now after hearing underwater noises they are redirecting their search zone, hoping they could close in on the vessel and find the five people on board still alive. for now, there are only theories about what could have gone wrong, did it get stuck under something or caught within something. was it within the titanic itself, and if so, when will rescuers, any sort of robotic ship or whatever, be able to get down there. time and oxygen are running out. but the u.s. coast guard insists that this is still a rescue mission. sometimes you re in a position where you have to make a tough decision. we re not there yet. joining us from newfoundland is ron allen and from boston, nbc news correspondent kristen dahlgren. ron, you just got done with a news conference up there with the people behind the vessel, the ship that the submersible launched from. what did we learn? reporter: yeah, a company called horizon maritime services, the polar prince. it s the first time we have heard
businessman and adventurer hey mish harden along with a pakistani father and son as well as others. brooke singman has the latest on the operationally. brooke, what do you know? brooke: hey guys that s right. a rescue mission is underway for the titanic tourist submersible that went mittsing in the atlantic ocean. the submersible similar to this opened by ocean gate expeditions was taking a crew of five people 12,000 feet under water as part of the tour of the 19 12 titanic ship wreck. the tour costs 250z thousand dollars per person. so far reported french navy veteran and crew member paul harvey is on board along with ceo and founder and his teen-age son. the family releasing a statement saying saying quote we are grateful for the concern being shown our colleagues and friends and would like to request everyone to pray for their safety. it s also believed uk billionaire hhammish harding is on the visit including his stepson tweeting my step dad hammish is on board the subm
hear, we think from a company called horizon maritime services which effectively run the mothership that the sub was in contact with. we believe this will be the first time we have heard from them. we are waiting for that press conference any moment now. my colleague carl is sitting by for us butjust before we go to him, i want to show you where he is and also where the search is. we can take a look at the map now. this will give you some idea of the geography of where the rescue effort is being coordinated, where the wreckage of the titanic is, as he could see there in where the sub was heading down towards. and of course the search area which is a huge and expanding area is now. in the last 90 minutes we did get an update on some of the things that are directing and pushing for this search effort. this is about noises, banging noises. for more excavation on what exactly that means can cross now to carl in boston. good to see you at talk us through what we learned about thes
passenger. the company says they re exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely. we re awaiting an update from the coast guard in about a half an hour and we ll take you there. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. we go to alexis mcadams. we re waiting on the update from the coast guard. this comes as the coast guard is coordinating an all hands on deck active search and rescue mission for this missing sub. the coast guard working to find the five mission specialists on board including world explorer hamish harding. i pulled up an instagram post by hard ago few minutes ago. he talked about how excited he was to go on the dive and says the team has a few legendary explorers, some of which that did this over 30 times since 1980 oceangate expeditions is the american company that launched the submarine, which is the size of a minivan. about 350 miles southeast in the atlantic is where they are located. it didn t come back last night. they called the coast
hello, everyone. good to be with you, i m chris jansing, the death toll from this weekend s extreme weather across the south has risen to six. half a million people remain without power across multiple states after a series of vicious storms and tornadoes and the extreme heat isn t letting up either we re on the ground in texas where temperatures have soared above 120 degrees in some spots. how residents are coping. and secretary of state antony blinken wrapping up his two-day visit to china, but how much progress was actually made in his high stakes meeting with president xi jinping meanwhile in florida, we have movement in the classified documents case what a magistrate judge just blocked donald trump from doing, and what options his legal team could be weighing to put the trial off for as long as possible and juneteenth celebrations underway across the country. how states are marking this federal holiday. but we begin with the dangerous storms in the south thatch l