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Objects in the southern indian ocean. No one in the mudslides path have been found alive since saturday. Officials now believe up to 24 people are dead. With scores still missing. Were going at this hard to get everybody thats out there thats missing. An absolute monster storm system off the coast of new england. Blizzard conditions at times expected Downeast Maine into cape cod. I love winter. Just not in march and april. Three secret Service Agents were sent home for misconduct just before president obama arrived in the netherlands. The agents went out for a night of drinking. One of them was allegedly found passed out in a hotel hallway. Terrifying moments when a construction worker had to be rescued from an enormous fire in houston. Oh, thanks, jesus. Thank you, god. The man crawls onto the ladder, but the ordeal is not over yet. Oh, no my god this massive wall of dust moved through parts of central arizona. Reduced visibility and treacherous driving conditions. This morning nasa reporting an engine snag will keep the soyuz capsule from arriving at the International Space station. All that the first base line. He ran into him and its getting a little chippy. It could get a lot chippy. Gwyneth paltrow and chris martin are separating. They made it in unconscious coupling. President obama taking a direct swipe at vladimir putin. Russia is a Regional Power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength, but out of weakness. On cbs this morning. Russias actions dont pose the Number One National Security Threat. I continue to be much more concerned with the prospect of a Nuclear Weapon going off in manhattan. I think i just made a poohpooh. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is off. Cl Clarissa Ward is here. Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, new satellite images show more than 100 potential objects in the southern indian ocean. Officials say they may have come from the plane. Seth doane is in kuala lumpur where a news briefing ended a short time ago. Seth, good morning. Reporter good morning. Authorities here released new satellite images today that revealed 122 possible objects in the southern indian ocean. They calculated the size of those objects between roughly 3 feet and about 75 feet, which is about the size of a tennis court. Those objects are about 1500 miles off the coast of perth, australia. The acting transport minister held up those images in the press briefing earlier today and explained how satellites were able to look through peer through gaps in the clouds to see what he called white dots which were those possible objects. These in the water not far from where other countries satellite data showed objects there. He said that this was one of the most credible leads so far. This was malaysias acting transport minister. We have now had four separate satellite leads from australia, from china, and france. Showing possible debris. Its now imperative that we link the debris to mh370. Reporter authorities have passed along that information to australian officials who will take the search from there. This, of course, charlie and clarissa, as families wait for more answers. Seth doane, thank you. The search for flight 370 resumed this morning after the weather improved. Holly williams is in perth, australia, where our cameras were allowed to witness part of the search firsthand. Holly, good morning. Reporter good morning. There is excitement here over those new Satellite Photos that you just heard about from seth. And now there is a race to find exactly where flight 370 went down and hopefully its black boxes. Cbs news flew on a p3 orion search plane today with the new Zealand Air Force. 1,500 miles off australias west coast, they were just a few hundred feet over the sea, combing the waters for fragments of the Malaysian Airlines jet. This is affecting a lot of people. Definitely to come out and put some closure on something for them, you know, would be awesome. Reporter an Australian Naval ship and a chinese icebreaker are also in the search area, carrying out a surface sweep. The search zone has been narrowed down with the help of satellite data, but its still roughly the size of alaska. Experts believe most of the planes wreckage possibly sank, so the crews here are hunting for clues that will help them find an underwater debris field. Thats when theyll begin to use this american robotic submarine. It uses sonar to locate objects up to 20,000 feet under the ocean surface. The u. S. Navy has also sent something called a toad pinger located to australia which hones in on sounds emitted by the planes black boxes. If they can be found, investigators may finally discover why flight 370 plunged into the southern indian ocean. Along with the 239 people on board. The problem is that toad pinger locator cant be used until they find a small debris field. Now, they still havent done that, and the transponders on the black boxes may only have 12 days of battery life left. Charlie . Clarissa . Thanks, holly. Another tragedy, day five of a desperate search in northern washington. The likely death toll from saturdays mudslide is now at two dozen. And more than 100 other people in the town of oso are still unaccounted for. This morning Emergency Management Officials Say local residents knew there was a landslide risk in the area. Danielle nottingham is in darington, washington, outside oso where rescuers are still digging in difficult conditions. Danielle, good morning. Reporter good morning to our viewers here in the west. Thunderstorms have