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And instead began using the so call bluefin 21. the submersible sonar system. he also said crews located an oil slick in the search area. they took samples and will be analyzing them in the coming days to figure out whether that oil has anything to do with flight 370. in the meantime, the two dozen ships and aircraft are scouring more than 47,000 square kilometers. so let's bring in our michael holmes who is live in perth with details on day 38 of the search. so michael, what can you tell us? apart from this news conference and of course these critical points here. we learn about this search g...

Sonar system and then it's just a processing problem to make it digestible by humans. this is made so that the human can visualize it. the data is really just a bunch of 1s and 0s that come back from the system. >> i'm going to ask you a completely uneducated question. when we all saw the movie "titanic. if t they could get pictures deep down in the ocean. do we have that kind of technology? >> absolutely but not on these types of vehicles. these vehicles are primarily designed to fly maybe 50 meters from the bottom of this particular survey that they're doing right now and then generate this ...

Shooting and killing three people in the u.s. state of kansas on sunday is due to appear in court in the coming hours. frazier glenn cross faces charges of premeditated first-degree murder. police say cross targeted people at two jewish centers. they believe he is affiliated with white supremacist groups. the search for flight 370 is taking a new turn. angus houston, the man heading up the search from australia gave a news conference just a short time ago. let's get an update now. he says searchers will stop using the system that listens for pings from the black boxes and instead begin using...

Search, at least they're searching, and there seems to be a very good reason, they're a little bit noisy. is that primarily the problem? >> well, the auvs would go in the water not to necessarily find the pinger but to stop mapping the bottom. they use a side-scan sonar system and they build a map. they're very efficient at that. the problem is, the search time, the search methodology is going to basically take everything out by ten times as long. so if you're not in the right spot, you're going to be doing the search for a long time. >> but they don't -- they don't sger fe interfere, do they?...

Idea where the airplane is to go look for it. it makes a big difference whether it is flat sandy bottom where you get a nice sonar return or steep canyons or a coral environment. that will be really difficult for an auv. >> what do you say? >> we agree, of course. >> i'll tell you, it will be difficult for any sonar system if it is in rocky terrain. it goes with the territory. it is going to be difficult. >> it is just how it is. >> you can't tow stuff through it, you cannot run stuff through it. >> everybody sit back and listen. we'll go to you, paul, so you can tell us about this. they're fo...