which is right down on the southern tip of western australia. the bbc's john donnison who spent many days out there in perth. what is being reported from the coordination center there? >> reporter: well, what they're saying is that police in western australia were alerted by some locals around 10 k, as you say, from augusta who had seen something washed up on the shore. the police have then taken photos o f that and they've sent it on to the bureau that's coordinating the search. also to the malaysian authorities as well. and they're now checking out exactly what it is. i would urge at the moment, we're going to have to be pretty cautious. of course, it could be absolutely anything. on the other hand, you would think that the police in western australia would not send photographs of just anything over to the investigating authorities. they must think it's something worth looking into. >> but, of course, those who know the sea so well always say the sea eventually yields up its secrets. >> reporter: it does. and it will have traveled a long way i

out of university of western australia. they study the currents, how the weather influences how material will move. i'm sure they're involved in this, looking at whether it's possible that something that came down 1,000 kilometers away over 45 days ago would make it all the way to the coast. >> other developments, the malaysian cabinet putting together an international investigation team to look into the disappearance of flight 370. no word on who will be on the team. how difficult might this be? >> i think this is a very unique situation. you're looking at both -- some of the classic questions that happen when you have a disappearance or a loss of an airplane. but now you're looking at a loss potentially in the deep ocean. that team is going to have to be made up of experts. some of them are barely used in this situation. you a small pool of people to go to. you need to have very thoughtful people. i think it will be a shall cheng, but there are people out there that can add to what's going on out will. >> the other develo

he is on a boat off the coast of western australia.now you're going to show us some of the technology that even boats like the one you're on have to help try to locate what is so critical here. >> reporter: yeah, you know, and you mentioned how the clock really is ticking on this search. the one good news is that this towed pinger locator that matthew chance was talking about, it's going to be operating 24/7. so they're actually going to have this thing out for the next 10 to 12 days, until they're absolutely sure that there's no chance of a ping being emitted any longer and they can continue during the night, during the day, because at least when you're talking about using this sound technology to conduct a search, it doesn't matter if you have sunlight, because it's relying on sound. and yeah, we brought you into the wheelhouse of the fishing boat we've chartered to show you how lots of ships are using sound technology every single day. this right here is called the echo sound, and if we take a close look at the screen here, this is

still scouring vast search zone to the west of western australia. i was getting my directions confused a bit there. they're still up in the skies. they're still scouring that area of ocean. some, you know, 80,000 square miles or so. they've identified a few areas that they're focusing on . seems that none of them at the moment are the area where the chinese vessel identified those apparent pings. what the australians are saying, leading this search effort, remember? they're saying they don't have enough information at this point to commit resources to that area which is formally outside the actual search zone at the moment. they've been trying to contact the vessel that actually detected these binges. they've been unsuccessful in doing that. they've been talking to beijing. they haven't got enough information yet to verify that any of these sightings or any of these detections -- i'm talking about the white objects that were also spotted by chinese aircraft some 60 miles away from where they detected the binges -- that either of those things, anythi

will ripley, cnn, off the coast of western australia. >> wow. better him than me.hat is a very rough assignment. don't forget, when will goes out, it's not like you can just get back real quickly, either. that's a long way out to sea. and so they're dealing with those conditions for hours and hours and sometimes days and days on end. and joining me now to talk about how to execute this kind of open water search, in this sort of weather, is ocean explorer and expeditions logistics expert, christine dennison, who has seen a few conditions in her lifetime. also retired lieutenant colonel, michael kay. first to you, christine. will had to hold on for dear life, let alone being able to look out. let alone being able to see in the troughs of those waves. i hate to ask this, because i know there is a point to it. but what is the point of trying to search from that level? >> well, this is the difficulty. there is very little point. there is nothing that these crews can do. >> it's as simple as that, christine, very little point. very distressing to hear that. >> it is. and

on object of interest has been found on the shore of western australia.e of me tall with rivets. investigators have a picture of the object but it's not clear yet if it's connected to flight 370. let's bring in david soucie, he's a cnn safety analyst and author of "why planes crash." long metal with rivets. that's good. fiberglass attached. that's confusing. what does it mean to you when you hear fiberglass? >> well, fiberglass isn't something that's typically used, especially in the structural parts of the aircraft sp. so i'm a little concerned about that. fiberglass could mean a couple of different things to the untrained eye. it could be something else. i'm kind of wishy washy. i don't know yet until we see it. so many investigators said the more we look at it the less convinced that it has something to do with an aircraft. i'm not putting a lot of stock in this yet until we see photographs and see the actual structure itself. >> surprise that in the press conference of the malaysian authorities, the interim minister of transportation there that he did

