new focus, the search area shifts for malaysian airlines flight 370, and this morning, a chance they've spotted debris. 6 million and counting, obamacare hits a milestone, though republicans say it's no reason to celebrate. and the tenth richest man in the world is going to put all his money behind one republican candidate in 2016, so this weekend, chris christie, jeb bush, scott walker, and john kasich are going all-in, vegas style, trying to win the shelden adelson primary. this morning, more movement in what's being seen as a well orchestrated campaign by

governor chris christie. he is expected to hold a press conference in just hours, following yesterday's release of a report written by the law firm his administration hired and paid for with tax dollars. it exonerates christie in the george washington bridge scandal and blames christie aides. here's what he said on abc's world news. >> spent a lot of time the last 11 weeks thinking about, what did i do, if anything, to contribute to this, and i don't believe that i did, but i'm certainly disappointed in myself i wasn't able to pick up these traits in these people. >> "the new york times" editorial board calls the report a white wash, "if chris christie wants to win back public trust, he and his allies can start by paying for this internal inquiry out of their pockets. then the governor and these lawyers can make all e-mails and

any other crucial information available to federal and state investigators." after today's news conference, he goes to vegas for that gathering that "the washington post" calls the adelson primary. one of the world's richest men is surveying the 2016 field, and as we said, besides christie, you have bush, kasich, and scott walker all there. millions of dollars in campaign cash is at stake. i want to bring in politics editor hunter walker and managing editor of msnbc.com, dafna linzer. let's talk about the report, that was yesterday, he did the interview with diane sawyer, then the press conference we're expecting today, then he's going out to vegas to see shelden adelson. any way to look at this besides he's trying to set himself up for 2016? >> it's clear the arguments his lawyers put forward is a defense

he'd use, but why come out with them in advance of being put before the committee doesn't really make sense unless you view it in that 2016 context. >> yes, you can look at it as a legal strategy, but there's a political strategy, as well. >> why is he debuting his arguments now? >> it's all happening within a three-day period, dafna. the law firm his office hired that cleared him in the bridgegate scandal, and he said he was the u.s. attorney, he had dealings with nearly every law firm in new jersey, of course he had ties to these lawyers. what do you make of that argument? >> so, what i make of it is that i don't understand how a u.s. attorney can look at a report like this and think that it covers all the bases. it's somebody who was supposed to be in charge of doing major investigations at a federal level in new jersey. they didn't investigate key players. >> he dismissed that. well, there's a lot of papers to be read. >> i can't imagine a u.s.

attorney thinking this is a complete investigation. >> of course, the report discredits bridget kelly and david wildstein, the people he called "these people." they were the closest to christie, totally devoted to him. essentially, i think the interpretation can be if you read the 340 pages, that they were thrown under the bus. so the release of this report, does it play into the narrative, potentially, that chris christie goes after whoever crosses him? >> well, they weren't just thrown under the bus. this was over 300 pages. they outed bridget kelly for having a past personal relationship with someone else in the christie orbit, so this was the most elaborate bus throwing we've seen in a long, long time. >> and it's hard not, when you read this report, not to be struck by how it treats bridget kelly or, dafna, going into the detail of this personal relationship, calling her emotional and erratic. the suggestion in a number of

the reports i read, interpreting it was that it was simply sexist. and i also wondered when you look at how rough it is on the two of them, does it make it more likely they are going to be a lot more open with the other two major investigations that are going on here? >> right. this is the gamble hunter was referring to as the legal point of view, as opposed from the political point of view. the 2016 looms over there and that's a decent strategy, but i think from the legal perspective, he's certainly gave them every incentive to come out against him more strongly than they have or cooperate with federal and state investigators than they have so far. it is truly sexist and i think also just meticulously thrown under the bus. >> there was nothing that i heard from him yesterday, though, that suggested he thinks he's in any kind of political trouble here. it's almost as if he's come to the conclusion that it's all well and good. is it too soon to tell?

