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>> and i'm victor blackwell. one of the key points we'll be looking for, it was a bomb that took down that russian airliner with 224 people on board? french media reports that european analysis of the plane's data recorders uphold the theory that an explosive device inside that plane, yes, brought it down. >> we want to go to mary, she is waiting with us to listen to what they have to say and michaelwise is with us as well. mary, there has been some criticism we've heard from analysts who say listen, a bomb is why this plane went down, but we have yet to hear that from egyptian officials. when...

Difficult. >> yes. >> all right. richard haass, stay with us because coming up, new developments in yemen spiraling out of control there. no things are bad when isis even isn't the biggest threat in iraq. michael wise weighs in. "morning joe" is back in a moment.n't be shy, try some pie! you're giving away pie? what would you like apple or cherry? cherry. can i top that with oil or cream? excuse me? oil...or cream? definitely cream! a slice of pie always sounds better with reddi wip. that's because it's never made with hydrogenated oil. ohhh yeah. always made with real cream. the sound of redd...

The next syria? >> yemen already is. >> already is. >> i think it's now a question of when not if. so saudi arabia get tested. i think it's inevitable this group that calls itself the islamic state will one way or the other find a way to challenge the country that controls the two holy shrines of islam. try it through terrorism, disrupting the an hulnual pilgrimage. every time we think we reached the bottom we find out there's more to come. >> for perspective, it's now five years in syria with 4 million refugees at least. it's a chaotic, horrific -- >> and another 6 or 7 million internally dis...

Terrorism analyst, paul cruickshank and michael wise author of isis army of terror. if this is isis how big a development is that? >> it's absolutely stunning development. isis a fledgling presence in yemen. this is the worst terror tack ever in yemen and that takes a lot of doing as you can imagine. i think the strategy if it was isis is similar to the isis strategy with the bombing at the golden mosque in somora. the sunnis will be driven to the embrace of the jihadis. i think that's the strategy in yemen to tip the country into civil war, increase sectarian discord over there. >> michael, a...

We've been bringing you details of accusations of chemical attacks with syria with the opposition accusing each other of using chemical weapons. meanwhile, syria's deputy foreign minister says u.n. inspectors can begin investigations into the alleged attacks. syria analysts michael wise joins me now live from new york. he's a columnist at "now lebanon." michael, so u.n. inspectors being told by the syrian government that they can see for themselves whether chemical weapons were used but won't they only see what the syrian government wants them to see? >> well, exactly. and unfortunately, as yo...