facing in finding the vessel? reporter: jake, we just had an update from the u.s. coast guard. they confirmed how difficult this is. remember, you said about 12,000 feet. they confirmed it could be that far down in terms of the deep ocean search they have to conduct here. almost two and a half miles. they have three to four assets in the air and sea searching. the problem is that the coast guard admits, this is what they call a remote area. they re going to muster as many resources as they can and it includes commercial vessels. he was clear, as of right now while they re putting listening devices on the surface of the water to hear anything, they are relying on more resources being deployed, perhaps as well by the canadian military in the coming hours so they can launch a rescue mission in what we call a deep sea mission rescue. this will be quite difficult. he s saying they could have come closer to the surface, but the area they ve got to search is so large. they lost co
hour near the site of the sunken titanic. the lead starts right now. an under water expedition to see the wreckage of the titanic is now a race to find and save the tourists and crew members on board the vessel. the mission is ramping up to prevent a second tragedy at that site. plus, super powers meeting. antony blinken reports back progress after a high stakes talk with china. the areas of success and the one major point of lingering contention coming up. and the judge s order that restricts what donald trump can and cannot reveal about his federal indictment. but will the former president obey the judge? welcome to the lead, i m jake tapperment and we start with the world lead. a submersible that takes paying customers to see the wreckage of the titanic in the depth of the north atlantic ocean, it is missing at this hour. the u.s. coast guard said five people are on board. and now a frantic search and rescue operation is underway. coast guard units from ang lo
fewer than five hours out from the cnn republican presidential debate and nikki haley and ron desantis facing off five days before iowa voters set the race, is this a fight for second place? else on capitol hill when hunter biden shows up unexpectedly crashing a hearing holding him in contempt of congress. you are the epitome of white privilege, coming into the oversight committee and spitting in her face. we can hear from hunter biden. you should have the courtesy and don t act like nimrods. hunter biden abruptly walked out. a judge says not so fast on donald trump taking the stand. welcome to the lead, i am pamela brown, jake tapper is out, he will moderate the republican presidential debate with dana bash between ron desantis and nikki haley, the two candidates searching for a breakthrough that could position them to become the one and only viable challenger to donald trump who is the favorite to win his search straight republican nomination. nikki haley trails d
the u.s. debt ceiling clears its first hurdle in the house, but it still has a way to go to cross that finish line. north korea admits it failed to launch a military spy satellite into orbit, but the attempt has increased tensions and rattled nerves in the south. and unnecessarily aggressive. that s how the u.s. is describing a chinese fighter jet s encounter with an american spy plane over the south china sea. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so a deal to avoid defaulting on tens of trillions of dollars of debt is now moving forward, but the u.s. government is by no means out of the woods. in the coming hours, u.s. house members will vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling as well as other measures tacked on to limit spending. the house speaker will be busy trying to rangle last-minute support from republicans who just don t like this deal. some democrats are also angry about white house concessions. but house leaders, they seem confid
states, and all around the, world i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom, back from the, brink the u.s. congress passed as a compromise deal to spending the federal governments that ceiling for two years. a song speaks on the ground outside a collapsed building, waiting for inspectors day before the accident. and, a sure pose submitting mount everest to a missing climber, we will show you this uptick rescue. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. and so president biden s knee only thing needed now to suspend the debt ceiling, and avoid an economic meltdown that could have impacted the entire world after weeks of talks that run hot and cold, mostly hot in the u.s. senate on thursday, more than 63 to 36 to pass the critical legislation after cleared the u.s. house the day before. now that was following the vote to the president issued a statement thanking lawmakers, saying tonight, senators from both parties of voting to protect the heart of cu