here i am. >> now, that's it for us on the coach, we'll see you back here for the tv version of us tomorrow noon eastern. and go to the overtime tab. "happening now" starts right now. >> and we start out with a fox news alert. investigators salvaging audio from the cockpit voice recorder from the disaster in the french alps. >> the french president said the second black box was found but the contents are missing. we are covering all of the news "happening now". a grim scone in the french alps. what we know about the horrifying plane crash as the investigators 0 in on the cockpit voice recorder for the final moments. >> i was praying to god. but i know she was a fighter. >> a father's desperate plea after his daughter vanishes.

>> we are treating the matter as a kidnap/ransom. >> bizarre circumstances surrounding her disappearance. >> and the, amanda knox and the supreme court about to issue on her case. it is all "happening now". >> we begin today with a fox news alert on the german air liner that plowed in the mountain in the french alps. a government contractor who worked for the pentagon and her daughter. >> i am jon scott. >> i am jenna lee. the jet made a descent taken off from barcelona to dusseldorf.

ten time time 30 local time pilots are told to maintain 38000 feet. they respond. 60 seconds later the plane begins to descend without authization and no response. air traffic control declares an alert and the plane leaves radar at 6000 feet. they were able to extract records records. but looking for the content of the second black box. friends and families are mourning the victims. memorials are springing up in the german stool school that lost 16 students and two teachers. greg? >> jenna, we just finished listening to it the chief investigator in the crash of the german wings plane.

he confirmed they are getting good information out of the cockpit voice recorder as the team scoured the site where the german wings plan crashed down in the alps. it shoes how difficult the recovery will be. not only did the plane break up in tiny pieces, but the bodies on board were torn apart are as well. voice recordings being examined might help explain why the plane was in the descent, 3500 feet a minute there was not a brief radio message from either of the two pilots, a real mystery. >> french president holland and chancellor merkel and the majority were french and german. others came from all over the world along with two americans,

australias britain, japanese and mexicans and israelis. and now a very tough week for the families of the victims continues. first of all for the identification of the bodies we are now told it that that could take weeks, at least a week to get them off of the mountain and identification may be weeks. and we are told that the first results from the mystery of the crash opening up that box, that could take days as well. recapping what c out from that press, very important the investigators said they seemed to be ruling out the depressuration of the cabin and that is the pilots going unconscious and ruling out that there was a midair explosion. some people thought that looking at the debris the scattered on the ground. according to french president holland the container of the second black box, that is the

data recording, the container of the box has been found but not the contents inside. we listened to the briefing by the investigators and he claimed no second box was found at all. some confusion on that. back to you guys. >> still a lot of questions, remain, greg. thank you. >> so what can we learn about what caused the accident from the cockpit voice recorder or the jet's final moments in the air. we are john -- joined by bruce. i am astounded of the time line. 10:30 the plane was at altitude and told to stay there and started a descent at 10:31. the pilot spoke at 10:30 and 10:31 when air traffic control

called them and said what is going on there was no response what does that say to you? >> well, jon, there are several possibilities, we want to be careful about how we speculate or say here. it is very early in the investigation to really go down a particular path. however, when you have pilots that are not responding and a airplane that is dessending rapidly, you would think they are not in complete control of the airplane or possibly lost consciousness dow to rapid decompression. when you lose cabin pressure. your time of consciousness may only be 9 or 10 seconds if you are a healthy person and a rapid explosion, who knows what the body will do. every gas in your body would be escaping and it is a uncomfortable situation. as a pilot we are trained to getox gen on and establish crew

communication and put the airplane in a descent for a sustainable altitude for the pilots and everybody on board. if they've lost cabin pressure and got the oxygen on and maybe the oxygen was not there. there is usually several things that lead up to that. usually a multiple things that add up. losing cabin pressure would not cause this. the crew was incapacitated somehow. >> in that report french authorities said there was no cabin depressuration. i am astounded how they know that this early in the investigation. >> exactly, you can go down the rod which is unlikely also of foul play. and it is too early to say that. and too early to say that there was not a rapid

decompressuration. what brings an airplane out of the sky. there was no turn. there was no maneuver to get the airplane to a safe place. we have had air buses that lost plane over the atlantic and that glided to safety. this airplane are flew in a safe line and the pilots put the airplane in a descent and certainly possible or conceivable there was a hull breach or rapid depressuration and get down to it an altitude where they could breathe better and were not able to recover from what they were experiencing? this was an older air bus, about 24 years old and one of the first off of the a 320 assembly line. anything that that says to you?

