Sarkozy, corruption charges. And winter games in russia. So Security Forces in egypt have come under attack in several locations. The sinai on the suez canal even in cairo itself. In the sinai incident a suicide attacker drove a car into a gate at the National Security headquarters. Four people were killed. More than 50 people were killed over the weekend, all points to a country still divided and under enormous political pressure. An update from our correspondent in cairo who we are not nawrming for security reasons. The bomb left a crater 3 meters deep. The Police General at the station says he thinks it contained 500 kilograms of explosives. He describes how it knocked out the windows in the nearby buildings. Forensic investigation later discovered it had been a suicide attack. Security in altour wasnt tight. It was in southern sinai, just an hour of Sharm El Sheik even though, tourism has droppe dropd significantly since earlier in the year. Lift travel bans on his country. He pers
The ball changing hands eight times. The upset victory, and the stunning turnaround. Tonight, every referee on the field suspended. Good evening, thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the devastating plane crash, and the mystery of what brought it down. Pieces of the russian passenger jet scattered across the egyptian desert. Investigators saying it broke apart in midair. Something that rarely happens. Now, the search for clues in the wreckage and the remains of the 224 onboard. The black boxes already in hand, the first bodies returning home. An isis group quickly taking responsibility. But that claim is being met with skepticism tonight. Alex marquardt starts us off from egypt tonight. Reporter the charred debris scattered over eight square miles of desert. Today, russian investigators looking at the wreckage. The plane, split in two. A Russian Aviation official said it broke up in midair. But why . There are few answers tonight. The metro jet flight took
Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the firestorm over dr. Ben carson saying he was offered a scholarship to west point. Tonight, hes now explaining himself. Several National Polls showing carson at the top of the republican field. And with that comes increasing scrutiny. His campaign saying about his story, maybe the words were inaccurate, but they maintain he was told he would gain acceptance. Tonight, we asked west point how the process works. Tom llamas on carsons explanation, and on donald trump, who pounced on this, and quickly. Reporter tonight, dr. Ben carson forced to explain himself after accusations that part of his life story dont add up. Carson has repeatedly said he was offered a scholarship to west point as recently as a month ago on pbs. I was offered a full scholarship to west point, got to meet general westmoreland and go to congressional medal of honor dinners. Reporter the west point scholarship was something he wrote about i
Rhea, egypt. The airbus a 320 bound for cairo went down just after entering egyptian air space during an otherwise routine flight. We do now have photos of the two men at the helm of the plane, the pilots, with more than 6,000 hours in the cockpit. The copilot had almost 3,000 hours. The Egyptian Government saying they have no evidence whatsoever to implicate either of them. And they are also standing by their belief that this plane was brought down by terror. But this is key were going to get into this. Without those black boxes, the flight data recorder, the voice recorder, still impossible to know whether someone inside the cockpit steered the plane into sea, whether the plane was blown out of the sky, perhaps by a bomb hidden somewhere on board. Or even if this was simply a catastrophic mid air mechanical failure. We begin with our Cnn Senior International correspond end who is live at Charles De Gaulle airport in paris. Security first, already changes taking place there . Absolute
Goes off radar like that and it is lost without any communication whatsoever without air Traffic Control on the greek side of the egyptian side. The fact that its lost we believe over the mediterranean and the altitude is very concerning. This is the same region of the world where we lost the metro jet plane. The russian jet liner brought down by an improvised device that was packed into e essentially a soda can. The flight originated on heavily flown routes from paris to cairo and in the final few 45 minutes to an hour of flight that the plane was apparently lost. You know that the navy is responding. The Egyptian Navy is responding as is the greek navy. But jose, in a situation like this, the stakes here, as you expect, are very, very high. And the conditions here very concerning because it is not normal that you simply have a plane lose all Communications Like that and go down in the ocean. If you give me a second, i need to reestablish my communications so i can hear you. Tom coste