first our top story stunning new details shedding light on the possible mindset of copilot lubitz. reports claiming he had recently been through a breakup with his girlfriend of seven years and the "new york times" reporting he had been dealing with vision problems that may have jeopardized his career as a pilot. this as crews continue the grim search for the victims who have to be i.d'd with dna because of the devastating nature of the crash. greg palkot is following the story from germany. >> reporter: on a rainy night here, teams of investigators are pouring through the evidence they have extracted from the house of andre i can't say lubitz trying to figure out why he did what he did this week. as you noted, there are some discussions about the possibility he might have had vision problems or thought he did and had been treated for that. perhaps that fear is that would prevent him from flying and perhaps fear that drove him to the mass murder. there is some speculation it a recent visit to a hospital had to do with that. we reached out to the hospital. they would not comment one way or another. more reports out today about what is being found in the apartment about five miles from where we stand right here. a lot of medicine being taken out, we are told. he has said have suffered from severe depression, as well as notes to himself. there is some chatter about problems with his girlfriend. certainly that was an issue that people here are looking at. and certainly a lot of people today are looking at an interview in a german newspaper said to be with the girlfriend. she claims that he said he was going to do something that was going to change the system. was it that crash in the southern traffic alps? she also recounted him waking up in the middle of the night screaming in terror from nightmares, saying we are going down. absolutely harrowing. at the crash site today, families continue to mourn as the recovery effort continues. yes, it's a long, tedious process trying to get the dna matched up with remains of those victims. the biggest groups of victims from a nationality standpoint is germany. 75 germans died in that crash. half of 150 on board a short time here. i can see this country where i've lived for five years usually is very strong and stoic country, quite moved by the situation. one more thing that team of investigators is a special task force that's been established to look into this. the code name the alps. named after those mountains that all the death and destruction occurred at this week. back to you. >> okay. greg palkot, thank you so much. in the meantime the father of one of the victims on board that plane calling on airlines to take better care of their pilots saying quote we have put our lives and our children's lives in their hands. joining us now to talk about it john goglia is a form official with the ntsb and former airline mechanic. good to see you. i don't know how much of greg palkot's report you heard, but german authorities are saying this copilot had a mental illness. he hid it from his employers, the airline. he had doctor notes that said he was too ill to work, including the day that he flew. is it time to stop the medical privacy of pilots? >> well, i don't know how you're going to do that. but yes we need to have access to day that that is considered private and protected under most laws in most countries. we have pretty strong laws here in the united states. we need to be able to determine the mental health of not only our pilots but everybody else in the system that has access to an operating aircraft. that means people on the ground and that means flight attendants now. take a look, we're trying to put the flight attendant in the cockpit everywhere. we do it pretty much here. put them in the cockpit everywhere to replace the pilot when he walks out. but what's the condition of the person coming in? are they vetted? are they security checks on the flight attendants enough to trust them to be in the cockpit with a situation like that? >> these pilots are examined once a year. and as i understand it, the examination is done by an airline doctor. but it focuses mainly on physical fitness to fly. the psychological evaluations are addressed based largely on a questionnaire filled out by a pilot or copilot, sort an honor system and there is great incentive not to be honest about it because they might yank your license. so does something need to be done about that? >> yes. yes, we need to take a good look at the entire process because there is layer upon layer of security and privacy issues around this. this is really identified a really large problem with this tragedy here. it's going to drive a lot of discussions. we really need to take a good look at it. how do we handle these problems? we talk about the flight attendant going in the cockpit. today's flight attendants are verbally abused virtually constantly because of the condition of the airplanes they're flying in. they're packed. the seats are short distances between one another. the passengers are testy. they take it out on the flight attendants. so this whole emotional state of our flight crews we need to take a good long look at. >> let me ask you about the door. when the pilot left leaving the copilot in the cockpit and he shut the door behind him, it locks automatically f what i've been reading. but there is a fail safe code to open the cock pit door if it is locked and the pilot knew what that code was f. what i've been reading, everybody is saying he surely knew what that code was. but then the copilot could hit a toggle switch to keep it locked notwithstanding the code but only lasting for five minutes. what to you make of all of that -- what do you make of all of that? >> you need to have that. suppose you have both pilots in the cockpit and you've got somebody intent to do harm in the back with a knife to the throat of the flight attendant and she punches the code in for fear of her life. if they recognize there is something going on, they need a way to override that emergency code. that's what it is. when you put the code in you get either a ding or a light in the cockpit and he has five seconds to hit a button to say denied. >> right. >> and to keep them out. >> but in this particular case what do you think happened? why didn't the pilot access it knowing the code. >> because the copilot was inside denying access. >> but it only lasts for five minutes from what i read. >> no, he has five minutes and the pilot would enter it again he would get another signal in the cockpit saying that somebody is trying to come in. he would deny it again. >> that needs to be fixed john? >> no. i don't want to touch the door. i think the door is doing just what it's supposed to be doing. i think we need to look at the root cause of the pilot's emotional state and deal with that. >> good to see you. