doing, and they're ready to do it. i remind you that the men and women of the sanitation department have 6,000 miles of roads they are responsible for clearing. that is as if going from here to los angeles and back. that's what they have to deal with and they are up to the task. how is that going to happen? 2400 workers per shift on 12-hour shifts 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for each shift, and we will ensure that all hands are on deck for this crisis. we'll have nearly 500 salt spreaders out ahead of the snow falling. when at least 2 inch have accumulated, there will be 1500 snowplows on deployed to address the conditions. at the same time our colleagues at the department of transportation have their emergency pothole crews out

already, making repairs in advance of the storm. again, these are blizzard-type conditions. we expect easily 2 feet even the potential of pressing on towards 3 feet of snow. i want to emphasize, this will not just be snow. there would be very windy conditions. we expect wind speeds of 35 miles per hour or more. there will be low visibility, so i'm going to say this today and you'll hear me sea it over the next few days. new yorkers should not underestimate this storm. assume conditions will be unsafe. assume that you do not want to be out in this storm. when you can stay indoors, stay indoors. when you can day off the roads, stay off the roads, use mass transit or make plans to travel another day. try with everything you have to avoid being in the middle of this storm. the storm is expected with

initial flurries late morning, early afternoon tomorrow increasingly heavy going into monday evening, and then continues on into early tuesday. we'll be constantly monitoring the storm and its path. we're in constant contact with the national weather service. we know that storms are unpredictable. they can change. we'll be ready for different scenarios. you one we are describing is the one we expect but we're also bhg cautious and making sure we're prepared for the worst-case scenario not the rosiest scenario. now, road conditions in particular will be treasure russcherous. all new yorkers should stay off the road tomorrow.

if you go out in the morning, you have to come back in the evening and by the evening it would be heavy. certainly stay off the roads on tuesday. use mass transit. if you have the option to stay home or make our plans, you should do that right now. if you're even walking around in your neighborhood expect unusually icy conditions and unusually slippery conditions. even walking should be kept to a minimum. we're asking people to stay out of city parks. there is also a potential with rap snowfall the extra burden on tree branches that you could have some branches coming down. we want people to stay away from the parks for their own safety. every new yorker should know that if they have any problem with heat or hot water, call 311 immediately. if you experience a problem, we want to work immediately to fix it. so anybody with a heat or hot

water problem, please call 311 immediately. i'm asking all new yorkers to look out for your fellow new yorkers. look out for your neighbors, particularly if you have neighbors who are elderly or disabled. check in on them? check in on them today, make sure they have what they need in anticipation of the storm. check on them to make sure they are okay. we're announcing now the alternate side of the street parking will be suspended. it would be suspended tuesday as well. potential further suspensions after that but definitely no alternate on monday or tuesday. garbage and recycling collections will be suspended, so we can focus on snow-clearing operations. any questions or concerns people have if they need information, call 311, or go on-line.

if you have a real emergency, a life-threatening situation, call 911. again for information, for updates, 311 or nyc.gov. the city is doing everything we know how to keep the city safe. we're asking you to keep injureself and your neighbors safe as well. one more important update. tomorrow school will be open tomorrow but there will be no after-school activities or trips. so school will be open monday but not after-school activities or trips. we will make a final decision tomorrow related to tuesday, but it is likely that schools will be closed on tuesday. so again likely school closure tuesday, but a final decision will be announced at an appropriate hour tomorrow. a for a words in spanish. [ speaking foreign language ]

ho is doing an extraordinary job supervising these preparations. we appreciate her leadership greatly. she will give you further updates, sanitation commissioner garcia. you've been listening to mayor de blasio underscoring this is something to prepare for. he says prepare for something worse than we have enseen before.

