our correspondent robyn kriel landed there a short time ago. she is making her way there along the coastline. it was discovered by people cleaning the beach. robyn is joining us by phone. explain to us where reunion island is. >> reporter: it is in the indian ocean, john. a french island middle east of madagascar. the continent of africa. everyone is talking about the discovery, possible discovery of mh-370. not confirmed as of yet. it is a small island. volcanic island. yes, the debris washed up on beach. it is a french island. the french air force has a base here. they are conducting the search. they are awaiting malaysian authorities to take over the search and waiting for other authorities to arrive. the australian consultation safety board. they want to get this right. >> i imagine they are also looking elsewhere on the coastline to see if they can find any other pieces. >> reporter: indeed. it doesn't necessarily mean john, because they found one piece that they will find a lot more pieces. it could be one piece that is floated to the part

cnn's robyn kriel is on reunion island. not easy to get to. robyn, we are lucky to have you there. what's the latest? >> reporter: john, the island is abuzz with the possible discovery. it has been a mystery the world has been waiting to solve for more than 500 days. families in agony for the wait of the missing people which the airline were missing and presumed dead. if this does indeed turn out to be a flaperon or a piece of the missing boeing 777, several questions. how did it end up so far off course and how did it crash? if it turns out to be a piece of the missing plane, those will be answered in the coming days for families in the agonizing wait. john the australian deputy prime minister addressing the media saying that they were being cautious at this stage and they could not confirm it was indeed a major lead. here's what he had to say. >> this is obviously a very significant development. it's the first real evidence that there's a possibility that a part of the aircraft may have been found. it's too early to make that judgment but clearly we are treating this as a major l

robyn kriel for us. thank you, robyn, live from nairobi. >>> iran's supreme leader says his country's newly brokered nuclear deal will not change the situation with the u.s. during his traditional speech marking the end of ramadan, ayatollah ayatollah khomeini said the draft of the deal must go through a legal process before being approved. the supreme leader declared that iran does not want war, but if there were one, the united states would be humiliated. >> translator: our policies will not change vis-a-vis the arrogant government of the united states at all. >> translator: death to america, death to great britain, death to israel death to the hypocrites the hypocrites meaning the mek and finally, death to israel. >> translator: as we have repeated multiple times, with the united states we have no talks vis-a-vis regional issues. >> cha maiani also said iran will continue to support syria and other allies, whether the nuclear deal is approved or not. >>> we have now learned that just three weeks before

our robyn kriel is already there on reunion island. cnn has the only tell advievisiw reporting from that island. robyn, why don't you give us the latest. >> reporter: yes. we're hearing that malaysian airlines officials should be arriving tomorrow and investigators will be part of that group. we're also -- we understand that malaysia plans to send a vessel to this area to try to patrol up and down these seas to try to see, john and kate, if there is any more debris inside or at least just off the coast of reunion. that piece of wing flap, a flaperon it's called, discovered yesterday by people who were clearing the beach of rubbish or trash. they found that piece of debris. they brought it ashore, they let the authorities know. those authorities then distributed the word that they'd found something that looked to be a part of an aircraft, and ever since then the news has been coming in that, yes, it does look like a boeing 777. the prime minister from malaysia stating it is highly likely to be a boeing 777, the boeing 777, and we have ju

in upgrades to security to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> robyn kriel and abdul, your guest. thank you so much robyn, for that story and that interview. >>> iran's supreme leader says his country's newly brokered nuclear deal will not change iran's stance toward the u.s. during his speech marking the end of ramadan, ayatollah khomeini said the nuclear deal must go through a legal process before being approved and he asked that national officials put national interests first. the supreme leader declared that iran will continue to support syria and its other allies whether the deal is approved or not. >> translator: our policies will not change vis-a-vis the arrogant government of the united states at all. >> death to america, death to great britain, death to israel, death to the hypocrites the hypocrites meaning the nek, and finally, death to israel. >> translator: as we have repeated multiple times, with the united states we have no talks vis-a-vis regional issues. >> that speech was made during a ceremony to mark the end of ramadan, as we mentioned, the celebration marking

cnn's robyn kriel is on the fen to update us on the latest information. porter: malaysian airlines saying it is too early to speculate. since march last year there have been several false alarms of people things similar to this nothing quite as obvious as this. but they have been -- there have been several false alarms. families had their hopes up. the head of the australian safety board, telling cnn, they're charged wit lead edd with leading this church. the piece is not inconsistent with the drift modeling the gires and currents not inconsistent with the search area that they're covering. it is possible that a piece could have reached the reunion island where we are right now. it's not an exact science, however. the head of the atsb saying there is a lot to take into consideration -- weather, surface currents wind direction and how high an object was floating will all play a role in where the object wouldened up end up. we need to say one more it is not inconsistent with the drift modeling studies and the search area they have been covering. >> okay. and

robyn kriel, cnn, addis ababa ethiopia. >> vicki: today cubans celebrated the 1953 attack on the moncada attack led by fidel castro started the cuban revolution. cuban president raul castro was at the celebration. but did not speak. this is the first holiday in cuba since re-establishing ties with the u.s. >> reporter: loved ones said goodbye today to one of the service members killed in the chattanooga shooting. the service for marine lance corporal squire "skip" wells was in woodstock, georgia. after the funeral.the 21-year- old was buried with military cemetery in canton. a gunman fatally shot wells and four other service members at two military recruitment centers on july 16th. >> reporter: two mothers in florida are praying for the safe return of their sons their two 14-year-old boys disappeared friday afternoon.after boarding their small fishing boat in jupiter. the coast guard confirms their boat has been found.capsized.off of the florida coast. but there's no sign of the boys. according to the coast guard report.the vessel was headed towards the bahamas. the families are offering

. >> robyn kriel, thank you. this can be viewed more as or less as a mixed bag for the families of the 239 souls on board. will ripley is live in beijing. honestly they say they want 100% certainty, you know before they can really sort of absorb this. how are they handling this information? >> reporter: well brooke sadly, they are going through the same range of emotions they were going through when you and i were talking in the middle of the night in this part of the world a year ago. uncertainty and questions about what happens if this piece of the wing is indeed from flight 370? still, what is the proof for these families that the plane went down and that people didn't somehow survive, that people aren't still out there? it may be difficult for you and me to understand but for a lot of people including the 150 families here in china, they still -- because they haven't seen any substantial proof that the plane crashed, they are still holding on to this shred of hope their loved ones might be alive. and even mor