we re watching the tsunami waves progressing towards even hawaii. right now currently just a few hours away. that threat is still there. not as strong but nonetheless we have a tsunami advisory for the hawaiian islands. that means the tsunami waves are imminent. not over yet. let s turn now to the search for flight 370. overnight a stunning confirmation from malaysia s police chief. he told reporters the search is a criminal investigation and also acknowledged that hijacking, sabotage and psychological issues have been the focus of their investigation for weeks. and new this morning, cnn has learned malaysia airlines has tightened cockpit security as another day of searching ends off the coast of australia. let s get to jim clancy who is live in kuala lumpur for us yet again this morning. jim? reporter: we didn t have a press briefing today on what the investigation may have produced, but the inspector general who s
. welcome back to cnn s special coverage of flight 370. a new development we are following in the disappearance. cockpit security. malaysia airlines stepping up, putting new rules in place. i want to go straight to the justice reporter in washington. evan, interesting that for malaysia airlines these are new rules. what are they specifically? what officials are telling us in malaysia, these new rules are being put in place specifically because in reaction to the disappearance of flight 370, among the new rules, neither the pilot or the copilot or captain is allowed to be inside the cockpit alone. this is something that is just now standard as a result of these new rules. the senior cabin steward is required to be in the cockpit with the first officer or the captain when the other is gone.
and the ceo of gm back on the hot seat today. senators grilling mary barra. they want to know why it took gm ten years to issue a recall for a defect that has killed at least 13 people. all of this as relatives wonder if they will ever see a dime. hello, everyone, i m ashleigh banfield. it is wednesday, april the 2nd. and welcome to legal view. 26 days ago, malaysian flight 370 disappeared. 26 days ago, hundreds of families were rocked to their core. for 26 days, a whole world has wondered, what happened to the 239 souls on board. here is the very latest of what we know today. first, malaysia air is tightening cockpit security. from now on, pilots and first officers are no longer allowed to be in the cockpit by themselves. plus, the search zone in the southern indian ocean shifts eastward today. it s now less than 1,000 miles
investigators are removing much of the suspicion about passengers, scrutiny remains intently on the pilots and the crew of flight 370. while there s not a sh lred of e evidence that the captain or co-pilot had anything to do with that sudden turn from the flight plan, malaysia airlines is putting strict new guidelines in place for its cockpits. pamela brown is, following this for us. we could start with confirmation, what we have been reporting for a lot of days here, that this is criminal. absolutely. but now malaysian officials are saying this on the record as we ve been talk about on the show, bill, saying this is a criminal investigation. also we re learning from sources close to malaysia airlines, bill, that the company sent out a memo to its employees basically boosting cockpit security. here s a couple of notes from that memo. one prohibits any pilot or first officer being left in the cockpit alone, and then also if either need to leave the cockpit a senior cabin steward must
airplane. now, they are tightening cockpit security. they are also looking into the food on board the plane. breaking news off afghanistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up this morning outside a government building. he was trying to enter the interior of ministry when he tryinged the vest he was triggered the vest he was wearing. chrysler recalling nearly 870,000 suvs to install a shield. jeep cherokee and dodge durango will be inspected and have those boosters replaced where nets. joints in the break boosters can corrode making the vehicle s brakes harder to yutuse. let s get to inside politics on new day. mr. john king joins us, as he