the feelings are still raw flight 17 when it went down in kuala lumpur. the prime minister tries to comfort the next of kin. >> closure is absolutely vital so the next of kin can continue with their lives. therefore the ultimate action of finding who were responsible and bringing them to book and to justice must be carried out. >> reporter: the plane was flying from amsterdam to clmple whenkualalumpur when it went down. many accused the russian soldiers of firing ton aircraft. a claim russia denies. >> we want to know whose fault is it, and we want this -- i mean, for him to be at peace. >> reporter: the results of a dutch led investigation are due to be released in october. but many countries are already calling for a u.n. tribunal to prosecute those responsible. russia has dismissthe proposal. >> justice in terms of people people going to jail for this in terms of a legal sentence. i don't think so. i don't think so. there is so much really fraught politics involved in this. >> in malaysia, as families try to come to termination with their loss, there i

this was ahead of the ioc vote in kuala lumpur.arah: you are watching "dw news ," and still come on the program, running the world of soccer as head of beef up, and demand of the way the games are run? we will have more in just about one minute time create a with us. -- one minutes time. stay with us. sara: the top headlines. thank you for joining us. they say mullah omar is dead, one of the most wanted man in the world who died two years ago in pakistan. the latest turkish airstrikes are the heaviest since the campaign began. the turkish prime minister has defended the strikes. and we are joined with the very latest by ben fajzullin. your favorite topic, greece. ben: saying it over and over again, maybe some will start listening, and the head of the monetary and says they need to ease the nation debt burden, and they are meeting in athens to negotiate a new bailout. it definitely needs the cash to pay off its debt, but even trickier is the long term. one greek headlines read "in the trenches," regarding the bailout unfolding in at

this was ahead of the ioc vote in kuala lumpur.arah: you are watching "dw news ," and still come on the program, running the world of soccer as head of beef up, and demand of the way the games are run? we will have more in just about one minute time create a with us. -- one minutes time. stay with us. sara: the top headlines. thank you for joining us. they say mullah omar is dead, one of the most wanted man in the world who died two years ago in pakistan. the latest turkish airstrikes are the heaviest since the campaign began. the turkish prime minister has defended the strikes. and we are joined with the very latest by ben fajzullin. your favorite topic, greece. ben: saying it over and over again, maybe some will start listening, and the head of the monetary and says they need to ease the nation debt burden, and they are meeting in athens to negotiate a new bailout. it definitely needs the cash to pay off its debt, but even trickier is the long term. one greek headlines read "in the trenches," regarding the bailout unfolding in at

al jazeera kuala lumpur poor. >> greece and e.u. are there to make more progress. but some are concerned about the pension reform and tax rises. >>> economic problems in greece has led to many young population to leave and look for employment elsewhere. >> the greek language newspaper in melbourne. until a year ago she liveed in greece editing online magazines but her life there was not good. when advertisers stopped paying their bills she knew they had to leave. >> i miss greece, but i had to survive. i'm one of the lucky once because i'm an australian citizen. my mom is australian, so i could come here and get a job. >> the greek exodus down under has a precedence. after the second world war nearly 200,000 greek migrants bought a ticket for a ship to australia. melbourne was soon home to more greeks than all but two cities in greece. in the 1970s the trend reversed. tens of thousands who were by then dual citizens returned home often with children. the collapse of the greek economy has led a change in the direction of migration again. more than 10,000 thought to

john. >> andrew stevens for us in kuala lumpur. thank you, andrew. families are asking. joining us is justin green. a former aviation pilot and military pilot. justin thank you for being with us. the piece of debris is a flap there is flaperon? >> it is a flap. it does the duty of an aerulon which helps the plane turn and roll. that's why the name has flap in it and eron. >> reporter: if it is confirmed it is from a boeing 777. no other 777 has gone down in the indian ocean. it has to be from mh-370? >> there is not a lot of parts of 777s in the world. certainly none other than this one, mh-370 in the indian ocean. if it is a 777 part. it has been in the water, the evidence indicates, it has been in the water for the right amount of time. >> there is a maintenance number on it which they are looking at it today. that maintenance number i have to believe would be fairly easy to tie to at a minimum, a 777 right away. >> the part will have a serial number on it. stamped by boeing at the boeing factory. once they read that they will note know it is the p

