the air force has the furthest to go. that is not a badge of honor because the other folks are further ahead. i have a page out of last november's fire report which shows the planned deadline for a variety of things that the air force needs to get done in order to get readiness. not one of them has been met. every one of those deadlines has been moved to 2014 or further. out of those deadlines reported to making getting the air force ready on time. can you give us your current status on where the air force's and are you continuing the effort? >> i am having regular meetings on this. it is a top priority. thank you for pointing out that we are where we are in it is a daunting challenge. i have also heard the comparison that you probably have the farthest to go. i want you to know, we are both on it and of pressing and very aware of the deadline. the other thing is also watching the experience of others and it has become apparent that sometimes you may not feel your 100 percent ready to go through that. if you're 75, 80 per

my dad served in the air force in india and china. i know of the capabilities and competence of our military and very grateful to be, uncle of a person serving in the air force today. and i just know of your capabilities. secretary james, the primary russ national security launcher for satellites uses a russian made engine called rd-180. defense daily reported this week on this engine and stated, quote, it is rumored that russia could cut off supplying the rd-108 in the u.s. to in response to the economic sanctions, end of quote. i understand we have a two-year stockpile of on these engines but i also know the air force just committed to a five-year procurement of the atlas launch vehicle. there are at least three american launch vehicles that utilize american-made engines that offer the full range of capabilities without relying on russian components. i believe it is in the interests of our national security that we should shift to american-made engines. what. what, madam secretary, is your indication on this. >> congressman, there is

the air force is supporting d.o.d.'s efforts to slow the of growth in every all military compensation. a were able to really sustain number of increases over the last number of years and i think that field very strongly we want to support the men and woman who serve our country and families. et we're faced with this dilemma. it's tough. could you talk us through your x tent you and the think it may or may not effect ecruitment retention in the future. we're dealing with perhaps allowances housing and looking at possible increase prices and the air force is sort of going ahead might describe as a piecemeal fashion without waiting for the commission to with their recommendations. help us understand your thinking n this and really how we can look at those changes that you're suggesting in light of ther things that we might not be able to do if we don't move that. d and do >> so you said it, as part of the package of the tough choices the were made and compensation changes are dody, military.or all it was a tough judgment b

the air force has the furthest to go.ge of honor because the others are further ahead. i have a page from last november's report that the plant deadlines to get to audit readiness. not one of them have been met. to getting the air force ready on time can you give us the current status? >> i am having regular meetings on this is a top priority for me thank you for pointing now we are where we are a and also heard that comparison we have the farthest to go but we are both on it and pressing and aware of the debt binds. i am watching the experience of others and it is apparent you may not thank you can go through that but maybe it is better to try because the following year you will because you don't get it the first time and around. all i can say to you i am trying to be on top of it. >> how far down the chain of command? >> three and have the years ago i was with everything commander we have then working as hard but don't have the tools to do it right so i have nothing to add. we just keep grinding on best. >> thank you fo

this, too comes from the air force. i got to see all of this happening overseas and as also was reminds and learned myself when i took over, the contributions of the air force also touch-under civilian lives in ways we might not necessarily even know. it's almost magic sometimes the way these things happen. for example, when you're in your car and you're using your map application to get from point a to point b, that actually is dependent upon global positioning satellites flown and maintained be the u.s. air force. not to mention the timing aspect of gps that allows your cable box to tune in your morning news in the morning as you're having your cup of coffee and trying to catch up on world events. so all of this pertains to the air force and what an impressive air force it is. i'm a huge fan, have been one throughout my entire career, but, boy to now be part of it is very, very special for me. so, as shantel mentioned, wanted to talk to you about people in our national security. i'm going to zero in particularly on wom

