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Indonesians can ask for other help. but the indonesians play the key coordinating role and its governed by treaty. >> how does it work when it comes to u.s. involvement? does the u.s. go to them and say, these are our capabilities, how can we help? how does it work in this case? >> well, the u.s. offers up certain assets that they can lend assistance in the search and its essentially up to the host country, the country doing all of this to sort of invite the united states in and to take advantag...

Another ship to help in the search. the "u.s.s. ft. worth" is on standby to deploy to the search area if required. this ship the ft. worth has a dive team and sonar which could be essential to the underwater search. want to bring in our senior washington correspondent joe johns. joe, how can this news vessel, if its asked to go how will the "u.s.s. ft. worth" help? >> the "u.s.s. ft. worth" is the second ship available to be deployed to the region to assist in the search. its a u.s. combat ship ...

Business-like atmosphere. they want to get work done and i think sadly what helps the situation for these families in a very sad way is they know its likely their loved ones have died. now they have to work to recover the bodies. they dont see any sense in yelling and crying and screaming. they may be doing that at home but right now they have business to take care of and thats getting the bodies of their loved ones back. >> gary tuchman, thank you. a u.s. navy destroyer has been taking part i...

>> absolutely. we have a variety of capabilities available, ranging from ships to aircraft to specialized divers to advanced donors. "the uss ft. worth" is on that list and we are working at the request of the indonesian government to make sure any of these capabilities that might be helpful in the search are ready to go if the indonesian government requests them. >> so they are ready to go. its really a matter of when they are requested. is the u.s. supplying sonar technology at this point? we ...

That part of the story for us. good morning rene. >> good morning, carol. not only is "uss sampson already in the area. we just got word this morning that a second u.s. ship has been dispatched to the area. were talking about "uss ft. worth." i want to tell you a little bit about the capability of "uss ft. worth." we know its a combat ship. it does have a helicopter on board, which would be handy, as they continue to recover wreckage on the oceans surface. youre looking at images of "uss ft. wor...