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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, ...

Officials, it is highly likely that a bomb plant by isis or one of its affiliates destroyed that russian jet over the Sinai Peninsula. Intelligence suggests the bombers may have received assistance from inside the airport, but russian and egyptian officials reject those theories. They say theyre speculative, premature, they urge caution. They say theres no evidence to support any conclusions. Britain is taking no chances, though. It has suspended all flights in and out of Sharm El Sheikh airport where, of course, the doomed flight originated. Right now egypts president is in london for meeting...

Joining you from new york. The United States ramping up air security measures in the wake of that russian plane crash in egypts sinai peninsula. This includes enhanced screening focused on Certain International airports with direct flights right into here, the United States. U. S. And british officials have said that it may have been a bomb that downed that jet killing all 224 people onboard. Egypt says it is too soon to know for sure. Egypts lead investigator announcing today a noise was heard in the final seconds of that flight caught on the cockpit voice recorder just before the plane broke...

And allen pizzey has the latest. Reporter the British Government said it was temporarily suspending flights to and from Sharm Elsheikh over fears the russian jet may have had a bomb on board. It is also sending British Aviation experts to the egyptian airport to assess the security situation further. Foreign secretary phillip hammond. We have concluded that there is a significant possibility that that crash was caused by an explosive device on board the aircraft. Reporter it comes on the same day an isis affiliate in sinai released an audiotape daring investigators to prove that we did not tak...

They are with them around the clock, providing food, medical attention to make them stronger since they had not eaten for about nine days. And so they are also diverting the waters and building dams, pumping nonstop to drop the water levels. And they are searching for shafts above to find alternate exits. It is still very risky though. With the, you know, difficult terrain, strong currents and dark waters, getting them out is going to be a very risky. And they want safety. That is the number one thing. They want to get them out, alive and safe. And so absolutely. Go ahead, steven. Yes. And if ...