we are watching kuala lumpur's international airport and unwanted headlines.e claims the airport sinking. they have had so many contractors working on this, airasia refused to move into the terminal because they were worried about safety and operational issues. they threatened to take away certain security from low-cost terminals. malaysia airports operators say shifting soil is to blame heard you can see images of the actual sinking that we have received. , puddles ofrafts water, more than puddles of water, standing water on the runway. this is a concern for passenger safety. but also for the aircraft. if the pavement is on even for example. i loan tire, debris on the runway, that could be a significant problem. are talking about pile driven and somebody had an as a result the soil patterns are an even but it is about the environment to some extent here. not alone in the fight against ever-changing weather conditions and airports. i think we had a lot of problems in bangkok when it opened. guest: baggage carousel's didn't work but beyond that the runways had

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we have reports from kuala lumpur where the bereaved demand to know who shot down the airliner. >> 43alaysians were on board flight mh 17 when it went down in eastern ukraine last year. at a memorial in kuala lumpur, the prime minister tried to comfort the families of the victims. >> this is absolutely vital so all the next of kin can continue with their lives. therefore, the ultimate action of finding who were responsible and bringing them to justice must be carried out. >> the plane was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it went down killing all passengers and crew. many accused the russian-backed fighters of firing a missiles at the aircraft, a claim rejected by moscow. even know friends and families of victims are looking for answers. this man lost a close friend who worked as head steward. he said that his friend was like an older brother and he still cannot accept his death. >> this is justice. what we want to know whose fault is it and we want for justice. >> many countries are calling for an u.n. tribunal to prosecute those responsible. russia had dismissed the proposa

robin is with us from kuala lumpur. how do you think that the malaysian government will react to this news? >> we still have to wait for official reaction from the seat of power just 20 kilometers from kuala lumpur where the government stays. it's suspect it will be pleased with this report and somewhat relieved. malaysia is the united states' fourth largest trading partner behind china japan and singapore. according to state department figures in 2013 $43 billion worth of trade was conducted between malaysia and the united states. areas of interest would be electrical appliances, we know about malaysia's dealings and tourism and how it deals with the united states. had they stayed in tier 3 it might have created a chain of events that would have included restrictions to the imf and world bank, that's not what malaysia needs should it ever need financial loans. >> what is interesting is that cuba has gone up a tier. just after diplomatic relations have been restored between cuba and the u.s. >> well, what officials are

at a mormon in kuala lumpur, the prime minister tried to comfort the families of victims. >> closurehis incident is absolutely vital. so that all the next of kin can continue with their lives. therefore, the ultimate action of finding who were responsible and bringing them to justice must be carried out. >> the plane was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it went down killing all 298 passengers and crew. many accuse russian-backed fighters fighters firing a missiles at the airplane. this man lost a close friend who worked as the head steward. he said that he was like an older brother and he still can't accept his death. >> there is no justice. what we want to know whose fault is it, and. >> the results of an investigation are due to be released in october but many countries are already calling for an u.n. tribunal to prosecute those responsible. russia has dismissed the proposal. >> justice in terms of people going to jail for this or facing some kind of a legal sentence, i don't think so. i don't think so. there is so much really fraught politics involved in this. >> in mala

it took off from kuala lumpur and was destined to beijing. it lost all contact. a massive search operation focused on two corridors to the north and south. and no trace of the plane was found, concentrating on a 64,000km area off the coast ofs western australian. now malaysia is sending a team to the island to see if the piece of debris is a breakthrough in the search. >> whatever of wreckage is found, needs to be verified before it's confirmed. >> reporter: analysis of satellite data shows mh370 flew for 6 hours after contact was lost and entered the see in the indian ocean near a deep trench. >> underneath the indian ocean, it's hurricane type of weather down there, and many time wreckage can be dislodged. these are floating devices which can surface themselves and be twisted off thousands and thousands of miles away. australia says the church will continue, and proves the plane will be found in the depths of the ocean. >> reporter: for family and friends of those on board mh370 the nervous wait for answers continues >>> joining me now via skype from manchester

