Recovery of human remains, theyre working to figure out what happened to flight 9525. After all, what was reportedly found on that flight cockpit voice recorder, is stunning. Stunning new details this morning in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525. According to media reports, one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit. When the plane crashed into the side of this Mountain High in the french alps. All of the 150 people on board, including schoolaged children and two infants, presumed dead. The New York Times cite as senior military official involved in examining audio evidence from the cockpit voice recorder. This official says before the planes rapid descent, one of the pilots left the cockpit and was unable to get back in. The paper quotes this investigator as saying the guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and there is no answer. Then he hits the door stronger no answer. There is never an answer. He says you can hear he is trying to smash the door down. The chilling repo
That evening, i should have been informed. And were following up on that. And there will be accountability. Strong admission from the secret service director. Cnns chris frates was watching this mornings hearing. Hes here with me now. It was supposed to be a pretty routine hearing but it turned out to be anything but routine. They got into this socalled culture of the secret service. Thats right. This was a huge theme of this committee hearing. Democrats and republicans hammered director clancy asking him, what took so long . And here we have democratic congresswoman nita lowery grilling the director. Were not talking about someone drinking at a party. Were talking about a respected member of the secret service who was absolutely drunk. How many people do you know how many friends do you know who may go to a party and then take a car and go ram it into a fence or some other barricade . I find this testimony shocking following up on my colleague. I just dont understand it. I would think
Letter that indicated that he was declared by a medical doctor unfit to work. Investigators say they found medical excuse notes that had been ripped up, including one for the day of the crash. Theyre not saying what the illness was. But they say the evidence does indicate lubitz was trying to hide that evidence. Were also learning more about what investigators didnt find in his apartment or in his familys home. No goodbye letter or suicide note no evidence that his actions were driven by politics or religion. Also today, lufthansa, thats the Parent Company of the germanwings airliner announced that it had adopted a new rule. It now requires two people to be in the cockpit at all times. Lets sort out the latest on the investigation with our experts. Here in washington our Law Enforcement analyst, the former fbi assistant director tom fuentes and our aviation analyst, peter goelz, former ntsb managing director. Joining us from new york our aviation correspondent richard quest. We dont kn
Or shortterm spending bill and that is why over here at the white house theyre sort of bystanders to all of this and the White House Press secretary josh earnest is waiting for republicans to get this done. Republicans made an aggressive case over the course of last year about why the American People should entrust United States congress to Republican Leadership and here we are, seven or eight weeks into their tenure and theyre on the precipice of fall down on the job. Particularly when thats notable when were talking about something as important as funding the department of Homeland Security. You know whos not a fan of a threeweek spending bill for the department of Homeland Security that would be the secretary of dhs, jeh johnson. He said a shortterm continuing resolution exacerbates the uncertainty for my workforce and puts us back in the same position on the brink of a shutdown just days from now. As hes saying in that letter they would have to come back and do this all over again
Detained the passenger. This video taken by one of the passengers during the altercation. Bruises below his right cheek and near his mouth. Several Others Holding down his head as one person tries to calm him down. Relax and dont move. A spokeswoman for the airport saying no passengers were injured and no weapon was found. The passenger was removed by Law Enforcement and taken to the hospital for evaluation. You got him . Tense moments indeed. Now as for the remaining passengers on board, United Airlines says that it plans on getting them to their destination, denver this morning. Remarkable how the cockpit remaimed calm and the passengers even in the midst of trying to restrain the man kept calm. New York Real Estate heir robert durst has been charged with the firstdegree murder charge in the executionstyle death of his friend susan berman in 2000. His extradition to california delayed where he faces criminal charges in new orleans where he he was arrested over the weekend. Cnns Migue