there are people in the southwest that i want to talk ability. mesa arizona, i know it s 3:00 in the morning, but you are still 102 degrees. by later on this afternoon, 112. if you think 94 is hot, it is but it s hotter in phoenix. back to you. good perspective. thanks for showing us that hot map. meanwhile, investigators begin analyzing the debris that washed up last week why we believe it to be from mh 370. sources from ntsb and boeing will be at the meeting. cnn learning there is a second identifying number on the debris a part number that ties the debris to a boeing 777. the sentencing of aurora movie theater shooter, james holmes is entering the third and find phase today. it is expected to be emotional. families will give statements. jurors rejected an appeal for leniency.
joining us now is john ransom, former commercial pilot and anthony roman, former commercial pilot and avian expert. and also with us ian mcdonald president of oceanography at florida state university will be joining us by phone. anthony roman, what s your reading on the latest news? i think this is a remarkable development, lawrence and the first real break i think we have had in the investigation concerning this mysterious disappearance. the ocean currents and the wind drift are consistent with this kind of drift pattern. and if this aircraft broke apart during its descent and it could very well have broken apart during its descent, an uncontrolled descent, an excessive speed descent, the upper winds are up to 150 to 200 miles per hour and can carry aero dynamic debris a very long way. that and in addition to the wind
so i think angus houston is right on when he says we want to go back out and listen some more before we put all kinds of stuff in the ocean which would make it impossible to listen. maybe those batteries can hang on for just another day or two. but again, remind us, i keep going back to airfrance flight 447, because we know they never had the pings, right? this was two years later. they had the debris a couple days out. it was two years after that plane went down that they found some of the wreckage, some days later. they found the black boxes because of science improving. and looking at more of the data over those two years. and finally, sending the submersibles down. but remind us how they found the wreckage, once again? well, because airfrance had those, what they call system status update messaging. what the plane did itself, it was wonderful, within hours of the plane going down, we had these printouts from the plane, and the plane itself told airfrance, told back at their bas
chain. i think the world health organization and the u.n. authorities need to be involved in monitoring what s going on here. okay. michael friedlander, thank you very much for putting this into perspective. on a happy note we like happy notes a dog and her owner have been reunited more than three weeks after the earthquake and tsunami. the two were separated when the disaster hit. the dog was spotted over the weekend floating on top of debris a mile out into the ocean. the owner recognized her dog from the video. more deadly protests in afghanistan. [ gunshots ] anger over the burning of a koran in the united states. a live report from the pentagon straight ahead. o mr. gecko!
to this island. joining us now is john ransom, former commercial pilot and anthony row iman, former commercial pilot and avian expert. and also with us ian mcdonald president of oceanography at florida state university will be joining us by phone. anthony roman, what s your reading on the latest news? i think this is a remarkable development, lawrence and the first real break i think we have had in the investigation concerning this mysterious disappearance. the ocean currents and the wind drift are consistent with this kind of drift pattern. and if this aircraft broke apart during its descent and it could very well have broken apart during its descent, an uncontrolled descent, an excessive speed descent, the upper winds are up to 150 to 200 miles per hour and can carry aero dynamic debris a very long