And now were hearing details about the hijackers motive. Nbcs Alistair Jameson joins us from london. What can you tell us . Good morning, dara. This was a routine flight, a short trip from alexandria to cairo. The flight takes around 30 minutes. Some point in that flight one of the passengers on board told the flight clue crue he had explosives on, a suicide vest and the flight was diverted across the mediterranean and landed at larnaca. Once on the ground, negotiations began to release almost all of the passengers. Its still not clear what motives lay behind this hijacking. The cyprus president said its nothing to do with terrorism and a highlevel source told nbc news that the hijackers motives seem to be a personal matter involving a woman and the hijacker asked to speak to someone, possibly his exwife. What we know is there are still around eight people on board that plane. Most of the passengers are off. But around eight people are still on board. That consists of the crew and thre
340 others were injured. A Splinter Group of the taliban has claimed responsibility. We will speak with author and activist tariq ali. Then as the fbi drops its lawsuit against apple after claiming it successfully hacked into the iphone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, we will speak with fillets are prizewinning journalist Glenn Greenwald about the fight over encryption. Do you think there should be anyway for human beings to communicate without u. S. Government being able to access that . That is the critical question we face. Amy and the state of North Carolina is sued over its sweeping new antigay and antitransgender law. Were asking the court to overturn house bill 2 because it because ittutional, violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th amendment, because it discriminates on the basis of sex and sexual orientation, and because it is an invasion of prprivacy for transgender men ad transgender women. Amy we will go to North Carolina to speak with one o
No traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of breaking now in the live alert center. In just the last 5 minutes weve learned through reuters that the third suspect in yesterdays bombing in brussels has been arrested. Arrested. Toulouse airport in france evacuated over security fears. Even passengers already on planes had to get off. These are pictures being media. Authorities reportedly searching for explosive devices. Some Media Outlets reporting suspicious objects were found inside the airport and a special unit conducted controlled explosions. The allclear was given about two hours ago everyone allowed back inside. In the live alert. And breaking overnight. Reuters is reporting polcie have arreswted the third bombing suspect Najim Laachraoui in brussels. Weve learned the names of two of the Brussels Airport attackers. Attackers. This video shows brothers khalid and brahim el bakraoui. Theyre dressed in black. The third man. Dressed in white. Is still at
340 others were injured. A Splinter Group of the taliban has claimed responsibility. We will speak with author and activist tariq ali. Then as the fbi drops its lawsuit against apple after claiming it successfully hacked into the iphone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, we will speak with fillets are prizewinning journalist Glenn Greenwald about the fight over encryption. Do you think there should be anyway for human beings to communicate without u. S. Government being able to access that . That is the critical question we face. Amy and the state of North Carolina is sued over its sweeping new antigay and antitransgender law. Were asking the court to overturn house bill 2 because it because ittutional, violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th amendment, because it discriminates on the basis of sex and sexual orientation, and because it is an invasion of prprivacy for transgender men ad transgender women. Amy we will go to North Carolina to speak with one o
Metro. The answers theyre looking for after that historic system shutdown. We saw a chilly day across the area. And its going to be a very cold start to your day tomorrow. But then some springlike warmth just in time for those Cherry Blossoms. Ive got your forecast. But we start at the live desk with some breaking news that could affect anyone with an iphone. A mysterious outside party may be showing the fbi how to hack it without any help from apple. The Justice Department was scheduled to go to Court Tomorrow trying to force apple to unlike syed farooks encrypted iphone. He used it up until he and his wife went on a shooting spree in southern california. They think it may Show Contacts with terrorist organizations overseas. But tonight a federal judge delayed that hearing. The prosecutors said an outside party has come forward to show investigators a way to unlock the phone. Melanie test the method to make sure didnt destroy the data on the phone. But we main cautiously optimistic. T