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. again, on the verge of an all-out civil war as neighboring middle east countries get involved. now senior defense official says the u.s. will send aid for saudi-led air strikes against iran-backed rebels despite the u.s. negotiating for nuclear deals. this as egypt joins the battle against the rebels. conner powell has this report from jerusalem. >> reporter: arthel, saudi jets continue to strike iranian linked rebels in yemen for the third straight day. the air strikes appear to be targeting weapons depots and weapons captured by the rebels but it isn't clear what type of impact the strikes have had on the rebels advance. they continue to make a push for the port city of aidan. there are also new reports of heavy clashes between shiite rebels and sunni tribal fighters in the southern part of yemen. u.n. officials and diplomats from several countries including saudi arabia say the fighting intensified. in egypt the president told the summit that the rebelses are iran's puppets and called on sunni arab countries to help defeat them. iran denies sending money to and supporting the shiites. still sunni arab countries like saudi arabia are deeply concerned about tehran's growing influence in the region. as the violence escalates in yemen, the possibility of a regional sectarian war between sunni gulf arab states and iran seem to be growing. arthel? >> okay. conner powell, thank you very much. in the meantime, islamic terrorists launching yet another deadly attack just across the gulf from yemen in somalia. forces there regaining control now after a deadly siege at a prominent hotel in the capitol city of mogadishu. the isis affiliated group, al-shabab, claiming that some of their gunmen escaped. the group vowing more attacks. and reports gunmen have killed at least 15 people in nigeria near polling stations amid a volatile presidential election there that has been extended another day. an opposition politician is among the dead. islamic militants have been trying to disrupt the election and there are also reports of problems with voting machines in some areas including the country's largest city. new details now about that train derailment in los angeles earlier this morning. more than 20 people were injured at least one critically after a commuter train collided with a car near the university of southern california. ten people were taken to the nearby hospitals. one listed in grave condition. another listed in serious condition. investigators trying to determine the cause of that accident. an american astronaut venturing into the great unknown. scott kelly blasting off yesterday for a historic yearlong mission on the international space station. but his connection to his twin brother is making this journey even more spectacular. fox news correspondent phil keating interviewed the twins. >> i think i'm the lab rat on the ground. >> he's the lab rat on the ground. >> he's the control lab rat. i'm the other lab rat. >> identical twin astronauts, mark and scott kelly are embarking on space and earth history. >> there is two major sections of the space station. >> reporter: scott, who spent six months living aboard the space station, is now doubling down. in a landmark study, he'll live in space for one year all to see what happens and prepare us for going to mars. >> to have this unique opportunity to be the first american to do this and i do feel very grateful and feel like i am in a privileged position even though it's going to be a tough flight being in space for that long. >> reporter: before his six-month trip to get to mars we need to learn much more about the physiological drain, mental effects and health issues caused by near zero gravity and interstellar radiation. >> my hope discover that the mitigation steps we've come up with for the bone and the muscle loss are effective and they work. the vision problem we have is much different. we don't really understand why that's even happening. >> reporter: russian as know nut will also live the next year in space. but since scott kelly has a general nettic replica in mark, scientist also study him too. >> that's a long time. it really is. a year of doing anything is a really long time. >> you do miss the weather and the seasons. but the thing you miss most are the human relationships you have with your friends and family and people you love on the ground. >> reporter: scott kelly will be able to e-mail and make occasional phone calls to his two kids and girlfriend down in houston. all while looking out that port hole window as home revolves 250 miles beneath him. in miami, phil keating fox news. >> such a fascinating case study. >> it really is. boy, you can't be claustrophobic if you'll be up there for a year. >> that's a good point for sure. >> yeah. boy, you would miss people. but they have communication systems, so obviously they'll be able to talk to folks. >> a sacrifice for sure. >> when we come back, we'll talk about this. he was honored for his role in the boston marathon bombing aftermath. now hear how that officer is fighting for his life after being shot in the face. and we're going to take a look at the potential fallout on capitol hill following senator harry reid's retirement announcement. and they're back. made famous by shepard smith headlines when police were leading a wild llama chase for these guys. hear what's next for the so-called llamas on the run why are all these people so asleep yet i'm so awake? 