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legislation. >> we will talk about that law the next hour of "new day." ♪ a psychosomatic illness. burn out. depression. new information about the mental health of the germanwings co-pilot and the new evidence that police seized from his apartment. time running out with days left for the united states and its allies to reach a nuclear deal with iran. will these last-minute talks crumble? could another hat be thrown into the 2016 ring? marco rubio is planning a big announcement. >> good morning. i'm alison crokosik in for chri paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. new information in the crash of 9525. the information is that the co-pilot that crashed the
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airliner into the french alps was suffering from a psychological illness. >> reporter: pamela brown is outside the germanwings headquarters in cologne, germany. >> reporter: there is new reporting out there that andreas lubitz had vision problems according to "the new york times" and it could be the result of a psychosomatic illness and something that investigators are exploring. we are also learning that antidepressants were found inside of his apartment. investigators have been in and out of his apartment in dusseldorf trying to collect as much evidence as they can to figure out a motivate here. why did andreas lubitz deliberately crash that plane into the french alps as the french prosecutor alleges? for more on his medical background i bring in frederik pleitgen.
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fred, we have learned the last 24 hours what illness he may have been suffering from? >> reporter: it seems like multiple things. on the one hand psychosomatic issues he had. one of the biggest publications here in germany is saying he was suffering from depression but also suffering from burnout is a related thing but a special kind of depression and they also say that large amounts of prescription drugs were found inside of his apartment. not exactly clear what that is, whether it's sleeping pills or something else or some sort of anti-depressants but we do know from the prosecutor that he was hiding these things from his employer. and it's interesting. because they came out saying they knew nothing about this and said he passed a physical in the summer of 2014 and say if he had any trouble with his vision they probably would have found that out at this point. if this was a big medical crisis he was going through they would have seen this if he had trouble with his vision. they said they never got any word from him that he was
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suffering from any court of depression-related issues. as you found out, he would have had to tell them. >> reporter: he would have had to self-report it and the illness would have been on him. it's interesting in speaking to the lufthansa spokesperson they had no indication he had depress or on mental health issues but the exam he went through in the summer of 2014 only covers physical, not psychological. >> reporter: right. only physical issues. they say a vision test is involved in it as well so they would do do a seeing test and he passed that without any problems. you're right. there is nothing tested for mental health issues but some of the questions that are asked there, they sort of go back to mental problems that he might have. they sort of ask them how are you feeling at the moment? do you have any issues? there are certain things that, you know, likely might brush across the mental side of things but there is no real mental evaluation. that happens in pilot training but a lot can happen between the time you're in pilot training
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and on the job. >> reporter: we know had this test in the summer and went on to a clinic in dusseldorf in february and march for a diagnosis of some sort. we don't know what that diagnosis is but still a lot to learn a lot about answering these questions. frederik pleitgen, thank you so much. a newspaper interviewed one of his ex-girlfriends he date five month last year and cnn interviewed this reporter. he says that the girlfriend talked about how andreas lubitz was aggressive and had really bad nightmares at night. here is what the reporter told us. >> she said things she couldn't understand. one night he jumped up after suffering from a nightmare and he screamed we, the plane goes down. we going down, you know?
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and there was another moment where he locked himself into the toilet, according to her, and be there for, i don't know, for a couple of -- no, longer. at least one hour, she told me. >> an hour? >> reporter: and she didn't know why he did that. >> reporter: german media is also reporting that andreas lubitz had a live-in girlfriend. this is a different person from the one this reporter is talking about. a live-in girlfriend who apparently worked at a school teacher in dusseldorf. >> pamela, thank you. let's try to understand the mental state of this co-pilot. we have a caa medical examiner. good to have you with us this morning, doctor. >> good morning. >> let's start with psychosomatic illness. a term many have never heard of. what is that? >> i'm speaking as a physician
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and as a medical examiner, not as a psychiatrist here, but a psychosomatic illness typically is a manifestation of physical symptoms not due to an organic cause so no real underlying disease but you might feel either gastrointestinal issues. they are mentioning vision issues and not sure what that might have been. it's not organic cause but based on mental issues. >> there was a german newspaper that reported that prescription drugs were taken from his apartment related to these psychosomatic illnesses. what types of drugs would be prescribed, do you know? >> i'm not sure. i know that in this country, there are acceptable medications for depression. there are four acceptable
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medications. those would be prescribed for patients with mild depression but i'm not sure what would be prescribed for a psychosomatic illness. for a psychosomatic illness, it seems to me there would have to be more psychiatric intervention there to determine the cause of the physical complaint rather than medications. >> can we talk about this overriding narrative? primarily what we are learning from this german prosecutor finding these ripped up notes that lubitz tried to hide this illness from lufthansa and making it seem like he did it maliciously but it's entirely the mental illness itself included him from employing reasoning and logic and selflessness to prompt you or i saying i can't fly today. >> that certainly speaks to the issue. what is it about this young man that had him absolutely no
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regard for human life? and, you know, may be a bigger issue here of the whole stigma of mental health and people's hesitancy to say they actually have a problem and maybe, himself, didn't even understand on a -- an appropriate level that this was a problem that was going to cause serious, serious issues. >> it's like this self-report philosophy. it's as if you were to say to someone who is illiterate, notify me in writing. if you don't have those traits to tell someone that you're not empathetic, you have no sense of reason, how do you then go and report that? last question. what would make him want to kill everyone on the plane? if he is, indeed, suicidal, that doesn't have to happen in the cockpit. >> that's a question i don't know that anyone can answer. again, a psychiatrist would probably be in a better position
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to even suggest how that could be. you know, this story is so tragic and becomes really unbelievable as to how these events evolved. i find it odd that the people around him, even the people closest to him at work saw him as a normal young man who was very capable in the cockpit, so this is a very troubling story. >> dr. jacqueline brunetti, thank you. >> thank you. >> after a terrible tragedy like this one, not just the passengers but the pilots, they are affected took. we are ask a former pilot how an incident like this can affect airline travel. the u.s. edges closer to a nuclear deal with iran but one world leader said it could be a disaster. a container ship delivered it to that truck. here in san diego, we're building the first one ever to run on natural gas.
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the germanwings crash has affected pilots as well as passengers. let's get more into this with a former pilot and aviation consultant. as i flew into atlanta on friday, i experienced the same thing, the pilot got on the intercom and for about eight minutes, proceeded to explain how much flight time he's had. he introduced his co-pilots. he said i want to get home to dinner tonight so let's all get seated. how badly do you think that this tragedy has really rattled the air industry? >> well, i mean, every flight crew member, that is pilots and cabin crew and the passengers, will be thinking about this in the immediate aftermath of this accident but not an accident but a deliberate act of mass murder. it's extremely rare. i think three confirmed cases of
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pilot suicide. yes, it does affect one. i remember when concord crashed. i was in between simulator duty with british airways at the time and we were unable to continue our simulator. a pair of us turned around to the training captain and said, i'm sorry, we can't concentrate and we need to stop and do it another day and that is, in fact, what happened. we are not alone in that. of course. but, you know, with time, we will move on. and accidents happen periodically. but rarely. and this particular type of accident was extremely rare. but, you know, anything that makes one question the trust between the flight crewmembers is something you're going to dwell on quite a bit. >> speaking of that trust, there's got to be some trust between the pilot and co-pilot. how often did you, as a pilot, experience flying with a co-pilot or a crew that you didn't even know? >> well, you know, occasionally you'll fly with somebody who may
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not be quite up to the mark, might be having an off day and not operating the aircraft as you expect them to do. the trust does suffer a little bit. but i'm sure it's double-edged sword and i'm sure, you know, my colleagues may have thought that with me occasionally. so, you know, you're always on the lookout for what your colleagues are up to. on the approach land, for example, 500 feet above the ground you make a quick verbal check which you need to check the other pilot is still with it and concentrating. >> how difficult is it going to be for passengers to have that full trust in their pilot again, in their copilots? my hair stood on end even hearing the nice pilot talk and putting us all at ease but it's still carrie. >> of course it is. it's the immediate aftermath of this accident. it's on the news. but as time passes on, it will drift away in people's memories and people will continue flying in the relaxed way they have
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been in the past. there are always some people who are a bit nervous in flying, but, you know, there's a far greater chance of a customer, passenger, in this case, having an accident on their journey to the airport than actually on the flight from the airport. you know, those are just the simple facts. >> thank you so much for your perspective. >> thank you. benjamin netanyahu is furious over potential nuclear deal between iran and the u.s. and other world powers. we will talk specifically about what has him so furious next. yts which may help lower cholesterol. new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body so you stay active and strong. ensure, take life in.
