renee marsh, you have some new information?t off the phone with the ntsb and we have been wondering what their role could be at in point they say they are monitoring inging very closely the situation. it could call for some technical assistance if anyone needs technical assistance they could be called upon but it's too early to tell exactly what their role would be. we also know that the french equivalent of the ntsb most likely by have a prominent role, this aircraft is a product of the french manufactured in france also the u.s. does not have any citizens that we know of on board, so it makes sense that the ntsb will have a leading role nevertheless they say they have been in contact with airbus they have been in contact with the french e equivalent of the ntsb so they have been in communication. they are sitting waiting and watching of course there's not much they can do because the search effort is halted at this point. >> we were talking with will and with andrew at the airport about the families you know a lot about famil

i want to head to washington and check in with rene marsh because of course the airspace closed over have ramifications here at u.s. airports as well rene, are you there? there you are. >> yes, carol, i can tell you that this is one big mess that we are watching unfold here. so the situation with the airspace in london no doubt will have a ripple effect and we will be impacted here, flights in the united states. we're talking about an extremely busy airspace. london's heathrow airport is a major international hub. so without a doubt if none of these flights are allowed to land at heathrow we'll see the rain ripple effect. you see what happens when we have one day of bad weather. we're talking about a complete shutdown of the airspace there which is, again, i cannot stress how busy this airspace is that will will see the ripple effect. we have reached out to the faa. they're getting reports and processing this information at this point. no hard numbers as far as what this ripple effect will look like for people here in the united states but it's safe to say that there will be an impac

. >> our cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh is live in washington. rene you have been on the phone working your sources with airbus and ntsb. first of all, tell us if anything have we learned from airbus about this aircraft and what they believe has happened and unfolded in the hours? >> well, at this point we know that this was a pretty young aircraft. six years old. it was delivered in october of 2008. so a little bit over six years old. very young when you're talking about an aircraft as far as the standards for how old these aircraft usually are or how long they can essentially fly for before being switched out. this is a young one. we also know from airbus it had some 23,000 flight hours, and if you just look at flight radar 24, you look at the date at which this incident happened on the 27th. you can see that this particular aircraft did make other trips earlier prior to this incident. five other trips by my count there on flight radar 24. obviously those trips happened without any incident. we also know based on information from officials there

let's bring in rene marsh monitoring the travel. she's live at reagan airport. this could be a messy travel time for millions of americans? >> reporter: right. you're absolutely right. you know, a lost peopau a lot o be driving because gas prices are as low as they are. you just heard it, it's going to be a messy commute, it's going to be a messy ride if you're going by car. as far as air goes, you're going to see delays today. and the national outlook, what it looks like right now, we're talking about creeping close to 2,000 delays at this hour. again, it's still pretty early. so all the boards like here at reagan, they look good. i'm seeing many flights are on time. however, you see cancellations at the obvious places like mississippi, where those deadly tornadoes touched down yesterday. so we see cancellations there. we're also seeing some cancellations, just a sprinkling, maine and indianapolis, most of that is an issue or function of heavy dense fog so we're having some visibility issues. so wide range of weather situations may mean that you're just going t

rene marsh, cnn, washington. >> thank you to rene marsh for that report.s of the country got a white christmas. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray has our forecast. >> after a busy couple of days weatherwise leading up to christmas, actually christmas day not looking bad at all. that rain has pushed out of the northeast. sunshine is returning for much of the east. we do have some snow working its way into the rockies. so a little snowy. a white christmas for a lot of folks in the west. look at this. winter weather advisories. winter storm warnings in effect anywhere from salt lake city, idaho falls, billings included in that and even rapid city. we're going to see lots of snow falling anywhere from 2 to 4 inches in a lot of places but isolated amounts up to a foot in those higher elevations getting snow as well. so here's the forecast radar going forward in time. the snow will stick around in the rockies and eventually lead to a soggy weekend across much of the south even into the east. by sunday, working its way into the northeast. what we're looking at 1 to

can we bring in rene marsh real quick? i think it's worth talking about, the effect this will have in the united states. people hear something like this and think "okay, i have a loved one in the air, i'm aparade of what this could mean." what kind of technical problem could this have been? what could it have stemmed from? >> we really don't know what caused this computer glitch a computer glitch at one point we were told that the airspace is shut down. of course an investigation go into what caused that but as far as what are the concerns and why they're taking this so seriously, i mean, taking the step of closing the airspace at one point. it goes to show the bottom line is this. when you have such a crowded, tremendously crowded airspace going into one of the busiest airports, a major international hub. you want to make sure that when you have so many planes in the air at once that air traffic controllers know where these planes are, they can communicate with the pilots, they can safely keep these planes spaced apart an

cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh joins me live to talk more about this. rene, the question i guess is on a lot of people's minds, how could a guy get guns onto flights in a carry-on backpack? how can this happen today? >> that is the big question, and really, when you hear the details, it's an alarming breach in airport security. here's how it happened according to investigators. the gun supplier was an atlanta-based delta airlines baggage handler. his name, eugene harvey. he used his airport security clients to bypass security checkpoints and get the guns into the secure area. once his accomplice, who was a former delta employee, mark henry, cleared tsa, the two men would communicate via text message, meet in an airport bathroom where the transfer would happen and that, randi, is how more than 100 guns were smuggled onto passenger planes with others on board during a seven-month period. investigators eventually closed in on this ring, on this scheme earlier this month. they arrested henry once he landed at jfk and here's a breakdown of what they found. he

cnn's rene marsh looks at the context. >> reporter: the disappearance of 162 people on board airasias the second missing passenger plane in southeast asia in less than a year. >> it is erie. it is unusual or it's just kind of spooky that this would happen in this area. but we don't know the facts yet. >> reporter: after nearly ten months, malaysia airlines flight 370 and the 239 people on board have still not been found. authorities are convinced the boeing 777 crashed in the indian ocean. >> malaysia 370, i think there's good evidence to indicate that it was flown a long, long ways and, again, most likely, as a criminal act, either by a rogue pilot or an intruder or something like that. we have no indication of anything like that in this case. >> reporter: just four months later, july 17th, malaysia airlines would suffer another loss. pro-russian rebels are blamed for shooting mh-17 out of the sky. all 298 people on board that boeing 777 died. one week later, more than 100 people perished after air algere crashed. it changed its flight path because of bad weather. the disappearance

we go the rene marsh, and our aviation correspondent, and what if anything is airasia saying about this? >> well, it is a newer aircraft, martin. and with ee know that it was delivered october 2008 making it a little bit over six years old. as far as the fly ging time, we know it is more than 23,000 flight hours. so it is making some reps but at this point, it is a newer airplane. with we know as far as the a-23 goes the safety record is pretty good when you consider the reps that the aircraft has made made. oftentimes and you have heard it several times today referred to as the workhorse and it makes sense, because when you look at the big picture of how many reps this particular aircraft has made around the world, it is a lot lot. i mean, airbus, itself its own stat says that every two seconds somewhere around the world, an airbus is landing or taking off. that puts it in context. at this point, airbus is careful with the language and they are not dipping into the arena of speculation, and they are waiting to gather information and making it clear that they are ready and willing to wo

rene marsh has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, six people are dead after a twin engine business jet crashes into a maryland home. also sending debris tumbling into two more homes and ending with a fiery explosion. the aircraft was going for a landing at montgomery county airport at 11:00 monday morning when witnesses say they heard a sputtering sound and saw the plane struggling. the mother and her two sons were killed inside one of the homes. their bodies found in the bathroom, one child between the mother's legs and the other in her arms. three people on board the plane also died, including michael rosenberg, the founder and ceo of the clinical research company in north carolina. the plane went down a mile from the airport. one theory is a bird strike may have caused problems. multiple warnings about birds in the area were heard on air traffic control tapes shortly before the crash. the plane's recorders have been recovered. we do know national transportation safety board investigators are looking into the cause of the deadly crash. >>> rene marsh, thank you. a nor'easter is i

somehow you put them together on an airplane and they lose their mind. >> renee marsh, cnn, washingtoneople need to take a chill pill when they board a flight. >>> all right, the most decorated olympian ever, will avoid jail time. he received a one-year driving suspension. he pleaded guilty to charges in baltimore, maryland. a judge gave him 18 months supervised probation and ordered him not to drink alcohol during that time. >>> video from the night of phelps arrest in september shows him weaving through traffic in a white suv. he had a blood alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit. the 18-time gold medal winner tweeted this has been his biggest learning experience ever. >>> still ahead, the cyber attacks on sony pictures have some worried that north korean hackers may be getting more bold. why south korean officials are worried about that. we'll delve into that story. also the parents of the man accused of killing 12 people in a colorado movie theater say their son is not a monster. the family's plea to save james holmes live is in the next hour on cnn. we've got three beautiful

