maugher from the us coast guard. also with me in the studio is our science correspondentjonathon amos. thanks for giving your time when it is so valuable on a day like today. in the first instance, what is your latest assessment? in the first instance, what is your latest assessment? thank you for the o- ortuni latest assessment? thank you for the opportunity to latest assessment? thank you for the opportunity to come latest assessment? thank you for the opportunity to come onto latest assessment? thank you for the opportunity to come onto the - latest assessment? thank you for the opportunity to come onto the show. l opportunity to come onto the show. this has been a very complex and difficult case for everyone. as we continue to actively search for this submersible and the people on board, our thoughts are with the crew members and their families who i our thoughts are with the crew members and theirfamilies who i can imagine are having a very difficult time. we are
of a rice. why is the uk economy not snowing like other economies? hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we ll go to paris with the explosion and fire that we heard about earlier, it s a gas explosion but more details coming on all the time. initially city officials were talking about the fires, and we were seeing the pictures and apologies that the pictures are just flying around but these are life pictures coming from central pollys and that whole area is cordoned off. i am watching these pictures and they are still dealing with buildings that are on fire right there in the centre of the city. and let me tell you the latest that we are hearing from the mayor of that fifth district in central paris because he adjustments she has just been speaking and said that for people are in critical condition after this explosion occurred in their fifth district here in paris and you can see from the
including the canadian armed forces and the coastguard, and then also with private sector entities including the oceangate expedition. we are focused on bringing all assets to bear on this search for the submersible. this has happened in a remote location of the coastline of cape cod by 900 miles. we have prioritised a surface search and then a subsurface search so we have two vessels remotely operated that are conducting a subsurface search and we have aircraft and a service that immigrate surface vessel during the surface search
location of the coastline of cape cod by 900 miles. location of the coastline we have prioritised a surface search and then a subsurface search so we have two vessels remotely operated that are conducting a subsurface search and we have aircraft and a service that immigrate surface vessel during the surface search and a surface vessel doing the surface search. let us talk about that noise that was picked up. it is standard practice to bang on the top of the hull at the top of the hour. with the noises that were detected was it a one off or any pattern detected? we are working closely with leading acoustic experts in the us navy and the canadian navy and i have integrated a uk submariner
australia. the subsurface search has begun. i want to bring in my experts. geoffrey thomas, jeff wise, mary schiavo, les abend is a 777 captain. lieutenant colonel michael kay. and jim tilmon, retired american airlines pilot and steven marks. david soucie, did this press conference, with the head of this search, angus houston, make you optimistic no soucie. what about you, michael kay? in one respect, i am cautiously optimistic with this. i think the air chief had an upbeat tone to his presentation.