And neck with derek and nastia. Redfoo was sent packing, right here on gma. Good morning, america. Its not a rumor its a fact that david muir is here. I was wondering where you were. I came back and boy, today all this breaking news that were having as we come on the air out west we have developments in the plane crash. It was a passengers jet with several people onboard. At least 150 passengers and crew going down this morning and abc has the latest. Good morning the wreckage has been spotted but difficult to get to. There are questions about the last several minutes of this flight. The air bus on its way to germany carrying 144 passengers and six crew crashed in this remote area near a popular ski area. The jet dispay peered from radar about are 45 minutes into its flight. It appeared to drop from 38,000 to 6,800 feet but it was over a several minute period. The french president speaking moments ago and other Officials Say there are no survivors. It is a remote area. Crews spotted the wreckage but will have to ski or fly into the area. Germanwings is a low cost airline known for its budget fares to european cities. Its a subsidiary of a german giant and this plan has been purchased in 1991. The company tweeted this is a dark day for luftanza while its city changed its logo to gray and black. Relatives in spain and germany learning their loved ones are lost. 150 souls in all including the turkish citizens as all. Theyll battle the Snowy Mountains to get to the wreckage. I wanted to ask you about the level of decent and how quickly. We know it was about 38,000 feet. Took some time to get down to about 9,000 feet. What do we know . Its a little below 7,000 feet. It was quicker than normal but seemed to be in control. It looks like the pilots were following emergency procedures which is to change direction to the left and start to lose altitude. Pilot doss that and get lower and figure it out. Whatever this problem was apparently they couldnt overcome it. All right. David kerley. As you just mentioned families beginning to gather at the barcelona airport after learning the news. You can see the hugs as families of victims are believed to be victims obviously, french president already saying that the terrain so difficult that he believes the conditions might suggest that there might not be any survivors. I want to get to abc news avenue yags consultant john nance. Talk to us about what we know about this particular plane. We know it was an air bus a320. What about the Safety Record . The Safety Record is up there along with the boeing 737. We have 6,100 flying around the world and been flying since 1987. Its a big work horse so to speak in the world air fleet. We know that 40 minutes after takeoff they lost radio contact with the aircraft and air Traffic Controllers sent the alert. Does that give you any new information as to what might have happened . I know there are few details at this moment but the fact they got 40 minutes in before losing contact. Well the 40 minutes indicates everything was going normally until they came out of altitude and as david pointed out, it appears to be a controlled decent. In what we call a high dive or basically emergency decent. Most likely it was the result of having an emergency depressurization of some sort. There are other things that could cause you to come out of altitude including smoke in the dock cockpit. When they got lower why would they go below 12,000 feet in an area of mountains if they had a visibility problem. Wreckage has been spotted in a snowy remote area near a popular ski resort. How quickly can people get to it . Do we have any details as to whether or not weather might have been a factor . No. We really dont. Thats a very big puzzle for me. If you had no visibility or you were in clouds below 12,000 feet and you only have to go to 14,000 feet then youre in such high terrain, you dont want to be messing around unless you know exactly where you are. What would have caused that . If it was clear weather, did they have a problem inside the cockpit such as smoke obscuring their vision . This is a puzzle that we dont have a solution to. John stick with us here throughout the morning. Well have more information as it comes in as our audience at home in the west looks at images of families members arriving in barcelona. An air bus a320 operated by germanwings crashing this morning 40 minutes after takeoff. Nationalities not known. Well have more as we continue this morning. Robin over to you. Thank you very much. The big announcement from ang Angelina Jolie revealing she had her facility logan tubes removed. This is not the first time she had a Major Medical decision. This is a bombshell indeed in Angelina Jolie revealing 39 years old shes removed her ovaries and fallopian tubes and doing it despite the effects that may follow. She underwent the procedure after going under blood tests. The type of cancer that killed her mother in 2007. She was kind to everybody. And yet when it came to protecting her children or doing anything in defense of her children she was very, very strong. Reporter her aunt and grandmother also dying from the disease. I went through what i imagine thousands of other women have felt, i told myself to stay calm, to be strong and that i