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Whether there is anything more there than simply disorganization. but one way or another the families need to know something. >> yeah. they might get something in the coming days. thomas roberts, you're bringing in another guest as with we cover the breaking news this morning. australian authorities announce announcing the country has spotted two large objects in the indian ocean possibly linked to malaysia airlines flight 370. they have planes now searching this area where the objects were potentially found, although the satellite pictures are four days old so they could have moved. it's and ...

Officials in australia and we have been informed by australian government it was our imagery prime minister abbott referred to in his recent comments. we reached out to digital globe at headquarters in longmont, colorado and they are continuing to work with authorities. good news. what about u.s. military? is the u.s. military planning on sending more assets to help? >> at this time only one american p-3 aircraft in the bay of ben gale. they moved 3x 8 poseidon to perth, australia. it's usually hunting submarines, spent three to four hours over the alleged field but did not see anything. we ...

Of those airborne in the area heading from the militaries of both australia and new zealand and the p 8 which is a u.s. aircraft all coming out of perth in australia. let me take you on the map down to the area we're talking about. they flying out of perth and they're making their way here to the target area. initially, the national transportation safety board had an area about 370,000 square miles. then they said you know what? in the last 36 hours, we're going to make that area a little bit smaller and they made it around 117,000 square miles. it's just down here where that satellite image s...

Flotsam and jetsam is not where it was. that is why it moved further to the east of where the photograph is taken. the problem is we don't know exactly where. and so the aircraft are looking in poor visibility and this is the area that used to be what we called the roaring 40s. waters that ships got wrecked in. these are treacherous areas of water. it's very hard to detect things in. no matter, you have the p-8 and p-3 aircraft, maritime surveillance aircraft, the best surveillance technology on the planet. but they're not -- even with that best technology, it is still really hard in this kind...

Down in an area where the sea state is really quite a mess. we have nine-foot seas there. the knots are -- winds 25 knots and so it is a very strong wind. which means that if there is floating debris, it may have made a long journey from where it started but the good news is that the p-8 that made its way to australia is the same plane that had been earlier working up in the morning regions of where the search area was and between that and the p-3 plane they found more than 400 items floating on the surface. none of it had anything to do with the downed plane. but it was the discovery of the i...