Butler is standing by for us in paris with more on that but 1st lets cross it see rory chalons is live in manchester at the conservative party conference. Boris johnson has a break proposal for the e. U. After his Conference Speech are we any the wiser as to what it is. Well this is Boris Johnson having fun once again after a pretty chaotic 2 months or so Prime Minister hes lost we receive votes in parliament cities had the Supreme Court ruled that he acted unlawfully but here he was in front of an enthusiastic crowd of conservatives he was making a very Boris Johnson joke referring to things like a spinning pizza wheel of death even a kangaroos private parts but in terms of. Bailing out the detail of what this deal is that he is proposing to the European Union there wasnt all that much substance in this speech we just heard from him a little bit there saying that there would be no checks at or near the border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland but details that have l
extended forecast in about 15 minutes. thuds ever to a traffic center report is given an eye on our commutes. j.r.: jack is a hot spots of this morning. the bride on 880 southbound to jam up because of an earlier a crane accident. actually about an hour old and it took so long to clear because the first zero trucks a dispatched to the st couldn t make it so they have to call for others. finally now the rubble is cleared. the accident has been moved to the right have shoulder and you can see the damage has been done. it s backed up now at the san leandro on 880 southbound brief 28 minutes of the end route time as you head south on 880 from 238 to 2373 and a new accident reporting for interstate 80 ride at pinole valley road and the westbound direction follow the total drive time here is still not bad at all and 8080 to 20 minute drive time which is due within the normal range. the bay bridge is continuing to back up. the maze the 880 rabid starting to back up and where of bac
right now, but that number is going to go way, way up. officials expect the death toll to rise dramatically with some 271 people still missing. cnn s pauline chiou live in south korea for us this morning with the very latest. good morning, pauline. reporter: good morning to you, john. we have an update on that dive operation that you touched on. the coast guard has given us more details. they said 17 divers were involved in the operation today. two of them were able to enter the ship and they were able to get to a certain area where they could put a guide line in place. this is a line that attaches the divers to the rescue vessels, and they were trying to put this in place for the other divers that were supposed to come behind them, but the waters were so rough that they ended up having to come up, and they said there were a lot of large obstacles. before they came up, however, they were able to open the freight door. now, in this ferry, there was a freight area that carrie
a diplomatic deal reached to stop war from breaking out, for now. russia calling for protesters to stand down, but will it be enough to stop the bloody battles in the streets? this as a shocking scene plays out. anti-semitic fliers demanding jews register. we are live this morning with the very latest. good morning, everyone. great to see you today. welcome to early start. i m john berman. i m christine romans, friday, april 18th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. let s begin with breaking news and what is still a search-and-rescue operation off the coast of south korea, two days now after a ferry carrying hundreds of passengers, most of them teenagers, after that ferry sank, that ship sank. we re learning now the ship s captain was not at the helm when it capsized. the third officer was in command. the ferry is now completely submerged, the death toll rising overnight. it s now 28. there are some 271 still missing, while families cling to the hope more survivors will be found, th