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new this morning. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is slamming a potential nuclear deal with iran and this is happening as negotiations are going down in -- or going to the wire rather in switzerland. cnn global affairs correspondent is following developments for us. what is the prime minister saying? >> victor, no surprise that the israelis are following this very closely. yesterday, secretary of state john kerry called prime minister netanyahu to explain a little bit about what is going on in the negotiations and he is saying today to his cabinet that he is not happy at all with the deal shaping up. take a listen. >> translator: i expressed our deepest worry that is coming together with iran in the
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nuclear talks. this is fulfilling our deepest fears and even worse in parallel to the gathering of this dangerous agreement the proxies of iran in the middle east is carry out a wide occupation of yemen in an attempt to take control of the straits. the strategic streets to change the balance of shipping and fly of oil in the world. >> reporter: netanyahu is speaking about a meeting that he had with senators mcconnell and reid who are in israeli today. what he is saying basically victor is that the israelis are concerned about iran really kind of expanding its influence in the middle east. not only in iran, not only in lebanon but supporting the houthis and yemen and really saying iran is as he says is taking over the middle east by expanding his influence supporting these proxy groups, victor. >> coming down to the wire here in a couple of days left. we will see if there is this framework that is decided upon.
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elise labott, thank you. search crews are trying to recover the wreckage of flight 9525 as families plead for their loved ones not to be forgotten. later, the republican national committee sends out a scathing statement after new details come to light concerning the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. it's so bad, they are even comparing her to an infamous president! sunday dinners at my house... it's a full day for me, and i love it.
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which will make it easier to get to the crash site of flight 9525 for both the search teams and for the families of those on board. >> you can only manual how difficult this work is, both physically and emotionally draining. authorities are saying it could be weeks before the bodies are recovered and identified. and for the families of the victims, every minute matters. >> erin mclaughlin is near the crash site in the french alps. what are you hearing from those families, erin? >> reporter: hi, victor. right now in this area, the focus really being on this road that they started to build this morning. it will be about just over a half a mile long and they hope to have it completed in eight days. the purpose of this road really being twofold. it's to allow the recovery, the recovery workers to have greater access to the site. they can only reach the site by chopper now. it will eventually be used by the families. a local mayor saying that many of the families have come to him
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saying they want to see the crash site, they want to be as close to where their loved ones perished as possible. they peppered him with questions about the area, what is it like in the summer and what is it like in the winter and what is it like in the fall? he says he has assured them this area is known to be, you know, a corner of paradise so he says that every inch, every foot of the road they are constructing right now really counts for these families. now one of the families that says they want to come here more often is the family of paul bramley. paul was just 28 years old and one of three british victims on board the flight. his father read out a statement saying he wants his son to be remembered. take a listen. >> what happened on the morning of the 24th of march was the acts of a person at the very least who was ill. if there was a motive or a reason, we do not want to hear
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it. it's not relevant. what is relevant is it should never happen again. and everyone on that plane should not be forgotten ever. i don't want it to be forgotten ever. i will not get back. i will not be able to take him home because of the nature of the impact. me and my family will visit here forever. >> reporter: phillip bramley called for greater transparency from the airlines. he said the airlines needs to look after their pilots. he said he wants this area to be remembered for his natural beauty and not remembered for the actions of one man, a reference to the co-pilot andreas lubitz who is now accused of crashing the plane into the mountainside. lubitz's only family was here on thursday according to the local mayor. the local mayor said he was so pained to see lubitz's father, the grief on his face, that he is struggling to understand, not
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only the reality that his son is gone, but that his son is allegedly responsible for this horrific incident. he said that the family was shattered. victor? >> erin, the weather presented some challenges early on in this effort. quickly, how is the weather today? >> reporter: so far, the weather seems to be holding. they are only having to fly two choppers this weekend as opposed to the five. the weather conditions, when they are windy, they need actually more choppers in the sky so it certainly seems to be helping the situation. but conditions on that crash site are treacherous. it's deep and it's dangerous. security is a concern for those workers. we spoke to one pilot who flies over the site and he said they really feel this is their duty, that they owe it to the families to bring back these remains so they can be identified so the families can get some sort of closure out of all of this. their focus is very much on the task at hand and they say they are making good progress. victor? >> we hear the wind pick up on
