the air force is supporting them with air strikes. iraqi military officials say the troops now control parts of northern and southeastern tikrit. they say their forces are advancing into the city center. the officials say islamic state militants are using roadside bombs and rooftop snipers to try to stop the advance. >>> north korea has eased measures that kept visitors out of the country. pyongyang closed its borders because of the ebola outbreak and imposed a three-week quarantine on diplomats and its own citizens from returning overseas. north korean authorities notified china on tuesday they'd start accepting foreign tourists again soon. china's state-run xinhua news agency says the quarantine is still required for visitors from some west african countries. no ebola infections have been confirmed in the north. analysts say pyongyang hopes to revitalize trade and diplomatic activities damaged by the strict measures. north korea claims the ebola virus is a biological weapon developed by the united states. >>> a top north korean diplomat has lashed out at cr

the u.s. u.s. officialshey should be allowed to restore the tariffs if people on the japanese side don't open their market. >> completing trade promotion legislation and tpp and ttip is the highest priority for this administration. and i believe that these will get done. they're not easy. it's never easy to do new trade deals. >> lawmakers in the u.s. are debating a law that would let president barack obama push the tpp quickly through congress. some are strongly opposed to the idea. negotiators are concerned the debate could cause more delays for the tpp talks. >>> people in the u.s. administration are changing their tone on a major project spearheaded by their counterparts in china. one official says washington would welcome a beijing-led international bank as long as it works with other financial institutions. treasury undersecretary for international affairs nathan sheets released a comment on the asian infrastructure investment bank. he said the u.s. would back the fund if it strengthened support for de

say the downtrend is weakening. land ministry officials say housing starts in february fell to about 67,500 units. that's down about 3% from a year earlier. housing starts have declined for 12 straight months. however, the pace of the decline has slowed. the officials say the number of houses and condos built by people planning to live in them was down nearly 9%. rental housing dropped by 7.5%. residential units built for sale rose more than 11%. this is due to construction of large-scale condominium projects in the greater tokyo area. the officials say the effect of the consumption tax rise last year is settling. they say government subsidies for eco-friendly hope purchases will encourage people to buy. >>> japan's aviation authorities are not taking any chances. transport and tourism minister akihiro ohta spoke to his thai counterpart on the safety of air travel between their countries. officials with the international civil aviation organization have expressed concerns about air safety standards in thailand. ohta says the ministry has p

even while amounts from the japanese and americans declined. officials at china's commerce ministry say total inbound foreign direct investment in the first two months of this year was about $22.5 billion. that's up 17% from the same period last year. the amount from the eu jumped 28.5%. france, though take a look at that up nearly 370%. the germans increased their fdi by roughly 60%. now the officials say european companies are setting up automobile and chemical plants in china. investment from japan, as i mentioned, it was down just about 16%. the amounts were down more than 30% from both the u.s. and asean countries. now experts are blaming rising costs following a hike in the minimum wage. that's making them reluctant to invest in more manufacturing. >>> well workers at one of japan's top automakers are hoping to share the spoils of what's been a bumper year. nissan employees are demanding a big pay rise and they're due to find out soon if they'll get it. union leaders are sitting down with nissan executives for the final round of wage negotiations.

one of the main reasons was the chinese new year holiday. ministry officials say production was down by 3.4% from the previous month. this comes after a jump of 3.7% for january. production of large equipment for chemical plants fell. output of small lcd panels for export also tumbled, as production lines in china for smartphones and other goods were idle during the holiday. even so the officials maintain their assessment that japan's industrial output is showing signs of increase at a moderate pace. they also say they expect an increase in orders for large equipment after the new fiscal year starts in april. >>> chinese airlines are boosting the number of flights to japan to handle the big surge in tourists. over 100 more services per week connect cities in mainland china to japan compared to last october. china's budget carrier spring airlines has launched services connecting shanghai and hokkaido, japan's northernmost prefecture. >> translator: i hope direct flights are launched to all cities in japan because that would save travel time. >> china's latest i

a fresh search has begun on one of the islands. officials with japan's welfare ministry retrieved what appeared to be the remains of japanese soldiers in and around a cave. they used the cave as a military position during the war. almost all of the nearly 10,000 japanese soldiers on the island died in a fierce battle against u.s. forces. the remains of about 2,600 have yet to be found. recovery efforts have been difficult, hampered by vegetation and environmental protection rules. the government officials have offered to cooperate. >> translator: we hadn't been able to search the caves until now. now that we have permission, we want to go ahead with the probe. >> it's important that we identify every opportunity and make every effort to find that last soldier to bring back to japan. >> japan's emperor and empress will visit to pay their respects. >>> officials in china and turkey are locked in a diplomat ige tug-of-war involving detainees who illegally entered thailand. it focuses on their nationality. >> the 17 detainees claim they are turk

