his name is ibrahim samaha. and he's a doctor, a 27-year-old doctor, and taking lives into his own hands apparently as a hijacker. what does this say about his, to you, as someone looking at a situation like this from a security perspective, what does this say to you about his makeup? >> caller: well, kelly, to this point it seems pretty clear that he's not a terrorist per se, because we know if he were, his demands may have been an awful lot different. and he may, in fact, have been brandishing a real weapon, a legitimate weapon, and people would have seen that. and he'd probably be yelling and screaming. most terrorists who take aircraft are pretty unsettled when they do it. they're emotionally unsettled. they' ar're nervous that somebo about to take them down. this guy, by all appearances at this point seems fairly calm. we're not getting any indications of him being emotionally overwrought. i think we'd see that in some of the passengers coming off if they were, so it may be nothing more than a domestic matt

his name is ibrahim samaha. we are getting information that he is, and this according to alexandria university in egypt that he is a professor of veterinary medicine at the university posted on the university's web site. let's get to the latest on this. we are getting a lot of information. basically every couple of minutes, it is very fluid, obviously. egyptian officials, the last report that came from him most of the 81 passengers aboard flight ms 181 have been released except the crew and four foreigners. we do know that several americans were on the flight, but we don't know if they were among those that have been led off. we have seen the images. we have seen the pictures and videos of passengers really calmly exiting the aircraft on to the tarmac and walking towards the terminal. the director, again we are getting more information wiabou the passengers, this from the airport where the plane took off from alexandria, egypt said the flight included 8 americans, 4 brits, 4 dutch citizens 1 italian and 30 egypt

his name is ibrahim samaha. why would they be saying that? >> it must be protocol for the agency itself that they don't do it on every tune basis. whenever somebody knows, you can assure with your interview skills that don't get that information out of them. nicole: built up enough the fbi, former fbi assistant director in charge of new york could thank you for your insight into the developing situation and any developments will bring to you right away. lauren: on the campaign trail, author of the republican presidential candidates are campaigning in wisconsin that of next week's primary. the state has 42 delegates up for grabs. donald trump getting support in the rural parts of the state, so-called stop drug forces who spend millions of dollars on ads to stop him and to reset the race. blake burman has the latest from wisconsin. reporter: the last thing a presidential candidate wants to do is talk about whether they have enough money that could john tobia was forced to do that monday in wisconsin. the segment campaign says it is reallocating

has -- samaha. has highjacks that plane. he allowed all the men, women children disembark, these those people will be going through a did he briefing process with the relevant authorities. he is still on board with five former passengers and seven members of the crew. we'll keep you right across all the developments here on al jazeera. do, please stay with us rememb. social media take off. >> images matter. >> innovative filmmaker, spike lee - on his controversial new movie. >> the southwest side of chicago is a war zone. >> taking on the critics. >> and another thing... a lot of the people have not seen the film. >> and spurring change through his art. >> we want this film to save lives. >> i lived that character. >> we will be able to see change. >> coming up tonight, we'll have the latest... >> does the government give you refugee status? >> they've marched to the border. >> thousands have taken to the streets here in protest. >> this is where gangs bury their members. >> they're tracking climate change. >>> >>> welcome.

stations of ibrahim-samaha is not the hijacker. your question confirms my statement that we cannot release name as of now allow me please please. you did not disclose the name but the name is announced on other t.v. stations worldwide. history has it that many people were were their names were smeared due to unconfirmed reports by responsible parties. please let me complete my statement, i am here to release you the necessary pieces of information, the final solid pieces of information, names i will not disclose any names, nationalities either. what i want you to do mr. minister, is to refute the reports about the name released the name of ibrahim-samaha and if i have solid information i will refute these reports and as i said, as we speak i cannot disclose any names or nationalities. the name of the hijacker will be released on timely fashion once we establish of the fact we will disclose the name. the captain was concerned and that is why he responded to the hijacker threats. however, he took the chances and flew to cyprus, howev

