To realize that the plane had even disappeared from radar. Then, malaysian authorities failed to initiate any kind of search for four hours. Overnight, government officials in malaysia held a News Conference, their first since releasing their findings. Lets get the latest now from will ripley, whos live in kuala lumpur. Will, i do understand theres another News Conference scheduled any minute from now, and we will take that live as soon as it happens. In the meantime, how are they justifying this report . Reporter well, you know, this report, the Prime Minister actually tweeted it out, a link to it, earlier today, saying that it was being put out in the interest of transparency. Its almost eight weeks since mh370 disappeared, and families have been asking for this report, literally for weeks, john. What contains in it, not a lot of surprises, but certainly some revelations about the true extent of the time that was wasted and the confusion in those initial minutes and hours, when mh370 disappeared. 17 minutes before anybody even noticed that the plane dropped off radar. And then during those four hours before search and rescue was activated here in kuala lumpur, you saw a lot of miscommunication, you saw a growing amount of panic. But the thing that you saw the most was relative inaction in the sense that nobody made the call, okay, we have got a problem, lets get someone up in the sky to look for this. And at the same time, the report also highlights the lack of communication between the civilian air Traffic Control and the military, because we know, while the civilian air Traffic Control had realized that they lost this plane, malaysian military radar, at least for a time, was tracking this aircraft. And that was confirmed by the Prime Minister to our own richard quest. So, the press conference overnight didnt really touch too much on this report, but we were expecting this new press conference, which could happen at any moment, to possibly address some of those questions. And this is going to be one of the press conferences that weve seen traditionally over these last eight weeks now, where were going to have not only the acting transport minister, but the department of Civil Aviation, the ceo of Malaysia Airlines, also ministers representing next of kin, the families of flight 370. So, it will be interesting to see what happens. We certainly do have a lot of questions that we would like to ask. Indeed, we do. And again, we will bring you that News Conference the minute it happens. Will ripley in kuala lumpur. Thanks so much. Lets bring in jeff wise, cnn aviation analyst. So much is made of the 17 minutes, this gap before they realized the plane hadnt checked in with the Vietnamese Air and then four hours before they even started to sort of look for it. Is that just the way the system is set up, or is this, you know, a lack of oversight on the part of the malaysians . Well, youre going to expect that it takes a certain amount of time, first of all, to realize that theyre not where they should be, and then to try to figure out, okay, well, where are they then . So, when you look at the transcript of the proceedings, you see that air Traffic Controllers in ho chi minh called malaysia, the Malaysian Air traffic people called the Malaysian Airlines, and theres calls going back and forth, basically saying, has anybody seen this . Then theres a rumor that theyre in Cambodian Air space. That took a little while to be disproved. So basically, imagine like if you were supposed to meet a friend for dinner and they didnt show up, then maybe you called their wife, you start to call around. It would take a while before you realized, oh, this person is actually missing, and i think something similars happening here, it just took a while. And i understand that and i understand the natural level of confusion that emulates from this. But the problem is, its not your girlfriend for dinner. Right. Its 239 souls, sure. In a giant 777 there. So, some people arent surprised by the confusion, jeff, but i guess the question is, should we be surprised and should there be a better system in place to make sure this doesnt happen again . Well, bear in mind, too, that you know, the leading hypothesis that investigators have is that this was an intentional act, meaning somebody deliberately absconded with this plane. And as i pointed out before, the plane took its diversionary turn to the left, that famous westward turn, in a place in its flight path when it was just leaving radar coverage. So, it was no longer under radar surveillance from air Traffic Controllers. This would have been the perfect time for it to slip away. You know, normally, air Traffic Controllers see a symbol of that plane moving across their screen, and thats based on the radar returns. When radar coverage slips away, that symbol keeps moving across their screen. Right. And this is something we saw in air france 447. Right. And if this was deliberately done, it leads you to maybe suspect that they were very cleverly turning at just that point where they would have slipped away from surveillance and taken advantage of that gap. I mean, i think when you talk about the time gap here, i mean, theres a lot of people saying this was korbable, this shows authorities are not watching this plane, this should never have happened, but what youre saying is the system is built on the presumption that a plane is going to keep going where it said its going. Exactly. No ones anticipated this action before, so the system isnt designed to prevent people from absconding with planes. After air france 447, though, fell into the atlantic ocean, there were protocols that were supposed to have been put in place to make this type of situation at least run more smoothly. That did not seem to