st. peters burg, russia. among the 24 dead, 25 children. these photos show happy families ready to make their way home from a vacation in the resort town of sharm el sheikh. a mystery of what brought the plane down just 23 minutes after takeoff. so instantaneously, there may not be evidence on the black boxes. they'll have to look at the wreckage on the ground. how it's laid out. >> reporter: with eight miles of skaerted debris, one possibility is a bomb. >> the possibility of a bomb or an incendiary explosion. >> reporter: another theory, human error or a problem with the plane. the ex-wife of the co-pilot said he had complained about the air bus including on the morning of the crash. and a final theory, could terrorists on the ground have taken out the plane? an isis-linked group claimed responsibility. >> some of the claims of responsibility we're hearing from terrorist groups do not jibe with with what might have happened to this plane. >> reporter: a terrorist attack from the ground is extremely unlikely. but several airlines said they

st. peters burg, the awful task of identifying the dead, continues.he families are taken by car, where they will have their d.n.a. matched with the bodies there. it is an appalling task, when you think that there are 224 crew and passengers killed in this disaster, and only formally it'd fied just. people, so it is going to be a very long process. meanwhile, putin's press secretary has warned the media against trying to link the disaster with russia's operations in syria. he says this is most inappropriate. >> that is peter sharp reporting. refugees fleeing the cold continue to flee. they are getting an even colder reception. 16 refugees drowned trying to reach frees, some are coming in overcrowded ding gis trying to brave the cold. more from the greek island. >> with all the tragedy they have seen, still, the aid workers keep looking. the sea may be calmer, but nerves are on edge. when the refugees make it ashore, the sense of relief is eclipsed only by a broing outrage. >> i can not imagine. i feel ashamed that i am a european. i feel a bit shamed.

st. peters burg early on tuesday. a third plane is expected in the city later in the day. the latest from st. peters burg. >> well, they have formally extended the crash site now, they are looking at an area of what more than 30 square kilometers and it is such a large area, that they are using drones to try and search for more bodies and more debris, well, they found more debris and wreckage, but no actual bodies today. meanwhile, here in st. peters burg, the awful task of identifying the dead. to the meteorologist ware where they are have their d. n.a. matches with the bodies there. it is an appalling task, when you think there are 224 crew and passengers killed in this disaster and they have only formally identified just ten people. the press secretary has warned the media against trying to link the diseases we russia's operations in syria, he says this is most inappropriate. >> renewed fighting has broken out in eastern ukraine, the government says separatist shelled the troops outside the rebel strong hold on monday night. but the rebel say troops attacked them with ta

st. peters burg. >> i have formally extended the crash site now, they are looking at an area owhat more than 30 square kilometers and it is such a large area, that they are using drones to try to search for more bodies and more debris, well they found more debris in wreckage, but no extra bodies today. they are taken by car to the cream story, and the mortuary where may will have their dna matched with the bodies there. it is an appalling task, and when you think that there are 224 crew and passengers just ten people, so it is going to be a very long process, meanwhile, putin's press secretary has warned the media against trying to link the disaster. while they are accused of making false claim about the clean up operations in nigeria. plus, the partnership that seems to be working in the war on panama. all that and more after the break. serve a maximum of 15 years in jail. the site of the plane crash in egypt doesn't belong to the aircraft. >> police in frankford have raided the headquarters of the football association, it is over an investigation into tax evasion, as lee reports questions

st. peters burg,, russia. before boardi, the parents of a 10-month-old posting a photo of her.r. this father and daughter smiling as they walked up the steps. after reaching 31,000 feet, 23 minutes after takeoff, it disappeared from radar. with no distress call. authoritities agree, the large debris field, eight square miles, means that the plane broke up in the air and not on thground. but why? three main theories emerging. first, a missilile. though this hasn't been ruled out, intelligence officials say militants in the area aren't known to have weapons that can reach that high. a b bomb o board. the kremlin tod not ruling out some type of terrorism. and the airline, metrojet that it was not technical error. mechanal or structural failure remain a strong possibility. the co. pilot's ex-wife telling russian tv he had complained about the rning of the crash. records also show that in 2001, the plane's tail hit the runway, known as a tail strike. today, many of the bodies arrived in russia. the parents of 29-year-old roman polionov, on vacation with his girlfrieiend, weeng before

st. peters burg, where the russian president holds his annual forum.ace later this week. he effectively encourages business leaders to come there and pitches investment in russia. leaders you say to the coming from the outside. do you think they should stay away from russia? is that your advice to them? >> look, everybody should undertake the steps which are dependent on them to share the values which -- which they believe. the fighting here, not just for the money, for the salary, fighting for values, european values. i'm very pleased that the people of the whole world are demonstrating -- with the ukraine. that's what happened during the voting in the general assembly to have united nations. that happened many times. but not only the leaders of the state, not only the leaders who are coming, not only the politics but the investors and businessmen should demonstrate that they also share the same values, and if they share the same values, they'd -- the sanction approach choffs demonstrated by the curnings because without that, it would be simply imposs

