Losing this election if they cannot put together the words islamic extremism. Hannity starts right here right now. And welcome to hannity. Tonight were just eight days away from the very important wisconsin primary where 42 delegates are up for grabs on the republican side. Here is where the gop delegate count currently stands. Donald trump leading with 739. Ted cruz in second with 465. Governor kasich in third with 143 delegates. Now in order to win the nomination and avoid a contested convention this summer in cleveland, one of those candidates needs to secure 1,237 delegates. Joining us with reaction, 2016 republican president candidate texas senator ted cruz. Senator, great to have you. Look. I do not want to spend a lot of time on the sleaze occupied way too much air time. But i cant ignore it. So i want to ask you this. I understand things have gotten personal, wives have been brought up, trumps wife put in a superpac ad. Your wife was, you know, mentioned in twitter. This horrib
We saw a number of passengers being released. They are largely Egyptian Nationals being released right now, though. A number of foreigners as well as crew members. What we are hearing from officials, they are saying this is not an incident of terrorism. They are saying that the motive behind this has to do with an exwife. Egyptian officials also casting doubt over whether or not this bomb is actually real. But officials arent taking any chances this morning. In the past hour, we have seen more hostages being released. When you see them being released, they arent fleeing from the plane running as if they feel their lives under under immediate threat. Officials arent taking any chances. Stay with us, if you would. We want to bring in our cnn aviation analyst and former fbi special jonathan. I want to start with you, jonathan. How do you know when someone claims they have an explosive belt on to take it seriously . You dont know. You have to treat it as though its the real deal. Because i
We begin in americas capitol on lockdown for much of monday afternoon. A man identified as Larry Russell dawson was shot by police after pulling what appeared to be a gun at the capitol visitors center. Dawson, 66, is from tennessee, but he has a history in washington. Court documents describe him disrupting the house of representatives in 2015. Authorities are stressing that this appears to be an isolated incident with no reason to suspect terrorism as a motive. The scene in washington was hectic, as youd expect, with visitors running for cover. Our brian todd has a closer look at the aftermath. Reporter a chaotic scene in the heart of washington as visitors to the u. S. Capitol run for shelter. We heard get out, get out, theres an active shooter. So we all ran out, went around the side of the building. Police escorted us out of the building. Its one of the most stressful experiences ive ever had 234 my life. Reporter the incident sparked by a lone gunman who set off the metal detecto
This is cnn newsroom live from los angeles. Ahead this hour, major news in the battle between National Security and personal privacy. The fbi has cracked a terrorists cell phone without apples help. Plus, more raids and arrests in europe, but a key suspect in the brussels terror attack is still nowhere to be found. And the panic inside the u. S. Capitol building after police shoot a man who pulled what appeared to be a gun. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im isha sesay. Newsroom l. A. Starts right now. The u. S. Government is dropping its case against apple. It had been lobbying the tech giant to open up an iphone belonging to the San Bernardino gunman. But the fbi says it accessed the data without their help thanks to an unnamed third party. Its unclear if officials plan on alerting apple on how they got in, giving the company a chance to fix that weakness in their technology. This case may be over, but we all know it has started a dialogue
Sunlen serfaty joins us now from rothschild, wisconsin. Theres been more back and forth between trump and cruz today over their wives. Whats the latest . Reporter thats right. This dizzying exchange between them of charges, countercharges and allegations did really keep up. We saw donald trump in a rather contentious radio interview refuse outright to apologize for retweeting that photo of heidi cruz next to Melania Trump. Also doubling down on his allegations that senator cruz had something to do with this antitrump facebook ad about Melania Trump which has not been baked up. And cruz went after donald trump again saying he planted this salacious tabloid sgr htory abo him, which that hasnt been backed up. Senator cruz tried to hit the reset button. Thats something i asked him about when i sat down with him hoscampaign bus. From the beginning, our focus has been on issues n substance. When other goes to the gutter, i have not responded in kind. Donald trump has shown a willingness to t