a. >> an airbus pilot put out an sos reporting to air traffic control the plane was in distress, however, we don't know what kind of distress at this point. live tracker data shows a rapid dissent. they check the forecast for the

area. she says there was no notable weather at the time of the trash. it is headed to impact the search. here's the actual plane we were talking about. this was taken last year. it is a french made airbus 320. this is a subsidiary of lufthansa group. tom costello reports the plane is widely used and it is used by all experienced rebels. it is highly automated we are dundant computer back-up programs afternoon. a tweet this morning the heads of lufthansa writes, we do not know yet what happens to that flight. my future sympathy goes to the family and friends of the passenger and crew. if our fears are confirmed, this is a dark day for lufthansa. we hope to find survivors. again, finding survivors is highly unlikely, according to french president and according to aviation experts. the flight crashed above the altitude that it would be a likely culprit.

again, aviation experts say it would take more than one engine to bring down a plane of this size and cause this kind of crash. they scheduled a press conference for 7:00 this morning, so we are getting new information. before then, we'll have more details as we get them. laura. >> all right, thank you very much. of course, we will continue to check back in with crews all morning long. you can check in for up to the minute information. it's happening right now, amazing images coming to us from pennsylvania. check this out, a school bus implanted into the side of a house this morning. it's happening just north of philadelphia. we are told students were on that bus, amazingly, no injuries, we will following 33 story and bring you updates. new this morning, right now, police need help finding this woman. they say she was kidnapped and whoever took her is now

demanding money for her return. joining us now in villejo this morning, bob, do we have any leads to this point? >> reporter: good morning, to you, sam. it's been almost 24 hours since denise upton was allegedly abducted. you can see here we're a few blocks away from the home where she was abducted from, where the solano county office of mortgages services set up a temporary search and rescue headquarters. presumably, they will send out people to look for her once the sun comes out. this is denise up torn. take a look at this. in case you are able to recognize her, maybe you have seen her over the past 24 hours. this is a local why she wassing a duct abducted from. police sell us they received a phone call around 2:00 yesterday afternoon from a tifrt-year-old man saying that denise upton had

been forcibly taken an was being held for ransom. no other details are released at this time from the police department, except they are telling us they will be holding a news conference later this morning at 10:30. this is an image of her car. that was stolen at the time she was taken. police have since recovered that. they have not said where they found it. unfortunately, there is no sign of denise along with that car. again,itative called in the fbi to assist them since this is a kid mapping. they believe she is being held for ransom. if you saw her, call police. reporting live in villejo. >> we will of course continue to follow that. thank you very much. a developing story, authorities in san francisco were searching for an inmate who managed to

escape from the county jail. stephanie, what do people in the area need to know? >> here at the hall of justice, this is where inmates in the alley, behind those pylons below is where there are a couple of dumpsters. they were out of the driveway. they were walking there right now. that's where they lost sight of them. they shot 26-year-old alexander santiago, he is on the run. he is 5'6," brown hair. he was wanted on possession of drug trafficking as well as possession of a firearm. several crews have been helping deputies track down this man. they also immediately notified

surrounding law enforcement agencies. this is the second time in less than a year that something like this has occurred. this is around 5:00 saturday morning a. 30-year-old inmate as well. they ordered him and asserted that the inmate was hiding out at a nearby homeless shelter. this time, once again, if you see santiago gonzalez, do not approach him, just call 911 this morning. live in san francisco, back to you. >> thank you for the latest on that. this morning we learned an inmate escaped from the custody of santa clara deputies. they are looking for john l. carter. there is now a $6,000 reward for information leading to hills arrest. the family of a young mother hit by an suv in hayward says she

will now be taken off life support today. she and her 11-month-old son were in that crosswalk on the tennison road onramp. they were struck by the suv. over the weekend, doctors declared turnerrain dead and her son right now is in critical condition. the driver of the suv is cooperating with police. they are investigating a construction accident. a woman was moving her car to make way for a gravel truck when the truck overturned and fell on to her car. she died instantly. >> she was a very sweet, loving person. she really loved her daughter. she was always pristine. >> she was a mother and she was very happy. she's in a good place in her life right now. >> the driver of the tractor-trailer says he has been delivering gravel for 30 years and has never had a trailer tip over on him before.

