in perth, australia. the breaking news in these early hours coming from thousands of miles in space. a satellite looking down on the southern indian ocean off western australia spotted images of objects possibly, possibly related to missing boeing 777 malaysia airlines 370 missing since the morning of the 8th. australian officials saying two objects and perhaps others nearby have been spotted in very deep water in a part of the ocean known for attracting all kinds of debris. so the usual warnings apply about false hopes here. that said, the discovery of these pieces of debris could mean the world to families waiting for word of loved ones and investigators trying to figure out what happened to the plane and where exactly to look to find the aircraft. the hope, and so far it is only an educated cautious hope, is that they could be the sign of more to come. search planes are either on scene or on the way. we know some search planes are already on scene. commercial satellites have been redirected as well. i

atika schubert live from perth, australia. atika. >> reporter: a number of search planes should be in the search area. also a malaysia c-130 just took off at the air base and expecting another one to take off shortly and join the search. so they have a little bit more time searching today. the weather in this new search area is much better than the ole one but unfortunately a storm is coming up from the south. so that might affect their visibility but we understand from the coordinating team here in australia that they will press ahead and try to get the most out of the search today. hopefully they'll be able to find something soon. >> right, because the clock is ticking for the flight data recorder. what's the pressure there as far as the time frame goes, atika? >> reporter: there is a bit of a deadline with the flight data recorder and has a pinger that sends out this signal. but the problem is, the battery on that only lasts for 30 days, so what we're looking at is just a few days left, hopefully it stretches out a little b

let's get the latest from the search headquarters in perth, australia, paula newtown joins us, paula, what can you tell us about the new information on the search location? >> reporter: well, the key point is that as much as the information may be puzzling it means two things. one is that the information will move closer to perth itself. that is good news, and the fact the weather will be much better in the search area it gives those searchers in those areas much more time on scene to be able to actually spot that debris. i want you to listen now though, natalie to australian maritime officials explain what they call the refined data and look at what they have done here. >> the search for any signs of flight 370 has been shifted to the north following the advice of the transport safety bureau. an international aircraft investigation team in malaysia provided updated advice to the atsb which has examined the information and determined an area 1100 kilometers to the northeast of the existing search area is now the most credible lead as to where debris may be located. >> now, what is int

. >> the area where the debris has been spotted is approximately 1500 miles southwest of perth, australia. in that vicinity, the ocean is well over a mile deep, if not more. it's in the area known to mariners as the roaring 40s. southern latitudes notorious for wild weather and waves. an american p 7 poseidon subhunter is searching at the moment. >> it can provide high resolution images and hopefully provide a clearer picture. david wright is on the plane and filed this report on his way to the search scene. >> reporter: this is david wright. i'm aboard a u.s. navy p8 poseidon that's a surge and rescue vessel. it's rescue 74. we're past a search area that's headed towards the south pole from all those due south of kuala lumpur and what we're being told by the flight crew here is that they have some intelligence now that there is some sort of debris in the water. they're not clear what. we will be the first plane on site and we are just ascending through the clouds right now. this plane has some of the highest tech gear available, much of it classified and if anybody is likely to find some

that's why it's coming out of here in perth, australia.ssador appeared to meet with some of the passengers' family members. one relative described that meeting as shameless saying that the ambassador couldn't even answer simple questions that they were trying to pose to him. today conditions are so dangerous in the southern indian ocean that search is on delay until at least tomorrow. we're told it's been slammed with

here in perth, australia, but 1500 miles offshore, the weather is so bad that the air and sea search for malaysia 370 is now on hold. today all of the search planes here are grounded. the search for any sign of that missing boeing 777 is having to wait as a storm system passes through a search area that stretches across one of the most remote and unforgiving places on earth. winds are forecast to be 50 miles an hour. even ships in the area are being moved out of the worst rough seas with swells around 13 feet. now, that includes the australian navy ship the "success." now, this is the vessel that was sent yesterday to investigate two objects floating in the water that had been seen from the air but they could not find them. >> we're not searching for a needle in a haystack. we're still trying to define where the haystack is. >> reporter: and the malaysian government says a new analysis of electronic pings sent from the plane and picked up by a satellite can only lead them to conclude that the 239 people on board all died when it crashed into the southern indian ocean. those officials

