fort worth could be dispatched to the search area as soon as today. let s get the late frebt cnn s david molko in surabaya in indonesia, who joins us live. good morning, david. hi john let s get straight to some news straight from the search zone where we re hearing from search and rescue officials they have now recovered nine bodies at this point. so despite the weather and rough conditions we re hearing 10 to 12-foot waves out in the search zone in the java sea, that s hundreds of miles northwest from where i m standing here in surabaya, despite that they are still pulling human remains and airplane debris from the water. here in surabaya the crisis center and police hospital a sobering moment a few hours ago as the first victim from that plane crash was officially identified. her name is hayadi hamid. we saw her casket coming off the military plane here on wednesday
fighting severe weather and huge waves, but still scrambling to find more victims and the fuselage of airasia flight 8501. officials say it could still take a week or more to locate and recover the plane s flight data and voice recorders. and cnn has learned the uss fort worth could be dispatched to the search area today. david molko is tracking latest developments for us from surabaya surabaya indonesia and joins us by phone. hi john. a difficult day here in surabaya night has just fallen. we ve gone through an hour-long torrential rain storm here and just before that the first victim from the airasia flight was formally identified number one, she was the casket brought off the plane on wednesday, we saw five others over the past couple days. 16 total coming here to surabaya the passenger is hayati hamid.
including how huge national story on the closing weeks of last year the issue of alleged overreach from the police and the racial protests happening across the country and the dialogue that came from all that. where is this taking us? could the outrage change the country? plus a crisis on another continent we had to deal with remember the ebola situation? what did we learn from it in the u.s. and what can we do about it going forward? particularly with science. all of those stories and more ahead. first let s check your latest headlines over at the news desk. good morning, everyone happy new year i m john berman about one minute until the hour right now. search teams are once again racing to find victims in the fuselage of airasia flight 8501 despite heavy rain and four-foot waves in the java sea. officials say it could take a week or more before the plane s black boxes are found. cnn has learned that the uss
we are almost done but we have just enough time for our traditional final question for our guest. for all we ve been through in the past 12 months what would you wish for america in the coming year? oh god, my wish for 2015 is peace. and my own show on cnn. i hope all these countries can just stop protesting and rioting and just live and love each other and life is so short. and my other dream is to play first base of the cleveland indians. my hope for 2015 is that the news becomes a little bit easier to follow. because it s gotten more peaceful. that s probably not going to happen. but we could hope. it s been a rough year we need a
and cnn, i m tom foreman, wishing you all of the best and none of the worst in 2015. we have breaking news malaysia airlines confirms it has lost contact with a plane carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members. good morning, vietnam! this is the tail section of mh-17. the first confirmed case of ebola in the united states. tonight i d like to talk with you about immigration. a cease-fire between israel and hamas is history. airstrikes are authorized. republicans grabbing control of congress. the vast majority of our players are great men. teargas just dropped right near us it s going to get very bad if we don t have masks. we are being tested in