the november 13th attacks. had been to syria in 2014. abrini is yet another paris attack who are spent time in syria before making their way undetected back to europe. a major concern for investigators. so is a new fear that radicalized islamic workers are infiltrating the french transportation system. according to a just-released report the worry includes airport employees with access to commercial airlines at france s two main airports. according to airport officials 50 employees at charles de gaulle international have been denied access to secure locations since january due to suspicions that they may have been radicalized. french transportation unions have been complaining about the problem saying that some bus drivers have refused to acknowledge women passengers. and have been found preying inside their buses when they re supposed to be driving their routes. one of the bataclan theater
c4 is a military grade plastic explosive. crucially, isis in sinai has been stockpiling c4 explosives. it s been using that explosive in a number of attacks in the sinai peninsula in recent months. so certainly consistent with a hypothesis that isis affiliates carried out this attack. they have claimed that they carried out this attack. so if it is someone who had access, they don t think it was a passenger who brought it through the security check point. who would that leave? airline or airport employees? they would be looking potentially at someone with access to the plane. people handling baggage, potentially security stuff, cleaners who might be able to
weapons through. one policeman told cnn, unlike other airport employees, he and his colleagues are not searched before entering the airport. instead, they re vetted and managed by egypt s top security agenc agencies. he said their work is watched through the airport s camera system. we were shown one of the rooms used to monitor that system. we re told they have footage of flight 9268. they say it s part of the on going investigation. during our tour we weren t al w allowed to see everything we wanted. they didn t say why. we asked to get on the tarmac. this is as close as we were allowed to go. we filmed through an open door main room used to monitor the he airport. egyptian authorities are hitting back at allegations of security lapses. the civil aviation ministry spokesman told cnn, i am not saying we are 100% mistake free. it is possible but not in the way it was portrayed. these allegations are
tune in tonight, 11:00 p.m. eastern for all of the cnn post-debate analysis, anderson cooper and the best political team around. there s mounting concern this morning about the vetting process of airport employees here in the u.s. following the crash of the russian metrojet flight. authorities are investigating whether an airport insider planted a bomb on that plane. u.s. officials trying to address security gaps at our nation s airports. rene marsh with the latest. reporter: at this point, alisyn, we know that the department of homeland security is specifically focused on those overseas airports with direct flights to the united states. airports in places like cairo, kuwait city as well as ahman. but officials here in the united states are sounding the alarm about potential issues that potential insider threat at our own airports, domestic airports. i spoke with one official who says we don t know enough about the close to 1 million airport
bomb aboard that plane. egyptian authorities say they have not reached any conclusions on that. tens of thousands of tourists are stranding at the sharm el sheikh airport. several countries curtailed flights amid worries that an airport employee might have planted a bomb on that plane. the british government says it could take ten days to get its many citizens out of the country. the president of china and taiwan met saturday in singapore to improve relations and a historic handshake there. it is the first time the two sides have met since the civil war split them 66 years ago. both leaders said no agreements would be signed at the meeting but that they would work toward making peace. the majority of polls are now closed in myanmar s landmark election. live images this hour as you see people there at the polls. voters started casting their ballots before sunrise. this is their freest election in 25 years and the first since the military junta gave up power