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>> i think chuck schumer will be able to bring the democrats together and hold them together even though they are the minority. he's a great fund-raiser. he is less probably combative than senator reid, but no less committed to his ideals. so the democrats, while they're trying to retake the senate, i don't think this transition candidly will be a problem at all for them. >> well, so we were mentioning, tammy, that maybe there is some division in the -- inside the democratic party that could be on display. but meanwhile, the division in the gop party was displayed during the budget battle. but now that we have announced senator reid's retirement, i ask you tammy, what do you think is the next chess move for the gop? >> what's fabulous is we actually have a budget resolution completed for the first time. >> you would agree that our -- >> certainly it's not great. it's not perfect. but my goodness suddenly there is something that people can see where the gop stands. like with any diverse party where there is going to be excited people about being able to do good things, you're going to have disagreements. even with those disagreements it was passed. you got some people coming up with difficult elections in 16. others think it's -- >> you think this will give the gop a chance to pick up another senate seat in 2016? >> look i think senator reid's retirement indicates that they don't have much hope for 16. if he thought he was going to be the senate majority leader again, i think he would have stayed. >> hang on. do you believe that? >> no. i think that his personal challenges and his age probably necessitated his requirement. but die agree with tammy, it will be very tough for the democrats to pick up the senate and nevada is much more likely to go republican and stay democrat. >> it can do that and i think this -- the gop is in a very good position. they're learning about the newbies that are in there and the democrats, look, there is talk about whether or not schumer is even -- he may be too moderate to become the leader. he's pro-israel, he signed on to the menendez-corker bill that congress should have a say so over the iran deal. but at the same time, you got the republicans who are excited, lots of talent. and the democrats lost so much talent in november. landrieu and hagan and begich and it's like nine people that really depleted the entire bench much staffent. i think the democrats are in trouble and i think the gop is in an exciting position. >> yeah. i think the gop frankly is divided. i was alluding to the fact that the defense authorization for additional funds had to be done in an emergency addition, the republicans couldn't be more divided. there is no legislation going on on a bipartisan basis. candidly, the republicans are an exciting position but they've shown no ability to take advantage of it n only 14 republicans voted against this budget dynamic and we did get -- >> we could go on about the budget. that's not this segment so i have to cut it and they're telling me to wrap. i want to end on this quote from senator reid. i want to be remembered for when i was able to bat third or clean-up a lot of the time. so there you go. doug and tammy -- >> he'll thereby for 22 months. so it's still not over. >> will he have political influence? >> he will for all those 22 months. >> i agree. >> we have to end there. thank you. and speaking of retirement, this is such an easy segueway. two llamas, remember those guys? they stole the national spotlight by making a run for it near phoenix. they are heading into retirement. who could forget these two? they had to be lassoed after leading officials on a major chase last month. get away, get away. go. their escape sparked a social media frenzy. now federal officials told the owners, hey, you need to get a license to showcase the pair. so today, the llamas are making a final appearance at the phoenix racetrack. we'll miss them. they're going into -- do you know where they're retiring? >> i don't. do you have info? >> i know exactly. they're going to the villages. florida's friendliest hometown. golf for life. tennis, arts and crafts dance swimming. social clubs. >> i love it. >> they're going to have a ball. >> absolutely. >> there is a growing battle in the heartland as you well know, greg. the ncaa is weighing in after one state enacts a controversial religious freedom law. critics say the law promotes discrimination. plus, president obama's foreign policy is under fire as the middle east becomes more and more chaotic. the united states is now caught in a tangled web of allies and enemies. we're going to talk to a former c.i.a. analyst. >> i don't have a clue what u.s. policy is anymore. we're negotiating with the iranians. we're fighting with the israelis. we're fighting against the sunnies in some countries and with the sunnies in other countries. do you have a sense what president obama's middle east strategy is mouths are watering, and stomachs are growling. or is that just me? 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>> reporter: one thing is becoming clear from the bits and piece of information that have trickled out of these negotiations in switzerland. the iranians think they've already moved a lot and they might not be willing to move much more because their foreign minister tweeted this afternoon, in negotiations both sides must show flexibility. we have. we're ready to make a good deal for all. we await our counterparts' readiness. shortly after that, secretary of state john kerry said this: the serious but difficult work continues. we expect the pace to intensify as we assess if an understanding is even possible. one possible hangup could be over the speed u.n. sanctions would be lifted on iran if a deal is agreed to. tehran thinks their participation in all of this should make the sanctions go away immediately. but the rest of the world wants to wait until the iranians can show that they