jonathan head, bbc news, kuala lumpur. laura: flight mh370 is the only boeing triple seven aircraft two of disappeared over an ocean. the flag will be -- the fragment will be sent to france for investigation. our transport correspondent takes a look at what it may reveal. richard: they spent months searching one side of the indian ocean. the first clue might have turned up thousands of miles away on the other side. they think they found one of these, and if you've ever looked at the ring on a window, you will see one moving around. investigators might already know if the wreckage is from the right kind of aircraft. andysia 370 was a boeing, different plane models have different shaped parts. remote frenche island where volunteers cleaning a beach stumbled over the debris. it is more than 2500 miles from the main search area, were even are coming to see that for wreckage. looking at the gap, you might think they are wasting their time. look at the direction of the sea's currents. incredibly, finding a piece of wing could pr

that plane disappeared in march 2014 after taking off from kuala lumpur with 239 passengers and crew members on board. we'll have more on today's developments on "nightly news" at 5:30. >>> now to that stub upon wildfire near wine country. the flair upcontinues to threaten solano county. our hot weather and bone-dry conditions are a dangerous mix, of course for the firefighters. we have multiple reports. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri and christie smith are tracking this heat. let's start with jodi hernandez at the so-called wragg fire. and jodi you were there yesterday. any better this evening? >> reporter: raj, things do look better tonight. when we arrived this morning, the hillside was once again aglow. but firefighters have been aggressively attacking it from the air all day, and they do appear to be getting the upper hand. >> if it's burning in the canyon, that is mine. and it's burning behind that last ridge -- first ridge from here. and that's mine. >> reporter: barbara comfort, feeling mighty uncomfortable. >> anxious, sad, depressed. needy go on? >> reporter: the ranch th

manus: the city for the 2022 winter olympics will be announced shortly in kuala lumpur. beijing has been a front runner with kazakhstan's capital the outsider. a lack of natural snow could melt beijing's chances. you've just seen some live pictures from that particular discussion. now, keeping it real is seen as a dig. human rights groups say neither city deserves to host the games. francine: another busy week of earnings coming to an end. our next guest says equities remain a good buy. he is manish singh. give us a sense of what you are looking for. we have the fed. we are looking for a rate hike. we have a slow burning need to navigate exchange markets. this is across the board. what is driving europe? manish: let's look at the financials of bnp. in terms of fed, as i mentioned in my notes as well, it is not about whether the fed is going to raise rates. but should it be zero or not zero? to me, i think the fed is going to raise the rates in september. all the data we are seeing is more how soon are they going to raise the second one. manus: one or two people have said

as we followed those families from kuala lumpur here to beijing where more than 150 passengers were oneel that desperation to this day, and in some ways, kate, today is even harder for them. we're hearing this new news that the likelihood that the part is from boeing 777 but people are hearing it on the ground here from the news, from the media. they're not getting any official information from the government. they're not getting any official information from malaysian airlines. their support center that had been set up here has long been shut down. the hotline is no longer functional. everything they're learning, they're learning essentially from us, the media, and they simply feel that's not acceptable and they're having to deal with this without the support, without the psychologists on stand by. so that desperation and that pain is just as raw as it was when we were in kuala lumpur, kate. >> tragically consistent from what we >> tragically consistent from what we have seen. the family wills stand by. i want to bring in former ntsb inspector general. mary, we have a component part n

joining us live on the phone from kuala lumpur.anxiously waiting for what the flaperon could be is it part of mh370? i've want to ask you, can we really learn anything new from this particular piece of debris do you think? >> well at this stage it is certainly the strongest lead that the investigators have had in 16 months. looking for this. no doubt about that. the australian deputy prime minister in the press conference with the photos. mostly the photos. the photos [ indiscernible ] they're not inconsistent with a 777. if you take to and listen to the experts here. so far on those photos. they're all saying the same thing. excuse me. this could actually inform part of -- form part of the flaperon the part of the wing that keeps the wing stable in flight. could be the flaperon of a 777. robyn was saying one 777 unaccounted for at the moment. there is a very very strong lead at the moment. that's all it is. they're still a there is still a long way to go. errol mentioned barnacles. australians are analyzing the barnacles to see ho

