the u.s.s. kidd has finished its search and will be return. >> former ntsb investigator and aviation psychologist. allen, welcome. >> thank you john. >> i want to start with this whole question about the flight patel. can you tell us -- path. can you tell us how the pilot puts a flight path into the computer and how the plane responds? >> well, john it's called a flight management system it basically controls the auto-pilot. the plane flew over a series of way points. and the assumption is someone put that way points during the time the plane was airborne. i was talking to a 767 pilot, he said, that is a standard route to the middle east and i don't know if that plane flew that route inbound or outbound on previous flights. it may not have been put into the computer as it purred along. there are other possible explanations here. >> let me follow that up a bit. so there is a flight. let's see they had a flight path to beijing, if that's case, could they change it and how difficult would it be to chang

we have the "u.s.s. kiddroyers in the northwest strait of malacca, moving more to the northwest now. just to give you from the fleet perspective, which is the tactical perspective here, the stealth of this operation, how huge we're looking. normally when there is a crisis and you go into search and rescue mode you launch your helicopter. that's the first thing we do. we have mh 16 search and rescue helicopters. their ranges are a couple hundred miles. that's kind of your radius there. well, the scope of this operation is so huge, it's almost beyond the capabilities of even this international force. now fortunately the u.s. navy, we have a poisodeon fleet. that's the most advanced patrol aircraft. that has a nine-hour or so flight time. that range is upwards of 1,000 miles out. >> and that -- obviously i know you're hoping that will make a significant difference here, but let me ask you. this is the tough question but i have to ask it. it's been a week. people are saying the only things that really would be fl

the u.s.s. kidd will go back to its normal duties, and malaysian officials reveal a a new time line which suggest a final communication from the cockpit, all right, good night, may have come before the communications were cut off. search area now covers 30 million square miles, most of the up indian ocean, 15% of the whole planet. bear in mind that the aircraft's black boxes are only bl meant to send -- meant to send signals for 30 days. ten of those are now gone. lisa stark has the story. >> as investigators in malaysia search the home of the plane's captain and co-pilot, authorities say an analysis of the air traffic recording reveals who spoke the last words from the cockpit, it was the man in the right seat. >> this investigation indicate it was the co-pilot who basically spoke the last time it was recorded on tape. >> that was 27-year-old fararik abdul hamid. investigators revised their time line saying the two communication he systems that were switched off on the jet may have both been disable

in fact, the u.s.s. kidds moving to the indian oceans and the straits because that is one of the areas it is looking at. this is not along the route that is plane was scheduled to take and this is a huge def yags and indicate that something was wrong. >> lisa, thank you so much. joining us on the telephone the former chairperson of the ntsb, welcome. >> hello. >> i want to start with the monitoring device on the engines, what do you think that information tells investigators? >> well, first, let me say that we are learning abc on how not to conduct an investigation when all of the leaks come from news sources rather than from an independent gave authority. it is hard to know whose interest is being served in the information being made public. saying that, trying to make a little sense out of what is going on it is clear that investigators are still going to look at a possible criminal act as well an accident and continue down the roads until the wreckage and the recorders are found. >> so talking about a disg

the "u.s.s. kit" -- kidd." can you hear us? >> yes, i am commander of the "u.s.s. there is a delay. what is the strategy? >> the "u.s.s. kidd" along with helicopters have been performing a number of different things in our search, our quest to find any evidence whatsoever with the missing flight 370. we've been embarking -- i'm sorry, deploying our equipment, radars and visually with our cameras. as an extension of our ship, we utilize our helicopters and we're searching approximately 1,500 square miles of water every day, every 24 hours. >> now, i know in the "new york times," a spokesman for the navy's seventh fleet said the indian ocean, it's like looking for someone somewhere between new york and california. that is a massive area. how do you do it and what are the chances you're going to be able to find evidence at this point? >> we've been working closely with the malaysian government and they've been identifying areas to search. it's interesting that you bring up the wide scope of area of los angeles and new york. i put it in the context, my ship, the "u.s.s.

