united in grief, heards from france germany, and spain, arrive on the site of the germanwings plane crash>>> arrested live on television during a cabinet meeting. ukraine goes after officials accused of corruption. ♪ >>> now they pushed him from the capitol sana'a and now houthi rebels appear to be closing in on yemen's president in aden. the airport has been closed due to security concerns, and there are reports that the president has left the presidential palace. but the foreign minister says he remains in the city and is safe. earlier the houthis captured an air base in the south. the united states used that base to fight al-qaeda until pulling out a few days ago. now echoing president hadi yemen's foreign minister has called for other countries to help fight the rebels. the foreign minister said he will take necessary measures to protect yemen's sovereignty. >> reporter: it shocked many people but houthis have advanced this far south. ta'izz yemen's third largest city. every day they have taken a stand chanting for the houthis to leave. houthi fighters relied with gunfire and tear gas

let's just go back to the area where the leaders of france germany, and spain are gathering now at the site -- or near the crash site. the three leaders just arrived a few moments ago. francois hollande angela merkel and the leader from spain. they are there to face a grim task of the loss of 150 bodies. to see what happened at the crash site. the three leaders there, underlining the international dimension of this investigation. ♪ >>> now there's been a large explosion in the afghan capitol of kabul, let's go live to jon jen who yoin join -- joins us live on the scene. tell us what you have been seeing and hearing there. >> reporter: i'm standing on what would normally be a very busy street in kabul, but as you said a large car bomb has gone off here. both the police and health ministry officials tell us that seven people have been killed in that blast and 22 injured. right now the only thing at the scene are police and police vehicles. they say it was a car driving not far from the finance ministry, next to police station number 2 in the very center of the city during rush hour. the

the leaders of france, germany and spain arrive to the alps. they've come to pay their respects to the victims of the plane crash and get their latest on the investigation. their presence here underlines the international dimension of this disaster. >> we need to under what happened. we must do so. we owe this to the families of the victims. >> all day long helicopters have been ferrying search teams to and from the mountainside. it's a massive operation involving hundreds of police and other emergency workers. the wreckage is scattered over an area of about four hectares. shards of twisted metal, nothing that could be recognized as a plane. it may take up to a week for investigators to examine the whole of the crash site. >> because the plane crashed in the french alps france has jurisdiction, nevertheless there is an international dimension to the investigation and officials from france germany and spain are asking that the airline provide detail information about the maintenance of the plane and the conditions of this flight. it's still uncl

a news conference with the leaders of france, germany and spain talking about this plane crash. this is france leader, francois hollande speaking right now. >> translator: here in this commune, very close to the disaster area. a terrible disaster where 150 people died. children, school pupils, entire families and also the crew. i don't forget them. i believe -- i think of the families and their relatives and on behalf of france, i would say to angela merkel and mariano rajoy expressing our deepest condolences. the french people are here at your side in this trial as it is for all countries concerned more than 15 countries had citizens, nationals in the aircraft. as soon as we were aware of the disaster -- in other words very quickly, the state services and the services of the counties and in particular the airport, all those forces mobilized. i would like to salute them as we've done with the chancellor and the president of the spanish government, those firemen and fire women and civil servants and military personnel which were there and volunteers and the elected representatives

the leaders of spain germany and france meet where the jet passenger crashed killing 150 people. they were able to recover the voice recorder and said they were able to extract information from it. the other black box casing that records the flight data has been found but not the device itself. >>> people have been killed in a large explosion in afghanistan's capital. it happened just 24 hours after the u.s. announced a slowdown in its troop withdrawal from the country. jennifer glasse is in kabul. >> reporter: the explosion happened in the very center of kabul not far from the presidential palace near the ministry of finance and just outside of a major police station, police strict number 2. the dead and injured were mainly civilians heading home from work. the blast happen just before sunset during the evening rush hour here. i saw two very damaged vehicles being taken away by police, it comes just a day after ashraf ghani met with president barack obama, and grayed that the forces will remain in afghanistan, 10,000 forces will remain in afghanistan threw the end of this year.

