COSTELLO: As the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 expands west to the Indian Ocean, a Navy destroyer, the USS Kidd, is heading to the region at the request of the Malaysian government. The vessel will join dozens of ships and planes scouring the area for any sign of the plane, which, as you know now, vanished seven days ago. Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr joins me with that side of the story. Good morning.</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. The ship now is at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca, essentially the entrance to the Indian Ocean. It will use its helicopters to conduct aerial searches for any evidence of a debris field, any evidence of the plane. But earlier today, actually, a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft conducted its first air sweep of the region, flying about 1,000 miles out into the Indian Ocean. Didn't find anything and came back. But</s>COSTELLO: All right, Barbara Starr reporting live from the Pentagon. Thanks so much. We'll be back with much more on this missing flight. We're going to talk to a former undersecretary from homeland security to get his perspective, next.
USS Kidd Head to Indian Ocean