if you look at the barbaric acts that brought her to that courtroom we did all that the system allowed us to do to her. but she richly deserves to be on death row and she richly deserves to be executed one day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com rough conditions hamper search and recovery efforts again for the missing airasia flight. also wildfires raging in australia, chasing thousands out of their homes. when will they get help for these dry conditions. and a u.s. man is about to take off on an excellent adventure to china, looking to crack a record. tell you about that coming up here in this next hour. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen.

here are our top stories. divers searching for the wreckage from airasia flight 8501 have been told to stand down for now. the weather has improved after days of rough conditions but conditions at the dive site remain murky making visibility near zero. another body was found before dive efforts were stopped. that brings the total number found to 31 and three more bodies have been identified bringing that total to nine. a fifth piece of large debris was also spotted. no confirmation of course that it's from this airplane. it could be from something else. and rescuers will continue to search today, using sew far. cnn's gary tuckman joins us live from surabaya. and gary you reported earlier that the bodies that they are finding are giving a little more possible information to

investigators. >> reporter: right. one of the three bodies that was recovered and identified today is the body of a flight attendant, the only male flight attendant on the flight. what that means is 31 bodies have been recovered, one fifth of the plane. but two of them are flight attendants. the idea that gives you is the likelihood that people who didn't have their seat belts on are the bodies being recovered. they've also recovered three people strapped to their seats in their seat belts. the seats had gotten away from the airplane. it's an indication that the plane may have come down in one big piece. because they think they will find a lot of bodies if divers can get under water and get to the airplane. they hoped today would be the day. the water is not that deep only about 100 feet deep. it's the nicest weather we've had, the only day i've been here that it hasn't rained.

but they got down there and the visibility was zero. the day of searching will be done. now three more bodies were identified today. as i said one being the flight attendant. the other one involves a young man named eric we interview add few days ago. eric told us that his grandmother, his aunt, his uncle and two boy cousins, a girl cousin were on the plane. yesterday his aunt was identified. today one of his cousins was identified. her name was stevie she was 10 year the old. it has put a lump in our throat. but they identified her because she was wearing the blue jeans, the pink sweater, a striped shirt with minnie mouse on the shirt, and that's how they knew it was her. they hope they can recover all the bodies. that's all they can hope for right now. very few people are holding out

for a miracle. they were for a pew days hoping their family was on an abandoned island or on a raft. they just want the bodies back. because the water is shallow, about 100 feet deep, the conditions are good authorities believe it would be relatively easy. they have about 40 ships and planes multi-national cooperation. indonesian drivers, 14 went down today, but so far they have not been able to get most people who were on that plane. >> very, very tough part of this story. as you say, there's no good part certainly, but you also reported that the families are being taken care of. and they're being offered compensation to help themle. and are most of the families there just sitting in surabaya waiting? >> reporter: well firstly, yes. this tent right here is what they call the family waiting area. and it's a tent where they have

tv sets food and water. family members have told us they have been offered temporary hardship money. a lot of these people have not been able to work. they've been offered 300 million indonesia rup yeahs. that's temporarily. that will be given immediately if they agree to it. there's a lot to this. they'll also be given more money down the road but the formula hasn't been worked out yet. any family who had more than one person on that plane will get a put multiple. so they have the mayor and a someone else helping with that. >> any help they can offer certainly would be welcomed. these people are going through

so much. gary tuckman live. as we mentioned. bad weather has hindered the rescue operations. it did so on saturday that's when our paula hancocks went out with a helicopter team, but they didn't get very far. here's what handppened. >> go to the east. >> reporter: he shows me the flight plan scouring the southwestcoast of borneo plans changed due to the weather. only aircraft allowed to risk the so-called red zone. remnants of the plane or bodies may have drifted around 100 nautical miles to land. dense vegetation and marshes make searching by land unrealistic. much of this area is barely inhabited. as the weather closes in the

pilot tries to fly around it but the sfronts too big. we're only half an hour into the flight and the pilot has just decided that we have to abort this mission. he says that the weather up ahead is simply too dangerous. he cannot fly into those kind of clouds and that rain so we're circling back and going back to the airport. so for those on board they were going to be looking for debris and bodies. they've barely had a chance to start their job. and this was just along the coastline. this wasn't even at sea where the weather is worse. back on land the team refuses to be disheartened. the local police chief tells me we'll keep going until we find everyone. more victims are flown to dry land saturday despite the weather. once cleaned and treated, they're flown on to surabaya for formal identification. every number a loved member of a distraught family.

