pauline chiou for us in beijing. thanks so much, pauline. >>> happening right now, an olympic hero on the witness stand at this moment for a second day. he is trying to explain why he shot and killed his model girlfriend. we are live at this dramatic testimony in the oscar pistorius trial, right after the break. >> it's riveting. >>> dramatic testimony this morning at the oscar pistorius trial in south africa. pistorius himself is detailing his relationship with girlfriend reeva steenkamp, reading from text messages and admitting the two of them sometimes fought. listen. >> i think maybe that's just being sensitive, maybe insecure or jealous, and she came and she stood next to me and started tickling my neck and i wasn't kind to her like i should have been. >> cnn legal analyst kelly phelps is live outside the courthouse in pretoria. let's talk about this testimony. you know, it's surprising to hear the defense bringing up their relationship, surprising and probably important to hear oscar pistorius himself reading t

pauline? >> reporter: well, john, the families here are aware of the comments from prime minister tony abbott, but they're also aware of the comments coming out of perth that say that there has been no major breakthrough, so it's a bit of a mixed message, and that's exactly what the families have complained about coming from the malaysian government early on in the search. but they're trying to tune out all the noise and concentrate on the information coming in. and right now they are meeting with malaysian officials, that technical team we've been talking about for weeks. they come here to beijing every couple of days, and the families are asking questions. they've been asking a lot of questions about the airplane, about those emergency beacons, speed, altitude, decompression. but as a whole, the relatives have been quite frustrated by the response. take a listen. >> they cannot answer either, and we've asked them several times and we want to communicate with inmarsat and boeing directly, but

pauline, thank you. pauline chiou live for us there in beijing. before we go, one last look at our top story, the fatal shooting at the fort hood texas military base. a gunman there killed three people and wounded 16 others. authorities say he then killed himself. he's been identified as 34-year-old army specialist ivan lopez. several of the wounded remain in a critical condition. lopez had served in iraq, he was said to be suffering from depression and anxiety. the shooting happened some four and a half years after army major nidal hasan killed 13 people also at fort hood. thank you for watching cnn newsro newsroom, i'm john vouse. early start is coming up next in the united states. for everyone, stay with us for world business today. >>> breaking news overnight, 4 people dead, 16 others injured after a gunman opened fire at ft. hood. this morning, new information about the shooter and his history of mental illness. also new, how the tragedy played out and how it's affecting a community hit by the same violence just five years ago. we are live wi

pauline chiou is live in beijing.auline, it really does seem like this has entered a new phase of this search in this investigation. they're closing in on these pings right now. so how is this information sitting with the families in beijing? >> reporter: yeah, the chinese families are well aware of the latest developments about these two new ping events. but again, they're saying the same thing they've said for the past couple of weeks. they're very cautious because they just want to see more information. they want to see an image of the plane. or they want to see markings. they want to seat black box. they want to see what's on that floor before they see anything else. but they do say it could lead to an answer. now, there was a meeting today between the chinese families and three americans who came over on their own to speak with the families. and they have personal experience from past airplane accidents. and this was the kind of insight that's very valuable to these family members. one american woman lost her par

pauline chiou. thank you so much, pauline. >> of course, we're going to bring you the latest on the search for flight 370 all morning long, all the developments. >>> but first, happening right now, dramatic, intense testimony as oscar pistorius tries to explain why he shot and killed his girlfriend. the prosecution with new questions this morning, trying to corner pistorius. we'll tell you all about it. >>> also this morning, devastation on a california highway. a tour bus filled with high school students crashes. the bus bursts into flames. the very latest after the break. ñ >>> moments of intense questioning right now for oscar pistorius at his murder trial. the olympic sprinter really torn into by the prosecutor, who's been calling him a bully, saying pistorius invaded reeva steenkamp in the weeks before he shot and killed her. testimony resumed moments ago, and this morning, prosecutors asked pistorius whether he had ever been the victim of crime previously. let's listen. >> you were never a vic

