you're the coms person for cruz, abbott, paul, and you get that "new york times" thing.

greg abbott has his share of questionable spokes people. now, there does not seem to be any direct line from greg abbo abbott's campaign to the person that named the superpac boats and hoes, to name a super pac, supporting conservative candidates boats and hoes. >> sure does. greg abbott would be able to stop apologizing for misogynistic comments made by his friends if he stopped having so many misogynist friends. seems like every time he makes the does n-- greg abbott was no a household name. even in texas, voters are getting to know him, and the way that they're getting to know him is as the guy who doesn't pay women in his office as much as men, the guy who hung out with ted nugent and campaigned with him, believes women's brains are smaller, and now the guy who has the firm with the boats and hoes pac work with the last eight of his campaigns. greg abbott created a culture of completely acceptable misogyny around him and he's going to have to answer to that to every texas woman and the men who like them. >> and i want to follow on that

. >> tony abbott is in shanghai. >> pm abbott, and this is in quotes, we are very confident the signalsx. so we are going up one notch. >> so he was at a previously scheduled press -- >> i think he's on his way. >> now he's going to -- apparently we will be hearing from the prime minister. this is all coming in to cnn. this is breaking news. we are getting it just as you are. as richard quest was saying this is coming from our affiliate sky news. saying -- what's the quote again? >> we are very confident the signals are from the black box. whichever way we look at it, the pm of australia is saying. >> until cnn says it, i want to quote that associated press is saying that the searchers are confident that signals are coming from missing plane's black box. we will check with our sources to find out what is going on. that's the quote from the associated press and our affiliates here. according to fran townsend that happens often when you have investigations like this. someone will come out and say something and they have to figure out how to give confidence behind the words rather than an

tony abbott says there's a high degree of confidence that signals picked up so far are, in fact, from the plane's flight recorders. >> searchers detected pings all over last week, but the part to stress is no new signal detected since tuesday. also considerable challenges remain. >> no one should underestimate the difficulties of the tasks still ahead of us. yes, we have narrowed down -- very considerably narrowed down the search area, but trying to locate anything 4 1/2 kilometers beneath the surface of the ocean, about a thousand kilometers from land is a massive, massive task. it's likely to continue for a long time to come. >> all right. let's bring in our will ripley. he's in perth. that's where this massive search operation is based. we heard the prime minister there saying the search area is being narrowed down. there seems to be a building of confidence. just bring us up to speed on where everything stands right now. >> yeah, it really has been narrowed down, errol. if you think about the fact it was nearly bigger than the size of australia when this started. now just over 40,

greg abbott tweeted this, and i kid you not, he actually tweeted this. this is about benghazi.should have used the same effort to get americans out of benghazi as we do getting ranchers ou of nevada. why not talk about lois lerner and the irs and throw that in there as well? this is about conservative fear mongering. >> it's ludicrous. it's about fear mongering. you're exactly right, alex. it's all fun and games until somebody is talking about slavery was better for negroes. then they all scurry and run away and look for the next opportunity to scare the right wing extremist base. and they are playing with fire. this is nothing to whip people up about. rick perry has nice new glasses. so he has to prove that he's macho. when did we talk about states rights? these people whip up fear of the federal government. it goes back to before the civil war. it goes back to reconstruction. some of us require the federal government to secure our rights. this is an old battle. they know what they're doing, and it's very dangerous, and it's kind of dirty. >> you know what, jim, let me follow

tony abbott, the prime minister, delivering a speech at a trade lunch today in shanghai. he said that they are very confident that they know the position of the black box flight recorders to within some kilometers. and he also noted they are confident that -- that confidence in the position of the black box is not the same as a visual identification of actual wreckage. he said that he was going to update the chinese president later today with all the latest developments, as well. now in terms of the search, angus houston, the man responsible for coordinating the effort which is based out of the building just behind me, issuing a statement today saying that they are still looking for more pings from the black box flight recorder. the "ocean shield," the australian vehicle equipped with american towed pinger locator scouring the waters, trying to detect further signals. the statement also said that they are continuing the overnight head, the ahn p3 planes are continuing to fly overhead the area, to parachute down these sonar buoys equipped from hydrophones. they go undernea

