a large 777 jet is missing and the news quickly makes its quay arou way around the world. >> malaysia airlinesas reported it lost contact with -- [ speaking foreign language ]. >> families begin to gather at information centers set up by the airline in cue all la lumpur and beijing. by 12 hours, disbelief started to set in like, this can't be happening. it's surreal. >> it soon becomes apparent that it's going to be difficult for families to get clear information. and anxiety turns to anger. this woman is telling families she kaencan't get them an answe until noon the next day. no, answer us now, this manuals. >> we're not getting any information and whether they know anything or they're not telling us. at this stage, i'm -- it's just blank. just blank racing and praying. >> just north of perth, australia, danica weeks waits for news of her husband, paul, with her 3-year-old lincoln and her 11-month-old jack. >> the good news is, malaysia hasn't had to deal with this before. the bad news is, malaysia hasn't had to deal with this before. we're in a situation where we're watching them learn how

see if your business qualifies at startupny.com >> what began as a routine flight for malaysia airlines 370 became the total opposite. leaving behind unending grief and unanswered questions. flight 370, the final hours. here in the cockpit of this malaysian airlines plane, the captain trains this co-pilot to fly the aircraft. calculations, notes and a rare towering storm to avoid. >> see it on the radar penetrating yellow and red. >> adjustments made, the trainee touches down moments later. a perfect landing. it's february 2014 and the trainee is fariq hamid. weeks later, he would again be in the right hand seat, this time as first officer of malaysia airlines flight 370. march 7, 2014, kuala lumpur malaysia, in one of the busiest cities in southeast asia, millions of people are on the move. including phillip wood, an ibm executive. thousands of miles away in beijing, the day begins as usual for his partner, sara bajak. >> i get up early. i drink coffee and look out over the sun rise. we live next to an apple orchard. i do yoga every morning, eat my oatmeal and go to work. >> in thorly

is it malaysia government or malaysia airlines?f malaysian government has been quite severe. what is your comment that actually 53% of gdp and then malaysia airlines, the defendic has been three consecutive years. who exactly is bearing? and secondly, as ceo of malaysia airlines, we have passed one month already. how do you see this affecting your national airlines and the reputation of the airlines? and do you intend to resign because of that sooner or later? thank you very much. >> first and foremost, obviously, this incident has affected the airline, but the investigation is still ongoing. we have a lot of work to do, okay? the airline obviously needs to get itself together, and if you notice experience of other airline, you can take them up to about six months to recover from what you call a market repetition issue. and we intend to do that. we intend to do that quicker. as far as my own personal position, i have work to do here. >> if you speak to john paul trud yek, who was the head of the french investigation time, he will b

>> erin for us in perth, thank you. >> as for malaysia airlines, officials not talking about what they think happened on board the jet, but that airline has implemented new security measures that has some flight crews upset. this coming as malaysia airlines' new 777s fly the route from kuala lumpur to beijing with new flight numbers. nic robertson live in kuala lumpur. nic, you've been speaking to representatives from flight crews. what has them so upset about these new security measures? >> reporter: yeah, one of the new security measures is whenever one of the pilots in the cockpit leaves to go to the bathroom or for whatever reason, he must be replaced by a crew member from the cabin crew. also, when the flight deck's getting their meal delivered, the flight crew at the back of the aircraft is supposed to position a trolley to sort of block the galleyway getting towards the cockpit. what we're hearing from union officials here is two-fold. one is that the crews have not been consulted in this in any way by the management of malaysian airlines. it hasn't been explained to them why th

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malaysia authorities made very clear they and international investigators now believe the airliners move its deliberate action by someone on the plane. an official transcript is released between the cockpit and ground controllers but just who on board the aircraft was doing the talking? and at air crews are shown what they are up against and commanders for that effort. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with new information on the hunt for the missing airliner. here are the latest developments. malaysian authorities release radio communication between the cockpit and air traffic controllers and they stressed the airliner's movement reflect deliberate action by someone on board. malaysia airlines steps up security on all of its aircraft as the disappearance of flight 370 focuses on new attention on the cockpit safety situation. and a top search says the area being scoured is unprecedented and the calculations that pinpointed the search zone amount to a very inexact science. it warrants the hunt for the airliner, quote, could drag on for a long time. our analysts an

