our john blaxland, thanks for being with us. we'll speak to you again this morning as we follow the minute-by-minute developments in the search for this possible debris. thanks, john. >>> all right, we also have more live, team coverage of the mystery of missing malaysia airlines flight 370. we'll bring you that live, straight ahead. female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected mattress sets. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪

a painstaking process, as john blaxland explains. thanks so much for being with us, john, this morning. really appreciate it. one of the things they've been dealing with over the last few days is the weather. >> yeah. >> at this moment, visibility in the south indian ocean, it's ideal. >> but that window of opportunity for searching is going to be closing again soon. our meteorologist indra petersons is looking at the conditions in this zone. this is critical, because they're not getting radar detections. this is all about line of sight, from the air and from the sea, and another storm is coming in? >> i mean, that's the one thing we continue to be talking about, how treacherous this region is. you can actually see yesterday the cold front that did push through the search area. but keep in mind, although it has pushed out of the search area itself, of course, it's still in between land and where they need to be looking, so the pilots do still need to go through it. but notice back in the distance, you can see -- remember, we're shifti

john blaxland, thank you so much for helping us understand the technology behind those pictures that we've all been glued to all morning. we, of course, are continuing to follow the very latest in the disappearance of flight 370. the jetliner has now been missing for 13 days, and this morning, what we've been talking about, debris. some debris of wreckage. it could be part of that plane. we just don't know yet. it was found some 1,400 miles off the coast of australia. planes headed there right now. we have continuing, live coverage right after the break. pay my bill. phone: your account is already paid in full. oh, well in that case, back to vacation mode. ♪boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants... voice-enabled bill pay. just a tap away on the geico app. ♪ huh, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. yup, everybody knows that. well, did you know that some owls aren't that wise. don't forget about i'm having brunch with meagan tomorrow. who? seriously, you met her like three times. who? geico. did you run in

i want to bring in john blaxland, a senior fellow at the strategic and defense studies center at australian national university. he joins us now from canberra, australia this morning. break this down for me. talk to me about the satellites that took these images, when they were taken and why they set off the red flags that they set off. >> okay. this is a photograph from the 16th of march, so it's several days old now, but this is not an area of the world that we try to photograph all that frequently. i mean, let's not forget, there's nothing there except lots and lots of water. so, this is far away from anywhere. it's far away from australia, from africa. this is not a part of the world that is frequented very often. it's not even right on the track, the sea lines of communication that the major maritime trailing ships pass by. so, this is out of the way. this is something that had to be photogra photographed, and these photographs are taken around the world all the time, but you know, the level of granulation of the photographs is often not very good. so, what the analysts have done is th

blaxland forr john more. we have a lot of action in the asian pacific. asx 200 is down.eing the australian dollar strengthening. there are record low cash late. the nikkei is coming back from friday and is up. what chicago futures point to and what we are getting. is strengthening. there are gains this morning, despite the intention tension -- the increasing tensions in the ukraine and russia. the border has been flanked with troops. to the crisis in the ukraine that has roiled global markets. russia continues to fortify along the eastern border. allies will be meeting in the hague for a response. a lot of people have taken a has happened and cease worrying signs. >> we have learned that the sian troops have built up on the border of the ukraine. president obama is going to discuss the tensions. the big concern is if russia is planning an invasion. they say they are not. says they will defend their territory. there is concern about the outbreak of war. there is a lot of concern about western banks lending to the ukraine -- to russia, rather. they do not want to be caught