pauline chiou is live in jindo, south korea. pauline, what's the latest there? well, christine, the latest is that the search has been very difficult with these conditions here, and the families have been waiting in this rain for any word. they've been waiting near the white tents behind me along the harborfront. some have waited all night into the day, and we've just learned that the president of south korea, park geun-hye, has met with the families, the parents of these students, in a gym about 30 minutes away, and she spoke to them, saying that she's promising to send more rescue teams as part of this search-and-rescue effort. and she also said that all of the officials that were with her there will be held responsible for this. throughout the day, parents have expressed frustration over what's happened and also the possible loss of precious time. we spoke with one father whose son is one of the high school students who was on this field trip on the way to jaj you island and he says much more needs to be done. >> translator: the civilian team went out there,

cnn's pauline chiou live in jindo, south korea. what's the latest on the search, pauline?> reporter: well, john, we're getting more information from the coast guards about what the divers encountered. they were able to get into the ship, two of the divers were, and they were able to install a guideline for other divers. this is the line that attaches the divers to the rescue vessel. but at some point, that guideline was cut off, so they had to come back up, and they also reported that there were many large obstacles in the water it was difficult to see and the currents are very strong. so, some big challenges. but we can confirm that the divers were able to enter the ship. they were trying to get to the third level, which is where some of the bedrooms are. now, i do want to point out something here at the hospital. i'm in front of mokbo hospital, john. within the last 25 minutes, since we last talked, there were 30 ambulances that drove up. they're parked on the side of the road. you can't see it, it's to the side of your screen. we're being told by the hospital administra

pauline chiou, thank you so much.that little girl, so glad she survived, but so much heartache. >> it's a miracle. it's a shame there's no more. and it may soon become a salvage operation, but what are the chances passengers could still be alive in the hull of that south korean ferry, two days after it went under? just last year, you'll remember there was this remarkable case of a nigerian man who survived for three days trapped in the air pocket of a capsized tugboat before he was rescued. the survivability question was raised on "cnn prime time." >> the best chance you have for survival in a situation like this is having a well-trained and professional and competent crew, and it seems that in this case, there are some questions about that crew and led by that captain. and you know, a ship has many compartments with hatches that are water-tight and air-tight. and so, decisive, quick action, correct action when things went wrong is what would have saved many lives, right? leading to a proper evacuation. but also, maki

pauline chiou for us this morning in south korea. thank you, pauline. >>> now to the search for malaysia airlines flight 370, and there is breaking news this morning. malaysia's transportation minister admitting a little over an hour ago that they may have to change their approach to try to find this plane. this as an unmanned underwater vehicle, the bluefin-21, is ready to head back into the ocean to scan the sea floor again for debris. our miguel marquez live in perth with the latest, including these new comments from this key malaysian official. good morning, miguel. >> reporter: good morning there, john. and he is echoing what the prime minister here in australia is telling the "wall street journal," saying that if they don't have a sense of where this plane is in a week, they may have to change things up. >> there come a time that we need to regroup and reconsider. but in any event, the search will always continue. it's just a matter of approach. >> reporter: now, to many, this seems a little premature, because the agency that i

pauline chiou has been with the families for weeks. pauline, what's the feeling today? >> reporter: well, john, very somber, as you say. none of these relatives ever expected to be in this position and none of these relatives ever expected to be waiting a month for answers. but as you noted with the pictures of the vigil, they did come together at midnight earlier today to come together and remember their loved ones and to actually go through just mentally and emotionally what their loved ones may have gone through on that flight path. and starting at 12:41, after they lit candles in this vigil, they actually had a visual presentation on a big screen of the flight path of the plane, from 12:41 a.m., when the plane had taken off from kuala lumpur all the way until 8:19 a.m., when that partial ping was detected by the satellite. now, these family members stayed together during these 7 1/2 hours. they prayed, they cried, they meditated. they draw strength from each other. and one relative explains how difficult the past couple of weeks have been. >> a month's passed, and w

pauline chew is live in beijing. pauline there was a meeting with the americans and the families, what happened? >> that's right, these americans lost loved ones. and the chinese met with the three americans early this morning, they asked them a lot of questions and the americans advised them and they guide them. they said you need to keep asking questions, keep pushing for answers from the government involved, from the investigators, from the searchers. and i asked one of the americans what they tells some of these families and also families like sarah bajc that we just heard from, who truly believe that this plane is not in the indian ocean and that there may be survivors. >> i respect every single family member and what they personally believe. and the questions that they have. i think it's a very good question. there's -- we have no proof that this plane has crashed at this point. and we have satellites that can read the license plate on a car. don't tell me that after a month, we can't find an airplane? >> repor