leaders of germany, france spain gathered near the debris site after the germanwings passenger jet crashednd spain. they just paused for a moment of silence to honor the 150 people on board that airbus a320 that went down tuesday morning. also waiting for some news conference maybe short, to begin from french investigators examining the cockpit voice recorder recovered. it is banged up but officials believe they can get a lot of information out of it. that's scheduled to happen at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. i want to show you the first pictures of this black box, so damaged. the data recorder has not yet been recovered, and that's key to the investigation. also learned two americans on board. 49 from spain. there are victims from several other countries, why europe asia, australia, latin america, including some who held dual citizenship. search and recovery teams are back working the crash site now. there's no official word on the cause. germany interior minister says terrorism is considered unlikely. bring in michael kay, retired officer and former adviser to u.k. ministry of defense. thank

take the lead in this investigation, because the territorial element is in france because the plane was flying from spain to germanyer france and came down in france. the german media are reporting something like 67 german people very involved in this incident but that has not been con flirmed. the spanish government said 45 citizens were on board the plane. >> thanks so much for coming into al jazeera. one of the things that has been quite confusing is whether or not the cockpit issued a distress call or whether it was the air traffic controllers put out a distress call? and that's crucial, isn't it? >> yeah. to not issue a distress call not send a transponder, implies a catastrophic failure. was it is a catastrophic failure with all that that implies, or was this something that was controllable? and until we know that we don't know which realm we're in. >> and that is going to come down to the flight recorders. there's the cockpit recorder and the black box recorder. >> yeah, one of them is a rotating loop that record your conversation for half an hour and around around it goes again. if you have speem sleeking,

france germany and russia. it was an important meeting but it shows there's no deal to be signed yet. >> russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov, who arrived in lausanne 24 hours earlier decided to leave. he may be back close to the deadline on tuesday. a break from negotiations in the middle of the day. chinese foreign minister wang ye wept for a jug. are the talks going well. >> very well. >> reporter: later he told reporters positions are narrowing, i'm cautiously optimistic we can reach a deal. >> in the high security of the lakeside hotel the other foreign ministers, apart from mr sergey lavrov are left to reach a deal with a matter of hours before the deadline. secretary of state john kerry and the u.k. foreign secretary philip hammond took a walk presumably discussing the remaining sticking points. >> in negotiations of such complexity and high stakes it's not nrl for brinksmanship to go on until the last minute. it is hoped they'll budge at the last minute. i think the negotiators understand clearly tha

talks with the u.k., france and germany led to the 2004 2004 paris agreement under which iran suspended those talks were broken off the following year after they began producing uranium. the iaea referred iran to the u.n. security council. as relations worsens iran a announced in 2006 that it had enriched uranium for the first time. meanwhile, the u.n. security council began imposes sanctions and the u.s. political climate changed in 2009 when the incoming obama administration announced that it would participate full any talks between iran and the p5 security council members permanent five, excuse me. but talks ground to a halt until the political chime ahead changed in teheran of a new proposed was proposeed in august 2013 after row rouhani's inauguration, they halted enrichment in return for some easing of sanctions while talks began on an comprehensive agreement. a journalist, also a commentator at the international newspaper in teheran, he explained why it's important for the rouhani government make a deal. >> they are not happy, they are not calling the shots and we have the parlia

iran deal it involves france germany, britain, russia china, and somehow these guys want to get into that part of it. you know it's so counterproductive and only about politics and that's really the way it should be seen. >> wouldn't all those senators including the ones who want to be running for president later this year have had their chance to take shots at this thing once it came state side after an agreement was reached? >> if there was a vote on the agreement by the u.s. congress this would not be happening. the administration desperately wants a deal. it knows it can't get it approved by congress. so it has formed an executive agreement that john kerry admitted today won't be legally binding. all this stuff about congress having a role in this is not true. congress is being cut out of this deal a deal that would severely undermine national security and i think will cause a war in the middle east. >> in response to what bruce said fred, do you assume that france britain, and germany are being cavalier about the future of the middle east and israel as you would accuse the obama

