erin mclaughlin joins us now from perth. when's the latest for us at this hour? >> reporter: hi, this is a really critical few next few days in this search operation. they're looking at the place which basically representing their best guess to find the black box based on exhaustive analysis of that -- those acoustics detections, the second in particular picked up american operated towed pinger locater. it was the stronger of the four. so what they're doing now is they're searching a six-mile radius around that point. and officials say that as of this morning, there are about two thirds of the way through searching this narrowed search area, not clear how much ground to be able to cover so far today and australian officials saying that they expect to have completed this area within the next week. at that point, they'll stop and assess. now, timetable is dependent on a number of factors. the first being that the fact that the bluefin-21 continues to operate as expected and then the second being the weather. now, there is a cyclone called jack north of the search f

erin mclaughlin joins us from perth, australia. and 48 days now and counting since that jetliner vanished. where does the search stand right now? >> reporter: hi, michaela. well, as of this morning, the bluefin 21 still on that 12th mission. we're still waiting for an update to see how it went. as you mentioned, it's traversed about 90% of that very critical, narrowed search area. basically represents their best guess as to where the black box may be. and now with the majority of that ruled out, authorities are discussing next steps. australian and malaysian authorities right now trying to hammer out an agreement about potentially broadening out the search area and introducing more underwater submersibles. we understand that agreement may be finalized as soon as this week, michaela. >> all right, erin mclaughlin for us in perth, thank you so much. as she said, 90% of that search area has now been scanned. so far nothing found. so the question is, what is next? after 48 days of this search? >> we turn to our aviation analyst once ag

erin mclaughlin is there. let's talk about this initial search for bluefin-21. we know that there's an expansion plan in the works. more resources and expanded area and maybe even some fresh eyes. >> reporter: that's right. today australian authorities putting out a statement sort of responding to some of those questions about what next. what happens when and if they actually end up ruling out the current search area which is their best guess as to where the black box may be. and they are saying now that the bluefin-21 will start searching some of the adjacent areas. no mention of any additional submersibles being added to the mix. something here people are wondering about considering there are more powerful submersibles out there. it can go a mile deeper into the ocean and stay out there for weeks on end. we asked that question. so far we don't get any answer. we know it's something malaysian and australian officials are discussing. >> we want to talk to you about another situation. a bit of a turn here that doesn't involve another airliner. this one was an aus

erin mclaughlin, thanks so much. the latest on the search for flight 370. >> again, not ashred of debris either on or below the water. >>> other headlines making news at this hour. the death-defying flight from california to hawaii. a teenager said he hit in the wheel well of a jumbo jet. sis raising concerns. the tsa is investigation how a 16-year-old scaled the fence at san jose airport without anyone noticing. he told authorities he had run away from home at santa clara. now he's in the care of child welfare services. later this hour, we show you how he could have entered the plane and survived this five-hour flight in the wheel whole. >> a lot of people scratching their heads. >>> just a short time ago, the u.s. supreme court uphold a controversial michigan law that bans the use of racial criteria in college admissions. the vote was 6-2. this was a law michigan voters approved eight years ago. officials in ann arbor have criticized the ban they say it's tough to have a diversive student body. >> vice president jo