kuala lumpur malaysia, in a condo overlooking a beautifully designed golf course at least a dozen of osama bin laden's hijackers gathered for a meeting. the purpose, discuss details in the upcoming plots to bomb the u.s.s. cole in the gulf of aiden and the attack plans for 9/11. it was a terror summit. since the 1998 bombings of the u.s. embassies in tanzania and kenya which killed over 200, the nsa has captured and recorded phone calls made from a specific house in yemen. it was some 60 miles outside of the capital. the house was osama bin laden's operation center. the call came in and the tussauds diswho had hijacked american airlines flight 77 that would slam into the pentagon headed for the country club. photos were taken at the terror summit which remain classified to this day. >>r as day. i remember looking at them. >> mark racini was a cia agent. >> that meeting was surveilled because there had been a communication from the station to kuala lumpur station. these people were coming in. follow them. take their photographs. see what they're they're going, and that's what happened

problems for kuala lumpur's new terminal. a sea of red across asian markets this morning. is there an end in sight? we will discuss the outlook when "asia edge" continues. ♪ rishaad: checking some of the stories making headlines around the world. yvonne: joint development over oil and gas reserves in the east china sea. beijing's offer comes just days after tokyo released pictures of what it says are platforms close to median lines separating the two countries. china and japan agreed 10 years ago to jointly develop reserves and held official talks to years later. the discussions broke down. rishaad: the president of syria has admitted that after more than four years of civil war, he's running out of soldiers. bashar al-assad said the army no longer has the manpower to defend the entire country. he issued amnesty for deserters and called on people to sign up. assad denied the army collapsing but his remarks are a rare public comment. yvonne: torrential rain in pakistan causing flash flooding and threatening to drive up food prices. at least 42 deaths have been reported sinc

the winner was announced at a meeting with the international olympic committee in kuala lumpur. >> beijing[ cheers and applause ] >> this is how it feels to win the rights to host the summer olympics. it will be the first city to host the winter games as well in in 2022. this is happy and grand news for chinese people. i would like to thank the aoc and friends in various fields to giving the trust and support to china. >> there have been a lot of last-minute lobbying of the voting members in kuala kuala lumpur. it became a big factor after cities would drop out. >> this is not a risky choice for 2022. in fact, it's quite the opposite. >> it was a vote that took place twice. faulty electric tablets replaced by a paper ballot. in the end they won by just five votes. they have the infrastructure but not the natural winter weather you would need for an event like this but that did not seem to deter the international olympic committee. >> with great experience of china in the delivering of great sport events, it is really a safe choice. >> the decision was celebrated in beijing. the 2008 olympi

i have been staying in touch with many of the family members particularly here in kuala lumpur. i have been speaking to them in the last couple hours. they are saying at the moment we have been here before john. you remember just after mh-370 disappeared, there was a lot of speculation. a lot of false leads and false reporting about the actual plane being found which turned out to be untrue. they are just not prepared at this stage until there is a complete confirmation. this is why there is so much confirmation coming from the authorities. they are not prepared to think this may be part of the plane. interestingly, the deputy transport minister here in malaysia told reporters a couple hours ago, he is almost certain this flapper as it is being called was part of a 777. he did not say it was 370, but it was part of a 777. the people i have talked to say are torn between the fact they want to know exactly what happened to their loved ones. they don't want to know. they don't want that feeling that it is over. that they have lost their loved ones. they are still talking to me abou

at a memorial in kuala lumpur the prime minister tried to comfort the families of victims. >> closure for this incident is absolutely vital so that all the next of kin can continue with their lives. therefore, the ultimate action of finding who were responsible and bringing them to book and to justice must be carried out. >> reporter: the plane was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it went down killing 298 passengers and crew. many accused russian backed fighters. rejected by moscow. friends and families of victims are looking for answers. roger lost to close friends who worked as the head stuart. he said that mohammed was like an older brother and he kapt sent his death. >> what we want to know whose fault is it. and wonders - i mean for him to make peace. >> results of a dutch-led installation - many are calling for a u.n. tribunal to prosecute those responsibility. >> justice in terms of people going to gaol for this, or facing an illegal sentence i don't think so. >> there's so much fraught politics involved. in malaysia as families come to terms with their loss. despite

the flight disappeared between kuala lumpur and beijing in the fall of last year.he part found is the same as was mh370. >> i'm happy for the families. now they know for sure they perished. >> reporter: while the wreckage is wrapped for transportation for investigators to examine it, the deep sea search continues. it may not reveal why the plane changed course less than an hour after takeoff or anything else that happened on board. but thousands of kilometers to the east of reunion island. looking out of the vast indian ocean, it's something of a miracle any debris could have made it this far. but if that piece of wreckage is proven to come from mh370 it could be the only part of it ever found. now beach is attracting curious locals. they watch and speculate. the wreckage may reveal some answers but the mystery is far from solved. tanya page, al jazeera reunion island. >> they're going to be looking at all this in a french city near toulouse. charles stratford is waiting to see what happens next. >> reporter: that piece of debris is going to be brought here to this

