controversial moments happened not on his show but on cnn s crossfire back in 2004. it s funny. i made a special effort to come on the show today because i have privately amongst my friends and also in occasional newspapers and television shows mentioned this show as being bad. [ laughter ] i felt that that wasn t fair and i should come here and tell you that i don t it s not so much that it s bad as it s hurting america. reporter: a few months later cnn canceled crossfire and the network s president at the time said he agreed with stewart s overall premise. during the 2008 financial crisis stewart invited cnbc s jim cramer on the show and did not mince words. it feels like we are capitalizing your adventure. by our pension and our hard earned and that it is a game that you know that you know is going on, but that you go on television as a financial
now, we begin this hour with mixed conclusions surrounding a piece of airplane debris found on reunion island. malaysia s prime minister confirms the part of a wing known as a flaperon is from missing flight mh370. that was sent to france for testing. but a french investigator is much more cautious suggesting the piece is very likely from mh370. he says further analysis will start thursday to prove it conclusively. more now on this developing story from cnn s rene marsh. the aircraft debris found on reunion island is indeed from mh370. reporter: malaysia s prime minister for the first time uttered words families of the 239 people on board mh370 have waited 515 days to hear. we now have physical evidence that as i announced on 24th
just yet. we know that tests will continue thursday. rene marsh, cnn, washington. our cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo joins us now from charleston via webcam to talk about this. mary thanks for your time. a short while back deputy prime minister warren truss of australia mentioned a series of letters and numbers that were seen visible on this flaperon. how much potential information will investigators found once they pull all of it apart? well it depends how many of the serial and part numbers survived. now, they had a part number on the end of it which identified it as a flaperon for a 777. however, there are part numbers unique to every part manufactured and part of the regulatory plan in the united states where the plane was assembled is that each part is unique so you can track it. so this part would be unique to this aircraft and this aircraft s part numbers would be unique to the one that belonged to malaysia 370. and that though only gets
painful episode as you can imagine. yeah it certainly is true anna coren live in hong kong with the perspective from victims relatives, thanks. after this difficult time for families cnn s richard quest takes a closer look at the clues investigators have been searching for and what the further testing on the debris will focus on. reporter: i understand that there are some distinctive parts, there are only distinctive paints and markings within it all of which have led to conclude pretty much conclusively that this is actually from mh370. as for why the prosecutor was more circumspecht they are going to be testing the barnacles and the stresses and seeing exactly what the
the officials read them. why not will you give us the documents that exist that are so important. we don t have the documents to give to you. i didn t see the final documents. i saw the provisional documents. reporter: but for the president, however, the choice is clear. let s not mince words. the choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy or some form of war. maybe not tomorrow maybe not three months from now, but soon. that was cnn chief u.s. security correspondent jim chute sciutto reporting. the top ten u.s. presidential candidates are getting ready for the first debate on third night.