happen. Right. The technology exists to allow planes to be tracked via satellite, you know, instead of being based on ground radar, as it currently is. It wouldnt be such a hard objective to have planes automatically communicating their position and other crucial information. That, though, could also be turned off as the position equipment seems to have been turned off in this case. Jeff wise, great to have you with us. Again, we are awaiting a News Conference from kuala lumpur, where they will talk about this report at great length, and we hope in new detail, because theres a lot of questions still that people have from this report. No question. Six minutes after the hour. The crisis in ukraine will be front and center today when president obama hosts german chancellor Angela Merkel at the white house. Tougher sanctions against russia could be on the table, all this happening as the violence in ukraine escalates dramatically overnight. Cnn has been monitoring a largescale military operation being launched by the ukrainian military, all while russian president Vladimir Putin is calling on kiev to withdraw its troops from southeast ukraine, withdraw its troops from its own country, if it wants to keep peace. Lets get more on todays meeting between the president and Angela Merkel. Senior White House Correspondent jim acosta filed this report. Reporter john and christine, german chancellor Angela Merkels visit to the white house comes at a critical time. Both the u. S. And germany have tried to apply pressure on russia to try to deescalate the crisis in ukraine, the u. S. Taking the lead on sanctions, while chancellor merkel has tried to use her closer relationship with russian president Vladimir Putin to resolve the crisis, but its not clear whether those closer ties are helping. In a phone conversation that the two leaders had on thursday, putin told merkel that he wants to see ukrainian troops pull out of the southeastern part of their own country. White House Press Secretary jay carney called that suggestion preposterous. Now, the white house expects both leaders, both president obama and Angela Merkel, to talk about another round of sanctions against russia. That next round would likely be targeted at russias economy, key sectors of the russian economy, such as its banking and energy sectors, but that would hurt the German Economy as well. So, expect that question to come up at a News Conference with president obama and chancellor merkel later today. Also, one other big question to expect would be about those revelations that the u. S. Has been spying on foreign leaders, most notably, Angela Merkel. John and christine . Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Government is launching a largescale operation to recapture the eastern city of slovyansk, as the violence in ukraine threatens to erupt. I want to get the latest from arwa damon, live from donetsk, where ukraine riot police have been clashing with prorussian activists. Whats the latest, arwa . Reporter well, those clashes happening yesterday at the Prosecutors Office when the prorussian camp tried to storm the building, eventually forcing the riot police out and taking control, asserting their own authority. And then in the early hours of the morning, ukrainian troops in the cities of slovyansk launching, what theyre calling an antiterror operation. According to the ministry of defense, two helicopters shot down, two soldiers possibly dead, nine barricades taken back. And driving into these various cities that are in the control of the prorussian camp, you do see a number of barricades, tires that the prorussian camp has established. Those, now reportedly, some of them being taken back by Ukrainian Forces. But moving forward in the antiterrorism operation, if they decide to really go on the offensive, its going to be incredibly difficult, because these various buildings that are in the hands of the prorussian camp, theyre in residential areas, theyre in the very heart of these various cities. The potential for even more bloodshed, streettostreet combat very much out there, very much of great concern for a number of civilians that we have been speaking to throughout all of this. But it does seem at this stage as if the Central Government in kievs at the very least attempting to try to reinforce its own authority, christine. All right, arwa damon, thanks for that, arwa. Wow. Dramatic developments overnight in ukraine. And again, very much on the table as the president meets with Angela Merkel today. There will be a press Conference Live at about 11 30, 11 40 between the two leaders. Cnn will be taking that live. Now, a heartbreaking loss for the l. A. Clippers and their fans last night. 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Over 180 others were hurt. Officials say the facility was flooded with 2 feet of water when the blast ripped through the building. And then you have to take a look at this. [ screaming ] oh, my god the whole thing [ screaming ] that is unbelievable. Incredible video of a landslide swallowing up ten cars and a retaining wall, then dropping it all on to Railroad Tracks below. This is right in the middle of a baltimore neighborhood. That city suffering its worst flooding in decades. It happened so slowly. I cant believe it whoevers shooting it showing a huge amount of faith that the rest of the road will not fall in there. Wow. We could loop that for the next 45 minutes or move on to this. Flooding is also a big problem in parts of pennsylvania. So much rain fell in the Schuylkill River that it actually crested higher than it did during hurricane irene or superstorm sandy. More grim news in mississippi. The death toll in that state from this weeks tornadoes now 14 with the discovery of the body of a missing boy. Were