as you're aware, the malaysian prime minister visited western australia yesterday. i briefed him in relation to the establishment of the coordination center. the prime minister announced that australia has accepted malaysia's invitation to participate as an acredited representative in the investigation, and we will continue to work closely together to draw up a co comprehensive formal agreement. let me tell you a little bit more about that. under the chicago convention, the accident investigation into the disappearance of mh-370 is the responsibility of malaysia. however, to support its investigation, malaysia requested that australia lead the search for the missing aircraft and participate in the investigation as an acredited representative. an acredited representative is a full participant in the investigation so that additional skills and expertise can be provided to the investigation team. australia agreed both to lead the search and as an acredited representative to provide all necessary support to the malaysian investigation. the united states, the united kingd

australian officials say they've recovered an object of interest, in their words, on the western australia coast, near the town of augusta, about 186 miles south of perth. the object is being described as a piece of sheet metal with rivets. it's being sent to investigators in perth to determine whether it's a piece of the plane. the object was found more than 1,000 miles from the site of the underwater search. a high-tech drone finished its tenth mission in that area today without locating any, repeat, any, jet debris. more resources could be brought into the search zone soon. our own erin mclaughlin is on the scene for us, once again joining us from perth. first off, what are officials actually telling you about that new so-called object of interest? >> hi, wolf. well, we understand it was found about 186 miles from here to the south of perth. the head of the safety bureau martin dolan telling cnn the atsb is currently analyzing photographs of this object. he described it as a metal sheet with rivets. we're also hearing from a source inside the defense force describing it as having a fibe

navy p-8 poseidon took off from western australia a short time ago. that crew is now heading for the southern indian ocean. if yesterday was time critical today is more so. if a pinger is working in the water somewhere it won't be much longer. the batteries last 30 days or maybe a few days more. in just a few minutes we're going to hear from the man what who is in charge of this search. he's going to speak to the media in perth, australia. we will take that live right here on cnn. matthew chance is in perth right now. how seriously are these coordinators taking these reports of pings and new debris by the chinese. are we expecting angus to address those reports in a few minutes? >> i think we'll certainly expect him to address that. if he doesn't address it in his comments he will be asked about it if we have the ability to ask questions afterwards. they are taking the chinese claims very seriously in the sense that these are serious people that have been engaging in a serious search alibeit outside the search zone. they are outside the other seven na

officials in western australia say they have an object of interest they are looking at to see if it's connected to the missing jet. this, as an unmanned sub turned up nothing scanning 80% in its search zone. we are expecting an update in a few minutes. there's a lot of information this morning. first, we want to go to erin mclaughlin on the phone live from perth, australia. these objects of interest washed up on shore some 150 miles from perth. what are they? what do they look like? how excited do officials seem to be this morning? >> caller: hi, john, we are hearing new details from the head of the australia port and safety bureau, martin dolan telling cnn the atfb is studying the objects provided by police. the photos have been provided to malaysian investigators. he described the object as sheet metal attached to something with rivets. he says it's interesting, but says, this is a direct quote, the more we look at it, the less excited we get. he says the object is currently in the custody of police. the atsb is assessing and will decide how to proceed. we are hearing from the austr

of course, there is that debris you mentioned found on the shores of western australia. still waiting to hear from investigators whether it's from the plane or just more ocean trash that we've had before. >> reporter: more than 1,000 miles from where crews are searching for flight 370, debris from something containing sheet metal with rivets and fiberglass coating washingtoned ashore in australia. authorities are investigating but skeptical it's from the plane. >> 777 is a complex system. boeing knows their plane very well. it will be easy to identify whether it's from the air frame at the end of the day. >> reporter: the subsea search of the six-mile radius area by the bluefin, considered the most likely crash site for flight 370, is more than 80% complete as investigators consider bringing in more assets to help underwater, the air search hits a snag. for the second day in a row, bad weather grounded planes looking for floating debris. today as expected the malaysian government appointed aformal team to determine the cause of the accident its imperative for the governm

it's still an hour and a half until sunrise in perth, western australia, that's when search planes will take off once again on this the 37th day since flight 370 took off from malaysia and vanished. we'll go straight to perth and cnn's michael holmes. he's there. what can we expect when the sun comes up? we're getting a sense and i think our viewers are probably getting a sense as well that we're settling into a long, slow period in this search now. >> reporter: yeah. you're absolutely right, jim. yeah, those planes will be taking off in the next couple of hours. the first ones are normally the chinese planes. they're the ones that take off from perth airport and australian and new zealand planes will take off. of course, the ships are still out there. they're out there 24/7 at the moment being resupplied by a u.s. naval ship so they can stay out there and continue the search. you mentioned australia's prime minister, tony abbott, yeah, repeating on saturday that he had a high degree of confidence, his words, that those acoustic sounds that they heard in the ocean are from at least one

