Developments in the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight 370. First, entering a crucial new phase in the search for the 777. An american underwater drone known as the bluefin is right now more than 14,000 feet below the surface. Its been down there for about 12 hours mapping a small section of the south indian ocean. The question is, what will we see when it rises . Investigators also awaiting test results from an oil slick. The slick was detected sunday night about 3. 4 miles downwind from where the possible black box pings were detected and they are checking that oil to see if it was linked to the plane. In a moment, were going to speak live to captain Mark Matthews, whos leading the american effort. That cell phone tower in malaysia, where the copilots cell phone was detected. Now, heres the crucial thing as you can see from the map, the signal picked up after the plane turned off course and well after Radar Communications were disabled. Pamela brown is out front. What are you
He, quote, stepped right in it. Wolf blitzer reporting from washington. Both the islamist militants and the iraqi army. As advisers prepare to deploy to that country to help contain the crisis. We just learned the first of those advisers could arrive in iraq as early as tomorrow. President obama is also sending the secretary of state, john kerry, to the region. Hes heading out this weekend for meetings in europe and the middle east. Our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto will be traveling with the secretary this week. Theres a lot at stake. The key question is how far is the u. S. Going to go in squeezing the iraqis to get rid of Nuri Al Maliki . Theyre not going to do it publicly. Theyre going to do it subtlety. They dont want their fingers on a political regime change. He certainly didnt express a vote of confidence in maliki. I think thats whats happening. Its happening domestically as well. The ayatollah sistani, the revered leader of shias in iraq, saying today that
America looking weak in the face of evil. Im mike in for clayton, tony stuart back on the track just three weeks after killing another driver. Being back in the car this week with my family will help me get through this time. Is it too soap for him to be back in a race car . We report, you decide. Lets get started. Fox friends on this saturday starts right now. Hi, everybody. Well, good morning. Tucker, i havent seen you in months. Whats going on, my man . I have seen you. Oh, okay. Can i say thats the best dress you have ever worn. Its unbelievable. Everything tastes like pepto bismol. How about cotton candy . All right. Lets go ahead and get right to your saturday morning head lines. Joan rivers remains in serious condition now two days after going into cardiac arrest during vocal chord surgery in new york city. Her condition remains serious but she is receiving the best treatment and care possible. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts as we pray for her recovery. Th
Cdc to help fight ebola. Oversea, isis advances as they move within range of the baghdad airport. President obama today heading to Andrews Air Force base. Military officials ive spoken to think its possible isis could try and launch some sort into baghdad. Raise a flag and have a psychological impact. And crossing the line . A democrat running in texas defends a campaign ad against her wheelchairbound ad. If she wants to attack a guy in a wheelchair, she can. Wendy davis joins us right here to talk about it. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Were learning more about the dallas nurse whos become the latest e obbola victim. Nina pham. Pham received a blood transfusion monday from kent brantly. Health officials were quick to say the nurse is not to blame for catching the deadly virus. Shes a hero. Its the hospitals job to train her appropriately. That young lady is not to be blamed. That young lady is a hero and needs to be seen as such. Authorities in dallas have spra
Efforts, 60 miles high to the edge of space. Cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh joins us now. What do we know about what went wrong . Were still pulling in details about the exactly what happened. But heres what we can tell you. Ntsb have launched their go team. The National Transportation safety board . Correct. They have a team headeded in that direction to investigate. The faa is investigating this. As far as what happened, according to the faa, things went wrong at around 10 00 pacific time. That would be 1 00 our time here. They say Ground Control essentially lost contact with spaceshiptwo. We should remind folks at home that this is an experimental flight vehicle. On board were two pilots. We have the unfortunate news that one of the two people on board did not survive this. A little bit more about this vehicle, its intended as you mentioned off the top, the big picture here is to eventually take people who want to go and who can afford to go to space. Space tourism, its calle