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Difficult. right behind this one there's another storm on its shores. in 12 hours or so when they start this next search process they will be dealing with some bad weather. united states will have that p8 out there which supposedly can find something the size of a basketball which is quite incredible. the united states has spent $2.5 million on this. this certainly is adding up. >> we'll have a little bit of a debate about that later in the show. some aviation experts say it's time to call off this search. we'll ask some other experts. is it nearing the time where you want to call it off. ...

Of the search process. there's been close cooperation with the malaysian government. and so not just ntsb but fbi. anybody who typically deals with anything related to our aviation system is available. and so our thoughts and prayers are with the families. but i want them to be assured that we consider this a top priority and we're going to keep on working. >> one more thing we didn't mention, you reference it a bit, bill, satellites as well. the u.s. is using some of its satellites. it's not moving military satellites. but we are told they're using what those satellites have seen particularly...

Nation's national satellites. >> we've put every resource we have available at the disposal of the search process. >> look, the president said it was a priority. we in the pentagon have made it a priority to try to help the malaysian government. >> reporter: but the u.s. military assets involved in the search represent only a small fraction of the force, a single p-3 orion surveillance craft flying over the bay of bengal and a single state of the art p-8 poseidon aircraft searching west of australia. the navy has 24 p-8s alone within its arsenal. >> it's probably in the indian ocean and if tha...

>> we have put every resource we have available at the disposal of the search process. there has been close cooperation with the malaysian government. and so not just ntsb but fbi. anybody who typically deals with anything related to our aviation system is available. and so our thoughts and prayers are with the families, but i want them to be assured that we consider this a top priority and we're going to keep on working. >> and chief among the hardest working people on the planet tonight members of the u.s. navy's seventh fleet in that southern search area off australia on the ocean and above...

Disposal of the search process. there's been close cooperation with the malaysian government. and so, not just ntsb, but fbi, you know, all, anybody who typically deals with anything related to our aviation system is available. and so, you know, our thoughts and prayers are with the families, but i want them to be assured that we consider this a top priority and we're going to keep on working. >> let's get some analysis. peter is here. so, the president of the united states, he says this is a top priority. you've been involved in these investigations when you were at the ntsb. when he says tha...