the deep sea search has been going on there since october. there is a ship out as we speak scouring the floor of the southern indian ocean looking for a sign of the plane. right now the flaperon is the only thing they have to go on. even if it is identified will it have any bearing on getting us closer to finding the plane and the passengers? >> we are seeing images of that flaperon when it was discovered in reunion island. it is now in france but it won't be analyzed until wednesday. why the delay there? >> that's what at least authorities are saying publicly that they won't examine it until wednesday. and there are so many international parties involved. this is part of a criminal investigation not only in france and internationally, that they want to be careful. they want to the this by the