Gone down somewhere in the french alps. Bill neely is in london. Anything more you can add . Yes, the fact that it has gone down in the french alps is not good. Its about 9,000 feet up with few roads leading to it. 142 passengers on board, two pilots and four crew. I suppose from a rescuers point of view thats very, very difficult terrain. At the moment it was not far into the flight from barcelona to d uss eldorf when it crashed. It is an airliner that is a subsidiary of the german airliner lufstanza. German wings is a low cost airliner. They were heading back probably from vacation in barcelona. Details are sketchy at the moment. The weather seemed to be fine. It was cloudy with just light wind. The pilot did send an sus urks srksstus urks srkss srkssuss sos message, but rescue teams are on the way. It is an inaccessible area. From a rescue point of view thats not good. Bill thank you very much. Tom costello covers aviation. You are just getting the details as we are. Talk about this plane. We put the map up and it started in barcelona on the way to d uss eldorf. This looks like about the midway point or less. Thats concerning. The vast majority of incidents involving fatal or nonfatal crashes for take off and landing, its rare to have something happen inflight. You will have the authorities looking at all probabilities here. The airbus 820 is a work horse of a plane. It is flown around the world and built in europe but flown heavily here in the u. S. By u. S. Airways and American Airlines and united and others. This is a very reliable plane and what we call a fly by wire plane. It is heavily automated with a lot of computer assistance and a lot of back up systems helping the pilot to fly the plane. It is not the old 737 pulley system. This is a sophisticated aircraft. What happened is anybodys guess. The last crash of an a320 that we can find was air asia flight 8501 back in december of 20 freezing rain from surabaya to singapore. Did we find out what caused that plane to go down . Off the top of my head i dont know. This plane is just very, very commonly flown around the world and i have been to the airbus factories in france and they will tell you we build planes for all of the world to fly, not just the best and the brightest that come out of the world air forces. We build them for pilot who is may not be topical ber. This is concerning. He may have gotten a distress call. They had an incident of some sort. Whether it was my concern is that a single engine failure will generally not bring down an aircraft these days. You would have to be looking at a catastrophic event whether that would be both engines were lost or keeping in mind that birds dont fly at 34,000 feet. Whether its sort of a criminal event. We simply dont know. Tom costello thank you very much. Once again we know that an airbus a320 has crashed somewhere in the french alps on a flight from barcelona to d uss eldorf being operated by german wings airlines. Let us cause and give other stations a chance to trourn their regular programming. Good morning. Joining the today show. Another big story we will continue to follow the plane crash we have been reporting leaving from barcelona to d uss eldorf but another breaking story overnight coming in the New York Times. Angelina jolie revealing she had preventive surgery to remove her ovaries after doctors found a sign of early cancer. Hoda kotb reports. Ovarian cancer kills about 14,000 women every year. 20,000 women were diagnosed. Angelina jolie chose another preventive surgery and that may surprise people. She wanted to share with people to let people know they have options. In an op ed in this mornings New York Times, she writes she chose to have her ovaries and falopian tubes removed last week to reduce her chance of getting cancer. The 39yearold oscar winner revealed she had a double mastectomy after losing her mother to Ovarian Cancer in 2007. After losing my mom to these issues im grateful for it and moved by the kind support from people. Really very grateful. Two week ago the results revealed possible early signs of Ovarian Cancer. She writes i went to see the surgeon who treated my mother ask she teared up when you saw me. You look just like her. I broke down and we smile and agreed we were there to deal with any problem. Lets get on with it. She is a movie star and her journey of Decision Making is agonizing and fear and all women struggle with that any time they hear a possibility of a disease. In her case a severe cancer generations of cancer i can understand why she did it. While the surgery was less complex than the double mastectomy the results put her into forced menopause. I will not be able to have more children and i expect physical changes, but i feel at ease with whatever will come. Not because i am strong because this is part of wife. She called her husband and father of her six children brad pitt. I called my husband in france. The beautiful thing about such moments is that there is so much clarity. Jolie acknowledges while its impossible to remove the risk of getting cancer she remains hopeful about her health and future. A lot of women might be thinking about that decision and you can check with your doctor but you can see why it made sense for her with her mom and her children. This was her choice and others have different choices. We will look at this in the next half hour with a medical doctor. The legal battle may be far from over at the university of virginia. Rolling stone had apologized for their reporting and now police say there is no evidence to back up the original claims. Gabe gutierrez is in chaf lotsville. Reporter they spoke with about 70 people during the investigation that lasted several months that has been suspended, but not closed. Police cant rule out something terrible happened, but just not what was described. The university accused of gang rape is exploring Legal Options saying Rolling Stone sought to turn fiction into fact is shameful. Can i say that Nothing Happened . No. We found no evidence to support the allegations. Those allegations published in the Rolling Stone magazine. A woman identified as jackie claiming she was sexually assaulted in 2012. There is a chance the entire thing is false. This is one of the jackies former friends. Jackies accountable has been in question for a long time. They called in the chief saying he couldnt find evidence either that was no big surprise. In april of last year jackies roommate removed broken glass from her face in a separate assault, but the roommate