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

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

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

. >> and i'm zain asher. glad to be with you. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> we begin with new and startling information emerging about the mental state of the co-pilot shortly before the germanwings flight 9525 crashed. >> a french paper cites sources close to the investigation that lubitz had a the mental disorder. >> another paper has released a detailed timeline of the flight's final harrowing moments. it's based on information apparently leaked from the cockpit voice recorder. the pilot who was locked out pounded and shouted, "open the damn door." and lubitz, as we know, flew the plane into the ground. cnn has not confirmed either of these reports. >>> meanwhile, workers are carr offing a path into the rugged terrain to give easier access to recovery crews and victims' families. >> our diana magnay joins us from dusseldorf. it is early there. many of these reports, you know, being published over the weekend. but what new information can you tell us this monday? >> reporter: well, we are expecting the dusseldorf prosecutor at so

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

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

i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. the headlines at this hour. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu isn't offering up any viable alternatives to keep iran from developing a nuclear weapon. mr. netanyahu made his case against a perspective deal with iran during a speech to the u.s. congress on tuesday. >>> a federal civil rights investigation found a pattern of discrimination against african-americans in ferguson, missouri. the report found that blacks were overwhelmingly targeted at traffic stops, use of force and jail sentences. >>> indonesian police have transferred two australian members of the so-called bali nine from jail to an island off java. that's where the two are expected to be executed soon. in 2005 they were convicted of trying to smuggle heroin. >>> back now to our top story. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's urgent warnings about iran's nuclear capability run count tore his own country's intelligence agency. >> here's more from our christiane amanpour. >> reporter: how do you explain the difference in opinion on these vital

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

i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. the latest results from israel. netanyahu's likud party has opened up a significant lead in the elections there. israeli media reporting with 99% of the vote counted, likud will win at least 29 seats in the knesset. the rival party is expected to take 24. >>> syria has said it's shot down a u.s. drone. the u.s. admits it did lose contact with a drone over syria. it was believed to be conducting a reconnaissance mission. to reach the outer islands of vanuatu and communication lines are still down. >>> the comments on in vitro fertilization sparks outrage, but italian designers have told cnn they respect how all people lived. this comes after the designers were quoted referring to the babies as synthetic children born from rented wombs. >>> the elections in israel. comical it a stunning comeback frr prime minister benjamin netanyahu. last week opinion polls showed him trailing but the latest results show the likud party will come out way ahead with 29 seats in the knesset. maybe more. mr. netanyahu has reached out to

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

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

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

i'm zain asher. >> good to be with you, i'm errol barnett. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> we'll begin with a developing story out of argentina. some crew and contestants of a reality tv show were killed after two helicopters collided midair. here's what we know so far. ten people were killed in all, that includes two olympic medalists from france. i want to bring in our jim bittermann joining us on the phone from paris. jim, a lot of people in france are waking up to this tragedy. i imagine the reaction is one of shock and sympathy. >> reporter: i think so. in fact all three sports figures were well known here. in fact that was one of the reasons why they were involved in this reality television show. the idea behind the show called "drop" was to take well-known sports figures and put them into adverse situations and see how well they could survive. and so all three of these were very well known. perhaps the best known for the longest time of a singlehand ed singlehandedsinglehanded -- a french woman and also a three-time medal winner for swimmi

i'm zain asher. >> i'm errol barnett. this is "cnn newsroom".." >>> arrogant that's how one of the most senior democrats on capitol hill is describing the israeli prime minister ahead of tuesday's speech before congress. >> benjamin netanyahu arrived in washington sunday evening, but his address to congress about ongoing nuclear talks is already getting a mixed reception. >> reporter: since he is coming i intend to go. >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu's trip to the u.s. is nothing if not controversial. an apparent break with the obama administration the israeli leader will address congress tuesday. he's calling for tougher sanctions against iran and doesn't want a planned nuclear deal with the country to go through. more than 30 democratic lawmakers say they plan to boycot the speech -- boycott the speech. senator dianne feinstein says she's going although she doesn't believe the israeli leader speaks for all jews. >> he doesn't speak for me on this. i think the jewish community is like any other community. there are diffe

i'm zain asher. >> i'm errol barnett. more news after the break. making their apologies. two university of oklahoma students booted from school over their racist video, now asking for forgiveness. we will tell you what the students and their families say and how that school community is banding together. >>> hillary clinton on the record. she's explaining why she used her personal e-mail to conduct state department business but her answers aren't sitting well with everyone. we'll have clinton's comments and the

i'm zain asher. >> and i'm errol barnett. this is "cnn newsroom." >> okay we begin this hour with the latest out of russia. a man suspected in the death of prominent activist boris nemtsov blew himself up. that's according to russian media. it happened in the capital of the chechen republic as police tried to arrest him. >> meanwhile, five other suspects arrested in connection with nemtsov's killing face adjudges in moscow sunday. two were charged, including a former chechen policeman. >> i want to bring in our senior international correspondent ivan watson who was just in moscow covering this investigation. he joins us live now from seoul, south korea. ivan, just explain to our viewers what possible motive these chechen men could have in terms of murdering boris nemtsov. >> that's going to be one of the -- that is in fact the very big question here. the six men believed to be of chechen descent all named as suspect in this killing. what possible motive could they have for killing one of the most outspoken critics of the krem