a person is recovering from burn injuries after an explosion at a home in campbell. this happened late last night. the expense tent of the damage is not clear at this point. police are now investigating th that. looking outside, the south bay overlooking san jose. >> we might give it an overcast start to your day. things definitely can change. >> yes, heat is going to rise, hopefully, are you serious on a tuesday morning. a little closer to the weekend at this point. overcast, like sam pointed out from a camera in san francisco, 52 degrees in the north behave. you will be in the mid 60s. some of us will be into the upper 60s by lunchtime today. the general trend will be in the 60s. we round out the day in the upper 60s to low 70s.

forecasted high on the east shore. 69 degrees for you. 67 in san francisco. meanwhile, 71 degrees in the north bay today, up to 82 tomorrow. then they'll have 88 degrees, very warm on thursday. i do want to make sure that you are aware. we are getting into that ac territory as we head throughout the end of the week. overall, temperatures will drop back off, though, as you head into this all important weekend. i want to give you a little note, though, for our giants, we will be at 68 degrees here in san francisco, you can catch the giants taking on the dodgers right here on nbc bay area. the highs, 94 degrees for wednesday, so we are looking forward to coming home. here's mike. >> the bay bridge, not much in the forecast. over here the bay bridge so far, we have past due right here. they are moving nicely. but they are filled up always.

we'll show you the map and we'll show you the pattern. 580 east, we do have a crash reported there. watch out, there may be activity slowly countering. the deal is son its way, on the top of your screen. it's slowing north 880, a crash on the shoulder there. a little farther north, a vehicle in the center divide on the other side of the freeway. southbound is building as you can see. eastbound traffic is getting onto the freeway, eastbound 92 accident. a load of bricks on the on ramp. all the activity, we don't have any update. that's the good news. we are looking towards the south

ba bay. the 101 near downtown. we will show you the north bay. it's an increase southbound 101. they know it's dramatic. it's tuesday. they are all going down the golden gate bridge. >> i haven't been informed yet. >> a man takes a bite outb of an apple and makes a new discovery. few ways to keep your privacy at school. >> a live look outside this morning at the bay bridge. follow the folks moving back and forth today. you will have a look at your weather forecast. all the news in your community, including a clash in france that grabs national attention this morning, all of that right after this break.

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a . >> at 6:13. here's a look at todays to top story. a plane crashed in the french alps. that plane took off from barcelona to dusseldorf. the french president believes there are no survivors. a possible kidnapping in villejo. denise upton disappeared yesterday afternoon. police found her car. police have been looking for

alexander gonzalez this morning. silicon valley's most important man. >> we are live out about about key jobs. >> this one really is that apple really likes this book. the book released at mid-fight is called "bombing steve jobs." irnts britain by two reporters that knew steve jobs as well. they got unprecedented access to executives that worked 'steve jobs. it puts the founder in a rather good light. the irony the most famous one is the one that jobs yet has to be written. this one titled steve jobs. this is written by his official biographer who wrote the biography to einstein an ben deshawn franklin.

it's the one theyfranklin. it's the one they finished shooting. we are now seeing early details. you pay recall, president obama suggested a law back if january. lots of teachers and schools used apps for websites as a part of their lesson plans and the names and locations and the schoolwork, of course, of all those students is available to these private companies but what prescriptions are there? now, at this point, the dil bill is drafted. it has been criticized as not going far enough. but people in california have law that prohibits companies from selling private information to students for showing them ads. we got one that's already in

place that the feds are still working on it. >> california is once again a leader on this. >> thank you very much. a controversial herbicide spraying takes place along the peninsula. caltrans says it has no option but to spray highway 84 between highway 1. otherwise, vegetation will grow into a fire hazard. they are asking you to mow vegetation back. cal-trans says it lacks the man power. spraying is scheduled start at 6:00 a.m. and last until 2:00. meantime, san jose's mayor is pushing for new library funding today. sam liccardo is asking city council to restore funding to the 23 libraries, so they can stay opened six days a week, including school days and saturdays. funding was slashed in 2011. the library parcel tax fund will go to the library to have it fully restored in july.