an innocent soul who lost their life in the java sea. paula hancocks cnn, indonesia. and coming up this hour i'll talk with two aviation experts and get their view of the future of airasia flights. a shipping car used to transport to germany has run aground. the ship is listing heavily to one side. 20 crew members were evacuated from the ship. it is uncan clear what caused the grounding or the condition of the cars on that ship. also another cargo ship was found capsized off the coast of scotland saturday. its eight crew members are missing. these pictures show one end of the ship sticking straight up out of the water.

rescue vessels were called in but search operations have since been suspended for the night. we're hearing an incredible story of survival of a young girl who lived through a plane crash in kentucky that killed her family. 7-year-old sailor gutsler is pictured there on the left with her mother ancestor who died from the crash. sailor pulled herself from the wreckage and walked almost a mile to find help. >> reporter: one light, the only source of guidance for one seven year old girl. >> scratched up bloody nose crying. and she said her mom and dad were dead. >> reporter: larry opened his door to find the only surviving member of a plane crash that

killed her family. >> couldn't see it, couldn't hear it. and hell they didn't find it for two and a half three hours. >> reporter: kentucky state police started searching through the woods notice rain for a small plane. the plan had been flaying from florida to mt. vernon illinois. >> it is in one piece. it's recognizable as an aircraft. it's just upside down. >> reporter: the passengers and their daughters and niece. saylor was the only survivor. >> we're talking about a 7-year-old girl who basically fell out of the sky into a dark and lonely place. >> reporter: to heavy brush piles full of thorns the 7-year-old girl walked through this thick, wooded area in complete darkness to try to find some help. >> barefooted. she had one sock and dressed for florida. >> reporter: wilkins comforted sailor staying by her side until ems arrived. >> they wanted me to go with her. they wouldn't let me go.

tough kid. >> reporter: he's hoping to see her again so he can tell her how brave she is. >> julianna valencia with that report. when the weather improves officials will review what cause thad plane to crash. as the city gathers to honor a fallen comrade, they ask for people not to disrespect the mayor. here's a look at some of the damage caused by a possible tornado here in january. we'll have more coming next.

in new york city law enforcement officers will gather in the coming hours for the funeral of a murdered colleague. the candlelight vigil was held in china town for officer liu. hundreds of mourners paid their respects at a wake for liu. several officers saluted the mayor as he arrived at the funeral home. the gesture was quite opposite of the one last week when a group of officers turned their backs on debras yoe during the funeral foray ramos.

some accused the mayor of encouraging protests. the officers were asked to remain rev rent during today's funeral services. a possible tornado hit saturday in mississippi. it triggered flooding and damaged homes. this home looks to be completely wiped out the lightning strikes are also being blamed for two house fires. crews are working to clear the roads right now. no injuries have been reported. let's look at the weather in the u.s. now with our meteorologist, ivan cabrera. it's not just mississippi that could see some well dangerous weather this weekend. >> yes. no question about it. this storm, we've been talking about, it stretches all the way into new england. here's the radar as the storms were rolling through mississippi yesterday. and these are the cells that perhaps spawned that tornado. the national weather service will be out there surveying to

see if there was rotating winds that came down to the ground out of these thunderstorms that have now pushed well east of mississippi there into jasper county on saturday. all part of a larger storm system that continues to bring torrential downpours at this hour. even some flash flood warnings in or around the atlanta area. some of the creeks getting very close to overflowing their banks here and so the moisture continues to the east. and there it has been snowing, and we pick up 4 inches in central massachusetts yesterday. 4 inches in worchester. do we have the pictures. natalie, look how slow everybody's going. it's saturday though. perhaps they're headed back to the mall to return one of those ugly sweaters they got. the lights are still on. >> like you would drive through snow and ice. >> i lived in boston.

that is a drive to the mall. but nevertheless it was snowing out there. and at this point it continues to head on to the northeast. i think you'll be bothered more in the northeast not so much by the snow but by the blast of cold air that's going to come in. coldest air of the winter so far. it's coming and you can see the cues getting to move in. 4 degrees in minneapolis. and this is going to crash to the east. take a look at some of the numbers here over the next few, minneapolis, going below zero overnight and a high of minus 2 on wednesday in chicago. 28 the high on wednesday in new york. but thursday temperatures will be in the teens. heading up to boston it will be very chilly indeed. take you south of the equator where it's summer and the bush fires are going in australia in the next half hour.

