Its about to go down the main street. The dark sky erupting. Power transformers exploding one after the other. Statewide more than 20,000 are without power. This, a tornado toppling a radio tower and ripping trees right from the ground. It was just enough damage to cancel classes today, but a stark contrast to that killer ef5 twister that decimated moore in 2013. Near tulsas airport as tornado sirens blared passengers and workers sought shelter in the basement. Wednesdays storm strike also brought heavy rain and golf ballsized hail. Is the Severe Weather over . Nbc meteorologist Domenica Davis with the answer in a few minutes. Now to the germanwings crash and a new report from the New York Times which says one of the planes pilots locked out of the cockpit during the cash. Citing a senior official during the investigation this is what the mangled audio reporter picked up. Quote, very smooth very cool conversation to start. Then an indication that one of the pilots got up and left the c
Good evening. And we begin tonight with two breaking stories. The americans who were on board that jet when it crashed. But first tonight, the army argent charged with desertion. Bergdahl the u. S. Soldier held hostage by the taliban for five years. We saw him blinking in the sunlight. Set free in the Dramatic Exchange. The u. S. Handing over five taliban prisoners to gain his freedom. After the handoff, patted down by a member of u. S. Special Operations Forces before boarding that chopper and flying to freedom. But tonight, that freedom could be short lived. Late today, the u. S. Army revealing the charges that could lead to life in prison. Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, leading us off. Reporter the possibility of a life sentence shows just how serious the charges are. Desertion with the intent to avoid hazardous duty, endangering his fellow Soldiers Left to face the enemy without him. Endangering the safety of a command unit or place carries a maximum potent
Their new honor tonight. Good evening. And we begin tonight with two breaking stories. The americans who were on board that jet when it crashed. But first tonight, the army argent charged with desertion. Bowe bergdahl the u. S. Soldier held hostage by the taliban for five years. We saw him blinking in the sunlight. Set free in the Dramatic Exchange. The u. S. Handing over five taliban prisoners to gain his freedom. After the handoff, patted down by a member of u. S. Special Operations Forces before boarding that chopper and flying to freedom. But tonight, that freedom could be short lived. Late today, the u. S. Army revealing the charges that could lead to life in prison. Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, leading us off. Reporter the possibility of a life sentence shows just how serious the charges are. Desertion with the intent to avoid hazardous duty, endangering his fellow Soldiers Left to face the enemy without him. Endangering the safety of a command unit or
And misbehavior before the enemy. Whats next for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following two breaking stories this hour. Investigators are gathering new clues into the horrific crash of an airliner that disintegrated when it slammed into the french alps. They have managed to retrieve a usable audio file from the cockpit voice recorder. The other black boxes still have not been recovered. Conditions are extraordinarily difficult at the crash site. Recovery teams must be lowered by helicopter. The state department now says a third american was among the 150 people who perished in the crash. Two of the three americans identified as a mother and daughter from virginia. Also tonight, a dramatic announcement from the United States military. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl who walked away from his base in afghanistan back in 2009 and was exchanged last year for five taliban prisoners, has now been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Ou
Plunge tell us . Was it intentional . What went wrong . We will answer all of it for you. And cnn reporters are live throughout the areas, and Nic Robertson is there, and we have Richard Quest with me here in new york and Fred Pleitgen in dusseldorf. Richard, what do we know happened . We have absolutely no idea. It was 40someodd minutes into the flight, and it had reached the cruising altitude of 38,000 feet and about two minutes after it did, that it sudden starts to descend. There is some dispute as to what rate of speed it is descending. Some suggest it is a consistent descent at around 3,000 feet per minute and one or two reports suggesting it is more erratic, but we have no idea what happened at that moment. And even though it was 8,000 foot plunge we have no idea the if it was erratic. It was going down 3,000 feet per minute give or take, and now one or two people saying it is more erratic, and if you average it out it is more than the range of 1,500 to 5,000, and we dont know.