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Did you play attention to the chargers scoring . Hell yeah. Announcer this mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose and gail are off so we have jeff glor and vinita nair. A multinational search effort for the missing airbus 8520 is focusing on the java sea and there are reports of possible debris being spotted but nothing has been confirmed. The plane left indonesia heading to singapore. In less than an hour the jet disappeared from radar. Its the second to disappear over waters this year. Elizabeth palmer begins our coverage from london this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Its now been more than 36 hours since that airasia flight vanished and investigators still dont know what happened to it. Family members clung to hope as long as they could needing to believe that no news was good news. But search aircraft have reported oil slicks and debris in the area where the plane disappeared, and the head of indonesias search and rescue his working hypothesis is that the plane is at the bottom of the sea. Airasia flight 8501 took off from the largest city. Over the java sea the pilot asked for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid storm clouds. Minutes later sometime between 6 17 and 6 24 with no distress call the airbus disappeared. The pilot had 20,000 hours of flying experience. On board were six more crew including a french copilot and 155 passengers, most indonesian. But there were also three south koreans, a malaysian, and a britain. 16 children and a 2yearold are among the mission. Tony fernandez is the ceo of the Budget Airline airasia. Until we have a full investigation, we know what went wrong, we really cant speculate. We really dont want to speculate until we find the aircraft, we know what went wrong, and then well look into it and see what we need to improve if we need to improve, but its speculation at the moment so its premature to talk at the moment. And there will be few facts to work with until the planes combing the crash site and the boats find wreckage that contains some answers. Some of those boats are, in fact, war ships, military vessels. Theyre looking east of indonesia, and theyre reporting right now the weather and visibility are good for the search to continue. Jeff . Liz, thank you very much. 17 of the 162 paem onboard are children. As you just heard, passengers families are waiting desperately for any news this morning. Jeff pegues is checking the history. Good morning to you. Good morning. The missing plane was a relatively new airbus 320. It was put into service in late 2008. The jet is typically used for shorter flights like the twohour trip it was supposed to complete on sunday. At the moment 8501 disappeared from radar it was flying at safe altitude and traveling through heavily travelled airspace. Data showed several planes in the same area before the airasia flight disappeared. There are a number of things that could have happened to this aircraft. Therell be interviews from the pilots in the area at the time. Theyll also be talking to the air traffic controllers. The jet and airbus a320 log logged over 23,000 miles. According to reports, they have the least amount of issues. Its drawn similarities to Malaysian Air flieftght 370 that disappeared in march. But unlike that this plane disappeared into the java feet that only reaches depths of 150 feet. Were going to have a much easier time finding the debris field and ultimately finding out where the black boxes came to rest on the ocean floor. Given that its a much shallower area than what were looking at. So far the Transportation Safety board has not sent a team to indonesia but the agency said its monitoring a search for the plane and is ready to help if needed. Norah . All right, jeff. Thank you. Deborah hirshman is with us. Shes now president and ceo of the National Safety council. Good morning, deborah. Good morning. Theyve been dealing with three airline catastrophes in a year. What do you think happened here . Its unprecedented to e see three missing aircraft losses coming from the same part of the world. In this case its a very different situation. The investigators are going to be looking at the flight track, the last communications and really trying to target the debris field and recorders. What about the issue of the weather . Could that cause a plane to be taken down . Usually you dont see that but it is possible with smaller planes. We dont usually see that with commercial large transport category aircraft. There is some discussion of Ice Accumulation which can interfere with the pitot tubes. Like what happened with the other plane. There could be a malfunction of pitot tubes. Its how the pilots in the aircraft are responding to any equipment failures or anomalyies and theyre going to be looking at that closely. You mentioned that. The sad fact is weve heard about flight issues and distress signals. Do we know that they were able to send an alert that something was happened . So far what weve heard is they asked for clearance to a higher altitude. There wasnt any signal of distress. But ill tell you they have responsibilities. Aviate navigate and communicate and communication in an emergency is the last thing they focus on. Theyve got to handle the airplane and make sure that that is their priority. Its not necessarily a surprise if youre in an emergency that theyre narrating play by play whats happening. How does a flight like this just disappear from the radar. I will say that this is one of the biggest issues today is after the disappearance after mh370 is why we dont have better tracking of aircraft in these dead spaces. Deborah hirshman so many thoughts and prayers with those family members. Thank you so much. Flight 8501 is raising ominous comparisons. Captain Sully Sullenberger tells us why its different this time. Thats ahead. Go gunmen opened fire on a Police Patrol unprovoked. Part of los angeles under a tactical alert. The two gunmen with rifles fired at officers last night in southern los angeles. Officers did return fire. Police have one suspect in custody but say another is on the run. None of the saers were hurt. And new york police are winning more high profile support. Giants coach tom coughlin wore an nypd ahh during sundays matchup with the eagles. Players players wore warmup shirts that said peace. But theyre not getting support from city hall. Good morning. Bill de blasios support of new yorks finest was never anything but lukewarm at best. And it has now pushed that relationship near the breaking pound. Reporter streets were turned into a sea of blue on saturday in trib putte to officer rafael ramos. Our hearts are aching today. Reporter but as mayor bill de blasio addressed the mourners, many officers outside turned away. New York Police Commissioner bill bratton criticized the protest on face the nation. I do not support it. He is the mayor of new york he was there representing the