i'm zain asher. >> i'm errol barnett. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> we are just a few hours away from the israeli prime minister's controversial speech in front of the u.s. congress. benjamin netanyahu's expected to blast ongoing nuclear talks with iran weeks before the deadline for a deal. >> on monday, mr. in the the in the prefaced his congressional speech while speaking to a pro-israel lobby. the prime minister downplayed the tensions with the white house. >> israel and the united states will continue to stand together because america and israel are more than friends. we're like a family. disagreements in the family are always uncomfortable. we must always remember this we are family. >> now plenty of movers and shakers in d.c. want to be at the speech on tuesday, but dozens of congressional democrats are skipping mr. netanyahu's speech. senator warren was on the list of those boycotting the meeting. lawmakers refused to hear mr. netanyahu criticize u.s. foreign policy in such a high-profile forum.

i'm zain asher.ewsroom." >>> right now residents of the pacific salon nation of vanuatu -- island nation of vanuatu are trying to repair extensive damage to their homes. a lot of this going on in the capital city. >> that's right. 90% of the housing has been destroyed or damaged. schools and hospitals even churches have been wrecked. the humanitarian group

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

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

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

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

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

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

there is a glimmer of hope as our zain asher reports. >> reporter: with wide eyes that have seen too much these syrian children are eager to turn the page. their new home is far from the daily shelling that have crumbled their country. far from normal as well. but seemingly becoming more and more perm with time. this is the crowded unicef-sponsored refugee camp in jordan. home to about 80,000 families. here they don't have much but for the kids who cram these classrooms learning equals hope for a better life. this mother thanks god for the education at this camp. "i am concerned about my children's future," she says and the and it's important to send them to school to learn." >> we have three school locations operating on double shift basis. serving 17,000 children providing them with safe environment, and fulfilling the rights of education. >> reporter: "here the curriculum is really good," 13-year-old maria says. "there are syrian and jordanian teachers who work together and provide with us exams." a dusty pathway leads to rows and rows of pop-up classrooms. it's a familiar walk fo

. >> ripped quest spoke with our zain asher a short time ago. >>> we don't know the whole story, and in some sense on the new york types report and this military official -- "new york times" report and this military official who leaked details supposedly from the cockpit voice recorder. it also depends, zain, on the procedures, not only by airbus and the equipment on the plane but of germanwings. i'll give you an example. first of all, was the door locked? because its part of the normal procedure. or was it locked because when the pilot came out the one remaining wanted to lock it? secondly, why didn't a flight attendant go into the cockpit as many airlines do? and certainly post mh370, there was this view that a pilot should never be alone in the cockpit for the simple reason either they could have a heart attack and drop dead or, b, for the nefarious option. as it's being portrayed so far, you have a situation where there's a pilot out of the cockpit. for whatever reason, he can't use the emergency code to get in again. the pilot inside has locked him out. >> if during the last eig

i'm zain asher. >> good to be with you, i'm errol barnett."cnn newsroom." >>> we'll begin with a developing story out of argentina. some crew and contestants of a reality tv show were killed after two helicopters collided midair. here's what we know so far. ten people were killed in all, that includes two olympic medalists from france. i want to bring in our

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

. >> and i'm zain asher.come back to our breaking news from energysonferguson missouri. >> now two police officers were shot outside the police department. one was from the st. louis county police department. the other from a town of webster groves. there were a number of jurisdictions at this police department because the chief of that department spoke to the media and said both officers are conscious. one was shot in the shoulder. the other shot in the face. the officers were helping with the crowds in ferguson during a protest that built after the city's police chief announced that he was in fact stepping down. we want to bring in our sara sidner now. she has spent many months in ferguson missouri. the past seven months in fact. joins us now on the phone to talk about this. you, the overall picture, would get the sense that citizens are happy, that changes are coming to the city but there does appear to be at least one individual who's hoping to take advantage of divisions there right now. >> caller: assum

i'm zain asher. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> right now residents of the pacific salon nation of vanuatu -- island nation of vanuatu are trying to repair extensive damage to their homes. a lot of this going on in the capital city. >> that's right. 90% of the housing has been destroyed or damaged. schools and hospitals even churches have been wrecked. the humanitarian group oxfam says vanuatu is dealing with a worse than worst case scenario even as aid is being rushed in. outside the capital city, the situation is still far from clear. >> there have been over flights, but communication between 83 tiny slanz you see there. has been almost impossible. cnn's international correspondent ivan watson has more from the capital port vila. >>>. >> reporter: there's thousands whose homes have been destroyed or seriously damaged around the capital here of port vila. i'm overlooking a valley where a great majority of the trees have been snapped or at the least denude. and by the record winds that rip through friday

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

i'm zain asher. >> i'm john vause.nn newsroom. >>> we begin this hour with the new isis video which is sending shockwaves throughout the middle east and around the wo

i'm zain asher. >> great to have you with us. i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. it is 7:00 a.m.israel where new vote totals show prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likudar

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