Morning. Good morning, america. Happy friday. Got to take another look at that video right there. This whole town comes together. Look at all those musicians out there all to get the foo fighters to their town. Well tell you if it worked in a little while. The foo fighters ha heard. They practiced for a year for this. Come on, foo fighters. Come on. Well have much more on that in just a bit. First we have new developments this morning in that missing plane mystery. The wing that washed ashore now being moved for forensic investigation and its offering new clues about what might have happened. To that doomed plane. Was someone trying to land it . Might be getting close to unraveling that mystery. The extreme weather. Heat and misery from coast to coast and ginger starts us off. The hottest and driest day theyve had this week in the Pacific Northwest. There are heat advisories, even excessive heat warnings for portland, oregon and fire watches from montana to northern california. We coul
They have confirmed that the plane fragments could only have come from a boeing triple 7. New this morning, a beach cleaner on reunion island has found an empty plastic bottle of indonesian made detergent washed up near wherethe beach this morning. Reporter the eyes of the aviation world are focused on this debris, which theyre not convinced is the flap of an aircraft wing, and which craft is not sure. But it proves its from a boeing triple 7 and only one of those is missing malaysia 370. They are examining the damage and the encrusted shells on the piece. It was dragged from the waves by beach clean up team. Its the first real evidence that there is a possibility that a part of the aircraft may have been found. Reporter investigators are also looking at what this man found. The remains of a suitcase nearby on the beach at the same time. Origin unknown. For the families of the 239 on board who have endured 16 months of agony, the debris find brings more pain. And sarahs partner was the
Oh my god both managers now facing charges. And we have a winner. The Olympic Committee announces where the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held. Beijing. How do you top this . The choice making olympic history this friday, july 31st 2015. Announcer this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today. Matt has the morning off and we locked him in his office so natalie and i could host the show together. We have tons of country fans. How much did you love the country fans. They said hello miss morales. They are so polite. Beijing is the big choice for 2022. I informed you that you and i will be 50 in the year 2022. Im so happy for the city. They know how to do the olympics. They did an incredible job. The first time and the first country to get the summer and Winter Olympics. I dont know how they top it but they have seven years to try. Lets get to breaking news and its tied to the controversial killing of cecil the
2015. This is the cbs morning news for friday, july 31st, 2015. Good morning, and thanks for joining us. Im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. The chunk of the airplane wing thought be from flight 370 is headed to france this morning. Experts there will determine if the debris that washed up from the indian ocean is the missing piece of the boeing 777. There was also a suitcase disloving. Hena daniels has more. Good morning, alison. This discovery that washed up off the beach gives hope to family members. The analysis marks the beginning of a full examination to see if its the part that came from ma labor shah flight 370. The sixfootlong flaperon that washed up. Experts will there be taking a closer look at barnacles covering it. Theyll be looking at other markings on the debris. Theyll be looking at the deformation of any of the metal, theyll look to see if it was torn, char marks on it to indicate fire. So far investigators are confident the piece did come from a 777 boeing jet.
Just madly out of control. Reporter we got half a tank. Reporter jim came back to his house after he thought it was safe. As we drove back, the flames were still, um, spotty here and there. Within an hour or two after i got to the house i realized i shouldnt be here. Reporter firefighters from all over the bay area and Southern California in the air and engines and on foot furiously fighting the flames but Mother Nature fought back. This fouryear drought dry vegetation made for some serious spotting across the lines. Reporter despite firefighters best efforts, the wind picked back upbringing new life to the fire. Under the scorching sun triple digit heat, new flames ripped through hundreds of more acres. I have never seen flames so tall. 200300 feet. Reporter lake county with dry brush and rugged terrain makes it one of the worst landscapes for firefighters. Theres nothing stopping it. Its very rugged territory and impossible to be put it out. Reporter so far jims home is safe. Everyth