Of the aircraft upsidedown, deep in the mud. At the bottom of the java sea. Now, the tail as we know contains those two vital black boxes. Which is hoped will hold the answers as to why this aircraft crashed. With 162 passengers and crew on board. Now weve learned from officials they have deployed a sub salvage vehicle. It will retrieve the tail put it on to a ship so that investigators can get to work. Breaking overnight, these are the very first images of what top indonesian search fwishls are saying is the tail section of airasia flight 8501. Airasias ceo tweeting i am led to believe the tail section has been found. If right part of tail section, then black box should be there. Officials say the logo is consistent with the back portion of airasia planes. Even if they are actually inside the tail it would be similar to removing a hard drive from a damaged computer. Something you want to do very carefully and very slowly. This major breakthrough comes as reports raise questions about airasias handling of Weather Information on that fateful day. According to indonesias official weather service, no one from the doomed plane came to pick up potentially crucial Weather Information in person as other airlines did that day. This climate report from the day of the flight sent by the meteorologist, climatology and Geophysics Agency contained a satellite image showing storms in the area wind speeds and a forecast that showed the flight would go through an area with occasional embedded storm clouds up to 48,000 feet. Its the pilots responsibility to make his or herself aware of the conditions and the weather in advance of a flight. Thats what pilots do all the time. Airasias handling of Weather Information is now being investigated by indonesias transportation ministry. Now, all assets in the area have been deployed also to this specific search area where they found the tail. Obviously theyre hoping to find more debris also the bulk of the plane, which they do believe will have the passengers still strapped to their seat amongst the wreckage. Alisyn . Anna coren, thanks so much for the background. We want to bring in david gallo cnn analyst and director of special projects for woods hole oceanographic constitution and david soucie safety analyst and former faa safety inspector, the author of book Malaysian Airline flight 370 why it disappear and why its only a matter of time until it happens again. David soucie we have one of the socalled black boxes, obviously not the one that theyre looking for. But a version of it. Its interesting because ive reported on dozens of plane crashes, but ive never actually seen one of these black boxes before in real life. Its much heavier than i ever imagine with all the equipment inside it. How confident are you that the black boxes in the airasia flight at the bottom of the sea are still in the tail section. The cockpit voice recorder is further forward, it depends where the tail broke off as to whether theyre together or not. Typically like on the 777, the boxes are colocated. In this case one is a little more forward than the other. So depending where it broke off it could be a very very difficult task trying to find both boxes, we have to have both in order to get really good information. David soucie can you explain where the tail section was located . It wasnt in the primary Search Location it was in a secondary Search Location. Yeah david im sorry, david gallo. Yeah it was in the secondary zone in the secondary area, and thats okay. Thats great. But this is a huge step forward in the search. And you know theyve made up a lot of time by finding that tail section first, especially if the black boxes are still there. David soucie how hard is it going to be for them to get the tail section up from the bottom of the java sea. Well that may not be necessary yet. The first thing they want to do is get through it and find out where the black box is. They dont want to disturb too much yet. They need to look for the black boxes, see if theyre open first, secondly then theyll start bringing it up. At this depth. I dont think it will be too big of a task. David gallo will know more about how to do that. Since were not bringing it up from a very very deep area i think it will be less difficult than we thought it might be before. David gallo explain that youve been involved in other crash recoveries how hard of a task . Well the shallow depth certainly will help and it seems like visibility was a lot better than zero and currents not so bad. Theyre already under way. From what i heard, to retrieve the tail section, so theyre moving fairly quickly, that may be good that may be bad, im assuming theyve done their homework as david soucie suggested. So its not routine, its very dangerous, and well see what happens later today. David soucie can you explain why this black box here on our table is so heavy . What is inside this . And what do they do to extract the information from this . Well most of the weight of it is to protect the insides and to protect the electronics that keep and record all the information. So the inside of it theres a very very heavy casing within that theres Silicone Rubber that protects the devices from moving. Inside of that theres foam. The actual piece that the information is stored on is no bigger than an integrated Circuit Board so thats what theyre actually protecting all the weight all other information and components in there are for translating the information so that it can be recorded. Just in 1s and 0s on the inside. So the hard part now is finding out how much damage has occurred to the box. If the underwater locator beacons, which appear not to be working right now. Which unfortunately has become fairly typical in these accidents, that the ulbs dont work. But if its not, that indicates to me theres been a very abrupt and violent upset of the box. So at that point taking it apart is very very, very detailed and you want to be very careful not to put any static electricity in. You have to protect it and keep it in the same environment and the saltwater environment until you have a chance to rinse that out. Its a very tedious