we are thinking only of this. we are talking only of this. the florist leaves us for a second and returns clutching a printout picture of gonzalez. i got this to show my children. to explain to them anyone can be killed. she is just the age of my daughter. a musician arrives pulling a piano by bicycle to inject hope into the sadness. paris today, trying to imagine a world where they feel safe again. jake tapper, cnn, paris, france. all right. we had breaking news this hour. just recapping it for viewers. russian president has confirmed a bomb, they believe now, brought down metrojet flight 9268 over the sinai peninsula. significant news this morning. this is the first time an official anywhere has said he has evidence it was a bomb that
welcome back to the lead. i m jake tapper. coming to you live from paris, france. we continue to cover the isis terrorist attacks just four days ago. but right now i want to turn to russia. there was a major announcement from the kremlin earlier. the kremlin now acknowledging that it was a bomb. they say two-pound bomb that brought down the metrojet airliner last month over the sinai peninsula killing all 224 innocent people on board, including 25 children. isis, as you know, claimed responsibility for that attack as well. cnn s rene marsh following the developments. today russia confirmed what western intelligence sources have been saying literally for weeks, the crash of metrojet 9268 was no accident, it was because of a bomb, the amount of explosive material used, of course, ensured an extremely
you will. egypt, they re claiming responsibility for the downing of metro jet 9268. you look at beirut, a suicide bomb there, targeting shiite muslims. isis claimed responsibility. then we look to paris and what has happened there. this is a long way from the home region of isis, the stronghold. what is that telling you, and how concerning and difficult is that to combat? well, it s very difficult because isis is this emorphous organization. even if you go after them in raqqa, which is good, it s not going to be sufficient. they ll use their ability to get into europe and potentially get into the united states to attack these areas and do it with great propaganda effect. that s what they want to achieve. they want a major propaganda victory, and they want to do it with a maximum loss of life on our side. that s why you saw what you saw in paris. maximum loss of life,
taking credit for bringing down metrojet 9268. that s right. a haunting new audio message over video of russian facilities and cities and chanting in russian threatening attacks against russia soon and people here in washington, lawmakers and officials expect russia to have a firm response. jim sciutto, thank you very much and we ll be right back. i absolutely love my new but the rent is outrageous. good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me. delivery. hey. lo mein,
sponsored doping involving his country s top athletes. putin says russian officials will cooperate with the anti-doping organizations who are calling for track and field athletes in russia to be banned from the next year s olympics in rio. growing concerns among aviation experts in the flight of 9268 that the evidence is compromised. the egyptian led investigation is so bogged down in secrecy, clues could remain scattered across the desert. and also the trouble of the autopsy findings on the victims. and let s get early start on your money. stocks lower yesterday s among oil prices. and a jump in foreclosures last month. the top states for the new