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your microphone there. erin, thank you. let's bring in jeff weiss, the author of the book "the plane wasn't there and why we haven't found malaysia airlines flight 370." you wrote an article and you initially said you didn't think this was a suicide. now we are getting reports that are coming out about these notes, about his background, have you changed your mind? >> let me clarify. it's not that -- i didn't say that i didn't think it was a suicide. i said we have to be careful before we rush to judgment. it looks very much like a murder/suicide. but that's an incredible allegation to make against a young man at the start of his career and seemed to have a promising life ahead of himself. no really obvious history of mental illness. there do seem to be some indications there might be treatment for depression. we all wants answers and make sure we get this right so we have to resist the urge to consider it case closed before
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we have all of the evidence in. this is a very strange case and i think we need to acknowledge that. >> you also said in your article, quote, you could invoke the spector of murder/suicide that increasingly familiar explosion of self--consuming, purposeless annihilation. >> it's a huge question mark at this point. it seems to incomprehensible that a human being would do this. we have had these disturbing number of cases where people go on some kind of a rampage and murder other people and kill themselves, and there's -- it's so hard to understand why someone would do that. i think particularly in the case of a pilot -- now, these are people who are trained to take the lives of other people into their own care.
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they are generally meticulous, methodical dedicated people. andreas lubitz loved flying and deeply passion about it since being a teenager. so, you know, it becomes incomprehensible that why would somebody do this? there is a tendency that he had some kind of history of treatment for some psychiatric illness to kind of jump over that huge gap from some kind of psychiatric disturbance to this horrific act of murder and call that an explanation. i would say, listen. hang on. many -- millions of people in this country suffer from depression mild to severe and didn't make them potential murderers here. we have to be careful. the proper authority, the bea in france is going to take a long time to look at all of the evidence and try to understand what happened. >> i don't think people are
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making that broad stroke saying just because he suffered from depression, anybody who suffers from depression can kill people. i think they are saying, look. this guy is a person who seems to have hid his illness from an employer and a job he was responsible for people's lives. jeff wise, thank you very much. >> thank you. unified military front is the word from arab leaders as they align to battle forces in yemen. this is coming on the heels of where the ground troops may be soon heading into that country. what will end the chaos in yemen? our military experts weigh in next. i just don't have the money to travel right now. i usually just go back home to see my parents, so i can't exactly go globe-trotting. if i had friends to go with i'd go, but i don't want to travel by myself. someday. male vo: there are no more excuses. find the hotel you want, and the flight you want, and we'll find the savings to get you there.
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new details this morning on the crisis in yemen. proposing a regional unified military force. they call for houthi rebel fighters to turn in their weapons and leave the capital of sana. new details as we hear saudi troop movements. officials say we could see coalition fighters on the ground in yemen within days. new video overnight is showing a convoy carrying tanks and ammunition on a highway heading to the saudi and yemen border. let's bring in cnn's becky anderson who has been he is summit. the prime minister of yemen is at these summits. is he playing a role what happens incomes? >> reporter: quite a significant role. he has left here and now he is back in riyadh. he traveled back with the saudi
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king. as the saudi-led defensive from the air continues to grind down the houthis on the ground there is a chance that tens of thousands of arab boots on the ground could now be deployed within days, as you say, to further degrade the iran-backed militia. i've got in my hand here a draft summary of the communicator that was tlashhrashed out and lays o plans for an arab military force. this is the counter region -- in the future and always on the agenda here at the arab summit but this includes wording that speaks specifically to what is going on in yemen. it is expected to be officially ratified within the next hour or so and it officially endorses military action led by the saudis and as you rightly point out, urges houthis to immediately withdrawal from the capital sanaa and surrender
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their weapons to legitimate authorities. the explicit understanding them being that if they don't, there is now a mechanism in place to ratchet up these arab-allied efforts. the president hadi slipped out of yemen last week and turned up to the arab summit to rally for the cooperation of decisive storm. in his opening speech, hadi didn't mince his words and denouncing houe ining houthi res puppets and warning them they will be responsible what happens next in his country. hadi flew back to riyadh late last night. i quote him when he says it could be within days at this point. watch this space. what goes on in yemen, of course, doesn't stay in yemen with the context of the u.s.-iran talks and the rest of what is broiling in this region.
