then the one, you know, in the southern indian ocean. unbelievable, chad. have a good one. happy easter to you. thanks for watching, everyone. i'm don lemon. make sure you have a great holiday, whichever one you are celebrating. i'll see you back here next week. wolf starts right now. right now, divers are facing huge challenges trying to get inside the hull of that sunken south korean ferry as they desperately search for survivors. meantime, new audiotapes are giving us new insight into the crew's early response. also right now, demonstrators in eastern ukraine say they're not part of the international deal to calm tensions. they say they'll stop occupying key government buildings only when kiev's interim government resigns. this hour, we're marking six weeks since mallaraysian airlin flight 370 has disappeared and no wreckage has been found. now officials talk about widening the search area and bringing in more underwater vehicles to help.

hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. new details emerging today of the moment when a ferry began to capsize off the coast of south korea with hundreds of teenagers aboard. the country released this desperate exchange between the ferry crew and dispatch. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the death toll has now risen to 29. 273 people are still missing.

rescue divers were able today to get into a part of the sunken ship and pump air into the hull. let's go to cnn's paula hancocks. she's in the port city of jindu, south korea. >> reporter: wolf, let's start with the search and rescue operation. we know this friday divers did manage to get inside the submerged ship. we know they managed to access the second floor but they were unable to go any further because conditions are still not good, bad visibility, strong underwater currents and at this point divers did not find any survivors and they did not find any bodies. we also know that they have managed to pump some oxygen into the ship. now, the thinking behind this is if there are air pockets under the water, then they want to make sure if there are any survivors within those air pockets that the air is replenished. of course it is a desperately hard wait for dozens of relatives here at the harbor. this is the third night that they have been sitting, waiting for any news.

now, there have been very emotional scenes, very heartbreaking scenes. one woman screaming, just tell us, are they alive or are they dead? and this is the most basic of questions that at this point officials simply cannot answer. close to 300 people still missing. as for the investigation, we know the arrest warrants have been issued for the captain and also for two crew members. we have footage showing that the captain was one of the first to get off the boat. you have footage of him actually getting on to one of the ports here in chintu. officials say he wasn't at the helm at the time of this accident, it was the third officer. wolf. >> paula hancocks reporting for us from south korea. more on the story coming up later. will words translate into action? that's the big question in ukraine today. diplomats made a deal in geneva on thursday that calls for pro-russian protesters to disarm and give up the buildings they've seized. in exchange, they'll get amnesty, unless they have been convicted of capital crimes.

already, there are signs on the ground that are raising serious doubts. the self-declared leader of the pro-russian separatists in one city said he has not agreed to the deal at all. and the u.s. president also appears skeptical. president obama saying the u.s. and its allies have to be prepared to respond if russia continues to meddle in this neighbor's affairs. our senior international correspondent arwa damon is joining us now from donetsk where so much unrest has arwa, what are you seeing, what's the latest on the ground? >> reporter: despite the diplomatic action in geneva, there's been no sign here or across the 200-some miles of eastern ukraine where various government, security, police buildings are under pro-russian protester control. that they have any intention whatsoever of leaving. we were speaking to some of them that are here. and they were quite adamant that unless, as you were mentioning

there, the government in kiev steps down, they're not going to do so. because, they say, they, first of all, do not view themselves as being illegal, illegally occupying these various buildings. they say if we're going to talk about an illegal okayccupation buildings, it is the government in kiev that is illegitimate, that is the one that needs to step down. when it comes to the outcome of geneva, it has not changed the situation on the ground here at all. a lot of people we've been speaking to as well still remain extremely concerned about the future of their country, wolf. >> what about the fears? there are some serious fears, i take it, among the relatively small jewish community where you are there in donetsk after those anti-semitic flyers were handed out, ordering ju jews, to register, if you will. what are you learning? >> reporter: cnn has spoken to the leader of the jewish community here as well as a

number of its members. they very much say when those flyers were distributed, yes, understandably, there was a fair amount of fear but now they're viewing it much more as a provocative act. they say it was an isolated incident. and they're quite angry, wolf, because they feel as if they, as if their history is being manipulated and used to try to stir up tensions here. of course, it's especially sensitive in the ukraine that saw massive massacres under nazi occupation, wolf. >> we're going to have more on this story coming up later this hour as well. arwa, we'll stay in close touch with you, thank you. six weeks after malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared, today, there are still no signs whatsoever of the missing plane. here are the latest developments. the bluefin-21 underwater drone is now in its fifth, fifth, mission, scouring the ocean floor. crews say it covered about 42 square miles in its first four trips. the operators of the bluefin-21 say no debris or wreckage has been discovered so far.

