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 vict

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 is

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 th

our pauline chiou is live in ji xindo, where families are awaiting word on their loved ones. pauline, what's the latest this morning? >> reporter: desperate for any sort of information, many of them are gathered in this rain at the edge of the harbor. i just want to point out something about those text messages. we're being very cautious about them, because there are reports of several of them going around, and we have talked with parents who showed us on their smartphones some of these text messages, but they're forwarded to them from parents who received them forwarded from another parent. so, we haven't actually met someone who has said this is a text message from my child. and we do know that at least one of these text messages has been determined to be a hoax. so, we're quite cautious about that, but we are keeping our eye on it. conditions, as you can tell, are awful right now. they've gotten -- [ inaudible ] the rain has gotten heavier. just to give you an idea of what those -- [ inaudible ] about 20 kilometers behind me, that's where the accident site is. three civilia

pauline chiou is live in beijing. uline, 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 pare

pauline chiou. she's been in beijing talking to the families. of course, they want answers. 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

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

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

our pauline chiou live in beijing, where she's been with those families for weeks. pauline, what are they saying this morning? >> reporter: well, john, the relatives right now are meeting with malaysian officials. for the first time, we're seeing a malaysian official speaking mandarin to the relatives here. now, we've been talking about the 154 chinese citizens that have been on this plane. there were also some americans, three americans. two were children. they are u.s. citizens, but they lived here in china with their chinese relatives. the other was an american man, a man from texas who we know about now, and his fiancee has been very outspoken. and she talked to us this morning and explained why she and many other relatives need to believe there are survivors. >> hope is the only thing that we have, and the minute we give that up, we have to fall into a grieving cycle, and we can't do that until we have evidence. so you know, i think a lot of outsiders think the families are just being irrational, but we're not. we're protecting our emotional health, and we want

cnn's pauline chiou live in south korea for us this morning with the very latest. good morning, pauline. >> reporter: good morning to you, john. we have an update on that dive operation that you touched on. the coast guard has given us more details. they said 17 divers were involved in the operation today. two of them were able to enter the ship and they were able to get to a certain area where they could put a guide line in place. this is a line that attaches the divers to the rescue vessels, and they were trying to put this in place for the other divers that were supposed to come behind them, but the waters were so rough that they ended up having to come up, and they said there were a lot of large obstacles. before they came up, however, they were able to open the freight door. now, in this ferry, there was a freight area that carried more than 1,000 containers and more than 100 vehicles, but they said once that door opened, it was too dangerous for them because there were too many obstacles floating around. so, that's what happened in terms of the dive operation

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

pauline chiou is live in beijing. how are they dealing with news from investigators that this mystery may never be solved? okay, is pauline with us? do we have -- i think we may have a small problem with pauline there in beijing, we'll come back to her in a moment. in the meantime we're at the international weathercenter because we've been keeping a very close eye on the weather. like we said, some days it's good, some days it's bad. right now you're saying it's pretty good? >> we're in the rare stretch where we'll have a couple days of generally clear skies. improving some time in the next several hours into tomorrow afternoon. right now the southern tear of the search zone we have a weak disturbance so that southern tier has low visibility issues but this region roughly the size of the u.s. state of kentucky so expansive area of the search zone where the weather pattern at this point looks good but i want to point out something in the corner of your screen out there. to the north and west we know there is a tropical

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

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 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, 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 chiou, thank you. >>> we're following the latest breaking news. the new twists and turns. first, happening right now, dramatic testimony from oscar pistorius. accused of murdering his girlfriend. he broke down. they cancelled testimony yesterday. he's back on the stand right now. we'll tell you what he's saying live right after this. not that one. that one. the one who seems like he's already got the job 'cause he studied all the right courses from the get-go. and that's an accountant, a mom, a university of phoenix scholarship recipient, who used our unique --scratch that-- awesome career-planning tool. and that's a student, working late, with a day job, taking courses aligned with the industry he's aiming to be in. ready to build an education around the career that you want? let's get to work. >>> breaking news this morning from australia where officials say they are once again hearing signals in the indian ocean that could be coming from flight 370's black box. the signals did not last long, just five minutes and seven minutes. they're weaker than a couple days ago but

