whatever happens, we will not give up. we have had many false alarms before but for the sake of the families who have lost loved ones and suffered such heartbreaking uncertainty, i pray that we will find out the truth so that they may have closure and peace. i promise the families of those lost that whatever happens we will not give up. that should be very welcome news to the families of the chinese passengers who were on board this plane. most of the passengers were from mainland china, in fact 152 passengers were from the prc. the families of the chinese passengers issued a statement today saying that they don't want 99% verification of this piece of debris. they want 100% verification. they also want to know about the whereabouts of their loved ones and they want that search effort to go on no matter what. back to you, carol. >> all right. . i want to focus on the investigation. i want to bring in managing director and cnn aviation analyst peter goals. peter, welcome. >> good morning.