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More now on breaking news, the tsa considering security changes and president obama for the first time publicly saying that it is possible a bomb brought down metro jet 9268. an isis affiliate claimed responsibility however as you've heard not everyone is convinced. on the other hand, the group is on the rise in sinai and could be a threat to hundreds of american troops there. brian todd reports. >> reporter: they brought down an egyptian helicopter with a shoulder fired missile. they claimed they hit this egyptian warship. and right near their stronghold in north sinai is where these u.s. tro...

Of russian metrojet 9268, isis is claiming responsibility for killing the 224 people on board. in a new audio message, reportedly from the sinai branch, the militant group says find your black boxes and analyze them. we are the ones with god's blessing who brought it down. today, russian and egyptian officials insisting there's 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. >> it has proved itself as a lethal, very sophisticated and very powerful terrorist organization over the past specifically...

Missiles to take down a flight traveling at 30,000 feet like flight 9268. experts worry commercial airliners could now be in their crosshairs. and erin, that's not just worrying for officials here in egypt but around the world. if isis is now viewing these as target that they are going to start going after. erin? >> ian lee, thank you very much, live at sharm el-sheikh tonight. and now, a former counterterrorism expert phil mudd is joining us. this group is possibly the most deadly part of isis but they have only been affiliated with isis for about a year. they have their own group and pledge ...

>> reporter: in 2009 i asked explosives expert sydney alford to show me what a top al qaeda bomb maker was capable of. >> this is what six grams of petn does to something that is twice as thick as an aircraft fuselage. >> reporter: he mastered the white powder explosive petn. the al qaeda bomb maker made this, the underpants bomb targeting a u.s. passenger jet christmas 2009. here in russia, the rising question is likely to become who made the bomb that brought down metro yet 9268? was it isis, an isis affiliate, another radical islamic group or al qaeda? what we do know is that after the unde...

Al back dc baghdadi. here the aftermath of an take against an egyptian army checkpoint in broad daylight. in all, the group claims to have killed hundreds in road-side bomb, drive-by shootings and suicide attacks. while those captured are brutality executed. the sinai group is well-known for elicit smuggling, and the two most sophisticated weapons believed to be in their arsenal include russian-made anti-tank missiles used in targeting tanks, and a boat in the mediterranean. and shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles here, taking down an egyptian helicopter. analysts say what they don't pos...