overtime tab. we'll be back for the tv version of us. and "happening now" you can bet they have the latest on the plane crash in france and all of the details about the pilot and co-pilot that locked that plane and deliberately landed it in crash mode. >> fox news alert. it was no accident. prosecutor said the co-pilot deliberately crashed the plane in an act of mass murder. >> officials confirmed he locked the cockpit door and flew the plane in the mountain side. we're covering all of the news happening now. >> the co-pilot refused to open the cabin door. >> prosecutors are calling it mass murder. >> a german co-pilot locks the

pilot out of the cockpit and crashed the plane killing all 150 souls on board. plus, a deadly outbreak of storms in the plains and spawns twisters. now twisting through the devastation. >> it is wasting all of these resources for really nothing. >> police say a california woman's abduction was a hoax. will she and her boyfriend face charges? it is all happening now. >> we begin with startling kwep developments. the french prosecutor said the co-pilot deliberately killed 150 people. and welcome to "happening now". i am jon scott. >> and i am jenna lee.

there are questions about air safety. on the voice recorder the lead pilot could be heard banging on the cockpit door locked out and unable to get back in and terrified screams of helpless passengers that were about to die. attention turning to the background of the co-pilot and why he chose to commit mass murders as investigators tell us. here is the latest for us now. jon what do we know about the co-pilot? >> reporter: jenna, we are learning more about his flight history behind the controls and we are also learning more about his background, his personal history. jenna we don't know the pressing and puzzling question at this point why he apparently did what he did. andreas lubitz was a german citizen and had 600 hours of flight experience on board the

air bus a 320. he trained in the flight school in germany and lived with his parents in germany and had a flat in dusseldorf which was the flight destination after taking off from barcelona. there was nothing to suggest anything unusual about his background. no red flags and prosecutors don't believe it was an act of terrorism and they don't believe that lubitz was connected to a terrorist organization. >> in the beginning stage as you rightly point out. what do we know about the final minutes before the flight crashed? >> reporter: as you talked about in the intro disturk new details. the pilot had left the cockpit most likely to use the bathroom and at that point, lubitz was alone inside. when he tried to get back in.

when the pilot tried to get back in. the door was locked. lubitz was alone nside. and he was breathing calmly inside of the cabin according to what was heard on the cockpit voice recorder. you could hear the screaming when the pilot continues to knock on the cockpit door and he pushes and hits it. and then you hear what is apparently screaming from the terrified passengers. >> the alarms were activated to alert the aircraft of the ground. we hear strong silent knocks to force the door open. so at this point, a criminal investigators for lubitz's home, trying to find anything in his background anything in that home that can give an idea and can answer that pressing and

puzzling question why did he apparently do what he did? jenna? >> so heart breaking for the families, some are gathering as close as they can to the crash site. thank you very much. >> we'll bring in john, president of four winds consulting and a airline captain and a former airline accident investigator. every since 9/11, john we have worked hard to armor the cockpit doors and prevent the guys from the cockpit. but an event like this show that the bad guys find a way around the best defenses. >> this is a hard situation to guard against. the whole system of security and safety is designed to keep the bad guys out of the cockpit, from outside of the cockpit. one question that i think is very important to ask is that

the procedures for the lufthansa were they ever in place to demand another crew member was in the cockpit and so there was not just one in the cockpit. that is normal procedure in the carriers and in the united states. and raises the question, should we ever have a cockpit that is only flown by one person. in the united states it is law and faa regulation you never have one pilot alone. there is always a pilot or flight attendant in those cockpits on flights originating or heading to the united states. lufthansa would have to abide by that if they were heading in the united states. what about the mental screening. everybody is shaking their heads and how can a guy who is

a sociopath and no regard to human beings. how can he put on a co-pilot uniform? >> that is a good question. unfortunately when you ask the mental health association to play in the sand box they will have to it live up to the same quality insurance metrics and self critical reporting. and i think that is going to be an area where the journalist community will have a field day with. it is going to be very hard for the mental health community to play with the same exacting standards as we see in aviation. if you make a decision on pulling somebody from the cockpit because they were not mentally qualified. who makes that decision. and how are they qualified to make that decision and how can you be sure that is the right decision. we have that in place for manufacturing and safety procedures. and human factors, but those

