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Down. our richard quest has seen the report and breaks it down for us. richard? >> reporter: the findings of fact from the french investigators have really told us an enormous amount about the last terrifying moments of flight 447. ever since the pipes became clogged with ice, the speed sensors failed, the autopilot disengaged, the auto throttles clicked out, and the entire aircraft went into an emergency situation. we know the pilots were aware of what was happening. whats not clear is why one ...

welcome home from thousands of supporters. returning to his homeland two years average being ousted in a coup. he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. he had been in exile in the dominican republic, but reached a deal with the honduran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with the dinner plate. thats the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture department will unveil this coming thursday. whats prompting the makeover and...

former honduran president got a boisterous welcome home from thousands of supporters today. returning to his home land two years after being ousted in a could you plea coup. he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. zelaya ha been in exile in the dominican republic but reached the deal with the hon dour ran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with a dinner plate. that is the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture depart...

he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. zelaya ha been in exile in the dominican republic but reached the deal with the hon dour ran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with a dinner plate. that is the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture department is going to unveil this coming thursday. whats prompting the makeover and what does it mean? well tell you about that ahead in this newscast. and a quick sports note f...

Minutes, it was about 38,000 feet at the highest point and began to fall towards the ocean. the two pilots who were in the cockpit were joined by the third pilot, the senior pilot, who came into the cockpit had he was on a rest break, never took the controls over, but did direct ac it tifrts in the cockpit area, but they were never able to regain control of the aircraft and it went into the ocean. kiran? >> jim bittermann for us on the latest with that and as these new details emerge. just such ...

Because it sounds like they were very confused and maybe have had some sort of spatial disorientation. >> should we ask questions about the fact that captain had gone to take a rest? >> that is a normal course of business when you have an international flight. the captain will typically make the take off or at least be up in the cockpit when the take off is made. they get to altitude. he will take his rest break so when they get to destination, he is fully alert and he will make the landing at t...

and welcome to "american morning." it is friday, may 27th. the beginning of a long holiday weekend for many in this country. >> thats right. hopefully the beginning of some nice, calm, summer weather which we have not seen. >> we havent seen. its not going to be a great weekend for those in joplin, missouri. the search for the missing there continues. the state officials are releasing a list of 232 people who are still unaccounted for, a list they concede may not be entirely accurate. ...

Paris with more. does this make it any clearer who was to blame? >> sequence of events seems to be about the same what we heard shortly after the crash but there was the question if the senior pilot was in the cockpit when the trouble started into the flight. basically, thats pretty much standard procedure. theres three pilots on these long distance flights and senior pilot takes the plane off and lands it. in between times takes a rest break to be ready for the landing. in any case, it was not ...

rain of fire. more than a dozen bombs fall on tripoli as nato launches a massive air strike on moammar gadhafis compound. look at this trail of destruction. the search for survivors after a deadly tornado flattens a town in the u.s. midwest. its an unpredictable situation. changing by the hour. british authorities are saying, watch this space as a voluntarily cannish ice cloud from iceland creeps further south toward the uk and main land europe. uks official weather service told cn...

There was nothing nervous about him that last day in memphis. >> im not worried about anything! im not fearing any man! >> kapow! >> he probably never even heard the shot. >> this is the rifle that has the fingerprints of james earl ray on it. >> everyone wanted a guilty plea except me. >> in terms of whether something is true or not, because james earl ray said it, i would say its a pure toss-up. >> when a police team stopped for a rest break at this firehouse, patrolman gene douglas was left i...