blizzards destroying everything in their path. millions of people throughout the country feeling these storms wrath. indra petersons tracking the areas hardest hit for us and where the storms are heading next. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m poppy harlow. it s friday, may 4th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. breaking news in the hunt for flight 370 and a potential turning point as the search moves under water. australian officials who have now taken the lead in this say the subsurface search is under way with the u.s. navy s pinger locator and other acoustic gear, honing in on about a 150-mile stretch of the indian ocean. they are trying, of course, to detect any transmission from the plane s black box. the pinger may only have a day or two of battery life left. meantime, nearly two dozen ships and aircraft again combing the surface, looking for any sign of debris. overnight officials said all of the leads garnered from satellite images, all of those turned ou
a public apology for a recall that one massachusetts lawmaker calls, and i m quoting here, a decade late and dozens of lives and injuries short. 13 deaths, 12 in the u.s., one in canada linked to this problem that affects some 2.6 million gm cars. certain year chevy cobalts, pontiac g5s, saturn ions are at risk of shutdown because of this faulty ignition switch that can just totally turn the car off. mary barra, the ceo just took the top yob about two months ago. and this could be, in a matter of minutes here, the biggest challenge of her career. so let s go straight to capitol hill to cnn s poppy harlow, standing by just outside those doors. and so, the big question among many, why did gm, poppy, issue this recall now when the company knew about the problem back in 2004? that is the huge question. why did they not tell anyone about it, why did regulators not catch it. i don t know that we re going to get an answer to this today in this hearing. because we read the prepared
a critical point. and signing off. the latest running late night host says he s retiring. you re watching cnn newsroom. we want to welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. our top story, an underwater search for signs of malaysia airlines flight 370 is under way now in the indian ocean. all together 14 aircraft and nine ships will coma area of more than 240 kilometers. but right now they are towing pinger detectors. right now from perth, australia, matthew joins us. we know the batteries powering the signal they re listening for will soon go dead. reporter: yes. that s right. and that s why this new phase-in the search operation has really got under way now. the sub surface operation with the deployment of the submarine, with the australian vessel that has that sophisticated search technology attached to it as well and a british ship with similar capabilities, all working in conjunction with each other in a race against time, essentially, to try and find th
malaysia airlines has released the full transcript of the plane s final communication. here s what we know. the jet s sign off was not all right, good night. instead good night malaysian 370. at 12:26 a.m., air traffic control, ams 370 welcome over to ground. cockpit ams 370, good day. at 12:40 a.m. the plane gets the go ahead for takeoff. air traffic control 370, 32r cleared for takeoff. good night. the cockpit 32r, cleared for takeoff. ams 370, thank you. bye. 1:19 a.m. the last time anyone would hear from the plane. air traffic controlle. malaysia 370 contact, o chi minh 120.9. good night. cockpit, good night malaysian 370. it s unclear who said the last words. jim clancy has seen the transcript. tell us more. reporter: carol, you look at this and it really stands out. what this transcript shows us is that the conversation between the control tower and that cockpit of flight 370 was entirely routine. this transcript while it doesn t break new grounds may actually add t
happening now a situation room special report on the mystery of flight 370. new push back from the captain s daughter an a report on his state of mind. stay tuned for information about the possibility of a criminal act. with just days left until the locator pings are expected to fade. we ll have a live report at sea on what s expected in the desperate hours ahead. and a heartbreaking message to flight 370 families who are clinging to prayers and hope. an official chinese newspaper says it s time for them to accept the worst. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we expect search planes to take off any moment now in the frustrating race against the clock to find any trace of flight 370. more than three weeks after the plane vanished more mystery and more confusion today. authorities now say the final voice message to air traffic controllers wasn t exactly what we originally thought. and there are now new questions about whether the jet s flight path may have been