>> well, we saw very soon after the air france aircraft went down, the air france -- the air bus was transmitting mechanical maintenance data back to its maintenance base at the time of the accident. we may find at some point that this aircraft was also transmitting some sort of data back down to the ground, that air traffic may not have seen because they wouldn't normally be privy to that kind of information anyway. right now it is probably a little too early to tell. >> and so in the absence of knowing exactly -- because they're not coming out and saying we believe the jet is down. it appeared they waited until they knew the jet would have run out of fuel before they went public with the information. how did they start at this point, robert, investigating where the aircraft is. in other words, how do you do a search and rescue for an airplane? >> well, i mean, again as i said we have these reports that we're required to give either through electronic means on the radio. they're digital or sometimes they're voice calls where one of the pilots will pick up the radio and say you know,

the other airplanes that we have been in close air support can. as we look at what we have to cut we have to bounce across. thus the debate. that's what we're looking this way. >> i understand and appreciate the roles. very important. we're talking 740 million the year. if there was a 6% reduction in air force civilian through attrition you can achieve that. have you looked at attrition, natural attrition of the civilian work force as a possible way to help keep this unique capability in our fleet? >> actually civilian reductions were looked at in civilian reductions are going to be happening as part of that headquarters story anthology about earlier. civilian work force will be coming down. with the analysis was done in order to achieve the same savings as the eight and even though these are completely different things you would have to take down an additional 10,000 civilians to equate to the same amount of money roughly speaking as the kayten. one wanted to save civilians are already coming down. this will be 10,000 unstoppable we're already pla

and at air is a very, vy good insulator. so most of the things that keep you very, very warm in a cold climate like tha which insulates like styrofoam, yeah? or spun glass or things like that. they're all what? they are things that hold air. see these thermal underwear they have now? the thermal underwear-- you look at a thermal underwear, and there's like a net, li fishnet. and you put that on and that's gonna keep you warm? but over that fisht underwear, you put a regular t-shirt. and now what's trapped between your skin and that t-shirt? air. it begins with a "a." air. all right. it ends with r. air. air. okay. and n that air circulate? now if the air warmed up and just went away, then you get cold again, see? but it's all helthere by these little netting. that's what it is. when that stuff first came out, i looked at that and said, "what?" 'cause, you know, "this is gonna keep warm, honey." and they show you something with all these holes. [laughter] all these holes? that doesn't sound right. but i--wait a minute, wait a minute. i said

i think you know this but a want to shape what happened in the clean air with the dirty air. in our state, we just have days where there were health advisories and people could not put out. every time i hear senator in half and others complained about these rules and say, this is baloney, there were no benefits. excuse me, open your eyes. look at what happened in l.a. and in southern california. in 1976, we had 166 advisories. people were warned not to go out. everyone says they care about the elderly, and we all do, this was huge for the elderly population to be able to go out and breathe the air. and now in 2010, guess what? we have zero health advisories. so i would say, administrator mccarthy, are you aware of this in southern california, and are there other places where you could find similar results in the country? >> yes. >> okay. i also wanted to share something else with you, which is again a poll, poll numbers on all this. and this is about climate change where my colleagues are raising against it. that's a fact, they are. we had an all nighter that was organized i

on top of the cold air. ea, look at how it just expands. this could be heavy sleet or freezing rain. all the way from washington, d.c. up through new york and into boston. that area continues to come down and expand actually. bringing warmer air in, that melts the snow. the cold air still in place at the surface. so you are getting icing happens here. so we'll continue to watch this and how it drops throughout the weekend. del? >> dave thank you very much. "the stream" is next, but we'll be right back as soon as we hear from john kerry. >> i'm lisa fletcher in you are in the "stream." chicago evicts thousands with a promise to deliver better, but what is in the future for the city desperate for rejuvenation? ♪ >>> digital producer, co-host, wajahat ali is here bringing in all of your live feedback throughout the show. we are talked about a lot of cities in crisis on this show, but it is never in a vacuum, a lot of cities are experiencing

was it hijacking in that way or had the air crew taken control? irresponsibly? again, this is all speculation. but these are all the loose ends out there. and it's caused by this period of time that the plane was flying with a transponder off, and extended and unexpected period of time, wolf. >> nic robertson with the latest from london. nic, thanks very much. so if the terror angle seems to be played down, at least by some, what does that leave others for explanations? let's bring in congressman adam schiff, democrat from california, senior member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks very much for joining us. >> you bet. >> all right. so what do you make of what john brennan, cia director, is saying when he says "not at all." he emphasized those words, not ruling out terrorism. what are you hearing? >> well, i think he's exactly right at this point. we really can't rule anything out. we do know a lot more about these two passengers, but we probably know more now about those two passengers than we do with the other more than 200 on board. so w