appears to australian authorities to be a debris field, some 1,500 miles to the south and west of perth, australia, off the western coast of australia. is it -- do they believe it's possible this is wreckage of this jet? they do. they have satellite images. but they now have one ship on scene -- one aircraft on scene. three more aircraft on the way. a ship on the way as well. they're hoping to begin a search.catherine herridge is in washington and do we have her on the line with us now? instead i want to go to david piper. remember, that it was the thai radar systems that were able to spot a change in direction for this jet. and now our david piper is live for us in bangkok. david, this is significant at very least. >> yes, that's right. we haven't had any firm leads like this for a long, long time. a lot of rumors, a lot of searching, but nothing like this. and the malaysian authorities, they're saying, they can confirm there has been a new lead. but they're being very, very cautious at this time. saying they want to have it verified. the australians are trying to verify it at this time. they hav

he is back on the ground in perth, australia tonight. bill, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. yes, i was on board a very, very dramatic flight, a u.s. navy plane that took off from here. we were about six hours into the flight when we got a message to divert immediately. chinese and australian planes we were flying along had just seen some debris. so we dropped to 200 feet. remember, this is a boeing 737. you and i fly it at 35,000 feet. it had never flown so low. cameras weren't allowed on board, so i have to tell you what happened next. it was all eyes on. five radar operators looking at their screens, two spotters on either side of the plane, staring out the window, three pilots at the front scouring the ocean. the problem was the visibility was appalling, a low sea fog that even at 200 feet made seeing the ocean very, very difficult. we did get two or three confirmed radar hits but no visuals. the search continues today. but that was for that u.s. crew, about as low as they could possibly go. brian? >> bill neely back o

just to put this into context, western australia, on the west coast of australia where perth is, the l of western australia, is the most isolated state capital in the world, and it goes for another -- these objects we're talking about go for another 1,500 miles southwest into the sea from there, basically into nothing. so, the problems are, "a," locating it, "b," weather is going to play such a critical part in this now, because to get that visual recognition, you need clear visibility. they don't have clear visibility out there. that's what we're being told, visibility is not good. the sea conditions are moderate. so, put those together and we've still got a mountain to climb. the rescue coordinators were saying at the press conference just a couple of hours ago that don't expect and don't be surprised if we don't find anything today. and when i say today, where i am, we've probably got another three hours of daylight left in the search zone. there's probably another four hours of daylight left. >> andrew stevens for us in perth, australia. it could be hours before we know whether th

about 1400 miles southwest of perth, australia. one is about 75 to 80 feet across. i want to bring in kate smithers with channel 7 news in australia on the phone now around 9:45 in the evening local time. at the royal australian air force base after searching for these two objects but no luck so far. kate, good did evening to you. i'm curious, are searchers surprised that they haven't found these objects yet? >> that's right, bob. the australian maritime authority saying it could take days to find these if they find them at all. they had about with seven aircraft throughout searching altogether, one of those is the u.s. navy poseidon. it has reported not saying anything as have the other aircraft. they are saying a cold front is moving in the area so they were flying low, one got about 100 feet above sea level but it was too cloudy and rain tee see much of what is out there. and as you mentioned it's about a 4-hour flight. they only have enough foul four about two hours. bipartisan quart tear 10 at night here. they finished for the night and will be leaving tomorrow

we want to cross back to perth, australia where we can show you the aircraft. aircraft have been on regular rotation to the search area of western australia. this is the pierce australian air base in perth. our ken was up in the planes and said they identified objects visibly from the window. until they can confirm what they are seeing from the air is, in fact, debris from mh-370, all of this debris is speculation. we will continue to bring you any developments in the missing malaysia airline search. there are many stories we are following for you on cnn. >>> there are differing accounts about what was discussed in a tv call with the russian and u.s. presidents on the crisis in ukraine. the white house says vladimir putin committed to working to a solution to the crisis, but the kremlin says mr. putin expressed concern for the safety of ethnic russians in ukraine and moldova. tens of thousands of russian troops amassed along russia's border with ukraine. >>> rescue crews are digging through the muck and mud in the landslide in the united states state of washingt

and you probably know australia is in the lead in the southern sector. those are planes based out of perthmpur and those efforts being led by malaysia and our p3 orion is flying a southern search box. what's encouraging is this international cooperation and right now australia is flying out of perth. of course the u.s. navy, china has planes there flying. so that way it's well coordinated, communication, the flight patterns, the sectors, so that we can rest our planes when we need to, we can get the maintenance done when we need, to and then there's never a gap in the search coverage. the reason i say that is encouraging is because the reason the seventh fleet is out here, the navy's seventh fleet is for security and stability and to work with all these countries to make sure this region is secure and stable, and that's not just here, that range is from international "dateline" by hawaii all the way to pakistan border and then north of japan all the way to antarctica. we're out here doing this wasry day and we usually work with one or two or three countries at a time every day of the year.

