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our justice correspondent pamela brown is with us. urity analyst peter bergen is joining us on the phone. pamela first, you've gone through the actual document, the complaint. what do we know about what's going on? >> here's what we're learning. this u.s. air force veteran allegedly tried to fly through turkey and then travel into syria to link up with isis and fight violent jihad, according to this complaint. and the suspect's name is tairod nathan webster pugh from neptune, new jersey. and what officials are saying is that he lived overseas for a period of time. he lived in egypt and kuwait and was an aviation mechanic. he worked on airplane engines and he worked for several private companies in the u.s. and overseas as well. he allegedly in january traveled from egypt to turkey where authorities stopped him before he could go any further. they returned him back to egypt. egyptian authorities deported him to the united states where he was arrested in january, january 16th in new jersey. he is still behind bars. but bottom line wolf,

. >> let's get to pamela brown in germany. od morning, pamela. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. that's right, dramatic new developments here. we are learning from "the new york times" that andreas lubitz may have had vision problem and that may be as a result of a psychosomatic illness. a lot of precipitatiscription de found inside of his apartment. i spoke to a lufthansa spokesperson who finds is hard to believe he could have had vision problems. we know as recertification process the pilots get their vision tested. i spoke it an aviation source who said that he passed his last exam last summer, but we know since then that he has visited medical clinic here in dusseldorf just a couple times the past few months. also we are learning from german media that there may be another woman involved who lived with him. i was just at his apartment yesterday and there are two names on the door, lubitz and goldbalk. they are saying the other name is his living girlfriend who was a school teacher in dusseldorf and a lot more to lea

cnn justice correspondent pamela brown broke the story for us within this past hour. pamela who is he? >> well he's a 47-year-old man, brooke. as you point out, he's an air force veteran. he served in the air force as a mechanic for several years and left in the '90s, moved to texas. according to the criminal complaint we're looking through, he became increasingly radicalized in the late '90s. he then became an engineer for american airlines a mechanic, i should say, for american airlines. in 2001 a former employee he worked with at american airlines tipped off the fbi that he was sympathizing with osama bin laden at time that he made some alarming remarks. so he was put on the fbi's radar back in 2001. clearly they felt like they didn't have enough to build a case on him. so he went on to travel overseas and be an aviation mechanic overseas. in fact he was an army contractor in iraq for a period of time, according to the criminal complaint. he worked for several private companies working on airplane engines. according to the complaint s in january, early january, he t

pamela brown is in washington with more. good morning. >> good morning.ls are not taking any chances, taking this very seriously. we know notifications are going out with those 100 or so u.s. troops over the weekend. cnn has heard from the army's criminal investigation division now working with the fbi as well as the marine corps spokesman who said they notified in person all those service members named as potential targets on this list. this surfaced saturday a file posted online calling itself the islamic state hacking organization. officials are still trying to investigate the legitimacy of this group and basically called for beheadings and attacks in the u.s. of these military personnel, those on this list. at least some of that information was already public we understand reportedly taken from facebook and the white pages. this highlights the concern the fbi has been addressing for several months now asking military officials to scrub their social media pages of any identifiable information. in relation to what just happened what we know about this l

pamela brown joining us from germany. let's get more on what's going on joining us now our law enforcement analyst, the former f.b.i. is assistance director and aviation courserr correspondent. we obviously know 150 people are dead. >> it shouldn't change the results at all but does create havoc for the families and everyone else. for me, this is unprecedented to have that level of leaks in this investigation. >> let me ask, how unusual is it? >> richard, for example, that cockpit voice recorder transcript to be leaked to the german newspaper. >> very unusual. normally the transcript is held by the authority and i have no evidence of this but i'm guessing it wasn't the b.e.a. that leaked it. they are extremely good at this sort of stuff and revealed material they shouldn't. it kind of summed it up. it's distressing for the families. it is unnecessary in many ways. here's the point. there's a journal as a journalist i want all the information out there. what we're learning isn't adding anything. it's going to come out anyw

