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>> keir simmons, we will let you go and continue your reporting. obviously a continuing and breaking news situation there. secretary of state john kerry in paris today met with french president hollande. after hollande had called international response to isis incoherent and divided in his speech yesterday. the french in general are dismayed over what is widely considered to be a defensive reaction by president obama yesterday. >> reporter: how could the u.s. expectations of the west be so wrong? >> i disagree we didn't know they had this capacity. we certainly -- >> reporter: that they coul...

Among the arsenal of this group is, indeed, c-4. that explosive that may have been used on the bomb on the aircraft last summer egyptian media reported the egyptian army captured a warehouse that contained ten tons of c-4 and tnt. >> ben wedeman, thank you very much. that's terrifying, ten tons. it could take half a pound or less to do this type of explosion. i want to talk more about what we are learning about the bomb. first this breaking news fell to you that egypt has now, and this is a significant move, accepting help from the ntsb in terms of this investigation. they previously rebuffed ...

They are talking about access to the engines, the american-made engines in the aircraft. to my mind, there are much bigger questions. is there access to the entire geographic area? is there access to the footage from the airport or access to the interview reports from people in the airport? the egyptians are under a lot of pressure from americans to allow access. i want to know what the details are here. does this mean full access or access to the engines on the plane which are american-made? >> they do specifically discuss the engines. they don't exclude anything else but mention the engines....

Pound of the explosive c-4 to you or me might look like a slab of cheese or chocolate bar on this older model airport baggage x-ray. that is the same half pound of c-4 exploding. a high-powered explosive tough to get in the united states, but used by militaries around the world and is a favorite of terror groups, as well. used in attacks on the "uss cole" and u.s. military housing in saudi arabia. even if c-4 isn't available, there are homemade alternatives. peter jones, coo of trip wire operations group was an explosive specialist for the department of homeland security. he is showing us a ra...

Tonight that is what likely brought down metrojet flight 9268, killing all 224 people onboard. the timer set for just enough time to blow the plane up soon after take-off. we are also learning tonight that officials believe the bomb was a military grade explosive, specifically a plastic explosive like c4. officials believe an insider with access to the airport planted the bomb. egyptian officials say they interviewed everyone with access to the plane including caterers. our chief national security correspondent is out front to begin our coverage tonight what more are you learning about the typ...