Of mud to find anyone surviving. Yeah, that is a really dangerous situation there in Washington State. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. And im deborah feyerick. It is monday, march 24th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with this, word this morning of suspicious objects spotted in the southern indian ocean. Could they unlock the mystery of the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, missing for 17 days now . A chinese crew reportedly saw them floating on the water, but so far, australian Officials Say search planes have been unable to relocate them. This comes as were learning more about what happened in the cockpit of that flight. Military radar indicates the boeing 777 dramatically changed altitude, flying as low as 12,000 after turning off course and disappearing from radar. Cnns Andrew Stevens live for us in perth, australia. Andrew, what do we know about these suspicious objects in the ocean . Reporter thats right, suspicious objects. Thats what th
Investigators have a better idea of exactly where flight 370 made its sharp left turn away from its designated flight path to beijing, and just how high the airliner was flying afterwards. And off the waters of south korea, 270 people still remain missing two days after the ferry made a turn and capsized. We have word on what is happening in the frigid waters of the capsize boat. And now, police in boston are on the hunt for sibling lone wolf bombers, what have we learned since . And are American Cities any safer . Ill ask the deputy who runs one of the most counterterrorism divisions in the world. First, well have more on the sunken ferry off south korea. The 69yearold captain of the ferry is now under arrest, although prosecutors say he was not at the helm of the ship when the disaster unfolded. And we have this new cell phone video taken on the ferry as it slowly capsized. Remember how the captain ordered the crew and passengers to stay where they were as it capsized. And being oh o
Transmission. First i want to go straight to cnn justice reporter evan perez. Hes in punishment. Evan, hello to you. Youve been all over this part of the investigation. What can you tell us about this very latest development . Randi, the latest is changing the understanding of what happened and when. Today the malaysian government said last transmission at 1 07 a. M. From the jets acars Communication System showed, quote, normal routing to beijing and, quote, nothing unusual. This is important because it appears to undercut the theory that the flight path reprogramming took place before the copilot says all right, good night. Thats the flights final transmission with air Traffic Control at 1 19 a. M. This reduces but does not rule out suspicions about the foul play in the cockpit. Randi all this adds to the mystery that riveted all of us about what happened aboard flight 370 two weeks ago. Youre saying we cant rule out anything at all from this. Thats right. Investigators here in the u
Theres no indication this was a terrorist act but nothing is being ruled out as a motive at this stage. Lopez had served in iraq and was said to be suffering from depressid depression and anxiety and was being evaluated for possible posttraumatic stress disorder. The shootings stirred up painful memories of the 2009 mass shooting at fort hood when Army Major Nidal Hassan killed 13 people. U. S. President barack obama talked about all of that during a stop in chicago. Were heartbroken that Something Like this might have happened again and i dont want to comment on the facts until i know exactly what has happened but for now i would just hope that everybody across the country is keeping the families and the community of fort hood in our thoughts and in our prayers. Cnn producer job rubin is at fort hood, its just after 2 00 in the morning. He joins us on the phone. Josh, at this point we know a lot more about what happened on this that base. Walk us through the details. Well, john, earli
Have taken before this plane vanished and how the families of those on board are now dealing with this breaking news. Good morning, everyone. Good to see you. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. And im christine romans. Its monday, april 7th. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin and welcome all of our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world beginning with this breaking news. Up first, the most promising lead yet in the search for flight 370. Overnight, a u. S. Pinger locator picked up two separate signals that could be coming from the planes socalled black boxes. One of them lasted for well over two hours. Now a u. S. Underwater drone is being brought in to find the source of those signals. Its not going to be easy, because if this is indeed coming from the missing jetliner, its 2. 8 miles below the surface of the ocean. Erin mclaughlin live from perth, australia, this morning. Erin, its certainly promise but theres still a lot of work to do. Bring us up to speed. Report