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wolf blitzer's going to have a lot more on this. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. "the situation room" starts right now. >>> happening now, breaking news. bomb on board, cnn is now learning that u.s. intelligence suggests the crash of that russian passenger jet in egypt was most likely caused by a bomb on the plane planted by isis. is isis responsible? sources telling cnn that internal communications and increased activity in the region point to a terrorist plot. did an isis sympathizer at the airport plant an explosive device on the plane? flights grounded. new revelations are prompting fear and some countries suspending all flights to and from that resort. is weak airport security to blame? and how great is the risk to americans? ultimate betrayal, a stunning twist in the case of a police officer believed to have been

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i'm wolf blitzer reporting.isian police getting help tonight from the fbi as they try to trace how isis terrorists massacred 129 people in a friday night attack. our justice correspondent, pamela brown, is in washington for us. pamela, how is the fbi helping this french investigation? >> reporter: and it is led by the france's investigation, wolf. the fbi is providing support. in fact, it already sent over several agents that are now on the ground in paris to provide support as needed to provide forensic help, analytical help, investigative help. this is just the beginning, and officials i've spoken to said this is an investigation that could take weeks until we have a clear picture. it involved several different countries. it involved looking at electronics, through computers and cell phones. that's the kind of thing fbi agents are going to be helping with. i'm told that thus far the names that the fbi has that they've been running through the database here in the u.s. there is no indication that these are peop

we will have more coming up at the noon hour here with my colleague wolf blitzer taking colleague wolfover to the help right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer and 12:00 p.m. noon in milwaukee, and 1:00 p.m. here in washington, and wherever you are watching us from around the world, we thank you for joining us. we start at the campaign trail as the republican campaign candidates will get back to the work after wrapping up the fourth presidential debate last night. jeb bush is in iowa, and taking part in the town the hall later in this hour. athena jones is following the campaign, and several stops in iowa today t, and what have you heard are from the candidates so far about the debate, athena, last night? >> hi, wolf. we saw a confident governor bush this morning feeling good about the debate. he said that the moderators asked good question, and he e feels that he did well. he is also confident coming off of the endorsement announced of the campaign of bob dole, the former u.s. senator and rmer id

. >> and i'm wolf blitzer in washington. this is breaking news coverage of the paris terror attacks that have left 129 people dead and 352 people injured, 99 of the wounded are said to be in critical condition. we have some chilling new video we want to share with you right now. [ gunfire ] this was obtained by a french publication. you can see the gun battle between the terrorist and the police outside the bataclan concert hall where so many of the young victims were killed. isis is now claiming responsibility for what is the deadliest terror attack in europe in more than a decade. >> and wolf, prosecutors believe three teams of terrorists with armed assault rifles and wearing explosive suicide belts carried out six separate attacks, coordinated attacks. authorities have carried out several raids overnight in belgium in connection with the attacks here in paris. they're learning a lot more about how this happened. one of the cars used by the thrift was rented by someone with french nationality in belgium. that individual an

i'm wolf blitzer reporting. cnn's continuing live coverage of the paris terror attacks. breaking this hour, units are carrying out raids in france right now, around toulouse, grenoble, seen as potential recruiting grounds for jihadists. potentially hundreds are involved in these raids. the operation apparently still unfolding as we meet and speak right now. also tonight, at least one very dangerous suspect is clearly on the loose reportedly slipping the grasp of french police. we're learning that salah pz abdeslam was stopped and questioned driving in the direction of the belgium border but he was not, repeat, not, deta detained. a source telling cnn that happened only a few hours after the brutal attack friday night. meanwhile, france is striking back on isis unleashing a major round of air strikes on the terror group strong hold in syria. 20 bombs were dropped on city of raqqa. france says all the target were destroyed and its planes returned safely to bases in jordan and the united arab emira emirates. activi

and my colleague pam brown is sitting in for wolf blitzer, and sitting in for wolf blitzer, and she is sitting in right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in for wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. here in atlanta, and 6:00 p.m. in london and 8:00 p.m. in cairo. wherever you are watching from around the world, thank you for joining us. >> this cnn breaking news. >> and the breaking news is the downing of a jet airliner that killed 224 passengers. officials are not sure what caused the crash. the u.s. intelligence says they are sure of one thing, there is no evidence that a missile brought down the flight. and this from the head of the national intelligence agency. take a listen. >> we don't have any direct evidence of any terrorist involvement, yet. isil in a tweet claimed responsibility for it, and there is a very aggressive isil ch chapter in the sinai, and we don't know, and once the black boxes have been analyzed, and safely recovered, perhaps we will will know more. >> joining me now the discuss from cairo, egypt is our cnn international correspondent