place in the search for missing malaysia airlines, mh370, which disappeared during flight from kuala lumpur to beijing lathe lastier. codes on it say it's from the wing of a boeing 777 the same as mh370. the man who found it is relieved. >> translator: if it's debris from the plane i'm happy for families. now they know for sure they perished. >> for investigators to examine it the deep sea search continues. it may not reveal why the plane changed course less than an hour after takeoff or anything that happened on board but it does confirm that they are looking in the right place thousands of kilometers east of reunion island. looking out in the vast indian ocean, it is a miracle that any debris could have made it this far. if that wreckage is proven to come from mh370 it could be the only part of it ever found. now beach is attracting curious locals. they watch and speculate. the wreckage may reveal some answers but the mystery is far from solved. tanya page, al jazeera reunion island. >> the debris from the plane is now headed to france for analysis. the debris along with anything else fou

march 8, 2014, just after midnight in kuala lumpur.aysia airlines flight 370 takes off, bound for beijing, 239 people on board. >> take off. good night. >> 40 minutes into the flight, the transponder goes dark. >> it is effectively the instrument that sends out a signal to air traffic control. it tells the height, which direction and what speed it is traveling. suddenly, this giant 777, is blind to the world. >> it's the middle of the night and the plane simply vanishes, no distress call and air traffic control waits two hours before notifying emergency responders. >> that two hours was incredibly critical towards finding the aircraft and if there were survivors. >> it focuses on the south china sea where the plane fell off the radar, then it shifts to the southern indian ocean where it's believed the plane turned off course. early on, numerous false leads. oil slicks, a floating dwell yellow object and chinese satellite images showing three white objects floating near the last confirmed position. turns out the images were released by

that malaysia airlines flight that took off in march from kuala lumpur. no one is saying in fact this is from flight 370. if this first clue of any kind in more than a year holds up, then the mystery of flight 370, one of the greatest air mysteries of all time, if this holds up, then that mystery finally has begun slightly to unfold. tom, it's nice to sigh. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> first, let me know if i said anything that doesn't comport with what we know now. and can you give us an update on what we know now? >> you're right. sources are telling me boeing investigators have looked at the photos. they believe it is a piece of a wing. perhaps a flap. they think it is a flaperon from a boeing 777. and as you mentioned, there is only one missing right now. missing for the better part of 15 months. this is a huge break. investigators have been pouring over those photographs. and i'll tell you, throughout the day, i was talking to many aviation experts who did not believe that this came from a 777. i talked to people within the governm

a remnant of the missing malaysian airlines flight 370 that disappeared after taking off from kuala lumpur in charge of 2014. the debris appears to be part of the wing, possibly one of the flaps. it is being investigated by french officials on site. >> they have part numbers stamped on this plane. the boeing numbers are very identifiable. so they will be able to determine pretty quickly if it is part of a boeing aircraft and if it is this plane. >> reporter: mh370 and the 239 passengers and crew bound for beijing disappeared shortly after takeoff. the internationally coordinated effort first focused on a surface search in the south china sea. and then it moved west to the strait of ma lack ka, where the last point of radar contact with the plane was seen. the search soon shifted dramatically south to the indian ocean. where the plane is believed to have veered off coast and flown for hours. final location is only believed to be because of a series of hand shake pings that the plane sent to a satellite. the search teams have combed vast areas of the ocean floor and are continuing to do so t

the members met in kuala lumpur ahead of the ioc general session. head of the tokyo organizing committee of the olympic and paralympic games explained the government's decision to scrap the plan. he says it was due to the ballooning costs. >> translator: i told the ioc members that i want to apologize for the change from the original plan. they replied that i do not need to apologize at all. >> the original design by a london-based architect had come under criticism in japan. the facility would have been built at a price tag of about $2 billion. that's almost double the original estimate. ioc president says he acknowledged the rise in the construction costs compared to two years ago when tokyo was named the host. >> these are circumstances which are beyond the control of the organizing committee and of the government. this is why we are respecting this decision. >> he asked the stadium be completed in time and promised the ioc's support. tokyo olympics officials are facing another challenge. they're getting flack from a belgian-based graphic designe

