to overcome it. remember sky jacking seemed impossible in this country once we have stopped it. i don't know how terrorism can be stop ed but history is on our side. a u.s. intelligence report says the missing malaysian airliner was steered off course can. this as more debris is washing up on reunion island that may be from a passenger plane. we are covering all angles of this story this hour. from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, i'm george howell. this is cnn newsroom. ♪ good day. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we start this hour with the with the breaking news in the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. a preliminary assess by u.s. intelligence agencies suggests

that someone in the cockpit deliberately steered that plane off course. it's important to point out this assessment was prepared months ago. it does not come to any firm conclusions about what eventually happened to that plane. here's cnn's u.s. justice correspondent evan perez. >> this assessment is based on satellite and other available evidence and analysts looked at multiple course changes the aircraft made after it deviated from the scheduled course from kuala lumpur to beijing. analysts determined it is most likely someone in the cockpit deliberately moved the aircraft crossing indonesian and to the indian ocean. >> that was done for internal government purposes and not meant to be public. a malaysian government report from march said there is no proof of wrongdoing in the plane route.

they are looking at a piece of the plane debris that could possibly be from mh 370. >> this is where it was found. crews dragged it across and it landed over there against that stone wall. cleaning much of the evidence off of it in the process. it is only when the police and the special investigation unit turned out that it began to dawn on them that perhaps they discovered something pretty crucial. >> he has been working on this stretch of beach for years. as soon as he saw the debris he shouted to the rest of the crew to stop what they were doing. somehow, he says he knew what it was. >> translator: i thought perhaps it was from a plane crash so i

said don't touch it anymore. because if it is a plane crash people have died and you have to have respect for them. >> reporter: johnny was right. local officials told us the barnacles you see in the picture will be vital in establishing where the debris sank and how long it has been underwater. this morning, more debris washed ashore. it appears to resemble the remnants of a passenger carry case but of course until further investigations are carried out, no one knows for certain. since then police helicopters have been patroling this stretch of sea, trying to get a better line of sight on anything and everything that is headed to the shore. for many of the families of those that disappeared on that plane, this is the first time in a very long time they are beginning to feel some faint glimmer of hope. hope they might finally know what happened.

cnn, reunion island. short time ago australia's deputy prime minister said it looked very likely the debris found on reunion island maybe from a boeing 777. cnn's david molko has been listening to that news conference and is joining us live from hong kong. david, good to have you with us. the deputy prime minister is urging caution. waiting for french investigators to give the final word on the piece of debris but he said the simple fact it washed ashore on reunion island is consistent with regards to their current modeling of where debris could have traveled. >> that's right. she using words like very confident, very likely. we have heard that from malaysia's prime minister. we heard it from the top investigator in australia. but he said something else. and that is we have to be sure of the facts. george there's no room for error here. they have to be 100% sure of where this piece of debris is coming from.

at the very least for the 239 families involved and of course the entire world watching us. remember 500 days of searching, more than 500 days since the plane disappeared. this is all they have to go on. this is the first piece of physical evidence. truss who has been the face of this dealing with this kind of tied in the evidence this piece of debris and explained how that fits in to the bigger priority which is the search for the plane itself. take a listen. >> we remain confident we are searching in the right place, and if in fact the plane parts found on reunion island are linked to mh370 that would rather strengthen the case that we are in the right area but it doesn't prove it conclusively. >> it doesn't prove it conclusively. and that has been the thing

about this search all along over the last 16 months. nothing has been conclusive. even the satellite data that led them to that search area was a new kind of analysis that never had been done in that way. george as you mention, this the finding of this debris if proven to be from mh 370 fits by backtracking through the ocean countries does fit and is consistent with the current search zone of course the search for the plane and the passengers continuing this very day. there's one search vessel out in the southern indian ocean continuing to scour the bottom for any signs of that plane. >> so a cautious optimism about that piece of debris. but it was interesting to hear the deputy prime minister take a different assessment of this bag that was discovered. so it seems to be luggage. talk to us about that. >> potential suitcase discovered

by the same man who actually found the piece of wreckage. the flapper ron. you saw it in the piece there. it has to be taken seriously, truss, says and of course they will take everything seriously. but there have been so many false alarms and false leads. we saw early in the search from the south china sea to the bay of bengal to the southern indian ocean things that were spotted that were thought to be debris from the plane, some turned out to be just garbage floating around. of course they want to take a very close look at this. the french say this is officially part of their investigation as well. the bigger question here george though is whether there ought to be a second search area now. we have one off australia, 1500 miles off of the coast of australia where they are looking underwater. should they begin to search in the waters around the island off

the coast of madagascar in hopes they could reunion more debris? that is difficult to say. it's a decision that would have to be driven by the malaysians and french as well. it would be expensive. what results could they find? obvious everybody watching very closely about this piece of debris this piece of an aircraft wing seeing if they can conclusively say one way or another whether it is part of mh370. jonch george it's expected the piece could be flown to paris in the coming days. it is a long flight more than 12 hours to france and the dea office. investigators say they want to take a closer look and get their hands on it and see it with their own eyes because they want to be absolutely sure. >> that's right. waiting for that certainty. thank you so much for your insights live from hong kong. david also speaking about those families. the families of those on board

mh370 are reacting cautiously to the latest developments. christie is joining us covering that angle of the story. good to have you with us. look i mean it has been anning a niedsing time for these families i. has been a year and a half. there have been so many false alarms. how are they coping with the latest discoveries? >> george it's been a very long agonizing week for the family members of the 239 passengers who were on board this missing malaysia airlines flight 370. imagine their perspective right now. following these developments as a piece of debris, a clue has watched up on the shore of reunion island a half world away. if confirmed, if verified as part ofthe mh370 it would be the first evidence of the flight with their loved ones on board. this this is the front page of the news daily, the star.

it says answer will come in to two days. that from the prime minister of malaysia saying any sort of confirmation or verification of the origin of the piece of suspected debris will come in two days. so the wait drives on for the family members. they are treating this with a mixture of caution. there have been so many false leads before and a mixture of hope and fear. earlier condition to lynda kinkade was able to speak to a man whose wife was on the flight. here's what he shad to say. >> this tells me a small fragment has been found and perhaps indicates that there was an inevitable end but beyond that it just doesn't tell me where the passengers might be where my wife might be. [ sirens ]

>> his wife was on board mh370. and what he is saying echos what the chinese family members have been saying and they have been gathering together as a group. they issued a statement, it came out on thursday saying they want 100% confirmation of certainty that the piece of debris is from mh370. they want to know the whereabouts of their loved ones and bf all they want the search to go on. back to you, george. >> christy, you bring up the interview, i was beside lynda when he read his writings to his wife. the writings were heart breaking to imagine the pain the agony he goes through not knowing and hoping for some answers. thank you so much for your insight. 239 people were on that flight when it disappeared more than one year ago. our anderson cooper remembers the lives of those who are missing. >> paul weeks is a husband and

father of two. he was on his way to start a new job in mongolia his dream job before he left his home in australia, he gave his wedding ring and his watch to his wife. >> he said i'm going to leave me wedding ring here. should anything happen to me i want the ring to go to the first son that's married and the watch to the second. and i said something to him like don't be stupid. just come back. and i'll give it back to you. >> they were on their way home to two sons in beijing. >> as parents nothing was more important to them than those kids. everything surrounded those kids. go to their house and it was covered with pictures of their boys. >> 30-year-old yi was on her way home to her daughter. she works in austin texas and on board with 19 colleagues.

rodney and mary burrows from australia are looking foreer ward to becoming first-time grandparents after they returned home. they were planning a trip with their good friends catherine and robert laudens. a friend described them as passionate travelers. this group of artists from china were in malaysia to display their work. most on the flight back to beijing. among them the oldest passenger on board 76-year-old lui, a renowned calligrapher traveling with his wife. strangers, mostly children have left pictures at the airport in malaysia. this one reads "we miss you we love you." this one simply says "please come back." cnn's anderson cooper reporting about the families, families who have missing loved ones. we'll be right back after this.

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we will take a moment to update you on the breaking news story we are following. this growing confidence that airplane debris found in the western indian ocean is from a

boeing 777. that's the same kind of plane as malaysian airlines flight 370 that vanished in a march of last year. the debris is apparently part of a plane's wing. meanwhile, a preliminary assess by u.s. intelligence agencies suggest that someone in the cockpit of m h370 deliberately steered the plane off course. it does not come to any further conclusions about what eventually happened to that plane. we are following breaking news out of israel right now. police there say a house fire suspected to have been set by jewish extremists has killed a palestinian toddler and injured several other people. it happened earlier today in the west bank city. we are joined on the phone from jerusalem. what can you tell us about the investigation in to this? >> george israeli military spokesperson is calling it a barbaric act of terrorism. two homes set on fire in duma

overnight. preliminary investigation shows the suspects entered the village in the early hours of this morning, set homes ablazing wrote graffiti in he hebrew on homes. the word price tag was found on the walls of the house according to palestinian officials. a 1-year-old infant died in the house fire. family members have been evacuated to the hospital. multiple fire bombs according to palestinian officials were fired at the homes overnight. >> erin mclaughlin covering the story out of jerusalem. we will stay in touch with you as we get more information on what happened there. thank you. now on to the controversial shooting death of an unarmed man in the u.s. state of ohio. a former officer is out of jail after posting bond. ray ens tensing pleaded not guilty to murdering an african-american driver during a traffic stop earlier this month. our jason carroll has the story.