it's sunday morning in perth, australia.next, an update on what's happening right now to try to find this missing plane. we'll be right back. cut! [bell rings] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] "roll sound!" "action!" suddenly you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. >>> right now, sunday morning in australia and search planes are in the air hunting for any physical evidence from the missing malaysian airlines flight. ten planes are scheduled to take part in the search over the indian ocean. the effort may be hampered by weather. ships finally retrieved objects from the search area today after three weeks of looking for possible objects that never materializes. as we look at this, i wanted to be clear that no link exists so far betw

nikki battiste, abc news, perth, australia. >> all right. our thanks to nikki. our team in australia, malaysia and the u.s. continues to work every angle. we will have the very latest on "good morning america." >>> and now to the conflict over crimea. russia moving swiftly to bring it back into the fold. the rest of the world alarmed at what might be next. it's a fast-moving drama that could mean the return of the cold war superpower standoff that prevailed for decades. abc's tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: the situation in ukraine is making europe very nervous. >> the crisis in ukraine is the most serious test of european security in the 21st century so far. >> reporter: according to news reports, a ukrainian soldier was killed during an attack on a military base. it's the first death since russian troops seized control of crimea last month. in response, ukraine has authorized its soldiers to shoot back in self-defense. ♪ the incident comes as russians celebrate vladimir putin's annexation of crimea. in an emotional speech, putin lashed out against the un

that this is something significant here in the waters, as you mentioned, off of the coast of perth, australia. what's interesting, also, here is the remoteness of this location. we're talking about 10,000 to 16,000 feet of water is what those images will be floating on top of. so potentially the wreckage would be below that somewhere. hundreds -- within hundreds of miles range of that. let me go back to the main map here and show you how this plays into the overall scheme. here's malaysian down here. that flight, therefore, took one very long detour to the very end, we believe, exhausted its fuel and quite literally, under this scenario -- which, by the

on the ground, we have kyung lah who is live in perth, australia, and we can see the sun coming up behind her there, and it is morning there, and the sun rises and this is the key hour when the jets will be up in the sky, and what kind of a assets will be up there the in the air where the jet picked up possible debris? >> well, jim, we are inbreak, and it is just now that the military jets should be charging up an launching what will be the fourth day searching off of australia, and heading down about four hours southwest of where i'm standing. and what we are expecting regarding the assets that you are talking about. we are going to have more assets in the air according to the australian government. two planes from china, and two which up with of which we saw landing yesterday at perth international airport arriving from china, and that is going to be joining the australian hunt as well as the new zealand planes, and the civilian plans. on the civilian planes are spotters trained with the naked eye to scan the e sea seas for debris. what they are going to try to do is to whittle down the

nbc's bill neely is near perth, australia, where the flights started. bill, what do you have? >> reporter: yes, good evening, david, a fourth day of searching about to begin here in the next few hours. half a dozen mostly australian aircraft will take off from here, more in hope than in expectation. but they hope for a new satellite image in a new precise location, and reinforcements have arrived. three chinese aircraft will take off from here. china also sending ships, there are japanese planes and ships from australia and britain and australia has asked the u.s. for a refuelling aircraft so the planes can spend longer than two hours over the site. but much depends on the visibility. nbc news was on board one plane yesterday. visibility really pretty poor. the forecast for today, even worse. rain, wind, showers and that will last for 36 to 48 hours. the area that they're searching is enormous. it is about the size of the u.s. state of new mexico. australia trying to dampen down expectations of what can be found, china throwing resources into this search. so a new dawn here, a

they're headed to perth, australia. sure, they're on the way, but shouldn't they have been there sooner? the search for the missing plane has been strike forced out of that zone for a week now. going to talk about what this means in a moment. so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month? yup. all 5 of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line, anytime, for $15 a month. low dues, great terms. let's close! new at&t mobile share value plans our best value plans ever for business. i takbecause you can't beatrning for my frzero heartburn.n. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> malaysia is only just now in the process of sending a delegation to perth, australia, which is basically mission control right now in this search

. >> reporter: it's been a cloudy, rainy day here in perth, australia, but 1500 miles offshore, the weather is so bad that the air and sea search for malaysia 370 is now on hold. today all of the search planes here are grounded. the search for any sign of that missing boeing 777 is having to wait as a storm system passes through a search area that stretches across one of the most remote and unforgiving places on earth. winds are forecast to be 50 miles an hour. even ships in the area are being moved out of the worst rough seas with swells around 13 feet. that includes the australian navy ship the "success."

