Im natalie allen. Our top story hopes of finding survivors in the south korean ferry disaster are growing demmer by the day, but that isnt stopping the massive rescue operation under way in the yellow sea. Poor visible and choppy seas today have hampered efforts by divers to get inside the sunken ferry. The death toll right now stands at 29 with more than 270 people still missing. Meantime the ships captain has been charged with abandoning his ship, causing Bodily Injury and not taking rescue from other ships. About 12 kilometers from the disaster site, family members continue to watch the under water search from big screen tv at a school gymnasium. Today one man desperate for news about loved ones, lunged at security officers, no one, though, was hurt. Following rault all of the progress of the rescue and operations, they still are continuing pauline to give an all out search for anyone. Reporter they r. And theyre not stopping. This is a 24 hour operation, and, natalie, we just got f
Developments in the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight 370. First, entering a crucial new phase in the search for the 777. An american underwater drone known as the bluefin is right now more than 14,000 feet below the surface. Its been down there for about 12 hours mapping a small section of the south indian ocean. The question is, what will we see when it rises . Investigators also awaiting test results from an oil slick. The slick was detected sunday night about 3. 4 miles downwind from where the possible black box pings were detected and they are checking that oil to see if it was linked to the plane. In a moment, were going to speak live to captain Mark Matthews, whos leading the american effort. That cell phone tower in malaysia, where the copilots cell phone was detected. Now, heres the crucial thing as you can see from the map, the signal picked up after the plane turned off course and well after Radar Communications were disabled. Pamela brown is out front. What are you
There is a lot of question. One of the biggest questions is how they got to milan. How they made the trip. Over the southeast of france, and by train to milan italy. He was the most wanted man in europe. Again while there was a european wide warrant for his arrest, and it was a routine police foot patrol in milan. His responsibility and his connections, just a few hours after death. He said in his words that he would kill. Isis already claimed responsibili responsibility. What is reaction to the tissue. A lot of people put on officials in security, but it was like minded islamists supporting him, but to also get them moving along. They also admit theyre looking very hard as how they were supposed to move around germany for 18 full months. Angela merkel added insecurity, possibly for assisting him. They acknowledged the threat remai remains. We spoke to someone out here today, they are relieved, but they are nervous. There was still more of them out there. Back to you. Thank you so much
In certain places. Now, the National Hurricane center is warning that catastrophic flooding could sweep many areas by wednesday. Listen to Texas Governor greg abbott. He just spoke to us all in the last hour. In various key regions ranging from Corpus Christi to the houston area, perhaps as much as between 20 and 30 more inches of rain could be coming down. That is coming down on alreadysaturated ground, and already filledup waterways, whether they be creeks, bayous or rivers and so there is the potential for very dramatic flooding. So i want to check in now with one of our nbc correspondents, Stephanie Gosk joins us from katy, texas. And katy is close to houston. So explain what theyve done and what theyve seen there, especially for over the next 48 hours. Reporter yeah, thomas, were just west of houston, and you know, weve certainly seen the rain. You can tell im soaking wet. Its coming in bands as it has been and when it comes, its a torrential downpour but were at this location tha