regresar veremos lo Último sobre una pista que podrÍa resolver la misteriosa desapariciÓn de malaysia airlinestenn intensos para po final encuentro del vuelo malaysia airlines rogelio tiene lo Último de la tarea contrarreloj en la fla profundo ocÉano. >> se trata de sonidos del fondo del ocÉano que podrÍan ser seÑales emitidas por cajas negras del aviÓn antes que el sistema de localizaciÓn seque Ée sin baterÍa. >> es la pista mÁs... y probablemente la mejor localizaciÓn hasta el tiempo los sonidos serÍan consistente con aparatos que graban la voz y toda la informaciÓn del vuelo, si los en cuÁn traun revelarÍan que pasÓ con el vuelo. >> ahora si las cajas negras no son lo que han emitido la seÑal estamos cerca de perder la seÑal y comenzar la bÚsqueda sorda de la caja que puede tomar meses sino aÑo. >> las baterÍa las cajas tiene una duraciÓn mÍnima de 30 dias pero en algunos casos se puede prolongar diez a 15 dÍas mÁs por eso utilizan el equipo mÁs sofisticado para detectar cajas negras la grabada de voz solo puede registrar entrar las primeras 3 horas de vuelo. >> las otras cajas lo grabaron

. >>> hello and welcome it our continuing coverage of the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm isha sesay. to our viewers, thank you for joining us. let's get straight it our top story. australian prime minister tony agot tells reporters in china authorities are "confident" they know the position of the black box flight recorder to "within some kilometers." at the same time, search leader angus houston says there has been no major breakthrough. in fact, he says a fifth sound picked up thursday is unlikely to be related to the missing plane. with that still leaves crews with four other possible pings to go on. and the search area, well, that continues to shrink. today it's down to just under 47,000 square kilometers. >> let's get you newest details from the headquarters of this massive search effort. we have more live from perth, australia. erin, as far as we know, no major breakthrough, but bring us up to speed on where the search stands right now. >> reporter: that's right, as far as we know, no major breakthrough, but there does seem to be g

new security rules, malaysia airlines decides that no pilots or first officer may remain alone in the cockpit. so why did it take them so long to do what the united states has been doing for years? and the air search is to resume shortly, but the search zone once again has been moved. thrive australia. i'll speak with australia's ambassador to the united states. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're getting new details on the disappearance of flight 370. malaysian officials' open knowledge of the investigation is criminal in nature. they say all the passengers have been cleared of any role in hijacking or sabotage but make no much plan ket comment about the crew. sources say malaysia airlines pilots have received a security handout which includes a new rule stating that no pilot or first officer is allowed to be alone in the aircraft. as aircrafts prepare to resume their search, the focus of the hunt has now shifted again. it's moved closer to the australian coastline. our analysts are around the world and here in washington the with the kind of special coverage only

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the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 moving east. ships and aircraft scouring the southern indian ocean looking for any sign of the vanished jetliner. malaysia's prime minister arriving in australia to be briefed on the search in just hours as police release new details on the criminal investigation into why the plane may have vanished. we have live team coverage on all the angles and latest breaking developments. >>> but first, more breaking news this morning. the death toll rising after a huge earthquake rocks chile. a tsunami warning sends thousands and thousands of people evacuating from their homes. a live report just ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and good morning, everyone. i'm deborah feyerick. it is wednesday, april 2nd. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. >>> and we begin with breaking news off the pacific coast of south america. an 8.2 earthquake hitting the waters off chile, causing major evacuations and at least five deaths. you can hear the sirens. many scrambled to leave their homes as

returning to the search area of the indian ocean at this hour looking for any sign of debris from malaysia airlineswarned not only is there no wreckage in sight, there's no end in sight to searching for the airliners. we'll have more on what the lead investigator said in just a moment and what malaysian authorities have just released. first we begin with breaking news. search teams now have a new tool at their disposal, a nuclear submarine from the u.k. kyung lah joined me from australia with the latest. this sub, what can you tell us about it? when is it expected to reiff in the search area? >> reporter: anderson, we understand this sub is at the search area right now. and this is very important. because it is giving the search teams a capability

and we begin with latest on malaysia airlines 370.and breaking news overnight, that an unmanned underwater vehicle, the bluefin-21, found nothing of interest during its first search of the ocean floor, the indian ocean there. and that journey ended abruptly after just six hours when the unmanned sub had to surface after going too deep. and this morning, crews are preparing again to put the vehicle back in the water for another 16-hour trip scanning for wreckage from the jet missing for 39 days now. erin mclaughlin is live in perth with the latest on the search. erin, also, there was some news, aside from the bluefin, that aerial search and what that means moving forward. erin? >> reporter: hi, victor. well,