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appears to australian authorities to be a debris field, some 1,500 miles to the south and west of perth, australia, off the western coast of australia. is it -- do they believe it's possible this is wreckage of this jet? they do. they have satellite images. but they now have one ship on scene -- one aircraft on scene. three more aircraft on the way. a ship on the way as well. they're hoping to begin a search.catherine herridge is in washington and do we have her on the line with us now? instead i want to go to david piper. remember, that it was the thai radar systems that were able to spot a change in direction for this jet. and now our david piper is live for us in bangkok. david, this is significant at very least. >> yes, that's right. we haven't had any firm leads like this for a long, long time. a lot of rumors, a lot of searching, but nothing like this. and the malaysian authorities, they're saying, they can confirm there has been a new lead. but they're being very, very cautious at this time. saying they want to have it verified. the australians are trying to verify it at this time. they hav

in australia near perth.jects possibly related to the missing airline plane has been malaysia airlines plane have been spotted in the south indian ocean. he has called this information new and credible and obviously this could be the break through that investigators have been looking for. however, the prime minister did caution that locating the objects will be extremely difficult. one of the concerns they have is that they have poor visibility and obviously that will always hamper a search and recovery effort. and also, there have been supposed sightings before including, you'll remember, an oil slick that turned out to be unrelated to the case. there was no jet fuel in it. he has spoken. the australian official to his malaysian counterpart. and we are getting word also that some family members who

andrew stevens joins us now from perth, australia. i guess the question is, what is this debris, and whereabouts is it? >> reporter: at this stage, it's another new lead, another piece in the jigsaw that is this southern ocean search area. we are short on details at the moment. it is significant, because the chinese went up this morning and reported they had seen two large suspected objects. they early said suspicious. that was corrected to suspected objects, large, which is key. we have had sightings from the australian satellite images and chinese satellite images. this is an eyes-on visual of more large objects. it was surrounded by smaller objects over an area of a few kilometers and the maritime services here say that those objects that the chinese reported seeing just a couple hours ago are in the target zone. don't know how farther away from the satellite images of the debris we've been talking about, but they are in the right area, and obviously need further investigation. the chinese planes who saw that are on their way back

cnn's kyung lah is at the staging area in perth, australia. >> wolf, the search is resuming at daybreak, according to the australian government, this after what has been a rough and tough 24 hours for search teams. the u.s. p-8 poseidon, moments away from flying into the search zone. a few journalists, including me, are embedded with the flight crew, but just before we're to board -- >> yeah, i'll be back out in just a second. >> reporter: lieutenant commander adam schantz gets word the flights are grounded. >> shutting it up and packing it up. everybody out there has gone home. >> reporter: eight planes made it to the search site but faced dangerous conditions, severe wind, ice and zero visibility. conditions so tough that even the p-8 poseidon, world's most advanced anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft, considers it too risky. zero visibility means nothing, not anything out the windows. >> you may not even be able to see the wing tips of the aircraft. >> reporter: i can see it on their faces. can you tell me a little bit about wh

has mobilized a massive operation in the sea and in the air and about 1500 miles southwest of perth, australia, it's unfolding. our senior washington correspondent joe johns is here with a closer look at the ships and the planes, the satellites involved. this is a massive undertaking. >> it's amazing, wolf. staggers assets are being used in the search for the plane. 43 ships along with 58 or more aircraft. one expert we talked to says it's likely a dozen satellites have been utilized. now as the focus has turned to the remote southern indian ocean, equipment with military intelligence technology is playing a key role. a massive sea search that requires an equally massive amount of resources on land, air and seas. it starts in space. satellite images transferred to the australian geo spatial intelligence organization. the pictures of possible plane debris captured march 16, but it took them four days to sort through the volume of the imagery. china also helps satellite images before releasing them to the public. >> part of it is not telling the other guy what you got. the reason for that is the

holly williams in perth, australia has the latest on the search and anguish of families who traveledfrom china to malaysia awe shoul to be heard. >> reporter: they are racing to find the black boxes or flight recorders. they could help explain what went wrong but they only have eight days of battery life left. the u.s. navy has flown in an under water black box locator and it should arrive in the search area in the next 48 hours. mark mathews in charge in such says it could take years. >> right now the area is basically the size of the indian ocean which would take an untenable amount of time to search. >> reporter: the long wait for news is frustrating for the families of the 239 people who were on board. and today some of their families traveled to cool la kua blvmentp per. we want to know what happened to her families. holly williams, cbs news, perth, australia. >> glor: in ukraine between secretary of state john kerry and sergey lavrov ended in paris today without an agreement. a press conference followed that meeting and margaret brennan is in washington tonight. marg, any progr