standards haven't necessarily been applied to the mental health community. this is going to bust this area of investigation wide open i think. i know there is a pilot shortage underway worldwide. does a guy like this sort of get in through the cracks because the airlines need pilots? >> well there's been in the last 20 years, and i have been a professional airline pilot. we have seen the profession go from desirable to being a career where people have and seen losses in pay and seen retirements wiped out through bankruptcy and a lot of the pilots who are raising children and growing up are not recommending it as a career. we do have a problem getting pilots now. and this is not going to help the situation. i think we are going to have to

take a real hard look at how much we are paying and training and investing in pilot safety as we move on in the future. this is going to it start affecting us in the world in 5 or 10 years. >> and perhaps how much we are screening pilots and are they ever to be left alone in the cockpit. thank you john. >> the co-pilot has a connection to the united states. we are learning that he partly trained in a flight school in phoenix in 2008. we have more on the ground and live report coming up. we want to hear from you as well. this was described as a deliberate crash. should a pilot of only 600 hours allow to fly solo in the cockpit? here in the united states we have different requirements as far as who is solo or not in the

cockpit. do you think it should change worldwide? go to fox news.com and click on happening now. >> in texas, we have reports of a bridge collapse. we are not sure exactly what part of i- 35 this is impacting. but according to authorities on the ground emergency personnel are responding to a bridge collapse in central texas. you know this road well. this connects austin to dallas and it is between austin and waco where it took place. it is busy road during commute times as folks head to the major cities. i am still working on trying to find a time as to when exactly it took place whether it was in the morning commute. traffic is halted in both

directions. it is a bridge collapse and no word of injuries or fatalities and still working to gather information here on what exactly transpired. we'll try to give you more information. salado, texas is where this took place. >> in the meantime jeb bush putting together a money machine. and his fellow conservative are ba shing him because of lack of foreign policy experience. and pope francis making his first trip as pontiff to america. he has a stop at 1600 pennsylvania avenue.

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mrs. obama when he visits. it will be the first visit for the pontiff. he will address the u.n. general assembly. the white house's is a recip proical gesture after president obama met the pope francis at the vatic an last year. >> jeb bush answering critics of the foreign policy after slamming the administration. marco rubio hammered bush on foreign policy. everyone slams everyone in pollices. in a interview today with brian kilmede he said it is apparent. >> the policy of pulling back and disengagement is not the right approach. if our friends don't count on us and trust us and our enemies don't fear us it creates the

challenges we are now seeing particularly in the middle east, but across the board. >> we have tom editor of chlor politics. tom, what do you think of jeb bush's performance on foreign policy? >> well he was here in chicago just last month giving a speech in the chicago council on foreign affairs and his first foray in foreign policy and laying out his vision. he is expounding on that in a number of introduce. this is where the name bush comes in to play, jenna. he is judged against the back drop of his brother's foreign policy and his fathers and taking heat from a variety of critics. this is playing out. nrubeio is passionate and has definitive statements when it comes to fornpolicy but that jeb

bush, and her line. a state department mentality of excessive caution and vagueness is hurting bush do you agree with that? >> not totally. there is a split in the republican party. you have the interventionist conservative from george bush's administration. and then the realist wing of the republican party. james baker who was secretary of state under bush 41 is among those. and so this is playing out folks who think that we should be involved in the middle east and others who are saying we don't want to get too entangled. it didn't work out. >> what about the new ideas? we are taking in the wires from all over the world. it is a very interesting time, you know that is an understatement in the middle east. we have seen drastic different

foreign policys and nearly two terms of the obama administration. do you see successful contenders for the white house having brand new ideas about foreign policy or fall in one camp or the other? >> i don't know jenna, it is going to be tough and interesting to it see it play out. all republicans agree that president obama is in over his head and withdrawn from the world. you will so that criticism from the republicans across the board. the question is as you look at the republicans, what is your policy and strategy going to be? there will be variance there about how deeply to get involved. jeb bush said we need to be engaged. but how much? john bolton was president bush's ambassador writing in the new york times the only way to stop iran from getting a nuclear bomb is to bomb iowa ran. we'll see that play out in the next year or year and a half.