>> sure, let's talk about that for a second. air bus, we have of the a 320, this is a work horse for air bus, there is 6500 of these built. and of those 20, losses. and a safe airplane. it was not built to have a long life. and so it was not meant to go in service past 20 years and i am speculating of the numbers. it was really not an airplane built to last a long time. unlike boeing. we have boeing aircraft that are flying and nearly 50 years old and boeing using aluminum and built their planes like a tank for a lack of a better word. air bus, they aren't designed to go past 25 years and so the age of the airplane does speak clearly and could add to again,

accidents happen and there is a lot of various things that go into an accident, but the age of the airplane could absolutely add to the loss. >> there are cycles they talk about. cycle of take off and landing. and in flat the hull and it is bulging for a lack of a better term and then they drap it back down and depressurize it. and that is a concern. buck roger, it is great to talk to you. >> thank you for having me on the show today. >> you too. >> and a fox news alert and a story watching close to home. denise haskins who according to report in the bay area went missing from a home in california. and the story that her boyfriend told parents and police, that she was taken from the home and held for ransome.

this story has a lot of the attention and obviously a lot of questions. there are now reports by the father of denise, who has been allegedly missing that she was found safe in huntington beach, california. police are not confirming anything at this time but police will talk at 3 o'clock p.m. pacific time and they will have an update. our crew is out there covering the story and claudia cowan will explain the twists and turns and back story from the parents, that apparently their daughter was found. we'll work on that and get that as we learn more. >> now the fox news alert. the president of yemen fleeing the country as the rebels advance. the president ha d hi left the

nation by boat. they are not revealing where he was headed. and the white house press secretary said he is not in the position to confirm his whereabouts. his escape comes as the rebels are closing n. they have taken over the airplane there and earlier arrested the yemen defense minister and put out a cash bounty for the president. >> the president of afghanistan addressing the joint session of congress and thanking the americansment and the president announced a u.s. withdrawal of troops will be delayed. 10000 american troops staying in afghanistan at least through. live on capitol hill is mike. >> reporter: jenna, the afghan president said the country owes a profound debt for the tremendous military sacrifice and other civilian assistance.

>> it has brought our country hope where we had none. we would once again like to it thank you for that wonderful gift from your people to ours. the gift of hope. (applause) >> he mentioned more than 2315 american troops fighting and killed. and the 20000 service members. and he paid respects to the troops and loved one. and he express his gratitude to the president for slowing the draw dawn. he called on moderate muslims to speak up. >> leaders, intellectuals and millions of muslims who believe that the religion is tollerance and virtue must find their voice. silence is not acceptable.

(applause) >> reporter: we witnessed a contrast with the u.s. relations with the previous leader karzi which was strained and he made anti- american comments and complained about civilian casulties. and ga ndi is charming americans. he has received high marks from members of both parties on capitol hill and have to authorize resources to help afghanistan. >> charming but it is challenging to be sure. >> we are awaiting a ruling in the amanda knox case as italy's high court rules on the

conviction. and our legal panel takes up the case. >> and the republican field might be getting more crowded. ohio governor john cusack sparking chatter of a presidential bid.

>> a fox news alert and an uptaet on the mister arous disappearance of a california woman. she may not have been kidnapped but staying tight lipped about their investigation. she is live and have they found her claudia? >> reporter: well it is coming in fast and furious. according to her father, mike he told fox news.comthat he has spoken to his daughter and she was dropped off in huntington beach and that is where her father lives. but the police have not confirmed this report. if it is true, it is certainly

a happy ending to a bizarre story that started to unfold here in va llejo. her live in boyfriend said she was abduction for ransome. and he witnessed the kidnapping and got a ransome demand. he didn't report it until 2 o'clock and that delay fuelled the mystery of what happened to her. the 29-year-old has kins is a physical therapist and seven months ago dated a co-worker aaron quin. he was a witness police say who helped them piece together a puzzle. and the editor confirming that the newspaper got an anonymous person that claimed to be the kidnapper. denise's father never met his

daughter's boyfriend and wondered why it took him so long to call 911. >> if he was tied up. maybe that was happening and maybe he was tied up. i don't know. >> the boyfriend's toyota camri turned up in va llejo. and police are not saying what role his car may have played in all of this. new tweets coming out and reports from denise's father in to fox news.comthat his daughter was found safe she was dropped off in the coastal community in southern california of huntington beach. we are waiting for the police to confirm the report and that would certainly bring a lot of relief. >> thank you. >> new details on few of the crime stories we are following. two police officers hundreds of