getting new images of the devastation in jackson. At least nine twisters touched down in the state on monday. And just look at the flooding. Rivers so far over their banks, residents, look at how they have to get in their homes. Its been kind of crazy. I woke up at 7 00 to head to school for a final and saw the water was above our mailbox out in the front yard. There was a papa johns car that we saw over there that was completely flooded. Wow. The pizzas in jeopardy, you know its serious. I was thinking the same thing. That means its friday. Were hungry. Its friday. Indra petersons has decided to join us this friday with a look at the forecast. And hopefully, some good weather for the weekend. Good morning. Good morning. Weve been talking about that same frontal system, right, all week long. You can see its still out there on the map this morning. Very easy to see this huge frontal system, very tail end of this cold front still hanging over florida even this morning. But the other system i wanted to show you, you can see the contrast here, much lighter. You can see almost a hint of a spin out here. That will be the next story with just light rain into the ohio valley and northeast over the weekend. First, lets take them one at a time. Heres the cold front weve been watching. Notice it stalls out and pretty much lingers or very slowly exits out of florida. Thats where well be watching for more rain in that area today. Of course, heres the next system making its way across with just light showers for a lot of you in towards the weekend. So, how much rain is everyone expecting . Weve been talking about this. Florida already seen so much rain, a lot of flooding concerns, still looking for heavier amounts farther south, though, than a few days ago, maybe just a few inches. Toss it back to christine and john. Thank you, indra. In malaysia, there is a News Conference, officials briefing us now on the report just released on flight 370, the official report. This is the Malaysian Defense minister. Lets listen to what he has to say. Along with additional information. This is consistent with our stand in the interests of openness and transparency. All information which does not jeopardize the investigation or the search operation should and will be made public. It must be stressed that the report made public yesterday is a preliminary report. Nevertheless, i repeatedly stressed since the beginning, we really have nothing to hide. Heating with Angus Houston and Jeanpaul Troadec this morning. Earlier today, i met with retired air marshal Angus Houston, who has been leading the joint Agency Coordination center, jacc, in perth, coordinating the search of mh370 in the southern indian ocean, and mr. Jeanpaul troadec, the head of the French Investigation Team for air France Flight 447 and the former head of the aviation accident investigation bureau. The presence of these two individuals in kuala lumpur is to discuss the new phase we are entering into the search operation. The meeting was a testament to malaysias inclusiveness in coordinating the next phase of this unprecedented search, and it reaffirms our relentless commitment as well as that of the International Community in searching for mh370. Progress regarding the subcommittees. The three subcommittees or ministerial committees led by the three Deputy Ministers have been meeting and efforts have been intensified to prepare ourselves for the next phase. Let me now update you on this progress. The technical committee. The International Investigative team, which is led by dr. Chun, the former director general of the dca and a former representative to icao council in montreal, has commenced investigations on the incident as stipulated by the terms of reference laid down by acio. The Investigation Team has convened five times so far, and progress will be reported in due course. In respects of the nextofkin committee, yes, indeed, Malaysian Airlines has announced it will make advanced compensation payments as soon as possible to the nominated next of kin who are entitled to plane compensation. The compensation package is aimed to meet the immediate Economic Needs of the families. I would like to reaffirm the governments stand as iterated yesterday by the Deputy Foreign minister who heads the next of kin subcommittee, that we are confident in Malaysian Airlines commitment in assisting and supporting the families of those aboard mh370. And on that note, i would also like to record our sincerest appreciation to the Chinese Government for their strong support in this matter. I strongly urge that Malaysia Airlines continue to engage the families of the passengers as we enter this new phase. It is imperative for us to maintain and improve the communication platforms and channels which have been established between the airline and the families the past eight weeks. The designated family members of the passengers, wherever they are, must be kept informed consiste consistently and timely on Significant Developments relating to the search. We owe it to the families to keep abreath with the progress and keep up to date on this incident. On asset deployment, we have had detailed discussions with several malaysian companies, namely, petronas, boustad and others in the past few days on deploying specialized assets. These underwater platforms include autonomous unmanned vehicles, auvs, deepwater towed side scan sonars, remotely operated vehicles, rovs, and support vessels to deployed assets to join in the new phase of the search mission. It is important for all the malaysian entities involved in this effort to be on the same page, working as one team, flying the malaysian flag to find mh370. My trip to canberra. Next week i will lead a delegation to canberra to attend the trilateral ministerial