Michael Holmes First News Today

Good evening, richard. good to have you back. i want to start with you, michael holmes first. despite a lack of concrete evidence, searchers seem to be getting more and more positive they are looking in the right area. why is that? >> yeah, because thats where the pings were. they really focused down the search area, don. we are hearing from people involved in this search at high levels that they feel they are on top of it. they are in the right area and they are hoping for good news. as you sai...

Good to have you back. i want to start with you, michael holmes first. despite a lack of concrete evidence, searchers seem to be getting more and more positive they are looking in the right area. why is that? >> yeah, because thats where those pings were, and theyve really focused down the search area, don, and we are hearing from people involved in this search at high levels that they are confident. they feel theyre on top of it. they are in the right area and they are hoping for good news. as ...

Region of 110 or 45 square kilometers, 145 miles in the trip so far. significantly they have gone below the 4500-meter mark. the bluefin doing its job. lets keep this in context. this is still very early in the search by the bluefin-21. they want to give it a little bit of time and cover that area and theyre working their way through it now. like i said, we are just hearing word those in charge of the search are confident. they feel they are in the right place, don. >> all right. michael holmes ...