but that is a majorer to here. there is also the two men, various background. incredibly different. certainly, the son of a street seller and president ping, son of revolutionary leaders. came from different background. both worked their way through the respective parties to come into power. so the leader of the biggest democratic nation and the leader of the communist party and most populous nation in the world, you know, will come from very different vantage points. look to find common ground in the coming days. all right. david mckenzie. watching that. very closely from his vantage point in beijing. many thanks. a busy day for david. we ll take a short break. when we come back on cnn newsroom, royalty and stars, gathered in the french riviera for cannes film festival. highlights from the very first day. bulldog: get a queen serta set for just $397.
in the pacific you might want to check out a little disturbance just south of kabul. an interesting chance it could develop and ruin those beach plans. hopefully by now you know no beach plans into the southeast. by thursday five inches of rain still possible in the southeast. we are always going to end on a good note. the jet stream lifting up. warm air into the northeast. temperatures are going to rebound and go above normal. it will be beautiful here. thanks. we are close to the top of the hour now which means it is time for the top news. they were in cardiac arrest when fire rescue arrived. dangerous down pour. majorer flooding expected in the southeast today. areas already submerged.
that list has 40 names on it and so there are various numbers that you can call in you are worried about relatives both if south korea and in san francisco. live for us in seoul. with this flight starting in shanghai, thank you for that update there. and an important bit of news there, south korean officials saying, the ntsb investigators already continuing to stay on top of that. we will keep you updated and we will look at the other majorer stories in the world today including the ongoing crisis in egypt. the supporters of morsi want him returned to power. the great outdoors. .and a great deal. thanks to dad. nope eeeeh. oh, guys let s leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice.
has a good safety record around the world. arthel: thank you very much. we want to let you know we are waiting for a press conference at reagan national airport. n.t.s.b. is going to brief us on information they have at this juncture on the crash landing at san francisco s international asiana s flight 214. ten hours and 23 minute flight from seoul, south korea to san francisco. at as dominic, it s, indeed, the long range plane that is a workhorse of those long range flights scheduled to land at 11:26 this morning in san francisco. the airlines is one of two majorer south korean airlines. you have korean air is most
totalaryn regime and all orders come from president assad. translator: in 2003 after the american invasion of iraq and the toppling of the regime the syrian regime felt threatened so they coordinate would al qaeda and had an agreement to keep the road open to iraq so militants started coming all over the world through syrian. al qaeda was an ally of assad after 2003 and built safe havens for al qaeda to hide in. i remember one of those safe havens. the americans raided it in 2008 and captured prisoners. this was a hiding place for al qaeda on the border with iraq. it was under the control of a brother-in-law of the president. who is making the decisions in damascus right now? who is directing the syrian government policy facing this uprising translator: the regime in syria is a totaltar yn regime and a dictatorship. there is only one person who gives the orders, one person who is the president. the rest of the regime personnel are people who only obey. does the syrian