>> the bond is 1 million any way. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a courtroom. you will conduct yourselves at all times appropriately. >> the judge admonishing the courted a observers cheered after setting former university of cincinnati police officer ray tensing's bail at $1 million. charges murder and voluntary manslaughter for the shooting of samuel dubose during a routine traffic stop that turned deadly. >> go ahead and take a seat belt off. >> good afternoon. >> prosecutor joe deters called the shooting senseless, saying tensing has no business being an officer. >> this is the most asinine act i have ever seen a police officer make. totally unwarranted.

>> video from tensing's body camera shows him pulling dubose over for a missing front license plate. >> front plate is supposed to go. >> tensing repeatedly asked dubose for his driver's license which he does not have. >> i'm going to ask you again. do you have your license on you. >> you can run my name. >> dubose was driving with with a suspended license. on separate body cameras attached two other university officers on the scene, tensing repeatedly explained why he shot dubose. >> dragging me. >> yeah i saw that. >> tensing's attorney said his client feared for his life. >> he said he was dragged and i think that is accurate. i think the video bears that out. >> the prosecutor disputes tensing's claim. >> this doesn't happen in the united states. he was simply, slowly rolling away. that's all he did.

>> as does dubose's sister. >> camera angle. not going to show sam not putting his hands up and saying what are you doing i would ask his attorney to get those angles and show me the angles that show where my brother did not basically beg for his life. >> jason carroll, cnn, cincinnati ohio. two other police officers who responded to the shooting have been put on paid administrative leave and we're learning those officers phillip kid and eric weibel implicated in the death of a mentally ill african-american five years ago. documents show he die after being tasered a. the case was settled out of court. now to the state of colorado. jury deliberations resume in the

second phase of sentencing in the james hole hole -- holmes murder trial. he was viced of killing 12 people in the movie theater in colorado. thursday's closing arguments were interrupted when an unidentified woman began to rant loudly before removed from the courtroom. second round of peace talks between taliban and government officials in afghanistan has been postponed. now the taliban has confirmed the death of their long-time leader. the militant group says mullah mohammed omar died of an illness but don't say exactly when. the afghan government said he died in 2013. the taliban now say their new leader is mullah mohammad mansour. he has been the taliban's second in command and the leader of the

group since 2010. this is according to ihs james. mansour has been prominent in pushing for peace talks with the afghan government and confronting the challenges of isis. essentially telling the rival group to stay out of the country. mansour was not the unanimous choice of taliban leaders. he faced resistance from omar's eldest son and some military commanders. over a dozen wildfires are raging in northern california forcing evacuations there. the largest blaze called the rocky fire is 5% contained and has already burned over 10,000 acres. more than 600 people have been evacuated from that area. 8,000 firefighters are working to put this fire out. with the state in its fourth year of record drought, dry conditions are allowing these fires to spread fast. you see the flames there. in the national guard has been called in to help local and

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good to have you with us. i'm george howell. we are following the breaking news on the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. a preliminary assess by u.s. intelligence agencies suggest that someone in the cockpit deliberately steered that plane off course. this assess was prepared months ago, based on satellite data and other evidence. it does not come to any firm conclusions about what eventually happened to the plane. our report by the malaysian government in march said there was no proof of any wrongdoing by the crew of mh370, but this u.s. assessment is renewing focus on the captain and first officer. randi kaye has a closer look. >> good night, malaysian 370, the last words from the cockpit of the doomed flight spoken by the captain. the captain was 53 married with three children. he and his wife lived in a gated

community in the suburbs of call la lum pure. he had been flying with malaysian airlines for 24 years and a flight instructor. he had a flight simulator at home. he posted it on you tube. he built it himself. >> hi, everyone. >> friends told cnn he built it so he could practice in case the unthinkable happened. he had 18,000 hours of flying and also gave tips on you tube about tinkering with a refrigerator and air conditioner. >> household air conditioning unit. >> reporter: at his home no suicide note was found by police to suggest he had ever planned to take mh370 down nor did a preliminary review of his flight simulator hard drive turn up anything suspicious. though some files were deleted in the month before the flight. >> if you were deleting files off the hard drive to provide more room you would go through

it once not destroy the file and make it irretrievable. >> it didn't appear the pilot had tried to scrub his hard drive when he delleted files. the co-pilot's hard drive was found not to be suspicious. >> the passengers and the pilots and crew remain innocent until proven otherwise. >> he was 27 and lived with his family. he joined the airline in 2007 and transitioned to fly the 777. this was his first unsupervised flight in the jumbo jet's cockpit. a month before the plane disappeared, richard quest visited him in another cockpit when he was still training. that day his captain described his landing as text book perfect. and it turns out the first officer had entertained other

guests in the cockpit, too. >> this woman took photos while she was in the cockpit with him where he and his colleague smoked cigarettes. after the crash, malaysia airlines said they were shocked by the allegations. by the time those final words were spoken by mh370s cockpit to air traffic control, they said they had already started to alter the flight plan. was it the pilot? did he disable communications systems and turn off the transponder? it helps those on the ground locate the plane. if this wasn't just a terrible accident whoever did this never wanted to be found. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> so many questions about this new little piece of evidence that could bring many answers potentially. for more on this investigation, let's bring in jeffrey thomas the editor in chief and managing

director at airline ratings.com. he is joining us from perth, australia. good to have you with us. given the singular piece of wreckage what can investigators determine from it? >> george it's probably a little early to say precisely other than -- the fact that this piece of wreckage has turned up where they expected it to drift to. the university of western australia did a drift analysis that we discussed on cnn over 12 months ago that showed after 12 13 months' time the debris would with whatever debre there was from this crash would turn up in this particular part of the world. that's based on the fact that the plane crashed where we believe it did in the southern indian ocean.

this is confirmation we are on the right track. >> we heard from the deputy prime minister of australia, making the point that you know, this is consistent with regards to modeling that they did, that it could have washed up ashore on that part of the world. it was also interesting to hear from that news conference that happened just over an hour ago, to hear there is concern about not jumping to conclusions. they want to make sure -- they want to hear from french and malaysian authorities first to determine whether, first of all it is part of a 777 and secondly whether it is part of mh370. >> indeed. we obviously have to be sensitive to the relatives of the passengers and crew that have apparently been lost. we must also remember the malaysian government said -- well going to eight months ago now, they officially said that

mh370 ended its flight in the southern indian ocean. that's the official statement and that's then and the plane is lost. this debris simply confirms what the malaysian government stated way back last year. and the university of western australia is now working on a reverse drift analysis of this piece of debris and they are hoping that's going to give some guidance to the searchers of a tighter area to look where this may have come from. >> jeffrey, so a cautious optimism about this piece of debris. again, pointing back to the news conference we heard a short while ago, deputy prime minister making the point that we -- if it is determine ed this piece of plane wreckage is from mh370, it certainly closes the argument that this plane landed went down in the indian ocean and

shoots down many of these theories that the plane could have landed somewhere else. >> indeed. it puts any theory that relates to the plane being in afghanistan or russia or northern corridor. it has to be in in the south. however, of course we still have a long way to go first of all, to find the wreckage recover the black boxes and then understand what on earth went on that airplane to cause it to end its flight in the southern indian ocean. a long way to go and it must be a terrible time for the relatives of those who have -- those who are on board that aircraft. >> relatives who have, you know it's been a trying time for them. a trying 16 months and many false alarms. jeffrey thomas, thank you so much for your insights and we'll await to see what is determined with this piece of wreckage.

for more on the debris found off the coast of reunion island, our meteorologist derek van dam is joining us. derek, i want to ask you the same question. is it feasible this debris could have traveled this far across the indian ocean? >> george it's a reasonable question but it's imperative that we dig deep in to this flp flaperon. it is made of a composite material that is highly buoyant, well sealed and relatively flight. there are air pockets in the device. that means it can float and for a listening time. that is the answer to that question. but when it gets stuck within these large ocean currents known as gyres, as we are looking here. just below me. this is the indian ocean gyre. it wraps from the west coast of australia in a counterclockwise direction. eventually impacting and meeting

the east coast of africa reunion island mauritius, tanzania. that is large and small-scale circulations this item may have undergone over the last 16 months. we have these drift analysises that we are going to monitor closely. let's quickly use an analogy. say we drop this plastic bot until the ocean and it floats like the device they found on the coast of reunion but it stops floating until it reaches an immoveable object like the coast of reunion coast of madagascar. this is where it becomes crucial to see where the debris can go. we have a high resolution and intellectual computer model from

adrift.org.au. you can look it up on the internet yourself. if we were to place that device in the purported crash site all computer models conclude it will drift westward make that 4,000 kilometer trek just to the west. eventually ending up on the shores of east africa, or like reunion island for instance and that is crucial in the next phase of the investigation. not to mention the barnacles that they found on this particular flaperon device. this will help to indicate how long this device has been floating in the indian ocean. crucial information as they go forward with their investigation. george? >> as we could hear back on the results of that investigation, it could be a couple of days. we will have to wait and see as people want you know a definitive answer on this.