>> well, there were really two things he wanted you to know here, both how bad these two people acted and how much they betrayed him. he let the world know this made him cry. that was actually one of the details that was in there, and i think, you know, as to that question you were raising before, why would they throw him under the bus so far and give him incentive to cooperate with investigators, watching this investigation unfold so far it's kind of clear they are both looking for immunity, so he may have decided that ship already sailed. >> at that point you say, well, they made a deal to say these things to get themselves out of what was clearly a very bad legal situation, because they are responsible for this. >> right. he's been actually very consistent in his retelling of what's happened. he's stuck by his story. he feels, i'm sure he really does believe he did absolutely nothing wrong. so far he hasn't had anybody come out and have an e-mail where he directed the bridge closure.

there hasn't been anything like that. i think he is continuing to go along this path, you know, heading into places like, you know, the vegas weekend with shelden adelson and fundraising opportunities and presidential run opportunities. >> in between those two things yesterday, and, obviously, this weekend with shelden adelson. he's supposed to have this press conference. what are you guys going to be looking for? >> well, you know, his last press conference on this was -- >> exhaustive, first of all. >> exactly. it was a complete and utter denial that, a, this was a big deal at all, or that he played any role in it. i think we're going to see a slight shift where, you know, this report did include recommendations for reform and it did say some of what happened here was simply unacceptable, so i think we're going to see christie move away from this didn't matter at all posture that he initially had to admitting this was serious, but still denying any role. >> is it important what he says today for what happens this weekend, do you think? >> that's an interesting

question. i think there are still things he needs to answer for, and i think, you know, this is, as you say, kind of a dress rehearsal in front of a billionaire who could support him, but there's a lot of voters out there he's going to need to actually vote for him or show real support for him. adelson is going to back somebody he thinks can win. if christie can't get support from the public, he is not going to win. >> it's going to be a fascinating weekend for anybody who loves politics. hunter walker, dafna linzer, thanks to both of you. we will have coverage of chris christie's press conference 2:30 eastern time here on msnbc. checking the news feed now, connecticut is the first state to raise its minimum wage to $10.10. that's the amount president obama had been pushing nationally. state officials say more than 90,000 people will get a raise. governor dan malloy signed the bill yesterday. >> we're the first state in 50 states to do what the people want to do, and that's to raise the minimum wage to $10.10. this is going to take a whole

bunch of people who are working 40 hours a week and living in pover poverty, out of poverty. that's the goal in connecticut, to get people working at a job that allows them to support their families. >> it's a three-step process, though. the pin minute goes to $9.15 next year, finally $10.10 in 2017. president obama is urging troops to negotiate. he said vladimir putin says the west is taken advantage of russia on this impression. >> what i have repeatedly said is that he may be entirely misreading the west. he's certainly misreading american foreign policy. we have no interest in circling russia, and we have no interest in ukraine beyond letting the ukrainian people make their own decisions about their own lives. >> the house and senate passed aid bills for ukraine yesterday and hope to have a single bill

to send to the president today. we show you video of u.s./russia cooperation. an american astronaut and two russian cosmonauts arriving at the international space station. and today was supposed to be the day oscar pistorius took the stand to try to convince jurors he thought his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, was an intruder when he shot her, but a court official got sick and the trial is now adjourned until april 7th. when pistorius does take the stand, he's asked not to be on camera, so his testimony will be audio only. there's a new area of search for the missing plane hundreds of miles away from where they have been looking. will any part of it finally be found? that's coming up. but first, obamacare enrollments hit the 6 million mark. is it too soon to celebrate? we'll ask congressman grijalva next. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol.

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we just got this breaking news that u.s. attorney general eric holder now says the federal government will recognize 300 same-sex marriages that were performed in michigan over the weekend. what that means is that those couples will get federal benefits. a district judge struck down michigan's ban on same-sex marriage last week and four counties started issuing those marriage licenses. an appeals court put anymore same-sex marriages, though, on hold while all this is sorted out. we should say that while the folks do have federal benefits, their state benefits in the meantime are on hold. three days until the deadline to sign up, and obamacare has hit a major milestone. 6 million people have enrolled in the health care exchanges, and remember, just over 100,000 signed up the first month. now the administration is calling it an amazing comeback story, but republicans aren't back off of criticism. and the big question overall

