we're watching some live images of inside the judicial -- there you see it, the committee's senate hearing area as well as i understand just outside the judge's home where she has been staying. and we have a camera there as well as soon as she steps out and heads into the automobile that will take her to capitol hill. we're covering all angles of this for you this morning. also, breaking news. a boeing 737 plane carrying 132 people crashed in the mountains of southern china this morning. the plane lost contact in the middle of a domestic flight. rescuers dispatched to the scene. take a look at the geography there, just very mountainous, very complicated area. joining us now from beijing is nbc news janis mackey frayer. what do we know about how many people were in that plane, injured, people who may have lost their lives?