they saw an elementary school damaged by the tsunami. an official from the city explained the scope of the destruction. >> translator: these are aerial photos taken before and after the disaster. the tsunami waves washed away everything. >> reporter: he said more than 300 children fled to the school's roof where they waited until rescuers arrived. >> you can't imagine what they went through then. >> reporter: she said seeing the students' photos made her think of disasters that have affected people in her country. >> i can remember also that the disaster of the philippines. >> reporter: in this area the tsunami traveled nearly four kilometers inland from the coast. participants heard about how the people are working to lessen the damage of future disasters. officials are taking measures such as building a coastal levee and elevating roads. they've also constructed an evacuation tower that stands 10 meters tall. it has a slope so people in wheelchairs can use it. >> excellent! >> reporter: local residents shared stories. >> translator: the houses in

but it was at a slower pace than the previous month. officials at the internal affairs ministry say cpi was up 2% from a year earlier. but they estimate without the hike in the consumption tax last april the index would have been flat. the pace of growth strong -- 0.2 percentage points from january. cheaper crude oil pushed down the price of gasoline and heating oil. cpi did not factor in fresh food. those prices do tend to be a bit volatile. during that time consumers kept a pretty tight grip on their purse strings. officials say household spending in february was down 2.9% in yen terms from a year ago. that figure marks the 11th straight month of declines. spending in february last year was supported by a buying spree ahead of the tax hike. the officials say households with two or more members spent an average of about $2,230 last month. they held back on items including personal computers and home appliances. the employment situation did show some improvement in february. more people were working while employers had more jobs on offer. the min

the officials in the office of the u.s. trade representative have release add report on the trade policy agenda for 2015. it stresses the obama administration will work to conclude tpp negotiations by year-end. the report also insists that a deal would be important for the u.s. and its position in the world. it says tpp is integ ral to the u.s. rebalance to asia and would allow washington to set the rule of the road in an important region. the ruling democrats in congress aren't so enthusiastic. they warned that opening the doors to a flood of low-priced imports would threaten u.s. workers' jobs. it is putting a break on deliberations of a bill that would grabt the u.s. administration clear cut negotiating powers. >>> let's check on markets. tokyo share prices opened in the negative but they are gaining back some ground now. the nikkei trading higher by a little more than 2/10%. some investors are taking profits following recent rallies. but many foreign investors are buying japanese stocks because they consider them underv

lisa: we have to wait for the official results. we could know those in the next few hours, by daylight. and then it has to be recommended to the president who should form the next government. the right wing has more natural allies. if you add up the numbers of right-wing and far right nationalist parties, those parties in the center, who only more toward the right than the left, it may fall to benjamin netanyahu to form the next government. we did not have all of the figures. there are parties that could go either way. this time, the third largest party is the error of law. the four arab parties, despite the fact of their differences came together. if there's a national unity government it is the arab bloc. they represent the population of 20% of the israeli population. they would be the official opposition. that is unprecedented. if they were the official opposition they have a right to speak after the prime minister, the security detail, the bodyguards etc. that has never been seen in israel before. the president says that either

. >> the presidential race is officially taking shape now. cruz announced his candidacy after midnight becoming the first person to make it official from any party. >> susan good morning. >> reporter: good morning. just three years ago cruz was an underdog in his campaign for the senate. now he's eyes for the white house. the official kickoff for the presidential race has begun with a tweet from ted cruz. his appeal came with a video message. >> it's going to take a new generation of conservatives to help make america great again. >> reporter: cruz is the first politician to declare a run for president in 2016. he spent some of yesterday preparing to officially announce his bid later today at liberty university. up until now, cruz has been best known as a divisive figure who spear headed the fight against obamacare that led to a shutdown in 2013 following a filibuster on the senate floor. cruz may not be the only republican contender for long. senator rand paul is announcing in two weeks. >> maybe a different kind of republican might be the ki