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finally pauline. how active -- i know the chinese reported hearing a ping when they were out in the region. how active are they now in this search? the bulk of the passengers, most of the passengers on that plane were chinese. >> reporter: very active. they've thrown a lot of resources towards this search. on any given day we've heard there are seven to nine chinese vessels out there in the search zone. you have several chinese aircraft going back and forth from perth to the search area. at one point during the search, china actually acknowledged that 20 chinese satellites were trained on the search area, presumably to en lance digital imaging of whatever they saw on the surface of the ocean. we heard of instances of possible debris. it's very important, candy, for china to appear very involved, at least for its domestic audience because it's very personal with so many chinese nationals on the plane. so they have to really show that they're empathetic and they are really a major prior in the search. a

pauline, set the scene for us there.ou are in front of many grieving families waiting for any shred of information and demanding answers. >> yeah. the families have been gathered here the past three days along this harbor front asking for answers, pleading with government officials not to waste anytime time as we are in to this 72 hours plus. here's the latest on the search effort. divers have been able to reach the third level of the ship. they were able to see three floating bodies and they tried to get to them by breaking a window. they were unsuccessful because the currents are so difficult. yesterday, one of the search lines actually got cut off. that gives you an idea how difficult this is. the families are hanging on to that hope that perhaps there might be an air pocket somewhere. there are still

and pauline, joe mentions the relationship between malaysia and china. what is the nature of it since it seems china is quite willing to let the chinese families criticize the malaysian government. but we haven't seen a lot of it directly government to government. >> reporter: generally, the relationship between china and malaysia is good. for example, china is the third largest trading partner for malaysia. >> that is important. yeah. >> joe was mentioning the tourism issue. the tourism minister of malaysia just announced they postponed promotional tourism ads for chinese tourists out of sensitivity over this issue. and chinese tourists made a huge portionof the tourism industry in malaysia. but from a geopolitical point of view, china has territorial spats in the region with japan, the philippines, vietnam. so it needs allies in the region. so that's one reason why china doesn't want to really shake up the relationship with malaysia over this situation. sure, mh370 is a very personal issue for china with 154 chinese nationals on the plane, but there ar

pauline chiou has been with the families for weeks now. pauline, what's the feeling there today? >> reporter: well, it was a very poignant night from 12:41, and that's when this vigil started -- that marked the moment that the plane had taken off a month ago from kuala lumpur. now, the families all got together, and they gathered in that big room that's normally the briefing room, but they pushed aside all of the chairs and they lit candles in the shape of a heart. they took turns doing that. there was also the letters "mh" and the numbers "370" inside and also the sharp pe of an airplan inside that heart. you saw people of all ages, grandparents, parents, young adults crying, praying, meditating, and they also had a visual presentation on a big screen of the flight path that the plane would have taken. and steve wang, a family leader, explained to us how difficult this whole time has been. >> a month's passed, and we are just going through so many, so many kinds of emotion. maybe just desperate, sad and something like that, everything. so, a month's passed and we will think abou

cnn's pauline chu witnessed her heartbreak. >> reporter: christine kim encouraged her daughter billy to go a school field trip to jeju island but billy resisted because they had visited the resort island two months ago. >> so i told her, i think you be