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let's get you up to speed on the breaking news, the top story we are covering. australia's deputy prime minister says it looks very likely that debris found in the western indian ocean is from a boeing 777. that is the same model as malaysia airlines flight 370 that vanished in march of last year. what appears to be a piece of the plane's wing was recovered off the coast of reunion island on tuesday. authorities are sending that piece of the plane to france for closer inspection. a new poll shows u.s. presidential candidate donald trump remains ahead of his

republican challengers. trump tops a feed of 16 candidates with 20%. he is visiting scotland for the women's british open. cnn's dana bash has more on his trip and reaction to the new poll. >> reporter: one week before the first republican presidential debate the gop front runner landed his helicopter at his golf course in scotland. this is not your father's primary season. >> amazing day and a half. >> reporter: he is in europe for the women's british open taking place at his turnberry trump golf course. >> have a big stake in the land. >> reporter: his newest investment in his own campaign is paying dividends. another national poll shows him with a significant lead in the republican presidential race 20%. wisconsin governor scott walker trailing at 13% and jeb bush at

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we are following the breaking news developments in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. investigators are sending a piece of airplane debris found in the western indian ocean to france for a closer examination.

australia's deputy prime minister says there's strong evidence that it is part of a boeing 777. that's the same kind of plane as mh370 that disappeared in march of last year. experts say it is possible ocean currents carried that debris across the ocean over the past 17 months. you know the expression, once in a blue moon. now most of the world will get a chance to see one later tonight. it is designed as the second full moon within the same calendar month. the last time it happened is in 2012 and the next time won't be until 2018. don't let the name fool you. a blue moon rarely has a bluish hue. in fact it is usually a typical gray or red color. however, a truly blue blue moon has occurred after some volcanic eruptions due to smoke and dust that was left in the air. the fired host of a hit tv

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new clues in the search for the missing malaysian airliner as wreckage is examined on the island in the indian ocean. also the taliban has a new leader so what does this mean for peace talks with the afghan government. and in the u.s. state of ohio the police officer charged in the death of an unarmed black man is now free on a $1 million bond. we will show you new video of how the incident unfolded. hello. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom."

again this hour, new developments in the search for the malaysian airlines flight 730. the wing from found on reunion island is from a boeing triple 7. it is part of a plane's wing. investigators are said anding it to france for a closer inspection. deputy prime minister talked about the find a short time ago. >> there is strong evidence to suggest that the wreckage found on reunion island does come from a boeing 777. that has not yet been confirmed but the pictures that are viable for people to examine are certainly consistent with the parts from the wing of a boeing 777. so a very small part of the aircraft but it could be a very

important piece of evidence. >> police confirmed to cnn they are trading another piece of debris found in reunion island as part of the mh370 investigation. now it looks like the remnants of a suitcase and it has search crews looking for other potential crews. cnn national correspondent is on reunion island. >> reporter: search helicopters passed overhead scouring the shoreline. this is where the plane debris wash aid shore and this is where it was found by the beach clean-up crewes who dragged it across the pebbles and lent it over there against that stone wall cleaning much of the evidence off it in the process. it was only when the police and special investigation unit turned up that it began it dawn on them that perhaps they did discover something pretty crucial. >> translator: johnny's been working on this stretch of beach

for years. as soon as he saw the debris he said he shouted to the rest of the crew to stop what they were doing. somehow, he says, he knew what it was. >> translator: i thought perhaps it was from a plane crash so i said don't touch it any more. because if it is a plane crash, then people have died and you have to have respect for them. >> reporter: johnny was right. local officials told us the barnacles you see in this picture will be vital in establishing where the debris sank and how long it's been under water. this morning, more debris washed ashore. it appears to resemble the remnants of a passenger carry case but of course until further investigations are carried out, no one knows for certain. >> since then police helicopters have been patrolling the stretch of sea. trying to get a bet are line of sight on anything and everything that is heading towards the shore. for many of the families of those that disappeared on that plane, this is the first time in

a very long time that they are beginning to feel some faint glimmer of hope. hope they might finally know what happened. cnn, reunion island. >> and cnn has been covering the disappearance of mh370 since last march. david joins us from hong kong. david, the 230 people on board were from china, indonesia, australia. we heard a short time ago from the australian prime minister. tell us what he had to say. >> yes, saying that there is strong evidence this is connected to a triple 7. we have heard from others saying it is very likely or highly likely that this piece of debris is from a boeing triple 7. the prime minister said something else though saying

we need to be sure of the facts. and let me just quickly run you through what we know about this flaperon this piece of debris found on reunion island. we know there is marking on it a spence ill that says 657 bb. we ne that is a an apparent match for the schematics on the part of the right wing for a boeing triple 7. there is a missing number plate that appears to not be on that piece. we have seen newer versions of the flaperon that have the number on the plate. there are barnacles consistent with something that's been in the water 16 months. another point made by investigators, there are no other missing triple 7s. no pieces like this reported missing and linda, on top of all of that there is confidence that this is consistent with this debris washing up on reunion island that is consistent with the current search area, the ocean currents

from the indian ocean could have moved it from the currents all the way over the island over the past 500 days. you can see why investigators are saying they are increasingly confident. of course lynda, being confident is not the same as being a hundred percent sure. >> that is true. a lot of detail there. we do know that this piece of debris is now on its way it france. can you explain why it is going to france and what investigators, how quickly they may be able to determine whether this is from the remnants of mh370? >> lynda, they have a lot to go on here. they he have the fact that there are markings, as i just mentioned. france leading this investigation. sorry, leading the investigation into this particular piece of debris because it washed up on french territory. working closely with the malaysians though. we have a source who told cnn that the americans, ntsb

actually want to see the piece with their own eyes. they want to draw those conclusions when they see the evidence in person this piece of debris. no one wants it make a mistake here. there is no margin for error. they want to be a hundred percent certain on this. there is another aspect determining whether or not it came from mh370, but could this flaperon actually shed light, actually provide other clues about what may have happened on board the flight. we've had different experts begin to weigh in. one from the independent group, the one that helped australia refine their search area. a gentleman by the name of michael exner, saying the damage pattern is clear. the damage is on the back half and not on the front. what he believes that means is that it somehow came off of the plane while it was still in flight. all of this important and matters because it could help

officials determine again whether or not they are looking into the right area how close to the final ping with the satellite that they believe the plane, where the plane went down. of course lynda, i have to stress preliminary extreme caution. but that gives you an example of the type of information these investigators may be able to get from this piece. lynda? >> and it is a big piece of evidence. it will be interesting to see how soon we get answers. david molaco in hong kong. thing you very much. reunion island is thousands of kilometers from where it is believed mh370 went down in the indian ocean. the discovery of debris won't change the main search area but has sparked renewed interest in what happened to the plane. cnn u.s. justice correspondent ian perez reports. >> reporter: an assessment by the u.s. intelligence agency says someone if the cockpit

deliberately directed the aircraft's movements before it disappeared. this assessment is based on satellite and other available evidence and where the aircraft deviated on its way it beijing. analyst determined it is most likely someone in the cockpit deliberately moved the aircraft to specific way points, crossing indian territory to the south indian ocean. this was done for internal u.s. agencyes a and for malaysian authorities. malaysian government report in march said that there is no proof of wrongdoing by the airplane's crew. they said quote there were no behavioral signs of social isolation, change in habits or interests, self neglect, drug or alcohol abuse of the captain, first officer, and the cabin crew. the hope now is that finding

aircraft debris brings them closer to answers. evan perez, cnn, washington. >> the u.s. assessment is renewing its focus on the captain and first officer of mh370. a closer look at him. >> reporter: captain shaw and copilot hamid, in church of mh370 when it vanished. the last transmission spoken by the captain, age 53 a veteran joining malaysia airlines in 1981 logging 18,000 hours of flying experience. father of three, passionate about aviation. so much so that he built a flight simulator in his home in this gated community. zaharie wanted to share what he knew posting aviation tutorials on his own youtube channel. after the plane's disappearance,

