We begin almost a week to the minute, out of south korea, the death toll rising and it could go higher. Now, they are searching the cafeteria where so many of the High School Students were believed to have been. Tonight, there is evidence that it simply did not have to end this way. The latest, one south korean boys simple message, help us, the boat is sinking. His fate is unknown. The timing is simply stunning. That is because he said them long before helicopters were launched, before rescue ships arrived and before the evacuation was ordered. And here is the kicker, before the crews ship even got on the alarm and voiced their concern. His voice was picked up after he dialled the korean equivalent of 911, the exact same thing happening on the costa concordia. And today, the sad discovery of more bodies. Our kyung lah has more. What is going on with the effort right now, i know the death toll has risen pretty dramatically today. Reporter it has risen to 128, anderson, but it is still a
The cyclone has grounded air searches for day two. The blue fin 21 continues the search. Today the underwater drone wraps up its tenth mission. Its days could now be limited. It has scanned more than 80 of its intended search area. I know they are calling this mysterious metal object serious. What could this mean for the search . What we know right now is that this object is in the custody of the australian police. They are not elaborating any further because they say this is part of a federal investigation but they are in touch with the authorities and also the manufacturers of the plane to determine whether this is, in fact, a piece of that mh 370. We also know pictures of that object have been sent to the australian transport safety board. Also the australians said they sent pictures to the malaysian authorities as well but when the malaysians were asked about it they say they havent received any photographs so far and everything that has been found so far in the indian ocean in rel
Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the major setback this the hunt for flight 370. Ten underwater missions, no plane. The location dubbed, quote, the best lead turning up nothing. Tonight officials scrambling to regroup. And cnn has exclusive new details what officials plan to do next. At this moment, were waiting for the breaking news from the bluefins tenth mission. Did it find the plane today . Well, the odds obviously are against it. Officials say theyre about to stop searching the area where the most promising pings have been detected. The air search of course also has turned up completely dry. Search planes are taking off at this hour again, but its looking unlikely theyll find anything. So now search officials are trying to figure out what to do next. Well begin our coverage with Miguel Marquez in perth tonight. Miguel, what are they going to do next . Well, theyre going to regroup, literally. Theyre going to if the bluefin cant come up with anything in the next couple days in t
Cnn is learning about a new agreement in the works right now to set critical guidelines in the search for flight 370. Standby for exclusive new information. Also this hour, the air search is expected to resume after being disrupted by a tropical cyclone. And the bluefin21 is now on its tenth dive. Its almost finished scanning the current under water search area. Cnn has a major presence in perth, australia, the base of the operations for the search, and we have our team of experts here in the situation room to break down all the new developments. Lets bring in our justice correspondent pamela brown with the latest information. Pamela . Thats right. Were learning malaysian and australian officials are working together to come up with a longterm game plan if nothing turns occu s up in this targeteh area. The bluefin21 is almost done searching here. The underwater sixmile radius zone considered the most likely area where the plane went down. If they were thinking, if you remember, this wa
Asteroids and us. Experts tell us we should thank our lucky stars for avoiding so many catastrophic impacts. Hello, everyone. You are watching cnn newsroom. The u. S. Is warning russia that more sanctions could be on the way if moscow does not do its part to ease tensions in the ukraine. U. S. Secretary john kerry spoke by phone with Sergei Lavrov on tuesday. He urged moscow to tone down the harsh rhetoric and called on them to lay down their weapons and give back the government buildings theyve seized. Ukraines interim president is urging a crackdown on the places hes gathered. Authorities say the bodies showed signs of torture. Meantime, nato is deploying part of its nato action resource to the baltic sea. Russia has deployed tens of thousands of troops in cities along its border with ukraine. Moscow says thats all part of a military exercise. The u. S. Is taking steps of its own to try to send a message to moscow, do your part to ease the tensions in ukraine. Besides boosting u. S.