the leaders of france, germany and spain have flown in to show their support. the day's development, the cockpit recorder, badly damaged showing the severity of the impact. the device is now in paris and they say they've been angle to able to recover some information from it. the data recorder is still missing. >> brought together by tragedy the leaders of france, germany and spain arrive in this small town in the alps. they've come to pay their respects to the vickers of the plane crash and to get the latest on the investigation. their presence underlines the international disaster. >> we need to understand what happened. we must do so. we owe this to the families of the victims and the countries involved. >> all day long helicopters have been ferrying searchers to and from the crash site. the wreckage is scattered over the area of eight football fields. nothing could be recognized as a plane. it may take weeks for investigators to examine the whole of the crash fight. it is still unclear what caused 9525 to plunge from the sky but this voice recorder may hold

there was a solemn show of unity for the leaders of france germany, and pain. chancellor merkel and prime minister rajoy met with some of the team searching the wreckage for clues. >> we need to understand what happened. we know it the families. we know it to relations affected the tragedy. we can learn everything we can about the causes of the catastrophe. >> they would like to say the friend and family they are very welcome here. everyone has an organized to receive them, so everyone has been prepared for those who want to come here for the catastrophe took place. he told us about a tough day for search teams whose priority is to locate the remains of the victims. >> the investigation has been halted for the night on the site of the plane crash, which is several hours from where i am standing. you cannot get there by car. you have to take a helicopter were, and it takes between three and five hours during the day. i and heard helicopters flying back and forth from behind me and probably to the site together -- to gather as much evidence as possible. there are

so france, germany and spain are all involved. the response has been very quick.f the indications of how quick the recovery operation has gone the black box has already been recovered despite the very difficult terrain where the plane went down. the other part of this operation, of course, is to provide immediate counseling to the loved ones of those who perished on the flight, and that counseling is being provided both in dusseldorf directly at the airport and also for the various family members of the victims in spain. ben: what more can you tell us about the victims? terry: there were 150 people on board the plane. 144 passengers and six crew. the chairman, the ceo of germanwings which was operating this flight, gave a press conference earlier in the afternoon. he said that according to his information, 67 passengers were germans. he was also asked at the press conference directly if there were any chinese nationals on board. he said no, in response to that. we have since learned a number of schoolchildren were on the plane, 16 schoolchildren, 10th-graders from

brought together by tragedy the leaders of france, germany and spain arrive at this small town in the alps. they've come to pay their respects to the victims of the plane crash and to get the latest on the investigation. their presence here underlines the international dimension of this disaster. >> we need to understand what happened. we must do so. we owe this to the families of the victims and the countries involved in this trauma. >> all day long helicopters have been ferrying search teams to and from the mountainside. it's a massive operation involving hundreds of police and other emergency workers. the wreckage is scattered over the area of equivalent of eight football fields. shards of twisted metal. nothing that can be recognized as a plane. it may take weeks for investigators to investigate the whole of the crash site. it's still unclear to determine what caused the plane to plunge from the sky. but this black box may hold some clues. it's the voice recorder from the plane's cockpit. >> there have been some difficulty reading the data, but it is great we have found this. we h

the leaders of germany, france, spain are arriving to look at the crash site firsthand. let's begin with the leaders visit. erin mclaughlin is at the staging area to tell us more. >> reporter: hi carol. that's right. the leaders of germany, france and spain are expected to arrive in this area. we do not believe they will be going to the actual crash site because it is in a remote and difficult to reach location but they are expected to meet with emergency workers in this area who are taking part in a recovery mission that is still very much ongoing in the field just behind me all morning we've been seeing helicopters flying in and out, mountaineering experts and we understand from local officials that they have managed to reach the crash site at least some of the choppers and the crash site as i mentioned, is extremely remote reachable really only by air. the terrain there described as incredibly difficult, even icy conditions that they're having to deal with and local officials say that the plane was completely obliterated on impact. the wreckage strewn over a wide area

