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Carson slammed the press for asking questions about childhood stories that he tells in his autobiography. the stories include an incident in which he tried to stab a friend, and another incident in which he tried to attack his own mother with a hammer. last night during an appearance in florida, carson commented on how he thinks the media scrutiny will impact his campaign. >> and, heres my prediction, my prediction is that all of you guys trying to pile on is actually going to help me. because w...

Night in austin. police are still searching for the shooter and a motive for that attack. and domestic abuse allegations are once again haunting the nfl. deadspin posted dozens of graphic images apparently showing cowboys offensive end greg hardys beaten and bruised girlfriend. cnn has not confirmed the photographs. a warning the pictures there are disturbing. cnns coy wire has the latest. >> hi, fredricka. back in 2014, hardy was convicted on domestic violence charges against his then-girlfri...

>> had it not been for a belt buckle under their clothing, they would have been killed or seriously injured. >> i feel i should move my chair. >> that was not his demeanor around here. >> reporter: cnn set out to find classmates who carson says were victims, but so far has been unable to locate any of them. the carson campaign declined to provide names of those involved, or eyewitnesss. calling cnns examination into carsons past, a witch hunt. cnn interviewed nine of carsons friends, neighbors, ...

Associated him with a lot of things, but never stooping to the level of a common street thug. i was a little surprised by it. >> reporter: still, mcdaniel says he believes his old friend and said carson may have kept them secret all those years out of embarrassment. >> i think he tried to hide it for as long as he could. until he realized that in order to really, really clear his conscious, that he had to make a confession, he said that honestly, i believed everything he told me. >> reporter: wh...

All right. this next report is alarming. i want to show you something now that i actually hadnt seen until this morning. look. see that, looks like a calculator app, right? its a decoy in fact meant to trick others, like parents, so when you type in a password, you unluck secret folders where photos, videos, and files are hidden. and its actually apps like that that many high school students in canyon city, about 90 miles outside of denver were using to share nude photos. thats according to to t...

Airport security. the new measures come after suspicions that a bomb may have brought down that russian plane, metrojet, flight 9268 bound from egypt to st. petersburg. russia, ireland, ukraine, and germany luft han is a group have suspended all flights to egypt. lets bring in cnns investigation correspondent, chris frays. >> hey, good morning. so travellers from airports in the renal with direct flights to the united states will likely see additional random searches, hand swabbing of passengers...

About his childhood accounts that he has written about. and hes talked about on the campaign trail. this from the candidate on his latest book tour who has been reminding people, largely about his unique life story. so can you have it both ways? matt is a republican strategist who worked in the george w. bush white house as political director, thanks for joining us. and attorney is cnn contributor and former democratic member of the south carolina legislature, good to see you as well. matt, you ...

Media war against egypt. nonetheless, this press conference was significant because it was the first time weve received specific details, numbers, times, about this accident. the fact that after 23 second minute and 14 seconds in the air, a noise was heard as the man said. and that does sort of dove tail with what we heard from via cnn affiliate from a member of the investigating team that after 23 minutes of flight, there was a noise, a blast, and their conclusion, this source quoted by the man...

Monitor cameras located throughout the airport. and they say theyve taken an extra security step for british passengers. two years ago, british authorities requested that this machine be used before every flight to the united kingdom. its capable of detecting explosives. egyptian authorities say this kind of machine is not used on any other flight. officials have promised to increase security, but tell us its too soon to say what more will be done to reassure everyone that its safe to go home. e...

His expertise has been taught to others. the question now, does isis have these skills or could they use more rudimentary bombs with conventional explosives stolen from military stores. nic robertson, cnn, st. petersburg, russia. police and protesters scuffled with each other in central listened on thursday. >> the protesters were supporting the activist group anonymous, thats what its called, who sponsored the so-called million masked march. some arrests were made and at least one police car ...