live in perth, western australia, cnn's michael holmes.reporting that blue-fin 21 drone should be wrapping up its seventh run about now. do we know if it saw anything? any results of this search today? >> nothing official yet, jim. we are getting more details the last day or so of the narrowed search area. that more defined search area we have been talking about basically centered around where they got that second acoustic sound on april 8th. talking of an area about six square miles and that is the area they are focused on now. after mission six ended yesterday around 50 square miles or so have now been covered. around 40% of that focused area, by the way. we are awaiting news of the seventh mission by our judgment it should be up by now. the mission should be completed and we normally get the data results within an hour or two of that. yesterday, we heard the acting malaysian transport minister saying the search was, in his words, at a critical juncture but if this phase was unsuccessful the hunt would condition. >> explain to our viewer

. >> the so-called object of interest was recovered today on the coast of western australia about 186 miles south of perth. meanwhile, deep in the indian ocean, the high tech submersible drone is completing the tenth underwater mission so far. it's found nothing after scanning 80% of the search area. just a short time ago, malaysia's government announced its forming an international investigation committee. >> we are in the process of identifying the members and their accredited representatives and recruiting members for the team in accordance with international standards. we'll announce the name of the members next week. it is imperative for the government to form an independent team of investigators which is not only competent and transparent but also highly credible. as i have said since the beginning, we have nothing to hide. >> the big news this morning the so-called object of interest. this piece of metal now being examined so carefully by officials in australia. we're joined now live from perth. after 6 1/2 weeks of false leads, conflicting information, one twist and turn after

vehicle that has been searching the area in the southern indian ocean about 2000, mutters west of western australia, where investigators thought they heard the possible twos from the black box weeks ago, they have been searching the area for signs of the missing flight. they are about 95% done with the search. there has been absolutely no trace of the airplane. malaysian and australian governments are vowing to continue searching. late that 50 days later we are moving nowhere closer to funding out what happened on the day it disappeared. >> family members are no closer to having any closure in this. of rachel reporting from beijing. thank you for that update. day, aarks world malaria disease that kills over 630,000 people every year. dies everyne child minute from the disease. eric from aoke to global partnership that corn its efforts to tackle the disease. he talks more about the progress being made. >> major reduction in death over the last 10 years, 600,000 today. is a majorvention tool to fight mortality. it is one of the best public health investments today. that is why we celebrate world mala

a piece of metallic debris that washed occupy a western australia beach. of several new developments in the investigation that we'll address tonight. >>> also in the hour ahead, as the search for the missing in the south korean ferry continues, a remarkable story of the ferry crew member who did not abandon ship. this is her. she stayed and saved dozens of young lives while sacrificing her own. >>> and later, only on "360," a report that we think is truly outrageous. what our exclusive investigation reveals about a v.a. hospital that kept patients, veterans, waiting months for care. some 40 people died waiting, and one doctor says the hospital covered up

>> look, as time goes by, i'm actually certain that on the coast of western australia people are going to start picking up bits and pieces as we go along. but getting back to what you're saying, don, and backing up here, i mean, everything leads us to where these pings are. and certainly 90% of the strongest ping, we haven't found something. there's wing pu -- ping one, ping three, and ping four. we haven't even touched those areas yet. there's a long way to go before we write this off as the wrong area. i think we need to give it a little more time. >> i wanted to make sure i got jeff flee there. michael kaye, what did you want to say about the northern arc? >> jeffrey is absolutely on the money. we've not checked this area to the full extent. if you look at the northern arc, that a vast amount of area. jeffrey's on the money. we've still got a long way to go. let's absolutely do everything we can in the south and then let's have a look at what the options are. and sequential planning and analysis will be going on. angus houston won't just be fixated on this area. there will be people

some thousand miles off the coast of western australia. >> cnn's will ripley is near perth.ions being faced by these teams. >> reporter: after a day of clear weather, we are now starting to see some light rain just off the coast of western australia. and the weather about 1,000 miles from here in the search zone, we're told, has been similar. relatively calm seas, which was good for search crews today, because they weren't distracted by those white caps on the waves. white caps that can easily be mistaken for possible debris floating in the water. even though the visual search is now over for the day and these planes from a number of different countries are flying back to peers air base in perth, we know the s.o.n.a.r. is going to be active 24/7. their u.s. navy towed pinger locater behind the "ocean shield" is under water listening for any signal from flight 370. but the possible is, with all that sophisticated technology, the tpl, the submarine in place and then the ship that's using s.o.n.a.r. equipment as well, all that technology is just fine, but it needs a more narrow

