i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. the cockpit voice recorder from flight 9525 is being analyzed and it reportedly holds a very big clue as to why the plane may have crashed into the french alps. how one of the pilots was reportedly locked out of the cockpit. >>> saudi arabia launches military operations in yemen, and houthi rebels are firing back, as concerns grow about the whereabouts of yemen's president. >>> but first, the major clue in the crash of flight 9525. data from the cockpit voice recorder shows one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit before the crash. >> a senior military official sells the "new york times" you can hear the pilot trying to smash down the door. and the other pilot is alone and doesn't open the door. lufthansa, which owns germanwings, says it's looking into that report. for more on the investigation, let's go to tom valentine who joins us from sydney, australia. thanks for being with us. the impression you get when you read that story is something sinister has happened, the co-pilot

i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. this is cnn newsroom. it could be days before they can start recovering the victims of flight 9925. the flight crashed in the french alps killing all on board. there's no word on what caused the crash, but one of the black boxes has been recovered. >> helicopter crews say the plane is in pieces. no piece is bigger than a small car right now. the head of one rescue team says the debris is scattered over ten acres, some in areas much higher than the mountain peaks. >> translator: our priority is to get as many bodies back as possible so that specialists of

. >> and i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. >>> okay. we begin with two big stories about race in america. the first is the outrage going on right now in madison, wisconsin after an unarmed young man is shot dead by police. >> there have been days of protest since 19 year old tony robinson was killed on friday. his family says they are not anti-police but they are against a systematic targeting of young black males. >> we want to bring in gary tuckman joining us from madison, wisconsin. obviously anybody watching will draw parallels between what's happening there in madison, wisconsin and what happened in ferguson missouri. but it appears the way the police chief there in madison is handling this is very different. >> reporter: zain much different. the demonstrations have been very peaceful. today you had hundreds of people marching down the streets. in this city you also had demonstrators in the halls of the state capital, and there were no problems whatsoever. peaceful demonstrations, as we said. this is all about a police officer who

i'm john vause. >> i'm zain asher. the headlines at this hour.ime minister benjamin netanyahu says negotiations with iran all but guaranty the country will develop nuclear weapons. he made his case in a speech before the u.s. congress on tuesday. the white house says netanyahu's speech contains nothing new. >>> edward snowed season in negotiations to return to the united states, but only if he's guarantied a fair trial. that's according to his lawyer, who says a plan is now in the works that could make it happen. he leaked thousands of classified documents before finding political asylum in russia in 2013. >>> and former cia director david petraeus has pleaded guilty to giving classified information to his biographer and mistress. court documents say that he lied about the handling of the information, including the names of covert officers. >>> iraqi forces are battling to retake control of tikrit from isis. up to 30,000 troops and militia have been sealing off different sides of the city but yet to move into tikrit. >> a dramatic scene was caugh

. >> and i'm john vause. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> right now, israelis are about to vote in what could be a critical election which could bring about a change of government in that country. >> now because of israeli polls, they are released last friday and show netanyahu behind herzog. herzog's campaign has focussed on economic issues as well as improving ties with allies. mr. netanyahu has stressed national security. >> he doubled down on his appeal to conservative voters. he says if he keeps his job he would never establish a palestinian state. this is a back-pedal on his previous support for a two-state solution. listen. >> translator: anyone who is going to establish a palestinian state, anyone who is going to evacuate territories today is simply giving a base for attacks by radical islam against israel. this is the true reality. those who don't understand that are sticking their heads in the sand. >> reporter: so if you are prime minister a palestinian state will not be formed? >> translator: indeed. >

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. >> i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. >>> we begin this hour with the new isis video which is sending shockwaves throughout the middle east and around the world. it shows a young child shooting an isis captive point blank in the head. we have decided not to show any part of that video. >> isis claims the man was an israeli spy, but the victim's family said he was recruited by isis. here's our global affairs correspondent elise labot. >> reporter: in the individualvideo, he seems to be reading a prepared statement. his family describes a very different person a kind and funny brother and son. a volunteer fireman who fell victim to the manipulation of isis recruiters. when they talked to him on skype, they saw a son they didn't recognize. >> translator: muhammad told me and his brother that isis took him. they sent him money through the western union. they said you'll have girls, money, cars paradise. but after he finished his training and spent time and after he trained, he discovered there's nothing.

