thunderstorms. and the tops on them were estimated to be between 50 and 53,000 feet. this flight was trying to get out of the rough air. they may have been trying to go around it. we don t know at this point. karen, thank you so much. as you know, we ve been following the breaking news. please join us throughout the morning here. we re learning information as you are. this is asia airasia flight 8501. 162 people onboard that flight. that plane has been missing. they are about 12 hours ahead of our time. that makes it just about 7:00 in the evening. they re losing daylight hours to find that plane. they are desperately searching. (holiday mhey! is playing) i guess we re going to need a new santa