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To carry out a recovery like this. >> seems like a fairly small body of water. when you're out there it's huge. >> david gallow with ocean graphic. >> usually you're careful. >> participated in recovery effort of 447 off brazil's northeastern coast whose black boxes took almost two years to recover foot noting what a painstaking process this can be. >> painstaking process. joe, the military we know is planning to get involved in the search and recovery mission. >> may assist in the church. u.s. combat ship had originally been sent to singapore for a 16 month deployment apparently repurposed, a...

Recovery efforts. crews aboard the uss "sampson" are working with thesian authorities to provide any assistance needed. rene marsh is here with that part of the story. >> reporter: we just learned from the pentagon that a second u.s. ship has been dispatched towards the region. we're talking about uss "fort worth." you are looking at images of the ship. we know it usually carries a helicopter on board. it is a combat ship. however, this helicopter on board will be very useful as they continue to recover wreckage off of the surface of the ocean. also dispatched and already in place is uss "samp...

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. we're talking about "uss ft. worth." i want to tell you a little bit about the capability of "uss ft. worth." we know it's a combat ship. it does have a helicopter on board, which would be handy, as they continue to recover wreckage on the ocean's surface. you're looking at images of "uss ft. worth" and now images of "uss sampson." back to "sampson" which is already in the zone. we know it ...

What an earmark is. people are calling it that. so the process hasn't been changed. >> reporter: senator cochran hasn't faced a serious re-election fight in three decades. for now, he's keeping up his official schedule, breaking ground at a new development in starkville and christening a new combat ship in neighboring alabama. cochran's team criticizes mcdaniel for waffling on whether he would have voted for federal aid after katrina devastated mississippi. >> the question was not whether i could back it or not. i said during the interview i would support disaster relief. it's the funding has ...

[ applause ] >> i don't think anybody could argue with that. commander, final words? >> i think the biggest thing we need to do is ensure that the aircraft carriers get refueled, that we maintain the nine if not ten aircraft carriers that we have. take the combat ship which is proven not to execute its mission, stop that program immediately and eliminate it and start building ships, a next generation destroyer thato have that sea presence. >> i want to thank all of you. i wish congress were listening to you and following the advice. i think it's quite sound. thank you very much for joining us....