fog can on safety. this is a major storm that's forecast to sweep new york all the way up to maine, the mayor there saying prepare for the worst-case scenario. roads will be treacherous, stay off the roads tomorrow. he did say that city schools will be open on monday but likely to be closed on tuesday, and he says simply stay out of the city parks. usually it's the instinct of new yorkers to go to the park when it snows, but he says this is a big one and believed to be so unpredictable, accept the fact it could be a severe blizzard up to 1 to 2 feet of snow possibly 3 feet. ivan cabrera is with us tracking the storm. you can tell us what people should be bracing for. >> basically the national weather service haus briefed him and told him they're predicting anywhere from 24 to 36 inches which is mind-boggling when you talk about that kind of acindication. 6 to 9 inches is annoying you

clear the roads. >> over a foot, it's disruptive but when you get to 24 or 36 inches that's historic. new york city has you said its warnings national weather service in boston has done the same. we have gone from a blizzard watch to a blizzard warnings. through now blizzard warnings along -- the entire state, the entire state of rhode island eastern massachusetts, in fact all the way out to 495, up towards portland here. blizzard warning means that conditions will turn very dangerous over the next 12 to 24 hours. that's when the peak of the storm her here, with sin credible amounts of snow. yes there could be some areas that will pick up ahn additional few inches the power outage i'm concerned about not because of

wind but the heavy snow that's falling as well, and coastal flooding. not the like of what we saw with sandy, but we'll see some coastal flooding. and really the entire southern coast of connecticut and rhode island as well along with cape cod and the islands. so here's the potential here. a lot of folks have been talking about chicago, but a big the snow here but the big snow is further east when the low will essentially intensify significantly east of philadelphia and then a swath of 12 to 24-inch totals. that would happen monday night. as we head into the end -- and we have the timing for you. the first flakes will be falling tonight through philadelphia and monday it begins 'cross new york city and then it continues further to the north. that's your timeline. >> ivan i'm sorry to interrupt you, but we want to take our

viewers back to new york where we understand the office of emergency management, joseph esposito is addressing what could be some potential dangerous conditions. >> you've got to stay indoors at the height of this storm. it's a blizzard warning in effect. we've been coordinating with over 50 of our agency partners in the city the state, the federal government to deal with this. again we've been tracking this for the last few days. it's gotten progressively worse. so we've coordinated with all our agents tow truck task force will be put into place, we have the national guard to bring in some high-axle vehicles to help mainly with ems, the f.d. because we know in past storms we've had trouble getting down some of these blocks. we have a couple calls out to

fema. we would ask, if you have the possibility, your nonessential workers, if they can't adjust their hours to come in a bit earlier tomorrow and get out before the storm comes into effect. you don't ban to be traveling on a bus or train 8:00 9:00 tomorrow night, even 6:00. if you can adjust the work hours, that could helped greatly to alleviate the rush and help sanitation get an early start. so again, common sense, listen to your body. don't go outdoors if you don't have to. stay off the roads. starting tomorrow night you should not be out or drives in it. that's the way to stay safe. thank you. >> thank you, joe. one more comments and then we'll take your questions. this is a list of the top ten snowstorms in the history of this city going back to 1872. almost 140 years.

right now based on what we know this is the third place, of 1888 21.0 inches. based on what we know now, this snowe storm will be unquestionably more than that, number could be more than number two. snowiest february 2006 26.9 inches in one storm, literally could even surpass that. the reason i'm showing you this is so you can relay to our fellow new yorkers, this could be the storms the likes of which we have never seen before. we have to prepared with that in mind. whatever normal safety precautions you take in advance of a storm, take even more. be even more cautious. people will have to expect a lot of challenges delays people have to be patient, but most importantly be careful, stay safe. with in a, we welcome your questions.

>> reporter: you say stay off the roads tomorrow but if people are taking children to school you have to be on the road -- >> i think i'm referring more to commuters. from what we know now, and we will constantly update people. from what we know now, there would not be stanchal accumulation until late in the afternoon. so the concern would be to for the evening return commute. at this moment this will not affect tomorrow morning, monday morning rush hour but it would affect monday evening rush hour. that's why if people can avoid being on the road in a commuting situation, they should avoid it. >> reporter: are these taking any additional precautions? >> joe? >> yes they've been at our meetings and preparing chains. they have a lot of snow tires. so some of the bus versus snow tires f. or pulleting chains on

but we're stressing the daytime rush hour is going to be different than the commute at night. if you're all coming in at your normal time some of those buses and trains may not be available when they go home. so again, they have extra staff, extra buses, but again if the conditions get that bad, there will be less buses and trains usa there. out there. >> i want to thank in advance a lot of this preparation has been done by other deputy mayor and his chief of state of. i want to thank them with joe's leadership as well they have helped to get all the agencies on the same page in preparation for this. >> the preparation separates this day of prep from previous storms we have seen with 12 inches storms of that magnitude. >> i think there's more decisions being made earlier. for example alternate site we can tell you already canceled.

