radar. >> we have learned so little in seven weeks. >> i'm don lemon, thank you for watching tonight. see you back tomorrow night. let's get real. the geneva agreement is not open to interpretation. it is not vague. it is not subjective. it is not optional. >> more tough talk aimed at moscow. while tensions on the ground in ukraine reach a dangerous phase. there are things we did wrong, things we didn't do well. >> asia's prime minister addresses the criticism over his country's response over flight 370. it is a cnn exclusive. and we're learning more about one of the victims killed

in an attack at an afghan hospital and his widow's surprising message to the shooter. also ahead, a touching moment at the white house. how a 10-year-old caught michelle obama off guard with a simple request. that little girl apparently took her moment with michelle obama and made something of it. we'll have that later in the show. thank you for joining us. this is cnn newsroom. >> it's a warm welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and all of you watching from around the world. we begin with the crisis in ukraine. another round of sanctions against russia could be coming today and an official tells cnn these sanction also be in escalation. >> and u.s. secretary of state john kerry delivering his harshest criticism of russia

yet. >> this is a full-throated effort to actively sabotage the democratic process through gross external intimidation. having failed to halt a legitimate political process, russia has instead chosen an ill legitimate course of armed violence to try to achieve with the barrel of a gun and force of a mob what couldn't be achieved any other way. >> meantime, the u.s. and ukraine are keeping a close eye on the estimated 40,000 russian troops amassed along ukraine's eastern border. >> kiev has even issued a 48-hour deadline for moscow to explain new military drills on the border, but government leaders did not say what would happen if russia fails to comply. >> here's our correspondent jim sciutto. >> reporter: this is ukraine descending into violence. bloody, fiery clashes as the

ukrainian military moved to reclaim cities taken by pro-russian militants. kiev authorities say five people were killed. vladamir putin seized on this, warning of immediate consequences. >> translator: if the kiev regime has started to use the army against the population, it is a very serious crime against its people. >> reporter: russia is backing the rhetoric with new military drills with a 40,000 to 50,000 russian troops deployed on ukraine's eastern border. running out of patience with the looming threat of a full-russian invasion, the ukrainian president went on national television to insist russia retreat. >> translator: we demand from the russian federation to stop the constant threats and intimidation, and to withdraw its troops from the eastern border of our country.

>> reporter: even as the situation on the ground only deteriorates, president obama traveling in asia said russia still has a chance to pursue a diplomatic solution. though he called that prospect unlikely. >> we have been preparing for the prospect we're going to have to engage in further sanctions. those are teed up. it requires some technical work and some coordination with other countries. >> reporter: the sanctions are likely to be similar to the first round of economic penalties against russia, targeting senior russian officials with travel bands and targeting state banks and institutions, as well. as the president said, the new round will come within days. only the technical details need to be worked out. the administration's intention is to make this round of sanctions an escalation on the first round. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. with the tension over ukraine has already hurt russia's economy. credit agencies said that is the

reason it's decided to downgrade its rating for russia, putting its rating just one notch above junk. at triple b minus. for the past week and a half, the bluefin drone has been the focus of the flight 370 search. >> that's right. that could be about to change. the drone is now in its 13th and possibly final underwater scanning mission there in the southern indian ocean. >> it is now mapped 95% of its intended search zone with no sign of the missing plane. >> incredibly disappointing for the search officials, but malaysia's prime minister says his government will release a report on the plane's disappearance next week. >> he apologized to the families of those on board, while

defending his government's actions after the plane vanished. he also explained why the flight's status for now officially remains in limbo. >> are you prepared now to say the plane and its passengers have been lost? >> on the balance of the evidence, it would be hard to imagine otherwise, richard. >> but the significance is, until malaysia says the plane has been lost, the compensation packages, the next stage of the proceedings under the montreal convention can't go ahead. so i ask you again, prime minister, are you prepared to say that the plane and its passengers are lost? >> at some point in time i would be. but right now i think i need to take into account the feelings of the next of kin. and some of them have said

