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As Japanese planes swarmed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, a secretive naval unit — "a suicide squadron" — attempted its own ill-fated attack.

Favor at this point? >> no, its horrific. getting off the ship and now youre in this water which is deadly as well. >> the cranes we were told they are going to be brought in to right to ship and get it out of the water theyre not going to be able to get there until friday. >> thats not going to help. it just seems like that too long. so whatever rescue has got to happen has got to happen right up front in the next few hours. its not -- as i said, its just a horrific situation. >> unfolding righ...

>> chris. lets take a break on "new day," right now, a mini sub is making its way to the bottom of the indian ocean to find flight 370. how long will it take to find the plane? well take you inside this amazing technology. we also have inside politics with kathleen sebelius. shes saying bye-bye to the administration. the question is, was it her choice? you need a permit... to be this awesome. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. ...

Else around the world. >> thats why theyre paying more attention to it than they would ever -- >> a dangerous assignment. sanjay knows what hes doing. hes done more in those situations than pretty much any of us. a unique passion to tell that story. lets take a break on "new day," a mini sub is searching the floor of the indian ocean for flight 370. the question is, is this finally the break search crews needed or was it the only hope they had left? >> another violent day in ukraine. pro-russi...

Search box. work it backwards. calculate where the additional debris may be, where the data recorders may be. once they do that, they will then very likely quickly begin to use the u.s. navy technology that is going to the scene. and that is first that pinger locator, if you will, the device that will be put in the water and towed around and it will listen for the ping from the data recorders. there is also a navy unmanned remote piloted vehicle. essentially a mini sub, if you will. very small u...

Frankly, where we have dedicated our help. >> for the brother of one passenger, the hope is that the search continues. >> and i just want to see some debris off the aircraft and the black box to know what exactly happened because theres too many unanswered questions. >> and now there are two vital pieces of u.s. navy equipment on the way to the region. first, a pinger listening system that will be put into the water if they can determine whether to begin to look for the data recorders. a ship wi...

Necessary before you plan a search and recovery of the sort being undertaken. its a long way off the stale january coast, b-- off the aust water but finding anything becomes practically impossible. >> what kind of special equipment will searchers need? yesterday on the program we were looking at a mini sub, an unmanned sub used to find other planes, missing ship, et cetera. what kind of technology are we talking snabt. >> the first thing theyre going to do is narrow the search area using aerial ...

What about the massive depth of the indian ocean? more than 15,000 feet in some parts. and will the black boxes help? in the crash of an air france jet, a mini sub traveled thousands of feet under water to pull up the boxes which revealed a technical problem and pilot error as the cause of the crash. but reaching those boxes will be helped if any debris can be spotted from the air. the first clues are likely debris, which can be found, find where the crew may be. >> first crews are likely debris...

Error. in fact, a ten-year study by boeing shows nearly two-third of aircraft losses are due to human factors. even without the wreckage, investigators should be interviewing everyone who touched that plane. those who loaded food. pilots who flew this jet on earlier flight. maintenance records. cargo handlers. in fact, it was improperly stored cargo that led to a fire which brought down a value jet in the florida everglades. >> so we need to keep an open mind. continue the search, find the wreck...

and travelers squashed by major airlines. >> but first, to the desperate race against the clock to secure what president obama is calling americas national credit card. the country could face unprecedented default if congress is unable to agree on a deal to raise the nations debt ceiling. failure to do so could downgrade americas debt rating and could be extremely damaging for global economy purposes. lets get all the angles. weve just learned the president will be addressing the natio...