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tell us more about the cause have not been found yet but bad weather does appear to be partly to blame for the crash. reporter: the search for bodies was overshadowed today by the discovery of four large pieces of wreckage. officials said they were sure the pieces were from the plane. the survey vessel measured one object as being about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide. depending on what they are, it could be the first breakthrough in the hunt for the vital black boxes. in shallow water like the java sea, detection signals emitted by the boxes can be hard to find, according to air safety investigators. the single from the pinger, which is only this size. reporter: having a lot of ships in the area is not necessarily useful to you. exactly exactly. in some cases it s also even disturbing. so that s why they are dispatching very carefully who is eligible to go to the site, who is not. reporter: among those eligible are two american navy ships. the uss sampson is ....
blacktop there. that s not something we saw all morning yesterday. that being said expect to see icy conditions out there. but don t be surprised if your on and off-ramps could be slippery. some of your side streets, just keep that in mind. 422 looking great. all the lines of green indicate no delays at all on 422. right now your drive times look really good as you can see between route 29 and 76 that s an eight-minute trip. we continue to follow this breaking news this morning. two people were stabbed outside of a bar in philadelphia overnight. one of those people is now dead. this is happening in the city s west oak lawn neighborhood. matt delucia has been on the scene there just since before 4:00 a.m. this morning. matt, what do you know at this point? reporter: well, chris, i ve been talking to police out here this morning and they are fairly confident that they have a good amount of evidence to work with out here. i m going to get out of the way and you can see ....
computer challengers in japanese chess game known as shogi. ministers from asia and africa are gathering together to discuss how to stengthens ties. the asian-african summit marks the 60th anniversary of the historic meeting called the bandung conference. the participants includes the vice minister of foreign affairs. and his counter parts are looking to promote closer ties between asia and africa. they are helping to set the tone for a meeting that begin wednesday between the leaders of more than 80 countries. those attending will include japan s prime minister shinzo abe. the leaders are expected to adopt a statement calling for economic cooperation including increased trade and investment. they are also likely to call for closer coordination on issues ranging from terrorism to poverty and economic disparities. the bandung conference in 1955 brought together leaders of independent asian and african countries. they showed their opposition to before china s president ....
nigeria during a suicide bombing and rocket attacks. plus. i have no concerns about that and i have especially no concerns about my person. sepp blatter defiant as the corruption scandal engulfing f.i.f.a. rumbles on. and i have all the sport, including we ll find out from africa why f.i.f.a. s president is so popular across the continent. details later in the programme. hello, there a warm welcome to this hour of news. a massive rescue operation has taken place in italy during one of the busiest periods for migrant traffic this year. more than 4,200 people have been saved in the mediterranean in just the last 24 hours. they were pulled from a number of boats from rescue teams from italy, ireland and germany, the latest development in a growing crisis. since january, 1,800 people have died or gone missing, making the perilous journey. reporter: in the middle of the mediterranean sea, this was a scramble to stay afloat. a desperate scene repeated many times ove ....
good evening. and we begin with that developing story tonight, the pentagon acknowledging a major mistake. sending live anthrax from a facility in utah. they sent samples to nine states one even sent overseas to south korea. they thought that the samples, the spores were dead but tonight, one of those samples was, in fact live anthrax. and now the urgent effort to test the others. the pentagon saying there is no risk to the general public. dr. besser is standing by. but we begin with abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. reporter: tonight, the centers for disease control racing to make sure no one has been contaminated by deadly anthrax accidentally shipped from a military weapons facility. and the centers for disease control is on the ground in utah working to find out how and why the pentagon shipped commercially live anthrax spores, from a facility in utah to labs in nine states and another in south korea. so far, health officials say the risk for expos ....