renee marsh reports. >> reporter: havana once dubbed the latin las vegas.of karmen miranda singing with fruit in her hair and movie stars at the tropicana nightclub. exotic caribbean flavor and distinct culture made americans fall in love with cuba before the revolution. caught in a time warp, it still looks strikingly similar to when tv's lucy and ricky's visited and the cars were new. >> only 90 miles from u.s. shores, so it's a no brainer that the demand is there. >> reporter: the president's new policy makes some travel like educational and humanitarian trips easier but it does not lift the embargo or allow for tourism. >> the forbidden fruit aspect, so much pent up energy of millions of americans wishing to explore cuba for themselves. >> reporter: last year, less than 100,000 americans visited most on charters operated by airlines like american and jet blue. but an industry group predicts 2 million more would go in the next two years if all restrictions were lifted and the infrastructure may not be ready. the retro look attracting americans conceals d

i want to bring in rene marsh. spill it, rene. how on earth in this day and age could that many guns, some of them loaded, end up not only in a terminal r or on a tarmac but on a plane that flew? >> reporter: oftentimes, whether it's airline or airport workers, they go through this security vetting process in which they receive that badge that gets them into the secure areas of the airport. and they do not have to go through tsa checkpoint. so in this situation, investigators say what happened was a delta air lines baggage handler got into the secure part of the airport using his badge and met an accomplice who went through tsa security just like you and i would. communicating via text message and arranged a meeting inside one of the airport bathrooms. that's where the hand-off of weapons went down, ashleigh. the baggage handler working for delta had the bag with the weapons, some of them loaded, did the hand-off and then the accomplice got on the plane and traveled to new york. you mentioned it off the top. this happened multiple

let's bring in aviation correspondent renee marsh. through this renee. >> reporter: we're talking about just 36 minutes after takeoff, the pilot was concerned, and there were problems. that's when the problems began. but why this plan never arrived at its destination remains a mystery tonight. french crash investigators have been dispatched and experts from airbus are there to i.d. pieces of the plane if and when it's found. rescuers believe airasia flight 8501 is in the bottom of the sea. but where in >> we realize the worst thing that maybe happened. >> reporter: on the full first day of the operation, 15 planes and 30 ships scanned these two areas in the java sea for wreckage. still no sign of the jet liner. >> they have a very good idea where it was. it's in a confined area and also in an area where the water is relatively shallow. 150 feet versus 10,000 or 20,000 feet. so all of those factors to me make it likely the airplane will be found. >> sunday morning, 5:36 local time the airbus takes off from the indonesian city of surbaya

rene marsh is joining me. how soon could we see a travel boom to cuba? >> the demand is there.industry is salivating at the idea and someone watching us today took some time to daydream about sipping that rum cocktail on a cuban beach. but, not so fast. havana, once dubbed the latin las vegas. ♪ images of carmen singing with fruit in her hair and movie stars dancing their night away at the tropicana nightclub. exotic caribbean flavor and distinct culture made americans fall in love with cuba before the revolution. caught in a time warp, it still loo looks strikingly similar to when lucy and ricky visited when the cars were new. >> it's only 90 miles from u.s. shores. the demand is there. >> reporter: the president's new policy makes some travel, like educational and humanitarian trips easier. but it does not lift the embargo or allow for tourism. >> the forbidden fruit aspect, millions and millions of americans wishing to explore cuba themselves. >> reporter: last year, less than 100,000 americans visited. but an industry group predicts 2 million more would go in the next two y

>> rene marsh reporting live for us from washington thanks so much.l be right back. >>> the line drawn in the sand over border policy. gop grilling right now on capitol hill, as homeland security secretary jay johnson defends president obama's executive action on immigration. johnson says the policy will shield up to 5 million undocumented immigration from deportation, common sense. homeland security committee chair michael mccall saying it threatens democracy. we'll continue to monitor the hearing. >>> back to ferguson. many police officers across the country say they're unfairly maligned for doing a difficult job. this morning they have a brand new champion, charles barkley. in an interview he pulls no punches, calls the looters in ferguson "scumbags" and if it were not for police, some black neighborhoods would be the wild, wild west. >> i'm not saying right or wrong. i'm hearing the true story that came out of the grand jury investigation. i know i'm black but you have to be really careful with the cop, man. if it wasn't for the cops we'd be livin