many palestinians don't consider him the peace partner they need. u.s. officials are trying to sound unmoved, despite the prime minister's hard right turn. >> only two-state solution that results in a secure israel alongside a sovereign and independent palestine can bring ever lasting peace to people. >> reporter: it could mean further friction with president barack obama. >> iran's quest for nuclear weapons. >> reporter: relations worsened after the israeli prime minister spoke to congress and criticized rein iran's nuclear program. even the right and left wingl short. so the newly-formed party will likely determine who becomes the next prime minister. he is a former likud member who left the party over differences with netanyahu. he is expected to throw his support behind the likud-left right or zionist-led left. it would allow for the formation of a coalition government. that job will likely fall to netanyahu, meaning he would be on the road to becoming israel's longest serving leader. jrnlgs. >>> now to what's happening in the world of business. >>> big day fo

now, the campaign officially kicks off today. minister david cameron will dissolve parliament and we will have full coverage throughout the morning. we're joined now by my cohost on bloomberg politics. it feels like we have been talking about this for a long time but is it officially start? guy: we are starting to ramp things up a little bit as well. we'll have a speech later on by ed miliband here at bloomberg hq and he is really going to go to the business community and say here is why you need to support me. we are not opposing referendums. that is not what you will get with the labour party. anna: i thought it was fascinating over the weekend how you saw both of the major parties stepping in and away you had not seen. david cameron talking about the nhs and now ed miliband talking to the business lobby. it seems as though the starting gun has been fired and both parties feel able to walk into enemy territory. guy: and it is really personal. david cameron really stepped it up and i think that will make a campaign fascinating. t

now is the time to achieve peace. >> fighting has intensified, officials say they'll focus on other matters during this round of discussions. myanmar president says making peace with minorities controlling the country's border regions is a top priority. >> annual wage negotiations are in their final phase. corporate managers are due to respond to union demands in the coming hours. we've been talking about this for quite a while now. what are they expected to say. >> some major companies have announced bigger raises already. automakers, for example. workers at nissan they're going to be seeing more than $40 on average added to their monthly pay slips. that's a much bigger raise than they got last year. at toyota the figure is $33. that's their biggest wage increase ever. now we're learning honda will be following suit. managers there will give a hike of nearly $30. the trend isn't limited to the car industry. managers and labor leaders at japan's six major electronics makers have agreed to raises in base pay. the companies include hitachi and panasonic, workers there will be getting paid an

so the local officials have to go to the families many times to get the fines. each time it would will be a conflict between the people and the government." >> zhou yinghe is a father living in exile. he has come to his brother's home in a town outside of guangzhou, to celebrate his brother's birthday. zhou refuses to return to his hometown in hunan province, where he says family planning officials have led a campaign of abuse in the name of the one child policy. >> "in order to implement the family planning policy, the government has sent people from the (criminal) underworld, together with the police and the family planning committee. the life of each household is disrupted. everybody lives in constant fear. we are very miserable. >> zhou and his first daughter zhou qing, help prepare the birthday meal. he is separated from his wife, and alone provides for his 10-year-old. zhou also has a second daughter, one he has not seen since she was seized by local officials eight years ago, and likely sold into adoption abroad. in 2003, when zhou was away working, famil

only a handful said they had finished the job. officials said many residents would not allow them to burn the waste or dispose of the ash in their neighborhoods. they pointed to a lack of incinerateors incinerators. this man says the amount of contaminated waste on his farm has grown to 50 tons. he says the plastic sacks have holes in them and that animals have been getting at the grass. >> translator: the contaminated materials are just left at small farms like mine. i want the government to get rid of them as soon as possible. >> officials are the central government say the low level can be treated the same was as garbage. they are offering subsidies to help moo nas municipalities with this problem. >>> the operator of the plant have promised to release any data that could affect the local environment. tokyo electric power failed to inform the public that water had been draining into the sea from the rooftop of the number two reaction tore building. employees knew about the problem last april. they decided it will now release all data tha

[applause] if the state officials refuse to register them. it will eliminate tedious, out unnecessary lawsuits which delay the right to vote. [applause] finally, this legislation will ensure that properly registered individuals are not prohibited from voting. [applause] i will welcome the suggestions from all the members of congress . i have no doubt that i will get some. on ways and means to strengthen this law and otto make it effective. but experience has plainly shown that this is the only path to carry out the command of the constitution. to thosew who seek to avoid action by their national government in their home communities, who want to and who seek to maintain purely local cultural -- local control over elections, the answer is simple -- open your polling places to all your people. [applause] allow men and women to register and vote whatever the color of their skin. [applause] extend the rights of citizenship to every citizen of this plan -- land. there is no constitutional issue here. the command of the constitution is playing -- pla

