party. cnn s kristin holmes is there for us at the rally. kristin, what are pennsylvania republicans saying? are they concerned about these candidates right now? well, they are absolutely concerned. according to both trump advisers as well as state republicans that i spoke to besides the fact that trump has privately criticized both candidates particularly oz, his campaign, his performance, they believe it is too late for him to actually distance himself from these races. as you said, he hand picked oz and despite pleas from state republicans endorsed mastriano in the 11th hour. so the hope now is that trump s popularity in the state will actually boost these lagging campaigns, but i ve got to tell you, jim, it might be a heavy lift, particularly when it comes to oz. i have spoken to a number of republican voters, trump supporters who say when it comes to oz they are still on the fence. they do not feel like they connect with him. they don t feel like they know anything abo
yeah, it s a scenario that a lot of things had to line up to make this happen in the first place, and then also not lead to the outcome that could have been so bad. the fact that he was an airport insider, got him inside the fence. he s a trusted person and was not able to was able, i should say, to pass through all the gates and with the i.d.s it would be necessary to get inside the fence at an airport, and clearly he had enough aviation knowledge to get in that aircraft and started up those two engines. it s not a simple thing. it s not just turning the quay o key over in a car. there s a procedure you have to do. it s not that it s a secret, but it is a process, so all of that lined up for this to occur, and then fortunately they were able to talk him down. i am curious, though, when you think about it, he was in the air for quite some time. i haven t heard yet, jim, and i d like to know. to what extent were air national guard authorities notified and was there an attempt to
brother. prosecutors say alani s roommate said he went there because he brother had been kidnapped. in court documents, prosecutors initially said he confessed to sabotage due to a pay dispute and wanted to get more overtime fixing the flaw he created. but investigators say he may be looking into whether he was somehow radicalized. we ve also seen these organizations be very creative and innovative. and we ve seen more outsourcing. they essentially reach out to other people to kind of do things for them. reporter: terrorist groups from al qaeda to isis are known to be fixated on bringing down american planes. and to pull off an inside job has always been a major security concern. for example, the deadly metro jet crash in egypt in 2015 claimed by isis might have been perpetrated by a mechanic according to reuters. they see airport insiders as potentially very helpful
sabotage due to a pay dispute and wanted to get more overtime fixing the flaw he created. but tonight analysts say investigators may now be looking into whether he was somehow radicalized. we ve seen these organizations be very creative innovative and we ve seen more outsourcing as they themselves could not mount a 9/11 type operation. they essentially reach out to other people that could do things for them. reporter: terrorist groups from al qaeda to isis are known to be fixated on trying to bring down american planes and the threat of a terrorist getting a job with an airline to pull off an inside job has always been a major security concern. for example, the deadly metrojet crash in egypt in 2015 claimed by isis might have been perpetrated by a mechanic according to reuters. they see airport insider as helpful recruits and there is track record of this. reporter: but terrorism experts say it is possible his interest in iraq and isis could have no bearing on the alleged sabot
front of the hospital. trump s forest, a new twist in the immigration plan after drawing fire in the latest gop debate. did he come out a winner or lose? trump is sharing his take with cnn. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. tonight federal aviation officials are preparing to send a team to egypt to join the investigation in the plane disaster. egypt has given the green light for the u.s. to get involved in the investigation, this for the first time. the country s foreign minister accepted to offer here the situation room. investigators are looking for hard evidence that might support a working theory that an airport insider planted a bomb inside the plane possibly at the direction of isis killing all 224 people on board. u.s. intelligence officials are