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When you're doing a search and need visibility, rain is the enemy. they could see six inches of rain. the weather will not cooperate over the next two days at least. you get low visibility with clouds and rain and thunderstorms with the winds also make the seas choppy. even just trying to visually spot anything will be difficult for people even on ships in the water. >> all right, bill. thanks very much. anthony roman, let's talk about the plane involved here. what type of plane it was, its track record its safety record compare it to other planes. let's talk about that. >> the a-300 series of...

The flight path but so far they haven't spotted anything concrete. four countries are assisting in this search. malaysia singapore, indonesia is leading it and australia has given assistance. they have set an ap3c. they searched all day yesterday and all day today and weather does seem like a factor. quite cloudy here today so visibility is less than ideal. tomorrow it's supposed to rain and supposed to rain for the next few days. it's monsoon season out here and the wet weather will contribute to a much more difficult search effort on the water. they're hoping if it is not in the water, i kno...

Welcome back to morning joe. back with us. we have faa licensed commercial pilot and former flying instructor anthony roman. let's get to the latest on search for air asia flight 8501. >> the search continues to determine what happened to the plane and where it might be. it is focused near indonesia in the java sea where the plane disappeared. the search emptsincludes a dozen naval ships and helicopters. it had 162 people on board including 155 from indonesia but officials are not sounding optimistic about the outcome. the head of the search and rescue agency said it's likely the plane is at t...

No objective. >> what are differences in the depths of where flight 370 crashed, ocean depth, and java sea. >> huge. i mean we're talking in the area which was about 1,300 miles off the coast of the australia, depths in excess of 10,000 12,000 feet. big trenches. the last area we were looking at where we concentrated on the uav search, there was a 31-day period of gps pings on black box and once that runs out, we're trolling the huge area with uavs. some weren't even equipped to go down to the depths they were talking about. java sea, 150 meters. that aspect of the search will be a lot easier....

Does take him seriously and we end up talking about birthers. >> what media takes him seriously? >> they cover him and then it makes it look like conservatives are birthers. you had michele bachmann running sucking up oxygen. >> that's quite a ticket right there. all right, matt. thanks very much. i apologize. up next the search is on for a passenger plane in southeast asia. just nine months after another jet vanished without a trace. a look back at that disaster and where that investigation stands today. "morning joe" will be right back. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accou...