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Believe your life was in danger, you have the right to use -- to defend yourself, but you have to prove your life was in danger. >> the defense attorney is saying there is actually some evidence that the woman here, mcbride, had showed some signs of being out of sorts. showed up according to the autopsy with blood alcohol level of 0.218 at his home, so perhaps that was a contributing factor here as well. >> interesting case. well be following. parts of southwest florida will have a chance to d...

>> reporter: flash flooding sending a river of mud and debris through southern california, swallowing cars, campers and vans. >> its unbelievable. >> reporter: thunderstorms brought flash floods, rain coming down fast and furious. as much as 4 inches fell in just one hour. 48-year-old ju wan li was killed after the rushing waters swept his car away. the flooding cut off access to two mountain towns in san bernardino, east of los angeles. >> this is the worst we have had since at least 1969. >> r...

News now." with john muller and diana perez. >> hey. >> hey, hey. >> good morning on this thursday. good morning on this thursday. no, youre not seeing things. diana is back. welcome back. >> they told me it would be like riding my bike all over again. it feels good. >> you got some nerves like its your first day. >> got some blood going. >> you look fantastic. >> thank you. im so happy to be back. such an awesome crew. i cant say i forgot how nice everybody is here, but my gosh, we work with so...

Any more survivors. 24 people are now confirmed dead, but some of the bodies remain in that mound of thick mud and debris and rocks because its just too difficult for the rescuers to safely dig them out. as the operation slowly shifts from rescue to recovery, new questions are being raised about whether this tragedy could have been prevented. cnn correspondent bill weir is live in darington. bill, so it appears this area had a lot of very specific warnings going back to 1999. is that right? >> r...

Next guest says this could be plane debris, but there are hundreds of possibilities. why this particular location in the southern indian ocean can create a lot of false positives. what do we mean by that, well explain. also here at home, we have to talk about whats happening in washington state, after a landslide a couple years ago in 2006, officials invested millions in safety precautions. now you know the story, this devastating landslide. people were asking were warning signs ignored? the s...

Controlled or not controlled and bottom line, brooke, we have to get the boxes. thats really where were going to be able to piece it together. even after we have that, i still caution everyone, as kid very well knows, were looking at a yearlong investigation if not longer to answer the how and why. >> thank you both very much here. texts, e-mails, attempted phone calls to loved ones. this information, did you know, could still be on passenger cell phones on board the plane and provide a lot of i...

Partial ping. some aviation experts say could be triggered by a catastrophic event like the plane hiltittinge ocean. lets go to will ripley working the story for days. will ripley, great, they see the satellite imagery. tell me when they get the planes and boats out there to find this stuff. >> reporter: yeah, the planes are taking off about three hours from now, brooke. you can bet theyre going to be heading towards the area they think the debris field, possible debris field may be located in. ...

Possible for rescuing these people. >> i certainly do understand the focus on rescue now, but in light of that history that you mentioned, in light of a report in 1999 that warned of a potential for in the words of the report a large catastrophic failure, do you believe there were missed warning signals here? >> well, we dont know. thats what im telling you is we will get to the bottom of that question when we have time to thoroughly e value it but im dedicated 24 hours a day right to to rescue ...

>> she said they need help much beyond these first few weeks. >> its not going to get any easier. >> its not going to get easier. that is certainly it for us. thank you for joining us. mchalea pereira. >> im john berman. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com federation frustration and anger boiling over. and just when we thought ships and planes were closing in on a possible crash site, stormy weather has another idea, and shuts down todays...

Had to be dragged out by ropes themselves. >> by the way, a slury is a thick mud. at least six houses destroyed and many more damaged. residents said it happened in an instant. >> i was coming down the hill, i just saw the darkness. like somebody grab you. everything was gone. like three seconds. >> the fire chief described the scene as quicksand, still trying to reach people trapped in the mud. eight people rescued and taken to the hospital. how did this happen without any warning? a lot to do ...