See their loved ones again. The president of indonesia and the ceo of airasia are on their way to surabaya we want to go to paula hancock, she got back to land minutes ago after being out on a search effort to see the search efforts firsthand, paula . Well john just speaking to some of the officials here we have new information about what will happen to some of the victims that are now being found at the location. We understand from officials here that they will be brought to this island they will be brought to a port about an hour away from here. The reason theyre not going to the closer island is simply because the water is not deep enough to accommodate the navy ship that will be transporting them. We understand that the bodies are being retrieved from the water. Its not clear how long it will be until they come back do shore. But the trip will take about seven hours. So it will be some time. And of course as you can see, the light is fating now, its just after 6 00 in the evening,
Surabaya. Right now, theyre clothing the area in a search and recovery operation. A search and recovery operation that has been halted now because of bad weather. Investigators hope they are a step closer to finding the flight and data recorders, the socalled black boxes that could help them determine exactly what brought down that plane. I want to go to cnns gary tuchman. Hes live from indonesia. Again, they have halted the recovery operation. The search for bodies in the wreckage has halted because of weather for now. Whats happening where you are, gary. Reporter well christine that is the news within the last 15 minutes. The decision has been made that the 30 or so planes that are out there, the 40 or so ships, have stopped their operations because of the fog. Because of the high winds. Because of the murky seas. And thats been a problem all day. And this is monsoon season. It could continue to be a problem. They will continue again tomorrow. The fact is right now, it is 5 00 p. M.
We are almost done but we have just enough time for our traditional final question for our guest. For all weve been through in the past 12 months what would you wish for america in the coming year . Oh god, my wish for 2015 is peace. And my own show on cnn. I hope all these countries can just stop protesting and rioting and just live and love each other and life is so short. And my other dream is to play first base of the cleveland indians. My hope for 2015 is that the news becomes a little bit easier to follow. Because its gotten more peaceful. Thats probably not going to happen. But we could hope. Its been a rough year we need a good 2015. My hope for 2015 is the world gets motivated to Work Together on climate change. If we could just live in a world where we thought the police were being policed by somebody i think 2015 would be a dramatic improvement. Over 2014. My hopes for 2015 is that we can all get along and all just love each other more and help each other more and you know w
News. They found wreckage of the planes fuselage. Its lying on the bottom of the java sea. So far several bodies were pulled from the wreckage including one flight attend about. The debris field is some six miles from where the last they heard from the plane. All 162 people on board are now presumed dead. We are live in sewer buyeria ind surabaya. There are heart warming stories of families of children mothers and fathers who missed the flight and who are today thanking god, arent they . Reporter robin, thats exactly right. Behind me is the Crisis Center i counted some 100 families eating dinner talking to counsellors. There are a bunch of notes on a Bulletin Board on each and every person on that plane and also 15 names of no shows, people who never showed up and their names are there, too. I look at those names and think those are the luckiest people on planet either right now they missed that flight. Most of them come to terms with the fact that their loved ones have passed away in
Il the United States that the Nuclear Launch button is on his desk but to south korea he offers an olive branch. And what is it about new years day that makes people want to jump into really cold water we take a look at that and some of the other things people get up to around the world on the first of january. And its good to have you with us reports from iran say more protests have erupted in the capital Tehran Police say one officer has been shot and killed and three others injured last night the country experienced its worst night of violence since the protests began last thursday at least thirteen people have now lost their lives. Protesters have been on the streets in various parts of the country since thursday they first protested about the countrys dire Economic Situation but are also now complaining about human rights. Abuses you know at least a dozen have died and theres extensive damage on monday Iranian State t. V. Showed president Hassan Rouhani meeting with members of par