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A long-time rancher and the government are fighting over federal land. and this is becoming violent now. also, the big announcement that colbert is going to be taking over after letterman retires. thats the buzz in the entertainment world today. well take you live to the ed sullivan theater. >> were going to start with the latest on the search for flight 370. a late news kmps last night with australian prime minister tony abbott. he reiterated his confidence that the pingers are coming from on...

Only until then are you positive you have it. >> even then, experts say, sound in the ocean can play so many tricks on your ears. >> several people can look at a signal and see different things. because all theyre really recording is sound energy. >> false positives from fishing and research equipment left in the area. from debris and thermal conditions. from the vessel itself can also play tricks on the techs. phoenixs operators are good at weeding out false positives. they do it by carefully m...

From the water. it works like an epirb, which is an emergency radio beacon used on ships. so it doesnt need to be gps on it. what happens there is it sends out a frequency at 406 megahertz. at that, its triangulated upon by 16 satellites that continuously are available to provide that location. so, yeah, theres much better technology available right now. >> david stupples, why do we not at this point, since weve honed in on the small eest search are theyve had yet, deploy that blue fin underwate...

On the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. >> actually, a lot of news coming from the prime minister this morning, who seems to be very confident, saying that four signals detected by a u.s. pinger locator are coming, he says, from one of the planes black boxes. hes that confident. >> right now at least ten planes, 14 ships are scouring the smallest search zone to date. crews are focused on an area in the indian ocean about the size of massachusetts and connecticut combined. you may recall ...

Phase, the next phase of this search will begin. that is actually the underwater search. >> you know, sumnina, i think some of the things people cant get out of their heads is what it has been like for these family members. what are they saying about this new information? >> well, the familys reaction here has been overwhelmingly consistent and that is until they actually see the evidence for themselves, until they actually see the debris, they will not believe, they cannot believe their loved o...

Whats the latest there? >> reporter: yeah, you know, the visual search is wrapping up for the day. you talked about how far weve come, mentioning the size of the search area. at its biggest point, more than 3 million square miles. now were down to roughly 16,000 square miles. still a large area, but certainly a lot of progress has been made. but were missing one key piece here. still, 36 days in, we do not have one single piece of physical debris from flight 370. theres also the underwater searc...