pauline chiou and kyunh lah are there.s interesting to see him answer the accusations while in custody, kyung? >> the families are angry about what they find out what happened in the steering room. the captain does face five criminal counts which could, if convicted give him five years to life in prison. they include negligence that led to the sinking of the ship. abandoning the ship because as we saw he was able to get in the rescue boats and left many passengers on the ship. also another charge, causing bodily injury that resulted in deaths and not seeking refuge from ships. here's what they have told cnn, that the captain was not in the steering room at the time of the accident. they say it is unclear where he was. the person who was at the steering wheel was a third mate. according to what we have been reading here in terms of the rules here when there's a third mate at the helm of the ship, the captain should be in the room. this kind of information is really just so aggravating to the families. now he did a couple of

cnn's pauline chiou is in south korea. >> reporter: here's the latest information out of the search. [ inaudible ] now the divers were able to reach the third level of the ship. now, this is a level where many of the bedrooms were. most of the bedrooms were on the fourth level, where the high school students who were on that field trip were staying. the divers were able to look in the windows of that level and reported spotting three bodies floating but they were unable to break the window. so they are going to try again. there's a massive effort today. as we are 72 hours in to this. there are more than 600 divers on standby, civilian and government divers. the problem is too much time has passed. they are going to be divers going in throughout the day, more than 40 attempts. there are also four cranes on scene. the idea, bill, is to try to get the ship stabilize but they don't want to do that until divers can access the ship in case there are survivors. we can get an idea of what happened with the families because there was a lot of emotion out there. >> it is still going on. we bro

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 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 consp

cnn's pauline chiou is in south korea. >> reporter: here's the latest information out of the search.naudible ] now the divers were able to reach the third level of the ship. now, this is a level where many of the bedrooms were. most of the bedrooms were on the fourth level, where the high school students who were on that

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

. >> 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 cannot independently verify the a

pauline chiou reporting there from jindo. many thanks. john. >>> louis ceto is the chairman of marine and naval architecture at the hong kong institute of engineers. he joins us now live from hong kong. sir, thank you for being with us. a lot of passengers were told to stay in their cabins, stay where they were. why would that order be given? >> initially, in case of abandoning ship or any dangerous which happen on the ship the captain may first announce that there might be abandon or evacuation, so they just inform all the passengers attention so that they can wear -- have sufficient time to wear the life jacket and prepare everything. and waiting the second call so that they can go to the call point for gathering before evacuation. >> but that second call for evacuation according to some people on board never came. >> yes. and then some of the crew they have their own duty. they should escort the team because they have their own duty in terms of emergency. so they need to escort the team of passenger to a safe position or to the gatheri

cnn's pauline chiou is following how the families are doing today. >> reporter: christi and victor, theaware of the latest developments with the possible pings and many watched the news conference out of australia. but in general the families are exercising caution because 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 is 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. the chinese government has offered 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 sanatorium. some of them have taken advantage of this offer, especially knowing that they won't get any sort of definite data, definite confirmation about these possible pings until monday at the earliest. christi, victor. >> all right, pauline chiou, thank you so much. >>> 13 ships, 12 planes, a huge search t

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let's get to pauline chiou live in hong kong with the latest deta details. >> the high school students you mentioned were on their way to a resort island for a four-day holiday. at 9:00 a.m. this morning the ferry sent out a distress signal and then two hours later that ferry was just about gone. a desperate rescue after a crowded passenger ferry suddenly began sinking off the coast of south korea. more than 450 people were aboard the ferry. 325 of them high school students from just outside seoul on a class trip to a nearby resort island. one student told the korean news network ytn he heard a loud bump before the ship started to sink. shortly after the ship issued a distress call helicopters and boats including a ship from the u.s. navy seventh fleet scrambled to assist the overturned vessel rushing to rescue the frightened passengers, clinging to railings, wait for help. these two passengers were lifted to safety in a helicopter basket while dozens of others were pulled out of the frigid water by rescue boats. ones passenger told ytn that they were told to jump into the sea as the s

pauline chiou, thank you very much for that clarification on that.from the start and continues to be so, and clearly, many interests involved here and it's difficult for all of them to work together clearly. all right. i am joined now on the phone by cnn analyst david gallo who is in boston and at the oceanographic institution. also on the phone is aneesh patel, the president of duquesne ccon and his company is believed to have developed the beacon that you see on these black boxes. the beacon is the device in which once it hits under water that's how sonar equipment is able to detect and locate the beacon which is attached to this flight and data and voice recorders e recorders. let me go to you, aneesh, because this signal according to chinese authorities, they believe this signal will is consistent with the beacons on the boxes. even australians are acknowledging while the reporting is showing the characteristics are consistent with these devices, they are unable to verify. so in your view, could it be anything else in that general search area tha