hello and welcome to the programme. the us coast guard says it estimates that the five people trapped onboard the missing submersible only have a day and a half s supply of oxygen left. ships and aircraft are descending on the remote part of the north atlantic where the vessel was last seen. three of the people on board are british citizens including a 19 year old. contact was lost on sunday as it descended towards the wreck of the titanic hundreds of miles from shore. jessica parker reports. these are the last known photos of the titan submersible. they were taken on sunday morning, just before it began its descent. one hour and 45 minutes later, contact was lost. it s a five man capsule. people crawl in. this was filmed by the bbc last year. it shows people being bolted in from the outside. the sub then plunges into the ocean s depths. the us coast guard has released a fresh estimate of how much oxygen may now be left on board. first of all, it s an estimate, right? we
on board. one pilot. four tourists. the company leading this tour is ocean gate expeditions. type of sub they used is pictured here. the dive takes customers to see the wreck which sits 12,500 feet beneath the ocean s surface. they re stuck down there somewhere. the company has yet to comment on the report or confirm whether one of their subs is currently missing. the coast guard, though, telling us that the rescue operation is way off the coast of newfoundland, canada 900 miles east of cape cod, massachusetts. let s pause there because oceangate has issued a statement in the last few minutes saying they are able to do whatever they can. they do confirm that this is actually their sub. and they will keep us updated as best they can. we re following them on their social media platforms but also now in contact with them and we ll let you know how this is going. a couple of things have changed about the story. we weren t sure if they were supposed to be down there for days or ho
expedition yesterday and failed to return safely last night. sandra: operated by oceangate expeditions, a company in the past year has begun taking tourists for $250,000 apiece to explore the wreckage, which is located on the ocean floor of the atlantic around 350 miles south of newfoundland. alexis mcadams has the latest breaking details. just having the developments roll in here, it s a small vessel, so an active search and rescue mission hoping to find the five mission specialists on board. oceangate launched it, the size of a minivan, so inside a small vessel from newfoundland, six-hour tour of the wreckage of the titanic. they reported it missing to the coast guard, the coast guard has also stepped in trying to reach out to the navy and armed force, all hands on deck. we are told it is designed in such a way if it has a problem it automatically floats to the surface. if it happened here, we are waiting to find out. video of the wreckage was taken by oceangate last ye
becoming more desperate by the minute. the coast guard now says noises have been detected in the search area where a titanic tourist submersible has been missing since sunday. we ll bring you the very latest on the intense race against time. another supreme court justice now at the center of controversy. new questions about a trip justice samuel alito took. we ll talk about it with one of the reporters who broke the story. china firing back at president biden after he called the nation s leader a dictator. china slamming the president s rhetoric as a provocation. we ll talk to congressman ro khanna about that and a whole lot more. at this hour, the frantic search for the missing titanic tourist submersible grows more desperate as the five-member crew s oxygen supply ticks below less than 18 hours. more help is arriving this morning, the u.s. coast guard says three vessels are on the scene to aid in the search. overnight, there were fresh signs of hope that the coast
sank. scientists saying they have fewer than 24 hours now before they won t be able to breathe inside that sub. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the mission to save titan is growing. u.s. and canadian crews are sweeping an area larger than the state of maryland. 12,000 square miles. the titan sub is only 22 feet long. getting equipment on scene is a top priority. i can t give you an exact timeline when it will happen. there is a full-court press effort to get equipment on scene as quickly as we can. harris: let s look at the picture which shows the astonishing depth that the sub may have reached. again 12,500 feet is where the titanic rests that they went down to see. compare that with twice the size of the depth of the grand canyon. the water pressure there is nearly 400 times greater than that on the surface raising new questions now about rescuers ability to reach the vessel even when and if they find it. a lot coming out in reports about the s