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P-8s and now the chinese aircraft can deploy to throw out a marker to say that this area might warrant more investigation or we've already been here just in case someone else goes over the same territory. >> i also want to talk about this underwater robot that will be used. it's equipped with sonar. shaped like aitor pedro. can you tell us about that? >> sure. the blue fin is a technology that the yafy has been testing for mine hunting. some hard parts of finding mines on the bottom of the sea is you have to have a very high degree of fidelity to check to see if that is a mine or is that a ref...

We need it quick. and i just hope that president obama is getting the right kind of information. we have a fleet of p-3 orions, older than the p-8s, they need to be out there looking. >> if the plane is indeed in the south indian ocean, that is still a massive area and a far corner of the globe. and now lawmakers in this country are ripping malaysia for not being open enough in terms of sharing information with american officials in a timely fashion. harris. >> and mike, i don't know if you caught it, so are the locals in malaysia. they're ripping the malaysian officials as well. very interest...

An aircraft carrier can operate, and it would be paced that would give them an opportunity to spend more time on target. i'm excited about what we're hearing tonight about a completely different set of coordinates to take this thing well away from where we're looking right now. >> don, on the floating runway thing, about the station time, there has been progress made today. i understand the reporting that malaysia is asking for u.s. refueling capability, so that should help the amount of time these aircraft are able to stay on station. >> p-8s can be refueled in flight, the p-3s cannot be refu...

After days of searching need to rest. greta? there is so much sen trace on the southern routes, indian ocean with the p-8s and p-3s and the images from these satellites is anyone paying aany attention to that northbound route. >> i'm sure somebody is paying attention to the northern route. our sources tell us they are focusing right now on the southern route. in fact, they are sort of catching their breath after the initial first week where they were scouring even looking for run whys out in the middle of nowhere. again, the focus right now on the southern corridor. nothing very positive com...

Completely different set of coordinates to take this thing well away from where we're looking right now. >> don, on the floating runway thing, about the station time, there has been progress made today. i understand the reporting that malaysia is asking for u.s. refueling capability, so that should help the amount of time these aircraft are able to stay on station. >> p-8s can be refueled in flight, the p-3s cannot be refueled in flight. if you're sending an aircraft carrier, you're sending a lot more assets down there, because you're sending a carrier group. >> when we come back, we'll check ...