earlier in the day on monday. one is circular, the other rectangular. they could be connected to the crash. hours before, australian pilots made that discovery, a chinese military plane reported seeing two relatively big floating objects along with many smaller ones. a u.s. navy, p.a., poseidon aircraft, was not able to find those objects apparently spotted about by the chinese. weather conditions fluctuated. i want to bring in jim clancy who is in kuala lumpur for us, this morning, a very difficult day, the last several hours. the worst possible news for these families, jim. >> reporter: i think the message from the prime minister was very clear, anderson, as you said it, it is wa a message that flight 370 is lost, with all 239 souls aboard. the attention will turn to the