hopes were elevated, as you mentioned, earlier today by the australian prime minister, tony abbott. he's on official visit to china. take a listen to what he said earlier today. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on hm-370. >> reporter: well, tony abbott also saying that he was very confident that the signals coming from under water that had been detected over four occasions now by the australian vessel, the "ocean shield," are, indeed, from the black boxes of the missing malaysian airliner. what the head of the search operation, though, here, angus houston, is saying that so far, throughout the course of this day, there's been no real significant breakthrough in the search. they're still continuing to scour the indian ocean by air, and of course, in that very much more limited search area about 1,000 miles or so off the coast of western australia, john. >> so, angus houston leading the search, sort of tempering the enthusiasm right now at the same time that the prime minister of

that's right, christine, some strong, confident language from the australian prime minister, tony abbott, giving a speech at a lunch in shanghai earlier today. he said that they are confident that they are now within some kilometers of that black box. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on mh-370. >> reporter: he also went on to say that he was not going to give further details about the search until his meeting with the chinese president, xi jinping later today. the search continues in earnest. angus houston, the man responsible for coordinating this international effort releasing a statement today in which he said that the "ocean shield," the american vessel, is continuing to comb the waters with that american towed pinger locator, trying to pick up on any signals. no mention, though, of the british vessel, the "hms echo," that's also in the area. and that's interesting, because we noticed on a website, marinetraffic.com, which tracks vessels on t

in a briefing, australian prime minister tony abbott described the search for the plane as "the most difficult in human history." and he warned there was no guarantee the plane will ever be found. abbott also said authorities will spare no effort until they've done everything possible to find it. the search goes on, nearly a month after malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared. in a briefing in perth today , australian prime minister tony abbott described the search for the plane as "the most difficult in human history." and he warned there was no guarantee the plane will ever be found. abbott also said authorities will spare no effort until they've done everything possible to find it. in the latest search, up to eight aircraft will set out today looking for telltale debris across an 91- thousand-500 square-mile zone. up to nine ships will search, including one british submarine racing against time to hear the signature pinging from flight 370's flight data recorder. in other world news: no new major damage is being reported following a powerful 7-point-6- magnitude aftershock. whic

he did say, though, don, he doesn't want to go further with what he says, and tony abbott, the prime to have a meeting with the chinese president, at that meeting he has told us he will talk about mh-370 and deliver the very latest update that he has to the chinese government. >> thank you very much for clarifying. we're talking about tonight's breaking news, australia's prime minister says he is very confident they have picked up signals from flight 370's black box. michael kay, to you, even with the prime minister saying what he is saying i think you, jim tillman, and also ph here, you're not even sure they're looking in the right area. >> yeah, don, there are certain implications of getting the information wrong. the number one priority right now is getting closure for the families and loved ones. so i would like to see more corroboration, less reverse engineer where the search area is, and let's draw back the track and the path that the aircraft would have had to fly across malaysia and the transponder pinger was. what is that distance? could the aircraft be able to physically fl

under fire for his association with the pac, abbott publicly denounced it for its bad taste. officially shut down yesterday. abbott is leading in the polls but this certainly won't help him with women. >>> finally, we saw the hillary shoe choosers talking about it earlier this week. rush limbaugh said hillary staged the altercation last week when a disturbed woman hurled a shoe at her onstage. now a new conspiracy theory is emerging from the right wing woodwork. hillary birtherism. as unbelievable as it may be, the idea that chelsea clinton's pregnancy is politically motivated to help hillary clinton in 2016. here's steve malzberg explaining that genius theory. >> i don't mean they're making up she's pregnant, okay. but what great timing purely accidental, purely an act of nature, purely left up to god and god answered hillary clinton's prayers and she's going to have the prop of being a new grandma while she runs for president. it just warms the heart. >> that's "hardball" for now. coming up, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. a short word that's a tall order. up your game.

