that's why the work of angus houston will be involved in coordinating this is so important? i might just wrap up, as many of you would know, in a few days i'll be traveling to north asia, i'll be in japan, korea and china. one of the focuses will be to say thank you to the people of china, japan and korea for the assistance which their service personnel have been giving to australia in this very important effort. again i want to stress that it is amazing, the good that can be done when countries come together in common humanity. and i am very proud of the way australian personnel have worked so closely together with personnel from china, from japan and from korea in this search. and i think it reflects so well on all countries involved. that the work has been carried out with such heart. with such spirit. thank you so much. >> [ inaudible ]. >> all right. lots of information actually given from the prime minister. prime minister tony abbott of australia there. here is basically what he said myself panelist there's join me. we can show all of them. he says they are not giving

so angus houston can liaise with the senior officials of all the various countries who have a stake in this. >> how would you categorize then that cooperation or the challenges of that cooperation? >> the challenges are considerable. but let's not underestimate the good will. everyone wants to get to the bottom of this mystery. everyone is united in their common grief, in their common anxiety to resolve this. i don't think we've got a whole lot of competing national pride at stake here. i think we've got at stake here a hole lot of people who just want to solve the problem. >> as a final question, what message do you have for the families who have loved ones on board the flight 370, but also for their search teams who are going out there every single day about how important the search really is? >> well, my message to the search teams is please keep it up. we admire your work. we respect your professionalism. my message to the families is that australia is your friend and should any of you wish to come to australia, you will be in the arms of a friendly country. >> now, we did that exc

the role of angus houston now in coordination and particularly investigation of any of the activitiese and also to try and work towards finding the cause of this event will be particularly important. i think the west australian government for making available its emergency center to be a nerve center for the operation and help support the activities currently occurring at the safety authority, and also the australian transport safety bureau who have great skills in investigating aircraft incidents, and being able to work towards identifying the cause. it's a priority for us to try to recover the black box recorder of this aircraft as soon as possible. it is of course an australian invention, the atsb, and our safety bureau has a particular skill in being able to interpret that data when it becomes available. so there are lots of challenges ahead, but the key task now is to focus on finding whatever we can so that hopefully the location of the aircraft can be properly identified and we can then proceed to the next stage of the investigation. >> jonah? >> thank you. today, we'll have mo

angus houston, former top australian military officer. he inherits a race against time. the batteries on the underwater pingers will run out in less than a week. the answers to the mystery of flight 370 still at the bottom of the sea. david wright, abc news, garden island, australia. >>> the last chance for people to catch a movie at an iconic bay area theater. >>> a rush of wild fans leaves one woman in critical condition. where thes could happened and why police say the people involved should not have even been there. >>> then, here's something we don't hear often. your power company is giving you a rebate. we'll tell you why. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >>> the streets of tucson, arizona, are quiet today after an alcohol-fueled disturban

angus houston, a former top australian military officer.e inherits a race against time, the batteries on those underwater pingers riel run out in less than a week. >> if this mystery is solvable we will solve it. >> the answers to the mystery of flight 370 still at the bought m to of the sea. abc news, garden island, australia. >> newly released memos shows general motors discussed two ways to fix a defect. they were released where the hearings begin on tuesday regarding gm's recall of three million small cars. the recall was because of the switch defect that was linked to the death of 13 people. >>> we are 24 hours away from the deadline to sign up for the affordable care act. so far more than a third of the californians who qualified have signed up thanks to the help of cover california. cornell bernard has a look at the last-minute push to get enrolled. >> reporter: dan is a part-time sound technician at glide memorial church. he is breathing easier after completing the sign up for obamacare in california. >> you know, sometimes i worry

angus houston, aormer former top australian military officer.rits a race against time, the batteries on those underwater pingers riel run out in less than a week. >> if this mystery is solvable we will solve it. >> the answers to the mystery of flight 370 still at the bought m to of the sea. abc news, garden island, australia. >> newly released memos shows general motors discussed two ways to fix defect. they were released where the hearings begin on tuesday regarding gm's recall of three million small cars. the recall was because of the switch defect that was linked to the death of 13 people. >>> we are 24 hours away from the deadline to sign up for the affordable care act. so far more than a third of the californians who qualified have signed up thanks to the co. cornell bernard has a look at the last-minute push to get enrolled. >> reporter: dan is a part-time sound technician at glide memorial church. he is breathing easier after completing the sign up obamacfor obamacare in california. >> you know, sometimes i worry if i will tear a knee an

