Link the debris to mh370. Special equipment from the United States. In australia now racing to the search sight. A toad pinger and its mission, to find the black box before the pingers stop. All of it in the size of denver, colorado. Are we any closer to finding flight 370. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me this morning. Breaking news and a significant headline in the search for flight 370. A very large possible debris field has been spotted. With clear weather today, more planes and ships are joining the search. Heres what we know. This latest lead comes from french satellite images taken on sunday. 122 objects spotted. Some are three feet in length. Some almost 75 feet, about the same size as the wing of a boeing 777. Now, theyre scattered across an area the size of denver, colorado. Almost 1600 miles off the coast of australia. It is a new glimmer of hope on this 19th day of the search but the urgency only grows as the batteries on those flight recorders slowly die. Just over ten days from now the pings designed to help search crews locate them will start fading away. For more on where this new debris field was found, lets check in with tom foreman. Take it away, tom. Hi, carol. This is an exciting moment in this search if it pance os out. Look at these images. Youre talking about not only more pieces but a degree of them being together, a continuity here that matters because theyre together and because there are small pieces. One of the concerns all along is that big pieces will tend to sink more, but all the small pieces fit the profile of things like asset cushions, things like that. Theyll have to see if thats what it is. It fits the profile of what happens when planes hit the water. Look at the reassembled wreckage of the tsa flight from in new york years ago. Look how many small pieces were involved along with some big pieces. Tragic images to look at but instructive to the searchers as they look for that debris field and try to get in close and take a look at it. Now though begins, as you were suggesting there, really a race against time because this area is just all the southern end or off the southern tip of the search area theyve been looking for. Thats where they found this debris. Now they have to do some reverse engineering here. This is how it works. Remember, what theyve done and they had this image of the plane coming here, this idea that might have come here. Theyve essentially gridded off the search area. What they must do now is reverse engineer where this debris, if it turns out to be the right thing, where it was a couple of weeks ago because we have to look at drift patterns. What theyre looking for is a clue whether or not this plane had shifted to the left or to the right because if you look at the target zones for where it would have hit, some search areas are more likely than others. We made them red here. If it ran out of fuel early, if it depleted all of its area early, were talking about the main location for the bulk of things that would have sunk at the top end of that search area. If they analyze drift patterns, if this is the right stuff, there are a lot of ifs here, thats all anybody has to work with now, if it had a much longer fuel load, one that lasted longer, and a longer glide because a plane like this can glide for more than 200 miles, then youd be looking under the water with those special pingers and things way down at the southern end of this load. By the way, weve made this big so that you can see it here, but this plane within this overall search area would be nothing but a spec. So, carol, right now a race is on. First, to get to this debris and figure out if its the right stuff. Secondly, to do the math to figure out if it is the right stuff, where did it come from because thats where the bulk of the plane would be under the water. That search has to go on. Great. Tom foreman, many thanks. Lets check in with lieutenant dave levy. A spokesman for the u. S. Navy seventh fleet. Welcome, sir. Thank you, carol. Thanks for having me on. Thanks for being here. We appreciate it because we know how involved you are in this search. This new satellite image with 122 pieces of debris, have you seen it yet . Carol, no, i havent seen it. Im aware of the reports, but i have not seen the imagery as of yet. Well, tell me how that works. Do you guys get images satellite immachblgs and then look for something in the water that matches it . Well, what it is is the air crews from, for example, our p. A. , were working with Australian Authorities that have the lead for this will be assigned a search area. So based on whatever information the Australian Authorities have that are leading the search, they will assign, for example, our unit where to go and search. But are you looking like lets say tomorrow you get images, these new satellite images of this debris field, will not you in particular because you may be searching in a different part of the ocean for all i know, but do you search for patterns that are depicted in these satellite images . Well, we get assigned a grid. It will be a grid system thats laid out. This is a true multinational effort. You know, weve got aircraft from china, japan, south korea, and everybodys assigned certain areas so depending on what area were assigned, well do our little search pattern in the search