when you are running for president you have to take a position on about a thousand issues and the egyptian pyramids are not usually one of them. but ben carson is defending his theory on the pyramids and what they were used for. let s talk to an egyptologist. i don t know if i have ever heard of an egyptologist. ben carson has a theory that the pyramids were built to store grain. this is from 1998. my own personal theory is that joseph built the pyramids in order to store grain. but it would have to be
don t let them disturb you. please continue to fight for us. see, they understand that this is a witch hunt. ben carson is expected to speak again shortly. we re going to bring that to you as it happens right here on cnn tonight. plus pyramid scheme. candidate carson is wrong about the pyramids but does the surge in the poll show voters don t care? we have a lot going on tonight but i want to begin with the stunning breaking news. the deadly crash of a plane full of tourist was not an accident. they believe evidence on the plane s black boxes confirms that the plane was brought down by a bomb. and tonight, we have a new video from isis claiming responsibility. let s discussion with rene marsh, safety analyst david soucie and author of malaysia 370 and cedric lateen. a new isis video claiming responsibility. what do you know? isis claimed responsibility
having a real national crisis to bother with pretending to have another one. egypt s protesting in the streets overthrowing their own government, deposing dictator hosni mubarak after nearly three decades in power. since then egyptians have elected and installed and overthrown another government and now with the military in charge, this military? which we have invested decades in our interrelationship, billions of dollars in equipment, more than $1 billion in additional military aid every year, now with that close ally to our military in charge of egypt, this week blood runs in the streets of that country. yesterday in cairo and suez and alexandria. today in cairo, again, in geeza and the shadow of the pyramids. across egypt, the supporters of the most recently ousted president from the muslim brotherhood, mohamed morsi, they were cut down for a second day in the streets by police and troops under control of the
and the shadow of the pyramids. across egypt, the supporters of the most recently ousted president from the muslim brotherhood, mohamed morsi, they were cut down for a second day in the streets by police and troops under control of the military that now runs that country. yesterday s death toll is now considered to be over 600 people killed. today s death toll is not yet clear. in response to the violence, president obama, today, interrupted his vacation to make a formal statement and to call off this year s operation bright star in egypt. while we want to sustain our relationship with egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back. as a result, this morning we notified the egyptian government that we are canceling our biannual joint military exercise which was scheduled for next month. in three decades, the only other times we have canceled our
another one. egypt s protesting in the streets overthrowing their own government, deposing dictator hosni mubarak after nearly three decades in power. since then egyptians have elected and installed and overthrown another government and now with the military in charge, this military? which we have invested decades in our interrelationship, billions of dollars in equipment, more than $1 billion in additional military aid every year, now with that close ally to our military in charge of egypt, this week blood runs in the streets of that country. yesterday in cairo and suez and alexandria. today in cairo, again, in geeza and the shadow of the pyramids. across egypt, the supporters of the most recently ousted president from the muslim brotherhood, mohamed morsi, they were cut down for a second day in the streets by police and troops under control of the military that now runs that country.