al jazeera kuala lumpur. >> the long wait for help people in iraq struggling to gevent basic aid.o, trump plays his u.s. trump rallies campaigners in nevada a historic prayed through new york's streets. joel will have the details in sport. ♪ >>> welcome back to the newshour. discussing the greek government's latest bail-out proposal. kidnapped and forced to leave homes, members of the christian community in baghdad are being persecuted. thousands of people have gathered in bosnia to mark the 20th anniversary of the massacre of those murdered. as that crucial euro zone meeting continues, we can speak to nina, an eu policy analyst who works for the think tank open europe. thank you for coming in. the problems with the talks, there is a huge lack of trust between greece and its creditors. secondly the euro zone countries discussing the proposal seem to be split on where to go from here. >> yes. there are two main camps. one camp led by germany and, indeed finland and the baltic countries are hard on greece saying we can't ease the conditions of austerity. france saying we should give

island in the indian ocean an important place mh370 disappeared from radar when en route from kuala lumpur to beijing. coordinates on it show it's part of a wing of mh 370 the boeing 777ness77 that disappeared. the deep sea search continues. it may not reveal why the plane changed course less than an hour after takeoff or anything about exactly what happened on board. bit it does confirm they're looking -- but it does confirm they're looking in the right place. thousands of kilometers to the east of reunion island. looking out over the vast atlantic ocean it's a mucialg that anything is found at all. it could be the only part of it ever found. now beach is attracting curious locals. they watch and speculate. the wreckage may reveal some answers but the mission tri is far from solver. tanya page, al jazeera reunion island. >> al jazeera has been talking to the nuclear negotiators you president obama has hopes for the deal to be confirmed by the congress. patty culhane joins us live from washington. patty, is the obama administration worried they can't get through to congress at the moment?

. >> the there had been a lot of last-minute lobbying of the 85 olympic voting members in kuala lumpur. the cost of hosting the game will be a huge factor when four cities dropped out of the race. it left almaty of kazakhstan to fight it out with beijing. >> dear members almaty is not a risky choice. in fact, we're quite the opposite. >> it was a vote at a took place twice. faulty electronic tablets were replaced by a papers ballot, and in the end beijing survived by just four votes. china has the infrastructure but not the natural weather that you would need for an event like this. but that did not seem to deter the international olympic committee. >> china delivering great sport events i think it is really a safe choice. >> the decision was celebrated at the birds nest stadium in beijing, the 2018 olympic venue will gain host and closing ceremonies. >> i'm not surprised that beijing came would win. we should be the hosts. >> i'm excited just really excited. >> they will be home to the next olympics. boston has already pulled out of the running for the 2024 summer games citing spirali

nhk world spoke with an expert in kuala lumpur. >> pleased to meet you. >> good to see you. >> >> reporter: he's a former secretary general of malaysian ministry of foreign affairs. he now serves as chairman and the chief executive of a security think tank. the institute of strategic and international studies malaysia. >> tensions are high on china's reclamation work in the china sea. how asean will deal with this? >> activities that have taken place in the south china sea that have raised concern. you might recall that the last asean summit a statement was issued regarding that. i believe that it reflects the sentiment that exists among all the countries concerned, all the other asean countries. because activities of this nature actually run counter to international law. i think china has taken notice of that. and obviously, they also are taking steps to ensure that tensions are not raised in the south china sea. >> some people might worry that it's not really making any progress. what is your assessment of the code of conduct? >> i believe what is important is that the parties concerned

his wife was one of 239 people on board the flight from kuala lumpur to beijing in march of last year. he said it has been an agonizing 16 months without answers. >> we did not have that option. just waiting and waiting until we get nothing concrete. >> searchers are scouring reunions shoreline and so far, they found what is left of a suitcase, this chinese water bottle and an indonesian cleaning product. investigators will determine if it is just trash or more clues about what happened to flight 370. >>> the part of the wing that washed up, about 2500 miles from where investigators thought flight recently had crashed. by analyzing the wing section under aim microscope, they can determine whether it was horizontal or vertical and it's journey through the ocean. >> the surfer landed in the hospital after being attacked on the australian coast. the shark but the 52 -year-old man in his leg and hand. beachgoers used it surfboard leash has atrophic it to slow the bleeding and may have saved his life. shark attacks in the very same spot including one that left one man dead. >> zimbabwe's w

