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Recovering dozens of cell phones from the germanwings crash site in the alps and we're learning stunning new details about the actions of that co pilot in the days leading up to the fatal crash. plus -- >> get your car off of me! >> the race to save a family trapped in the back of an rv as it goes up in flames. you're live in the cnn "newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello again, everyone. and thank you so much for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. we start with another breath taking story of survival from this week's massacre in kenya. a 19-year-old hid in a closet buri...

Fredricka? >> nic, while 500 people have died during what's being attributed to the saudi air strikes, what more militarily whether it be saudi arabia or some of its multinational allies what is being done militarily to try to restore some sort of stability in that region if not try to weed out some of these houthi rebels? >> reporter: well the uae flew its first missions bombing missions into the country overnight last night. the egyptian navy has vessels just off the port of aden and we're also learning that there's a very strategic area right in the sea sort of off the tip of aden in the so...

Back of some people's heads. so you know although there is hope there is still such horror and more stories we're sure coming out. now, cynthia was in such shock that the military when they found her, they had to bring in the principal to the screen of the crime to tell her it's okay. these people are not here to harm you. fredricka. >> all right, christian, thank you so much. meantime the president there and others still responding saying they are trying to be vigilant because the threat from al shabaab continues there. meantime an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council is under way...

So that's a significant concern. and that's where the aid agencies like the red cross want this pause so people can get food and bring medical supplies in fredricka. >> all right. nic robertson, pretty curious situation. thank you so much. meantime in europe the last investigators have left the germanwings crash site in the alps. investigators are now focusing on analysis of the flight data recorder which has now shown that co pilot andreas lubitz purposely used the controls to speed up the plane's descent. and investigators are looking at mobile phones recovered from the crash site. let me ...

Or other fellow pilots anybody who knew him, except for the ex-girlfriend who we know has spoken to a publication. but it's been very quiet since hearing from the ceo initially at lufthansa. les abend, thank you. >> we're in shock as pilots. we really are. but thank you, fredricka. >> thanks so much les, appreciate it. from new york. still ahead, "fast & furious 7" speeding to the top of the box office. what's driving the success of paul walker his last movie? next. >> lives in a world that doesn't play by everyone else. like it or not, you and your friends are a part of it now. e with type ...