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Backhoe. we stopped the backhoe and started excavating with shovels and uncovered a portion of this hull and since then have uncovered the rest of it. >> reporter: what we can see is believed to be half of a ship. marine historian norman brower was brought in to take a look. >> it appears to be an ocean-going vessel, and probably sometime in the 1700s, heavily built, very solid frames close together. >> reporter: one mystery, the circular structure that brower says may have been used a fireplace. >> how significant is this find? >> i think it remains to be seen what this ship really is, but it...

Vessel. probably at some time in the 1700s. it is heavily built, very solid frames close together. >> reporter: one mystery, the circular structure that brower says may have been used as a fireplace. an anchor was also recovered. how significant is this find? >> i mean i think it remains to be seen what this ship really is but it's pretty significant. it is pretty exciting. there haven't been that many ships found in manhattan. it was something that occasionally ships were occasionally used as part of land filling, so it probably was part of filling in this land. so it's not unheard of. >> rep...

The ship up close and personal and she's here with an a.m. follow-up. >> good morning, you guys. this is truly an amazing story. this is part of the new world trade center, not the original site. construction is under way on what will eventually be an underground security center for vehicles. that's how workers unearthed the ship. at the construction site at ground zero, a rare find. remnants of a ship dating back to the 18th century. we were allowed to climb down 25 feet to the site and see firsthand what archaeologists stumbled upon tuesday. >> two timbers were pulled up by a backhoe and imm...

happens happening in cupertino, california. press conference taking place, expected to start right now. oftentimes we love to show you live events that take place. we cannot show you this one because apple said we could not. but what's happening, they are expected to tell some reporters nef's gathered in the room exactly what they plan to do to fix the problem with their new iphone. this iphone 4 that's out right no. this is a live picture of their headquarters in the south bay in the bay area there. we are also keeping and eye on stocks. this company, apple, does have the power to...

hitting, the nation's capital in the last hour. it hit just after 5:00 this had morning. a small magnitude quake, but still perhaps something that people there are not used to feeling. rob marciano following this developing story from the cnn extreme weather center. there are faultlines everywhere but d.c. is not a place that you usually think of earthquakes. >> not a major meeting of tectonic plates but nonetheless there is weakness in the earth's crust just about everywhere. certainly the jokes will run amok throughout the day today getting an earthquake this close to our nation's ...