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let's learn more from pamela brown. good morning. >> good morning to you, carol.t, the fbi, department of defense, investigating the legitimacy of this group. the information of u.s. troops is out there that could inspire an isis sympathizer to target them here in the u.s. officials are taking this very seriously notifying all of the 100 or so u.s. troops on this purported hit list. here's what happened. a group calling itself the islamic state hacking organization posted a file online over the weekend calling for beheadings and attacks in the u.s. of these military personnel. it included their pictures and purported addresses. at least some of that information was already public we understand reportedly taken from facebook and the white pages. dod and fbi have asked troops to scrub their social media pages of any personal information for months now because of intelligence suggesting isis was using the internet to target victims, particularly the military. here's what former house intelligence chairman mike rogers had to say this morning on "new day." >> this is t

pamela brown, cnn, dusseldorf, germany. >>> tom ballantyne joins us.e has a lot of experience covering airline safety. thanks for being with us. the hot issue right now for the aviation industry around the world, how much confidentiality are pilots entitled to when it comes to issues like suicidal tendencies, and when should doctors report their concerns to the authorities or the airlines? do you see any big changing on the way? >> oh, yes, i think so, john. the fact is, when something like this happens we have to take a very close look at the system, the system of recruitment of pilots, the system under which we check their back grounds, the medical issues that they've had in the past. it's quite clear that in this case he got through the cracks. for whatever reasons, lufthansa failed to pick up the issues that this chap had had before he joined the airline. and they need to really sit down and take a look at how we recruit pilots, how we test them, how we psychologically test them, and how we ensure that, you know, people, i mean, this man should nev

captain sonderheimer yelled "for god's sake open the door," let me bring in justice correspondent pamela brownwho is in dusseldorf germany. let's focus to the captain. tell me more about him. >> reporter: yeah. he's really the unsung hero here. he tried to regain control of the aircraft. he's 34 years old and his name is patrick sonderheimer and has two young children in fact, one child in kindergarten. my colleague spoke to his grandmother who was very emotional on the phone, as you can imagine. and she said that he was a loving father and hero. i'm devastated his death came so sudden and leaves my whole family in shock. he deserves the german medal of honor for his heroic attempt to break into this cockpit. really just so sad and tragic brooke. >> there are no words, right? and you have this co-pilot which we have to talk about because we're learning more and you learned about an issue with his vision today. >> reporter: right. he had a lot of doctors' visits recently and what i heard is that he was having trouble with his vision so he went to the eye doctor thinking there was something phys

. >> cnn's pamela brown has more from washington. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. it was a sharply divided court along ideological lines. oral arguments. what happened here could impact millions of people. the stakes are very high. if the justices rule in favor of the plaintiffs, it could derail the affordable care act. justices had tough questions for the plaintiff's attorney. you have to look at the law as a whole and the context. you cannot look at the four words at the center of the debate established by the state. the justices said it would be a death spiral if subsidies were taken away from the americans and 34 states what the federally run exchange. the conservative justices focused on the fact the law has the four words. established by the state. it makes it clear accord together plaintiffs sing to the plaintiffs. chief justice roberts did not have a lot to say during the oral arguments. that surprised a lot of people. he upheld the constitutionality of the affordable care act. all eyes were on him to see which direction he was leaning in. he did not want t

our cnn justice correspondent pamela brown broke the story for us. as is dan caldwell the legislative director for the concerns veterans for america. so pamela to you first. tell me more about who this veteran is, what precisely he's accused of doing. >> well this is significant, brooke because this is the first case we know of where a u.s. veteran is accused of trying to provide material support to isis. according to these court documents, he's a 47-year-old man, tairod webster pugh who at one point was a mechanic for an airline company. he was in the air force and apparently received training in the installation and maintenance of aircraft engines and weapons systems. he left the air force in the '90s and worked for several private aviation companies in the u.s. and middle east as a mechanic. really interesting, the complaint says two of his co-workers expressed concern to the fbi in 2001 and 2002 because he allegedly sympathized with osama bin laden and shared anti-american sentiment. he also allegedly expressed interest in fighting jihad in chechn

details now from pamela brown. >> 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, he went to a doctor complaining of eye problems. but the doctor found nothing wrong with his eyes, diagnosing him with a psychosomatic disorder. lubitz also advice sed a neuropsychiatrist. but today, the prosecutor says lubitz didn't tell his doctors he was suicidal and found no signs of aggression. pro prosecutors say they found torn up doctors excuses. >> we have not found anything that is giving us any hint that enable us to say anything about his motivation. >> reporter: a german aviation source tells cnn lubitz passed his annual recertification test in the summer. as part of that exam, he would have had to fill out this questionnaire, specifically asking, are you taking any medication? do you have any psychological, psychiatric or neurological diseases and you have ever attempted suicide. lufth