publicly that they're not willing to accept it until they find hard evidence. >> again, the prime minister says a preliminary report will come out next week. now we turn to the agonizing search in the south korean ferry disaster. >> it's been nine days. the boy who made the first call for help may be among the bodies recovered. 181 are now confirmed dead with 121 remaining missing. >> for the latest on the search and new arrests made in the investigation, kyung lah reports from jindo island. >> reporter: here on the yellow sea at the site of the disaster, the frantic search for the passengers is still continuing. we're seeing rougher conditions. water is choppier. but it's not affecting the search that you're seeing over my right shoulder. the weather expected to worsen through the day today. that's going to make the diving

even more difficult. the water here very murky. divers telling us they can barely see their hands in front of their faces. what the teams are using now are special undersea robots to help the divers and to help locate the missing each faster. while this is continuing, the investigation on land is also picking up pace. all week we have seen the arrest of various crew members. we have the latest information being that there are four new arrests of crew members, a total of 15. there are 20 crew members who did survive. only five of them now have yet to be charged. this is giving some measure of justice to the families, but very little solace as the numbers of those recovered from the sunken ferry continues to grow. kyung lah, cnn, on the yellow sea off jindo island. >> we should point out school has resumed for some of the

students. i can't imagine how they're able to focus. >> 300 of those passengers were from one single school. the vice principal committed suicide this past week. it's just really emotionally destroyed the area as investigators look for the cause. still to come on cnn newsroom -- >> the already faltering middle east process looks dead in the water once again. plus, an american doctor who told colleagues he was called to afghanistan, pays the ultimate price. your education is built to help move your career forward. here's how: we work with leading employers to learn what you need to learn so classes impact your career. while helping ensure credits you've already earned pay off. and we have career planning tools

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south korea says it's looking more and more likely that the north could carry out another nuclear test very soon. >> an official in seoul says the north has completed all the preliminary steps it needs to conduct its fourth underground nuclear test. for more on this developing story, andrew stevens joins us live from the south korean capital where president barack

obama is visiting at this time. and this is certainly the last thing they want from north korea. hello, andrew. >> reporter: hello, natalie. the last thing they want from north korea. but certainly from many south korean official's point of view, no coincidence that this is developing rapidly, this situation involving a potential nuclear test by the north koreans. what we're hearing from the south korean government is they have completed these preliminary steps. the key step here is sealing up a tunnel where the nuclear test site is, in the northeastern part of the country. they sealed a tum, and in that tunnel there is the nuclear materiel. that will be the nuclear test. they have to seal it up before they go ahead with the test. the south koreans are saying it

is a political decision. all the technical work has been done. it now remains for pyongyang to give the go ahead and it will get under way. we need to stress here, natalie, we have been here, the south koreans have in the past, expected nuclear tests, which did not happen, and north koreans are masters of brinkmanship and expressing their displeasure of events they don't like, in particular there will been recent u.s.-south korean military drills here. and the north koreans have in the past used this sort of activity to express their anger at what happens south of the border. what is equally important, natalie, there is a finite timeline. the south koreans are saying that the missile or the bomb has to be detonated between 7 and 14 days, up to 14 days after this tunnel has been sealed. i can't tell you why behind

that, but the south koreans are saying this is a specific time frame, which has to be -- if there's going to be an explosion, it has to happen in that time frame. we don't know at this stage when that tunnel was sealed. we heard on tuesday that there was increased activity around the site. we don't know whether that included the tunnel being sealed on tuesday. if that was the case, that would take us out to may 6 for this explosion to take place. natalie? >> we will likely hear more from president barack obama and prime minister park about the situation in north korea with his visit there. thank you, andrew stevens, for us live. now israel says it won't hold peace talks with the palestinian government that's backed by hamas. >> israel security cabinet made that announcement thursday, one day after two palestinian rival movements, hamas and fatah, announced plans to form a unity

