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>> ian, thank you. let's bring in cnn aviation analyst peter goels and michael wi wise, an author. peter, to you first. 99.9% certain is what one official says. what more do they need to become 100%? >> i think the only thing they need is for the egyptian government to acknowledge that this was a terrorist act. they have the information they need to make -- the voice recorder will have a sound at the end of it. it can be analyzed, it can be compared to previous terrorist acts. you know, you could look at the pan am 103 bombing over lockerbie and compare that sound to this sound. they can tel...

Security relationship with the cc regime. there was some mention in the british press when this -- when the story that this might have been a terrorist attack first came to light that, in fact, the israelis were the ones to sort of bring this in the foreground and say they shared the information with the british. we will see more in the days to come. i'm sure they are sitting on a lot more intelligence than they have let on so far. >> sure. peter, lastly, the cockpit voice recorder we all listened together yesterday as the head of the commission there investigating this talked about this noise...

Of terrorist acts and nonterrorist acts over the years. they can be compared to each other and shown on a visual way whether they are similar or not. using sound spectrum analysis and other techniques, the investigators can zero in on that sound. then, in addition, the egyptians are going to have to open up the wreckage to allow investigators to really see where this explosion took place. the signatures of a bomb or a high order explosive will be in the wreckage and it can can't be disguised. >> good to know. peter and michael, we appreciate both of you gentlemen. thank you. republican presi...

It has been resisted by unions and by the engineers. they don't want to have a camera looking at you, but from a safety perspective, it's important to have them here. >> peter i will put you on the spot. i keep hearing how ghoulish it is to bring up funding for amtrak's infrastructure and i ride an amtrak train every weekend because my husband lives in boston, and last weekend the engine stopped working and power on the train went out and it took them 45 minutes to fix it and the heating and cooling systems on the trains don't often work properly, and doors are sometimes stuck open, and someti...

Reduce speed thereafter he was knocked out and thrown around like all the other passengers in that train. >> reporter: his lawyer robert goggin bostain provided a blood sample and authorities are trying to get a warrant to look at his phone records thinking he could have been distracted at the time of the crash, and goggin says his client was not taking medication and no explanation for why this might have happened. >> eric mclaughlin, thank you so much. let's talk more about this with peter goels. the ntsb says it could be true that he doesn't remember anything. what do you think? >> it could...