time to check that microclimate forecast on now this tuesday morning. >> right, at the golden get a bridge this morning. we look at that forecast. >> you can see the bridge this morning. they will be back as they head through the next couple days. high pressure will come in, so a return of those low clouds as you head through the next couple days then the fog will burn off each and every afternoon for the rest of the week. as a result our temperatures will be very warm by the season standard. after all, we are getting into spring. this is the first day of the new season, getting light shower activity, north of sonoma county. you may have to use the windshield wipers from time to time as you head outdoors, especially if you are waking up with us at the coast or in the north bay, since they're in the 50, the low 60s. out in the upper 60s. so that's a comfortable day

before high pressure takes control and really brings in changes. warm changes for the next few days. wednesday through friday. the morning's trend, temperatures are going to be very warm, about 15 to 20 degrees above average for this time of year. so overall, we have been very warm when it comes to seeing the averages, even today, 67 degrees in san francisco. we averaged 62 degrees physically this time of year. by tomorrow 71 degrees, tenure thursday, almost 80 degrees in the city by the bay, we are just getting into springtime, meanwhile, vacate by friday, temperatures crashing. another area of low pressure on the way as we get to the end of the week. so overall, temperatures for this week looking good, nice and comfortable yet again. it will be warm for a few days. you whether need your ac likely in your home and your vehicle. >> hey, 79 in the city.

the nice easy drive. we do have the volume of traffic for the east bay and trivalley. let's look at the massachusetts. we are talking about a general flow of drive. they reported that it is fought presenting any additional flowing. a lot more southbound. we have a lot around the different pattern as you tap your brakes. nothing usual for that pattern. the crash over an 880 north of there on the shoulder. then the center divide, traffic flows freely there. slowing and typical here, southbound and a stall. east 92 on industrial boulevard still has that load cleaned up or any time with the rain on east faa, not a lot of folks use that.

101 through san jose. that's moving up here, there is a stall southbound. it might be moving to the left end and flowing. meanwhile, the upper east shows that brand-new building now. both out of the way and the compute in either direction? san mateo. they will go across the bay. we will end with this across the bay. again, traveling eastbound, they move through and on to eastbound 92. back to you. >> 6:21. still ahead, a major announcement from angelina jolie. what she did to prevent the potentially deadly disease. . you zblampblts.

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at 6:24. this out of new jersey amboy, new jersey, a sink hole opened up. mmpbls crews evacuated at least four homes. a car was swallowed up by the sing hole. so far, we have no word on any injuries for residents there. a family is tryling to physical out how needles ended up into appleles they bought at

an albertsons near camp pinnedleton. the woman says she bit into another apple to find another needle. they say immediately they removed all the apples from its shelves and notified authorities. the store says it searched the under surveillance cameras and found nothing suspicious. they will crack down on drug sales in your school. this bill would strengthen an existing bill, making or selling drug within a thousand feet of the school would could result in a five-year prison sentence. and angelina jolie is recovering from surgery this morning. she had her over ris and fallopian tubes removed last week to prevent cancer. she underwent the procedure after tests showed she had an increased chance of okaren varian cancer. cancer took the life of her

mother and grandmother. you will remember two years ago, jolie had a double mastectomy after learning she had a faulty braca 1 gene. ladies before you put on those high heels, think about this 12k34r a study found that heels might make you walk like you suddenly aged 20 years. researchers measured how healthy women walked while wearing shoes with varying heel heights. they found when you wear high heels, your knows are more likely to be bent within your feet touch the ground. researchers say it makes you walk in a way similar to older women with arthritis. >> there you go. minute away, we will take a look at the early numbers. >> an update to breaking news 150 people here in morning are feared dead after a plane crashes in the french alps.

she'll have an update right after the break.

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are passing through, you might get slowing as well. we will show you what's going on. >> we are getting under way. we will take you to san franciscoch over on the nasdaq, they are investing there. live outside from the south bay this morning overlooking san jose, tuesday, march 24th. . >> from nbc bay area, this is today. >> a very good tuesday morning for you. >> the good news this half hour is an update to breaking news, french officials say they have located debris of a passenger plane that crashed in france with 160 people on board. >> the president of france says there are likely no survivors. >> while the french president said that, lauren, that is

echoed by the french president. he says germans and a group from turkey and france are from the crew and pilots on board. search and rescue are seeking terrain in the french alps. the french interior minister says it will be an arduous operation. it was en route from barcelona to dusseldorf. they sent out an sos the plane was in distress and slight traffic data shows a rapid dissent from 5,000 feet. it is a french made airbus 320 which is operated by a subsidiary of lufthansa. the airline was a strong record and no previous accident. nbc news af yapgs experts say the airbus 320 from our