in less than 48 hours, the foreign ministers of iran britain, china france, germany, russia, and the united states hope to announce an historic deal to curb nuclear ambitions for iran. but they are still working on an agreement. >> we are here because we believe a deal can be done. it's in everybody's interest that a deal does get done, but it has to be of deal that puts the bomb beyond iran's reach. >> we have invested a lot in these negotiations over the past 12 years. that is why i hope we will be able to close this deal, which quite literally is in the interest of world peace. >> officials say the major sticking points include how many centrifuges iran would be allowed to operate, and whether it would have to ship it stockpiles of enriched uranium to russia. but the biggest bone of contention is the duration of the deal. the six powers want to see it in effect for at least 10 years. in return, tehran wants the west to lift sanctions as soon as possible. they are crippling the country's economy. negotiators are scrambling to resolve the last differences before tomorrow's deadline.

france germany and rugs russia it was an important meeting but showed there's no deal yet. sergey lavrov arrived less than 24 hours ago and decided to leave again. the chinese foreign minister wang yee went for a jog beside lake geneva. later he told reporters positions are narrowing i'm cautiouslycautiously optimistic we can reach a deal. the other foreign ministers aside from mr. lavrov met to try work out a deal. kerry and hamed took a walk. hammond took a walk. >> it is not unusual for brinksmanship to continue. i think the negotiators understand very clearly that they are running out of time and this process is no longer sustainable. >> reporter: talks are continuing on the main problem areas, the future of iran's nuclear research and development and the lifting of international sanctions but time ahead of that deadline is fast running out. james bays. al jazeera lausanne. >> nigerians are waiting result of the weekend's election. the apology polling passed rather uneventfully. in a moment we'll be live in the nigerian capital with the latest on the vote count but firs

. >> leaders of france, germany and spain have been visiting the french apples close to where a passenger plane crashed on tuesday. the recorder has been recovered and it is now in paris. investigators say they've been able to recover some information from it, but they say it's too early to draw conclusions from the recordings. so far searchers have only been able to find parts of the flight data recorder's casing. >> they have come to pay their respects to the victims of the plane crash and to get the latest on the investigation. their presence here underlines the international die mention of this disaster. >> we need to understand what happened. we must do so. we owe this to the families of the victims and countries involved. >> all day long helicopters have been ferrying search teams to and from the mountainside. it is a massive operation involving hundreds of police and other emergency workers. the wreckage is scattered over an area of about four hectares. shards of twisted metal nothing that could be recognized as a plane. it may take up to a week for investigators to examine the who

the p-5 plus one countries china, u.k, france germany and russia. it is an important day but no agreement ready to be signed yet. sergey lavrov who arrived less than 24 hours earlier decided to leave again. he may be back close to the deadline on tuesday. chinese prime minister wang yee went for a jog near lake geneva. >> how are the talks going? >> well, well. later he told the reporters i'm cautiouslycautiously optimistic we can reach a deal. in the lake side hotel the other foreign minister outside of mr. lavrov are left to reach deal with hours to go before the deadline. >> secretary kerry and u.k. secretary phillip hammond took talks. >> there is no undoubted lir the negotiators understand very clearly they are running out of time and this is no longer sustainable. >> we know the sticking points ali, the research and development of nuclear facilities this iran and also the lifting of international sanctions and in particular those u.n. county security council sanctions. time is running out. remember the deadline is midnight here in lausanne on

officials in france germany and italy have given a joint statement saying they intend to become founding members of the investment bank. 28 countries have already announced their intention to participate. they include southeast asian nations, india and new zealand. until the latest announcement britain was the only g-7 member. the officials in the three european nations say the new bank could work with other existing institutions to plan an important role for addressing funding needs for large infrastructure projects in asia. observers say those countries plus britain are keen to build closer ties with the world's second largest economy. officials at china's finance ministry say they welcome the announcement for the europeans. japan and the united states are skeptical about the new development bank. they question the transparency of its management. more headlines for you in business next hour. for now, i'll leave you with the check on markets. >>> south korea is accusing north korea of cyber attack ss. a team of police and prosecutors is investigating the computer leaks at korea hydroand

