it s difficult to distinguish one pinger from the next if they are operating at the same frequency, so it s something that we look for. you know, really we need to find one, and that s why there s two underwater locator beacons, typically two means one when you re in this kind of search business, because you can rely on the redundancy to give you at least one signal. in the air france case, neither of the underwater locator beacons were operable for that wreckage. captain matthews, thank you very much, appreciate you taking the time this morning as it is in perth. you heard the news from the captain, the drone right now that was supposed to be down for another four hours had to abort its mission today. it s already back on the surface with data being analyzed. the reason it had to abort its mission is the water ended up being deeper there than they thought. beyond specifications of that drone. obviously, significant development and outfront next is the maker of the bluefin-21, the
tracked in real-time so this can t happen again. that seems to be the should be the priority objective. now, he is also calling on countries to be better about changing passenger i.d.es against a database of stolen parts and malaysia is one of the countries that, according to this gentleman, does not do a very good job of checking the addiction. in this case didn t check at all. apparently not. apparently not. the search business is dangerous, too. australian officials hey deployed a flying air traffic control center to help search teams from help keep them from crashing into each other. we have a photo on the wall over here. officials say that air craft uses an advanced radar system to moner to the skies above the search area. planes have been flying so low, new zealand air force officials warned pilots to watch out for ships, and remember, investigators say part of the reason finding the plane has been so difficult is there is essentially no radar coverage over that part
during her reign essentially gave up on search business, ad revenues falling. bartz did have to cut costs to preserve profits. the share is now slightly higher as you can see, than when she was fired. shareholders still wanted the company to be sold. this fresh appointment doesn t seem to have allayed fears. maggie wasn t kidding when she said it was more exciting that carol bartz was fired than the new hire being announced. that was a spectacular corporate story. yahoo! certainly hoping the new ceo can maintain a slightly more harmonious relationship with the company board than his pr predecess predecessor, carol bartz. when she was giving the news over the telephone, she didn t hide her feelings. she gave an interview to fortune magazine in which she said, these were her words, take
to 14 years in prison for the murder of a black teenage, stevon moore, at least two decades ago. the judge said they committed a terrible and evil crime because of racial hatred. they were convicted with new forensic evidence that was not available back then. for the first time in more than 50 years, a british foreign secretary is in myanmar. william hague is meeting with government officials bringing a message of reform and offering britain s help. he s also meeting with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. her party has been re-establi re-established and will be part of elections in april. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. our top stories this thursday, january 5th european investors are on edge as greece sounds the alarm and france faces a big test on the bond markets. a
catherine herridge explains that this time the renewal fight was led by democrats. reporter: senate majority leader harry reid had freshman republican senator rand paul in his cross hairs. fine for an amendment to protect the right not ofarm citizens but cover it up. reporter: it was a republican not a democrat who was one of the most vocal hold of out of renewing provisions of the patriot act. paul backed the amendment he said would make it harder for investigators to go through gun records. i m somehow to be told because i believe a judge should sign a warrant that i m in favor of terrorists having weapons? the absurdity of it. insult of it. reporter: that is not to suggest democrats were silent on the produce have to allow law enforcement to monitor communication of terrorism suspect. search business and financial records, as well as those who are not linked to a known terrorist group. the so-called business provision allows records to be