machines from the other countries in this area. he is not the only one hopeful yet skeptical. i m going to turn now to cnn s david mckenzie in beijing. david, how are loved ones of the missing reacting? i m thinking the families are staying reserved about this. reporter: very reserved, don. certainly they ve been here before over the last few weeks as we know. getting leads and then those leads are dashed. you know, as thee days stretch on, the people are just numb to any new information, really. we re not seeing that angry outburst like we saw sort of two weeks ago or so. people are just kind of just drained. tired. and fatigued by this process. it s more than a month now in terms of when this plane was du. we ve spoken to family members overnight in asia and into this morning, they certainly say they want to reserve judgment until they get some physical evidence that they can, you know, hold on
plane. our bill story is of course flight 370. we are covering every angle with cnn reporters all over the globe. sara sidner in kuala lumpur, david mckenzie in beijing and richard quest with me. dramatic developments that happened during our show last night where the search moved suddenly at least 700 miles north. we ve got this photograph from new zealand air force from a plane, not a satellite. what is the significance of this picture potentially? reporter: well, it s a very promising lead. but at this point we don t know if it s actually debris from the plane. it is a floating object in the water. you could kind of see it s rectangular in shape. and the plane that spotted it was actually a p 3 orion from new zealand. the lieutenant that saw it gave some brief comments as soon as he landed here. take a listen. yes, it sounds like we re getting into an area of interest.
obsession. i m talk to the son of one of the passengers. we ll talk to two friends of the pilot. they say the man they knew would never deliberately crash a plane. our bill story is of course flight 370. we are covering every angle with cnn reporters all over the globe. sara sidner in kuala lumpur, david mckenzie in beijing and richard quest with me. dramatic developments that happened during our show last night where the search moved suddenly at least 700 miles north. we ve got this photograph from new zealand air force from a plane, not a satellite. what is the significance of this picture potentially? reporter: well, it s a very promising lead. but at this point we don t know if it s actually debris from the plane. it is a floating object in the water. you could kind of see it s rectangular in shape. and the plane that spotted it was actually a p 3 orion from new zealand. the lieutenant that saw it gave
ones. the distraught father of one passenger says he still believes everyone from the missing plane is alive somewhere. he spoke with our david mckenzie in beijing. translator: i can t sleep each night because all i think about is my son. up until now, what else can we do? this is about his flight. there is nothing you can do to help. we can only wait for further updates. reporter: is this the hardest thing you ve ever had to go through? translator: this is the first time in my life to experience something like this. in the past, i just watched other people s stories on the news. i watched explosions, ships sink and plane accidents. those were other people s stories. this time it is my turn for bad luck. it is my turn to actually experience this. this is not watching news, it is living it. reporter: do you still believe your son is alive?
islands. but she s not worried about a flare-up. translator: japan promises in the constitution it will not go war, even china tries to start it. i believe japan can stop it by negotiation, i m not worried. reporter: many i ve been speaking to say the japanese government should do more to stan up for itself. they do not like the chinese that much they clearly say they want peace, not war. karl penhaul in tokyo. reporter: david mckenzie in beijing. a sense the local politics driving the geopolitics in asia. grading america s top diplomats. hillary clinton versus john kerry, very different ways of getting the job done. where do the last two secretaries of state stand on the world stage? we ll take a closer look, next. [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd.