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777 captain and aviation analyst, les abend. and mary schiavo. david gallo is it a surprise that it retched its underwater depth? >> not a surprise to me. they are operating on the edge of their capabilities. much of the sea floor is right at 4500 meters. if they come into the south they are on the flank of an underwater plateau, its more rugged. but they have the maps too. i dont know the accuracy of the maps they have. >> if they seem to be caught by surprised by this trench or depth does it i...

Announced the completion of a nationwide upgrade which will allow air traffic controllers and pilots to follow planes with greater accuracy and reliability. aviation and government regulation correspondent renee marsh is here to explain this more and then i will turn it over to our experts. take it away, renee. >> reporter: carl, this upgrade, it is all part of whats called next gen, been an ongoing effort for year, really meant to enhance and modernize our air travel system. part of this initia...

Well, in the united states, the suspected shooter at two jewish facilities is a white supremacist with a long history of anti-semitism. they say he is expected to appear in court later today to face charges of pre-meditated first degree murder. nick valencia reports. >> reporter: three people are dead after shots were fired at two jewish facilities just south of kansas city. >> theres no other words to describe it, just panic. >> reporter: police say a man in his 70s is in custody. kmbc captured...

Supremacist grooms. three people are dead after shots were fired at two jewish facilities south of kansas city. a man in his 70 is in custody but did not release his name. knbc captured this video of police kufg a man at the scene and shouting from the car. >> the suspect in the back of the car made several statements. we are sifting through and vetting those for accuracy, number one. and number two, were looking at them for evidentiary value. it is too early to tell you what he may or may not...

Airtime. it turned into this sort of balloon effect after story that has become one about whether the obama administration is somehow, has this ability to keep news producers from actually doing their job and i think that is very overstated. martha: well you know, she is not alone. ap did analysis and came out and said that this is the least transparent administration. that is from the associated press. bob woodward, who has a long history of a investigative reporter of course, starting with wat...

>> why? >> well, because they are clearly getting more and more confidence in the equipment that they are using to try to pin down where the aircraft went in. so they are more comfortable with what they have now. the fact that it is larger than what it was before, that just means that obviously they are more confident in the accuracy of that and its progress. >> for those of us not in the business of this aviation expertise as all of you are, i think most of us would think that to triangulate an...

Learned some remarkable new information about the flights path and its altitude. australias new prime minister now says he is confident that the signals being heard under water in the indian ocean are from the planes black boxes, and they could be very close to finding them, with only days likely left before the batteries run out. senior international correspondent matthew chance live for us in perth this morning with the latest on this search. what do we know is happening today, matthew? >> rep...

Whats your asnalysis? >> well, im skeptical of it. this is the problem that the malaysians have had from early on in the investigation. they release unsourced information and then its corrected days later. in this case, it seems awfully difficult for a 777 to drop down from 35,000 feet to 4,000 feet and then regain altitude in what would be 130 miles. thats a real feat of airmanship which i dont think occurred. >> do you think crews on the ground have that capability, if an airliner or a signifi...

It will appear weak. also pressure, temperature, it all affects the signal strength. as it goes toward the proximity the signal strength will increase but as it goes away it will decrease. i think there are all of these factors we heard about from bouncing of echos on thermals in the ocean that decrease the accuracy of that. i think we have some time to go before we have unkwif call evidence. >> you have been under almost three miles of water. claustrophobia for most people would be unbelievable...

Long cable trying to hear these sounds. as the batteries get weaker and weaker, the sound travels less and it wont radiate as much. it is not uncommon for them to pick it up in different areas. >> just, you know, in observing this month-long agonizing process, are you amazed they were able to detect any pinging sound at all? >> yes. without any surface wreckage, the math and science and hard work by everybody to try to pinpoint an area to drag an underwater hydrophone and to actually be in the c...