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Chance to cut off irans path to a nuclear bomb in his view. But hes doing little to quiet republicans or democrats or even israel. All shouting iran cannot be trusted. The politics lead. Hillary clintons team has already ducked and dodged controversy so now as she gets ready to make it official what will a clinton candidacy actually look like . And the buried lead. This is your captain speaking. Sit back and prepare for takeoff just as soon as the copilot finishes handing me a beating. A report says preflight procedures reportedly led to a fullon fist fight inside a planes cockpit. Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin today with our world lead. President obama playing pitchman for his administrations tentative deal with iran thats already showing to be an extremely hard sell to deeply skeptical wouldbe buyers in congress and capitals around the world. In an interview with the New York Times tom friedman the president essentially saying you only get one shot at peace and this deal is that once in a lifetime opportunity. But the president s doctrine of engagement and his insistence that hes not being duped by the iranians seems to be doing little to calm what some might say is borderline panic in congress and in israel. Today, israels intelligence chief outlining a list of things the Israeli Government says need to change in this deal to close dangerous loopholes. I want to get right to our own senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. He is live at the white house. Jim, the president said this deal gives up very little lays out a heavy price should tehran break its word and restart a path towards a Nuclear Weapon but it seems like a lot of people in Congress Even some key democrats, are not buying it. Yeah jake the president says this nuclear deal with iran fits right into the Obama Doctrine but his critics say that is the problem and by the way, there is a key part of this agreement thats in limbo. The full court press has begun, as the president sells a nuclear deal that will define the Obama Doctrine. He told the New York Times in an interview that the negotiations with iran are proof that diplomacy even with longtime adversaries can pay dividends. This goes back to the early point that you asked about an Obama Doctrine. The doctrine is we will engage but we preserve all our capabilities. Reporter especially the president said when engagement is backed by the threat of military action. The truth of the matter is irans Defense Budget is 30 billion. Our Defense Budget is closer to 600 billion. Iran understands that they cannot fight us. Reporter but the president s critics say hes undercut that position of strength by allowing iran to keep too much of its Nuclear Program. Probably the best deal barack obama could get with the iranians because the iranians dont fear nor do they respect him and our allies in the region dont trust the president. Reporter its a message israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu all but repeated on cnn when he declined to say he trusts the president. Do you trust the president , mr. Prime minister . I trust that the president is doing what he thinks is good for the United States but i think that we can have a legitimate difference of opinion on this because i think iran has shown to be completely distrustful. Reporter the president revealed he takes that criticism to heart. It has been personally difficult for me to hear the sort of expressions that somehow we dont have this administration has not done everything it could to look out for israels interests. Reporter part of the reason there is so much skepticism is the fact that a big portion of the Framework Agreement touted in the rose garden last week is hardly settled. The white house conceded the u. S. And iran have yet to agree on just when economic sanctions on tehran will be lifted. Does that mean there was no Framework Agreement last week . Its a fourpage document. Thats a key pillar to this Framework Agreement. I think we have been very clear about the fact there are still important details that need to be locked down. Reporter a confrontation between the white house and congress is becoming even more of a possibility as republicans say they are gathering up democratic support to give congress a final say on this nuclear deal with iran. The white house is saying they will veto that measure but republicans are becoming even more confident that they may have the votes to override that veto. Jake . Jim acosta thank you so much. Joining me now to discuss this all is president obamas Deputy National security advisor for Strategic Communications ben rhodes. Good to see you. Thanks for joining us. The president says that hes disturbed, concerned, personally upset by the fact that people are saying that he doesnt necessarily have israels security at heart, but the white house has said very clearly that they are reassessing the relationship with israel. There seems to be a contradiction there. Absolutely not jake. When it comes to israels security our military and intelligence cooperation, thats off limits. Thats protected. What we said is on the very specific issue of the palestinians and how do we pursue a twostate solution, we are reviewing options as it relates to the palestinian issue. Thats entirely separate and apart from our ongoing Security Cooperation with israel which has been unprecedented under this administration. Frankly, again, the president s view of this iran deal is this is the best way to prevent iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon which is in the interests of the United States and the entire world, including israel. So the israelis have put out this list of things that they think should be in the final deal with iran including allowing inspectors to go