neo-nazi arrested. the fbi accuses two people of trying to completely destroy baltimore by attacking the city s power grid. close call on the tarmac. the new investigation tonight after two planes nearly collide in austin. important news tonight. for social security recipients, the largest annual increase in four decades. but is it enough to help with the soaring cost of groceries? and music s biggest night. and beyonce s historic grammy win. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting tonight from new york. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. there are new developments tonight in the chinese balloon story. the pentagon revealing today the u.s. navy has collected a majority of that chinese aircraft shot down over the weekend off the south carolina coast. and the senior u.s. general responsible for bringing down that balloon making a stunning admission. there we
the face of either of the pilot or the co pilot. they would focus on the instrument and on the manipulations of that are made. reporter: former ntsb chairman jim hall says cameras would be a deterrent to bad behavior or careless piloting and would be a key investigative tool. what could cameras detect? you can see the instruments, you can see what they re seeing on their instrument panels on their screens. you can see what they re doing with their hands. reporter: cameras on the instruments wouldn t necessarily give investigators much help in the germanwings crash probe. they already know how that plane went down technically. but former commercial pilot, lynn spencer, says cameras trained on pilots faces could carved certain moments that cockpit voice and flight data recorders might miss. was the pilot choking, is the pilot having a seizure. reporter: the technology is already on the market but one manufacturer told us no airlines have bought their cameras. cameras are alr
flight 9525 has reignited this debate over cameras inside airplane cockpits. some say it s a good idea. others consider it a violation of pilot privacy. reporter: andreas lubitz had locked himself alone in the cockpit as the captain pounded on the door. now, safety experts are calling for a bold move to avoid another disaster. cameras in the cockpit. the cameras would not be on the face of either of the pilot or the co-pilot. they would focus on the instruments and on the manipulations that are made. reporter: former ntsb chairman jim hall said cameras in the cockpit would be a be deterrent to bad behavior. what could cameras detect? you can see the instruments. you can see what they re seeing on the screens. you can see what they re doing with their hands. reporter: cameras on the instruments wouldn t necessarily give investigators much help in the germanwings crash probe.
what illness led doctors to declare him unfit for work. we now know what led thoo this crash. the co-pilot locked the captain out of cockpit putting the plane into descent and crashing it into the french alps. if there were live streaming video inside the cockpit, would that change anything? bryan todd is out front with tonight s i.d.e.a. reporter: he locked himself alone in the cockpit as the captain pounded on the door. safety experts are calling for a bold move to avoid another disaster. cameras in the dockcockpit. the cameras would not be on the face. they would focus on the instruments and the manipulations that are made. reporter: former ntsb
story. brian? tonight, safety experts are calling for cameras to be installed in cockpits. a mechanical eye inside the cockpit they say could deter pilots from reckless behavior capture any potential threats and help investigators after a crash. a key question tonight, could a camera have made any difference in the germanwings crash? andreas lubitz had locked himself alone in the cockpit as the captain pounded on the door. tonight, safety experts are calling for a bold move to avoid another disaster. cameras in the cockpit. the cameras would not be on the face of either of the pilot or the co-pilot. they would focus on the instruments and on the manipulations that are made. reporter: former ntsb chairman jim hall says cameras in the cockpit would be a deterrent to bad behavior and careless piloting and would be a key investigative tool. what could cameras trained on the control panel detect? you could see the instruments, what they are seeing on their instrument