my colleague wolf blitzer is my colleague wolf blitzer is going to start right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it is 12:00 p.m. in milwaukee, wisconsin, and 1:00 p.m. in washington, and 8 :00 p.m. in jerusalem. wherever you are, thank you for joining us. we are just hours away from debate four from the republican presidential candidates, and the face-off tonight is critical for several of the candidates hoping to stop their fall in the polls, and stay within shouting distance of the two frontrunners, ben kcarson and donald trump are again doing be center stage of the prime time portion as leaders. in all of the major polls, they are the leaders leading up to the debate. and now our reporter is joining us live from where the debate is going to be taking place, sun lynn serfaty. i take it that the first three are going to be same as the first three debates? >> yes, and starting with the candidates only eight candidates on the main debate stage which is down from 10. mike huckabee and chris christie did not qualify for the main debate, because of the

wolf blitzer starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> hello, i'm wolf blitzer and it is 1:00 p.m. here in washington, and 9:00 p.m. in ankara, and wherever you are watching, we thank you for joining in. and moments a s ago the preside spoke with his national security team. this is what he said. >> we know of no significant or credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland, and that based based on the latest information i have received in the situation room. it is similar to the information and the briefing that i received on saturday before i left on my trip last week. so as americans travel to be with their loved ones, i want them to know that the law enforcement levels at every level are working overtime. they are continually monitoring threats at home and abroad. continually evaluating our security posture. they are constantly working to p protekt all of us. >> let's go the joe johns over at the white house for us. and the president, joe, he was clearly trying to reassure the nation right now on this thanksgiving eve, and had the attorney general, the fbi

and my colleague pam brown is sitting in for wolf blitzer, and sitting in for wolf blitzer, and she isw. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in for wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. here in atlanta, and 6:00 p.m. in london and 8:00 p.m. in cairo. wherever you are watching from around the world, thank you for joining us. >> this cnn breaking news. >> and the breaking news is the downing of a jet airliner that killed 224 passengers. officials are not sure what caused the crash. the u.s. intelligence says they are sure of one thing, there is no evinc

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my colleague wolf blitzer is my colleague wolf blitzer is going to start right now. -- captions by vitactac.com >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it is 12:00 p.m. in milwaukee, wisconsin, and 1:00 p.m. in washington, and 8 :00 p.m. in jerusalem. wherever you are, thank you for joining us. we are just hours away from debate four from the republican presidential candidates, and the face-off tonight is critical for several of the candidates hoping to stop their fall in the polls, and stay within shouting distance of the two frontrunners, ben kar

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news, as the paris massacre spreads fear across europe, police evacuate a stadium in germany before an international soccer match, saying intelligence under covered, quoting, serious plans for explosions. players are rushed to safety. fans are ordered home. the german chancellor merkel scrubs plans to attend the match. among the other major developments, french police are now searching for a second man suspected of involvement in the bloody paris attacks. urgent manhunt is now under way for suspected attacker salah abdeslam. as security sweep continues across france, police in paris today found a vehicle he rented. what could be a major break for investigators, cnn has now learned they found a cell phone believed to belong to one of the attackers. officials say it contains a message sent some time before the attacks, saying essentially, i'm quoting now, we're ready. we're also learning the alleged

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> u.s. experts may now be able to examine at least some parts of the russian airliner that exploded over sinai. egypt has granted permission for a u.s. team to aid in the investigation. and the ntsb may also be able to draw on the fbi for help. egypt's president visited sharm el sheikh airport today insisting that the crash was an isolated incident and warning against what he calls hasty conclusions. he says the investigation results will be announced with complete transparency and clarity. we're also now learning that isis specifically called for attacks against russia in the days before the airliner went down. u.s. officials are focusing in on isis or its sinai affiliate which has claimed responsibility. officials are sketching out a scenario involving a bomb with a timer, perhaps planted aboard the plane with the help of an insider at the sharm el sheikh airport. our correspondents, analysts and guests will have full coverage of the day's top stori

