michelle ferguson has the latest. reporter: the first images where the passenger wing crashed likely killing all passengers on board. it could take days to recover victims from the days debris. >> 300 firefighters and people are here now. they also help with the investigation. all of these exceptional resources are destined to save those that could have survived the crash. even if the intensity does not leave much hope. reporter: german wings says the aircraft descended one minute after reaching cruising height and continued losing altitude for eight minutes before eventually crashing. the passengers thought to be mainly from germany and spain was a group of teenagers returning. what caused the plane to crash given the pilot had six years experience and thousands of flying hours under his belt? what led to tuesday's tragedy? a lot of unanswered questions tonight as to why that plane fell out of the sky. anchor: douglas has been covering this story throughout the day. it reached the cruising height of 38,000 feet and t

photo of bare-chested women apparently in africa with the caption, "michelle obama's high school reunion." david, tonight, one ferguson city official has been fired and two others suspended because of those racist e-mails. >> pierre thomas on this case again tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> we turn now to denver and the emergency evacuation on the tarmac there. passengers sliding to safety today, standing in the snow. after the pilot ordered them to get off the plane, it had just landed moments before. and abc's clayton sandell from denver. >> reporter: this snowy taxiway at denver's airport is not where these passengers expected to get off. >> what the [ bleep ] is going on? >> reporter: using emergency slides to evacuate this airbus jet after reports of smoke in the cabin. >> i've got the flight crew over here, they say the reason he evacuated the aircraft, the captain, is because he had smoke rolling through the cabin. >> reporter: brooks robinson was in the 14th row. shooting down this video as he rode down the escape slide. >> we had to evacuate off the airplane. it was an odor i wasn't familiar with and i didn't

ferguson protests turn violent as two officers are shot outside >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, march 12. i'm michelleego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> two police officers are in the hospital after getting shot outside the ferguson, missouri police station. one officer was hit in the shoulder. the other in the face. the attack happened hours after the ferguson police chief resigned just yesterday. don champion joins us live with more on the shooting that has escalated tensions. >> reporter: at this hour we know that the two officers are in serious condition. witnesses say the shooting followed what had been a mostly uneventful night of protesting. >>> reporter: officers with their guns drawn stood outside the ferguson police department after the shooting. it happened around midnight as protestors who had gathered outside the building for several hours were leaving. >> i would have to make an assumption that these shots were directed exactly at my police officers. >> reporter: investigators say as many as three shots were fired from across the street. one officer was hit in the shoulder. t

ferguson city officials. one sent in april 2011 depicted president obama as a chimpanzee. then in october 2011, an email included a photo of topless women apparently in africa -- the caption read "michellea's high school reunion." (audience reacts) >> larry: okay. we need to have a talk, ferguson. i don't know if we'll ever know all the facts to the michael brown shooting, but let me tell you one thing we do know -- you are some racist (bleep). (cheers and applause) i mean, the accounts of what these officers said and did to black people are stunning. i could read them all, but it's so hard to wrap your head around, it might help to act them out. so here's a new feature called "we can't believe this (bleep), so we have to act it out theater." (cheers and applause) please welcome the "we can't believe this (bleep) players." (cheers and applause) okay. what you are about to see dramatized are the actual accounts from the department of justice report. we didn't make this (bleep) up. okay. first one. summer of 2012, a man is sitting in his car after playing basketball at the park. an officer approaches and asks for his identification. >> tom: name? mike: mike. >> tom: this says "michael." y

ferguson. it is about a much larger system of racial control. >> michelle alexander for the hour.ll that and more coming up. ♪ welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made his case for stopping in nuclear deal with iran. in a congressional address that saw him compare the iranian leadership to the islamic state and invoke the nazi holocaust he said an agreement would put a ron on a pastor nuclear weapons. -- iran on a path to nuclear weapons. >> lifting the restrictions on that program in about a decade -- that is why this deal is so b ad. it does not block iran's path to the bomb, but paves its path. >> president obama offered a detailed rebuttal, pointing out his previous dire warnings about iran's nuclear capabilities being wrong. he also said netanyahu has offered no viable alternative to reaching an agreement. >> how do we prevent iran from getting a nuclear agreement? the path we proposed is the best way to do that. that is demonstrable. prime minister netanyahu has not offered any