had no reason to think i would not live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren. Further tests coming back negative for cancer but jolie Still Deciding to have the surgery. What she calls the best option, going under the knife just last week. It is not possible to remove all risk and the fact is i remain prone to cancer, she writes. The procedure a success but forcing jolie into early menopause. I will not be able to have any more children she writes and i expect some physical changes but i feel at ease with whatever will come. This coming nearly two years since the star stunned the world undergoing a preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for a gene mutation that puts her at a higher cancer risk. That choice sparking what many call the angelina effect an increase in the number of women who have undergone genetic testing for cancer and she reflected on the impact of her decision in an interview with george last year. I didnt expect there to be so much support and i was very moved by it. Its connected me so much to other families, other women so its been a beautiful journey. At one point she tries to make emphasizing her surgery is not the only option for women. She wants people to know there are definitely other options and that there is power with that knowledge, robin. All right, reena, thank you. Abcs dr. Jennifer ashton is here with much more. Weve been talking about this all morning long, jen. Explain what that is. The Ovarian Cancer risk that comes with this mutation is kigt. Average woman has about a 1 chance of life. With this type of genetic mutation it can go as high as 40 . We have to remember theres screening for Breast Cancer. We dont have an accepted Screening Test for Ovarian Cancer so use things like ultrasound and a blood test. Theyre not greet screening methods but all we have. Talk about the surgery. This is a procedure you have performed. Ive done it many, many times. Straightforward surgery done through the tiny little incision, same day procedure and done in as little as 15 minutes. The key for women to know all the talk right now centers around the fallopian tubes. Theres a new thinking Ovarian Cancer originates in the fallopian tubes itself so those tubes have to come out and by the time of surgery about 5 to 10 of women with this type of genetic mutation will have a hidden or a cult cancer present so its important that surgery is done properly. And Angelina Jolie emphasized this was the right decision for her. For many people the age factor comes in. Its a huge factor and this is an individual decision. We dont have consensus about when this should be done. We hear the age of 35. We hear 40. Obviously it has to be done at the end of childbearing because it places a woman into immediate menopause. A personal decision. We keep talking about women. You emphasize its not just women. Men can carry this too. A woman with this has a 50 chance of passing it to her children. So there are some important tips, first of all if you have Ovarian Cancer in the family, get this blood test. It will be covered if you meet criteria. Secondly, try to speak with a genetic counselor. This is genetic Risk Assessment and this is helpful. If you could speak to a gyn cancer surgeon before your surgery thats helpful. Remember, there are options. The Birth Control pill also lowers the risk of Ovarian Cancer and 30 of women choose not to have surgery. Its an important option. Great suggestions you discussed with us. Thank you. Robin, thanks. Jen will have much more at our website. In the meantime, we turn to that threat against president obamas niece. A call claiming a gunman was on campus just before she took the court for the princeton in their ncaa game against maryland. Pierre thomas has more. Reporter that was a scary call and the latest unfortunate sign of our times where any threat must be taken seriously. The disturbing call came into university of marylands police at 3 00 p. M. Monday afternoon. The caller suggested there would be a man on campus with a gun possibly targeting the president s niece who plays on princetons Womens Basketball team. And the president had just been to princetons tournament game this past saturday. Security increased for the game as authorities checked out the call. Later police determined the threat was unsubstantiated and our sources tell us they do not believe there was a credible threat. The secret service will likely do a followup to determine whether this was simply a misunderstanding or hoax. After the game princetons coach told reporters she did not inform the president s niece Leslie Robinson before tipoff she was was clearly frustrated that the game and season had been marred by the bogus threat. The first question we get 311 in the ncaa tournament is about a freak College Park Police have that under control. Leslie is safe. Reporter the game took place without incident and thankfully the only news is that the ladies on both teams played their hearts out and princetons undefeated season ended. All right, pierre, thank you. Well move to politics and texas senator ted cruz as you know kicking off his campaign for the white house. Appealing to conservatives. Abcs jon karl went oneonone with cruz right after he launched his president