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Including where the investigation into the missing plane stands right now. jeff wise is here to walk us through the questions. he's an cnn aviation analyst and contributor to slate.com. jeff, broadly speaking first, what do we know about the family of questions they're asking right now? >> it really runs the gamut to soup to nuts. this is a grab bag of questions that the family members have. everything from incredibly arcane details like the serial number on the black box to much more general questions about how the search is being conducted. >> let's talk about the specifics here. they asked ...

Budgets for that huge of a scale of an effort. and that was about 45 to $50 million. so there was talk they were going to present the bill to twa and its insurers, and the insurers said no thanks, it is not for us to pay. so there is a real question about who pays for this. and right now each nation is bearing their own expense, even though there is a very large policy. >> jeff wise, as you watch all of this do you think the bluefin is up to the challenge and do you agree with arthur rosenberg that we need more assets out there? >> well, it certainly is encouraging on the third day of the miss...

Square kilometers and the data from the latest mission is being analyzed. the oil sample collected by ocean shield has arrived in perth and is being analyzed, as well. we will bring you the results as soon as they become available. back now with my panel of experts to answer your questions. jeff wise, we have a question from susan. it says why not take one search plane and research the flight path. maybe they would spot path. you know you retrace your own steps when you lose something, just a thought. is that a common seance approach. would that be helpful to do that with the data we have? >> ...

We find the wreck. you have to be patient. if it is stopped now after lee days. for me it is nonsense. >> i think patience is an understatement. jeff wise, we know, again, with air france 447 that took two years to find the wreckage. then went back, looked at that time science. recalibrated. when you talk about -- you have been calling on this very early on from the public release of that satellite data, a, i imagine you still main that that. b, what could be done if they reassess that, if it is made to public, then recalibrate and finely find this thing? >> right. well, you know, what we unde...

To turn turn up nothing, maybe they need fresh eyes and new calculations to hone in on where this plane is. jeff wise, paul henry, thank you both very much. obviously we will stay on that story for you. coming up next, let's talk about the pope. pope plan sis causing controversy. washing the feet of women and nonchristians. we will talk more about why this is such a big deal. next.