here to tell us more about what we do know is cnn's rene marsh. what are we learning about the final moments of this plane? >> 36 minutes after take-off the pilot was concerned and we know he asked to climb in altitude. that's when the problems began. why the plane never arrived at its destination remains a mystery tonight. french crash investigators have been dispatched and experts from air airbus are there to id pieces of the plane if and when it's found. another mysterious disappearance of a plane in southeast asia. the whereabouts of airasia flight 8501 and the 162 people on board unknown. >> we realize the worst thing may have happened. >> reporter: 15 planes and 30 ships scanned these two areas in the java sea for wreckage. still no sign of the jetliner. the search expands tuesday. >> they have a very good idea where it was. it's in a confined area and also in an area where the water is relatively shallow, say 150 feet versus 10,000 or 20,000 feet. so all of those factors, to me make it like i the airplane will be found. >> reporter: sunday

we have aviation correspondent rene marsh, tom foreman who is also following the story for us. and you have this speculation, tom, that weather could have played a role in this. you have the pilot asking air traffic control while at 32,000 feet to go up to 38,000 feet. request denied. but what kind of weather was the pilot dealing with here? >> it was not unusual weather for that part of the world at this time of year but it was still extreme weather. and that's the kind of weather the pilots always have to worry about because weather is always an issue out there. let's take a look at the weather map here and the area that we're talking about where the plane went down is right in here and at times you can see in the cycle of the weather at the time it filled in almost entirely with the red areas that show very dramatic winds, very dramatic lightning and the potential for dramatic pressure changes. and those pressure changes, i'll tell you, can make a huge huge difference. if you think of a plane in flight when it gets up into the air and it's trying to go through the air, if it

goulds acting director of the national transportation safety board and cnn safety correspondent renee marsh. this stunned relatives and they were at airport termle in nal, and we -- were at airport terminal but first to renee marsh, and what do you have of the latest here from your sources, about what happened to this plane? >> well, at this point, we don't have any hard information of what exactly went wrong here. with we know that weather was definitely an issue. we know that because the pilot requested to deviate course. we know that requested to go higher in altitude and most likely to try to avoid this weather, but as far as what detailing what exactly caused this situation that we have now which is essentially that this plane is missing, we don't have this at this point, and we know that authorities here at the united states are payinging close attention to this and we know that the lines of communication are open at this hour, and the ntsb are telling me that they are in touch with airbus and the indonesians and in touch with the french authorities and investigateors who would likely

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aviation correspondent renee marsh has details. >> reporter: 153 firearms recovered. smuggled on board nearly 20 commercial passenger planes from atlanta to new york. that according to federal investigators. >> they put guns on a plane this time. they could easily put a bomb on one of those planes. >> reporter: here's how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airport and airline employees like ramp workers and baggage handlers undergo security vetting and reoccurring background checks. but they do not go through daily tsa screening to gain access to secure and restricted airport areas. the accomplice former delta employee mark henry clears tsa and arrives at a concourse, the two men communicate by text message and meet in an airport bathroom. once inside out of the camera's view, the guns are handed off. >> tsa, the airports and the airlines after 9/11 are there to prevent this type of incident occurringrd henry seen here in surveillance video boarded

back to you. >> renee marsh there. we'll take a short break.he loss of that airline and we'll continue in a moment. i'm michael holmes. >> and i'm isha sesay. stay with cnn. >>> hello, everyone. and welcome to cnn's special coverage for the search of the missing asia air flight. we have a grim message in the last hour or two. assuming and this is not confirmed, that the airasia airliner is quote, at the bottom of the sea. now well into

cnn's rene marsh joins us to explain the u.s. role now that bodies and debris have been found.hat do we know about the u.s. assets sent to the area? what can the u.s. do to help this process? >> reporter: as we know, there is one u.s. navy ship there. one is on the way. both of these ships equipped with helicopters which will are be very helpful when we talk about recovering wreckage from the ocean's surface. so we know that they will be able to provide those assets. we also know that the indonesians have already made an official request to the united states for sonar equipment. and that equipment will be so critical as they move this search under water. essentially they will be looking for the heavier, larger parts of the aircraft that are at this point sitting on the ocean floor. we do expect that perhaps the u.s. contribution will expand even more as the underwater search gets even bigger. take a listen to what the pentagon had to say earlier this morning about the search for the black boxes. >> as we've made very clear, we're ready to help in any way that we can. we have as

