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history. 657 bb a number on the plane fragment found on the small island in the indian ocean is confirmed to have come from a boeing 77. >> the eyes of the aviation world are focused on this degree which investigators are now convinced is the flap of an aircraft wing. which aircraft they're not sure. the number proves it's from a boeing 777. only one is missing, malaysia 370. they're examining the piece drag ed from the waves. >> there's a possibility part of the aircraft may have been found. >> investigators are also looking at what this man found. the remains of a suitcase nearby on the beach at the same time.

origin unknown. >> for the families of the 239 on board have undured 16 months of agony. >> my life has been stuck on march 8th. that's -- i can't do that forever. >> families across the world have waited for any clue for so long. >> the most difficult part is not thoughing anything ever since the debris has been found on this beach, they've been searching day and night for more. fishing boats on a coast guard ship and in the air. at first light a helicopter will resume the search. ocean experts believe more aircraft debris will be found this. piece will be tested in france soon. significant evidence that might unlock one of the great aviation histories. bill neely, nbc news reunion

island. >> we want to go to bill neely on the phone from the island. we understand they're recovering for items, everyone in the past few hours. can you tell us about it? >> caller: good morning. i spent the last few hours on the beach where the piece of aircraft was found. they've been finding more this morning. whether or not they are significant we don't know. they've handed them over to police. the man who found the aircraft part and the suitcase called johnny this morning found two bottles. one, a chinese water bottle with chinese characters on it and another from indonesia. he said that's significant but no such products are sold on this item. they must have come across the indian ocean. most passengers on board mh370 were from china. another local shopkeeper found two foot and a half long pieces of plastic that look like they had come from some kind of craft that could be a boat or machine.

he handed those over to police as well. there are many many people scouring the beach. we followed police this morning. half a dozen or ten of those on the beach looking for objects. a helicopter was overhead doing the same thing. local people and police are doing everything they can to try to solve this mystery. that piece of aircraft is still on the island. later tonight, it will be flown out of here and over to france where a specialist laboratory it will be examined by experts. everyone here hoping that first piece of wreckage could and should and will be followed by more. >> do we have any idea how long it will take to actually identify that piece? >> caller: no we don't. i mean aviation experts that looked at photograph and executives from boeing privately said they were pretty convinced,

based on the serial number that it was from a boeing 777. as you said that would lead to one conclusion it's mh370. it may take several days before the police in france are willing to make any statement to identify that piece of wreckage further. >> bill neely, live on the phone with us. thank you for following this story for us. now to nbc news exclusive that reveals more than anything we've seen just how vulnerable we are in in this country. china alone is responsible for hacks to 700 public and private targets in the u.s. in the last five years. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> as the u.s. scrambles to learn the extent of massive theft of personnel records said to be stolen by china, nbc news shows a report with the remarkably china reach of data

nationwide. this map shows a red dot for every successful computer intrusion by china over the five years. 700 with computer attacks in every state but north dakota. the northeast corridor from washington to new york is a massive blob of red. intrusions are around california silicon valley aerospace regions of the west and industrial base. among the trade secrets targeted formulas for profitable drugs, workings of civilian and air traffic control systems. fbi says china target power and telecommunication systems and even some individual u.s. citizens. >> there's no corporate structure out there no matter how small. it's a mom and pop organization that's immune from this threat. >> the fbi is investigating hundreds of cases of suspected espionage. 53% more happen a year ago with

estimates chinese espionage cost u.s. economy $300 billion a year. >> if there's good news while the chinese are cyber spying intensely, u.s. has the knowledge of when they do it. a police officer is out of jail after pleading not guilty to murder charges and posting bond. his own body camera showed him fatal fatally shooting an unarmed man, sam dubose. >> former university of cincinnati police officer entered court with his hands shackled. >> you understand you've been charged with one count of murder and one count of voluntary manslaughter? >> yes, sir. >> pleading not guilty for an

unarmed black motor resist pulled over for a missing license plate. the bail set at $1 million. the courtroom erupted. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a courtroom. >> the officer's body camera captured the deadly encounter. after he doesn't produce his license, tensing asked him to take off his seat belt. the officer claims he reached for the door. seconds later, he shoots dubose in the head and appears to fall. another video shows tensing on the ground. tensing's attorney said he thought it was self-defense. >> he thought he was going to die. >> two other officers are being investigated one was placed on