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it's listening for any sign of the plane, about 1,000 miles off western australia.e're going to talk about that equipment more in a moment. first, will ripley now with more good news about the search of the sea's surface. >> reporter: after a day of clear weather, we are now starting to to see some light rain, just off the coast of western australia. and the weather, about 1,000 miles from here in the search zone we're told has been similar, relatively calm seas, which was good for search crews today, because they weren't distracted by those white caps on the waves. white caps that could easily be mistaken for possible debris floating in the water. even though the visual season is over for the day and planes from a number of different countries flying back to the air base in perth, we know the underwater search, the s.o.n.a.r., is going to be active 24/7. their u.s. navy towed pinger locater behind the australian ship, "the ocean shield" functioning under water listening for any possible signal from the in-plate data recorders from flight 370. the problem is, with a

the professor of coastal oceanography at the university of western australia, thinks this is what the search zone nearly three miles down could look like. >> it's dark, very cold. >> reporter: with pressure so intense it crushes a styrofoam cup down to a fraction of its size. the missing plane is believed to be 4500 meters, nearly 15,000 feet down. >> it's flat and it's -- the sediment is silt. >> reporter: the extreme conditions will test the limits of the u.s. navy's blue fin 21 which is beginning the slow painstaking process of mapping the ocean floor. >> patience, people need to have patience. >> reporter: mark matthews says just one mission takes 24 hours, two hours down, 16 hour hs of scanning, two hours up, another four hours of downloading data from the side scan sonar which maps the ocean's floor. >> you see the trace of the outlines of the objects. >> reporter: his team also took this video of what this next step, the salvage phase would look like. underwater robots would grab small pieces of the plane and hoist them up. a shill would have to hoist up large pieces. >> bottom

bbc news, near perth, western australia. >>> white house announced today that it would not grain the visa to the man iran has chosen to be its next ambassador to the united nations. in response, iran called the decision regrettable, saying it does not comport with international law. the dispute is over the background of hamid aboutalebi, who was involved in the 1979 takeover of the u.s. embassy in iran. >> so which is it? is it legitimate that the white house is doing it? or is it, as the iranians are saying, in couldn't rah vention of international law? >> this is a bit of a murky area. it hasn't come up that many times. u.s. immigration law gives the u.s. pretty broad latitude to reject vice as. the problem is that the is u.s. also has obligations as host nation for the noons to allow diplomats in and jenny to allow considers -- countries to choose who they want. it has to be worked out. >> we were trying to look into this and find any precedent. but either way it clearly hasn't happened very often if it's happened at all. what does the u.s. do now in >> the thing is, katty, the wh

malaysia passenger plane are looking at an object of interest that washed up on the coast of western australia. it appears to be sheet metal with rivets but it's probably not related to the missing plane. a search for the malaysia airlines flight 370 has been going on for nearly 7 weeks. no physical evidence linked to the plane has been recovered >>> denim jeans and justice. how one bay area community is tackling the serious topic facing women one pant leg at a time. >> plus -- >> if i can get to you visit that website, i can start and they can get into your computer. >> we'll show how you make it easy for hackers by ordering chinese take-out. >> and snakes by the bay? you never know what you'll get when you send roberta gonzales out with mobile weather. more animal surprises are in store. plus where you can join in on the fun. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. lots of sunshine around the bay area now and looking good. we have some rain on the way. we'll tell you when coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, an international movement against sexual assault. >>> happening

. >> reporter: charry is an ocean nothingographer in western australia. he says the challenges are normal, especially in a place as remote and uncharted as the deepest waters as the southern indian ocean. >> the pressure down there is intense. it's 450 times than what we experience at the surface. so there are very few vehicles in the world which can actually go down to that depth. >> reporter: but it can be done. two years after the crash of air france 447, the fuselage and flight recorders were found. david hall ran that mission. he spoke to nbc's stephanie goss. >> it was like looking in the rocky mountains for a show box with a flashlight. >> reporter: it found its target some 13,000 feet below the surface. malaysia airlines flight 370 is believed to be at a depth of 15,000 feet. malaysian officials vow to keep on looking. >> this is a promise that i made to the families of the passengers that we will continue. >> reporter: they vow to keep looking but we're on day 41, and the chances of seeing floating debris are greatly diminished at this point, whi

