Attack that killed the leader of the taliban in pakistan. Hakimullah mehsud. The pakistani government is concerned about the fallout. We go live to washington with more on this. What can you tell us . Well, apparently the meeting between the u. S. Ambassador to pakistan, robert olsen and members of the Pakistani Ministry took place in islamabad. The u. S. Is refusing to comment if the meeting took place, and what message ambassador olsen took to the pakistanis. Theres a loft anger in islamabad and across the country. We hear from the interior minister. The efforts have been ambushed. It was an ambush. We see it as an ambush. Now, this is the situation that of course could put reviewed strains on the relationship between the u. S. And pakistan. The issue of drone strikes has been a contentious one and, in fact, at one point after there was an errant attack that led to the killing of some 24 Pakistani Soldiers about two years ago, the relationship was about as nonexistent as it could be
Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, ben carson on top. A new poll giving him a massive lead over donald trump, 32 to 18 in iowa. This is the third poll in as many days putting carson in the number one slot in that crucial state. And it has donald trump fighting mad. Ben carson is a very low energy person. Actually, i think ben carson is lower energy than jeb if you want to know the truth. We need strong energy. Carson fighting back saying anyone who doesnt fear him doesnt know him. As a teenager, i would go after people with rocks and bricks and baseball bats and hammers, and of course many people know the story when i was 14 and i tried to stab someone. Carsons got the momentum. Is he now about to overtake trump on the National Polls . Sarah murray is outfront tonight. Do you expect to see trump to come out even harder against carson now . I do think now that weve seen carson officially knock trump from his perch in iowa you can see a little bit more defensiveness from tr
Im George Howell. Good day to you. We start with the crash of metro jet flight the 268. Recovery crews are still in the peninsula searching for bodies in the wreckage. There were 224 people on that flight. No survivors. Most on board were russians. They were flying to st. Petersburg from a resort town. Its not exactly clear what caused the plane to crash. Egypts Civil Aviation minister says there were no warning signs. Translator if the pilot doesnt report any faults on the plane, all that will be carried out is routine maintenance checks. There were no reports that the airplane had faults. The checks done before takeoff did not reveal anything. Up until the crash happened, we were never informed of any faults in the plane, nor did we receive any s. O. S. Calls. Both flight recorders have been recovered and are being analyzed in cairo. They believe some sort of mechanical problem cautioned the crash. They dont believe terrorism was a factor, that despite a claim of responsibility from
Passengers returning from vacation. They were in the resort on the part of the peninsula. 17 children on board that flight also just into us here at cnn. The black boxes have been retrieved according to egypts Civil Aviation minister in cairo. Lets go straight to Cnn Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson in russia. Ian lee is on the ground there in cairo. To you first, youve covered this area to this point about the developments of this early stage of the investigation. A lot of information to go over with you. We do know that the search area has the diameter of 5 miles. When you look at these pictures that are coming in from the Egyptian Government. What show is the terrain earlier today, we were told by the government that it was a mountainous terrain and as we can see there, there werent many mountains in the nearby facility. Trying to go through and pick about what happened and get those bodies. Were hearing from the Prime Minister that 129 bodies have been recovered so
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