believe money was a prime factor. police are asking for the public s help in locating the suspect. they did search his last known address last night. chris. all right, joe, thank you for bringing us the latest. we re going to stay on that for sure. we have a cnn exclusive for you. we re the only network allowed to ride along as a u.s. surveillance plane overflew chinese outposts in the contested south china sea. the chinese navy ordered the plane out of the area eight times in english to avoid a misunderstanding. military aircraft this is chinese navy. you are approaching our military alert zone. that bit of drama is not the headline. what matters is china is building thousands of acres of manmade islands in the south china sea complete with helipads and fortifications.
received a blunt warning, leave right now. the plane was flying over a group of manmade eye legions where the u.s. fears china is building a military installation. cnn s jim schudo was on board and he filed this exclusive report. please go away quickly. reporter: it s a standoff in the skies between china and the u.s. as beijing makes a massive and unprecedented land grab 600 miles from its coast. so when is the last time you went up? cnn got exclusive access to classified u.s. surveillance flights over the islands. first time journalists have been allowed on an operational mission by the state of the art paa poseidon. we just arrived on station now above the three islands that are the targets of today s mission. it s these three islands that have been the focus of china s building in the south china sea over recent years. reporter: in just two years, china has expand these islands
deputy director mike morel. he says the back and forth between the two countries could become a serious issue in the future. it is a real risk, right, when you have this kind of confrontation for something bad happening. remember in 2001 a chinese fighter bumped a u.s. spy plane creating a multi day crisis, right? so tactically, you have to worry about something bad happening. strategically, this is part of a significant dynamic between china and the united states. china is a rising power. we re a status quo power. we re the big dog on the block in asia. they want more influence. are we going to move a little bit? are they going to push? how is that dance going to work out inspect this is going to be a significant issue for the next president of the united states. still no formal response at this point from either beijing or washington to this incident. i m joined now by john krevat. he s in bangkok. john, these manmade islands are
welcome back, everybody. you re watching cnn newsroom. a u.s. military plane conducting surveillance over the south china sea was told to leave. the group was flying over a group of manmade islands. the u.s. crew replied they were flying in international air space. isis has seized the syrian city of padmuhr. activists say syrian government forces fled their positions as the terror group moved in. it is home to temples and statues that many fire isis will destroy. police have identified the suspect in a quadruple murder in washington. they believe more than one suspect in involved. a family and their housekeeper were killed and the house set on fire. a source says the killer or killers got away with $40,000. relief may be coming to
famous for its luxury and those manmade islands. and cnn s sanjay gupta takes us to really an unexpected location where you need a winter coat. i m dr. sanjay gupta and today i d like to show you a different side of dubai. certainly it s a city known for their skyscrapers, their beaches and their shopping. but dubai also has a lot of different types of activities. including, skiing. yes, snow skiing. i ve never seen anything quite like this. something counterintuitive about skiing indoors. as you might imagine they provide you with all the equipment you need, including a helmet. over here, a neurosurgeon i personally think this is the most important piece. let s go. feels like the real thing. i m going to give it a shot. there s something sort of unnatural about skiing in the middle of the desert. but i think just the novelty of it makes this pretty