experience may be automated. they write, we do not yet know what happened to the flight. my deepest sympathy goes to the friends of the family and crew. we hope to find survivors, but again, finding survivors, highly unlikely, according to french president. according to aviation expert, it crashed above altitude where a bird site is likely t. theory of one engine should not be catastrophic. earlier, a press conference was held this morning. we see small details here and there. we will have those for you at this hour. >> we will check back with you in about 15 minute or so. >> a quick look at today's national head leans, senator ted cruz and his wife will be appearing on the "today show" this morning on a first live interview since cruz announced he was running for president. he made the announcement

yesterday at a university in virginia. afghan president is discussing issues for american funding for afghanistan and future of u.s. troops there. and secret service director is back on capitol hill today. the house oversight committee wants to know more about the incident from three weeks ago when a senior agent crashed his car into an investigation. the secret service is not allowed agents. the first knowledge of these. >> time to check on the forecast on this tuesday morning as we take piece outside. i love the break about this time of the morning. the sun is about ready to make its official arrival. it's always good stuff. >> absolutely beautiful. ever so close for sunshine, later on in the week. >> today is really our last comfortable day. oh, we will have some really hot weather. we want to make sure you are aware of that today.

venture degrees, check off your shoes in san francisco. 63, living comfortable out there at lunchtime today. and upper 60s, low 70s. room temperature readings. no need for that ac or heater later on today. we probably will have to turn on your heater tomorrow morning and temperatures are going to crash. we will say fog tomorrow morning ahead without those overcast conditions. to give you 72 degrees, though, for today, in the north bay. 82 degrees by wednesday. getting into your thursday and friday, close to 90 degrees, officially making this the warmest air we've had in the bay area over five months. make sure you are prepared. the heat will come on quickly. make sure you have lots of water ready to go, especially thursday into friday. those will be the warmest days. so for today, we summarize everything for you.

sunshine this afternoon, record territory thursday into friday we will turn to the chamber of commerce for your weekend. >> all right. we typically see a lot of incidents. it's probably made well. from the bottom of your screen, i moved over to the right. the lights are on. it is in that area where a crash is reported. before coming over to the left, the headlights are stopping up. look at the map. west 580 is jammed. approaching the area. actually considering the 635. not as big of a problem you may be having. it happened over the morning, cruise on the roadway, the upper east it slows on west 80.

no problems from the north bay. look at the top of your screen, right around 121 arc fender bernhard on the shoulder. we'll let you know over here, it's coming off the valley wide. same thing for the onramp for the east 92. they are showing a huge typical drive, south 880. there is your build. a normal commute for tuesday. it's starting to kick in on the san mateo bridge. earlier, they still reported on the bridge, it's slowing, no problem. it's northbound, the commute has a 187. now is your build. starting now, you will continue to build for the morning. you are looking at the trivalley. i'm going to consider that completely out of the update. over towards the peninsula as well, a quick look for palo alto. it is good for the peninsula.

you still have a commitment. it is tuesday as we talked about. we come into town for meetings. >> it's kind of easy. >> a good team. >> it's 6:37. let's get the reaction this morning with business and tech. >> we have consumer price information. it's more of a risk. it gives the feds a little of a reason ahead. it's pumping along the line there. net sflix up about 2% this morning. one analyst says 500. it's 33 right now. netflix is moving way higher this morning. >> a beg number. thank you very much. >> 6:37. still ahead, a school bus runs through the front of a pennsylvania home early this

morning. take a look at that. see if anyone was hurt. what happened. >> oh the shocking image of the morning. we have a live picture outside of downtown san jose. the sun peaks up over the horizon. we will have much more news including on the breaking plane crash abroad in europe this morning. we will be right back after this.

