Indian ocean for any sign of that vanished jetliner. Weve got a team of reporters covering all angles this morning. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. A lot going on this morning. Im john berman. Im christine romans. Its thursday, a very wet thursday, may 1st. 4 00 a. M. In the east and much of the east coast is waking up drenched this morning. Flooding reported from florida all the way to the northeast. Worst part about this, it is not over yet. Your thursday may yet be another washout. The gulf coast hit the hardest with historic rainfall in the pensacola area. Nearly 2 feet of rain fell in just two days, just destroying roads, wiping out homes. Cnns ed lavandera is there. Reporter christine and john, residents here along piedmont road in pensacola, just south of the airport, tell me that it was the middle of the night when pieces of their road started slopping up on to their front lawn, and thats when they knew things were not going very well in this neighborhood. Sever
The surface of the indian ocean while an underwater drone maps the ocean floor searching for any scrap of flight 370. Were standing by for an update on the Third Mission of the bluefin21 and at any time could get the results of an investigation also into an oil slick that was found near the search area. This as flight 370 families are making new demands of the malaysian authorities. Our correspondents are following all the new developments around the world. Along with our team of experts here in the situation room. Get the very latest now from our aviation correspondent, rene marsh. Wolf, as much as weve focused on the search at the heart of all of this are the families of the people onboard who 40 days in know nothing other than the plane thats carrying their loved one is missing. Some of those families are now at an emotional boiling point. Youre all bloody liars and youre lying to us again now. Reporter families explode in anger and storm out of a briefing in beijing. After technica
Yellow square right there on the map here. That is the six mile area drawn around the possible black box pings. If this 13th. Comes up empty, they are giving up here and the search will expand to an area next to the current search zone. Its a daunting prospect considering some experts say this could keep on expanding to the entire southern ark. For his part the malaysian Prime Minister tells our aviation correspondent in this exclusive interview that yes, he will release his governments preliminary report next week. But, perspective here. Thats little comfort to all of those families who arent really expecting much from that. And, you know, the people on his team are only his tools to use to lead. It is squarely on his shoulders if he has not held his team accountable. Actions speak louder than words. The briefings have been a joke. Other family members staging a sit in protest in beijing. Chinese police far outnumbering those demonstrators but as you can see here they kept their dista
Is also scanning the ocean. The search above the water is moving full speed ahead. 14 aircraft and 11 ships were involved in todays search. And more frustration for the families of the 239 people on board the plane. Malaysian officials wont let them listen to the audio recording of the last communication between the pilots and air traffic controllers. They say its still part of the ongoing investigation. As we mentioned, the certain for flight 370 is a race against time. The batteries on the pingers from the missing plane were only expected to last about 30 days, maybe at tops 40 or 45. And this is day 28. Paula newton is joining us now from perth, australia. The staging point for the aircraft involved in this search. Paula, we know there is a sense of urgency surrounding this underwater search. But the process itself is oh so slow. And painstaking. Give us a sense of whats involved, and what the limitations are. Reporter well, you know, the commander in charge says its basically like
And u. N. Ambassadors for russia and ukraine squared off during a session of the u. N. Security council. Meanwhile, it is now past the deadline for pro russian separatists to stand down or face military action. Plus, Oscar Pistorius will resume his testimony this hour in the trial of the shooting death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. We will bring you the live coverage. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Thanks for being with us. The search for flight 370 is taking a new turn. Angus houston, the man heading up the search from australia, announced a change from the surface to under the water. He says searchers will stop using the system that listens for pings from the black boxes and instead began using the so call bluefin 21. The submersible sonar system. He also said crews located an oil slick in the search area. They took samples and will be analyzing them in the coming days to figure out whether that oil has anyt