. >> i'm victor blackwell. it is good to be with you this monday morning. >> good morning. >> it is april 21st, 4:00 a.m. in the east. >>> and we're beginning this morning with the search for more than 200 missing passengers from that south korean ferry disaster. the actions of the captain and crew described as akin to murder by south korea's president, with four more crew members arrested this morning. we're also getting new information about the chaos that unfolded in the moments before the vessel capsized and ultimately sank. let's get the latest from will ripley, live off the coast of jindo, south korea. akin to murder. strong words from the president, will. we're having problems with will's shot? all right, we'll try to get back to will ripley in just a moment. >> and we will. >>> so, breaking overnight, a massive, unprecedented operation targeting al qaeda in the peninsula is ongoing at this hour. at least 30 militants killed by air strikes, part of a joint u.s./yemeni offensive. let's get the latest from

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm christine romans. nice to see you again today, victor. >> good to be here. >> it's tuesday, april 15th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with the latest in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 and the news breaking overnight that an unmanned underwater vehicle, this bluefin-21, found nothing of interest during its first search of the floor of the indian ocean. that journey ended abruptly after just six hours, when the unmanned sub had to surface after going too deep. this morning, crews preparing again to put the vehicle back in the water for another 16-hour trip, they hope, scanning for wreckage from that jet, missing now 39 days. erin mclaughlin is live in perth with the latest on the search. erin, they reached the maximum depth this submersible could go. >> reporter: that's right, christine. it's also important to note that it had only been searching the ocean floor for about two hours in total. it takes it about two hours to get down and then two hours to get back up, so, two hours in total. i

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm christine romans.t is 30 minutes past the hour. >>> nearly 300 people are missing off the coast of south korea after a ferry capsized and sank. it was carrying hundreds of passengers, many students. it was close to the end of the trip when something went wrong. witnesses heard a bump before the ship went down. two confirmed dead, 295 still missing. we'll bring the latest from seoul on the search in a few minutes. >>> more breaking news from the indian ocean where the bluefin 21 is scanning the ocean looking for wreckage from flight 270. it's the unmanned sub hoping to find the jet missing for 40 days. aaron mcclaughlin is live. any indications on the search? >> reporter: nothing so far. we understand the bluefin 21 having to resurface due to a technical glitch. they downloaded the data, analyzed it, saw no objects of interest. the good news is they were able to put it back down into the water. we are also awaiting test results of that oil slick that had been detected near the area of the ocean shield.

i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day" saturday. we have a lot going on this morning. you know, this is being called one story we're following, the worst security hole the internet has ever seen. now your most vulnerable information may be at risk. we'll talk about that. >> and have you heard about the president's tax returns? well, they're in. he took a hit in income last year. we're going to talk about that too. >> yeah, making less money. but we're going to start with the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. it's now been 36 days since that flight vanished. investigators -- good news here -- may be closer than ever to locating that missing jetliner. >> we know right now at least 10 planes and 14 ships are scouring the smallest search zone to date. that's the good news. crews are focused on an area in the indian ocean that's about the size of massachusetts and connecticut combined. you may recall at one point the search zone was about the size of the continental u.s. definitely making progress. >> y

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we want to welcome viewers to our special breaking news coverage of missing malaysian airlines flight 370. we are beginning with two major breaking developments that happened overnight, including startling new details about the jet's possible path. a senior malaysian government official tells cnn that flight 370 may have been flown on purpose along a route designed to avoid radar detection. >> look at this new map we put up for you. comes from a new analysis of radar data. this new flight path does that shows the plane flew north of indonesia and around indonesian air space after it made that mysterious left turn we were talking about. investigators reached this conclusion after reviewing radar trap data from neighboring countries. >> on to our second big development a british naval vessel is now rushing to the area where a chinese ship reported twice picking up signals underneath the surface. it is due to arrive in eight hours. >> a brief signal that lasted 90 seconds were about a mi