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school bus landed into a home in philadelphia. it happened at 5:00 this morning. the man went off the road and crashed into that home in montgomery county. can you imagine being inside? several kids were actually on board at the time, thankfully, no reports of injuries. it's crazy. utah's governor has restored the firing squad as an option to death row inmates. the new law allows for a firing squad if drug used for lethal injections are unbelievable. utah removed that choice in four for the firing squad. this new law makes utah the only state in the country to allow a firing squad t. state has a eight inmates right now on death row. the national transportation safety board will hold a special hearing this morning to look into a high number of pedestrians hit and killed on railroad tracks each year. the ntsb said 945 people were stuck on train tracks last year. >> that averages out to almost

three per day. luckily, nine were killed. an update of breaking news, a passenger plane crashes in the french alps. now, officials say they are looking over the debris. >> the ransom, the latest on the search for a bay area woman who might still be alive. >> a live look outside. traffic and weather after the brake. .

now, news, weather and traffic on "today in the bay." >> a developing story. authorities in san francisco are searching for an inmate in the

county jail the. >> reporter: the inmate fled the store. >> reporter: good morning. inmates take up at the hall basement. it was before 9:00 last night. they will help deputies look for this man. so take a look at the mug shot we brought. this is 26-year-old alexander gonzalez. he is 5'6 '80s, 180 pounds, black hair, brown eyes. he was arrested last july on drug trafficking as well as possession of a firearm. they immediately notified law enforcement agencies as well as u.s. marshalls. now, this is the second time sense ten months something like

this has happened. last year an inmate walked out the door as well. by this time, deputies lost him. a few days later, he was booked into jail for felony. it is unclear if anything changed since then. there will be updates on that progress on nbcbayarea.com. >> all right. thank you very much. now, earlier this month, an inmate is facing custody. they are still looking for j.r. carter. there is a $6,000 for a reward for his arrest. pollens and allergies are pushed out of the air. good news for people suffering

lrnls. >> on this tuesday, not a bad day shaping up weather wise. it will get warmer tomorrow and quite a bit warmer on thursday. we are expected to peak close to 90 in many of your inland valleys and beyond in the isolated areas 51 in livermore, 54 degrees. most ovm of the cloud cover. all the details in just a moment. we will show you san wjose. clearing between 12:00 and 4:00 p.m. 68 degrees on the east shore and

71 degrees for today in the north bay. ten temperatures really start to warm up. today 67 degree, tomorrow, 71 degrees, close to 80 degrees, by thursday, temperatures climb, they're going to drop right off for your friday. we are looking towards a comfortable weekend, temperatures back to the 70s. a couple days of this extreme warmth this time of year. things level off saturday and sunday. a late shower stance late into early monday. i got a storm system to track. let's find out what mike is tracking right now. there is he is. good morning. >> good morning. look over here, they are making their way around the side of the bay here from time to time. lightly complicated.

some of the traffic over here will be coming out of the maze, all these folks, by the way, they are focusing on the toll plaza. so you can imagine why you have all this traffic. over here, this is the diamond ring. you can see the reason why you have your car pool. easy driving there off on the other side with the american off the maze. we are looking at a series of traffic. better news. because the crash is eastbound 37 a typical pattern here. a fender bender. it started early.

there has been some snow jamming up the clearing for now. it's down through the area. 101 will see that building over the next 20 minutes. they took a live view, this commute is slowing down at this point in the morning. updates, breaking news, this morning the president of france says there are likely no survivors after a passenger train crashed in the french alps this, mo. today chris sanchez is checking all the details with the latest. >> we expect to learn more in the next ten minutes or so, we generally have a press conference. right now, we can tell you the

french president says he expects no survivors. is that is echoed be i the king of france. he says spaniards, germans and a group from turkey are among the 150 passengers on board. investigators are headed through steep terrain in the french alps. nbc is reporting the pilot pout out an sos, say tack the plane was in distress. we don't know exactly what that distress was. it is expected to be an arduous operation. at this point it does not appear anyone on the ground was injured. it crashed today.

it was taken if 2014, this photo, airbus 320 operated by a subsidiary of lufthansa. the airlines has a strong safety record and no previous accidents. aviation experts say it needs to be slowed meaning it is highly automated. the head of lufthansa writes we do not know what happens to flights. my deepest sympathies goes to our friends and passengers and crew. this is a dark day for lufthansa, we hope to find survivors, again, finding survivors who highly unlikely according to french president. the flight crashed above the altitude that would make a bird's flight likely reason, experts say it would take more than one engine to bring down in a catastrophic way.

