visibility is a problem. here is that disturbance and some of that moisture that is going to filter in across the southern half and the western half of the search area, which is equivalent to the size of the country of poland. if you can imagine, they take off from here and search area and go back to refuel. it is quite the operation and if they have those waves that are kicking up, reduced visibility and wind that kicks up, errol, it is just more time that they have to spend looking for something. back to you. >> all right. karen, thanks very much. this search for the missing malaysian airlines has brought together several countries that are typically at odds with one another. they are working together now, but once the search is over, so will be the cooperation. jim clancy looks at the regional politics. >> reporter: the search for