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Controlled or not controlled and bottom line, brooke, we have to get the boxes. that's really where we're going to be able to piece it together. even after we have that, i still caution everyone, as kid very well knows, we're looking at a yearlong investigation if not longer to answer the how and why. >> thank you both very much here. texts, e-mails, attempted phone calls to loved ones. this information, did you know, could still be on passenger cell phones on board the plane and provide a lot of information as far as what happened, if the plane is found, would data be retrievable on the phone...

Partial ping. some aviation experts say could be triggered by a catastrophic event like the plane hiltittinge ocean. let's go to will ripley working the story for days. will ripley, great, they see the satellite imagery. tell me when they get the planes and boats out there to find this stuff. >> reporter: yeah, the planes are taking off about three hours from now, brooke. you can bet they're going to be heading towards the area they think the debris field, possible debris field may be located in. here is the challenge. the satellite pictures are three days old, taken when the seas were very ro...

Possible for rescuing these people. >> i certainly do understand the focus on rescue now, but in light of that history that you mentioned, in light of a report in 1999 that warned of a potential for in the words of the report a large catastrophic failure, do you believe there were missed warning signals here? >> well, we don't know. that's what i'm telling you is we will get to the bottom of that question when we have time to thoroughly e value it but i'm dedicated 24 hours a day right to to rescue people. i have family members with family members under 20 feet of mud. that's what we're focuse...

>> she said they need help much beyond these first few weeks. >> it's not going to get any easier. >> it's not going to get easier. that is certainly it for us. thank you for joining us. mchalea pereira. >> i'm john berman. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com federation frustration and anger boiling over. and just when we thought ships and planes were closing in on a possible crash site, stormy weather has another idea, and shuts down today's search efforts. also, have any of the 176 people missing in a massive landslide been heard from...

Had to be dragged out by ropes themselves. >> by the way, a slury is a thick mud. at least six houses destroyed and many more damaged. residents said it happened in an instant. >> i was coming down the hill, i just saw the darkness. like somebody grab you. everything was gone. like three seconds. >> the fire chief described the scene as quicksand, still trying to reach people trapped in the mud. eight people rescued and taken to the hospital. how did this happen without any warning? a lot to do with ground saturation. jennifer gray explains. >> we've been talking so much how california has bee...