you and i know greg abbott. even if he were not about to become the republican nominee for governor of texas, and he'll make a terrific governor. >> agree. >> he's the tenacious defender of personal liberty and property rights as the sitting attorney general of texas, you will see a vastly different reaction in texas than you saw in nevada. in nevada you saw lip service from a governor who sided with bundy. in texas, you will see legal action and maybe even force from a state government that simply will not permit the feds to peel the private property of it's citizens. >> texas will not give up the fight. last question, let me put up on the screen, judge, if you look at the latest percentage of land that is owned by the federal government as of 2010 and the congressional research service, look at the percentage they own in nevada. 81%, utah 66, idaho 61, oregon 53 and right on down the list. why does the government own all of this land anyway? >> sean, i'm going to make a statement that the government will consi

we heard from tony abbott at a press conference with david johnson which abbott reaffirmed hisme his commitment to australia's role. take a listen. >> we haven't finished the search. we haven't found anything, yet, in the area we are searching. the point i make is australia will not rest until we have done everything we humanly can to get to the bottom of this mystery. >> reporter: senator johnston was quoted as saying they will likely deploy powerful subme ff submersibles. they said it could take two weeks to completely search the 20% remaining in this narrowed area, this is different than what australian officials were saying it could be wrapped up in a matter of days. johnston saying they wanted to be thorough given it is the most likely place they will find the black box based on calculations so far. >> family members are so frustrated and distraught. they were supposed to meet in beijing with officials. for some reason, that meeting was called off. using submersibles to search. people want to know why more of those underwater devices haven't been used outside of bluefin-21. is i

the pricetag that prime minister tony abbott put on the search operation was $60 million. and that's just for australia alone. not taking the cost being borne by malaysia, china, or the other countries that have been searching for the last month or so. australia has of course been, you know, leading these operations the last 41 days. it's now more than seven weeks. 52 days ago that mh370 disappeared on that scheduled flight from k.l. to beijing with 239 people on board. tony abbott said it was with regret that they haven't been able to find anything in their search of the last few weeks using the bluefin-21, that submersible which has been operating within a 400 square-kilometer area. he believes that there will now be no debris found on the surface, that if there was any debris it would have sunk by now, it would have been waterlogged and sunk. so this is now moving into the next phase. it's going to be underwater. as you say, covering now an extended area of some 60,000 kilometers. and you know, according to the prime minister and according to air chief marshal angus hou

pat abbott joins us on the telephone. she's a professor emeritus.e's not on the telephone, he's live. welcome back, professor. what have we learnt from an earthquake like this and the evacuation? >> well, this is a very wise thing to do. i heartily applaud the evacuation. this is one of the most active earthquake areas. it's been hit with tsunamis in the past. the only reasonable way to handle this is to get elevation. with tsunami you never know when, it's not the first wave that is the biggest, it could be the son. wait it out to make sure the marijuana dissipated itself and return home when it's safe. >> some of the big earthquakes that hit chile in the past, they have learnt from the 2005 earthquake, and that's why they had a successful evacuation. >> i know you go though some old german settlements, they'd dig a shallow basement. put in tree trunks, there would be rollers under the house they were building homes to withstand the earthquakes. this is a population in tune with living with earthquakes and tsunami. if you have an 8.2 earthquake 60

heather abbott, who lost part of her leg in the attack, will run the last half mile with the woman whoound her on the ground and helped save her life. >> i can only imagine that it's going to feel very invigorating and sort of like a sense of closure. >> reporter: along the marathon route, anywhere from 500,000 to 1 million spectators are expected. security is unprecedented. underground in a high-tech

australian prime minister tony agot says authorities -- abbott says authority have confidence in theximate position of the flight data recorders. at the same time, search leader angus houston says a fifth underwater sound heard thursday is probably unrelated to the plane. houston says as far as he knows there's been no major breakthrough. >>> the search continues today, 15 planes and 13 ships are covering about 47,000 square kilometers. >> tourists and residents are evacuating cities and towns along the northeastern coast of cuban cuban. and others -- of australia. and others are preparing for the arrival of a powerful cyclone. the storm has been upgraded to a category 5, the maximum, with wind gust up to 305 kilometers an hour. that's around 190 miles per hour. the cyclone's expected to make landfall tonight local time, north of cannes. forecasters say the torrential rains could cause widespread flooding. >> yeah. a a story we'll keep an eye on. >>> tech news now. google offering a special one-day sale on its internet-connected i wear, but it will not come cheap. it's allowing the p