malaysian's transportation minister says authorities are looking at deploying more underwater drones. relatives of those on board flight 370 held another prayer vigil at a beijing hotel today. family members have drawn up a list of 26 questions. they want answers when they meet with malaysian officials in beijing next week. takes a full day for the bluefin-21 to complete a single dive and for crews to download the data. the drone is going much deeper than expected in the search for malaysia airlines parts. we have been following the developments and have an update now from perth, australia. >> reporter: wolf, as of 9:00 a.m. this morning, the bluefin-21 was in the water searching for any signs of missing malaysian flight 370. these searches can last up to 20 hours. it's now about 16 hours later. still unclear if it has concluded that fifth mission. meanwhile, we're learning more

details about its fourth dive, happening last night. it reached 4.7 kilometers beneath the ocean's surface, which is significant, given it was originally thought the upper reaches of its death capacity was 4.5. it had to cut its first mission short due to depth concerns. but engineers analyzed the bluefin- bluefin-21's hardware and they believe it can now go as deep as five kilometers, which is important, given the area they're currently searching is the most probable area they believe they can find the black box based on detailed analysis of the pings. it's important the bluefin-21 is able to search all portions of that particular area. there have been four dives so far. not a single sign as far as we know of this missing plane. as the search continues. wolf. >> erin mclaughlin, thanks very much. just ahead, living with guilt after surviving a

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just listen to these anguished parents waiting at the dock. >> he left saying "dad, i'll be back," he said, "now he's in the sea." "please help my baby, my baby is crying with fear in the sea." please save my baby. all of his friends are there. all his school friends." "i want to jump in the sea," she says, "thinking about my child in the sea." "how can i as a parent eat or drink? i hate myself for this." >> awful, awful story. the guilt that comes from surviving a situation in which others have died can be overwhelming. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us. what is the psychological burden these families, these survivors are now carrying? >> i think we heard it best from that mom just now. where she said, i hate myself for this. i want to jump into the sea.

it's the anguish of losing a loved one and thinking, was there something that i could have done, and of course there wasn't, but, still, we're human beings, we're not always logical. the guilt just takes over. the stories we've been hearing, wolf, are just so overwhelming. for example, a 6-year-old girl whose 7-year-old brother and mother helped her get her life jacket on, and now the mother and the brother now cannot be found. a mom by the name of catherine kim whose child didn't want to go on the trip and she encouraged the child and now she feels the guilt of encouraging that. also, a 71-year-old woman, a young man, a stranger, three ties tried to pull her out and on the third time succeeded. when she came out, what she said is why did so many young people die when i, an older person, survived? unfortunately, there's just -- there's no way to answer these questions, wolf. >> i know you've been speaking with some mental health professionals. what do they say can be done

about this? >> some people on their own can -- i don't want to use the term "get over it," but can -- you always -- some people might always have this anguish and this guilt but they're able to function. other people will not help. some people, it helps to recount the incident. for example if a survivor was on the boat, recounting being saved from that boat. other people recounting it is not such a great idea and for them it's getting distance that helps. but everyone different. it's also different culture to culture. >> elizabeth cohen, helping us better appreciate what's going on. in that culture to culture angle is critically important as well, thank you. another disturbing turn in eastern ukraine. flyers handed out in donetsk asking all jews to register. salesperson #1: the real deal is the passat tdi clean diesel

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in eastern ukraine, a disturbing sign, flyers passed out by masked gunmen asking all jews in donetsk to register. it's causing international outrage. in a moment, we'll speak with the dean and founder of the simon weisenthal center in los angeles. first, phil black on who might have sent the leaflets.

