the russian plane in sinai. one senior obama official telling cnn certainty is, quote, 99.9%, another official saying it is quote likely. we are learning that sole some intelligence used to make that determination came from israel. u.s. official briefed on the intelligence and a diplomatic source say communications captured by israeli intelligence passed along to the united states and britain. egyptian officials say news reports claiming lax security and nonfunctioning equipment at sharm el sheikh airport are, quote, generalizations unsubstantiated and false. today the associated press cites up to seven officials involved in security, each describing poor security procedures there with me live, from sharm el sheikh, nima. talking first about the significance, why is it significant that some of the intelligence has come from israel to the united states? reporter: given that the