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 american towed pinger locator trying to pick up signals. interestingly enough, according to marinetraffic.com, a website that tracks in real time marine vessels, it shows that the ocean shield has moved some kilometers outside of the search area. and the hms echo, a british vessel, has moved interest the center of it. now the hms echo is equipped with sophisticated audio detection technology.