. >> reporter: it's the same story for heather abbott, another survivor. >> i learned that i'm much stronger and more resilient and stronger than i ever imagined.

let's first chat a little more about what the australian president, prime minister, rather, tony abbott had to say at that lunch in shanghai. he admitted that he was holding back some details about this search ahead of his meeting with the chinese premier. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on mh 370. >> reporter: he also said that out of respect for the families, the -- the families and friends of the chinese passengers that were on board that he was withholding some detail about this search ahead of that meeting with the chinese president later today. as for the search itself, the -- angus houston, the ma not responsible for this -- the man responsible for this joint coordination effort, issued a statement today. he's -- in fact, right now they're behind me in the building behind me coordinating all of these efforts. he said that the statement saying that the "ocean shield," the australian vessel, is continuing to comb the water with the america

he is very specific in that, and he joins australian prime minister tony abbott in his certainty. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on mh 370. >> we're going to get to my interview with commander william marks in just a minute. >>> first, i want to go to michael holmes in perth, australia. michael, this is a growing sense that they're getting close to finding this black box. what is the scene there this morning as they're starting the search there again? >> yeah, just after dawn here, erin, on a beautiful perth day and off the coast, the ships have been trawling all night, and continue to now, looking for more pings from the flight data recorders. the aircraft are heading out to join them. they'll be looking for wreckage on the surface. it is day 36 of this search. five weeks, hard to believe, but nothing has been found so far. but you heard there the confidence is there that something will be found on or below the surface. now, the plan at the moment is to continue that search,

as abbott walked into the forum restaurant last year, one of the bombs exploded.we visited abbott in november, she showed us her four prosthetic legs. >> this is my water proof leg. i wear this one in the shower. >> reporter: this one for running, another for flats, and another for high heels. how does it feel to put those high heels on? >> it feels great. it's just a part of my life that i didn't have to give up. >> reporter: she was fortunate to get human-looking prosthetics matched to her skin tone down to the freckles and creases on the heels. >> reporter: what's that meant to you? >> when i meet people that don't know me, i don't want them to focus on my leg. if it doesn't look real, they are going to. >> reporter: despite abbott's strengths, there are still very painful moments. >> there are some downtimes that have been a little bit lonely or made me have to stop and think about what happened and my loss. >> reporter: as for the alleged bombers, she refuses to think about them. >> i don't want to give them time. i don't want to give them an identity in my m

a late news kmps last night with australian prime minister tony abbott.rs are coming from one of the plane's black boxes. listen. >> there have been numerous, numerous transmissions recorded, which gives us the high degree of confidence that this is the black box from the missing flight. what we're now doing given that the signal from the black box is rapidly fading, what we are now doing is trying to get as many detections as we can so that narrow the search area down to as small an area as possible. >> so those signals were detected within 17 miles of one another. at least 10 planes, 14 ships right now are in the middle of searching. >> and the crews are focused on an area 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 remember, time is running out. the batteries on the black boxes are quickly fading if they're not dead already. even though crews may be close, those signals are coming from about three miles below the surface, which can really co

president on the search for flight 370 but it's abbott's tone about how things are progressing that's receiving a lot of attention. forget cautious optimism. australian prime minister tony abbott is oozing confidence. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on mh-370. >> we are confident that we know the position of the black box flight recorder to within some kilometers. >> reporter: his tone stronger and more upbeat compared to the careful wording two days ago from the man coordinating the search. >> i think that we're looking in the right area but i'm not prepared to say -- to confirm anything until such time as somebody lays eyes on the wreckage. >> reporter: but with rumors flying, the black boxes were located overnight. angus houston released a statement saying, quote, there has been no major breakthrough in the search for flight 370. over the past weekend, "ocean shield" detected four pings within 15 miles of each other. excitement over a possible fifth ping vanished overnight. th