all right, pauline chiou. thank you so much for that, pauline. >> we're covering the breaking news on missing malaysia airlines flight 370 all morning, including this new detection of possible pings by u.s. equipment. >>> but first, the trial resumes for the olympic hero accused of murder. the defense is calling its first witness. will oscar pistorius take the stand? when might this happen? will he explain why he shot and killed his model girlfriend? we're live, next. >>> welcome back to cnn's breaking news coverage of the search for flight 370. officials calling it their most promising lead yet. two separate signals consistent with black box frequency, two separate signals detected overnight by a u.s. navy pinger locator being towed by an australian ship. an american underwater drone now being called in to assist with this search in waters that are 2.8 miles deep. >> want to get back to that coverage in just a moment, but we do have other news this morning that is developing as we speak. >>> after a long hiat

as we heard from pauline chu, they are holding a news briefing there. we will continue to let you know if there is new information that they are telling the families. other news we are following, malaysia's acting minister says the next days are crucial in determine whack to do next in the search for flight 370. they said the under water drone scouring the area of the indian ocean should be finished within a week. the blue fin 21 is on its seventh mission. if no parts of the plane are found, other options will be explored. >> i can tell you bluefin 21 is giving clear and sharp images while conducting a mission in the under water search area. however, from all six missions conducted, no contacts have been found to date. i have to stress that this is going to stop the operations but to also consider other approaches, which may include widening t widening the scope and utilizing other aspects that could be relevant in the search. the search will always continue. it is just a matter of approach. >> we are joined now live, it's disappointing that they have n

pauline chiou, cnn, beijing. >>> i want to bring in now pauline boss.'s a psychotherapist and she's an expert in the field of ambiguous loss and relief. pauline, thank you. >> good morning. >> we're dealing with a lot of cultures here. for instance, the majority of the passengers on this plane are chinese, and the wife of one of them actually spoke to cnn about how the culture is impacting the grieving process. i want you to take a listen to what she said. >> translator: there's an old chinese saying. if a person is alive, we need to see him as proof. if a person is dead, we need to see the body. we relatives haven't seen anything yet so how can we give up hope? >> what are your thoughts, pauline? >> that is so normal, what she is saying. people need to see the transformation of their loved one from being alive to being dead. they need a body to bury. they need remains to honor and to dispose of as they want, and when human beings don't have that from antiquity people have been troubled by that. and what she is saying is very wise and very true and it c

>> yes, and pauline, we're also hearing more about what the passengers were told to do when the ferry started to sink. what details did you hear on that? >> reporter: yes, we heard the young woman earlier talking about what she heard overhead. we heard what the families heard after talking to the media. they said initially after there was a big bang the passengers were told to put on their life jackets and stay calm. and just to give you a layout of the ship on the fourth level is where most of the bedrooms were. that is where 353 passengers were. and this was at rescue time. keep in mind this was 9:00 a.m. local time. so a lot of people perhaps still in their bedrooms and getting breakfast at the restaurant, as we know now, precious time was lost. many family members still very angry about that as they're looking at this time line, rosemary. and also some family members i should point out are wanting to get more information. they actually chartered a boat to go out to the accident site, according to our affiliate, ytn. but that boat has turned back because several family members actu

everybody waiting for that major development, pauline.to me about how china has viewed this month of mystery. most of the passengers, of course, being chinese. more than half of them on this plane. the chinese government had publicly criticized malaysia at one point. and even now some of the satellite images, a couple from chinese satellites. but we're not clear on how all these nations are working with one another. how does china see things from its point of view? >> yeah, we've seen sort of an evolution in the tone out of beijing. a couple of weeks ago, we did see the chinese government putting a lot of pressure on the malaysian government. in fact, the president sent vice foreign minister to malaysia to meet directly with officials. but it's been interesting this past week, errol, because i have seen a shift in tone interest the family members, even though they've been very critical, we do know that chinese officials have been meeting with them at the hotel behind closed doors. and as late as friday, after an official had visited, i ha

pauline chiou for us in hong kong. thank you. >> we'll be right back. >>> severe weather a major concern for a big part of the country. from the south to the northeast, storms move east, leaving behind hail and flooding, even some tornadoes. indra petersons is tracking the forecast for us. indra? >> good morning. >> good morning. i wish i could say it's all done with, but we're still looking at the threat for severe weather at this hour. easy to see the line of damage that made its way across yesterday, five reports of tornadoes and a lot of straight-line winds, currently this morning again. still looking for the risk area, today a little farther east, kind of from birmingham extending to new orleans. again, even this morning we're looking at tornado watch boxes and severe thunderstorm watch boxes, so that activity is already out there. we'll have to monitor this, especially as we get in through the afternoon. here comes the line of storms making its way across. here's what you want to look at. look at the back side of

