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A long-time rancher and the government are fighting over federal land. and this is becoming violent now. also, the big announcement that colbert is going to be taking over after letterman retires. that's the buzz in the entertainment world today. we'll take you live to the ed sullivan theater. >> we're going to start with the latest on the search for flight 370. a late news kmps last night with australian prime minister tony abbott. he reiterated his confidence that the pingers are coming from one of the plane's black boxes. listen. >> there have been numerous, numerous transmissions recorde...

Only until then are you positive you have it. >> even then, experts say, sound in the ocean can play so many tricks on your ears. >> several people can look at a signal and see different things. because all they're really recording is sound energy. >> false positives from fishing and research equipment left in the area. from debris and thermal conditions. from the vessel itself can also play tricks on the techs. phoenix's operators are good at weeding out false positives. they do it by carefully monitoring the specific frequencies and repetition rate. and at centers off-board, they're highly t...

From the water. it works like an epirb, which is an emergency radio beacon used on ships. so it doesn't need to be gps on it. what happens there is it sends out a frequency at 406 megahertz. at that, it's triangulated upon by 16 satellites that continuously are available to provide that location. so, yeah, there's much better technology available right now. >> david stupples, why do we not at this point, since we've honed in on the small eest search are they've had yet, deploy that blue fin underwater drone? >> well, the blue fin can probably search out about 40 square miles a day at maximum. ...

On the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. >> actually, a lot of news coming from the prime minister this morning, who seems to be very confident, saying that four signals detected by a u.s. pinger locator are coming, he says, from one of the plane's black boxes. he's that confident. >> right now at least ten planes, 14 ships are scouring the smallest search zone to date. crews are focused on an area in the indian ocean about the size of massachusetts and connecticut combined. you may recall that at one point the search zone was about the size of the continental u.s. >> but time is tickin...

Phase, the next phase of this search will begin. that is actually the underwater search. >> you know, sumnina, i think some of the things people can't get out of their heads is what it has been like for these family members. what are they saying about this new information? >> well, the family's reaction here has been overwhelmingly consistent and that is until they actually see the evidence for themselves, until they actually see the debris, they will not believe, they cannot believe their loved ones are no longer alive. we've been talking to a family here, a father and mother who lost their o...