many pinned high hopes on the bluefin-21 to find some sign of the ship, of the black boxes. the underwater drone is in its 12th mission, 90% done. so far it has turned up nothing. now, the families of those on board that missing jet are trying a new tactic to try to get answers. they re turning directly to the jet s maker, boeing. we re also extending our reach now. there s a subset of those questions including some new ones that are much more technical that we will be bringing directly to boeing. boeing has a shareholder s meeting next week. if we re not getting information directly from malaysian airlines and the malaysian government, we might as well try to go direct tloi the source. boeing is a publicly-traded company in the united states. that puts them in a position of a little bit more fiduciary responsibility. erin mclaughlin is in perth, australia, with the latest on the search. where does the effort go from here, erin? reporter: hi, carol.
you wouldn t be thinking about what we are looking at is potentially very expensive, very regulatory intensive process trying to modify the electrical systems on these aircraft. certainly there is going to have to be a balance struck between unintended consequences of taking control away from pilots and safety benefits that come from ensuring these are really tamper proof. let s move on to the cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders. what are they going to do potential tloi make those more tamper proof? as far as getting access to them in flight they re really stored up and away from the cabin. both on boeing and airbus and other manufacturers, aircraft as well. actually tampering with them directly is from the physical unit is very unlikely at this point. the 777 which disappeared on march 8 operated by malaysia
1. science, technology, engineering and mathematics would provide visas to 55 immigrants annual tloi receive degrees in those fields and use what they learned and a apply that to american jobs. eric cantor praised the bill s package. we have seen not only american students, but many, many foreign nationals have come to this country to be educated at our colleges and universities. specifically in the s.t.e.m. areas in the graduate education programs. the bill that we passed will allow these individuals to have a green card if they get a diploma. democrats in the white house oppose the bill. it s likely doa in the senate. if you support this bill, you re saying that one group of
flames. later, rebels were seen in other government tanks. more pictures. this is a burnt out police station seized and burned today by the rebels. take a look and listen. these are syrians. they had taken this photo from the captured police station. they ransacked and they burned. we have struggled to get our crews, get our journalists inside syria. it s been frustrating for us here at cnn and the assad government has put the country under lock and key. with all of that in mind, ivan watson has entered northern syria. we ll speak with him live in a moment. talk to me about the gnificance of fighting in aleppo. it s the economic hub. it s the most populous city. aleppo has been a treating center. there you have a google map of aleppo. here i recognize right away is essentially the most famous land mark, the 13th century citadel. this is the creation. a very old city. by some accounts the oldest inhabited city in the world. we highlighted some of the areas in aleppo wh
a fresh round of angry words in syria. united states today joined seven western nations in expelling syrian diplomats in outrage over friday s massacre of 108 civilians including 49 children in this syrian village of hula. this weekend s massacre is a horrifying testament to this regime s depravity. this was clearly a way to demonstrate the international community s absolute disgust and horror at the actions taken by the assad regime. jessica yellin was among those listening as the president denounced the killing. i understand mr. carr aney sayi it s important to show the outrage, but president assad is not exactly shaking in his boots. what is the administration hoping to accomplish? they re trying to accepted a message to further isolate the regime, but they acknowledge it s really meant as a symbolic gesture and another step to reflect the international communities disgust. but they admit that this diplomatic action is going to stop the killing. i know it s hard, b