Strategic positions. And in the United States, the lastminute rush to sign up for obamacare. Hello and welcome to cnn newsroom, im rosemary church. And im johnvause. Wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Wed like to begin with the new twist in the investigation of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. An if you believe official map of the era darr track raises new questions. Separately, a malaysian Government Official has told that the change of course is being considered a criminal act. Malaysia now says the last words from the plane were good night malaysian 370 not all right, good night as previously reported. Lets get the latest from search headquarters in perth, australia. We heard from the man coordinating this search just a little earlier, he was very down beat during that News Conference, really bringing home just how difficult and how long this search might take. Reporter and by long he said this is not a situation thats going to be resolved in a matter of weeks and he put it into perspective saying theyve got 12 planes up in the air today but theyre searching an area the size of ireland. That is a massive operation. Take a listen to what he said in the press conference. We will continue pursuing the search with much vigor. I have to say in my experience and i have got a lot of experience in searchandrescue over the years this searchandrecovery operation is probably the most challenging one i have ever seen. Reporter of course, the big problem is that we do not know exactly where the plane could be and so this is why the search area is so big. But its critical for these planes to try and find anything, any part of the plane, because once they have that piece of debris then they can bring in the specialist equipment to look for any wreckage that might be under the water. Until they get that debris, they really dont know where to locate the plane, where to really begin this search, john. One of the problems, too, it seems is that this seems to be like a search far needle in a garbage dump and they just keep coming up empty. Reporter yeah. I think the key here is that when you say looking for a needle in all of this, they dont even know that where that haystack is to begin with and so once they find that, then they can begin looking for the needle. But they havent even gotten to that point of locating where the general area is. This is where the planes are so critical but theyve been sight ago lot of objects but theyve turned out to be fishing equipment, even jellyfish or whale carcasses. Theres a lot of stuff floating out there and none of it has come from the plane. And we heard from Angus Houston there saying this will go on for quite a ways yet, but obviously things will change in the next week or so when the batteries on the socalled black boxes start to die and they no longer have the ping, the pinging sound. So is there a plan in place for when that actually happens about a week from now . Reporter i think theres certainly a plan in place but they havent given us any details. At this point they say theyre ramping up the search efforts hoping to find that debris. There is a window that is closing. Once the battery dies on the pinger and the flight data recorder it means it wont be able to be located with that pinger locater, thepl25. But it doesnt mean you cant find the plane, it just means it will take more time to bring in sonarscanning equipment to try and map out the seabed and look for unusual objects. But, again, its the size of the area thats the problem. Trying to use that kind of a sonar scan in an area the size of ireland is going to taken a extremely long time and thats why theyre trying to narrow it down as soon as possible right now. Very quickly, atika, the malaysian Prime Minister heading your way tomorrow. What can we read into that trip . Reporter well, i think its clear to australia has taken on a pivotal role here as the coordinator not just of the the search but also the investigation because, remember, anything that is found out in the indian ocean will be brought here to the port, free mantle, and this is where theyll try and physically assemble the pieces. It seems fitting the Prime Minister will come here, be briefed on the search. Legally malaysia is still responsible for the investigation, even though clearly it is asking for a lot of help from australia. Thank you, Atika Shubert live in perth, australia, with the latest on what will be a very long search by the looks of things. Thanks atika. And the australia vessel ocean shield is headed to the search area with equipment to detect pings from the flight data recorders. Will ripley is on a boat just off freemantle australia to tell us more. Will, the frustration is that until that search area is reduced significantly in size, none of that hightech equipment can be used to try to locate those black boxes, right . Reporter absolutely right, rosemary. But theyre moving the technology into the search area any way in hopes that perhaps by the time they arrive we might have better news on the front of recovering some verified debris if flight 370. The ocean shield has been sailing for about 19 hours. Were told theyre sailing into bad weather. Weather here right now sunny and relatively calm but i want to show you video that we took when we headed about 12 miles into the indian ocean earlier today off free mantle. This is considered a clear day but you see from the video that we took there were waves that splashed right up over the hull of the ship. Getting us wet on the upper decks, gets the windows wet as well. I emphasize, this is a clear day on the indian ocean and we were still getting thrown around quite a bit. Actually had to hold on at times because you could almost lose your footing as the boat is getting knocked around and we were also going