>> ivan thank you. the trial of a man accused in the 2013 boston marathon bombings is set to start this week. dzhokhar tsarnaev is to face 30 charges. jury selection begins monday in boston. the request to move the trial away from the city was denied the bombs killed three people and wounded some 264 others. legal analysts expect prosecutors to paint him as a willful conspirator while the defense team will say he was influenced by his older brother tamer er tamerlin. the first african-american serving as a senator died.

he started in 1967. he was also the first african-american elected as a state's attorney general. president obama expressed his sadness at the news of brooks' passing and called him someone who led an extraordinary life of public service. health care workers are still on the front lines in the fight against ebola. two more have been exposed to the virus. one of them fighting for her life. we'll have more coming next.

a u.s. health care worker who had a high-risk exposure to ebola is expected to arrive in nebraska sunday for treatment. the worker worked in sierra leone. they are not ill or contagious but all precautions will be taken. a scottish nurse diagnosed with ebola has taken a turn for the worse. 39 year old pauline contracted the virus while working in sierra leone. she is the first person diagnosed with ebola while in the u.k. a palestinian official says israel's plan to withhold millions in tax funds collected for the palestinians is illegal. they say the decision comes in the wake of the palestinians'

bid to join the court. we have more on this move by the palestinians obviously trying to hit them where it could hurt. ian? >> reporter: that's right, natalie. this chunk of money is a large part of the palestinian authority's operating budget. with it they pay doctors, security services teachers and so withholding that money really hits many in the west bank in the palestinian territories hard as they won't have that money. israel says that this is just a first step. there is a meeting right now with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we're expecting to hear more about that in a bit, but there have been threats that there will be more steps taken, one, included the possibility of taking palestinian officials also to the hague and try to get them for war crimes as well.

palestinians are saying this is an illegal step, that israel has know right no right to do this. >> israel has done this before but maybe at a time when there's not as much tension as we've seen with all the fighting we've seen in the past few months what might be the next step that the palestinians can take now that the slailisraelis are holding this money. >> reporter: it may be a few weeks that they transfer it back so it hasn't created a real crisis. but if this continues, it could lead to the dissolving of the palestinian authority, and if that happens, that makes israel responsible for providing all

those services not only in the west bank but where the palestinian authority operates in gaza as well. >> all right, ian lee, following developments there. members of boko haram are again inflicting their terror this time kid natting men and boys from a village. they were taken from northeastern borno state. witnesses say gunmen rounded of villagers, preached about their group's ideology and ned to a forest hideout with their operatives. a person awaiting trial has died in the hospital. abu anas al nasnas al libbi has died.

he had liver cancer. next here on cnn, three more bodies have been identified from the crash of the airasia flight 8501. we'll talk with our experts about the latest on the search and what the future may look like now for airasia.

you're watching cnn live coverage. our top stories, law enforcement officers will gather in new york today for the funeral of a murdered police officer. on saturday hundreds of mourners paid their respects at a wake for wenjin liu. they were skillkilled as they sat

in their police car. reports say israel plans to freeze the transfer of tax revenue collected for the palestinians. three more bodies have been identified after the crash of the airasia flight. that brings the toe at that time number of passengers identified to nine. dive teams have stopped their search for now for wreckage from the plane. the visibility is near zero. it's likely bad weather played a role in the airasia crash and that icing may have affected then gin. i'm joined now by julian bray what are you taking away from what we continue to hear from some indonesian officials about that engine icing? an analyst i talked with earlier questioned how they're coming to that conclusion. what are you following?