but prime minister abbott described this as the most difficult search in human history. he and the air chief marshal, angus houston, still convinced that that is the correct area. however, they are just going to have to spend many more months trying to find the exact location as to where the plane went down, poppy. >> yeah, absolutely. just astonishing that 52 days and nothing has been found. appreciate the report this morning, thank you. >>> seven minutes after the hour. this morning there is universal condemnation for racist comments being attributed to los angeles clippers owner donald sterling. these remarks have triggered an investigation now by the nba. the audio recordings released by tmz sports and deadspin appear to catch sterling in the middle of offensive, racist ramblings, arguing with a girlfriend over her association with african americans. now, this comes with the clippers in the middle of a playoff series. and on sunday, players staged a pregame protest. let's get more on that now from cnn's stephanie elam. >> reporter: the clippers/warriors series is now

i think tony abbott is doing a fantastic job. >> and we can't be certain of ultimate success.jim? >> well, we can't be certain. we just need to make the very best effort so that everyone is assured that we're making the best effort. >> les? >> the ultimate success is finding an absolute probable cause. that's what he may mean. we'll find the airplane. >> thank you for staying with us. cnn's live coverage of flight 370 and the ft. hood shooting continues live from atlanta. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> a gunman opened fire at an american military base. >> we'll have complete coverage of that coming up. and live reports from texas and australia, next on cnn "newsroom." and big question after yet another shooting at the ft. hood military base in

it's a little different from what tony abbott, australia's prime minister, was saying. >> yeah. i think what tony abbott is saying is there will come a point and we are now getting to that point where i guess you get to the point of diminishing returns for what they're trying to do. the transport minister there saying that in essence he agrees with the prime minister, the australian prime minister, but they're determined to push on. >> we're going to take a very short break, but we'll have more for you after this. do stay with us. q. >>> we'd like to welcome our viewers in the u.s. as well as everyone else around the world. the headlines this hour. heavy weather is about to complicate the search for nearly 300 people missing in south korea's ferry disaster. the death toll stands at nine ro right now but that is expected to rise. and our affiliate ytn reports there were 46 lifeboats on board but only one was actually used. that is yet to be confirmed by cnn. >>> diplomats from russia, ukraine, the u.s., and the european union are gathering in geneva, switzerland today to talk abo

you're the coms person for cruz, abbott, paul, and you get that "new york times" thing. reporter says you got a comment on the old better off after slavery thing? >> that's when you go back to remember when i said before you go all in with this guy let's figure out who he is? i mean, seriously, as you -- >> right. you do your due diligence on the front end. >> exactly. but what i love is that every single one of those people with the exception of exception of hannity you that mentioned did it through a spokesperson. not a single one of them went on camera and said out of their own mouths, here's -- this was repugnant, this was awful, this was disgusting. that's very d.c. >> well, explain that to me. i actually didn't even notice that. what is that about? >> so what that means is on the one hand there is tape of the comment made by rand paul or whomever saying, you know, this is a patriot or, you know, they're surrounded by patriots or government overreach. but then you go back and clean it up with the spokesperson on paper. so that in print, sort of in the national print

. >> tony abbott. weeks to go until the world cup, the brazilian authorities are struggling to tackle high levels of violent crime. a controversial program has led to accusations of police brutality. we have a warning this has disturbing images. >> reporter: rio elite military police trying to take control of the city or towns block by block. >> translator: we've had anonymous tip off, the commander told me. as they scour the area for suspects. until recently, these were no go zones run by gangs. gang members caught with guns d drugs is proof policy is necessary. in recent days, proof also that policy may be unraveling. violent crashes in the rio district as residents accuse police of shooting and killing an innocent man. this is the jungle, a network of the scene. this is the scene of last week's shooting. this is establishing a permanent police presence that's not welcomed. a sign there says death to police in recent months tension between them and police have come t to the surface. five are killed b

i'm confident with the level of professionalism shown as alluded to by prime minister abbott. in due time we'll provide an closure to this event. >> the crisis in ukraine put some of its neighbours on alert. there's concern russia may destabilize other states. we report from mohl obviousa's capital. >> a special forces battal gone on exercise. these men have received their training in the united states. and now form the elite core of the country's armed forces. rising tensions following the take over stoked fears that russia will attempt to destabilize the country as it moves to closer ties with the european union. >> we are trying to ex cute diverse nations. all of them are special nations, special recon significance for combatting terrorism. the army has been used for ceremonial services. the special forces have been more than a match for the russian group. the spetznatz are the special forces, it's feared they are based here, in an area that broke away from moldova in a civil war. more than 1400 died in the fighting, which was only brought to an end when russian troops and