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this is an incredibly important story. still also just very briefly, don't rule out political dialogue continuing either in riyadh or possibly in oman but at this point a likelihood we could see tens of thousands of arab boots on the ground within days in yemen. >> becky anderson, thanks very much. now let's talk about this growing coalition. we have with us cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling. i want to start with the saudis who are approaching the border. a list of countries on the screen just a moment ago. why is this coalescing so quickly now when many of these countries stayed out of conflicts in other countries in the neighborhood and stayed out of this one for sometime? >> victor, they understand the threat that is yemen falling into a failed state status. and this has been a civil war that has been going on for quite
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sometime. there have been ebbs and flows within the country of yemen. it's been a dangerous situation. transfers of power have been tenuous. but going to becky's report, whereas there will certainly be the threat of the use of force and there are some indications that saudis are moving elements toward their border, my belief is that those are somewhat overblown and i think the saudi arabian national guard which is a very capable force, is more than likely going to defensive positions along the border with potential for limited incursions into northwest yemen, just to threaten the houthi population. the real intent of all the gulf council to get the yemen leaders back to the political table to hash out what the government needs to look like. there has been too many threats toward the government. >> the u.s. is playing a role here, limited in its role,
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providing intelligence and low gistic support. do you think it's going to stay in that limited role? >> i think it certainly will. this is a very tenuous internal conflict. there's a lot of people attempting to make it into a much bigger proxy war of tehran against riyadh, the saudis against the iranians, the shia against the sunnis. but this war has been going on many years inside of yemen. i think the u.s. provide support of saudi arabia in the context of logistic support that secretary kerry has already promised. >> there could be troops on the ground if saudi arabia crosses that border what we see is a continuing convoy. it's focused on the houthis. but another group is there too. is this going to ignore one group and focus on the houthis?
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>> you bring up a great point, victor. i'm not going to say aquap. another terminology called al qaeda successor organizations. that is aqap, isis. the groups forming together now and using situations like this where there are failed states to counter things. what you have in yemen, both the houthis and previous yemeni government were fighting al qaeda and both dislike them. any kind of infighting between them and the houthis is a distractor and allow al qaeda and its successor organizes to do more things and that is the dangerous situation right now and why a political development and a political solution to all of this is the most important thing. >> lieutenant general mark hertling, thank you for helping us intie this jumbled knot in yemen right now.
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>> no one can untie it, victor, but we will continue to talk about it. >> but at least try to understand it. republicans taking shots at hillary clinton after new details emerge concerning the e-mail scandal. the fact that her entire e-mail server was wiped clean. coming up the unscathing message against the former secretary of state. new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body so you stay active and strong. ensure, take life in.
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taking shots at former secretary of state hillary clinton this morning. this comes after new word that clinton deleted all of the e-mails on the server she used to do official business. the rnc chairman responded with the following statement. let's bring in cnn's senior digital correspondent chris bootie. is this a step too far or a smart political move that this is sticking and they are trying to make hay of it as one would expect? >> at this point in the so-called presidential campaign, the republicans are testing out messages and, right now, they are trying to put the blocks together to build a narrative against hillary clinton to say that she is secretive or lacking in transparency and basically saying she is so bad, she is worse than our guy was on transparency! the expectations for transparency are increased dramatically the 1990s. people expect to see bills
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online before people have a chance to vote on them and people expect to see the leaders in our federal government. i think hillary clinton has taken a little bit of time getting used to that. whether or not the republicans have gone too far, they certainly testing something out and this is the nixon comparison is something you'll see for several months going into the campaign. >> we saw jeb bush post e-mails when he was governor and former secretary of state asking that the 30,000 e-mails she turned over be posted online. is this going to have a significant impact or any indicator so far some would cause it a skajed? has dipped a few points. although what it hasn't changed is about support for her. the nation is closely divided not just about this but about politic in general.