i'm victor blackwell. >> nice to see you again today. i'm christine romans. it's wednesday, april 16. it's 5:00 a.m. on the nose in the east. >>> breaking news overnight. a desperate rescue off the coast of south korea where a ferry capsized and sank, carrying hundreds of students. many have been rescued but nearly 300 are missing. two are confirmed dead. witnesses say they heard a loud bump before the ship began to lift. the navy warship is enroute to help with the rescue. we'll take you live in a few minutes. >>> deep in the indian ocean, an unmanned vehicle, bluefin 21 scanning the ocean floor looking for debris from flight 270 missing for 40 days. this is a slow process set to go on several more hours. they may not know for hours longer, just what it found, if anything. erin mclaughlin is live in perth. it came back to the surface for technical problems and they downloaded the data from the earlier search. did they find anything? >> reporter: hi, christine. no, they did not find objects of interest. the good news here is they put, despite the technical gl

glad to have you with us. >> i'm victor blackwell. a hungry victor blackwell.ck boxes. two ships "hms echo" and australia's "ocean shield" they're trying to detokt those things. the batteries may only last 30 days, and this savran will be 30 days. >>> and voting in afghanistan has been extended by an hour. the winner will secede hamid karzai. >>> number three, officials now say an escalating argument may have led to this week's shooting at ft. hood. specialist ivan lopez killed three soldiers before shooting himself and killing himself, in fact. 16 others were wounded. a memorial service will be held next week for the victims killed in this attack. >>> number four, a major milestone for the u.s. labor market. the private sector finally added back all the jobs lost. as economists caution, recovery is still slow and it's still fragile. >>> five now, former president george w. bush is sharing his passion with painting with the word today. starting today, he's starting a collection of portraits painted by bush will go on display at the presidential library in dalla

. >> i'm victor blackwell. >> you feel for the families. the heart break and frustration is growing as divers try to recover more bodies from the ferry this morning. >> the parents are frantic, as you would imagine asking them to raise the vessel filled with their children. diver plan 40 attempts today to get inside. the death toll is rising at 32. 272 people are still missing after the ship capsized earlier this week. >> divers did see, we understand, three bodies floating on the submerged third deck. they attempted to breakthrough the glass and couldn't get to them. here are the latest pictures of relatives giving dna samples helping to identify anybody that is found. >> delaying evacuation though he was rescued from his own sinking ship. he feared passengers would be swept away. the ship's captain and crew members face charges. >> one is the third mate. that is who prosecutors say was at the help when the ferry capsized. let's go to paula hancox who is in south korea. tell us what you know about the crew members at this hour. >> reporter

i'm christine romans. >> i'm victor blackwell. bottom of the hour now, and there is breaking news this morning from australia. >>> officials have now admitted, a week after the last signal was received, they're not expecting to hear the black box pingers from flight 370 again. pulling out the ship with that pinger locator, and instead, they're putting on the final touches to preparations to launch an unmanned submarine, the bluefin-21, that can map the ocean floor about a dozen square miles at a time. so, it's literally walking here. but the search zone is this morning stretching some 18,000 square miles. overnight, crews reported finding an oil slick that could be connected to the plane. but whether it is or not will take some time to figure out. michael holmes is live in perth, australia, with the latest on the search. michael, why do they think now is the right time to switch from listening for this box to looking for it? >> reporter: well, victor, as we've been reporting all along, those black boxes, the pingers on them have a

i'm victor blackwell. >> nice to see you today this monday morning, up early for you, victor.ns. it's 30 minutes past the hour. let's begin with this breaking news this morning from australia, where officials have now admitted a week after the last signal was received, they are not expecting to hear the black box pingers from flight 370 again. they're pulling out the ship with that pinger locator, and instead have now put in the water an unmanned submarine, the bluefin-21, that can map the ocean floor about a dozen square miles at a time. but the search zone this morning stretches some 18,000 square miles. overnight, crews reported finding an oil slick that could be connected to the plane, but whether it is, it's going to take time to figure that out. michael holmes is live in perth, australia, for us this morning with the latest on the search. so many different elements, michael. let's start with this move to switch to the submarine, that this is the right time to put in the submarine. start there for us. >> reporter: yeah, the man who's setting up the search here, retired ai

