Attackers Target Ancient Site in Egypt; Texas Pool Party Officer Resigns
COSTELLO: Militants targeting one of Egypt's most popular tourist sites. The temples at Luxor. Security forces stopping two attackers before they could make it past security. A third was killed when his suicide bomb went off. Five people injured. Luxor is one of Egypt's most famous tourist destinations, home to ancient temples including King Tut's tomb. Ian Lee is covering the story from Cairo. Tell us more, Ian.</s>IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, this had the potential to be a devastating attack. And if it wasn't for a vigilant police officer who noticed the militants coming into the Karnak Temple area, he thought they looked suspicious, stopped them, that's when the incident took place, killing two of the militants. One was injured in the attack. We're hearing that some civilians and police officers were also injured in the attack. No tourists were harmed. And it was potentially deadly as hundreds and at times thousands of tourists visit this site on a daily basis. A lot of Egyptians are remembering back to 1997 when militants attacked another Luxor temple killing dozens of people. The Ministry of Tourism has released a statement saying that they place a priority of safety of tourists in our country and they have enhanced security measures at all the sites across the country. But what we're witnessing here is a real escalation of the violence by militants. Previously they have only gone after the government and security personnel. And this is the first time we've seen them going after a tourist site which has a lot of Egyptians afraid we're returning to the days of the '90s when this was more of a common threat.</s>COSTELLO: All right. Ian Lee reporting live from Cairo, Egypt. Thanks so much. The Texas police officer who sparked outrage after appearing in this video resigns. Corporal Eric Casebolt, you see him there, he's the one who slammed a 14-year-old girl to the ground and later drew his gun on unarmed teenagers. His own chief condemning his actions yesterday.</s>CHIEF GREG CONLEY, MCKINNEY POLICE: Our policies, our training, our practice do not support his action. He came into the call out of control and as the video shows was out of control during the incident.</s>COSTELLO: Alina Machado is in McKinney, Texas, this morning with more. Good morning, Alina.</s>ALINA MACHADO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. The officer had been on administrative leave and he resigned from his position even though the investigation into what happened is still very much ongoing. The reaction here to his resignation has been mixed. There have been a few people who we know were at the pool party, who have defended the officer's action, but we've also talked to people who say there is no doubt in their opinion that he overreacted and acted inappropriately. Here's what the young woman who organized this pool party had to say about the resignation.</s>TATYANA RHODES, HOSTED PARTY: I'm happy that he's resigning. I feel that everyone in McKinney will feel better that he's resigning. And that I feel sorry for my friend and I hope that she can get through this. And that I want her to know that we're here for her.</s>MACHADO: Now the girl who was seen in the video interacting with the officer was not charged with anything. At this point we've heard there's been some talk of possibly filing some lawsuits and the former officer is still under investigation even though he resigned from the police department. It is unclear at this point if he's going to be facing any criminal charges related to what happen after that pool party. We have not heard directly from the officer himself but we know that he has received death threats. His attorney has scheduled a news conference for later this afternoon. We're hoping to learn more about his side of the story in that news conference -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: All right. Alina Machado, reporting live from McKinney, Texas, thanks so much. Still to come in the NEWSROOM, Republican House speaker John Boehner, well, he had a lot to say moments ago about President Obama's perceived lack of strategy in the battle against ISIS. We'll tell you what he said next.