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Could be several things. it could be a trunk, cube food cart, could be a cargo container in the hold. there's several things that make that promising as well. the gray, the gray/green classic color of the inside of most planes. >> so, steve, does this sound hopeful to you? >> well, hopeful. i mean, you know, i think the families who are suffering terribly in this situation, if they found wreckage that could clearly remember attached to the airplane, it might bring them closure. might also, you know, they are clinging to a last possible hope that this aircraft could have landed safely some plac...

Part. is what would float, how big would it be, you know, in the case of the air france crash you had a big composite vertical stabilizer which broke off. because it's composite it has this honeycomb inside it. it's filled with air. and it floated. and that was a big -- that was very helpful to the search, obviously. in this case you've got a virtually all aluminum airplane. there's not a lot that floats except for seat cushions and bags. and that is obviously what they're looking for. >> don, i'm getting all kinds of questions, don, about why are we just finding this debris in the ocean now? ...

Limited time and they're actually over the site where they want to search for this debris. you know, we watched as the prime minister of australia dialled back some of the optimism. yes, he said, it could be just a cargo container but the families deserve it being checked out. in kuala lumpur, a bit of a pause this day. a reflection. watch. many malaysians marked day 14 as they would any other friday, but no one failed to note the need for a miracle to solve the mystery of flight 370. as search planes concentrated their focus on the southern reaches of the indian ocean, this drama is staggerin...

He had been on the telephone this day with officials in britain, talking about what assets they might be able to send in. but really, this is a search, while coordinated from kuala lumpur, is right now very much in the hands of the australians, at least on this front. and as you noted, there is nothing new. back to you. >> and jim, they're also calling this still at this point the best lead that they have, and that transportation minister saying there in kuala lumpur that they are still holding out hope, because this is the best lead they have. talk to us a little bit about the response this m...

Conditions at the time. and basically, follow the trail back up to a pe ten shall impact zone. from there, gets challenging. you need to bring in ship-based assets to use something called multi-i beam sonar. it's a fan of energy, sound, to look at the ocean floor. look for anomalies. >> you have actually led deep sea expedition. and last guest is saying this could be anything. a lot of people don't think this is this plane. they think an 80 foot piece of something in the ocean is not likely to be an aircraft two weeks after the fact and a lot of folks have said that that is too big to be a car...