glean from the cockpit voice recorder. meanwhile investigators on the ground in the french alps are focused on a long debris field to see what they can salvage from what little is left of the plane. we want to turn to miles o brien, our cnn aviation analyst. good morning to you, miles. let s talk about this debris field. first off, i m curious what you or maybe what you think investigators can glean from the way this debris field is laid out. well one of the most important things about any debris field, michaela is the size of it. if you have an aircraft that for whatever reason breaks up in flight what you look for is you match the trajectory of the airplane with where the pieces are. what are the first pieces that fall off, that can tell you a lot about any sort of structural or mechanical failure. or if there was some foul play. which caused an explosion let s say. and which, where the bomb might have been located, we have some indication in the debris field itself. in this case y
so we know what the information is that s out there from the new york times if we re going to keep that as the starting point, let s figure out what questions it raises which ones make sense and which don t. we have cnn aviation analyst miles o brien. miles, you re a journalist and a science reporter and an analyst. so we can combine you all in one like a tasty cake of information. if we accept the new york times premise that this is what they hear on this tape and it is as it s been laid out, one pilot leaves tries to get back in nothing is heard. he gets more and more panicked he starts banging on the door. the plane crashes, all in the span of let s say eight to ten minutes, what is the first and immediate question for you? well it s chris, unfortunately unintended consequences isn t did? these doors were reinforced and the locks were put in such as they are, post 9/11 to try to save lives and it turns out it can be turned in the other direction potentially. one of the things
those who died 150 people on board flight 9525. and now we know it went from thinking there were no americans, to two americans and now at least three americans involved. two of them have been identified by the state department as a mother and daughter from virginia. for the latest let s get to cnn s erin mcpike, live in virginia where the family lives. erin? chris, those two women are yvonne and emily selke. here s how their family friend erin holmes remembered them last night. is there anything else you want people to know about emily. i think what people need to know about them and what people should know about them they were two, two americans on the plane, not a mother and daughter on a plane. but two, yvonne and emily, two amazing, loving people who left behind friends and family who love and miss them a lot. now, yvonne was a long time
as the students come to terms with their loss and as so many around the world come to terms with their loss. chris? thank you very much. the dignity of the dead obviously of the upmost importance. that also involves knowing what happened on that plane. let s try to figure out where we are in this investigation. we have our best here mary sciavo cnn aviation analyst and former inspector-general with the department of transportation and david soucie cnn safety analyst, was an faa safety inspector and tom fuentes, cnn law enforcement analyst, former fbi assistant director. we have the right team here. let s take a look at what we re doing here. we re trying to figure out what was the plane doing, david? what was going on with it mechanically. not now, now, it s about understanding what was heard on the voice recorder. how do you break down the questions raised? the questions raised right now is that if the pilot, if new york times report is true we have to qualify that but that the
there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist and i never considered it a possibility. but the bottom line is if the words said in that chant were mean hateful and racist. parker price, the other student expelled issued a written apology. bowe bergdahl held prison anywhere afghanistan for five years is being charged with desertion. it raises new questions about the controversial prisoner exchange that brought bergdahl home last year in exchange for five taliban commanders. we re hearing bergdahl describe his time in captivity. cnn s martin savidge has that live from san antonio. martin? good morning, michaela. there s been no official reaction from sergeant bowe bergdahl himself regarding the charges laid out against him. he has an office job here in fort sam houston in san antonio, texas and today the army says for him it will be another typical day.