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To take down that russian passenger jet as they say leading to the deaths of 219 russians and 5 crusaders. we'll talk to an explosives expert coming up live. plus, as the global manhunt escalates, cnn is live inside syria where authorities at one point believe the ringleader could be. and you will see how the raid unfolded live on cnn in the overnight hours there in paris. the moments of explosions, the gun fire. do not miss this. this is cnn's special live coverage. >> very unusual that they're moving in the crowd here looking for something and now have moved down the street. you can stil...

Suspected eighth attacker, or there are more accomplices. and chris, the other thing that french authorities are not saying is that they do suspect privately that there may also be a bomb maker involved in this. the suicide vests were quite sophisticated. they were identical, for a start. seven of them. they were also packed with nails, shrapnel, screws, as well as the explosive. that takes some building, as it were. it's not something that an amateur does. and these vests were identical. french authorities are looking for an explosives expert, someone who might be beyond the seven or eight th...

Miguel marquez, cnn, gettysburg, pennsylvania. >> pretty disturbing there. let's dig into this further with anthony may, a former explosives expert for the atf. anthony, first question, what will investigators be look for to determine if this was a bomb? >> good morning, pam. what they'll be looking for is a telltale signs of an explosion. that's yet to be determined. this is all speculation but it's important to speculate because if this was a terrorist event, a bombing, then -- and it was successful, then there are others waiting. going through the wreckage, looking at all the components, th...

>> elise abbott, thank you. three very distinguished experts. michael weis is cnn contributor and at the daily beast and author of isis inside the army of terror. lost aban is a boeing 777 captain and a cnn analyst. anthony may is a former explosives expert with the u.s. bureau of tobacco and firearms and a veteran of the twa 800 case back from 1996. michael weis, if i can begin with you. the issue of these that smoking guns so far or definitive smoking guns so far. but there are definitely clues that could point to terror in this case, at this point. let's just start with the list. there's ch...

Themselves may be responsible for this plane having been shot out of the sky and therefore it would be difficult to go to them and expect any sort of objectivity. the united states, as you saw in that graphic, is sending one single representative from the ntsb and two fbi agents, one of them an explosives expert, to help in this investigation. this will not be an american-led investigation. it will very much be an international effort, and you can see three people is not the typical go team that would respond to a major incident. go team from the ntsb, for example, could include a dozen people...