anywhere any time. That seems perfectly reasonable, no . Well jake first of all, under this deal you will have anywhere any time 24 7 access as it relates to the Nuclear Facilities that iran has. You will also have access to what about the military facilities . What we will have under this deal is the strongest inspections regime any country faces in the world. What that means is if we see a site that we need to inspect on a military facility we can get access to that site and inspect it. So if its a suspicious site that we believe is related to its nuclear efforts, we can get access and inspect that site through the iaea. Ben, the president argues that there are three options, this is him talking, not me he says its this deal the status quo or war. A lot of the president s critics, the Israeli Intelligence chiefs say that is a false list. Theres another option including tougher sanctions, more credible threat of military action to get the deal that president obama promised to American Voters ending Irans Nuclear program completely. Well wait a second jake. What the president has always said about the iranian Nuclear Program is they should have the ability to access Peaceful Nuclear energy. We have to end their ability to obtain a Nuclear Weapon. Thats what this deal does. The options the president laid out are number one, we can have this deal which is a good deal. Number two, we can take military action which would only set the Iranian Program back by a fraction of what this deal does. Number three, if you were to test the proposition that we walk away from the table and impose more sanctions or try to impose more sanctions on iran every time we have done that they have advanced their program. They have a two to three month breakout period right now. That would collapse very quickly. I would also take notion with the issue the rest of the world would automatically rally behind those additional sanctions. They rallied behind those sanctions to get this deal. Now that we have a deal if we walk away from it im not sure we would be able to hold that sanctions coalition together because its based on an idea that the whole International Community has now agreed to with the iranians. Ben, take a listen to president obama at a debate in 2012 and how he described the deal with the iranians that he would want. The deal well accept is to end their Nuclear Program. Its very straightforward. End their Nuclear Program. An underground fortified facility they dont need some of the advanced centrifuges that they currently possess. So thats the president in 2012 and then in 2013 at a forum talking about other things that need to be in this deal an underground Facility Needs to be closed advanced centrifuges need to be closed. Then you heard in the 2012 clip the president saying end their Nuclear Program, its pretty straightforward. This deal doesnt meet any of that. Well i take issue with that. First of all, you have been with the president since 2009. We have always said that if iran can demonstrate that its program is peaceful because of strict verifiable limitations, that is our objective. With respect to fordo, we are converting that facility under this deal. They will not be enriching uranium there under this agreement. Thats an important accomplishment of the framework. Their advanced centrifuges will be taken out so the only centrifuges they will be using to enrich uranium for the duration of this agreement are their first generation centrifuges. They will be removing the advanced centrifuges and will not install and enrich uranium. So on advanced centrifuges and fordo we feel confident in what the framework lays out and what the final deal is we are pursuing. But it still exists and the advanced centrifuges, theres an end date to that 15 years. Before you go i do want to ask you a question about this pending meeting in the caribbean, a senior white house official telling cnn the president will have an interaction with cuban leader raul castro this week. Take was the term used an interaction. We saw them together briefly at Nelson Mandelas funeral. Should we expect an unofficial visit either to cuba or from cubas leadership to the u. S. Any time soon . Well again, he will certainly be at the summit it will be the first time he will join that summit. He will interact with castro as he interacts with all the leaders. As we look out towards a potential visit to cuba we want to assess what type of progress we are making in the normalization process. There have been some positive signs. Some release of political prisoners, some cuban commitments to increase access to internet on the island. At the same time we still have significant concerns about the political environment in cuba. We will want to take stock on how things are moving forward to make a determination. We havent ruled out whether or not the president would take that kind of visit but we are going to measure that against the progress we make in the coming months mere. All right. Ben rhodes thank you so much. I think this is the first time you have been on since you had your baby girl. Congratulations. Thank you. In other world news consider it payback. New air strikes on suspected terrorist targets just days after nearly 150 people mostly students were savagely murdered. This as an intense manhunt is under way for the mastermind behind the attack. Do police have any new leads after a massive reward has been offered . People ship all kinds of things. But what if that thing is a few hundred thousand doses of flu vaccine. That need to be kept at 41 degrees. While being shipped to a country where its 90 degrees. 