the plane, told the pilot he had a suicide vest on and that is why the pilot diverted the plane to larnikand took off from alexandria in egypt and flying to cairo and then diverted and some officials quoted in the media as saying they doubt that explosives are on board and authorities also saying that they cannot confirm what the hijacker has own board, what kind of explosives and if he indeed has any on board but undoubtedly a very dangerous situation. this man now demanding political asylum. what we understand from the cyprus president this is not linked to terrorism, this man had personal motives and it's not a political matter. negotiations are continuing. this is what we understand. >> people understandably at this point what had happened 3 1/2 hours ago zaina people at this point questioning how unbalanced he may or may not be but he is balanced enough to know that he has got to hang on to some hostages and got to keep the crew on board because in his mind i guess that is the leveler with which he can get what he thinks he can achieve. >> and we have to ask the question what was he t

close contact with the cypriot government, and that the egyptian government has also sent a plane to larnikae stranded passengers who were either on their way to cairo before that plane was hijacked. the reporters were now getting is the situation is officially over. we still don't know much about the identity of the hijacker except his name. he was identified as seif eldin mustafa, but as far as the demands, that has not been verified. >>> we do have a lot of politics to get to, a new poll shows that donald trump is nearing the 50% mark with republican voters. he's approaching a majority of support, 21 points ahead of ted cruz. >>> and on the democratic side, national support for hillary clinton now stands at 49%, down from 53% last week as bernie sanders' support is up slightly, just a six-point race. this just dame after a new blom berg politics poll shows them tied nationally with the edge to sanders. while both candidates have their eyes on the final primaries and delegate process, there is some suggestion that trump is not paying the proper attention to the general election. the "wall