pauline chiou, thanks to you. >>> there are 14 ships scouring the ocean. the weather has been a concern almost every day. indra petersons, how are things looking here? >> this is the best news we have. they are getting to this critical time period. you can see the search area. look how clear it is in the vicinity. seeing all the weather moving out of the region. very good conditions. you can see the bulk of the systems out there really staying down to the south. this is the good news. now that that search area is farther to the north. the weather is a lot calmer in this region. looking at the clouds and any potential for rain. can't say there's not a few scattered showers here or there. nothing in comparison to what they were deal with a few weeks ago. otherwise, yes, some light showers and even the winds. look at this. the bulk of the winds far down to the south. even these are clearing out. 10, 15, maybe 20-mile-per-hour winds. and that is it. you really could not have better news in such a critical time period right now than good weather for the next 24

pauline, set the scene for us there. you are in front of many grieving families waiting for any shred of information and demanding answers. >> yeah. the families have been gathered here the past three days along this harbor front asking for answers, pleading with government officials not to waste anytime time as we are in to this 72 hours plus. here's the latest on the search effort. divers have been able to reach the third level of the ship. they were able to see three floating bodies and they tried to get to them by breaking a window. they were unsuccessful because the currents are so difficult. yesterday, one of the search lines actually got cut off. that gives you an idea how difficult this is. the families are hanging on to that hope that perhaps there might be an air pocket somewhere. there are still 270 people missing. perhaps somewhere and that's what they are hanging on to and asking so many good, technical questions of the officials. >> what happened a few minutes ago is we saw the parents peppering the coast g

pauline shu joins us now where she just spoke to relatives who attended a family meeting. and i wanted to get to that family meeting in just a moment. but we do need to get some word on reaction to this new astounding developments coming out of the perth australia. these two additional signals being detected. what is being said there by family members? >> well, rosemary, the relatives here realize that this is a development. they're very hesitant to call it encouraging, and they're hesitant to use the word optimistic because they have seen so many false leads in the past. and also, they're saying what they've been saying for many weeks now. even though this is progress and it may eventually lead to the plane, they're saying they want to see proof. they want to see the black box. they want to see images of the plane. they want to see some sort of debris or markings from the plane before they'll actually have an official reaction. so what we're hearing from the relatives is pretty much that sense of caution for many days now, especially as we hear more information about thes

pauline was just 1 month old at the time. i know you can't speak english.ne, what has your mother told us about what happened here. >> my mother told me that it was so bad here. the children were saying, please, please forgive us for being tutsis. >> thank you very much for talking to us. these boxes behind pauline were the boxes in which they collected the bodies strewn across this center and body parts. from here they were taken away to be buried. after the genocide, they opened up mass graves. some of the bodies have been preserved in here. much too shocking for us to show you. there are corpses of babies and clear evidence of just how people were killed. now, there are several billions on this site. what they have done is to collect the clothes worn by the victims. this is the kind of cloth that a woman would have used to carry her baby. and a shoe here, by the looks of it, that could have been worn by a 10-year-old, also a victim. imagine that. gaspar helps to run the center. >> 20 years ago these victims had been killed. more than 1 million tutsi have

definitive answer to what happened to her loved ones, rosemary. >> yes, some critical advice there, paulineao reporting from beijing. >>> and cnn is reporting with continuous coverage, with great leads. >> yes, two new pings, they are optimistic the plane will be found. we'll tell you what is next in the hunt for the boeing 777. is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. following significant new developments in the search for mh-370 this hour. authorities say that the search and hunt for the missing jetliner have acquired data from the flight recorder. >> boosting confidence, they were so close to confirm thinking was mh-370 that is because the search vessel ocean shield picked up pulse signals twice tuesday, the first lasting five and a half minutes, the second, a full seven minutes. >> authorities say it is still too early to tell whet

