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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 ...

The evidence simply lie with the pings. the handshakes that we have analyzed. that's all we have. >> reporter: the malaysian prime minister in an exclusive interview claimed that investigators have not had much to go on. he's promising to release a preliminary report on flight 370 investigation next week exactly seven weeks after the plane vanished. many of the relatives of those that were on board are very skeptical. >> actions speak louder than words. the briefings have been a joke. >> now, what is not clear, wolf, is whether or not they have any more math to go to, basically, the way that t...

Experts. cnn aviation analyst, peter goelz. cnn afteruation analyst, michael kay. aviation consultant, ken christianson. geoffrey thomas, editor in chief of airlineratings.com joining us from pauaustralia. peter goelz, they're going to move this underwater search a little further north based on what, the second ping as opposed to the strongest ping? is that what they're going to do? >> that's exactly right. i think they're obligated to do that. the australians made a big deal about the pings. they've said this is the right spot, the investigators have said this is the right spot. they've got t...

Several thousand miles away, a source of their frustration, the bluefin-21, the most promising, returns two weeks later with nothing to show for it so far. if no leads turn up once the whole area is covered, coordinators now confirm that the underwater drone will scour stretches of the nearby ocean. the bluefin has been combing deep waters, about six miles around the second ping that was detected, a possible signal from the jet's black boxes. no official word yet on what technology will be used next but we learned that the british navy's world submarine is out of the mix. it's no longer needed...

Families are protesting, fueling frustration among family members. outside the malaysian embassy chanting no more delays, no more lies. >> what do you want from the malaysian government? >> the crews are now expanding the search to areas adjacent to the six-mile radius surrounding the second ping. >> it's really a hot mess right now. we were given in very strong indications and strong language that the plane would turn up with these pings have been detected. it's a powerful piece of evidence that the pings do not koor la correlate to the wreckage. >> it would be wonderful to have a fleet of th...