an update now on efforts to locate malaysia airlines flight 370. the search has shifted again today as authorities eliminate areas where nothing was found. investigators have also cleared all passengers of any likely role in the plane's disappearance and malaysia's top police official concedes this mystery may never be solved. one of the biggest problems they're having out there, of course, is the weather. let's get an update on the forecast for the region. of course it's been bad, it's been good. how's it looking right now? >>> we've gone from so many different angles as far as the weather is concerned, going from the roaring 40s to the gyre region. at this hour, the weather pattern looking as good as we've seen in the recent days but i want to show you something taking place to the northwest. a complex of thunderstorms is developing northwest of the search zone. that area has a low possibility of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next couple of days. we think a medium probability once you get into the latter portion of the weekend and the concer

a new stage begins in the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. a submarine set to deploy to the bottom of the ocean. we're going to look for the vanished jetliner. this as a possible new clue is discovered. we're live with the latest developments. >>> happening right now, ukraine in crisis, on the brink of civil war, threatening to deploy troops to quash pro-russian protests. their deadline to disarm passing hours ago. we're bringing you live, team coverage of the latest. >>> and here at home, a suspected white supremacist in jail, accused of killing three people outside a jewish center in kansas. new information we've learned overnight about the suspect and the victims. well, you are up very early -- >> or up late! >> or up late. you might be finishing this sunday night. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm victor blackwell. >> nice to see you! >> yes, good to see you. >> i'm christine romans. it's monday, april 14th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. and it may be early, but still a lot to get through this morning. >>> we begin with breaking news i

the history of malaysia airlines, which is government-owned, dates back to 1946.rall, the airline has a relatively good safety record. the former head and founder of malaysia air is concerned that that could soon change if nothing from flight 370 is found. >> let us get the black box. once we get the black box, then we can have the answer. if we can't find all those, then it will start pointing fingers and so on. they will say all sorts of things, and it's very difficult for us to defend. >> reporter: ted rowlands, cnn, chicago. >>> "outfront" next, the south korean ferry accident. it's not the shipbuilder's first catastrophe. horrible headlines. >>> and breaking news out of north korea. an american detained. hey. i'm ted and this is rudy. say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] i'd do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as effective as brushing. ok, here you go. have you ever seen a dog brush

thank you so much. >> as for malaysia airlines, it's not talking about what it thinks happened on board that jet, but the airline has implemented new security measures that has some in the flight crews upset this morning. that as a malaysia airlines 777 again flies this route from kuala lumpur to beijing with, of course, a new flight number. nic robertson is live in kuala lumpur this morning. he joins us on the phone. nic, let's talk about these new security measures. what is the airline implementing and why is that making some people in the flight crews so upset? >> reporter: well, what the airline has done is make sure that whenever one of the pilots leaves the cockpit, he is replaced by a crew member from the cabin. also, those crew members, when the pilot leaves, or when one of the pilots leave the cockpit, they are also instructed to block the galleyway with one of the carts for delivering food to passengers. this is what's upsetting the crew members. they say that they're not trained for these type of security procedures, that they shouldn't be put in the front line of security in

australia are confident they know the location of the black box flight recorder from the missing malaysia airlines plane. kevin towns that time the metro has decreased but the best timing for my stupid is that the country take steps to access a crisis. pro russian separatist the continuing events until the government buildings in eastern ukraine in this edges of new host of domestic protests as the rejected an offer to lay down their weapons in exchange for amnesty. it's been a week since demonstrators began calling for a referendum on the future of the launch of the russian speaking federation. kiev has so far refused to give in to bed the moment. on a visit to the region today. in the midst of three yeltsin milk. we knew the government's offer to hold polls to end the crisis when not only ready for tylenol with the region's said both the caulfield race to perfume local requirements and wishes of all the citizens of our country he added. tia. so long the warning usual and the ability to not be stunning. now it seems all participant down from the threat of using force to end the occupation and con

>> it will be malaysia airlines as the lead on this.the recovery is very expensive and time consuming and someone has to pay the bill on that. they have to make an effort and determine how it will be funded and what assets will be brought to the table at that time. >> tom fuentes, sarah bajc told cnn the fox is in the hen house here. i will quote her here. we have a country, malaysia, who has all the primary liability in the case. i want you to speak to that. has there been over the last 36-day, any systems of checks and balances that ms. bajc is not conducting this information in a way that benefits them considering the level of liability they hold? >> i think, victor, the way the investigation is going to come out, i'm not sure that is the case or not. the way the investigation is going to unfold, when they find the boxes, it will say exactly whether the plane went up in altitude or down or made a left turn or right turn. the exact routing will be determined at that time. we may never know why it turned or who was in control to make i