are following through on their commitment. then there is the issue of a big picture plan. we don't know anything about one. the white house is keeping most details close to the vest and so that has some critics very worried. >> if his goal is to attempt to form a cooperative relationship with iran, which many suspect that he has not admitted, we need to know that as well because right now, the evidence is from yemen, from tikrit in iraq and from syria, that iran is on the move challenging our friends and allies throughout the region. this is contributing to this sense of chaos. >> reporter: reports are that the framework for a deal that these diplomats have been arguing over for months will be just two or three pages long. we have to wait until tuesday to see if both sides sign on. arthel. >> okay. peter doocy, thanks. growing chaos in the middle east with the united states caught square in the middle. critics say the obama administration's policy in that region is utterly in disarray. look at this map. u.s. is fighting in support of the iran-backed shiite militias in iraq. but now fighting against iran, the iran-backed hutsi rebels. this is days away from a deadline on critical talks. former c.i.a. analyst, senior fellow for center for security policy is joining us. let me break this down and we'll start first with iraq. i spoke with a form u.s. commander in the region who said look a key to fighting isis is that kurdish peshmerga. so is president obama making a serious mistake aligning with iran to fight isis in iraq? >> it's great to be here. i think that's exactly right. the rise of isis is because of the abuses of the shiite government under president maliki and his use of iranian trained shiite militias. the more iran is involved in iraq, the more we drive sunnies to isis. so first we have to say get iran out of iraq and as you said, we should be training the kurdish peshmerga forces and right now they're grossly underarmed. unless we do those two things, i don't think there is going to be stability in iraq. >> let me turn to yemen now. iran has armed the hutsis, the saudis are bombing them. yemen is so out of control dangerous that the u.s. is actually pulled everybody out and yet in the same breath president obama continues to insist everything is fine, all is well. everything is under control. in fact he goes so far as to say yemen is a model of success for fighting counterterrorism. does that make any sense? >> well, the president said that last fall. i don't think that he'd say it now. but it's worth point how long is that the instability is because we forced out the president there and forced in another in an election in which he was the only candidate. we have candidate, isis, muslim brotherhood faction, hutsis backed by iran. the saudis are scared because they don't just have a proxy, but al-qaeda, the most virulent and dangerous al-qaeda franchise that's not going to be offset any longer by counterterrorism operations from the united states. this is a real problem and i don't think we have a plan to deal with it. >> well, look yes, it may have been last fall the president said that. but the white house and the white house press secretary still stand by that and insist it's still sort of a model. look, let me move on to the nukecally negotiations. the deadline is three days away. does it appear to you that there will be any agreement in three days and if there is one, it's sort of a verbal charade that is nothing meaningful? >> well, the deadline is to have a political framework agreed to so they can strike an agreement by june 30. i always felt this deadline was an agreement to get an agreement and i'm very disturbed by what i'm seeing. just this past week, we said to iran, there was a 12 step program they agreed to to explain all nuclear relations at work. we said, resolve a few now. you can resolve the other issues down the road, several years from now. greg, that means never. then recently iran was told that it will be allowed to conduct enrichment in the underground facility but not with uranium. this is a very dangerous facility and letting iran to continue to operate and perfect it i think is just a terrible idea. the american people and congress should say two words. two words to the president no deal. >> all right. fred, good to see you. thanks very much. be sure to watch fox news sunday when chris wallace interviews general michael flynn, the former director of the defense intelligence agency weighing in on all the chaos going on across the middle east. that's fox news sunday exclusive. be sure to check your local listings. the march madness final four tournament will stay in indianapolis next week amid controversy over indiana's new religious freedom law. but the ncaa warns they're looking into how the law might affect its future events in the state. the law allows businesses to refuse service for religious reasons. opponents say it could allow businesses to discriminate against gay people. today hundreds of people protested the law outside the indiana state house and will carr is following this story from our los angeles bureau with the latest. hey, will. >> reporter: hi. 19 states had similar laws to the one that governor mike pence signed on thursday. this law is based on a federal law that was actually signed by president bill clinton back in 1993. indiana's new law comes after the supreme court decision last year in the hobby lobby case and after some christians have either been sued or fined after refusing to do business with some gay couples who were getting married. pence stressed that this is not discriminatory. >> with the passage of this legislation we insure that indiana will continue to be a place where we respect the freedom of religion, of every hoosier of every faith and we make certain that government action will always be subject to the highest level of scrutiny when it impacts the religious liberty of any hoosier. >> reporter: the final four will be held in indianapolis next week. it will bring tens of thousands of people to the city. with that in mind, the ncaa released a statement which says