who has not run for office in 1 years. somewhat half a beat off where the republican party is today. it s not clear after this sort of intense media saturation that defines his presidential campaigns whether he can get a second look of the amount that he needs, especially sense marco rubio is beginning to emerge as an attractive alternative for many of the same voters. bush is going to need if he revise his campaign. the rest of the field were playing a grade football, he should have stuck in reserve grade. not keeping up with everyone else. thanks for coming in. we move on. new clue from a u.s. satellite could help solve a mystery of what caused a russian airliner to crash in the sinai peninsula. the spy satellite was in the peninsula when the infrared senses picked up a flash of heat. it happened around the same time that metrojet flight 9268 went down. the flash may indicate an exclusion near or on the airplane. for more we go to ian lee in cairo and nic robertson is standing by
else might have caused that crash. for more we turn to ian lee in cairo and editor nic robertson in st. petersburg. ian, to you first. let s start with the pressure that s increasing on investigators to come up with answers as to how this plane crashed. we talk now of this satellite detecting a heat flash as the plane crashed. what more do we know about the progress of the investigation and how does this play into it? well, we do have that heat flash that was detected by u.s. satellites. military and intelligence analysts are going over it to determine if it was in the air or, in fact , it was on the ground. we heard one would be a missile but as we just heard, that seems very unlikely. we know that the militants in sinai just don t possess the sophisticated missiles to take
u.s. spy satellite. the satellite was over the sinai peninsula when flight 9268 went down. the flash may indicate an explosion or onboard fire. or it could just have registered the plane hitting the ground. dr. allen deal is a former ntsb investigator. he s also author of the book air safety investigators using science to save lives one crash at a time. he s joining us via skype from new mexico. thank you for being with us. let s talk about this heat flash for a moment. how could it have been spotted by a u.s. spy satellite? what would that satellite be up there looking for in the first place? they are looking for missile launches either scud type skort-range ballistic missiles, and so on. but typically they can detect any kind of heat source including an explosion or even the impact of the aircraft as it hit the desert obviously we ve seen the pictures of the burned
satellite? well, i think the big picture is that russian officials continue to say egypt leads the investigation. the investigation is far from over and that complete conclusions can t be reached until that investigation is over. as far as the heat signature detected, we haven t had an official russian reaction to that yet. the reaction by government officials to the fact that the an executive for metrojet said it had to be a certain external impact certain external mechanical or physical issue that contributed to the airline coming down. again, officials do come back to that line. this needs full investigation. we re also hear from aviation officials here they are investigating wage arears at metroj metrojet. they are investigating the current financial circumstances of the company. those are all factoring in.
warm welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. want to update you on the main stories we ve been watching this hour. a u.s. satellite detected an infrared flash over the sinai peninsula around the same time that metrojet flight 9268 crashed. analysts say the heat flash may be a vital clue for investigators. 224 people died in that crash. a rare tropical cyclone is barreling across yemen with hurricane strength winds. the storm called chapala is expected to dump two to three years worth of rain in just a day. flash flooding and mudslides are a major concern because of the country s dry mountainous terrain. the pentagon says u.s. special operations forces will be on the ground in syria within