arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the rov subsequently found additional debris in consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the families. on behalf of the united states coast guard and the entire unified command, i offer my deepest condolences to the families. i can only imagine what this has been like for them, and i hope that this discovery provides some solace during this difficult time. additionally, we ve been in close contact with the british and french console general to make sure they are fully apprised and their concerns are being addressed. the outpouring of support in this highly complex search operation has been robust and immensely appreciated. we are grateful for the rapid mobilization of experts on the under seas search and resc
stories today including developments big ones in jack smith s prosecution of donald trump and the classified documents case. trust me we ll get to them shortly. but we begin with the breaking news on a story that has captivated the world s attention all week long. late this afternoon exploration company oceangate confirmed the titan and all five of its passengers onboard have died. the vessel went missing over the weekend as it attempted to tour the wreckage of the titanic at the bottom of the ocean more than 2 miles beneath the surface of the ocean. in just the last hour the coast guard announced the end of a days long rescue effort. this morning an rov, a remote operated vehicle, from the vessel horizon arctic discovered the tail cone of the titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the titanic on the sea floor. the rov subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with experts from within the unified command the debris is consistent with the ca
now. not giving up. crews frantically searching for the missing submersible. they re desperately trying to rescue the five human beings before they run out of the oxygen. i will speak to a person who has been on the missing submersible before. and i ll speak with a man who says there is hope tonight. anti-vaxxers stalking and harassing one of the top vaccine experts after he criticized rfk engineer s crusade. let s got outfront. good evening. holding out hope. underwear noises detected in the search area for the missing titanic bound sub is raising the possibility they are still alive. time is running out. there could be hours left. the coast guard estimated this time last night, the sub had about 34 hours of beliefable air left. if there s still life support available on the submersible, and we will continue to hold out hope until the very end. the massive search, if successful would be the deepers underwater rescue is using buoys that they dropped into the water
and they re starting to piece it together. so the question about when it happened, they said you know what we ve been listening for the past few days for any sign of anything, and they would not hear anything that would be inindicative of a catastrophic implosion. they do believe it happened in those initial hours when it lost contact on sunday or certainly before those rescue crews got out to the scene the aircraft were dropping those sona buoys. they believe it happen in the column where the debris field was found. they were asked could it have hit the titanic and that could have caused something, but they said really it debris field was in front of it itanpic in an area simply soft ground. there was none of the titanic debris there, so that would indicate to them something happened above and then that fell down. as far as the pressure cabin, they were able to find pieces of it. they found the nose cone, they
the general vicinity that it likely was because it was going down to the titanic, finding it 1,600 feet off the hull of the titanic, though, it s still a small you know, it s a needle in a hay stack. it s a minivan in the vast ocean. how were they able to locate this so quickly? it is surprisingly that the location happened quicker than in some of our salvage operations. i think the fact that they had the data for where the titan entered the water made it i don t want to say an easier search pattern, but between that, the use of the sona buoys, and the help of those rovs, those deep ocean rovs that they were able to get on the scene in the last day or so was a big