questions swirled around his marital status. but an international investigation committee found no indications that cast suspicion on him or his copilot. this is copilot fa reek. he was in the cockpit as cnn reported a feature story on the airline shortly before mh370 disappeared. age 27 fariq joined the airline in 2007. much less experienced, this picture cast doubt on his conduct in the cockpit. two south african women say fariq invited them into the cockpit during 2011 flight, a breach of safety rules. as the search stretched into months former faa investigator thomas anthony kept returning to this question. why the systematic shut down of tracking devices aboard the plane. >> is that a coincidence? it is an incredible coincidence. >> reporter: anthony spent 25 years with the faa and tsa

investigating crimes against civil aviation. he agrees with the initial u.s. assessment that there was a deliberate act from mh370's cockpit in part because mh370's disappearance feels so familiar. anthony investigated the crash of egypt air flight 990, many concluded it was caused by suicide. silk air 185, american authorities also determined it crashed because of actions taken by the pilot. >> what is your theory right now regarding mh370? >> in view of the context of all the evidence of everything said beth on the ground and what's been found, it looks like that the most likely theory would be intentional infearance by the pilot. i think this investigation could only be solved on the ground. it may have clues at the bottom of the ocean. it may have clues on the beaches of reunion island. but i think the answers, final

answers of why this happened can only be determined on the ground. >> cnn, los angeles. >> and we've more on the debris found on the coast of reunion island. meteorologist derek van dam joins us with more. derek, is it even feasible that mh370 debris could have traveled this far across the indian ocean? >> lynda, it is a reasonable question indeed. in fact we have to dig deep into this flaperon piece that they purportedly found, belonging to mh370. it is a device on the airplane that is highly buoyant. i researched this. we know this thing will float. when it enters the ocean currents known as a gyre it will allow the debris it travel

long distances. the 4,000 or so kilometers from the west coast of australia all the way to the eastern coastal regions of africa. this is known as the indian ocean gyre. it rerotates in the counter clockwise fashion. it is small scale and large scale rotation patterns. let's use an analogy here. let's say we drop a plastic bottle in the ocean. what will it do? eventually we will see the plastic bottle float. it will move along the water until it raefs an immovable surface like the beach of reunion island or coast of madagascar for instance and fortunately there are some high end computer models known as a drift analysis that can show exactly where debris will eventually end up as we go forward it a 12-month to 14-month period. this is the adrift.org.au website.

you can find this on-line yourself to see exactly what i'm discussing. this is if we place a plastic bottle into the indian ocean where the actual search area is undergoing off the west coast of australia. if we did that with today's ocean currents it would bring that plastic bottle or the purported debris from the mh370 flight west ward. and we would see it travel that 4,000 kilometer journey to the west coast of africa perhaps landing up on reunion island or the coast of madagascar tanzania. we know it floats and we know it can go great distances. now the next question is marine biologists and scientists will pay very close attention to the barnacles that they have been talking about since they found this piece. this is going to help determine just how long this purported device has been floating amongst the indian ocean. linda, back to you. >> quite incredible. and amazing graphics there to explain it all. derek van dam, thank you very much. we are going to have much

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the developments in the search for the malaysian airlines flight 370. warren truss says it looks likely that debris found in the indian ocean is from a boeing triple 7. that is the same as as malaysian flight 370. another piece of debris was washed ashore on thursday. it looks like a piece of luggage. but truss did down play that find. >> i think it is fair to say we are less certain that thing about has anything to do with flight 370 even than we are with the plane wreckage. the bag doesn't seem to show the signs of being in the water far long period of time. but nonetheless, it needs to be

taken seriously. >> 239 people were on board the fly mh370 to beijing. the new leader is the tal been's second in command and deputy leader since 2010. according to the u.n. sanctions list he was minister of civil aviation and transportation. following this announcement a new round of peace talks slated it take place between the taliban and afghan government were postponed. cnn international correspondent nic robertson joins us for more on all of this. and nic, given that we are learning that the old taliban lead are may have died two years ago, does that mean that this new leader has effectively been calling the shots for the last couple of years?

>> it means that he has effectively been in charge. but there's also been a complicit, if you will among a tiny call of leadership within the taliban to essentially ignore the facts that omar was no longer answering questions, was no longer giving directions and it try to sort of create the impression not just for the outside world but for the rest of the taliban that they still add leader who was so well respected he was a very if you will a figure who could bring together desperate elements within a taliban across the whole of afghanistan and pakistan as well. so there was in essence a complicit among that lead areship, not to rock the boat. it was based on the fact that they all thought they were heading in the same direction that they agreed on where the organization was going and that if no one asked that tough question where is omar why don't we have any answers from him, why are we not hearing from him, why don't we see him, then

the organization could continue it could remain strong. so although he has effectively been running the operation, a complicit with a small group of others to keep it this way and to follow under his leadership it is not until they have come under pressure to get to talks, to come under real pressure that it has shown some fractures within the organization and put pressure on them essentially by calling them out and saying you know where is omar? we haven't heard from him. that they've had to come clean and accept and announce that he is in fact dead. lynda? >> nic, what does this official leadership talks between for the afghan government and taliban? >> in the short term it is having a detrimental yl effect because the talks scheduled to begin today are not happening. in the longer term there are esse two schools of thought. one school of thought that says omar was opposed to the peace talks and there fo with him gone

you have with somebody like mansour you have someone who is more inclined to get into peace talks with the afghan government and therefore in the longer run the chances of an approach of more political deal through talks emerging between the taliban and the afghan government is more a possibility. but you have a very very real threat at this stage because of divisions within the taliban. there are certainly some schools of thought that believe that one of omar's sons was expecting o are wanting to be the leader of the new leader of the taliban. that there are other elements within the taliban that want to continue to fight. certainly my own conversations with taliban officials over the past few years have indicated those divisions. the problem with those divisions is that some groups want to fight, some don't, and some may go off and join isis inside afghanistan. there is a real potential here that you divide the taliban and

have a less cohesive movement to get into negotiations. >> okay. we will have to leave it there for now. nic robertson in istanbul turkey. thanks for the update. we are also following breaking news out of the west bank. israeli officials are condemning a house fire as a barbaric act of terrorism. intentionally setting a fire killing a toddler and injuring several others. this is horrific attack that saw an 18-month-old child burned to death. what can you tell us? what are the details? >> reporter: we know two homes, in the small hours of the morning, set on fire in the west bank according to israeli military preliminary investigation suspects entered the village, set homes on fire and sprayed graffiti in hebrew on the home. israeli police saying the word "price tag" was found on the

walls of the house. according to a palestinian official a 1 1/2 year old died in the house fire. his parents had third degree burns. israeli military as well as police forces are on the scene. investigators are also there collecting evidence. the palestinian political movement sought to put out a statement condemning the killing as a crime against humanity blaming the israeli government for its support and protection of the settlers. >> and this attack of course happens after israeli authorities destroyed two apartment blocks that they thought were illegally built on palestinian-owned land. do we know if this attack and that are linked? >> reporter: it's certainly possible. police are saying this is a suspected price tag event.

and you can recall, that the word "price tag" found spray painted in hebrew on the home that was burned down. price tag is the word used by radical israeli settlers for reprizal attacks against palestinians. they are are often in response to the israeli government to evacuate west bank outposts. new this week hundreds of israeli settlers protested dwellings that israeli supreme court ruled were constructed illegally on palestinian-owned land near the bet elle settlement in the west bank. footage showing clashes between police and the settlers. hours after the buildings were shut down, bet the buildings

were green-lighted to be built and there is opposition and clearly, the house political movement drawing a correlation. >> a really worrying situation. erin mcclaughlin on the line for us. still many holding on to hope how one of them is coping, coming up next.

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in the united states and around the world. let's update you this hour. following malaysia airlines flight 370. there are indication that someone in the cockpit veered the palestinian off course. this is based on satellite data and other evidence but it is only now coming to light. authorities are saying they are confident a piece of debris found in the west indian ocean is from a boeing triple 7 like mh370. the wing part is called a plap flaperon. cnn's nick robspoke about its function. >> we have heard a lot about the flapper yon. where are they and what do they do on this aircraft? >> yeah, the flabberperon, this is the part sitting in the middle. >> that small 6 1/2 foot piece

right there. >> that's exactly right. the flaperon combines the function of the rolleron, and the flaps which controls lift at slower speeds. >> this is a replica of what you would see on a boeing 777 opinion this is washed off the coast of reunion island. what is this here that we are looking at here on this part here. >> yeah this came from a triple 7. this plate right here is a data plate. it is identification that comes on any component and tells you part number and serial number for that component and can help tie it to an aircraft. >> yet on the debris that we saw, that plate's not there. so what does that mean? >> we actually have pictures of the component they found in reunion. you can see the data plate is missing. it is held on to the component by an adhesive. by a glue. >> that could have ripped right off?

