see the wreckage of the titanic. this hour the supply of oxygen is rapidly running out. we ll show you what conditions are like inside the small, cramped sub that left with five people on board. china is now lashing out at the united states after president joe biden referred to chinese leader xi jinping as a dictator. this as cnn is getting an exclusive look at military drills preparing for a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the massive search for the missing submersible. the source of banging sounds in the area remains a mystery at this hour but they are giving rescue crews hope. when you are in the middle of a search and rescue you always have hope. that s why we re doing what we do. reporter: with what could be less than 24 hours of oxygen left onboard titan, hope at this point may rest on banging noises detected by sonar. the coast guard re
hour near the site of the sunken titanic. the lead starts right now. an under water expedition to see the wreckage of the titanic is now a race to find and save the tourists and crew members on board the vessel. the mission is ramping up to prevent a second tragedy at that site. plus, super powers meeting. antony blinken reports back progress after a high stakes talk with china. the areas of success and the one major point of lingering contention coming up. and the judge s order that restricts what donald trump can and cannot reveal about his federal indictment. but will the former president obey the judge? welcome to the lead, i m jake tapperment and we start with the world lead. a submersible that takes paying customers to see the wreckage of the titanic in the depth of the north atlantic ocean, it is missing at this hour. the u.s. coast guard said five people are on board. and now a frantic search and rescue operation is underway. coast guard units from ang lo
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
submersible which has less than 20 hours supply of oxygen left. also on the programme tonight. more worrying economic data for the uk. inflation the rate at which prices are rising didn t fall last month as expected. that s left many expecting the bank of england to raise interest rates yet again tomorrow heaping more pressure on many people with mortgages and loans. president zelensky tells the bbc that the battle to defeat russia is not a hollywood film and while things are moving slowly, ukraine s counteroffensive will be successful. and the bbc uncovers evidence that hundreds of sick and mentally ill people from the windrush generation were wrongly deported from the uk and returned to the caribbean. less than 20 hours of oxygen remain for the five people who are trapped inside a submersible after they went missing on sunday morning in a remote part of the north atlantic. search and rescue teams have been monitoring underwater noises that were picked up by a can