>> reporter: the rabbi reads the text, which says, all jews over the age of 16. he tells me the notice was handed out near his synagogue on tuesday. he says when he first saw it, he felt shock and fear. america's ambassador to ukraine described his reaction to cnn's jake tapper. >> it's chilling. i was disgusted by these leaflets, especially in ukraine, a country that suffered so terribly under the nazis. it was one of the sites of the worst violence of the holocaust. to drag up this kind of rhetoric again, almost beyond belief. >> reporter: the notice is signed dennis pushilin. he is the leader of the crowd's occupying government buildings in donetsk who wants to break away from ukraine. the man denies he's behind the leaflet, telling cnn it's a clear provocation. the notice says jews much register because they supported

protesters in kiev who drove out the country's goformer presiden. this rabbi says the jews of donetsk believe they're being used in a wider political game. he said the people who pray here are angry, because those competing to control the future of the country are repeating the mistakes of history. phil black, cnn, donetsk, eastern ukraine. let's bring in rabbi marvin hire, the dean and founder of weisenthal center. i know you've been checking with the u.s. ambassador in ukraine and others. what are you hearing, rabbi? >> well, no one knows the origin of the leaflets, but what is absolutely clear is that someone is using the oldest script available, injecting anti-semitism and trying to blame the jews. we do not know whether this is

attributed to those who are backing president putin or extremists in the ukraine. and you have to remember that ukraine has a long history. most people probably do not know, 30,000 ukrainians served in the nazi police units that handed over the jews to the concentration camps. and so there's a long history of anti-semitism on both sides. i think what is needed is the acting president of the ukraine, should simply go public and say, look, if anybody associated with ukraine is behind this, we consider this to be an abomination. and president putin should do the same. and we haven't heard from the secretary-general of the united nations. this is a very serious matter. injecting this anti-semitism into every current event. >> some of the leaders of the

jewish community in ukraine right now, we've spoken with some of them. they've been insisting that they don't really feel there's a lot of anti-semitism. look, there's anti-semitism all over the world, but they don't really feel right now there's a lot of anti-semitism in ukrain, despite the assertions by the russian president and others in russia there is. what say you? >> i would say that it's -- to say that there's no end to semitism today in the ukraine, i do not support that claim. >> well, they don't say that there's no anti-semitism, they say they don't feel there's a lot of anti-semitism. you and i know there's plenty of anti-semitism all over the world, including parts of the united states, there are anti-semites, as we recently saw in a suburb of kansas city. >> right. look, we don't know who did this. it's possible that these -- that it came from pro-russian sources. but it's also possible that it was done to make the russians

look bad. so i think -- to put it straight -- where are the leaders of the people on both sides of the conflict to tell the world anti-semitism has no place in our countries? that's what has to be done. it hasn't been done so far. we haven't heard, as i said before, from the secretary-general of the united nations. sometimes when there's a crisis in other parts of the world, we hear from him. we should hear from him unequivocally that the united states condemns this. >> you support sending in these international monitors, observers, into ukraine to deal with this current crisis? >> i think it's a very good idea. but i also -- it's amazing to me, in broad daylight, on passover, four or five people distribute these leaflets. where are the police? nobody knows who did it. is there an investigation going on? what is the -- where is the report on the investigation?

and who is investigating it? >> rabbi marvin hier, dean of the simon weisenthal center, thank you for joining us. up next, six weeks, no sign of malaysia airlines flight 370. now officials are talking about expanding the search area. it was a tragic day on mt. everest. a massive avalanche hit right as a group of sherpas, guides, were climbing. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪

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welcome back. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. it was right around this very moment six weeks ago when malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared. here are the latest developments as far as the search is concerned. the bluefin-21 underwater drone is scouring the ocean floor now for a fifth time. first floor searches turned up no debris or wreckage from the missing plane. the search above the water continued today with as many as 11 planes and 12 ships involved. in beijing, relatives of those on board the plane held a prayer vigil. they're demanding answers to more than two dozen questions when they meet with malaysian officials next week. we're heading into day 43 with no sign of the missing plane. now officials are talking about bringing in more underwater drones, even widening the search area. let's get some perspective from our experts.