the anticipation the likelihood of school closure on tuesday. i can have my colleagues talk about everything but i can tell you everything is being sped up because of anticipation of this. >> when something like this happened with all the events around the city one of the things we are cancelling tomorrow night was our annual time when we count the homeless. we canceled that. a lot of personnel goes into that. what's the sense of counting them when there's a blizzard going on. it wouldn't be accurate and it wouldn't be safe for anyone. that's one of the events we are cancelling. >> reporter: maybe people shouldn't go to work in the morning, because they'll need to get home and buses, et cetera cars will be getting stuck. >> that's we're we're talking about the adjusting of your hours. we think it's safe enough for the kids to be in school even

some of the when it is kids stay in school it's going to start in the afternoon. we're not telling people to stay home from work. we're saying be prepared perhaps comes in earlier, if is it starts snow are snowing, pack up and head home. >> one, if you have to go to work go earlier. if you don't have to go to work you can telecommute, telecommute. if you have the option of mass transit rather than your car, use mass transit. the point is people should take seriously the evening rush hour will be a huge problem. if you can avoid it or get ahead of it it's far preferable for yourself. >> reporter: any delays regarding public transit? >> absolutely. >> reporter: shut down the subway system or buses -- >> again i'm trying to be clear.

yes, this could be the biggest snowstorm for the city's history. the point is we're asking -- the more we get people off the roads, the fewer people move around the better chance they hard hard-working men can get out and clear the road and we can restore normalcy as soon as possible. by definition if it's one of the worth storms we've ever seen there will be a lot of delays. bracing for what could be the biggest, if not maybe one of the top two or top three storms this city has ever seen according to new york mayor bill de blasio there, saying while you may have to go to work that's safe but have a contingency plan to make your way back home and stay in there expectedly for the next 24 to 36 hours, which had dump as ump as 1, 2 or 3 feet of snow. a big blizzard expected to hip from philadelphia stretching

all the way up to maine. we're going to continue to follow this story. another big story, we're talking about president obama's trip to india. while there is talk about a deal to let u.s. firms work on a civilian nuclear plant, the president also addressed the growing terror threat near the region. let's go to erin mcpike, and of course we'll tirn to bracing for the anything storm. erin? >> the president said he had no plans to change the occurrence strategy in yemen despite the political chaos we've been seeing going on there. he explained why in a press conference this morning in india. >> our efforts to go after transcript networks inside of yemen without an occupying u.s. army but rather by partnering and intelligence sharing with that local government is the approach we're going to need to take. that continues to be the case.

the alternative would be for us to play whack-a-mole every time there's a terrorist act oror inside other countries. >> reporter: others are speaking up saying continuing down this same path is not working. one of those it dianne feinstein feinstein, and john mccain, and they joined forces on cbs this morning, and called for u.s. special force toss deploy to yemen and possibly other areas in the region. mccain said this could be tough for americans to swallow, but he said there needs to be american boots on the ground maybe not combat troops but more americans need to get engaged. mean time feinstein said what the president just said isn't enough that intelligence sharing will not cut it.

her fix is putting more americans in yemen to collect more intelligence from the ground there. this is happening at the same time that the president wants congress to authorize the military campaign guess isis. so he's walking a fine line here. >> thank you, erin. guess what? or fareed zacarias sits down with the president this week. what can we expect from yemen next? joining any super london is farwa georges. all right. good to see you professor. the president wants diplomatic efforts to keep going in and known to be -- the yemeni president is being pushed out. how much of a setback is this for the u.s. efforts to stabilize yemen and perhaps

cripple terrorist activity there? >> it's a major setback. it's a major setback for yemen. yemen now is in the grip of almost all -- is descending into multiple -- you have the pro-iranian community that has taken over sanaa and most of the institutions. you have al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, which is one of the deadliest al qaeda networks. you have the south, which would like to go it alone outside of the state of yemen, multiple provinces in yemen, basically no longer take orders from sanaa. i think the options facing the united states of extremelyfredricka. and the worst-case scenario given how bad the options are is to let's say send american special forces or boots to yemen. this would be a recipe for disaster. the question is the challenge facing yemen and neighboring

countries and the united states is to help bring about stability in yemen, is to help mediate between the various warring factions? yemen, to help rebuild this state in yemen. it's not ease but to say given the multiple conflict which the send american troops. this would basically be disastrous catastrophic for both the american forces and the stability of the option the potential of putting yemen together. when you take about the neighbors, you know obviously very concerned about the stability or the lack thereof in yemen. will president obama find working with the new king king salman who is 70-something years old similar to working with king abdullah since a common goal that the u.s. and saudi arabia share is keeping a close watch on yemen?