in part the ncaa national office are deeply committed to providing a inclusive environment for all of our events. we're concerned how this legislation could affect our student athletes and employees. this comes as we've seen protests, one today in end tained had thousands of people. the law doesn't go effect until july 1. but some businesses are saying they won't visit the hoosier state until the law is repealed. others saying it's simply bad for business. >> we've been open for almost ten years. never once did it occur to me that i have to put a sign to tell people they will walk out. of course they're welcome. >> the law sends the wrong message. certainly the response so far seems to be pretty negative. >> reporter: the ceo of angie's list came out today and said they're putting a project on hold in indianapolis because of this law. back to you. >> okay. will carr, thank you. the verdict in a highly charged court case that rocked silicon valley. we're going to tell but it. >> a jury there rejecting claims by a female worker that she was discriminated against by a top venture capital firm. we'll get reaction from susan estridge. stick around for that. >> if i helped to level the playing field for women and minorities in venture capital, then the battle was worth it. now it's time for me to get back to my career [chorus singings:] ♪ roundup ♪ i'm the protector of my patio. killing weeds where they grow. a barrier forms so weeds can't appear - serious weed prevention up to a year. 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her efforts were valiant but she tint win, unfortunately. >> -- didn't win, unfortunately. >> it's a tough one. she can appeal the decision, but you got a jury verdict and that's going to be tough to reverse. and the problem as you well know, when you have allegations of discrimination in entry level jobs you often compare numbers and say well, this number did this and this number did that. but the higher you go the more we're talking about long lists of subjective factors about how you evaluate a person's work. and in that case gender can enter into the formulation, into the idea without you even knowing it. a lot of the discrimination is unconscience, some is hard to prove, and some of it, quite frankly is used as an excuse for imcompetence. >> yeah. it's really subjective. that word subjectivity, is really quite personally annoying tomorrow and i'm sure you can relate to that. here is the thing, without a legal leg to stand on, how do women fight for equality and respect in the workplace? >> well, i think it starts with helping each other. i have a very basic rule which is that what one woman can't do, three women become a block. and so i think you have to pick your battles carefully. you have to make sure that they're battles you deserve to win. and i don't know if that's true here. and then you have to enlist men i think, and others in support of it. i really don't believe that we're going to change the world by declaring war against men in corporate silicon valley. i mean, they've got the power. and the challenge is how do you convince them to structure the economy and to look at qualifications and hire and promote people in ways that include half the population? >> it's true. >> i think one way is make sure you got some women there. >> that's right. you got to stay in the room and you have to navigate the murky waters. take on this for me for a second len hermley is the attorney for the company. do you know if she's in-house or was she hired particularly for this case. if she was that would appear to be a calculated move. i don't know if she's in-house or not. do you know? >> yes, she specializes in employment law and the company doesn't get sued that often. certainly not at this level that it would necessarily have a sophisticated employment law attorney on staff. the fact that they chose to fight this -- these are the kinds of lawsuits that often get settled quietly when somebody decides that it's not worth the money to fight it. i think it's significant that the firm stood up and said, wait a minute. the numbers in silicon valley may be lousy but we're proud of the way we promote people. we're proud of the way we encourage the talented women and we're not going to just stand there and be buffaloed. i think people will give them credit for that. >> yeah. by the way, not to imply that female attorney is certainly not more than qualified to take on that job, but you see where i was going with that. i do want to wrap up with this thought. miss powell again she didn't win this fight, but she shed light on this fight for all women. so do you think that, because this is in the headlines now that perhapsies will pay closer attention to some of the allegations that women fairly lodge against some of the male bosses or what have you that may be inappropriate? >> i do think that's exactly right. i think at a minimum, everybody is going to turn around and look around the room and pounce and notice that -- i remember the akneel at that hill moment was in workplaces all over. people looked around and realized there were only two women in the room and they had never noticed that before. that's why this kind of % test test test. test test test. test test test. 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 it's 90 degrees. in the shade. sound hard? yeah. does that mean people in laos shouldn't get their vaccine? we didn't think so. from figuring it out to getting it done, we're here to help. new detail emerging about the co-pilot prosecutors say committed mass murder aboard a crowded jetliner as heartbroken families struggle to cope with their loss. this is a fox report. memorial services are being held across france in honor of the victims killed in the this week's germanwings tragedy. prosecutors say that 27-year-old andreas lubitz deliberately crashed that plane into the french alps, killing himself and 149 others. multiple reports say he had been struggling with vision problems which could have jeopardized his flying career. his fiance also reportedly
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