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It started as an area that was 600,000 square kilometers which was just gigantic but they've been able to narrow that down and so especially the p-8 which is a very advanced u.s. anti-submarine aircraft that is now flying over the area, they can take in a good 10 to maybe even 20,000 square miles on every flight with their electronics looking down. the sea state, sort of rough, tamron. you have seas of about nine to 12 feet, winds of 25 knots which means that whatever debris might be there is being moved around considerably. but bottom line is they're now focussing, as the u.s. has said all al...

Valuable information, valuable clues may be lost indefinitely here? >> well, time is always your enemy in investigations like this and this is an extraordinary amount of time without really many solid facts. lots of conjecture, a few small notions with respect to why the plane or how the plane diverted from its flight path. incidentally, it's not uncommon to put a divert flight path program in the flight management computer because, as was said, if you do experience an emergency, you just execute that divert and you go to your nearest suitable airfield and that's a very common procedure. >> an...

Have a lot more answers about the who, what, where, how. >> tom, greatly appreciated. developing now, a major deal just announced between toyota and the justice department. the world's largest automaker has agreed to a $1.2 billion settlement over its handling of sudden acceleration problems with some of its cars five years ago. now, the penalty is the largest ever imposed against an automaker. attorney general eric holder announced this big settlement. >> the president promptly dis -- rather than promptly disclosing safety issues about which they were aware, toyota made misleading statements ...