World. Its a charge they both strongly denied. Hes following developments from us. The family must be quite relieved at this step. Thats right. We heard from his brother this morning around 5 00 a. M. Local time. He is supposed to check in at least once a day every day until the next session of the trial begins. But the family is very happy. The brother tweeted out that hes going to take a bit of a break. Its been a roller coaster for the family. We dont know what mohameds status is. Were going to be checking on that as well. It is likely that he would be released at the same time. What is egypt saying about their support of the Muslim Brotherhood . It really comes down to the appeal judge that issued a retrial in the first place. He poked holes in the initial trial, initial judges verdict and ruling. He even questioned why in a terrorism court, their alleged krils were not violent and he also wondered why the court didnt do a proper investigation to make sure that their statements wer
And now release from an egyptian prison. That is a major breakthrough for them. They were granted bail after spending more than 400 days behind bars. The two had been ordered a retrial on charges of supporting the muslim brotherhood. For more we go now to ian lee. Just tell us what are the specifics for the release of these two men . Around 5 00 this morning local time here in cairo, the men were released from police stations around the city and their local neighborhoods. The men have to report well it all really begins at the Appeals Court. At the last trial it went to a higher court. It was pointing out that there were many holes. And being a mouth pooes. Also that there thats a ruling sent back down to the lower courts for them to have a retrial. This judge is very mindful of what the Appeals Court said. Undreds of people to death and life in prison. This new judge they are hoping will hear the case a built differently and they are hoping that when all the evidence is presented that
Retrial for charges of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. A charge they both very strongly deny. And we have this tweet from his brother that says my brother has been released from the Police Station. Im going on vacation before they arrest him again. Thank you all. We move on here in the show and go to the state of North Carolina where the fbi has opened a preliminary inquiry into the shooting deaths of three Muslim College students. Investigators plan to look into whether the triple murder violated federal hate crime laws. Police believe the shooting was fueled by rage over a parking space, but investigators say they havent found evidence that would indicate it was a hate crime. Thursday, the three victims, just 19 21 and 23 years old, all were laid to rest. Tributes and Prayer Services were held on campuses of their universities. In the u. S. Capital, around 200 people there attended a vigil at a nation wide show of support for the victims. Cnn correspondent jean casarez is followin