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>> keir simmons, we will let you go and continue your reporting. obviously a continuing and breaking news situation there. secretary of state john kerry in paris today met with french president hollande. after hollande had called international response to isis incoherent and divided in his speech yesterday. the french in general are dismayed over what is widely considered to be a defensive reaction by president obama yesterday. >> reporter: how could the u.s. expectations of the west be so wro...

Among the arsenal of this group is, indeed, c-4. that explosive that may have been used on the bomb on the aircraft last summer egyptian media reported the egyptian army captured a warehouse that contained ten tons of c-4 and tnt. >> ben wedeman, thank you very much. thats terrifying, ten tons. it could take half a pound or less to do this type of explosion. i want to talk more about what we are learning about the bomb. first this breaking news fell to you that egypt has now, and this is a signi...

They are talking about access to the engines, the american-made engines in the aircraft. to my mind, there are much bigger questions. is there access to the entire geographic area? is there access to the footage from the airport or access to the interview reports from people in the airport? the egyptians are under a lot of pressure from americans to allow access. i want to know what the details are here. does this mean full access or access to the engines on the plane which are american-made? >>...

Pound of the explosive c-4 to you or me might look like a slab of cheese or chocolate bar on this older model airport baggage x-ray. that is the same half pound of c-4 exploding. a high-powered explosive tough to get in the united states, but used by militaries around the world and is a favorite of terror groups, as well. used in attacks on the "uss cole" and u.s. military housing in saudi arabia. even if c-4 isnt available, there are homemade alternatives. peter jones, coo of trip wire operatio...

Tonight that is what likely brought down metrojet flight 9268, killing all 224 people onboard. the timer set for just enough time to blow the plane up soon after take-off. we are also learning tonight that officials believe the bomb was a military grade explosive, specifically a plastic explosive like c4. officials believe an insider with access to the airport planted the bomb. egyptian officials say they interviewed everyone with access to the plane including caterers. our chief national securi...

If it is c-4 and the detonator. >> and once the ntsb and the investigators that are now invited get to the actual scene at the sinai, and the egyptian, and the russians and others, matthew, when you get, there how hard to have evidence of some sort of bomb out there among the dee brie? >> well, you know, this cabin was compromised at a high altitude and so the physical evidence could be miles and mile miles throughout the scene, but however, the evidence of the wreckage, they can sift through th...

Protect your belongings. let geico help you with renters insurance. egypt now saying it will accept help from the united states on the metrojet crash investigation. the ntsb will be the first americans directly involved. it appears though that is strictly for the engines which were pratt and whitney. >> a military explosive was likely used to take down the flight. only explosives of that strength could have blown the passenger jet out of the sky. terrorists in sinai have easy access to those t...

Been seized. what do you think about how easy the access had been to it? >> we know this group stock piled c-4. they used it this year in operations. a major insurgent operation where they used c-4. they claimed responsibility for this attack. it would fit. why would they use c-4? it packed a powerful punch. they need less of it. its easy to mold so you can have a shape that projects outwards in a particular direction. its stable so its not going to go off prematurely when taxiing to the runway....

This year, and so it would be consistent with isis in sinai to carry out the attack rather than the airport. it reports away from the lone wolf scenario, because it is difficult for an individual without connections to the wlished terrorist outfit to obtain this military-grade explosive, wolf. >> and matthew, there is a suggestion that the timing on the bomb may have caused the detonation of 30,000 feet about 23 minutes into the flight. here is the question. what if that plane had been delayed i...

The revelation of the report led to the reassignment of the tsa director. the department also saying travelers are protected by multiple layers of security, baggage screening, only one of many seen in unseen ways tsa evaluates risk. tsa also says they go through some 2 billion bag as year, checked and the stuff you carry through airport security. theyve caught c-4 going through security before in arizona back in 2011. an army private had a little tiny amount, 1/2 ounce in a checked bag. they cau...