chested women dancing in what appears to be africa with the caption, michelle obama's high school reunion. community leaders in ferguson are outrainged. >> if they would say that about the president of the united states what do you think they would say about poor black men and women living in a racialized area of the city? >> reporter: the report shows that african-americans in ferguson faced that kind of discrimination day in and day out. in one example, an african-american man was pulled out of his apartment after an argument. when he told police they didn't have a reason to lock him up the police officer used the n word and said i can find a reason to lock you up. darren wilson was cleared of any civil rights violations in the shooting death of michael brown, however. >> the facts do not support the filing of criminal charges against officer darren wilson in this case. >> reporter: tonight, michael brown's parents are disappointed but say they are encouraged the doj will hold the ferguson police department accountable for the profiling they found in their handling of interactions with people of color. ed lavandera c

ferguson came toward the very end and during this town hall president obama put the responsibility on them to influence young people and to make america better by exercising their right to vote. wolf? >> michelle, thank you. joining us now for more the president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives cedric alexander. thanks very much for joining us. we are just hearing that two ferguson police officers have now been forced to resign over those racist e-mails, another city clerk, she resigned earlier. she was effectively fired. is that enough based on everything you know? >> well i think what's going to happen going forward is that as this process continues to unfold as this report continues to be revealed and show exactly what the president stated oppressive and abusive behavior on behalf of the police department i believe we are going to continue to see further firings and resignations to take place in that city. >> the president, you just heard him say, he doesn't necessarily believe ferguson is an isolated incident. you have your finger on the pulse around the country. what do you think? >> well i certainly do agree with the president, but it's also important for

ferguson police officers. an e-mail bare chested dancing women with the caption michelle obama's high school reunion. there's many more examples here. when you see the e-mails and no charges, are you angry, is the family angry? >> the family is obviously angry because the outcome is much different than they anticipated. when you hear the results of the internal investigation and you jux pose that with the announcement there's no charges it's difficult to reconcile how that came about. you have an actor who is darren wilson who came out of this very environment that you just described as being racially charged and have this history and pattern of discrimination. he's the person who was manifesting these very findings that the justice department is discussing. how don't see how they separated the two when you look at it like that. >> jeff, how do you separate it? when you look at the statistics from the justice department 60% represent blacks pulled over. 93% of those arrested. when you look at that disparity at first value that seems pretty damming. what am i missing? >> we're missing is the context.

michelle. ahead, chilling video captures the moment two officers are ambushed in ferguson overnight and we areracking the search for the shooter and getting ready for an update from police. plus, jeff pegues looks into the roadblocks for high-speed rail in the u.s. how planned lines like the one in california could be gaining speed. and come for the worship and stay for the workout. how many churches are combining faith and fitness all of that and more. the news is back in the morning. and we will see you at 7:00. >> all right. that's an interesting mix. charlie rose, thank you. see you at 7:00. >> thank you, charlie. it is 6:51 now. >>> two secret service agents are being investigated by homeland security department after their car crashed into the white house security barrier. the secret service has reassigned the two since the accident happened last week. "washington post" reports it happened after a night of drinking after a retirement party. the post also says one of the agents also involved is the second in command on president obama's security detail. >>> a raid at a now closed east bay

ferguson, missouri. the very latest on their injuries >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, march 12. i'm michelle >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. good morning. nearly 6:00 now. witnesses video captures the chaos when two officers were shot outside the ferguson, missouri police station. [ gunfire and screaming ] >> that attack happened hours after the ferguson police chief had resigned yesterday. don champion joins us live with more on the shooting that escalated tension between the police an protestors. good morning. >> reporter: indeed, good morning, frank. the two officers who were shot are in serious condition right now. the county police chief says the men were targeted during what had mostly been a peaceful night of protest. officers with their guns drawn stood outside the ferguson police department after the shooting. it happened around midnight as protestors who had gathered outside the building for several hours were leaving. >> i would have to make an assumption that these shots were directed exactly at my police officers. >> reporter: investigators say as many as three shots were

