We are following two major breaking stories. Despite rough seas and dangerous weather conditions searchers now have recovered 30 bodies from the wreckage of that airasia jet that crashed. Crews also discovered more parts of the airliner including what appears to be one of the window panels. However, whats become of the black boxes, that is still a mystery. Also breaking president obama is punishing north korea including top individuals in kim jonguns government for the cyber attack on Sony Pictures. We have correspondents and analysts standing by. Here in the situation room and around the globe. Lets begin now with cnns senior white house correspondent, jim acosta whos traveling with the president in hawaii. Tell us about these sanctions and just how much of an impact theyll have. Reporter brianna, taking care of a serious piece of business at the end of his vacation here in hawaii president obama is turning up the heat on north korea in response to the cyber attack on sony. The Obama
See their loved ones again. The president of indonesia and the ceo of airasia are on their way to surabaya we want to go to paula hancock, she got back to land minutes ago after being out on a search effort to see the search efforts firsthand, paula . Well john just speaking to some of the officials here we have new information about what will happen to some of the victims that are now being found at the location. We understand from officials here that they will be brought to this island they will be brought to a port about an hour away from here. The reason theyre not going to the closer island is simply because the water is not deep enough to accommodate the navy ship that will be transporting them. We understand that the bodies are being retrieved from the water. Its not clear how long it will be until they come back do shore. But the trip will take about seven hours. So it will be some time. And of course as you can see, the light is fating now, its just after 6 00 in the evening,
Attendant. Her and others took off on sunday, of course. 132 men, women, and children remain unaccounted for. They at some point, will begin the same quiet journey we witnessed today. A military honor guard shouldering the caskets, loading them on aircraft that carried them out of the search zone and back to sarabuya. A process likely to be repeated again and again in the days ahead. David malko joins us. Day five of the search has begun there. Hows the weather, whats the latest . Reporter hi jake. Very active search effort at this moment. The u. S. Sampson recovered human remains out again with some 40 other ships, choppers, airplanes. This is a Huge International effort. We get the feeling its all hands on deck at this point russia coming in with two planes a couple dozen divers. South korea, indonesia, singapore, japan, malaysia and the u. S. All involved in this search. Despite weather and challenging conditions were hearing waves of 10 to 14 feet. Searchers seem to be making some
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Burnett tonight. There is now an Aerial Search over the java sea as the search intensifies and zeros in closer to the target. 30 bodies have been recovered as day breaks over the java sea and day five of the search is set to begin. Crews from around the world are focusing their efforts on a zone that covers just over 2,000 square miles. Officials are calling that zone the most probable area in which to find the fuselage and their top priority the planes black boxes. 59 teams of divers are ready to go but bad weather and rough seas waves reported to be as high as 13 feet have stalled the work. A piece of wreckage possibly a window panel was found today. Of the 30 bodies recovered, four are identified. Among them one of the Flight Attendants. Airasia Tony Fernandez is accompanying that body home. Writing on twitter. I cannot describe how i feel. There are no words. The uss sampson part of the Recovery Team has recovered a dozen bodies and the uss fort worth with dive teams set to sail fr