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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 it's 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 it could take years to identify the remains in the 55 cases. and there's this. rosie o'donnell is t...

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 battlefield sites in both north and south korea. we've worked there in the past. these are military issue ...

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 can't even imagine the emotional toll, too. you are a part of american history and a journey of closure for so man...

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. i'm 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 award the medal of honor to the family of a fallen u.s. air force special tactics combat controller ...

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 motive yet. they don't know exactly, according to him, the police here, don't know exactly what the mo...