three aircraft have been tasked by rcc australia with the air laser today, including the united states poseidonhe poseidon aircraft should be on scene now, the second, the royal air force base should be on scene at 6:00 p.m. this afternoon. the new zealand orion is due to depart at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon and should be on scene at 8:00 p.m. a royal australian air force c-130 hercules aircraft has been tasked by rcc australia to drop data markers. they are providing information about water movement to assist in drift modelling. they will provide an ongoing reference point. if the task of relocating the object becomes protracted. the deployment on monday is expected to arrive in the area of 6:00 p.m. having been diverted by rcc australia. the royal australian navy war ship is enroute to the area but is some days away. she is equipped to recover any objects located and proven to be from 370. the focus is to continue the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are searching for any signs of the missing aircraft. weather conditions are moderate in the southern

australia to the area later today, including a royal new zealand air force orion and a united states navy poseidon air kraflt. the poseidon aircraft should be on scene now. the second australian orion departed at 2:00 this afternoon and should be on scene at 6:00 this afternoon. the new zealand orion is due to depart at 4:00 this afternoon and should be on scene at 8:00. a royal australian air force c-130 hercules aircraft has been tasked to drop data marker bu s buoys. they are providing information about water movement to assist in drift modeling. they will provide an ongoing reference point if the task of relocating the objects becomes protracted. a merchant ship that responded to a shipping broadcast issued by rcc australia on monday is expected to arrive in the area about 6:00, having been diverted by rcc australia. the royal australian warship hma success is on route to the area, but it's some days away. she is equipped to locate any objected located and proven to be from mh 370. the focus is to continue the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are s

. >> and the united states poseidon that david wright is on should be in the area almost as we are speakingctually locate the debris. one of the two pieces identified by satellites right now, 78 feet long. just saying, it could take a long time to actually zero in on that piece of debris. and again, they have to have an abundance of caution here. you remember a week and a half ago the chinese satellites found what was thought to be very promising debris sign and it turned out to be nothing. but clearly, the australians are very skilled in this kind of search and rescue operation, and if they are as gung-how, so to speak, as they seem to be right now, this is a fantastic lead and this could be it. >> and it is important to highlight something that david right said, that the crew aboard the plane that he's on right now also got radar hits from below of significant size. and he said that is an indication that there is something down there, but again, the question remains, what is that something? >> and it's been 12 days, so, in fact, if they find debris, they have to analyze currents, they hav

been tasked to the area later today, including a royal new zealand air force craft in the united states navy, poseidonn aircraft should be on the scene now. the second postilion o'brien departed at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon and should be on the scene at 6:00 p.m. this afternoon. the new zealand is due to depart at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon and should be on scene at 8:00 p.m. a royalist billion airforce hercules aircraft has been tasked to dropped -- these assist r c c australia by assisting in drift modeling. they will provide an ongoing reference point if the task of locating the object becomes protracted. a ship issued on monday is expected to arrive in the area about 6 p.m., having been diverted by rcc australia. she is a quick to recover any objects located and proven to be from the flight. the focus is to continue the search operation with all available ships and aircraft. the ships and aircraft are searching. any signs of the missing aircraft. weather conditions are moderate in the southern indian ocean where the search is taking place. however, pork visibility has been reported, and this will ham

a united states navy poseidon aircraft and one australian civil jet acting as a communications relay.of the ten aircraft are overhead in the search area as we speak, with the further six planes to fly over the area today. a further royal air force p-3 orion has been placed on standby at the royal air force base in pierce to relay any new sightings, six air ships are sent to the area, including hms ships and five chinese ships and success is expected to arrive late tomorrow night. additionally, the maritime safety ship is in the search area. and i might add that we know her quite well, she visited sidney last year in order to support regional maritime safety conference and we had the opportunity to do a search and rescue exercise with that ship. the united states towed pinger locater, and a blue 21 vehicle have arrived in perth to assist with the location and recovery of the black box. these will be fitted to the australian defense vessel ocean shield which will arrive in western australia in the coming days. and the depth of the water in the search area is between 2,000 meters and 4,0