>> well yes, i think we've always said it seemed to be a weather-related issue, and i'm quite sure it is a bit of icing, especially of the airspeed indicator, which is called a pitot tube. there's a french incident a while back and the authorities actually put it down to that. in fact there is a directive out that was issued last october asking that a different form of this tube a morrow bust version should be installed. so not too sure whether or not this particular aircraft did have the updated pitot tube. this might be one of the problems. of course if this is sending incorrect information, like all computer systems, rubbish in rubbish out. so it's sending incorrect commands which although there is software on board which will try to correct the incorrect commands but who knows.

>> it's complex when you think of the computer systems on this airplane. it can cause uncommanded computer takeover events is that what they saw in the air france? >> that's the jargon for it. and they did address this problem. and this is part of the directive. and if you look at the air france report there's a whole section devoted to this. but what airbus has done they've got several computer systems, so you've got computers checking computers, built-in redundancy if you like. so they try to anticipate what might be happening or what should be happening at any stage of the flight. clearly, what we do need is real time data streaming between manufacturer edge merengineers and the actual aircraft. if is available. it's just that the airlines have to pay for it.

of. >> it just does seem crazy that at this time of technology that you have to actually find the plane and get the data recorders out, which of course they have not been able to do to figure out what disaster happened and what caused it. >> well it is a bit like the oounz. you've got to get everybody to agree to it and there is a certain amount of cost here. but a lot of the aircraft have the systems built in so they are pinging data to their satellites. for example, inmarsat provided all the information for the malaysian aircraft but they were not subscribed to the service, so it was pinging back anyway. >> they say the bodies that they have found seem to be of two flight attendants so perhaps

they were up doing service and not strapped in. other bodies have been strapped to seats that were dislodged from the airplane so there is a thinking that most of the passengers are still in the cabin in that fuse ladies and gentlemen -- fuselage. if that is the case what does that tell you? >> i understand that the bodies recovered were strapped into seats. the seats found were away from the main fuselage. but it would appear that it has actually broken up. i still hold the theory that it spiralled out of the sky and hit the water. i don't think it was a soft smooth landing on the water and sunk to the bottom. it's only about 30 meters there. so you wouldn't have the aircraft break up. something else happened.

also we have the earlier bodies which indicated that there was an element of free fall of the bodies. so it might have started to break up as it was coming down. . possibly an emergency door was popped and we also recovered the uninflated chute. so it looks like things were being sucked out offer ripped out of the aircraft as it came down. >> well we know that they have via sonar located some very large pieces. they don't know yet if it's this airplane. but hopefully we'll get some answers soon. thank you for helping us through this time. julian bray, thanks. >> thank you. airasia say it is will cooperate with indonesian authorities after it was revealed that the airline was not approved to fly the route on sunday that the flight went missing. the consequences of the investigation could be costly

for the airline. >> reporter: indonesia's transport ministry has revealed that airasia was not licensed to fly between surabaya and singapore on sunday the day that it disappeared with 162 souls on board. in a statement, the ministry said the flight of airasia was operated outside of the permitted license. this is a violation against the agreement in the route provided. the airline was licensed to fly that route, but only on four days a week and that did not include sunday. the ministry has now launched an investigation into the operations of airasia as well as the management at surabaya international airplane. the investigation would also spread to all over indonesian airlines to make sure that all conditions were being correctly

followed. airasia indonesia did not return calls to cnn, but the ceo did tell local television that the company would comply with the investigation and would not make any further comments until that investigation had been wrapped up. transport ministry told us it would take about one week for the investigation to be held and that options for penalties included banning the airline from that surabaya/singapore flight right through to grounding the entire fleet operating in this country. andrew stevens, surabaya indonesia. >> well considering what andrew just reported there, i'm joined on the phone by andrew herdman, the director general of asia pacific airlines. we just had a report about the fact that asia air was not allowed to fly this route on sunday. so how do you think perhaps that that occurred?

>> that remains to be established. obviously, it as you trouble's troubling. it appears to be an administrative issue. this requirement for approvals is to do with air traffic rights not specifically related to operational safety or such matters. but it is important, and obviously it will need to be investigated. not just for this flight, but they'll be doing a wider investigation as i understand as was just reported. >> and why would they fly on a day? any reason for it? is it a money issue? just wanting to turn out more flights? fly on a day that they're not allowed to do so?

