Asking foermgs climb to 38,000 to escape a storm. Two full minutes pass as the controller assesses air in the area. When he approves flight 8501 does not respond. The uss sampson arrived in the java sea, what had been its original mission, searching for rescue and possible survivors now turns to roarry. Search teams are now concentrating on finding the bodies of the passengers and crew and airasia ceo was quick to reach out to the heartbroken families. Tony fernandez tweeting my heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in qz8501. On behalf of airasia my condolences to all. Words cannot express how sorry i am. Lets head to the indonesian city of surabaya where the flight originated and distraught Family Members have been huddling. Cnns senior producer david malko is there with more. Hi david. Reporter its just past 8 00 in the evening, 9 00 sorry here in surabaya, indonesia, a few hundred miles away from where most of the activity is taking place now offshore off the i
King be abdullah on thursday. He will also meet with xi jinping on thursday at maralago. A key point of convention, north Koreas Nuclear ambitions. President trump offering a vague, but head turning assessment to the Financial Times saying he may act unilater unilaterally, quote, if china doesnt act, we will. He expects the high profile meeting with china to be difficult. Particularly after all of the tough talk after the campaign. We cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. Thats what theyre doing. China is responsible for nearly half of our entire trade deficit. Reporter the president s soninlaw and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner expected to play a key role. All of these diplomatic meetings come as the cloud of russia is hanging over the Trump Administration. The president continuing to stand behind his unfounded wiretapping claim. Insisting he does not regret any of his tweets. Attempting to downplay the connection with Campaign Advisers and russia as fake news. I would tel