relatively slowly, whereas the free mantle is traveling about 15 knots. So when youre moving more quickly through rough water and have waves that can be several stories high and as the depth of the water continues to get deeper and you have not only the waves but the surge above them it really is quite a tricky situation and a squeezesy situation for those 30 crew members on board. We were just told from from the Australia Defense force the ocean shield due to arrive in the search zone late thursday most likely friday at the latest. So theyre about a third of the way there already rosemary. Will, of course, the big concern, too, is the time is fast running out for those black boxes to continue emitting pings. Whats being said about that and is there, perhaps, a temptation to just give it a shot . Try to pick up something despite the enormity of the exercise . Were down a matter of days now and exactly how many days is really anybodys guess because, you know, even though we know how long the batteries tend to last, as you know, if you have a battery in a device at home sometimes the battery will drain more quickly or sometimes for whatever reason you get more life out of it. So obviously everyone is hoping that these batteries will have a longer life and perhaps we can go beyond these six or so days that we believe they have left because that would put us in a very difficult situation. They can utilize the technology, they can put the underwater ping locator in the water but, remember, it only has a radius of about 1. 6 kilometers, 1. 5 kilometers that can hear a ping being emitted so with a search area the size of poland your chances of being one mile from the plane are extremely low. Many challenges and many frustrations, will ripley reporting there just off freemantle australia. John . Now, the mystery of flight 370 continues to take a heavy toll on the families of the passengers. Many have gone to the malaysian capital looking for answers only to find more frustration. Paula hancock now reporting from from from kuala lumpur. Reporter praying for lost souls. Chinese relatives of the missing Airline Passengers seek refuge in a buddhist temple. Looking for comfort in the words of a monk. This woman says i really hope my husband and other passengers come home. The monk replies i hope theyll come back in peace. Of the 239 people on board the missing flight, 154 were chinese citizens. Chinese are kindhearted people, this relative says, but we can clearly distinguish between good and evil. We never forgive those who hid the truth and the criminal who delayed the rescue mission. These families traveled from beijing to kuala lumpur sunday to be closer to the investigation and they hope to information. Theyve accused malaysian officials of withholding information since the plane vanished more than three weeks ago, despite government claims theyre being transparent. They chant their demands. We want evidence, we want truth, we want our family. These families are physically and emotionally exhausted. Todays prayer was an attempt to try and find some peace in the midst of such tragedy. Paula hancocks, cnn, kuala lumpu lumpur, malaysia. It has been more than a week since the devastating landslide hit the u. S. State of washington. Still to come on cnn newsroom, well look at the fears which are now affecting recovery teams. Plus, russia pulls some troops from its boarder with ukraine. We will show you what it means for the balance of power on the ground. Stay with us. [ female announcer ] take skincare to the next level with roc® multi correxion® 5 in 1. Proven to hydrate dryness, illuminate dullness, lift sagging, diminish the look of dark spots, and smooth the appearance of wrinkles. High performance skincare™ only from roc®. And smooth the appearance of wrinkles. Your education is built to help move your career forward. Heres how we work with leading employers to learn what you need to learn so classes impact your career. While helping ensure credits youve already earned pay off. And we have Career Planning tools to keep you on track every step of the way. Plus the freshman fifteen, isnt really a thing here. And graduation, its just the beginning. Because we build education around where you want to go. So, you know, you can get the job you want. Ready, lets get to work. Welcome back to cnn newsroom. Glad you could be with us. While u. S. Markets rallied on monday, General Motors shares plunged almost 1 . Wall street is worrying about the companys handling of a recall of cars with faulty ignition switches. Gm ceo will testify before congress. In particular, shell be asked why the automaker did not announce that recall sooner. 13 deaths have been linked to the design flaw and on monday gm recalled another 1. 3 million vehicles for another reason, this time sudden loss of power steering. Russian president Vladimir Putin says hes ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from the border with ukraine. Western leaders are reacting with caution to this as phil black reports, the number of troops falling back may not make any difference on the ground. Reporter news of russias withdrawal came not from the kremlin but from germany where berlins account of the phone conversation between Vladimir Putin and the german chancellor Angela Merkel says putin committed to pulling back soldiers from the Ukrainian Border. But how many . Russias Defense Ministry announced that one motorized Infantry Battalion have finished exercises meer the border and was going home. A battalion is almost certainly less than a thousand soldiers. Nato believes there are more than 40,000 russian soldiers positioned along the Ukrainian Border at a high state of readiness so its going to take the pullback of more than just one single battalion to satisfy the United States ongoing demand for deescalation