. >> reporter: prime minister tony abbott spoke to reporters in shanghai, china. he brought up the sobering reminder that time is running out. the batteries that emit the signals only last about 30 days and the plane disappeared more than a month ago. >> we are hoping to get as much information as we can before the signal finally expires. >> reporter: investigators announce that the first signal detected by an aircraft is not related to the missing flight. abbott stressed that even if teams are able to find the cockpit voice and data recorders, the recovery effort would be a lengthy process. the area where search teams are focusing is about 15,000 feet deep. and crews are hunting for signals today. they're canvassing a massive area about the size of los angeles. an immense job. >> wendy here in new york. thank you. >>> well, president obama is expected to announce a top-level resignation from his administration this morning. health and human services secretary kathleen sibelius is departing after the botched rollout of obamacare. she's stepping down after the whit

hannah the ipod minister tony abbott is in beijing to brief official called for tough words for balloonsthere was quite a bit and seven which baggage belt thirty six days agogogogogogogo the northththts with the lead up to heat u uppp wasn't scared. that is affected millions of people in the city of clientele protesters continue to occupy government buildings in the ukrainian city of guns after rejecting an appeal by the country's right to disturb the big auto show on the hideout to see how the growing popularity of hospice care is offering from the legal patient support to the fun. what to get so much for joining us but critics say here it's easy to use winners in beijing. now the search for malaysia airlines flight and eight st seventy it has been thirty six days since the beijing bound plane disappeared after taking off from kuala lumpur with two and thirty nine people on board. australia's prime minister tony abbott is in beijing where he explained the search efforts currently underway. ivan also said yesterday that he is and i quote very confident said the recent signal the texans a

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others you're speaking with there as confident as tony abbott appears to be? >> he's narrowed it down more than anyone has so far. that phrase "win kilometers." we've heard optimism, as we've reported over recent days, from the man leading the search, air chief marshal angus houston. he reported he was also optimistic in his words that the wreckage would be found. certainly with the four pings we had since last saturday, the sort of confirmed pings, if you like, that are suggesting of the black boxes. the search area for the wreckage has shrunk dramatically. and it is so much smaller than it was, just a matter of days ago. whether it is a few kilometers or whether it is 20 or 30 square kilometers or even more, no real certainty on that. certainly with those four ping, and also the arrival there of that british naval ship, the "hms echo," which can look at the bottom of the ocean as well and send out its own ping, down to the surface, to see if there's any wreckage down there. there's optimism here they will find the wreckage. the complicater is this silt we ha

prime minister tony abbott says he believes the plane's recorders are down there. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box. >> abbott was referring to the four pings picked up between thursday and saturday. a fifth was picked up using a sonobuoy. but after analysis, the search coordinator now says it is unlikely to be related to the aircraft black boxes. crews racing against the clock to try to hear more signals before they are certain that the batteries powering the black box signals are dead. >> the signal, from which we are confident are the black boxes are starting to fade and we are hoping to get as much information as we can before the signal finally expires. >> the australian prime minister spoke to reporters during a state visit to china where flight 370 was scheduled to land five weeks ago. the grieving families of passengers listened to his tone of confidence with a heavy dose of skepticism. >> every time some official gives one of those absolute statements of we're sure it's the

. >> greg abbott is a very powerful and thoughtful attorney general. he's on the right side of this issue from a private standpoint from the private property right stand point and i don't think americans want to see another one of these exhibitions from the federal government of them coming in with armed troops over an issue that ought to be taken care of with commonsense when you think about it. >> keith is the news editor at town hall.com. katy good to see you. what do you think on the last point that americans don't want to see another land grab by the feds but the feds are saying we have no plans to expand the holdings down there. this dispute however, centered around whether they think they already own they in fact do already own. >> well, they think that they already own it and their argument is they are not expanding but only looking at how that land should be used. at the same time they are saying they are not seizing land, they will dictate how the property is used. when it comes to the appetite for tolerance of the blm swooping into the areas