there are two p-3s up in the air. these are all critical planes because they can use their special radar and fly very low to really eyeball the sea and see what kind of potential debris is out there. so the planes keep going. i think, actually, here at perth air base, we may have heard another p-3 getting ready to take off as well. there will be a total of ten planes in the sky today. one of them a commercial jet. they'll have a lot more time to search. so hopefully they'll get good leads today, don. >> you know, these objects that the chinese found in the water before the sun came up, what do you know about them? what can you tell us about them, atika? >> reporter: we don't know exactly what they are, but what we understand is they're not -- they are not from the plane at this point. so they could be anything, you know, tossed out of a container ship or fishing vessel. they found a fishing buoy a few days ago. what it means is the ship continues to move on, chase after other objects that have already been sighted. thi

>> both sets of pilots are in contact with air traffic control, operated by the brazilian air force. t starting at 4:02 p.m., northwest to brasilia, there's a problem. the legacy's radar data is no longer being received by air traffic control. >> at some point during the flight, the transponder, which provides altitude information to the controller, inadvertently disappeared. >> a transponder is critical. not only to relay key information to air traffic control and nearby planes, but also in order to enable tcas, the traffic alert and collision avoidance system, which warns pilots when another plane is too close. >> traffic. traffic. >> and advises preventative action. >> climb. climb. >> in addition to the missing transponder signal, which is preventing the legacy from sending its data, there's another problem. well-documented radio dead zones over the amazon. beginning at 4:26 p.m., air traffic control and the legacy pilots make several attempts to verbally communicate, all unsuccessful. under normal circumstances, they would acknowledge each other's calls. >> brazilian air traffic

center of the air base, head out to the ocean. it takes four to five hours to get to this remote area. they circle there for two hours. and then they have to make the long trip back. so what does this search area look like? a remote part of the world? here's what one local aviation expert told us. >> this is one of the most difficult places in the world to find anything. the sea state you're talking 40, 50-foot swells. you're talking three miles deep. this is as bad as it gets. >> reporter: and that's where they think it is. this is the area that is the size of new mexico that they have to scope over. and anderson, they are racing against time to try to get this information to hundreds of family members around the world. anderson? >> there is any sort of timetable for announcements or how announcements are going to be made? obviously we can't tell how soon we're going to know what this debris is. the information would probably be fed i guess through australian government channels first. >> reporter: yeah. they've been very guarded

for the air force, it means the budget request and highlights, the air force can still not meet its readinessntil 2023. let me read that again. 2023. 10 years almost from now. that is how big the readiness deficit is. the cuts we made over the last couple of years are so deep, the budget forecast into the future -- what is our problem? sequestration. how soon we forget ar. that has flattened out. to refill the hole with limited resources, 10 years just to get ,s back to where we need to be the air force is faced with making difficult structure trade-offs. they are retiring to pretty good aircraft. just because we don't have the resources to maintain them. these aircraft have unique capabilities that we have already had in the hearing process to this point. they need that aircraft. it is interesting. people before you, general, have and that you are a pilot kind of indicated that you suggested getting rid of the a-10. it is amazing how things work. i think the ones that we should are the be asking about ground forces that had their lives saved because of the a-10 and the pilots that have flown

flames shot 40 feet in the air. was visible from all parts of the city and beyond. >> we are told the workers got off around 3:30 or 4:00. when we got on scene, it was not a big fire, but once it got going, it really took off. >> reporter: the chief says the building is likely a total loss. it was supposed to be a 360 unit apartment complex right in the middle of several other complexes along forth street. some of the surrounding buildings were also under construction. the biggest challenge for fight fighters, keeping it from catching to the other fires. >> that housing was threatened at one point. but we applied a water curtain to cool the nearby buildings. they are vulnerable. >> >> reporter: as you can see back here, the firefighters are in defensive mode. they are pouring water onto the flames and are also a considerable distance away as parts of the building have actually started to collapse. >> well into the evening as firefighters poured water on the structure, the twisted melted frame became more fragile. as

planes are in the air over the indian ocean searching for signs of missile airlines flight 370, the areaextremely remote and malaysia is asking the u.s. for more equipment to pick up the ping of the plane's data recorder once wreckage is found. the focus of the operation of debris spotted by satellite that may be from the missing plane. but australia's prime minister has said once again that there's no guarantee. well, relatives of the passengers and crew just want to know where will r their loved ones. the distraught father of one passenger says he still believes everyone from the missing plane is alive somewhere. he spoke with our david mckenzie in beijing. >> translator: i can't sleep each night because all i think about is my son. up until now, what else can we do? this is about his flight. there is nothing you can do to help. we can only wait for further updates. >> reporter: is this the hardest thing you've ever had to go through? >> translator: this is the first time in my life to experience something like this. in the past, i just watched other people's stories on the news. i wat

