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Good day to you. we start with the investigation into metrojet flight 9268. european investigator, they are convinced that the crash of that plane was intentional. this according to cnn affiliate france 2. the report says the black boxes indicate everything was fine for the first 23 minutes of flight. then, a sudden blackout which suggests a bomb. aviation analysts say the data would be different if the plane broke apart because of mechanical or structural failures. now we are hearing reports of a vacation flight out of the u.k. that had a very close equal a missile back in august as it approa...

More violent reaction tomorrow. it is difficult to say if that's going to be the case. >> ben, thank you. we're now joined by ivan watson who is live from tahrir square tonight. ivan, just tell me what your perspective is. we've been going on for nearly two weeks. it's been ebbing and flowing. it's a dramatic story. everyone expected today to be a day of history. it's been a day of confusion and no one is quite sure what is going on. >> reporter: piers, these demonstrators never cease to astound me. i can't believe it. we saw immediately after the speech, the chant saying go away, go away. we ...

In cairo. and here, wolf blitzer, john king, and joining us another familiar face. christiane amanpour. we'll start immediately with ben in cairo. ben, bring me up to speed with what's happening right now. >> reporter: well, what we see is the continued presence of thousands of demonstrators in tahrir square. they spread. some are still outside the state tv headquarters which of course is surrounded by army tanks. others, a few hundred, we're told have made their way in the direction of the presidential palace. they haven't gotten really near it because that also is surrounded by rings of armo...