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Area. how do you know where to listen some. >> that's the real question. where do you start looking? when you have a large search area, if are this to work effectively, it needs to be reduced by 100 times, 100 times smaller than it is right now. the malaysian prime minister is here in perth tonight and later today he is going to be here at the pierce air base meeting with the personnel here and he has a meeting with tony abbott. this is the first time they will be with each other face-to-face. they will be talking about the search operation, trying to figure out where we go from here and maybe...

There is greater urgency to find the plane's black boxes. today "ocean shield" is en route to the search area carrying on board the u.s. navy devices for listening and looking under water. >> the search area is very large, vast, and clearly an area that, for lack of which we haven't seen before. >> reporter: but so far the eyes in the sky have not yet spotted any debris from the plane. just fishing tackle and floating trash. underwater search team hopes the plane finds something on the surface before the "ocean shield" finally gets there thursday. >> what we really need now is to find debris w...

Too close, it could potentially be a security risk. so the australian navy, we actually had the water police, the western australia water police come by and visit us as well. very nice. the country has been very nice us to. but they asked us to move back just a bit. but you can still get a good shot of the ocean shield. and it really stands out. it's distinctive, bright red. as we follow this, when this ship does depart and we're able to get a little bit closer to it as we go behind it, it goes about 15 knots. we can keep up with that in this fishing boat that we're in, the thunder. you know, ...

Shot of the ocean shield. and it really stands out. it's distinctive, bright red. as we follow this, when this ship does depart and we're able to get a little bit closer to it as we go behind it, it goes about 15 knots. we can keep up with that in this fishing boat that we're in, the thunder. you know, we'll be able do show you what is happening. but essentially, there is 30 people, don, on board that ship. 11 of them specifically tasked with operating this sophisticated equipment that has been supplied by the u.s. navy. it's been installed. let's hope the inspectors can do their job and they ...

Message do you have for the families who have loved ones on board the flight 370, but also for their search teams who are going out there every single day about how important the search really is? >> well, my message to the search teams is please keep it up. we admire your work. we respect your professionalism. my message to the families is that australia is your friend and should any of you wish to come to australia, you will be in the arms of a friendly country. >> now, we did that exclusive interview here at the pierce air base. you can hear some of the search helicopters actually taking of...