Were following breaking news. The pentagon now preparing two dive teams and a Reconnaissance Aircraft to take part in the search for the airasia flight. Thats according to a defense official source and bodies and wreckage from the plane have now been recovered. The search for airbus a320 is continuing fueled by what indonesia Officials Say looks like a plane. Andrew stevens begins our coverage in surabaya indonesia, where the flight originated. Andrew give us the latest. Reporter he willwell just a few hours ago, military vessels were on site and more were steaming in and the recovery operation was continuing. Obviously they have been pulling out more bodies and theyve also been pulling out more wreckage briana. But here in surabaya an absolutely harrowing day for the families. Their worst fears coming true. Reporter rescue teams worked to retrieve bodies and debris from airasia 8501. The wreckage was found about 60 miles from the planes last known location over the java sea. Its an ex
And several yemenee civilians. Are we closer to getting more answers . Plus, suing the president a wine bar in d. C. Claiming the power of the president s office is giving one of his businesses an edge over theirs. Do they have a case . Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Good afternoon and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We do have breaking news now in our politics lead. Fbi director james comey is on capitol hill right now meeting with top lawmakers. Lets bring in cnns senior congressional reporter manu raju. Manu, with whom is the fbi director meeting and what are they meeting about . Reporter well, jake, we know that its the top eight members in congress who deal with intelligence matters. That means four republicans, four democrats, and the house and the senate, the leadership, they get these roughly quarterly briefings about some of the major investigations that the fbi is currently undertaking. What we know right now is that one of the investigations, of course, is russia
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Were targeted or assassination. Alabama congressman mo brooks was there and used his belt as a tourniquet to help the wounded lobbyist. Hes given some of the most riveting accounts of this mornings horror. Well, i was on the third base side of home plate getting ready to have batting practice and the first shots were pretty much past the third base dugout, maybe 10 or 15 feet, hard 0 ascertain for sure. Im looking is the at it from an angle. I heard the big bethlehem and i thought it was a car backfiring till i see the rifle barrel. A white male taking careful aim at congressman, staffers, whoever he could get ahold of. I spoke just moments ago with another republican congressman at the field who was leaving just before the shooting who says he is certain he saw the shooter. He said the shooter approached the car and asked weathered those were democrats or republican out there on the field practicing. Well bring that you interview with ron detan toes in a moment. I want to begin with s
Arthel we begin with the air and sea search underway now for seven american sailors missing for 24 hours after a collision between a u. S. Navy destroyer and a japanese container ship off the coast of japan. The warship was heavily damaged in the crash, and crews still cannot reach parts of the vessel. Lucas tomlinson joins us live from the pentagon. Hi, lucas. Reporter hi, arthel. Well, its sunday morning in japan, just after dawn, and the search continues. But already some officials are fearing the worst, that some of those seven missing sailors were trapped and unable to escape from those compartments which flooded after hitting a 700foot cargo ship which was headed into port before turning around for some reason. It flooded two birthing compartments where dozens of american sailors were sleeping at 2 30 a. M. Local time. There was also flooding in the auxiliary space and the ships radio room. The Commanding Officers tateroom was also stateroom was also damaged. Its been a tough day