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A lot fresher than it really is. not so long ago this kind of fraud would have been time consuming to detect but now with the d.n.a. fingerprint detecting adulterated food can take just a few seconds. that's our goal we want to implement a system across europe and establish a large database with many authentic food samples and genetic fingerprints that will make it easier to detect food fraud on the global market. until now the food counterfeiters have always been a step ahead but thanks to the new databases that could soon change. the d.n.a. database for food stamps to uncover the fraud commi...

Ancestry.com and it's both good and bad news. many unsolved crimes are solved because of the science. you might not have directly contributed to the dna data base but if a relative of yours has, you too can be found and it takes just a small amount of contributors to map that entire population. my next guest has worked for the pbs documentary series "finding your roots" on which celebrities known their preev yviously unkn heritage. and having already contributed to 25 successful identificationess including snohomish, washington. i know it's not yet gone to

That. how does it work now legally in order for law enforcement to do this? >> what happens is right now you can get 60% of the united states we don't need their dna to do a track back. a lot is uploaded to an open source dna database and people agree. >> eric: explain what that is a trackback? explain that, please. >> there is an open source dna database where a lot of dna people are voluntarily committing their own dna samples. >> eric: where is that? >> just spaced out the name for a second. it is called something dna. i was on it this morning. it is an open source dna and how the golden st...

This is from a misdemeanor case, but they would have been in law enforcement r0rds. in addition to that, since he was convicted of charges, his dna would have been put into the florida department of law enforcement's dna database. and according to the criminal complaint, that was also helpful. that's also what the fbi director said. here you had actual physical evidence that drew them directly to this person that you're looking at onscreen right now. in addition to that, they were able to look at his social media postings. >> they're unbelievable. >> the misspellings -- well, we could talk abo...

With an online dna database. if you use one of those websites could your dna become part of a criminal case? "happening now" top of the hour. >> bill: a state of emergency in arizona. a fire started last week forcing hundreds from their homes. adam housley watching the story. how are they doing on the fire, adam? good morning. >> they're hoping for better weather today. right now it has been a tough fight so far. one of the first tough ones of the season in arizona. newest numbers came in shortly ago. right now for the tinder fire as it's called in the northern part of arizona 11,420 acres hav...