doing anything. [ applause ] a vigil was held in the officer s honor, a hero s funeral. but behind the scenes there were red flags. gliniewicz never gave a specific description of the men he was chasing. just after a couple days you had some of the federal law enforcement agencies pulling out of the command posts. so i think the word was getting around that there are no suspects. gliniewicz had been shot twice, once in his bullet proof vest and fatal shot to his torso. the bullets came from his own weapon, which was found less than three feet from his head. today, fox lake investigators admitted there were no signs of a struggle at the scene and are now left defending themselves. our intention was never to mislead the public. we completely believe from day one that this was a homicide. a statement from the gliniewicz family says it s been cooperating with the investigation and will not comment at this time.
kingdom. that was just supposed to happen for today but now looks like it will take place indefinitely for some days at least. they ve got a team on the ground of british aviation experts who they say are working with egyptian authorities to assess the security situation there. and only when they are satisfied will flights resume, will they look at putting on specially secure flights to ensure all the british tourists who are there able to return here to the uk as well. in response to all of this the response from the egyptian government was, well, surprise it said, but also it was dis appointed and thought these sorts of statements from the uk were premature because the investigation into this crash hasn t finished. when the british foreign secretary was asked about that response tonight, he said that he understood the egyptian government s concerns that there would be an economic impact on this from them, but they had not yet seen all the information that the british government has s
what are you learning about this investigation? 26 airlines go in and out of this airport, and tonight, several cancellations over concerns about airport security. as officials zero in on this new leading theory of a bomb on board, experts are examining the victims bodies for signs of trama from an explosion or shrapnel. a bomb is the leading theory for u.s. intelligence and british officials tonight. we cannot categorically say why the russian jet crashed, but we have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down as a result of an explosive device. reporter: all u.k. flights to and from the peninsula vz behavn halted. security has tightened where the doomed russian flight took off. isis has been operating successfully and assassinations
answers and everybody is saying equipme egypt has to give the answers and make the statements and dot investigati investigation. i don t think anybody is without a doubt behind the scenes pulling hard strings the and french are also there giving vital, vital evidence and help in this investigation. i want to show our viewers video, peter, video you ll be familiar with. this is a u.s. government test showing the power of an explosive. this was done after the so-called underwear bomber back in 2009. it doesn t take a very powerful bomb to take out a plane. you re very familiar with this video and demonstration. right, we the ntsb also did tests on a 747 with much smaller devices and what it shows is the modern aircraft, put together and are extraordinary strong and can fly for years on end with proper
right, back to square one. tom, it appears to be an act of terror from the information we re getting. if it is, wouldn t you expect the egyptian government to invite your former employee, employer, fbi to come in and join in this investigation? no, i wouldn t expect them to invite the fbi and i think the fbi will make the offer to provide assistance. i don t think it will be acre cemented. i think the egyptian government, you know, will be trying to look at a political angle in terms of this. they are not going to be happy if that turns out to be true, an insider at the airport caused a terrorist act. this is one of their leading tourist attractions in the country and will put a serious crimp in their economy if they don t have the ability to sell people oncoming to that airport. peter, the engines of this plane, u.s.-made engines, flight data recorder similar to this honey well makes that and