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Have known what was going on and apparently the satellite company revealed, you know those two tracks we saw, the one that goes up toward pakistan and india? that was one of the tracks possible and the other one was to the south which is about where we're at right now. had the malaysians announced the fact that we've got these two tracks, we could have been looking earlier. but instead, we wasted four days because they wanted to corroborate it with the ntsb and the faa here in the united states and after the ntsb and faa looked at it, they said the british satellite was right. you should have ...

We don't know when. but they really need eyeballs. the first boat that's expected to get there is an australian navy boat won't be there for another perhaps day, day and a half, two days. so it's still a long way out before we get any real clarification, kate. >> all right. andrew steven, thank you so much for. that you talk about some of the efforts -- some of the challenges with mother nature and the currents and weather. we want to talk about all of that when we look at this satellite image that we're receiving from australian military. what exactly is floating in the water off the coast of...

Actually map it with side scan sonar and send a remote operated vehicle with a camera which this did he with 447 what they did is scour the wreckage looking for the orange colored cover of the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. >> as promised, bob hager is joining us. what does it say to you now that we have gotten this credible lead with the caveat it is not indicative of any debris field but what does 2 say to you they have an area they can focus on in the search for answers? >> i think that's very, very important. because this is an investigation where we have had just lit...

And then, let's get to the main question which is who do they have? what do they have in term of this search and conducting it? what do we know? >> first of all, i think at this point they have been following debris for two, three days now. >> yes, satellite images that they're working off and showing you this morning are from several days ago. >> so they've had some idea and they've been accurately following this debris with planes, helicopters, trying to get a visual. so now you've got the issues with drift and currents and they've been able to locate. they're working off grids. they're squa...

The first naval ship is expected to be there, kate, at least another 36 hours away. that's what we're being told. >> so this is squarely where all the investigation will be looking now off the coast of perth, australia. andrew stevens, thank you. the focus also needs to be on the families of those missing. most of the passengers on flight 370 are from china and families there are understandably on edge. david mckenzie has been with family members gathered in beijing. he's joining us now. andrew, what is the latest? >> well, kate, here at this hotel there are hundreds of family members waiting ...