Malaysias Prime Minister says its very likely this debris is from the same model as flight 370. And police are urging island locals to scour the shoreline for more debris. Tell us more. Reporter carol, Police Helicopters have been flying up and down the shoreline. Locals have been encouraged by police to search for more debris possibly belonging to boeing triple 7, possibly the missing mh370, missing for 500 days. 239 people on board, which means 239 families waiting in very very tough circumstances over the last few months. Indeed they may have to wait just a little bit longer because no one is confirming this is the downed plane. We have been here on reunion island talking to locals. Heres what they had to say. A possibly crucial clue and major lead in the 17 month old mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines flight mh370. This is obviously is significant development. Its the first real evidence theres a possibility that a part of the aircraft may have been found. Reporter a piece of deb
Some of them they are not ready to fly out here to reunion just yet. They have had their hopes dashed so many times, but one Family Member says if this does turn out to be a piece of mh370, they finally have a tangible piece of evidence that their loved ones are, indeed presumed dead. Ill take it robin. Great to have you on reunion island. The discovery of the debris comes after 16 months of nonstop search efforts for the missing airliner largely focused here off the western coast of australia. So how could debris wash from here thousands of miles away all the way here to reunion island . We are joined now from kuala lumpur on this exhaustive search. All the efforts since the plane vanished 500 days ago. Andrew . Reporter well, it is an extraordinary trip for the searchers and the countries involved. Now 16 months old, finally getting to the point where we can actually say that the plane did crash because there have been so many theories surrounding this flight. Lets take the headlines
States, to important donors or bundlers the rich guys who know other rich people who raise millions and millions needed to run a president ial campaign. Theyve been collecting that data going over it to see whether or not what he says antidotedly with people encouraging him to run is reality out there. The other side is the human aspect. The fire in the belly. Does he really want to run . We know he wants to be president. Hes made that very clear. He thinks he would be a good president. Does he want to go through the whole campaign and everything the gruelling aspects of it and what approximate puts him through and his family through. Thats whats being weighed and what he decided very few people close to romney know what hes going to say and we will hear about it probably shortly after he tells them on this call. All right. Dana bash thank you so much. I appreciate it. If romney throws his hat into the 2016 ring hes facing a long list of possible gop contenders. A lot of gop chatter is
Meanwhile, Carly Fiorina is scoring huge points for the performance in the happy hour debate. Who won and who lost the raucous debate . Lets start our debate coverage this morning with cnn political reporter live in cleveland. Sara good morning. Reporter good morning. We didnt have to worry about there not being fireworks on stage. If you wanted them you got them as all of the candidates tried to break out of the gop pack. Right out of the gate Donald Trumps presence made this a very different Republican Debate. A question about a pledge not to run as an independent. Raise your hand now if you wont make that pledge tonight. Mr. Trump. I cannot say i have to respect the person that if it is not me the person that wins if i do win and im leading by a bit, thats what i want to do. I can totally make that pledge. If im the nominee, i will pledge i will not run as an independent. Reporter as the gop crowd boo, rand pauls status tumbled. This is whats wrong. He buys and sells politicians of
Were hearing that the twotime president ial hopeful has been holding some meetings while vacationing in South Carolina. Lets go to michelle kosinski, our senior white house correspondent. I guess if youre the Vice President and looking at these poll numbers, maybe youre thinking, possibly, possibly. What are we hearing from the Vice President . Reporter absolutely. You have to know hes been thinking about this for a long time and his son beau who just died in may urged him to take this chance and run with it. But then the timing was so terrible personally for him. So you know hes been thinking about it but now we are getting word that hes been reaching out while on vacation this week to a few close friends, advisers, politicos, trying to get a better lay of the land as to what it would look like if he did make that decision to run now. No one really knows and over the last several weeks people that weve talked to have said they dont know. These are people close to him that say he reall