Vladimir putin firing back. Were live with that. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Nice to see you back, berman. Thank you very much. Good to be here. Im john berman. Its thursday, april 17th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. A lot going on this morning. Lets begin in south korea, where this morning rescue crews are trying to find hundreds of people missing in the chilly waters off that countrys southern coast. It has now been more than 24 hours since the ferry they were riding on overturned and sank with nearly 500 passengers on board, so many of them High School Students. Look at these terrifying pictures from yesterday. Right now, nearly 300 of those passengers are still missing. 300 people still missing, as we hear these horrifying stories of desperate Text Messages sent by those on board to their parents. Our Pauline Chiou is live in ji xindo, where families are awaiting word on their loved ones. Pauline, whats the latest this morning . Reporter desperate for any s
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