government. this comes as the u.s. brokered middle east peace process appears to be collapsing. >> ultimately, the palestinians cannot say they're a partner this peace if they are working hand in hand with extremist groups that call for the destruction of the jewish state. now, we call upon the palestinian leadership to reverse this decision, to annul this harmful and negative move, and then we'll be ready to return to the talks. >> translator: if netanyahu wants to achieve peace, he should have considered this agreement a real opportunity. the palestinian nation will be united between all its parties under the palestinian liberation organization. we rejest the israeli claims and we reject netanyahu's pressures. now to a story out of afghanistan. a doctor from chicago, illinois, and two other americans have been shot to death at a hospital

in afghanistan's capital. >> that's right. police say the gunman was an afghan security guard who shot himself but he survived. we've got details here for you now. >> reporter: chicago pediatrician jerry omanus was killed when an afghan security guard opened fire. he told friends he felt called to move to afghanistan to help treat chirp, hours before his death he told a friend he was excited to start a program to teach afghan women health care skills. he had been a doctor in inner city chicago. >> he was a loving, caring physician who served all of his patients with the utmost of respect. >> reporter: two other americans, a father and son, also killed in the attack. >> translator: they came here under immense pressure here to serve the people of afghanistan. >> reporter: the shooter shot himself and was treated at the same hospital where he opened

fire before being handed over to afghan authorities. it's the latest in a string of recent attacks on foreign civilians. as western forces prepare to leave afghanistan, and afghans elect a new president. >> afghanistan has been and continues to be a war zone and there are certainly efforts that are under way every day to work with afghan security, to work with officials on the ground, to continue to prepare for the future. >> reporter: earlier this month, two foreign journalists shot, one of them killed. and more than a dozen foreigners were killed in january in a taliban attack on a popular restaurant in kabul's diplomatic district. with just eight months to go until the u.s. pulls out most of its troops in afghanistan, these continued attacks raise the question, will afghan forces be ready to protect the afghan people and foreign civilians?

now the doctor that elise was talking about that was killed left behind three children. >> i know jerry would also really like everybody to know about his love for the afghan people and our love for the afghan people. and that we don't hold any ill will towards afghanistan in general. or even the gunman who did this. we don't know what his history is. i would like people who hear this to open up their hearts to the people of afghanistan and understand that the afghan people are no different than us. >> and she added that her late husband's work in afghanistan was an extension of his religious faith. she certainly is being quiet

brave. >> remarkable strength there. the agonizing search continues nine days after south korea's ferry disaster. >> just ahead, what role weather will play in an already difficult operation. we'll check in with our meteorologist. also, more of richard quest's exclusive interview with malaysia's prime minister. stay with us.

welcome back, everyone. malaysia's government has truly felt the heat of global scrutiny and the sting of criticism sense flight 370 disappeared. >> it's certainly ongoing. the families are not letting up. family members are saying malaysia's leaders have held back information about the investigation. >> now the prime minister is opening up. in an exclusive interview with

cnn's richard quest, he told richard the government will release a preliminary report on the flight next week. listen to this. >> now, the military radar, the primary radar, has some capability. it tracked an aircraft which did a turn back. but they were not sure, exactly sure whether it was mh-370. what they were sure was the aircraft was not deemed to be hostile. >> no planes were sent up on the night to investigate? >> no, simply because it was deemed not to be hostile. >> don't you find that troubling, that a civil aircraft can turn back, fly across the

country, and nobody thinks to go up and have a look? because one of two things, i understand that the threat level, and i understand the -- either the plane's in trouble and needs help or it's nefarious and you really want to know what somebody is up there going to do. so as prime minister, don't you find that troubling? >> you see, i'm coming back to my earlier statement. they were not sure whether it was mh-370. >> even more reason to go up and look. >> they were not sure. but it behaved like a commercial airline. >> the country has had a real kicking over the perspective and perception of the way it handled those early days. i think the phrase used in many cases, malaysia bungled it. >> i have to be quite frank with you. i think first of all, let's start with the premise that it was unprecedented, we all agree it was unprecedented.

