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That oil. could be matched to the type of engine oil that would have been in the engines of malaysia flight 370. could it be hydraulic fluid. if there were wreckage on the bottom, it could leak out on its own accord after this supposed crash. theyre looking into that, hopefully results in a day or two. >> to joe johns now. about these reports that the co-pilots cell phone was on and picked up by a cell tower, what are the malaysians saying about that? >> reporter: well, the acting transport mini...

That? >> well, theres a couple of factors. the tropical cyclone, jillian, hurricane, if you like, in the southern hemisphere, tropical cyclone, went through this area 3, 3 1/2 weeks ago, 190 mile an hour winds. its an extraordinary twist of fate. it came from the north over the search area where the pingers are. then turned west. now, one of the things is it would have moved the debris to the west. but also, it would have pummeled that debris and broken it up and possibly sunk it as well. so, an...

He joins us live via skype. thank you for speaking with us at cnn. we always appreciate it. i would be interested to get what you took away from the latest update we received from angus houston. >> reporter: well, the update was expected because it was quite clear that the battery life had been exhausted and there had been no more detection since last tuesday so that was to be expected that it would be launched. what was really interesting was the oil find. that could be one of two things. eithe...

Bartlet. jeff, good morning. there are some things we all believe or at least i believe, and in reading what you have to say, it kind of made my day to say im making mistakes. lets look at the first one. engine oil should be changed every 3,000 miles. everyone tells me that. they say im a car expert. change it every 3,000 miles or your car will die. true or false? >> that ones false. like many myths, this is more in the industrys favor than the consumers. with modern cars, many can go as far as ...

i wasnt there. i wasnt present in that crime. >> prosecutors painted knox as a demonic figure who killed for the thrill. they described the murder as part satanic ritual and part orgy. the trial of conrad murray enters a second week in about 45 minutes. thats the michael jackson trial. the emergency room doctor who pronounced michael jackson dead is expected on the witness stand first. dr. rachelle cooper says that murray never told her that hed given jackson the anesthesia that alle...

Cabin. so im swabbing here to bring samples back to the laboratory where we can determine if, indeed, there have been any toxins in the air here. >> lets have a look. >> reporter: toxicologist at the university of british columbia has studied the air quality onboard planes for years. >> youll take this out very carefully. >> reporter: he places the air filter and alcohol swabs into test tubes. his research will extract whatever chemicals or samples captured. they also analyze some of the produce...

>> its the pattern that really nails it down to the engine oil. this is the pattern youll find the engine oil and this is the pattern youll find in the swab sample you took from the aircraft. >> tim has analyzed surface swabs from 40 different flights and says he almost always finds tcp. >> and on virtually all of them? you find it? >> pretty much so, yes. significant levels. >> reporter: significant, but not large. the biggest amount we found, 44 billionth of a gram. not enough to have conseque...

For years. his research associate adds solvent to extract what samples are captured. and they analyze the producers hair to see if it collected toxins from the seat back c cushion. the finding is the surface does contain tcp, which is in engine oil. >> its the pattern that nails it down to the engine oil. and this is the pattern in engine oil and this is the pattern in the swab sample you took from the aircraft. >> reporter: they analyzed

Producer lauren dolans hair. he measured it with a device that measures molecular weight and composition. the result? the cabin surfaces do contain tcp, which is in engine oil. >> its the pattern that really nails it down to the actual engine oil. this is the pattern you find the engine oil, and this is the pattern you find in the sample that you took from the aircraft. >> jim na has analyzed surface swabs from 40 different flights, and he says he almost always finds tcp. >> on virtually all of ...

>> reporter: this toxicologist at the university of british columbia has studied air quality on board planes for years. >> youll take this out very carefully. >> reporter: he places the air filt and alcohol swabs into test tubes. his research associate adds solvent to extract whatever chemicals our samples captured. they also analyzed some of producer laura dolans hair to see if it collected toxins from her seat belt cushion. he runs it through a mass spectrometer, a device that measures molecul...