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In a new audio message purportedly from its sinai branch, the militant group says find your black boxes and analyze them. we are the ones with gods blessing who brought it down. today russian and egyptian officials insisting there is currently no evidence of a bomb. but u.s. officials say their intelligence is pointing to a bomb. possibly by one of isis least known affiliates. >> the egyptian branch of isis in the sinai peninsula has proved itself as a lethal, very sophisticated, and very powerf...

Russia are still pushing back saying its too soon to know if terrorism was at play. and u.s. officials say no final assessment will be made about the cause until forensics evidence and results from the black boxes are made available. erin? >> pamela, thank you very much. were also getting some disturbing new intelligence about the group that claims responsibility for the bombing. paul cruickshank, our terrorism analyst, is "outfront" tonight. >> the intelligence is pointing to an insider at sh...

Plane, that it was probably conventional explosives, not designed to be airport security, therefore, pointing to an insider getting onto the plane. but, clearly, a lot of concern that this group isis in sinai is responsible because the intercepted chatter relates to them. the idea here is that they will be bragging about pulling off the biggest, most significant terrorist attack since 9/11, and they picked that up in the hours after british and american intelligence, the nsa perhaps and also gch...

Origin of the aircraft. thats the first thing you want to find out, is where did this event occur. >> so when it companies to the possibility, captain, look, a lot of signs and signals are pointing towards the possibility of something being put into the cargo of that plane. whether it was in the passenger cabin or whether it was in the cargo hold. as a pilot, what kind of leverage do you and all of the onboard staff have for trying to ensure that airports are safe? were hearing about this lax se...

Crime scene to stage a homicide. >> gliniewicz committed the ultimate betrayal. >> i would go out to people with rocks. >> i was surprised when i read he tried to stab someone. im like, what. >> when you check his credit cards, take a look at what hes done with the republican party when he had access. >> people need know what theyre talking about here. >> announcer: this is-n nd with chris cuomo, alisyn camarota and michaela pereira. good morning, everyone. pointing towards a bomb possibly fro...

Inside job in sharm el sheikh? >> i wouldnt be surprised. we have to remember, isis have base in sharm el sheikh. and every time we hear that they are killing the security people of the egyptian authorities. just two days ago an isis terrorist took a car, they fill it up with explosive. he went to the area of the egyptian authorities, he blew himself up with the car and killed at least six security people of egyptian. so, were not -- we should not be surprised this happened. >> so, you know, i d...

There may be other intelligence strands that are not really telling us about possible double agents inside isis. there are clearly other ways to get information. also the possibility that isis may be trying to put a video together. and that western intelligence agencies are getting some advanced warning of that. all this pointing to a pretty specific picture, its got to be said, of an insider working at sharm el sheikh airport, infiltrating a conventional device on board the plane. the thinking ...

Plane? >> wolf, its certainly plausible the isis affiliate in sinai could have carried this out if they recruited an insider at sharm el sheikh airport. we understand the intelligence is pointing to the fact this was a conventional bomb rather than a sophisticated device. and it was infiltrated on to the aircraft by an insider working at the airport. and so thats well within the capability of isis in sinai. they have a lot of experience in putting together conventional explosives. it wouldnt be ...

Baggage process works, and lets not just limit it to the cargo hold. catering could be involved with this too. >> reporter: 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 conclusion but the belief its a bomb is based in part on monitoring of internal isis messages separate from the groups public claims of responsibility. the u.s. did not know if the bomb plo...

Be some organized backlash unless they do something to add some sincerity to that would-be apology or explanation. because that was awful. >> you either have people protesting outside of it or supporting it there and it might get ugly. >> how would you feel if you were an investor in that movie and he does things like this. an actor or whatever. >> thats how he wants to put it to bed. >> people have their own choices. >> tossing and turning. after the top of the hour, coming up, its not your a...