there was that metrojet.ou'll remember isis was able to bring that out of the sky with an explosion using just a soda can packed with explosives. two months ago, egyptair, the same airline had a disgruntled engineer employee on the airline in sharm el sheikh airport. he was able to hijack a plane and take it to cypress. so there have been some consistent security lapses both in egypt and with this particular airline, certainly for authorities in paris that's going to be where they start this investigation. >> absolutely. you think about paris, cal. look at paris. it was the site of the horrible attacks at the end of last year. "charlie hebdo" early in the year prior to that. and then brussels right on the heels of that, in an art. >> security was already heightened at paris airport at l after the brussels attacks and remained at that level and was heightened today when this flight left paris. it's the things that we take for granted that people go after. certainly isis, in their magazine where we saw the pict

and back to what brought down the metrojet. this is why we have been so focused on the back-door security at the airports, the aircraft for the last number of years. they believe explosives packed in a soda can brought down that jet. imagine how easy it is to smuggle a soda can on a jet liner, without anybody checking to see if the cans are free explosives redue. they detected explosive material in the container. they don't necessarily believe that the trismg was responsible yet they have arrested at least one individual in connection with it. it is a small device. not a suitcase. a soda can. all you have to do is have a device that will have a catastrophic breach of the haul, and sever the communication lines, you can very quickly create nothing but a terrible ha hull of an aircraft that destined to fall in the sea below. we are not saying that terrorism is what brought down egypt air today. and we are in the neighborhood with isis has claimed responsibility for the metrojet. and isis has to be a main topic that you have to co

you mentioned that metrojet crash, there was a disgruntled employee, who hijacked the plane and that explain why there are three security officials on that passenger manifest. we know that egypt has raised the security apparatus in the wake of the attacks. they're desperate for tourism to return. >> absolutely. we have to note that this plane took off from paris, charles de gaulle airport, i mean, certainly in the wake of what happened in belgium they have stepped up security in addition to that which happened right there in paris in the airport's backyard in november. >> this has to be the fear of western security officials this morning is that somehow, somebody was able to either penetrate that security at charles de gaulle airport or maybe this was an inside job from egyptair. that has to be where investigators are starting. certainly we're in the very early hours of the investigation. we don't know. but it's an educated guess. we know that the search is well under way in the mediterranean for this airplane and there are merchant vessels now joining this ship. there are private ve

metrojet, this is national pride. it is guarded, i think any country would be guarded with the information. the last thing they want to do is publicize that they have security problems that could lead to the intentional downing of an aircraft. one of the thing they were talking about earlier. there was security in charles de gaulle. this was the fifth flight of the day. they had traveled through a variety of airports. something could have been put on this plane at any other points. if it was an explosive device with a timer, it could have gone through the circuit based onseting a timer for eight hours or ten hours or 12 hours. and it just happened on this portion of the leg, that explosive device went off. it may not be the problem at charlie de galle. it could have been at any of the other airports. >> tom, go ahead. >> greg and i went through a lot of discussions in late october and november when that metrojet liner was down. we were talking about could it have been a catastrophic break-up in flight. could it have b

we know about the metrojet plane where the allegation is there was a bomb on board there with a soda can. again, it would have to be, you would assume more sophisticated for them to achieve something like that if you might. here at charles de gaulle airport in paris and if as some people are suggesting that some kind of explosive might have been able to be put on the plane before it reached here then it would have to be on a timer, have to be concealed well enough not to be discovered here. if that is what happened is more sophisticated than we have seen in recent years. >> have they started the investigation at charles de gaulle? meaning have they started questioning every single airport employee that touched that plane? >> reporter: they will have done without question. but they won't be telling us about that. what we do understand from one airport official they have increased security since the paris attacks even going back as far as "charlie hebdo." they knew that air travel would be a target. we all know that the likes of isis or al qaeda would want to target planes. we know fro