that plane into the french alps suffered from a severe psychosomatic illness. >> let's get to pamela brownwell, good morning to you, alisyn and victor. we are learning more about andreas lubitz condition according to the reports here and "the new york times" that he had vision problems and that these vision problems may have been the result of some psychosomatic illness. we had previously reported that he from "the new york times", wall street journal, german media, that he had suffered from depression and investigators

pamela brown is our justice correspondent in germany for us right now. pamela on top of everything i just went through, there is more coming out about this co-pilot from his ex-girlfriend, a former lover, and now this german prosecutor. can you just piece it all together for me? >> reporter: yes. disturbing new details, brooke. specifically about his medical condition that we've been hearing about. a source that i spoke with close to this investigation said that he was having some vision problems. he thought he was having some issues so he went to the eye doctor. the eye doctor found that there was nothing wrong with his eyes and diagnosed him with a psychosomatic disorder which comes from mental stress. it's not an actual physical disorder. we also have learned that he went to a neuropsych kol cyst and he told that near neuropsychologist that he was overburdened at work but the source said he never talked about wanting to commit suicide or be aggressive to others despite the fact that he was suicidal before he got his pilot's license and more recently he

. >> let's get to pamela brown. good morning, pamela. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, alisyn and victor. we are learning more about andreas lubitz condition according to the reports here and "the new york times" that he had vision problems and that these vision problems may have been the result of some psychosomatic illness. we had previously reported that he from "the new york times", wall street journal, german media, that he had suffered from depression and investigators have apparently found medicine bottles, prescription pills, a lot of them inside his apartment. the investigation into his background continues. i will tell you, i spoke to a lufthansa spokesperson who recently said she finds it hard to believe that he was suffering from any type of vision problems because every year pilots have to be recertified and they get their vision checked. she says it's a thorough medical examination. it's a physical examination. but she also said it's only physical, not psychological. and a german aviation source

cnn justice correspondent pamela brown reports. >> reporter: tonight, investigators removed boxes from 28-year-old german native andreas lubitz's apartment, the man who authorities say deliberately crashed flight 9525 into the french alps. the ceo of lufthansa says lubitz was an experienced pilot with more than 600 hours of flight experience, a good record. >> translator: he was 100% fit to fly. his flight performance was perfect. there was nothing to worry about. >> reporter: lubitz passed his initial medical screening, but the lufthansa ceo says the airline does not do ongoing psychological testing, leaving open the possibility that something could have changed. the ceo also raised questions when he said lubitz had at one point "interrupted his training for several months in 2008." he wouldn't explain why, but said lubitz eventually completed his training. >> translator: he went to the aviation school in phoenix, arizona. there was an interruption with regard to the training, and after the candidate mentioned to go through and continued his training. >> reporter: a flight club member

pamela brown now with all the details. >> reporter: among the personal information posted on the hitcaptains and major generals. in total, about 100 members of the u.s. military. many of those singled out are pilots including this man seen holding his baby. we're blurring his face to protect his identity. the list was posted by a group calling itself the islamic state hacking division. and tonight that group is calling on isis sympathizers to kill the service members in their own lands, behead them in their own homes. stab them to death as they walk their own streets thinking they are safe. >> it could very easily become something that really matters from a personal security standpoint. it could deeply affect the security of all of these personnel. >> reporter: law enforcement officials tell cnn the fbi has been monitoring some individuals in the hacking group for some time but it's unclear for how long. those same law enforcement sources say it's unclear if isis leadership ordered the lists, but their real concern is a lone wolf sympathetic to isis targeting the service members >> t

pamela brown standing right there beside him, helping him at times ss with his english. i'm sure he was doing that in part for an english speak audience out there. you heard what he said. he cannot speculate on a motive in this case. he says right at this moment there is no letter that contains a confession of any sort. this man suffered from no organic illness. there were no hints of suicideal or aggressive behavior in his past. said that he had no organic illness. that's interesting. i think we have our medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen in atlanta? not yet. let me go to les then. frank frankly, what the german prosecutor says doesn't help us much understand anything further about what happened in the french alps. >> this man obviously had issues. as far as we know there was nothing tied to terrorism. obviously, this man had -- there was a six month time period or 18 month, i believe it was, in his training program, where he had to take a leave of absence. that would send up a red flag for anybody involved with this training process because this training process is

pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> many thanks to our pamela brown for that. >>> a 20 year old man accused in ferguson, missouri says the officers beat him up while in custody. >> jeffrey williams is charged with assault after last week's shooting. his attorney says williams is bruised and scarred, but police deny roughing him up. details from ed lavandera. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the gunfire set off a frenzy of fear outside the ferguson police department. now prosecutors say jeffrey williams admitted he fired the shots that wounded two police officers during protests last week. but the 20 year old insists he wasn't aiming at officers. prosecutors say he may have been aiming at someone else in the crowd. >> any statements that he made, i'm not confident that those were voluntary statements. one thing i can be clear from my conversation with him was that this was no police ambush as it was stated earlier. there was no intent of any to target out any police. and that he's not part of the protest community. >> reporter: but prosecutors say they found a .40 caliber handgun in his home that

our pamela brown has more on that. good morning, pamela. >> reporter: good morning. we're still trying to put the pieces together of this man's background, andreas lubitz, the 28-year-old copilot, the german national who the prosecutor said deliberately crashed the plane into the french alps. when you look at his background, what we know now is more puzzling. there's nothing glaring. we heard from the lufthansa ceo who said he was 100% fit to fly, that he passed all certifications and training, the flight training as well as the medical screening, no problems we're aware of. as you pointed out, the airline doesn't have psychological testing which i'm sure that policy will be under a lot of scrutiny in the coming days. what's interesting to note here, the ceo did say, though, for a period of time he interrupted his training, he wouldn't expound on why he interrupted his training. he said he came back, completed his training, went on to become a pilot in 2013, had 100 hours of flight experience on the particular aircraft, 630 hours of flight experience in total. we kno

that's according to another law enforcement official who spoke to cnn's pamela brown. this source says law enforcement is tracking a lot of cases regarding this and is really concerned here. this comes after the arrest of a 17-year-old virginia student, a high school student in northern virginia last friday. we just got word of this last night. he was taken into custody for helping to recruit for isis. that's according to federal law enforcement officials. alleged to help a slightly older adult to syria, helping to arrange that person's travel and distributing messages to a network of contacts on behalf of that adult in an effort for him to join isis. that also comes in the wake of the arrest of a 21-year-old man from california who was indicted just this pass wednesday for attempting to offer himself and material support to work uner isis' control. you have this trend of young people being arrested for either trying to join isis or allegedly trying to recruit for isis. what's interesting here is this warning, that pamela brown got word of from the fbi and department o

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. >> had at that time been in treatment of a psychotherapist. >> reporter: recently, a source tells cnn lubity went to an eye doctor complaining of vision problems. but the doctor found nothing wrong with his eyes, diagnosing him with a psychosomatic disorder. was all in his head. a source says lubitz visited a psychologist complaining of been overburdened and stressed at work. today the german prosecutor said lubitz didn't tell his doctors he was suicidal and showed no signs of aggression. prosecutors say they found torn-up doctors notes deeming him unfit to work in lubitz's crash canaccording one for the day authority say he deliberately crashed the plane. what investigators didn't find -- a suicide note. >> we have not found anything that is giving us any hints that enable us to say anything about his motivation. >> reporter: a german aviation source tells cnn lubity passed his annual recertification t

here's our justice correspondent, pamela brown. >> reporter: these remarkable pictures have never been seen until now, obtained by cnn, show a smiling osama bin laden in the mountains of afghanistan, five years before launching the biggest terror attack in american history. >> when i met him, when i introduced him, yes, he hated america, he hated american policies and the middle east. but never occurred to me that he would be planning for 11th of september attacks. >> reporter: altwan the first person to interview osama bin laden, took many of these exclusive pictures seen here with a high-ranking al qaeda jihadist who was there during the interview. after a harrowing journey through the mountains, altwan arrived at the retreat under heavy security. >> i remember there was a military maneuver half an hour after i arrived there and why is that? because we were scared the american could follow you and that they could actually bomb us. >> reporter: cnn has obtained these photos at the same time the world is learning more about the al qaeda mastermind from letters and documents found in hi