he's monitoring that search from perth, australia. it's agonizing. weather has called off the search. it was postponed for a day. now they're all back out there and waiting to see to find any shred of an airplane to put the pieces together, andrew. >> reporter: yeah, indeed, christine. the world is waiting. and at the moment, we have no fresh leads on the search, about 1500 miles from where i'm standing, it's been the biggest air search so far. a total of six countries in that search. there are airplanes going down there, small commercial jets with a dozen or so spotters on them. they have not reported anything back. we're still waiting for the search coordinators' answers. maritime authorities, here in australia to release the latest information about what they've seen down there. we have before this hour, it's now 4:30 in previous days, known that they've seen anything, we've got the news before now. so it doesn't look good at this stage. christine, more and more importantly, getting more ship surface vessels in that area, the australian naval ship

arrives in perth australia. the country's prime minister voicing optimism that something will turn up. >> a considerable amount of debris has been sighted in the area where the flight was last recorded. bad weather has so far prevented any of it being recovered, but we are confident that some will be. >> reporter: that includes a blue fin underwater vehicle also a tow pinger locater used to detect signals from the data recorder. dedicated to today's search at least five ships from 12 countries. they scour more than 600,000 square miles of ocean. this as new information emerges about flight 370's timeline. experts say new satellite data indicates the plane may have sent out a partial signal around 8:19 the morning it disappeared. maybe indicating the moment it went down. let's bring in andrew stevens on what officials are saying about the saernl -- search. they just tweeted out that while these search planes finally got back up in the air today, they've had two sightings. three objects were spotted in a search. o

two large pieces, 1,500 miles to the south and west of perth, australia. this is the general vicinity of the area. the original search area, as defined by the national transportation safety board, are those strange box-like things on the left-hand side of your screen, just above the fox news channel logo there, that's the area where they were searching. now we know they have found, not only these two large significant sized pieces, but also what's been described, though not using these words, as a debris field around it. the images were found on satellite after the national transportation safety board instructed those in the area that they believe the place to look was there. so the australians led the way in focusing air resources, maritime, resources and satellites on that particular area. and then they found these items of interest. first the australian prime minister went to his parliament and said, we have what we believe to be some large pieces. we think it's possible it may be the boeing 777 missing for 12 days. then the authorities came out and gav

perth australia, 1500 miles off the coast.ot of people thought we would find this in the southern indian ocean, not as far south. >> again, they are looking for clues. they have to run it down. if they came out and said this is a credible lead, then assets have to be deployed. otherwise, they're looking for nothing right now. this is a good lead. >> this is a credible lead. last, i want to talk about the currents. this is something that is really significant. we know they're calling this a gyre. explain what that is and how it would affect how if debris or any other sort of what chris is talking about flotsam and jetsam in the area could move or not move. >> gyre is a circular current. they hold all the trash in the pacific. every ocean has one. they do accumulate trash and large amounts of trash. eventually that trash starts to sink. usually there are large patches of this. this could be a patch of trash. >> to that end, it could very well be that. >> they have to go look and they have to find out if it is or isn't. and then

bill neely in perth, australia, for us. bill, glad you got there safely. >> joining us is greg feith, former senior investigator with the national transportation and safety board. and, greg, you know, we've used all sorts of cliches, needle in a haystack, but that's what this feels like. these two grainy satellite images. nothing yet to be confirmed. with the visuals from these planes. >> chuck, this is probably the hardest part, because while these are the better resolution satellite photos, especially than the chinese photos, these aren't really all that much better. and there's always been a question about could they be better? is there another set of these types of photographs that show better resolution? and as we talked earlier in the week, this part of the ocean -- or this part of the world isn't covered by satellites. i mean, everybody's got their good stuff trained on the hot spots of the world. >> sure. >> and so, when this photograph was taken, it was taken by a -- a satellite that just had that level of resoluti

atika shubert is in the staging area of perth, australia. the western part of australia.? >> we're waiting for those planes to depart the air base here. they do have to leave quite soon because it's reported that there could be bad weather later on today. so that means a very limited search time. we understand that there should be 11 aircraft operating in the search today. six military and five civilian. and there's also a number of ships now in the search area. and they're all going to be critical for looking at that one particular area about 156 square miles in which french satellites have seen 122 floating objects that could be the debris. now, it's critical that the planes get down low so they can get some pictures the and actually identify what those objects are, wolf. >> all right, atika shubert on the scene for us. atika, thanks very much. let's hope the weather stays relatively decent so they can get close to the area where the 122 objects were spotted. we've heard that one of the 122 objects spotteded in the indian ocean is long enough to possibly be a wing of th

