ever since he was a congressman and before that when he was a staffer. this is a guy with tremendous knowledge of the problem and that was the focus of his conversation with loretta. >> now, if all things remain constant the vote from the republican will either tie the vote or break the tie. in the event of the tie vice president joe biden cast the tie breaker. we are learning tonight that the co pilot who deliberately crashed the germanwings passenger jet into the french alps repeatedly increased speed as he plunged the aircraft towards the mountain. that is the headline from the black box recorder recovered yesterday. fast and furious, the reaction to president obama's nuclear deal before the deal with iran. we will discuss it all with the panel after the break.