denies that. Jackie said he called her mother but there was no evidence about that call. Its never been just about the details of jackies story. There hundreds of other survivors and we want to make sure we have as few in the future as we can. The investigation confirms that the university provided support and care to a student in need. But now some advocates worry it will be tougher for future victims. This is a bad day for all rape victims. It will be harder for the victims to be believed when they are raped. Reporter the attorney for jackie declined to comment. As for Rolling Stone they apologized to readers and will only say they are awaiting the out come to the independent investigation into their reporting from the journalism school. That is expected to be published in the next few weeks. Thank you very much. Thats go to politics and the pieces are falling into place for the 2016 president ial race. More candidates are expected to announce their plans after texas republican ted cruz became the first to toss his hat into the race. Today i am announcing that i am running for president of the United States. And there it was. Ted cruz joins us with his wife heidi. Good morning to both of you. Senator and mrs. Cruz are you ready for whats about to happen in your lives and the attention you are getting. You are getting some in the newspapers both good and bad. I hope so. Were ready for Going Forward and doing everything we to turn the country around. You are not someone who speaks the spotlight. You dont do interviews and i am happy you decided to do this interview. Are you ready for the personal scrutiny that this will bring and in some ways already has. Any time you embark upon something bigger than yourself and your own family i dont know that you feel fully prepared but we have a very strong marriage and incredibly Strong Family guided by our faith and we are ready to see change and honored to have a voice. You are known for taking on your own party. At one point you called mainstream republicans squishes and led your party into parts that backfired. You have detractors not only across the aisle, but within your own party. How can you win unless you build a broader coalation than the one you have . We need a Broad Coalition and bring toll the old Reagan Coalition of evangelicals and republican women and young people and reagan democrats and bring everyone together. One of the things that is striking people are hurting. They recognize the path we are on is not working and looking for a change. Theyre looking to get back to the principals that made america strong. On the subject of a Broad Coalition, is there room in ted cruzs party for those socially liberal and pro choice and support gay marriage . Absolutely. We welcome a broad tent and a Broad Coalition. What i am trying to do is stand for principal. The two things i have tried to do in my time in the senate have been to tell the truth and number two, do what i pedestrian i would do. The interesting thing is people can respect that even if they dont agree on everything. You know your reputation in your short time in the senate. You are a guy who does not back down. Who will not compromise. I think you referred to yourself recently im kind of like the disruptive act in politics. Will you bring that brand to the white house if you are elected . Let me disagree with the premises. I never said i wont compromise. From day one, i said my attitude is the same as ronald reagan. He said what do you do if you offer half a loaf . You take it and you come back. You also said i dont know what washington needs is more compromise. Because what washington does often is compromises going backwards. Im happy to work with anyone democrat independent, libertarian and republican, if they are shrinking the size of the federal government and expanding liberty. What washington does is has compromises like the bill that passed in december. A trillion dollar spending bill that paid off corporate welfare and special interest in washington and grew government. Thats not a good compromise because its not fixing the problems. Quickly, you heard the adjectives used to describe your husband. You can read them in the paper. Is the Public Perception of this man inaccurate . Red cruz is someone who tells the truth and knows what he believes. It was one of the things that drew me to him. This is a person of conviction. I think the American People want to know what they are getting. A couple weeks ago you were at an event and using your rhetoric and said the world is on fire. There was a 3yearold girl up front and she took it literally and said the world is on fire. He pivoted quickly. Is he that agile with your children at home . Our 6yearold who tweeted with him, she is almost 7. She came home from school and said to her father that a lot of the kids at school were talking about the dad and not about her. Ted said wow, he said same is true for me. I spend my day talking about you. He is very, very agile and it made her proud. You are off and running and we appreciate you stopping by the studio. Thank you, matt. It is breathtaking and encouraging. The energy and exhilaration there yesterday that we are seeing on the trail takes your breath away. Good luck to you both. Mrs. Cruz thank you very much. Lets go over to al for a check of the weather. Thank you so much. We have a risk of strong storms. We havent had tornados since the month of march. 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Highs in the 40s saturday and sunday. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. Authorities are trying to figure out who is behind a threatening phone call to the university of maryland aimed at president obamas niece. Crystal walker is following the story from the white house. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah good morning. Authors are taking the call very seriously. In fact security was increased at last nights ncaa tournament game between princeton and maryland. Officials say at about 3 00 p. M. , a caller stated she had gotten a text from a third person indicating that a male ha she knew had a gun and mentioned president obamas niece. President obamas niece is the daughter of Craig Robinson who is Michelle Obamas brother and a player on the princeton team. Officials with the university of maryland said they determined the claims were unsubstantiated. President obama attended saturdays first round game between princeton and the secret service was notified. 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