all hope for a peace agreement between the israelis and palestinians while he s in office he says because of conflicting comments from benjamin netanyahu, it is no longer realistic to expect a two-state solution in the next several years. and he had plenty to say about the erodeing relationship between israel and the united states. here s white house senior correspondent jim acosta. reporter: christine, no thaw in that chill in relations just yet. president obama is still refusing to accept israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s explanations about his stance on palestinian statehood, describing their relationship as businesslike. the president said there s nothing personal on their disagreement on two key issues, the iran nuclear talks and prospects for a palestinian state. at a news conference with the new president of afghanistan, mr. obama dismissed netanyahu s latest position in favor of a two-state solution with the palestinians. something the prime minister rejected just b
his state visit to france to return home this morning. the germanwings flight originated in barcelona, and a count of spanish surnames suggests about 45 of the passengers may have been spanish nationals. still no official count, though from officials in spain. mourning along with those families in germany are the residents of this small spanish town where the german students attended that exchange program. hundreds gathering at a mass to remember their new friends. cnn s karl penhaul is there with the very latest. good morning, karl. reporter: morning, christine. this is the spanish school we re outside it now, where those 16 german students spent the last week studying. now, while they were studying they were also being hosted by spanish families. they were forging friendships here. they were learning the language. they were continuing friendships as well because only three weeks ago, a group of spanish students had traveled to germany to study there and stay with german families.
recovered, and investigators are trying to figure out what caused the crash of a germanwings airbus in the french alps with 150 people on board. everyone on that flight from barcelona to dusseldorf presumed dead including two babies. the cause of the crash a mystery. germanwings says the plane descended from its cruising a little tudaltitude for eight minutes before contact was lost and the plane slammed into the mountain. now crews are struggling to recover bodies and wreckage from snow-covered high mountain valley here where that plane went down. i want to bring in now cnn s erin mclaughlin in the recovery staging area that s about six miles from the crash site. good morning, erin. reporter: hi christine. well that all-important recovery operation has resumed this morning. this after it had been suspended in the overnight hours due to difficult conditions. now, the airfield you see behind
recovered. and investigators are trying to figure out just what caused that crash of a germanwing s airbus in the alps. 150 people on board. everyone on that flight from barcelona to germany presumed dead including two babies a german school group. the cause a mystery. germanwings said it descended from its cruising altitude for eight minutes before radar contact was lost and the plane slammed into the mountain. now crews are struggling to recover bodies and wreckage from the snow-covered high mountain valley where this plane went down. i want to bring you the latest this morning from cnn s erin mclaughlin. the recovery staging area about six miles from the crash. good morning, erin. reporter: hi christine. well that recovery effort has resumed this morning. this after it was suspended in the overnight hours due to
many of the families came yesterday to get news and to receive that terrible news that it was their family members on board. there s a crisis center set up here to provide support to those traumatized by all of this. they ve also been offered by the airline, if they want to to fly to the site or near to the site of the crash just so that they can be near to their lost loved ones. and meanwhile, germanwings, the airline, has said that some of its crew have asked not to travel receiving the news of the crash and, of course of their colleagues lost in this terrible tragedy. many details unfolding. 67 german nationals, a number that may change as more details emerge. christine? some of those crew members don t want to fly right now, as they mourn their colleagues. thank you so much for that rosie. now, the king of spain canceling a state visit to france to return home this morning. the flight originated in barcelona, and a count of spanish surnames suggest about 45 of those passengers