this first one takes place in western australia.elped get a hook out of the head of this tiger shark and now they're putting it out back to sea. >> whoo. >> this thing is about seven feet long, female juvenile. they had several crews from several vessels swimming with her to kind of helper to get her strength, to get water through her gills so she could be released back into the wild. >> what a remarkable experience for these people to swim with a seven-foot tiger shark. >> i would think that that's the kind of animal, though, that you couldn't rescue because it's a shark. who wants to get in the water to help rescue a shark but it's cool to see the people take the risk. >> they tagged it and released it back into the wild because they said eventually she was able to swim out to sea which is where she belongs. >> good for them. >>> my gosh look at the size of this thing. i'm taking a movie of it. >> imagine the guests of the safari voyager when they saw this in the water. they were in a lagoon swimming around and they see that. that

people on board the plane desperate the news that was in charge of the international central western australia but also its course and this remains a race against time with the batteries powering the black boxes that kate difficult due to expire almost excluded to depict the open and not kicked in islamabad killing at least twenty three people and injuring thousands small step that auntie parts and blood stained clothes with scattered across the site of the adults get to the pakistani capital exporter with twenty two tier lp and eat. police say seventeen thousand people were at the market this morning when the bomb went off to the ground by tina's of exclusive set to be hidden in a box of fruit. there was no immediate claim of responsibility for what the deadliest attack in islamabad since two thousand and eight. the pakistani taliban has reportedly did not eat any involvement the group's holding peace talks with pakistan and is supposed to be accepting fifty five until april that end. i can't stand offs between a russian activists and the ukrainian authorities the continuing in eastern ukrain

11 planes and nine ships are taking part in today's search for flight 370 in the waters off western australia the sinarro narrowed to the size of pennsylvania. crews also reported seeing more objects in the water today and dropped gps buoys so ships can investigate what the objects are. they are a he in a shipping lane where sea trash is pretty common. >>> happening today, the ceo of general motors will testify before congress about its handling of a deadly flaw in its cars. faulty ignition switches can shut off the engine while the car is moving, losing power steering, brakes and preventing air bags from inflating in a crash. it is responsible for more than a dozen deaths. more from washington. >> reporter: today general motors' ceo will face tough questions from congress about the automakers' faulty ignition switches now linked to at least 13 deaths and why it took more than ten years to reveal the problems. in prepared testimony, mary barr will say today she's deeply sorry repeating her promise to conduct a thorough and unimpeded investigation and that today's gm will do the right thing, s

the object washed ashore on the coast of western australia.wever, a government commissioner is playing down hopes saying the more they look at it, the less excited they are but today an under water drone completed its tenth mission. it has scanned 80% of a search zone without finding anything. >>> time is 4:54. san jose police are searching for clues in a gruesome and mysterious homicide. warehouse workers found the body of a truck driver early yesterday morning. his grieving family members were at the scene a short time later. witnesses say the victim was lying on the ground right next to his big rig. >> rolled up on it and sure enough there was a gentleman bound with zip ties in his hands laying this his under wear and t-shirt. >> police say the truck driver was headed to salinas. he had stopped at the warehouse parking lot because he thought it was a safe place to sleep. so far there are no suspects or no known motive in this crime. >>> investigators in contra costa county are asking for the public's help in finding a homicide suspect. they

ashore if australia is related to missing malaysia airlines flight 370 found on the coast of western australiaofficials say it appears to be sheet metal with rivets but added caution, saying the more they look at it the less excited they become. we will follow the development from australia. >> we are learning more how a 15-year-old managed to get on a flight to hawaii on sunday morning after spending seven hours undetected in a highly secure area before departure. he was 5 1/2 hours in the wheel well before landing in maui. he said he had a fight with his father and step mother and wanted to see his mother in somalia who he has not seen since he was two. our reporting continues on this story at

. >> pelley: in western australia today, a pilot turned a passenger jet around just after takeoff and an emergency landing. here's why-- flames were shooting out from one of the engines, not something you want to see. a passenger caught it all on a cell phone. the australian plane landed safely back in perth. none of the 97 people on board was hurt. well, this is huge news for fans of "star wars." today, the cast was announced for the newest film in the series, episode vii, due out next year. a picture was released showing cast members meeting with director j.j. abrams, and, yes, some of the original stars are back. that's mark hamil, better known as luke skywalker. carrie fisher, who plays princess leia and harrison ford as han solo. we have an update on the young victim of the tornadoes in the south. as we showed you last night, four-year-old grace was carried to safety by nick naylor. her house in arkansas had been torn apart. today, grace and nick were reunited as she left the hospital for minor surgery. she will stay with her grandmother for now. her parents are still recovering

