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It will sweep over the area, take a series of still pictures, transmit to it the vessel on the surface so they can see what theyre looking at, don. thats the sequence. first the pinger locator finds the location. thats probably what theyre preparing to do right now. >> great information. thank you, brian todd. and the commander on board the bluefin backs up exactly what youre saying, that they have to get down there and search for debris using the equipment brian todd talked about. our thanks to...

The surface, nothing tangible to give a start point to this deployment. and so this is the result of some incredibly clever and very, very thorough analysis by the people in kuala lumpur to get the ocean shield to the right place. and then, you know, its just been amazing to get that hit in such a short time. >> les abin, usually you find debris first, and you dont get a ping from the black box. >> i think every part of this situation, its unprecedented. but one of the things that i was consider...

On the top of the water, it could have cram belled it up a bit here. and ivanho a tropical storm, the moving through we do expect to see from time to time some clouds and showers and large waves, from this system, 3-5 meters or so, that could impact their search efforts as well. >> samantha, thank you to you. and we will stop become in with you again in the coming hours. >> now, the director of the int international search tempered the news of the latest pings with a note of caution. he pointed ...

Area significantly. but without a piece of wreckage, its vietnam very limited in its ability. it has other limitations. the weather can affect it. if its very stormy and the ocean is very rough and the pinger locater is kind of moving up and down with the currents and the tides, then its less effective. underwater obstacles like hills and mountains can obstruct it. other kinds of debris can obstruct it. if indeed, those limitations, if indeed these are the signals from those black boxes, this is...

On cables if they are going to listen to the i thipinger. >> this is an example of it, how long and wide can it hear? >> about 5 miles. >> that sounds like a lot, but it isnt underwater. so lets just say, if you do get closer and you are over the field of debris, and you are looking for it after you get closer, you go to sonar? >> yes, you will use sonar to map out the field of debris. this is an example of a sonar. the sonar will emit sound itself, instead of the hydro phone, it will emit sound...

Ocean, extending down some 7,000 meters here, which would be equal to 21 eiffel towers. it extends down to 7,000, near here the bottom, of course, is the area that is the most difficult to see, as they can only see so deep down to the ocean floor, so it makes it extra challenging for them as they continue the search. rosema rosema rosemary, errol. >> incredible when you think of the depth of that perspective, that they were a able to get the detection. without any debris and such a vast space. >...

Perth, australia. appreciate it. >> now the husband of one of the passengers on the flight tells cn the cnn tells us he is still hoping for a miracle. we have to remind ourselves that the loved ones have seen debris, and it turns out to be nothing. and even now, with these possible black box blips, theres no conformati atioation its 370, many people hoping and praying that the relatives are alive. >> yeah, and there are a few people who still believe as jim clancy was saying, theres a handful of...

We want to verify, we want to corroborate. we are in the process of verifying and corroborating -- >> have you seen the images? >> the australians now -- >> have you seen the images yourself? >> no, i have not. >> reporter: so, you see, very, very cautious language there. what i do want to mention is something that you just talked about, that the malaysians seem to be taking this very seriously, sending six ships and three helicopters to the southern indian ocean. rosa? >> now, a quick question....

beijing was first picked up by malaysian radar at three points along this path. we now learn that thai radar, covering an area like this, also picked up a blip from the plane going in this direction. first it picked it up when it was still malaysian air flight 370 and then it picked up another blip which they believe it to be the plane carrying it out here. combined with the information that evan and rene were talking about, corroborating evidence that it carried out in this direction, invest...

Not throw other vets under the bus to try to make my performance metrics look better. he believes in the interviews, he knows that there were legitimate appointments with veterans still waiting who were cancelled to make performance metrics look better. its all about bureaucratic cya. thats what you see. >> in the law, you look for corroborating evidence. this is on paper, they did this to cover up the fact that theres a backlog. do we have veterans out there complaining that theyve had appointm...