it appears to depict a woman who looks a lot like amelia ehrhardt and a man who looks a lot like hernd navigator fred noonan. some believe the pair survived a crash and were captured by the japanese. a history channel special debuts this week with a closer look entitled amelia ehrhardt, the lost evidence. we're joined now by dan hampton, histories aviation expert for the program. he is a decorated former pilot and author of vibra pilot. thanks for being here. this picture, what is a come from, how did it suddenly come to light? >> it came out of the national archives. it's the only one like it that's ever been found. a gentleman by the name of it lest kenny found it which then made its way to the history channel. >> molly: when he found this, did he know what he had or thought he had? >> i think he was well aware of what he had. my first inclination when i saw it as it can't be real, but then we had it authenticated by the fbi and they showed me how it had matched to these two people, i became more and more convinced. >> jon: the facial recognition software was employed. >> if you lo

and i embarked on almost 3 year research project in high school into amelia ehrhardt. i went to all kinds of places, i ransacked the old newspapers and the bowels of the surgeon's library and also i was obsessed with katharine hepburn who i began to see on late-night tv. i was getting from catherine i did not realize where decades was the real flame of first wave feminism. it was her mother was the head of the connecticut women's suffrage organization, her aunt was also a campaigner for women's suffrage and campaign as a small child when it bloomed as a protest. votes for women, etc. so i was getting his first impact of 1920s, 1930s after women had won the right to vote in 1920. and it's, we wanted to reproduce in my book the actual cage from newsweek magazine in 1963, the letters to the editor where i was given the letters to the editor when the soviets launched natalie threshold into space, the first woman to enter space at a time when women were banned from the space program and i wrote a protest letter and i was 16 years old. this was before now was ever found. and

we believe it is amelia ehrhardt. elizabeth: there are so many theories that she was taken captive?many theories what happened to her including that the u.s. navy first stated after the search that she died at sea. it is interesting to note they never found the plane, no wreckage, nobodies so you can't say that theory is absolute. what you believe is they crash landed in the marshall islands. we believe that is what this photo proves. elizabeth: if folks tune in tomorrow and i what will they learn? can you give us a teaser? >> the show is called amelia ehrhardt:the lost evidence. it premieres on the history channel at 9:00 eastern at 8:00 central. we think people should tune in and see our evidence and judge for themselves. of the 6 is there one thing that surprised you the most when you learned about this new piece of evidence? >> so many people in the marshall islands have been saying this is what happened, they identified the ship that took them away and that is in the photo. >> we will be tuning in tomorrow night. this takes the case, thank you. leland: i am watching this. runne

so the amelia ehrhardt mystery remains a mitry this morning. i don't know what to think anymore. >> full disclosure, have you me convinced, completely convinced. >> wals a on vacation. >> he called in and told me. >> but i found my luggage. >> now, that's twists and turns, tom, 80 years later, still the story that keeps on giving. >> yeah, tanks. >>> mr. roker. >> well, it is starting to get a little muggy out there. feeling a lot like as i remember throughout a good portion of the country. as you look right now, we got heat advisories for the heat indices that will be over 100 degrees from tulsa, ft. smith, peoria, into des moines, it extends east, philadelphia, wilmington, excessive heat watches. it will feel like it's above 100 through thursday. for today, that muggy air pumps on in here. when you factor in the air and humidity, our heat indexes disappears. it feels like 100 in walk, colombia, memphis and kansas city, same thing for tomorrow, goes right on into friday where those temperatures are going to feel well >>> good morning, i'm kari

renewed speculation that amelia ehrhardt may have survived the crash of her plane as she attempted her around the world flights in 1937, speculation with some new evidence. nbc news reports a history channel documentary uncovered a photograph from the national archives which may show her and her navigator in the marshall islands. they believe ehrhardt died in japanese custody. her remains were never found. follow-up on match. what can president trump accomplish at the g20 summit in what will happen with north korea? we will ask the panel when we come back. jack knocked over a candlestick, onto the shag carpeting... ...and his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. because all his belongings went up in flames. jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. visit geico.com and see how affordable renters insurance can be. >> make no mistake. north korea's launch of an icbm is a clear and sharp military escalation. the north korean regime openly states that its missile