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To help its economy. so therefore, people are really concerned. >> so if they have done everything they think they should have done in order to control this, and it clearly has not been successful, what are they thinking? what could they do? >> i actually think they cannot control the direction of the economy. it is plunging, and its really gotten beyond their control. the only thing they can do is postpone the ultimate reckoning, and that they have been able to do for knight some years. right n...

Night and that capitulated into what were seeing so far this morning. european markets will close at 11:30. asian markets are already closed. sometimes we can see things level off after that point when were not being fueled from someone else overseas. right now, a fear trade happening now. >> it was 2008 when we had the previous largest drop in one day. that was 777 points. were now down almost 1,000. courtney, stay with me. i want to also bring in gordon chang, forbes magazine. gordon, talk to ...

Found came shortly after villagers reported seeing the airplane crash. the search has suspended until tomorrow because of thunderstorms in the area and because it is night fall. lets bring in cnns aviation correspondent, richard quest, and also experienced 777 pilot le les abend. les, as an experienced pilot, give us an idea of the types of things that could happen that would suddenly have a plane crash into the mountains there. >> absolutely, fredricka. you know, this is something thats still a...

Keeping them from saying that? >> well, theres two approaches to this, and as professional investigators, theyre obligated to make sure that theres forensic evidence that it came from that specific aircraft. they cant use the rule of the fact that its not anywhere else, so it must be here kind of thing, or they cant rule it out by saying that all the 777s are accounted for. what theyre looking for is forensic evidence which gets to the science of what is the makeup of the paint thats on the airc...

But bad weather in the southern hemispheres winter is already hampering efforts. they are not looking for the plane. they are looking for debris and after that investigators will have to decide that anything that is found is significant or whether it is just another piece of ocean trash. meanwhile tests are still being carried out at this military lab on 777 wing fragment. malaysia says there is a link. france hasnt announced it yet. malaysia says they have conclusive evidence of the connection....

Toulouse, france where we find nbcs alistair jamison. what are we learning? >> reporter: good morning, jose the week-long search operation involves french military forces including an air force sea patrol, a ship and a panther helicopter from the marines, and another ship two other helicopters and foot patrols. it began today over a huge area some 75 miles by 25 miles. however, the southern hemispheres winter weather is acting against them. now, theyre not looking for the plane, theyre looking f...

So cautious about drawing conclusions than the malaysian authorities and what does that say about the investigation? >> well, the forensic investigation is a far more complex affair than it appears on the surface. it has to prepare for the possibility that this may turn into a criminal investigation. then all bets are off. so the evidence must be treated as if a crime has been committed already. what happens when youre handling that evidence? everyone who touches it, every method of transport, t...

Want to get embarrassed by being behind in the investigation. they were very resoundingly criticized early on in the crash investigation and i think theyre trying to stay out front. france, because there were four french individuals on board and because the parts washed up on french territory they are taking command as they have a right to do of what they call the criminal investigation, assuming some criminal activity took place. so i think it is a power struggle. in the end, the entity who is ...

Position. the french are saying everything points towards this being mh370 but we cant say 100% that it is the aircraft. why did the malaysians want to release the news? why did they want to say that this is definitively part of the plane? it looks from here that they really do want the help the relatives in this way in telling them saying it is the inevitable there is no other plane missing. this is part of a 777 and roundly sort of agreed now that this is part of a 777 and the only 777 missing...

Well, we are following breaking news for you because another potential break through in the search for missing malaysian flight mh-370. reports today that more debris has been found. malaysias transport minister telling the afp news agency that seat cushions, window panes and aluminum foil were found by a search team on reunion island. thats the same place where part of a boeing 777 wing was found days ago. the malaysian prime minister confirmed that that was from nh-370. the 29-year-old movie...