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singapore-based contractors. they hosted parties onboard the uss blue ridge. during one party at a hotel, memorabilia related to douglas macarthur was used by the participants in sexual acts, according to the indictment. bret: tough day for the military. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. the dow lost 44. s&p 500 off 8. nasdaq slipped 19. the mayor of a seattle suburb is suing over an opioid problem that s confronting his city. the mayor says it s spent millions combating oxycontin and heroin abuse and expects it to rise. this cd is suing perdue pharma. alleging that the drugmaker knowingly allowed drugs funneled into the black market. north carolina s former governor says he s had trouble finding a
on the surface, or under sea have found any wreckage. this is probably the most difficult search in human history. the most difficult search in human history. abbott s announcing a new phase in the operation, saying they are going to expand the underwater search and use private contractors. the new search area, 23,000 square miles. that s 150 times the area that they had been searching with the bluefin-21. that bluefin will continue to operate, but it s now going to be joined by sonar devices towed by ships, so they ll have more assets. it s expected to cost up to $56 million and could take another eight months. joining me now on the phone, navy commander william marks of the u.s. 7th fleet onboard the u.s.s. blue ridge. commander marks, good morning to you. as of now, american planes still flying over the search area. how much longer is the united states going to be involved here?
confidence is there that something will be found on or below the surface. now, the plan at the moment is to continue that search, hope to hear even more pings and narrow the search area down to even further that of course becoming less and less likely with the pinger batteries fading, even by the hour. of course, important to remember, even if say the wreckage or the data recorders were located even today, the recovery phase has a whole new set of challenges, getting the right vehicles in place and underwater, and dealing with an ocean floor covered in perhaps meters of silt, which can bury debris or very easily hide a data recorder that is no longer pinging. erin? thank you very much. and joining me now on the phone is navy commander william marks of the u.s. 7th neat. he is on board the uss blueridge which is leading the american search effort for flight 370. commander, good to talk to you this saturday morning. how are you focussing the search today? we re doing well out here in
17-mile area. but there is still no confirmed debris in the surface. still no visual sighting under water. we ll keep with commander william marks aboard the u.s. navy command ship, the uss blue ridge. and we ll take you down to depths of the ocean floor. this is what it looks like 9,000 feet down in the area where search em where efforts are centered. gary tuchman shows what researchers are up against a anderson, see you in just a few minutes, and our breaking news continues on the missing malaysian flight 370. as i mentioned the search crews are zeroing in on the wreckage, what they believe could be the wreckage, they reduced the search zone by 20% in one day after locating two more signals that could be pings on the black boxes. but for families that are waiting, they want the answers, the truth. but do they really want this to