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Checked. and in particular, just so you can rule some things out. i mean, at this point, there's just no answers, grounding the fleet and checking the fleet, and most particularly, looking at the one plane that had the tail struck. and the plane, of course, went down. and ruling out that they did the test, or ruling in that that he did the test, rather, making sure that repair was good and held. of course, that takes one of the theories off the table. and that's what investigations are in air crash. removing theories one at a time, as you test them out. >> when you talk to investigators, they ...

Congressman, good to have you on "new day." it comes as a sober moment, this news in the head line about u.s. and english intelligence officials being concerned that isis may have planted a bomb on a russian plane? does that smell right to you? what is your reaction to this? >> i think the jury's still out, assuming that's true, it's a major problem. i think we've got to contain isis. and if they did that, again, that's just another indication that this is a group has no conscience, and they will do anything to bring terror to the world. so i'm hopeful that we'll get to the bottom of it. >> re...

>> certainly, on the intel side of who did it. it will take time and sophisticated analysis unless you get a big leak. and with meat on the bones. bomb signature, michael, they should be able to know that? >> right. one of the possible pieces, is the footage showing the heat explosion. that doesn't mean necessarily an explosive device is on the pl e plane. >> lots of things systemically can go wrong with the plane? >> right. remember, this particular plane 13 years ago sustained damage because it was trying to take off. and the hail hit the runway and i think was cracked open. so they repaired...

Discuss all of this, new york city police commissioner bill bratton. thank you for being here. the basis of this is fuzzy until your work is often is. is this isis capable, as far as you know, of pulling something like this off? >> i think certainly that they are. isis has been very active in egypt, as we know. so their capabilities are growing. it's tends to be al qaeda, but isis is morphing in many different directions and morphing rapidly. >> sharm el sheikh and its airport are not like jfk, but is there something that steps have been taken? this is a threat that's been realized, this is so...

Examined on several occasions, but it had been completely embedded and it was only by digging that the policeman was able to find it. it is completely blackened so it was burnt. its overall condition would let one home that there is the possibility of further investigations. as you know, this black must include 500 recorded parameters, among them the speed of the plane, the altitude of the pl e plane, the power of the engine, the action of the pilots with regards to their controls, and the different types of piloting of the plane. these elements are absolutely vital in order to ascertain the t...