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Walked down the tracks and caught a cab and gone home. we don't know and that's why the mayor is asking anybody who did in fact walk away maybe uninjured to please check in with the philadelphia authorities so they can make sure they've got everybody accounted for. the truth is they think they've got a manifest, they think they've got a list of passengers but they can't be 100% sure. you've ridden the northeast corridor. sometimes people jump off and off and maybe do or don't have a ticket that's their dilemma. >> tom costello at the staging site. thank you, sir. we just now have in after hear...

Here. they are taking those remains to the lab ra toreoratories there for testing. this is an ongoing part of the process, but it seems to be a step forward. it is windy today. concerns br the weather, but the recovery mission continues today. we're expecting more family members as well but really again, the watch word here that we hear from all the officials is that this will take time. some of those involved directly with the recovery today have described how it's done. essentially there are two members on each team. one is there as part of the investigation and recovery and the other person...

And there is very little hope for survivors. search conditions are deteriorating as night falls. fog and rain is settling in as well further hampering the salvage efforts. remember this is french alps. debris was spotted 3500 off sea level and it dropped 31,000 feet in just nine minutes with no emergency signal given. a mountain guide nearby said it sounded like an avalanche. and a reporter for daily mail is at the staging site near the crash, david barnes what is happening? >> reporter: night has fallen here and all operations have been suspended until first light. so the mystery, unfortunate...

The victims included many from spain, germans, and turkish nationals. germany foreign minister says a crisis room was set up for relatives of the passengers. german chancellor angela merkel is reportedly headed to the crash scene along with france's interior minister who earlier delivered a statement along with merkel saying the news was harrowing and put her nation in deep mourning. this is video of the search and recovery crew at the staging site near the debris field. msnbc's angie goff joins me with more on the location and search site. what can you tell us? >> take you where they're searc...

Best of them. >> women. >> maybeel that be the answer. snrs the utah government could reach adrian agreement with the feds. the arizona governor is open for reopening part of the grand canyon. it pouring in $1.3 million in the area. >> the hut down could affect the races. organizers for the new york city marathon may have to change the starting line because the staging site is the federally operated area on staten island. organizers are working with city and state and federal officials to come up with alternate sites.