remains demographics. are younger people signing up, the ones needed to lift the program to financial success? joining me now is congressman raul grijalva, democrat from arizona. congressman, good morning. >> good morning, thank you, chris. >> i want you to answer what had been a litany of complaints by republicans. they say, one, 6 million people signed up, but we don't know how many have actually paid. then expectations were lowered from 7 million to 6 million, so it's not really a victory, then, of course, the problem with getting young people to sign up. so the question is, is it too early to celebrate? >> no, i think it's important to acknowledge and to use your words, celebrate, that given the fiasco of the rollout and the problems that came with that and given the criticism from my republican colleagues, but it wasn't just criticism. there was one effort after another, 50-plus in the house of representatives, to defund, sabotage in some way, undue

parts of the affordable care act over and over again, so you have the political sabotage going on at the same time that you're trying to enroll the american people, and that was certainly a mixed message that was going out to the public. so 6 million people signing up, i think it is a momentum builder. we have disparity gaps. the young, poor people, particularly people of color, particularly latinos, that have not signed up in the numbers, sufficient numbers that are necessary. those are still areas that need to be attacked. >> let me ask you about that. there is evidence latino enrollment is turning out to be harder than anybody expected, and i was surprised to see a pugh poll that showed latinos are more supportive of the health care law than whites are. 47% to 33%, so what do you think the problem is, why aren't they signing up in bigger numbers? >> the outreach strategy, the

information strategy. one criticism, the cultural competence and content of how the information was relayed to the latino community. strategies that are commonplace in other efforts should have been applied here. and i think there's efforts to rewrite the strategy, but, yes, that is a gap. it's a disturbing gap. i represent a district in which the uninsured rate is one of the highest in the country, and the uninsured rate among latinos is one of the highest in the country, so it's disturbing, and, certainly, an area that we can't crow or celebrate, but should rededicate some resources and strategy to making sure the people that are eligible do enroll and get enrolled. >> what are your constituents telling you? one of the things i've read, congressman, there's been nervousness because of the number of deportations and there's a feeling in the latino community maybe not the smartest thing to put that information in

there. what are your constituents telling you about why they are not signing up? >> it's not having enough information, at least the people who come to our office, and we can't guide them to what plan they should be under. we can provide the information. and i think it's just been a lack of information. i think your question as to other things, deportation being one of them, going on in the community and the building of trust around the government program when you have at the same time a very robust, almost 2 million people deported in this country, 1,000 a week, you know, that's a backdrop that is about trust and it's about the ability to trust a federal program. it's an excellent question, and one that, i think, while not being the determining role as to why people are not signing up, certainly is a factor. >> it does bring us to nancy pelosi, she was at this hispanic chamber of commerce meeting last night and said getting

immigration reform done is more important than winning elections. would you agree with that, and what's the strategy now, because obviously, there's been a tremendous amount of disappointment over the last couple of years. there's been some feeling that comprehensive reform could get done, and you know where we are right now, which is nowhere. >> yes, thank you. i couldn't agree with leader pelosi more, that, you know, we've had to deal with a level of cynicism on the part of the republican leadership in the house not to allow congress itself to work its will, particularly it was put on the floor a level of comprehensive immigration reform would pass. we've had to deal with the cynicism and cowardess of playing this off for the midterm elections and who's going to win the primary, is immigration going to be a wedge or not. while this cynicism and political poise going on by boehner, cantor, and ryan, what's happened is that the

strategy of deportation and detention continues unabated. so that's why you see more and more organizations and individuals looking at the administration, whether they like it or not, as the least best option to provide some relief in terms of policy change regarding enforcement, regarding deportation, and regarding detention. that relief and that urgency is regardless of what's in the political map. yes, sometimes there are votes, there are situations. this is the most divisive domestic issue we have. congress should begin the healing process and they are not doing that, and people are turning to the administration as the one option of relief that's left. >> congressman raul grijalva, always good to see you, thanks so much. >> thank you so much. my pleasure. >> to answer all your health care questions, you can log on to myhealthcare.msnbc.com, or tweet us your story usi

