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That to be effective, too. so its pretty tough going right now. >> miles, we also heard commander marks tell us a short time ago that the u.s. might provide more assistance if t malaysians ask for it. right now the malaysians havent asked for it? >> i thought they did ask for it at one time. maybe they need to be clearer. just say look, send us an aircraft carrier, more p 8s, p 3s. i thought his answer was a bit of a sidestep saying we dont want planes to bonk into each other. that can be worked...

Careful. you dont want another accident out here. so theres been tremendous coordination of the air space management, water space management. >> the australian prime minister said today quote we cannot be certain of success. but do you and your team remain confident that you can find this plane? >> we all know and especially those pilots and the air crew that every time it takes off we have nine hours of search time. nine more hours, 15, 16,000 square miles that were going to cover that day. and...

By the australians and that deconflicts the search sectors, the communication frequent sis, the times. its important for us to understand that we play just a small role in this big, coordinated international effort. i do see it increasing. last night the ocean shield. the australian ship departed free mantle with our towed pinger locator on board. along with our blue fin sonar. so thats at sea right now, and hopefully can be used later on. i do see an increase in the overall international effort...

Free mantle with our towed pinger locator on board. along with our blue fin sonar. so thats at sea right now, and hopefully can be used later on. i do see an increase in the overall international effort. >> commander marks, i appreciate your time, thank you. >> youre very welcome. >> the breaking news to tell you about tonight, why search teams were looking in the wrong place before the search area was moved hundreds of miles, joining me now on the phone with breaking news is reporter andy pasto...

Helicopters could go off of, any u.s. naval vessels, helicopters or other planes could go off of to try to aid in the search once an area is found? >> well, i should mention, this is a coordinated international effort. and everything we have done has been by request. so at first even when we sent our first ship in and the first helicopters, that was all by request of the malaysian government. so the u.s. navy, part of our role is to support all the nations in this region. if were requested well ...

Is a coordinated international effort. and everything we have done has been by request. so at first even when we sent our first ship in and the first helicopters, that was all by request of the malaysian government. so the u.s. navy, part of our role is to support all the nations in this region. if were requested well certainly look at those options. but really at this time, yes. thats true. >> commander marks, i appreciate your time. i appreciate all your efforts. thank you. want to bring in ou...

Obvious. >> the fact that these were spotted biplanes as opposed to satellites which take days to reposition which take days to analyze, that certainly -- in that old search area there werent any objects spotted biplanes. >> we saw them by satellites. there were two i think spotted biplanes on one day, a green and orange item. but nothing more than that. the fact weve seen so much spotted, its still a vast area. its still got a long way to go. but they are quite confident. if you liston what the...

Of, any u.s. naval vessels to aid in searching? >> i should mention this is a coordinated international effort. everything weve done has been by request. so at first, even when we sent our first ship in, our first helicopters, that was all by request of the malaysian government. so the u.s. navy, part of our role is to support all the nations in this region. if were requested, well certainly look at those options. >> commander marks, i appreciate your time and appreciate all your efforts. i want...

Justified in having optimism provided youre in the right place. >> but the fact that these were spotted by planes as opposed to satellites, which take days to reposition, which take days to analyze, there werent any objects spotted by planes in the old search area. >> there was two items spotted one day, but nothing more than that. its still a vast area, but they are quite confident. if you listen to what the new zealand forces said, they are quite confident that at least theyre getting closer. ...

Slowly, one to four knots, and it simply cannot search hundreds of mile area like it is right now. so we still need to keep flying. we still need to get a visual confirmation on the debris, let our oceanographers work backward and get that datum so we have a good central point. the black box only has a range of maybe a mile or so. so its not like its pinging out this very strong signal. you have to be close to get a hit on it. >> commander marks, appreciate all youre doing and talking to us. >> ...