. >> reporter: prime minister tony abbott spoke to reporters while visiting shanghai, china. he also brought up the sobering reminder that time is running out. the batteries which emit the signals only last about 30 days and the plane disappeared more than a month ago. >> we are hoping to get as much information as we can before the signal finally expires. >> reporter: investigators announced that the first signal detected by an aircraft is not related to the missing flight. abbott stressed that even if teams are able to find the plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders, the recovery would be a lengthy process. the area where search teams are focusing is about 15,000 feet deep. >> investigators hope the flight data recorders will explain what happened to the plane. >>> the legal team of the man known as "shrimp boy" is trying to paint a different picture of the man caught up in the leland yee corruption scandal. >> the education and betterment of the conditions, not the words of a gangster, not the beautiful smile of the gangster. not the cherub smile that our client h

ahead of a meeting between japanese prime minister seemed odd that an australian prime minister tony abbott tickets for monday to help ay ay ay ay. the union foreign ministers say they will consider strengthening economic sanctions against russia and the two result the situation in ukraine this is from the twenty eight lead the country saw some today backed up to date in informal talks in athens the story holds the multi team union presidency. this is discussed least a crisply drop shadow which will force is as announced in the border with ukraine. eleven said over the frozen assets and interests couple planted in need of options including needs to trust in him the foreign ministers planned to meet again on april fourteen to discuss the options. calling stations and closed in the counting has begun in afghanistan's presidential election calling it day in which attacks by militants claimed a six pints in practice on saturday. he has provided security at polling stations. each candidate to compete in the seat of christ in hume's cause i was thrilled for ten min's attendees include informal fo

each the next in the broadcast president in a host a meeting with australian prime minister tony abbott's here in seoul it is time to finalize radio australia free trade agreement. should stop today pulled the plug on its support for windows xp and that means we are with the large xp user base could be vulnerable to secure gas russian sentiment built in ukraine with the eastern city declaring independence and calling for a referendum on the news again. fan. though cheers and korea and hello to those of you were watching from around the world it's tuesday it will be here until i knew he had come limping so much for joining us we begin at the nation's top off this following of bilateral summit between president second day and visiting australian prime minister tony abbott. the two sides signed a free trade agreement and agreed to do security cooperation at this time has more on korea australia relations in full bloom. less than a month after concluding a trachea which can add that to me aside if you have an fta with australia. sullen and can drag me to be an intense than the majority of tra

scan the horizon for investment option a decent deals the delegation is led by prime minister tony abbott has called his brother north asia visit and minister for trade and investment and roll but to the fullest gives us a curtain raiser. two lines are called to the poster yes because every trade missions to china is building swayed aes drumming up business and investment. the conflict to write else treaty of peace this week a push to strengthen australia's commercial ties with its biggest trading partner. at the time estimate the chamber of commerce the corn is precisely that report the fifteenth to show. it's silly it's the tupelo minister and senior years to come here and tell the government. push for many things that have taken a long time to get through to the words of wisdom on each page. there is no portfolio school in industries that the industry represents his health. other industries like a business and finance. it's it's important that you don't get to show its effects will be held in teaching shanghai chengdu and cotton shawl that i have a strong force. it's got to do it too.

. >> and boston bombing survivor heather abbott lost part of her leg in the attack and told me why she decided to make the trip back to boston for the race this year. >> if i didn't go, i would feel as though i was telling myself i couldn't, and i want to be there. >> we'll have more of my interview with heather at the half our. >> as the nation remembers the victims and survivors in boston, a year later. prosecutors are building a case against the surviving suspect. richelle carey is here with that part of the story. it was a year ago that the bombing happened. justice is running its course. the prosecution and defence were the only suspect. it could be one of the most closely watched cases of the year. dzhokhar tsarnaev, who has shot the night he was captured, has been held in the federal prison in massachusetts, without bail. the manhunt and shoot-out led to the death of his older brother tamerlan tsarnaev. investigators believed tamerlan tsarnaev shot and killed tom, an mit police officer days after the bombing. he's charmed in connection with collier's death. when dzhokhar tsarnae

