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Including kazakhstan and vietnam, says they have no evidence that the plane entered their air space, so the search is now being focused primarily on the southern corridor. but this is still an incredibly daunting task. an investigator involved in the search effort told reporters, quote, this is not just a needle in a haystack. it's a haystack that gets bigger and shifts under us due to the ocean's drift. so gentleman, i want to start with you, peter, and talk about this issue of time running out. explain to us why we have so little time left to try to find something, some evidence of this plan...

For fear of acknowledging that, perhaps, it was a terrorist incident, that perhaps it involved islamic terrorists, drew back, and at the top levels just did not want to give the impression this was as serious as it may turn out to be. >> we're back now with howard fineman and david corn. okay, david, this i'm going to start with you. i just sometimes -- i'm just a little flabbergasted and wonder what it is that the right that people like john bolton, what is it they would want the united states to do? because now they're saying the palation plane is showing weakness. >> it's very easy. i know ...

Captain shah had needs to be examined very, very carefully and forensically, to see whether it shows anything that might shed some light on his either state of mind or his plans. >> all right. >> joy, can i jump in for just a second? >> please do. >> why, if you intended to commit suicide or murder this plane full of people for unknown reasons, why wouldn't you take the plane in right away? why fly it around for seven or eight hours? there are just a lot of questions in this case. >> yeah, the fact that the plane just continued to be airborne for some hours after the initial incident, that is ...

So, i think that the important thing is, you know, could this man have been responsible for this act? it's possible. but, his politics aren't dispositive, one way or the other. his politics don't tell you one way or the other that he's the person behind this. and it's a little bit of a red herring. >> and it does strike me, steve, as, it is an opportune time to bring up ibrahim, when you have the focus on the investigation that seems to be going nowhere, no idea if the plane went north or south, it does seem like the timing is opportune, doesn't it? >> it may be opportune, but it's also weird....

Might have been available has now faced the tides, the winds, and the currents. we're going to have to work hard if we found a wreckage field to trace it back to where the aircraft was located. >> give us your best sort of guess as to what happened here. >> well, i can tell you, it is still a mystery, but i think it's correct that we are focusing inside the cockpit. there simply is no other explanation, if the facts that we have been able to verify so far are true. somebody had control of the plane, made the turn, and caused it to not be seen on radar. and that's the best we can do so far. >> ...