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Hi everyone. it is 5:00 eastern, 2:00 p.m. pacific. im poppy harlow joining you this afternoon from new york. we begin with a possible breakthrough in the flight for mh-370. the focus right now is on a laboratory in toulouse france. thats where a piece of debris is right now. a police escort for a barnacle-covered wing part that investigators are all but certain comes from a boeing 777, but is that plane mh-370? heres what we know right now. among those analyzing the part experts from boeing and...

Seventies." thats coming up at 9:00 p.m. and an update on the breaking news the new debris that could be found from malaysian airlines flight 370. whats believed to be a shredded suitcase. and what a u.s. intelligence assessment is now saying about the disappearance of the 777. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. its what makes a subaru a subaru. watch as these magnificent creatures take flight, soaring away from hom...

On the one hand you have investigators themselves and judicial officials from france air naught cat judicial officials but you have investigate investigators from malaysia airlines as well. so they have to get on the same page and thats when the analysis starts. the interesting thing we have heard from officials in france is they say they believe once this lad begins its investigation it is will be quick that they will determine whether or not this is part of a boeing 777 and whether or not its ...

Cnn, reunion island. short time ago australias deputy prime minister said it looked very likely the debris found on reunion island maybe from a boeing 777. cnns david molko has been listening to that news conference and is joining us live from hong kong. david, good to have you with us. the deputy prime minister is urging caution. waiting for french investigators to give the final word on the piece of debris but he said the simple fact it washed ashore on reunion island is consistent with rega...

Im standing in front of the d.e.a. the air nautical lab. they are looking at the parts and structure outside parts of the planes and assessing what could have happened to the parts. this lab i am standing in front of which is part of the french defense ministry which was involved in the air france flight which crashed a couple years ago. these are the premier specialists and they will look carefully. as i said the part will most likely arrive on sunday. unclear how long it will take to determine...

For the analysis of plane crashes. what they do here is they have some of the most sophisticated equipment available. they say they will conduct analysis of the metal of that part. of course also to try to find out if it is from a 777 and if it was from that 777 and how long it was in the water. also what might have caused the plane to crash. was it some explosion in the air or was it something that the part broke apart on impact. a lot of things that the investigators here want to find out. the...

>> reporter: hi, john. theres going to be extensive testing. one of the things we do know is even though some malaysian politicians are saying theyre pretty certain this is a piece of a 777, the folks here are going to want forensic proof that is, indeed, the case. not only that, theyre also going to want to prove that it is, indeed, a piece of mh-370 if, indeed, that is what it is. what theyre going to do first of all when the piece of the wreckage arrives is theyre going to look at it very car...

Boeing. he says the debris launched a new round of speculation among his fellow pilots. among the theories a section of the aircraft known as the ee bay may have been breached. whats in the electronics bay? >> this was the brain and heart of an aircraft. in case of a 7 777 all the electronics that control the entire airplane are in that electronic bay. this is the most important part of this aircraft. other than the engines. every pilot that flies a 777, knows how to get down there. >> reporter:...

Faa. >> it does show us that plane went down somewhere in the indian ocean but the indian ocean is a big place and they have been searching a quadrant for the 16 months since the plane went down and they not seen anything so far save maybe this piece assuming it is confirmed. how does finding this one piece put us closer to finding the wreckage? >> one -- youunique thing about the boeing 777 is it has a scope of damage. it has materials from the ocean in different types of biology across the ind...

Based on the serial number that it was from a boeing 777. as you said that would lead to one conclusion its mh370. it may take several days before the police in france are willing to make any statement to identify that piece of wreckage further. >> bill neely, live on the phone with us. thank you for following this story for us. now to nbc news exclusive that reveals more than anything weve seen just how vulnerable we are in in this country. china alone is responsible for hacks to 700 public a...