>> yeah or sat over time, like in the ocean, and came off. >> we saw serial numbers on the flaperon what will that help with? >> it is a whole assembly. it is possible there is a lot of serial numbers, part numbers even for individual pieces or it could refer to all, you know larger assembly such as the plap flaperon. >> and authorities ascending the debris from that plane to france for closer inspection. the families of those on board mh370 are reacting cautiously to the latest developments. cnn's christie joins us with more on that. christie with be tho doubt a trying time for the families who are missing loved ones. what are they saying to you about this latest development? >> reporter: they are sayinging that it is a very trying time. it is a long and agonizing wait for the families of the passengers on board missing malaysian airlines flight mh370.

imagine what they are going through, following developments that half a world away suspected debris washed up on reunion island. if confirm said part of mh370 is the first physical sign of the plane since vanishing in march of 2014. the families have waited for an answer and still have to wait longer. the paper says mh370 answer in two days. coming from the prime minister of malaysia. will take up to two days for malaysian authorities with french authorities to verify or confirm the origin of that suspected debris that washed up to reunion island. now how they are taking in this information, the families especially those here in malaysia is a mix of hope and fair. 50 of the passengers were from malaysia. we were able to get a statement from one malaysian family member. 18-year-old girl her father was

a chief steward of mh370. and through messaging she told us quote honestly we are nervous. we feel a little bit of restlessness. part of us wants it to be true. but another part of us doesn't want it to be true. we're not sure what to say about it. right now we are waiting for the result to come in. last but not least we are tired with all this already. that is 18-year-old mh370 family member maria elizabeth nari. she is a student at local university. she said of what results come out, she will accept it. back to you, lynda. >> thank you very much if are that update. our thoughts are with the family members as they deal with these developments. i'm sure they will have some answers two days from now. thank you very much. and as kristie mentioned, 239 people were on board mh370 when it disappeared.

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her way it her daughter. she works for a company in austin texas and was bonn board with her colleagues. rodney and his wife looking forward to becoming first time grandparents. a a trip with family friends. they were known as doting grandparents. a friend described them as passionate travellers p. this group of artist from china were in malaysia to describe their work. most of them on their flight back it beijing. among them the oldest on board, 76-year-old lou, a renowned ka lig ra fer, on board with his wife. on board with prayers and hope. strangers mostly children left pictures in the airport in malaysia. this one reads, we miss you, we love you. this one simply says, please come back.

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the search for malaysian airlines flight 370, preliminary assessment by u.s. intelligence agencies suggest that someone in the cockpit deliberately steered the plane off course. and it is important to point out this assessment was prepared months ago but is now coming to light. based on data and other evidence. it does not come to any firm conclusions about what eventually happened to mh370. the plane vanished in march 2014 in a flight to beijing with 239 people on board. investigators think it went down in the southern indian ocean. now to the controversial shooting death of an unarmed man in the state of ohio. a former officer is out of jail after posting a $1 million bond. ray tensing pleaded not guilty to murdering an african-american driver during traffic stop earlier this month. and new a new body camera video surfaced from another officer

who arrived on the scene. we need to warn you, some of the footage you may find disturbing. jason carol has the story. >> reporter: new video showing a third angle of what happened moments after university of cincinnati police officer ray tensing shot and killed sam dubose. >> you okay? >> yeah. >> the video captured by the body camera of another university of cincinnati police officer who responded to the scene. on it tensing is heard explaining what happened. >> i thought ways going under. >> tensing himself in handcuffs, while pleading not guilty to charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter. >> the bond will be $1 million anyway. >> ladies and gentlemen -- there is a courtroom. you will conduct yourselves at all times. >> among those applauding members of dubose's family including his sister who fought

to have tensing body camera video released to the public. >> i'm going to ask you again. do you have your license? >> it is this video showing tensing pulling dubose over for not having a front license plate and driving without a license, being suspended. the fatal controversy begins. tensing said he reached into the car to stop dubose from leaving and feared he would be run over. >> he was dragging me. >> yeah, i saw that. >> i thought i would be run over. >> none of the video released shows tensing being dragged by the car. tensing's attorney says body cam video shows him on the ground at least 20 to 25 feet from where he stopped dubose. >> he is getting up on the street. that tends to corroborate what he said happened. he was getting dragged. >> dubose's family says in their eyes what happen said very clear. >> trying to cover up his tracks from the second, the second it happened he was covering up.

>> the dubose family says the university needs to do a better job of training officers like tensing. >> do you believe that your officer acted appropriately? >> the prosecutor has analyzed all evidence. he has more data than i have personally. so i respect his decision. >> he doesn't have an uncle. sam any more. what officer just run his name -- why didn't he just run his name -- >> jason carol, cincinnati ohio. >> green peace activist took to both the air and water in portland oregon on thursday trying to prevent a shell oil ship from reaching its destination. protesters dangled from the st. john's bridge as duzozens of kayakers floated below. a judge ordered green peace to

pay a fine for every hour they blocked the ship. the eye breaker was eventually able to pass and is now on its way it alaska to join shell's drilling expedition. >> over a dozen wildfires are raging in northern california threatening homes and forcing evacuations. the largest blaze called the rocky fire is 5% contained and has already burned over 10,000 acres. more than 600 people have been evacuated from the area. 8,000 firefighters are working to put the wildfires out. but the state in its fourth year of record drought, dry conditions are allowing fires it spread rapidly. the national guard is calling to help local and state authorities in the growing fight. now to the death after beloved lion in africa. right new at left two petitions to the white house are calling for the u.s. to extradite the american hunter who killed him. the petitions have more than 220,000 signatures. the white house is required to respond to all petitions that

cross the 100,000 signature threshold. meanwhile the u.s. fish and wildlife service says it's investigating the lion cecil's death but hasn't found the hunter, walter palm are. zimbabwe officials say the lion was lured out of a sanctuary and killed. palmer is a dentist in minnesota and he said he thought the hunt wag legal. and he regrets killing cecil. >> donald trump takes his political tour on the road while attending a gulf tournament in scotland. but not everyone in town is rolling out the red carpet. we will have that story just ahead.

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welcome back. we have new developments to tell you about in the search for malaysian airlines flight 370. deputy prime minister says it looks likely the debris found in the western indian ocean is from a boeing triple 7. that's the same model as the mh370 which vanished in march of last year. what appears to be a piece of the plane's wing was recovered off the coast of reunion island on tuesday. authorities are sending it it france for a closer inspection.

in the u.s. the white house wasn't pulling any punches on thursday when it criticized house republicans for starting a lengthy vacation a day early. the early recess is referred to as you the august work period. a term white house press secretary joshernest mocked as poorly named because it extends past august. >> i do hope republicans will do more than just rest and relax during their 39-day vacation. because when they finally show up again in september there won't be a lot of patience or sympathy for the claim they don't have time to do their job. >> the criticism comes with congress mounting its to-do list including the iran nuclear bill crucial spending bills, long time highway funding and decision on resurrecting the export import bank. defenders of the august recess insist that time use issed to reconnect with constituents. a new poll shows u.s. presidential candidate donald

trump remains ahead of his republican challenges. he tops the field of 16 candidates with 20% in thursday's quinnipiac university poll. he is followed by wisconsin governor scott walker. who garnered 13%. and former florida governor jeb bush at10%. even though trump is leading polls wh te comes to general election match-up quinnipiac shows he would lose to democrat hillary clinton. and not only that, he trails self declared socialist senator bernie sanders by 8 percentage points. trump is in scotland right now. the business tycoon is promoting his hotel and golf course that's hosting the british women's open. the trip was meant to be a break from campaigning but as reported the focus keeps springing back it trump's political ambitions. >>. >> reporter: it's the trump helicopters. coming in to land at the trump hotel. overlooking the trump golf course. it can only mean one thing. another debate about illegal

immigration. >> your comment about illegal immigration in the uk -- >> what do you say about claims you are a racist -- >> the point of this visit was meant it promote this trump resort. and also the very historic golf course that it overlooks. but trump's guests down there are in two minds about him. >> i can understand is a good job of the course. but the man himself is to be a bit of a joke. >> he is a very selfish self-centered man with his own opinions of how he wants it do things or what he wants to do. that's life. >> i think donald trump has done really well in scotland. done really well in golf. represents for it. this place changed tremendously. and what more can you say.

