To salvage data from the planes cockpit voice recorder. Investigators search for answer in the germanwings jet crash. The plane went into an eightminute descent. Year the crash site three leaders a manhunt ending deadly in san jose, california, after a Police Officer was shot and killed. The suspect found dead on his balcony. The state trooper died in exchange with gunfire with a suspected bank robber. Winds gusting to 35 miles an hour knocked out power to thousands in the los angeles. From texas to the ohio valley. Severe winds, flash flood watches and tornadoes a possibility. Kraft is merging with ketchupmaker heinz, the deal creates the largest food and Beverage Company in north america. And joining in the search for a woman who may have been kidnapped for ransom. The biggest fear is the horror she may be going through. And outside of boston with an ied. And the passengers in brazil a lucky escape. All that and off the glass. Just great. Two seconds yes and all that matters. I will be here every day from 3 00 to 5 00 p. M. Polishing the store. Honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. Maybe somebody will look down on the sidewalk and say, who the [ bleep ] is this guy . On cbs this morning. Ted cruz grew up listening to rock music but that changed after september 11th. Country music collectively the way they responded, it resonated with me. We are one attack away from liking smooth jazz. This mornings eyeopener, presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome top charge rose ischarge rose is on assignment. P as you wake up as you wake up in the west, twor twotwo americansp two americanstwo americans among the 1950 fearedfeared deadp feared dead in tuesdays plane crashcrash in the swiss alps. Ar a newa newp a new view of the scene this morning. Sendingsending wreckagep sending wreckage over a huge area. 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In accessible terrain. Rockage strewn in small pieces down a steep mountainside. As for the victims. Of course there are bodies says this man. Doctor of the local fire department. Identifying them will be hard. You see the state of the plane, he said, so ill let you imagine the state of the bodies. Because of the force of the impact and the 60degree slope, the plane slammed into the wreckage settled over a tenacre area. Thats unstable alpine shale taking days to retrieve whats left of the victims. On top of the grief, the mystery why this happened. The planes cockpit voice roerd retrieved but damaged. Investigators trying to access contents for clues as to why this crash happened. The plane which climbed to its 38,000 feet cruising altitude after leaving barcelona stayed there one minute before beginning a steep eightminute descent. No distress call, no hint as to why. Air Traffic Control lost contact at 6,000 feet. Its not known whether the crew or the passengers were conscious during that time. A makeshift morgue has been set up in this town. The staging area for the emergency operation. Its about eight or so miles from the actual crash site. The prospect now is of getting the mangled remains of the victims here relatives of those victims are also expected. The identification of the victims, of course, will be a very gruesome job indeed and right now the only way in and out of is by air. It will take days to clear the site. Mark phillips in france. Thanks. What could have prevented the pilots from making a distress call. We spoke to captain sully sullenberger. One, they were so deep buy engaged in trying to solve possibly many problems simultaneously that they didnt have time to do something as far down a list of priorities as talk on the radio. The other may be they were simply unable to communicate. This seemed to be a more controlled descent. I can tell you Airline Pilots are trained to deal with several situations that might cause the need to descend. One a lack of pressurization. One might be a fire smoke, fumes in the cabin. There are others. Electrical failure. Sometimes systems failures can cause a need for descent. We dont yet know what the first link in this causal chain of events was that started this crisis. Captain sullenberger has a great deal of experience with the airbus a320. He famously landed one in the hudson river several years ago saving everyone onboard. And one is morning a mother and granddaughter on the plane. All victims was held this morning, a candlelight vigil. In germany another moment of silence at the headquarters of lost tauz sa lufthansa, the owner of germanwings. Reporter the crash is a National Tragedy in germany losing 72 of its citizens. 18 of them came from this high school here in the small town of haltern. They were flying home to their families after a class trip to spain. There are no classes today at the high school in haltern, just grief counseling. 16 of the dead were students here, along with 2 of their teachers. When we first heard the plane had crashed we hoped our students had missed the flight said the school principal, at a press conference this morning. Spelled out in german a makeshift memorial simply asks the question a e why . [ bell tolls ] the church bells tolled yesterday for halterns lost sons and daughters, in a town of just 35,000 people nearly everyone knew somebody who isnt coming home. In dusseldorf and barcelona, families also gather after hearing the worst news possible. No hope that anyone onboard could have survived. