hands. keep in mind, this is not a situation where the two parties are miles apart. we re in rough agreement about how much spending can be cut responsibly as a first step towards reducing our deficit. we agree on a process where the next step is a debate in the coming months on tax reform and entitlement reform, and i am willing and ready to have that debate. if we need to put in place an enforcement mechanism to hold us accountable for making the reforms, i will support that too if it s done in a smart and balanced way. so there are plenty of ways out of this mess. but we are almost out of time. i want to bring in cnn s joe johns to tell us where things stand at this moment. how is speaker boehner trying to reach his magic number of 217? randy, when i was listening to you at the top sounded like you were describing theater of the absurd. house republicans are inches closer to fixing their problem in the house of representatives. i think we have pictures now of the hou
failed, the auto pilot disengaged, the auto throttlesing clicked out and the entire aircraft then went into an emergency situation. we know that pilots were aware of what was happening. what s not clear is why one of the pilots or the pilot flight brought the nose up because that seemed to be contrary to everything pilots ever taut. having recovered from this initial or at least stabilized aircraft they called the captain back from his rest break. that s the first thing you would do. than second stall, more serious actually does take hold of the plane. and by that once again for some reason, maybe they didn t understand the severity of the situation or the attitude of the aircraft but all the indications from the data show the pilot pulled back on the side stick and the nose came up. in fact as did it so the angle
situation. we know the pilots were aware of what was happening. what s not clear is why one of the pilots or the pilot flying brought the nose up because that seemed to be contrato everything pilots are ever taught. having recovered from this initial or at least stabilized the aircraft they call the captain back from his rest break. in an emergency obviously that s the first thing you would do, and then a second stall, a more serious actually does take hold of the plane. by that once again for some reason maybe they didn t understand the severity of the situation or the attitude of the aircraft, but all the indication from the data show the pilot pulled back on the side stick and the nose came up. and, in fact, as it did so, the angle of attack to the wing reached 40 degrees. the pitch attitude 16 degrees. the horizontal stabilizer stayed at 13 degrees.
down. our richard quest has seen the report and breaks it down for us. richard? reporter: the findings of fact from the french investigators have really told us an enormous amount about the last terrifying moments of flight 447. ever since the pipes became clogged with ice, the speed sensors failed, the autopilot disengaged, the auto throttles clicked out, and the entire aircraft went into an emergency situation. we know the pilots were aware of what was happening. what s not clear is why one of the pilots or the pilot flying brought the nose up because that seemed to be contrato everything pilots are ever taught. having recovered from this initial or at least stabilized the aircraft they call the captain back from his rest break. in an emergency obviously that s
welcome home from thousands of supporters. returning to his homeland two years average being ousted in a coup. he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. he had been in exile in the dominican republic, but reached a deal with the honduran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with the dinner plate. that s the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture department will unveil this coming thursday. what s prompting the makeover and what does it mean? we ll tell you about that ahead in this newscast. a quick sports note. barcelona defeated manchester united 3-1 to capture the biggest prize at london s wembley stadium. regardless of what you call it it s a huge within victory for barcelona. just hours from now president obama will be on the ground in joplin, missouri. his first look at what s left of that devastated city. 142 people lost their lives in last sunday s terrible tornado, another 100 are still missing imissing