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Rainfall has hit a record two days running. At least a foot has fallen yesterday on top of the more than 15 inches that fell the day before. The rain there has been so heavy that the Associated Press is reporting that more rain has fallen on pensacola in this one storm than has fallen in los angeles in the past two years. In fact, investigators are assessing whether the flooding is a factor in last nights apparent gas explosion in nearby Escambia County prison. Two inmates are dead and more than...

Well ask our guest, australias ambassador to the u. S. , have the malaysians dropped the ball . And white house on edge. A senior obama official tells me they are, quote, very concerned, unquote. Russian troops may attempt another land grab and that could be eminent. So what is putins next move . Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with the mystery of flight 370 and the 239 people on board that it was carrying and it enters its third week. Were getting a cl...

Many of their family members stage add protest today in the streets of beijing, demanding more answers from the malaysian government. Other families in ma lalaysia voiced concerns right to the transportation minister. He will not give false hope and will continue the search as long as there are love ones to be found. Bring in our panelist here in new york, tim taylor, operations specialist. Tim on the end, a cnn aviation analyst and former boeing 77 captain and justin green, an aviation attorney...

About the next step in nigeria and ukraine. Shinseki orders a wide ranging view of practices in va hospitals around the current. But the question surrounding deaths of those of phoenix hospital days before he faces lawmakers on capitol hill. Well take you live to arizona for the very latest on a growing scandal. And very good friday to you, im Kristen Welker in washington. Vladimir putin is making his first visit to crimea since his country annexed the region from ukraine arriving by boat. The v...

Australian officials leading the operation say they are worth investigating and ships are on the way to the area now. Several other objects turned out to be Fishing Equipment and trash. One escapable fact on everyones mind, the battery life on the flight recorder pingers is running out. Theres only about a week left. Because of that critical deadline, an australian ship carrying a pinger locater and other search equipment leaves for the zone in several hours, expected to arrive there thursday. A...

Phone rings. Flying in the wrong direction, here are the latest developments. According to a radar data flight 370 inexplicably veered from its flight path, essentially flying for another hour before the contact was lost. The identifying transponder codes stopped sending which could mean a catastrophic power loss or somebody turned them off our correspondents will bring you the kind of coverage that cnn can deliver. We bring you to kuala lumpur. Andrew, why did it take four days to find this cri...

Hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. In nigeria, they just want their daughters back. The parents are speaking out about the horrifying ordeal. In an swlexclusive interview, a father described looking for his two daughters and realizing they were gone. When i went into the school compou compound, nobody will ever stand it. You will see their dresses cut out all over. And everything was burned into ashes. So the watchman told us they have gone with our daughters. Were not revealing h...

Breaking news, german chancellor Angela Merkel is at the white house for a high stakes meeting with president obama. One focus russias tightening grip against ukraine. In the last hour the president declared the u. S. And germany united and sent another stern warning to moscow. We are united in our determination to impose costs on russia for its actions as Ukrainian Forces move to restore order in Eastern Ukraine, it is obvious to the world that these russianbacked groups are not Peaceful Protes...

Syria have launched one of their most daring assaults, seizing a major city. This time saddam husseins hometown of tikrit, the city overrun just a day after insurgents took control of iraqs second biggest city, mosul. Hundreds of thousands of residents are running from their homes. Police have been laying down their arms, trying to change into civilian clothes, all in an effort to escape the worst carnage to strike iraq in nearly a decade. Cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto i...

Read. What will it mean for Hillary Clintons president ial run . And what happens to the players not taken in the first first round . At least they have their worldclass educations to fall back on, right . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The closing bell is ringing. Now on to our world lead, you could fit the size of the u. S. Response to the nigeria kidnappings on a city bus and still have plenty of seats left. About 11 military personnel from the u. S. Africa Com...