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost their lives, said the german chancellor Angela Merkel, whos visiting the crash site today. But here in haltern, the grief is more personal. I cant believe it. A very very shocking situation. Reporter the towns mayor bodo klimpel, theyre stunned. Enough people to care for and to speak with them and with the parents, also if they want. Reporter we spoke to one of the students here earlier who told us today they held a special assembly to mourn their friends, and he told us that some of the students were crying, but others appeared to be in a state of shock, because they still cant believe that has happened. Gayle . Nobody can. Thank you, Holly Williams in haltern, germany. Later in this broadcast well talk to Peter Greenberg about the black box discovery and the unusual factors involved in this crash. Well dive deeper into the mystery ahead on cbs this morning. This morning two of the biggest brands youll find in the supermarket aisle announce add huge merger. Kraft foods group and h. J. Heinz joining forces saying they will create the Third Largest food and Beverage Company in north america. Kraft stock took a big leap on wall street when trading opened. Jill schlesinger shows house this might affect the way we shop and eat. This is huge. Think about your refrigerator oscar mayer, heinz, philadelphia, all in one company. Amazing. The brands are iconic american brands, sort of interesting. So lets talk about some of these brands, as you said. Kraeshg cracker barrel, maxwell house, jello, all in one place. A 40 billion deal. Its a brazilian private Equity Company with Warren BuffettsBerkshire Hathaway kbirning the company, 49 at the end of the day kraft. 51 heinz and the two companies putting in 10 billion. Why did they do it . Why private equity is so interested in the u. S. Food industry . They love this. They consider this a bloated industry. That has not kept up with the times. They look at specifically that kraft had a lot of problems as tastes have changed, consumer shifting to healthier kinds of foods and are going to say, lets take a look inside lets take and remove every possible expense, clean this company up run it more efficiently and make some money four shareholders. Still why merge . Were both companies not doing well . Not that theyre not doing well, but so many great efficiencies merging two Companies Already pretty much in the same business. A really good deal for shareholders of kraft, by the way. Is it good for customers . Could be. Im not sure customers will know the difference. Shareholders get stock and a special dividend. An interesting financial deal. Again, i dont think youll find a difference from a consumer perspective. They may start to skinny up some of the brands if they dont like the way some are run. Thanks so much. Great to be with you. High winds throwedled to a dramatic rescue to save a man inside a mercedes. Amative tree fell on the car passing by in beverly hills, california. The planes are splains bracing for more Severe Weather. In parts, the size of golf balls. Our dallasft. Worth station kttv is tracking this. Severe weather in the forecast again today. The second day after a historic late start to the severe spring storm season. Look today. Enhanced area of risk in central oklahoma, northwest sides of arkansas and southwest sides of missouri. Slight risk from southern month positive back through northwest texas with potential of large hail and damaging winds working their way through the area that saw Severe Weather yesterday. Over on the west coast, lots of sunshine, the next few days. Not helping out the snow pack. You can see now the snow pack in the sierras, 90 of average, not helping out. The California Drought through the next couple of days as sunshine remains in the forecast going into the weekend. Scott thank you. This morning, a san jose Police Officer is dead after a dramatic series of events that began last night with a call about a suicidal man. When Police Arrived the suspect ambushed them opening fire with a highpower rifle. 14year veteran officer Michael Johnson killed on the scene. Police launched a massive manhunt overnight involving dozens of officers. Early this morning used explosives and a robot to get into the gunmans apartment and found him dead inside. This morning jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial have more insight how the tsarnaev brothers prepared for the attack. The brothers spent more than an hour at a target area renting pistol pistols. Testifying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a follower of a radical islamic cleric. And leading through afghanistan, leaving troops there until the end of the year. The president decided to slow down troop withdraws after a plea from u. S. Commanders and afghans new president who visiteded white house yesterday. Lawmakers