. >> and malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared in march of last year while flying from kuala lumpuro beijing, china. 239 people were on board. >>> senator dianne feinstein has put forward legislation to help communities in california suffering from the drought- related water shortages. she wants to provide $1.3 billion over a decade for storage, desalinization and water recycling projects. but it's not clear if there's much common ground with house republicans. they want to pump more water to the central valley farmers by rolling back environmental rules. when it comes to what caused the drought, californians are deeply divided. 78% of the state's democrats say global warming is contributing to our lack of water. the republicans say 38% say yes. overall 64% of californians said there is indeed a link between the two. >>> 5:08. a new oil slick off the california coast. details this morning on where it may be coming from. >> and some pampered felines getting the royal treatment. up next, we are going to show you some bay area students getting a big lesson on animal responsibility. >>

disappeared march of 2014 while flying from kuala lumpur to beijing. >> russia has blocked setting up an international tribunal on the downing of another malaysia airlines flight, mh 17. all 298 people on board died whether the plane crashed in july of 2014. pro-russian separatists are suspected of firing often the plane but russians say ukrainians are responsible. >> jennifer glasse last more on mulla omar's leadership of the taliban as the group is set to resume talks with the afghan government. >> mulla omar was the radio conclusionive leader of the taliban. remained a mystery in the final years of list life his be whereabouts. communications from him came from the taliban's website usually on holidays or anniversaries. it was never clear if they were really his words. as a young man he was a mujahideen fighter, battling the soviet occupation of afghanistan doouduring the 1980s. >> when the taliban was arising the need to have a leader eventually the taliban chose him because he had 30 people and he had some weapons to use. the second reason, he was a famous and well viewed person.

flight mh-17 was traveling from amsterdam to kuala lumpur on july 17th, 2014 when it was shot down over donetsk in eastern ukraine. officials of western countries and ukraine believe pro-russian separatists shot down the plane. russian officials deny the accusations and say a fighter jet may have downed the airliner. australia has joined malaysia and three other countries on calling on the u.n. security council to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible. >>> shareholders of a company belonging to south korean conglomerate samsung have approved a plan to merge two group companies. a u.s. investment fund opposed the merger. elliott associates said it's only from the founding family. >> reporter: this is the company of samsung group. they said in may the chair would take over a construction company and trading house whose major shareholders including the associates. managers of the u.s. plan opposed the plan. they said any reforms should be fair to all those who hold stock in samsung cnp. about 550 people on friday attended an extraordinary meeting of shareholders.

flying time from amsterdam to kuala lumpur just over four hours. the local airport in ukraine tries twice to make contact with the pilot, no answer, the plane's black boxes stop recording, the aircraft is down. al jazeera's scott heidler arrived on the scene just as the sun rose the next morning. he reported seeing white marks already dotting the site mapping out the lives lost. >> reporter: as those rescue workers were fanned out across these fields, identifying the human remains, we were close at the time debris field as they came up. as they approached this debris field, he said, there are too many bodies in there, i don't are enough steaks and white flags. >> "america tonight's" lori jane gliha was in the small town, home of a young boy on board all remembered by their tight knit community. >> they bring flowers because they know families left the houses and they were happy and they will never come again. never come back again. >> and you really see people of all ages. >> and "america tonight's" producer fully cole gresser who had gone to high

flight 370 was traveling from kuala lumpur to beijing when it disappeared. until now the search has focused on a part of the indian ocean 4000 kilometers from where the debris was found. some experts say it is quite possible the wreckage could have made it that far. >> finding this piece of debris is entirely consistent with the current patterns in the southern indian ocean to be originated from the area that they are doing the current search for the wreckage in the bottom of the ocean. >> if it is from the boeing 777 this wreckage could provide clues to the fate of those on board. host: we are joined by a next bert on ocean currents. jonathan, thanks for joining us -- an expert on ocean currents. jonathan, thanks for joining us. this piece was found thousands of miles from where we thought the plane crashed. is it possible we have been looking in the wrong place all this time? jonathan: not necessarily. it is possible for debris to drift from the western side of australia all the way to india. the flow pattern is westward in this part of the indian ocean. h