peter goles is with the ntsb. tom fuentes is a former fbi assistant director. it's the fifth mission right now, peter. is it time for more underwater drones? >> if they're starting to get nervous, i think it probably is. if they're available, bring in another two or three. >> is it a technical problem if you have more than one or two working at the same time? >> they need to keep them separate and out of each other's ways. if you've got two, it's not like you're listening for the ping. you just need to be able to manage the search under water. it will make it go twice as fast. but i'm not disappointed that they haven't found anything in four dives. i think this is going to take some weeks. if they're in the right spot, they'll find it. >> they're looking for a relatively small black box in a huge, huge area, but what they assume is if that black box is there, tom, they assume there's other wreckage not that far

away, right? >> exactly. >> they haven't seen any wreckage in the first four or five dives. >> it is a short time, so we'll just have to let this go forward. but if they need more equipment, it will take a while too get it. they can't just dial it up. there's a lot of logistical support that goes with it. preprogramming. everything involved with trying to coordinate multiple underwater vehicles is going to be difficult. >> australia's top transport minister, he raised the possibility of expanding the search, saying that the satellite picked up handshake along that long arc. is it premature to start expanding or simply focus in where the pings were coming from? >> i think you've got a plan for all options. they've got the plan that this may not turn out. this was based on some assumptions. the assumptions might have been flawed. if you're going to search the

length, you have to do it with a towed array. you have to do it with a new vehicle. and you better start lining that up now. >> i assume they've searched a much wider area on the surface with the planes and the ships, right? >> that's proven negative, so they found nothing from doing that. again with looking at a wider area of search, they're assuming that it's in this area, not just on the pings, but also the fact of how much fuel they think that plane consumed based on their guess at altitude, their guess at air speed, you know, so really they're going by the pings in the water and that's the best way now to look. >> because, peter, earlier in the week, we heard malaysian officials, australian officials, including top leaders there, suggesting they're going to wrap up by this weekend presumably the aerial search. you don't think necessarily that's a good idea? >> well, i think you've got to keep searching until you find something. but they've got a lot resources developed on the air side that hasn't panned out. i don't think it's going to pan

out. so it's probably time to phase that back. >> you agree? >> i agree. >> let's talk about these questions the families have now submitted to malaysian authorities. they want answers. 26 questions. among then, can we listen to the conversation between the pilots and the controllers? they released a transcript, they want to hear the audio. can we review the plane's maintenance log. are these realistic? should they be made available, the answers, to the family members? >> some are, some aren't. in terms of looking at the maintenance log, that's going to become public at some point. listening to the tower tape, to the communications, i see nothing wrong with that. >> there was an ongoing criminal investigation. you're a former fbi assistant director. any of cress questions, if they give the answers to the families, could that undermine the investigation? >> we can't say whether it would

or wouldn't based on what they know they haven't released. i think the feeling is they want to keep the families informed but it's not a participatory event for they to be involved. >> thanks very much. today, mt. everest proved to be one of the most dangerous places on earth. [ male announcer ] the wright brothers started in a garage.

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on this day in history, april 18th, 1906, an earth shattering quake rocks the san francisco area. the quake killed 3,000 people, displaced 225,000 others. on this day in history.

another strong earthquake hit today and shook southern mexico. the quake packed a powerful punch with a 7.2 magnitude, was centered along the pacific coast. not all that far away from the resort town of acapulco. the quake was powerful enough to damage this building in mexico. cutting power to some parts of the capital. mt. everest, meanwhile, rescue teams are looking for any survivors after a powerful avalanche hit the world's tallest mountain today. it's the single deadliest accident on everest which reaches 29,000 feet into the sky in nepal. a pretty amazing story. tell our viewers. >> it's just an awful accident. one of the world's most dangerous places. 15 sherpas, these guides, are killed, 6 are injured, and 4 are still missing. these ethnic sherpas are often called the heroes of the himalayas because they mostly act as guides for foreign

climbers. they do the dangerous work. basically all the grunt work before the actual climbers will come up the mountain next month. today, this group of about 50 sherpas was going out well ahead of the climbers to clear the trail for them and fix some of the ropes. they left base camp at about 6:30 this morning. they hadn't gone very far when they were hit by the avalanche. it hit them right here, about 19,000 feet. this spot is nicknamed for climbers as popcorn field, an area known to be one of the most dangerous, an area filled with giant chunks of ice. now, the rescue mission today pulled out those 15 bodies from the snow and ice, but there are also a few successes. this is video of one of the survivors. the families of those still missing are of course waiting word while the crews search for them. there are 334 climbers given permission to climb mt. everest over the next couple of months. of course with about 400 sherpas helping them. the sherpas were really laying the groundwork for the hike which is set to launch next