are still raising questions this morning about the latest secret service blunder. Surveillance video shows the moment agents bumped into a crime scene barrier a few weeks ago. They were allegedly drunk. The agencys director answered to lawmakers for the third time yesterday. Bill plante is outside the white house near the scene of the incident. Bill good morning. Reporter well, good morning. There was bipartisan outrage yesterday aimed at director clancy for not conducting his own investigation or not allowing the officers on duty at this white house entrance behind me to testify, and for not producing the secret services own surveillance videotapes. Surveillance video from washington, d. C. S Police Department shows a car pulling up near an entrance to the white house grounds, a woman tossing a package she says is a bomb, then speeding away. It takes 27 minutes to secure the scene. 27 minutes. What if it was a real bomb . What if it was real bomb . Reporter 30 minutes later the vehicle carrying the two secret Service Agents is seen driving slowly towards the entrance which is now a crime scene, because of the bomb investigation. They nudge a blafk barrel aside. Members wanted to see the secret services own video, but learned most of it is routinely erased and reused after 72 hours. You know my local store 24 has a better Surveillance System than we have at the white house. Reporter clancy said he would change that. I have directed that the video footage storage period be increased to seven days effectually immediately. Reporter clancy said he didnt learn of the incident until five days later when an associate told him of his anonymous email that reads in part that the agents were both extremely intoxicated, and that uniform Division Officers were going to arrest both of them. But the u. D. Watch commander said not to. The fact i did not learn of this allegation until five days after it is said to have occurred infuriates me. I ameeamee am resigned to holding those accountable. A lot of them got it but you didnt. That is a problem. Reporter clancy took a lot of heat for not investigating the incident with the two agents. Theyve been reassigned pending the outcome of the investigation. Committee members wanted to know why clancy never asked them what happened. He told them that the law required that he refer any problems with them because of their rank to the Inspector General of homeland security. Have ladd . Vlad . A disturing trend among teen drivers. Distraction a factor in nearly six of ten moderate or severe accidents involving teenagers. Car crashes are the leading cause of death for american teens. Quiet andrews is on the road in washington with a sobering statistic. Wyatt . Reporter good morning. Weve known that distracted driving is dangerous especially for teenagers, but this report says its worse than we ever imagined. To do the study, aaa collected six years worth of videotape shot in the cars of teenagers while they are driving. They all knew they were being recorded but heres what happened anyway. Never mind the dashboard camera taping them. These teen drivers still got distracted. Texting, staring out the window. Talking on the phone. Or simply talking to each other. Oh [ bleep ]. My phone. This young man on the phone looks both ways twice but still gets hit from the side. Oh, [ bleep ] in the study, aaa found that distraction was a factor in 58 of all teenage crashes, a number four times the government estimate of 14 . It also found that teenagers using phones take their eyes off of the road an average of 4. 1 seconds. Peter kissinger is the president of the aaa foundation. Did the idea there might be people not looking at the road at all for 4. 1 seconds scare you . 1 second eyes off the road at 65 miles an hour is the equivalent of driving the length of basketball court. Imagine what it is if you have 4 seconds. Reporter eyes off the road killed 17yearold Sydney Williams who crossed the median flipping her on a highway in ohio. I used to text while i drove and i really live with the guilt that my daughter learned attacksing and driving from me and that cost her her life. Reporter the federal government tried to sound the cell phone alarm last year with a national ad to be realistic and disturbing. Aaa says that states should do more to prevent distracted driving but learning safe behavior, they say, starts at home. The parents can enforce a restriction on the number of passengers that their teenager drives with. Their parents can ban cell phones while in the vehicle. Reporter aaa is now urging the states including california and washington to tighten their restrictions on the other main distraction for teenagers, the number of passengers they carry in the car. All right. Thank you so much, wyatt. Very disturbing. Parents everywhere have to sit down with their kids and have this conversation, again. Thats right. Italys Supreme Court deciding whether or not amanda and questions investigators focus on. The news is back in the morning right here on cbs this morning. This portion of cbs this morning sponsored by taxi. 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