the military, i was really surprised to hear about the merchant ship, anderson, they said would be on station, so it is still daylight. it will be interested to see if the merchant is equipped with the type of ship that could receive the helicopters. that will allow people to use assets that are capable of aerial refuelling so that they can fly helicopters out to the site. and if need be put people in the water to take a look at even smaller pieces of debris that they might find. >> i want to bring in also david suchi and richard quest, rich spent time focusing on malaysia airlines before this incident for reporting, he actually interviewed and spent time with the co-pilot on this flight. david, before we go to richard, just a quick question about the black box. we all know from past instances the report about the black box. what exactly at this point would it be able to show, to transmit,