been pounding the area all night long, adding to the muddy conditions that have been hampering rescue effortses since saturday. This morning those mourning their loved ones are wondering if something more should have been done to prevent this disaster. Rescuers have already pulled 16 bodies from the debris with another 8 waiting to be retrieved. This new video shows the hills of oso, washington, moments after saturdays mudslide took at least 16 lives. Newly released 911 recordings capture the despair of nearby residents. I cant believe this. Oh, my god. There are people yelling for help theyre trapped. I can hear them tapping underneath. Okay. And yelling at us. Its all gone. Reporter survivor Robin Youngblood says all she has left is this painting, a prized possession that happened to rise to the surface of the debris flow. She was with a friend in her home when a 25foot wall of mud burst through her living room wall. We were moving. We were under water. Under mud. We had mud in our hair, eyes, nose, mouth. Nothing was stable enough to stand on. So i just kept yelling at her to dig herself out even if it hurt. Reporter some 30 homes were destroyed. Now questions are being raised about whether people should have been allowed to live in this area in the first place. This study, i think, should have served as a red flag. Reporter geologist dan miller authored a government study 15 years ago, warning that the oso area was likely to experience a catastrophic mudslide. I was surprised that permits were being given for building in that area. Initially my reaction was anger. You know, i thought this was a stupid thing to be doing. That whole mountain is unstable. Its still unstable. I only bought the house two years ago. Nobody forewarned me. Nobody told any of us as far as i know. Reporter the countys Emergency Management director, john pennington, says residents in oso knew the area could be dangerous. The homeowners in this particular community and throughout Snohomish County were very aware of the slide potential. Reporter authorities are still looking into reports of 176 people still unaccounted for. Amazing grace reporter a vigil was held tuesday night to mourn the lives lost in washington with prayers that survivors might still be found. The rain is expected to continue today. Local rescue and search personnel are getting some much needed help. Teams from the Washington Army National Guard and fema have arrived to help with the land and air rescue efforts. Charlie and clarissa . Danielle, thank you. Newly released video shows the first helicopter to respond to the mudslide pulling out this 4yearold victim. A rescuer on the ground was able to get to the boy. They used a rope to get him out of the mud. The boys father, billy spillers, and three brothers and sisters are still missing this morning. And the body of commander john was recovered yesterday. He served in the navy for 32 years. His sons and brothers found the body. His wife is still missing. We want to look at the storms impact on the search and what all of you in the west can expect from the wet weather. Meteorologist megan glarros of wbbm is with us in studio 57. Megan, good morning. Good morning to you, charlie and clarissa. Good morning to those of you in the west. The Pacific Northwest starting off with potentially heavy rain through today. And that extends down into Southern California over the next two days. Were looking at several waves of precipitation coming on shore likely totalling some precipitation totals, rainfall totals, about. 10 around san diego, los angeles and las vegas. But it gets progressively heavier heading up to the north where its nearly two inches in the next 48 hours for seattle. Now, along the east coast, were looking at a very strong lowpressure system that is going to create possible hurricaneforce winds along cape cod and up across Downeast Maine. As much as a foot of snow. A near miss for cities like new york and boston. Where winter still continues. Clarissa . Charlie . Thank you. And that severe winter storm in the east is leaving a mark. The new jersey shore got up to half a foot of snow overnight. Cape cod, Downeast Maine and parts of canada are under a blizzard threat. Michelle miller is in chatham, massachusetts, right on the elbow of cape cod. Reporter good morning to you and our viewers on the west. Here at chatham harbor, sustained winds churned up heavy surf and near whiteout conditions with forecast of hurricaneforce winds throughout the day. Just before 4 00 a. M. , snow started to whip through the cape as wind gusts reached nearly ll miles an hour. Its all part of a weather pattern that has been making its way up the eastern seaboard. On tuesday, flurries coated parts of north carolina, virginia and pennsylvania. Before the storm made its way up to massachusetts early wednesday. Its just the latest round in a brutal winter, and cape cod locals are hoping it is the last. Just one more, thats it. Reporter john is the manager at tru value in chatham where they nearly ran out of shovels. We thought it was over. Reporter with upwards of eight inches expected on some parts of the cape, customers are still straggling in, picking up the last of the shovels and salt, steering clear of fertilizer and seed as we near april. The start of jaworskis most profitable season. If it was january or february, yeah, it would be great for business. But not the end of march. Kind of ready for spring and summer. Reporter local officials are bracing for scattered Power Outages throughout the area. Theyre warning motorists to stay off the roads, mariners to