it was the most technically challenging, most complex issue that malaysia or any country for that matter, even an advanced country will have great difficulty handling such an issue. some of the things we did well. we were very focused on searching for the plane. we didn't get our communications right, absolutely right to begin with. but i think towards the latter part, we got our act together. so i'm prepared to say that there are things we did well, things we didn't do too well. but we're prepared to look into it and we're prepared for this investigation team to do its objective assessment. >> that was a portion of the prime minister's interview with richard. you can watch the full interview online, cnn.com has the latest

updates and video on the search for flight 370. all right. we want to bring you information, breaking development just coming in to cnn. news agencies are reporting a suspected hijacking of a virgin airplane. this word is coming to us from indonesia's metro tv. some reports out there are citing the indonesian air force for this information. the plane has been forced to land at the airport in bali. we're still gathering more information and we'll bring them to you. but at this moment, all we know via metro tv and some citing indonesian air force sources that a virgin airplane is suspected to have been high jacked on a flight towards bali. as soon as we get more information, a virgin blue jet -- but as soon as we get more information, we'll bring it to you for this breaking news story.

well, we are, of course, continuing to report on the recovery efforts of the south korean ferry disaster, and as you know, divers have been working with some difficult conditions and it looks like the weather will be deteriorating this weekend. >> ivan cabrera joins us now from the cnn weather center. how does the weekend outlook appear? >> saturday night, conditions are going downhill. we're in pretty good weather in between storm systems here. visibility is doing just type. the winds out of the west at 15 and temperature 22. but clear skies with no issues as far as visibility out there. we are seeing the high clouds beginning to roll in. so by saturday night, that will be the approach and the arrival actually of this next weather system. look at this sprawling area of high pressure. here's japan, the korean

peninsula. and there is the rescue that is under way. and here come the clouds. this is not going to be a potent storm, but i think it will kick up the winds up to 70 kilometers per hour. really getting into sunday is when we'll have the unsettled weather and the wind also be a bit gusty. but for the time being, they are going to be doing just fine. here come the winds, though. even just before it starts raining, the winds kick up a little bit and that system pushes east. it's not going to stall over them. so thereafter we'll be in clear skies. so saturday night into sunday, unsettled weather, gusty winds with rain. early next week, we'll be back into a break. but we are approaching the rainy season across this region here. what we have, we get this boundary that sets up and we

really get into some nasty weather. so hopefully they will have completed that grim task that is under way across jindo island there. >> i hope so, because those families need this to be completed as far as that horrible part of it. thank you, ivan. 60 years ago, the largest u.s. nuclear test in history took place in the marshall islands. >> people there have not forgotten about that fact, because now the tiny pacific republic, you can see it there just on your screen, is suing the u.s. and eight other nations that have or are presumed to have nuclear weapons, demanding that they negotiate in good faith to disarm. >> these are images of some of the dozens of u.s. nuclear tests in the islands after world war ii. the government claims the biggest, a 15 mega ton hydrogen bomb, was 1,000 times more powerful than the pop dropped on

hiroshima, japan. >> it's difficult to fathom even what that would look like. the marshall islands says its people suffered irreparable damage from the tests. just ahead, the heartache from the ferry disaster. >> we'll look at who they were and how they're being remembered. also ahead, the u.s. president is in south korea on a day seoul says north korea is poised to conduct another nuclear test.

welcome back. you're watching cnn newsroom. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> let's check what's making news for you at this moment. the bluefin underwater drone is on its 11th and possibly final mission looking for any signs of missing flight 370. so far it's turned up no clues. malaysia's prime minister says his government will release a preliminary report next week. the grim search of south korea's sunken ferry continues around the clock. only bodies are being recovered at this point. the boy who first called for help may be among them. dna analysis is under way for positive identification. the death toll stands at 181.

