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Normally otherwise do. that happens all the time, unfortunately. >> we want to stress again that there is no evidence, as of now, according to sources, about the pilots what solve. today the ceo of malaysia airlines did not speak specifically about the pilot or the co-pilot but said that all new pilots go through a thorough examination and have follow-up exams depending on conditions, such as their age. >> pamela, stay with us. i want to bring in evan perez and tom fuentes. i want to get back to...

Should we read anything about that? >> the director has been adamantly trying to get the countries of the world to query that database for outgoing flights. one billion tickets a year are issued with no check by the country and has tried to get these countries to do it. i think maybe hes lost a little patience with any country that wants to use -- that its too slow, too cumbersome or whatever, this is off of the virtual private network and, again, to query the database and get an answer. >> i ho...

Or could they tell the direction it would likely have moved? >> my understanding theyre already on-site and dropping bee co beacons or buoys to measure the drift. with that knowledge they should be able to tell that. theyre not sharing that with anybody that i know of or i can find. so their knowledge of how fast the currents go should be in their database right now. if they arent collecting that, i would find it impossible theyre not trying to collect as much in location data that they can whil...

An option that i think is workable. it addresses the two core concerns the people have. number one, the idea of government storing bulk data generally. this ensures that the government is not in possession of that bulk data. i want to emphasize once again that some of the dangers that people high pott size when it came to bulk data, there were clear safeguards against but he recognize that people were concerned about what might happen in the future with that bulk data. this proposal thats been p...

Are telling them the plane went south and had to of gone down in the indian ocean. at this point, when that comes out of mouths of malaysian leaders, people dont believe it in malaysia or china. >> i understand that. another side of the criminal investigation. is it unusual to find nothing suspicious about any passenger or crew member in 18 days? >> 18 days really isnt a long time. the search is cursory, looking at databases, have they come up, been arrested, come up on intelligence report or no...

Flight plan itself. then it tells me -- i would show here i punched one in at the database. it would show me a line. then i would execute that and i would do the turn. so its very simple. >> let me ask you, martin, how quickly would a turn be executed after entering it into this? or is it just -- is one not necessarily following the other? >> reporter: i guess there are a couple of ways you could do this. if you did it manually like that and instantly hit the button that confirms youre making th...

That were necessary, the way-points for this aircraft to go from kuala lumpur to beijing. every turn, every aspect of that flight would be here. however, once in the air you could alter it. you could change it in fact, mitchell, you can point out how simply thats done. >> very easily, martin. this magenta line here indicates the path that the aircraft is on to its destination. this white triangle is the aircraft. were pretty much next to our route here. that triangle is us. all i need to do to c...

Co-pilot easier. think of it really in this sense as a gps, really beefed-up gps. prior to takeoff you would have loaded in all the coordinates that were necessary, the waypoints for this aircraft to go from kuala lumpur to beijing. every turn, every aspect of that flight would be here. however, once in the air you could alter it. you could change it in fact, mitchell, you can point out how simply thats done. >> very easily, martin. this magenta line here indicates the path that the aircraft is ...

States, and insofar as flights into the united states are concerned, we routinely check the interpol data base for stolen passports. >> whats clear from our reporting today is that the u.s. is taking on a larger role when it comes to a second review, or scrubbing of the available data on flight 370s final hour. so were talking about the signals data from the satellite. were talking about the civilian and military radar. and what we learned in the last few minutes is theyve got analysts looking a...

Next generation passport that will have additional forensic features, but no matter how good you are, someone is trying to beat the system. >> reporter: especial lehr when it comes to theft. not everyone checks interpols database. two men were allowed to board with passports had that had been reported stolen in 2012 and 2013. micro ships of data. >> they can validate that data. >> reporter: many countries are still behind in implementing them. >> weve seen the new electronic passports come in th...