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They are ruling out terrorism as a possible cause. russian divers have located a large piece of the military planes hull 90 feet deep in the black sea. our cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance is live in moscow. matthew, how do they know this? give us the details behind the findings. >> reporter: well, they dont know this yet. they have launched an investigation, that they havent yet found the black box flight recorders. they found bits of the fuselage of this plane that crashed...

The search screen right was headed to syria with 92 people on board including a famous russian armiy chiefrment kitty logan, has more on the crash, hello? >> reporter: as you sea investigators do believe it was not likely to be an accident. we saw that the search teams are looking for the crucial black boxes. wreckage is scattered over a large area. and you now the russian transport minister said the cause more likely to be a technical or pilot error. other therryes could be a poor fult gault or...

Snow, as much as three feet deep snow, and she was very played out and frostbitten. fingers and feet, when she was located early this morning. >> reporter: further west, christmas morning mudslides. four families in southern california evacuated when water started coming through the halls, destroying this home. meanwhile at the airport, fliers happy with holiday rates and less traffic, hoping it to get 30,000 feet above any problems below. >> im not worried about the storms, because im going to ...

Patti ann: some of those were amusing, but some pretty upsetting. well, the prosecution in the robert durst murder case says witnesses are scared to testify, with good reason. well tell you their solution to the problem coming up. eric: searchers are scouring miles of ocean after that russian military plane that was headed to syria went down in the black sea. what they think did go wrong. >> translator: as we know, the main versions so far do not include an act of terrorism, so we think that t...

Course the cause of the clash is likely to be a technical fault or pilot error. it crashed just a few minutes after taking off from sochi. the recovery efforts are planned to be continuing for some time. critical comments coming days after turkey lost 17 troops trying to recapture a syrian border town. nearly 40 have been killed since august. no reaction yet to the complaints from the united states or their allies. something that president trump will have to say about it. >> one of the first i...

Russian officials now say pilot error or technical issue could be to blame for a military plane crash that killed 92 people, all 92 people on board. theyve ruled out terrorism as a possible cause. today, russia is observing a national day of mourning, remembering those victims. our matthew chance is live in moscow with the latest. what have we learned so far? >> poppy, weve not learned that much yet because were still really at the start of the investigation. we understand in the past few hours,...

Defense ministry and was carrying not just ordinary russian troops on board to the russian air base in syria but members of the russian official army choir, known around the world as the red army choir. and it performance internationally. and was expected to give, and was supposed to be giving a new years eve concert to the troops in syria, the russian traps that are stationed there. in terms of the investigation, theyve located big parts of the plane, apparently. we understand they havent locat...

Is still underwater. the russian defense ministry says its search teams today found two parts of the plane and specialist divers discovered 11 bodies. now, there are still 45 ships searching that area. recovery workers are also using helicopters, drones and submarines. an intense effort, but there is still no sign of those crucial black boxes which are likely to be on the seabed. of course, gregg, investigators will need those night recorders to find out what happened to the plane. >> more what ...

Eric: man, oh, man, heavy snow hammering parts of arizona as you can see there. a powerful storm made its way through the state, 14 inches of snow fell in the flagstaff area, but the gift of a white christmas also causing hot of problems on the roads. -- lots of problems on the roads. reports of multiple car crashes and road closures around northern arizona as well as a lot of people getting stranded in their vehicles. the heavy snow shutting down the east and westbound lanes of interstate 40. t...

Pilot error as the main version of events to account for the sudden loss of the russian aircraft over the black sea. just a few minutes after it took off. perhaps he softened a bit on the idea that not all investigations into the possibility of terrorism have been closed. in the russian state media, a lot of speculation and articles when an aircraft drops off radar, it is not wise to rule out terrorism quickly before the investigation is completed. that investigation is nowhere near completed. v...