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Tur, and katy turs hat is joining us on this friday. and good to see you, my friend. and first of all, this breathing strip that caused so much c controversy after the last race. i assume he is going to be wearing that tomorrow, correct? >> that is what people are saying as of now. hopefully it wont cause too much of a problem, but he has got a really good chance of winning. 3 to 5 odds right now the favorite to win it, and become the first triple crown winner in 36 years as you said, but if you...

Conflicting information about the radars. did that plane make the turn? did it go back across the island of -- or the peninsula of malaysia? did it make that routing around indonesia as they claim, or did it go right past indonesia without the indonesians noticing that it crossed their country? i mean, those are all, you know, facts that are of the most importance in this because it would determine how far that plane could go with the amount of fuel it had. that plane could have made it to antar...

Concert last summer when she was here in boston and i got to go backstage and meet her, and it was terrific. she was so supportive and concerned about what had happened to her friends back in boston last year, and it was great to meet her. >> and so when you make it across the finish line, today, with your friend erin, obviously, it has not happened yet, but i cant imagine the joy that will seep through your body and that of erins as just the champion that you are. >> thank you. yeah, im sure it...

The implication is that this was done intentionally. thats not a typical routing that awe would take. do you think thats the most likely scenario, that it had to be intentional if this was the path? >> well, again, if this was the path, yeah, i dont see any reason why it would have gone that way. theres no reason it would have stayed on the path, if it was a mechanical failure, lets say, that it would have continued on the flight path. but the idea that it took an intentional turn up north and t...

Theyre hopeful they can turn up something. but so far after nearly 29 days now, theyve not even found a trace. >> lets go to kuala lumpur and talk about the families with nic robertson. the families feel like theyre not getting the information they need. what is a primary complaint on the part of the families with this investigation? >> reporter: that theyre not getting enough data from the investigators. they would like to know the exact routing of the aircraft took when it turned back, did it ...

That it does. and what it tells us -- and i was listening to what andrew had to say there. you know, hes right with all of those questions as we look at this. i think they are going back to the original military data that was obtained, it was recorded radar that showed this plane. initially, it wasnt spotted here in malaysia as it turned around and headed out toward the indian ocean. theyve gone back to those records, theyve re-examined the routing of the plane, the path that it took. now, whats...

Transmission. first i want to go straight to cnn justice reporter evan perez. hes in punishment. evan, hello to you. youve been all over this part of the investigation. what can you tell us about this very latest development? >> randi, the latest is changing the understanding of what happened and when. today the malaysian government said last transmission at 1:07 a.m. from the jets acars communication system showed, quote, normal routing to beijing and, quote, nothing unusual. this is important ...

You have to believe at some point somebody reprogrammed the autopilot. that could have been done on the ground prior to liftoff. not uncommon for all pilots to put several routings in their autopilot. the mfs, what they use to input the autopilot could have been programmed three days before they left for all we know. i heard a couple of commentators talk about the pilot would have to see him reinput all that information. bill: would you? >> no, not at all. bill: really? >> not at all. bill: if y...

The case. how do they know that this flight plan was either preprogrammed or changed in the air? how in the world would they get the idea that that is the case? >> i think you are going to look at the initial routing and what the airline foiled before that flight. that was the initial data put in the flight management system. outside of that air traffic control would give them instructions to reroute if necessary. that could be weather or traffic flow or whatever. outside of that, they would not...

Routing and then both pilots usually check it once the pilot nying says yeah, it looks good, execute, then procedurally what we do is push the button and execute and then the aircraft automatically flies to that point over those waypoints. >> so its a relatively easy procedure for experienced, trained pilot who knows what he or she is doing up in the cockpit. jim, i want to be precise on this. youve been speaking to your law enforcement sources, national security sources from day one. they are s...