meeting, which will be hosted by our australian counterparts on the fifth of may. The meeting will be chaired by the deputy Prime Minister of australia and the minister of infrastructure. I will be accompanied by the heads of the three subcommittees, the deputy minister of defense, the deputy minister of transport and the deputy minister of foreign affairs, along with amajari and other relevant representatives from respective ministries. In addition, a chinese delegation will also be joining us for the meeting led by the transport minister and accompanied by the vice minister of transport, his excellency, and vice minister of foreign affairs, his excellency zi hang shang and other senior government officials. On the lead regarding bay of bengal. On the bay of bengal allegation, we agree with Angus Houstons statement that this claim is highly unlikely. Many leads in the past have proven to be negative, and this is similar to what we have done before. There is nothing new, but we have informed lateral states to verify this claim. Currently, there are three ships from bangladesh, including a survey ship in the search area, and to date, nothing has been found. As we enter into the new phase of this search, ladies and gentlemen, we are grateful for the continued support that we have received from the International Community as well as stakeholders domestically. We are also heartened by the new support from countries who have come forward but were not in the initial phase of the operation. We will strive to overcome the new challenges facing the Search Operations in this new phase, which requires expensive, sophisticated and complex underwater assets. And as always, our thoughts and prayers remain with those on board mh370 and their families and the search goes on. Thank you. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, well now open the q a session. Well start with the local media first. Okay, maam, local media . Local media . Okay, from this corner, please. Yes. Good evening. Could you introduce yourself . Good evening. I am su lin. Good evening. I would like to ask, when exactly did the malaysian military spot mh370 on its turn back across the peninsula . And upon spotting it, what exactly did the military do . Did they contact with the Civil Aviation authorities, for example, or did they try to contact the plane itself . Thanks. I dont have the actual details with me today. And im very cautious and very careful what i say in this stage. So, it is very important for me to get clarification on that. But if you guys have got anything to add on that we do ill get back to you. All right, the next one. First row. The lady with yes, please, there. You mentioned earlier that excuse me, could you [ inaudible ] i need to ask a question. Earlier, you mentioned that china may be roped in to assist with the bay of bengal search. Why is that . Because since it was by australian, why do we still have to send in secretarygeneral . Well, i havent decided yet whether to deploy the vessel. And as our Standard Operating Procedure in the past, whether the leads includes landing, whether satellite data from china, oil slicks, life rafts, life vests, those were all in the south china sea, mind you. We will proceed this uncorroborated and unverified evidence. Secondly, you have to understand that this lead involving the bay of bengal, we need to deploy assets, especially sapporo assets to be responsible to them, to be responsible in our decision to deploy it. We have to understand, its going to be expensive. Secondly, it is the exact vessel that we are going to use to deploy in the new phase of our search. So, any detour from that search is going to cause delay, 14 days, exactly. And thirdly, in the event that this vessel is deployed, and the lead is negative, can you imagine the families that had to go through another episode of hoping finding closure to it . So, these are all my considerations in having to deploy it, but i can assure you that as far as china is concerned, theyre ready to deploy it, but im just awaiting feedback from what ive said just now on countries, neighboring countries, specifically bangladesh and other countries that have deployed assets in that area to come back to me. Then i will then have to talk to them on whether its actually deployed or not. But we have not strayed away from our Standard Operating Procedure, which is to make sure that in doing that we do not affect the present Search Operations, it doesnt affect the emotions and the feelings of the families. And in this case, it will affect very expensive equipment and vessel, which might have been detoured just because of this lead. My second question would be, is there any specific reason on why boeing is in the Investigation Team . Boeing . Yeah. And because since would it be a conflict of interest since [ inaudible ] the investigation . Boeing, yes. Boeing not in the Investigation Team as such. They are an adviser to the effort rep of the usa, and usa being the state of design, state of manufacture, and the national of transport safety board of usa obviously needs a lot of Important Information from boeing, and thats the reason why boeing, same like rolls royce, representing the engine manufacturers, are in the part of the accredited rep team. Thank you. All right. Yes, second row. The lady, please. [ inaudible ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] all right, youve been watching a News Conference from kuala lumpur. Thats the Malaysian Defense minister, the acting transportation minister, hishammuddin bin hussein. He was giving the latest update, this the day after malaysian officials finally released their official report on what happened to flight 370, at least as much as they know. In this News Conference, he basically laid out