Arrive . Reporter well, its obviously going to be extremely emotional. You can see here that these flowers and fluffy toys and candles have been lit in place out of respect for the 224 people that have died by Family Members and friends and citizens who have come here to pay their respect within the past few minutes, weve heard from the Russian Emergency situations agency, that the russian aircraft, carrying up to 162 of the bodies of that plane that crashed has taken off in the Sinai Peninsula and the remains will be taken inside st. Petersburg and arrangements for the funerals will be finalized. It was a day of mourning declared nationally across russia because of this catastrophe. Officials say there will be more in the coming kind of few days or few weeks as the country retries to come to term with what has been the biggest air disaster in its history. And matthew, there were a lot of families on this plane and even via social media now the world is seeing pictures streaming of Fam
To step in if they are asked. Wed like to welcome our viewers from around the world and in the u. S. Wolf blitzer is on assignment. Im jim sciutto and youre in the situation room. Breaking news, an urgent search is under way as egyptair went down in the Mediterranean Sea. Officials say controllers first lost radio contact with the airliner before it swerved sharply, plunged in altitude and finally disappeared from radar. An early theory among u. S. Officials is that the plane was brought down by a bomb. They say there were no known threats to the aircraft or this route and no matches have come up in comparing the passenger manifest to terror watch lists. Officials say the plane went through maintenance and security checks, noting that terrorism appears more likely than a technical failure. Our correspondents, analysts and guests have full coverage of the days breaking news. We begin with cnns brian todd. What are you learning about what brought this plane down . U. S. Officials telling
Did you see that final round of the masters yesterday . It was Something Else. It was really remarkable. The lights coming on here in new york city, a live shot there with a little bit of jason aldean to get you moving. Good morning to you wherever you are waking up, we always appreciate you watching fox friends first. Im heather childers. Lets begin with this fox news alert. Israel now blamed for a series of airstrikes against syria. An air base attacked early this Morning Hours after one of the worst Chemical Attacks in history left dozens of innocent people dead. Doug luzaders live in washington, d. C. As the u. S. Considers retaliation. Reporter good morning, heather. We dont know who was responsible for these airstrikes in syria overnight. They initially blamed the u. S. Seemingly, now their pointing the springer at israel. Disturb finger at israel. The pentagon says it wasnt us. Whatever the story is, theres a lot of pressure on the United States to act after those horrific image
Other countries. Of course that completely ignores the fact a deadly nerve agent was used against a british citizens in the u. K. St. Petersburg as you say, where the u. S. Consulate is forced to close, staff are packing up to leave the country. 58 u. S. Diplomats in the Moscow Embassy and two from the consulate have been declared persona none grate grata, they said they are not ruling out further retaliation. Russia is further isolating itself following the brazen chemical attack. Were still reviewing the details of the russian action, but let me say again that we reserve the right further to any russian retaliation against the United States. And as further provocation, russia announced the second successful test of its new intercontinental ballistic missile. It is known as satan 2 and capable of carrying 15 warheads. The same missile back in march putin declared could reach any where in the world. And he did that while screens behind him showed florida being targeted. Russia have als
President claims the United States has the lira as retribution for ankaras detention of an american pastor on espionage and terrorism charges washington had already imposed sanctions on turkey and last week announced plans to double import tariffs on turkish elaman human steel since then the turkish lira has lost a quarter of its value there too and says its part of a plot by the United States to devalue currencies globally meanwhile Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov already predicts consequences for the dollar. Im sure that this grave abuse of the u. S. Dollar as a global reserve currency will result in the eventual demise of its role. Thats. Well many analysts say that International Concerns about the ones economic policies are behind the leader is crash the turkish Leader Speaks of economic terrorism by washington and called on his country to boycott u. S. Might goods already crowded it it really will boycott american electronic products if they have the i phone there is also s