we're in dusseldorf and karl penhaul is in the french alps and pamela brown is live in germany. what you learning about the crucial questions asked of lubitz and what he withheld? >> reporter: erin it's becoming increasingly clear that andreas lubitz went to great lengths to hide his mental illness from lufthansa. just this past summer lubitz had to fill out a questionnaire as part of a recertification exam that every pilot must go through every year. a few questions on this questionnaire. do you have any vision problems? are you taking any medications? have you ever attempted suicide? do you have any psychological psychiatric or neurological diseases? if anything that he put on there was a red flag then the aviation doctor would have had to alert lufthansa. lufthansa said they didn't get any indication nothing was brought to tlearheir attention that he had any problems. it's up to him to self-report. we learned that he went to an eye doctor for vision problems and it turned out, according to a source this doctor diagnosed him with a psychosomatic order. we don't know when that

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as pamela brown reports, his events gave him the upper hand in terms of security weak points. >> reporter: a u.s. air force veteran from new jersey stopped in turkey for allegedly trying to join isis in syria according to just-unsealed cower documents. 47-year-old tehrod webster nathan pugh flew from gyp to turkey to tampa to enter syria on january 10th according to federal authorities. turkish officials stopped him at the airport. pugh who served four years as an air force mechanic was carrying an ipad, four usb drives and a cell phone. the search of his laptop found search for information on borders controlled by islamic state and a chart of crossing points between turkey and syria. pugh was denied entry into syria when he refused to hall lou officials to search his -- to allow officials to search his electronic. he worked on airplane maintenance for years. in the air force from 1986 to 1990 pugh received training in the installation and maintenance of aircraft engines and weapons systems. afterward, pugh worked as an airplane mechanic for american airlines as well as other private avia

pamela brown is standing by. pamela? >> reporter: this is the first u.s. military member we know of who allegedly tried to link up with isis. according to court documents, he was at one point a mechanic for american airlines and an air force mechanic for four years tried to travel to syria to join isis. he left the air force in the 90s and worked for several private aviation companies as an airplane mechanic and in speaking to officials that is alarming because he could have taken his skills to the terrorist groups and helped them. he allegedly flew from egypt to turkey. turkish officials denied him entrance after he refused them access to his electronics and turkey sent him on a return flight to egypt. it appeared that his electronics had been tampered with. now after a search of the electronics, the fbi was able to recover some of what was on his computer. more than 108 propaganda videos including excuse of multiple prisoners. the fbi found web searches for ways to cross from turkey into syria. his division attorney se tells cnn that his client will plea

. >>> first, pamela brown in dusseldorf germany, with the latest. >> 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. >> had been at that time in treatment of a psychotherapist. >> 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 said lubitz didn't tell his doctors he was suicidal and showed no signs of aggression. prosecutors say they found torn-up doctors' notes deeming him unfit to work in lubitz's trash can,ing through one for the day he deliberately crashed the plane. what investigators didn't find a suicide note. >> we have not found anything that is giving us any hints that enable us to say anything about his modulation. >> reporter: a germa

had access to service members and airplanes despite the fact he passed his background check. >> pamela brown, thank you. >>> no word on just how much legal difficulty outgoing illinois congressman eric shock may be facing. he resigned today after one too many questions about his big spending and dubious accounting including from our own drew griffin. >> can you explain the lavish lifestyle you've been leading on the backs of taxpayers? >> i would say this as i've said before. i take the law and my compliance very seriously. >> congressman, do you think it is appropriate to spend political donations in kind of a slush fund? $24,000 in private plane tickets? do you have any explanation, whether legal or not, is it right, is the question. looking back do you think you made a mistake? kundz why people are concerned -- >> i hope you enjoy your time in the 18th. >> kundz why people are concerned that you sold your house such overvalued property to a political donor? do you know why? congressman, is it right at all, what you've been doing? sir? just one. come on i've been polite to you. >> congress

our justice correspondent pamela brown is also monitoring developments for us. redible turn of events over the last several hours. this story first broke by "the new york times" based on a single source essentially leaking them information from that voice recorder not confirmed last night by lufthansa, but we heard it just a short time ago, confirming what the french prosecutor in marseille. now we hear the fbi has official li been brought in to help with the investigation. >> reporter: just an amazing turn of events. to put it in perspective, the law enforcement officials in the u.s. are shocked by this development. yesterday everyone was waiting for the dust to settle to figure out where to go with the investigation. now they're getting a better idea. in light of all these developments anderson we know the french has formally asked for the fbi's assistance. from very early on fbi agents in europe were already part of the investigation helping to cross-reference names from the manifest with u.s. databases. we know that didn't turn up anything. now this is the ne

