your "new day" continues right now. good morning. welcome back to "new day." i'm michaela pereira. breaking overnight, new developments in the search for flight 370. >> officials are focussing on a specific area not far from where kate baldwin joining us live from perth to explain. >> reporter: malaysian officials cutting off their search of the northern corridor now focussing solely on the southern corridor. why? the perth air force base is the heart of the search. now the conditions are so dangerous, the flight of 370 has been put on hold. the search area hit with powerful winds, large waves, heavy rain and importantly low cloud cover. visibility almost zero. also new the malaysian ambassador for china appeared inside the hotel in beijing