to pauline chiou joining us live from beijing. what has been the reaction from family members as we get these comments from the australian prime minister expressing some confidence that the signals that have been detect read from the so-called black boxes? >> reporter: they are digesting the comments and are fully aware of the comments coming out of perth saying there have been no major breakthroughs. there is a bit of the mixed message you touched on earlier. that's been the complaint of relatives here. that was their complaint with the malaysian officials early on in the scene. they're trying to tune out that noise. they just want hard information. and as they wait, they're doing their own research. they've had days to go over this data because we're talking about their loved ones. they want to know what exactly happened to them. they've been meeting with malasian officials in beijing every couple of days. there's a team that comes over to answer their questions. the relatives have asked very technical questions about the speed

pauline chu is on the phone from jindo. so pauline, of course as we've been talking about this bad weather moving through, which of course is making it even more problematic for rescuers trying to get to possible survivors in that sunken ferry, so talk to us about what sort of progress is likely to be made with those challenges. >> reporter: well, rosemary, it's very slow and difficult. and the weather has been getting worse. it started raining even more since the last time we spoke. so this has made the search operation incredibly difficult. and the families are incredibly frustrated. just to give you an idea of the challenges that the search and rescue teams have, three divers according to our affiliate ytn were trying to get into the boat but they were actually swept away by high tides. this happened just a couple of hours ago. and then fishing vessels in the area were able to rescue those civilian divers. also, a search team has tried to inject air into the boat in order to try to give the boat a little bit of a lift, t

pauline chiou is live for us in beijing this morning. pauline, you've just spoken with some of those family members. >> reporter: i have, christine. i spoke with about ten of them, and they did have access to that news conference that jim clancy was talking about in kuala lumpur. they had a video link to that conference. the families here in beijing were able to ask questions. and the players in this meeting were different, because they got a chance to have contact with the malaysian and chinese investigative team. so, they had a chance to ask more technical questions. but these relatives said their message is this -- where is the plane? that's their simple question, and they're no closer to finding the answer to that than 26 days ago. i spoke with several of these relatives. they got very emotional. one man was very angry, and he said, what's bigger, a missile or an airplane? question, and he said he still believes the malaysian government is hiding something. so, there is a portion of these relatives, christine, that do have these cons

pauline hawkins joins me now. welcome. good to have you here.s it that bothered you so much about the common core? >> the biggest thing that affected me was with my own son. he is in third grade and the changes that are happen right now in the elementary school level are just, just insane. you know. he, is, struggling to keep up with where they want him to be and, you know woe come home every day crying. >> specifically, if you could, pauline, tell us what is it about the common core? what, how is it changing teaching? how is it changing learning in your opinion? >> it is become very specific. it has, you know certain things they want us to teach all the way up from, kindergarten all the way up to through the high school. they have certain skills that they want the kids to have at a certain time at a certain age, with certain grade level and kids just are not made like that. we're all different. martha: right. >> and -- martha: let's take a look a quote from your blog that got so much attention and let's put that up on the screen and we'll show

pauline chew for us, thank you. coming up after this break, more on the story on what they are learning from the southern indian ocean. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there. >> we're broadcasting to our viewers from around the world and the united states. because asomugha important new developments. flight 3770, search teams off the west coast of australia you know they' been out there for days and days. well, they are investigating now sounds they have detected by ships in the southern indian ocean. those sounds could be from the missing plane's flight data recorders, possibly the cockpit voice recorder or the data recorder. those developments were discussed a short time ago by t

pauline chu is in beijing.tell us about what the families are saying and thinking as it relates to now a chinese vessel saying it believes it has picked up a pulse that may be connected to these black boxes? >> well, fredericka, they are cautious and their expectations are quite low. as soon as these reports came out about this possible ping we reached out to many of the relatives and one man whose sister was on the plane said to me, i don't believe this. listen, no debris has been found so how can you actually find the black box. he said, let's wait until tomorrow. get more information and maybe we'll find out this is a mistake again. also, a relative who is in kuala lumpur told cnn we're waiting patiently. there is no confirmation yet. fredericka, we have been tracking social media. there's a big group chat among the family members here in beijing as well as in kuala lumpur and they've been talking to each other over the past 29 days. on this particular report about this ping we noticed there was a lot of cha