although it was a metrojet airliner, it was still leaving from egyptian air space and security.in this case it's different. you have an egyptair flight leaving from paris. certainly there's a lot of questions given that the security situation in paris, in the context of what paris and france must have gone through is heightened. egyptian airlines, it's common for them to have flight marshals. it's like we have in the u.s., the people on board, particularly flights to europe, particularly flights that are going to be high traffic, high tourism destinations, very important and value for egyptair like france perhaps even london and germany, they'll have field marshals on those -- or air marshals on those planes. that's not a surprise to me. >> i'm curious about the disinformation or the lack of cohesive information between egyptair and the egyptian military which is assisting in this investigation. >> yeah. i mean, i have covered several of these type of incidents including terrorist attacks as well as, you know, incidents. i can tell you that the egyptians don't have a good track

and separately from egyptair, more recently a metrojet flight was downed in egypt's sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people onboard. isis claimed responsibility, saying it smuggled a bomb on board the russian plane. while this was not an egyptair flight, last october's crash did rain concern about security at egypt's airports. >> our international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins us live from london. of course, nic, many analysts are starting to fear as they break this down. they know the phase this plane as in at the time at 37,000 feet was cruise mode. so a lot of them now fearing foul play of some sort. what is the word on that as far as the possibility of terrorism? >> reporter: well, one of the pieces of information that we've just received here at cnn that you reported a few minutes ago, that in fact there was a distress call from the aircraft, turns on its head a little bit, if you will, some of the earlier anal sisz. the earlier analysis was that the plane was in a safe place in its flight. it was at a cruising altitude, that it suddenly disappeared from the radar. there

the metrojet airlines that came down over the sinai when isis claimed responsibility for a small bomb that they managed to sneak onboard. it was also on an egyptian airline flight that had taken off from cairo going to alexander rhea where a mentally disturbed man also pulled out what he claimed to be initially be a swuicide belt forcing that plane to divert to cypress and that caused quite a safety incident. that ended up without any casualties and a fairly peaceful sort of resolution. but this whole affair is bringing egypt and airlines going back and forth from egypt under a certain level of scrutiny although not egyptian airlines themselves per se. that being said, natalie, the crew, colleagues of the crew members as well as family members of the crew who died in this flight have been fairly frustrated by the fact that they feel as if egypt airlines and egypt as a country are being unfairly blamed in this particular instance for this particular aircraft going down. >> that's a sad part of this story for sure. arwa damon for us live in cairo, thank you, arwa. >>> experts speculatin

>> i am not sure there's much difference between the metrojet and this.es, i know that after metrojet they said a lot of -- they spent a lot of time, aviation authorities, not the government spokesman, but aviation authority saying that. we recognized it could be an explosive, but we can't say that yet. here what he is basically saying, that one bite, one comment about an hour into the press conference, what he says is yes, i'm looking at the same facts that you are and on those facts it seems far more likely to be terrorism than not. if you go back to metrojet, there wasn't the evidence on the ground until explosives started to be found, a residue started to be found. i am saying in this case, they're stating what is clearly becoming obvious. >> fair enough. thanks so much. >>> just ahead, different responses to today's breaking news from the two people that would be president. we will look at the contrast between candidate approaches next. it's true what they say. technology moves faster than ever. the all-new audi a4, with apple carplay integration. re

you'll recall the metrojet crash from back in october of last year. that flight taking off from sharm el sheikh headed to st. petersburg, russia. all 224 on board killed. that flight disappeared, vanished from the sky, 23 minutes into the flight. and just back in march, that hijacking of an egyptair flight. again, in this case, nobody harmed. it landed safely, and the purported bomb on board was, in fact, not a bomb, you'll remember, but this is a continuing issue now for egypt and it is not reflecting well for them, and they know it. >> kelly cobiella in london, thank you. >>> i want to go to ayman mohyeldin. there's no immediate indication of whether terrorism was involved as of right now. but egyptian aviation security has been under scrutiny since that metrojet crash that kelly was telling us about last october which had taken off from sharm el sheikh. talk to us about that and the reaction of egyptian authorities to what very possibly showed to be a terrorist attack with isis then later ayman putting that photo of that soda can they had rigged wi

