Weather. The bigger story is this huge temp. Temperatures plunging 30 degrees. Storms turning into snow. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thanks so much for joining me. The bluefin 21, the drone submarine, could go back underwater at any time. At the moment, the weathers too rough. Searchers are eager to continue, though, despite the fact the bluefins First Mission surfaced early and turned up no new leads. Now, the sub did scan the water for about seven hours, but it had to resurface when it reached its maximum depth, about 2. 5 miles down. Also this morning, the malaysian government announced it will set up an International Investigation team to unravel the mystery surrounding flight 370. In kuala lumpur, malaysia with more on this. Good morning. Reporter hi, carol. The purpose of the International Investigation team is really to evaluate what exactly happened with mh370 and avoid such an incident in the future. The team will be made up of three specif
The previous search area. This move is based on analysis of radar data from before radar contact was lost with the plane. Apparently the plane was going faster than previously thought and that means it burned fuel faster as well and didnt fly as far. The search operation is still based in Perth Australia and our Andrew Stevens is there live with the latest. And quite a surprise from the folks running the search there when they made this announcement a couple of hours ago, andrew. That would be an understatement, natalie. Quite an extraordinary turn of events given that there was so much effort and energy being focused in that in an evernarrowing area of the southern end of the southern corridor down there in the indian ocean. Then to suddenly come out and say that, in fact, the real area of interest is some 700, 1,100 kilometers north is now due west of perth so that is a major, major move and this is what they australian transportation investigation chief had to say about the reasons
Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. We begin with the dramatic rescue operation going on right now off south korea for nearly 300 people still missing after a ship sank, at least four people known dead. Helicopter and boat crews have been on the scene plucking passengers from the fridge it waters. Most of the people on board that ferry were High School Students. Wen rescued student said he heard a loud thud and then the ship started to list. He said everyone was ordered to put on life jackets and jump into the water. Another student says hes afraid many of his classmates may still be trapped on board that sinking ship tr ship. Translator some of the students were not able to escape. The ferry started to list, so we asked if we shoulders scape now. The announcement kept telling us to stay still. Im so worried about the other students in our rooms. The ferry left from the port city of incheon and was headed for the resort city of jeju before going down in the yello
Officials are calling the leaflets containing disturbing news to jews. Were live on four continents covering all of this news. Very disturbing. This is the type of ethnic hatred and tension that many were afraid were break out. Theyve been stirred up for political gain but proving difficult to control, clearly empowering extremists on the ground and now its exploding into the open. On a single sheet of paper, a frightening threat to jews. This leaflet turning up in donetsk, orders jews to register with the prorussian government. Secretary kerry attended meetings and expressed his disgust. After all of the miles traveled and the journey of history, this is not just intolerable, its grotesque. Its beyond unacceptable. Reporter news of the leaflets calls for russia to deescalate calling for protesters to leave and the government to grant them amnesty. President obama warned, however, that words must be matched with followthrough by russia and supporters inside the borders of ukraine. We h
That sends a signal, will go silent, if it is not silent already. Right now, an Australian Naval vessel with special equipment. It could take up to three days to reach the area. 11 ships, ten planes scoured the indian ocean by 1100 miles west of perth australia. That is the most vessels. It gives you an idea of the urgency here. Australias Prime Minister tells cnn the search is intensifying. The effort is ramping up, not winding down. We will have more aircraft in the sky tomorrow. We have more ships in the area. So we are ramping this effort up. Lets go straight to the Australian Air base outside perth, australia, where we find our paula newton. We just heard the australian Prime Minister say that the search is ramping up. Lets face it. No he did bring, no debris field has been found. They dont really know where to look. What is the game plan with time running out . Reporter well, at this point, there are key differences in the way they are searching now, mikaela. We have really asset