to find the titan submersible grows by the hour. we ll also show you what it s like inside the titan and talk to someone who raised douts about its safety. and from ukraine, just how difficult the counteroffensive has been. the most urgent deadline there is for the five people you see here on the missing submersible. british businessman hamish harding, shahzada dawood and his teenage son, suleman, paul henry nargeolet, and stockton rush. they are now the subject of a multinational search involving military and civilian ships, aircraft, and expertise, which grew larger in size and capability today. the question is, is it enough and do they have time? this is new video from a canadian air force plane. the entire effort is running on hope that underwater sounds are coming from the titan. it s also running up against the sub s limited oxygen supply and the possibility locating a vessel the size of a large car in an area twice the size of connecticut will simply take more
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
now. not giving up. crews frantically searching for the missing submersible. they re desperately trying to rescue the five human beings before they run out of the oxygen. i will speak to a person who has been on the missing submersible before. and i ll speak with a man who says there is hope tonight. anti-vaxxers stalking and harassing one of the top vaccine experts after he criticized rfk engineer s crusade. let s got outfront. good evening. holding out hope. underwear noises detected in the search area for the missing titanic bound sub is raising the possibility they are still alive. time is running out. there could be hours left. the coast guard estimated this time last night, the sub had about 34 hours of beliefable air left. if there s still life support available on the submersible, and we will continue to hold out hope until the very end. the massive search, if successful would be the deepers underwater rescue is using buoys that they dropped into the water
i m alex marquardt in the situation room. out front next. 34 hours, that s how much oxygen is left for the five people missing on a submersible heading to the titanic. plus, hunter biden s plea deal. president biden s son agreeing to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, most likely avoiding jail time. republicans are calling it a sweetheart deal. is it? and turning russians from putin s war into a prison cell. the new campaign from behind bars for alexei navalny. his daughter dasha is my guest. good evening. i m erin burnett. the clock is ticking as rescuers race to save five people on board that submersible off the coast of newfoundland called the titan. it has about 34 hours of breathable air left, according to the coast guard. the vessel was headed 13,000 feet beneath the ocean s surface heading to the titanic. it s been missing since yesterday morning. rescue teams are gathering at the scene. the search area for the su submersible is now larger than the
show @thelead. you can listen to the lead once you get your podcasts, all two hours, just sitting there like a delicious tray of sushi. our coverage continues now with mr. alex marquardt who is in for wolf blitzer in a place i like to call the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, a desperate search and rescue mission. thousands of feet below the surface of the atlantic ocean. submersible operated by a company running expeditions to the wreck of the titanic is now missing. we have up-to-the-minute details on the mission to find the sub and the five people on board. also this hour, the high-stakes meeting of the super power secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. and china have made progress towards getting relations back on track, but there still is a ways to go. we ll have a report from beijing. and more than 50 million people across the southeast face the threat of severe weather including tornados this holiday weekend. we ll have the latest