now how to handle this case. >> not at all. >> we covered the metrojet disaster last fall. the investigation was nothing short of a disaster. different officials speaking out of turn. press statements leaked. messaging not coordinated. that's exactly what's happening again. yesterday there was an announcement that the greeks had found wreckage, then an announcement from the egyptians that wreckage from the plane had indeed been found. late last night an executive from egyptair came out to say we're wrong, there is no wreckage. yet the original statement was still on their website. the information war is on. we are trying to get as many facts as possible. we heard from the minister of civil aviation yesterday who refused to speculate saying he didn't want to delve in conspiracy or hypothesis. he ended the press conference saying it's more likely a terror attack than mechanical failure but giving few details to back that up. >> all right. makes a case like this tough to cover, especially from you on the ground trying to get us the latest. molly, what do you know about what's

egyptians were like you said, notoriously slow after that metrojet crash for a number of reasons. egypt frankly is in a mess right now. its economy is in tatters. its tourism industry has been absolutely decimated. one of the main reasons they took their time or so cagey with information last time is because they didn't want to declare that that was a terrorist attack. they are really hanging on by a thread when it comes to tourism. american tourists, european tourists have completely fallen off. so the turks and the russians are really the few country who's were still going to egypt to take advantage of its gorgeous sites and gorgeous beaches and that sort of thing. you're absolutely right in the wake of that attack, yeah, the attack that perhaps the that killed very little information. there was a lot of the conflicting information and in the end, it was from the russians that we first got word that it was an explosive dwigs that brought that plane down. >> what does that do for the fames? you're headed to the airport in paris now. you've got 15 people on board that flight. i im

it's only been seven months since the metrojet plane, the russian airliner bombed over the sinai leaving egypt. we know that groups in the al qaeda magazine boasted an explosive device that can bypass airport detection. so there are all these different factors involved. and what's really worrying everybody is that if this is terrorism, then you're potentially looking at collusion at an airport in the west, in a european country, in paris itself, the charles de gaulle airport. this is not somewhere in the developing world where security is lax, minimal or nonexistent. so if it's raises a lot of worrying questions. >> i want to delve deeper in that. you talk about the situation at charles de gaulle airport. if that is indeed the case. if security is an issue, talk to us about the different layers that investigators will have to look in from the captain, from the crew members, to the people who might have had access to that plane on the ground. >> well, memories are still fresh following not just the paris attacks last year but more recently the brussels attacks. and we know that the actors

last year, isis claimed this soda can bomb with a detonator and a switch had downed the russian metrojet plane over egypt. in february, the terrorist group al shabaab was suspected of planting a bomb in a laptop, blowing a hole in this jetliner, shortly after it took off from mogadishu, somalia. a month later, another laptop bomb shattered windows when it exploded near a small somali airport. given terrorist obsession with aviation, u.s. officials say it is possible an explosion downed egypt air 804. >> it raises my suspicion level. >> reporter: that it was what? >> that it was something other than mechanical -- >> reporter: a bomb? >> an explosive, right. >> reporter: john halinski, the former deputy administrator of the t.s.a. says terrorists have been doing their homework. >> they understand our tactics. they study the policies and security policies of the t.s.a. and other organizations. a device planted on the inside of an aircraft at the right location with a timing device that is conceivable is not that difficult to do, especially if you're looking at locations that don't have what

but egypt will lead the investigation as it did with the metrojet crash in october of last year. the egyptian prime minister said today, it was too early to rule out any explanation but he did specifically say, including a terrorist attack. his aviation minister here at the airport was much more forthcoming. he said it was much more likely that this plane crashed as a result of terrorist activity than of mechanical failure. he didn't give or provide any evidence for that, but obviously, chris, you know, egypt has a history here, it is specifically targeted by isis in the sinai peninsula, that is the group that brought down the metro liner last year. every week egyptian security forces, tourist sites, places in egypt, are targeted by isis. in the last month they issued ten videos specifically making threats against egypt. so it is very much an egyptian problem. the president met his national security cabinet today to discuss this because if it's mechanical, if it's terrorism, the egyptian economy will suffer, the egyptian image in the world will suffer. they came under great criti

