that front, david? wolf, the very latest is, i mean, yes, you call it denial, but they see it as clinging on to hope. they say they haven t seen any direct evidence that this plane went down. so still they believe their loved ones might be alive. the trauma of waiting. for weeks hundreds of family members of those on board flight 370 have been stuck in a hotel in beijing, a pressure cooker of grief and emotion. when they were told the plane went down, some via text message, it was overwhelming. then grief boiled over into anger. these families have banded together and leaders like steve wang have emerged. without physical evidence, he believes his mother could still be alive. but the wait is weighing on them all. well, it is a hard time. all of us are exhausted, both mental and physical. but we just have to wait. reporter: retired u.s. air force colonel gordon peters has deep experience helping families deal with trauma. he calls the situation terrible. they have no c
planemaker. they don t want your sympathy. what they want is answers to their questions. you re live in the cnn newsroom. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. i m carol costello. thank you for joining me. right now 75 million americans find themselves in the path of a storm system that is both sprawling and deadly. oh, jesus. there s cars that have been tossed. the violent weather first erupted yesterday killing at least 29 people in six states. weather experts had warned of the growing threat for days, but the ferocity erupted with shocking speed. this alabama fire station torn apart as the rig sat parked. and a meteorologist in tupelo, mississippi, pleaded with viewers to take cover until the approaching threat forced him to follow his own advice. this is a tornado ripping through the city of tupelo as we speak. and this could be deadly. let s go tower cam. basement, now. let s go. let s go. now. frightening situation. cnn has dispatch repor
reporter: kate, we have fresh information for you. we have heard from local police here in jindo, south korea. the deputy principle of that school where most of these high school students were from, has been found dead just by the gymnasium where many of the families are wait for news of their relatives. local police saying he was found hanging from a tree. another tragedy to add to this one. we re going into the third night here. relatives sitting by the water desperately looking out to sea wondering whats has happened to their loved ones. this morning, divers in south korea have finally made their way into the ship s hull. the ship now completely submerged under choppy seas, the strong currents in murky water making any rescue efforts nearly impossible. rescuers this morning pumping oxygen into the ship in the hopes of providing air to anyone inside who may be alive. but the desperate families wait for answers, it s not enough. they re pleading with authorities to do more
answers. you have been tweeting your questions by the thousands and we have experts standing by to answer them for you like this from sara. how long would it take for the plane to sink and how far would the drift be? i want to get right to the search zone. let s start with you joe johns. we talked about that search zone. that it was narrowed. it has been a month for the investigation and the government revealed new information about the plane s disappearance from radar. what did we learn, joe? i think we learned three things. first, we are learning malaysian air force search aircraft were dispatched soon after the airline reported its plane was missing. malaysian government officials, however, are denying any type of jets were scrambled. so there s room for clarification on that. the second thing we are learning is the aircraft apparently dipped twoon 5,000 and 4,000 feet during its travels, not clear whether it was the result of some trouble or if it was done by the pilo
examining them? and in the politics lead, much like the shoe hurled at her nothing begin, how a scrappy group of up starts turns 25 bucks here, 50 bucks there into millions of dollars to support a clinton presidency. good afternoon, everyone. i m jake tapper. welcome to the lead. we ll begin with the world lead. very confident. that s the opinion of australia s prime minister about whether four signals picked up by u.s. navy equipment are from flight 370 s plaqblack boxes. it s now been five full weeks since 239 souls disappeared, 237 of them passengers. it was announced that all of the passengers had been cleared of any role in the disappearance. yet, today in the contradiction of the investigation, they were told that everyone on board remains under suspicion as it stands. families met with airline officials today and they came away unconvinced of any real progress. sarah bajc said all of this back and forth is taking a serious emotional toll on the families. every