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We will provide unwavering effort as we continue the search, and at this time well open it up and take questions. >> can you explain how an r.o.v. works, sir? if its tethered to a ship? could it actually plug our pulling? >> so, each of the rovs -- thats a vague question. they have different capability. the current rov thats deployed has some limited capability. it has a camera on board. but again, each of those is different, and well be gathering more information as that operation goes on for t...

Depends what they find, and thats for the experts and the unified command to take a look at and decide what the best course of action is. >> it seems to have taken the mother ship vessel, those running the operation about eight hours to contact you on sunday after they lost contact with the sub. is that a cause for concern? >> right now our effort and our focus is on searching with what we know. as soon as we receive the report on sunday evening we immediately launched search effort. we flew ass...

Been issues with the battery. had to fix -- they also faced a lawsuit over the depths that this vehicle could safely travel to. explain to us in your experience what are the reasons why this is obviously so treacherous and a dangerous undertaking? >> well, first of all, its the depth. as soon as they go out of the 2,000 foot range, then theres really nothing conventional that could rescue. even the navy. the navys under sea rescue command, the submarine rescue diving and decompression system tha...

We offer our most heartfelt thoughts and prayers for the five crew members, their families, and loved ones. our crews are working around the clock to ensure were doing everything possible to locate the titan and five crew members. yesterday we set up a unified command consisting of expertise from the united states coast guard, the united states navy, canadian armed forces and coast guard, and the titans parent company, ocean gate expedition. this is a complex search effort, which requires multip...

On board. >> theyre part of the unified command. were all making decisions together. >> do they have any asset that -- >> i dont know. but if they do, it is definitely being discussed as far as their capabilities. [ inaudible ] >> it sounds like the nearest vessel -- it is not clear how long it will take to get a vessel here. >> thats the biggest part of the challenge of all of this, is trying to understand how the capabilities are working together, how they would do it, technical aspect of that...

Coordination center hes talking about specifically based in boston, the personnel working at the command and control environment as far as building a lot of search and rescue plans, sending out the information, coordinating those pieces are here. the people affecting the mission, so the pilots, the air crews, all the ships, those are based out of different areas. our pilots, air crews are out of elizabeth city, north carolina. the coast guard cutter is out of newport, rhode island. but they were...

[inaudible] submersible doesnt necessarily -- it goes in for a dive and bobs back up. >> and that would be a great question that we could try to get answered with the subject matter expert discussion that we talked about for -- the opportunity to ask that question. because it would be much more important and realistic for somebody in that community part of the command that would be able to answer that question a lot clearer than anything i would be able to. >> when might you provide your next up...

Specialized equipment. the u.s. coast guard has assumed the role of mission coordinator, we do not have all the necessary expertise and equipment required in a search of this nature. the unified command brings that expertise and additional capability together to maximize effort in solving this very complex problem. we are out of order here. as a recap, on sunday, together to maximum effort and solving this very complex problem. we are out of order here. as a recap, on sunday, the coordination co...

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Asset that is working to get on scene with the decompression chamber, so those are all pieces that are coming together and we are working those logistical challenges to get them there, one more. >> is a deep sea rescue a realistic prospect, what would that look like? >> i cant tell you exactly what it would look like. i can tell you that we are out there, we are searching, we wouldnt be doing this, we wouldnt be searching and putting all effort out there -- i think, you know, if the sub is locat...