let's not forget that the metrojet crash was brought down, we believe, by isis using a bomb in a soda can killing so many russian tourists. there is history of terrorism here and every reason to believe that this may not have been mechanical failure, but of course as i say, we are at the very, very early stages. let's stick to the facts, thomas? >> still working all the different theories that could have been a portion of what brought this plane down. and bill, let me get -- you're in front of the egyptian ministry of civil aviation. they said they received an official letter from the egyptian ministry of foreign affairs declaring the finding of wreckage. have they talked any further about what may have been in the mediterranean in terms of pieces potentially linked to this craft? >> reporter: no. they haven't pitched in and they wouldn't confirm the earlier greek reports that debris have been found. i mean, just remember, thomas, the mediterranean is full of junk, basically. so there's -- you know, there's a lot floating on the surface that could be misinterpreted as aircraft debris.

he examined concerns about past investigations related to the russian metrojet that crashed in octobere have been discussing this morning this headline from the "washington post" that egypt is often the last to recognize the real cause of its plane crashes and that includes the ongoing investigation as to what happened to that metro jetliner. how do you believe some of what we do and don't believe about that crash could impact this investigation? >> well, history suggests that the the egyptians will be in no rush to get to the bottom of this if there's any chance that conclusions will be embarrassing to them. in the case of the metrojet crash near sharm al sheikh the russian government acknowledged it was terrorism and u.s. government said it was terrorism and eventually even president el sisi said yes, this was terrorism. the egyptian government has not officially acknowledged it was terrorism. they haven't blamed it on anyone or outlined any new specific measures to eliminate that problem and they are continuing to say it's under investigation. that might be just one blip but we have

that's what happened on metrojet. back in egypt and the sinai in october, when that plane blew up, that russian metrojet plane, when they listened to the cockpit voice recorder, they could hear a fraction of a second of what they were sure was an explosion and then found explosive residue among the debris or caked on the debris and that told them that was likely a bomb. the difficulty in this case will be that the debris is in the water, in the sea. but they will be looking for any tell-tale signs of an explosive. back to you. >> tom costello, thank you so much for walking us through all of that. ayman, i want to bring you back in. tom just raised an interesting point. investigators looking at where this plane had been before it took off from here in paris to cairo. tunisia. eritrea. what do we know about those places with regards to airport security? what do we know about that part of the world? >> we know that tunisia has a much smaller airport, and security there, there are no direct flights from tunisia to the uni

we went through this during the metrojet investigation. information, as well following this crash. we're going to keep on top of it for you. we'll have much more in our next half hour, including a live report from egypt. >> stay with abc news for continuing coverage. we'll get you the latest later on this morning on america this morning and "good morning america." >>> the senate approved just over a billion dollars to fight the zika virus. this sets up a showdown with lawmakers in the house who voted for a much smaller amount yeshl this week. and the u.s. swimming team has moved its preolympic training from puerto rico to atlanta over concerns about the virus. this follows a decision by major league baseball to shift two of its games from san juan to miami. >>> oklahoma's legislature passed a bill that essentially bans an bortions by punishing the doctors who perform them. doctors could face felony charges or have their medical licenses revoked. it may be the first legislation of its kind in this country. it's unclear if the governor will

if you recall with the metrojet crash last year within three days they had confirmation that satellites overhead got a heat signature indicating there was a bomb on board. we haven't been able to get any confirmation on that. they say there's no indication of a heat signature where this airbus went down in the mediterranean. >> here's the problem. radical islamic terrorism seems to be at war with the rest of the world. so when somebody like myself thinks okay there's three air marshals on board that means they're armed and people charged the cockpit they probably would have been stopped so either something happened within the cockpit either one of the pilotipieltlots was a terrorist or there had to be a bomb on the plane. i'm thinking of the pockets h e possibilities here. is it normal reaction to think terrorism. >> absolutely. if we are at war with the jihadist so there is an event we have to read it with that perspective though we will have to wait for the black box to be discovered then we'll have the full truth. now we are 24 hours only after the incident yet you see a consensus be

