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To make is that, you know, if republicans were more conservative, perhaps they would win presidential elections. i think a lot of people might question that argument. it's, you know, he was just making a flashy point by going after bob dole. there were a bunch of distracting or not so truthful comments made by speakers at cpac. this is a forum where they try out attack lines, work on public speaking and rally the foot soldiers in republican campaigns. these are people who go home and work for different candidates. you have heard questionable things from cruz, bobby jindal and paul ryan that we...

On board. one of the things you have to look at as an investigator is look at the accident side of it. was there something that went wrong with the aircraft? then, again, you have to look at the intentional act, the levels of terrorism. you can't rule anything in or out at this point. >> yeah. what are the challenges, the biggest ones facing investigators? is it just not having information? >> that's absolutely correct. if you remember air france 447, there was some telemetry data used before the airplane was lost and it took time to recover. in this instance, there's no information about whet...

Apply the lessons to other flights. they have done that. >> you made that point, there was an ice storm. that is what that plane flew into. in this case, our eyes on the ground in singapore, mr. mccarthy said not a cloud in the sky. it would seem weather won't play a part in this. the fact that vietnam government officials said they have found something they think there's wreckage, yet it's being denied. >> you know, this is the part of the world where it's, you are talking about multiple countries, many of them second and third world countries. there are language difficulties there, of course...

Airlines have to do to console these people? what is their responsibility? >> from the airline's standpoint, they have a family assistant program. they are going to try to provide as much information as they can. unfortunately, we don't have a lot of information. while they are holding out a positive hope with the posting of a delayed versus see agent or something to that effect, nobody wants to commit themselves, at this point. we don't have confirmation that the airplane is actually gone down. while logic dictates that, you know, an airplane missing this long is presumed to have crashed. it'...

Catastrophic. i would also, as a side bar say that i can sympathize with the next of kin of the passengers. honestly, unfortunately, in a situation like this, at this point, there is little, if anything to tell them. it's a very frustrating for everybody. >> paul, when you say catastrophic, i mean it's catastrophic/instantaneous, correct? the pilot, there is no message from the pilot. no distress signal, nothing. >> caller: yeah, you are exactly right. that leads me to say it's catastrophic. i can go through and i'm actually having dinner with a singapore pilot right now. we went through a num...