now governor jay inslee is asking the federal government for major disaster declarations. 24 people areonfirmed dead, 22 more missing. the letter the governor sent to washington says the losses have reached $10 million. >>> a new piece of technology is on its way to the indian ocean in the search for that missing malaysian airliner. a black box locater is on an australian slip to find the flight data recorder -- ship to find the flight data recorder before the batteries run out in a week. right now 20 planes and ships are scouring a 1,200-mile area of the southern indian ocean where it's believed the plane went down. >>> tonight we're learning more about the man who jumped the fence at the white house yesterday. campbell chatterjay was quickly stopped by secret service once he made it over. he's from richmond charged with unlawful entry. >>> an idaho man that fired shots at the white house is headed to the big house. 23-year-old oscar romero ortega hernandez received a 25 years sentence. in 2011 he shot a high powered assault rifle at the house hitting it about eight times and causing $

washington governor inslee said the mudslide and flooding caused 32 million in damage, including $10 million in emergency measures, helicopter rescues, shelter operations and recovery efforts. >> on capitol hill, congress demanding answers from general motors new c.e.o. mary barra over faulty ignition switches. she promised change but questioning over the handling and recalling of millions of vehicles was testy. frustration mounted as mary barra deflected some of the tough questions. libby casey reports. >> do you swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> i do. >> it was a grilling by the how's energy and commerce committee. what you answered is gobbledygook, it's your own specification. if a part doesn't make the specification, why in the world would you not refuse it. >> congress want to know why g.m. installed faulty switches in the cobalt and why they didn't act sooner when customers and tech minister reported the engine turn off. brakes, airbags failed, the suspected causes of crashes that led to at least 13 deaths. >>

the governor of washington, jay inslee, estimated the total damage has reached $10 million.e has asked the fed to declare it's a major dollars. >> investigators cockpit reportings may provide clues and the officials just released the transcripts of those conversations. we'll bring you the latest on this as "shepard smith reporting" continues after this. >> more of the headlines. chaos in turkey's capitol city as police fire water cannons at hundreded hundreded of demonstrators. they're protesting the unofficial results of the election showing the ruling party making sweeping gains. opponent says the election was rigged. this comes day after the government blocked twitter and instagram. >> tiger woods is sitting out the masters. he had back surgery yesterday and will take several weeks before he is ready to play again. cue the crying at cbs, and getting into one ivy league university is impressive. but this student says all eight schools offered him admission. he is not sure c to choose but itself may depend on how much they'll pay him. pay the man! the day we rescued riley,

. ♪ >>> washington governor jay inslee is asking congress for immediate financial help for dozens ofilies who lost their homes and loved ones in the massive mudslide. search crews are slogging through the mud for the tenth day since the mudslide. 24 are dead and 22 are missing. the oldest among the missing is 91, the youngest just 2. the governor is asking president obama to declare the site a, quote, major disaster, because that would unlock more federal funds to help pay for the clean up, recovery and, yes, even funeral costs. >>> turning now to the search for flight 370. and we just got word that all search aircraft have returned for the day to perth without finding any sign of the plane. there is also word of a costly delay in the hunt for clues. "the wall street journal" reports that poor coordination caused flight crews to search the wrong spot for three days. australia has now set up a coordination center to track ships and planes, civil crayon and military, from almost a dozen countries. >> this search and recovery operation is probably the most challenging one i have ever se

governor inslee's office says search and recovery costs have topped $2 million so far. >>> since 1900nominees have won new york but lost the white house, charles hew in 1916 and duey. congratulations to today's winner. send trivia suggestions to us, we'll be right back. >>> take away time. yesterday in the rose garden, you heard a very animated president. he announced as of march 31st deadline, over 7 million americans enrolled in health care exchanges under the affordable care act, but it was the president's speech was more than just a victory lap. it also seemed to be an attempt to lay out a blueprint for democrats running for re-election on how to defend the law in this tough political environment. take a listen. >> and those who've based their entire political agenda on repealing it have to explain to the country why jeanne should go back to being uninsured. they should explain why shaun and his family should go back to paying thousands and thousands of dollars more. they have to explain why marla doesn't deserve and feel like she's got value. >> by the way, those arguments sound