metrojet showed there were vulnerables at the airport.le in paris is a different kettle of fish. even so, i guarantee you, they are examining every potential bit of security tape and every video and everybody who went near 804. >> i'm sure you are right. richard quest, thank you for that this morning. we are following all the details of the breaking news. egyptair flight vanishes with 66 people on board. search and rescue under way right now. we are live next. fwlarpz ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings de

satellite pictures of any kind of explosion, unlike in the case of the metrojet flight over egypt or in the case of the mh-17 flight over ukraine. still, though, one egyptian official, matt and savannah, saying that they believe that the probability of a terror attack is higher than a technical fault. >> these are early hours in that investigation. keir simmons, thank you. >>> let's bring in tom costello. he covers aviation for nbc news. he's been tracking the visitigation all morning. tom, as we get to you, before we get to terrorism, let's cover our steps in that direction. first, when there's a crash, we always talk about the plane, the crew and the weather. when it comes to the plane, this is a very safe aircraft. >> very safe. a320, one of the safest planes out there. it's a workhorse and compooeete with the boeing 737. there are more than 6,000 in use and the safety and track record are exceptional. as for the weather, clear skies over the mediterranean at that hour. really no concerns at all as it relates to weather. >> and the crew, this was a very experienced crew. >> yeah,

there are a lot of airports that fly to the united states and as we saw with the metrojet airliner, this is a pretty good way to get on the plane if you have the right people in place. >> what do you make, peter, of the fact that there has been no claim for responsibility? i can't recall a case where that happened for as long as this time. is it possible, of course, it could be not a terrorism attack but it could also be some kind of lone wolf suicide bomber, is that possible? >> it's possible. i agree, it's puzzling we haven't had a claim if this is terrorism but if i was being particularly mac la vel yent, one way to generate news coverage is to not claim responsibility because cnn and other news organizations are going to continue to cover this quite aggressively in the absence of the credible claim of terrorism, but once that claim is out there, in a way, the kind of open ended nature of this story becomes less so. so that could be an explanation, but the bottom line is, yes, very puzzling if this is terrorism, no claim that this is pretty unusual. >> since i have you, peter, i have

. >> reporter: following the metrojet bombings and isis attacks in paris and brussels, the tsa has increased screenings of airport workers, checked luggage, and karg no addition to extra scrutiny of passengers and carry-ons. in chicago, fbi director james comey -- >> the lines are an enormous pain. please know the lines reflect a commitment in this country to make air travel safe. air travel in the united states, as against the terrorist threat is, far, far safer than it was 15 years ago. >> that was kris van kleave reporting. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," analysis of the egyptair crash from former fbi assistant director john miller. >>> the reactions to the egyptair disaster shows the th. >> reporter: presidential candidates weigh in on the egyptair disaster. donald trump is blaming the crash on terrorists. he tweeted, "when will we get tough, smart, and vigilant? great hate and sickness." hillary clinton said that the egyptair flight shows we need to work with allies to keep america safe. >> with a flight coming from paris, our biggest concern is what's going on in europe. >> report

they are quick to both after the metrojet attack several months ago.his remains a tragedy without explanation. >> bill neely, thank you very much. >>> let's get more on the leading theories. what investigators are looking for this morning. tom costello is on the story for us. good morning. >> good morning. more questions than answers this morning, but a growing number of clues that investigators are looking to tell them what might have happened in the final moments before this plane vanished. >> reporter: this morning, investigators are zeroing in on egyptair 804's final 24 hours. it made five trips in the day before in the mediterranean, landing in paris, tunis, cairo. investigators are seeing who has access to the plane, including maintenance crews, caterers and bagg magnifying glass of interviews and background checks. >> so far, at least, we have no claim of responsibility or evidence that this was an intentional act. but the fbi, as you would expect, is working with our partners around the world to try and gain a better understanding of what happe