joined by ministers of the p-5 plus one countries china the u.k, france, germany and russia. showed there's no deal ready to be signed yet. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov who arrived in lausanne 24 hours earlier decided to leave again. he may be back close to the deadline on tuesday. the chinese foreign minister wang yee went for a jog beside lake geneva. >> are the talks going well? >> too long too long. >> later he told rrming the group, i'm cautious we can reach a deal. >> left to try and reach a deal with just a matter of hours to go before the deadline. secretary kerry and the u.k. foreign secretary phillip hammond took a walk presumably discussing the remaining sticking points. >> in negotiations of such complexity and such high stakes it is not unnatural for brinksmanship to go on until the last minute until the 11th hour because each party is hoping the other will budge at the last minute. but i think the negotiators understand very clearly they are running out of time and this process is no longer sustainable. >> talks are continuing on the main areas the fut

this is western europe, spain france germany especially with the germans you can rest assure that this will be maintained to the highest standards. something happened to that, the airplane itself would say, if it could speak what hit me. the plane would not have collapsed. the wings would not have dropped off and disappear in the clouds unless something made it do it. we can speculate to what that might be. and there are many answers to that question. >> there have been reports that yemen's government has asked for security council to deal with the houthi rebels. the rebels took over taiz on supplied. they're already occupy and control the city of sanaa. they say they plan to push south to the port city of aden where the country's president is trying to hold on to power. several were killed in anti- anti-houthi protests. >> they wore hats with the colors of the yemeni flag. by day's end several protesters were dead and dozens injured. people have made it clear that they are not welcomed. but the street may be losing to the heavily armed houthies. the governor of the province resigned.

the leaders of russia ukraine, france and germany spoke on the phone about the ongoing conflict.the army backed by shia militia launched a large-scale military operation to recapture the city of tikrit. at least 20,000 soldiers and militia fighters are advancing on the city. it's been under i.s.i.l.'s control since june. we have this report. >> the assault - the iraqi forces have recaptured towns in the northern province. from the islamic state of iraq and levant. the city is the birthplace of iraqi president saddam hussein, at the heartland of the sunni muslim community. >> this is prepared for the i.s.i.l. rats. we'll trust them all over tikrit. >> the city was seized by the islamic state of iraq and levant during a blitz attack last summer. today we launched this offensive and liberate the people of the province including many areas, a campaign to cleanse and liberate the province from the filth of i.s.i.l. the goal is to liberate them from the tyranny and terrorism of i.s.i.l. a force of 20,000 backed by fighter jets. shia militia said joined the army operation in sala hughed

world leaders in france germany, and in washington condemned the attack. >> the united states stands with the people of tunisia and continues to support their efforts to advance a secure democratic tunisia. >> if you're still unclear this evening who was behind the attack tunisia was the birth place after the arab swing but the revolution there led to increased influence from groups like isil and al quaeda. tonight the u.n. security council here in new york condemned the killings saying no terrorist attack can reverse the march of tunisia towards democracy. >> it's a terrible tragedy. thank you, john. >>> the pentagon says a top leader of al shabab has been killed by a u.s. drone strike last thursday about 150 miles west of mogadishu. he was the master mind of the 2013 attack on the west gate shopping mall in kenya where 67 people died >> benjamin netanyahu is already trying to put together a new government but he may have to join with groups not as popular as his party. many israelis are still worried about the future. >>reporter: a minute after the polls closed the left wing starte