administrative leave. >> cold blooded shot him for no reason at all. i saw it with my eyes. >> they remember sam as a peaceful man. >> he loved all his kids and they loved him. they loved him so much. >>next month. the investigation into the other two responding officers continues. let's get to business with bertha. good morning. >> good morning. markets poised to end the week and month in positive territory despite mixed session thursday. nasdaq logging third straight gain. dow falling sixth time in eight sessions. investigators are on watch for data labor cost, manufacturing and consumer sentiment. facebook builds the first large scale drone to deliver internet access to remote parts of the world. it has a wingspan of 60 to 80,000 feet above the space of

commercial air space and will use lasers to bing data to the ground. the company quietly introduced the wearable device aimed at business customers. google sold it to the public 1500 dollars a pop but halted in january. they weren't that successful. people didn't like the fact people were able to film them as they came in unaware. >> i agree with. that thank you so much. now to sports. let's begin with baseball. houston and la locked in 0 piece. two outs and then this. >> he won the game. he won the game. >> astros win and take the series. and golf. day one of the quicken loans

final. two hole in ones including this beautiful shot from rickie fowler. there it goes. wait for it. this next one has to be the greatest shot of the day. >> par 5. had to lay up. >> a bulls eye right into the cup for daniel summerhayes. first training camp yesterday, and there he is tom brady on the field. in the sky, a banner behind a plane, cheaters look up. a horrifying theme for a minor league emotional game. back hair appreciation game. waxed ball and tears right there. that's got to hurt. the latest in the search for the missing two teenage boaters from florida. the u.s. government is looking for thelook

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. welcome back to "first look." another warm day but not as humid. a cold front kicked through. now around virginia beach and norfolk, that's about it. cold front headed through boston, just went through new york city. snaking through the richmond area. less humid air is filtering in. still a warm weekend ahead. 91 new york 90 saturday. humidity will make it feel better. typical summertime weather. in d.c., you'll stay in the 90s. great lakes is coolest type spots. chicago three 90 deegree days all summer. 94 seattle, 103 yesterday in portland oregon. off the chart type heat all

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now here's your "first look" at friday's morning dish of "scrambled politics." we're less than a week from the first republican presidential debate. gop candidate donald trump is promising to play nice. on twitter he writes i look toward to debate thursday night. it's my intention to be nice and respectful of the other candidates. from msnbc.com, hillary clinton campaign slams for egregious efforts. the campaign published a letter they sent "the new york times" top editor. it expressed concern over the handling of the the story about hillary clinton's e-mails. it said at the time the times refused to fix the error.

after a recent fall that left him with a broken bone in his neck former president george h.w. bush tweeted this photo saying who knew jumping out of a plane would be safer than getting out of bed? >> and here's what michelle obama would be doing if she wasn't in the white house. >> i would be beyonce. >> really? y'all got this same ora. >> the first lady was answering questions about higher education. she said she'd like to be like the super star beyonce. martin dempsey broke into a song at an event with children of military families yesterday. he got teens to participate. >> here's how the motions go. ready? well there were green alligators and long neck geese. there were humpy back camels and

chimpanzees. doesn't that look ridiculous? that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." it's time to bring in kevin, reporter for the hill. good morning. happy friday. >> happy friday. thanks for having me. >> first question hillary clinton's e-mails. how much is this mudding her campaign? it doesn't look like it's going away any time soon. is she able to get her message out? >> this will not go away soon. there are still questions. the clinton campaign is adamant she didn't break the law and followed all propertytocols and procedures. many are looking into whether e-mails were mishandled. there will be hearings on capitol hill. hillary clinton herself is scheduled to testify in october. is she going to get her message out? she's going to keep talking about issues she wants to talk about. at the end of the day there's

unanswered questions she herself will have to answer and testify to on capitol hill. next to another one making huge headlines. donald trump saying he's going to play nice in the gop debate. come on. do you expect him to play nice? what do you expect in the event? >> donald trump is republican presidential front runner at this point. you can't look at it any other way except see him at the top of the polls. he has a lot of other campaigns nervous about how he's going to act. you know i think he's assemble assembling behind the accident scenes a top team of strategists. he's in this for the long haul. he seemed to be someone who was enjoying himself. i think he's in this for the long haul. either way, this debate is must-see tv. it's going to be fascinating to watch. >> interesting thursday night debate for sure. finally, time is ticking for president obama to get votes for iran deal. how close is he?

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dozens of new wildfires burning in california. here's dan. >> triple digit temperatures dry lands, perfect conditions for wildfires in california. >> coming down the ridge, flames really high and burning really fast. >> almost 7,000 firefighters are working tirelessly to battle more than a dozen fires across the state. the biggest is so called rocky fire north of san francisco. that's scorched 13 square miles. 13% is contained. fires have claimed a few structures. residents have had to leave their homes. >> burned everything around us. we saved our house. my parent's house is gone. >> the california department of fire and forestry says it doesn't take much to start a

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