remember, they boasted of taking down that metrojet seven months ago very quickly. this remained a tragedy without explanation. back to you. >> bill neely reporting from cairo, egypt. >> the last known surviving terror suspect allegedly involved in november's paris attacks refused to tuck in questioning today in a paris salah abdeslam's attorney said he invoked his right to silence. today's court session ended abruptly because of the refusal to stop. abdulaum had said he wanted to explain everything. it was unclear why the suspect changed his mind. today was the first time abdeslam was questioned since his extradition from belgium last month. >> the terror spree in paris left 130 dead. isis claimed responsibility for the attacks. the state of emergency remains in effect in france. >>> in mercer county, donald trump repaid a political favor to chris christie by appearing at a fund-raiser. the presumptive nominee joined christie on stage. he started supporting trump after ending his own presidential bid. trump showed up to help christie pay off debt from the campaign.

we have to keep in mind this is part of the world that suffered the metrojet disaster back in octoberhen that russian jetliner was blown out of the sky by an explosive device after having left sh. to lose a plane at 37,000 feet it's highly unlikely that a plane literally comes apart at altitude without there being some sort of explosive or decompressive event and as we saw in the case of metrojet liner, that was an explosive device smuggled on board the plane by they believe ground staff on the ground in the sinai. what is different here, the plane originate in paris, which means it flew for a long time, almost reaching it's designation, usually when there is a plane incident, it occurs on take off or landing. the safest portion of a flight is generally when it is at cruising altitude. >> and so, let me just tell this to our viewers right now. tom, hold on for a second. stand by. i'll get right back to you but we're learning information from the american embassy in cairo. i was just handed this information, according to the duty officer there, we have been advised that they have not b

october's deadly crash of the russian passenger .lane in the sinai peninsula it is widely believed the metrojetlying from the red sea resort had been downed by a terrorist attack. the islamic state group claimed responsibility, saying it had planted a bobomb on board, killg all 224 people on the plane. focusedincidents have the spotlight on egypt's airport security, with questions being any potential explosives that could haveve ben smsmuggled onboard board, and if there were any security lapses, but egypt's worst disaster is the crash of flight 990 in 1919. it was a regularly scheduled flight from los angeles to cairo, with a stopover in new york. half an hour into the flight, the plane plunged into the atlantic ocean. it was 100 kilometers off the coast of nantucket, killing all 217 people on board. an investigation concluded the relief pilot was most likely responsible for deliberately crashing the jet. was catherine reporting. once again, we have military planes and naval vessels ombing the waters here the greek island of crete. they are looking for a flight 804, which went down early this

in light of kre recent events since the arab spring and the metrojet terrorist crash in egypt earlier this year it would not be surprising that egyptair would have more security personnel. but when they say the three security personnel, we don't know if that is randomly selected tsa-style air marshal guards or part of a security detail that was going with one individual. if that is what you are getting at. if it was a high-profile person was that the security detail with that person and that makes, obviously the logical thought would be did someone have prior access to this knowledge and was there perhaps a bomb put aboard the airplane set with the time detonator to go off? >> so, you know, let's just say this is based on heightened security because it is such a volatile area that they would put three security personnel on that crew. from your point of view, what would be the benefit of having those additional security members on a flight like that? >> oh, i mean, obviously, just look at what they had last month in march when they had the hijacking on the same airplane. he commandeere