the next phase of the search operation, talking about the underwater search and the new machinery, the new efforts that will be involved off the coast of perth, australia. He also spoke about this possible sighting, these signs that this company in australia thinks its seen off the coast of bangladesh. Unlikely, he said. Highly unlikely, he said. Whether or not bangladesh goes to search that area or another country does, he says hes still looking into that, but he doesnt want to divert Key Resources right now from the underwater search off the coast of australia. Lets bring back in jeff wise here. Jeff, what do you think the most important thing is we just heard . Well, we heard a lot of talk about organization and communication and named different committees. Committees and so forth. Pretty dry stuff, actually, but he did mention all of these assets. Theyre really going all in on this underwater search. Theyre really committed. We heard about this australian company, georesonance, their claims. And he is affirming that they dont want to be distracted from what they really see clearly as the main priority, to search the ocean bed. Very interestingly to me is that in this report, amid all the really interesting information that they did release, they really have avoided the key issue, which is, why did they believe so strongly that this stretch of ocean is where the plane is . They really havent laboratoried on that. No, they havent opened the books in terms of the inmarsat data. There was havean interesting mo to me in the press conference. The first question was about the malaysian military, also not in this official report released, no word of when malaysian military radar first spotted this flight, flight 370. No word on when it spotted it, no word on what the malaysian military did. The Malaysian Defense minister was asked, point blank right there, you know, about those facts, and he claimed not to no, said hed have to look into it and i have to say, i was taken aback, almost laughed or giggled when he answered that question. He said i have to be cautious or careful, had a big smile on his face. Would not answer that key first question. Very, very interesting. And speaking of military radar, another interesting thing in this report is, you know, we heard a few weeks ago reports that the plane had circled around Indonesian Air space to avoid being detected by their radar. The new report shows a map showing the plane flying directly over the northwestern tip of sumatra, where there is a radar station pretty much right there. And so, you know, thats another interesting question that, again, wasnt addressed in this report. And the indonesians claim thats a radar station manned 24 hours a day. They claim they saw no sign of it flying directly overhead there. Hard to believe that thats the case. Well, either that thats the case or that it went in that direction. I mean, these things would seem to be mutually exclusive. But again, this is a case full of mysteries. Jeff, one of the things the wall street journals reporting today is that it could take now six to eight weeks to get these new underwater search assets on the scene there. As we said, theyre now delving into this underwater search full force. You know, enlisting the help of private contractors, new equipment, and it could take some time to get this new equipment in place. At this point, does the delay matter . Does it make the job harder or is it just a matter of being patient . Well, you know, a few weeks ago, Angus Houston was talking about six months, eight months. Now were hearing today a year. Clearly, this is a longhaul kind of operation. People have often cited the case of air france 447, two years. Thats right. You know, and in that case, we had much, much better information about where the plane was and what had happened to it. So, yeah, i think if it takes a couple weeks to get this equipment in place, it doesnt really matter. This is clearly going to be something thats a longterm project. Great analysis and insight. Thanks for watching that press conference with us, jeff wise. Thank you. Another major story were following this morning, the cau crisis in ukraine. It will be front and center when president obama hosts german chancellor Angela Merkel at the white house today. Tougher sanctions against russia almost certainly on the table. In the meantime, the Ukrainian Government is launching a largescale antiterror operation to recapture the eastern city of slovyansk, this as the violence in ukraine escalates. So, lets get the latest from the ground there. Arwa damon is in donetsk, where ukrainian riot police have been clashing with these prorussian activists, arwa. Whats the latest . Reporter well, those clashes happening yesterday evening when the prorussian camp decided to storm the Prosecutors Office, clashing with riot police. Molotov cocktails, stun grenades were fired and used, but eventually, the prorussian camp did manage to fairly quickly, relatively speaking, push the riot police off the premises, moving through, ransacking the entire building and declaring themselves the ultimate authority. Meanwhile, kiev seemingly trying to reassert itself to a certain degree with that operation that began in the very early hours of the morning here, focusing on the city of slovyansk. That has also been one of the key areas that has fallen to the prorussian camp. According to the ministry of defense, two helicopterserwn, ts were killed. The Ukrainian Forces managing to overtake or overcome nine barricades that were set up by the prorussian camp. We do see these barricades on the outskirts of the vast majority of the cities they do control, made up of tires. And so, it does seem at this stage as if kiev is at the very least trying to once again put on