. >> and i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. >>> glad you could join us. we begin in washington where benjamin netanyahu brought down the house in his speech before the u.s. congress. the israeli prime minister was greeted with thunderous applause as he made the case against a deal to keep iran from developing nuclear weapons. >> outside the capital demonstrators from code pink protested mr. netanyahu's appearance as well as continued u.s. sanctions against iran. the speech did not play well with israeli opposition leaders in jerusalem either. take a listen. >> translator: the painful truth is that after the applause netanyahu remained alone. israel remained isolated. and negotiations with iran will continue without the involvement of israel. this speech therefore, greatly undermines the relationship between israel and the united states. >> mr. netanyahu says the proposed deal would not stop iran from getting weapons but make it easier. here's our correspondent. >> reporter: he made a grand entrance usually reserved for american presidents. and then the is

i'm john vause. >> i'm zain asher.ow are threatening to complicate search efforts in the french alps after tuesday's crash of an airbus a-320. it crashed, killing all 150 people on board. french investigators have recovered one of the aircraft's two so-called black boxes. >> we're getting more information about the people on board the flight. along with spaniards, 67 were german two australians, two colombians a dutch national and one belgian. 150 people were flying or germanwings flight 9525. >>> u.s. president barack obama said nearly 10,000 u.s. troops will remain in afghanistan through the end of this year. the u.s. originally planned to cut that number down by more than 4,000. mr. obama says he still plans on pulling out virtually all u.s. troops by the end of 2016. >>> the founding prime minister's body died on monday. he was credited to transforming the country. a state funeral is planned for sunday. >>> we go back to the main story. the crash of flight 9525 has hit germany especially hard. there were 67 german

. >> and i'm john vause. you're watching "cnn newsroom." >>> we begin in israel where polls were to officially open at this hour for what appears to be a very close election. by the end of the day israel could either have a new government or continue to be run by the right wing. >> it is a very tight race. because of the israeli election law, the last opinion surveys were released on friday. they showed isaac herzog leading in the polls. netanyahu was a few seats behind him. >> the prime minister made some final attempts over the weekend to pull in more right-wing voters and in an interview on monday mr. netanyahu back-pedaled on what was a key issue in this election, his stance on palestinian statehood. >> translator: anyone who is going to establish a palestinian state, is giving a base for attacks for radical islam against israel. this is the true reality that was created in the last few years, they who do not understand that stick their hand heads in the stand. >> reporter: so if you are prime minister a

i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. let's get straight to the headlines. the white house is wanting israel's prime minister not to reveal any secrets to congress on tuesday. benjamin netanyahu plans to outline what he believes is the beginning of a pact with iran. now mr. netanyahu and president obama disagree on how to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons. >>> iraqi army is trying to overtake tikrit. it would pave the way to retake mosul, the country's second largest city. >>> and in the meantime in moscow funeral services for boris nemtsov will begin in less than an hour. the former deputy prime minister was gunned down while walking across a bridge near the kremlin friday night. his killer or killers still remain at large. >>> benjamin netanyahu got a welcome from thousands of people. >> but things are still a little chilly on capitol hill hours before the israeli prime minister's speech to congress. here's our michelle kosinski with more. >> reporter: israeli prime minister netanyahu greeted here like a rock star. a crowd of 16,000 yet on this vis

i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. it is 7:00 a.m. right now in israel where new vote totals show prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party has opened up a significant lead. >> i want to break down the numbers for you from israeli media. it shows likud with at least 29 seats in the knesset. the unionist party has 24 seats, a significant gain for likud. >> mr. netanyahu has already claimed victory. it was a surprising comeback from last week when he was trailing in opinion polls. analysts say his sharp turn to the right, which included his rejection of a palestinian state, helped him turn things around. he says he's already reached out to other party leaders on the right. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: i call upon them to join me and form a government for israel without delay. the reality does not take a time-out. citizens of israel expect us to create a responsible leadership that works for them and that's what we're going to do. >> meantime herzog and the zionist left union are not giving up so easily. herzog said