president obama also speaking out on these shootings in ferguson for the first time on twitter. let's go to michelle. what's he saying michelle? >> hi wolf. written by the president himself saying that violence against police is unacceptable. our prayers are with the officers in missouri. path to justice is one all of us must tral together. we heard earlier today too from the attorney general eric holder. his statement was equally strong this heinous assault was inexcusable and repugnant. icon dem violence against any public safety officials in the strongest terms and the department of justice will never accept any threats or violence directed at those who serve and protect our communities. he said too, we will continue to stand against all acts of violence against cops wherever whenever they occur. that's what we've seen throughout. and incidents prior as well. they feel they need to make these strong statements against patterns of activity within the police department against violence with protestors. but at the same time they want to keep this balance. >> we're told that the attorney general is g

michelle kosinski thanks for that. >>> we continue to follow the breaking news this morning in ferguson missouri. two police officers shot overnight. they are expected to survive, but still an investigation into who did the shooting. there have not been arrests here. >>> progress in the war on isis. the iraqi army making big gains. could it lead to new trouble down the road. we are live after the break. >>> more progress this morning in the battle to dislodged isis from the city of tikrit. joint forces now control 75% of the city according to one commander. the joint forces consist of 30,000 men, a mix of iraqi troops sunni fighters and shi'ite militia with advisers from iran. that is viewed as a net plus from the pentagon. martin dempsey told the senate foreign relations committee wednesday that the u.s. is concerned about what iran will do down the road in exchange for its help against isis now. >> iran is going to be influence in iraq. has been influential in iraq. i am concerned about the way they wield that influence. they can wield it to promote a better iraq economically for example. there

chested women in what appears to be africa with a caption that reads, michelle obama's high school reunion. community leaders in ferguson about the president of the united states what do you think they would say about poor black men and poor black women living in a racialized area of the city? >> reporter: the report shows that african-americans in ferguson faced that kind of discrimination day in and day out. in one example, an african-american man was culled out of his apartment after an argument. when he told police you don't have a reason to lock me up the officer responded using the n word and saying, i can find something to lock you up on. despite the justice department's finding of a pattern of racist behavior behavior the second report cleared police officers darren wilson of civil rights violations in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager michael brown. >> the facts do not support the filing of criminal charges against officer darren wilson in this case. >> reporter: michael brown's parents are disappointed but say they are encouraged the doj will hold the police accountable. many people are hoping -

the justice department report which claims the ferguson missouri police department is racially biased. >>> also ahead on this saturday we just heard michelleabout the warmup that's ahead. could we finally be saying good-bye to the winter that never seems to end? today just might be the last day a lot of folks see the bitterly cold temperatures go away. dylan dreyer is on top of that for us. >>> if you can't wait any longer, we feel you. we have put together some last-minute deals to get you somewhere warm. this is the perfect time of year to do it. we'll get you hooked up. >> price is just right in a lot of places. >>> as you know, it's almost time to spring ahead. but as you change the clocks have you ever found yourself wondering why we do this twice a year? is it to help the farmers, is it to save energy and money? we'll dispel some things about daylight saving time. including the "s " no "s." >>> friday the weather hampered the phillies and yankees in clearwater, florida. we don't think we would have minded rain since it came with the 70 degree temperature. cole hamill getting in his first action of the spring, chase headily swinging a

enforcement as an amount of jim crow, and we know michelle alexandar has written her brilliant book at the new jim crow, and incarceration, and of course, in ferguson.j. has now said that we are talking about using law enforcement not to protect and serve the community but as an arm of incarceration, but really as a revenue generation, so that's all wrong and backwards and so we have been having this conversation for at least 50 years. think about it it came out coincidentally on the anniversary of the bloody sunday history march, selma, the weekend we began three marchs from selma to montgomery and the whole trajectory you would think would have moved so much faster so people are frustrated and angry. and the need is to be vigilant not violent as dr. king would have said. but that is why we see eruptions like this. you and i can sit here together, and we are relatively young, and remember the incidents that have happened in our lifetime, so a conversation has to be had so that we don't tend toward violence and we toward vigilant and progressive change which i think is what eric holder was trying to say. >> as part of the effort, that he and others

michelle obama's high school reunion. all three circulated among members of the police department and members in ferguson, missouri, including supervisors. a searing report. 102 pages long. a pattern of racism in the all-white ferguson police department and a practice of treating citizens mainly african-american citizens targeted to be cited fined and threatened and jail time if they do not pay up. a community where authorities consistently approach law enforcement, not as a means for protecting of safety but as a way to generate revenue where policing and municipal court practices were found to be disproportionately harmful to residents. 93% of arrests were african-american and 90% of vie viations. significantly today, the justice department did not find any basis for federal target against officer darren wilson who since left the force. however, his boss a police chief, the mayor of ferguson still on the job. late today, the mayor spoke out. sara sidner joining us in ferguson from more. what did the mayor have to say? >> >> reporter: the mayor talked about the fact there were problems with the department. of course obvious

