of the passengers put through terrible stress. i don't want to put them under any furtherer emotional disstress at this very difficult time. >> reporter: you can hear in his voice he's being very measured and call your attention. a lot of hope with the task force behind me saying at least we have something to go on. they're certain they have the assets to either verify or discount these findings. natalie? >> it's remarkable just 24 hours ago we were saying time is up. batteries will likely die at any moment. what do we know as far as ships that will go to the area to confirm how much time hit will take to get there? what type of technology will