i think the commander on the "u.s.s. kidd" put it well when he said just in the indian ocean, which is larger than the continental united states, flying over and looking for something associated with this plane is sort of like flying over the united states and looking for one person. that's how much space and how small of an area that they're trying to find here. >> my question, i guess, then based on that, how much longer before some corner is turned that this no longer really even is a search operation? i mean, i think we've been anticipating all along that some kind of physical evidence in some way or another will be located. what do investigators do, if and when that's impossible? >> well, you know, you have multi nations involved here and we're beginning to see some of that pullback already. india's pulled back. in fact, the united states, the "u.s.s. kidd" pulled back. we're beginning to see a drawback. not for a lack of will but for a lack of indication that the work that's being done is actually going in a direction t

first the u.s.s. kidd kdestroye is on station in the northwest section, that's the entrance of the strait of malacca. k kidd has two mh-60 romeo search and rescue helicopters. those helicopters are flying virtually all day and have a range of a couple hundred miles and usually fly for about 3 n1/ hours each. then finally we have two very advanced fix-wing aircraft. those fly out of kuala lumpur. those bring long-range search capabilities to look into the indian ocean, leafing from kuala lumpur. their range is upwards of 1,000 miles there. one of those just arrived today is the most advanced search plane we have, really advanced plane of that nature in the world. >> when you say it's the most advanced, what are its capabilities? >> usually it will fly at an altitude of 5,000, 10,000 feet. from that altitude, it can search on either side of it, water in the 10 to 20 mile range. just to give you a sense of what that radar can find, we found a small wood crate. it can see something on the surface of the water

the u.s.s. kidd is leaving the search all together. i know you had a chance to speak to this opposition leader. >> reporter: well, i can tell you is that there is a lot of scrutiny happening here inside malaysia and outside the country about the pilot and his political beliefs. some 2 million square miles, 26 countries searching, still no sign of the missing malaysian airlines plane. slow drip of information continued. they did reverse a timeline before the plane vanished. malaysia airlines says it is not sure for the transponder and tracking system was shut off before or after the final voice transmission from the plane. the voice said all right, good night. >> the initial investigation indicates that it was the co pilot who basically spoke the last time it was recorded on tape. >> the co-pilott and not the pilot. investigators focus on what happened in the cockpit more scrutiny on political ties. friends say he is a loving father of three but public supporter of opposition leader. anwar is a thorn in the ruling party's side and atten

i think, speculating, the sudden turn south that the u.s.s. kiddnd the delivery of the poseidon p.h. represented the turning point on thursday, the 13th. when the u.s. felt it was working. >> chris mclaughlin, we appreciate talking to you and the efforts of everybody at inmarsat. we appreciate that. we are going to take a short break. our coverage continues in just a moment. ffer's is proud to make america's favorite lasagna. topped with a mouth-watering blend of fresh cheese and aged parmesan. it makes our lasagna a delicious centerpiece for this table this table and your table. stouffer's. america's favorite lasagna. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age, your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. ocuvite has a unique formula that's just not found in any leading multivitamin. your eyes are unique, so help protect your eye

. >>> the u.s.s. kidd has dropped out of the church for the plane. its destroyer and helicopters are no longer looking for flight 370. they say it's partly because australians are taking over the majority of the search in that area. u.s. officials also say fewer american assets will be involved in the search now. check this out. this is a look at the area being searched. to try to put this in perspective, it is larger than the entire continental united states, the search area. malaysian airlines flight 370 is what they're looking for, disappeared on march 8 with 239 op pele on board. it left kuala lumpur headed for beijing and then just vanished. >>> the white house will announce a new initiative to give private companies and local governments better access to climate information. the goal is to help us all better understand the risk we face, especially those of us living in coastal areas where flooding is a big issue. the government is also working with several tech companies to develop tools to help communities deal with weather extremes. >>> here'