. >> i'm victor blackwell, tuesday, april 15th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. and we begin with latest on malaysia airlines 370. and breaking news overnight, that an unmanned underwater vehicle, the bluefin-21, found nothing of interest during its first search of the ocean floor, the indian ocean there. and that journey ended abruptly after just six hours when the unmanned sub had to surface after going too deep. and this morning, crews are preparing again to put the vehicle back in the water for another 16-hour trip scanning for wreckage from the jet missing for 39 days now. erin mclaughlin is live in perth with the latest on the search. erin, also, there was some news, aside from the bluefin, that aerial search and what that means moving forward. erin? >> reporter: hi, victor. well, i really don't think it's too surprising that they didn't find anything, that the bluefin-21 didn't find anything during that search. it really only lasted about two hours on the ocean floor, covering what must have been a fraction of the 15-square-mile area that was designated fo

i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm alison kosik. >> and i'm john berman. i'm live in hop kinton, massachusetts, and at the starting line of the boston marathon, where just in a few hours right now, this race will kick off. it is monday, april 21st, 5:00 a.m. in the east. and as i said, this is the spot where just a few hours from now thousands and thousands of runners will hear the starting gun. it's just right back there. some 36,000 runners will pack this very small town and take to the 26.2-mile course, this a year after terror marked the end of the race, but this year, very, very different, feelings of joy, anticipation for so many people. and i'll have the story of one family of survivors coming up. but first, victor and alison have the rest of the day's headlines. >> all right, john, thank you. we'll check back. >>> up first, new developments in the south korean ferry disaster. four more crew members have just been arrested. their actions and the captain's now described as akin to murder by south korea's president. and we're getting new information a

. >>> "new day" sunday continues right now with christi paul and victor blackwell. -- captions by vitaccom >>> sunday is upon us. we're so glad to be sharing it with you. >> this is "new day" sunday. >> we want to take you to see what is happening in vatican city right now. what a celebration and truly historic as two new saints are cannonized. these are live pictures from vatican city. you can see how many people are there. >> millions of people there. beyond the historical relevance, the pomp and circumstance, the spectacle is amazing. last hour, pope francis made his way through the crowds, greeting the faithful who gathered to witness pope john xxiii and pope john paul ii become saints. we'll have more on that in a moment. first we want to start with the controversy getting attention outside the nba, the root of it, but the athletes, fans and politicians including president obama. today during his visit to malaysia he spoke out about the firestorm in the u.s. this man, donald sterling, the long-time owner of the l.a. clippers, he's at the center of this. the team is a contender for

the time we've got for "sgmd" today, "new day sunday" continues right now with randi kaye and victor blackwellmorning, everyone, i'm randi kaye. >> now 8:00 here on the east coast, this is "new day sunday." and first this morning, divers are back in the murky waters off south korea's coast. >> they are inching through a sunken ferry hoping to find survivors. but so far, they're only coming across bodies. they're bringing those bodies back to shore one-by-one as heartbroken families are watching. >> the death toll from wednesday's disaster has been climbing all morning. right

the time we've got for "sgmd" today, "new day sunday" continues right now with randi kaye and victor blackwell. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm randi kaye. >> now 8:00 here on the east coast, this is "new day sunday." and first this morning, divers are back in the murky waters off south korea's coast. >> they are inching through a sunken ferry hoping to find survivors. but so far, they're only coming across bodies. they're bringing those bodies back to shore one-by-one as heartbroken families are watching. >> the death toll from wednesday's disaster has been climbing all morning. right now, it's at 58, but likely could go much higher. 244 people are still missing. many of them are teenagers who all went to the same high school. >> grief-stricken families tried to get to the capital seoul, they want to tell the government about their situation. they were stopped by police. >> and prosecutors reportedly are seeking to keep the captain and two crew members in custody for as long as 30 days. the "new york times" reports the third mate was steering the ship through a difficult waterway for the firs

. >> i'm victor blackwell. happy easter. it is 6:00 on the east coast.t's been a while. >> it's been a while. >> it's good to have you with us. we'll start with what's happening in south korea, the situation for the distraught parents, they're waiting and praying near a harbor in south korea hoping their children will come back to them alive and safe. >> instead, body after body is being brought back to shore today. divers are bringing them back from a sunken ferry. the death toll has risen to 58 from wednesday's disaster. 244 people are still missing, many of them high school students who were on a field trip. >> the grief and frustration here turned into anger. parents tried to march in protest to seoul from jindo at the site of the search operation. you see here they were blocked by dozens of police. >> and again today divers are combing through the capsized vessel racing against time to find any survivors. nearly three dozen aircraft and more than 200 ships are aiding in the seven. >> passengers on this doomed ferry could not get to the life boats be

