latest from jacksonville, florida, the port from which the ship took off from. are officials taking this as a sign of hope or something else? >> reporter: they say it's too early, alex, to really say what this says about the fate of that ship. they did spot a few other things in the water yesterday when they recovered this life ring. the problem was it was so rough out there that the diver that went in the water was only able to pull out this one life ring. today the coast guard is telling me it's spotted more materials consistent with what would be on a ship. they can't confirm that anything they're seeing from the air is from the ship. presumably they'll be sending divers down into the water to try and pick up those objects and see what they are. they are getting calls in from outside sources about an oil slick in the area but the coast guard cannot confirm that it has spotted this oil slick at all. a lot of information coming in. this is where some of the family