historically the area relees on the american skaurt umbrella. just for your own viewers, yemen symbolically is the birthplace of islam, where the prophet muhammad was born where the two holiest places are, mecca and medina. saudi arabia produces 10 million barrels of oil a day. saudi arabia buys tremendous tons of weapons, tens of billions big contracts, big money, big financial service. the challenge facing president obama, i don't think we'll see any change in this relationship because the new king king salman, does not really difficult from his brothers. he would follow a similar policy both domestically and international relations. the challenge for the president of the united states is not only to renew and maintain this relationship but to impress on the new leadership the need for

reformings. the need to allow liberal dissidents have a bigger space. it's a fine line, impressing on the the fierce urgency to reform. >> is that realistic, though? while there have been manage complaints about some sort of reform the u.s. doesn't seem to have that much leverage or influence as it pertains to that yet at the same time walking that tight rope wasn'ting to maintain the relationship and because saudi arabia is so influential in that region? >> i am afraid fredricka, you are absolutely correct. the united states does thought have the well or means. as you know in the last four years, there have been some major disagreements between the united states and saudi arabia

more than once saweder leaders different with president obama. remember if you really for your own viewers, the reason would you the saudis are bakley reluctant to really carry out radical change because of the consensitive religious established, you have an umbilical cord a social contract between the saudi family the saudi monarchy and the religion os establishment bulkr basquely is in charge of the social space, the push space, the cultural space. this is a very conservative spay. that's why the monday gnashy is reluctant, because so far it's allow theed kingdom to endure and basically weather multiple storms since its foundation. >>.important so fascinating

farwaz physician gerges. the president will be attending the funeral of the king early in the week. thank you for hanging with us. i know we have a lot of breaking news. we have to asks farwaz to stick around to join us. we're going to return to the coverage of this pending blizzard, maybe even 3 feet of snow, starting tomorrow. we'll be right back. it's a really big deal. the aches. the chills. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night. why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to? prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1.3 days faster. that's 30% sooner. call your doctor right away. and attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing,

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much of new england is about to get hammered. new york city mayor deblass quo spoke about how dangerous this storm is potentially. one of the largest snowstorms in the history of the city. the early projections for this storm are that it would easily be as much as 2 feet of snow potentially pushing toward 3 feet of snow. this lit real could be one of the top 2 or 3 largest storms in the history of this city and we need to plan accordingly. so my message to all new yorkers is prepare for some of well if

you didn't get that point, i think the mayor is hoping that you really are listening and hanging on to every word. this potential dangerous. if you've never experienced a big storm before he's saying this one is going to be memorable. >> not mincing words, very strong language asking people to be prepared. state agencies are taking this very seriously. let's give you a breakdown of those resource already in motion. starting with the national guard just a short time ago preparing for 24-hour operation. and all-terrain vehicles as well. port authority that is 200 pieces of snow equipment.

600 plows will be yield. a total across the state, fred of at least 1400 plows and 3600 operators. if you're wondering how you can be prepared at home we also have a breakdown for you as well. a generator, and gets cashin dioxide poisoning, so just be careful. >> it's tough to prepare, but these officials are trying to really warn people. >> could be more than 27 inches. >> to have some sort of

contingency plan. if you have to go to work then you need to make a plan to less but after monday evening, but forget it you need to be inside you need to make plans to be inside your home. >> might not be open on tuesday. we're going to talk more about this and also joined by the director of the office the emergency management? new york joseph esposito or perhaps if you're in new england and as a whole, what you need to do. what kind of contingency plans you need in place, right after this. congratulations. you're down with crestor. yes! when diet and exercise aren't enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%.

