of that confirmed debris. the good news is that we have a

lot more teams searching in the area, so a lot greater space is able to be covered. today's goal, cover about 300,000 square kilometers and in addition to the planes there are a number of ships there. i believe there are four ships currently there and another six are expected to arrive over the next day or two. so those ships are just as critical because they're the only ones that can really physically pick up the objects on the water and see what they are. they have been able to look at a few but unfortunately none of them have been from the plane. >> have any talked about the size of any of these suspected objects that they haven't perhaps identified as being part of the plane yet? >> reporter: not yet. what we earlier what we were looking at was a lot of satellite images and they were giving estimates on how large some objects were, whether 24 meters or more. the problem, of course, now is that they believe that that was a different search area and that the plane, if it went down was going to be much farther north and since that, since moving the

search area we haven't seen as many of those satellite images with those promising leads. so hopefully the serarch planes will come back with more leads for the ship to follow. >> all right. atika shubert live for us in perth, australia. we thank you. the weather is not looking good in the search area. it is deteriorating. karen maginnis is following that. >> natalie, we were so thrilled that there was that window where the weather was very cooperative for the search. the search area moved from just out of that roaring 40s region but it is not going to be immune from any of the weather systems that are expected to roar across this area over the next several days. this is the way the satellite imagery is shaping up as we take a look through 4:00 a.m. utc but there we've got an area of low pressure off the coast of perth.

there is a ridge of high pressure from the north but other area of low pressure that promises to usher in wet weather, gusty winds so that will kick up the surf and could also reduce visibility. those are the three items that will be particularly troublesome. this is the search area. about 1800 kilometers off the coast of the west coast of australia. and we're expecting monday or sunday going into monday the clouds will thicken up. the winds are going to become a little bit stronger and it looks like thunderstorms are going to impede things there, as well. but not just for late sunday and into monday, it looks like this could also be a tuesday event. now, it may start tapering off then. this is very difficult to obtain data and with the frequency of storm systems, it's very difficult to forecast for this region so a few days out is about as good as it gets, maybe you can go a little bit further

than that. but there you can see the rough weather that's expected to move on in across that region. now, what about the west? we're looking at maybe 60 to 70 kilometer-pour hiv hour gusts. it's not the rain that's the problem. it is going to be the reduced visibility. there's the area of low pressure. here comes some of the showers and this takes you through sunday but then going into monday, there you go, and tuesday, taking a look at that, orange shaded area is where we're looking at 60 to 70 kilometer-per-hour wind gusts and they could be higher. back to you. > not good news on that front but thanks, karen. so these pilots flying the search planes face a number of challenges not just the weather but long days, hard flying and so far, nothing to report as far as being connected to flight 370. still as we learn from atika

shubert in perth their morale seems high and paula newton talked to the captain of a canadian patrol plane about the mission. >> reporter: the location of the mission may have changed but search crews determine to find something, anything in the waters off the coast of perth, australia. >> the three windows. >> they are the main ones used. >> reporter: captain mike mcbetween, a veteran pilot on military exchange takes us on board the p-3 orion sideline aircraft he will fly to the new search site in a few hours. >> these are the main ones. >> reporter: search specialists will scan the waters as it flies 500 feet above the ocean. when they find something they're yelling mark, mark, mark.

>> they're on headset and call that mark and we'll have the smoke and have a reference point. >> reporter: it's still difficult to spot the object a second time. that's just part of the problem for flight 370. >> unfortunately, if you don't find anything, it brings a bit of a disappointment to the crew. >> reporter: that's been the hallmark. crews are confident if they keep looking they will have the capability to find debris and much needed clues to help solve this mystery. what does this plane in particular bring to the search? why is it so helpful? >> with the sensors on board, obviously they're very effective at search and rescue. not only the crew stations but the camera that we have on board

and the radar works really well. it's designed for any submarine so picking up a submarine so will pick up small bits of stuff in the ocean. >> reporter: as captain mcbetween leads this -- >> hope today will be the day. >> reporter: -- his optimism is something that's been a constant campaign yore for crews still searching. >> and, of course, the families of those missing are caught in a personal nightmare and some of them say they're also caught in a web of politics and crisis management. sara sidner has the story of one group who believe they have become captives of the malay authorities as they await word of their loved ones. >> reporter: for weeks malaysian airline officials in kuala lumpur have been protective of the families of those aboard flight 370 shielding them from everything including the media. the families initially appreciated it. but some of the family members