. >> reporter: following the metrojet bombings and the isis attacks in paris and brussels, the tsa has increased screenings of airport workers, checked luggage and cargo in addition to extra scrutiny of passengers and their carryons. in chicago today fbi director james comey. >> the lines are an enormous pain, but please know the lines reflect a commitment in this country to make air travel safe. air travel in the united states as against the terrorist threat is far, far safer than it was 15 years ago. >> reporter: so far the egypt air crash has not resulted in a visible increase in security at u.s. airports. charlie, tomorrow the tsa administrator, peter neffenger, will be here in chicago to discuss the agency's efforts to address the marathon lines impacting the area airports here. >> thanks, chris. >>> before there was any evidence, both donald trump and hillary clinton blamed the crash of egypt air 804 on terrorism. trump tweeted "lookse another terrorist attack." and in a cnn interview clinton said, "it does appear that it was an act of terrorism." >>> still ahead, a new poll in t

you have to look at the crash of the metrojet plane in the sinai in october.d what appeared to be bomb or detonator inside a soda can. he says up until that time, a standard security sweep may not have picked up a device that small. so they have to look at the sweeps that were conducted at each of the airports, jim, that's going to be crucial. are they going to detect anything at any of the airports. >> four different airports, four different countries. so many people involved in each of those stops, isn't that right? >> that's right, an incredible job ahead. u.s. officials say investigators first looked, it will likely be the ground crew in paris, flight crew. anyone in paris who had access to the plane there. analysts say counterterrorism officials have to investigate everyone that could have come in contact with the plane, as you mention, jim, at all four stops in four countries. and people who were their friends, relatives, anyone they communicated with. imagine how many people you have to check out in that circumstance. >> brian todd on the story, thanks

>> in the metrojet. >> in metrojet. cockpit voice recorder they heard what was a nanosecond of an explosion. they heard that nanosecond of what they thought was an explosion that led them to more of the evidence that suggested a bomb did bring down metrojet. they have to find the black boxes and they need the pinger which will go off in water. >> this is such a busyrea where it potentially went down, at least the swath of the area where they'll be looking. it's busy, you say, and the depths are not such a worst case scenario in terms of finding something? >> we looked it up a minute ago. my trusty colleague here. the average depth inside the ocean was -- inside the mediterranean sea? >> 4,900 feet. he was looking it up as we were talking earlier. and can go as deep as 17,000. this pinger should work up to 20,000 feet. i can't tell you where it's 17,000 feet deep in the mediterranean but these pingers should work just fine. >> john cox, let me bring you in with information the greek defense minister provided based on mil

they will quickly release information to avoid the criticism after the metrojet crash. government is eager to restore confidence and is sensitive to a rush for judgment that egypt is responsible for the security lapses. officials say finding the black boxes are priority. they hope they will provide some clues as to what brought the flight down. wolf? >> they need to find the flight data recorder and pok kit voice recorder. thanks, elise. in . >>> coming up, donald trump picked up a major endorsement. also, breaking news on smoke on the plane before disappearing. you do all this research on a perfect car then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should have done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. just one of the many features that comes standard with our base policy. call for a free quote today. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. >>> we continue watching the breaking news. new reports indicating smoke in the plan

repeated incidents have reminded us, from the 9/11 attacks themselves to the recent destruction of metrojet flight 9268 above the northern sinai in october 2015, the aviation sector remains a target for attack or exploitation by terrorists, criminals, and other bad actors. to meet this challenge, the dhs strategy relies upon the following core elements. first, under u.s. law, dhs, acting through tsa, is required to assess security at all foreign airports serving as a last point of departure offering service to the united states. pursuant to the law, tsa has people on the ground working with foreign partners, air carriers, airport authorities, and others to assess all aspects of the security at such airports. only after tsa determines that an airport meets international security standards may that airport offer flight service to the united states. once flight service begins, tsa continues to inspect and monitor these airports and carriers, and it has the authority to take action if security standards are not being met or if intelligence warrants. tsa can suspend service entirely or it can is

