three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with that massive hunt for the missing submersible in the north atlantic which is now in a critical phase. fears are growing for the five people onboard the missing vessel, which lost contact, during a descent to the wreck of the titanic. it s thought the oxygen supply on board may have run out. but the us coast guard insists it remains focused on finding the crew alive. we were told they were certain the crew would have slows their consumption of oxygen, extending the time available for the rescue. the search area has been doubled in size, and a french ship with a robot that can reach the sea bed is on site. live now to boston where sumi somaskanda has been following the story hello matthew. that is right. this is a massive search, and you have to understand that the ships and aircraft on site at the moment are scarring an area of around 10,000 square miles. they are also trying to loo
rescue the five people on board. joining me for the next hour on the panel is a former hillary clinton campaign manager in the repeater, former uk representative to nato. he will speak to them in a moment. presidentjoe biden s sun hunter biden has agreed to plead guilty to illegally owning a gun while being a drug user. two charges, ending a long running justice department investigation. meanwhile, donald trump its new court date in the calendar, august the iath is the date, the former president has been indicted on charges of retaining classified government records and obstructing justice, the special counsel has promised a speedy trial. we look at the soaring costs of mortgages and rent here in the uk as inflation pushes prices higher and higher. we start with a huge surge, the race to say five people were on board a submersible which is gone missing in the north atlantic close to the wreck of the titanic. the coastguard is that the vessel may only have a8 hours of breathab
the surface for her husband s b23 and son suleman to return. i think i lost hope when we passed the 96 hours mark. reporter: in an interview with our partners at the bbc she said she had given 19-year-old suleman her spot on the vessel. he wanted to solve the rubik s cube at the deepest point at the titanic. he was so excited about this. reporter: the coast guard is leading an investigation to piece together how the titan imploded, killing all five passengers. the dawoods, a prominent pakistani british family. french explorer paul-henri nargeolet, stockton rush, oceangate american ceo who piloted the titan. it s an opportunity to learn from the incident and work with our international partners worldwide to prevent a similar occurrence. reporter: the investigation is multinational involving canada as well as the u.k. and france.
and planes are swarming the area, some dropping sonar buoys that can monitor to a depth of 13,000 feet. on tuesday, sounds are detected by canadian maritime aircraft, using equipment to trace submarines. last night, there is news that debris containing pieces of the submersible has been found near the wreckage of the titanic. officials say it s consistent with a sudden loss of pressure and an implosion. and today we found out that an analysis of acoustic data shows that on sunday, at around 13:45 gmt, the us navy detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion in the general vicinity of where the titan submersible was operating when communications were lost. along with the billionaire explorer hamish harding, the others on board were british businessman shahzada dawood and his son sulaiman, the french explorer paul henri nargeolet,