a show of force, moving into somef these areas, conducting an operation. But at the same time, not yet going into these various cities full force. That, understbl incredibly challenging and potentially very devastating, because these buildings that the prorussian camp controls are in resiial neighborhoods and in the heart of the cities. The potential for violence and bloodshed very much on everyones mind. We have our eye on that today as this situation develops and as the president meets at the white house with the german leader. Arwa damon in ukraine this morning. Thanks so much. Thanks, arwa. Okay, back here, to the sports world. The hollywood ending was not in the cards last night for the l. A. Clippers. Theyre going to need a game gao advance in the playoffs after losing game six to the Golden State Warriors in heartbreaking fashion, 10099. Just one little point. 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Officials say the facility was flooded with 2 feet of water, and then this blast ripped through the building. And then look at this. Its moving. Oh [ screaming ] oh, my god fairly genuinely insane video right there of a landslide swallowing up ten cars and a retaining wall, then dropping them on to Railroad Tracks. This happened in a baltimore neighborhood. That city suffering some of the worst flooding in decades. Flooding also a problem in parts of pennsylvania. So much rain fell, the Schuylkill River actually crested higher than it did during hurricane irene and superstorm sandy. And those were big, big rainmakers. Thats right, and theres some sad, grim news in mississippi. The death toll in that state from this weeks tornadoes rising to 14 with the discovery of the body of a missing boy. Were getting new images of the devastation in jackson. At least nine twisters touched down in that state on monday. And you have to look at the flooding. Rivers are so far over their banks, residents have to use jet skis to leave their homes. Kind of crazy. I woke up at 7 00 to head to school for a final and saw the water was above our mailbox out in the front yard. There was a papa johns car that we saw over there that was completely flooded. Indra petersons has a look at your forecast for us this morning. Another day of rain. Got to get through it. Another day of rain, same system. Thats the hardest part to believe here, were still talking about the very same cold front, so slow to move here. Were looking at that tail end of it still kind of lingering into the southeast. Thats going to be one of the things were watching. The others going to be, yeah, just some light showers kind of making their way through chicago today and into the northeast. But you can see the difference here, nowhere near as strong. We see how light that is in comparison to that cold front, still hanging on, guys. Talking about the rain. There you go. You can see the cold front itself still lingering into the southeast. As we go through the weekend. Then you can see the next system will start to make its way through the upper midwest, ohio valley and then into the northeast, bringing light showers in through saturday and sunday. Not a big deal as far as that system. Were still really going to be focusing on the rain into the southeast. The heavier rain farther down south. Its not really hanging out in the panhandle today, but either way, still light showers in the forecast for them, so not exactly drying out yet. They definitely need that sunshine. Also, as we go through the weekend, light, scattered showers will be out there, upper midwest, ohio valley, northeast, but again, 1 to 2 inches. A lot of time, just clouds intermixing throughout the day. Not a biggie. The big story will be the jet stream. This is the good stuff, right . Really lifting out, starting to warm up. So, youre going to see temperatures really warming into the south, and thats going to feel a lot better through the weekend. A lot of us will be a lot happier after the weekend. Oh, i needed that news. Thank you very much. Lift the jet stream, please. Singlehandedly, Indra Petersons raising the jet stream. Lift it up. Lets look now at the powers of kate bolduan, telling us whats coming up on new day. I cant promise any kind of that power. Raising the jet stream . I mean, i knew she was strong, but my goodness happy friday. Weve got a lot of news this morning. Of course, Donald Sterling, the clippers owner. His team lost in a playoff nailbiter last night. Game seven is tomorrow. Its also almost game seven for him, as owner, to be quite honest. The nbas promising to move very quickly to force him to sell the team, but is that fair . And can it even happen . How long can Donald Sterling himself drag this out . Were going to be talking to a lot of smart minds about this. Well have that all covered on the show. And also, were going to be talking about much more and bringing you much more on chriss exclusive interview with amanda knox. She insists that she did not kill her roommate. The fact that she has to still insist that this many years later is pretty amazing. She is taking real issue with what an Italian Appeals Court has said recently. It was a very revealing conversation. Youll want to see it this morning on new day. John, christine . Thanks so much, kate. Have a great show. Have a terrific weekend. Thanks, guys. Families of those on board missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 furious this morning, told to pack up and get out, after investigators release a controversial report they say reveals more questions than answers. Were live in beijing with that part of the story for the families, next. Ive quit for 75 days. 15 days, but not in a row. For the first time, you can use nicorette even if you slip up, so you can reach your goal. 