wo making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, a major find in the search for the airasia plane. wreckage at the bottom of the sea. new pictures just in. extreme weather. arctic air dropping temperatures to as low as 50 below this morning after record snowfall plus a swollen river swallows a home following heavy rains. close call. a woman sitting at her desk makes a miraculous move seconds before disaster. a glimpse into our country's infancy. what did sam adams and paul revere leave for us over 200 years ago? good wednesday morning to you. we have to begin with that breaking news. searchers have discovered the

tail of airasia flight 8501. >> yeah it is a significant find that could lead to the plane's black boxes. here are the first pictures showing what is part of the wreckage they believe. >> haunting images from a murky sea taken overnight from an unmanned vehicle. the first pieces of the plane to be found on the sea's -- not to be found on the sea's surface. >> you can see part of the plane's logo. take a close look at the "a" and "i" written in white and a picture of the actual plane, the underwater image released overnight clearly appears to be from the plane's tail. abc's muhammad lila is at the command center in indonesia. >> reporter: this is a massive development. first we're getting a look at these first pictures we've seen of this airasia flight resting on the floor of the java sea. these are haunting. the plane, you can make out the logo. it says airasia on it. you can see the "a" on the plane, as well and you can see

what appears to be some sort of door. it might be the emergency door. we don't know. this is important for a couple of reasons. first is that the tail of the plane is typically where you have the plane's voice recorder and data recorder. so if -- as long as those black boxes didn't move or shift when it was entering the ocean it could mean they're literally now inches from finding those important pieces of equipment. there could be more bodies in there and this is what indonesian officials have said since the beginning and the ceo of airasia saying he considers it a priority to find the rest of the bodies so that the families can have peace. they've said once they find the main part of the plane they think they'll find a whole lot of bodies inside so that's the other part of this, now that they found this they might be able to pull out a significant number of bodies so today, a very big development on both those fronts. >> we will continue monitoring. our thanks to muhammad lila and stay with abc news for this latest discovery in the airasia

crash. a live update later on "good morning america." we turn now to the bitter cold gripping millions of americans this morning and shutting down schools from chicago to minneapolis and the dakotas. >> the bitter air is dipping all the way into the deep south but the midwest and plains are bearing the brunt of it with windchills plunging as low as 50 below zero. more frommance's susan saulny. >> reporter: record snowfalls in more than half the country shivering in a deep freeze. >> when i cake up it's snowing. fall asleep it's snowing. the worst part i think is probably driving in it. >> reporter: ice and snow wreaked havoc on roads from the midwest to the east coast causing dangerous pileups and longer commutes for millions. so many accidents, an interstate shut down in central indiana. leading to an eight-mile backup. and in minnesota, medians and highway shoulders were littered with stalled spunout cars. forecasters said washington would get an inch of snow but there is almost a whiteout at the white house, almost 4 inches

by midday. school buses were sliding off the streets if they showed up at all. parents were outraged. >> the bus never showed up because we are at the top of a hill. >> reporter: today dozens of school districts across the midwest are already closed in anticipation of even colder temperatures. >> the kind of north stars that guide us health and safety of the children and enough planning time to make adjustments if needed. >> reporter: in chicago they used fire to warm up train tracks. people piled on the layers. >> my fingers are a little frozen after the first five minutes. >> reporter: factoring windchills the real feel of temperatures could be some 15 to 30 degrees lower than the thermometer is reading. susan saulny, abc news, washington. >> it's so cold in some areas the road salt is having no effect. >> for the latest on those temperatures and dangerous windchills we'll check in with our accuweather meteorologist justin povick. good morning to you, justin. >> reena and t.j. thanks. the cold continues and we have

some snow on the way for wednesday, as well. down wind of the great lakes, burst of heavy snow whiteout conditions with 6 inches or more. further inland an inch or two possible pittsburgh and northern pennsylvania and southern new york state. now the northwest is not concerned about snow in fact they had the shades out, not the shorts. not quite that warm but temperatures warming up into the 50s around seattle, portland with lots of sun on the way. but the cold well it continues with shots of arctic air late week and in towards the upcoming weekend from the central plains in toward the northeast. reena and t.j., back to you. >> thanks justin. floodwaters are causing big problems in the northwest. take a look at this small house in washington state. falling off the edge of an eroding hillside before it's swept away by the swollen river. fortunately no one was home at the time. so there were no injuries. the river also claimed the neighbor's outbuildings that also teetering over the water. the fbi is looking for a

motive behind the deadly shooting an army clinic. a gunman opened fire inside the clinic at ft. bliss killing one. shooter died. investigators have not confirmed reports he killed himself. also not saying much yet about the victim. >> all of a sudden all i hear is my friend is texting me talking to me that there is an active shooter in the building. now, we got all kinds of helicopters and a lot of guns out there. >> the fbi is questioning hundreds of potential witnesses. the clinic came under scrutiny last year as the v.a. scandal erupted. an audit showed it had some of the longest wait times for veterans trying to see a doctor. investigators in colorado looking for amman about an explosion. it happened next door to a building. witnesses say they saw a white man in his 40s drive away from the scene. well the first major battle