we all remember the recent one, the russian airliner metrojet was shot down over the scene i -- sinaioctober. paris-cairo plane follows a number of issues in egypt. riad: tourism is a very important sector for the egyptian economy, which has not been doing so well ever since the revolution in 2011. news -- bad news, whether it is a bomb attack or mechanical failure, it is the three incident. we had the bombing of the russian airliner and the hijacking of the previous egyptair plane. it looks bad. bombing, tourism to egypt dropped by 40%. 2010were already down from significantly. mark: thank you for joining us. .aroline connan and riad hamade you can follow the latest developments on the bloomberg at . taylor: euro area considering a new way to ease greece's debt burden. and when imf support for a bailout. there's a proposal to buy $60 billion of loans other countries may degrees. that's made to greece. france's lower house of parliament has approved the two-month extension of the state of emergency declared after the deadly attacks in paris. the measure is aimed at covering the eu

say what may have caused this disaster, >> steve:last october, an airbus a321 operated by russia's metrojet was brought down by a bomb over egypt's sinai peninsula. all 224 people on board were killed/ a local isis affiliate said it had smuggled a bomb on board. >> steve:sixty=six people were on board the airline that went missing today. there are no reports that any americans were among them. >> pam:coming up. ahead at eight. >> pam:state leaders taking wide- ranging action. to tighten gun control. >> pam:the measures they approved. >> steve:plus. a car heard doing do-nuts. loses control and slams into a east bay home. a east bay home. introducing the completely redesigned mercedes-benz c-coupe, a east bay home. with its athletic prowess and sleek new body. it doesn't just raise the bar... ...it completely crushes it. the all-new c-class coupe. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> steve: following the recent spike in freeway shootings. >> steve:investigators have described it as high-speed. gang warfare. there have been more than 20 shootings on bay area freeway's since november of 20-15

the russian metrojet that blew apart in egypt. that was last fall. i think it was the end of october. i don't think it was november yet when that happen. there were reports that russians believed there was a bomb on board that aircraft. at the sharm el-sheik airport. at any rate there were at least reports that an isis related incident in that case. then you look at malaysia flight 17 which was shot down in ukraine which was i think in july of 2014. that's the aircraft where one of the first indications was that it essentially disappeared. so in other incidents that we've seen in the most recent aircraft accidents where we had crashes. as a pilot, i know that you would be communicating trying to get help with an emergency. if a pilot is handling a major emergency in flight that's not instant and catastrophic. you will usually seeing the plane doing something for a period of time before it disappears. >> there was one report. i'm not sure if you heard the new report where i believe the captain of the ship in the area reported seeing a flame in the sky

that's very important as you alluded to earlier with the metrojet crash in october last year out of egypt. one of the problems we had was significant misinformation from authorities. so you tend to learn that some authorities aren't very good at disseminating information, particularly when there's only one source of it rather than the military being involved, politicians being involved, the airline being involved, and other commentators. when you've got one reliable source, you can zero in on that. but when you -- and then on top of that, when you are getting reputable news agencies like yourselves reporting things and knowing the great lengths that cnn goes to to verify data, we also look at that very seriously. and so you get to know which is credible, which is not, and to put to one side these things that are possibly, you know, something -- some comment from a politician. and also one must take into consideration the language issue here. a lot gets lost in translation and that's something we have to be very careful of. >> exactly right. jeffrey thomas, thank you so much. >> we want to

security has been stepped up at egypt's airports, especially after last october when the metrojet plane up by isis over the sinai peninsula. and so if this was a terrorist attack, if this was a bomb, there are a lot of questions to be answered. there hasn't been a claim of responsibility, which makes a lot of analysts and terror experts believe that it most likely wasn't a terrorist attack. but we can't rule that out. but if it was one, they would have to look at the origin of the flight, and that goes to paris and was it possible that a bomb was put on the plane there? we do know paris has had some recent attacks, and so that would probably be where the focus would go. >> absolutely. and we need to emphasize here we don't know what the cause was. it's still possible it could either be terrorism, possible mechanical problems, or fire. we don't know at this point. our ian lee reporting there live from cairo. many thanks to you. >>> austria's presidential runoff election is so close, absentee ballots could decide who wins the race. >> the contenders are a far-right anti-immigrant party le