cnn s nick parker is live for us for the hearing today. nick, we know that the sergeant told us by phone, he s optimistic he will get out. do we know what his chances are for being released today? reporter: well, brooke, certainly a hair pin in many courts. we spoke to his lawyer last night, his defense team, and they are actually urging patience in the system, and they say today it is actually unlikely that the judge will release him. and here s really the reason why. in the hearing that s taking place just behind me right now, in this federal courthouse in tijuana, it s really tahmooressi s opportunity to give his version of events of what happened that night on march the 31st. it s been a slow process up it s been a slow process up until this stage. he also fired his original legal team so really, at this stage there s very little evidence
just about the bottom of the hour. you re watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin. we have now learned that families will be meeting with aviation tech experts in a closed door briefing. both malaysia airlines and the department of civil aviation will be there. although it s not exactly known what information they may share. but at the very least, it is another step toward transparency. let me remind you, it is 3:30 in the morning where the search is taking place on day 26, and officials have only just released that transcript, this two and a half page transcript from the cockpit of flight 370. here it is. as far as experts are concerned, and we have talked to many, they tell us it s all pretty routine, reading this thing over. but perhaps the biggest mystery today surrounds that left turn here. the veering off course. malaysian officials say the jet s hair pin turn to the west was deliberate at least. and this is now a new word we re
i looked up and noticed we were going down. and heads straight towards a crowd of spectators. get out of there! is there somebody in there? racers ready! it s may 9th, 2011. the second day of the buffalo bill downhill race. a long board competition at lookout mountain just above golden, colorado. skate borders come from near and far for a chance to race down lariette leap road at high rates of speed up to 40 miles per hour. but today, the thrills aren t just on the pavement. a helicopter with a pilot, co-pilot and cameraman onboard is covering above the last hair pin turns on the course preparing to cover the final fleet of the race. todd comes for a day hike but is captivated by the race and joins the crowd of spectators lining the twisting road. he was shooting the riders
i m riding the brakes. you knew that? nicole posen knows this winding road like the back of her hand. her house used to be at the top of the mountain. a year ago on a rainy afternoon as posen slowly steered her 2007 toyota tundra around this hair pin turn, she says the unthinkable happened. as soon as i touched the accelerator, it just jumped. it just went. it went over the curb and there was nothing i could do. i was too close to the curb to be able to do anything. and i pressed the brakes. i did everything that i thought i could. and i couldn t get my car to stop. i just remember seeing cactuses and then that was it. and then i remember seeing the road. reporter: at that point, you re coming down that incline, what are you thinking to yourself? am i going to die? i was thinking, am i going to survive this? what s going to happen? am i going to am i going to