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here is the air commodore john mckrary of the royal australian air force. >> the australian maritime safety authority is coordinating the southern corridor search for the missing malaysian airlines aircraft with assistance from the australian defense force, the royal new zealand air force, and the united states navy. rescues coordination has received satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search for the missing aircraft mh 370. we've received an expert assessment of that satellite imagery this morning, 20th of march. the images captured by satellite, they may not be related to the aircraft. >> john young speaking with us on what it is that the australians have found. so, where are we? well, quite frankly, we're not sure. but we can tell you that the australian authorities believe they have found two items of significance. one of them, about 24 meters in size, or 78 feet across, or up and down. they're frankly not sure. another object of significant size, plus a number of smaller objects. so they didn't tell us exactly how many. they described to us what we would call a

s most sophisticated surveillance planes is in the air over the southern indian ocean.ant you to listen to cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto describe the role that the united states and other nations are playing right now 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 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 thin

the sequester. that meant absolutely no performances at any air shows. reporter: dennis dunbar worked on several air shows last season in places that count on military jet teams. >> in m shows cancelled all together. i was fortunate that ours didn't but we struggled through it and we're back. >> back in the air for the big finale, the blue angels break formation to cheers from the crowd. and then on the ground -- >> thank you so much for coming, it means a lot to us. >> hey, buddy, did you have fun today? >> yeah. >> all right. >> reporter: lieutenant commander tickle meets his young fans who can now see firsthand the sky is always within reach. joe fryer, nbc news, lancaster, california. >>> good to have them back. that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm david gregory in washington. lester holt will be back tomorrow and i'll see you in the morning on "meet the press." have a good night. >>> a quiet south bay neighborhood turned into a crime scene. deputies fire on a suspect. why deputies feared for their lives. >>> first it was target, now niem

transportation system on the way, switching air traffic chro control from the ground to space. jacob ward explains. >> as your plane pushes back and gets ready for takeoff, it's entering a sprawling and complex system. it's safe with only 0.2 accidents per million departures, but the national air suppose is ipp efficient. >> it's a manual process, starting at the gate with a ramp controller. he or she will hand it off to a tower controller for the air force surface. they'll hand it off for another controller in the departure and arrival area. that will be handed off to an en route controller. >> since no central system coordinates the people, the faa is working on one that will. the new system is the next generation air transportation system. n.a.s.a. is building the new system. ground control will be replaced with gps, a technology capable of tracking every plane. right now the system relies on humans handing over to one nor. >> there's variability, there's limitations of the human mind. >> here in the united states, the most tech

that's the jet coming down after it was shot in turkish air space. reports suggests it was bombing rebels trying to seize control of a border post in the northwestern area. these are reports that came out about 20 minutes or so again and the then the confirmation as we say from the turkish prime minister himself and these pictures from the turkish television reporting to shoez it there. you see the explosion, that syrian jet coming down in turkish air space as it strayed there. more on that as soon as we get it with our team in turkey. >>> one of the egypt's most from meant activists mab released on jail after spending four months in jail. he was a youth leader in the uprising that overthrew hosni mubarak in 2011. he faces trial. ahead of his appearance, activists released footage of what they say shows the mistreatment of young men and women in custody. we have more on that. >>> this footage was filmed by self-styled anti-coup activists in egypt. it shows young women being taken into custody. here teenage boys are led away by plain clothed officers.

