time, i need something that s less than 1,000 square miles. reporter: right now, we are dealing with 100,000 square miles. yes. reporter: very low probability of detection if that is our search area. reporter: that s a sobering thought for the families of those missing. as we board ocean shield those working to deploy her are mindful every minute counts. the pinger signal will last little more than a week and any wreckage has been dragged by wind and currents for weeks now. you know, carol, we can tell you that the ocean shield is now deployed. it will take two or three days to get to the search zone. everyone aboard that ship including three key australian investigators are hoping that at least one piece or a few pieces of wreckage are spotted before they get there. carol? paula, thanks so much.
from televised press conferences, part of the reason he has hired a lawyer. it is not their fault that this happened to the plane. therefore, they have to be compensated for their damages. reporter: lee and fung were together for 20 years. he says they were happy. now, she is lost. lee says he has lost all direction. paula ha paula hancock, cnn, kuala lumpur, malaysia. we will have more in just a minute. people run for cover as north and south korea exchange artillery fire. what does this mean for the united states shall the korean peninsula? we ll be right back.
he outlined plans for supporting by, agriculture and tourism. he also said securing the region s power and water supply are key steps to integration. still to come in the newsroom holding a vigil and holding malaysian officials accountable. flight 370 families demanding answers. paula hancock is in kuala lumpur. paula? reporte neutrogena® makeup rer erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover.
malaysian authorities will travel to the united states to ask for more military equipment. the batteries on the plane s black boxes will start to die on saturday. in the meantime, the high-tech australian ship, ocean shield, is on the way to the search area equipped with a u.s. navy ping dete detector. paula is live with more. reporter: good morning, carol. it is a good thing that that ocean shield is on the way to the search zone. the problem is, it still can t do its best work, what it is meant to do, until they find a way to narrow that huge swath of ocean now being searched. the ocean shield is ready and hours from sailing off to a search zone that so far has yielded no trace of flight 370. the australian ship will be the
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