we were on the united states p-8 poseidon, a state of the art plane. and it was going back and forth over the search area. what i can tell you is even though we can't show you the video aboard the plane because it is so highly classified, is that we were skimming the surface, very close to the ocean, and we actually saw some objects floating as well. one of the spotters saw white objects bobbing in the water. so we took a couple of paths around it. also spotted some orange rope as well as a blue plastic type bag, unsure of exactly what that was. all of this was marked. the coordinates were marked and the crew did ask that a sea vessel go and check it out. don't know if it's related to the plane, but certainly an intriguing lead, wolf. >> it's already saturday morning where you are in perth, australia, kyung. i take it the weather is good, the new search zone 700 miles farther north than the old zone is not as turbulent, it should be more conducive to a search, is that right? >> absolutely. you hit it right on the head. you can see that the sky is light

the united states navy poseidon out there still searching. and with any luck, we'll find something shortly. we've got a lot of hope. and if the conditions remain as they are, hopefully we'll find something soon. >> the mystery has now given way to gear. because for their part, the malaysians are asking the united states and other countries to contribute things called so-called hydrophones to listen for the pings from the missing plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders. those will be deployed whenever and wherever any wreckage might finally be located. for the first time, malaysia sent a high-level delegation to beijing, china, today, to brief the devastated family members who decided not to relocate to kuala lumpur. and more than half of flight 370 passengers, you remember, are chinese nationals. joining me now with much more on the state of the investigation at week two, cnn anchor and aviation expert, richard quest and lieutenant colonel michael kay, former adviser to the uk ministry of defense and helicopter pilot in britain's roya

a united states navy poseidon aircraft and one postilions' civil jet acting as a communications relaythe ten aircraft are in the search area as we speak. the further it six planes to fly over the area today. leo ryan has been placed on standby the royal australian air force base to investigate any reported sightings. five chinese ships. success is expected in tomorrow night. the maritime safety ship is in the search area. i might add that we know quite well as cheap sydney and cans last year in order to support a regional marathon safety conference. we had the opportunity to do the search and rescue exercise with that ship. the united states had a locator and a blue fin 21 autonomous underwater vehicle arriving in perth to assist with location and recovery of the black box. these will be fitted to the australian defence the vessel which will ride in the coming days. the depth of the water in the search area is between 2,000 meters and 4,000 meters. >> thank you, mr. young. as australia's investigation agency, working with a range of experts organizations to analyze available data rela

. >> reporter: i was with the united states p-8 poseidon crew. and as we were entering the search area, it took about two hours and twenty minutes to arrive to the search area. as we got closer to the ocean, one of the crew members, one seated to the left, looking out at the ocean, suddenly saw white debris. a number of white debris spots on the ocean from that high, all he could see from specks. then another crew member to the right saw some orange rope, what appeared to be orange rope. and then another sighting, a blue bag. all of it in the same general vicinity. what they did was they marked the coordinates, they swept through it twice, got a good look at t. a cam did give us a look on board the plane, what it was. it was really hard to make out. it looked like a misshapen white object. that's the only part i saw, wolf. what we can tell you is that it's definitely debris. but we definitely do not know if it is connected to the missing plane. the coordinates have been set and a sea vessel has been directed to go there. wolf? >> so the vessel pr

the aircraft consistent of two p-3 orient surveillance planes, a united states p-8 poseidon intelligence plane and a c-130 hercules that will drop buoys into the ocean to track the currents of the water. now the norwegian vessel was the first ship to arrive on the scene. this ship is currently searching for that debris. and, of course, this area of the southern indian ocean is extremely dangerous. it's deep, rough water. the search area depth ranges from 9800 feet to 16,000 feet. almost amazing to think that we could be able to recover something if this is the plane. last night there were ten foot assess in the area. seas are expected to increase to over 10 to 20 feet over the next day. if there are any new developments, obviously, in this hour, we will bring them to you. but how do you feel about this? get your cell phones out. i want to know how you feel about what this latest development is. do you believe this is the plane? text a for yes, text b for no to 67622. you can go to the blog at ed.msnbc.com. and i want to bring in cary walsh from global diving and salvage. i appreciate you

