More times as flight 9525 descended toward its ultimate demise. By the way, that box that you see, well its normally bright orange. This dark color here youre seeing is a testament to the fact that it was scorched in the crash and the impact so severe that it buried this recorder under eight inches of dirt. Joining us from dusseldorf is cnns will ripley. Investigators are really just starting to go through this and theyre already learning so much. Reporter this is the first analysis and they will continue to go through it again to try to extract as much as they can about what was happening technically with flight 9525 when it made that deadly collision course with the french alps. But the information just released today is horrifying to say the least, because it shows once again evidence of a deliberate act by this 27yearold copilot Andreas Lubitz. He changed the autopilot settings programmed in 100 feet above the ground starting that terrifying descent. Passengers were well aware of w
Agenda. In a few minutes, president obama is expected to step before the cameras and speak with reporters before heading back to the United States. I want to take you to washington now to world blitzer er wolf blitzer. Thank you very much. As you mentioned, russia clearly a key focus for this twoday summit which addresses issues like Climate Change trade, the fight against isis. Thats a huge issue at this summit. Cnn is covering the global and domestic impact of this meeting from all angles. My colleague the chief washington correspondent jake tapper is here. Hes joining me here in washington. Also traveling with the president senior White House Correspondent jim acosta chief National Correspondent jim sciutto, josh rowgan and the former Obama Administration official van jones. Set the scene for us jake. What do we expect from hear from the president. He has russian aggression in ukraine, isis aggression in iraq and syria for that matter. He has a lot of issues on the agenda. Not to ne
It is 9 00 a. M. In greece where Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he will present a new bailout proposal by the end of the week. Mr. Tsipras met with european leaders in brussels tuesday, but he did not offer up any longterm plans. Greek banks are running low on money and remain closed except for minimal atm withdrawals. Jeanclaude juncker made it clear his patience with greek negotiators is wearing thin. Rejecting all these accusations which were thrown to the public during the Referendum Campaign that are not respecting the dignity of the greek people. That we are terrorists. I dont like. This who are they and who do they think i am. Im strongly in favor of keeping greece in the euro area. But now the greek government was not capable to do this tonight has to tell us where they are having at the last moment will be further more. Jeanclaude juncker there. And cnns isa soares is in athens this morning and joins us now live with the latest. Of course this was supposed to be a doordie
We will, we will rock you flying at half staff, honoring those that were killed in the tunisia. This weekend, fears of an isis inspired attack have authorities on edge. And greeces financial if you tour hangs in the balance. We hear from greeks about what they think about the debt crisis. And the number of shark attacks along the eastern u. S. Has beach goers a little nerved up. One survivor shares his story. I would be nervous to get into that water. I know. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im george howell. And im natalie allen. And youre watching cnn newsroom. It is 8 00 a. M. In the United Kingdom where they are remembering what happened at beach resort in tunisia. Flags have been lowered to half staff including at bumming ham Buckingham Palace in england. Bodies will be repatriated today. Phil black is with us. Phil good to have you with us. Whats the latest on the investigation at this point . Reporter george according to the authorities here
This is the real world. President obama is going up against a bad guy, a guy who will stop at nothing to stay in power, but it is anybodys guess how it will end. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the president has to win another big battle before he can go after the bad guy. He has to get the American People and congress on his side. The odds right now, not exactly in his favor. Here are the numbers. In the senate, 25 yes votes, 19 no votes, 56 undecided. In the house, the math no better. 24 yes votes, 119 no votes, 270 undecided and 20 simply unknown. The president , meanwhile, staking everything on turning those numbers around. This is hard, and i was under no illusions when i embarked on this path. But i think its the right thing to do. I think its good for our democracy. We will be more effective if we are unified going forward. Lets get started with the battle on capitol hill. Joining me now, two congressmen who couldnt disagree more about what to do in syria. Theres a twist here. Flo