We start in germany where a top u. S. By has been ordered to leave the country. The government in berlin says the decision is linked to the growing nsa spying scandal. This is the latest twist in an espionage drama that has soured u. S. German relations. Angela merkel again told the United States today that trust was crucial between the two allies. It appears berlin is upping the ante after uncovering two suspected Double Agents in germany working for the u. S. Angry politicians from across the spectrum are demanding action now. The Intelligence Officer was asked to vacate the u. S. Embassy and leave the country. It is a big step for germany which is increasingly fed up with washingtons failure to cooperate in its probe into nsa spying. Berlin has struck a new town with ministers in the chancellors government using words like stupidity and ridiculous. Angela merkel herself him and not usually one for strong statements, was quite clear. The way i see it, if you consider this with a heal
Perth, australia, for us. Erin, whats the latest . Hi, kate. Search teams have carried out some 133 missions, but still theyre coming up empty handed. All eyes on this ocean shield in thises race against time as they are trying to detect more black box signals before the batteries run out. Today silence, after an Australian Navy ship detected these audio signals over the weekend. The pings possibly related to flight 370. There have been no further contacts with any transmission. Reporter Australian Authorities refining the search area today, zoning in on a 30,000 square mile stretch located 1400 miles northwest of perth. Thats about a third of the size of their previous search zone. We are throwing everything at this difficult, complex task. Reporter those resources include todays 14 ships and 14 aircraft. Now on day 32 of the search those reconnaissance teams racing against the clock as the batteries powering the planes beacons have now exceeded their 30day shelf life. The experience
Last location is now closed indefinitely. The greek government has sent in ships and planes to search for any clues. And the u. S. Navy is also now involved at the request of the greeks. Family members and loved ones arrive at the airports, both in paris and cairo to wait for any answers. Lets get right to our correspondents here in the United States and around the world. Joining me live from chicago, tom costello who covers aviation. Good morning. Whats the latest youre hearing on this very early stages of the investigation . A couple of headlines. There are some unconfirmed reports out from other News Agencies in that region, in the Mediterranean Region suggesting there may have been some pieces of debris spotted. Nbc news is working to confirm that. The idea, according to these reports, was this debris may have been spotted near a greek island. Well get more on that as we have it. In addition to that, you have the Greek Military chief saying that Greek Military radar showed the plan
Joins us live from bay with the breaking details. Reporter what were seeing in this region is an increasing concern an actual could break out. Were seeing fiery rhetoric on both sides. North korea putting out an alarming warning to the United States threatening to potentially look at attack plans for guam. Guam is significant because it houses key u. S. Military assets. Theres a coast guard station. You mentioned Andersen Air Force base. North korea occupies about 30 of that island. The u. S. Flying Bombing Missions from that island. On monday the u. S. Flew two bombers over the north korea peninsula, on going show of force after their two icbm tests in the month of july, but also last month the u. S. Flew two super sonic jets from guam which is why you saw this very stronglyworded statement from the North Koreans, for the first time we know of of an attack plan to send missiles that they tested at a rapid pace. Theyre focusing on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile missiles right now.