>> his recent comments about mexicans seem very silly comments. however he has history of doing fantastic things for golf. >> at a press conference, it was back to immigration. >> i've been proven to be right on illegal immigration in the united states. >> then on to questions about everything. from scottish separatism to big game hunting, international relations, and world peace no less. >> i always heard for many years the worst thing that can happen for world peace is if russia and china ever get together. we threw our incompetence tent leaders in washington drove russia and china together. >> the trump show osama quietly is in town until saturday. meant to be a break from political campaigning but this is turning into the scottish leg of trump's headline making tour. max foster cnn, turnbury

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in what looks like a fire set by israeli extremists. we are in jerusalem with the latest. >> also ahead, more clues in the search for the missing malaysian airliner as investigators examine wreckage found on an island in the indian ocean. >> and donald trump in scotland. the u.s. presidential hopeful takes his campaigning overseas. hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> and hello, i'm lynda kinkade and this is "cnn newsroom." >> good day to you. we begin this hour with breaking news. out of the west bank israeli officials are condemning a deadly house fire near the city

of nabalis has a barbaric act of terrorism. >> we are just getting these images of an aftermath. the blaze killed a toddler and injured several others people. investigators say it was intentionally set. palestinian political movement fatah is calling it a crime against humanity. >> in a statement israeli prime minister netanyahu said he is surprise offered the attack. he said the state of israel takes a strong line against terrorism regardless of who the perpetrators are. i would like to share in the sorrow of the family of alidawabshe. >> our erin is in jerusalem and we will check in with her on the late west that. >> there are a number of new developments in the search of malaysia airlines flight 370. there are new details of what

u.s. officials think what happened to the plane. >> you may recall the plane made a sharp u turn after making last contact with air traffic controllers over the south china sea. evan perez has more. report report an assessment by u.s. intelligence agencies says someone in the cockpit of malaysian air pliens flight liens /* /* lines flight 370 directed the movements of the aircraft before it disappeared. this is based on evidence. there are changes the aircraft made after deviating from its course from kuala lumpur to beijing. now analysts determined that it's most likely someone in the cockpit deliberately moved the aircraft to specific way points crossing indonesian territory and eventually toward the south indian ocean. this was an assessment done for internal u.s. government purposes and it's separate from the investigation led by malaysian authorities. the fbi and ntsb have been assisting in that investigation.

malaysian government report issued in march said that there is no proof of wrongdoing by the airplane's crew and it is said in part that there were no behavioral signs of social isolation, change in habits or interest self neglect, drug or alcohol abuse of the captain, first officer and cabin crew. the hope now is that finding debris brings them closer to answers. lynda, george? >> australia's deputy prime minister said it is looks very likely that the debre from reunion island may be from a boeing triple 7. >> david joins us live from hong kong. david, good to have you with us. saying it directly that the piece of wreckage washing ashore that it is consistent with the modeling they had done. what more can you tell us? >>. >> reporter: george that's right. he is echoing what many others have said. top invest getter in australia, malaysian prime minister that

it is very likely it is from a triple 7. keep in mind too, and we know this as well that there are no other missing boeing triple 7s. what he said h is really important, is we have to get the facts right. you know this is all they've got to go on. the first potentially -- potential piece of physical debris from mh370 in 500 days. again so they want it move forward with caution, want to be a hundred percent sure. what this means for the rest of the search were search for plane and passengers. here is what truss had it say about that. >> we remain confident that we are searching in the right place and if in fact the plane parts found on reunion island are leading to mh370, that would rather strengthen the case that we are in the right area.

but it doesn't prove it conclusively. >> doesn't prove it conclusively. we have not seen anything really proven conclusively since this plane went missing in march of 2014. lynda and george? >> you can appreciate the fact that officials are being so deliberate making sure that any information is confirmed because these families are waiting and listening to every word in this investigation. david, i also want to talk about this other piece of debris that washed ashore. this luggage. which seems to be luggage. deputy prime minister not nearly as optimistic about that being connected to the search. >> that's right. but they are taking it absolutely seriously. the french authorities saying that suitcase or potential remains of a suitcase are part of this investigation. it is 11:00 in the morning on friday. we believe that by the end of today according to french authorities that debris and potentially the remains of that

suitcase will be on their way it france to a bea lab so investigators can take a closer look. we've heard from a source close to the investigation that the americans are involved and they want to see this with their own eyes. it comes down it being a hundred percent sure that this is or is not connected to mh370. last thing they want to did right now george and lynda is give the families, those 239 family any false hope or false leads because there have been so many along the course of this search. >> and understandably so. and in the hands of malaysian officials and french officials for confirmation. we will have to wait a couple days to hear word on that. david within thank you so much for your reporting. >> his wife of 25 years was on flight 370 and i asked him for what this new discovery means for him. >> this just tells me that a

small fragment after large aircraft has been found. and that perhaps indicates that there was an inevitable end, but beyond that doesn't tell me where the passengers might be. where my wife might be. and i think that part of the closure process is i think, in a sense, knowing specific facts about being found and a small first step in my view. but i guess closure is a process, i think, knowing a little bit but knowing the full story and acceptance and discovering that knowing about the end is not enough but it is a long way from acceptance.

>> and the families of those on board mh370 are reacting cautiously to these latest developments. cnn's ckristie joins us from kuala lumpur. we know over the last 16 months that there have been a number of developments. some have been false. what are they making that latest development? >> you're right. an absolute difficult time for them. long and agonizing wait for the family members of the 239 passengers on board missing malaysia airlines flight 370. imagine what they are going through right now as they follow the latest developments. this piece of suspected debris washing up off the coast of reunion island. half a world away and wondering if this is it. is this going to be the definitive piece of physical evidence the first physical trace of the plane since it vanished in march of 2014. now, they may unfortunately have

to wait a little bit longer no are ans. i will bring out the malaysia star newspaper. the front cover, the headline is answer in two days. that coming from the prime minister of malaysia saying that it'll take up to two days for malaysian authorities along with french authorities to investigate to analyze and come up with some sort of verification about what that suspected piece of debris is. so family members here in malaysia and around the world eagerly awaiting about what this answer will be and all along this emotional roller coaster ride this mixture of both hope and fear about what they are going to learn. we've been able to reach out to one of the family members here in malaysia. have it keep in mind there are about 50 malaysian family members or passengers on board this flight and we spoke to an 18-year-old girl. she was a daughter of the chief steward of the plane. this was her statement. let's bring it up for you right now. she said and this is mair elizabeth nari. honestly we are nervous. we feel a little bit of

restless. a part of us wants it to be true but another part of us does not want it to be true. we are not sure what to say about it. right now we are just waiting for result to come in. last but not least, we are tired of this already. her father was chief steward of the plane. she is a student attending college in malaysia. she added to us in a statement that whatever answer comes in, whatever answer comes in, from the authorities, she will accept it. back to you. >> kristie, thank you for your reporting there. hopefully the families get some answers in two day's time. >> we want to get back to news out of the west bank. a fire was intentionally set by jewish extremist. let's bring in erin mclaughlin. good to have you with me. what's the latest on this investigation at this point? >> reporter: hi george. we understand twho homes were set on fire in a palestinian

village on the west bank overnight. according to the military preliminary investigation, suspects enter had the village in small hours in the morning and sprayed graffiti in hebrew in a hem and the word "price tag" was found on the wall of the house. according to a palestinian official 1 1/2-year-old infant died in the house fire. officials have identified the toddler. his father and his mother and his brother were evacuated to the hospital with surgical burns. now israeli military and police forces we believe are on the scene. as well forensic investigators collecting evidence. fatah put out a statement condemning this killing as a crime against humanity. blaming the israeli government for its protection of settlers. we also heard from benjamin netanyahu call this an act of

terrorism quote in every respect. he ordered security forces to use all means at their disposal it apprehend the suspects. >> erin mclaughlin reporting liver from jerusalem. thank you so much for reporting there. u.s. presidential hopeful donald trump, takes his political tour to scotland. new poll numbers are released and those numbers are in his favor. >> an outburst in court as a farmer police officer is charged with murdering an unarmed african-american man. something that felt like... home? and now you can't connect the way you used to... because you switched wireless carriers and can't get a reliable connection anymore. it's okay. we're still here for you and we'll be happy to have you back on a reliable network. come home to verizon and get 10 gigs for $80 a month plus $15 per line. only at verizon.