ial run. Had a chance to talk to him. Sure did. Ted cruz is about as conservative as they come but there is one way he wants to be exactly like president obama, he wants to make the journey directly from freshman in the senate to the white house. When it comes to the 2016 president ial campaign, texas senator ted cruz wants to be not just the first in but the most conservative too. Imagine millions of courageous conservatives all across America Rising up together to say in unison, we demand our liberty. Reporter his big speech tried to be both hard line conservative and optimistic. Even echoing the refrain of the great john lennon song imagine. Imagine its 1776. Imagine its 1933. Imagine, imagine i want to ask each of you to imagine. Imagine, imagine, imagine. Are you a big john lennon fan . I am but i reporter very different message than john lennons . I did envision pulling out john lennon little round glasses but i didnt bring any to the talk. The room was electric. There were 12,000 people. They were energized. Reporter energized but required to attend. It was a School Convocation and our interview cruz said he would appeal beyond the right wing. How are you with that hard line conservative message going to appeal to moderates and independents . Nobody gets elected without appealing to them. Its a funny thing when you work in the media that it is a hard line to present a positive optimistic vision. My speech today talked about imagining in america that gets back to the free market principles and the constitutional liberties this country was built on. Reporter cruz acknowledges he comes into the race as an underdog but will run as an insurgent. Taking on not just liberals but also Republican Leaders who he says have gone easy on barack obama. The race is on. Appreciate it, jon. Now to amy with the other top stories right now starting with new spying allegations against a u. S. Ally. Thats right. This morning israel is denying allegations that it spied on u. S. Nuclear talks with iran. The claims first reported in the wall street journal accuse israel of eavesdropping on the closed door talks and sharing details with members of congress in hopes of undermining any deal with iran but Israeli Government officials today claim those allegations are false. The obama administrations relationship with israel is already strained. Just yesterday Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu apologized for his divisive comments about arabs before last weeks election. Back here at home police say they have found nothing to prove the explosive claim of gang rape at the university of virginia. Rolling stone first reported that claim that a student named jackie was assaulted at a fraternity party. The article was later discredited. All uva fraternities were shut down for a time after that article was published. The accused frat now says its exploring its legal options. In raleigh, north carolina, investigators say construction workers dismantling scaffolding on this highrise when a piece of it fell sending three workers 200 feet to their deaths. Another worker survived. He was found on top of some crushed equipment and is in remarkably fair condition. A Police Officer in maryland is okay after this crash. Responding to a call when he clipped an suv landing up against that poll. People eager to hit the beach along the gulf coast may want to look away from this. Look at this school of sharks, caught on camera swimming toward louisiana, hundreds of them from an oil platform and Scientists Say this migration is typical. Finally, to stop a thief, give them what they want. A man in california posted this note on his door for the thief who has been repeatedly stealing his newspaper for the past ten years but the message wasnt what you think. He offered to share it but said this offer is contingent upon the newspaper being returned in a relative crisp state with no coffee stains and hed like it back by 10 00 or 11 00 that same morning. What happened . Well, his newly installed Video Surveillance shows the thief came, read the note and decided not to steal the paper this time. He hasnt been back since. Also in the note the man asked if he had stock tips if he wouldnt mind leaving them. Apparently he didnt have any but problem solved. Just leave a note. That doesnt work in my neighborhood. Leave a note . No. Please dont steal my paper. Bypass the note altogether. Thanks for bringing that to us. Now to the weather. Severe storms replacing the snow. Wind, hail. Weve had such a slow start to tornado season. Less than 100 tornadoes below average for this date. So now its time to warm it all up. I want to remind everybody, Severe Weather has a definition. You cant just call any Severe Weather, it has to be damaging wind of 60 plus Miles Per Hour or greater. One plus inch hail or greater and, of course, you can see a tornado is possible. In the areas you have to look out for the damaging wind and hail go from st. Louis back to tulsa, oklahoma, and then tomorrow, that area spreads out from Southern Illinois back to wichita falls, texas. Especially in that highlighted area there through parts of oklahoma. All right. Good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. 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