>> i have ambassador's bolton's column. that was one point of view. when you look at rubio and jeb bush as far as early money and if that is an indicator of support, what are are you seeing? >> jeb bush versus anybody else it is david and goliath. he has 100 million raised so far and that is heads and tails above anybody else out there, and we have seen reports and working to look down florida. that will be his cornerstone of his strategy to get in the white house. he's done a good job and difficult to see marco rubio's path to the nomination. he is a good speaker and articulator. but you look at who else is in the race and it is tough to see how marco rubio gets there.

>> you are not ruling him out for vice-president potentially. >> that is how it makes the most sense. someone like a scott walker, or any other governor, they would be looking at marco rubio. he offers a lot in terms of his background and story and ability to communicate. he would make a good vice-president. >> more than 20 names of people thinking of running for president and all of them are thinking except for ted cruz. tom, it is great to have you on the program. thank you so much. >> thanks, jenna. >> an exclusive prediction about military action in yemen. the guest who made it is back. we'll get his insight on the situation there, now. maximize good stuff like my potassium and phytosterols which may help lower cholesterol. new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body

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>> a fox news alert. a u.s. national guardsman and his cousin arrested for trying to join isis. the 22 national guard specialist was arrested in chicago's midway airport. and reportedly attempting to fly to egypt while his cousin was arrested at his home. the fbi apparently becoming aware of hasan's plan to join isis in late 2014. and his cousin was attacked and planned in the united states. both men will appear in federal court this afternoon. >> another headline today yemen spiralling in chaos. saudi arabia targeting the rebels that are backed by iran who have taken over part of the country. this is no surprise to our next

guest who predicted this it move in yemen on tuesday on "happening now". >> there will be an arab force to go in, there is no other possibility to save the situation in yemen without the saudi or gulf partners move in. >> we have the author of the lost spring in the middle east. i think i followed up your comment. that is a big if. we have yet to so it. >> and if happens and you and i predicted it both together. it was based on an assessment. the pro iranian militia were getting too close in the redline. we in the west don't understand those redlines and the saudi arabias discussed it in the summer and fall were asking if the united states will help us and they made a decision and went in. >> what does that mean for us?

we are not even two hours in. and we are hearing conflicting reports of what is happening on the ground and i want to be cautious. >> first of all saudi allies have air control. they shut down the yemeni planes and then the coast will be under, and the ground war will be difficult. and it seems that the information we are getting. saudis and the coalition will secure the borders. that is a priority and help the yemen government to move forward and retake parts of the areas retaken by the iranians militia. and when you get closer to the areas twill be difficult and maybe in this point of time so what the administration is trying to do. and they counter attack them and sit down and talk between the

two parties. >> in the meantime pakistan supports the saudis and makes you sort of wonder and iran is involved and egypt involved and those that say it is a local conflict and if you look back on the history of yemen, we may try to make this a bigger story and they are really local issues politico said the main danger is the western powers can will overreact. and try to quash the everies of al-qaeda. that could be the worst approach and further regionalizing a local fight. and injecting a stronger secitarian tone in to a conflict while threatening to push yemen closer to implosion. >> the official media of the

iranian. and it is interesting how they travel across the atlantic to the western media agencies. basically it was a local conflict for 20 years. and what made it regional was the intervention of the iranians. they are the ones that sent trainer ares to help and the iranian pilots used to bomb. iran made it regional and it is too late. it is now regional. >> that was the lead part of the article and now the saudi arabia intervention and now iranian intervention. there is plenty of critics of saudi involvement in yemen, too there is a lot of the questions about saudi's role in general in the middle east. i have to leave that there for a second. the new york times is reporting we did air strikes in iraq in tikrit and we did it to help the

iraqi security forces and iranian backed- militia was not as much part of the front lines and now we are hearing that the shiite militias backed by iran are starting to quit because of our involvement in iraq. help us through that headline and what do you make of that? >> look, i disagree. what has happen the shiite militia backed by the iranians tried to move twice in tikrit. and the isis and jihaddists are hundreds and thousands or more. it is a military failure backed by iran. and now they need an argument and demand united states destroy isis and then they will move in f and take over. but the mostly shiite army can't occupy the sunni area.