>> caller: well airlines change their schedules all the time essentially trying to adjust to passenger demand. so they'll revise their schedules, typically. at least twice a year and often for individual routes in between those times. when you do revise the schedule you need to apply for various permissions. and compliance with the air traffic, the services rules as to how many flights you're authorized to operate and which days of the week and so on and so forth. and then there are other things you have to apply for the slots for takeoff and landing at particular airplanes and a route for a particular day, you have to fly for permission to fly the route and get air traffic control clearance. so there is a lot of paperwork behind regular operations on a regular daily basis. so what was or wasn't done on this case they'll have to go through the paper trail and

whether there's any relevance to this accident investigation. >> there have also been questions that have arisen regarding what perhaps, insurance payouts could be jeopardized because this airline did fly a route on a day that it was not allowed. your thoughts on that? >> caller: obviously, it's a question that's got to be looked into. and it relates to the details of insurance coverage. at first take i'd be surprised if it makes much difference. but obviously, that depends on the wording and the legal interpretation of that. so we'll leave that to the experts. at the moment the investigation by the indonesian authorities to discover whether there was a violation of their rules and if so what are the consequences and usually that would have

administrative consequences. they might suspend a route or impose some other sanctions against the airline. but the implications for the insurance is a matter for the lawyers. >> much more to be found out. we know they are investigating why they took this flight on this day when they did not have the proper authorization to do so. we appreciate you joining us director general of asia pacific airlines. still ahead, north korea has turned up the heat over new the u.s. sanctions, but kim jong-un is sending signals he may want to cool tensions with his country's neighbor to the south. more about that next.

north korea says newly imposed u.s. sanctions show that washington is bent on hostility against pyongyang. >> reporter: as north korea ushered in a new year the u.s. made good on a promise to strike back at the regime for a seeker attack that threatened the release of an american movie. >> you want to go kill kim jong-un? >> totally. >> reporter: new sanctions on north korea's military arm come as the hermit kingdom opens up to the idea of warming relations with south korea. in a new year's address on

national tv the isolated country's leader kim jong-un, said if conditions were right, he'd be open to high-level talks with the south. >> translator: if the atmosphere and environment are there, there is no reason not to hold a high-level sum. we will make every effort to enhance dooig dialog and cooperation. >> reporter: it would be significant. but overtures have been made in the past with no result. >> in the past there's been so much disappointment with the attempts or the offers on the part of kim jong-un to enter into negotiations and then for some reason the conditions aren't right, and it doesn't move forward. >> reporter: in recent months there have been some signs of a thaw in the otherwise bellicose relationship between the north and south. kim's remarks come after a south korean official earlier this week suggested a meeting of cabinet ministers this month. >> translator: i don't think we'll have any particular agenda but our position is to discuss everything that south

and north have mutual interest in. >> reporter: video was released of kim appearing to pilot a plane earlier this week likely a propaganda move to show him as in control after the u.s. vowed retaliation for that cyber attack. kim may even be trying to project strength through his facial hash. his eyebrows now considerably shorter than seen in previous years and noticeably similar to those of his father kim jong il whose regime was known for its brutality. brianna keilar cnn, washington. for more on the possibility of a summit in the koreas and the latest reaction will ripley joins me by phone from beijing. let's talk first about north korea's reaction and its words it has for the united states to these sanctions about the hacking. >> reporter: yeah we were talking yesterday, expecting some sort of official statement from north korean state media.

there is one attributed to the foreign ministry. no big surprises in the statement. they're outraged at the united states' action. they continue to focus on scrutiny in and out of the united states over whether north korea was actually behind this cyber attack. we've reported about it at cnn, but the u.s. law enforcement, the president insist that their intelligence shows that north korea was behind this seeker attack so they pushed forward with the sanctions. north korea's response was that the sanctions are essentially the u.s. trying to solidify its shaky face. they're bringing in not just their own perspective, but perspective of others. it's interesting almost trying to say, hey united states is the bad guy here. look at them on us with shaky evidence at best. >> so while they're taking on the united states in a war of words here with these sanctions,