the united states has sent one of its poseidons and possibly more. ve no doubt that if our people say more aircraft is the answer the united states seventh fleet would have them there in no time. >> brendan if the prime minister made this announcement, he would not have done so without some amount of -- i don't know if certainty is the right word. but maybe you could put in some sort of perspective your prime minister making this announcement, what he thinks about the possibility that that was somehow connected to the plane? >> well, look, what the situation is, our search and rescue people just working backwards on that, as of last night, their official position was that they were still searching for survivors. that's the absolute bottom line. once these objects were found and once there was a possibility that they might be from the aircraft, that left open the possibility that they might be survivors floating around there. we've had the miracle on the potomac where an amazingly skilled pilot was able to put down an aircraft on the body of water. an

. >> reporter: the united states navy p 8 poseidon patrol craft arrived in the region. jon donnison has more from perth. >> reporter: this is free mantle port just outside perth. it's here that some of the recovery operation is likely to be based. we have the "hma success" set up from here. that's at the search scene as well as several chinese ships. perth, already one of the most remote cities in the world, and the search area is some 2,500 from where we are now. we have a key bit of kit being flown in by the americans. something known as a towed ping locater. essentially that will be used to try to find the plane's missing black box flight recorder. what happens is a ship tows this through the water and it's able to pick up any pings or signals sent out by the black box. there are a few problems with that. one, the black box flight recorder is only able to send these pings out for about 30 days. that's the amount of battery life. we're already on day 18. there's a bit of time pressure. secondly, the black box may have been damaged so it may not be able to send out any

a united states navy p-8 poseidon aircraft, and one australian civil jet acting as a communications relayf the ten aircraft are overhead in the search area as we speak. with a further six planes to fly over the area today. a further p-3 orion has been placed on stand by at the royal air force base in western australia to investigate any reported sightings. six ships are relocating to the new search area, including five chinese ships, and is expected to arrive in the search area tomorrow night. the chinese patrol ship is in the search area. the united states towed pinger locater and a bluefin 21 autonomous underwater vehicle have arrived in perth to assist in the location and recovery of the black box. these will be fitted to an australian defense vessel, which will arrive in the coming days. and the depth of the water in the search area is between 2,000 meters and 4,000 meters. thank you. the atsb, as australia's transportation safety investigation, is working with a range of other national expert organizations to analyze available data relating to the flight of mh-370 and to determine th

five australian aircraft, additionally the united states navy p 8's poseidon aircraft is due to departor the search area. those area craft and surface ships are racing into the southern indian ocean off australia all trying to get a better look at debris first reported earlier this morning. they are also contending with ocean currents and weather conditions. i want to quickly turn to our chad myers focusing on that. it's morning there off the coast of western australia. what is the weather like at the search area right now? early this morning when we were on the air they were talking about low visibility, moderate conditions. what's it like now? >> reporter: the low visibility where kyung lah that little thunderstorm complex right there. 1500 miles from that area to the search area and the weather couldn't be better. what was wrong with yesterday? low ceilings, the planes couldn't fly high, rain, low visibility. and anderson, white caps. what's the worst possible thing in an ocean when you're looking for a white airplane? white caps. they couldn't literally see anything. they couldn't

the united states has deployed one p-8 poseidon and will redeploy the p-3 orion aircraft.ntioned yesterday, has deployed three p-3 orions and one c-3 hercules. new zealand is redeploying a p-3 orion to support australian search efforts. the republic of korea has committed one p-3 orion and one c-130 hercules. japan has committed two p-3 orions, two c-130s and one gulf stream jet. the uae committed one c-17 aircraft and another aircraft. they are set from korea, japan and uae are in malaysia awaiting orders from their respective governments. aside from deploying its assets to the northern corridor, china has made arrangements with australia to deploy an aircraft to the southern corridor. i would like to clarify what has been said about acars and the sequence of events before the air turnback. on saturday, we said that based on new satellite information, we can say to high degree of certainty that the aircraft communication addressing reporting system, acars, was disabled just after the aircraft reached the east coast of peninsula malaysia. shortly afterwards, near the borde