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there's been a dramatic shift in the search for missing malaysian airlines flight 370. today the focus is on an entirely new search area after data showed that the actual crash point was likely about 700 miles northeast of the original search zone. >> these continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previous estimated, resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> so that means it's closer to

the coast, which is better for searchers. a short time ago, australian officials confirmed five search planes spotted multiple objects in this new search zone, including two that are blue and gray, and those are among the colors on the plane. nbc's keir simmons is following the developments from kau la lumpur. set us up where we are in the search now. >> reporter: hey, chris, good morning. yeah, just a number of developments that you've mentioned there. this ship on its way. we think it's likely to get there at some point tomorrow. they are being incredibly cautious. they do appear to have video pictures of whatever it is they've spotted, but they are not talking about it. they are not releasing that imagery. they are analyzing it, getting the ship out there to try and see what exactly it is, and it does come on top of those other developments today, which have been this extraordinary, this stunning shift in the search

area. the reason they did that is they say they did some calculations based on the data they already had and what they found was they think the plane was going faster, so it would have run out of fuel quicker, so it would have gone into the ocean at a different place. just under 700 miles different, by the way, so really quite substantial place. as you point out, it's an easier area to search and appears as if as soon as they got there today, they started to see some debris, but just a caution, we've been through this enough now to know when they say they may have seen something, it's a big may. we'll have to see what they've actually found and we'll know better when the ship gets there. >> obviously, it's not just us going through this and some of the sightings that turned out to be disappointments but you can't help but think about the families and emotional roller coaster that has been for now. have most stayed together and what's the status of the families now? >> they are in different places

actually. there are some still here in kuala lumpur, some in beijing, where flight 370 was headed, and others around the world. some are moving to come here, but mostly they've stayed where they are, because for them and for all of us, the problem is, how long is it going to be, how long is the search going to take, we just don't know. clearly, there will be a search importantly for the black box recorder and that would involve underwater detection equipment, but the clock is ticking for how long that recorder is going to carry on sending out a signal. it's getting really close. we could be looking at a very long wait, even if this debris turns out to be something connected to flight 370, although that would be a significant find, clearly. >> nbc's keir simmons in kuala lumpur for us, thank you, keir. if you want to know all about the drama that goes into making a big budget movie in hollywood these days, look no further than noah, a movie

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this could turn out to be a very big and really fascinating weekend for the 2016 race for president. billionaire casino mogul sheldon adelson wants to place his bets, many millions of dollars, on a republican who can win the white house. and look who's going to vegas for the big gathering, chris christie, jeb bush, wisconsin governor scott walker, ohio's john kasich, all heading to adelson's venetian resort hotel and casino. adelson's man in 2012 was newt gingrich, which led to a bruising primary battle before mitt romney ultimately clinched the nomination. word is this time adelson is

willing to forego ideological purity for a winner. joining me, andy kroll and jonathan alter, who is author of "the center holds: obama and his enemies." good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> we're talking the tenth richest man in the world. he's willing to spend his money, jonathan. could he be the most influential person in the election, at least on the republican side? >> absolutely, along with the koch brothers. what's happened is we've gotten so used to this. these guys spend all this money is about three years old, that we forget how alien it is to democratic traditions. sheldon adelson spent $100 million in the last cycle. do we really want to be living in a country where one guy with very specific legislative interests and priorities, he wants to prevent online

gambling, in this particular case, where one person gets to determine who's going to be the best-funded candidate for president? do we really want to have an adelson primary? >> but that is how this is shaping up, for sure. you see who's going there, chris christie, fresh off this report on the bridgegate scandal. i want to play what he said to abc about his style and how it plays in new jersey and in iowa. >> i think they love me in iowa, too, diane. i've been there a lot. i think they love me there, too. >> sounds like a confident candidate, to me, andy. but i wonder if, a, if bridgegate might make adelson a little nervous, and, b, would you be going there, as in jeb bush, if you weren't thinking seriously about running for president? >> no, i don't think so you would be going to kiss the ring of sheldon adelson, as so many republican officials and governors and elected members of congress have if you didn't have

2016 on your mind, and i think that while bridgegate has a lot of republican donors nervous, many have told me that very fact, i think the timing of this report commissioned by governor christie's office and paid for by the taxpayers of new jersey, coming out before the legislature's own investigation just on the eve of this event, the timing is just too perfect and it will allow governor christie to show up at the venetian and say he's washed his hands. look, i'm clean in this whole debacle. >> how quickly do we think he might make a decision or give us a clue? one clue, we know what adelson's priorities are. he's given $100 million to birth right israel and think tanks, exchange programs, lobbying programs, all on the israeli cause, so is there a candidate who if that's going to be one thing he's really looking at is going to stick out or somebody who's going to be eliminated here? >> i'm not sure anybody is going to be eliminated.

