recorders. they had narrowed down the search within a mile or so. in fact, according to the man who is over seaing the multinational search effort, angus houston, there's been no real breakthrough, no significant breakthrough, in the past 24 hours. so angus houston attempting to claw back a little bit under raised anticipation that the remarks by the australian prime minister had made. never the less, the search area has diminished significantly. it's now down to 1,000 square miles which you think about a week ago or so it was more than 80,000 square miles of search area. so there has been a significant amount of progress since then. back to you, kate. >> all right. mathew chance in perth, australia, for us. fu for that update. let's talking about new developments here. miles o'brien, a cnn aviation analyst and science correspondent for pbs news hour and mary schiavo and former inspector general and now an attorney who represents victims