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This as allegations surface that kenyas Rapid Response team was delayed getting to the scene for several hours because they were stuck waiting for transportation in the countrys capital of nairobi. By the time they arrived, politicians and journalists were already at the scene. Lets get right to Cnns David Mckenzie who joins us live from kenya. David, whats the latest on the manhunt . Reporter the latest is that they put out a bounty for mohammed mahmoud. This man is in charge of the southern somali operations of the al shabab. He is also in charge of incursions into kenya. There has been several attacks in recent months recent years in that border region. Because he has been in charge of those attacks and hasnt been caught yet, they might face an uphill battle catching him now. Has the kenyan government responded to these charges that the government was not only warned about this possible attack against the university but that the Law Enforcement response was just way too slow . Reporter well they have responded. I put it to the government spokesman. He said they quote, got the job done but i pushed him on that matter because really you had this elite squad here in the capital which was sitting there waiting, wanting transportation. They were ready to go. They were u. S. Trained. They know their job. Yet they were sitting here while a politician toured the scene, journalists made the 200 something miles to the scene by car, they all got there first and then when the elite squad eventually made it there, they put it out in 30 minutes or so. So really serious questions being asked and criticism that this wasnt done effectively. Jake . David mckenzie thank you so much. Lets turn to yemen now, where the countrys allout civil war has claimed the life of an american businessman, 45yearold Jamal Al Labani who was planning to bring his pregnant daughter and wife back to the United States when he was killed by a mortar strike while walking home from a mosque according to his family. Hundreds have died over just the last few days in the intense fighting between Iranbacked Shia rebels and the forces loyal to yemens sunni president , who is currently holed up in saudi arabia. Lets get right to cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto, who is live in washington with the latest. The u. S. Has closed its embassy and evacuated personnel. I imagine thats a tremendous hurdle to the Obama Administration trying to figure out whats going on there. Reporter no question. The big question is whats to be done about the Many Americans who are still there. The short answer is its up to them to get out on their own. The state Department Says its been warning americans for some time. This is not a place they should go and the u. S. Frankly has limited ability to get them out. The airport closed, for instance. So the advice they are giving now is the simple one, shelter in safe locations. When you see the violence on the ground as we are about to here you understand why that goes without saying. This is yemen in collapse. Running gun battles on the streets of the key port city of aden. Now desperate attempts to escape. Cnn flew into the capital sanaa on a rare commercial flight witnessing residents run for their lives. The flight crews nervous to get off the ground within minutes of landing. Caught in the crossfire today, an american killed by mortar fire as he tried to evacuate his pregnant wife and 2yearold daughter to their home in california. Countries in india to china and russia have now evacuated their citizens but the u. S. Has not. The u. S. Embassy closed and special forces no longer on the ground. U. S. Citizens looking to leave the country are seemingly on their own. We are very clear with american citizens that this is not a place they should go that we have limited ability, particularly now. Reporter the departure of all u. S. Forces diplomats and many intelligence gathering resources leaves a one time Counter Terrorist Success Story in utter disarray. A u. S. Counter terror official calls the situation quote, dire. And warns the terror group al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula stands to gain greater ability to carry out terror attacks as u. S. Counter terror pressure has weaken weakened. Very concerning to have the u. S. Operating blindly in yemen. One of the organizations that has been most interested and capable of conducting strikes in the u. S. Homeland al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has increased its control of territory. Reporter also standing to gain, iran. Houthi rebels who have u. S. Allied Government Forces on the run are backed by tehran. The u. S. Is now monitoring whether iran is sending arms to them. Even in the midst of progress on sensitive nuclear negotiations. The dynamic here intervention by neighboring saudi arabia. I spoke to a u. S. Counter terror official just now who says the saudiled air campaign is causing damage to those iranian backed Houthi Rebels but has not deterred them. The question is whether the saudis launch a ground campaign. That has not happened. There is no evidence yet of a houthi incursion across the border into saudi territory but even the prospect shows just how quickly this conflict in yemen can easily spill and become a regional issue. Its a real concern. Indeed. Jim sciutto, thank you so much. Up next breaking news from boston. Closing arguments in the case against dzhokhar tsarnaev. Its just ended. The jurors will begin deliberating his fate first thing in the morning. What will they decide . 