i wish jim hill semi tony abbott's the australian prime minister has been in perth for the last couple of days. he zeroed in on the domestic political businesses of the election here the weekend that saying he's also been marshaling the troops and twisty and they'll be sitting down together but to the premise that najib is arriving late it's not we understand that no till quite late this evening. they should have a full day here tomorrow. mum's them most the time they appeared his ethics. then change and things has a relationship between china and the eu has become one of the most important in the world. he was speaking at the college of europe in the middle of the belgian city of rome last year the two sides for their twenty twenty strategic agenda for cooperation president she has called for building bridges of peace growth reform and progress and cocoa prosperity. richard chow has forty titles uh speaking to an audience of china's largest trade partner has been cheating he said the best is yet to come. for twenty five we should not forget there's still great boon for the growth of c

australian prime minister tony abbott has said the hunt for the missing flight has entered a new face he said the search operation would now focus on an increased area under water what we are doing. he is looking to intensify underwater search involving different technology. in particular using specialized sites get insider equipment tucked behind ships to scan the sleep is for evidence of a corrupt breakage. we are very grateful for the contribution that we've had from china and from other countries as well and i'm the chinese people's liberation army air force and the ships of. the charlie's ninety and other maritime licensees that they now vital and valuable partners and every step of the water and abbott said the new face of the search may take six to eight months of weather conditions permit private equipment to scan the seed that is expected to be deployed within weeks and see the trend of anti wind will continue on its underwater mission. in addition an australian aircraft will be on standby think is possible the kid is identified australia has been in charge of the surge in th

, told the "wall street journal," that if they don't find anything -- and tony abbott put about a week's time on this -- if they don't find anything within that week, they're going to have to figure out a plan "b." >> there will come a time that we need to regroup and reconsid reconsider. but in any event, the search will always continue. it's just a matter of approach. >> reporter: now, it is a little concerning for individuals that are hearing this now, because there was a lot of hope, given that the number of pings that they had, that the prime minister here in australia said were good information that would lead them to the wreckage site, that is still expected to happen. the bluefin-21 getting under water and taking the best bite of the apple so far, down for a full 16 hours, a massive, massive data dump that they will now pore through and try to figure out exactly what it saw down there. it will be up for four hours and then it will go back down again. it may already be back down there. the p-8, the poseidon aircraft, a very sophisticated u.s. aircraft, there are two of them here o

yesterday the australian prime minister tony abbott saying that it'll likely take some time for them to physically locate the black box. they have 2.8 miles of water to contend with. as you mentioned, he is confident, though. he said that they are looking in the right place. but we're still at the stage of the search in which they're still trying to locate pings. the australian vessel, the ocean shield, and the british vessel, the hms echo still out there trying to detect signals. by air also. surveillance planes out trying to detect any pings from the sona buoys. since tuesday there has been absolute silence. authorities here have said they're going to try and continue these efforts until they're absolutely certain that those batteries of the black box pinger have completely expired. the question now being when exactly are they going to feel comfortable to make that assumption and deploy the underwater autonomous vehicle to find the physical wreckage, isha. >> 37 days into the search for flight 370. erin mclaughlin there in perth, thank you, erin. >>> not much is known about the sea

here's the information that we have coming from prime minister tony abbott. he said this is the most difficult search ever undertaken. the most difficult search ever undertaken. that's a statement to be heard. he said it was extraordinarily remote and inaccessible spot. now the malaysian prime minister is speaking. let's listen. >> over the past three weeks, hundreds of people have journeyed thousands of kilometers to help. we have searched through stormy seas. they have sailed through storms to find the plane. we owe them each a debt of gratitude. this has been a remarkable effort, bringing together nations from around the world. when mh-370 went missing, dozens of countries answered the call for help. their commitment will not be forgotten. in a time of great tragedy, for the countries with citizens on board and the families whose loved ones are missing, this cooperation has given us all heart. differences have been set aside. as 26 nations have united behind a common cause. the disappearance of mh-370 is without precedent. so too is the search. this mornin