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Overnight shootout in milan. it is without a shadow of a doubt the man killed was the suspect. anis amri. they are awaiting dna proof of this. police in australia say they stopped a plot to bomb parts of melbourne on christmas day. three are facing charges. one person is awaiting a court hearing. the three others have been we leased. the terror plot reportedly involved the use of improvised explosive devices. the plan involved a surveillance mission of the area that was to be attacked. investigators believe the suspects were self-radicalized but certainly inspired by isis and isis propaganda. ...

The latest on the reports of a hijacked plane. two hijackers reportedly taking control of a libyan flight threatening to blow it up. >> as you can see, it has been diverted to the island of malta off the coast of italy. security officials rushing to the scene and are now on standby trying to figure out what they want. >> like the 1980s again. what they want, not yet known. we'll bring you the details as the demands are voiced. >> potential hijacking now in malta. >> heading for tripoli. >> we'll keep you posted on that. 26 minutes before the top of the hour on this day before the day before ch...

Switch be recording, would changes to that switch be recorded. >> that's an interesting question. on the later aircraft i'm sure that the answer is yes. this is an early aircraft that's obviously been retrofitted to meet the new standards after 9/11. after 9/11 there was extensive research done and new protocols developed on how to protect the cockpit, how pilots were to respond to a potential hijacking. i can't say way surance that in an older aircraft like this that these procedures, that these positions would be reflected in the data recorder. i'm not sure. >> do you have any idea what the ...

. the cockpit door on germandwings reporting now in "new york times," excuse me 25 that one of the two pilots was locked out. cnn has not independently confirmed the report. lufthansa has not commented on it. tom? >> peter, let me ask you about this. is this the single key way you can lock a cockpit door? >> that's the way the pilots inside can secure the door. >> a manual lock. >> that was discussed. after 9/11 there was a series of working groups about first of all, changing procedures on how pilots respond to a potential hijacking and secondly how do you armor and secure the cockpit from ...

Proof is the inmarsat report, the proof is the radar data. produce it. let the experts take a look at it. let an independent body of speakers talk to family members and if we find the wreckage they rehabilitated their credibility and the families are placated. >> we don't know why the malaysian inspector general said that the police investigation continues to focus on a potential hijacking, sabotage, psychological hughs or personal problems of passengers or crew. what's your take on that? >> we don't know. we have been getting this information, sometimes the information sticks and sometimes th...