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welcome back u.s. presidential candidate donald trump remains far ahead of his republican challengers. >> in a new poll trump tops candidates with 20% in thursday's quinnipiac university poll. followed by scott walker who garnered 13% and form are florida governor jeb bush at 10%. >> he is promoting his hotel and golf course it everlooks and cnn's max foster is there and joins us live with the details.

max, i think donald trump was hoping he might avoid politics for a little bit of this trip but it seems the trump show is clearly in full swing there. >> the trump show is in town. about it emerge going from the hotel as well where he is staying behind me. there is his helicopter out there as well. it is quite extraordinary. he was here it promote this whole resort. promote golf as well. but inevitableably it felt like a campaign stop. >> it is the trump helicopters. coming into land at the trump hotel. overlooking the trump golf course. it can only mean one thing. another debate about illegal immigration. >> were your comments about illegal immigration in the uk what do you think about that should we build a wall around britain -- >> what about claims you're a racist -- >> question -- >> this is meant to promote the trump resort and also the very historic golf course that it overlooks.

but trump's guests down there are in two minds about him. >> from what i can understand he is didding a good job of the course. but the man himself is to be a bit bit of a joke. >> he is a very selfish and self-centered man and opinions about how he wants to do things and what he wants to do. but that's life. >> personally i think donald trump has done really well this scotland. done really well for golf. and he represents everything for it. and this place has changed tremendously. so what more can you say. >> his recent comments about mexicans seem very silly comments. however, he's got history of doing fantastic things for golf both women's and men's. >> at a press conference back to immigration. >> i've been proven to be right on illegal immigration in the united states. >> then on to questions about everything. from scottish separatism to big

game hunting, international relations, and world peace no less. >> you know i always heard for many years, the worst thing that can happen for world peace is if rushsia and china ever get together. we through our incompetence tent leaders in washington, drove russia and china together. >> the trump show. osama quietly calling it here is in town until saturday. it was meant to be a break from political campaigning but this is turning into the scottish leg of trump's headline making tour. >> and he does make headlines wherever he goes. and's he gotten just one golf course but north one in aberdeen and plans to build another one. but controversy because a wind farm is due to be built on that course and trump is holding up development because he doesn't want it within site of his course. so coming to blowes with the scottish government there. but he was saying he doesn't

promote scottish separatism just one of the subjects that brings him into blows with the current independent seeking scottish administration. but really he is just responding to all of the questions he is being asked, in fairness. >> so max, you will be heading on the trump chopper to his next golf course? >> we have as you can imagine, there is only five seats. not room for all of us apparently. his daughter ivanka her husband, and secure it to get on there. not room for us. next time. >> he should have brought the big one. max foster thank you very much. >> more than a dozen wildfires are raging over northern california and threatening homes and forcing evacuations. >> and the rocky fire is 5% contained and has burned over 10,000 acres. more than 600 people have been evacuated from the area. >> 8,000 firefighters are

working to put those fires out with the state in its fourth year of the record drought. dry conditions are allowing the fires to spread really fast. the national guard has been called in to help. these local and state authorities trying to fight these growing fires. >> and after two days of dangling below the st. john's bridge in portland oregon a group of green peace activist were forced down ton waiting police boats. they were trying to prevent a shell oil ice breaking vessel for leaving for a drilling a operation from the arctic. >> the u.s. coast guard worked with firefighters and police eventually clearing protesters from the bridge and allowing the ship it pass. >> now to the controversial shooting death of an unarmed man in the u.s. state of ohio. a former officer is out of jail after posting $1 million bond. >> ray tensing pleaded not guilty to murdering an african-american driver during traffic stop earlier this month.

cnn's jason carol reports. >> the bond is $1 million anyway. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen! this is a courtroom. you will conduct yourselves at all time appropriately. >> judge megan shanahan admonishing the court as observers cheered after setting former university of cincinnati police officer ray tensing's bail at $1 million. >> charges, murder and voluntary manslaughter for the shooting of 43-year-old samuel dubose during routine traffic stop. >> take your seatbelt off. stop! stop! >> good afternoon. >> prosecutors joe deeters calling the shooting senseless saying tensing had no business being an officer. >> this is the most assanine act i've ever seen a police officer make.

totally unwarranted. >> video from tensing's body camera showing him bulling dubose over for a missing front license plate. the tension elevates quickly as tensing repeatedly asked dubose for his driver's license which he does not have. >> i will ask you again. do you have your license. >> dubose was driving with a suspended license on separate body cameras attached to two other university officers on the scene, tensing repeatedly explains why he shot dubose. >> he was dragging me. >> yeah i saw that. >> i thought i was going to get run over. i kass trying to stop him. >> tensing's attorney says his client feared for his life. >> he said he was dragged. and i think that that's accurate. i think that video bears that out. >> pros kwutor disputes tensing's claim. >> this doesn't happen in the united states. he was simply slowly rolling away.

that's all he did. >> as does dubose's sister. >> a camera angle, this is not going to show sam not putting his hands up and saying, what are you doing. good ahead, i will ask the attorney to get those anglees a and she me the age elngles where my brother did basically beg for his life. >> jason carol, cnn, cincinnati ohio. >> two other officers who responded to that shooting have been put on paid administrative leave. and we are learning those officers phillip kidd and earic libel were implicated in the death after mentally ill african-american man five years ago. court documents show that man named kelly brenson died after being tasered and restrained at the hospital. brenson's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved. that case settled out of court. >> still to coming with following the latest

developments in the search for mm 370. >> details on a new piece of debris that washed up on an island in the indian ocean, as this broadcast continues worldwide on cnn international and cnn usa.

welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howl. >> heldlohello, i'm lindaynda kinkade. australia's deputy prime minister says it is likely the debris found on reunion island

is from a boeing 777. >> what aappears to be a piece of a plane's wing was recovered on reunion island on sunday. >> reporter: search helicopters pass everhead. scouring the shoreline. this is where the plane debris washed ashore and this is where it was found by the beach clean-up crews who dragged it across the pebbles and lent it over there against that stone wall cleaning much of the evidence off it in the process. it was only when the police and special investigation unit turned up that it began it dawn on them that perhaps they discovered something pretty crucial. >> johnny's been working on this stretch of beach for years. as soon as he saw the debris, he said he shouted to the rest of the crew, to stop what they were doing. somehow, he says, he knew what it was.

>> translator: i thought perhaps it is from a plane crash. so i said don't touch it any more. because if it's's plane crash, then people have dided and you have to have respect for them. >> johnny was right. investigators say the barnacles will show where it sank and how long it has been under water. this morning more debris came upon shore. it is the remnants after passenger carry case but until further investigations are carried out, no one knows for certain. >> since then, police helicopters have been patrolling this stretch of sea. trying to get a better line of sight on anything and everything that's heading towards the shore. >> for many of the families of those that disappeared, on that plane, this is the first time in a very long time that they are beginning to feel some faint glimmer of hope. hope they might finally know what happened.

cnn, reunion island. >> most of the 239 people on the malaysia airlines flight from kuala lumpur to beijing were chinese. for the latest on how these families of those were on board are coping let's turn to cnn's will whiply live from beijing. will good to have you with us. it's been an agonizing 16 months. how are they dealing with this latest bit of news? >> reporter: today, george the first time new that we are actually visiting with some of the family members. we were communicating with them after this broke and many said that they were simply too shaken up or too uncertain that moment to speak. but now, that 24 hours has past and people are starting to accept the reality of this discovery, and they are talking and we'll be hearing stories throughout coming hours here on cnn. their body language can be

described as someone almost beaten down. it is clear that tsh -- well everybody is processing this. some are angry, some grief-stricken some skeptical. but everybody looks hit hard again just like they were in early march of last year. yet what they don't have is the psychological assistance that they had in the initial weeks and months after the disaster. you will remember the airlines set up a support center here in beijing for families. that's long sense closed he. and yesterday a group of families put out a statement saying they need the counseling. they need the support center. not only do they need to be together as they go through this but they need help in coping with this which could potentially be for some the final proof that they need to know that their loved ones are began. >> will as you were speaking we were looking at video taken from a while back showing one of the family members grieving. you can get that sense that this

is very difficult for people who have dealt with so many false alarms, led to believe there would be hope and the door would close. we are seeing official be very deliberate about saying it is not a hundred percent yet. they are waiting for the french and malaysian authorities about the piece of debris. >> and families need 100% confirmation it feel comfortable with this news. but even then for some at least, the piece of debris confirmed piece of mh370, while this is the first tangible piece of evidence that the plane crashed, it doesn't tell them where their loved ones remains are or where their loved one is are period. some feel there is a chance their loved ones are alive that maybe the plane didn't go down but it landed somewhere else and everybody else off loaded. until you give people tangible proof. until you have a data recorder that from the plane or find

human remains, there will be some who simply feel they can't let go of hope. imagine living in that limbo for more than 500 days. almost 17 months of not knowing. this sh an extraordinary situation it have a plane with 239 people just go missing and for all of those families left behind who have love for the people on board. they can't just accept well they're began and move forward. it is just not that easy for a lot of these folks. snrsz >> i can only imagine. cnn's will ripley live for us in beijing. will thank you for your reporting there. >> and as families wait for ans, our anderson cooper remembers the lives of those that went missing. >> paul weeks is a husband and father of two. on his way to start a new job in mon goal why. his dream job. before he left his home in australia he gave his wedding ring and watch to his wife dannica. >> just as he was leaving, he said i will leave my wedding ring here. should anything happen it he m,

i want the ring to go to the first son that's married. and the watch to the second. and i said something to him like don't be stupid. just you know just come back and i'll give it back to you and you can give it to them. >> on vacation and on their way home to their two young sons in beijing. >> as parents, nothing was more important to them than these kids. everything they did was surrounding those kids. you good to their house and it was covered with pictures of their boys. >> 30-year-old yi was also on her way home to her 5-year-old daughter. she works for semi conductor company based in austin can be, texas and were on board with her colleagues. first time grand parent were returning home and were on a long planned trip with friends. the friend were known as doting grand parent. friends describing them as passionate travellers p.

this group of artists from china were in malaysia to display this their work. among them the oldest passengers 76-year-old ra noun calligrapher, on board with his wife. now with prayers and hope strangers, mostly children leaving pictures of the airport in malaysia. this one reads we miss you, we love you. this one simply says, please come back.