if you want to bet on america, there are 50 ships, the u.s.s. kidd, a $2 billion destroyer which is used in anti-submarine warfare, plus the most modern technologically airplane capable of finding things in the ocean. submarines, et cetera, is there. that's where those assets have been launched. so a lot of important people in the administration have made a decision and are betting on the southern route, but for reasons which we discussed here tonight, it seems to me if i'm going to commandeer an airplane, i'm heading north. >> i have to say, like, the whole -- >> quickly. >> the whole north thing doesn't make sense. now you're getting into an area, people have cell phones. if the plane's descending, people's cell phones are going to go off. they'll say to me, okay, they took everybody's cell phone. a lot of us have two cell phones. here's my one cell phone. 239 people on the plane. aren't you going to take your cell phone, hide it, dial a number? at some point you're going to hit some type of cell phone coverage. it does not seem to me logical this

the indian ocean. can you confirm that at this time? >> yes. so we have an early bird class destroyer, u.s.s. kidd. we shiftshift ed that to malacc. they have the u.s.s. kidd helicopters, a version of a search and rescue helicopter. their range, they can fly out 100 or so miles. so you have that circle, that radius there of search capability. and then really what's a game changer is today we have a mission with our latest technology in mixed-wing search aircraft. the most advanced search aircraft in the world. that range is into the thousands of miles. so that's land-based. going to take off from kuala lumpur area. that is looking west. so the initial track will look to the west. it will fly that direction, see what it sees with its surface search radar, and then fly back. >> commander william marks, spokesman for the navy's 7 fleet on the phone for us tonight. many thanks. >>> right now, russian troops are gathering on ukraine's border as crimea gears up for a vote to join russia this weekend. pro-russian forces guard the exit from the peninsula, even from journalists. that reporter joins us from crimea with the very latest on wha

. >> catherine: the navy ship that's been helping -- the u.s.s. kidd -- is dropping out of the hunt. that's because long-range navy planes simply do a better job. investigators continue to focus at least in part on the crew. and believe it was the co- pilot who sent a final transmission. first >> catherine: officials now say that the final voice transmission from the cockpit may have happened before any of the communications systems were disabled. the search, meantime has pushed deep into the northern and southern hemispheres.from the indian ocean.to kazakhstan, more than 6-thousand miles to the northwest. >> pam: coming up. >> pam: rapper -- kanye west is paying the price. following a scuffle outside a l-a airport last summer. plus -- death on the train tracks. an investigation underway in the east bay. >> pam: and -- you've got mail, and it smells. how you can soon send a new type of message through your smartphone. next >> jacqueline: temperatures are cooler today up to 14 degrees cooler than what we saw yesterday at we were at 68 am plaza 10th. 72

reporter: with navy planes covering the sky, the pentagon announced it was removing its ship, the u.s.s. kidd from the search operation after it combed the andaman sea and found nothing. with no sign of the missing airliner and frustrations growing, investigators continue to look closely at the passengers and crew. this surveillance video, which we've not been able to independently verify purportedly shows the pilot and co-pilot going through security. peter chong is a friend of the pilot. >> i would choose captain zaharie if given a choice of a pilot, even today. >> reporter: chong says the stress is mounting. is this because of your relationship with captain zaharie or because of -- >> because of humans. i think it's not just me. i think -- >> reporter: in china, some passengers' families have threatened a hunger strike if they do not get answers soon from malaysian authorities. meanwhile, china's government said today it was deploying 2 satellites to help refine that search area. anthony, norah? >> seth doane. thanks, seth. the search area for flight 370 this morning now covers 7 million s