guidance that other cabinet officials is similar to the guidance that officials all across the government have gotten which is that they should use their official government account for official government business. >> reporter: that's different than not having a government account. does this white house think it's okay for any other cabinet official to not have a government account? >> well, again, we they if people choose to conduct government business on e-mail that they should be do so using their official government account. i guess if you choose not to do any government business on e-mail i guess it would be fine for you to not have a government account. but the point is -- and this is the critical part and this is what i think has attracted all of your attention -- is ensuring that official government records that exist in personal e-mail accounts need to be properly maintained and preserved and they can do that by making sure that those e-mails are properly sent to the agency officials who are working with the national archives and records administration to do exact

the official media are powerful and she is the most important media, the president, cristina fernandez de kirchner. >> translation: so what the media has done and specifically chlorine is what you can -- clarine is muddying the waters. it may sound cheep, but it's what they do. publishing hypothesis as fact >>> the atmosphere is an extreme polarization of two access. between the two poles it's difficult to maintain a rigorous approach with the facts and separate truth from for example. >> the balance of events is now not in the realm of the media, but in the realm of the reader. you need to read two newspapers to get some level of fact or some level of truth behind history >>> argentina has had multiple governments since the bombing of the jewish community center. the crime has never been solve. a popular theory implicated agents suggesting that successive governments covered up the evidence because they needed iranian oil. the government's recent move to replace the intelligence agency with a federal body created further enemies within the state. president kirsch's leftist ways are no

the divisions came to the surface in 2013 when town officials announced plans to tear the building downone reason is financial. minamisanriku's mayor said it will be difficult to secure funds to preserve it. but in january, officials put things on hold. the governor proposed that a decision be postponed until 2031, 20 years after the disaster. in the mean time he said the prefecture would manage the structure. the town has not yet responded to the prefecture's proposal. but some residents are voicing opposition. 68-year-old mioka chiba is calling for it to be torn down. her son-in-law who worked for the local government lost his life in the disaster prevention center. chiba can't bring herself to look at the building, because of the horrific memories that come back. >> translator: the place reminds us of great pain so when we heard the news of the demolition plans, we were so relieved it brought tears to our eyes. >> reporter: chiba says any move to postpone the demolition would simply prolong her suffering. >> translator: i can't stand that. there are plenty of people who can't move fo

they went through the e-mail system of officials there working for the ferguson police and the court system. they found some really racist jokes. i'll read you a short one from 2008 after president obama took office. there was an official apparently who e-mailed this joke around. he said president obama would not be president for very long because, quote, what black man holds a steady job for four years? and there's another one, ana, from 2011. again, this is a joke that was making the rounds on the city's e-mail system according to the justice department. it tells a story of how an african-american woman has gone to the hospital in new orleans for an abortion and after she goes back home two weeks later, she receives a check for $3,000. she called the hospital to ask what it was for, who it was from and the hospital says quote, crime stoppers. again, this is to prove according to the justice department that there was a real racial discrimination problem at this city police department in ferguson. all of this beginning after the shooting death of michael brown by a police officer in f

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the officials blame the plunge mainly on a rush to buy cars ahead of that tax hike. they warn that a drastic recovery in sales is unlikely as the japanese market continues to shrink. >>> all right. that is going to wrap it up for biz tonight. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> every morning investors turn their attention to asia. the tokyo market leads the way. and markets around the world follow. >> from the decisions that could change the course of an economy. >> to the companies at the forefront of change. >> up to the minute market reports. >> and analysis by specialists from around the world. >> get all the latest business news and insight every day. here on "newsline." >>> american leaders are stepping up their protection to fight off cyber attacks. they've seen more and more critical data and infrastructure come under threat and they're now calling on private companies to work together to stop hackers. more from nhk world's alex whartman. >> there's only one way to defend america from these cyber threats. and that is through government and industry working t

we get the official results. we see where the parties stand. then we see who makes the right deals. >> okay. the only thing certain about this is the uncertainty. we pressure your live report. thank you. orrin lieberman live in jerusalem. >>> and what is interesting about the likud party is that in the past they've polled better than they actually had the result on election day. so the opinion polls are doing better. dip quite do so well when the results came in. so that is why netanyahu is so worried about that last poll which came out on friday. no opinion polls for four days before they vote gives people a chance to make up their mind without being influenced. >> it's going to be extraordinary to watch. you lived there and worked there. a number of years. it is an incredible point now. a fork in the road for israel to sort of see what direction it takes. this is the -- >> it's the security route which is what all the economic and social reform that herzog is going on about. >> mr. netanyahu has been in the spotlight for years. we don't know