stay off the water. The snow is expected to end by this afternoon. But the forecast says these wind gusts will be around throughout this evening. Clarissa . Charlie . New developments for the health care law. This morning time is running out to sign up for insurance for open enrollment or pay a penalty. The deadline is monday. But the Obama Administration is offering an extension with a catch. Jan crawford is in washington with how a sudden increase in applicants could tie up the website. Jan, good morning. Good morning. The white house, as you know, has been saying repeatedly march 31st, monday, thats the deadline deadline. Theyre not changing it. With it six days away, theyre backing off on that. Heres whats happening. As long as you can say you tried to enroll before mondays deadline, you can get more time. And this is the honors system. All youve got to do is check a box on your form that youve been trying to sign up. The Obama Administration says its doing this because its seeing, you know, as you know, this recent surge in enrollment. Its been on that kind of fullcourt press lately to get as many people as possible to show up to sign up. But republicans are saying, look. This is just more delays for a law that isnt going to work no matter how often the administration changes it. Charlie and clarissa . Ya jan, thanks. President obama meets with european and nato leaders in belgium. But in the netherlands tuesday, he dismissed russias influence and said hes got bigger security concerns. Russia is a Regional Power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. Not out of strength but out of weakness. They dont pose the Number One National Security Threat to the United States. I continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a Nuclear Weapon going off in manhattan. The specific threat he described in that comment drew a reaction from this mornings newspapers in new york. Major garrett is traveling with the president on the weeklong trip. He is in brussels. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. While the president downplayed the National Security interests for america at play in ukraine, he conceded Russian Forces control crimea will not be ejected by force, and therefore that stalemate will be very hard to reverse. Mr. Obama also warned russian president vlad miimir putin tha the United States will use military force if they attack any nato member nation. Ukraine and neighboring moldova are not members of nato, but the Baltic States of lithuania, latvia and estonia are, and their leaders are nervous about Russian Military intentions. While in brussels mr. Obama will confer with nato leaders about beefing up security activities in those Baltic States and nato member nations on the russian frontier. Mr. Obama said russia is still weighing its military options and using forces massed on the Ukrainian Border to intimidate the Transitional Government in kiev. Later today in a signature speech through europe, the president will describe russias threat, the need for unity between the United States and europe and once again appeal to russia not to advance its military forces any further and to seek and negotiate its settlements in crimea. Charlie and clarissa . Major, were hearing three secret service men who are responsible for protecting the president on his trip have been sent home. What exactly happened . Reporter well, they were drunk on public on sunday, the day before the president arrived in amsterdam for a twoday Nuclear Security summit. Because they were drunk in public, they were sent home in accordance with new disciplinary policies that has a zerotolerance policy for drinking before working on a president ial detail. This is particularly embarrassing for the secret service because new director Julia Pierson has been flying with the president aboard air force one and was on the trip and ordered the agents sent home. Major, thanks. It is time to show you some of this mornings headlines. The Houston Chronicle says a ship channel is open after a major oil spill. Ship traffic was closed for three days. A barge collision may have caused nearly 170,000 gallons of oil to leak. But bad weather today could complicate the cleanup. The Washington Post says the Supreme Court appears divided in a case it heard yesterday on birth control. At issue, whether businesses can be exempt from providing contraception to employees for religious reasons. Birth control coverage is required by the health care law. The courts three female justices disputed claims by two corporations. The Los Angeles Times says air pollution kills one in eight people around the globe. According to the w. H. O. , more than 4 million of those people die as a result of indoor pollution like cooking with coal or wood stoves. The dow is up as the wall street journal looks at the ip or for the Company Behind the online game candy crush saga. King Digital Entertainment is down in early trading. It started out at 2250 with a value of 7 billion. And the buffalo news remembers ralph wilson who died tuesday. Wilson paid 25,000 to start the Football Team in 1959. He helped establish the American Football League and played a key role in its merger with the nfl. Wilson was inducted into the football hall of fame in 2009. He was 95. Its 7 18. Ahead on cbs this morning, why some families of gm Crash Victims are not eligible for storm clouds rolling into the bay area. We have seen some heavy downpours, reports of hail. We could still see some thunderstorms outside today. You can see on our hidef Doppler Radar, all that rain sliding on through. Pockets of hea