nikki battiste, abc news, perth, australia. >>> secretary of state john kerry held high-stablgs talks with russia's foreign minister if an attempt to make some progress. it was the first face-to-face meeting since the people of crimea voted to join russia. the u.s. refuses to recognize that move and imposed sanctions on russia. vladimir putin made a surprise phone call to president obama. >> the u.s. and russia have differences of opinion about the events that led to this crisis. but both of us recognize the importance of finding a diplomatic solution. >> the u.s. says the russian troops massing along the ukrainian border are a threat to peace. and though the two sides are looking for a diplomatic way out, no new talks are planned. >>> in washington state, the back-breaking work in the mudslide disaster into its second week. the recovery mission continues. officials have lowered the number of missing down from 90 to 30. the death toll stands at 21. more than 400 people are involved in the recovery efforts. the searchers are focusing special attention on retrieving personal belongings

the planes have been making a four-hour journey to the search area southwest of perth, australia. it is covering 37,000 miles split in two to help coordinate the search. it improved during the day. much of the area that has been searched is because of the large objects spotted by the chinese satellite. it was photographed around 75 miles from where an australian satellite spotted two large objects. a small aircraft also recorded seeing small notes floating in the ocean anded which a, includ palate. >> a number of other objects which were beyond distribute. strapping belts of different lengths. we tried to refine that yet today with one of the new we will have a-- zealand aircraft. >> they remain hopeful that if there is anything out there, they will find it. they are getting much-needed help to planes that arrived from perth and japan. they are expected to join in the search tomorrow. the search continuing in the north in case the plane flew north to places like thailand and kazakhstan. >> we will check back with you as news warrants. live from bang caulk, thailand. >> the mystery

and so we will start with will ripley who is in perth, australia. the sun is up, and the planes are on the mission, but it is a race against the weather, right? >> it sure is, don. 7:00 a.m. here at pearce air force base in australia, and we have moved the camera outside of the tent that we have been broadcasting overnight here, because i want to show you what the pilots are seeing here taking off this morning and what they are heading into. you can see the clouds that are rolling in, and this is dramatic. this is not here when the sun came up, and they are moving in quickly, and there is a big storm out to the west of the search area shown on the radar, and that the could hamper the planes in the air, and the ships. and we have had the search called off in portions of the indian ocean, because the weather gets too the dangerous for the pilots. when it is dropping to zero visibility, you can't search if you can't see through the clouds. that is what the pilots and the ship crews are up against today. >> let's talk about what everybody is waiting to

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kyung lah is joining us from perth, australia.e getting ready to take off, kyung? >> reporter: if they are not in the air already. you can see that the skies are lightening up behind me and we've generally gotten notification from the australian government after they have taken to the skies. the first planes take to the air just about now. they are followed and staggered throughout the day so they can cover as much of the sea as possible. we've seen every single day more and more planes taking to the air. this becomes now today trying to bring the evidence home. yesterday a. good day. the australian plane as well as the chinese plane did spot in two different locations suspicious debris. now, that debris has not been brought on to any sort of sea vessel. it's not got to be able to bring it back to perth, australia. >> kyung lah, thank you. >>> rene marsh is still with us, as well as miles o'brien, michael schmidt, and van gurley. i want to play for you an earlier interview with chris mclaughlin of inmarsat. the malaysian prime min

that debris was spotted in the indian ocean in the southern part of the ocean west of aw australia below perth. two planes have reported back about what they found. bob redell is joining us with the breaking details. good morning. >> good morning. usp 3 aircraft have returned to australia and in spite of efforts using radar they found nothing. it was poor visibility. it was a four-hour flight. this is what they are looking for the whitish objects spotted by satellite floating on the surface of the indian ocean, one is from 75 to 80 feet in length, the other 16 feet, last night australian's prime minister announced this was quote new and credible evidence of possible debris from malaysia airlines flight 370 which disappeared 12 days ago on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. the location of this is remote, 1400 miles southwest off the coast of perth australia also in the area where some aviation experts think that 777 aircraft might have gone down. >> this is a lead, it is probably the best lead we have right now. but we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them to know whether it'

and we're first joined by rebecca o'donovan, who is in perth australia, at pearce air force base. where the search flights originate. rebecca, good morning to you, and i imagine the tempo of flights is now picking up? >> reporter: that is right, brian, this is where five aircraft are based. and despite bad weather that has just hit the area this morning, the first search plane left just a short time ago and a second one is due to leave in about two hours from now. from here it is a full hour journey to the search going from two and a half thousand kilometers away from perth, the southwest, from there, due to the fuel capacity they only have a window of two hours to search before they have to make the journey back, yesterday the problem was poor visibility with thick cloud cover, fog and rain and high swells that were making it difficult to see any debris. brian? >> rebecca o'donovan, in what is about to become a very busy air force base. thank you, rebecca. if these satellite images prove to be parts of the aircraft it only increases the urgency now to locate the black boxes befor