cnn's rene marsh is following that part of the story for us. ene. >> good morning, carol. not only is "uss sampson already in the area. we just got word this morning that a second u.s. ship has been dispatched to the area. we're talking about "uss ft. worth." i want to tell you a little bit about the capability of "uss ft. worth." we know it's a combat ship. it does have a helicopter on board, which would be handy, as they continue to recover wreckage on the ocean's surface. you're looking at images of "uss ft. worth" and now images of "uss sampson." back to "sampson" which is already in the zone. we know it usually carries two helicopters, also would be helpful in recovering debris. also we know that once this search goes underwater the u.s. could be asked to provide even more assets. take a listen to what the pent began had to say a couple hours ago. >> as we made clear we're ready to help in any way we can. we've assisted in these searches before unfortunately so we have some experience at this. as you may recall with malaysia flight 370 we p

here is cnn's rene marsh. >> reporter: drones are in high demand this holiday.nes every month. >> now we're ramping up to christmas, there's no telling. it's going to be a big drone christmas. i think crass mass day the drones will be 234r50iing around. >> reporter: the soaring sales are alarming federal regulators who fear more drones in the sky will mean more crashes. watch as this drone slams into a building. here is another where the pilot loses control. >> a lot of inexperienced people pulling them out of the boxes on christmas morning and flying them around. they'll be probably some going down in different places. >> reporter: the faa just released a video and website as part of a safety campaign days before christmas. there's reason for concern. >> we had a drone come within 50 feet of us. >> reporter: from july to november, there were more than two dozen reports of drones nearly hitting commercial passenger planes. >> put yourself in the position of where you would be if you were flying and think to yourself is that safe? >> reporter: the rules are stay

get in the plane. >> reporter: rene marsh, cnn, washington. >>> thanks for watching.cial report "vanish "vanished -- the mystery of malaysia flight 370." >>> the following is a cnn special report. >>> it's one of the greatest mysteries of all time. >> nobody expects a 777 to vanish. it just doesn't happen. >> a state of the art aircraft with 239 people on board. disappears without a trace. >> all communications are suddenly disabled switched off. >> malaysian 370. >> how could it happen? >> you have a series of events that appear to be human driven. >>

let's get to cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh live in washington. you have been in contact with airbus the manufacturer of this plane. what are they saying about this aircraft and disappearance of the plane. >> well we are finding out from airbus first off that this is a very young aircraft. it was delivered in 2008. it's a little bit over six years old. which when you talk about an aircraft that's relatively young. airbus also says that this particular aircraft had 23,000 flight hours, and we do know from flight tracking website flight radar 24 on that same day of this incident it made five other trips according to that flight tracking website. five other short haul trips within this region without any incident. we also know that this a 320 according to airbus is the work horse. they give some interesting stats here. says one lands and takes off every two seconds every day some place in the world. so that just gives you perspective on just how many reps this particular design of aircraft has under its belt. its last maintenance was just last month.

cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh joining me live with the latest on this. , a lot of people shaking their heads on this one. how could a guy get guns on flights in a carry-on back pac in this day and age? >> that's the question. what's so alarming is this is an inside situation, these are people who work within the airport and have access to those secure areas. here's how investigators say it all went down, randi. they say that the gun supplier was an atlanta-based delta airlines baggage handler named withdrew gene harvey. he used his airport security clearance to essentially bypass security checkpoints and get the guns into the secure area. once his accomplice, who was a former delta employee, mark henry, cleared tsa, the two men would communicate via text message, meet up in an airport bathroom and that's where the transfer would happen. and that's how more than 100 guns were smuggled on to passenger planes during a seven-month period. investigators eventually closed in on this earlier this month. they arrested henry once he landed at jfk and i want to sho

rene marsh is here with that part of the story. >> reporter: we just learned from the pentagon that a second u.s. ship has been dispatched towards the region. we're talking about uss "fort worth." you are looking at images of the ship. we know it usually carries a helicopter on board. it is a combat ship. however, this helicopter on board will be very useful as they continue to recover wreckage off of the surface of the ocean. also dispatched and already in place is uss "sampson." we do know it usually carries two helicopters so we believe that that would also help in the effort of recovering wreckage off of the surface. however, the pentagon confirming today that at this point the u.s. contribution is what you're seeing right now, those two ships. but we are not ruling out that it could expand once the search goes under water. take a listen. >> we have the destroyer the uss "sampson." she's on station now as of this morning and she will be prepared to assist in any surface recovery efforts going on right now, the debris field and that kind of thing. one of the things you learn in an

