expected to run out of the oxygen at 7:08 eastern time this morning. that is literally one hour and seven minutes from now. right now officials are unsure if those reported underwater banging noises are a sign of life but they are still treating it as a search and rescue operation. with respect to the noises specifically we don t know what they are to be frank with you. i can tell you it s inconclusive. again, i think the important pieces we re searching in the area where the noise was detected. todd: search expanded over 2.5 miles below the surface with more vessels and equipment joining. in crews are also surveying over 14,000 square miles, twice the size of the state of kentucky cut. we are learning more about the history of ocean gait expeditions report of technical issues on six prior trips. one passenger claiming he was on the suband lost contact two hours forcing early end to the journey. safety report detailed several concerns including whether it met safety standar
new hope in the search for the missing titanic sub, banging noises detected by sonar. plus hunter biden strikes a deal on tax charges and a gun charge but a judge will ultimately get the final say. and urgent call for the u.s. to step in as violence escalates in the west bank. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good wednesday morning to you. we begin with what could be a major development in the search for the submersible lost at sea. crews using so he that are have heard banging sounds at 30 minute intervals. and the u.s. coast guard also says that canadian plane detected underwater noises. resources now have been diverted to try to find the source of those noises. no luck just yet. more on the search this morning from miguel marquez. reporter: a complex search now more complicated by time, which they are running out of. we know there is about 40 hours of breathable air left. reporter: deep water submersibles a
than 30 hours of oxygen left. the sub losing contact while on its way to explore the titanic. five people on board. search teams lowering a remote dive vehicle into the sea. the coast guard says there s been no sonar contact, no sign of the sub. the search area covering 10,000 square miles. the u.s. navy and new york international guard now joining the search. gio benitez in canada. also tonight, the plea deal signaling an end to a tumultuous five-year investigation. president biden s son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and settling a gun violation charge. former president trump blasting the deal made by a federal prosecutor he appointed, calling it a mere traffic ticket. house republicans and gop presidential candidates saying it s a sweetheart deal. how president biden is now responding. pierre thomas at the justice department. as for the classified documents case against former president trump, the judge today setting a trial date
reminder. we ll continue to follow those stories. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. more reports of noises from the ocean. in that desperate search for the missing sub. the lead starts right now. sounds of hope in what is still being described as very much a search and rescue mission. sensors picking up noises from the ocean, could those be from the passengers? trapped on that titanic submersible that vanished during a deep sea expedition. and another u.s. supreme court justice defending another undisclosed luxury trip paid for by another billionaire. this time it is justice samuel alito who many met with someone before the court. alito tried to get ahead of the claims. and diplomacy undone. was all that work by antony blinken in beijing ruined when president biden called xi jinping a dictator in an off the cuff remark. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with the world lead. we need to have hope. that is the message from the u.s. coast gu
bases tat island of cuba. now the white house is saying that the chinese have been in cuba for years, quote, china conducted an upgrade of its intelligence collection facilities in cuba in 2019. this is well documented in the intelligence record. this is an issue that this administration inherited. of course, the u.s. has been spying on china for years. remember rc135 in south china sea that got buzzed by the fighter jet, mike, that wasn t exactly sightseeing as used to spy in china. now back to our shores. the gop-led house oversight committee say they have fbi document that the biden family took bribe up to $10 million. the top democrat saying he found no doing. the investigation of the allegations made in that document were not closed down. as i repeatedly said, i set up a process at the beginning in 2020 to vet evidence before it went to the open-pending investigations. lucas: president biden remains under federal investigation under his handling of classified materials