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an intense search for the wreckage of missing malaysia airlines flight 370. right now crews scouring the southern part of the ocean hoping to hear more signals e t emitted from the jetliner's black boxes. the batteries could expire any day now. can crews find them before it is too late? we've got live, team coverage on the very latest this morning. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. it is tuesday, april 8th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. thanks so much for joining us. and we do start this morning with the desperate ar

now optimistic that we will find the aircraft >> renewed hope in the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet after more underwater signals are detected off the coast of australia. >> plus putting years of division behind. british royal family welcomes a former separatist irish leader. >> so we've got the united states, the european union, russia and ukraine to hold a crisis meeting next week to discuss the situation in ukraine. the u.s. is accusing russia of deliberately orchestrating violence in eastern ukraine before it invades. moscow rejects the allegations, saying washington is trying to feel tension. troops are not posing any threat. inside ukraine, pro-russian activists continue to occupy government buildings in a number of cities in the east, in the hunt, more than 50 people have been held in a building, and pro-russian activists have been released. protesters have barricaded themselves inside the offices of security services. hundreds of protests have declared a people's republic. they are refusing to leave, and want a referendum on independence on ukraine. now to talk about thi

>>> a change in strategy in the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. the air search officially ending overnight. we are live in perth, australia, with what's coming next. and welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. great to see you this morning. 32 minutes past the hour. >>> and there is breaking news this morning from the south, where more dangerous storms hit overnight. right now, the death toll in alabama, mississippi and tennessee stands at 13, but there are many, many more homes damaged, and the toll, unfortunately, sadly, is likely to rise. worst of all, this is not the end of this dangerous weather. even more expected today. >> mississippi among the worst hit. the state is under a state of emergency now after a tornado did its worst in the tupelo area. look at this. at least 100 homes damaged and at least eight people there are now dead. the impact very visible. cars thrown around like toys. look at this minivan, this suv lifted up, placed on top of another. you can only imagine what it's like to ride out a storm

the united states. 3:20 tuesday afternoon in perth, australia, and right now the search for malaysia airlinesht 370 is taking place in the air and on the ocean surface. >> and we will show you why that may end up being the easier part of the mission. that's next. >>> well, malaysia's prime minister arrives in australia tomorrow to check on search operations for flight 370. >> 11 aircraft are looking for debris from the missing boeing 777 in the southern indian ocean, some getting a pre-dawn start. night ships are in the area, one of them has a remote underwater vehicle and a black box locator ready to be deployed if, in fact, any objects from the plane are found. >>> let's take a closer look at the multinational effort under way. it involves 21 countries, the "washington post" has compiled this nation-by-nation list of resources. on the far right of your screen is malaysia. it is providing 18 planes and 27 ships, the most of any country, which makes sense, of course. mow the u.s. has assigned three planes, two ships, two helicopters and a satellite to the operation. and singapore is even prov

both working as flight attendants for malaysia airlines. on the night of march 7th, he missed his bus to work, so otaman dropped him off to the airport. his last words, "i love you." >> i keep on hearing that he loved me. it's normal conversation, normal good-bye. yeah. >> reporter: their 4-year-old daughter still wondered where her father is. >> she's been asking about her papa every night, eithvery morn. >> reporter: what do you tell her? >> lately, i have been trying to tell papa might not come back. >> reporter: now, eight months pregnant, othaman says she can barely keep herself together. >> if i receive a call on my phone, i'm like, please, i'm hoping that's him. >> reporter: hoping because there's nothing else, no evidence, no answers. malaysian families of passengers on board flight 370 have been hesitant to speak up. but now after attending a series of government briefings, they are so outraged, they want someone, anyone, to listen to them. >> the end of the day, it's just frustration most of the time. because we feel that, like i