from china now say malaysian airlines staff have gone too far making them feel like captives than guests in their hotel. [ speaking a foreign language ] "i just wanted to come and meet the minister and meet other family members but i was not allowed to leave and they wouldn't arrange transportation. they wouldn't even let me take a taxi. i lost my freedom." [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: tempers flared when the mandarin speaking families were told they could not attend a briefing for the malaysian families. most of the chinese and malaysian families are housed in separate hotels and have separate briefings in their native languages. waiting for details of their loved ones has been excruciating, so with no briefing in mandarin the chinese families ask fundamental they could attend the malaysian briefing. the answer was no. the chinese families balked and even tried to hail a cab and were stopped from doing that

too. about an hour later after some arguing malaysian airlines finally offered to take them to the briefing. but when they arrived at the everly hotel the chinese families were not allowed into the briefing and told to wait in the room next door. finally, with frustrations boiling over, malaysian officials came to them. this is video taken from inside the private meeting as the chinese families met with the ceo, a translator, the transportation minister and his wife. a pregnant woman whose husband is missing begins by asking authorities if they will search as long as it takes. >> can you give her the assurance you will do everything you can? [ speaking a foreign language ] >> let's say he was injured. he's been missing. it's been so many case and there isn't any evidence.

>> reporter: she is comforted by the wife of the malaysian transportation minister. but she reminds malaysian officials that this is not the time to make the families' lives more difficult by restricting their movements. >> translator: please tell the staffs thought to regulate our movements. they cannot handle another shock. please let them be free. >> reporter: already prisoner, the families say all they want is the truth. sara sidner, cnn, kuala lumpur. we will, of course, continue to follow any new developments in this search off the coast of perth, australia. and with the families, as well. there are some big changes taking shape in ukraine's political scene but some voters there don't seem to care. we'll show you why coming up here. also an outbreak of ebola in west africa has world health officials scrambling. dozens have died and officials fear it is spreading.

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unidentified attackers carried out a deadly suicide bombing in lebanon. three are dead. four others wounded. the explosion happened at an army checkpoint in the bekaa valley where some 40,000 syrians refugees live after fleeing the civil war in their country. investigation is under way but no word on who is responsible. the taliban are again making good on their vow to try to disrupt next week's election in afghanistan. officials say five militants killed in an assault and gun battle at the election headquarters in kabul. two wounded. the latest on a series of attacks during the past few weeks. afghans vote for a new president next saturday. clocks in crimea have jumped

ahead two hours as the region switches to moscow's time zone. ukrainian forces continue to pull out of crimea. meantime, kiev ordered its remaining troops to withdraw for their own safety. russia blocked some ukrainian navy ships from leaving. but these tanks were loaded on to trains by russian troops. russia's foreign minister is trying to ease tensions. lavrov says his country has no plans to seize more ukrainian territory. >> translator: we have no intention or interest to cross the border of ukraine. we just really want to work collectively and want that lawlessness which western countries are trying to hide and present in graceful colors and paint to stop so that they take on their responsibilities. >> lavrov is said to discuss crimea with u.s. secretary of state john kerry later today in paris. a big shift in ukraine's political landscape meantime. former heavyweight boxing champ

vitaly klitschko, a familiar opposition figure during protests has pulled out of the presidential race. he says he will run for mayor of kiev. klitschko was flowing his support behind petro popoletrop ochopetropolasheko. when it comes to presidential elections there, some voters are just not excited about the field of candidates. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> translator: in my view klitschko is not a leader at all that can be a leader of the ukrainian people because he is quite young. as for his opponent, i can't say anything good about him as well. >> translator: in principle i think all characters involved in politics during the last five years must be changed for someone more adequate. fresh. they demonstrated everything they could do and there is nothing to expect from them.