121 are still missing. israel says it won't hold peace talks with the palestinian government that's backed by hamas. israel's security cabinet made that announcement thursday after two palestinian rival movements as fatah and hamas try to form a unity government. we've seen things escalate, but the war of words over the crisis in ukraine is reaching a new level and this comes as the situation on the ground seems to worsen with each passing day. >> the war of words coming from all corners of the planet. ukraine's interior ministry says its forces killed five pro-russian activists at a roadblock as part of its renewed effort against rebels it calls terrorists. and ukraine's acting president says this is just the beginning. >> translator: i would like to say that we will not yield to

the terrorist threat and will continue to take further measures to protect the lives of our citizens. we demand from the russian federation to stop interfering with internal affairs of ukraine, stop the constant threats and intimidation, and withdraw troops from the eastern border of our country. >> meantime, russian president vladamir putin was quick to respond with a warning that such actions would have very serious consequences for the government of ukraine, which he continues to call illegitimate. >> translator: if the kiev regime has started to use the army against the population inside the country, it, beyond any doubt, is a very serious crime against its people. >> meantime, u.s. secretary of state john kerry says ukraine's government is taking tangible steps to implement a peace deal agreed to in geneva earlier this month, and a senior u.s. official tells cnn new sanctions against russia could be coming as early as today.

kerry says russia hasn't taken a single step to deescalate tensions. >> for anyone who wants to create gray areas out of black, or find in the fine print crude ways to justify crude actions, let's get real. the geneva agreement is not open to interpretation. it is not vague. it is not subjective. it is not optional. >> we want to update you now on the breaking news we reported from indonesia where there are reports that a virgin blue jet has been hijacked. we're getting word from indonesia's metro tv and other reports citing the indonesian air force. they say the plane has been forced to land at the airport in bali, coming in from australia. don't know the fate of the passengers or the situation there at the airport, but we'll

continue to bring you developments as they become available. the u.s. president says north korea should expect a firm response from the international community if it conducts another nuclear test. >> barack obama made the comment as he arrived in south korea from japan. a south korean government official says the capital of north korea, pyongyang, has completed all the preliminary steps for a nuclear test. >> traveling with the u.s. president on this tour of asia is white house correspondent michelle kaczynski and she joins us live from seoul. michelle, first, what can you tell us about the movements, the apparent movements of north korea at this time when the u.s. president is there in seoul on this visit? >> reporter: in some respects, it was almost expected by the south korean government. we talked to some officials before this trip and they said look, there were these warnings that the north koreans tend to

give before they conduct a missile test. it's sort of a two-part process. they send one warning, then another warning, then there's a missile test. in this case, the south korean government received two warnings, so they've been waiting for this test. if it happened during president obama's trip to south korea, that might be seen by many as even more provocative with the timing. the north korean leader has been called the youngest, most unpredictable leader in the world. so there's no telling what exactly will happen here. but you're right, president obama gave that strong statement to a south korean newspaper that came out before his arrival here, saying north korea should expect a strong response from the international community. in the form of these resolutions demanding north korea comply with international law and stop isolating itself. but i think there's some parallels here between the response to north korea and the global response to russia.

do these resolutions and calls for change do any good? not to far. erol? >> and this all began in japan, the u.s. president is in south korea now. he'll head to malaysia and the philippines. he did voice support for japan when he mentioned the disputed islands that china and japan claim. is the u.s. trying to be careful to make this not seem like a counterbalance trip to china? >> reporter: it's funny, because the u.s. will say repeatedly it is not that, this is not a china containment tour as some analysts have suggested. today in the article that i mentioned, the interview that was given to the south korean newspaper, the president said the u.s. is not seeking primacy over china in the region and

supports the peaceful rise of china, emphasizes that the u.s. and china have lots of parallel interests and cooperation on a number of topics, including north korea. but everywhere he goes and the statements that he makes to other countries and the cooperation that he seeks with those, some of which had their own disputes with china, it does set up this divide. obviously the u.s. doesn't want it to appear that way, but really had to step up when asked directly about this one dispute between japan and china over a set of islands. and president obama was forced to say that this is the u.s. stance, that it supports japan and its administration of those islands and opposes methods by other countries to get involved and interfere in that. that was a direct reference to china, trying to be as indirect as possible. and as noninflammatory. it did generate a response from

