Control in switzerland. This is not long before the plane went down. Lets have a listen. Hello thank you so much. Good night. Sounds of what started, of course, such a routine flight. Focus shifting to the planes system, an electronic Communication System that sends signals to the ground about how the aircraft is functioning. Well, just minutes after entering egyptian airspace at cruising altitude at 37,000 feet, flight 804 started firing off several Warning Signals in quick succession indicating something was very long. A small detector went off. Also at the same time, the forward laboratory Smoke Detector went off, and then here is the key, the flight director system, the fds, went completely dead, and the aircraft seized transmitting signals on the transponder. Well, egyptian officials are focusing on terror as the likely cause of the crash, but as of yet, no terror group claimed responsibility. That is unusual. Beginning with that first audio release from the egyptair flight who at
Brazil. From cnn headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here, in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Aiming for the gold, new records have been set in rio on this first day of competition at the Olympic Games. A big win for hungary. Katino hossu broke the world record or the womens 400 meter individual medically, winning the gold. Christina mcfar legion walks us through the highlights of the first day of competition. It was a busy opening day here in rio where the 31st olympiad got under way with 12 olympic gold medals across seven disciplines. The first of the day went to the United States. 19yearold jenny flasher in the 10 meter air rifle, pulling off a surprise upset to beat the 2004 athens Gold Medalist. Just days after 273 russian athletes were finally cleared on take part in the Olympic Games after statesponsored doping, russia got gold in the had 60 kill low graham judo competition. Perhaps the most dramatic event of
Decision to sit down during the national anthem. Well start with this breaking nude and our world lead. A Senior Leader of the terrorist group whom Officials Say is regularly sighted by lone wolf terrorist attacks and the man who is the most moneypublic face of the group is now dead. Lets goat nick peyton walsh. You called this a seismic moment in the fight against the terrorist group. This is certainly the most public voice they have. This is the man you often heard in audio messages. He master minded the slick and gruesome public pr machine that put out the High Definition videos of murders that attracted recruits. Remember the obamaer bin laden idea he said do whatever you fancy doing, go along with your plans and we can claim that later on making the odd fringe lance operations more. Adrian one for the news agency and another statement too from isis on their master head that says he is dead he died while inspecting military operations near aleppo. That is where turkey has don a rec
Didnt happen. Donald trump tried it before, but is this Campaign Reboot the real deal . In the past 24 hours, mr. Trump accepted Paul Manaforts resignation. Launched his first tv ad, toured areas in louisiana devastated by flooding, and for the first time sounded apologetic. Is this a general election pivot we keep hearing about . Kellyann conway says this is exactly what people expect. It is a different tone over the last 24 hours. Trying to stay under water. It will never be under water. But a democrat says he doesnt want the distraction of an obama visit any way. I would rather them engage in the response rather than trying to secure the president. Donald trump softenning his stone after his latest Campaign Shake up. Sometimes in the heat of debate, and speaking on a multitude of issues, you dont choose the right words. Or you say the wrong thing. I have done that. And believe it or not, i regret it. And i do regret it. Particularly where it may have caused personal pain. Trump neve
Trumpiness. Will there now signs that trump can still possibly win this thing . Plus this is what the war in syria looks like. A little boy, younger than the war itself, covered in blood and ash. Thousands of little kids like him not as lucky. Will this viral image change anything . Good afternoon, were beginning with our sports lead today. Minutes ago, Brazilian Police laying out the case against four u. S. Swimmers saying they were never robbed as they describe it. It all started as a tale about an Armed Robbery of him and three other gold medal winning u. S. Swimmers. Now this is an International Incident and the police say that the athletes could be criminally charged. The swimmers being accused of vandalizing a gas station. Different video shows the men entering a taxi. A Security Guard asks them to stay but they want to leave. After being spoken two, two of the swimmers begin giving statements to police. They were pulled off of a plane by police, their passports seized and preven