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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...

The u.s. you are asking them to go beyond what they are ordinarily designed to do. would it be nice to have an aircraft carrier closer to the debris site? >> believe it or not, that wouldn't be as effective for the aerial search, because the p-8s are too large to be used on an aircraft carrier. they are a terrestrial aircraft for the most part. >> tell us how they can spot things underneath the water so far down. >> well, the p-8s are designed for submarine warfare. there are a couple of things that they have got on board to help them find submarines. they have essentially got a censor that ca...

Tony nap beach college of aviation. from your perspective, assuming that nothing is found there, assuming that they can't find anything on the p 3s or the p 8s that could give them an indication of what was seen to on that satellite, where do they take it from there? >> if you go back to the beginning of this event, we've been trying to get the search area. last week it was basically a 360 dooeg type. over the weekend, it kind i have allowed us to narrow the search area a tribute. if this light isn't anything connected, i'm sure the engineers at the national safety board basically go back to l...

We're joined now by van gurly and peter goelz and fran townsend. van, you spent 26 years in the navy. so describe a little bit of the challenge that awaits those. >> the southern oceans are distant. it's an isolated place and very hard to get to. the discussion is already -- >> for both planes and boats? >> for everybody. if you wanted to find the end of the earth, this is probably where you would start. >> really? >> so one is a very remote area. it's hard to get assets in there. and then once you get in there, it's hard to deal with the weather. the good part is that the good weather is fart...

Some of it. >> kerry sanders is joining us. let's talk about the objects that have been described as credible, at least in leading search investigators to this portion of the indian ocean. there are two different satellite objects that appeared. one being ruffle 78 feet long and the other 15 feet long, correct? >> that cis correct'. they were taken by satellite images. we are looking at photographs taken from orb bitting satellite with decent resolution but not the resolution you would like to determine what exactly it is. is so that information is then shared with those that have the aircraft...