china saying no matter what is said or done, those islands are china's. so yeah, it is inevitable that this kind of back and forth shoots up. but the u.s. is careful to emphasize and re-emphasize the shared interest between the u.s. and china in many regards. >> a great breakdown there from michelle kaczynski with a look at the u.s. president's delicate international relationships to deal with there during his tour of the asian region. thank you very much. of course, president obama arriving in south korea during a very tragic time for the country, and the prime minister distracted to deal with the terrible disaster they're going through at a time when the country is grieving, as well as relatives and friends of the victims of last week's ferry disaster. >> more than 300 students as we

mentioned to you earlier, they were aboard that vessel. some of their relatives are pulling together the strength to talk about their loved ones and sharing thoughts how they'll be remembered. kyung lah has that part of the story. >> reporter: they are the victims of south korea's worst ship zst in decades. but to those waiting on land, they are lost children, teachers and parents. billy kim, hoola hooping in a dalmation costume, grew up in korea with an american boy's name. the mother says she loved goats when she was little. the unique name billy stuck. they arrive shrouded in white. listed on a white board at the court until their parents name them. number 63, a student, with a flower shaped belly ring and adidas sweat pants.

number 58, another student, this one a boy. skinny with pimples, braces, wearing a light green hoodie. connecting the victims is the high school, they were on a four-day field trip. park's son was 16. she dreamed of being a television screen writer in the future. lee, age 15, focused more on the present. his dad was out of work. lee waited tables to help pay his family's bills. their teachers weren't much older than the students. kim, teaching her first year at the high school, lost her life. she dived on her birthday. there are many stories of the crew abandoning passengers. but there's also stories of the crew's heroism. this 44-year-old called his wife as the disaster unfolded. the ship is tilting, use the

money in the bank for the children's school fees. before hanging up, he said i need to rescue more kids. his wife never heard his voice again. a nation's hopes fading, prayers now comforting families of the lost. kyung lah, cnn, jindo, south korea. we want to update you now on the breaking news from indonesia where there are reports of an attempted hijacking of a virgin australia jet. reuters news service is quoting indonesian officials who say a passenger tried to enter the plane's cockpit and the pilot reported a hijacking. the pilot was headed from australia to bali where it landed a short time ago. reuters quotes police who say the passenger has been arrested. >> encouraging developments there, the plan has landed, the so-call passenger has been arrested.

>> we assume that means the passengers on board are safe. coming ahead for you now, the curious case of cliven bundy. >> we'll tell you why the conservatives who once embraced him are backing away. >> plus, a surprise request for the american first lady from a young girl looking out for her dad. bulldog: [yawning]

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welcome back, everyone. american rancher turned conservative folk hero cliven bundy tells cnn he just doesn't understand the uproar over his suggestion that black people might have been better off under slavery. >> and his folk heroism may be short lived now from his comments. but conservative politicians who initially took his side now understand the uproar all too well. here's cnn's dana bash from washington. >> reporter: for 20 years, nevada rancher cliven bundy has been battling federal authorities over his cattle grazing on public lands. it came to a head two weeks ago

when armed militia members came to his defense, joining in an old west showdown with the feds. >> the federal government is here with an army stealing my cattle. >> reporter: his anti-government crusade made him a conservative hero, thanks especially to fox news and support from sean hannity. when nevada's democratic senator harry reid called bundy a domestic terrorist, republican dean hellor said this. >> what he calls a terrorist, i call a patriot. >> i want to tell you one more thing i know about the negro. they abort their young children and they never learned how to pick cotton. and i've often wondered are they better off as slaves picking cotton, having a family life or under government subsidy?

