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By both u.s. and british intelligence that they detected some chatter among isis militants in the sinai peninsula before and after the attack celebrating it. today you had perhaps the closest thing to an actual forensic confirmation that this was a bomb. you had the head of russian intelligence saying that after they were able to analyze the soil sample and samples of the fuselage, they were able to determine that in fact, there was explosive residue in the wreckage of that plane. they went as f...

Without some solution to the syrian civil war. do you think thats true? >> theres no long-term solution unless you take care of the civil war. were going to have to come to some sort of political solution that sets up a transition government or sets a date for an election and lets assad go out gracefully so that we can all concentrate on fighting isil. the russians went in there and pretended they were fighting si isil. they were there to protect assad. after the airliner went down, they have go...

Itself, chris. >> all right. claudio, thank you. joining me from cairo, egypt, foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin. the russians announced today they had had found it was some sort of explosive device that brought down the passenger plane. egyptian authorities still saying thats not the case. there seems to be dispute between the twoflations about what exactly happened. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, if you look at it over the course of the last several weeks, the egyptian government has been relu...

Soil sample and samples of the fuselage, they were able to determine that in fact, there was explosive residue in the wreckage of that plane. they went as far as saying it was about 2.2 pounds worth of tnt that brought the plane down. from the eyes of the russians and western intelligence services, this is now definitely a terrorist attack. not yet sure who is behind it although isis did claim responsibility for it. they still want to verify that claim of responsibility, but youre right. when yo...

They say 70% of these refugees are fleeing assad. there is no solution to isis without some solution to the syrian civil war. do you think thats true? >> theres no long-term solution unless you take care of the civil war. were going to have to come to some sort of political solution that sets up a transition government or sets a date for an election and lets assad go out gracefully so that we can all concentrate on fighting isil. the russians went in there and pretended they were fighting isil. ...

And the way that the u.s. dollars post 9/11. we cant just invade syria assuming we wanted to, not saying we do. france cant do that. >> thats not on the table or part of the political discussion when people argue about the range of options. its not a discussed option. >> given the size of our military, no. >> okay. cyril vanier, thank you very much. coming up, more from paris plus an analysis of the rhetoric versus the reality of combating isis and later on, the american presidential politics ...

Their french counterparts in singing the french national anthem as a display of solidarity. the you have suspect sal la abdeslam is still at large. today men reportedly shared in his getaway car, one of them a suspected driver, a lawyer acknowledges a car ride curse. the lawyer for the other suspect says his client went along for the ride. there is now an active manhunt for an as yet unnamed additional accomplice in the paris attacks. 120 raids took place overnight across france as french author...

And they have begun top screen employees and baggage even tighter than what weve seen in the past. they did say that theyre considering all possibilities that it could be a terrorist attack. but as of yet, no clear indication from the egyptian government that this was a terrorist attack. we also know that ha egyptian security officials have been questioning people at the airport, questioning personnel at the airport in another indication that perhaps that, too, is where their investigation is go...

Strategy we have is working and they describe how the physical area within syria that isis controls is shrinking. but obviously, theyre feeling a lot of pressure. probably a little exas per rated. >> one of the things in the interview that has been in some ways buried by the news of paris, it looks like there is a framework for a cease-fire with some of the parties in the syrian civil war. >> because theyve got to get to the heart of this. it was interesting that president hollande in his remark...

Punish them he said. russia started that by about bombing its capital in syria, the city of raqqa. >> the city of raqqa is now the target of the russian air strikes. entrance has carried another round of its own on the city. this latest wave of attacks comes as france makes an unprecedented demand for european allies to support the countrys military action against isis. an. as for the u.s. it has been bombing raqqa for months. american-led air strikes are being credited with helping push them ou...