the latest on the breaking news. a team of malaysian investigators heading to the remote reunion island until the western indian ocean where a piece of airline debris has been found possibly from malaysian flight mh370. it appears to be part of a wing from the triple seven, the same type of plane as the mh370. it disappeared in march of last year on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. . his death had long been rumored. now the afghan government says the reclusive founder of the taliban is dead. mullah omar died two years ago from an unknown illness. two weeks ago the taliban released a statement attributed to omar. the terror group claimed he was
accounted for. really, this is easy math. if this debris is from a 777, then it is from malaysian airlines 370. right now, the piece is being taken to france. investigators are on the way to the recovery site, reunion island and also on their way to france. whatever that piece is, it washed up on an island beach in the indian ocean thousands of miles from where flight 370 took off in march of last year. robin is on reunion island where it s after 8:00 p.m. first of all, who found the piece and what was the reaction there that the news spread it could be such an important piece of this bigamistry? reporter: well, someone cleaning the beach. this island in the western part of the indian ocean is a very clean island, beaches are pristine.
thank you so much for that. anxious family members of the 239 people on board the flight holding their breath this morning that the debris holds concrete answers about the fate of their loved ones. will win is ripley is there with more on this story. reporter: families are saying the urgent need right now is information. information they are not getting from malaysian airlines or the chinese government. the hotline is shut down and the information center has been closed for more than a year. they are having to watch television and scan the internet for updadstes on their loved ones. they say it is anguish and heartbreaking and angering for them. it s brought many back to when the plane disappeared in march of last year. i want to read you a quote from a group of chinese families who came together and have been communicating on social media saying no matter where the debris is found. we care more about the
scrambling to try to figure out how this could have happened. our chief national correspondent is covering the story for us jim, first of all, what s the timeline for how this was reported? remarkably long timeline wolf. that s one of the issues here. the first shipments went out in march of last year. over the course of 14 months, you have them moving around to places they shouldn t have because they were meant to be neutralized samples of anthrax, at least some of them turned out to be live. and there are still questions now about the most recent timeline as to when people were exposed and when they started treatment. you now have 26 people who are taking treatment, four here in the u.s. 22 in south korea. and it s still an open question as to whether, when that treatment started. it s our understanding that it was may 27th that s five days after on may 22nd that it was discovered that at least one of these samples was live. that s a five-day period for a
number. 49 guns confiscated compared to nine a year ago. drug arrests 200, up five times. sex offenses double. investigators still searching social media. we have not been able to identify the suspect. the chaos and crime spiking at the end of the march when police find seven people shot a number of them college students on spring break. sparky sparkman s beach sidebar depends on thousands. spring break is big business in the area. in march of last year visitors spent upwards $100 million. investigators say gang rape happened near sparkman s restaurant. i m trying to protect panama city beach s reputation whatever that takes, okay? i do benefit economically from spring break, but we cannot tolerate this kind of business. late in the season lawmakers passed ordinances aimed at curbing the partying.