st. peterers burg say they have identified several people so far. >> reporter: well, another tough day for the families of victims. the process of identifying the bodies continues. what they are hearing in russian media at the moment, two different versions of what potentially kill their loved ones. did the plane break apart in the air, did the tail section fall off, an accident a few years ago or was it because of a bomb on board? a salt petersburg newspaper, the oldest here, widely respected, reports that the injuries fall into two categories, those in the fronts have burns and trauma-type injuries, indicative of falling from the sky. the rear of the aircraft have exmovies tra ma, pieces of metal fragments in the body. they're quoting their sources, here in st. petersburg, the forensic teams are examining the body. the potential being provided. the task news agency here says, however, what they understand from their sources is that there has been no explosive residue found on the bodies, there is no known explosive damage to the bodies. what is painful for the families is not knowing pre

st. peters burg, and then vanishing. the plane broke apart in midair, wreckage scattered for miles. u.s. officials have intercepted communications that could indicate rebels place add bomb on the plane. according to the associateds from. but they have not been willing to go as far as their british counter parts. i think there is a possibility that there was a bomb onboard. and we are taking that very seriously. >> accused to british government of jumping ahead of the investigation, a spokes woman for the russian foreign min industry, says the u.k. needs to be forthcoming, about it's intelligence. >> this information hasn't been given to the russian side. this is shocking. >> all this comes as egyptian president and on his first official visit to london. he said british experts examined security at the shower mall sheikh airport ten months ago, and were satisfied. rebels in the sinai affiliated with isil have claimed responsibility, a claim that has not been verified but even if this was an attack, some tourists remain resolute. >> we can't stop visiting countries like this because i

st. petering burg. the russian airline already dismissed what they call technical or human error.declaring this so early on, especially when the kremlin isn't ruling out terrorism? >> reporter: well, i think they're using that vague language that they have used, trying to distance themselves as much as possible from the catastrophe that has cost 224 lives. all over this country there's been a national day of mourning. you can see behind me hundreds, if not thousands of people have been turning out to pay respects, to lay flowering, light candles and put children's toys out here out of a show of respect, something that's deeply affected russian people. the company officials, of course, some of whom may face criminal charges if it's found maintenance or technical errors were to blame, are trying to put as much distance as possible from this catastrophe and itself. we have the -- it's not ruling out terrorism, but it doesn't want toss any connection with its actions in syria. require russia started air strikes against isis and other rebel groups, and this incident -- as blowback or r

st. peter's burg, florida, who was arrested by the fbi for saying he was going to shoot and kill every singleuslim child that he sees, and southwest airlines had two or three flights where muslims were taken off of the flights simply because they're muslim so it's been par for the course since september 11th. >> i want to play -- we've seen the republican rhetoric this time. i want to play for sort of a comparison what you've heard today from some of these republican presidential candidates and what we heard from the last republican president on the issue of islam. here it is. >> i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down and i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering. >> the face of terror is not the true faith of islam. that's not what islam is all about. islam is peace. >> that would be like saying we weren't at war with nazis because we were afraid to offend some germans who may have been members of the nazi party but weren't violent themselves. this is a clash of civilization. >> when it comes to the common rights and needs o

st. peters burg to sharm el sheikh. that did not mean they were buying into the bomb theory, but this passenger was grateful for the caution. if there's a reason to cancel it's better not to fly he said. wreckage has been sent to moscow to be analyzed for traces of explosives. adding to evidence gathered by u.s. and british officials of possible terrorist involvement, leaks close to the investigation of the black box flight recorders said there were indications of an explosion on board. >> thank you, allen pizzey. >>> while investigators work to the jet, concern has spread from egypt to many other countries including this one. >> reporter: everything brought aboard a jet will be subject to extra screening, from checked and carry on luggage to catering and other items loaded on the planes. homeland security will conduct an airport assessment of passenger and baggage screening procedures at ten airports across the middle east and russia. vladimir putin ordered the suspension of all flights between his country and egypt. a

st. peter burg with mourners lighting candles and praying for the 224 people killed. investigators are trying to determine if a bomb exploded on from egypt sinai peninsula. new york senator charles schumer was briefed by the fbi and homeland security. even though a bomb is a possibility so far there's no evidence isis was involved. >> most of isis is communications unlike al qaeda, it is electronic so we have a pretty good chance of listening in and we didn't find those. there have been no threats that the authorities have picked up states. >> schumer also says that egyption officials have resisted allowing fbi agents to investigate on the ground. >>> a symbol of the cities resilience following the 9/11 attacks arrived in time for veterans day. the uss new york floated past the near rows bridge on sunday, 7.5 tons of the ships building materials came from the steel rubble of the world trade center. the vessel is docked at pier 88 as part of the veterans week which runs through friday. >>> 5:08 a college football protest getting national attention. >>> also this mornin