Afghanistan when bergdahl vanished. The world lead. Still so much wreckage from a crash that killed 150 people but as recovery teams collect shreds of debris slung across the alps investigators now have an audio file from inside the cockpit. What if anything did the pilots say that could help officials decipher just why this plane went down . And families of the victims still trying to deal with the staggering loss. So many futures cut short, including that of three americans. So who were they and who did they leave behind . Welcome to the lead. Im john berman in for jake today. Major stories breaking this afternoon. We are following new developments on that doomed jet that went down over the french alps but we begin today with breaking news in our national lead. Just minutes ago, the army announced that Bowe Bergdahl the army soldier who spent five years in taliban captivity, will now face charges of desertion. Abandoning his brothers in arms. He could face life in prison here if conv
Hello and a very warm welcome from european journal coming to you from dw studios in brussels. Heres whats coming up in the next half hour switzerland, how parliamentarians are fighting against that had feared. And our vikings part of the worlds Cultural Heritage . First to italy, where parliamentary elections are coming up. Prime minister mario monti has pose strict reforms, raised taxes and made it easier for companies to lay off employees, all part of an effort to get italy off the list of endangered eurozone countries. Before he took office, italy was in bad economic shape, having lagged behind its economic neighbors for years, but italians are fed up with this strict past, and lately, support for the former premier, silvio berlusconi, has been on the rise again. It has been the same for 20 ars the same music, the same fans, all this for silvio berlusconi. Boosted by recent polls, he appears to be in splendid form and can even afford a touch of selfdeprecating and. Selfdepredation.
Taxes and made it easier for companies to lay off employees, all part of an effort to get italy off the list of endangered eurozone countries. Before he took office, italy was in bad economic shape, having lagged behind its economic neighbors for years, but italians are fed up with this strict past, and lately, support for the former premier, silvio berlusconi, has been on the rise again. It has been the same for 20 years the same music, the same fans, all this for silvio berlusconi. Boosted by recent polls, he appears to be in splendid form and can even afford a touch of selfdeprecating and. Selfdepredation. I took a look in the mirror before leaving the house and thought what a shame the old mirrors do not exist anymore. I always looked so handsome and young. That is what his fans like so much he always has a joke or an amusing anecdote. He is also good at making promises. Do you want fewer taxes on companies, families, and income . Berlusconis Campaign Announcements are legendary. I
Upwards for 60 people at this time. The boeing 777, it was from soeul, south korea caught fire. You could see thick black smoke billowing from the jet as passengers were forced to jump down emergency inflatable slides to safety. Video showing the top of the s fusleage was burned away. Poses of the tail laying in the runway. This picture showing survivors walking away from the wreckage that was remarkable. As we told you, not everyone got out. A team is is not to investigate what went wrong. This is not a live look at the airport. We are told that tworun ways have reopened. The airport right on the water south of San Francisco. And that is where we will find cloudia cowan wo is standing by with the latest. Claudia . Heather, mayor lee call today a tragic day for San Francisco. And judging by the numbers, the tragedy will grow in scope. Two people are dead and 130 people hospitalized and as many as 67 people still unaccounted for at this hour. Officials making it clear it is a fluid situ
On this president s day, the latest poll numbers show a dramatic drop in the president s Approval Rating in this time a year ago. 42 of the respondents approve of the way the president is handling his job, down ten points this time last year. The poll is an average of Thee National surveys. President obama sat down for an interview that aired ahead of the nba allstar game last night and former basketball star, Charles Barkley of our sister network, tnt, asked him about having his name tied to health care reform. What do you think of the term obamacare . I like it. I dont mind. And i tell you, five years from now when everybody is saying, man, im sure glad we got health care, there are going to be a whole bunch of people who dont call it obamacare, because they dont want me to get the credit. You dont know what life will throw at you. And sometimes people dont recognize, particularly young people, how important it is to have coverage until you get sick and you realize you may lose every