from the leaders of france, germany and spain who flew over the crash site, and from stunned locals. silence interrupted only by the harrowing search of the helicopters. bill neely, nbc news, seynes-les-alps, france. >> reporter: this is tom costello. the fact that flight 9525 crashed into a mountain at 440 miles per hour could be compelling evidence that the crew was incapacitated. like all modern aircraft, the a320 is equipped with a ground proximity warning system that tells pilots to pull up if a plane is headed for ground collision. >> terrain ahead. pull up! >> reporter: but the germanwings plane never attempted to avoid the mountain. captain john cox has spent more than 20 years in safety and crash investigations. >> it's a loud warning and one that pilots take very seriously. that adds a little bit of additional evidence to the crew being incapacitated. >> reporter: french investigators are now analyzing the sounds and voices recovered from the cockpit voice recorder. but they need the flight data recorder to unravel what happened to the plane and in the cockpit, a process tha

france germany and russia. it was important, but showed there's no deal ready to be signed yet. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, who sort offed in lausanne less than 24 hours earlier decided to leave again. he may be back close to the midnight deadline on tuesday. the break when the foreign minister of china went for a jog. are the talks going as well as your run? >> very well. >> reporter: later he told reports positions are narrowing, i'm cautiously optimistic we can reach a deal. >> reporter: in the high security of this lakeside hotel, the other for instances apart from sergey lavrov are left to reach a deal hours before the deadline. secretary of state john kerry and u.k. foreign secretary hammond took a walk presumably to discuss the sticking points. >> in negotiations of high complexity and high stakes it's not unnatural for brinksmanship to go on until the 11th hour. each is hoping the other will budge. the negotiators understand very clearly that they are running out of type. the process is no longer sustainable. >> reporter: talks are continuing on the main prob

. >> reporter: the leaders of france, germany and spain visiting the crash area as investigators analyze the badly damaged cockpit damaged reporter for any insight into the crash. it doesn't appear to be terrorism. >> translator: all of the theories have to be looked into closely. but that one is not the most likely. >> reporter: the crash hit germanwings employees very hard. many crew members didn'ten want to fly today -- didn't want to fly today. in other cases other airlines stepped in and operated flights for them. amy kellogg, fox news. >> the state department says it is in contact with family members of the two u.s. citizens confirmed to be on the plane and the spokeswoman says the department is still reviewing its records to determine whether any other americans were on board. >>> and breaking news now in vallejo. police are coming out to update us on the missing woman they believe was kidnapped so we will be covering that story momentarily. >>> lawmakers will hear about testimony about a right to die law from a woman who has already died. britney main arked moved from alamo to po

. >> it's the ideology that motivates these young people from briton france germany and the united states comfortable middle class suburban existences and travel to the islamic state. we have young women. in investigating the subject matter i've seen the young women meet them online. you have teenager girls who may be vulnerable and they are promised to be jihadi brides. they think they're going to be a part of something great. isis recruiters online tell recruits they can help them build the caliphate. you will be something special. you will matter. and that's a very alluring message for people in the west and it's resonating people isis is so media savvy and the people who are controlling and running the media operation and social operation, many of them are from right here in the west. >> how then does the u.s. intelligence agency offset that propaganda? what message should they put out there to these young girls like you're not going to be someone's bride. you're going to be someone's slave and most likely a sex slave. >> at the end of the day we need to combat the ideology. it's not

. >> reporter: brought together by tragedy, leaders of france germany and spain arrived at this small town in the alps they came to pay respects and to get the latest on the investigation. it undermines the natural dimension of the disaster. >> translation: we need to understand what happened. we must do so we owe this to the families of victims and the countries involved in the drama. >> all day long helicopters have been ferrying search teams to and from the mountain side it's a massive task involving hundreds of police and rescue workers. the wreckage is over a huge area. it's unclear what caused flight 9525 to plunge from the sky but this shattered box may hold clues, it's the voice recorder from the plane's cockpit. >> translation: there has been difficulty reading the data. we have been able to extract information from it, but it was a little early to say what happened. 150 people were on board the aircraft at the time of the crash. no one fived. retrieving and identifying the bodies - it's a pain staking task. >> reporter: the identification of the victim is essential. we have

