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The u.s. embassy in cairo has told u.s. employees not to travel to the sinai peninsula. >> this could be an inside operation. somebody that is -- or some people that are familiar with how the baggage process works. and lets not just limit it to the cargo hold. catering could be involved with this too. >> isis has put out two statements claiming responsibility for bringing down the plane, but they have not given any details. the u.s. official says the administration has not come to a firm conclus...

They are analyzing that in terms of the cockpit voice recorder while they say that is partially damaged, that they say is going to take more time. analysis of those black boxes very much an international effort. egypt is leading the investigation. russia taking part but also germany, france and ireland and weve heard from a french official saying that at the moment they werent able to drive any sort of conclusions from the data that it is still being analyzed. from the start, egyptian officials ...

We were at the airport yesterday and today, no visible signs of heightening security in line with what the egyptian interior ministry was saying yesterday. they were saying that they were not increasing security, they were saying they were not interviewing employees at the airport because at that point, they said there was no indications that terrorism brought the plane down, though security situation at the airports throughout egypt changing today. the egyptian foreign minister saying they are ...

Happen anywhere? >> no, is the short answer and most of the airports, certainly in the developed world probably not. but here its not as secure. you heard people on this program making that claim. the egyptian tourism minister told me yesterday that the airport conformed to every international standard that it was required to, but this has to be counted with the evidence of those who have been there and of course security experts that say it is entirely possible, particularly since we know that ...

I cannot respond to that question. im sorry to be such a poor witness today, but im trying to honor the commitment that i have to the process here in terms of keeping intelligence briefings confidential. the other thing i think its important though, wolf, is a lot of circumstantial evidence has been developing. and youve reported a lot of it now. were really not sure. i havent heard anything that is definitive. and i think we need to be a little bit patient. one of the problems though with this ...

An isis bomb on board a russian plane caused its crash in egypt. more on that coming up into but theres another story breaking right now. another sign of rising tensions between the u.s. and china. cnn has learned a chinese submarine stalked a u.s. aircraft carrier in the oceans of the pacific ocean. how much did this worry u.s. officials? >> u.s. officials were concerned about a possible miscalculation. that someone involved in that incident might make a mistake that would lead to shots being f...

Sub tracked a super carrier with several thousand u.s. service members on board. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. lets get right to the breaking news tonight. u.s. intelligence significant guests a russian airliner was ripped apart by a bomb. this hour, a u.s. official is telling cnn the evidence points to someone at the airport being involved and tonight, britain and irelan...

Isis? >> we should come up with a plan to degrade and destroy isil not just because of the attack but what they are trying to do to the region and world at large. president obama has the right goal to destroy isil. they want to destroy the christian religion, destroy israel, attack us because were infideliidel infide infidels. >> a specific step? >> i would be glad to. sure. what would i do? go to the arabs in turkey and say i want to use your armies. i would create a safe haven in syria, no fly...

>> egypt is as safe as ever. and all statistics are pointing to the fact that sharm el sheikh is one of the safest destination in the world. >> so where are we tonight, wolf? intelligence services from the united states to across europe trying to assemble every detail they can and figure out exactly what did happen here, wolf. >> all right. barbara, thanks very much. well get back to you. i want to bring in our international diplomatic editor nic robertson in st. petersburg, russia, which was th...