Center. The grim news comes as crews were beginning to wrap up the third day of search and rescue efforts. The United States had just sent the destroyer uss sampson to assist in the multinational search. Indonesian officials had agreed to allow families of those on board to fly over the search area as early as tomorrow. Some for prayer over that area where their loved ones were lost. And now theyre learning the tragic fate of some of those loved ones. Well this as we are finding more information there as this debris field has now been zeroed in in that area. Rescuers now as night fall is coming in may now have to suspend that search as they have the past couple of days and resume it in the morning. Certainly a big piece here of information now with some of this debris found in this area as well. Indonesian Officials Say that they are 95 certain that this is in fact airasia flight 8501. Joining me now is former corporate pilot anthony roman. We appreciate you being with us this morning
Washington, d. C. Im dara brown. Just today more than a dozen raids were carried out and 15 people arrested in australia following a huge antiterrorism operation. Australian ill tell jens Officials Say militants connected with isis were planning to carry out public beheadings, more than 800 Police Officers in sydney were involved in this operation. Back at home, it is now up to the senate. Today they take what the house passed wednesday, a measure to approve arming moderate syrians in hopes of taking down terror group isis. President obama thanked house lawmakers at the annual congressional picnic. He urged the senate to take up the bill without delay, some lawmakers remain concerned. Loretta sanchez said, quote, we dont know if somehow down the line theyll turn our guns right back on us. Here is senator joe manchin with msnbcs chris hayes. Well give them the air support. Im all for that. This doesnt make any sense for us to go in and embolden them, the isis, and use it as a recruiting
of the accident. a spokesman for george h.w. bush says the former president will remain at a houston hospital for now, but that news of a possible discharge could come soon. doctors at houston methodist admitted the 90-year-old bush for observation after he was rushed to the hospital for shortness of breath last week. and the nfl s annual black monday tradition continues. today struggling teams handed pink slips to those not so surprising coaches and managers. new york jets head coach rex ryan atlanta falcons head coach mike smith, the chicago bears ousted head coach marc trestman and gm phil emory and the san francisco 49ers officially parted ways with jim harbaugh, who reportedly will be the next coach at the university of michigan.
if we learned anything from mh 370, it s to take all of these initial reports of sightings with a grain of salt. in surabaya head of indonesian search and rescue team is preparing people for the worst. our evaluation of the coordinates we received suggests it s under water. our presumption now is that the aircraft is under sea. still, that s only an educated guess. teams in the air and at sea are scouring the air around belatung island near flight 8501 s last known location. the island is halfway between surabaya and singapore. malaysia and singapore are assisting in the indonesian-led investigation. meanwhile, in indonesia, another day of waiting as relatives hope for a miracle. as the hours pass without answers, eerie similarities are being drawn between this flight and mh-370 which also abruptly went off radar. unlike mh-370 which flew undetected for hours, air traffic control immediately noticed when this flight went missing after pilots requested to fly at 38,000 feet to