process. Last david soucie we understand that the families are being offered by airasia 100,000 to compensate them for the loss. I mean how can you ever put a pricetag obviously on a loved ones life. But is that a customary amount . It is a customary amount to start. It doesnt mean thats all they will receive. But it is customary, its actually a little bit higher than the customary amount thats given up front to the families well have to wait to see what the final settlement amount is. It would be more along the lines of 150,000 if they comply with all the regulations. David soucie david gallo, thanks so much gentlemen, great to get your expertise. Over to chris. We have a threeword story for you, it tells you everything you need to know. Bitter cold everly where. Thats it thats whats going on right now. A deep freeze is affecting 240 million of us. Take a look at the map. It is everywhere wind chills in green bay, chicago, wind chills hovering about 20 below zero. Minneapolis . 30 below zero. So cold roads so treacherous, Public Schools in the midwest are closing. Kansas city minneapolis, chicago, des moines indianapolis omaha, check your local listing in terms of whether or not your school is going to be affected. Lets get to meteorologist jennifer gray. On the ground in chicago. The wind chill i am told makes it feel as bad as 30 below zero which is why for once i am happy i am not you, jennifer. I bet are you happy, and yeah temperatures are expected to actually get colder right now the wind chill, it feels between 10 and 20 degrees below zero. A lot of you may have one of these at home. We bought one, it doesnt do you any good. It only goes down to zero we bought the big daddy. So we could tell you what the temperature is like out here. Im telling you right now where we are, it feels like 10 degrees below zero it is 10 degrees below zero and feels like 14 below. Last check at the airport it was about 2 degrees. You can see the river behind me starting to freeze over. In fact you can see part of it not frozen yet and then the very slick part frozen solid. So it will probably continue to freeze throughout the day. Because guess what this is not the worst of it temperatures are actually going to be even colder tomorrow. You can see the flags blowing in the wind. The wind chill is what is so brutal. This is a dangerous cold. You can get frostbite within minutes. And if you dont dress warm enough you can develop hypothermia. Schools are closed all across the midwest. The other concern, today here in chicago, will be Public Transportation because those rail lines have trouble operating when it is so cold. So do expect delays today. But chris, it is going to be cold. Lets look at the weather map. Highs today are only going to get up into the single digits. Were expecting temperatures 1 degree below zero today in chicago. You have to get as far south as dallas to get above freezing. Back to you. Did you a very good job with ice mouth first of all. Continuing to talk. Despite i stink at that and i like the new cnn gear with the hat, the earmuffs and hat in one. I know im going to be wearing it at some point. Im liking the pompom. If youre going to be freezing you might as well look good. Thanks jennifer. Hate when your lips freeze you cant talk. Nose too far from my face needs a lot of blood. Meanwhile, the 114th Congress Officially in session with the gop now controlling the house and the Senate President obama insists hes looking forward to an exchange of ideas, when he meets with the new Republican Leadership at the white house next week. But hes already vowing to veto the first bill that theyre expected to send him. A measure greenlighting construction of the keystone oil pipeline. Lets bring in washington correspondent joe johns live from the white house, whats the latest . Good morning, alisyn. It really is a sign of things to come here in washington. The white house essentially welcoming the start of the new Republicancontrolled Congress by issuing a veto threat. White House Press Secretary josh earnest saying the president would not sign the keystone excel bill if it reaches his desk. Now whats going on on capitol hill . It is pretty clear republicans with the help of some democrats do have enough votes to pass this bill. The question is whether they will be able to muster enough votes to override a president ial veto if it comes to that. The administration has said it wants to complete a review of this project. But the review has been going on for six years. As you know environmentalists are opposed to the keystone project. This bill came up last year at the very end of the United States congress. And was not able to pass. So a sign of things to come alisyn. All right, joe, nice to see you. Lets get a look at other headlines that were following. Were beginning with breaking news there are reports of a deadly shooting at the office of the french satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo reuters is reporting that multiple people have been killed. It was burned several years ago, in response to scenes of a comic depicting the prophet mohammed. The fbi is taking over the investigation of a deadly shooting at a va clinic in el paso texas. A gunman shot and killed a doctor tuesday and died after turning the gun on himself. Authorities are not releasing the identity of the shooter or at this point a possible motive. That clinic will be closed today. As investigators debrief staff and patients. The pentagon says its gaining ground in the battle against isis but still a long way to go. Officials say Coalition Airstrikes have slowed the terror groups momentum. Some tribes have turned against the group. But extremist manpower remains largely intact. Most of the battlefield losses are midlevel operatives. Disgraced former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell says hes sorry, but plans to appeal his prison sentence for corruption. Mcdonnell was convicted of trading access to the Governors Office in exchange for 165,000 in gifts and loans. Mcdonnells wife maureen, who was convicted along with him, will be sentenced next month. And a final farewell