between president obama and the new republican congress is already shaping up. the white house says mr. obama would veto the keystone pipeline bill if it passed. that would carry oil from can do refineries on the west coast. the president hits the road to outline his priorities for the next two years. mr. obama travels to detroit this afternoon to talk about the resurgent american auto industry. the president will visit a ford plant which is closed this week due to lagging demand for small cars. afterwards he'll fly to phoenix. we want to say happied belated wedding anniversary. a 70th wedding anniversary to former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara. >> taking to twitter saying "70 years ago this day bashl bra pierce of rye, new york made me the happiest and luckiest man on earth. the bushes have been married longer than any other first couple in u.s. history.

>> congrats. still ahead, some mcdonald's running out of fries. wait till you hear what they're serving instead. surrounded by fire with nowhere to go a family forced to drop a 4-year-old from the balcony. plus midair collision. a scary moment for a paraglider caught on camera colliding during a jump.

welcome back everybody. the stock market has extended its losing streak for 2015. the dow is down nearly 500 points in the past two days. a 4% drop from its all-time high at the end of last year however, the price of oil,

that's causing most of the concern here crude dropped another $2 to close at just $48 a barrel. a big lawsuit has been filed stemming from the sale of beats headphones to apple. a former business parter of dr. dre' say the sale of the popular headphonemaker cost him millions. the man filing the suit sold his take in beats after being told the company wouldn't be sold for years. shortly after that it was sold to am for $3 billion. the controversial comedy flick "the interview" is bringing in big bucks even with limited release in theaters. sony pictures says the movie has made more than $31 million from its online and on demand purchases in the 12 days since its release. sony released the movie online after a hacking group threatened violence against venues that played it. construction is now under way on the first section of california's new bullet train. when the $68 billion high speed railway is completed passengers will be able to travel from los angeles to los angeles in under

3 hours. top speeds will be around 00 miles an hour. backers say the line creates thousands of jobs critics say the money should be spent on aging infrastructure. fast food crisis in south america. venezuela has run out of mcdonald's french fries, the latest country after japan to be hit by the shortage blamed on a dispute with west coast dockworkers accused of halting exports of frozen mcdonald's fries. venezuelan franchises are improving replacing them with corn cakes or fries made of tropical plant yucca. i'd eat that. it's pretty good. a lot of baggage literally. why some passengers are forced to wait hours after their flights at baggage claim. breaking news in the search for airasia 8501. part of the plane's tail discovered overnight. we have the new pictures of the wreckage. ♪ when you don't get enough sleep...

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take a look at this one. incredible sight captured on camera off the coast of greece this week. this is a towering waterspout swirling in the mediterranean sea. this is right next to the island of crete. it appeared to stay over water, didn't go over land where of course it would become a tornado so no problems over land but something to look at. >> extreme weather here at home, as well. snow-covered highways around the great lakes lingering flurries will make for a slick commute in the northeast and still slippery across much of the midwest. >> flying airport delays possible in denver minneapolis, detroit, boston and new york. well updating morning's breaking news the tail section of the downed airasia jet has been found. >> overnight we've got the first images. you're seeing them here from the bottom of the java sea showing the tail with a giant letter "a" on the side. that's the logo for airasia. a major development in the search for a cause since the black boxes are stored in the tail. officials are also hoping to recover more bodies in this part of the aircraft.

another earthquake has rocked north texas overnight making it the ninth one in just the past 24 hours. like the others this latest quake in dallas was mild. 3.0 or greater but strong enough to leave cracks in ceilings floors and window moldings and knocked items from shelves and rattled nerves. >> customers flying united airlines at the renn denver airport are complaining about long waits for their baggage. by long wait i'm talking about three days here. or more. the airline points the finger at a new contractor hired last month to handle bags for roughly 250 regional flights, but problems are plaguing and even delaying some longer flights, as well. dramatic scene last night as fire ripped through an apartment building in michigan. the smoke and flames trapped several families on their balconies. one panicked resident was forced to drop her 4-year-old child to a police officer below. some people reportedly jumped from the second and third floors. police grabbed the ladder to

save a man and his dog as well. from south america an accident caught on camera. it shows the horrifying moment the two paragliders collided both hurting toward the ground. one triggered the reserve parachute and both landed safely on a high tree. a memorable way to start off the new year. also caught on camera just another day at this office in brazil. that is until a pickup comes through the wall. the woman sitting closest to the impact cheating death, lucky to escape with just minor injuries. the driver had just been in an accident and went out of control. clearly he was okay too. heisman trophying honoring o.j. simpson was found stolen more than 20 years ag usc. simpson's alma mater in the summer of 1994. lapd announce yesterday it had been found. one of his jerseys which was also stolen at the time however, has not yet been recovered.