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But you know, i think theres something very important to raise here, is that the timing of this was almost too perfect to distract from the release of the ako report, because that report raises far more questions than it answered. It is riddled with discrepancies. It contradicts itself, even between the maps given and the document of the report as well as the list of actions taken. There are actual contradictions between what theyve put in those three documents. So, how are the rest of these families accepting or receiving this report . How are they receiving the news that the centers are closing . Lets go to david mckeynesies, whos been in beijing spending so much time with them. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, john. To answer your question about the report, i heard the word irrelevant several times. Many of these family members say even if there are some kind of discrepancies, it doesnt get them closer to the one question they want answered, which is where are their loved ones. And so, as these weeks stretch out, drag out into months, they are just exhausted, tired, distrustful of anyone giving them information. For them, the big issue today is that they are being moved out of the hotel where hundreds of them have been since the very beginning of this ordeal, many of them giving very emotional reactions when that news came out. And now weve been told that chinese officials have told the families they need to get out within the next 15 minutes or so, in fact. There have been family members leaving. Its not the case that Everyone Wants to stay. Many of them, in fact, have said at this point, as this search enters the new phase, they want to go home, on some level begin to pick up their lives, pick up the pieces of their lives. But you know, as people who have dealt with this kind of situation before will tell you, this concept of a missing loved one is just so terrible to take in. And until theres some kind of closure, i feel these families certainly will never even begin the steps to get over this terrible event. John . Its just one difficult stage after another. David mckenzie in beijing for us. Thank you so much. This morning, dozens of colleges across the country facing investigations into federal Sexual Assault crimes. An unprecedented report released. What comes next for these universities, ahead. And a teenager accused of planning a massacre at his high school. Police finding bombs, ammunition and a journal detailing these plans. Stunning stuff here. Well have that story next. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, weve always been on the forefront of innovation. When the world called for speed. When the world called for stealth. Intelligence. Endurance. Affordability. Adaptability. 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They found three fully functioning bombs and numerous firearms at the teens home and storage locker. He faces now four counts of attempted murder as well as explosives charges. The big story in money today, the jobs report for april. Until then, stocks in europe basically flat, u. S. Stock futures slightly higher. The dow just 22 points now from the record it hit on wednesday. Economists expect 205,000 jobs added in april, net new jobs. The Unemployment Rate they think dropped slightly to 6. 6 . That would be a slight increase from the 192,000 jobs in march. It would show, as you can see from this chart, a thawing after a very brutal winter, back more toward the numbers we were seeing late last year. Now, 200plus net new jobs a month, something the chief u. S. Economist at Deutsche Bank says should become commonplace in the near term. Still, at that rate, it would take us years to come back to the employment at prerecession, but at least looking at 200,000plus in the near term, hiring ramping up in the united states. This is a key number to see if the economy has turned the page from the cold winter. Thats right. So much has been blamed on the cold winter, including low gdp. This jobs report for april, if it is also negative or sluggish, i think people will have a whole new look into how the economy is growing. Especially with the dow only 22 points from a record high. Hard to see it a record if the jobs market isnt going to come roaring back here. Have a great friday and a great weekend. Great weekend. New day starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com the clippers lose their playoff game but who will win the war over their ownership . New reports Donald Sterling may have cancer. It turns out this isnt the first time the league tried to take his team. Were going to tell you how he beat them the last time. Happening now. Fierce fighting in ukraine. The country tries to retake cities from pro russia separati separatists. The chancellor is one of the few leaders who has Vladimir Putins ear. Cnn exclusive. Amanda knox speaking out oneonone denying the allegations against her by an italian court. Was she in an argument with her roommate the night of the killing and why does she think shes one of the lucky ones . Your new day starts right now. This is new day with chris cuomo, kate balduan, and michaela pereira. Welcome to new day. Tgif on this may 2nd. It is 6 00 in the east. Up first, nba owners wasting no time in an effort to put a for sale sign on the l. A. Clippers. A tenmember Committee Held the first meeting yesterday and agreed to move quickly on booting Donald Sterling. This as were hearing new reports from espn about sterlings health. The question, does he have canc cancer . Another question, does it matter . Ted rowlands is live in los angeles. Ted . Good morning, chris. A wild game last night on the court for the l. A. Clippers. Off the court, more developments in this on going saga