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That to be effective, too. so it's pretty tough going right now. >> miles, we also heard commander marks tell us a short time ago that the u.s. might provide more assistance if t malaysians ask for it. right now the malaysians haven't asked for it? >> i thought they did ask for it at one time. maybe they need to be clearer. just say look, send us an aircraft carrier, more p 8s, p 3s. i thought his answer was a bit of a sidestep saying we don't want planes to bonk into each other. that can be worked out. >> a lot of people say send an aircraft carrier. why aren't there 50 planes and not 20 plan...

Careful. you don't want another accident out here. so there's been tremendous coordination of the air space management, water space management. >> the australian prime minister said today quote we cannot be certain of success. but do you and your team remain confident that you can find this plane? >> we all know and especially those pilots and the air crew that every time it takes off we have nine hours of search time. nine more hours, 15, 16,000 square miles that we're going to cover that day. and every time it takes off there's a little bit of hope and optimistic. and every time we fly over ...

By the australians and that deconflicts the search sectors, the communication frequent sis, the times. it's important for us to understand that we play just a small role in this big, coordinated international effort. i do see it increasing. last night the ocean shield. the australian ship departed free mantle with our towed pinger locator on board. along with our blue fin sonar. so that's at sea right now, and hopefully can be used later on. i do see an increase in the overall international effort. >> commander marks, i appreciate your time, thank you. >> you're very welcome. >> the breaking n...

Free mantle with our towed pinger locator on board. along with our blue fin sonar. so that's at sea right now, and hopefully can be used later on. i do see an increase in the overall international effort. >> commander marks, i appreciate your time, thank you. >> you're very welcome. >> the breaking news to tell you about tonight, why search teams were looking in the wrong place before the search area was moved hundreds of miles, joining me now on the phone with breaking news is reporter andy pastor who just broke the story. what have you learned, andy? >> my colleague and i have a story up on ...

Helicopters could go off of, any u.s. naval vessels, helicopters or other planes could go off of to try to aid in the search once an area is found? >> well, i should mention, this is a coordinated international effort. and everything we have done has been by request. so at first even when we sent our first ship in and the first helicopters, that was all by request of the malaysian government. so the u.s. navy, part of our role is to support all the nations in this region. if we're requested we'll certainly look at those options. but really at this time, yes. that's true. >> commander marks, i ...