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Wooden pallet and straps were spotted. planes now returning to their base in perth, australia after finding no signs of flight 370. the search area now nearly 23,000 square miles, that poseidon crusade conditions were terrible today with low cloud ceilings and poor visibility. we want to turn now to cnns andrew stevens who is in perth, australia. how bad the weather and how can they actually operate if they didnt see anything? >> reporter: the weather is bad, and worse is expected to come, candy...

Such a challenge. andrew stevens in perth watching there. thanks. i spoke with lieutenant commander adam chance, the officer in charges of p-8 poseidon helping search. he flew one of the first missions in kuala lumpur and overseeing the mission in perth. lieutenant commander joining me. thank you for jumping on the phone, i know youre very busy overseeing operations in perth. we know weather was a big problem yesterday in perth. today were told conditions are quite a bit better. how would you ...

This storm system creating holiday weather travel havoc. millions of travelers plan to be on the move today. rain and snow clogging packed roadways. rick is back with your travel forecast. hi, rick. >> gretchen, a lot of those roadways that are wet are going to freeze quickly. when the cold front comes through, its going to drop the temperatures down rapidly. be prepared for that if youre driving later on tonight or tomorrow morning. airport delays, right around an hour across new york city. new...

The plane broke into pieces and went newspaper flames. it happened as it was about to land. the plane tore through trees, snapped a power pole and went down in a field. the crash site litters with u.p.s. packages, burned wires and fuselage. the officials say there were several explosions likely from the jet fuel. >> it shook the whole house, i mean it shook. maybe 15 minutes after that, you could hear it shake again. thats when i looked out the bedroom window and saw the smoke. >> witnesses repo...

Throughout the morning. low cloud ceilings. investigators say at this point its way too early to speculate on what brought down flight 1354. right now on the left side of your screen you are looking at live pictures from our crew on site just off the airport property. you can see that there are no homes in the immediate area where the plane went down. its a grassy field just outside the airport perimeter fence. trees and power lines were knocked down and the two pilots onboard the aircraft, the ...

So still a few things to watch here across the central u.s. also yesterday a number of storm reports scattered across a large area. hail and wind reports. no tornado reports. did want to mention a few areas this morning dealing with thunderstorms through central southern illinois and now getting in towards indianapolis. so this morning, maybe dealing with that even through far western kentucky depending on what time you are leaving for work. a few other areas we could see redevelopment in throug...

Back towards new york city, low cloud ceilings. tomorrow, better chance for showers there. d.c., rain the next couple of days. ♪ its a new day

Durbin. democrats turn reconciliation -- turn to it to pass health care. and could that backfire. first a quick check at the forecast. >> i want to get you set for the day as far as chances for travel issues, in a few areas of the east coast. nothing too major. light snow early this morning, switching to light rain. 37 degrees right now. really windy right now. and some of the snow on the radar, pushing out to the eastern reaches of cape cod. dealing with rain and low cloud ceilings. and enough ...

Good evening, sir or good morning i should say to you. >> good morning. >> what is the flying weather like right now? >> right now its clear here. low cloud ceilings on the search area, we are expecting good weather today and should be good conditions for a visual search. >> what is so good about the p. 8? i have been studying a little bit its a modified 737 as best i can see. why it is the ideal aircraft to do this search? >> its reliable. it gives an opportunity to cover a lot of ground. we ar...

Morning i should say to you. >> good morning. >> what is the flying weather like right now? >> right now its clear here. low cloud ceilings on the search area, we are expecting good weather today and should be good conditions for a visual search. >> what is so good about the p. 8? i have been studying a little bit its a modified 737 as best i can see. why it is the ideal aircraft to do this search? >> its reliable. it gives an opportunity to cover a lot of ground. we are able to cover roughly ab...