to a threeterm new york governor mario cuomo, remembered as a crusader for the little guy, a powerful orator and a friend by someone who knew him best one of his sons and our current new york governor andrew cuomo. Take a listen. At his core at his best he was a philosopher. And he was a poet. And he was an advocate and he was a crusader. Mario cuomo was the keynote speaker for our better angels. The elder cuomo died thursday a hours after his son was inaugurated for a second term. It was a beautiful moving moving tribute to your father chris. It was very nice of you guys to be there, thank you for that. I of course had exclusive access to the funeral yesterday. Which i wish i hadnt. But were all going to go through it were going to lose our parents and its a terrible thing. But it made it so much easier on my mom and on the family you guys have been so amazing how youve reached out. People came here locally waited in the cold. My tv family was amazing to me all the people you dont get to see who matter the most. Who make the show possible came out and thats all that matters in a time like that. We knew who pop was, its nice to see a new generation of people kind of being introduced to him and i have in typical male especially cuomo male fashion, not dealt with the situation of losing pop just by allowing the process to kind of dominate. I dont know what it will mean to me my father was such a big part of my life. He was such i never had to look outside my family for a male role model. You know i had my pop, i had my big brother, really did us proud yesterday. That was a hard thing to do. He was talking about somebody who means everything to him. And i think acquitted himself very well. Pop would have been proud. When it does hit you, lean on us were all here for you. Im sure ill be a mess but im surrounded by people who love me. So is my mother and she is the strength in the family now. So thank you very much for how you reached out to me. You have such a beautiful family. Its been great to get to know your father through this process and your whole family your mother is a doll your sisters, your wife dozens of nieces. Mom is the best. The only thing that was untrue yesterday by the way, back to being a journalist i did not name mario, my son, after my father to curry favor it is the italian tradition. You get to say it. If are you able to have a boy, youre supposed to name him after the father of the mans parents and then the mothers parents. Thats how it works. Back to what you do best breaking news we have some right now for all of you, theres been more on that gunfire erupting at the office of the french satirical magazine we just told but. You might remember this was the target of an attack several years ago in response to the cartoons of the prophet mohammed. For more on the breaking news and whats going on we go live to paris. What do we know jim . Basically this is the third attack on this magazine over the last ten years. And were not sure on the details. Whats apparently happened is that this morning two gunmen masked and wearing black, broke in to the headquarters of the newspaper located near the bastile district in paris and started firing with automatic weapons. The firing went on for about five minutes. We dont have confirmation of this. But according to a police Union Spokesman, there may be as many as ten people who are dead. We dont have any confirmation of this. But the police Union Spokesman said it was a real butchery in fact the shooting went on for a long time. Some of the employees and some of the editors of the newspaper went to the roof to find sanctuary there. And the shooting went on like i say for about four or five minutes. Prosecutors, the paris prosecutor is on his way to the scene now. As is the interior minister. So i think its a fairly serious situation. We should have more in coming hours, alisyn . Were there threats against this magazine this time around . Well there have been for some time. This newspaper is known for its very daring kind of satiric humor and theyve had all kinds of covers that have been very controversial. Its antireligion of every sort. Theyve made fun of catholics and jews but also most notably, islam. And published several photos of mohammed or drawings of mohammed and that over the yoorsears has gotten them into trouble, including a firebomb attack in 2011. Police surveillance had been tight around the newspaper until recently. But a journalist said this morning that some of the Police Surveillance had been withdrawn in the last few weeks. So its not clear that there were enough there were any policemen around when the attack happened this morning. Its also important in understanding why this may have happened. The evolving situation, you have in france with islam, especially the extremist factions of the community. Not just in the country, but specifically in paris, north paris, and any connection so far to that . Well no connections so far. But the fact is yes, i mean in fact about 10 of the population in france is is of the muslim religion and theres been a problem over the last year or so thats been noted by authorities here about young muslims being drawn in to the conflict in the middle east and being radicalized. We saw video just fairly recently a couple of weeks ago, that showed some of the young muslims from france who were involved in the beheadings that were taking place in the isis areas of iraq. So its something that authorities have been quite concerned about. And it should be said too, that theyre quite concerned that some of those folks who had been trained up in the middle east might come back to france and perpetrate attacks here. We dont have anything to connect this mornings action with that but thats the kind of thing that authorities have been worried about. Jim, we know you dont have confirmation yet of how many people were killed inside. You know how many people were at work there today . Well it was a normal working day. Its a weekly newspaper, they were apparently in the middle of their editorial meeting this morning, conversing with the various editors and cartoonists involved at the