Search for flight 370. This morning, australias Prime Minister says hes confident that the signals crews are hearing under water are from the planes black boxes, and he says they could be within just a few miles of finding them. Also this morning, the search zone has narrowed once again, just 18,000 square miles. This is so much smaller than the area they were looking in before, this as they race against time to find the flight recorders before their batteries run out, if, in fact, they havent run out already. Our Senior International correspondent, Matthew Chance, live in perth with the latest this morning. Whats going on there, matthew . Reporter well, theres been a lot of activity, of course, in the search zone, which as you mentioned has narrowed significantly over the past several days to an area which is much more manageable, i suppose, for the dozen or so aircraft and dozen or so ships that are currently scouring, including the australian vessel, the ocean shield, thats been usi
That idiot absolutely knocked a family to its knees for no reason. Were finding out more about the man accused of gunning down three people including a 14yearold and his grathd. The family calls it a senseless killing. Officials say it is a hate crime. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Im rosemary church. Im john vause. We would like to welcome viewers in the United States and around the world. Were keeping an eye on the sky. Youre looking at a partial eclipse. The moon is changing colors pause its passing through the earths shadow, reflecting some of the suns rays. Were told the socalled blood moon will reach its peak or total eclipse starting at six minutes past the hour. So we will have more on that a little later. And well keep a live picture up on the bottom of the screen a little later so you can keep an eye on it, as well. Also happening this hour, were expecting Oscar Pistorius to return to the stand for a fifth day of crossexamination. Yeah. The South African is defending himself a
You can hear the panic in their voices here. And people who survived the sinking say that by that point the ferry was already tipped over so sharply that the life boats had become useless. Just eight minutes later controllers were urging the captain to order everyone off the ship. Have a listen to this report. You can hear the panic, the stress in those voices there. Of course, that order to evacuate the ship didnt apparently happen. And now you have heartbreaking moments captured on camera. Searchers bring bodies of ferry victims back on to shore. Because many of those dead are High School Students, just teenagers the search effort is taking its toll on everyone, even veteran emergency workers. Our kyung lah is live there. We know that, of course, the families suffering the most here. But its incredible to see those grizzled veterans breaking down really the emotion just too much for them. And responded to similar disasters, large disasters here in south korea and are certainly being
Former Prime Minister tony blair. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room but we begin with breaking news. The Prime Minister of malaysia breaking his silence on the disappearance of flight 370. Youre going to hear his comments made to cnn. But first, the latest developments. The navys underwater drone is now scanning 10 of the search area but the mission is ending up with no trace of the airliner as authorities try to figure out what to do next. Malaysias Prime Minister tells cnn the report will be released next week. Our analysts are standing by here in the situation room. Our correspondents are standing by around the world bringing you the kind of coverage only cnn can deliver. New details of a Terror Threat to americans in yemen. Lets begin with a cnn exclusive as Richard Quest sits down with the Prime Minister. Hes joining us live from kuala lumpur. Richard . Reporter good evening to you, wolf. Good morning at 5 00 in the morning on friday. The malaysian Prime Minister, we ca
Hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. Were following developments at a high school in western pennsylvania near pittsburgh where one student is being blamed for a mass stabbing attack. 19 students and 1 School Security guard injured. That suspect, a 16yearold sophomore, is in custody. He was also injured. Police say he was armed with two knives. They also say he was tackled by one of the schools principals and handcuffed by the School Resource officer whos also a local police officer. Joining us on the phone is mia, a student at franklin regional senior high school. Mia, thanks very much. I know this must be awful for you, for everyone at the school. First of all, tell us what where you were and what you saw this morning. Well, i always go in the morning before my school starts, so i got to my locker, and i heard a big commotion like behind my back and turned around and i saw two kids on the ground, and i thought it was just a fight, like a fight at first. And then i saw bl