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snowfall beginning tomorrow late morning. we just heard from the momentarily, just moments ago, where he said you know what? the plan is you need to have a plan in place, and you need to expect to stay inside for the next 24 to 48 hours. he is saying however, school

will be open tomorrow if people need to go to -- but have a plan in place, use also commissioner of the new york city office of emergency management joseph esposito you were in there with the press conference as well with the may user also implore and letting people know there needs to be a plan in place. what is your greatest concern for new yorkers particularly as they want to venture out tomorrow when there is no small no snow falling, and they feel a sense of comfort like it's going to be like any other day? can you hear me mr. esposito? looks like we're going to try to work on some audio there, because it is really important to hear from him just what kind of advice thif for new yorkers. we're going to take a short break for now. we'll be right back.

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back with me now, new york commissioner joe esposito. mr. esposito. what are you advising people to do? well it's going to start off slow. it shouldn't be a problem. as the day goes on tomorrow commuting -- the p.m. commute is going to be very, very difficult. we're trying to tell people. start your day earlier, but

after tomorrow night, you're going to have to get home and bunker down. it's going to be very, very difficult conditions. 65-mile-per-hour gusts and blizzard-like conditions. >> are you worried when the message is go to school and work tomorrow but have a plan to leave early, will there be a false suddenly they are socked with a big surprise in the afternoon, and that community even on mass transit is going to potential be a mess in the afternoon? >> yeah without a doubt. that's why we had this press conference. get in early and get out early. do not be at work or school or out and about. get home early. >> we heard the mayor say 6,000 miles of roads, sanitation workers will have to clear. those trucking will get out

there, as soon as 2 inches on the ground and the clearing will begin. salt trucks et cetera paint a picture of what you expect to be in the midst of come early evening or late afternoon. tomorrow it's gog to start out slow. with the snowfall kind of blizzard-like conditions. they'll be able to plow the street but in half an hour it would be covered again. we have personnel, equipment, and they'll be out early. the problem will be keeping up with the blizzard-like conditions. these are blizzard-like conditions. >> help people prepare. they're getting this news now, here it is 20 minutes or so before 5:00 they want to get to the stores as best they can today, maybe even take advantage of that in the morning. what do you want them to stock up on? >> well i don't think it's --

this is new york city. make sure you have the essentials that's the bottom line. you know get some flashlights. so you don't have flashlights. >> and then you heard the mayor say pay attention to the most vulnerable, elderly. so that the most vulnerable cannot be overlooked as what could be a very frightening time. >> well, some of things -- we have an advance warning system where we tell the care providers to let their folks know what's expected what's coming. we ask our neighbors, check on the most vulnerable people. the department for the aged will be delivering extra meals tomorrow to make sure that they have meals for a couple days. so den we'd like to see neighbors, if you know somebody who is homebound, check on them.

>> we heard the mayor saying at some point i don't want you even walking on the street. how do you get the message out to people especially new york ers begins tomorrow it's a different ball of wax altogether? >> we put ute constant alerts through our office through city hall through these press conferences. again, we're trying to tell people, take this serious. people have to start listening to the government when we tell them this is a serious event. this is going to be -- and the other weather services this will be a big one. this will be the biggest snowstorm in the history since we've been keeping records here in new york. joseph esposito of the

office of management service there, thank for you your time and all the best. we'll be right back with much more in the noirm noirm

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. all right. hey, look at these images. let's think super bowl sunday the seahawks arriving in phoenix. they are preparing to fashion the new england patriots in the super bowl next sunday, but with the big old storm barreling down. what will it be like for the patriots? so far, um most of the talk has reallying a little less about super bowl and more about deflated footballs, but there are millions of fans who are looking forward to the game. both teams will be spending this week in aids getting read i don't for the games, but will the patriots gel there? i'm sure they're making their plans right now or adjusting

them as a result of the pending storm that will le barreling down. how about we check in with sarah genhamm in patriots turf. you already have some snow on the ground. we're talking about a storm of between 1 and 3 feet of snow. how are the patriots and fans making adjustments now? >> reporter: you've made mention of the big one, which we just brought up here among ourself a few minutes ago, which is that we hope the patriots team is making some travel adjustments or at least monitoring this big storm. that i flight is supposed to leave tomorrow after a send-off parade at 11:00 in the morning. we all know the storm will start at some point during the day tomorrow. we hope they can adjust accordingly and make it to arizona, fred but in the meantime everyone is still talking about this so-called