. >> wolf blitzer's here with a preview of "the situation room." y. isis is claiming responsibility for the attack. you have former nato supreme allied commander wesley clark to talk about what this means for the larger war on terror and the war against isis. >> it looks like isis not only going after various targets in iraq and syria, which we all know about. but clearly now expanding that russian commercial airliner at sharm el sheikh 224 people were killed, now they're claiming responsibility for dozens of people killed and injured in beirut today in this bombing. and it's going on and on and on. general wesley clark's going to join us. we'll talk about that. ed royce, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee as well. >> wolf blitzer, look forward to that. more than 20 aircraft in different cities targeted by lasers overnight blinding some pilots while they were flying. that story next. when it comes to helping you reach your financial goals,t taking small, manageable steps can be an effective... and enjoyable approach... compared to the a

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following the breaking news. very disturbing new intelligence on that russian plane crash in egypt that killed 224 people. a u.s. official familiar with the matter now telling cnn the latest intelligence suggests the disaster was most likely caused by a bomb planted by isis or an isis affiliate. our source goes onto say, and i'm quoting now, there is a definite feeling it was an explosive device planted in luggage or somewhere on the plane. britain has reached a similar conclusion. and along with ireland has suspended all flights to and from sharm el sheikh, egypt, where the doomed russian flight originated. we're covering that much more this hour with our guests including senator angus king, member of the intelligence and armed services committees. also our correspondents and expert analysts they are standing by. we're following the breaking news. let's begin with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, you broke this story earlier

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the breaking news amid a stunning flurry of developments today in the aftermath of paris massacres a chilling new threat from isis has just emerged. a new propaganda video suggests the terror group is targeting new york. they chose an explosive device being put together and a bomber zipping his jacket over a suicide belt. crowded manhattan street scene show the intent to show fear. explosions and gunfire echoed through the early morning darkness as security forces raided apartments in a paris suburb. they met heavy resistance, two terror suspects killed including a woman who blew herself up. she was reportedly a cousin of the alleged mastermind of the paris terror attacks, abdelhamid abaaoud. investigators are checking body parts found in the rubble to see if his dna turns up. an isis magazine is showing an image of what it says is the bomb that brought down that russian metrojet airliner over sinai. the picture of a soda can with what experts say l

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> horrifying new images of smoking wreckage surface, president obama's now weighing in saying there is a possibility a bomb brought down the russian airliner over egypt's sinai peninsula. the u.s. is taking that very seriously. the british prime minister david cameron says it's, quote, more likely than not a bomb is to blame. that echoes u.s. officials who say intelligence suggests isis or its affiliates planted a device. they say the specific nature of chatter monitored after the crash drew their scrutiny and that other clues point to the possibility that an airport insider helped get a bomb on that plane. thousands of foreign tourists they're stranded right now in the egyptian resort town of sharm el sheikh. their flights grounded amid these terror concerns. they are set to resume the flights, we're told, but with new strict security measures in place. and as the first funerals for the 224 victims begin in russia, russ

i'm wolf blitzer and it is 1:00 p.m. here in washington, and 9:00 p.m.rom irbil, iraq, and wherever you are watching paul from around the world, thank you for joining paul. we start in brussels where a number of people were a arrested in a series of raids,

i'm erin burnett in paris. >> and i'm wolf blitzer in washington.ing news coverage of the paris terror attacks that have left 129 people dead and 352 people injured, 99 of the wounded are said to be in critical condition. we have some chilling new video we want to share with you right now.

i'm wolf blitzer.n room." >>> tonight, conflicting evidence about whether a bomb blast or some other type of explosion ripped apart a russian airliner in flight. a u.s. official tells cnn a military satellite detected a midair heat flash before the jet went down, suggesting a possible explosion. but there's also a new report out of russia that crash victims' bodies showed no sign of blast-related trauma. the u.s. embassy in cairo is warning all american employees not to travel to the sinai peninsula where the plane went down as investigators try to determine if this was an act of terror, mechanical failure or something else. >>> and tonight, isis is repeating its claim of responsibility for the crash and warning vladimir putin he'll pay a high price for russia's military action in syria. we have our correspondents, our analysts and newsmakers standing by as we cover all the news that's breaking right now. >>> first, let's get the very latest from our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. >> reporter:

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following the breaking news. the manhunt for the eighth terrorist in the paris attacks, salah abdelsalam, and this video of the attacks obtained by dailymail.com showing a gunman spraying a cafe with bullets and customers scrambling for safety. in one chilling scene the gunman approaches a woman near the door and aims at her, but the weapon appears to jam and the gunman walks off. france has confirmed that the mastermind of the attacks, abdelhamid abaaoud, was killed in a raid in a paris suburb. and now french officials say he appears to have been involved in as many as six foiled terror attacks since the spring. a counterterrorism source tells cnn that abaaoud is believed to have spent time in syria working with a senior french figure in isis, fabien clain plotting attacks in france. clain's voice is heard in the isis video claiming responsibility for the paris massacre. and terror fears are now spreading tonigh

