Weekend and beyond in a few minutes. Scott now to the tragedy in the alps being called no accident. Tonight, family members have toured the area where the Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed killing all 150 people on board. It follows that bombshell announcement this morning that the copilot Andreas Lubitz intentionally brought down the plane. That revelation hours after we learned that the captain had been locked out of the cockpit. F. B. I. Has been brought in to help in this investigation. Airlines c. E. O. Says there were no warning signs. All the safety nets we are so proud of here have not worked in this case. Scott at this point, the white house along with french and german Officials Say lubitz did not have any known terror connections. The questions many are asking tonight could it happen here . Do u. S. Carriers take precautions that would prevent such a tragedy and does the u. S. Government need to require more . When you take off on a u. S. Carrier, theres things that are meant
of the country. 50 s and 60 s all the way from texas through dixie land down through florida and up through the mid atlantic. 56 currently in new york city. later today, 67 out at laguar a laguardia. warmer here in the new york city if you re near a tanning booth. 83 looks like it will be the daytime high in memphis, tennessee and if you re out in denver, colorado, mile high, your highs will be 56. time for a little sports action now, brian? let s talk a little bit of baseball. phillies pitcher cole hamils admitted he beamed bryce harper at the age of 19 as an old school way of welcoming him into the league. but major league baseball hitting back with a five-game suspension for hitting the youngster. he ll also be find. hammels hit the nationals rookie in a game on sunday night, you may remember for no apparent reason. knicks fans forget about phil jackson or john caliparri. it appears, according to the new york daily news , the knicks have found a new head coach. like the old coa
it is their first national title since 1998. kentucky which was the overall top seed in the tourney led the game wire to wire. it is the first title for coach john caliparri. he says he s happy the talk of not winning a title can finally stop for his sake and the sake of his players. i m glad it s done. now i can get about my business of coaching basketball and get these players be the best that they can be and helping young people, you know, create better lives for themselves and their families and also help them prepare for life after basketball. it was mr. caliparri s fourth trip to the final four. congratulations to kentucky, there s always next year, jay hawks. all right, meanwhile, since i was tortured with the sports, now i m going to torture brian by making him stand in front of the weather wall. absolutely, steve, this is a privilege i think that people of america need to know of, that i can do the weather, too, right there.