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they have found the suspect dead. >> and new signs of 2016 republican field could get more crowded. days after texas senator ted cruz announced he's in. they asked george pataki. >> the election law is limited and you are limited of how you can raise funds and senator cruz is the only one that announced. we need to change that law and so many laws in this country. it would not surprise me if i get in the race. >> john cusack said he hasn't made up his mind on 2016. all options are on the table. >> i'm not president and i don't know if i am running for president. >> the interesting thing about politics, if you are having fun

people don't like. it they resent. it and one another final thing, one other final thing. you know why i am unorthodox? i am normal. >> gentlemen new names. charlie what do you think of the potential candidates? >> i don't think the governor patak i is crazy and john cusack has a great strength that he is a governor from ohio, where you know that is a crucial state. ohio paves the way for republicans, if they win in ohio, they can generally win in the election. but the field is wide open jenna. and i think that while it is

probably smart to add plenty of names to the mix. it could be anybody. the only thing that is probably dangerous at this point is trying to eliminate anyone because it will be wide open for a long time. >> that's interesting. we looked at the names of those thinking of running for are president. and we came up with more than 20 names for the republican field. that does seem crowded what do you think of the two additions. >> i think john cusack stands out to me because he is governor of ohio and both political convention not this year but in 2016 will be in ohio. cleveland for the democrats and columbus for the republicans for a good reason. it is going to be a key state no matter who is running and if you have the governor machine on your side that will help. a quarter of republicans, registered republicans asked by

the washington journal whether they were satisfied with the field said no. we would like a bigger and varied field and you look at people like john cusack and without the tie and spiked hair and a guy who said i am open to common core and at the same time obama care and expansion of medicare and people start to listen. >> the spiked hair, really did it. juan? >> i think that did it for you kid. >> and you know me it is a diverse field when you look at it, charlie. and interesting to have senator cruz announce. he had a different type of conservative. he is a senator and not a lot of the experience. and patacky and cusack have interesting experience. and texas head normally gone for a republican president and new york and ohio are potential

question marks there and what does that tell us about where republicans are going as far as the diversity in the field? what does it tell us about the party? >> one thing it tells us, a presumpative front runner in jeb bush is not appealing to a huge swath of republican voters and conservatives. they are very very unhappy with that. and you know they are willing to consider anybody else that is out there. i think republicans are smart that is enormous dissatisfaction and politics. with both parties. and i think that registered among the republicans. and so when names like donald trump get thrown out there and a lot of the people in washington

cringe. yeah, or someone else's hair i don't know whose it is. but a lot of the voters hum that sounds great. and i think he would go in to washington and mess things up. >> that is attractive to it a lot. i would like to get your final thoughts on this. we are looking at senator marco rubio and as you look at this field. you have the senators and then you have the governors. senator marco rubio said senators would make better president than governors because they deal with broader issues. who would make a better candidate. >> historically it is governors that get elected. ronald reagan and bill clinton and george bush was a governor. it adds relevance in that foreign policy seems to be a

rising concern among the voters, typically all about the economy. but with the rise of isis and the challenge in the middle east and iran and the like, there is concern about whether or not there is foreign policy experience available and that is where marco rubio thinks that someone with the senate with that experience would be an advantage. and one last point to make to both of you. right now in the polls of the republican candidates, jeb bush is leader 16 percent. and 84 percent of the republicans are not with jeb bush. >> it is interesting when you look at the numbers. we'll have you back to talk about the other potential 18 over the next several weeks. >> i will get my hair done for you. >> we'll go into the hair factor. that could be a niche here. charlie and juan, great to have you both. >> we are waiting for a major ruling from the italy high court

as the fate of amanda knox hangs in the balance. and robert durst cools his heels in a jail, there is police in another state potentially linking him to another cold case.