month. >> a dangerous climb to begin with. there have been other deadly incidents in the past. this may be one of the worst. >> absolutely. it is one. there have been many. this is the worst one. in 1996, there was a snowstorm that killed eight hikers. then again in 1970 there were six sherpas that were killed with another avalanche. 4,000 hikers have conquered this mountain over the years since 1953 when it was conkered by new zealander edmund hillary. of course, he was accompanied by his own sherpa. a frantic search is under way for more than 100 nigerian schoolgirls who are in the hands of a violent militant group. while the government makes a stunning retraction about the attack. the latest from ji near ja. t lan i couldn't sit up because it burned so much. as first lady of our church we have meetings. we have activities. and i couldn't do any of that.

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the fate of more than 100 nigerian schoolgirls is unknown five days after being kidnapped by islamic militants. their parents now getting confirmation something that he knew to be true, that in spite of initial reports by military officials claiming most of the girls had been freed, almost all are still missing. on the scene in nigeria right now. tell our viewers what happened. why did the nigerian government issued that story that turned out to be so false? >> it's a stunning retraction, a humiliating turnaround of events

for the nigerian military and the nigerian government. just when you and i spoke yesterday we were talking about how on wednesday the nigerian military released a statement saying all but eight of the girls taken from their dormitory while they were sleeping, armed attackers stormed the campus after a shootout with guards, took these girls away in buses and vans. military made a statement saying almost all the girls had been freed, all but eight of them. as you can imagine, had the parents in borno state jumping for joy. the june libilation they felt tw their daughters were coming home. then around this time, maybe an hour from where we are right now, the military has a statement saying although they had good sources on the ground, had reliable information, they were retracting that statement and they said they did not intent to deceive the public, but they're leaving it to the school principal, the governor of the state, to provide us with

information as to the whereabouts of these girls. what we know right now, what the military has said is this is an attack by the islamist militant group boko haram. it's getting increasingly bad, it's sort an astounding figure, any country in the world, you know -- people here say to me, president obama flies to boston when, you know, three people are killed in boston. this is 1,500 people killed in nigeria in the first three months of this year alone by boko haram and through heavy-handed tactics by the nigerian military. the president has instituted a statewide state of energy in three northeastern states. that gives the military a wide latitude in dealing with boko haram situation. they've been accused by human rights groups carrying out what rights groups say are crimes against humanity. >> reporting for us from nigeria, thank you.

we'll stay in constant touch with you. let's bring in retired u.s. general carter hamm, u.s. forces in africa, the so-called africa command. this is not just a problem in nigeria, general, is it, it's spreading regionally. >> it is, it is becoming increasingly a regional problem in west and west central africa. >> when you were ahead of the africa command, how big of a problem was this boko haram group, this islamic militant group? the word mean, boko haram, western education is sin. >> it's hard to determine how large boko haram is. it's loose knit, itfactions, noa central organization. but have become increasingly vileant, increasingly operating, start to operate outside of nigeria. >> that's why, for example, the u.s. military african command

would be focussing in on it, especially if it established ties with al qaeda-related groups. >> that's right, wolf, but africa commands premier purpose is to strengthen the defense capabilities african security forces so they can increasingly provide for their own security. the u.s. and africa command and the entirety of the government has long been guided by a principle simply stated but difficult to implement which we seek african solutions to african challenges. >> the u.s. has good relations with nigeria, right? >> absolutely. one of our most trusted partners in all of africa. >> how so do you explain this blunder on the part of nigeria? they tell the families of these 100 little schoolgirls who were kidnapped, who knows what's going on with these girls now, that most of them, all of them basically have been freed. they know that's not true. they don't have their loved ones in their arms. now they have to retract a

statement like that. how does that happen? >> i have no idea. it's obviously a breakdown somewhere in -- at a significant level in communication, to give that -- that kind of a report. as i recall, reported with a high degree of certainty that most of the young girls had been -- had been released, offering false hope to the families and creating a sense that this matter was largely behind them. i think it's inexcusable. >> because there have been suggestions -- we spoke to christiane amanpour the other day here on cnn, and she said there have been suggestions in the back when boko haram kidnaps these schoolgirls, they sell them eventually as sex slaves. is that what's going on? >> i don't think we know exactly what's happening. that certainly does happen, but also young girls are married off.

