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20 knots, nautical miles per hour, ships can cover that area with not too much difficult. now look over to the indian ocean. a ship is not going to cover the entire indian ocean. we have two mh 60 search and rescue helicopters. when you factor them and youre talking hundreds of miles of range, and then today we have two patrol aircraft searching missions. now were talking, when you talk range there, they can get out there a thousand miles or more and really get some good search area. in addition...

Expanding into the indian ocean. u.s. navy commander william marks is on board the "uss blue ridge" which is helping in the search. he joins us by phone. commander, yesterday the "uss kidd" was sent south. is there a specific location its being sent to? >> we do have a third specter that was coordinated with the government of malaysia. its not too far northwest out of the strait of malacca. right there kind of at the entrance. i should point out thats the "uss kidd." you only can search so much ...

Up. it would indicate someone was in command of that aircraft. it was not on auto pilot or something like that. someone was in charge. hold on for a moment because joining us on the phone now is u.s. navy commander william marks with the u.s. navy seventh fleet aboard the "uss blue ridge." your ships are moving into the indian ocean. i assume the "uss kidd" is there now. how is the search going? >> good morning. were starting out our day on saturday morning here in the pacific, about 5:00 in the...

From our experience, when you have to recover the remains of bodies, that is extremely emotionally taxing and so we have a very good support system for that and thats what we are watching out for. >> well, our best wishes to you, commander, and all of the men and women of the united states navy, the marine course, all of the u.s. military personnel and members of the coast guard and others who are involved in this extraordinary search. well check back with you. of course, commander william marks...

Inaccurate reading. >> right. >> that could be the deviation from the radar signal. that could be wrong. my point is theres this cacophony of speculation and this should be suspected at this point, but lets look at the facts as we know them and lets start with the folks that are on that aircraft and figure out what their motivations and associations are. thats where we need to bend our elbows right now. >> of course, as weve reported, at least its our authorities the malaysian authorities have n...

Joining me is commander william marks. thank you for joining me. the uss kidd is en route. where exactly is it now, where is it going? >> we send the kidd from the gulf of thailand to the strait of morocco. just to the west of malaysia. >> and the uss kidd, does it have a specific destination, or is it just looking for debris? >> we do have a search sector, thats in in close coordination with the government of malaysia. i should point out, the ship alone is, the most important

If you were to walk from one side of the plane to the other on the wings, you would walk about 36 feet from wing tip to wing tip, its about 200 feet. so is there a way that you could tear this apart and reshape it to make three big pieces like that? maybe. but like the search area, anderson, its right on the edge of possibility, and thats what is fueling a lot of the healthy skepticism right now, even as people continue this grim business of trying to find out what happened to this plane. >> aga...

Hours or else its going to fail. so were watching crew fatigue and our equipment fatigue. im sure everyone out here is. but thats something were looking closely at. >> commander william marks with the u.s. navy 7th fleet aboard the "uss blue ridge" command ship. well stay in close touch with you. youve been very helpful to us in "the situation room" over the past several days. good luck to the men and women with you. up next, what do these new satellite images reveal about what might have happ...

The latest on the investigation. >> reporter: off the coast of malaysia the search for flight 370 has now entered its fourth day. dozens of ships, helicopters, and planes running grid-like searches in the waters between malaysia and vietnam. so far nothing. an oil sheen and debris spotted over the weekend ended up being false leads. now sea conditions are expected to worsen. on board the "uss blueridge," commander william marks. >> that will make search conditions more challenging. although i ca...

The latest on the investigation. >> reporter: off the coast of malaysia the search for flight 370 has now entered its fourth day. dozens of ships, helicopters, and planes running grid-like searches in the waters between malaysia and vietnam. so far nothing. an oil sheen and debris spotted over the weekend ended up being false leads. now sea conditions are expected to worsen. on board the "uss blueridge," commander william marks. >> that will make search conditions more challenging. although i ca...