cnn justice correspondent pamela brown is in dusseldorf germany where the investigation is happening right now. pamela you are kind of doing a deeper dive into just who this co-pilot was. you just saw investigators leave this apartment. they were carrying boxes of papers. how long were they inside there? >> reporter: they were inside for about an hour and a half john. we are right outside of andreas lubitz's apartment in dusseldorf germany. these officers came in plain clothes. they were inside for about an hour and a half as i point out, and they walked out, at least one of them was carrying a big box, possibly of even more evidence. there were papers in that box. we don't know exactly what was in there but what we do know is they made that discovery here yesterday. the ripped-up medical note that rene talked about, among other notes that he apparently didn't share with his employer and we also today went to a medical clinic where he apparently visited as recently as march 10th. this medical clinic the dusseldorf university hospital released a statement today saying that he had been

pamela brown, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> coming up for us the hunt for the second black box. it will be so important for investigators who have very little to work with in terms of debris. we are live at the crash site next. >>> plus we now know at least three americans were on flight 9525 including a mother and daughter from virginia. i bring the gift of the name your price tool to help you find a price that fits your budget. uh-oh. the name your price tool. she's not to be trusted. kill her. flo: it will save you money! the name your price tool isn't witchcraft! and i didn't turn your daughter into a rooster. she just looks like that. burn the witch! the name your price tool a dangerously progressive idea. female announcer: through sunday at sleep train, get up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save hundreds on beautyrest. or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. >>> welcome back to "the lead." i'm john berman in for jake t

for more, let's go to pamela brown. what else are we learning? >> this case is unique in a lot of different ways. officials say this man, the 47 year old pugh, had been radicalized over the last 14 years. they say in the late 1990 oos h converted to islam. he worked for american airlines. a co-worker went to the fbi and said he was espousing anti-american views and he sympathized with osama bin laden so he was put on the fbi's radar in 2001. in 2002, the fbi says that it interviewed one of his associates that said he wanted to go to chechnya to commit jihad. the criminal complaint says he's had a long history of wanting to commit jihad and sympathizing with terrorist groups. what's interesting to note is that seven years later he passed a security clearance to become an army contractor in iraq. and i was speaking to a former colonel with the air force. he said this is someone given his alleged ideology and views that could have caused a lot of damage having access as he did to soldiers and military planes. i've been reaching out to officials to t

this is according to a law enforcement official who spoke to our pamela brown about this development. this official says that the fbi and the department of homeland security have sent a joint warning to law enforcement agencies across the country about the concern of a growing trend of girls and boys wanting to fight with isis. this is in the wake of the arrest and detention of a 17-year-old young man from northern virginia. we reported on this last night and this morning. this young man was detained last friday by the fbi. this law enforcement source says that law enforcement is now tracking quote, lots of cases like that around the country and they're growing increasingly concerned about this issue. the warning was sent out over the weekend. this is according to a law enforcement forcesource who spoke to our pamela brown a short while ago. we reported on the detention of this young man. a law enforcement official confirming to us that this young man was arrested on friday. he is in detention right now. he is being charged for the moment as a juvenile but they are trying to possibly

pamela brown joins me now from dusseldorf with more.ing. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. we know from sources that andreas lubitz's girlfriend has been speaking to investigators. she's been cooperating. what we have learneded is she said she knew he had psychological issues, but that she didn't know the extent. she said she was optimistic he would be able to work through his issues and she was aware he was seeing two doctors very recently. and we have reporteded that these two doctors are an eye doctor and a neuropsychologist. recently he was having vision problems, so he went to the eye doctor and the doctor diagnosed him with a psychosematic disorder. both deemed him unfit to work. but he was trying to hide his illness from his employer and the extent of it from his girlfriend as well. even though she knew there was some issues here investigators believe she didn't know the full picture. carol? >> and i understand the girlfriend said they were working through his mental problems together. can you tell us more about that? >> a