. >> wolf blitzer, december 15th. cnn >> and i will say that they will be together on the 15th of december, tuesday, mark your cal en daers and i will be hosting. so, still to come, terrorists ofibls are fearing that the bomb may have brought down that metrojet airliner killing all 224 people aboard, and now a u.s. team has been invited to investigate first hand, and we are getting new information. of two aleve for six tylenol? what's the catch? there's no catch. you want me to give up my two aleve for six tylenol? no. for my knee pain, nothing beats my aleve. >>> the u.s. will soon get its first look at the crash debris are from the russian metro jet that went down over egypt's sinai peninsula killing all 224 aboard. egypt has accepted a rerequest from the united states to assist with the investigation. a source says that the national transportation safety board here in the united states will dispatch a team once it has details of when and where the plane's engines will be examined. the engines are u.s. made. meanwhi

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. in washington and 6:00 p.m. in bamako, mali, and 6:00 p.m. in paris, and where wherever you are watching us, thank you for joining us. >> announcer: cnn breaking news. >> major breaking news unfolding. one week ago is the paris att k attacks, and now we are learning that one more person has died bringing the death toll to 130. and new news in the investigation, the woman thought to blow herself up in wednesday's raid did not blow herself up. our diplomatic reporter nic robertson is joining us to tell us about who this woman was, and what happened there? >> well, she may not have well blown herself up in the suicide explosion which is what we are being told. now the police say it is possible that she was caught in the explosion of either abdelhamid abaaoud blowing himself up or detonating his explosives or what we have discovered through the day by investigators is that there were actually three people killed in the apartment building in saint denis, and we were oraniginally told two,

who starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 8:00 p.m. in cairo, 9:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right to the breaking news. a new threat from isis, this time against russia. isis has just released a nearly 5-minute long video and auto statement saying it would attack russia, quote, very soon. the video is titled soon, very soon. the blood will spill like an ocean. that video's release comes at the same time as word that russia may be planning to retaliate for the crash of its metro jet airliner in egypt's sinai peninsula killing all 224 people on board. intelligence agencies have come to believe isis in sinai's offshoot planted the bomb on that plane before takeoff. joining us live from sharm el sheikh, egypt, and jim sciutto here in washington. what more have we learned about this latest threat from isis directly to russia? >> well, wolf, this will only ramp up concerns

who starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer.s 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 8:00 p.m. in cairo, 9:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right to the breaking news. a new threat from isis, this time against russia. isis has just released a nearly 5-minute long video and auto statement saying it would attack russia, quote, very soon. the video is titled soon, very soon. the blood will spill like an ocean. that video's release comes at the same time as word that russia may be planning to retaliate for the crash of its

right my colleague wolf starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzerton and 2:00 a.m. in beijing, and wherever you are watching, thank you for joining us. >>> we start with the breaking news of the crashing of the pas sen jer jet killing all 224 people on board, and now we are getting word that there is an uncharacteristic sound on the black box. also today,

p -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer and # 1:00 p.m. here in washington and 8:00 p.m. in raqqah, syria, and wherever you are watching around the world, thank you very much for joining us. we begin with the emergency warning for americans, the em bas si of kabul, afghanistan, have received credible reports of an imminent attack in the city. no word on what the attack might be, but it will happen in the next 48 hours. and now, sources are now telling cnn that other the at attacks were ready to go and aimed at jewish neighborhood, transportation and schools by those attackers in paris. and now police are operating under the theory that the suspect salah abdeslam may have already escaped to syria. and right now, paris is in a lockdown, and thousands of police officers are keeping a grip of lockdown on the city as hundreds of leaders are there for a e global conference. and this conference is an act against terror. >> we stand here in solidaire not om to deliver justice to those terrorist networks responsible for the attacks, but to protect

let's end this. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m.m. in paris and 9:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you for joining us. we're going to start in moscow where french president francois hollande continues his diplomat push against isis. any moment, hollande and russian president vladimir putin are about to speak about their meeting and about efforts to stop isis in syria. especially in the wake of the terror attacks in paris. we have cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance who's joining me live now from moscow to talk about this. tell us, matthew, what is really the crux of their discussions, what are they trying to accomplish and what may they accomplish here? >> this is all part