i want to bring in andrew stevens live in perth, australia. this is the closest land point to where this search is now going on, some 1,400 miles, andrew from where that debris has been spotted. >> reporter: that's right. it's still a long way from where that debris was found. i'm at the pearce air force base here, just on the outskirts of the state capital, perth. and this is the staging post for the surveillance aircraft. there's australian aircraft, new zealand, and u.s. aircraft involved as well. by our reckoning, the first flight went out at 6:00 this morning, and these are round about ten-hour flights, so the first flight should be landing fairly soon. we haven't heard anything in those ten hours from the actual flights, which are over that area, what they have seen. the only thing we've heard is a tweet saying that radar images had picked up something from the u.s. p-8 poseidon aircraft. that was a couple hours ago. we haven't heard anything since. there are eyes on the area, not necessarily on the actual floating objects yet, but we kn

that's nearly 2,000 miles southwest of perth, australia. meanwhile, they have widened the area in the ocean. none of the search planes reported seeing the objects. the u.s. navy's poe siden couldn't fly today because it needed maintaienance. the u.s. did send out a p-3 orion. five chinese warships an an ice breaker is also joining the search very soon. the weather was reported to be relatively good today over the search zone, but this is one of the wildest and remotest areas in the world and the forecast doesn't look good for the week and a cyclone looks like it could be moving toward the area. they're still searching the northern arc as well in case the plane went north instead of south. >> david, it's just after 11:00 p.m. on saturday night in that area. with bad weather coming in especially all this week, how long can they continue this search and what happens if they can't continue perhaps later on this week? >> reporter: well, it's going to be very difficult for the planes if the weather deteriorates. the australia navy ship could prob

ian williams is following the latest from perth, australia. will this shift make the search any easier? >> australian officials say that this area is closer to main land australia by about 400 miles. so that means less flying time, which means aircraft can spend more time there looking for debris. they also point out that the weather conditions in this new area are a little better than what they have experienced down further south. that said, the ocean is still very deep, between 6,000-13,000 feet. it is still a very tough task ahead of them. also, the overall area they are looking at is 123,000 square miles. think new mexico or poland now. they had appeared to be honing in on a narrower earlier area down south 700 miles away from the new area aided by multiple satellite images it. it does seem like they were false lead and that those satellite images had nothing to do with the aircraft. here we are, a fresh search. we have ten flights, ten aircraft heading no that area today. ships also on the way but unlikely to be there before the end of sa

i'm coming live from perth, australia.earch for flight 370 in the indian ocean. now focused on that southern corridor. right now the search is on hold because of really rough weather. strong wind, heavy rains and low clouds have sidelined the effort at least for now. this morning, an australian official described the search as not looking for a needle in the haystack. he says that would be a kind way of describing it. he says they're looking for the actual haystack. i spoke one on one with the australia defense minister about the search. >> the most important thing, what's the message for families who wait for any answer of where the debris is and what happened to the plane? >> with respect to families all i can say is how tragic this whole mi mystery this has been for them. my prime minister and myself are concerned not to give false expectations. we are doing everything we can. the first thing we want to do is ex tract wreckage if there is any from the surface of the ocean down there, 2,000 ki limitation of moti kilomete

we have a team of correspondents on the story, first we will go to holly williams in perth, australia, holly .. >> scott, the search is duty due to begin here this hour involving six aircraft, but they are hunting for the wreckage of flight 370 in one of the most inaccessible regions on earth and it is notorious for its treacherous conditions. >> the search planes from the u.s., australia and new zealand came back empty-handed on friday, after scouring the area 1,500 miles off australia's west coast, where two blurry objects had been spotted by satellite. >> the search has been hampered by stormy weather and radar has improved ineffective in the churning stays. >> the head of the safety authority announce add change in tactics. relying on the human eye. >> we have planned the search to be visual, so aircraft flying relatively low, very highly skilled and trained observers looking out of the aircraft windows, and looking to see continues. >> reporter: but the region is so remote the planes only have two hours to hunt for debris before they are forced to head back to base to refuel. >>

ten search planes set to take off soon in perth, australia. as a matter of fact, some are in the air right now. more on this in a little bit. >>> first, there is a tdevelopig story out of california, multiple earthquakes in a 24-hour period. one of several aftershocks to the big one last night, a 5.1 near the orange county city of el habra. stephanie e labjoins me now. the first one was the aftershock this morning, right? >> yeah. let me tell you about last night's. last night's you definitely felt. that came in in the morning. it was a rolling earthquake as opposed to -- at least where i live, as opposed to the one on st. patrick's day in the morning which was a nice, sharp jolt. this one rolling through but definitely having some damage it did cause. we have some rocks that fell on a road, broken bottles, broken vases, broken glass, that sort of thing. then we had 100, about, earthquakes. i was watching it on twitter. earthquakes reported. they were small 1 or 2 pointers. there were definitely a bunch of earthquakes after that. reportedly af