i'm john vause. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> the past few days it's been a war of word between italian fashion designers dolce & gabbana and singer elton john over virs. now the -- or in vitro fertilization. now the duo is telling cnn they respect how all people live. >> this comes after the designers were quoted in an italian magazine referring to ivf babies as synthetic children born from rented wombs. they then went on to say no chemical children life has a natural cause, there are things that shouldn't be modified. >> elton john responded by calling for a boycott of the d&g label, posting on instagram, "how dare you refer to my beautiful children as synthetic? shame on you for wagging your judgmental fingers at ivf." we're joined with more from hong kong. you spoke with the designers. they seem to be backtracking a little about what they said the controversial comments. what are they saying this now? >> reporter: absolutely they are backtracking big time. they say that this has been blown out of pr

i'm rosemary church. >> i'm john vause. this is "cnn newsroom".." >>> voters are heading to the polls in israel. what's considered a critical national election is now underway. it's expected to be a close fight. >> closer than many had expected. isaac herzog seen here cast his ballot half an hour ago in tel aviv aviv. the leader of the zionist coalition. he hopes to reopen talk with palestinian officials and to bring social reform. >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu voted a little earlier in jerusalem. he's made last-ditch efforts the past few days to secure more right-wing votes and continues to stress national security. >>> for more on the election let's go to orrin lieberman live in jerusalem now. orrin, it seems netanyahu really making that last-minute appeal to right wing voters doubling down on what he has focused on throughout the election. >> reporter: absolutely. the last few days and especially these last hours before the election he's made a push for the right wing. in an interview yesterday with local media, h

i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. it's 8:00 in the morning in yemen where saudi led strikes have been going after rebel targets right now. >> more on that in a moment. but we begin with our other breaking news. a new development in the crash of flight 9525. data from the cockpit voice recorder shows one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit before the crash according to a report in "the new york times." >> the paper reports that you can hear he is trying to smash down the door. we don't know why one of the guys went out, but the other pilot is alone and does not open the door. we are learning a little bit more about the nationalities of many of the victims of flight 9525. the list is still not complete, but germanwings ceo says they come from at least 18 countries. most were from germany, which had at least 72 people on board, and spain which had 49. there were also passengers from argentina, australia, belgium, denmark, iran, israel, japan, mexico, the netherlands, the united kingdom, the united states, and als

. >> i'm john vause. you're watching "cnn newsroom." ♪ >>> we begin with new details about the mental health struggles of the man who authorities say deliberately flew an airliner into the side of a mountain. >> long before andreas lubitz had suicidal at any densies. pamela brown has more. >> reporter: a young andreas lubitz laughing behind the controls of a glider plane. now said to have been suicidal before he ever got his commercial pilot's license. >> he had at that time been in treatment of a psycho therapist. >> reporter: more recently, a source tells cnn lubitz went to an eye doctor, complaining of vision problems. but the doctor found nothing wrong with his eyes. diagnosing him with a psychosomatic disorder. it was apparently all in his head. the source says lubitz also visited a neuropsychologist, complaining of being overburdened and stressed at work. but today the german prosecutor says he didn't tell his doctors he was suicidal and showed no signs of adwregs. prosecutors say they found torn up

. >> i'm john vause. "cnn newsroom." >>> all right, we begin in israel where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues to try to back-pedal on the controversial comments he made in the runup to parliamentary elections last week. >> he apologized to arabs for a lekelection day warning that arabs were turning out in droves to vote. he was condemned as racist. he said i know what i said a few days ago damaged israel's arabs. i had no intention of that. >> mr. netanyahu has also tried to clarify what exactly he meant when he said there would never be a palestinian state on his watch. remarks which he now says were misunderstood. he says he still supports the idea but not under current conditions. >> but the white house is not letting up on the israeli prime minister. on monday, president obama's chief of staff, dennisis mcdonough addressed a group and reminded people that the current extraordinary committed an extraordinary a time and energy. >> that's why the prime minister's comments on the leave