one, the air force base, the royal malaysian air force base. we would have heard about it by now. >> no question about that. the interesting thing about that aspect is the pilots, even if they've lost electronic maps and tablets and all those sort of things, they've got charts. they would have known about those air bases. they would have known about those long runways. if they were looking for somewhere to land, they would have known. certainly a captain of 18,000 hours experience would have known the territory upon which he was flying. so, again, i urge you -- and i know it's not very sexy in a way, i urge you to just think of this as a piece of the jigsaw that has been put on the table rather than the picture itself. >> you're urging caution, richard quest. >> i always urge caution. the temp indication -- all right, if you look at what we've got now -- >> right. >> the scenario we've got. the turn, the flight back over malaysia, into the straits of malacca, on the one hand you've got a straight forward was this plane being taken over by someb

you're not going to want to fight a fire in the air. s the worst thing you're probably going to face as a pilot. >> martin, thank you very much. mitchell as well. appreciate you. let's bring back our panel, talk about the zombie or ghost plane theory savage. bill, a lot of people quite frankly don't like us calling it ghost plane or zombie plane. because in deference to the people who are on board that plane. one can understand that correct? >> yes. yes, i would agree with that. but to incapacitate a crew, either through depressurization or smoke, is also very far-fetched because in any kind of smoke situation that is recognized by the pilots in the cockpit you immediately don the masks. then you have full control of the breathing and the communication. in addition to putting out a squawk and declare an emergency that indicates to the ground that you are in an emergency situation. so it's -- without the irrefutable facts having been established of what was going on that aircraft and who was in control of it, then you really are just -- y

she became the 23rd secretary of the air force in december of 2013 and is only the second woman in thatjob. she is responsible for more than 290,000 active-duty guard reserves civilian air men and women as well as their family. she oversees an annual budget of around 110. i understand you're currently in discussion about that. operations of 5,500 aircraft, 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles and 63 satellites. she heads up the air force in difficult times for the force, but i think that her experience and expertise make her particularly well-equipped to head up the air force at time when it is facing many challenges that have to do with people and personnel but also challenges that have to do with technology and the changing nature of warfare and the use of the military instrument. she is very well-equipped and she started out her career as a congressional staffer working on defense issues from 1993 until 1998 she was assistant secretary of defense for the reserve affairs and then spent ten years in the private sector. most recently as the president in the science applications inter

>> absolutely, given not only the vast size of the search area but the distance of the air base here in australia where the assets have been leaving it does take several hours to get out to the search zone, and then the search zones only have around two hours to conduct their search before they have to turn around to refuel, so later on throughout this search we will be seeing additional aircraft coming in from china and japan to assist in their efforts, but certainly this is no easy task. >> dan when you talk about weather conditions i understand they sometimes have 30 to 40-feet swells. when you talk about favorable conditions that may mean eight to ten swells, right? >> absolutely, this area just off the coast of western australia is extremely deep, you mentioned though as very high swells they could be a problem earlier on throughout this search. we've also been hearing reports out in the search zone that there is very poor visibility as a result of some quite heavy rain and clouds. yesterday, we did see some favorable conditions. so it is hoped that throughout today we'll be able

the weather, right? >> it sure is, don. 7:00 a.m. here at pearce airce base in australia, and we have moved the camera outside of the tent that we have been broadcasting overnight here, because i want to show you what the pilots are seeing here taking off this morning and what they are heading into. you can see the clouds that are rolling in, and this is dramatic. this is not here when the sun came up, and they are moving in quickly, and there is a big storm out to the west of the search area shown on the radar, and that the could hamper the planes in the air, and the ships. and we have had the search called off in portions of the indian ocean, because the weather gets too the dangerous for the pilots. when it is dropping to zero visibility, you can't search if you can't see through the clouds. that is what the pilots and the ship crews are up against today. >> let's talk about what everybody is waiting to hear about, the objects retrieved from the ocean. do we know anything about them? >> we foe that two ships yesterday retrieved objects that they pul

investigators smelled gas in the air. ement officials stressed to cnn, they are seeing no connection, not seeing any connection to terrorism. mayor bill de blasio held a news conference a few moments ago. here's what he had to say about the operation under way right now. >> we know we've lost two people already. we know at this moment preliminarily that 18 are injured. different levels of injury. we also know that there will be a search through the rubble of the building as soon as the fire is put out, looking for those who are missing. there are a number of missing individuals. i emphasize that those who are missing could well be safe in another location. >> let's go to the scene right now, don lemon is joining us. he's there. don, you know this area well. you don't live all that far away. i know you live in harlem. first of all, tell our viewers -- a lot of people know new york. where exactly these buildings are located. >> reporter: they're located between -- hang on, wolf, sorry. i had a mask on my face. they're handin

