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Information to go on. i dont think we have a lot more information now. so every time they seem to refine the data that they have, maybe theyre changing the winds aloft. maybe theyre changing for the different fuel calculations. they seem to close that area, make it a little smaller each time. and as everybody here has said, hopefully theyve got other information that really will help locate this. >> peter, theyre still looking on the surface. theyve got planes flying around. they have seen a lot...

>> we are skeptical but i hope what theyve got is some slight indication of a ping that directs their surface vessels with the towed son n sonar. thats what im hoping for. that its not just supposition. >> if theaf ping from one of the flight data recorders, that would be a big announcement. >> huge. that would be worth saying its a big announcement. >> because at that point, tom, you could really direct the search to a specific location and hopefully locate it. >> wolf, if they are announcing t...

Moving on to our other top story. until hell freezes over, thats what australian official saying thats how long theyll look for malaysian airlines flight 370. it does seem like its taking a long, long time. >> 27 days into the search. searchers are desperately trying to get a ping before the batteries that power the beacons run out of juice. if they havent already. a british ship arrived in the search zone a short time ago a. want to bring in paula newton in australia. lets talk about the changi...

Expecting a news conference from australia that happened at any moment. we dont know what time the news conference will happen. earlier one official said they will keep looking for malaysia airlines flight 370 until hell freezes over. 28 days into the hunt and the search is running on borrowed time. they are trying to get a ping before the batteries run out of juice. they arrived a short time ago and a ship is almost there, carrying a sophisticated pinger locator. we will go live to perth, austr...

Wednesdays decision was 5-4 in the courts dissent. justice breyer says the ruling ef eviscerates the campaign laws. thousands of firefighters from across the country came to boston on wednesday to honor the two fire fighters called in an inferno last week. the search for malaysian airlines flight 370 continues with the united states this week contributing a ping locating device and an underwater vehicle. the pentagon nearly doubled the budget allowance to 3.3 million already spent and 3.6 al...

Looking for. they spotted something, we dont know what it is, but youve heard these reports? >> yeah. ive heard the reports about an operational breakthrough or enhancement. i hope that its something substantive. i hope that its something that really can be followed up on and not just another wild goose chase. >> because shes ships have pretty sophisticated sonar and we know that theres a british submarine in the area as well? >> thats right. theyve got the towed array which can pick up the ping...

Australia now, the headquarters of this multinational search mission. it is just after midnight but the crews are getting ready to start again at dawn. and cnns will ripley has been monitoring these crews. hes been going out alongside them as well. talk to me a little about the high-tech ship. we had an arrival date that was sort of pushed ahead. has that sometimemied anything at all. is there anything new to report, will? >> reporter: yeah, you mentioned just after midnight here, but as you kno...

Statement stood out to me. when the prime minister said, this is the most difficult search ever undertaken. but also said we cant be certain of ultimate success, but we wont rest. he said they may never find the plane. >> right. and said this was the most difficult search in human history. he did talk about optimism in the context of human beings working together to co-operate o search, but not in terms of finding the plane. >> and the search zone moved a bit tonight. what does that tell us abou...

Heard a sound. i wouldnt say a ping. it heard a sound on sonar, turned out to be a false alarm. false alarm can come from something like a whale in the ocean. it could come from another ship in the area. but we know this ship does have sonar equipment, and again, conducting a specific search tomorrow. weve also confirmed that the ocean shield, that australian ship equipped with high-tech tools from the u.s. navy, will be arriving in the search zone within the next few hours. as you said, the arr...

Families. you say the malaysian government is botching part of this investigation. what should investigators be doing that theyre not? >> well, the problem right now, weve got to find these black boxes, these pingers, and we have more time than we think. they last for more than 30 days. i just talked to the man who tests the batteries, and weve got several more days than we think. but not many. i think its really up to the president to call the malaysians and offer significant numbers of search ...