>> reporter: the search is still continuing, fredricka, 1,000 miles off the coast of western australia. details are pretty thin in terms of what they found in terms of concrete developments but it seems they're still continuing overnight with the search of the underwater situation to try and find it, try and detect any further pings coming from underneath the water, coming from those beacons on the black box flight recorders. so far there hasn't been anything in the past four days. but nevertheless there's still very much at work at this. the search area has been reduced further to 16,000 square miles as you mentioned, which is significantly less than it was, for instance, a week ago but it's still a vast area of ocean which the search teams are still currently looking in closely to try and find any trace of this missing airliner, fredricka. >> all right, matthew chance, appreciate that in perth. let's go to joe johns. joe, what are you hearing from the families after these latest developments from the australian prime minister and his real optimism? >> reporter: fred, to be honest, th

a commercial aircraft on a routine flight from perth in western australia has landed safely after one of its engines caught fire the day after the flight operated by coke and aviation departed at ten forty five pm for barrow island on tuesday alleges back at perth airport shortly after takeoff. an aviation operate the aircraft on behalf of qantas regional subsidiary of qantas link. a perth airport spokeswoman confirmed the flight landed safely after the mayfair incidents. fire crews are currently trying to determine the circumstances of the place. officials say up to forty nine taliban insurgency and five so there's that being killed following an attack by the taliban in the eastern afghan province of coffee tea and one soldier was captured during the games and several foreign militants were also when volcanic last post on monday to foreign soldiers were killed as a result of taliban attacks in eastern afghanistan. ample more insight to speak to you against a freelance correspondent in kabul. jim thank you so much for joining us at the entire time as afghanistan with the election at t

seven zero is not forever lost in the bottom of the new coach and is put through cctv perth western australia. it would also receive some more news on the surge of course for the students in the ship that sank off the south korean cuts and a man who was identified by the south korean news agency as the captain of the sinking ferry has apologized for the tragedy. he made the remarks as he was being questioned at the mo cocoa scott office. a short time ago citing that he was really sorry and deeply shine to the rescue efforts as we reported earlier is still underway. nine people including five students and two teachers were confirmed dead but many expect a very sharp jump in that number because of the long time the missing have now spent on a trek to the ferry port in the cold sea. china's ministry of commerce has announced key data reflecting china's economic performance in the first quarter of twenty four team. china's retail sales grew twelve percent year on year to over one trillion us dollars retail sales growth in rural areas actually up pace that is it that the region's china's exports d

the center of the search zone lies around sixteen hundred kilometers northwest of perth in western australia meanwhile leave within twenty one robotic submersible has completed his ninth scan of the cba and still there's no sign of iraqi join the evidence of the missing plane the submarine has now lost tourist approximately two thirds of the designated under sea search area. it's set to continue with another mission league on tuesday his ability in the area is currently at around four km for two parties say renewed surge in effective and could potentially be dangerous the mayor of manila is expected to arrive in hong kong tuesday to apologize to the families of the hong kong tourists families who were killed in the twenty ten in twenty ten when police box of manila hostage crisis. mayor joseph estrada says a top speed of president of the new latino and the national police chief was joining him on this trip the delegation hopes to be hong kong's chief executive norm took me a head of the hong kong officials it is unclear whether the officials representing the philippine national government wi

all of western australia israel says it's holding peace talks with the palestinians after unity deal between rival factions fatah and hamas was breached israel says it cannot negotiate with the government backed by hamas which it doesn't recognize israel's right to exist will the move to call off talks comes just days ahead of us deadline to reach a framework for peace in this decades long conflict actually sit on reports peace talks between israel and the palestinians are suspended not called off the security cabinet decided to freeze the process after palestinian president mahmoud abbas is party to find a unique path with hamas which israel considers as a carry the baton standstill resume cv israelis in the palestinian unity deal fails like similar agreements in the past. today the scientists unwanted content include building in settlements illegal cause the collapse of the palestinian authority while israel says the palestinian pack from peace talks to a halt sectarian hamas leader of the israeli government. and when you mean it to me i'll have a choice during the past she's betwe

the search is is moved to the ooft as we are just reported, closer to western australia's coast. have authorities explained why they have determined the move in that direction? we have seen the search charts come out, if you look the at the search charts, there is a general area where they believe the plane went down. whatever debris might have come from the plane will be moving with the ocean currents, they have looked at the search area west of where they believe the plane went down. now, just to the east. unfortunately, we haven't had any reports of them finding any potential debris, we should be expecting the first planes back in the next hour or so, hopefully, we will have some news when they come back. >> the other interesting part of this is that british submarine, of course, it sent going to be successful useful, until they narrow down the search zone. is there a sense that they want to throw it in there and start some sefrmt in a sense of desperation, perhaps? >> i think it is not just a sense of desperation, the fact that window is closing on finding the wreckage. they