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Prosecutors argue that Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs actions killed 29yearold crystal campbell 23yearold lindsey liu, 8yearold Martin Richard and m. I. T. Police officer sean collier, not to mention more others he and his brother mutilated. For that prosecutors want tsarnaev to pay with his life. The defense argued tsarnaev was impressionable and influenced by his more radicalized older brother tamerlan. Prosecutors have called more than 90 witnesses to help make their case. The defense, just four. Cnns alexandra field sat in on closing arguments today. She joins me now live from boston. Alexandra, the jury has a lot to consider here. Reporter absolutely. The case has gone to the jury now. They will begin deliberations tomorrow morning. The courtroom today absolutely packed with survivors, family members of victims, some of them becoming tearful as they listened to the closing arguments from both sides. The prosecution reconjuring some of the most graphic images and details we have heard over these of this trial before asking the jury to return a verdict of guilty on all 30 charges. Dzhokhar tsarnaev minutes before the marathon blasts entirely untroubled by what he is about to do convinced, prosecutors say, by the terrorist literature and songs he had been listening to and reading for over a year. Living quote, a double life to the outside world, he showed one face, inside he harbored another. He was careful like inspire magazine taught him to be. The motive spilled out, they say, in dzhokhars note written in the bloodstained bulletriddled boat where hes found hiding. We muslims are one body. You hurt one, you hurt us all. Prosecutors repeatedly described dzhokhar and his brother tamerlan as partners in each of a series of crimes both planning and together carrying out the marathon bombings. The murder of m. I. T. Officer sean collier, a carjacking a robbery, a firefight with Watertown Police a pointed argument against the case the defense makes that tamerlan led and dzhokhar followed. Images of dzhokhar outside the Forum Restaurant shown again to jurors. The children lined up on the barricade. The government arguing he cant help but see them and a haunting retelling of the painstaking details. 8yearold Martin Richard, his entire body shattered, broken eviscerated, burned. The blast injuries that killed lindsey liu who didnt plan to be there that day. Crystal campbell dead from blood loss in less than one minute. Officer sean collier shot between the eyes twice more in the head. Dzhokhar tsarnaev impassive in the courtroom, showing no emotion while the government makes its final appeal to hold him accountable, soon asking jurors to consider the Death Penalty. The defense made their closing statements just following the prosecution. In it they said dzhokhar is ready to accept responsibility but they continue to underscore the point that they have been making throughout this trial saying that none of what did happen would have happened if it had not been for tamerlan. They argue this theory. Their defense is that dzhokhar was coerced by his older brother tamerlan and jake we will see what kind of impact that really has in the verdict phase of this trial. It could have a big impact however, in the sentencing phase of this trial when jurors would be asked to consider the Death Penalty. Jake . Alexandra field in boston thank you so much. In our politics lead shes expected to formally announce her candidacy any day but even without an official declaration, Hillary Clintons campaign is quickly taking shape. Though two of her potential democratic rivals are already out there trying to sway voters before she jumps in. Thats next. 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The most common side effects are nausea, diarrhea, and headache. Some side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. If your pill isnt giving you the control you need. Ask your doctor about noninsulin victoza. Its covered by most health plans. Welcome back to the lead. Im jake tapper. Politics lead now. All members of Team Hillary Clinton on high alert. She could announce her president ial bid at any moment they have been told. But before the former secretary of state hits send on the tweet that will launch a potentially billion Dollar Campaign clintons team already making moves in places such as iowa a state where she fumbled back in 2008. Remember she came in third behind obama and this guy named john edwards. Lets bring in cnn senior washington correspondent, jeff zeleny. Only the innermost circle of clintons innermost circle knows when she will announce this run at the oval office but more importantly, aides say this candidacy, the rollout, will be different. Candidate clinton in 2016 will not repeat the mistakes of candidate clinton 2008. Thats the hope at least. Thats where they are starting out from here. But the biggest thing is they say they are not going to underestimate any of their rivals or underestimate anything. Of course you will remember from 2007 and 2008 she did underestimate, her advisors certainly underestimated someone. That was a young freshman senator from illinois named barack obama. We saw what happened there. They are going to start out from the very beginning what they say, fighting hard for this nomination trying to show that theres not a coronation going on here that shes going to ask people for votes. And what they are trying to do is say that this is more about the voters than her own political ambitions and aspirations. They are not going to hit heavy on the fact that this is a historic candidacy. They will make this more about voters. No big rallies, no huge crowds smaller events trying to downsize this to try and show shes working hard for the nomination. Im also told that some democrats in iowa and New Hampshire have told the clinton advisors that they want a campaign thats more fun. They simply said can we have a campaign that looks more like the Obama Campaign did in 0708. Activists flocked to that. Thats one of the things they are trying to do. Of course we will have so many republicans and others out there trying to define her as this goes along. Well see how that works out. Jeff it came out recently that Hillary Clinton