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area. and bringing the risk of tornados. we are there already. they are live in the fox extreme weather. rich? >> this year we have had so few tornados and almost absurd to see this. by this time of year we would have seen 168. and you can see 0 in march. we never have seen that so far. today is the only day probably for seeing one in march. there is a broader system, colder air to the north with the snow and thunderstorms are firing here in parts of kansas and in toward southwestern missouri. they are seeing large hail with this right now. overall today hail is the biggest threat. 70 reports of hail and strong surface winds and things are humid in the south. and upper level winds. that's when we need to get

severe weather. and we'll see it in parts of oklahoma, arkansas and missouri. the moderate risk for severe weather and highest threat for damaging hail. and along the interstate 44 area we could see it in that area. if you are in oklahoma watch out for it. this is the time when you watch that as well. and where you have the pink you will generally see tornados in the month of march and we are right where we are looking at this. we have been so quiet jenna. and severe weather season is upon us and we'll see that ramp up and so quite and today is not the case. >> that is a sobering reminder and an important one, too. >> thank you. >> you bet. >> we were expecting a decision from italy's high court today on

whether to uphold the american's murder conviction and that of her italian boyfriend. that could raise extrabdition hearings. we are now told that the decision will come on friday. they were sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of meredith kercher. they were acquitted. and they were found guilty again in january of last year when the judge's supported the prosecution theory that kercher was killed in a sex game gone wrong. rebecca rosewoodland is also with us. a trial attorney. and amanda knox will have to wait a couple of days to hear the ruling from the italian court. rebecca, is she in real danger of going back to italy to serve more of her sentence?

>> that is what we are looking for. and she is wondering if the appeal's court upholds her sentence as you said in january 2014, they found her guilty. 26 years. she is set to serve in an italian prison and so will the united states extradite her if that verdict is upheld. and if so how? how do they exradoit a u.s. citizen for a crime committed in italy. she is not italian she was just there studying. will they extradite and create a political issue with italy and say she's back in this country and we'll handle her from here. they could do. that the authorities here will take care of it because there is a lot of issues as to whether or not the case was handled properly and the evidence was handled in a way that was

consistent with the way we handle evidence and handle properly the murder weapon and all of the proper due process. she claimed she was deprived of. >> who makes the decision? she was exposed to double jeopardy in our country. if the italians find her guilty and serve out the rest of her sentence and so what happens? >> i think you hit the nail on the head. double jeop order's that is contained in the fifth amendment and bill of rights and constitution of our united states is going to be battered around by her lawyers here in the united states if indeed that it the high court in italy confirms the conviction after the acquittal. that is the other difference we'll hear about if that occurs. because in the united states prosecutors can't appeal an acquittal. and a defendant can appeal a conviction but once the jury

and judge acquits that is final. and her lawyer will argue that extradition would will violate her rights as an american citizen to due process here or there because prosecutors in italy had several bites of the apple and the case should end there. and not send over to serve jail time. >> we should know on friday what the italian court decides and the american justice system has to do its grinding. and we'll talk to you about the latest in the robert durst saga. the millionaire murder suspect being held in new orleans without bail in connection with the 2000 shooting of his friend susan in her home. authorities in vermont are are investigating a possible link between durst and a disappearance of lynn shutz

back in 1971. we are aware of the connection between robert durst and the disappearance. we have worked with various outside agencies as we follow this lead. at the time, durst oefrned a health food store. she was seen hanging around the store. but i am not aware of evidence that ties him to the case. how big of a long shot. >> we don't know. there might be more evidence. in that statement, apparently a lot of investigative agencies are working together. and there is information that she may have been in the store and purchased something in the store and if they have information as to that, possibly durst joined it off camera and we don't know and haven't seen and maybe he alluded to something. and he gave away that massive

off camera i killed them. it was not referring to this woman but possibly something else in the to theage we haven't seen. i am hoping so. i hope a cold case can now be closed and if he is responsible and found guilty of this. >> and as a prosecutor, tom. they would have a tall order to get a conviction in a case like that. >> everything with robert durst is creepy and macabre and suspicious. but without a body, you know, a case like. that look at the difficult i they have had in charging him with the murder of his wife 30 some-odd years later. and why? there is not a body. and moreover what complicates things in the case of cathy durst there was marital strooef or divorce. but here there is not an idea of why he would have killed the young woman.

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thank you for joining us. >> the real story with gretchen carlson starts now. we are also now hearing voices on the black box from that airplane. but investigators say it could be weeks even months before we actually find out what caused that flight to crash yesterday in the french alps. i'm gretchen carlson and this is the real story today. what we do know so far, that plane may have descended more than we first thought. 150 people killed in that crash including what now appears to be three u.s. citizens. >> at this time we can confirm the deaths of u.s. citizens is on