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Vanished more that two weeks ago now after going for a jog. also this the korean war returned to the u.s. by north korea are consistent with being americans earlier we spoke to the d.n.a. operator for the department of defense who explained the identification process. >> depending on the test we will get a match to if its a lineage marker we call it mighmitochondrial d.n.a. then we can go to a more definitive test genome testing and segregate that into an individual person. abby: scientists say ...

War. i spoke exclusively with dr. john bernard. he is the chief scientist with a defense department prisoner of war and missing in action accounting agency, which is handling the identification process. so, first on the scene, hours ago, new information, the new artifacts, and you got them laid out behind you, because we thought there was only one set of dog tags that came back with 55 remains. but there was more. what else is there? >> this was material that is typical of what we find on battle...

Three quarters of the missing from the korean war. and we can do comparisons with the chest bones to these induction chest x-rays. do identifications that way as well. when you think of the identification process, you have to think of it as being multifaceted. one of the biggest problems is simply separating out individuals that are comingled with one another. another big problem -- >> harris: when you say 55 boxes of remains, you are saying, they might not even all be separate. i cant even imag...

Henry zimmerly whose plane went down in 1952 over north korea and has been missing ever since. >> we want to see some results. we want the remains to be identified. im sorry. we want our family members to come home. >> the remains are set to be transferred next wednesday to hawaii for what could be a lengthy final identification process. among those set to attend, vice president pence. his father also served in the korean war. chris. >> chris: greg, thank you. president trump will posthumously a...

Interviews that are being done -- the people have been traumatized by this chaotic and dangerous situation. you will have a surge of officers that are conducting the interviews, gathering information, determine who saw what, did they recognize who this person was. that will help in the identification process. >> shimon is on the scene. you are getting more information. what are you learning? >> you know, the county executive on air here, i was talking to him over on the side here. there is no mo...

>> based on how the sketch turned out, based on what the artist conjured, have you seen names of who that person might be? >> we have made progress relating to that identification process, and were hopeful -- at this point, ill tell you this. we may not need to release the sketch. >> so you think that the process of stormy daniels describing the person, of the drawing being made was sufficient to match up with some sort of lineup or some sort of image? you believe you know who the person was who...

>> a creative delay? an artists delay? >> its not a creative delay. its ready to go. we were asked this morning to delay the release of the sketch. we were prepared to release it. >> for law enforcement purposes? >> im not at liberty to discuss who asked us to delay it, but we were asked to delay it this morning, and thats what were going to do right now. >> based on how the sketch turned out, based on what the artist conjured, have you seen names of who that person might be? >> we have made pro...

She has the world record for the most identifications from sketches. shes incredibly talented. she sat down with her for the extended period of time. an accurate sketch has been compiled. >> a creative delay? an artists delay? >> its not a creative delay. its ready to go. we were asked this morning to delay the release of the sketch. we were prepared to release it. >> for law enforcement purposes? >> im not at liberty to discuss who asked us to delay it, but we were asked to delay it this mornin...

Things. julie: steve now live from miami with more and this is just a tragic story because there were people who are still missing, loved ones calling around to hospital to hospital and unfortunately fearing for the worst. >> julie, youre right, there is agony for those families who are still waiting to find out if their loved ones are dead or alive or still underneath the bridge and, of course, the identification process is enormously difficult when you two millions pounds of concrete crushed o...

Years. at last count there was some 49 weapons but some of the best evidence could come from his girlfriend as we speak is coming back to the country. >> what do we know about her. >> initially after the attack she was named as a person of interest. then the authorities said she went. tonight we learned she still is. however she was not in the country at the time of the attack. she was in the philippines which raises other questions because we know the shooter sent at $1.100000 to the philippine...