>> reporter: more than two weeks they've been searching off the coast of western australia. these are the first leads. that's why there was a lot of momentum this morning and confidence if these were the black boxes they'll find them. talking about two acoustic events. also the australian ship, the ocean shield, with the u.s. navy towed ping locater on board. we expect information about that whether they can discount it or verify in the next few hours. you add to that refinement of the search zone. what they're talking about is the southern sector. it is encouraging the chinese ship was wearing acoustic signals from the southern sector. having said this, i know family members are in contact with chief houston leading this effort here in australia. of course you hear the news and think did you find the plane? these are from family members that thought they weren't even looking in the right place. i want you to listen. he says what we're doing is for the families and we always have them in mind. >> we need to keep at the forefront of their minds families and friends of 239 pas

jonah fischer, perth, western australia. >>> the heads of the anglican khafrps to meet later.he queen flu to rome for a one-day visit. her first foreign trip in years. alan johnston is following this for us. the brits pride themselves on pomp and ceremony but it wasn't that as the queen touched down in rome. >> that's right. the queen arriving some 20 minutes late but making up time as her convoy traveled into the heart of the city and then headed up one of the highest of the seven hills of rome to the palace. this is where the italy head of state resides. i think you're seeing pictures there of the queen emerging from her aircraft on the tarmac out on the edge of the city. and then making her way into the hearts of the city in the palace where the italian head of state resides. these are two figures of similar age who have gone on very well it seems by all accounts in their previous four meetings today. president napolitano was in for the opening head of games. he talked movingly some time ago about his respect for the monarchy. he was part of the italian resistance during wo

weather, we are starting to see some light rain off the coast of western australia.000 miles from here in the search zone, we are told, has been similar. relatively calm seas which is did good for search crews. they weren't distracted by the white capps. even though the visual search is over and these planes from a number of different countries are flying back to pearce air force base in perth. we know the sonar is going to be active 24/7. the pinger locator is going to function 24/7 under water listening for any possible signal from the inflight data recorders from flight 370. the problem is, with all that sophisticated technology, the gpo and submarine and ship, all of that technology is just fine but it needs a more narrow search area than what we have right now. the search area needs to be 100 times smaller for this technology to effectively locate possible debris. those are answers that we simply don't have right now. brian brianna. >> families on board the missing jet are becoming more frustrated with malaysian officials. cnn has learned that authorities denied

maybe some rain next week. ,,,,,,,, >>> an airliner made an emergency landing this morning in western australiau like to look out your flight and see that. the sparks started after the jet took off from perth. passengers could see smoke and the flames. the pilots were able to put it out, turn the flight around and land safely. 92 passengers were headed to an island off the west coast. everybody is safe. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up, a look at the headlines from around the country. plus, clippers owner, donald sterling donated to groups that support african-americans. he faced racism allegations before. see what the naacp is saying about the latest award it was abdomen to give sterling. that's ahead. >>> a massive clean up is under way in arkansas after the deadly tornadoes. a heroic rescue m his storm shelter, he started looking for friends. a warning, some of the video is graphic. whep we first spotted nick, he was carrying a gravely injured 4-year-old girl in his arms. her name is grace. he found her about 50 yards from her parents and what was left of their house. >> lor

this -- think of this -- a search area of the size of the state of utah and off the coast of western australia. crews say the weather was descent with a few miles of visibility but they have not pulled up one single thing from that 777. as we have reported, time is certainly running out before the plane's black book stops sending signals and that could make it nearly impossible to locate because it's so deep. the malaysian prime minister today vowed he will not rest until answers are found. trace gallagher i live. this search is an enormous challenge. >> reporter: the reason they keep moving the search they keep continuing to analyze the satellite data as well as the capables of the airplane itself, but a big part of the change is because they're using these mathematical models to calculate the wind speed as well as the ocean currents. so, in other words, it's mostly an educated guess, and even though the malaysian prime minister vows never end the search, those who are actually conducting the search say at some point in time, they need to go back to the drawing board. that was kind of the lin