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they see the numbers loring and hit as much as to get that as low as possible. >> the number of official presidential candidates marco rubio. >> that's right. he is going to make a major announcement on april 13th at the miami freedom tower and sources tell cnn that it's likely that that could be a presidential announcement to keep an eye out on that day. now the freedom tower is an important place for a lot of floridians. it is basically the ellis island of the south. it's a place where a lot of cuban exiles were processed after they left the fidel castro r regime and it's where they have done their naturalization ceremonies and have become citizens. by using that location marco
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rubio is sending a message to people about the american values and it's going to be a part of his campaign. remember, he was someone who shepherded in the comprehensive immigration reform bill in the senate and he has not necessarily backed away from some of the central parts of that bill. now it's going to be very interesting about rubio being a part of this is that his mentor, former mentor, former florida governor jeb bush is also probably going to run for president, which is going to set up a fascinating sunshine state showdown. >> yeah. we're expecting announcements from senator rand paul 57band t reporting is that former secretary of state hillary clinton will announce in april as well. >> big month. big month. >> thank you. and i love this. "saturday night live" also taking its shots this morning at lawmakers. the actor, the rock, appearing last night as a muscle filled and angry version of president obama. in this sketch you're about to see the president portrayed by the former wrestler seems to be
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firing back against some of his former critics including house speaker john boehner. >> don't be alarmed, marack obama, much like ba ram obama, larger and more violent. where were we? you, orange man. you invite netanyahu without asking? >> i did. >> you like israel? >> yes. >> oh maybe you should go visit israel. >> ahhh! >> you, tom cotton, come here. >> okay. >> you write letter to iran? >> i did, yes. yeah. >> you like writing letters? >> i guess. >> how you write letter when you have no hand? watch this. obama from downtown.
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break. you go now. >> ahhhh! >> can you see president obama conducting business like the hulk? >> these rudimentary sentences. you go now. how you write letter with no hand? >> i love it. >> all right. we'll be right back. score, thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom... well, i just have a few other questions. >>chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, "what else can you do for me?" i'll just take a water... get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian credit tracker and find out your fico score powered by experian. fico scores are used in 90% of credit decisions.
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this week's human factor focuses on an atlanta girl who has turrets syndrome. as sanjay gupta reports, she found a way to fulfill her dreams. >> jamie grace grew up of becoming a singer songwriter. ♪ >> but before she could begin pursuing her career in music, she got some news that put her dreams on hold. at the age of 12 jamie was diagnosed with turrets syndrome. >> i wanted to be a singer. i had no idea what turrets syndrome was. all i found were clips from movies of these actors yelling and cursing and i remember seeing them, just crying my eyes out. >> instead of letting her condition silence her, jamie turned to youtube. just two years after her diagnosis, jamie began posting videos of herself singing. ♪ ♪ >> she got the attention of record labels and an online
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audience. >> i didn't blow up like justin bieber did, but i had a really cool response. >> now she's using her stage and her story to inspire others. jamie started her own foundation. i'm a fighter. >> it's daily stories of fighters. i really hope that my songs connect with people. i really want to bring them encouragement. >> dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. and thanks for starting your morning with us. >> next hour of your "new day" starts right now. a psychosomatic illness, burnout, depression. new information about the mental health of the germanwings co-pilot and the new evidence police seized from his apartment. and the crisis in yemen, saudi tanks rolling in. ground troops may not be far behind. could this civil war spiral out
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of control? good morning. i'll alisyn kosik in for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. 8:00 here on the east coast. dramatic new developments in the crash of flight 9525 including reports that andreas lubitz, the pilot who steered that plane into the french alps suffered from a severe psychosomatic illness. >> let's get to pamela brown. good morning, pamela. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, alisyn and victor. we are learning more about andreas lubitz condition according to the reports here and "the new york times" that he had vision problems and that these vision problems may have been the result of some psychosomatic illness. we had previously reported that he from "the new york times", wall street journal, german media, that he had suffered from depression and investigators
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