Theres now a major turn in the search. Heres the latest developments. The search is now going underwater. An australian vessel is towing an american pinger locator looking for the black box signals thousands of feet below the surface. A british ship is using the device in the same area. Without knowing where to listen, its a big roll of the dice and theres another huge problem. The batteries powering the black box pingers are due to run out in a few days but the manufacturer tells cnn those batteries were never returned for maintenance and they actually may already be dead. Aircraft are getting ready for another day of searching. If they can spot the debris, they can narrow the search for the airliner recordings. We have our analysts and reporters standing by in the United States and around the world with the kind of special coverage that only cnn can deliver. Lets go to perth, australia, to kyung lah. Shes got the latest on the search. Kyung . Reporter wolf, normally at this time in t
They show the jet lifer taking off over rome, on a runway in amsterdam, on the tarmac in johan johannesburg. Its a ghostly reminder everything ordinary can morph in an instant. Todays search has just gotten under way with 13 planes and 11 ships all looking for the aircraft. Sophisticated sonar equipment has been brought in. Time could not be more urgent because the pingers on the planes black boxes likely have only a couple of days of battery life left. Theres also some major news out of fort hood tonight. The father of one of the injured soldiers told cnn affiliate wlbt that the shooter specialist ivan lopezs stopped by the bases Personnel Office to pick up a leave form shortly before his killing spree but was told to pick up the form the next day. He later returned to that office, and he opened fire. That fathers son was hit four times. Lopezs family released a statement today, his father saying quote my son must not have been in his right mind. He wasnt like that. Tonight well drill
But time is running out. What you get is a surprisingly top cal political thriller. Good afternoon, im jake tapper. Any moment now were expecting a briefing on the latest from ft. Hood, texas, where investigators are looking for any clue about the state of mind of the man who shot and killed three fellow soldiers there and wounded 16 others. Today were hearing from the family of the shooter. Specialist ivan lopez. They seemed just as hurt and confused as anyone else. Today rick perry and senator ted cruz visited the wounded patients. Five have been released with one more expected to leave soon. The office of senator john cornyn sent us a picture of a note from one of the Wounded Soldiers written to the medical staff which reads, sir, hows everyone doing . Let everyone know im doing good. Well get through this as a family team. Investigato investigators searched the shooters home but anyone wanting an answer came away sorely disappointed. Were hearing from the shooters father today, pam
Didnt exist. Cbs news gets rare access to a Veterans Crisis line as two Government Agencies launch a new effort to stop veteran suicides. And a tennis legend received a rare honor that is decades overdue. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Dickerson good evening, norah is off tonight, im john dickerson. And this is our western edition. We begin with breaking news, a verdict in a case that could set the stage for dozens, maybe hundreds of new lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies. In the first state opioid case to make it to trial, a judge in oklahoma late today ruled Johnson Johnson helped fuel the states Opioid Crisis and ordered the company to pay more than a half a billion dollars to the state. Omar villafranca has the latest including what Johnson Johnson is saying tonight. I am entering an abatement plan that consists of costs totaling 572,102,028. Reporter judge thad balkman concluded the state proved pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson and its subsidiary
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