we should have sunni forces engaged with isis. >> egyptian state tv said the task of wrapping military force would be military intervention to deal with security threats with arab nations. what about al-qaeda and the terrorist that are out there upon wanting to harm the united states and using these countries as their basis are we less safe now. >> we have united arab force. it may be requested or used in libia. and of course, jordan would like to have it, but syria and iraq is much more complicated. we'll wait a few weeks. >> and what our role will be. the administration said we are sending advisors and folks advising saudi arabia. we'll talk lottery numbers as well. it seems like a pretty good week

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>> the state department identified the third american killed in the germanwings crash. his name is robert oliver. they will continue to review whether any other americans were on the flight. this follows stunning developments in the crash of flight 925. prosecutors said co-pilots deliberately took down that plane. andreas lubitz deliberately took down the plane. and the captain banged on the door trying to get back in. does this open the door to legal action as the investigation zooms in on the pilot. >> and there was a bombing in libya and also been heavily involved in other notable aviation axes.

they don't have any clues as to why he did what he did. does lufthansa have responsibility here? >> yes. germanwings is responsible. the carrier owes compensation to all of the victim's families. that is a given. but as the weeks unfold clues about this man's background will emerge just as they did 16 years when egypt air 990 when that pilot intentionally crashed the plane in the ocean. >> one of the wire services said lufthansa has no standard psychological testing. is that the norm for airlines? >> i don't know what the procedures are for are german carriers. here, this is a situation wh where if u.s. and faa regulations were in affect this might not have happen. as you know and have been

discussing it today u.s. carriers require another person to be in the cockpit when one of the pilot's leave to go to the bathroom. >> there are always supposed to be in the cockpit on flights landing or originating in the united states. >> right. >> what if any psychological testing was done in the training program i don't know. it was a brand new pilot. but i'll bet in the next few weeks, yule see indications emerge as to what his motivation fls. and they are heart broken as the rest of us. do they. how can they be made to pay, i guess for what this sociopath did? >> the carrier is responsible and must pay under the 1999 montreal convention and carrier

is responsible unless it can show that it did absolutely nothing wrong or a third party like a terrorist with a missile is solely responsible. >> just by letting this guy in the cockpit with wings on their shoulder, he's their agent. >> he is the carrier. >> jim thank you. >> thank you. jenna? >> jon, new details about the germanwings co-pilot and the connection to the united states. lubitz got part of his flight training in arizona in 2008. we have andrew out by that flight school near phoenix. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. you can see the lufthansa plane about to take off. and the facility is called the air training from arizona. and 20 miles west of phoenix in

the arizona desert. it is the pilots come here and we know the co-pilot of the germanwings airplane was at this facility four and half months back in 2008. they fran in europe and this center in arizona and it appears they spend four and half months here in goodyear arizona training in this facility. the staff here is not telling us much about the co-pilot's time. you may be able it hear about the take off and some are landing here in the training center. it appears that the staff here is just stunned by what has happen in europe, and jenna, they tell us that the pilot was 100 able to fly. >> and that is from our fox affiliate in arizona.