pauline chu is telling us earlier that some of the families who went to kuala lumpur are returning to china and they wanted to try to take a mental break for the weekend. that might be hard to do now with this development that's being called an important lead. >> yeah, natalie, those relatives who had gone to kuala lumpur had left beijing a week ago. there were about 30 of them. they were so frustrated with what they say was a lack of answers from malaysian officials here in beijing. they wanted to get closer to the source of the information. but we are also being told that they decided to come back and they are supposed to arrive later on this evening before the news broke about these possible pings. so we just have to keep that in mind. we presume their travel plans are still coming back. it would make sense. many were reluctant to go in the first place. many didn't have passports and worried about the language issue and there is just a bigger community of the family members here. about 350 to 400 and they meet on a regular basis. you mentioned this mental break. going into the week

pauline, talk to me how the families are responding to the new development and what they have plannedor what is now the one month anniversary of this plane going missing? >> sure, errol. well, as a general sent iment, they are approaching it with a lot of caution, they have been disappointed so many times with false leads. one woman whose husband is on the plane said she has no reaction until she sees physical proof until that she said this all means nothing. and i was listening to what jim clancy was saying about what relatives there were saying. i could echo the same sentiment here among the relatives. among the most part many are cautious and they want data. and they are for the most part realistic and many are preparing for bad news, and there's that one small group that is saying, i won't believe it until i see it, and until then, i believe my relatives are alive. we have seen this theme though of caution throughout the weekend. and earlier, i had spoken with a man whose brother-in-law is on the plane. here is what he had to say about the initial reports of the pings. >> translat

pauline, bring us the latest on the recovery effort.nds like what we have been fearing. >> reporter: yeah, we are fearing the death toll will go up and the coast guard is holding a news conference. they came out with that information that divers have made it inside of the ship. at the third level, they spotted three floating bodies. the third level is where several bedrooms are. most of the bedrooms were on the fourth level where the high school students were. the divers said they tried to break in to the window this morning where they saw the bodies but they were unsuccessful. so they are going to try again. the coast guard is saying they have a plan for today. they are going to make 40 attempts with the divers. they have more than 600 divers on standby. these are civilian and government divers but the conditions are difficult. visibility is really low and there are strong currents. yesterday when the divers went in they were trying to set up the search line from the rescue ves toll the ship. two divers were able to get to a certain di

pauline chiou, south korea. >>> someone is stirring up anti-semitism in eastern ukraine.d men in doskesque handed out flyers instructing jewish residents to register their religion and property or face deportation. jewish leaders say the flyers are fake and a provocation. the u.s. ambassador to ukraine says the leaflets must be taken seriously. >> reporter: it's chilling. i was disgusted by the leaflets, especially in ukraine, a country that suffered no terribly under the nazis. it was one of sites of the worst violence of the holocaust. to drag up this rhetoric again is almost beyond belief. we have talked to our contacts in the ukrainian jewish community including donesk. people believe the leaflets are authentic, and they need to be condemned. certainly there is no sympathy for this approach. indeed, one of the things striking about the jewish community in ukraine is that it's a living jewish community. the jewish community is a vital part of the political life here, and i think i speak for many when i say that it's almost inconceivable that this kind of thing could be

pauline is there. you're saying these developments first were released by the chinese. and we learned that the chinese so far have been the leaders in this search and certainly have the most assets there and it perhaps is paying off. >> reporter: yes, perhaps, because this could be a significant lead, natalie. china has put in a lot of resources into this search. we learned that china has at least nine ships in this search area, several aircraft. at one point in this whole search, china also used 20 of their satellites to at least enhance digital imaging. we learned that a couple of days ago. and also the area with "haixun 01" is, it's the vessel that has detected the possible pings. that's in a particular search area where the depth of the ocean is 4.5 kilometers. so it shows how difficult this search is and why there needs to be this international effort, and why the chinese are waiting for the australian defensive vessel to come in the "ocean shield" because they have the special equipment that will be able to analyze this data. so angus houston was making the point

