growing. up cnn joe johns has that for us. reporter: ben carson s quiet, dignified approach is a big part of his appeal. but he says his calm demeanor was carved out of a violent past. as a teenager, i would go out and hit people with rocks and bricks and baseball balls and hammers. reporter: carson wrote in his book about striking a school mate with a combination lock. nearly punching his mother. carson said he also tried to kill a friend identified as bob with a disagreement over the radio. he describes his temperament as pathological and a disease that made him totally irrational. i had a large knife, fortunately under his clothing, he had on a large metal belt bu buckle. and the knife struck with such
investigators were uncovering alleged activity. now rumored that his widow and son are reportedly under investigation. this extensive investgation has concluded with an overwhelming amount of evidence that gliniewicz s death was a carefully staged suicide. reporter: the shocking announcement that lieutenant joe gliniewicz not only killed himself but staged an elaborate crime scene put to rest a two-month regulation. the ruse started with gliniewicz radioing to dispatch he was in pursuit of two black males. and then radio silence. his lifeless body would be found moments later. that s when hundreds of local state and federal law enforcement officers scoured the area, vowing to find and bring his killer to justice. investigators say lieutenant gliniewicz s plan included
crime scene to stage a homicide. gliniewicz committed the ultimate betrayal. i would go out to people with rocks. i was surprised when i read he tried to stab someone. i m like, what. when you check his credit cards, take a look at what he s done with the republican party when he had access. people need know what they re talking about here. announcer: this is-n nd with chris cuomo, alisyn camarota and michaela pereira. good morning, everyone. pointing towards a bomb possibly from isis as the likely cause of last week s metrojet crash in egypt. this is a stunning shift after dismissing the possibility that isis or its affiliate had the means to bring down a plane. but online chatter causing u.s. officials to take a second look. russians are vehemently
it started with british prime minister david cameron announcing that the plane may well have been, quote, downed by an explosive device. three hours officials agree telling cnn it s likely that a bomb brought down the plane. and it was possibly planted by isis or an affiliate. two hours after that, a middle east source confirms that a bomb source is likely. shortly after that, a u.s. official even pointed the finger inside of sharm el sheikh airport suggesting someone there helped get a bomb on the plane. cnn is covering this around the world starting with diplomatic editor nic robertson in russia. with the kremlin issuing the word about the crash. what do you know, snic? reporter: well, alisyn, it s very interesting because they re refusing to bring down the possibility that the plane was brought down by terrorism. but however, going as far as they can to say that all of this information is wrong.
planting evidence here at the crime scene to stage a homicide. the commander saying there was a trail of evidence. first, pepper spray. then a few feet away, a baton, then eyeglasses then a shell casing, all leading investigators to believe signs of struggle. reporter: the community had a simple question. why? it turns out investigators were zeer flowing on gliniewicz for what they now say were criminal acts spanning several years including laundering thousands from the fox lake youth explorer, a mentoring and using it for atravel. gliniewicz committed the ultimate betrayal. reporter: the paper trail extensive, so was the cover-up. investigators say gliniewicz deleted thousands of messages like this from back in june, quote, the 1600 undocumented, it was cash from boot camp so there is no check trailing to follow.