wiped her email server clean even after Congress Asked her to turn over emails relating to her time as secretary of state. I recently talked with a former democratic official. He said he was stunned by that. You dont wipe a server clean after Congress Asks you for email. It concerned him in terms of her ability to win in november. Do any members of the clinton team seem concerned about this . Sure this is one of the big unknowns a big question mark hanging over her campaign and rollout. You like to have control of a president ial campaign. You like to know whats coming. This is one of those uncertain aspects where you dont know exactly whats coming. Congress is involved, of course. She will be called to testify before this committee and it feeds into this transparency or lack of transparency. But the clinton advisors tell me that they are kind of hoping and thinking the republicans will overplay their hand here and this will be kind of a confusing episode once she finally testifies before congress. But well see. This is a question mark hanging over her candidacy that she of course would prefer not to be there. Jeff zeleny in washington thank you so much. As speculation builds over the former first lady the current first Lady Michelle obama, is on a mission to make health and exercise something that you think about daily. Todays White House Easter Egg Roll looked Something Like a Birthday Party for her lets move campaign which is five years old this year. And Michelle Obama is taking a tvfriendly approach to her signature issue. We have seen her do pushup competitions with ellen, we saw her evolution of mom dancing with jimmy fallon on the tonight show. Has the high profile Publicity Campaign actually led to a change in how kids eat . Cnns Suzanne Malveaux joins me. We have seen Childhood Obesity rates skyrocket over the past three decades. Has the first lady her campaign and the billions of taxpayer dollars behind lets move have they been able to turn the tide at all . Reporter heres what were learning. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention we are actually seeing a decrease in obesity for very Young Children but not for older kids. So Childhood Obesity has more than doubled in children quadrupled in adolescents. This is in the past 30 years. The fact there is even any change from the past five years from the lets move campaign Public Health experts think is rather significant. Bball tennis and busting a move at the white house today. At the easter egg roll first Lady Michelle obama marked five years into her Healthy Lifestyle campaign happy birthday happy easter lets move reporter issuing another challenge. We are asking americans of all ages to give me five ways theyre leading a healthier life. Five jumping jacks, eating five new vegetables maybe doing a gimme five dance. Reporter you might have seen it on ellen. Or perhaps during her mom dancing with jimmy fallon. Plenty of alist celebs from big bird this is so much fun. Reporter to the so you think you can dance allstars are all in the action. But is the lets move campaign shrinking Childhood Obesity . When the first lady launched the program in 2010 americas kids were in trouble. 2. 7 million children were obese. Today, the results are mixed. The good news from 2010 to 2012 Childhood Obesity among children 2 to 5 years old has dropped by 3. 7 . The bad news for children 12 to 19 years old, obesity has increased. Through her white house garden and partnerships with businesses and schools, obama has also pushed good nutrition. We have seen Grocery Store manufacturers putting healthy food and they are keeping the prices low, and classrooms are putting in salad bars. Reporter but its been an uphill battle. When obama initially tried to up the nutritional standards in the Federal School Lunch Program which serves 31 million children she was faced with a rebellion. Kids tweeting out pictures of the mandatory fruits and veggies, calling them gross and yucky mystery mush. Teens posting youtube videos complaining they were hungry because of the cap on calories. Ultimately the federal program had to loosen some of its rules. Health care experts are encouraged that if the very young, those 2 to 5 year olds who are less likely to be obese are learning Healthy Eating habits early on that we will start to see a healthier generation of kids as they grow older. One of the things that Michelle Obama is trying to do is to be a role model along with the whole first family to show what it looks like to try to stay active, fit and healthy. Jake . Suzanne malveaux, thank you so much. Coming up next a shocking new Study Released just minutes ago. Investigating the similarities between brain diseases affecting some nfl players and problems that certain u. S. Troops and veterans have had after returning home from war. Sanjay gupta will explain that next. 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A new study out in the last hour could be a breakthrough in battling brain injuries. We have all seen the vicious hits on the football field, commonly referred to as getting your bell rung. Those hits have caused careerending concussions and some say serious brain disease later in life that has led to suicide. Chris borland, the 24yearold San Francisco 49ers linebacker was one of several players under 30 to surprise the league this offseason by calling it quits over player safety concerns. Gridiron greats may be the most high profile americans struggling with the lasting effects of head trauma but this new study out just a few minutes ago says the same disease is now being diagnosed among our men and women in uniform. Dr. Sanjay gupta has that story. Reporter junior seau dave duerson, just a few of the former nfl players to commit suicide after a career of taking hard hits to the head and living with brain damage. Combat