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welcome back. we are following breaking news out of the west bank. israeli officials are condemning a husband fire as a barbaric act of terrorism. the blaze killed a palestinian toddler and wounded several other people. investigators say it was intentionally lit.

>> a statement, israeli prime minister netanyahu said he is shocked over this reprehensible and horrific act. he says the state of israel takes a strong line against terrorism regardless of who the perpetrators are. on behalf of citizens of israel i with like it share in the sorrow with the family of dawabshe and wish a quick recovery to the family hebsmembers who are injured. >> we are also hearing from erakat. he says we he hold the israeli government fully responsible for the brutal assassination of the toddler and the injury of his mother and brother. this a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the israeli government to settler terrorism. we are also following new developments in the search for the malaysian airlines flight 370. investigators are sending a piece of airplane debris found in the western indian ocean to france for closer examination.

>> usaustralian prime minister says there is evidence this is from a boeing 777, which is the same as mh370 which as you know disappeared march of last year. it is possible that ocean currents carried the debris across the ocean over the last 17 months. omar appointed his successor, a new leader, monsour mansour. >> he has been a deputy leader since 2010. he was formally the militant group's palestinianster of civil even aviation transportation. senior international correspondent nic robertson is following all of this and jins us now. nic, givener with learning that the former leader may have died two years ago, does this mean that this new appointed leader has been calling the shots all of this time?

>> what we are understanding is that a small core of the leadership has known omar is not around it answer questions and hid that from the rest of the organization to keep unity. the idea is that if no one questioned whether omar was dead then it wouldn't rock the boat if you will. and the consensus was in effect that we know which direction the organization is going in. we know what we want to do. we know the information we want it pass on to the rank and file and just continue in that direction. dent rock the boat. don't threaten stability over the taliban as a whole. and that's the position that seems that mansour has taken. but as the pressure for peace talks has grown stronger and greater, it has begun to force the issue that questions that have been in essence deferred to we better check on that with omar. and it is called into question where are the answers?

and so the close come to peace talks and issue of omar's whereabouts has come to the point of the leadership has actually had to acknowledge to the base that he is dead. now mansour really is sort of taking over leadership that is far from clear, if you are able to hold on to it or hold on to the unity of the taliban that omar had. >> we know that those peace talks were set to continue today between the afghan government and the taliban. what is going to happen now? >> well they are not, the talks in the short term are not going it happen. certainly not happening today as planned. and that's really to be expected as a taliban try to regroup and figure out, you know what is their voice. what is their position. because fundamentally that's been called into question. and there are desperate voices within the organization. omar's son, according to some reports, wanted to be leader. there are more hard-line factions within the taliban that don't want to get into talks.

there was an assessment that omar didn't want it get into talks. with him gone this left a roadblock to that. manhour, the mansour, the new leader does want to get into talks, that's what he understand. in the past it's been positions in the government for taliban positions within the military structure for a number of taliban fighters within the context of the afghan army. so there have been sort of some ground work laid for peace talks in the past. but the political reconciliation the whole of the taliban organization many are assessing to the potentially under threat at this moment. if the taliban stays together under mansour then perhaps they can get under talks and his guidance after more peaceful strategy and accommodation can be made with the government over a period of time p but the threat of the organization is if they can't state together then isis within afghanistan

that is growing, looks to be a potential winner to pull away some of the commanders. isis and afghanistan has taken taliban commanders from pakistan when the leadership there, leaders killed in drone strikes, the organizations offractured and many have joined isis. will it be a similar situation here? will there be a faction pulling away under the leadership of omar's son and will they go for peace or not. this is the real threat for long-term peace talks. if the organization fractured the reality of successful talks really diminishes lynda. >> great analysis. nick roberts in istanbul turkey. >> the u.s. is wanting to extradite a dentist to zimbabwe for killing a lion there. petitions have 220,000 signatures.

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welcome back. updating you on your top story. growing confidence that airplane debris found in the indian ocean from madagascar is from a boweing 777. that's the same as the malaysian airline flight 370 that disappeared last march. >> intelligence agencies suggest that someone in the cockpit of mh370 deliberately steered the

palestinian off course. it does not come to any firm cannot collusions it what eventually happened to the plane. >>. >> we have more on the debris found off the coast of reunion island. derek have not dam joins us. derek, is it feasible that the mh370 debris could have travelled that far across the ocean. >> it is a perfectly reasonable question to answer that. i will answer that by diving deep into this actual piece they found on the coast of reunion. this is known as a flaperon. this is part of the wing. i've investigated the substance of it. it it is composite material. very well sealed and therefore very buoyant and it could literally float for hundreds an hundreds of kilometers. that's what we suspect it actually did. we know it can float. how did it float so far. it got stuck in what is known as a gyre. this is a large ocean circulation. we have about five of them across the world. this is the indian ocean gyre.

this stretch hes from western australia where the is current search efforts are under way and this counter clockwise retags across the northern parts of the indian ocean brings it into the west or east coast of africa. including reunion, perhaps madagascar mauritius, even the coast of tanzania for instance. let's use an analogy here. let's actually drop a plastic bottle into the indian ocean. what will it do? obviously we expect this to drift. but only drift as far as it possibly can. it reaches an immovable object like the coast of reunion or coast of madagascar and it comes to an abrupt halt on the shoreline. well fortunately we have some pretty impressive intellectual people out there that come up with what is called a drift analysis. this allows for marine biologists and scientists actually scouring this area for any remnants of mh370 plane. and it allows us to show where

the debris field started or where they expect that the purported plane went miss pg. ing ing g /* /* then we can see if we drop a plastic bottle in the ocean, where it would travel. and it is very clear. all models conclusively indicating we would see the west ward drift and it would make that 4,000 kilometer journey across the indian ocean getting caught up in that large ocean circulation i talked about a moment ago, eventually reaping the shores of africa or reunion island. i would expect that search efforts are going to be widened for more debris if you ask me. this is also going to be an integral part of the search efforts going forward. it is these barnacles we keep talking about on the flaperon device. this will indicate to marine biologists and scientists just how long this part of the plane was actually floating amongst

the indian ocean. back to you guys. >> interesting. they started it clean the barnacles off but luckily stopped and saved the few that are still on there. that is important evidence for these investigators. >> i think they will have some ans in coming days. derek van dam, thanks very much. >> thanks lynda and george. >> next hour, a man i have thing the olympic committee. beijing, china and kazakhstan are in the running. >> and beijing is a clear run are to win. but kazakhstan has more facilities m place and has more snow in china. >> our concept is based on winter sport venues. not venues which was modified, will not modified from summer to winter.

it is real venues that exist in our town because our town is a real winter town. real winter sport culture. and real nature and real mountains a not real snow. >> give us a chance to experience not only about by the sports delegation who visiting other country but also entire our population in china. i think that's a similar idea that 2022 give us another chance to reach to another level of this sport spirit. >> and we will have special coverage of the vote coming up in the next hour. >> so there's this old saying, there's no crying in baseball. that is unless of course, you are about to be traded. that's what happens to new york mets shortstop wilmer flores. rumors were swirling that would have sent him to milwaukee.

>> it was spread through the home crowd, most likely through social media. he got a standing ovation and was seen openly weeping. that's when the manager terry collins jumped in. >> somebody came to me and said wilmer is crying. why? he got traded. to who? for what? everybody in the ballpark thinks he is traded but him. because i haven't said anything to him. how would you react? you guys think these guys are stone cold robots they're not. they are human beings with emotions. >> turns out the deal fell through. flo flores remains with the mets. a team he signed with 8 years ago when he was 16. clearly he has ties with the team. thank you, i'm lynda kinkade.

>> i'm george howell. stay tuned. "cnn newsroom" is next. . . .

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