meanwhile, governor jay inslee reported that damage from the slide has reached $10 million. he asked for a federal disaster declaration. bad weather again hindered the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight. eleven planes returned to their base in perth, australia without finding anything. and the head of the search effort warned, it could, "drag on for a long time." john sparks of independent television news went out with one of the planes, and filed this report. >> reporter: personnel and planes from five nations have gathered here. and the recovery of the stricken jet-liner, now their collective responsibility. but they've made little progress still, nobody's giving up. crew members from this australian orion have already made eight attempts to find debris from flight 370. yet all they've found so far is bad weather and plenty of false leads. >> there's been multiple sightings of objects, it's just, the problem is they haven't been able to confirm whether or not they're related to the aircraft. and that's the difficulty we have. >> reporter: flight lieutenant daw

governor jay inslee is asking president obama to declare the mudslide a major disaster to speed up aid's ceo will be on capitol hill talking about a safety defect that's linked to 13 deaths. mary barra will testify. the automaker, they say, knew key information with the defect but failed to disclose it publicly. general motors announced it's recalling another 1.5 million cars because of a different power steering problem. 1.65 million cars have been recalled. >> you used to work for gm, right? >> yes. >> deaths linked to these defects, gm's known about it, reportedly, for a very long time. i don't know that anybody is talking about a cover-up. they certainly did move forward with it. this is really bad news for general motors. >> i'll tell you the best news they have. >> what's that? >> they have a new ceo who is not a 60-year-old white person -- white guy. it gives them the ability -- a female ceo at gm is a huge deal. >> why? >> gm has been seen as the quintessential old-age company, out of touch. and the fact that -- obviously she is a new ceo. she had nothing to do with it. she's a

this is telling in that request for this to be declared a federal major disaster, governor inslee asked government for enough money to pay for 48 burials. we now know that the first burial will happen on saturday. good weather yesterday really helped the recovery efforts. they're finally able to pump water out of the upon and keep it out. the debris is about 640-acres. geologists narrowed that down to 50 or 100-acre area where victims are most likely to be. we now know who they are looking. the county released names of the missing. on the list are four american. the youngest is two years old. oldest among those missing a 91-year-old woman. a team of scientists have been assembled to study this landslide. they want to know exactly why it happen and what if anything can be done to prevent future disasters. one member of the team wrote a book about noah's arc and teaches geology at the university of washington. dave montgomery says that every scientist looked at hill knew it was a major slide hazard, the county did not include the residential area across the river on the map of slide zones

on monday, governor jay inslee asked the president for a major disaster declaration to bring more resources to that state to help. the estimated financial costs have reached tens of millions of dollars. the number of dead is expected to climb. >>> all right, happening now, ships and aircraft searching the wreckage -- for the wreckage of missing malaysia airlines flight 370. we're live with the conditions that crews are dealing with right now, right after the break. ♪ led to the one jobhing you always wanted. at university of phoenix, we believe every education- not just ours- should be built around the career that you want. imagine that. >>> welcome back to "early start." at this hour, an australian ship carrying a u.s. navy pinger locator is churning toward the flight 370 search zone in the indian ocean. it is expected to arrive some time thursday, ready to attempt to find the jetliner's black box, if, indeed, it is even in that area. let's bring in will ripley. he is off the coast of free mantle, australia, this morning. will, what can you tell us? i know you were even further offshore an

. >> washington governor inslee said the mudslide and flooding caused $32 million in dams.hat figure including $10 million in emergency measures, including rescues, shelter operations and the ongoing recovery. >> washington d.c.'s incumbent mayor conceded the democratic primary. the outcome of the hotly contested race may have been affected by a scandal surrounding gray. last month's federal prosecutors accused him of using the funding to win the mayor's race. he denied wrongdoing. bowser is a council member in d.c. >> volkswagen may have been bribed to keep a plant from becoming a union shop. a report says tennessee republicans offered the automaker nearly $300 in grants and tax credits. the package of incentives was in exchange for keeping the union out of their chattanooga factory. the united auto workers lost the vote and filed an appeal. tennessee's governor said the money was not tide to the vote and his opposition of the union has never been a secret. >> 3,000 flights have been grounded by loouthan sea over a dispute over retirement benefits. it's one of the biggest,