i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. largest christian church has two saints this morning to new saints. pope john paul ii and john xxiii were canonized about two hours ago in an unprecedenteder cerey at st. peter's square. >> this is the first time two popes had been made saints on the same day. d delia gallagher is outside of vatican city. give us a sense of what it's like there now. >> christi and victor, i can tell you, it has been an amazing morning. as you said it's a first. we've seen pope francis do lots of firsts about ever but this is the first time we've had two saints. john paul ii already had a great following and it probably would have drawn a large crowd but put it together with john xxiii who was beloved by italians and well respected in the catholic church and you have what you see behind me, a huge crowd upwards of 1 million people who slept overnight out on the street with their sleeping bags to wait for the moment that we saw this morning, when pope francis officially declared john xxiii and john paul

. >> i'm victor blackwell. the search for malaysia airlines 370 is growing and growing more desperate. it is has been five days since crews detected what may have been a ping from the airliner. many fear the worst that the batteries inside the black boxes, the pingers may be dead, and the jet possibly may never be found. >> today the search area expanded yet again by 43% in fact. it was about 15,000 or 16,000 yesterday. today it's 22,000 square miz, that's about the size of maryland and vermont combined. just yesterday the search area had shrunk as i said to 16,000 square miles, that was the smallest size so far. >> today, 12 planes, 14 ships are scouring the southern indian ocean in a dire attempt to find any sign of the plane and that search grows more complicated by the hour. currents in the indian ocean can move a piece of debris up to 25 miles in a single day. >> also not getting any smaller a list of suspects. the country's transportation minister is once again saying no one can be ruled out until the bla

. >> i'm victor blackwell.ur special breaking news coverage of missing malaysian airlines flight 370. we are beginning with two major breaking developments that happened overnight, including startling new details about the jet's possible path. a senior malaysian government official tells cnn that flight 370 may have been flown on purpose along a route designed to avoid radar detection. >> look at this new map we put up for you. comes from a new analysis of radar data. this new flight path does that

. >> i'm victor blackwell. 3:00 out west. first this morning, an historic visit, president obama just arrived in malaysia's capital. >> his visit is seven weeks to the day when flight 370 vanished in air. the u.s. is still fully committed to this search. >> he's warning russia is new targeted sanctions are ready to go as tensions in ukraine ramp up. but, he cautioned earlier, they may not get moscow off its back. >> i think it's important for us not to anticipate that the targeted sanctions that we are applying now necessarily solve the problem. >> we'll talk more about russia and ukraine in a moment. as the president arrives in malaysia, a warmer message. >> we want to bring in will in kuala lumpur. good morning to you. we know the president is the first u.s. president to visit malaysia in a half century. how is he received this morning? >> definitely a rock star welcome. it's been 48 years since johnson visited malaysia. if you look at the front pages, "welcome mr. president." there's another headline here, a big headline,

i'm victor blackwell. "reliable sources" starts right now. >> good morning and welcome to "reliable sources." up first this morning, serious accusationsjournalastic accusations. they come from a resignation of someone who was hired with fox twice. attkisson left cbs because she sensed liberal bias. in other words, because supposedly liberal exec tutive producers didn't like her stories critical of the obama administration like health care overall and the killing of four americans in benghazi, libya. when i sat down to talk to attkisson this week, it turns out she had a story to tell she had not told before. a new organization that she claimed will cave corporate interests and that political bias tell what stories have to air. i also told her important questions fox news had not asked her, about claims of accuracy and rigor in her own work. listen to her story. sharyl, thank you for joining me. you worked for 28 years for cbs. what led you to end it? >> there was a climbing requirement for reporting of the

i'm victor blackwell.eliable sources." up first this morning, serious accusationsjournalastic accusations. they come from a resignation of someone who was hired with fox twice. attkisson left cbs because she sensed liberal bias. in other words, because supposedly liberal exec tutive producers didn't like her stories critical of the obama administration like health care overall and the killing o

. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day" saturday. we have a lot going on this morning. you know, this is being called one story we're following, the worst security hole the internet has ever seen. now your most vulnerable information may be at risk. we'll talk about that. >> and have you heard about the president's tax returns? well, they're in. he took a hit in income last year. we're going to talk about that too. >> yeah, making less money. but we're going to start with the search for malaysia airlines flight