. >>> there's still no word about the missing malaysia airlines

meoluza univisiÓn. >>> continÚa la busqueda en el ocÉano indico de cajas negras del vuelo 370 de malaysia airlins similar al pulso de cajas negras. aunque pasaron tres dÍas desde que se detectaron seÑal, no llegaron cajas que recogen datos del vuelo del aviÓn, aunque se estÁ mas de una respuesta, todavÍa falta. >>> la bÚsqueda se concentra en la zona, donde un barco australiano, detectÓ dos seÑales o pulsos, consistentes con las que emiten las cajas negras, del tipo de aviÓn desaparecido. >>> esta es una pista importante Ñre motiva. nos mantenemos cautelosamente optimistas para encontrar al boeing 777 desaparecido hace un mes, lo que escucharon fue algo como esto. >>> la primera seÑal durÓ dos horas y 20 minutos, luego el barco regresÓ capto otra que se mantuvo 20 minutos. >>> por quÉ se habla de dos pulsos? >>> una es la grabadora de voz del aviÓn, y la otra la grabadora de vuelo, lo que hace el aviÓn queda grabado. >>> el hallazgo se une a la del barco chino que dijo recibir seÑales electrÓnicas en el ocÉano indico. >>> la recibiÓ el barco aust australiano y un patrullero chino, tenemos dos se

. >> new hope in the senator -- search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 in the indian ocean. now the latest from washington, dc. >>> good morning. bottom line: officials think they are looking in the right spot with more sounds detected from deep underwater. the sounds could be sounds from the black boxes. >> there is new hope teams will find malaysia airlines flight 370, the veilian navy vessel oceanshield pick up two more signals from the deep indian ocean using a navy pinger locator with four transmissions in the same area. >> i believe we are sending in the right area but we need to identify aircraft wreckage before we can confirm with certainty that this is the final resting place. >> 11 military aircraft and 14 ships were sent out on for a chose are inspection. firms hope to narrow the search area so they can deploy a small submarine or underwater vehicle to search for debris. this can take days or weeks. >> we getting more confident we found the high stack. if you drew a circle around the detections and said, this circle is the area where we will seen, it is still wee

then malaysian airlines said "cleared for takeoff, malaysia 370, thank you, bye." the final transmission comes at 1:19.29, and the transcript from -- this is from malaysia airlines flight 370's cockpit, says "goodnight malaysian 370." this came to us via senior government source, highly credible. i'm not an expert in aviation. we're going to have some pilots take a look at this. but i can tell you, as i went down through this three, four times and read everything, poppy and john, what stands out to me is how routine it is. there is nothing that appears amiss in this at all. but it does clear up a lot of the questions, i think. it gives us one of the few really hard facts that remains, one of the few things that is known about this flight. and what was going on in the cockpit, what was going on in the conversation with the tower just before it disappeared. back to you. >> well, and that confirming those final words were not, as malaysian authorities said weeks ago, "all right, goodnight." jim, also, the head of the international travel association or iata, is in kua

you need to expect malaysia airlines to pay them compensation over the sta hundred and seventy thousand us dollars. even if the airline is not found to be negligent. that's thanks to rules first introduced fifteen years ago provided the country on reaching the intended destination even the country with a passenger bought the tickets have signed that agreement the montreal convention largely replaced a seventeen year old set of rules that have been designed to protect the interests of the nation's ailing industry rather than passengers. in eighteen eighty nine government on the need to reply he's not modernize it. um and it was a huge effort of the two of the baby pumpkin to take that on one of the things that happens to be the last couple years. these are the encouraging states ought to come on board without because of the more uniform were able to deal with the situations the better it is for everyone involved malaysia and china both bound by that convention although thailand with some passengers boarding tickets is not. malaysia airlines or more accurately it insurance may be required

but malaysia airlines flight 370 never arrived at its destination. and four agonizing weeks later, that is one of the very few things that we know for certain. today for the very first time, the search for flight 370 went under the surface of the southern indian ocean as the australian navy ship "ocean shield" arrived with its american tpl-25, its towed pinger locater device. as we speak, that super-sensitive microphone is following a 150 mile straight line track at a depth of some 10,000 feet, strange straining to pick up this. [ clicking sound ] it is a faint set of pings hopefully coming from the flight's data and voice cockpit recorders. the british ship "echo" is trolling in the opposite direction and working its way right towards the "ocean shield." with zero physical traces of flight 370 located by the dozens and dozens of planes and ships that have been searching for weeks, the underwater assets are effectively a total shot in the dark. but darkness is something they can definitely handle. since they don't rely on eyeballs, the tpls, they can