most of these republicans are staunch supporters of israel. you're right that that is his main priority. something interesting about them i don't think everybody knows is that he's not really against obamacare. he believes that it doesn't go far enough. he supports the israeli system, which is true socialized medicine. so i don't think you're going to see him applying some litmus test on obamacare. >> probably not. let's talk a little bit about the amount of money we're talking about here, andy, because we also mention the koch brothers. what are we talking about in terms of dollars and cents? i heard this termed as the $2 billion year if you're going to run for president, and do the democrats have anybody to match it? >> the $2 billion number is, obviously, right on track. we certainly saw the billion mark -- >> that's crazy. is it me, or -- >> it is, absolutely. you know, these super pacs that were used, you know, so

vigorously by sheldon adelson in 2012, unfortunately for him, not very effectively, can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, so it's really how much does adelson want to spend on the elections and you have koch using nonprofit groups to move more than $400 million around. these numbers, we're going sky high here. supreme court could knock down a rule and the parties could be flushed with cash, as well. yeah, the numbers, it's really how much does sheldon adelson want to spend. on the democratic side, yeah, there are absolutely these kinds of donors. tom stooier now putting his money behind climate change and jeffrey katsinburg, the hollywood movie mogul. i know democrats want that hollywood money. >> are we talking about those kinds of dollars?

katsinburg doesn't have adelson dollars. >> no, not himself. the democrats do like to go courting big donors, but there's a very important distinction to keep in mind. the problem is not money in politics, it's being money in politics, so in the last cycle, barack obama raised a billion dollars, but the average donation was well under $100. the republicans, mitt romney, raised about $750 million, their average donation was well over $1,000. so the question is, what kind of democracy do we want to have, one based on small donors or large donors? and so it's not money itself. it's large donors that we want to keep our focus on. >> i was convinced in the last election nobody was going to turn out to vote. fortunately, some people did, but to double the number of ads out there, it boggles the mind. we'll be talking about this for a while. andy kroll, jonathan alter, good

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used as a nontoxic food and surface sanitizer. more heart break in washington state. the latest known victim of that devastating mudslide is a 4-month-old baby girl. there are 26 known dead, 17 of them confirmed. authorities have already acknowledged that number will rise dramatically during today's scheduled press conference, but the snohomish fire chief says they are determined to find more survivors. >> we don't just go out there without a plan and run around with heavy equipment, because we're still in a rescue mode here. as far as i'm concerned, we're still in a rescue mode. i haven't loths hope yet, and there's a lot of people that haven't lost hope yet. we're not going to run big, huge, heavy equipment over areas where we may collapse something where we could have a survivor. >> it's also acknowledged that it could take months to recover the missing, who now number at least 90. meanwhile, donations have been pouring in from around the

nation. nbc's jennifer bjorklund in a wet and rainy washington. good morning, tell us how this is impacting the search. >> reporter: good morning, chris. it is impacting the search in, as you put it, the most miserable way. they are not going to give up. they are not taking any time off. it's rainy up here most of the time during this portion of the year, so people up here are hearty. they are used to being out in it, but under the conditions in which they are working in the mud, it is mud that is enormous. the volume of mud that came down is the equivalent of 11 empire state buildings. if you had to weigh the mud, it would be enough to fill 50 empire state buildings. if they could get rid of it with heavy equipment, just move it out of the way, they'd have the bull dozers, tractors, land movers, up there. but it is a forensic dig. these are people who are digging with their hands in cubic feet,

not cubic yards, not tons. they are doing it painstakingly slowly, and it is a huge task. the rain only makes it worse, because over the last few days, it's been light rain, just a little drizzle, a little mist. the sun has come out, there have been rainbows, and the mud has been drying. it's drying concrete. when rain comes like this, it causes a slippery mud flow on top and crews described it as walking on ice. it's going to be a horrible day. it's been bad enough, but this is just making it that much worse, chris? >> you can't say enough about the folks doing this difficult work. jennifer, thank you so much. again, a press conference later today when we should get some updates. congressman mike rogers is retiring after 14 years on capitol hill. he's the chairman of the house intelligence committee and former fbi agent. he'll take on a new role as radio host, focusing on conservative and national security issues. in a statement, rogers said he's

most proud of his work in turning the intelligence committee into a "true legislative and oversight body." tweet of the day, with mike rogers announcing he will retire, the house now has 22 retiring members.