. >> i'm victor blackwell. 10:00 on the east coast of the u.s. 7:00 out west. the world, you are in the "cnn newsroom." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> a breaking news this morning, a huge very possibly for search teams hunting for flight 370. >> chinese ship has detected what's called a pulse signal. that's how they're characterizing it. a pulse signal in the indian ocean. this could be the flight locator beacon pinging that could lead searchers to those black boxes, possibly to the wreckage of the

christi paul and victor blackwell here.se search this morning as they frantically try to find malaysia airlines flight 370 before the black box stops pinging. you are watching a live press conference from malaysia right now. let's continue to listen. >> -- four days. individuals have tolds that you none of the family members have been able to listen to it that recording. it would seem that apparently a commercial pilot or

it's saturday. >> i'm victor blackwell. >> let's talk about the annual meeting of the national rifle association. they are looking forward to the 2016 presidential race. >> they also face a challenge that looms even closer. a new gun control campaign bankrolled by the former new york mayor michael bloomberg. tell us about it. >> reporter: a lot going on here. this is a three-day long rally around gun rights. prominent republicans are lining up to take the podium and taking the opportunity to unif you recall fierce criticism at efforts to enact stricter gun control policy. >> look, we're all outraged and heartbroken at recent incidents in which so many innocent people have lost their lives. but public policy must always be guided by common sense by embracing what works and rejecting what does not. making it harder for lay abiding americans to defend themselves has not, does not, and will not prevent future tragedies such as these. >> now, these folks on the left, they are ady shus. they're also gutless. they refuse to admit

. >> i'm victor blackwell.ollowing the search and rescue efforts in the horrific ferry disaster off south korea's coast. >> the death toll's been rising all morning. now standing at 33. it could go much higher. 269 people, many of them teenagers, are still missing three days after the vessel sank. >> the captain who was among the 174 people rescued, faces nearly a half dozen charges, including abandoning his ship. >> the third mate, whom prosecutors say was at the ship's helm when it capsized, is also charged, along with the crew technician. >> some parents are at a gymnasium watching these big tv monitors showing latest on the ferry's search, and it's hard to imagine their an wish. you don't have to be a parent to sympathize here. they're waiting, watching, wondering and fearing divers might find the bodies of their children. >> and some -- i mean, emotions, they get to the surface, and look at this, see the guy on the left-hand side of the screen, taking his emotions out on coast guard officials. of course, a

. >> i'm victor blackwell. 10:00 on the east coast of the u.s. 7:00 out west. again, to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, you are in the "cnn newsroom." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> a breaking news this morning, a huge very possibly for search teams hunting for flight 370. >> chinese ship has detected what's called a pulse signal. that's how they're characterizing it. a pulse signal in the indian ocean. this could be the flight locator beacon pinging that could lead searchers to those black boxes, possibly to the wreckage of the malaysia airlines plane but we do not have any confirmation on that. >> we've got a map to show you. about 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east longitude. this is all according to chinese state media. >> we haven't independently confirmed this, again, just want to reiterate that. neither has the joint agency coordination center in charge of this search in perth. the pulse signal has a frequency of 37.5 kilohertz per second which is said to be the standard beacon frequency for the flight data recorders and

i'm victor blackwell. >>> the australian prime minister says he's confident four signals detected bytech u.s. pinger locator are coming from one of the flight 370's black boxes. >> the signals were all detected within 17 miles of each other. here's what that means. the ten planes and 14 ships are wrapping up today's search, focused on the smallest searched zone to date, which makes you think we're making progress here. >> let's put that into perspective. look at this map of the u.s. massachusetts and connecticut here, they're highlighted in red, that's the size of the narrowed search today. now, at one point, it was the size of the entire continental u.s. >> okay, david susie, a safety analyst and the author of "why planes crash" joining us now. >> and mary schiavo formerly with the national transportation and safety board. and tom fuentes, cnn law enforcement analyst, and the former fbi assistant director. >> so, mary, you probably heard what jeff said a little while ago. you know, jeff saying, which i don't know that anybody would completely dispute. if we don't find anything, if t