want to bring in cnn's justice correspondent pamela brown. what's happening right now with this investigation into this co-pilot? >> it's still very early on but i can tell you right now, investigators are at the home of the parents of this pilot, andreas lubitz investigating. they are going to look at his electronics to see but the information that has emerged so far is only adding to the mystery. friends of this co-pilot who spoke to cnn say they have no explanation as to why lubitz would have done the unthinkable and tonight, questions are being raised about whether the airline lubitz worked for should have done more to make sure he was psychologically fit to fly. tonight, investigators are digging into the background of 28-year-old german native andreas lubitz the man who authorities say deliberately crashed flight 9525 into the french alps. the ceo of lufthansa says lubitz was an experienced pilot with more than 600 hours of flight experience a good record. >> he was 100% fit to fly without restrictions. his flight performance was perfec

pamela brown, we saw you behind that gentleman. tell us more. >> reporter: well if anything carol, the prosecutor here, the dusseldorf prosecutor deepened the mystery of exactly what caused andreas lubitz to crash that plane into the mountains, according to authorities. he said before he received his pilot's license that he was suicidal. we know in 2008 he took time rauf from training but after that he came back finished training and got his pilot's license. the prosecutor today said he continued to get psychotherapy treatment after that but that there was no evidence that he was suicidal or was acting aggressively or wanted to be aggressive toward anyone else leading up to the crash just a few days ago. he also said that investigators have taken a lot of different evidence paperwork from his apartment, and that there was no confession no journal, diary, anything of him saying that he wanted to do this that he wanted to crash the plane or commit suicide. he said there was nothing indicating that this was premedicated. the prosecuto

pamela brown, we'll check back.k you so much. >>> the trial of accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev is underway. it's been two years since the deadly blast and now the life of the accused 21-year-old is at stake. for a breakdown here's alexandra field. >> reporter: dzhokhar tsarnaev the accused boston bomber he's accused of killing three people and injuring 260 others at the finish line of the boston marathon. now he's fighting for his life. this case isn't only about innocence or guilt, it's life or death for the 21-year-old. it took almost two months to seat an impartial jury 1373 people were called. according to a questionnaire, 85% of them said that he was guilty or had some connection to the bombing. their responses are pretty telling. i'm set in my ways and this kid is guilty. we all know he's guilty so quit wasting everyone's time with a jury and string him up. waste of time. they should have already killed him. tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty. his legal team has argued unsuccessfully to get the c

i am pamela brown here in germany with special coverage of the the crash 2595.ers of germanwings. we have been learning more of the co-pilot that crashed the plane into the french alps. investigators were at his home taking out boxes of evidence trying to figure out a motive. also build magazine the largest magazine here apparently interviewed his ex-girlfriend that told the magazine that he had two very different spers personalities. on the other hand he would get very angry and yell at her. she said that he was very fearful of losing his job at german wing withes. meantime at the crash site, rescue workers are combatting high winds. they have two missions -- two main missions at this hour. recovering 150 bodies and recoverying the second black box that flight data recorder. for more on this i am going to go to erin. >> reporter: hi, weather conditions have improved here and that means that they do not have to fly as many choppers and make rotation toss the crash site. some 40 people at the site today and flying around two choppers compare today the five that t

our justice correspondent pamela brown is joining us from dusseldorf germany. e latest over there, pamela? >> reporter: well wolf in a stunning turn of events we learned that back in 2009 andreas lubitz self-reported, even turned over his medical records to the airline when he was going through training indicating that he had just been through a severe bout with depression. tonight, lufthansa officials are admitting it knew it 2009 during flight training that andreas lubitz had suffered from a, quote, severe bout of depression. >> i would expect lufthansa would have handed over everything and would have worked with the prosecutor and investigators to find the solutions. and if they withheld information intentionally, that's not good. >> reporter: head of the german pilots association, jim phillips says the circumstances surrounding lubitz's depression is a critical factor in erm didding whether he should have been able to become a commercial pilot in 2013. >> i would hope that lufthansa required him to see a psychologist. >> reporter: sources tell cnn, lubitz se

you heard them from pamela brown, at least some of them. it goes on and on and on 100 pages, if not more. what was your reaction? were you surprised when you went through this report? >> i was surprised in this sense. it did not tell me anything that the citizens of ferguson and the citizens of missouri hadn't been saying for months. but i want to know this. the data of the report the evidence in the report comes as a consequence of a law that the naacp co-wrote. missouri's racial profiling law. and i want to make it clear here that when you consider that almost every point of contact between the police department the municipal court and the citizens of ferguson there is racial bias bigotry and racially disproportionate conduct, bias conduct. full service. so the report is scathing. if anything the attorney general understated just how bad this is because what it says is at least 16 points of contact where this report indicates whether it be arrest whether it be traffic stops, pedestrian stops, where the police department and the municipal