egyptair is confirming the man is an egyptian national by the ibrahim samaha.lities that are on board, we understand that about 56 people are on that flight in addition to seven crew members. among them again these are reports that we have not been able to confirm at this hour but we understand that there are at least four foreigners on board. the majority of passengers we understand have been released but, of course, here's what happened earlier. egyptair flight 181, a domestic flight traveling from alexandria to cairo in egypt was hijacked. it was forced to land at larnaca airport in cyprus. airline and government officials have said that the plane was hijacked by a man wearing a suicide vest as you rightly said. egypt has set up a crisis center, we understand to deal with the hijacking. >> lama, taking a look at images deplaning from that hijacked plane that we believe. we know that you have traveled extensively in and out of egypt. are you surprised that someone with a vest was able to make it on to a plane? >> reporter: let's remember that this was a fligh

egyptair is confirming the man is an egyptian national by the ibrahim samaha. the nationalities that are on board, we understand that about 56 people are on that flight in addition to seven crew members. among them again these are reports that we have not been able to confirm at this hour but we understand that there are at least four foreigners on board. the majority of passengers we understand have been released but, of course, here's what happened earlier. egyptair flight 181, a domestic flight traveling from alexandria to cairo in egypt was hijacked. it was forced to land at larnaca airport in cyprus. airline and government officials have said that the plane was hijacked by a man wearing a suicide vest as you rightly said. egypt has set up a crisis center, we understand to deal with the hijacking. >> deplaning from that hijacked plane that we believe. we know that you have traveled extensively in and out of egypt. are you surprised that someone with a vest was able to make it on to a plane? >> reporter: let's remember that this was a flight, a domestic flig

investigators say samaha gave negotiators an envelope and said please give to it my ex-wife.evidently the motivation behind this hijacking was very much personal. we will keep an eye on this for you. >>> officials will be testing to see fit is safe to start flying passengers out of the brussels airport again. >> it comes after a number of people were killed in last weeks terror a tax in brussels. that number is up to 35. authorities still continuing raid in belgium, to round up those responsible for those attacks. three more people have been ordered held on charges of participating in terrorist activities. >>> 5:48. at this time one of the people taken in for questioning as a possible suspect in belgium is being released. fashol has been seen on cct footage on the brussels airport, he has been released because of the lack of evidence have the belgium officials charged him over weekend but now they say they do not have have enough evident to hold nim in custody. >>> fire raced up the side of the high rise tower in the the united arab emirates, latest in the series of sky scrap

hijacker is an american-egyptian dual citizen named ibrahim samaha.ptair said the negotiations led to the release of all but a few passengers and crew members. eight americans on board. we don't know if any of them are still among those being held. i want to get right to cnn's ian lee in cairo. he is following the latest. bring us up to speed, ian. >> reporter: what we are hearing now, we are getting a better picture of the motivation behind the hijacking. according to officials in cyprus, it has to do with something over an ex-wife. they do not believe it is terror related. we are waiting for a press conference by the egyptian ministry of civil aviation. how many people are still being held hostage? and to get a better idea of the motivation behind the situation. again, they're saying at least a cypriot national saying this is not a terrorism situation. officials don't believe it is an actual explosive device, but they say they are not sure. officials right now are not taking chances. they are treating it as if it was an explosive device. when the hi

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ibrahim samaha for his name being mentioned. he's a passenger on the plane. we are covering the story. kyl bailey, thank you are weighing in here. in egypt i hijacker identified as hijacked egypt air as it was headed this morning at about 8:45 a.m. local. it is now in sight race.ov we will be right back. ♪ ♪ for your retirement, you want to celebrate the little things, because they're big to you. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just measured in dollars. td ameritrade®. make sure it's ano make a intelligent one. the all-new audi a4, with available virtual cockpit. breaking news, a hijacked airplane lands in cyprus. i am maria bartiroma, here's what we know, one armed hijacker took control of an egypt air flight this morning that is going from alexandria to the capital of egypt's cairo, was reportedly wearing an explosive belt. among those originally on board ten americans, still held hostage according to egyptian officials, seven people lobbying held hostage including three passengers and four crewmembers. the airbus 320 was hijacked when i

