heritage foundation. but we begin with team fox coverage. marianne rafferty with key information on the five crew members including a fascinating connection to the passengers who sailed on the titanic but first the matt finn live with what we know about the implosion and the investigation. good evening. reporter: good evening. the coast guard says a report discovered a debris field from the imploded ocean gate sub just 1600 feet from the bow of the titanic 2 1/2 miles underwater. the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. on behalf of the united states coast guard and the entire unified command. reporter: the coast guard said the sub did not collide with the titanic and the debris location appears to be consistent with the sub s dissent path. a coast guard admiral says sonar buoys in the water for the past 72 hours did not detect any boom, indicating that sub may have been d
being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are following breaking news this morning. charges have just been filed against hunter biden, the son of the sitting president has agreed to a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors and a separate gun possession charge that will likely be dismissed. we ll have more on the latest in just a moment, including new reaction from the white house. plus, more breaking news, save the date for the start of donald trump s federal trial. august 14th, this year, as in less than a couple of months from now for that classified documents trial to start. also ahead, the race against time to find a submersible lost in the middle of the atlantic ocean. five people set out to the wreckage of the titanic deep underwater, but according to the coast guard, there is only enough oxygen in the vehicle to last to until thursday. what we know about who is on board and the search efforts currently under way. we begin with
based on this and on the accelerated race to find them. watch this. there s been multiple reports of noises and every one of them is being analyzed, tracked, looked for patterns. i can t tell you what the noises are. we re searching where the noises are with respect to food and water, it s my understanding, there s limited rations. i can t tell you how much they have aboard. this is the first look that we ve had at the search area which is about twice the size of the state of connecticut and about twice as deep as the depths of the grand canyon. these are the last photos that were taken on sunday of the titan just before it went down in to the depths of the ocean. on board, hamish harding, a wealthy british adventurer. he holds three guinness world records, he s been in to space on blue origin. saturday he said he was proud to be heading down to the famous titanic wreck. hamish, he casually wrote that he s on his way to the titanic and waiting for the perfect window.
there is that sense that the window is closing because of the oxygen levels on that craft and the gear finally getting go into shape. they do have remote-operated vehicles now able to get to that depth at the bottom and get eyes on things so hopefully we ll have information very soon. the coast guard typically does their press conferences around 1:00 p.m. eastern. they pushed that back a little later today so that may indicate that they have, they are trying to gather information and trying to understand exactly what is happening down there and what they have found. and by that time, hopefully, maybe they will have laid eyes on something and we will have a much clearer picture, two, two and a half miles beneath the surface of the ocean. and i want to read to our viewers what the coast guard put out. they said a debris field was discovered within the search area by an rov near the titanic. experts within the unified command are evaluating the information. so just so we are
we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow. there are five individuals can go on each dive. three of those are mission specialists. those are folks who help finance the mission and active participants. that is stockton rush, ceo of oceangate. as well as the developer and the pilot of the titan submersible. with this i thee christen titan. [ cheers and applause ] hamish paid oceangate a quarter million dollars for the trip that began in st. john s, newfoundland. there he boarded the polar prince, the titanic s mother ship, with other specialists for a 36-hour trip to the dive site. dive day, june 18th, would have started early. you get up at 6:00 in the morning, maybe even 5:00 in the morning. you are going to kind of do a check-in and briefing. aaron newman an oceangate investor and passenger traveled