nbc's ian williams joins us live from perth, australia. good morning to you. this search area is so remote and so large some estimates have it the size of alaska. >> good morning to you, betty. officials say they are searching area today, which is smaller and more focused, but, yes, it is still the size of alaska. today's deployment is the biggest we've seen so far. 12 aircraft, including those from australia, new zealand, u.s., china, japan, and korea joining that hunt. also two ships out there, an australian and chinese ship. had he say conditions have been better after that 24-hour suspension because of horrendous weather. visibility today is said to be good, although the water is still very choppy. as of now it's, what, 5:00 in the afternoon here in australia. they have reported no sightings of anything suspicious or significant. now, also yesterday here in perth the arrival of new u.s. assets, submersible as well as a device which they call a pinger detecter for helping to detect that black box, but neither will be deployed until they've massively narrowe

stack is the way that andrew thomas describes the search efforts unfolding right now in australia and joins us from perth it's such a remote area, you get in a plane and fly for 3 1/2 hours before you get to the search zone narcs is the equivalent of flying from one side of australia to the other and look around for about two hours which is all you get before you get low on fuel and have to turn around and go back. we pushed our luck a lit bit and stayed in the search area a bit longer than they normally would and they said we were low on fuel and had to head back and we did, we had two hours 40 minutes actually searching. when i mean searching you are low on the water going very fast and very hard to spot objects. >> reporter: in perth, australia and we have todd curtis, todd tell us at this point in time and joins us by phone on day 16, do we know anything, can we rule anything out? >> well, as far as the cause of why the airplane went that far south, we really can't rule anything out because as i stated before, with limited data we have about the aircraft is the behavior that has been observed from th

connected to the debris sighted over the last 24 hours by planes flying overhead off the coast of perth, australiainese plane and australian plane spotting debris. you can see the area out there, about 1,200 miles or so off the coast of perth, including something that was orange, which could be a life raft, could be a life vest, and something gray, as well, often the color of things associated with aircraft. there is no confirmation yet. we're trying to find out more about what is in the ocean. so now we're joined by a couple experts on this subject, christine dennison, ocean explorer and expedition logistics expert, and tim taylor, sea operations specialist and submersible specialist. and christine, i want to start with you. we did get that news just a few hours ago, before the malaysian prime minister spoke, that these objects were spotted by planes. something orange, something gray, and then an australian naval vessel was rushing to the scene. with your experience in this subject, what is the first thing that this ship will be doing when it arrives on the scene? >> well, unfortunately, the dime

perth australia, live for us, 7:00 p.m. local time. ian williams there. >>> now to another search, unfortunately here, looking for survivors following the massive mud slide in washington state. that continues. the death toll is up to 14. more than 176 people are missing. the race to find victims ghoeting eaghoet i not getting easier though. jennifer bjorklund has the latest for us. >> reporter: the desperate search for survivors continues in this tiny rural community, where a wall of mud buried everything in its path, leaving behind unthinkable destruction. the more than 30 homes that once stood here now buried under 15 feet of mud and debris. >> it is about a mile long, probably a thousand feet wide, you know, probably an estimate of 15 million cubic yards of material. it is massive. >> reporter: lives torn apart, families hope for the best. >> i want to know where my husband is. you know, i just need to know. >> reporter: searching on the ground and in the air, hovercraft has been brought in to help navigate the slide zone. >> very d

. >> the search zone is southwest of perth, australia, in an area called the roaring 40s. 40 degrees south of the equator known for strong westerly winds. because of the conditions to and from the location, all military planes involved can only search for two hours per trip due to fuel limitations. >> it's about the most inaccessible spot as you can imagine on the face of the earth, but if there is anything down there, we will find it. we owe it to the families of those people to do no less. >> on thursday, relatives of some of the 239 missing people on board arrived at a hotel near kuala lumpur's airport searching for answers. >> we try to address not the big problem but uncertain questions. >> buoys are now in the ocean to chart the currents, but officials caution it could take weeks to find the debris. now, today's forecast is better, so the satellite operator who located the debris wants to search the area again, examine the site. and china says it's also sending three naval ships to assist in the search. anne-marie. >> all right. tara mergener in washington. thank you, tara. >>>