>> rene marsh reporting live from washington. my next guest says takata air bags are responsible for the death of her sister, charlene weaver. weaver was the passenger in a car accident in 2004. her sister kim joins us now. kim, thank you for being with me. >> thank you. >> tell us why you believe these faulty air bags are to blame for your sister's death. >> from the minute the neurosurgeon came out of the operating room the night of the accident, she kept asking my parents "what happened? what hit her? something hit her with such significant force to cause such damage that something happened." and so then after we lost her we always felt from that point forward that it has been the air bag that killed her. >> so you just heard takata doesn't want to extend the recall nationwide. what are your thoughts? >> i think it's wrong. i'm sure -- i don't know if they're trying to pass the blame on to somebody else, the car manufacturers but i think it's wrong. they need to do the national recall. they need to include passengers, also. th

rene marsh is our government correspondent and has more from washington.e that see a lot less. we're talking about commercial passenger jets with hundreds of lives on board ending with a fatal crash. what does it say about aviation industry's safety record? this morning we have a reality check. the disappearance of 162 people on board airasia is the second missing passenger plane in southeast asia in less than a year. >> it is eerie. it is unusual. it's just kind of spooky that this would happen in this area. but we don't know the facts yet. >> reporter: after nearly ten months malaysia airlines flight 370 and the 239 people on board have still not been found. authorities are convinced the boeing 777 crashed in the indian ocean. >> malaysia 370, there's good evidence it was flown a long long ways and, again, most likely as a criminal act either by a rogue pilot or an intruder or something like that. whereas we have no indication of anything like that in this case. >> reporter: just four months later, july 17 malaysia airlines would suffer another loss. pro

cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh joins us now. even if it wasn't a cyberattack, this does expose just how easily our way of managing airplanes in this computerized world can easily implode. >> you're absolutely right. it truly is a vulnerable that makes a lot of people uncomfortable. if you're flying through london, one thing is certain today, you can expect delays for hours to come. about 100 flights in and out of heathrow, a major international hub, canceled. and even more delays. and then there's the ripple effect. it's all because of this computer failure, a real-life demonstration of just how a downed computer system can cripple air travel for thousand and thousands of travelers. this is what traffic in the skies over london looks like on a normal day. this is what it looks like today after a major disruption from what officials call a computer failure at a british control center. >> we'll obviously work to make sure it never happens again. it's a complex system. failures do occur and we plan for those failures and have a pla

rene marsh is out front. >> reporter: this video captures a traffic stop turned foot chase. in florida, an officer's body camera captures the moment he opens fire. [ gunshots ] former nfl player, jermaine greene shot at least four times. police were initially criticized. that's until this video was released. showing greene holding his girlfriend hostage at knifepoint. and ignoring police commands. >> video really does provide justice for -- for victims of abuse. and some studies have shown it actually reduces complaints against police. public outcry followed the shooting death of michael brown by a ferguson police officer. with no video evidence the facts of the case were disputed. but in new york city, there was video. captured on a cell phone. unarmed, eric garner died after a confrontation with police. >> my dad died on national tv on a camera. he still didn't get justice. what is justice going to do with these body cameras. >> new york with cities like los angeles, chicago, philadelphia, have all signed on to having their officers equipped with body cameras. on monday, p

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i want to bring in our aviation correspondent rene marsh. this was a turning point in this investigation. investigators locating the debris field or at least part of it. so what are investigators going to be taking away from what they find? >> well the debris is going to be critical. what they are going to want to do is observe, look how is it torn apart? it will tell them a lot. if for example, there is what they call the crumple effect it may indicate that the plane was intact when it fell out of the sky and impact of hitting the water caused perhaps that crumbling, that crush effect on the metal because oftentimes when you have a case like that, it is like hitting the water is like hitting concrete. so imagine what that would do to the metal. however, if you don't see any indications of that crumple effect it may be more of a tear that would indicate that the plane broke apart before it actually hit the water brianna. essentially what this wreckage is going to do is give them a big picture as far as how the plane essentially fell out of t

