Of the fallen officer. We begin with cara liu where a vigil wrapped up about half an hour ago. Reporter a few hundred people showed up for the prayer vigil. They were honoring the fallen officer and saying thank you to all the officers who serve this community. Todays vigil honored Michael Johnson. I honor you as not only a Police Officer but an important part of our community. Reporter hundreds turned out to pay their respects. And i hope you had the opportunity to see what im seeing. Our diverse city coming together tonight to mourn, the slate is wiped clean. As it has been its going to be difficult and especially next thursday. Reporter one Person Holding a flashlight representing johnson. A great heart. Cared about everyone. He had a golden heart. It takes a special person to put on a badge. It makes a difference for us able to walk the streets in our community. They do a job most of us will never ever do and because of them were safe. Reporter tonights event was organized by the s
Our breaking news, a cruel and stunning new twist to a horrific catastrophe. The airliner crash that killed 150 people in the french alps is now being called deliberate. The french Prosecutor Says the copilot wanted to destroy the aircraft. Based on chilling cockpit audio, officials now say the copilot locked the captain out and ignoring the pounding at the door and the screaming that was going on put the plane into a descent that took it into a mountainside. The fbi has been called into the crash investigation and u. S. Officials say intelligence agencies are still looking for a possible possible terror link. Our correspondents analysts and guests are all standing by with the latest developments. But lets begin with our Senior International correspondent, Nic Robertson. Hes near the crash scene and has the latest. Nic . Reporter well this was a day where the family members of the victims of that crash got a chance to get close to that site. They couldnt get all the way there. The Germ
3 00 eastern here in the news room, and joining you from new york first up a new and Shocking Development in the downing of the plane, was the copilot who investigatoring deliberately took down the plane, hiding a psychiatric condition . The exgirlfriend of the 27yearold lubitz saying he was a troubled man who often had bad dreams that his plane was going down. Cnn cannot independently confirm that report. This comes after police found ripped up documents in the home of the 27yearold copilot saying he was, quote, unfit to work on a number of days including on tuesday, the very day that lubitz decided to steer that air bus a320 into the southern french alp. What was ailing lubitz thinking thats not yet been revealed. In addition to reports citing sources he was suffering from a Mental Illness, and new report in the New York Times says he was treated for vision problems that may have threaten his career. Lets go straight to the mountainside area where they are staging all this search and
procedures it is important to remember that i think you could argue in any given day we re much more in danger from someone in the cabin trying to make their way into the cockpit than we are from a pilot. we know that these things are incredibly rare terrorism not as rare. not as and we know the effects have been felt internationally with three americans lost on board that flight. we have the information yesterday about yvonne and emily being lost. state department confirming who the third american is at their press briefing. take a listen. there were two names that we provided yesterday, we also mentioned there was a third american citizen who was a victim in the crash. we are able to confirm the death of u.s. citizen robert oliver who was also on the plane. robert oliver calvo according to my information robert oliver is the name i
we have at lufthansa a reporting system where crew can report without being punished their own problems or they can report problems of others without any kind of punishment. that hasn t been used in this case. all the safety nets we are so proud of here have not worked in this case. reporter: wolf lufthansa said that those checks that they have they have been in place for decades. he said that the lufthansa has been doing very well with them. he also said that of course, in light of what happened here they would re-evaluate and see if they would do more psychological testing to see whether or not their pilots are fit to fly. i think all airlines should probably be doing that. tonight we know the identity of the third american on board flight 9525. robert calvo. he worked for a clothing company in spain.