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Explaining what the conditions are. they have been studying these images for days. they feel confident enough to look but beyond that, nobody is willing to take a step in term of what this debris is in until they find it. search conditions very difficult. it may be slow and coming for more information. richard, thank you for helping us understand. for reporting on the ground, lets get back to kate who is in malaysia. kate? >> reporter: its been almost two weeks of complete agony for the families...

Its now flying back. it does not see anything that confirms there is any type of degree there. at the same time, a p-3 goes out from the australian military. looks and he doesnt see anything and has additional problems because of the technology they are using with the weather. the u.s. doesnt really sort of have that problem but they dont see anything and now that aircraft is returning. i dont know the status of the p-3 from the new zealand navy. in addition to that, there is a c-130, a hercules...

The ocean current generally flowing counterclockwise across the indian ocean and the location were looking at across the southern indian ocean, you would have the ocean current flowing from west to east. that would push any debris in an eastward direction. so the actual crash site which of course we do not know yet, thats not confirmed that that has occurred here in the southern indian ocean, but that could be generally about 180 to 250 miles to the west of what the satellite images have shown. ...

Officials pretty much debunking what australian officials who have a very good incredible setup according to steve rattner, they seem to feel they found something. what do you feel about the information that is coming? >> i think there has to be cautious optimism. when we got the information from the chinese and they showed this photo from space of this debris, whatever it was in the south china sea, everybody was hopeful. but i was very skeptical and i think others were as well because we had h...

If you look at it from your expertise, what is z. thdoes tho you? >> there is always a possibility that its debris from the wreckage. its size is telling. its a big piece of a plane to be floating. >> theyre saying about 24 meters long. >> yes. which is 72 feet or something like that. >> and related to a plane, the boeing, would that fit with boeing wreckage? >> obviously it cant. but floating, you know, could be a wing. thats highly suspect as well. but in the ocean, a the love things can float...

Have known what was going on and apparently the satellite company revealed, you know those two tracks we saw, the one that goes up toward pakistan and india? that was one of the tracks possible and the other one was to the south which is about where were at right now. had the malaysians announced the fact that weve got these two tracks, we could have been looking earlier. but instead, we wasted four days because they wanted to corroborate it with the ntsb and the faa here in the united states an...

We dont know when. but they really need eyeballs. the first boat thats expected to get there is an australian navy boat wont be there for another perhaps day, day and a half, two days. so its still a long way out before we get any real clarification, kate. >> all right. andrew steven, thank you so much for. that you talk about some of the efforts -- some of the challenges with mother nature and the currents and weather. we want to talk about all of that when we look at this satellite image that ...

Actually map it with side scan sonar and send a remote operated vehicle with a camera which this did he with 447 what they did is scour the wreckage looking for the orange colored cover of the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. >> as promised, bob hager is joining us. what does it say to you now that we have gotten this credible lead with the caveat it is not indicative of any debris field but what does 2 say to you they have an area they can focus on in the search for answers?...

And then, lets get to the main question which is who do they have? what do they have in term of this search and conducting it? what do we know? >> first of all, i think at this point they have been following debris for two, three days now. >> yes, satellite images that theyre working off and showing you this morning are from several days ago. >> so theyve had some idea and theyve been accurately following this debris with planes, helicopters, trying to get a visual. so now youve got the issues w...

The first naval ship is expected to be there, kate, at least another 36 hours away. thats what were being told. >> so this is squarely where all the investigation will be looking now off the coast of perth, australia. andrew stevens, thank you. the focus also needs to be on the families of those missing. most of the passengers on flight 370 are from china and families there are understandably on edge. david mckenzie has been with family members gathered in beijing. hes joining us now. andrew, wh...