michelle kosinski thank you. >>> we'll take you back to our breaking news here. a manhunt under way in fergusonor the person or persons who shot two police officers last night. we're live with don lemon next. he was there for many of these protests in the past couple of months and spoke with a young person who lived there, also ahead, crime scene investigation. how investigators looking at those shell casings talking to eyewitnesses trying to track down the gunman. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. introducing preferred rewards from bank of america the new banking rewards program that rewards our customers, every day. you'll get things like rewards bonuses on credit cards... extra interest on

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women dancing in what appears to be africa with a caption that reads michelle obama's high school reunion. community leaders in fergusonhe president of the united states what do you think they will say about poor black men and poor black women living in a racialized area of this city? >> reporter: the searing report shows that african-americans made up 93% of arrests, 88% of cases where force was used by police 90% of citations and 85% of traffic stops. they faced that kind of discrimination at the hands of ferguson police day in and day out for years. in one example an african-american man was pulled out of his apartment after an argument. when he told police you don't have a reason to lock me up the officer responded using the n word and said i can find something to lock you up on. the report paints a scathing portrait of the efforts with officers using minor traffic and other violations to raise money for the city. >> these actions taken by these individuals are in no way representative of the employees of the city of ferguson. we must all work to find issues of racial disparate in all aspects of society. >> reporte

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michelle and lauren thank you both for your time. it's always refreshing to hear someone quote james brown. >> i hear you, rev. >>> the department of justice finds ferguson police had a pattern of racial bias and uncovered a racist e-mail about president obama. >>> also hillary clinton will speak tonight. did she break laws using her personal e-mail at the state department? why is billionaire warren buffett says elizabeth warren should be quote, less angry? please stay with us. photos are great for capturing your world. and now they can transform it. with the new angie's list app, you can get projects done in a snap. take a photo of your project or just tell us what you need done and angie's list will find a top rated provider to do the job. the angie's list app is the simple, new way to get work done on your schedule. the app makes it easy, the power of angie's list makes it work. call, click or download the app for free today. ♪ ♪ ♪ tigers, both of you. tigers? don't be modest. i see how you've been investing. setting long term goals. diversifying. dip! you got our attention. we did? of course. you're type e* well, i have been researching retirement st

michelle obama's high school reunion. all three and there are more were sent and circulated among members of the police department and court system in fergusonsouri including supervisors. the part of what eric holder has called a searing report from the department of civil rights division 102 pages long and catalog aids pattern of racism in the nearly all white ferguson police department and a practice of treating citizens mainly african-american citizens targets to be stopped, cited, fined, and threatened with jail time if they do not pay up. >> it's not as a means for protectsing public safety, but as a way to generate revenue. in a community where both policing and municipal practices were found to be disproportionately harmful to african-american residents. >> well the numbers in a city that 67% african-american are telling. african-americans represent a 93% of arrests, 90% of citations, 85% of all traffic stops, and 88% of all force incidents. that's the toxic back drop to the protest that is erupting with the police shooting of michael brown. the police department did not find any federal charges against officer darren wilson. he has s

in the police department of ferguson referring to the president as a chimpanzee saying that he won't keep his job for four years because no black man does talking about michelle obama in a tribal dance as a kind of reunion, then you have racial bias. it is public funding at the expense of the poorest residents in that community. they were stopping black people and making them go to court and pay outrageous fines. as a result of that you had an economic and systemic effort going on and that double whammy is horrible. look at the woman who had to resign from sony after e-mails were leaked and they weren't even directly attributable to all the people at the top, but she had to go as a result of that. i think the congressman is absolutely right. >> congressman, how do you fix this? >> first of all, i think the state of missouri is going to have to perhaps step in. but before we get to that i think the ferguson mayor and city council and police chief and department most sign a decree. they need to say we're guilty and tell us what we need to do for correcting the problems. if they don't sign the consent decree, they're going to be taken to court and it is going to

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