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i'm wolf blitzer in washington.ary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley face off in a somewhat different debate than originally planned. the international crisis sparked by the paris terror attack shifting a lot of the focus especially in the early rounds to terrorism, national security, and the global threat posed by isis. for hillary clinton, former secretary of state, was it her moment to stand out? for senator bernie sander the, was it too much foreign policy, was he able to deliver? we have our expert standing by to talk about this and more. first, listen to this key remark by hillary clinton about the rise of isis under the obama administration. >> won't the legacy of this administration that you were a part of, won't that be that it underestimated the threat from isi isis? >> i think we have to look at isis as the leading threat of an international tear network. it must not be contained, it must be defeated. there is no question in my mind that if we summon our resources, both our leadership resources

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. european investigators who analyzed the black boxes recovered from the wreckage in the sinai desert are now saying flatly that the metrojet crash was no accident. they're telling cnn affiliate france 2 that the flight data recorder confirms the blast was not accidental, as stepped-up security measures are announced for flights originating in some airports abroad. u.s. officials say intelligence suggests isis or its affiliates bombed the russian airliner perhaps with the help of an airport insider. after being briefed by u.s. and britain on their intelligence, russia has suspended all flights to egypt, and there are now new indications that even before that, russia has stepped up air strikes against the main isis stronghold in syria. i'll talk with congressman peter king of the homeland security and intelligence committees. he's standing by live. and our correspondents, analysts, and guests will have full coverage of the day's top stor

we send it to wolf blitzer in washington. >> thank you sh, poppy.t is going to be walking out the make a statement following extensive meetings with the security council, and also francois hollande is meeting with angela merkel the leader of germany where he will go tomorrow to be meeting with a vladimir putin in russia. and he will speak about that as well as iraq and the travel holiday weekend security. we know it has been stepped up security around the major cities in washington, d.c., and los angeles and not because there are any specific credible threats, but because largely, the u.s. officials say out of an abundance of caution, they want to make sure that what happened in paris does not happen here in the united states. presumably that is what the president is going to be speaking about. the big national security picture poll lowing the following the extensive briefings by the national security council. this is a surprise announcem. it was not originally on the president's schedule that he would make this statement from the roosevelt room in

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right to the breaking news. egyptian security has investigated every person involved with the metrojet airliner before it took off on its doomed flight over sinai that word from an egyptian source who says investigators are seized all cameras, sensors and related information at sharm el sheikh airport. egypt has not publicly embraced the idea this was a terror attack but some u.s. officials are piece together what they believe is a likely sequence of events with a catastrophic explosion over sinai. killing all 224 on board. working scenarios insider planted a bomb military grade explosives with a timer aboard the plane on in sharm el sheikh. guests have full coverage of the top stories. let's begin with jim sciutto. a number of u.s. officials laying out how the russian airliner may have been brought down. is russia coming around to the idea this was a terror attack? >> remember early on, some russian

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get right to the breaking news. new signs that isis is extending its reach. the terror group is now claiming responsibility for a pair of suicide bombings which killed at least 41 people, wounded 200 others in a shiite neighborhood of beirut. the area's a stronghold of lebanon's hezbollah which is backing the syrian regime in that bloody civil war next door. as russia does its part to prop up the syrian regime, isis releases a chilling new video threatening to also attack russia very soon and warning that the blood will spill like an ocean. and a major offensive underway against isis riekt new in iraq. the pentagon says u.s. troops are now on the ground directing air strikes in support of kurdish forces trying to take back the town of sinjar. that's where isis massacred thousands of men and boys from the area's yazidi minority. and sold girls and women into slavery. i'll speak about all of this and more with the former nato supreme allied comm

i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." we're following the investigation into the crash of that jet liner in egypt's sinai peninsula. remarks by an airline official are only deepening the mystery. he's blaming, quote, a certain impact for breaking the airbus a320 apart in midair. islamic militants affiliated with isis are claiming responsibility which killed 224 people. officials in both russia and the u.s. are downplaying that questioning whether the group has the ability to down a jet at high altitude. but they also aren't ruling out a missile or bomb as a possible cause of the crash with russia's air transport agency saying it's too soon to speculate. the plane's black boxes have been recovered and are awaiting analysis. at least 175 bodies have also been recovered from the crash site. most of them in tact according to a source. recovering all of that and much more this hour with our correspondents and our expert analysts and our guests. let's begin with the crash investigation. cnn's brian todd is working the story for