rene marsh joins us live from washington to explain this. good morning, john as you said overnight this has turned into a roofer co-rfr mission. we know the u.s. navy dispatched the "uss sampson." on board there are two helicopters, usually used for search-and-rescue operations and a cargo lift. this may be helping in the recovery of wreckage spotted on the surface. this ship also has sonar equipment. it's unclear at this hour whether the sonar equipment on board is sophisticated enough to detect let's say crucial part of the aircraft on the seabed. that sun clear. we've reached out to the u.s. navy for clarification on that we do know the indonesians officially asked the united states for help as it relates to sonar equipment. that will be critical. we know the heavier parts of the aircraft will be sitting on the seabed. so they need equipment to detect those pieces of aircraft. also the black boxes. they could ask the u.s. for the toe pinger locater used for mh370. the ntsb monitoring the situation, but they're willing and ready to help if

joining me to discuss it all, is cnn correspondent, renee marsh. hing else for me to fear when i get on an airplane. >> right. as if your list isn't long enough, right, jake? so here's the prediction. in the next five years there will be 7500 drones in the skies. so here's the thing, without any strong regulation and enforcement, it could be a disaster waiting to happen. today the faa got an earful. one complaint, the agency isn't moving fast enough to find a safe way for you to get your pizza or online delivery delivered by drone. >> this is the nightmare. a drone and a passenger jet on a collision course. these few frames of video reportedly taken by a german military drone over afghanistan. it narrowly misses a passenger plane, but the drone crashes. in the u.s. from police helicopters -- >> we had a drone come within 50 feet of us. >> to passenger planes. >> we saw a drone. >> close calls are becoming disturbingly frequent. since july, the faa received more than two dozen reports of drones nearly hitting planes. on capitol hill wednesday, the ag

we have rene marsh with more on the safety record. >> reporter: this is a newer aircraft. delivery date is october of 2008. as far as flight time we are told by airbus it has 23,000 flight hours. it is what you would call a workhorse for commercial aviation. the safety record for the a-320 is pretty good when you consider the millions of flights this family of aircraft has made. at this point, airbus is careful with the language it is using. it is not dipping into the arena of speculation. they are waiting and collecting information. they are making it very clear they are ready and willing to work with investigators once it moves on to the investigative stage. we also know here in the united states the national transportation safety board, they have opened up the lines of communication. they have been in contact with airbus the manufacturer of the aircraft. they also been in touch with the french he equivalent of the ntsb and the indonesians. the indonesians will likely lead the investigation. at this point the ntsb says they are monitoring the situation. they are ready to

rene marsh has the detail. this 51-year-old died after crashing her 2001 honda accord.tial police report suggested foul play, saying her wounds were not consistent with crash injuries. >> they cut very deeply right here in the neck. >> but according to the medical examiner, the fatal stab-like wounds and tran's death was caused solely by the commission and explosion of the air bag. when i just remember why? why, why, why she die like that. i can't believe it. >> defective takata air bags can explode on impact, sending metal shrapnel from the air bag's inflater flying. >> we are deeply sorry about each case where takat a's air bag has not performed as designed. >> today on capitol hill, a takata executive was apologetic but defiant, refusing to expand a recall of their air bags nationwide, despite pressure from u.s. safety regulators. >> there's not enough scientific evidence. >> i was deeply disappointed by takat a's response and failure to take responsibility for the defects. >> and honda? >> automakers were also on the hot seat, but unlike the air back manufacturer, h

. >> reporter: rene marsh, cnn, washington. >>> thanks for watching. now cnn special report "vani "vanished -- the mystery of malaysia flight 370." >>> the following is a cnn special report. >>> it's one of the greatest mysteries of all time. >> nobody expects a 777 to vanish. it just doesn't happen. >> a state of the art aircraft with 239 people on board. disappears without a trace. >> all communications are suddenly disabled, switched off. >> malaysian 370. >> how could it happen? >> you have a series of events that appear to be human driven. >> mistakes? >> everything went wrong there. it borders on scandal. >> missed opportunities. >> the aircraft was still flying. four hours later, no one's looking yet. >> many more questions than answers. >> there are no block boxes inside human beings. that's what we need in this case. >> what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370? and will we ever find it? >> we need to know what happened. it is not an option not to know. >> reporter: "vanished -- the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370." >>> march 8th,

. >>> cnn aviation correspondent renee marsh. you have been in touch with both airbus and the ntsb. what if anything is airbus saying about their aircraft and we're talking about the airbus a320-200. >> this is a relatively new aircraft. it was delivered in 2008 of october. it's just over six years old. we know the flight time about 23,000 flight hours. >> when we talk about how many millions of flights this particular family of aircraft has made. we also martin have been in touch with authorities here in the united states. just to see what kind of role they could possibly play in all of this. in my conversation with the ntsb this morning, they say they are actively monitoring this situation. they say the lines of communication very much open between the ntsb as well as the manufacturer airbus. they're also in touch with those that will lead this investigation. it's fair to say that the ntsb will not have an extremely prominent role. they say that they areal ready and willing to assist if anyone has any technical needs or needs any mechanic advice. however, we expect that the french