let's bring in pamela brown. mela a chilling tape want really. >> chill truly stunning jailhouse confession of a man accused of wanting to attack the u.s. capitol. and it gives a window into a lone wolf threat. it's an interview that the u.s. government went to court to try to stop from airing until a judge allowed it to air this week. inspired by isis christopher cornell boasts his thwarted attack on the president and the capitol build would have been devastating. >> although it would have been a major attack against america -- >> and a phone interview from jail core nell admits he planned to first kill president obama and then make his way to the u.s. capitol where he would set off pipe bombs and unleash a firestorm on people as they fled the build, shooting them with two semi automatic rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition police say he bought in this gun store. >> i would have took my gun, i would have put it to obama's head i would have pulled the trigger, then i would have unleashed more bullets on the senate

we begin with pamela brown outfront. what have you learned about the search? we saw the bags and bags coming out. what did they find? >> reporter: that's right. investigators have been bringing out mounds of evidence. we know they found a crucial clue as you point out and andreas lubitz trash can, torn up medical notes. german german wings is saying it never received a sick note and the prosecutor is saying the theory he was trying to hide this illness whatever it was. authorities are not saying if it's a mental health issue, if it's a physical illness. the new york times and wall street journal are reporting he was being treated for depression. he was being treated by a neuropsychologist who gave him a leave of absence. we did visit a university clinic here where lubitz went a couple of times cently in february and on march 10th according to the clinic. the clinic makes it clear he was not being treated for a depression there. they would only say it was for an explanation of a diagnosis. officials are not explaining what that illness is what the diagnosis is.

pamela brown begins our coverage. >> reporter: a u.s. air force veteran from new jersey stopped in turkey for allegedly trying to join isis in syria according to just unsealed court documents. 47-year-old tyrod flew from egypt to turkey to enter on january 10th. officials stopped him at the airport. he served four years as an air force mechanic was carrying an ipod four usb drives and an iphone. there was evidence of repeated internet searches for information on borders controlled by islamic state and a chart of crossing points. he was denied entry when he refused to allow officials to search his electronics. he worked on airplane maintenance for years in the air force from 1986 to 1990. he received training in the installation of aircraft engines and weapons systems. he worked as an airplane mechanic for american airlines. >> his experience in the private aviation sector disturbs me the most because he would have had access to private american and european made aircraft that he could have learned the security weak points on those aircra

and our cnn justice correspondent pamela brown taking notes as well. pamela, i'll start with you for a blow-by-blow of what happened in those halls today. >> it was a sharply divided court along party lines. the liberal justices came out of the gate first off with some very tough questions for the plaintiff's attorney. and they focus a lot on the context of the law. as you just said, they kept honing in on this idea that it would be a death spiral if the subsidies were taken away from americans in those 34 states. justice kennedy really focused on the federalist argument. he seemed to be very concerned on how it would impact the states if the subsidies were taken away and whether the states knew at the time of making the decision of whether or not to have an exchange, knew that their citizens wouldn't get subsidies if there was a federal exchange. but justice roberts, chief justice roberts, ashleigh, intensingly enough didn't really say a whole lot in the courtroom today. all eyes were on him. he stunned conservatives when he upheld the constitutionalit

let's go to pamela brown who is as i said in jeremygermany. sources telling you to co-pilot's issues seemed to be triggered by his mind and possibly stress related. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. i've been speaking to a source close to the investigation and i've been told andreas lubitz thought he was having vision problems. he went to the eye drp and was diagnosed with psycho systemic issues and it was all in his head. andreas lubitz once a young and enthusiastic pilot loved being behind the controls of a glider plane in 2007 now said to have been suicidal before he ever received his commercial pilots license. >> had had at that time had been in treatment of a psycho therapist because of what is documented as being suicidal at that time. >> more recently a source tells cnn lubitz went to an eye doctor complaining of vision issues. the doctor determined nothing was wrong and it was all in his head diagnosing him with a systemic systematic disorder. he had complaints of being overburdened and complaints about work. he showed no aggressio