along the border. Meanwhile, russias president , dmitry medvedev, has vid ted crimea. Hes the highest ranking official to fly in and his visit is yet another power shl message that russia has no intention of giving crimea back to ukraine despite Ongoing International condemnation. Phil black, cnn, moscow. Despite reports that russia is withdrawing its troops from the border, government sources in kiev tell cnn that russian soldiers are not backing away but rather repositioning to the north. Meantime, russias state News Agency Reports that one Infantry Battalion was returning to base in russias samarra region, thats hundreds of kilometers away from the boarder with ukraine. And as cnn reports from the ukrainian side of the border, the military is on alert. Reporter all the diplomatic maneuvering seem far removed from whats going on here on the ground. Throughout the day the Ukrainian Army has been preparing for the worst. The russian boarder is just a few minutes drive that way and throughout the day the military have been pulling up Armored Vehicles and tanks, digging them in to strategic positions. Take this, for example, the64 tank built in the soviet era but still very much one of the Ukrainian Armys main battle weapons. I cant show you for strategic reasons, but across there, lower lying ground and a bridge. The Ukrainian Army say their order to to defend that bridge or blow it up if the russians roll in. Theyre taking the threat of a possible invasion very seriously. In part of the same battle unit as that tank this, another armored vehicle. Its got a cannon on top of it, again, pointing towards the russian border, an area where the Ukrainian Army say russian tanks will have to come if they decide to advance in other positions as well weve seen antiaircraft guns because the ukrainians know the russians also have attack helicopters. Now, while the ukrainian soldiers are taking very seriously their preparations for war, theres also great sense of disbelief. Why . Because the ukrainian and russian militaries have for years, since soviet times, in fact, trained together, theyve studied in the same military academies and they still very much see one another as brothers in arms so they really cant grasp that right now theyre staring at one another down the barrels of a gun. Cnn on the ukrainian russian border. Russias top natural gas company, gosprom, plans to hike its rates for ukraine by almost 44 . The move marks the end of a discount agreement that was reached before ukraine announced that its moscow backed president and russia annexed crime. Gosprom says ukraines bill stands at almost 2 billion. Rescue workers continue to dig through mud and debris in the u. S. State of washington. 24 people are now confirmed dead from last months rainsoaked landslide and the toll is expected to rise. Of the identified victims, the youngest, four months old and the oldest was 71. Recovery teams are starting to rory about sewage and chemicals in that muck and are taking precautions to keep Hazardous Materials from escaping the disaster area. Its coming up to 3 20 on a Tuesday Morning on the east coast of the United States. 3 20 tuesday afternoon in perth, australia, and right now the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is taking place in the air and on the ocean surface. And we will show you why that may end up being the easier part of the mission. Thats next. Well, malaysias Prime Minister arrives in australia tomorrow to check on Search Operations for flight 370. 11 aircraft are looking for debris from the missing boeing 777 in the Southern Indian ocean, some getting a predawn start. Night ships are in the area, one of them has a remote underwater vehicle and a black box locator ready to be deployed if, in fact, any objects from the plane are found. Lets take a closer look at the multinational effort under way. It involves 21 countries, the Washington Post has compiled this nationbynation list of resources. On the far right of your screen is malaysia. It is providing 18 planes and 27 ships, the most of any country, which makes sense, of course. Mow the u. S. Has assigned three planes, two ships, two helicopters and a satellite to the operation. And singapore is even providing a submarine. During todays News Conference in perth, the chief koord in thor said Search Operations could drag on for a very long time. Even so a u. S. Commander on board one deployed ship says air and sea teams remain optimistic despite all the challenges. I was talking to one of the air crew yesterday and they can confirm every time they go out they have near 100 certainty that the area they covered is completely searched. So every time they go out, they can confirm that certainty. So at this point its just getting to the different places that we have not searched yet. You just keep at it and you keep at it and this is what we do. This is what we train for. These planes by nature are built for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and Antisubmarine Warfare as their primary mission so theyre used to looking for small objects. Thats what they do. So there is a lot of enthusiasm still. The air crews everyday they go out there and are really positive. So some encouraging twlords from commander william marks. The big question is what happens once they find some of the debris from flight 370. Of course at that point the search gets really tricky and even more time consuming as anton foreman shows us. Reporter all of the searching so far up in the South China Sea over the malacca straits into the edge of the Southern Ocean has been part of just the first search. The search for one solid clue to tell them where to look underwater. The search above water can be fairly fast. Were off the coast of australia now, theyve been moving through those areas over there that theyve d