. >> mary >>> joining us now for more from washington is cnn's aviation correspondent renee marsh, youave been in touch with both the airbus and the ntsb any word on whether the ntsb will help in this investigation? >> at this point they are monitoring the situation, they are paying close attention to what's happening, but they say it's too early to say exactly what their role could be moving forward. and of course the wreckage has not been found at this point if there is any, so at this point, they're saying that they're keeping close tabs on this, we know they have been in touch with airbus they have been in touch with the french equivalent of the ntsb so the lines of communication, definitely open at this hour so still unclear what the role of the ntsb will be that being said it is safe to say that the french equivalent of the ntsb would have a more prominent role and that makes sense for a number of reasons, number one, this aircraft was manufactured by the french no u.s. citizens on board this plane at this point. we do know that the co-pilot is a french national so it makes sense

let's bring in rene marsh live from reagan national airport in virginia.oard look? >> reporter: you know, it's not looking as good as it did earlier this morning. if you were one of the people who booked an early flight you were regretting it when your alarm clock went off, but probably not anymore, because now the problems are starting to trickle down. we're seeing more delays popping up on the boards here at reagan national airport. here's a big picture, as far as what the national outlook is looking like right now. more than 2,500 delays as far as cancellations, more than 400, just for some context on an average day, without any threat of weather, you're usually talking about 200 cancellations so we're double that at this point, and it is still relatively early but take a look. the rush is on, people are here checking in for their flights. some of getting good news, their flights on time, some not so good, they're delayed. we're talking about a variety of weather conditions, rain, fog, snow, all of those are playing into the travel situation that people

let's bring in cnn aviation cropped rene marsh. what are people saying about what they found and how does it reshape the next steps in the search? >> well jake no doubt today was a turning point. they want to answer the primary question what brought down this plane? >> reporter: for the first time we hear voices from the cockpit of flight 8501 as it takes off from indonesia bound for singapore sunday morning. debris and wreckage has been found from the airbus 320. >> it corresponds with the lost plane. >> reporter: luggage and an emergency slide and bodies. some of the remains stripped of clothing. >> it suggests that the airplane hit the water in tact and the force of the impact tore the clothing off the bodies. >> reporter: aircraft and ships converging on the area including the u.s. navy sampson and ft. worth, both ships have helicopters that can aid in recovering wreckage. >> the crumpling of the metal will tell you whether the plane broke up in one piece. >> reporter: the water is 80 to 100-feet deep making recovery more manag

i want to read an faa statement that we got through cnn's rene marsh.reliminary information about the 100 twin engine jet that crashed one mile north of the montgomery county airport, gaithersburg, maryland, at 11:00 a.m. today. the aircraft was on approach to the airport when the accident occurred and then there is an appeal from the faa, please contact local authorities for information on passengers and the situation on the ground. the faa will investigate. we've got pro us doeducers en r this scene. so whether the search and rescue has been called off, we know that the fire was put out earlier. there were nearby residences that are also damaged. from this picture, it's hard to tell what is what. one residence suffered that significant blow, the gaping and burning hole and there is reporting that additional residences nearby were damaged in this fire crash. we did get something via a twitter account from pete, the spokesperson for montgomery fire and rescue, suggesting that there have been a fire and damage to nearby residences as well. but we also we

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i want to bring in rene marsh to talk about this. i have traveled through that airport many, many times. security is very tight. how on earth did something like this happen? >> well, i can tell you that we are just learning now from a press conference that just wrapped up, this operations a lot bigger than originally thought. this now involves five men. it's a five-man operation here. allegedly an airline worker abusing his special airport access, loading up bags and bags of high-powered guns, some of them loaded and smuggling them onto an airplane. several airplanes. it's an alarming breach. >> reporter: if they can put gun on planes this time, they could have easily put bombs on those planes. here's how authority says it happened. eugene harvey, with a backpack full of guns, uses his badge to enter the secure area of the atlanta air pofrt port bypassing security checkpoints. most airline employees undergo security vetting and they do not go through daily tsa screening to gain access to secure and restricted airport areas. the accom