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Search? >> we will stay on the search as long as we're needed. right now we're focused on -- on the mission itself, the crews from the p-8 and the p-3. these are long days for these pilots and air crews. these are dedicated professionals that will continue looking as long as we're needed. >> are all u.s. assets directed to the search near the australian coast or are there more places along? >> the p-8 flight out of perth is directed to the -- the identified search area by the australian authorities. the other aircraft, the p-3 that's flying out of malaysia is still searching another portion of...

So they can hear things from pretty far away. but, first, you have to have to have an indication that there might be something there. >> all right, evan perez with us this morning. evan, thank you so much. you know being able to see down on the oegcean surface is critical because search teams are using a more visual search as opposed to using radar. the p8 that went out one of the most sophisticated pieces of technology had to descend to 300 feet because the visibility was so bad today. >> we were told through this news conference that the weather was terrible. that's how they characterized ...

P-8, to the west-southwest of perth, australia, that software is very advanced. weather does, of course negatively impact visibility, meaning when we get down low, real low, for the human lookout, to catch things. so we always use a balanced approach, and the aircrew in the back, that's their expertise. they choose the best censor that's right for the current environment. so at this time, what we can do, fly at about 5,000 feet, use our advance surface radar. if we want to get lower, we have infrared. we have electrocamera sensors. if we want to get lower, we can look out with binoculars to ge...

Devices. usually we're sitting on it. wouldn't we expect at least one would come to the surface, and something you would be able to find based on the equipment you're describing? >> both the p-3 and the p-8 have the capability of find iing something that small. we have found debris, wooden crates, things like that, of course nothing associated with air wreckage. so we do pick it up on our radar. so it is certainly within the realm of possibility to pick something like that up. and it is just really a matter, it is a huge area. if you take a map of the united states and superimpose that in the ...

With that, that is a challenge. >> reporter: now, try to imagine spotting something smaller among the countless waves and reflectio reflections. keep in mind, this is a calm day off the coast of florida with 20 miles of visibility. the idea of finding a very small object in a big ocean seems almost impossible. remember, in the indian ocean where the search is going on, the seas are much rougher and the winds stronger. oechb though the p-8 is the best they have to offer, success depends on time and an element of luck. cnn, jacksonville, florida. >> we're going to talk about more on the search f...