today the air force fired nine nuclear commanders. evel nuclear commanders involved in the cheating scandal including the commanders of three nuclear missile squadrons. beyond the nine commanders who they fired, the air force says it will discipline dozens of junior officers. the most senior person tied to the cheating scandal, this guy, the top commander in montana, he was not fired today but he was allowed to resign. both his command and from the air force generally. as the part of the u.s. military that handles nuclear weapons has basically melted down and started collapsing over the past few years, top people have been fired before. defense secretary chuck hagel's running a top to bottom review of the nuclear weapons part of our military now because of these repeated failures, but a purge this big, an air base commander out, nine other commanders fired, . well, today, big news. today, the air force fired nine nuclear commanders. nine mid level nuclear commanders involved in the cheating scandal, including the commanders of three nu

the families. we owe it to everyone who travels by air. we owe it to the governments of the countries who had citizens on that aircraft. we owe it to the wider world which has been trans fixed by this mystery for three weeks now. we owe it to everyone to do whatever we reasonably can. and we can keep searching for quite some time to come. and we will keep searching for quite some time to come. and as i said, the intensity of our search and the magnitude of our operations is increasing, not decreasing. >> was your counterpart too hasty in announcing -- [ inaudible ]. >> no. the accumulation of evidence is that the aircraft has been lost and it has been lost somewhere in the south of the indian ocean. that's the absolute overwhelming weight of evidence. and that i think prime minister was perfectly entitled to come to that conclusion. and i think once that concluion had been arrived at, it was his duty to make that conclusion public. we're on the best available intelligence and all available leads. the australian maritime safety authority is

pollutant and not an air pollutant at the same time. >> you would accept his definition, wouldn't you? air pollutant means any air pollutant that can be sensibly controlled under the statute? >> it can't -- >> it can in large quantities. you don't see anything wrong with large quantities. it's just the small ones you have a problem with. are you saying it doesn't make sense to control major pollutants? >> we're saying because of the unambiguous requirements it requires e.p.a. to fix the small problems. >> what would congress have wanted, given the obvious purpose of the acted. that's an important question. the other question is what did the agency define here? this is the apex of chevron deference. there is nothing that gets more deference than this agency with respect to this complicated a statute. even if 24 arises from -- because there is this new kind of emission which makes the two terms in the statute irreconcilable, why isn't that a classic case war -- where the agency gets to cloose how to make the thing work as best it ca

because it is one thing to stand out at the air base and talk about it. but it is another thing to actually head out on the indian ocean, to shadow people. what they're feeling is our best hope to finding something. >> will ripley, thank you very much. we're going to get back to you. great job. don't go away. i think it's fascinating to watch and to see, really, how the efforts happen, how fast they can go. what resources they're using, what technology they're using. and we have that live for you right here on cnn. you're getting your first look at this. and you can see the worldwide resources of cnn, channel 7 this -- there in australia, the biggest news organization in australia there, one of our affiliates. so coming up, it took two years to find the black box when adventure france flight 442 went down in 2009. the search area was smaller and investigators had a better idea where to look for it. so how long will it take to track down flight 370? my panel weighs in. that's next. >>> well, if you compare this to air france flight 447, we had much better p

they are saying that the plane was in syrian air space when attacked. fighting in the area remains fierce. the crossing matters because it is a last northern border post captured by the opposition fighters and potential opening up a passage to the immedia mediterranean. the sect, president home village is only 30 kilometers a way. syrian army and defense forces are fighting back and reenforced and syrian fighter jets are bombing the area for the past two days. >> that plane was shot done in an area where syria is fighting for the control of the border crossings and hundreds of thousands have fled to turkey and 130,000 people killed since three years ago, six and a half mill displaced and a third of those have left the country. >> 59 people died from the outbreak of ebola virus in new guinea. >> for weeks the fever is grippi gripping guinea. >> they are going from village to village to find the source of this. >> it is causing diarrhea and vomiting and bleeding internally. it is transmitted through contact with body fluids or tissues of a person infected