well sports here and the first time since 1955 we have four major leaguers former major leaguers they have been elected to the baseball hall of fame. three of them pitchers randy johnson, known as the big unit. he struck out nearly 4900 batters in his career. pedro martinez won three cy young awards and helped the red sox. >> john smoltz went from starter to reliever. craig biggio to be elected to the hall. >> baseball's opening day is just under four months away. really? but we got basketball in full swing right now. >> hoops highlights from our guys at espn. in good morning, welcome to our "sportscenter" set here in los angeles. he's kenny mayne. i'm stan verrett. you get the first highlight. >> the national basketball association, tony parker back in for the spurs hosting the pistons playing well lately. 97 apiece. manu ginobili. he made it. spurs up by 3.

>> that's why we showed it. >> caldwell get all that floating in. it's a 101 hief-100 game. they have the ball until they don't and then presently won't have the lead. brandon jennings going to do that. did you see his name in the paper? drummond had 20 points 17 boards. college basketball kentucky opening s.e.c. play against mississippi. they will go to overtime. three minutes to go in the extra session, kentucky down by two. booker misses. willie cauley-stein right place right time. tied. down to andrew harrison knocking it down. kentucky up 1. 12 seconds to g. mississippi down one. martavious newbie. double clutch. no and kentucky wins a squeaker 89-86 in overtime. lot to talk about whether

kentucky can go undefeated. >> we don't have time to talk about it now. nor do we have a tom rinaldi poem poem. college basketball and the pros that's one thing. middle school hoops from washington state, something entirely different. >> yeah and maybe that's why the referee in this game well he thought it was okay to take a cell phone call during the game. you can see him. he's in the back -- tough to see but he's on the phone in the tar side. here's a good shot of him. 'literally on his cell phone while the game is going on. >> maybe his wife wanted something for dinner. >> come on honey. i'm working. >> props to the kids from north whidbey and oak harbor middle schools, someone call a foul on the ref, please. >> i want to know more about this story. something i would like to know who he was talking to. >> probably his wife. pick up when the wife calls. coming up next in "the pulse," the box left a sam adams and paul revere over 200 years ago. what was inside. 20151 going to be a long

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folks out there from 1795. it was opened in boston yesterday after being found in the foundation of the massachusetts statehouse. among the items inside five tightly folded newspapers, one includes a list of whaling ships soon to arrive in boston harbor. two dozen kinds in there one dating back to 1655. >> paul revere and sam adams were among those who placed the time capsule. we turn now to america's new newest celebrity underwear model. >> justin bieber just joined the ranks of megacelebrityies to pose for calvin klein. he strips down in a new series of black and white ads released yesterday. >> he posted the shots to his facebook page and simply wrote, it begins. he had a hash tag on there that said my calvins. >> he looks very good. so does she. 2015 is getting under way but we already know it's going to be a long year. >> yes, actually it will be one second longer than last year. scientists have decided to make

2015 a leap second. >> yeah. it's one second will be added to the world atomic clocks on june 30th to account for the gradual slowing of the earth's rotation. since 1972 there have been 24 leap seconds so how do you plan on spending your extra second? >> i'm sure i'll spend the time with you, reena. >> or sleeping. you could use a little extra sleep. >> one second would do me good right now. who would turn down reena, who would turn down a check for $974 million written out specifically to them? well, an oklahoma woman just did that. >> yeah it's part of an ongoing bitter divorce battle involving harold hamm. a judge earlier ordered him to pay her a billion dollar. both are appealing. he says it's too much. she says not enough. >> do you see that check right there? >> yeah. >> wow! >> i could write a personal check for 974 million. >> she fees she's worth more. >> for some of you your local

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oh thanks. you look like your mother. >> as they say in southern delaware boy, you married up. both married up. >> oh. >> betty, how are you? my name is joe biden, vice president biden. how are you doing? i just swore in your grandson. i don't have time. [ laughter ] my grandson -- [ laughter ] >> why doesn't joe biden have a reality show? >> he should. >> mr. vice president, please call us. >> i mean he is a walking sound-bite. but anybody who spends time around him, this is who he is 24/7. this is great stuff and that was only parts of it from yesterday. >> we have 15 more seconds. we should have tried to use more tape. >> used more. >> yeah. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> everybody, stay with us for "good morning america" from reena and i, wish you a happy, happy wednesday.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. new this morning officers from a number of south jersey police departments respond to a crash overnight. >> commuters are bracing for an even colder morning this morning as an arctic front drops wind chills below zero. >> police say they have made an arrest in the shooting of two new york city police officers. >> hello, it is 4:30 on this wednesday and we begin with breaking news. a critical discovery in the recovery of the airasia jetliner overnight. divers have found the tail section of the doomed plane. what you are seeing here are the first images of the