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He was speaking to reporters in perth just a couple of hours ago. it is coming up to 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon. and of course this search continues as they try to find and triangulate with the information they have these four pingers detected now to try and find, locate the mh-370. and another reminder that you can always track fast-moving developments on the missing plane simply by logging onto our website. our address, cnn.com. all right, we are going to take a very short break now. but just ahead, more on what we have been reporting. this new optimism surrounding the search for flight 37...

More, correct? >> absolutely, in houston's words they want to make hay while the sun is still shining. they want as much information before they deploy the bluefin 21, why? because the bluefin 21 moves a lot slower than the towed ping locater. so they want to narrow down that search field so they have a more precise location as to where this signal is coming from, errol. >> erin mclaughlin live in perth, australia for us. we're going to now turn to our aviation expert, miles o'brien. he joins us now for more on this. >> yeah, and miles this is extraordinary. you have been following this from t...

Path of the debris which he suspects may be floating in some of the world's most treacherous seas. >> that is right, he joins us now from perth. a professor at the university of western australia. we have a couple of maps showing the aerial search zone and the location of the pings. walk us through the massive challenges they still will face as they try and confirm this is mh-370. >> okay, so let me explain the search. they found two signals. that means that they actually are getting the signals from both the -- the voice recorder as well as the flight recorder. so that is a good indication th...

That could also hamper things. it is not clear what sort of time table we're looking at, rosemary. >> yeah, they seem to be talking in terms of days, which is quite an improvement. erin mclaughlin joining us live from australia, many thanks to you. let's get more on this breaking news from u.s. navy captain matthews. he joins us on the line from perth, australia. what do you make first of all on this development with the two additional pings being detected and the search now desperate ll being narrowed. >> well, it is certainly encouraging to pick up the transmissions from what seems to be a...

But if you had asked me let's say when i arrived last -- last sunday night, i would have been probably more pessimistic than i am now. i am now optimistic that we will find the aircraft or what is left of the aircraft in the not too distant future. >> angus houstongçvav8p there. and let's get more from the search headquarters in perth, australia, erin mcaulifclaughli there and joins us live. and erin, those two signals detected. a great deal of cautious optimism i think we can say. let's listen at what came out of that news conference. >> hi, rosemary, well, certainly