orions, australians have a couple and new zealanders have another one and united states brings another weapon to the table a poseidon used for surveillance and other methods. these are all very sophisticated aircraft that are being put to the test though, ronan, because these conditions really are appalling. we're talking high seas and rain and clouds. it's going to be difficult but they are optimistic. >> all right, really a lot going on there out of australia. thank you, sarah james, we appreciate your being there for us. we're looking navy ships and sea hawk helicopters and subtracking vehicles from australia. but what's interesting actually is that the most important information may come from a tiny camera in space. we are going to look at the aerospace component of this search and in the end, it could be that that makes or breaks the difference in that. so for an in depth look and perspective from somebody who actually has dealt with aerospace technology in the flesh, more than most ever did, we're going to turn to live on pt phone commander chris hadfield, retired astronaut and former space station commander.

new zealand, australia, and of course the united states are providing one of its 3-8 poseidons, one ofhe world's most advanced aircraft. they have much better weather today and everybody is keeping their fingers crossed that the weather will stay good and visibility will be fine. in addition to that the success the australian naval vessel is back the game. they will be looking for two objects sighted monday at our time. rectangular object and sir could circular green object. speculation these might have been rescued -- something like that from the aircraft. no confirmation of that. but, anyway, the search goes on. >> all right, roger, thank you very much. and, of course. >> thank you, greta. >> if we hear any new developments in the flight for search 370 as soon as we get them. but, right now, the supreme court jumping into that fierce battle over the obamacare birth control mandate. today's fight bringing protesters from both sides to the steps of the supreme court. senator ted cruz was among them. >> everyone is able to access contraceptives. this case is about whether the federal go

the united states will send the p8a poseidon, the world's most advanced maritime surveillance aircrafte search later this week. and that search focusing on the gulf of thailand and the south china sea. we have a former national transportation safety board member and a former airline mechanic. this report about the engines transmitting to the ground four hours after the flight disappeared, after the transponder disappeared, what does that say to to you, john? is that possible, first of all? >> yes, it is possible. somebody can turn the transponder off, but you really can't turn off the engine recording system. it's broadcast either by satellite or over vhf radios. but it's really not readily accessible to the cockpit, and it's an entirely different circuit. so it is possible that it would keep running as long as the airplane was running. jon: so that's a system that bundles up information about the engines. the engines kind of monitor themselves. they say, okay, here's the air pressure up here, here's the air temperature. they bundle that information up, as i understand it, and every 30

correspondent, jim sciutto, describe the role that the united states and other nations are now playing in the hunt for flight 370. >> the u.s. has deployed its p-8 poseidon, most advanced surveillance aircraft. it can see very far and can travel very far and stay on station for a very long time to search for this. it's also got a p-3 orion taking part as well. you know that the u.s. is looking at its satellites in this area, commercial, and perhaps some military, to see what they can add to these images that we've seen already. in addition to that, the u.s. and australia, along with new zealand, the uk and canada, are part of what's called the five is. this is really the u.s.'s closest allies in terms of sharing intelligence, and you can be sure they are able to share intelligence that we can't do even with allies in europe, germany, france, et cetera. that includes the most sensitive satellite data, the most sensitive radar data. one thing we've become aware of is that australia has some very advanced, over-the-horizon radar, which could come into play in a search like this. >> thanks to jim skrciutto for that. 14 days since flight 370 vanished, 14 days

right now the focus for us in the united states navy, particularly is fixed wing search aircraft. we now have two. the second p-8 poseidon will be arriving in perth today. you'll fly one aircraft and then it takes a break. >> even though it's 700 miles closer to perth than the old search zone, you still can only do one a day. >> with this particular aircraft. the aircraft can stay aloft for eight to ten hours. the fact that it's closer to perth will help keep it on station a little longer. we've also sent some underwater surveillance equipment to be boarded on a ship but that's only valuable if you have a much more defined area than we have right now. >> you would think given the poseidon, the most advanced airplane that the u.s. navy has, could determine if something floating out there is wreckage or do they actually need a ship to go out there and pick it up? can do you that from the air? >> most likely you'd need the ship. the poseidon can search a wider swath of water. but you're most likely going to have to have somebody go out there and verify. >> my assumption is that the u.s. has the best satellite imagery out th

