International correspondent Jim Bittermann joining us from paris and cnn aviation analyst peter goels joining us from dallas. Jim, walk us through exactly what the copilot did on that earlier flight how investigators now came to the conclusioning that it was a rehearsal for what eventually wound up doing. Right. Exactly. Basically the earlier flight was the outbound flight from dusseldorf to barcelona and during that flight at one point, the pilot left the cockpit leaving the copilot lubitz in charge and he dialed into the setting on the autopilot, he dialed in the lowest setting, 100 feet. He had been ordered to descend according to air Traffic Controllers, descend from 37,000 to 35,000 and instead of setting it at 35,000 he set it to 100 feet and then just about a minute later, he again was ordered to descend by the air Traffic Controllers and they said to go down to 21,000 feet. Instead of setting in 21,000 he again set into motion the setting of 100 feet. So it was either a rehears
It set this country on a smarter, stronger course. And today, after more than 50 votes in congress to repeal or weaken this law, after a president ial election based in part on preserving or repealing this law, after multiple challenges to this law before the Supreme Court, the Affordable Care act is here to stay. The challenge was based on these four words, quote established by the state. Opponents said the afraid maze federal subsidies illegal in certain states. The chief justice of the Supreme Court, john roberts, said in his majority opinion, that he disagreed. He said the meaning of that phrase may not be as clear as it appears, when read out of context, and by using the words much exchange, the act indicates that state and federal exchanges should be the same. Lets not forget this was a huge victory for the president of the United States for his legacy. Its a huge victory for millions of americans who have Health Insurance right now, because of those subsidies. Outside the court,
In a special oneonone interview. The National Lead a teenage girl found wandering through the woods after she walked away from a plane crash. She says she has reality tv to thank for saving her life. Welcome to the lead. Im john berman in today for jake tapper. Dont trust, do verify. That is what president obama said his administration will do now that the west and iran have agreed to a nuclear pact one that the white house insists will stop iran from getting the bomb. Secretary of state john kerry echoed his boss telling cnns christiane amanpour, this is about the measurables. And that should iran fail to live up to this deal all the sanctions snap right back into place. Thats his claim. Even the possibility of military action against tehran gets put back on the table. Were putting to task whether or not theres a change of heart, a change of mind a change of direction. And if there isnt, we have every option available to us every day that we have right now. Javad zarif said he almost
Party and the country. This is shutdown showdown. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to this special hour of cnn shutdown showdown. Im jake tapper once again live from capitol hill. Attention, furloughed federal workers, veterans, families who rely on wic to put food on the table and every american who yearns to see our government leaders working together to get things done. All of you have reason to breathe a little easier, at least for tonight, at least until january. Literally with minutes to spare until we hit the debt ceiling the house and Senate Approved the deet to reopen the government and avert that potential economic crisis. On this vote, there are 81 yeas, 18 nays. The bill is reported as passed. There was nothing surprising about the landslide approval in the senate, seeing as how democrats hold the majority there and most Senate Republicans were more than ready to put this whole thing behind them. The real test would be in the house, where there was plenty of resentment withi
Were getting stunning new evidence that bergdahl would be executed by the taliban. And while many were shocked, critics say the price was too high. President obama says the prisoner swap controversy was whipped up in washington and hes making no apologies for trading five taliban detainees for bergdahl. Our correspondents are standing by. Lets go to barbara starr. Barbara . Wolf, the pentagons position is remaining the same. They leave no one behind on the battlefield but there are plenty of questions for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. Bowe bergdahl may have tried to escape his captors on at least two occasions, a u. S. Official tells cnn. But until the army can talk to bergdahl directly, they wont know for sure. However, a u. S. Official says we have reason to believe there were times he tried to escape bergdahl may not have fully talked about his time in captivity but he is recovering after nearly a week of medical care. The pentagon says he is now speaking in english to the medical staff,