box that we have and report back if, in fact, we see anything. So we know two american planes up in the air, a p8 and the navy p3. Theyve covered an amazing area, 220,000 nautical square miles. How much more ground do you have to cover . Well, it depends on where we get assigned for the with the air tasking order from the australians who are leading the search. Its just its just where we get assigned and if the boxes move and the boxes shift, we just take the sector that were given and we conduct our search pattern accordingly. Its a long flight. Its a ten hour flight from takeoff to landing and, you know, we make our way out there, we do the search, and hopefully we find something and report it and make our way back. Lieutenant david lev y, thank you so much. John gogly, the National Transportation safety board, he joins me now. Good morning. Lets talk about these new satellite images a bit more. They show 122 potential objects in one area. Some are bright and they look like solid objects. How hopeful should we be . Well, there is a lot of debris in the ocean. You always have to look at it with a little bit of caution, but it is encouraging and they have so many pieces concentrated in a small area so that if i think all of us are hopeful that this is debris from the airplane. I hope so. Would wreckage of the plane float together after the storms and so mean days. These images were taken on march 23rd. Sometimes they will Stay Together and, actually, we have no guarantee that theyve been floating around that long. The airplane may have broken up and these objects may still be in the airplane and the storm may have actually broken them loose so, you know, its its yet to be seen exactly why they ended up where they are but lets hope they are pieces from the airplane. Over the last several days weve reported similar stories, that satellite images showed some debris and everybody was hopeful and then nothing was found. How optimistic are you that one day soon someone will manage to spot something in the ocean and be able to retrieve it . Well, if we are unsuccessful with this effort and we dont locate the boxes, you know, we will get reports months, even years later when people, fisher men are out there and they pull up their nets and there are pieces in their nets and that will be a clue. So its the highlighting of the area and its keeping the item fresh in everybodys mind in the area, the local people in the area that may use those waters that can help us in the future. There is an australian ship that will soon be on the way to the general area where these satellite images are picking up debris. That ping detector, do you think theyll get there in time . 30 days is what the law says that the pinger has to continue to work. It could be 33, it could be 35 days so we could get lucky with a little cushion and help us have a bigger window to search for this recorder, but well have to wait and see. John goglia, many thanks. Thank you for having me. 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Talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. We are farmers. Call 18004708502 and see how much you can save. The search for flight 370 is nearing the end of its 19th day. With no sign of the plane or its passengers, the first legal steps are now underway toward a lawsuit against the airline and the planes manufacturer. It comes on behalf of the father of one of those passengers. Johns son furman, thats him right there, a young man, 24 years old. He worked for an American Oil Company in china. He was a passenger aboard flight 370. Mr. Syragard, his father, has hired a chicagobased attorney. He wants an illinois judge to force Malaysian Airlines and boeing to provide information about the planes batteries, fire and oxygen systems and fuse is he laj. Jim is in kuala lumpur. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, carol. You know, this is the first case like this that we have seen. Malaysian authorities, Malaysian Airlines, no comment about this thus far. Many would regard it as premature, but, remember, its these kinds of cases often that can turn up evidence later on if some parts of the debris, the fuselage is recovered. This is what were talking about. After all, these are the first steps being taken and really this is on behalf of the family of a passenger on board that flight. They want evidence of corrosion and fractures in the fuselage. That, of course, could lead to depressurization. That could cause the plane to crash. They also want details on the planes construction. They want to know about the batteries used and as you noted, fire and oxygen systems on board the 777. They also want to identify the trainers the crew trainers and the evaluators of pilots on Malaysian Airlines. Not clear how thats going to work out. In addition to that they want to ensure that they get some u. S. Investigators in there. They dont want to depend on malaysian investigators or the investigators of any other country to get in here. Its unclear to me, im not an expert on International Law, how that will work. Finally, they note that they want access to the raw evidence should it be forthcoming from the woods hole oesh shee ceanog institute. Significant. Were seeing the first legal action. What will be the reaction . Some people will see it as a positive step that will force the