has offered assistance to authorities in france, germany and spain. >>> a series of fateal aviation accidentsnvolving commercial airlines made headlines over the past year. some of them involved low-cost carriers that are expanding their businesses around the world. last month a transasia airways passenger plane crashed into a river in taipei. at least 40 people died. taiwan authorities cited engine failure. flight 235 was the second fatal accident involving the airline within seven months. flight 222 crashed into buildings in july during an attempt to land in bad weather. 48 people were killed. in december, an airbus a320 crashed off indonesia. it's the same type of aircraft involved in the germanwings crash. the flight was run by air asia one of the largest low-cost carriers in the world. pilots had requested clearance to divert from the flight plan to avoid bad weather. indonesian authorities have recovered 106 bodies. 56 people remain missing. last march malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared from radar screens between kuala lumpur and beijing. search operations took months and involved

in. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have horrible news from southern france, the crash of the german airplane is a shock that us in germany in france and spanish people put us into deep mourning. we don't -- we don't know much about the data of their -- and speculation on the cause of this -- the crash. everything should be thoroughly investigated today. i am concerned about the scale of this -- that this catastrophe has so many victims. my thoughts and my sympathy of the whole federal government is with the people who lost their lives, among them many compatriots, the suffering of their families, it's -- is huge. we'll do everything possible that the assistance and assistance is provided. what can be done in these hours in the previous hours with president hollande and also with the spanish prime minister over the phone. we have agreed that our countries will help each other in any possible way to clarify the cause of this -- also to support the forces at the airport. we have created a crisis headquarters where all the efforts will be coordinated. i will go there tomorrow to create a picture for myself and to speak with

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the leaders of spain, france and germany arrived to pay their respects. u.s. army sergeant bow berg darryl -- bowe bergdahl is now charged with disinterrogation. "mad men" has drawn to a close. before the final show, new york is bidding the series a highly fashionable farewell. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. tonight the search for answers continues in the frerge alps, where investigators are going through the wreckage of a german airliner which crashed yesterday, killing all 150 people on board. investigators from france say they recovered useable sound and voice recordings from the damaged cockpit flight recorder but it's too soon to interpret that. that process could take days. bbc's lucy williamson is in seyne-les alpes, now the main center of the search operation. she starts our coverage. reporter: in these mountains, 150 people lie waiting for burial for their families, grief. husbands, wives and school children. retrieving them, even finding them, is proving challenging instead. >> it's quite difficult t

marcy: and today, the leaders of france germany and spain visited the staging area near the crash site where teams are heading out. also, still looking for that other black box. marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. jummy: we just learned within the past three minutes or so that second black box was found but it was empty. autria: update on last month's shooting at frederick high school that injured two teenagers. police say they have two people in custody. they were arrested this morning. and john gonzalez has more now on the charges. john: this afternoon, frederick county police say these are the young men who caused so much terror here at frederick high school back on february 4th. that night, there was a shooting out here in the parking lot while a basketball game was going on inside. police and school officials made the big announcement just moments ago and the commander in charge made it very clear this investigation is not over. they still want to do some follow-up interviews and there are possibly more suspects more arrests but today, these two men are behind bars facing a grand jury ind

germany doing rather well. france not doing so great. let's get immediate reaction from hans nichols in berlin. hans: it looks like germany is strong enough to carry the rest of europe. we have the disappointing french numbers. we had the much better than expected german numbers. almost a full percentage point. clearly the german economy is taking off. 23 months of expansion in germany. we have a surprise on the upside for the eurozone number asas a whole. the french news is disappointing, but mostly reason to be encouraged. francine: moving on to merkel's meeting with the greek prime minister alexis tsipras. lots of smiles, little progress. did alexis tsipras gain anything from merkel? hans: the meeting went five hours into the night after the press conference. we have a greek official saying that greece is going to submit their reforms by monday. we could have the eurogroup get together, take a look at these reforms, and figure out whether they pass muster. then we have martin scholz, who is talking about that there is likely to be a de

