Found out that lubitz apparently deliberately crashed the plane, he said lubitz took time off during his pilot training. It wasnt unclear why, but it wasnt anything uncommon. Subsequently it came out that it was apparently around that time that he was actually still having suicidal tendencies. This is something that the state prosecutor here in dusseldorf said. It seems as though he had that problem under control because he then later got flight certification, but then he was under psychological treatment again this year. However, the doctors this time around didnt think he was suicidal and didnt think he was a threat to others. Certainly, there are a lot of people who want an answer as to when they found out when lubitz wrote an email saying he had big psychological problems in the past carol. Stay right there, fred. I want to ask you about something else. Officials in the investigation are strongly denying reports that a cell phone has been recovered showing the frantic final moments
Families say not enough is being done. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We are following two major stories tonight. Investigators make a New Discovery in the crash of flight 9525 as extraordinary new images reveal just what the recovery teams are facing in the crash site in the french alps. The closest look we have gotten so far shows crews struggling to move large pieces of wreckage and perch precariously on the mountainside. The other big story, iraq. Its now declaring a major victory over isis saying its driven the terror group out of the strategically important city of tikrit. Isis captured the city last june amid reports of horrific massacres. While isis left behind snipers and traps and explosions can still be heard. The iraqi Prime Minister today visited tikrit to put the exclamation point on its liberation. The battle took a month. Government troops were aided by iranian backed shiite militias and u. S. Air strikes and now if religious tensions dont tear the iraqi
Recovered. And investigators are trying to figure out just what caused that crash of a Germanwings Airbus in the alps. 150 people on board. Everyone on that flight from barcelona to germany presumed dead including two babies a German School group. The cause a mystery. Germanwings said it descended from its cruising altitude for eight minutes before radar contact was lost and the plane slammed into the mountain. Now crews are struggling to recover bodies and wreckage from the snowcovered High Mountain valley where this plane went down. I want to bring you the latest this morning from cnns Erin Mclaughlin. The recovery staging area about six miles from the crash. Good morning, erin. Reporter hi christine. Well that recovery effort has resumed this morning. This after it was suspended in the overnight hours due to difficult conditions. But, you know, earlier we saw some four helicopters land in the field just behind me which officials have been using as a staging operation for the air eff
Leaked what it learned. A blistering report reveals a huge number of shootings by Philadelphia Police with half of the suspects turning out to be unarmed. Whats behind the shocking numbers . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Our breaking news. Investigators are now starting to pore over a black box from an airliner that went down with 150 people down. The Germanwings Airbus a320 from barcelona to dusseldorf with 154 passengers and 6 crew members suddenly went into a dive and minutes later slammed into a mountain. All on board are presumed dead. Video from the scene shows widely scattered debris. One official says the plane was obliterated. The remote crash site is very difficult to reach. Extremely rough. And the weather is bad. With more rain and snow on the way our correspondents analysts are guests are standing by with the latest developments. Ill speak live wit
Emails discussing some of hollywoods biggest stars and even president obama. William la jeunesse from hollywood. Reporter sony pulled a film after no theater would run it this is about all Movies Running on christmas. Other studios were worried about their bottom lines and pressured theaters to drop the interview. Why this is cyberattack is up precedented bringing an industry to its knees. A country, dismissed and they thought they could make a comedy with no comebacks they were wrong. North korea directed the hacking according to the fbi, similar to one in 2013 against south korean banks. The hackers used same networks, malware around master computer in bolivia to route the sony attack. At first experts didnt believe north korea had the capability to protect a network like sony, which protects inlent wall property like any 70 million multinational. They too were wrong. Cyberattack is very serious. Were investigating it. Were taking it seriously. Well be vigilant f we think something i