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she pled religious persecution from extremists in iran and come to the united states. they will remember her at rancho cucamonga another 10:30. >> a turkish fishing boat taking warning fire from a russian warship. moscow says the boat came within 1,600 feet of their ship and ignored repeated calls to change course. you'll remember turkey shot down a russian fighter jet last month saying it ignored warnings. surprising development out of egypt this morning. the panel investigating the metrojet crash says there was nothing indicating that crash was an act of terror. despite that claim by russia and
powerful midair explosion. >> that's right. as one expert put it, it demonstrates the terrorists' intent for no one to survive. i. >> reporter: for the first time russia revealed the cause of the metrojet crash, a home made bomb. president vladimir putin vowed swift retaliation. >> translator: we need to know all of the perpetrators by name. we will search for them everywhere, wherever they are hiding. we will find them in any spot on the planet and we will punish them. >> reporter: russian investigators say the explosive had the force of about two pounds of tnt. explosive experts tell cnn, that's more than enough to blow a plane out of the sky. >> 2.2 pounds, that's a fairly substantial amount of material. if we could determine what the explosive material was that was employed, was to be able to run that through screening and enshoe our algorithms intuned to
propaganda video, the speaker threatens attacks in egypt and israel but no mention of the metrojet crash. the pressure is on egypt to do more than just find the perpetrator. experts say especially given the tourism industry that egypt does not want to scare off. >> they need to take stock of what could potentially be a growing threat in the sinai potentially with this franchise of the islamic state growing in it's capability and capacity. >> reporter: all of which may explain the on going egyptian sensitivity to letting the outside world in to determine what happened in sinai. wolf? >> barbara starr reporting from the pentagon, thanks very much. we have more on one of theagand. comes from sinai where the
egypt's foreign minister saying the government was willing to accept american personnel. >> they have to be given full access to the crash area site. and they will undertake the same and have the same accessibility to all of the international investigators. >> reporter: security still a question in the egyptian resort city of sharm el sheikh. cnn has seen security personnel using handheld bomb detectors that british officials and security experts say just don't work. isis in sinai believed to be behind the attack released a new propaganda video. the speaker threatens attacks in egypt and israel, but no mention of the metrojet crash. the pressure is on egypt to do more than just find the perpetrator. experts say especially given the tourism industry that egypt does not want to scare off.
not possible for him to be unaware of it. and if he was aware of it, then he's come police it in it. >> reporter: what happens now is up to the iaaf, international association of athletics federations and could mean russia would be banished from future olympic competition. >> the outcome may be that there are no russian track and field athletes in rio. >> reporter: with less than a year before the next summer games get under way, interpol says it's now launching its own criminal investigation. don riddell, cnn. a short break here. when we come back, the investigation of the metrojet crash is focus tond airport where the plane took off. ahead, we'll show you why some authorities believe there was a security breach. san diego is scrubbing one of the most controversial attractions. they say ending it does not mean an end to animal cruelty. believe it.
the tsa is a reflection of what happened with the metrojet crash in the sinai. samples of debris have been flown to moscow for analysis. here's the caveat. russian investigators warn it may take weeks or months to conclusively determine what brought the plane down in that peninsula. isis claims its affiliate in the sinai did it in retaliation for russian air strikes in iraq and syria. breaking development overnight, an arrest in the shooting of a texas state judge, a person of interest in the case is now behind bars, taken into custody on unrelated charges. ed lavandera following developments live. what was the arrest under? >> reporter: it is a fugitive warrant that was executed last night in the city of houston, a law enforcement source telling us that this arrest was made late last night. so far, we have not been able to get a name of this person that is being interviewed by
not officially commented at all again on offering any more claims for this metrojet crash. last week they put together a number of propaganda videos put together by the group. there was an audio claim and immediately after the crash a statement put out by the group. i think perhaps one of the reasons for the lack specificity is to protect an insider to try get away or even to ride it out, wolf. >> so phil, how do you get -- how do you find out if there is an insider, terrorist working at an airport with cargo hold or caterers, how do you find out about these individuals? >> you have three options, wires, classic intelligence operation. can you penetrate phone calls,
this is napalm. that is something that is indicative and characteristic of the napalm. >> are there countless numbers of explosives? >> there are dozens of types of explosives. >> reporter: investigators begin to narrow the possibilities with field tests like this one. a quickly analyzed residue. this orange points to a c-4 bomb. anthony says the severity depends on timing and placement and there isn't always visible proof. is it possible that an explosive can go off on a plane and there be no residue? >> it's possible that there could be no residue left. >> reporter: here's why. look at the wreckage from the metrojet crash, much of it consumed by fire. >> if you have melting aircraft parts, melting aluminum, it's mixing with the other parts that it could easily disguise any evidence of an ied. >> reporter: anthony says it's
his military mission in syria to targeting isis? and on defense. as more questions are raised about his autobiography, gop candidate ben carson is defending his life story and attacking the media. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." breaking news. european investigators who analyzed the black boxes recovered from the wreckage in the sinai desert are now saying flatly that the metrojet crash was no accident. they're telling cnn affiliate france 2 that the flight data recorder confirms the blast was not accidental, as stepped-up security measures are announced for flights originating in some airports abroad. u.s. officials say intelligence