. >> i'm john vause. you're watching "cnn newsroom".." >>> a strategic part of the middle east is on the brink of civil war, and the escalating violence is causing security concerns far beyond the country's borders. >> fighters loyal itto the president are fighting and are stationed around an army post to try to halt the rebels from taking aden. yemen's prime minister is calling on help to stop the rebels. listen. >> translator: we are against iranian military interference because it is not to protect yemen from them. so can anyone support this aggression? how is it possible for anyone to be with this aggression? >> the rebels took over the third largest city taez over the weekend. protesters surrounded a military camp. the houthis fired tear gas to try to disperse the crowd. u.s. forces have now been withdrawn from yemen. the u.s. plans to continue drone strikes on yemen, but how effective will that be without reliable intelligence on the ground? >> yeah that's going to create a problem. the withdrawal o

. >> and i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. >>> we begin in south korea where police have arrested the man accused of attacking the u.s. ambassador with a knife. >> it happened in seoul, just as lippert was set to deliver a speech. his face was cut, but his injuries are not considered life threatening. he just got out of surgery in the past hour. he needed 80 stitches on his cheek alone. state media say the suspect was angry about joint u.s.-south korean military exercises. >> paula hancocks joins us live now. what more do we know about the ambassador's condition? >> reporter: we've had a briefing not long ago from the doctors who carried out these operations. they say that he has a gash which is 11 centimeters long from his right cheekbone to his lawer jaw and three centimeters deep. they say if it had been any deeper it could have cut a key artery and could have been fatal. but they say the surgery was very successful. they say that he's now resting in a hospital ward. he could be in hospital for three t

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. >> and i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. >>> it's a night in ferguson, missouri where months of demonstrations an a federal investigation has led to another resignation. >> police chief thomas jackson says he's stepping down. his announcement led to another demonstration outside the city's police department this just on wednesday night. it has been loud and tense. you can see a scuffle breaking out there in the middle of the screen. but for the most part it has been largely peaceful. but there is a scuffle breaking out. there has been some arrests, as well. overall, though mostly peaceful. we'll keep an eye on it. >> ferguson's mayor called jackson an honorable man who felt resigning was best for the city. >> to ferguson residents, business owners and to the entire country, the city of ferguson looks to become an example of how a community can move forward in the face of adversity. we are committed to keeping our police department and having one that exhibits the highest degree of professionalism and fa

i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher.from flight 9525 is being analyzed and it reportedly holds a very big clue as to why the plane may have crashed into the french alps. how one of the pilots was reportedly locked out of the cockpit. >>> saudi arabia launches military operations in yemen, and houthi rebels are firing back as concerns grow about the whereabouts of yemen's president. >>> but first, the major clue in the crash of flight

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. >> i'm john vause, and this is "cnn newsroom".." >>> we begin this hour in the u.s. state of wisconsin where an unarmed teenager was killed by police and now his family is asking for peaceful protests. >> chanting "black lives matter", marchers have been taking to the streets since tony robinson was killed on friday. his uncle says his family is not anti-police and that this issue goes beyond race and his nephew. >> this is a bigger issue than tony. this highlights a universal problem with law enforcement and how its procedures are carried out, especially in what's happened over the summertime and what's circulating around the news. and specifically as it pertains to the sisystematic targeting of young black males. >> he's alluding to the shooting death of michael brown in ferguson missouri. some of the group in wisconsin were formed after that case. they do not want a repeat of the violence which erupted in ferguson. >> whether i like it or not, i'm inextricably tied to the ferguson phenomenon. but in terms of the trust that's been garnered over decades, i'd like to

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earlier he spoke with our john vause about the conditions on that island. >> reporter: there's certainly thousands of people whose homes have either been destroyed or seriously damaged around the capital here port vila. i'm overlooking a valley where a great majority of trees have been snapped or denuded. by the roar winds that ripped through -- record winds that ripped through friday nightment i'm next to a church that more than 100 used as a temporary shelter since their homes were damageded friday. what i'm hearing from resigns is that they -- residents is that they are subsistence farmers. they make a living supply almost on what they grow survive on what hay grow and rely on it to eat. some i've talked to say their garden their meager farm have been destroyed by the storm. that means they've lost their main source of food. that gets to the crux of the problem. vanuatu is one of the poorest countries in the pacific, and it is still reeling from this terrible storm that has not only destroyed the homes of many people we don't know how many yet, but it's also threatened the livelihoods

. >> and i'm john vause.wsroom." >>> right now, israelis are about to vote in what could be a critical election which cou