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To take down that russian passenger jet as they say leading to the deaths of 219 russians and 5 crusaders. well talk to an explosives expert coming up live. plus, as the global manhunt escalates, cnn is live inside syria where authorities at one point believe the ringleader could be. and you will see how the raid unfolded live on cnn in the overnight hours there in paris. the moments of explosions, the gun fire. do not miss this. this is cnns special live coverage. >> very unusual that theyr...

Suspected eighth attacker, or there are more accomplices. and chris, the other thing that french authorities are not saying is that they do suspect privately that there may also be a bomb maker involved in this. the suicide vests were quite sophisticated. they were identical, for a start. seven of them. they were also packed with nails, shrapnel, screws, as well as the explosive. that takes some building, as it were. its not something that an amateur does. and these vests were identical. french ...

Miguel marquez, cnn, gettysburg, pennsylvania. >> pretty disturbing there. lets dig into this further with anthony may, a former explosives expert for the atf. anthony, first question, what will investigators be look for to determine if this was a bomb? >> good morning, pam. what theyll be looking for is a telltale signs of an explosion. thats yet to be determined. this is all speculation but its important to speculate because if this was a terrorist event, a bombing, then -- and it was successf...

>> elise abbott, thank you. three very distinguished experts. michael weis is cnn contributor and at the daily beast and author of isis inside the army of terror. lost aban is a boeing 777 captain and a cnn analyst. anthony may is a former explosives expert with the u.s. bureau of tobacco and firearms and a veteran of the twa 800 case back from 1996. michael weis, if i can begin with you. the issue of these that smoking guns so far or definitive smoking guns so far. but there are definitely clue...

Themselves may be responsible for this plane having been shot out of the sky and therefore it would be difficult to go to them and expect any sort of objectivity. the united states, as you saw in that graphic, is sending one single representative from the ntsb and two fbi agents, one of them an explosives expert, to help in this investigation. this will not be an american-led investigation. it will very much be an international effort, and you can see three people is not the typical go team that...

Counterterrorism measures. it was executed by a woman who was reportedly married to an explosives expert involved in the north caucasus insurgency. meanwhile in may, 2012, russian authorities claim to have disrupted a major terror plot targeting the olympics. the discovered 10 weapon caches including antiaircraft missiles which they believe were destined for sochi. officials are assurin ensuring e public they are ready for any scenario, and that includes russian olympic security officials and of...

Fight shabab. so that might be the proximate cause but there was already a beef between these two forces. and shabab has been promising to do something like this for two years now. in october of 2011 they issued a statement warning the kenyan public that they would carry out attacks inside of kenya. and the language that they used in that statement is almost identical to the language theyve used on twitter today about this attack. so unfortunately, the concern is that there is a possibility of f...

Years. he says investigators are looking closely at whether the brothers tsarnaev got their bomb recipe here. that could have larger implications. >> one of the largest concerns of western counterterrorism officials is that "inspire" magazine is still publishing new issues. in an issue that was put out recently, the magazine stated we are publishing americas worst nightmare. >> as investigators sift through evidence, the bits of bombs found blown across the crime scene should yield other clues, ...

Looking closely at whether the brothers tsarnaev got their bomb recipe here. that could have larger implications. >> one of the largest concerns of western counterterrorism officials is that "inspire" magazine is still publishing new issues. in an issue that was put out recently, the magazine stated, "we are publishing americas worst nightmare." >> reporter: as investigators sift through evidence, the bits of bombs found blown across the crime scene should yield other clues, too. >> what were th...

Officials is that "inspire" magazine is still publishing new issues. in an issue that was put out recently, the magazine stated, "we are publishing americas worst nightmare." >> reporter: as investigators sift through evidence, the bits of bombs found blown across the crime scene should yield other clues, too. >> what were the components used in creating these devices? coupled with that, youre going to have an investigation or laboratory science is working on things like fingerprints, hair and f...