married into families of boko haram members and supporters of boko haram. it's a horrific humanitarian rights or humanitarian situation and human rights situation that i think does cause the united states and others to pay attention to this. >> so what can the u.s. do? what can the u.s. military do? >> well, first of all, wolf, i think as recognition, this is not simply or exclusively a military or security problem. there is a military component to it, to be sure. address the underlying causes of a largely disenfranchised population in the northern part of nigeria. the u.s., africa command is guided by the same principle as

the u.s. government. we want to help the government. i think that doesn't mean, and should not mean u.s. boots on the ground seeking ways where we can offer some of our unique u.s. military. >> to the united states for training? >> they absolutely do. and nigeria so they have the architecture for a sound military. >> i am no longer connected, but i believe that the u.s. intelligence community are connected in a very helpful way. >> thank you very much for coming in. we will stay on top of this

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>> just moments ago, the white house press secretary spoke about the anti-se mettic leaflets that were passed up. >> i think secretary kerry and ambassador rice addressed our views on the existence of such fliers. i don't think that we have specific confirmed information about who produced them. but their mere presence is highly disturbing.

that view was expressed to secretary kerry. we expected everyone in ukraine and in the region should, if they haven't already, make clear that they oppose that kind of really disturbing and highly provocative action. >> much more on this story coming up later today in the situation room. >> christians around the world will be celebrating easter this sunday. there is a division between church and state in this country, history shows that religion certainly does impact politics. >> because i am a catholic and no catholic had ever been elected president, the real issues to this campaign had been obscure. >> john f kennedy's catholic

debate nearly derailed his presidential bid. >> he had to really make peace with different parts of our country. >> i am not the catholic candidate for president. i am the democratic party's candidate for president, who happens to also be a catholic. i do not speak for my church on public matters and the church does not speak for me. >> gave such an eloquent explain nation on how you could be a patriotic american, a catholic and how you could serve as president. he took poison out of the water. >> he became the first and so far only catholic president of the united states. he kept a careful distance from the vatican. when the world was on the -- the soviet union started stockpiling nuclear missiles in cuba.

u.s. navy ships formed a blockade around the island. kennedy was in a stale meat with the soviet leader. >> i call upon the chairman to halt and eliminate his provocative threat to world peace. >> the kennedy white house reached out to the vatican for help. the pope delivered a message to moscow and taking the microphones of vatican radio in french. >> i beg heads of state not to remain insensitive to the cry of humanity. peace, peace. >> they said the pope is looking for peace and he said okay, i'll be the man of peace. >> days after the address, the missiles were with drawn, putting an end to the crisis. >> you can catch my documentary popes and presidents, this

sunday, 2:00 p.m. easter right here on cnn. i hope you tune in. if you can't, i hope you dvr it. i think you will enjoy it and you will learn something about the relationship between american presidents and popes. hillary clinton's new book has a particularly interesting new title, "hard choices." h perhaps her next hard choice will be whether to run for president. secretary clinton is already on cloud nine with news that her daughter chelsea is pregnant. hillary clinton has made no secret of her desire to be a grandparent. if the family knows whether it's a boy or a girl, no one is saying. >> mayor rob ford made the announcement last night that he is running again. he admitted to smoking crack cocaine and admitted buying illegal drugs. he has been stripped most of his

mayoral duties. i won't back down. it doesn't matter what challenges lie ahead. that's it for me. i will be back 5:00 p.m. eastern. another special two-hour situation room. newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> thank you so much. >> they are expected to announce today they are sending a rescue and salvage ship to help in what is now an effort to salvage the wreckage of the south korean ferry so the search for survivors is really turning increasingly grim at this hour. now new pictures coming to us today inside the once singeing ship. first of all, here we are beginning day 3. and you see by the looks of es