that's why they're all the same for me. >> in thailand protests clogged the streets of bangkok before the elections for the upper house of parliament. if the outcome favors the opposition, newly elected senators could fire the prime minister. the row teprotesters are trying remove anyone connected with them. the family has plenty of support in rural poor parts of the country. voters in turkey are going to the polls for nationwide municipal elections. the voting is evseen as a refe referendum on erdogan's political party fighting allegations of graft. he's been campaigning to rally his party's core conservative voters for these latest elections. in washington, more rain is complicating the grim task of

searching for bodies in the deadly landslide that occurred there. local residents and crews involved in the operation observed a moment of silence at 10:37 a.m. saturday morning. it marked one week since the wet hillside collapsed burying the town beneath it. search crews say they're working tirelessly despite the weather. the death toll from the landslide stands at 18 and officials have now reduced the number of people missing or unaccounted for from 90 down to 30. there are a number of heartbreaking stories coming out of that devastating landslide. our gary tuchman spoke with the woman who lost her mother and her baby. yet she's managed to find strength in the midst of this disaster. >> reporter: that sash that asa staying at a friend's home after she lost her mother and daughter your first child. >> yes. >> and your mom.

>> first grandbaby. >> reporter: this is natasha's baby sanoa and mother christina. and this is video of the two of them with natasha's stepfather. this past saturday natasha went to yoga. her mother was baby-sitting in her home when the landslide hit. when did you find out that your mother and your daughter were missing? >> when they started to talk about that there were houses in the road and there was nothing left where our houses were. >> reporter: her mother's body was found almost right away. baby sanoa's body was found five days later. she was put in natasha's arms. >> when i went up there and i got to hold her and i maybe dropped but a couple tears because i was so excited that we found her and all i could do was grin because we found my baby and this is, you know, it might not be the best time to smile

and it might not be the best time to laugh but sharing mem y memories about my mom and holding baby sanoa out there was perfect and coping because my mom, the way that she told me to stand up and be strong for myself and told me to -- showed me not told me showed me after spending 26 years of showing me how to walk tall and proud and search and try hard and love and be loving and be kind. >> reporter: i think you're an amazing woman. >> thank you. >> reporter: and we give you our kellond-knights and are so sorry for you. >> thank you, and, you know, part of the reason i'm able to stand up here so tall and proud is because there's people supporting me. there's people on my side. there's people that i don't enoh right now searching for other people that helped find my baby. >> reporter: what do you do

next? >> go and help them. go and help the people that helped me because i don't know how else to return that favor because it means so much. i'd spend the rest of my life up there shoveling mud if it was to help someone else because they helped me. >> reporter: gary tuchman, cnn, arlington, washington. so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month? yup. all 5 of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential?

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>> basically taking good care of those infected. dealing with those infected that the virus is not transmitted to health workers and to the families, this involves putting up isolation wards and facilities. it also includes setting up lab facilities so we are able to test samples very fast, but also it involves information provided to the population and to the health workers. they have not been facing ebola before. this is the first time. people don't know about it much and health workers do not know much about it either. so we really need to provide this information out and we are working really around the clock here with the ministry of health and other partners to do those measures. >> but despite what you're doing, it has spread all the way where you are, a capital densely

populated and that's 300 kilometer as way from the first outbreak. >> it is. it is correct. we have so far eight cases that have been tested positive for ebola virus. fortunately none of those eight cases have died but it is showing basically that people have to be careful. what happened is one person from the area was traveling to a burial of one of his relatives in central part of the country and got infected and this is again why we need to inform the population and tell them about the practices that can increase the risks to get infected and therefore how they can prevent that risk and this basically involves not getting in close to infected people. not touch body of a deceased person and basically general hygiene that involves washing hands after seeing people who may have been infected.

>> now, it has spread, there have been deaths in neighboring sierra leone and ivory coast and now senegal announced it is closing its border. is that going to help? >> well, while health measures have been ordered and are an important part, evidence shows in fact providing a fast response at the source of the outbreak is the best way to ensure maximum protection against international spread of disease. at this point of time w.h.o. is not putting on any travel restrictions on other countries. >> the w.h.o. speaking there. there is no known cure or vaccine for the ebola virus. well, we have more on the missing malaysia airliner in our cnn special report "flight 370: the final hours." for the rest of our audience. "vital signs" with sanjay gupta

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ask your doctor about nexium. the following is a cnn special report. >> a high-tech aircraft, an experienced crew and 227 passengers. what began as a routine flight for malaysia airlines 370 became the total opposite leaving behind unending grief and unanswered questions. "flight 370: the final hours."