we're not seeing anything of that stuff and with the p-8 poseidon from the united states we thought theyo find something of a basketball so why not find the cushions. they have been flying over the area for two days, going out there again today. so far it just doesn't seem like this is giving me a lot of hope that that's where it went down. >> well, what do you think? we heard from a lot of people yesterday on twitter, a lot of viewers saying maybe they should let this rest. what do you think about it? go to our facebook page and answer the question should the malaysian flight search be called of course, or is it too early? weigh in and give us your thought. >> over to rick wrightman with a look at our weather and conditions there, rick. as these investigators are searching that area, what kind of conditions? >> we are seeing one more storm coming in, that is right before where that debris was found, and behind it, maybe 12-hour breaks in between. there's a tropical cyclone. jillian way up here south of indonesia so zero impacts from where jillian is. if you hear that spoken of, don't wo

about resources, you can't get away from the fact the united states has been in such a lead in all of this with our very expensive plane, the p-8 poseidon, the search aircraft that is so special. we're the only ones with it in the air. we're looking at tax dollars. people are curious how much this is costing. >> the last update we got from the pentagon is they have spent $2.5 million of the $4 million they allotted for the search. we should get new numbers in the days uz head, but a former ntsb official says the united states and other countries should spend a lot more now. >> we need a lot more resources than eight airplanes and 20-some ships. i think we need 48 airplanes and we need it quick. and i just hope that president obama is getting the right kind of information. we have a fleet of p-3 orions, older than the p-8s, they need to be out there looking. >> if the plane is indeed in the south indian ocean, that is still a massive area and a far corner of the globe. and now lawmakers in this country are ripping malaysia for not being open enough in terms of sharing information with american officials in a timely fashion. harris. >> an

and the united states, crews are in the air and on rough seas, battling the elements in what amounts to an extraordinary search and possible recovery mission. among the assets, the p8 poseidonthe world's most sew fess tick indicated search. it descended to an altitude of 300 feet, skimming along the radar with radar and cameras amplifying the search. and while today's effort did not find the object, official says the poseidon is up to the challenge. >> the best capability of seeing metallic objects on the ocean, advanced radars that are classified, long on station time and they'll have the best chance. >> the new search area is the result of a massive data crunching exercise where some of the u.s. government's best and brightest minds took the satellite and radar data and then factored in the weather, jet's fuel load and glide time. today australian authorities consistently lowered expectations. the dire weather conditions are a factor, and the images are hopeful but not definitive. >> the objects are relatively instinct on the imagery. i don't profess to be an expert in assessing image ricer but those who are expert indicate they're credible sightings. >> if the debris is

the united states has the most advanced anti-sub and anti-surface war plane flying search missions. that's the american poseidon. experts say it helps to at least know where the plane is not during a search like this, but that seems to be all anybody knows at this hour. back to you. >> more questions this morning, thank you, peter. >>> as we learn more about the pilots, the big question is, what will they have to gain by hijacking this aircraft? >> it's a great question. we'll bring in our fox news terrorist analyst this morning. >> good morning, thank you for having me. >> so many questions about the end game for this aircraft if it was hijacked and taking it over and using it for a terrorist plot. where would be the best place to take this airplane? >> it's the mind of the person how did it, that's where we should start. what was the ideology of this pilot or two pilots. that will determine a lot of things. they would have done it allegedly because of opposition to the malaysian government makes no sense because the opposition in malaysia is not jihadist at this point in time. there would be two things we nee

a poseidon aircraft, boeing 737, out there listening, putting sonar bowies in the water, trying to pick up things from the digital flight data recorder. i would say that the focus of the united statesat area probably gives us the best clue of where that plane probably went. but that being said, if i wanted to use this plane for some purpose later on, i would head north, not south. but, you know, it's a work in progress. >> yeah. and we're only working with the best information that's available and after the news conference from the malaysian prime minister, that is today's best information. arthur rosenberg, good to have you. thank you for adding your voice to the conversation. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you for having me. >>> it's hard to comprehend really how big the search is. we're showing you the graphic, but the area for this plane now. it encompasses several country, an ocean. it's huge. ted miers will map it out for us when we come back. so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 a month? yup. all 5 of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about exp