airlines and boeing to open up. Boeing hasnt said anything publicly on this case. Thats frustrated some people. Boeing says, well, there may be a lawsuit later on. Were not required to make any comment, but that has frustrated some people as they have tried to discover what it might have been that brought down this plane if, indeed, that is what happened. Carol . Well, these kinds of lawsuits have been filed in previous catastrophes. In essence what this lawsuit seeks to do is open up an independent investigation, right . Exactly. It wants to open up an independent investigation, but it will be viewed differently by others who say this does nothing to help us locate the plane. This is only a group of lawyers in chicago that have located the money, the source of the money, boeing, and they are suing them. But as you just said, it does open up the investigation. It would put u. S. Eyeballs on the ground. Now the fbi is already here. The faa is already here. The ntsb is already here, and all of them are said to be sharing data learning from one another with the malaysian authorities, carol. Thats true, but we dont know how much information malaysian authorities are handing over to u. S. Investigators and, of course, part of this lawsuit they want all of that information so they can conduct an investigation independent of malaysian authorities. But were going to get much more into this in the 10 00 a. M. Eastern hour of newsroom. Jim clancy, thank you. First, dramatic Helicopter Rescue in washington. 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Its a harrowing scene as rescuers pull a 4yearold boy out of the mud from saturdays landslide in washington. Look at that. This little boy was stuck in he was stuck in the mud. It was past his knees. You can see his rescue workers pull this little guy out. The mud gripped him so tightly his pants came off when he was finally freed. The little boys mother came to get him after he was taken to the hospital and unfortunately his father and three siblings are among those still missing. Now making this rescue effort so difficult, the sheer amount of mud and debris that came crashing down. The image on the left before the landslide and on the right after. The entire hillside now gone taking an entire town with it. And for the families hoping for news of their missing loved ones, the wait is devastating. George howe has more for you. If youve seen the maps and youve seen the extent of the devastation and the consistency of the mud, i can tell you with great soundness theyre not going to find my parents, daughter or her family. Theyre gone. Its almost like planning a funeral for loved ones without any knowledge that theyre gone. Shes beyond hope that her parents along with her daughter delaney and fiance alan are alive. It might be weeks or ever if they find our people so today is the first day that were getting there. Were going to go and just be with our people and grieve together. Their only focus now is to come together as a family. For nicole, that means getting as close to her parents and her daughter as possible, their home undoubtedly demolished in the disaster zone. So they allowed us to follow them to the place where nicole grew up in darrington arriving at a community shelter. This family finds some comfort. Its fabulous to be with people from the community and see how theyre supporting each other, to hold people that knew my daughter. She was a cheerleader at Darrington High School in 2010. Its just good. Its healing. Reporter they came here to see these volunteers offering help to other families who have been affected and to ask simple but now complicated questions. Nicoles aunt wants to know how to close her brothers affairs. What do i do now . What if they dont recover my brothers body . What do i do . Reporter amongst all the uncertainty, the decisions and wondering, they reflect on a bit of solace. It would be great seeing his body, but i understand if we cant. If we cant, theyre in the right spot. They actually had plans to have a family funeral plot on their place. My brother and sister love that place so if they had to go and stay, thats where theyd be. Reporter george howell, cnn, darring darrington, washington. A construction worker was left on the upper balcony of a burning apartment complex. Take a look at this. You can see him there dangling. He jumped to the balcony below. He was trying to escape the flames as firefighters raced to get a ladder close enough to get him down. Nervous onlookers recorded it all from another building. Hell, yes. Oh, thank jesus. Thank you, god. If we do that, the man was rescued with seconds to spare. Officials believe the fire was accidentally started by welders working on the roof and moments after that rescue took place you can see the entire building, the top half of it collapses. Unbelievable. The secret service once again at the center of controversy this morning. Three agents have been sent home after one of them actually passed out drunk in an Amsterdam Hotel following a night of drinking. They were part of the group preparing for president obamas visit there this week. An Agency Spokesman tells cnn an investigation is underway. Were learning about their actions on the same day the president heads to belgium. Officials say a suspicious package found near a bus stop turned out to be a for