i'm natalie allen. >>> investigators are working with some new clues about what may have happened in the downing of the egyptair flight. data shows that automated smoke alerts went off near the jet's cockpit and in the bathroom just minutes before it dropped off the radar. aviation experts say the alerts do not necessarily mean that there was a fire. greek and egyptian officials say search crews have found debris, luggage, and human remains in the mediterranean about 290 kilometers north of egypt's coast. let's bring in arwa damon. she's looking into many of the aspects that are going on there in terms of the search and rescue and the investigation. hi there, arwa. >> reporter: hi, natalie. all of these new details that are emerging about these various smoke alerts that went off are really to a certain degree just adding to the mystery and speculation surrounding the circumstances that may have brought this plane down. they really don't offer a lot of clarity as to whether or not it was terrorism or some sort of technical malfunction because as a plane is coming apart, according to s

we're live in atlanta, i'm natalie allen.>>> thank you for being with us. barack obama will make history in the coming hours as the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima, japan. it's been more than 70 years since the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on the city during world war ii. right now, mr. obama is at a marine corps air station visiting with american forces. and here show -- hiroshima crowds have been gathering to protest. let's bring in athena jones live waiting for the president's arrival. and hello to you. and um awondering. we have seen a few protesters, but what the majority of the people? what do they think about this visit? >> reporter: hi, natalie. the majority of people that we've been hearing from are people who are happy to see the president making this historic and symbolic trip here to hiroshima. as you mentioned, the first signature u.s. president to make such a trip. we know he's not going to be apologizing. he's not going to be focussing on the past or revisiting the decision to drop the atomic bom

i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. "early start" continues now with christine romans and john berman live from new york. >>> breaking news. investigators working to unravel the mystery of what happened to egyptair flight 804 and the 66 people on board. the plane vanishing more than 24 hours ago. our live team coverage begins now. i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, may 20th. we welcome viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. breaking news at this hour. the search for the missing egyptair flight 804. it vanished more than 24 hours ago. 66 passengers and crew on board on the way from paris to cairo. the plane disappeared from radar. crews from five countries are combing the eastern mediterranean for any sign of wreckage. so far none has been found. earlier reports have been proven wrong. that said, the working theory is the plane was downed by a bomb and terror investigation is under way. at this point, there has been no claim of responsibility. we are covering the story only cnn can. we want

i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell.ith christine romans and john berman live from new york. >>> breaking news. investigators working to unravel the mystery of what happened to egyptair flight 804 and the 66 people on board. the plane vanishing more than 24 hours ago. our live team coverage begins now. i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, may0t

i'm natalie allen. >>> investigators are

last night winning a gracie award named after gracie allen, it's a big deal, for on-air talent. natalie morales won the news series category and kathie lee won for host so congrats. >> talk about two awesome women. there she is. >> and there's a picture of frank and kathie lee. we'll play part of her speech tomorrow when she comes back. >> i'll tune in. >> and i love how kath left for the airport and she had her dress slung over her shoulder. >> sounds like us. normally she's more organized than that. i'm shocked. okay, there's other exciting news. >> we need to show what we have in front of us. muy importante. >> olive garden has a dish, who knew spaghetti had a baby with a thing called pie. spaghetti pie. >> if you were to hold it, it's so heavy like a normal plate of spaghetti, this is dense. >> it's a weight. i'm kind of scared to eat it, i have to say, i'm wearing white. >> it's got meat balls -- >> i'm not scared of what's in it, i'm scared of what it looks like on a white dress. >> just so you know, the calorie count, should we say it? >> let's not worry. nobody wants to be that