role in looking for the plane as well as the uds and down further south as you see in that map, the u.s.s. kiddalso looking and scouring the sea surface and the air for any sign of debris field. wolf? >> barbara, why two directions, one north and one south? why did they come -- this intelligence analysis come with two different end points, if you will? >> we don't have perfect knowledge of that. we don't have -- let us be very clear -- all of the information that the government of the united states and government of malaysia has. but our understanding, from people we've spoken to, is this is based when they put all that data together. what we now know, for example, is that the satellite picked up some of those pings. they were able to analyze location information. the radar gave them location information. the pings went on for about five hours, which tells them how long the plane might have been flying in some sort of relatively stable flight situation because, again, remember, we've also been told that the emergency beacon system that would have indicated a crash, an impact into the ocean or o

the destroyer, u.s.s. kidd will stop searching, leaving only p-3 and p-8 in the skies above. >> reporter: 11 days later no hint of where the plane might be. >> the entire search area is now 2.24 million square nautical miles. this is an enormous search area and something that cannot possibly search on its own. >> reporter: malaysian authority have come under criticism for contradicting themselves saying a critical system did not shut down after the last call. flight 370 leaves kuala lumpur at 12:41 am. 1:07 am last acars data transmission. the next transmission scheduled for 30 minutes later never comes. at 1:19 am the co-pilot radios all right. good night asthma lash malaysi controllers hand him over to vietnamese air traffic controllers. at 2:15 am, the last military radar contact. all that's left are those six pings being transmitted somewhere along two very long arcs to the north and south. the last one at 8:11 am. meanwhile the families of the missing can only wait. >> the first couple of days all i could

which means that the u.s.s. kidd is one of 43 ships and 58 aircraft from 14 different countries surveying a proverbial hay stack in the north and the vast indian ocean in the south where the average depth can reach two miles all looking for a needle a little more than 200 feet long. i want to turn to the public affairs officer of the fleet. he's on board the uss blue ridge. it is the command ship for the uss kid. he joins us on the phone. thank you for taking your time. does the u.s. navy agree with what the malaysian prime minister said this morning that this plane was deliberately diverted? >> thank you. that really -- we're really at the tactical level here so our expertise in the seventh fleet are tactics, operations, freedom of maneuvering, searching, thing like that. as far as the intentions of the plane and things line that, i really can't get into speculating. i know i can tell you the uss kidd is ready, it's got two helicopters. ki tl you about their operations, where they're going tomorrow. ki tell you we b

then the u.s.s. kidd has two helicopters. we are prepared to search from the strait westward.completely different scenario -- to an area where there is an expansive entire ocean out there. >> my point is when you talk about repositioning that amount of man power, that amount of money that it takes to really maintain these vessels, these crews, these aircraft, that type of decision is not made in a vacuum. is it your belief that there is concrete evidence that that airliner may have gone down perhaps in the indian ocean because of no information that is coming from the engines? >> i'm not sure if there's any concrete evidence. i am at the tactical level. the u.s. navy's seventh fleet, my role is to ensure that we search as much area as we can in a safe manner. the evidence, who knows what's out there? right now, we're doing our best to search and one for survivors and two for debris. that's where i am right now. >> is the u.s. base in the indian ocean monitoring all of the crafts approaching the indian ocean, to your knowledge? >> to my assessment, that's a little too far away

though the search zone now rapidly expanding to the indian ocean, where navy destroyer u.s.s. kidd is joining the hunt. the navy sending surveillance to cover the waters covering an area 1,000 miles from where the plane departed. a reporter covering aerospace and boeing for the "wall street journal" and part of the team who broke this story that the plane continued on, possibly, after communication went down. he joins us exclusively today. john, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> what's the latest information you've been able to glean as to what actually happened to this plane? >> well, what we've been able to figure out thus far was after it dropped off radar in the early hours of saturday morning over the gulf of thailand, the aircraft continued to essentially broadcast what's essentially the equivalent of a ping. what that means is the satellite communication system on the airplane over the course of the flight, if it's not sending regular data, it will essentially be pinged by the satellite that's orbiting above to say, hey, are you there? and over the course of the time that