and very low cloud cover. we're on the coast. that's not even -- you know, it's four hours out into the ocean where this search area would be. the malaysian airlines is now telling distraught and angry family members the horrible news that they will never see their loved ones again. airline officials repeating this morning the sad news first delivered by the malaysian prime minister the night before. >> we must now accept the painful reality that the aircraft is now lost and that none of the passenger or crew on board survived. >> reporter: this morning, the prime minister defending his announcement telling parliament he only wanted to be fully transparent that the data from british satellites proved what had happened. and a decision to send a text