they're indicating they want to warm up relations with south korea right now. is this would this have anything to do with the fact that it's in new hostility with the united states? or is there any way of knowing their thinking here? >> reporter: keep in mind natalie, that three months ago, remember north korea's high officials paid a surprise visit to the south. there weighs a lot of television coverage on monday. seoul's reunification, they said a meeting possibly timed this week. so this reunification push has been really considered encouraged by both sides. and at the same time there's increasing tension between north korea and china. china's one of the biggest benefactors to the north korean economy. it would essentially not continue without china's support. but there has been a thawing of relations there. and while both north korea and

south korea want reunification, think of all the obstacles. you have a regime in the north, a democracy in the south. you have the father a dictator. so in purpose, both sides say they want reunification, but there's still a huge grid they are technically at war. >> we appreciate it. will ripley joining us from beijing on the phone. well in southern australia, hundreds of firefighters are battling an out of control bush fire the worst to hit that area in more than three decades. the fire which broke out friday has destroyed about a dozen homes. australia's 7 network reporting several firefighters have been injured. they are urging people east of adelaide to get out. for more on the wildfires let's go to our meteorologist ivan cabrera. >> giving you an idea of how out

of control it is when you talk about firefighters getting injured, professionaling thats that head out there, you're dealing with a big, big fire. about 25,000 acres have so far burned. we understand upwards of 12 perhaps higher the number now 12 homes destroyed. and that's certainly terrible news for those homeowners but no injuries thankfully there. but weather has improved a bit. the temperatures were in the 40s on ply on friday. lower 40s. that would be 108 degrees. we had a front come through just in time. there's your front, moving north and east of the and it has brought in a southeasterly wind. now torrential downpours further

south. we have the southeasterly cooling winds, but the high will move to the east over the next few days and we're going to be on the backside of this. remember the southern hemisphere with counterclockwise rotation. so they'll get back on those northwesterly winds and will get temperatures back up into the 30s. i don't think we'll see 40s this week but we'll get back into the mid to upper 30s. fire danger continues to go up tuesday. then we get another front coming in wednesday and thursday. by then things cool off. showers and storms back in the forecast there. so kind of an up and down situation, but at least we're getting this brief respite. >> summertime in australia. that's what happens. $10 million for two private jets? $10 million? what a deal. yes, they're a little old. i think you may know who used to own this jet called the lisa marie. we'll take you inside this one

of a kind auction in just a moment.

strt. a u.s. man is heading to china in hopes of upending a world record. he is a guinness world record egg balancer. he hopes to break the world record but not any eggs on live tv. here's our report. >> my wife makes anything you

can think out of eggs. >> reporter: he knows eggs. specifically how to balance them and quickly. >> finding out where the balance point is on the egg. most people, if they can balance an egg at all it's going to take them five to ten mintutes. >> central television is going to pick us up. >> reporter: he's no stranger to the talent of egg balancing or the title itself. back in 2003 the then college student broke the record of most eggs balanced at once. 1,290 eggs. 11 years and multiple eggs broeng later he's going to try to take back his title by balancing a dozen eggs in less than 75 seconds. >> it's all done like the adjudicators there. they'll observe everything. >> reporter: he and his wife

leave for china on sunday and hopefully will return the record holder. and get back to his eggs scrambled instead of balanced. >> maybe i'll balance an egg once a month. >> he's got quite a knack. if's no secret that elvis presley liked to travel in style. now fans get a chance to feel like they're flying like a king. his two private planes the lisa marie and hound dog two are up for sale. they're only for display now. the auction house expects, though they will sell for $10 million to $15 million. coming up in the next hour of our special coverage. we'll go back to surabaya for the late east on the search and recovery efforts, and a look at how the divers are preparing for their role in the recovery

effort. you're watching cnn live coverage.

despite bad weather and high seas recovery crews continue to search for the airasia wreckage and victims in the java sea. we have a live update from indonesia, coming in just a moment. also ahead here this hour north korea responds to new u.s. sanctions. we'll tell you what the government there had to say. and we'll show you how one man is making sure canadian fans of the trader joe's supermarket can enjoy their products. trader joe's not happy about that but we'll let you know what's going on there. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm