A bomb squad is on the scene because they are trained in understanding this explosion. It is a fivealarm fire. In terms of injuries, thats the obvious concern. Local hospitals have received a couple. We have seen some people come out of the building on stretchers. It is too early for that kind of information. If you take a look at google maps, well show you what these two buildings were that are now gone. This is about 116th, 117th street on park avenue in manhattan. That may not mean to you. It is the east side of manhattan. Heavily residential. On this storefront, level of one was a spanish church. The other one, a pea iano repai shop. You can direct people to where they are. Right around the corner from that is a. More heavily traffic, foot traffic area. This is probably a quieter street where this happened. Again, it is a concern because of all of those buildings that have those shared walls. We know this is an urban area. So many apartments, as you mentioned, multiuse buildings. W
This region surfaced on the internet. Lets talk more about the drone strikes. Cnn National Security analyst peter bergen joins us, hes on the phone. Peter, put this strike into context for us and talk about the importance. And is there anything that you know or you can tell about the, lets siee, the three senior members killed in this attack . We dont know who those people were, and we may not know for some period of time. In terms of the kind of the context here, president obama has authorized around 100 drone and Cruise Missile strikes since he assumed office. There was only one drone strike in yemen in the two president ial george w. Bush terms, so it really shows the focus used to be on pakistan and al qaeda members there, the focus is largely shifted to yemen. Were not seeing any drone strikes in pakistan over the last several months, whereas weve seen eight drone strikes in yemen since the beginning of the year, victor. So, peter, could this strike have been tied to the video tha
Scoured the area today, without finding anything connected to the plane. An australian ship set sail today to join the search. It will take three days to reach the area. Malaysian Authorities Say theyve asked investigators to release the full transcript of the final communication with the missing plane flight 370. For more on that and the latest on the search effort, lets go to perth, australia. Paula newton is standing by. Paula, whats the significance of this new information about the last voice communication with the cockpit, with the planes captain and cocaptain . How does it differ specifically from earlier language, and whats the assessment, the change . What does it mean . Reporter well, the assessment from what he had said earlier, first off, they first said it was the co pilot who said this, and then now it turns out they want to look at their transcript again and look at the audio. And now they cant decide if its the pilot or the co pilot. More than that, it comes ever so sli
Cockpit. Good night, malaysian 370. And it isnt who they first thought. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with new clues in the search for flight 370, new details about its final moments. Here are the latest developments. A search plane has recorded a possible ping from the airliners black boxes. The signal was detected by sonobuoys that were dropped by the plane. Analysts are studying the acoustic da acoustic data. Sources say that flight 370 disappeared from military data after it shade the sharp turn back over the malay peninsula. They say this plane must have dropped in altitude between 4,000 and 5,000 feet. And as aircraft continues to go on another search for debris, our analysts and reporters are standing by here in the United States as well as around the world with the kind of special coverage that only cnn can deliver. Michael holmes is in perth, australia. Lets go there first for the very latest. Michael . Reporter wolf, a dozen of these sonobuoys have be
On stand by. Ukraine uses force. As the war of war escalates right here at home. On the issue of ukraine, my hero, Teddy Roosevelt used to say, talk softly and carry a big stick. What youre doing is talking strongly and carrying a very small stick. In fact, a twig. Wait until you hear how secretary state john kerry fires back. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin this hour with new details on the hunt for flight 370. Here are the latest developments. Searchers are now scouring a much smaller area of the indian ocean trying, once again, to hear those pinging sounds which may have come from the airliners black boxes because searchers cant afford any competing noise, a drone mini subwi will remain out of the ocn until the pings are completely ruled out. Aircraft may be getting ready to take off hunting for the strangely elusive debris. Our analysts and reporters are nd stainding by in washington ad around the world. Lets begin with Matthew Chance who is joining us right