Man, woman and child on board. British and u. S. Officials now say it is likely that a bomb is to blame for bringing down the plane. The uk took action even further and immediately suspending flights indefinitely, but the investigation is far from over. We go now to abcs Alex Marquardt who is joining us live from egypt. Alex, good morning. Reporter good morning, kendis. Thats right. That investigation is really just starting here in cairo. There are russian, egyptian and International Teams working with evidence that they gathered at the crash site, as well as the two black boxes, which were recovered. Now, the cockpit voice recorder, which will be crucial in figuring out what happened, was damaged, so investigators say itll take a lot more work to get the data off of it. I can tell you that egyptian officials this morning are fuming about these allegations of terrorism from the u. S. And the uk. The foreign minister last night calling it premature and catastrophic for egyptian tourism
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Luke . Hey, everybody, good morning. And we are now seeing a very different version of dr. Ben carson. In those heated Republican Debates, carson has sometimes been calm to the point of vanishing. His chief rival, donald trump, has derided him as low energy. Well, not anymore. This is a side we havent seen. Here he is scolding reporters for raising questions about key parts of his personal story which have been a central part of his Campaign Calling it a witchhunt, and abcs mary bruce is at the white house for us this morning with more. Hi, mary. Reporter hi, paula. Good morning. Well, you know, having your past picked apart comes with the territory when youre running for president , but ben carson, the famously softspoken republican frontrunner, made very clear last night he has had enough when it comes to these latest accusations. Fired up. Thats ridiculous. Reporter and firing back. I never wait a minute. Dont lie. Reporter ben carson defending himself against allegations that his s
Found out he was alive and well. And we do say good morning, america, on this friday morning. What an incredible story. Can you imagine searching for your child for 13 years . No. Wow. Unbelievable. The family is overjoyed right now and i can only imagine as youre talking about what that first hello was like after all that. Well get to that. But right now, lets get right to the stepped up security at the worlds airports. Look at three of the busiest airports in this country, hartsfieldjackson, atlanta, l. A. X. And washington dulles, a crackdown on security involving luggage handling expected there, and at the hundreds of overseas airports that fly directly to the u. S. , as investigators try to figure out what took down that plane in egypt. Abcs brian ross starts us off. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. According to the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee, the u. S. As soon as this weekend is expected to order sweeping security changes to the u. S. Fro
That a bomb likely took down the plane, but u. S. And british Officials Say theyre being guided by intelligence intercepts, and now major changes are in store for key airports across the world. Abcs lana zak has the latest for us and joining us from washington. Lana, good morning. Reporter good morning, reena and kendis. The department of Homeland Security is looking at ways to make foreign airport screening as rigorous as the United States. Here airport workers may be credentialed every six months but in some foreign airports, it is as infrequent as every five years. The possibility that a terrorist bomb downed the russian plane in egypt is sending International Shock waves with implications for u. S. Travelers. I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board. And were taking that very seriously. Reporter the department of Homeland Security is expected to announce plans to tighten regulations on u. S. Bound flights from International Airports as early as today. The Obama