and this just in through sources telling nbc news that samaha's motivation appears to be one of a personal matter involving a woman, not a political matter. hostage negotiators working to free four passengers all believed to be foreigners on that plane along with crew members. this as we learn in a some of those passengers could be american. more as we get it. >>> and traffic. outer loop at georgia avenue, those backups are building. we just for the off the phone with police, the right lane is now the only lane getting by. disabled vehicle still in the middle of the roadway. ed the backups will continue to grow until the tow is on the bridge. police activity outbound key bridge is out of the way. mcarthur boulevard, intersection blocked because of fire activity. 66 and 95 no major problems here this morning. of course we will keep an eye on this problem top of the beltway for you. time to talk to chuck. >>> a little less windy than yesterday, still quite the breeze outside for you first thing this morning. northwest winds still averaging 15 to 20 miles per hour. so a good day to be on the

and this just in through sources telling nbc news that samaha's motivation appears to be one of a personalatter involving a woman, not a political matter. hostage negotiators working to free four passengers all believed to be foreigners on that plane along with crew members. this as we learn in a some of those passengers could be american. more as we get it. >>> and

hijacker identified as abraham samaha, apparently had a suicide belt on and threaten the pilot and the crew. negotiators say the man gave them a name of the woman who lives in cypress and asked officials to give her an envelope. some reports say it is the man's ex-wife. other says the wife. and that he seems to be in love with this woman. an official with the flight tracking web site says that the egypt air flight showed no immediate signs of distress and was flying on the regular route when hijacking took place, we will follow it, those are live shots out of cypress right now. 6:04. >> breaking news south korea says north korea fired short range projectiles from the area of the east coast. the new details just coming n we will make sure to update you as soon as we get more information. >> here we go gannon that one. >>> also right now a man killed in the hit and run on the south jersey highway. >> this morning police say they just caught the driver behind the wheel and steve is there with the details, steve. where did they find him. >> reporter: right after we got off air they said po

the hijacker who was identified as abraham samaha apparently had a suicide belt on and threatened the pilot. >> local reports when it comes to his name, and negotiators say man gave them the name of the woman who lives in cypress and asked officials to give her an envelope. some say the man's ex-wife and he seems to be in love and might have done this get her attention. >> reports that would map has been brought to the airport over an hour ago and she's apart of the negotiation. it is good that the passengers, that is all of them, are off and it looks like one crew member got out. the it could be down to the hijacker and one pilot. >> we will keep you updated on that. >>> villanova wildcats will be feeling the pressure this weekend. yeah, hear that music. playing on one of the biggest stages in sports in the world. so, they could probably use advice on how to handle. >> pressure. >> pressure. >> well, who could relate to this. a field goal kicker. all eyes are on that kicker. >> sometimes you need that point to win the game. >> yes. >> this doodies a local guy. he went to temple. bran

earlier, egyptian officials said that he's 27-year-old ibrahim samaha. we're hearing now that may not be the right person again. i want to be clear about that. earlier, also egyptian officials said he had dual egyptian/american citizenship. we're waiting for some more concrete information about that. again, this guy said that he had an explosive belt on, demanded to go istanbul. instead, landed in larnaca. >> we know the egyptian airlines and the airport it flew out of has been under increased scrutiny after the russian plane blew up en route to russia. the egyptian officials said there's no way someone could get a bomb past our screening process. however, they're treating it like it is a bomb. do you think this is some cyi situation overall, or do you think there might be something here that the guy has a bomb because it wouldn't have got then far since it happened at 1:45 eastern time and still going on now, if he actually didn't prove to the seven left that he has a bomb? >> reporter: well, that's a great question, brian. that's certainly the concern.