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That could soon enter the underwater effort. what is the latest in perth? is the bluefin back in the water? >> reporter: yeah, you know, anderson good friday and all they're running behind on their updates. but trip number four was completed. we're waiting for word on the data that came up from that. trip number four is done, trip number five should be under way. we're told a total of 150 square kilometers or square miles has been covered. a depth of between 3200 and 4700 meters is what they have seen so far. and by all accounts the bluefin is operating very well on a technical level. they are...

Interesting leads is a sample from the oil slick in the search area. what's the status on the testing, michael? >> we're going to say it has taken a while, hasn't it, since the slick was first spotted, but you have to look at the logistics of this. the slick was over 1,000 miles out to sea. what they had to do is move a navy vessel out to the slick. they then helicoptered from that area to that ship. the ship then went back to the coast until it was close enough to helicopter it back to land. quite a task. it is here. it's in perth. it's being examine and we expect that analysis anytime now. i...

A very urgent situation. hundreds of people, most of them high school students unaccounted for. we'll give you the latest on the search for flight 370. the news, the bluefin back in the water, searching. bad news, another problem yesterday. why? because it doesn't work well? no. it's uncharted territory. a lot of challenges they have to deal with on the fly. this is going to take a long time. we'll give you the latest. how is that? victor? christine? >> a lot going on. thank you, chris. >> pleasure. new images this morning of the families on board malaysian flights 370. they are furious, scr...

Had expected. so u.s. futures pointing to a higher open. one stock to watch today, gm. ceo mary bar a front and center at the new york auto show last night declining to comment on how many people played a role on that botched ignition switch recall. she says the company still has a lot of work to do. gm filing a motion to stop lawsuits tied to that recall, citing its 2009 bankruptcy as legal protection. >> good to be with you this week. >> you, too. >> have a safe trip home. >> thank you. "new day" starts now. breaking news. a huge ferry is sinking off the coast of south korea right now. t...

The bluefin back in the water. it hasn't even had a full cycle yet, two days down, two problems. >> we have finally come to this moment where they have finally deployed these subs after waiting almost a week. i would love to get a full 16-hour search in, look at that data, hopefully find something. first we had the issue with the depth, but now some technical problems that we don't know the details on. but it's certainly -- >> and it seems as if this is where the focus is going to be on under water. this is why the technical issues are so frustrating. clearly from the air, scanning