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Transport was shot down the day after that. that would be two days ago now. a ukrainian 25 fighter aircraft was also shot down by a pro-russian separatist or supporters in the same area. the government here making a very strong case that it's pro-russian separatists that are behind this. john? >> nic robertson live for us. we'll check in with you soon. it took off with 298 people on board and more than half of the passengers were from the netherlands. let's bring in aaron mclaughlin is live. we seem to have lost aari erin.

Everyone likes a song and dance, but are you ready for this one? "clinton, the musical" debuts this friday. it follows bill clinton and his wife, hillary, as they try to save the presidency after his infamous affair. also making appearances, characters based on monica lewinsky, eleanor roosevelt and newt gingrich. our next question, can a salvage team successfully move the "costa concordia" in the ill-fated italian ship has floated again, a phrase many thought they would never hear, the process to float the giant cruise liner is both tricky and dangerous, but doable, according to engineers. ...

>> translator: i want to tell everyone that we will not stop. you will not intimidate us. nobody will intimidate us, including those who call themselves so-called donestk people's republic. tell me please, does anyone know one representative of the dpr? what have they done for our region? >> despite that show of support for elections, pro russian support is strong in eastern ukraine. as aaron mclaughlin reports, they're trying to ensure that all eligible voters are able to cast ballots. >> reporter: these ballots are being printed to make history. the goal is to have enough in time for ukraine...

Good morning, aron. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we're learning more about that object of interest that we chatted so much about yesterday. it was a piece of metal found about 190 miles to the south of perth. officials now, of course, ruling it out as having no connection to missing malaysian flight 370. but cnn has managed to obtain photographs of that object. and in looking at those photos, it is perhaps easy to see why authorities were so initially interested in it. it's essentially a long piece of metal with rivets. but, of course, in the end, it turned out to be just another lead tur...

Flight 370 is now in day 48. the malaysian government still refusing to make public its preliminary report and frustrated families of those on board are taking a new step in their quest for answers. they're going directly to boeing. here's what the partner of one passenger told "new day." >> we're also extending our reach now. there's a subset of those questions including some new ones that are much more technical that we will be bringing directly to boeing. boeing has a shareholders meeting next week. and if we're not getting information directly from malaysian airlines and from the malaysian...