cairo airport or sharm el sheikh i any of their airports and i m not trying to single out egyptians. i think it s true of other countries. the biggest problem is inbound flights to the united states, west from countries that don t have the same double security as we have. and add to that that we have some of our own problems if you take the inspector general s report six months ago, 73 people who might have ties to terrorism being employed at airports. what we do know is that al qaeda has been working very hard on creating an undeductible bomb, we know that. with your expertise in this area, could isis have that technology? if so, could this be a result of that? something undetectable getting on to that plane? i mean, it s not impossible. certainly al qaeda in yemen has been klees aing with al qaeda in syria to give them some of the bomb making techniques. of course isis and al qaeda in syria are locked in mortal combat now. but the groups have had people
victims. and hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m natalie allen. and i m george howell from world headquarters here in atlanta. newsroom starts right now. and a good day to you. we start this hour with the investigation into metrojet flight 9268. and for the first time, the u.s. president barack obama believes that it is possible that a bomb was on board that plane. but still egypt and russia, they say there is no evidence to support that theory. the plane bound for russia crashed in egypt s sinai peninsula, killing all 224 passengers and crew members. a u.s. official says specific internet chatter around saturday s crash suggests that isis or its affiliates were involved. here is what president obama had to say. i think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board.
monitor cameras located throughout the airport. and they say they ve taken an extra security step for british passengers. two years ago, british authorities requested that this machine be used before every flight to the united kingdom. it s capable of detecting explosives. egyptian authorities say this kind of machine is not used on any other flight. officials have promised to increase security, but tell us it s too soon to say what more will be done to reassure everyone that it s safe to go home. erin mclaughlin, cnn, sharm el sheikh international airport. if isis did bring down the metrojet flight, it would mark a significant leap forward in the terror group s capabilities. the idea of a bomb causing the disaster has drawn comparisons to tactics previously attempted by al qaeda. international diplomatic editor nic robertson reports.
his expertise has been taught to others. the question now, does isis have these skills or could they use more rudimentary bombs with conventional explosives stolen from military stores. nic robertson, cnn, st. petersburg, russia. police and protesters scuffled with each other in central listened on thursday. the protesters were supporting the activist group anonymous, that s what it s called, who sponsored the so-called million masked march. some arrests were made and at least one police car was set on fire. an activist said they were demonstrating for equality and against censorship. at least one person is dead after a dam burst at an iron ore mine in southeast brazil. you can actually see the widespread destruction here from the flooding that followed. one official says thursday s burst flooded an area with 200 homes. look at that mess.
the people are reacting with grief, but i don t think it will have any effect on their political decisions of the government because if they were hit by the terrorits, that means they re most pervasive argument against the russian involvement is syria until now was that we re bombing the wrong people, we re not bombing the terrorist, we re bombing the so-called moderatings. if a moderate plants a bomb on a plane, then he s not a moderate. so politically, i don t think this strategy will change anything in the russian attitude to the syrian problem. the isis terrorist group is claiming responsibility to the bombing. i don t think you consider them to be moderate syrians by any stretch of the imagination. and so given that, will there be any problems for the russian president because he got the russians involved in this conflict in syria and some may see that this bombing as retaliation for that.