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>> reporter: yeah, that is right, bill, the search is done right now. 80% covered and single nothing found. no sign of mh-370. no word on the data results from the latest mission, but the previous nine of course turned up nothing, bill. >> and talk to metro about the weather. we heard there were reports of a typhoon, is that still threatening? >> reporter: yeah, this is a cyclone jack, hurricane jack you would call it in the u.s. it is breaking up and dissipating. but it is having an impact. it is going to have eight and a half meter swells out there. low clouds and visibility down to less tha...

And we're waiting to see if it's been more successful than the previous seven dives. as you mentioned the planes and ships still searching for surface debris but nothing found after 44 days. hope surely fading there. i can tell you, too, a cyclone or, in north american parlance, a hurricane, not all that far from this search area. that will make the waves much, much higher in the days ahead. the malaysian acting transport minister today asked for prayers this week. they might be needed, jim. >> that bluefin 21 about halfway through that long walk on the ocean floor as it's been described to us...

Underwater, is there still an active search for debris from ships that are in the region and airplanes continuing? >> that is an interesting question. only earlier this week that we heard angus houston that he expected the air and sea search to be wound down in the days coming ahead. has not happened, the planes are still up and about. we have a crew on one of them right now as we speak. we will be getting his report in the hours ahead. the ships are still out there, too. here we are in weak six and they have not found one scrap of surface debris. obviously that is a concern. they have not giv...

The experts would have to answer that question. more is better certainly sounds right to me. >> how long do you think they can go before they decide there's nothing down there? you've been skeptical all along about this? do you think they should give it two weeks, three weeks? >> i think it's worth backing up and acknowledging how crazy pants this whole search has been. >> did you say crazy pants. >> crazy pants is the only word i can find. you have a general sense of where the plane went down, you look for surface debris. once you find the surface debris, you look for the pings, then you go t...

Or it could be nothing, bill. >> and what about the search area, we're hearing that some of the efforts could be scaled back? when? >> reporter: yeah, angus houston said he expected the air and surface search to be scaled back. they just have not found anything, bill, and time is marching on. we know that today the planes are up. in fact, more than a dozen planes are out in the area, more than 11 ships are still trying to find surface debris. they do expect it to be scaled back in the days ahead, though, quite simply because they have not found anything, bill. >> okay, michael holmes, apprecia...