sit tens of new york that depth. Reporter even though former mayor Rudy Giuliani feels, he feels he should not have. I do believe mayor de blasio should apologize to new york city bless department. After ramos and his partner were killed last weekend, deblass owe received a similar reception. On friday a group of officers claimed responsibility for this banner that flew over the city. Many officers believe de blasio stoked a hostile environment when he said he feared for his biracial son. Weve had to train him as familyies have all over the decades in how to take special care with in encounters he has. When do we want it . Now. The funeral for ramoss partner whenenjian liu are scheduled for this weekend. Vinita . Vlad, thank you. This morning many passengers and crew are still trapped on a ferry that caught fire on sunday. Strong winds and rough seas have prevented a full evacuation. Five people died. Earlier this morning a cargo ship with 49 survivors reached a port. Ail foplphonso is reporting. There were more than 480 on crew when the rescue started. Rescue helicopters lifted stranded passengers to safety from the top deck of the crippled ferry as people tried to stay far away from the fire below below. Coast guard boats from italy and greece hampered by 16foot waves assisted with the rescue and many of those taken off the boat were taken to the hospitals. A video was recorded showing how the intense flames broke. It broke just before daup on sunday. It reportedry started on the ferrys lower level car deck. Others called relatives to keep them updated. He started the fire started town on the vehicle deck. He said its actually a lot worse because were standing out here in the pouring rain and thunder and lightning and we really dont know exactly whats going to happen. Italian Officials Say theyre launching a criminal investigation how the fire started and passengers on that ferry came from countries including greece italy, france and here britain. It marked the end of u. S. Combat missions in afghanistan. In 13 years more than 2,200 american troops were ill kill in a fightling. They saved countless american lives. 18,000 International Troops including 11,000 americans will remain in afghanistan helping to train troops there. Firefighters are being praised for preventing a tragedy from being much worse. Some are recovering after a fire in san antonio, texas. Vicente arenas spoke to a 92yearold survivor who was determined to leave on her own. Reporter they broke windows and used ladders to evacuate residents and smoke billowed through the building. 260 people live in the Senior Living complex. E just said, lord, help us. Reporter this 92yearold was in her tenth floor apartment and never heard the alarm. Thick smoke woke her up. Minutes later she couldnt breathe. I put my nose on the oechlk the window and i found a tiny crack and i put my nose in there and i could feel that my throat was clearing. So that was your breath of fresh air. That was my breath of fresh air. Reporter she packed up her medicine gathered her walker and stay son. Firefighters tried to carry her to the balcony out to the escape ladder but she said she would walk. He kept saying were holding the ladder and i said, i know you are but i want to hold onto it myself. The fire gutted the third floor, killing five and injuring ten. Were very fortunate that were not standing upon it talking about greater loss of life. Reporter it was a chilly 39 degrees when residents escaped with very few cloektss and were taken to a temporary shelter. Shes staying with her son. Do you feel lucky you made it out of there . I feel a Second Chance of life. For cbs this morning, vicente arenas san antonio, texas. I would say they have a wonderful will to live. Thats my hometown. The firefighters deserve such credit. It could have been much much worse. We should hope to be spunky at 92. Love her. In alabama, a 3yearold boys dramatic escape from a fire was captured on video. Take a look at this. Come on. Your mama right here. Your mama say do it. Oh god. So while a boy jumped from a second story window into his cousins arms hes in fair condition at the hospital this morning. This fire happened on christmas day. 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The Houston Chronicle says george h. W. Bush could be headed home from the hospital. Hell remain under observation for now but doctors could decide to discharge him shortly. He was taken to the hospital tuesday after experiencing a shortness of breath. Thousands of drivers in the french alps. It forced about 15,000 people to abandon charars and trucks on sunday. Some families spent the night in their vehicles. Two deaths are blamed on the blizzards. A new Animal Welfare law is driving up the cost of eggs. It abolishes the cramping. Prices are expected to rise 10 to 20 . We return now to the search for airasia flight 8501 that was flying from indonesia to singapore. It is a reminder of another mystery, the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight 370. It vanished after takeoff from kuala lumpur. The airline and regional governments have so far failed to explain how this happened but the circumstances surrounding its disappearance at the reaction of all involved are shaping up to be very different. Airasia flight 8501 left the indonesian city of surabaya headed to singapore. They lost contact with the plane over the java sea. It sounds eerily similar to flight 370 which disappeared last march on the way to beijing. Its possible theyll look for paerchs and look at all causes and contributing factor tos. Investigators are now search for any sign of flight 8501. Unlike the vast indian ocean where cruise spent months combing the surface and depths the java sea is a busy shipping area and fairly shallow. The fact that the water on average is shallower means it will not be as difficult to recover parts of it and recover and analyze it. The airasia plane disappeared from radar suddenly a clue that Severe Weather may have been a factor. Strong thunderstorms were reported in the area shortly before contact was lost and the pilots last mission requesting to go from 32,000 to 38,000 feet was presumably to fly over the storm. Flight 370 was tracked by another hour before disappears. The aircraft made a sharp left turn recrossed peninsula and flew into the indian ocean. The skies were clear and the cockpits last transmission implies all was normal. The search has been difficult, complex and challenging but despite in spite of all this our daemgs remains undiminished. Reporter while they were criticized for slowing down the search effort they have frequently updated the public. Scenes of upset and angry families that dogd families have so far been absent and crisis have society up a spot. It was tweeted our priority is looking after all of next of kidnap for my staff and parliamentarians. Well do whatever we can. Another difference. The malaysian plane was wider for longer trips and this one was a smaller