france, germany, britain, russia and china.tion including the intelligence minister to the prime minister were meeting with french officials in paris yesterday. the french foreign ministry said this did not involve the french foreign minister. this wasn't the israelis trying to persuade their position but talk through the debate on iran. that same delegation is heading to britain for a similar series of talks to broaden the discussion on iran. when all parties get around the table there in switzerland, which they will israel which have been able to use the information it has that perhaps try to persuade others at the table of the ponsimportance of the position. we know the talks have made progress. secretary kerry and iranians have said that. the iranian position at the moment is the united states is putting too much pressure on iran. bullying is how ayatollah khomeini the spiritual leader of iran, put it over weekend. there are still gaps to close. at this late hour, israel is still discussing a dialogue about iran in these ta

there is an agreement between the other nations including the big powers, russia china u.k., france, germany. and just united states that is doing this. what happens then to sanctions if we were to put on additional sanctions and the rest of the nations would not abide by them. >> dickerson: i'd like to have you listen to something charlie rose sat down with the national security advise other susan rice, here is what she said about the speech. >> there has now been injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate i think it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship. >> destructive? >> well, i think it is a lot of crockery as erin miller said, has been broken. and that's true. the basis of the relationship which is a support for independent state of israel. jewish democratic state will remain. there's no question about that. but i think the full page ad in the "new york times" yesterday is really beyond the pale. this is what -- >> dickerson: why beyond the pale? >> it's susan ricin a position as if she condones general side. that's the impact with the skulls next to her

. >>> united in grief leaders of france germany and spain travel to the scene where a passenger planey killing

. >> a scene that under scores the international element of the tragedy, the leaders of france, germany and spain came together in the alps to pay their respects to the citizens who died from their countries. the recovery effort is a massive operation, involving hundreds of police and emergency workers. the wreckage is scattered over an area the equivalent in size of eight football fields. and involves some pieces of metal that are so small and twisted they aren't recognizable as parts of a plane. in the small town in germany show being is giving way to grief. 16 students and two teachers from the local high school were on the flight. tears and a sea of candles flowers and tributes are filling the streets in front of the school. >> translator: everybody is disturbed. the atmosphere in the town is ghostly. >> well, antonio, if the new york times report turns out to be true, and a pilot was in fact locked out of the cock pick, that still doesn't fro free throws described any firm answers to the question what was going on inside the cockpit at the time of the crash. it does, of course, mea

the leaders of europe germany france and spain to head to the crash site. one black box is retrieved. >> 3g capital is in talk to buy kraft foods in a $40 billion deal. >> the news send shares in kraft and other food makers higher. they could team up again with warren buffet to help seal the deal. >> merck teams up sending the drug maker's stock higher after hours. >>> welcome everyone on the show. a luck luster session on wall street as investors keep an eye on the earnings season. the volatility in oil prices. also the developing situation in greece. the dow up 28 points. s&p up 2 and nasdaq seeing a gain of 10 points. here in europe positive manufacturing data yesterday boosted sentiment plus today's business data suggesting better times ahead but some insesvestors taking this opportunity to take money off the table. the key level we've been watching on the german index. the cac 40 down 23 points. when we started the show it was down about 9. the bright spot has been the ftse 100 seeing a gain of around 5 points but currencies continue to be the big stor

and france and germany. that's tough stuff. it's easier to say they are terrible awful people and we're going to get our way but what is the quiet point that netanyahu did not talk about? what happens if negotiations fail and what happens if the united states and israel say you're not going to have a nuclear weapon in iran, what happens? you have a war. >> what he basically said is there's a step in between a failure of these negotiations and a war. in other words, an israeli or u.s. joint military strike. there's increased pressure, if you have more sanctions, more economic trade embargoes, that the iranians would especially given the lower price of oil right now feel greater pressure, they would rush back to the negotiating table. that was the point. >> that was the point, maybe i would say most people think that is not accurate. >> why? >> because this is a strong country that does not want to be humiliated in front of the entire world, does not simply want to be pushed around and may reach a point where they say no thank yo