. >> reporter: march 8, 2014, just after midnight in kuala lumpur, malaysian airlines flight 370 takes off bound for beijing. 239 people on board. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: 40 minutes into the flight, the airplane's transponder suddenly goes dark. >> the plane's transponder is effectively the instrument that send out a signal to air traffic control. it tells you what height it is at, which direction and what speed it is traveling. suddenly, this giant triple 7 is, is blind to the world. >> reporter: it is the middle of the night. and the plane simply vanishes, no distress call. an air traffic control waits two hours before notifying emergency responders. >> that two hours was incredibly critical towards finding the aircraft and finding if there were survivors. >> reporter: the search focuses on the south china sea where the plane fell off the radar. then shifts to the southern indian ocean where the is believed the plane turned off course. early on, numerous false leads. oil slicks in the ocean off vietnam, a floating yellow object thought to be a life raft turns out to be sea tra

flight 370 was traveling from kuala lumpur to beijing when it disappeared. until now, the search has focused on a part of the indian ocean 4000 kilometers from where the debris was found. some experts say it is quite possible the wreckage could have made it that far. >> finding this piece of debris is entirely consistent with the current patterns in the southern indian ocean to be originated from the area that they are doing the current search for the wreckage in the bottom of the ocean. >> if it is from the boeing 777, this wreckage could provide clues to the fate of those on board. host: we are joined by a next bert on ocean currents. jonathan, thanks for joining us -- an expert on ocean currents. jonathan, thanks for joining us. this piece was found thousands of miles from where we thought the plane crashed. is it possible we have been looking in the wrong place all this time? jonathan: not necessarily. it is possible for debris to drift from the western side of australia all the way to india. the flow pattern is westward in this part of the indian ocean.

kuala lumpur about. the head of the roman catholic church arrived in paraguay. entailed its solid and stable democracy but he also called on leaders to address inequality. >>> land the hard to come by in hong kong with most free spaces snapped up by developers to feed the small hunger for housing. but some want the city to become self reliant. food security in asia. sarah clark sent us this report. >> reporter: nestled in the shadows of the skyscrapers is a group of farming plots. becky au a third generation farmer who left her job in hong kong's financial district to return to her roots. >> because i love this place. i was born and i grew up here. we grow food for our community. we want to show people that the rural and urban land can grow in side by side in the community. >> important to the city for our sustainable future, we need farmland. we need food. we need the green area. >> reporter: local production accounts for just 2% of are freshfreshvegetables in hong kong. food situations there are driving people to buy more fresh produce. >> it's fresh and the t

it was headed for kuala lumpur. >> we are a year on, and actually we have made no progress. for us, every day is july 17th. >> this team along with many others, want to know exactly what happened a year ago when m-8-17 was shot down over eastern ukraine. the tragedy occurred between heavy fighting between the ukrainian government and separatists. ukrainian and other officials say a rebel missile launched from a village hit the plane. russia and the rebels have always denied this. several countries, including britain, australia malaysia and the netherlands have called for a u.n.-backed international tribunal to prosecutor those suspect the of downing the plane. moscow has been quick to rule out that possibility with president ponnuru telling the dutch prime minister the investigation needs to be complete first. >> before taking decisions on judicial mechanisms and punishing those gimenty, there must be work to con complete the international veppings. which should be thorough, obertoive and comprehensive. >> the dutch have taken the leading role. the majority of the victims we

the plane was flying from kuala lumpur when it vanished with 239 people on board. loved ones hope it is the first step toward closure. >> most of the families i just hope that we get to some place where we can start saying ah now we know. >> reporter: since the 777 was introduced in 1994 the plane is the only one that ever disappeared over the sea, as well as south of the equator. >> this begins a search that tells us somewhere near this potentially, we should find other bits and pieces of the aircraft. >> reporter: they have focused efforts off the coast of australia, more than 2,000 miles from reunion island. a team is traveling to the island. it will take about two days to determine if the debris is from flight 370. >> thank you wendy. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we will speak with cbs aviation expert captain sully sullenberger. >>> an officer was indicted on a murder charge. the video shows what happened. a warning, the video you are about to see might be disturbing. >> take your keys out. >> the prosecutor called the shooting, quote, senseless and says th