pauline chu, cnn, south korea. >> agonizing to see these grieving parents.t is still considered a search and rescue. they are still not closing out hope, although it's fading, that there could be some way, some children on that ship might have survived. so divers are in the water. but bad weather continues to hinder the efforts. let's bring in samantha for a check on the weather conditions. >> the water temperatures are around 10 degrees, so the survival expectations there after this much time are low. but if they were in a spot where they could breathe and be away from the water, perhaps in an air bubble somewhere, there may be survivors still. so we can hope. at this location, still unsettled and the visibility is somewhat limited as we've been getting many reports in for the past 48 hours or so here. around 10 kilometers at this point in that region. so that's still going to be a concern, just being able to get a good visual on anything that they could see there in the water. kind of cloudy out here, very overcast at this time. and those air temperatures

they're getting quite organized. >> pauline chiou after spending many weeks with relatives in beijing. >> hard to even begin to wrap your head around what they're going through. >> how do they decide, okay, leave the hotel. get back to a seminormal life. certainly difficult for all of them. >> very much. our thoughts and prayers. >>> just ahead, we'll take a look at ramped up efforts to contain the spread of the deadly ebola vies are. >> stay with us for details. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >>> in syria there are new reports poisonous gas is being used in the country's ongoing civil war. both rebel forces and the -- >> these attacks wounded dozens. videos posted online appear to show people with symptoms of poisoning in a rural rebel-held town. >> cnn ca

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pauline, these families have been through so much, so many twists and turns in the search and investigationustralian prime minister there in china on this day addressing optimism that the signals that have been detected were indeed from those black boxes. how is that going over with family member? >> reporter: well, the family members all say that this may be progress, and it may lead to something. but they're very cautious and hesitant about going past that point because they have been subject to so many false leads in the past. and it's so difficult. i mean, we are in the 35th day. and the 35th day is no easier than the first day. frankly, no one can believe that we're into the month of april. still searching for the plane. but as they're waiting, they're staying very productive. during the day, they meet, and they organize. in fact, they've gotten more organized late yesterday afternoon. they set up a voting rights structure. they said, listen, we can't stay here in this hotel forever. some of us will have to go home. we should be able to decide as a big group what to do on issues like w

cnn's pauline chu has the latest on that angle from beijing. >> reporter: victor and christi, chineseware of the latest developments with these possible pings. many of them watched the news conference out of australia but in general the families are exercising caution because there have been so many false leads in the past. with one relative saying, yes, this is a new clue but there seem to be new clues every day. so let's just wait until there's some sort of confirmation. now the chinese government is worried about the health and the emotional state of many of these relatives because they're exhausted. they've been suffering. they're frustrated. so the chinese government has afrd to take any of them to the outskirts of beijing for some fresh air on sunday and also to get some health checks at a s sanatorium. some of them have taken advantage of this offer especially knowing they won't get any definite data, definite confirmation about these possible pings until monday at the earliest. >> pauline chu in beijing, thank you. >>> "inside politics" is up for you later this morning. >> let

pauline chu reporting this morning.een trying to get so into the ship to search for survivors, but the ship is under water now. >>> the hunt to find malaysia flight 370 goes on. it's now in its 40th day and officials are awaiting the return of the blue fin 21 submersib submersible. researchers fixed a problem and was sent back down. the blue fin had a very short mission on the first day after it went deeper into the ocean than its search par ram ters allowed. >> it's been told by the programmers not to go to a certain depth, not to do certain things, and the bottom just got deeper than it was supposed to there. i understand that it can go deeper, manufacturers are saying it can go a little bit deeper. a little bit past its rate of depth. so we have a potential to go deeper. but right now, it's doing what it's supposed to do. >> right now 14 planes and 11 ships continue their search on the surface looking for any kind of debris. joining in the hunt, the uss caesar chaves. you boarded that ship, what was it like? >> repor

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