the turkish officials shot at the vessel as it ignored warnings to stop.he 337 refugees who have been detained include 85 children. >>> pakistan fired a missile for its own drones. they have frequently complained about u.s. drones flying into its air space to target al-qaeda and other armed groups. >>> scientists have managed to trace the ebola epidemic back to a two-year-old boy in guinea. imran khan traveled there and reports on how life in the village has changed as a result of being at the center of the worse-ever ebola outbreak. >> reporter: these people aren't taking any chances. it has been reported that locals ate bats from this tree and contracted ebola virus. beginning what has grown into the worst outbreak of the virus ever recorded. >> translator: the bats brought the ebola in this village according to the white man and the government. we have decided to burn this try so no bat will bring ebola 1234689 >> reporter: the go issued a press release saying ebola was first detected in bats from this firm, and his family was the first to contract the

the officials say they'll set up a task force for each field, and ask the private sector to join the effort and share opinions. they hope to get agreement on common standards in some of the areas with their eu counterparts as early as next year. >>> well certainly a lot of hope riding on fuel cell cars as an eco-friendly alternative to gasoline vehicles. but a dearth of fuelling stations has kept the cars off the roads. so a group of japanese firms has developed a mobile fuelling station. the station is installed on a truck and carries enough hydrogen for five cars. it's run by a joint partnership between trading firm toyota tsusho and gas providers nippon sanso and iwatani. >> translator: installing this type of mobile hydrogen station will make it easier to use fuel cell cars. >> the cost of setting up the mobile unit just about $2 million. that's roughly half the price tag of a regular hydrogen station. they're set to begin operating on fuse. >>> the people who manage hot springs in one central japanese town are changing their ways. they've been seeing a dip in business so they're

founding members will have a say in the bank's lending practices and other policies. officials in taiwan say they'll make a bid to join, but analysts say it's unclear if they'll be accepted. china regards taiwan as part of its territory. now japanese leaders say they'll watch the developments closely and they say they'll maintain contact with their american counterparts. representatives from both countries say they haven't received an explanation about how the aiib will make decisions for financing and investment and they say china's strong influence in the financial institution may undermine assistance offered by the world bank and the asian development bank which is currently backed by both japan and the u.s., but some officials in tokyo are pushing to join. they say it will allow for the transparency of the aiib to be checked and they say it will help promote exports related to infrastructure. chinese leaders say countries can still take part past the deadline, but it's unclear if non-founding members will be able to help craft the bank's policies. u.s. treasury secretary ja

19 months of a devastating flash flood here along with the damage serious doubts remain about the officialovernment story about what happened here. ♪ iraqi government is now confident victory in tikrit is days away iraqi army backed by shia malitia and tribesmen on the front and recaptured some of the western neighborhoods and it focuses on the presidential complex and city center and we are live here in the studio and covered iraq for many years, is this battle in tikrit going as quickly as officials tell us? >> it's certainly going quickly whether it's as quickly as the officials are saying earlier in the week they said they would be in charge of the city of tikrit and would have taken it by about wednesday and it has not happened and they are rolling back on that slightly but going quickly for a few reasons, the fact they have a unified iraqi security force which is shia malitia and sunni tribes can go in for places under i.s.i.l. control and the palace and governor building where they have most of their fighting force and this is sadam's hometown and people that are loyal in the hometo

the taliban remains a threat even as u.s. and afghan officials try to work out a framework for peace talks. more bloodshed is expected with the arrival of spring known as the fighting season. the islamic state group is a problem, too. it spread its tentacles from syria and iraq to afghanistan. still, despite the hurdles ahead, u.s. secretary of state john kerry spoke of the progress that's been made over the years. >> life expectancy has risen by 20 years. health care access has increased dramatically. >> reporter: and millions more children are in schools, he says. 40% of them girls. these meetings are about building on that progress but fundamentally, they're about creating a funding framework that will depend on specific reforms. >> this is a framework that will incentivize the afghan public and the afghan government to put our house in order. >> reporter: president ghani says that means afghans need to own their problems and solve them. but he's well aware this won't happen overnight and will require some sort of u.s. military presence in the

