now the bluefin, mini sub, bluefin-21 is almost 95% done with the underwater search in that focused area. officials confirm they're going toe to expand it. joining us now with more, mary schiavo. mar mary, good morning. we kind of suspected this, that this may happen. >> good morning. >> they said this is an option. they're confirming this morning that they're going to expand it in their statement, how they they've described it, mary, is they're going to continue to examine the areased a j ed a ja that radius around the second ping. is that unusual or a typical next step? >> it's a little bit unusual because in this case these pings, these -- and handshakes, it's interesting how our lexicon has changed, but that's all they have. they really have to expand this. the prime minister's interview with richard, he re-enforced that. he emphasized that they believe