i'm wolf blitzer.e situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following the breaking news in the paris terror attacks and a deadly terrorist siege that claimed the life of an american gunman stormed a hotel in west africa in the capital of mali opening fire with assault rifles and trapping hostages. we confirmed one u.s. citizen was among the at least 21 killed and tonight, a notorious islamic terrorist group reportedly is climbing responsibility with help from a branch of al qaeda. as many as 170 guests and employees were captive in the hotel for hours including about a dozen americans. they were freed after security forces launched a counter attack. u.s. special of rages troops helped with the evacuation. >>> also breaking, a relative of the mastermind of the paris attacks did not blow herself up in a raid as previously thought. new video shows the suicide bomb exploding during that raid on an apartment in suburban paris and authorities say it was a man wearing the suicide vest that det

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i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> the breaking news, police seal off part of a paris suburb right now saying an item resembling a suicide vest was found in a garbage can. cnn affiliate bf mtv reports it does contain reports and the same explosives used in the paris attacks. paris remains under tight security as police search the backpacks of all school children. the british prime minister david cameron joined the french president francois hollande at the site of one attack. and as france launched new air strikes at isis targets inside syria, david cameron says he'll push for britain to do the same thing. and other european capital meanwhile is on lockdown right now. schools, stores and the subway system they're closed in brussels, home to the european union and nato. belgium is on high alert for what authorities say is an imminent threat of a paris style attack. as security forces hunt for the suspected eighth paris attacker, salah abdelsalam. also at large, the so-called voice of death, an infamous isis commander who claimed the paris

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get to the breaking news with european capitals on high alert amid new revelations that another attack was barely averted in paris, president obama says it's understandable that americans are worried. but as security is stepped up in this country for the holiday, the president is urging people to go about normal activities. he says every possible step is being taken to keep americans safe. and on this new development in the fight against isis as two of the terror groups are now fighting among themselves accusing turkey of a planned provocation in the downing of one of its fighter jets, russia deploying an advanced missile defense system inside syria close to the turkish border. a rescued russian pilot says his jet did not enter turkish air space and did not receive any warnings from turkey. but turkey's military has released what it says is a recording of the warnings sent to the russian warplane. i'll speak with

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> following the breakingews, shooting down of a russian fighter jet marks a dangerous, new turn in the syrian conflict. turkey now says the russian warplane entered its airspace near the syrian border, and was shot down after ignoring repeated warnings. the russian pilots bailed out of the burning jet. reportedly fired upon by rebels who had been fighting the syrian regime. word of a deadly, failed rescue mission. president obama vows to step up the war against isis after talks with the french president pushing for a stronger alliance against the terror group. as the manhunt continues for one suspected terrorist, france and belgium looking for another man seen driving a car used in the kaeks investigators say the paris mastermind planned another wave of terror strikes. with french and belgium capitals on alert, there are security precautions in this country heading into the thanksgiving holiday. i'll speak wit

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> our breaking news, an urgent hunt is underway right now for a surviving suspect in the paris massacres along with those who planned and facilitated the attacks. the suspected eighth terrorist managed to escape the security net before authorities realized who he was. he's on the loose right now is considered very dangerous. there have been more than 150 raids across france and in belgium along with multiple arrests. but the suspected mastermind of the plot a belgian is thought to be in syria and is thought to be a close associate of the isis leader. the cia director says isis could have other attacks, quote, in the pipeline. and in a new video isis is now warning that the united states could be next vowing to strike in washington. as world leaders look for new ways to confront isis, president obama is defending his strategy rejecting calls to send u.s. ground troops in to fight the terror group. i'll speak with congressw

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> u.s. and british officials are now convinced that russia's metrojet airliner was brought down by a bomb planted by isis or its sinai affiliate. we're learning that crucial information was actually provided by israel. and now intelligence agencies are also scrambling to learn how and where a device could have brought the plane down killing all 224 people onboard. the working assumption is that isis had help from an insider at egypt's sharm el sheikh airport. that's raising serious concerns about the security at other airports abroad and right here at home as well. i'll speak with the visiting british foreign secretary phillip hammon, he's joining us live this hour and our analysts, guests will have full coverage of all the day's top stories. let's get right to the metrojet airliner investigation and the growing conviction that the plane was brought down by an explosive device. let's begin with brian todd. brian, what are you learning? >> wolf, tonigh