. >> i'm isha sesay. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> oaustralia's prime minister says they're confident about where the missing plane is within a few kilometers. these are the strongest word yet from the prime minister. >> reporter: that's right. he was at a lunch in shanghai expressing that confidence. he also talked about information that he was not -- that he was withholding, wasn't saying. he said he wanted to withhold information ahead of his meeting with the chinese president later today. take a listen to what he had to say about that. >> 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. i don't want to say any more than that because i want to get the most up-to-date briefing between now and my meeting with president xi later today. as a sign of respect, to china and its people in particular the 154 chinese victims and their family, i would like to save any more deta

i'm errol barnett. >> i'm isha sesay. to our viewers around the united states and the world. let's get straight to our top story. in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370, australian prime minister tony abbott says confidence is high that the -- t hand. >> we have narrowed the secretary of area and are very confident that the signals we are detecting making are from the black box on mh 370. >> the search leader, angus houston, says a fifth sound picked up thursday is probably unrelated to the missing plane. and based on the information he has, there has been no major breakthrough in the search. but crews still have four other possible pings to go on. today's overall search area covers about 45,000 square kilometers. >>> earlier, cnn's don lemon spoke with one of the journalists present when ahn prime minister tony abbott made his statement. >> reporter: reporting on the prime minister's trip across asia, don, we were having a press conference about the developments of potentially a free-trade agreement between austr

i'm isha sesay. >> i'm errol barnett. a big warm welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we begin with encouraging words from australia's prime minister. tony abbot says authorities hunting for malaysian airlines flight 370 are confident about where the flight data recorder is, "within some kilometers." that's been tempered by news from search leader angus houston. says a fifth sound picked up thursday is unlikely to be related to the missing plane. and also mr. houston says there's been no major breakthrough. crews continue to work from the four other possible ping they have detected. today's overall search covers about 4,7,000 square kilometers -- 47,000 square kilometers, about 18,000 square miles. >>> let's get more on tony agot's conference. erin mclaughlin is live in perth. we heard the comment from the prime minister. the word and hope tempered by the head of the search, angus houston. are we looking at mixed messaging here? >> reporter: we're certainly hearing strong words from the australian prime minister, tony abbot, delivering the speech

i'm isha sesay. >> i'm errol bennett. we appreciate you spending a bit of your sunday with us.next. >>> i'll be back with the headlines in just a moment. stay with us. (dad) well, we've been thinking about it and we're just not sure. (agent) i understand. (dad) we've never sold a house before. (agent) i'll walk you guys through every step. (dad) so if we sell, do you think we can swing it? (agent) i have the numbers right here and based on the comps that i've found, the timing is perfect. ...there's a lot of buyers for a house like yours. (dad) that's good to know. (mom) i'm so excited. search area for missing flight 370 was narrowing, we're learning this morning it is growing again. why is the australian prime minister so confident. the black box search, is it really within reach? >>> leave the center of town and take cover in your apartment. that is the warning from ukraine's inter

. >> i'm isha sesay. you're watching breaking news coverage of the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. >> here's the latest information we have for you this hour. australia's prime minister says authorities are confident they know where the plane's flight data recorder is within some kilometers. significant because it's the strongest words he's used yet. but search leader angus houston says a fifth sound picked up thursday is unlikely to be related to the missing plane. and also mr. houston says there's been no major breakthrough. >>> meanwhile, the overall search area continues to shrink. today it's down to just under 47,000 square kilometers. the search is headquartered in perth, australia, that's where our erin mclaughlin is and has been covering this for the past few days. she joins us live. erin, bring us up to speed on where the search stands right now. >> reporter: hi, let's first chat a little more about what the australian president, prime minister, rather, tony abbott had to say at

. >> and i'm isha sesay. to our viewers, thank you for joining us.lian prime minister tony agot tells reporters in china authorities are "confident" they know the position of the black box flight recorder to "within some kilometers." at the same time, search leader angus houston says there has been no major breakthrough. in fact, he says a fifth sound picked up thursday is unlikely to be related to