. >> reporter: the international search effort now has a new head man, angus houston, a former top australianhe inherits a race against time, the batteries on those underwater pingers will run out in less than a week. >> if this mystery is solvable, we will solve it. >> reporter: the answers to the mystery of flight 370 still at the bottom of the sea. david wright, abc news, garden island, australia. >> as the australians step up the search for flight 370, stay with abc news as we cover every development. our next updates are on "america this morning" and "good morning america." >>> the exhausting search in that mudslide disaster in washington state is now into its second week as the recovery mission continues with heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands. officials have lowered the number of missing from 90 down to 30. the death toll remains at 21. in a tribute, workers raised an american flag at half-staff on one of the only trees left standing in the debris field. >>> new worries after that 5.1 earthquake rocked southern california and triggered more than 100 aftershocks. as dozens of displace

and for that reason, they've now appointed angus houston as the coordinator for that investigation out here. he is just being briefed today. but hopefully we'll have more details on where that investigation and search is leading tomorrow, don. >> atika shubert with that investigation. thank you very much. i want to bring in my panel of experts now. colleen keller, whose work was instrumental in finding the wreckage of air france flight 447 three years ago. and jeffrey thomas runs a website that keeps an eye on airline safety around the world. lest abomb, a 777 pilot and military aviator. and we also have will ripley who is out in the water now with the traveling, shadowing the ocean shield. and he will be showing what's is going on there. you see the ocean shield there behind him. you think it's a military vessel. it's not a military vessel. do you think this is maybe the best hope yet to find something? this is indeed a vehicle that could do it? >> i think expectation is the key word here, don. i think we've got some sophisticated technology both this the form of -- sorry, about the s

the chief, very well respected in the region of water world, as the chief of the water world, angus houstonould you categorize that cooperation or the challenges? >> challenges are considerable. let's not underestimate the good will. everybody wants to get to the bottom. everybody is united in their common brief, in their common anxiety. i don't think we have a whole lot of competing national pride at stake here. i think we have at stake here a whole lot of people who just want to solve the problem. >> reporter: what message to you have for the families and also the search teams? >> please keep it up for the teams. we admire the work you have put in. we deeply respect the professionalleism you bring to the task. i say to the families, we will not give up. should you choose to come to australia, you will find yourselves in the arms of a friendly country. >> thank you very much. >>> despite that, families are still wondering if they are being told the truth. malaysia says they are not hiding anything as they investigate. still, families of the missing are demanding an apology for saying the p

the jacc will be headed by an air marshal retired angus houston, the former chief of the defense forceustralian government agencies and international search teams. as per the information that we have received from the australian authorities, the area of search today is 254,000 square kilometers. today, nine military aircraft and one civilian aircraft traveled to the search area. these planes are two malaysian c-130s, one chinese il-76, one japanese coast guard g-5, one australian p-3 orion, one new zealand p-3 orion, one new zealand civilian aircraft, one american p-8 poseidon, one japanese p-3 orion and one korean p-3 orion. to date, 11 ships were also deployed to the search area, and there are each chinese ships, the "hyko," the "jinggok," the "haishin," the donghaiju." three australian ships, the "hmas success," the "hmas" and a merchant vessel, which is currently transiting in the search area. the malaysian ship is expected to arrive in the search area on the third of april. the adb "ocean shield" fitted with a towed pinger locator and a bluefin 21 autonomous underwater vehicle is