Country. Who stands to gain . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Stunning new details tonight about the copilot who prosecutors say intentionally crashed an airliner into the french alps killing everyone on board. Based on evidence taken from the copilots home officials now say he had an illness that he concealed from the airline and that he had been declared quote, unfit to work by a doctor. Rippedup medical leave notes were found, including one for the day of the doomed flight. The wall street journal cites a source as saying the copilot was being treated for depression by a psychiatrist and cites another source as saying he did not have a terminal illness. As the grim recovery work continues on the french mountainside where the plane disintegrated, German Airlines are now taking steps to prevent the kind of deliberate cockpit lockout that happened aboard flight 9525. They are now mandating that two crew members must always be inside the cockpit. Our correspondents analyst
And we begin with the sorrow and anger in israel over the death of three teenagers. It is a tragedy that threatens to make already strained relations between israel and the palestinians even worse. Israel accuses hamas of kidnapping and killing the teens. Hamas denies it. Israeli military says it carried out more than 30 strikes against targets in gaza overnight. Those strikes, say israeli officials, were in response to rocket attacks from gaza. A Funeral Service for the teens just ended a short time ago. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered the eulogy. He said the image of the three will forever be in the hearts of israelis. Translator honest and decent young men. Who were cut down by the hand evil men who wielded a knife over them, murderers. An emotional moment certainly for israel. Cnns atika sherbet joins us live. I know theres a debate inside the Israeli Government as to how intense the retaliation should be. Where does that stand right now . Still very divided actuall
Quote, unfortunately let me read it for you. Those who wish to co opt peaceful protests and turn them into violent demonstrations have been able to do so over the past several days during the evening hours. But Ferguson Police still has yet to name that Police Officer who shot and killed 18yearold Michael Brown saturday. Keep in mind, brown was unarmed and an eyewitness told cnn brown never went after the officers gun. At no point in time did they struggle over the weapon, because the weapon was already drawn on us. So we were more trying to get away out of the angle or aim of the weapon, besides going towards the weapon. Because it was drawn on us already. However today the chief of police told our affiliate there kmobtv that the officer has a facial injury from this alleged altercation. It was an altercation that has ignited a national outcry, as well as frustration as expressed in this opinion piece in deadspin. The headline, title of this piece, america is not for black people. The
As we get it throughout this hour. And another fox news alert. Louisiana now under state of emergency after relentless rain triggers massive flooding claiming the lives of at least two people. Welcome to a brand new hour of americas election head quarters. Im laura ingle. Hello, everyone. Im eric shaun. Crews are rescuing 1,000 people from their homes and cars. Forecasters say even more rain is expected all throughout the later part of today across the gulf coast. Its all from that slowmoving system thats already dumped more than two feet of rain in some places just in the last two days. Will carr is live in dallas with the very latest. Your heart goes out to these people. How does this compare to the other floods that have occurred in louisiana in the past . Reporter yeah, absolutely, eric. This is a historical event right now. The rivers and creeks in this part of louisiana are expected to crest at recordsetting levels in the coming days and comes as the rain continues to pound the a
Multiple hospitals have been evacuated including houstons largest Level One Trauma Center and many homes have flooded, collapsed or both. Rescue crews are trying to reach thousands of people who are stranded and officials are urging anyone in the area with boats to assist. Acting Homeland Security secretary elaine duke says its too soon to talk about recovery. Were concerned of those stranded and in need of immediate assistance. People need help and were working to provide it. While the hurricaneforce winds have diminished i want to stress we arent out of the woods yet. Were in downtown houston in a massive shelter. Caroline, tens of thousands are expected to seek shelter there. They are. The numbers are growing every hour, eric. 2500 people have found shelter in the Convention Center so far. The max capacity is 5,000. They could meet that soon. They have meetings planned today. How do they get here . Many of the roads are swamped. Theyre covered. You cant get through. Plenty of folks