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>> developing story on drug enforcement agents that allegedly held sex parties with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels. plus murder in the mountain. what the heck was wrong with the germanwings co-pilot that crashed and killed those people? and the administration pushing for a new deal with iran. and in the tv show host of the cards. it sounds like president obama the iran administration and a controversial prisoner swap. and military charges bergdahl over his.

it sparked a public outcry. we have a retired army news analyst. >> hi jenna. what punishment fits the charges for bergdahl? >> that is an interesting question and it is important for our viewers to realize that desertion is a common charge in the military. if you stay awol, absent without leave for 30 days, you are charged with desertion and in peacetime maximum time for desertion is five years and likely punishment is year and half. if you consider five years in captivity as time served and unless bergdahl has a more serious charge he could easily walk een if he is convicted. so this is a very very complicated legal proceeding that is beginning to unfold and when article 32 comes out in april or may, we'll get a better

sense of where the government is going to go. >> and after all of this, he could walk and we also note that few people who are walk suggest the taliban members that are under house arrest and will be allowed to go where were they want to go. your personal impression on this? >> you can't make this up. i think the thing that most upsets veterans and soldiers is not the trial for bergdahl. that is going the way it should go. it is the idea of the young men who died trying to save him. and the heart break that their families are feeling and then you have the second part of the five taliban that are released and three of whom who promised to go back on the battlefield and perhaps all five going back on the battlefield and what the government was left with in terms of punishing bergdahl are

two charges and they have a 3- 5 years in jail max. and reduction to one. and loss of all pay and allowances and a bad discharge. but that goes a long way to make up for the heart break of the families of the soldiers must be feeling right now jenna. >> general scales, i don't want to it let you go about what is happening in the middle east. we have had a bombing campaign in tikrit and 17000 air strikes in iraq and syria. and the saudis are taking to the air in yemen and we have the iranian backed shiite militia taking to the area as well. and different war planes that they had. and are we under the verge of a regional war in the middle east? >> i think we have for a long time. it is not about yemen or tikrit or iraq, it is about the greater

middle east. and we are facing an arab revolt. and the poor american firepower services and poor american firepower services, the navy and the air force are being tugged one way and the other. on the one hand, you're bombing for the shiia over tikrit on the other hand you're bombing for the sunnis over in yemen this whole thing is a dog's breakfast. i feel sorry for the military men who are going to the administration and talking about the long-term strategy and the wisdom of dropping bombs willie nilly across the middle east without any positive outcome. and i this that's what has the people in the military most concerned. general always a pleasure to have you, thank you so much. family members pleaded for her return and after a 29-year-old woman was found

safe police now say her kidnapping was all a hoax. she was in on it. more on this bizarre case ahead.

a northern california woman disappears in what police initially call a kidnap for ransom case. later 29-year-old denise huskins was found safe, and police now say the can kid thatting was a hoax or kes trade by huskins and her boyfriend. >> reporter: and john vallejo police now saying aaron quinn's story about his girlfriend getting kidnapped for ransom in the middle of the night was hard to believe from the start. and now that is she initially agreed to cooperate, she has cut

communications and lawyered up. the flying accusations just the latest twist in this very odd case that began unfolding monday afternoon when denise's boyfriend told police she had been abducted many hours earlier. that sparked a massive search effort involving about 100 detectives, federal agents dive teams and federal agents. but they found nothing to corroborate the kidnap story and that the couple made it all up. >> mr. quinn and ms. huskins have used valuable resources of your community while instilling fear amongst our community members, so if anything, it is mr. quinn and miss huskins that owes this community an apology. >> denise's relatives say it's the police that will owe them abapology when the truth of what really happened comes out.

no word on when that will happen. but if the evidence shows this is all hoax this couple could get steep fines and jail time. so what happens when a pilot gets locked out of a jet's cockpit, is there other way in? a closer look next.

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called the west whale watching season on record. a dolphin seems ss to be swimming with a gray whale. >> it's on my list of the things to do. >> the real story with gretchen starts now. we're now learning the name of the third american victim of the fatal germanwings plane crash. the father of 37-year-old robert oliver speaking out about his loss just moments ago. >> because the bible teaches that when that kingdom comes then our loved ones will return from the dead and will have the opportunity to live forever in a paradise earth. that hope, that comfort is in these moments tremendous. >> this coming after a series of stunning developments in france