me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports, search crews and loved ones fearing the worse for the five people on board the small submersible with the coast guard discovering a debris field within the search area. i ll speak to former u.s. commander in just a few moments. a district judge is about to unseal documents revealing just who paid the $500,000 bond to keep disgraced congressman george santos out of jail after he turned himself in on federal criminal charges, including money laundering and wire fraud. and president biden is scheduled to hold a joint press conference with india s prime minister modi as the administration hosts a controversial leader, an ally they hope could be a military and economic counter weight to china, but closely tied to russia, accused of widespread human rights abuses. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington, we ha
at issue, noises pinging from near the titanic site. the site and search area is massive. try twice the size of connecticut. time is running short. all this as more vessels head to the area. three more arriving this morning including one ship with side-scanning sonar all to reach a minivan size sub that could be two miles aabove the surface. no guarantee that the crew members in the submersible haven t already tried, if they could. fears more than half a dozen backup systems from sandbags to emergency inflatable balloons failed. all of them failed. amid new warnings that have come to light about the vessel s safety during its development in the first place. one enthusiast cancelled his plans because of those safety concerns. he never took the trip. know growing concern for the five on board this missing titan sub that did. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. fox on top of a rescue drama right now that could be unfolding nearly two miles below the ocean surface. we go to moll
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.
dead. the news comes after an intense search effort since contact was lost shortly after departure on sunday. two debris fields found 1600 feet from the titanic remains. the senior correspondent mike tobin is in st. john s canada tonight. mike, good evening. trace, friends, family and fellow explorers were holding out hope for a miracle and learning today all hope is lost. u.s. coast guard announced that the submersible titanic was found in five major pieces as you mentioned 1600 feet off the bow of the wreckage of the titanic itself. the pilot and passengers are all lost. the debris is consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. stockton rush chief executive of oceangate was the pilot. passengers were hamish harding. a businessman. he lived for the adventure. will are suleman and a veteran of 35 titanic dives. larry daily was a close friend of natural gas lay according to say what they are
than 30 hours of oxygen left. the sub losing contact while on its way to explore the titanic. five people on board. search teams lowering a remote dive vehicle into the sea. the coast guard says there s been no sonar contact, no sign of the sub. the search area covering 10,000 square miles. the u.s. navy and new york international guard now joining the search. gio benitez in canada. also tonight, the plea deal signaling an end to a tumultuous five-year investigation. president biden s son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and settling a gun violation charge. former president trump blasting the deal made by a federal prosecutor he appointed, calling it a mere traffic ticket. house republicans and gop presidential candidates saying it s a sweetheart deal. how president biden is now responding. pierre thomas at the justice department. as for the classified documents case against former president trump, the judge today setting a trial date