. >>> happening now, an underwater search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. the bluefin submarine in the middle of its fifth mission now, combing the ocean floor for any sign of the vanished jetliner, a slow, painstaking process that could soon dramatically speed up. we're live with the new help search crews may soon see. >>> crisis in ukraine. a diplomatic deal reached to stop war from breaking out, for now. russia calling for protesters to stand down, but will it be enough to stop the bloody battles in the streets? this as a shocking scene plays out. anti-semitic fliers demanding jews register. we are live this morning with the very latest. good morning, everyone. great to see you today. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans, friday, april 18th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. >>> let's begin with breaking news and what is still a search-and-rescue operation off the coast of south korea, two days now after a ferry carrying hundreds of passengers, most of them teenagers, after that ferry sank, that ship sank. we're learning now the ship's

i will malaysia airline delegation is in the gcc meeting relatives of chinese passenger on board the missing laser light the families have been briefed on the workings of the emergency locator transmitter or he'll heal board the plane really was a book report on board the legal hotel here in beijing. he shared some of the responses from both of us do everything right since listing in taranaki insisting that the plane didn't crash into the ocean because so far no signal was sent out from the reality is understood that neither could the possibility that the conduct of the necessity of sound and safe which in turn means that the passengers hostage said the national party said that they could not make it to completion. the folder can find a black pumps and asked what other tips i listed out with the window mannequins times and are so many of them were asking questions but because this is the frustration and and and and i attending the meeting them and have been looking for and asking for the latest development of the search operation was still fun to have been no breakthrough i'm such a

although missing malaysia airlines jetliner which went missing about three weeks ago. not him and his australian counterpart tony abbott have spoken to servicemen at the wall australian enforce base pearce. all i am. continents everything that possibly can be done to find is a craft will be done. we cannot be certain of success. but we can be certain all the professionalism and the effort will be brought to the cost of the world expects us to do with this. and i'm very confident that you'll be in short what we can do together. as a group of nations. we want to find the answers we want to provide comfort to families and we would not last too long since i didn't get along very often than reasonable off professionalism shown tests are under two to five years ago. in due time. who would provide a kosher to disadvantage for this tragic or just need to prime ministers bank the crews that had been hoping for inmates to seventy ad that accompanied knowledgeable as each with the evidence which has been serving as the hall for the multinational operations. the two met strict pla

what began as routine flight for malaysia airlines 307 became the total opposite leaving behind unendingef and unanswered questions. flight 370, the final hours. here in the cockpit of this malaysian airlines plane, the captain trains this co-pilot to fly the aircraft. calculations, notes and a rare towering storm to avoid. >> yellow and red. >> adjustments made, the trainee touches down moments later. a perfect landing. it's february, 2014. and the trainee is fariq hamid. weeks later, hamid would again in the right-hand seat this time as first officer of malaysia airlines flight 370. march 7, 2014, kuala lumpur, malaysia. millions of people are on the move, including philip wood, a 51-year-old ibm executive. in beijing the day begins as usual for his partner. >> i drink coffee and look over the sunrise. we live next to an apple orchard. i do yoga and eat my eat meal and -- oatmeal. >> reporter: phil will take a red eye home to sarah in beijing. paul weeks needs to make it thousands of miles inland, all the way to mongolia. >> he was doing this for the right reason. >> he is an engine, h

. >> the effort to find any sign of malaysia airlines flight 370 is reaching a critical stage. a search for the plane's black boxes the batteries could run out this weekend. >> the clock is ticking in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. batteries in black boxes only supposed to last 30 days. that is sunday >> the search area was adjusted to move the area north. >> two ships are dragging penning locators through deep waters. the black boxes give off pings that can be detected by the equipment on the ships. searchers are hoping they can get there in time. four weeks after the disappearance, not a single piece of wreckage has been found. >> day by day, australian transport continues to refine the area where the aircraft may have entered water. >> finding the where hessage stop after the recorders stopped giving off pings is possible but it will be difficult. as time is running out there is still hope today. >> just together with the engineers >> the batteries can still give off a weak signal but to pick that up, the ships would almost have to be directly above it. samsung

besides all the search and rescue cough the malaysian government representing malaysia airlines has paid a total one point two million us dollars will fall to the families of all the two hundred twenty seven passengers. and earlier we spoke to our reporter james shall in kuala lumpur will he tell us what the malaysian prime minister has gone after coming back to the country and the current situation of the families that when you go back to haunt them. what about midnight local time that's about eight hours a day he scanned the beginning a press conference all sources tell us. i then did a bit of dust in many many things in real or waking to see where the pullback reaffirmation all but symbolism from us at hawaii's we became two of payoff for the fourth he went to the us he wants to try to read a spell on that seeking all the stuff to read the british had already said they can to someone about the gritty on its way but at the same time we talk about the sectors that easy to forget about the family's think one of them one of course but they indeed do and in many many other countries this l