the 22 year old's ban officially ends in december. has allowed him to play in.com mes -- domestic matches in pakistan. >>> and the first ever victory for this man in a world tour event. holland holland's rider came in second. >>> serena williams will end a 14-year boycott of a tournament in california. the williams family claimed they were racially abused. supporters complained that serena had a walkover after her sister pulled out of the tournament. >> i just felt like it was time. there is not one that says i should come back in 20 -- 15 -- i don't know even how many. but it was more or less just timing. i just kind of felt it. i just felt like everything was the right time for me to just come back and try to do the best that i could here again. >> from 14-year boycotts to 12-year-old boys getting a chance to show their tennis ability on the big stage. a youngster handed a racket by world number 8 during an exhibition game against roger federer s. he more than held his own against the champion. delighting the madison square garden cr

the officials revealed last month, a similar incident had happened. they face criticism, because they had known about that leak for nearly a year. the latest nhq survey shows many in the northeast show memories of the disaster are fading 701 people in the hardest hit areas answered our questionnaires in january and february. 64% feel the reconstruction effort is too slow or not progressing, 79% say they feel or somewhat feel people are forgetting about the disaster. that's why most residents say it's important to keep memories alive, as we look back at what happened four years ago, we want to note that some of the images may be upsetting for some viewers. a magnitude nine earthquake struck northeastern japan at 2:46 p.m. on march11. it unleashed a towering tsunami, waves higher than 10 meters slammed into coastal towns and cities destroying everything in their path. more than 15,000 people died and about 2600 others are still list sues into the atmosphere. contaminating areas on land and at sea. tepco says the decommissioning process will take decades.

the government. because officially, the passengers on 370 are missing. haven't been declared dead so how do you commemorate or memorialize an event like this. it's been very difficult for the government to position themselves on this issue. they have come under a great deal of criticism also because when they do show their faces at publicist events, press conferences as we have seen distressed families are very angry saying why haven't you given us any information. but the goff says they have given them as much information as they can technically give them. they are not hiding anything, so they are damned in they do and damned if they don't. >> we are just been hearing or seeing that the head of the independent investigation team has been giving a public briefing. what is the latest on the search? >> indeed we were expecting this report to be issued on the anniversary. when i spoke to the transport minister for malaysia on saturday, he said that he was waiting to receive that report on saturday, and as soon as he got it and reviewed it, he would then rel

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the top u.n. official for disaster planning says the participants in the conference in sendai have a lot to learn about the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in japan. >> they will be able to meet communities and people so they get much closer to the reality of the catastrophic events and the aftermath. >> reporter: u.n. officials say they hope discussions will be more concrete because the conference is taking place where a disaster actually happened. participants will adopt an agreement before they wrap up the five-day meeting. moshe komada, nhk world. >>> tanzanian police are investigating a highway collision with a bus and container truck that killed at least 41 people. the bus was carrying more than 60 passengers when the accident occurred on wednesday in iringa in the south of the country. it was bound for the largest city. at least 41 people killed and 23 injured. reuters reports that a container fell from the truck. the truck appeared to veered into the lane to avoid a dip in the road. traffic accidents a

, an official who reportedly has heard those tapes from the cockpit voice recorder, that official has described to "the new york times" tonight what he describes is on the tapes. what he says, you can hear happening in the moments leading up to that crash. rather than sort of extrapolate from "the new york times" reporting. here's how they describe it tonight. quote, evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated that one pilot, one of the two pilots, left the cockpit before the plane's descent, and was unable to get back into the cockpit. a senior military official involved in the investigation describes very smooth, very cool conversation between the pilots during the early part of the flight from barcelona to dusseldorf. then the audio indicated that one of the pilots left the cockpit and could not reenter. quote, the guy outside is knocking lightly on the door. there is no answer. the investigator said. quote, and then he hits the door stronger. and no answer. there is never an answer. the investigator continues, quote, you can hear he is trying to smash the door down. we don't

the accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. on thursday. fire officials say bystanders tended to the pilot, paramedics later came to the scene and transported him to a hospital conscious and breathing. ford's publicist told abc that a vintage plane had engine trouble upon takeoff and he had no other choice but to make an emergency landing. the publicist said ford's injuries are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery. th plane did not flip over and was mostly intact after the crash. ford was the only person aboard. ford is a longtime aviation enthusiast. he is known for his screen roles as the adventurer indiana jones, and space hero han solo in the star wars series. >>> in a separate aviation accident in new york a delta airlines jetliner slid off the runway at laguardia airport during a snowstorm. the nose of the jet smashed into a fence separating the airport from a nearby bay. the airline says 125 passengers and 5 crew members were on board the plane. hospital official says at least two people were slightly injured. airport of