what happens when you get two of the most recognizable people on earth together in the same room? the president and the pope kept twitter busy after their meeting at the vatican yesterday. that included a conversation about a core issue for both leaders, income inequality. >> his holiness has the capacity to open people's eyes and make sure they are seeing that this is an issue, and he's discussed in the past, i think, the dangers of indifference. >> it's time for the reputation report. "jansing and co."'s weekly look at the top trends on social media. here with an exclusive analysis, vice chairman of reputation.com.

morning, howard. >> morning. how are you? >> a lot of buzz on social media about this meeting. a little over a year into pope francis's tenure, how's he trending? >> it's interesting. allegedly, the president of the united states is the most powerful man in the world, but consistently when it comes to social media, pope francis is the most powerful man in the world. three to one positive. time and time again, one of the most popular people in the world. there is one glitch, actually, the ethical filter went down to about 50/50, which is low for the pope, and i'm kind of guessing from a lot of the tweet content that the president actually took the pope's numbers down a little. >> oh. >> the pope generally trends out about 60% positive overall, obama about 40%, so it did round off the edges, but the pope is still riding high. >> yeah, maybe people don't like to see him in sort of a political situation either. >> yeah. >> let's talk about march

madness, okay, we're now in the sweet 16. dayton and my home state of ohio, they've got the cinderella story. they beat stanford last night. what are you seeing on social media? >> the real story of march madness on social media is the volume. it's huge and it's very positive. 70% positive. i really see a couple things contributing to that huge momentum that it's having and it's starting again last night. and today, that is warren buffett's brackets got a lot of people involved. really probably 15 million people registered for formal brackets, and the very unpredictable outcome has been really, really good for march madness. >> yeah, i'm always curious about this, because when you see so many of the big names, duke, syracuse, ohio state, with huge followings get out so early, you wonder if it will hurt either, a, social media, or, more to the point for networks, the

viewership. >> you know, it actually fuels social media in a lot of ways, as people grumble about their teams losing or excited about their teams winning. and i can tell you the unpred l unpredibl -- unpredictable nature is going to keep people watching, particularly, not to rub it in, my home state of michigan, we have two teams that are left, and a lot of people in my state will be watching the sweet 16 tonight. >> the one source of contention between my friend howard and me. howard, have a great weekend. thanks for talking to us, appreciate it. >> thanks, chris. that's going to wrap up this hour of "jansing and co.," i'm chris jansing. next on "news nation" with tamron hall, the latest on those two developing stories, governor chris christie's office announcing he'll have a news conference this afternoon, plus the search for that malaysian air flight that's now shifted because of a new, credible lead. have a great weekend. see you back here on monday.

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good morning, everyone. i'm tamron hall, and this is "news nation." right now, several major developments in the search for malaysia airline flight 370. new findings coming from what's being called a credible new lead. five separate planes have now spotted several objects that could be from the missing airliner. the discovery coming from a new search area. now australian officials announced this morning that new data analysis caused them to shift their search area by almost 700 miles to the northeast of where the teams have been looking for this past week. closer to mainland australia, by the way. the analysis also suggests the plane ran out of fuel faster than originally believed. >> these continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previousliest mated, resulting

in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> a u.s. military plane is one of the aircrafts helping in the search near this new area. officials say any sightings need to be confirmed by ship, which could come tomorrow. they say this new analysis is the most credible lead to date, among many others. >> most credible lead. >> very credible leads. >> the most credible lead that we have. >> joining me now, nbc's ian williams, who is in perth. ian, i think it is jarring when you hear how many times officials have said the most credible lead so far, but here we are again. what is the next thing for us to expect regarding this analysis of this new information and this new search site? >> reporter: that's right, tamron. it's easy to see this as the most credible lead since the last most credible le