the handoff that is made between the malaysian air traffic control authorities and the vietnamese air control authorities on that route is probably always made at the same time because of the radar coverage and who has jurisdiction over the airspace. so it's unlikely that we'd be looking at a third nation. my guess is, if there is a third nation involved they're involved in talking to the investigators. i think that one thing that's very important to keep in mind is that a lot of these questions can be answered even separate and apart from locating the aircraft itself. the air traffic, the air ground communications which is where they got the words, all right, good night, are recorded. and those are available. and undoubtedly, the malaysian authorities have listened to them. and in this country, certainly, it's very usual, fredricka, for the airline and the investigators during an investigation to bring in, listen to to tapes, pilots, training pilots or other pilots from the company, who knew or who flew with both the captain and the first officer for the purpose of seeing if they can

and can you talk us through the assets up in the air today, kyung lah, and how are they zeroing in on the japanese satellite image and if it showed what could be part p of the plane. >> the target area that they want to fly over, and look at it, and what they are doing to d today is that the australians are coordinating all of this, and adding more air assets and not just australia and the u.s. which is rejoining after a couple of days on the ground, but also have new zealand and china and there is a lot of intriguing news out of china, and specifically, that satellite image that you were talking about, jim, and joining me now is jeffrey thomas, the local aviation expert, and the editor of the airline ratings, and you have seen the image and in touch of all of the experts on the ground, and what do you think of the image? >> look, we believe that the image is another piece of debris possibly from this flight. there's strong indications that this could be part of a wing or the horizontal stabilizer of the airplane. it does not have any markings on it, but that is consistent with the ho

which planes are in the air and how far away are the naval assets? >> there's a total of four planes on this search now, john. and as we stand here, three are still in the air. the idea is to keep eyes on that site. those two objects in the deep southern indian ocean, to keep eyes on them as long as possible. at the moment, there's a us poseidon plane on that site, but they can only stay for two hours. they have to get back to base, which is a four-hour flight. so they're staggering the flights out of this base behind me at the moment on the outskirts of perth. got about five or so hours of daylight, and they'll be using every available second of daylight to try to locate these objects, this debris. still a very difficult task. john young did keep coming back to this point, that it's still a very difficult task, not helped, john, by weather conditions there, either. poor visibility, the actual sea conditions have been described as moderate, but they're in the far southern latitudes. surface vessels also making their way to the area which has been ide

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what we're looking for is a confirmation that it does belong to the air craft or it does not. nsider what follows from that. >> are there windows that -- markings, anything that you believe that can -- >> the imagery is not that precise. >> we're working to provide imagery for you. now, i don't have it with me at the moment. we are working to provide imagery that we can release for media purposes at the earliest opportunity. >> when will you release it -- >> information will be released, the media statement as usual. i suggest you talk with the media people after the conversatio conference. >> when do you realistically expect to have more information? >> it is in the nature of search and rescue operations that i can't answer that for you. we have four aircraft out there this afternoon. the weather is not playing the game with us. we may get a sight, we may not. we may get it tomorrow. we may not. but we'll continue to do this until we locate the objects or we're convinced that we cannot find them. thank you very much, everyone. >> okay, you have been listening to a press confer

but the most planes in the air today. day that australia has led the search in this section. yes the prime minister has said that and we can see an increase in the number of countries involved and the number of planes headed to that area. >> appreciate your reporting. she will be standing by. we are getting a ton of questions on the captain and co-pilot. returning is our panel right now. first to you, miles o'brien. jake says is anyone aware of any medications that the pilot or co-pilot may have been prescribed to lead to impulsive decision making? >> this is in the category of things unknown from the malaysian authorities. i would like to know more about the two of them and thousand ho were flying in the ten flights prior to this flight. there are medications in the u.s. if you are flying airliners or little planes that are banned. and that's the kind of thing that there are certainly medications that pilots still do take. you know, ultimately, if they were to recover them or their bodies, a blood test might indicate som

you're probably seeing this smoke inok the air. people are just watching it. part of the area is cordoned off. police trying to keep peoplenb away from the area. embarcadero beginning to be very congested. again, firefightersq trying to put outç that fire. >> leanne, thank you. it's impressive to see efforts from firefighters just trying to get water on this now. we wanted to orient you again. we did hope to bring you a map. this is 4th and china basin. this is mission bay complex. we had a doctor on from ucsf. sf fire talked about concerns over the collapse of the building which is under way now. firefighters pulled back back from the effort. >> this is carl. carl, you've been watching this longer than we v were you surprised? >> yes. this is crazy i got off work around 4:30 and saw smoke. just following it it's just been getting larger ever since then. >> when you looked how big was the fire? >> it just went fast. >> was it blowing down? >> first low, now looked i can up and down, south. so yes. >> do you know what build something >> no. i don't. looks like

