Questions. Like what are the odds the pilots are in this together . Why do you trust that pakistan has no radar evidence of the plane . And what if the plane is in the hands of hijackers . And i want to go to our breaking news. Here now with that is michael smith, one of the reporters on that story. We are reporting that the first diversion that the plane made on its path was done was done by a Computer System on the plane. And not done manually by anyone on the plane for that matter. What happened was is that someone on the plane put into the Computer System that sits between the pilots a new direction for the plane to go in and that is why the plane moved. We believe this is significant because the investigators believe its significant because it shows that whoever did this had some expertise in flying. This was not just someone on the plane who grabbed the controls and moved it. This reinforces the belief that this plane was deliberately diverted in some way perhaps by the captain o
Forensic exofficers are investigating and we dont know if the pilot was the one who deleted it of course, every answer we get, more questions come with it a Law Enforcement official confirmed to cnn also that its believed the planes first turn off course was programmed by someone in the cockpit at least 12 minutes before that final haunting contact coming from the copilot when he said, all right. Good night. Meantime, a u. S. Government source tells cnn its likely the plane flew south after losing contact. Australian officials have narrowed their focus there, while indonesia has come under fire for slowing the search. The u. S. Has a plane has a plane down there equipped to locate large objects, like submarines under water, but the navy hasnt gotten clearance to fly over indonesian airspace. A lot going on early in u. S. We were talking off air, the more answers we get from the press conferences, the more questions they that come from it. What do you take from the fact the Flight Simul
Good evening, everyone. Its 11 00 here on the east coast of the United States, 11 00 a. M. Off the coast of australia, where soon a p3 orion search aircraft will be above the search zone, nearly 1500 miles southwest of perth. It and several others will be scouring the Ocean Surface trying to get a better look at several pieces of debris revealed in these photos and other versions that investigators have seen. Theyll be trying to determine whether they belong to Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Searchers will be using other equipment as well. Sonar buoys, and Old Fashioned eyeballs. We want to caution everybody, we do not have the answers tonight about what it is in the water. There is hope. Emotions already boiling over among some of the families who are waiting for answers, real answers. Hard to fathom what they have been going through. Its clear right there. It has not been easy to believe that any with any certainty, even if the news is bad, but soon a search aircraft might provide th
Services Committee Led by john mccain will hold hearings next week on Cyber Threats including election hacking, just as Congress Returns from their winter break. Clearly setting the tone of where Congress Stands on this issue going forward. Our correspondents are following all of these developments. Jessica snyder is here in new york. Matthew chance is in moscow. Matthew, let me start with you, since that seems to be where all the action is happening at the moment, or lack there of. With this back and forth and putin then going the step of inviting children to a Holiday Party at the kremlin, is he trying to play mind games here . Reporter are yes shgyes, po. Great political theater. We had Sergey Lavrov appear on state television looking all stately and solemn saying that there should be a tit for tat response to this u. S. Expulsion of 35 russian diplomats. We should, he said, im recommending, he said, that the kremlin expel 35 u. S. Diplomats from their posts here in moscow and elsew
The programs namesake is planning a trip to talk about ways to defend it. Donald trump still doesnt buy the russians did it. I know a lot about hacking, and hacking is a very hard thing to prove, so it could be somebody else. I also know things that other people dont know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation. What things do you know that other people dont know . Youll find out on tuesday or wednesday. Joining me now to discuss all of this are cnn chief political reporter dana bash, and from New York National politics reporter mj lee. Great to have you with us, ladies. Dana, im going to start with you with the confirmations. As we know, dems dont have the numbers to block, but they can drag this out, right . They can, and Senate Democrats are saying today that they are going to focus in on eight nominees. As you said, not that theres threatening to outright block mostly because they cant. They dont have the numbers to do so even if they wanted to. But that these are people that