deflategate. the problem, fred is that yesterday he held a press conference where he said he figured out what he believes is the reason for the deflated balls. take a listen to what he said. >> i'm embarrassed to talk about the amount of time that i've put into this relative to the other important challenge in front of us. >> reporter: bill belichick in front of the cameras for the second time in three days addressing the deflate-gate controversy at a surprise press conference saying he conducted his own experiment. >> we simulated a game day situation in terms of the preparation of the footballs and where the footballs were at various points in time during the day or night, as the case was sunday. >> belichick devilled into the science behind the issue, at

times sounding more like a physicist than a football coach. >> the atmospheric conditions were adjusted to the climatic conditions they reached an equilibrium and were down approximately 1.5 pounds per square inch. >> reporter: he says the footballs did lose 1.5 pounds of air pressure. he added that it's league officials who monitor the pressure of the footballs, not he staff. >> when we hand the balls to the officials, the official put them out whatever they put them automatic, say 12.5. the air pressure at that point from then on until the end of the game we have no knowledge of. >> reporter: one former official backed him up. >> it's something the officials take serially. >> >> reporter: earlier in the day patriots players downplayed

the controversy, saying it wasn't a factor in the super bowl preparation. the nfl players union advised them not to comment until the league's investigation is complete form. >> we have been instructed by our union, as players to reserve k0789s. it's an ongoing investigation, so in order to protect our players, we're going to go ahead and not talk about that. meanwhile, belichick is ready to move on. >> this is the end of this subject for me for a long time. okay? >> fred it did appear this press conference which was held which was unexpected was a response the to nfl releasing a statement friday saying they had found thousands balls were underinflated and investigating whether that was a result of deliberate action. and now a new concern about how weather maybe impact their game -- or their journey in

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oversea crews are still hoping to lift the submerged fuselage of flight 8501. earlier efforts today failed. let's get an update from indonesia. >> reporter: day two of attempting to race the fuselage out of the water, and they were incredibly close. a balloon was once again attached to the fuselage by team of divers in the java sea. dealing with choppy waters at the same time, they managed to attach that. they took around four hours.

to try to strengthen and reinforce. ropes that tie the balloon to the fuselage. but there are also concerned that the fuselage is damaged, it's fragile, they're concerned about the walls that they may well be broken apart. so it is an incredibly delicate operation, but they believe this is the best way to get the victims out of the fuselage out of the water and returned home to their families. it is of course now almost a month to the day since airasia flight 8501 took off on the 28th of december and just two days later found to be crashed in the java sea. families watching this operation

with great hope and they will try again if weather allows. at first light monday. let's talk more about the week ahead perhaps as it pertains to any kind of recoveries. joining mess is mitch garber a consultant and former mel officer with the ntsb. let's talk about what they have recovered. black boxes. what kind of information has come from it. >> they have been recovered, downloaded. they've listened to the cockpit voice recorder and downloaded the flight data. they know for instance this is not a terrorist event. they found no evident of that. obviously that's information they are looking for as they listen the and they heard audible alarms as the airplane is in this event, so they know that at least some of those systems, is the systems that function for the alarm are

functioning, and obviously they're spending time now going over that data piece by piece trying to find out what they can as to what happened in the last few minutes up to and including perhaps the impact. >> what would alarms be indicating? are there a host of alarms? or just one of three alarmts? >> there's any number of alarms. some of the louder ones will be pressurization, so if the cabin pressure got lost for any reason but there's a lot of alarms that would alert the pilots that something bad has gone on. they may have already known that there were things they were trying to deal with. >> they want to do bring up as much fuselage which of course have a lot of bodies inside too. what are the chance this is week? are there attemptsle based on weather conditions? >> i think that's the problem here. this is not an easy task under the best of conditions. the weather this time of year is highly variable high currents high waves, very, very difficult

for them to conduct these type of operations. i think they'll be learning each time they try it getting more and more comfortable with the conditions they do have and i think eventually they will get it up. >> i think everybody connected this to be a difficult search and recovery. even though 100 feet it's not considered that giant did anyone expect it to be this complicated? >> i think the phones that do this for a living i think they probably did. they had a lot of this equipment in place early on. they were knowing this would not be a simple operation. it's hard. >> all right. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. thanks so much for joining me. much more of the newsroom continues it poppy harlow in new york. \s.

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