>> reporter: he tried to clarify but not back down. >> i'm not saying that i thought they should be slaves. i'm wondering if they're better off. >> reporter: before those comments, he drew praise from gop presidential hopefuls. >> there's something wrong when a government believes that blades of grass that a cow is eating is such an egregious afront to the government of the united states. >> private property is at the base freedom. >> reporter: and now some who jumped on the band wagon are running the other way. rand hapaul tweeted, his remark are offensive. senator heller disagrees with the statements and condemns them

in the most sten wous way. and sean hannity was blunt. >> people for the right reasons saw this case as government overreach, now are like branded because of the ignorant, racist, despicable comments of cliven bundy. >> reporter: hannity argued there is a double standard that when liberals say or do ignorant or repugnant things, other democrats don't get linked to it the way conservatives do. but a gop senator told me this is what happens when gop candidates pander. they risk getting burned. dana bash, cnn, washington. we want to update you on the breaking news out of indonesia. a virgin -- a possible hijacking of a virgin australia jet is now reportedly over. the reuters news service is quoting indonesian government officials who say a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. the pilot then reported a

hijacking. a virgin official quoted on indonesian tv denies it was a hijacking attempt, and says the passenger was actually drunk. the plane was headed from australia to bali. reuters quotes police saying the passenger has been arrested. >> hopefully the passengers will have even more better time in bali now that they have gone through this. well, now to washington. and a tender moment at the white house when a young visitor made an unusual request of first lady michelle obama. >> my dad has been out of a job for three years and i wanted to give you his resume. >> oh, my goodness. i'll take it. >> it's a little private, but she's doing something for her dad, right? got it.

>> very sweet. this was the annual take our daughters and sons to workday for executive office employees. it's a time when children ask the first lady about her favorite food or place to travel. >> that little girl, she just had some business to do. so very brave of her. no word yet whether her efforts will help her dad find a job. >> she looks so excited there. she was just beaming saying hey, daddy, maybe i helped you here. >> hope it does help. coming up next, the royals say goodbye down under. >> we'll tell you how william, catherine and baby george spent their last day in australia after the break. and marooned at sea. we'll tell you how a group of stranded snorklers managed to flag down a search team. we'll show you right after this.

some pictures from around the world your you. prince william and catherine had their final appearance during their long trip in australia today. >> dignitaries at this service included prime minister tony abbott. it was the royals' time event before wrapping up their tour of the country. >> the duke and duchess of cambridge and their infant son, prince george wearing red, at this moment on their way back to london. they left earlier after a 2 1/2 week trip which included a visit to new zealand. >> and of course, everything she

wore and the little prince wore sold out. >> we're going to keep our focus down under now. because a group of snorkelers they want to stick to the swimming pool. helicopter rescuers took off when an empty boat was spotted. >> the five marooned snorkelers managed to carve a massive s.o.s. into the sand bar. good work. they had been stranded on a tiny rocky island for eight hours. the message caught the attention of the rescuers who used a winch and basket to bring them to safety. all five were in good spirits. >> i bet they were since they were rescued. they went out as a team which is what you should do as a scuba diver and snorkeler. but amazing.

let's move on here. severe weather on the way for marts of the eastern united states. >> we'll see if they need an s.o.s. or not. ivan cabrera here for us. >> we may get sirens sounding. today we do have one system that's already going to be approaching the eastern seaboard. southeast not looking too bad. across southeast virginia into north carolina, including raleigh here, could be looking at large hail and severe winds today, with isolated tornadoes. then we have to look ahead at this next weather system. this one really looks more significant, all right, heading into this weekend. specifically on sunday as the setup is going to be there with that warm, moist gulf air that's going to get pumped in. cold air, you know how it goes

and the jet stream drops down, with that turning of the wind with height. this is the area we're going to be watching closely for the potential of some dangerous weather through the day on sunday. guys? >> all right, ivan, thank you very much. we want to give you one quick update on the developing news from indonesia. cnn has confirmed that a virgin australia plane landed safely in bali, indonesia after reports of a suspected hijacking attempt. >> the plane was headed from australia to bali and a spokesman for the airline tells cnn the plane was not hijacked. reuters news service is quoting indonesian government officials who say a passenger tried to enter the plane's cockpit. one of the reports are that passenger had been drinking heavily and the pilot ordered a hijacking but the passenger has been arrested. so that's the good news with that one. >> that's it for cnn newsroom. >> early start coming up for viewers in the u.s.

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