. >>> the underwater search for the malaysia airlines flight 370 started today and failed to turn uptector, to listen for a signal. time may be running out. the black boxes only transimate for 30 days -- transmit for 30 days. the search continue today but so far no confirmed pieces of malaysia airlines flight 370 have ben found. >>> -- been found. >>> word that two passengers on malaysia airlines flight 370 were using stolen pass ports brought to known a fact. only the united states and united nations routinely check every passpert against the list of stolen -- passport against the list of stolen documents. >> homeland security are warning a panel many countries do not report lost and stolen pass ports and that could make it easier for terrorists to get on airplanes. after 9/11 they created a database allowing 190 countries to track lost and stolen pass ports. yet in 2012 more than 1 billion people board airplanes without having their pass ports checked against the database. >> a huge number that leaves us exposed to a dangerous incident. >> the disappearance of malaysia airlines fli

get ortho®. >>> the cockpits for malaysia airlines will be differ now.procedures will include never leaving the pilot or co-pilot alone. a senior cabin steward now must wait in the cockpit until the pilot or co-pilot comes back. for more, let's go to our simulator, our 777 sim may tore with martin savidge and mitchell casado. >> we were talking about these new rules and what we were discussing is the fact that malaysian airlines has been a bit behind the curve when it comes to these practices. >> other carriers do it, right? >> ever since september 11th, they have been doing this. >> the idea is that so one co-pilot is never alone in the cockpit, because we have seen in previous incidents where it is possible that somebody could do a great deal of harm by themselves. >> they wait for that opportunity where they are alone and they do whatever they want. >> we wanted to point out something that's on this particular aircraft, carolyn and located in the cockpit. it might be just out of view. it is actually a locking mechanism here. it is simulated but it ess

help protect your eye health. >>> breaking news in the hunt for malaysia airlines flight 370.ning there have been no confirmed acoustic detects over the past 24 hours. it's significant because at most the black boxes only have a couple more days of battery life. they haven't heard from them in days. however, a u.s. naval commander is telling cnn tonight they are confident what they have heard is the black box from flight 370. this is going to mean, though, that the technology that finds the boxes is going to be, well, going to have to go under water. it's going to be things like the bluefin 21. they're going to be crucial. tonight rosa flores is out front with a logistic at this. >> if i can just go forward. >> reporter: this probe is the latest technology that could be used to find flight mh 370. using side scan sonar, it searches for things that don't belong beneath the sea. what is side scan sonar? >> well, side scan sonar is an acoustic technology that is based on reflections of sound rather than reflections of light. >> reporter: the autonomous underwater vehicle, an auv,

has the world wondering whether we have finally found that missing malaysia airlines plane. the latest from the region ahead. >>> we do have credible information he was involved in a verbal altercation with soldiers from his unit. >> but many questions still remain about what drove army specialist ivan lopez to open fire on fort hood. >>> meanwhile, in charleston, south carolina, many college students and alumni are annoyed by who's been picked to run the college of charleston. what he's done and said about the confederacy to spark these protests. >>> and a special museum reopens on the grounds of one of the most tragic events in american history. we'll take you there live. >>> plus -- >> please welcome the great sam moore. ♪ >> and the soul man himself, sam moore, will join us to talk about music in the civil rights era and his new single about mlk. >>> but we start this hour with breaking news on the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. australian officials overseeing the search say that signals detected by a chinese ship and reported by chinese media earlier today are

an intense search this morning as they frantically try to find malaysia airlines flight 370 before the black box stops pinging. you are watching a live press conference from malaysia right now. let's continue to listen. >> -- four days. individuals have tolds that you none of the family members have been able to listen to it that recording. it would seem that apparently a commercial pilot or the first officer would be able to identify the voice on the recording. why have you not allowed the families of those individuals listen to the recordings? >> it was first a transcript of the conversation between the pilots and the tower. and i managed to convince the investigating authorities to release that. on the audio, i've been told that they are still investigating the audio evidence that exists. and it's still pending investigation. it cannot be released at the moment. is that it? >> okay. ladies and gentlemen that concludes this session for today. >> thank you very much. >>> okay. he just mentioned something that has been quite a question for a lot of people. mainly the fact that there's