they will schedule press conference in about ten minutes. we will review the careful information for you then. >> thank you very much. the "today show" is picking up with the coverage of this story coming up at 7:00. you can find the latest information on our website, nbcbayarea.com to provide updated information. new this morning, right now, police need help finding this woman as a hostage, they say she was kidnapped and whoever took her is demanding money for her return. do police have leads at this point? where does the investigation extend? >> good morning, to you, sam, nothing they are talking about as of yet. we could get more details when villejo holds a news conference. we know they have called the fbi to assist with their investigation. as you see behind me, the office of emergencies service, which has set up a temporary search

and rescue here not far from where this woman was abducted. here's another look at her picture. denise upton, 30-years-old, reportedly taken against her will roughly 24 hours ago from this home here. they are looking at these images a few blocks away from the temporary search and rescue center they set up here they say denise upton had been taken against her will and was held for ransom. this abduction taking place yesterday morning. later in the day, police find right there. you are looking at an image from her 2002 white camry. they did find that abandoned later in the day. they believe it had been stolen along the time shelves abducted yesterday morning.

villejo police is asking for your help to provide them with any information that helps them to find this young woman. shelves abducted yesterday morning. police say did happened in and being held for ransom. reporting live here in villejo. >> multiple agencies are actively involved in it thank you very much. an intense stwauf police on the peninsula. police arrested julian alvarado. they believe tlefs for several hours after officers chased him through the neighborhood. police say a 90-year-old woman and her care giver were inside the home when he came in through an opened door. both women were able leave the home during the standoff. a police officer finally found the man hiding in the garage. a man accused of stealing a man and dumping his body in a barrel in sonoma. they feel he killed the

64-year-old man, put his body in a barrel and dufrd it last friday t. coroner's office is expected to conduct an autopsy to determine how that man died. the family of a young mother hit in hayward last week says she was taken off life support. she and her 11-month-old son were in the crosswalk on ramp to 880 last wednesday when they were hit. over the weekend, doctors declared her brain dead. the son is in correct, al condition. the driver of the suv is corroborating with police. osha is investigating a deadly construction accident in martinez. the 33-year-old was moving her car when the gravel truck fell over on to her car killing her instantly. >> she was a very sweet, loving person. she really loved her daughter.

>> the 4-year-old daughter saw the entire incident go down t. driver of the tractor-trailer says he has been delivering gravel for 30 years and never had a trailer tip over on him before. an explosion at a home in campbell late last night on lavelle avenue. the extent of the damages are being investigated. police are investigating the cause of the explosion. homeowners may thought want to hear this, you may pay more. that's what the santa clara water district wants you to do. they recommend a conservation goal of 30%. >> that would mark the highest recommendation ever. there will also be a public discussion about raising your water rates. last week, they called for tougher restrictions. the governor announced an emergency plan. 6:57, a final check of day's top stories.

the passenger plane with some 150 people passed in the french alps. france's president believes there are no survivors. the sei right now is investigating a possible kidnapping and ransom inville le who. denise upton disappeared and police have found her car but not her. police are looking for alexander gonzalez, he escaped last night from jail while taking out the trash. >> shifting gear, right now, light rain activity in the north bay. >> marin county is fairly dry at this point. you are at 51 degrees in the northway. then your afternoon, 60s coming your day with to round out the day in the upper 60s to low 70s. last comfortable day. a wloot more on that every 15

minutes throughout the "today show." >> it's hot under the collar, i would imagine for some folks. no drama here. this is center stuff. isolated north, not a problem for drivers t. volume, that's what we have to deal with. the map shows you out and about a typical pattern here, it's along the south moon bae. 680 is slow coming off 580. not a problem. mild there. you are seeing vift50s. a good volume of traffic traveling westbound just built up. the peninsula 101 will see ra lot of traffic over the next ten or 15 minutes. this is the pattern. >> thank you very much, mike.

>> meantime, following that plane crash this morning, 150 people on board the german wednesday flight going from barcelona to dusseldorf. our fear is 150 people died in the french amps. the "today show" will peck up that story with all the latest information coming up. this is an nbc news special report. here's matt lauer and savannah guthrie. >> morning, everyone. 10:00 a.m. here on the east coast. 7:00 a.m. in the west. we start with tragic news out of france. a germanwings passenger jet has crashed in a remote area of the french alps. >> this happened not long ago. the plane was traveling from barcelo barcelona, spain, to dusseldorf, germany. we're getting reports all 150 people on board are feared dead, and the airline is expected to hold a news conference coming up at any moment. let's go to bill neely live with the latest from london. bill, what are tac