australian time off of the coast of western australia.re's another development in the search for flight 370. the bluefin's seventh mission underway. i want to go back to michael holmes in perth. michael? >> reporter: yeah, bill. i just got word in the last few minutes really that the sixth mission is completed by the bluefin-21 there scouring the ocean floor and looking for any sign of malaysia flight 370. the sixth mission over. normally it takes about four hours to download the data, recharge the batteries and get the seventh mission underway. the fifth mission was aborted shortly after its launch yesterday due to problems with the navigation system. that's according to the u.s. navy. since it didn't get to the ocean floor, there was no side scan sonar from that mission. we're told about 133 square kilometers, 50 square miles has been covered of this newly focused search area, probably less than a week and they will have the whole lot looked at. of course everyone waiting to see if they will find any sign of the aircraft. i will tell yo

and recently arrived in western australia. the search area is very large. and clearly an area the like of which we have not seen before on a search and rescue operation like this. the current such area is just to give you some context about the size. in terms of the task ahead, we will continue pursuing the search with much vigor and i have to say in my experience, and i have got a lot of experience in search and rescue over the years, this search and recovery operation is probably the most challenging one i have ever seen. and i say that because the starting point, whenever you do a search and rescue, which is the last known position of the vehicle or the aircraft. in this particular case, the last known position was a long way from where the aircraft appears to have gone and i guess our expectation is that it has crashed into the southern ocean. so having good data on which to mount the search is very challenging. we have the best experts in the world helping the australian maritime safety agency decide where the best area to search is. but i have to say

australia announced this morning that an object of interest has been recovered on the coast of western australia. he described it as appearing to be sheet metal with rivets. also issuing words of caution that the more they look at it the less excited they are about it. meanwhile, some investigators are suggesting the massive search may be a waste of time. at least one publication is quoting sources close to the investigation as saying the missing plane may have actually landed somewhere instead of crashing. not a shred of debris has been found six weeks later. >>taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. chicago police had to send a swat team, when a man locked himself in a bedroom with his three children and a pitbull. it happened last night in the 33-hundred block of north kenton. it all grew out of a domestic dispute. the 24-year-old man surrendered after a three-hour standoff. he'll have to get a mental evaluation. the kids are o-k. the chicago archdiocese is assuring parents at saint alphonsus church in lakeview that their priest won't be left alone with children. father michael

bbc news near perth in western australia i can't. >>> in afghanistan a girl badly wounded by a grenadeurned home after treatment in the united states. the girl took the full blast in the area where the people are caught in the crossfire. the same region in fact two western female journalists were shot, one fatally. karin allen has been following this progress and has this exclusive report. >> reporter: i first came across her days after her tiny body had been shattered by a frequegrena. children like her fear for their lives. 1700 killed and injured last year. she was one of the fortunate few flown to america after a nurse raised the alarm she's been treated for injuries and even going to school. her family were left by hind thousands of miles away. today i met her and her guardian as she returned to afghanistan, a country with an uncertain future. with elections this last weekend, security is tight. she seems fascinated by the streets of kabul. taliban she says pointing to men with guns. they're police. finally the moment her father arrived. at first she seems overwhelmed by it all. t

it washed ashore in western australia. say the more they look at it the less excited they are. today, an underwater drone wrapped up the 10th search and has found nothing so far. >>> happening today, some kaiser per ma anyone anyonety -- permanente workers say they will walk off the jobs today in order to protect the people they care for. at the oakland center, they held a similar one-day strike in 2012. they accuse the hospital of cutting costs, jeopardizing mental health services. they claim it's lead to several suicides. the hospital denies the charge. they claim today's work stoppage is really about worker pay, not patient care. >>> new this morning, "people" magazine just unveiled its most beautiful person of the year. not a lot of argument here. the title goes to actress lupita nyong'o. the 31-year-old took home home the academy award for her role in "12 years a save." she was recently named the latest case of lancome. she was raised in kenya and has been outspoken about the lack of black women in the media. she said

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they are already putting in plans for those grieving relatives to come here to western australia and setting up some sort of memorial service for them. even talk here of perhaps a permanent memorial to those who lost their lives here, wolf. >> michael holmes in perth, australia, thank you. >>> malaysia's response to the did i ace appearance of flight 370 has been marked with dysfunction. how could the plane fly for so many hours without anyone even looking for it. barbara starr has been looking into this part of the story. what are you discovering, barbara? >> wolf, malaysia says it is investigating how its commercial aviation and military authorities did or did not work together in the confusing hours when the plane first disappeared. how is it that they didn't know it perhaps was on radar and then fell off of radar? they didn't understand that a traps responder was turned off and that they waited several hours before sending an aircraft to look for it. this would be considered a failure of the authorities in malaysia to work together and that causes a lot of concern. because it's al