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 portion

we'll get to malaysia airline flight 370. first, dramatic new details in the escalating ukraine crisis. officials are saying that they have photographic proof, proof they say that russian forces are operating in the eastern part of their country, something russia has denied from the start. all of this as vice president joe biden touched down in kiev earlier today. we'll get straight to our senior international correspondent arwa damon. what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, ukrainian authorities are greatly concerned that russia is trying to lay the framework for a crimea-like annexation of eastern ukraine and they say they have growing evidence. these photos obtained by cnn show men in green uniforms, supposedly operating in eastern ukraine. images ukrainian officials say proves organized russian activity in the region. example, this bearded man is said to have been photographed in slovyansk. they are part of compiled by the ukrainian government and endorsed by the u.n. cnn can't confirm the authenticity of the images. so

if you hope in the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370, two more signals have been detected deep in the indian ocean. crews hope they come from the two data recorders which are nearing the end of their battery life. >>> officials think they have found the right spot. they have picked up more sounds from deep underwater and have sent more ships and planes to the location. they think the sounds could be pingers from the black box. >> there is new hope teams will find malaysia airlines flight 370. the veilian navy vessel picked up two more signals from deep in the indian ocean and the ship is using a sophisticated united states navy pinger located detected four transmissions in the same area. >> i believe we are sending in the right area but we need to visually identify aircraft wreckage before we can confirm with certainty this is the final resting place. >> 11 military aircraft, 14 ships were sent out for a closer inspection. officials hope to narrow the search area to deploy a small submarine or underwater vehicle to search if debris on the sea floor. this could take days or

now to the missing malaysia airlines jetliner. ships, rigged with underwater search gear, are investigating several deep-sea acoustic signals. which may be coming from the black box of the missing malaysia airliner. the signals provide the search effort with a hopeful, yet still unconfirmed lead, about a month after the plane initially disappeared. the signals were detected nearly three -hundred nautical miles apart. the search coordinator described the signals. the analysis to determine that a very stable, distinct, and clear signal was detected. it consistently pulsed at a fixed intervals. i believe this signal is consistent with the specifications and descriptions of a flight black box recorder. even if the black box is recovered, investigators may not be able to fully piece together what happened. that's because the cockpit voice recorder contains the final two- hours of audio. the plane stayed airborne for seven - hours after veering off-course. new at 11. a new security flaw has been discovered.which puts everyone's password

. >>> all right, now to the breaking news in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. this morning, analysts poring over data collected by the bluefin-21, the unmanned, underwater vehicle that spent its first full day scanning the bottom of the ocean for any debris from malaysia airlines flight 370. just moments ago, we heard from malaysia's transport minister for the first time in days. he's insisting the search will continue until that jet is found. miguel marquez live in perth. miguel, tell us more about what the transport minister is saying this morning. >> reporter: well, he's also saying something else interesting, echoing what the australian prime minister, tony abbott, told the "wall street journal," that if they don't find anything -- and tony abbott put about a week's time on this -- if they don't find anything within that week, they're going to have to figure out a plan "b." >> there will come a time that we need to regroup and reconsid reconsider. but in any event, the search will always continue. it's just a matter of approach. >> reporter: now, it is a li

we have exclusive new information about the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. one expert tells us definitively now whether or not those pings are actually from that plane. and the next steps to recovering the black boxes, we will hear more from him just a few minutes from now. >>> another fox news alert for you today. the face of the irs scandal could be one step closer to jail time now. the house oversight committee voting to hold lois lerner in contempt of congress for refusing to answer their questions. hi, everyone. welcome to "the real story." i'm gretchen carlson. the resolution now goes before the entire house. a government watchdog cracking down on offices in dallas. the office of special counsel filing a complaint accusing irs employees of playing politics for the president while they were on the government clock. here's what the report is saying. when fielding taxpayers' questions from an irs customer service help line, the employee urged taxpayers to reelect president obama in 2012 by repeatedly reciting a chant based on the spelling of his last name

the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 has gone under water and it's now a race against time. crews are trying to locate the plane's black boxes before battery-powered pingers go silent. here are the latest developments. the australian ship "ocean shield," equipped with a u.s. pinger detector, is scouring 150-mile track beneath the indian ocean right now. the british royal ship, hmsecho is also scanning the ocean. the search above the water is moving full speed ahead. 14 aircraft and 11 ships were involved in today's search. and more frustration for the families of the 239 people on board the plane. malaysian officials won't let them listen to the audio recording of the last communication between the pilots and air traffic controllers. they say it's still part of the ongoing investigation. as we mentioned, the certain for flight 370 is a race against time. the batteries on the pingers from the missing plane were only expected to last about 30 days, maybe at tops 40 or 45. and this is day 28. paula newton is joining us now from perth, australia. the staging point for the aircra