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Accusing the malaysian government of incompetence. >> you're all bloody liars and you're lying to us again now. >> reporter: while critics have steadily been suggesting the australians might be putting too much trust in one theory about where the jet came down. >> the reality is every lead has been a false lead so far. >> reporter: and nothing now is easing that frustration or quieting that fear. >> i don't think this is a well-run investigation at this point. i know that they're making efforts to reset it. they've done incredible things. they've really tried to make this thing work. but every...

That we actually are searching in the right place. there's nowhere better to consider. >> rob, i know you think they are probably honing in on the right general area, but if those pings turned out to be a false lead, really, i mean, how much of a problem is it? are they just nowhere, then? do they have to reexamine everything from the very beginning? >> well, you know, when we first heard that the pinger had been located or it had had been heard and the controllers had a great deal of confidence in those signals, i mean, it was almost too good to be true. and if it is too good to be true and i...

>> i don't want to cut them short. they do have a third to go. they've gotten the bugs out of the system. there's a ring them in to the operation and now is the time frame. and they are in the prime time so keep our fingers crossed and prayers with them. the next is if this doesn't pan out, it's regrouping sitting back with that white board and wondering what do we do next, do we expand this area or go to another area altogether. >> and there a tropical cyclone in the area, david. northwest of the area, it's not a direct hit of any kind but what would be the impact of that wind, of that rain, ...

For something. and the families legal plight. but, rob, i want to begin with you, here, you know, when you hear about the news from the malaysian transport officials saying maybe they will bring in more underwater drones, maybe additional auvs? when you hear that, is that a sign of hope that they are honing in on the right spot or no? >> i think it's important that you always have a plan a but life gets more interesting when you get to plan b and the work starts at plan c. we need to continue with the pinger investigations. we should also be planning on plan b which is if this doesn't pan out ...

The word -- confident, p beyond cautious optimism. he is putting a brave face on what investigators learned so far? searchers learned or is there real reason for confidence based on the pings they detected? >> i don't think there is my other plausible explanation what those noises would be. some scientists use these devices, put them on animals and so forth to track them. if a scientist had left a pinger there that was ping that way and hadn't raised their hand by now to say it was his or her project, shame on them. i would -- we are going to assume that is not in the mix here and those are pi...