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Geoffry. will that lead this investigation? >> there's two elements to this. which probably haven't -- the two elements to this now. if we get no more pings, then we have to go to the bluefin-21 which has been talked about. however, there's one other asset that is working in this area which is the "hms echo." that's in the pinger search zone with our australian "ocean shield" which is towing the pinger locater. the "hms echo" is using echoes off the bottom. the bottom at this area is silt. they're hoping a large metal object like a big large airplane will give them a different sort of return, ...

Withholding some detail about this search ahead of that meeting with the chinese president later today. as for the search itself, the -- angus houston, the ma not responsible for this -- the man responsible for this joint coordination effort, issued a statement today. he's -- in fact, right now they're behind me in the building behind me coordinating all of these efforts. he said that the statement saying that the "ocean shield," the australian vessel, is continuing to comb the water with the american towed pinger locator trying to pick up signals. interestingly enough, according to marinetraf...

Not a single, physical sign of the plane has been found. so the focus of this search effort very much on for the elusive pings. overnight, they have been analyzing this data that they have obtained from one of the sonobuoys, one of the dozens or so that they have parachuted out onto the water. they said they hope to get an update on that today. meanwhile, the australian vessel, the ocean shield, continues to be out there combing the waters with the american operator, the towed pinger locator, making detections, four so far which have given so much promise to the search area. we also know the b...

The search effort. how involved is malaysia in the search area? >> you know malaysia and malaysian officials get the first briefings. they get told what happens at sea from ocean shield, hms echo, all the other vessels from the sonar buoys that are out there. they get that information before anyone else. but the search teams generally report it on the ground first. they're recovering it. they've got the expertise and the malaysians sometimes respond to that. they are in that information circle and they are, we are told, the first to get the information. >> the investigation continues on the gr...

And the "ocean shield" has moved some korms outside of it. -- kilometers outside of it. it's interesting because the statement that houston put out did not contain information about the "hms echo." we know that it is equipped with sensitive audio detection equipment, and it's capable of mapping the sea floor. we've reached out to authorities to claim who the "hms echo" is doing. we're waiting to hear back. that's an interesting development. and we're waiting for answers. >> all right. erin mclaughlin from perth. we appreciate it. thank you very much. as we check our clocks, it is just past 9...