Christine romans. Im john berman. 5 00 in the east. We do begin with the latest on the flight for 370. And the news that broke overnight that once again, search crews have heard signals, possibly from the jets black boxes. Two noises were detected by the United States equipment on an australian ship. Only for a few minutes this time. The signals were weaker than they had been before. That in itself could be revealing and its being called a positive sign and likely at this point the best chance to find flight 370. Perhaps within a matter of days. Cnns Erin Mclaughlin live with the latest. And it seems again from the body language from the announcement overnight that they seem fairly optimistic that these signals are coming from the black boxes and they are narrowing down that search area. John, this is very encouraging news. Angus hughson is the man responsible for coordinating this search effort. He gave a press conference earlier today. Hear how he characterized these new detections.
People in las vegas including two Police Officers. Authorities say the married couple line it may have thought they had an ax to grind with police. Dan is in las vegas. Dan, what do we understand now . Reporter well, hi, chris. These were two Police Officers who were having lunch. Its not like they were on a call or some kind of a dangerous situation. Thats when the two suspects, a man and woman, come inside, open fire killing those officers. From there, they come into this walmart where theres even more bloodshed. Now authorities are trying to figure out what prompted this whole thing. Breaking overnight a raid in an apartment in las vegas, possibly the home of the two suspects involved in sundays shooting spree. An area around the apartment was cordoned off. Local affiliates report an explosion, apparently with a flash bang grenade set off by police. A Law Enforcement official tells cnn the suspects were a married couple. Its a tragic day. A very, very difficult day. Reporter around
Justify taking crimea. And the father of the 15yearold stowaway speaks out for the first time. Find out why he believes his son ran away, risking his life in the wheel well of a jumbo jet. Hello, everyone, im john berman. And im michaela pereira. Its 11 kw 00 a. M. In the east. New video just into cnn. A dramatic standoff between families of those missing on flight 370 and representatives of malaysia airlines. The family members refused to allow Airline Officials to leave a packed Conference Room in beijing for four hours. They were demanding answers about what happened to their loved ones. Family members plan to demand answers also now from airplane maker boeing. While this is happening, the submersible drone, the bluefin 21, might be wrapping up its search for flight 370 very soon. The device only has about 10 of the underwater search area left to scan. And as far as we know, a search of that remaining portion is under way as we speak. Something else we now know, the piece of metal t
Last six weeks for somebody who has been listening for word of her loved one. We are waiting for word on what could be the last search for the bluefin in this phase. What is the latest tonight . Yeah, and if it goes as it has in recent days, john, we should be hearing about mission 12 in the next hour or two or three. But as you said, the previous 11 missions have yielded absolutely nothing, no sign of mh370. The mission 12 should be done by now and we should hear about that any moment. You make a good point, though, this was the area that the searchers were expressing confidence about. They thought it was their best shot. This was focused around the largest and longest acoustic sound that they hoped was a ping from the black boxes. We are hearing they are still confident they will find something at some point, somewhere, how long will it take, they dont know. How long are you hearing about the plans for the longterm search . Because we really do seem to be at that phase. Reporter yeah
Investigators reveal the pings they thought were the planes black boxes, they may be completely unrelated to the vanished jetliner. Were breaking down the surprising, new turn and what comes next. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. It is thursday, may 29th. It is 4 00 a. M. In east. It is early, but a lot going on. Youll be happy youre awake. We begin with breaking news in the scandal at the va. This morning, the white house says vet caerans affairs secret Eric Shinseki is on thin ice. Thats the white house saying hes on thin ice. More lawmakers, including democrats, calling for his resignation, after the vas own inquiry substantiated what we first discovered in a cnn investigation, that waiting lists were manipulated at va facilities in phoenix, delays that cnn found may have led to dozens of deaths. The va now says some 1,700 veterans in phoenix were never scheduled for appointments, seemingly all in an attempt to make that medical centers wait