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you're probably seeing this smoke inok the air. people are just watching it. part of the area is cordoned off. police trying to keep peoplenb away from the area. embarcadero beginning to be very congested. again, firefightersq trying to put outç that fire. >> leanne, thank you. it's impressive to see efforts from firefighters just trying to get water on this now. we wanted to orient you again. we did hope to bring you a map. this is 4th and china basin. this is mission bay complex. we had a doctor on from sf fire talked about concerns over the collapse of the building which is under way now. firefighters pulled back back from the effort. >> this is carl. carl, you've been watching this longer than we v were you surprised? >> yes. this is crazy i got off work around 4:30 and saw smoke. just following it it's just been getting larger ever since then. >> when you looked how big was the fire? >> it just went fast. >> was it blowing down? >> first low, now looked i can up and down, south. so yes. >> do you know what build something >> no. i don't. looks like a new

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tonight, the spectacular show from the air. the ground and the view you will never forget. >>> and good evening, we have now entered the third week of the mystery involving malaysia airlines flight 370 which disappeared with 239 people on board. and today, a possible new clue was revealed. the chinese satellite image showing a large object in the southern indian ocean not far from where another piece of debris was detected by another satellite and revealed earlier this week. we have all the developments covered tonight. we want to begin with the very latest from nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: well, good evening, this latest image spotted by the chinese hoped to be another piece of conclusive information. instead as you will see it is once again leading to a dead end. tonight, as morning breaks in australia, reconnaissance flights resume out of perth australia, and the new zealand air force. >> it is a massive operation. >> reporter: daylight, a key to the flight crew as they have now gone low tech, literally looking out windo

>> the system is called the transponder. air traffic control and the whole world, anyone with the capability of picking up the signal, it lets them know where you are. the transponder transforms you from a ufo to a plane with a number assigned to it. that was turned off or start transmitting data. you could send messages back and forth. it is a computer-based system. one is radio-based, one is computer-based. signals.pped emitting the next system is the satellite-based system that is really cool. that is built into the 777 and takes the temperature of the plane all the time. it would send a signal back to the airline if you subscribe. if not, the signals are basically saying we are here. we have four blips. that is the data. that is it. it does not say anything more. it does not say what was going on. >> do the four flips, the pings, does that mean the plane was above water when those happened? >> yes. it means the plane was above water when those blips happened. it does not mean a terrorist was at the controls. it could mean th

there are no planes in the air right now and still no sign of debris. here to tell us more about the challenges of this search, and there are many, is physical oceanography erica van sebiel, joining us via skype. some of the physics of this ocean are simply amazing. tell me about these waters. these are the fastest waters in the world. there are these dangerous eddies. it is really a forbidding part of the ocean. tell me a little bit about if there is a debris field, what are the conditions around that field, sir? >> well, this part of the ocean, the band around antarctica is called the southern ocean, and it is home to the antarctic current that is the strongest, going 3, 4, 5 feet per second, which you really don't find anywhere else. and on top of this current, it's filled with what we call eddies, and those are essentially vortices, they're mini hurricanes. and they move everything around. they're not as intense as hurricanes, they don't go as fast, but they're very efficient at just moving things around and mixing it up. and that's why if you start

debris has mobilized a massive operation in the sea and in the air and about 1500 miles southwest of perth, australia, it's unfolding. our senior washington correspondent joe johns is here with a closer look at the ships and the planes, the satellites involved. this is a massive undertaking. >> it's amazing, wolf. staggers assets are being used in the search for the plane. 43 ships along with 58 or more aircraft. one expert we talked to says it's likely a dozen satellites have been utilized. now as the focus has turned to the remote southern indian ocean, equipment with military intelligence technology is playing a key role. a massive sea search that requires an equally massive amount of resources on land, air and seas. it starts in space. satellite images transferred to the australian geo spatial intelligence organization. the pictures of possible plane debris captured march 16, but it took them four days to sort through the volume of the imagery. china also helps satellite images before releasing them to the public. >> part of it is not telling the other guy what you got. the reason