veteran shane garzi understands that dark side. Most days, he isnt even sure whats bothering him the most the fogginess of his brain, his deep depressions or the anger that can erupt from nowhere. We can walk around this Town Together and people will say hey, shane, hey, hey, hey, but its not shane. It looks like me. It walks like me. It talks like me but its not me because of the damage. Reporter former green beret tomorrowy shoe tommy shoemakers biggest regret is the toll this has taken on his family. I do things i have never done before. I yell, scream, holler. Thats just never been my manner. Reporter whats different about shane and tommy are their brains. Deeper in the brain reporter on these scans, signs of a unique form of dementia called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte. Its the same disease found in brain autopsies of some pro athletes. Do you have any idea how many times your brain took a blow or concussion or blast of energy . No, because theres so many. I think i figured the ones that have knocked me unconscious, probably close to 16 17. Reporter that many times you were actually knocked unconscious . What you would call ring your bell. He and i work well off each other. Reporter sane and tommy met when they first volunteered to be the only soldiers in a unique study at ucla. Using radioactive markers, researchers were able to find cte patterns previously found only after death on autopsy. For us to be able to make the diagnosis of a disease or injury in living people is paramount to being able to help them treat them. Reporter these researchers have formed a private company and hope to move into clinical trials. But questions do remain about the accuracy of the technology and even about the disease itself for which there is no cure. Is it definitive should everyone go out and have this done . No. That would be way premature. Its not widely accepted yet that it is actually a true clinical syndrome. Reporter for shane and tommy, more research is critical to give their brothers in arms answers they crave. And possibly remove the burden of a false diagnosis. Nobody wants to be diagnosed as having a mental disorder. So if you can do that for soldiers i think thats a big plus. I think its a big plus when they go to get a job, you know and they ask did you have a mental disorder. Well no i dont. I have a brain injury. Reporter dr. Sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. Our thanks to dr. Sanjay gupta for that report. Coming up next a shock for Airline Passengers on one flight over the weekend after a fist fight reportedly broke out between the captain and the copilot in the cockpit. Whats the airline have to say about it today . Quiet mom has a headache had a headache but now, i. Dont. Excedrin® is fast. In fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. Excedrin®. Wow, that was fast. Toenail fungus . Dont hide it. 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Its alleged that the copilot who reportedly picked the fight is a repeat offender. And following the germanwings crash, what happens in the cockpit is under intense scrutiny. Pilots Mental Health in sharp focus. I spoke with pilots today who said this was more than a simple cockpit quarrel. They say tension in the cockpit can lead to a catastrophic end. We have seen passengers behaving badly. Even a pilot having a midair meltdown in the cabin. But on board air india flight 611 the problem was in the cockpit. The times of india reports two pilots went blow for blow in an allout cockpit brawl just minutes before taking off on a flight to new delhi. The breakdown in the relationship between pilots can have deadly effects. When youre in a cockpit its kind of a team effort. Its everything from one pilot reads the checklist to the other pilot responds and does the items on the checklist. So you need this kind of cooperation. Reporter cnn cannot independently confirm the times of indias account but according to the papers unnamed sources the pilots were fighting over preflight paperwork. The captain reportedly told his copilot to write down critical information like the number of passengers on board, weight and fuel. The copilot took offense and reportedly quote, beat up the captain. Although ten minutes delayed, the flight still took off. Commercial pilot fred teacy says it shouldnt have. If you have a problem with an airplane you need to address that problem before it ever pushes back from the gate. If there was really a physical fist fight between these two, then yes, that compromised passenger safety. Reporter air india denies the fist fight saying quote, it was just a minor argument. Following the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash, pilots Mental Health is in sharp focus. The air india copilot reportedly had other altercations. Three years ago, he told the captain of a flight to exit the cockpit, remove the stars on his shirt collar and fight him. In another incident a captain reportedly questioned the copilots Mental Health. Many pilots say when there is tension or an ongoing dispute in the cockpit, the proper procedure is to report the problem before takeoff so that a different crew could take over. The captain of this particular flight did not do that in order to prevent the flight from being canceled. Jake . Rene marsh, thank you so much. Thats it for the lead today. Im jake tapper. I am now turning you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. Happening now, streets of blood. An Al Qaeda Group is vowing new attacks, warning that quote, cities will run red with blood. Will new strikes be able to stop them . Terror offensive. A major u. S. Ally melting down. One american is dead in the fighting. Why is the u. S. Not evacuating its citizens and can the meltdown be stopped . 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