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Strike definitively. the conclusion of the identification process just happened this week. obviously, as josh earnest pointed out, this is a remote place without a lot of access for us. and i was told that the concern at the white house is about that this is a colossal tragedy. what we heard from josh earnest today i think goes beyond that brianna. what he said is that this does raise questions about whether changes need to be made to these protocols. i was told that this was "done by the book." what earnest seemed to be saying and i think reflecting the president is well if it was done by the...

Family members telling you about how they want their loved ones honored and remembered? >> reporter: well there is talk of course of putting a memorial stone closer to the crash site. now that rescue teams managed to drive a dirt path right up to the ravine where the plane crashed perhaps we're going to see that in the next few weeks as the ban on access to that site is lifted. the other thing, of course, in the short-term that the families will get maybe a little comfort from in the course of this week is that the identification process of the remains is going to start and that again, news th...

>> as we talked about all week the crash site is about five miles from where i am at the recovery staging area. all yesterday and again today, the sun just came up and recovery efforts are just beginning this morning. debris is coming back. forensic teams that are on site -- i don't know if you can see, there are big blue vans behind me. as the debris comes off, they are sifting through it. the other thing is that family members are here. the identification process has started. investigators are asking those family members for dna so that their family members can be identified. >> molly, you m...

As to how the plane was being flown in the moments before the crash. they are looking for human remains. remains being air lifted out of the crash site for the all important identification process. the dna analysis expected to take weeks. investigators saying they will not return the bodies to the families until the dna analysis is complete. a long wait for the families. meanwhile, we are hearing from the prosecutor in marseille. he is responsible for the investigation into the actions of 27-year-old andreas lubitz the co- pilot. he says that the authorities will be obtaining documents seized ...

Done. that plane was obliterated when it crashed into the mountain side. the wreckage strewn over a wide area over difficult and icy terrain. and the priorities for the workers are to find the flight data recorder which is still missing which could give them more clues as to how the flight was flown in the last final moments. they are also looking for the bodies. human remains air lifted from the site to be taken for the identification process. that process expected to take weeks. the dna alone, authorities say they will not return the bodies to the families until that dna process is complete....