soldiers, sinai of course bordering with israel in the south and in the east there as well. it s a very capable group. this is part of an ongoing fight for the egyptians. any operation that takes down a leader in this group certainly significant, but no direct tie to the bombing so far. jim sciutto reporting for us. thank you. joining us now is the british foreign secretary phillip h hammond, one of the first to link that to terrorism. thank you very much for joining us. pleasure. are you convinced this was a bomb? we think it was more likely than not an explosive device on the aircraft. obviously we won t know absolutely for certain until the final analysis of the wreckage has taken place. that could take some time. but in the meantime we acted on a precautionary basis using all the evidence available to us. and we suspended all british flights to sharm el sheikh last wednesday. but not to cairo. not to cairo. this is specific to sharm el sheikh airport. if there was a bom
could have been an explosion that was triggered by several things. a metal break-up of the plane, a fuel explosion, even suggesting that it may have been batteries that were stored inside the cargo of that plane. another important development that has happened in terms of that investigation, the closed-circuit television footage of the airport has been analyzed by egyptian security officials. they say there was no suspicious behavior while the plane was on the tarmac, there was no suspicion behavior of any personnel approaching the plane while was in sharm el sheikh airport. so as far as the investigation goes, no clear answers yet from egyptian officials here who say that they will make those results public once they have some answers to those questions. ayman mohyeldin in cairo, thank you. let me bring in msnbc terrorism analyst, also the director of middle east and north africa research for analyst flash point. what do you make of one egyptian investigator telling reuters they r
bomb. now the egyptians have said that it could also be an engine exploding, a battery explodinex. they say it is too soon to jump to conclusions, but also at the sharm el sheikh airport behind me, there is a russian team on the ground. they are assessing security not only here, but also at other airports around egypt. they have tens of thousands of citizens in the country and they want to make sure they can get back safely. there have been a lot of criticism at the security measures at the airports. right now, the army has taken control and we are hearing from people leaving that it is fairly tight. ian, very interesting. the u.s. may join in on the investigation of what brought down this plane. thanks for your report. happening today, a 6-year-old boy will be laid to rest and the two officers charged with killing him will appear in court. jeremy mardis was shot and killed after a police chase in
out with the investigation. the formal request hasn t been made, but one area they could help the egyptians in is analyzing a sound heard on the final moments of the voice recorder. a loud bang is heard. now u.s., u.k. officials believe this is the sound of a bomb exploding. egyptians on the other hand are saying it could be an engine exploding or battery. it could be a bomb. they just don t know and they want this investigation to continue. they are also analyzing the debris still out there where the plane crashed looking for signs of an explosions. so far we have not heard if they found any residue. a lot of scrutiny at the airport. the sharm el sheikh airport behind me. we have seen planes taking off all day. we have seen the russian security team on the ground assessing the security and making sure it is up to standards and if a bomb
employees taking bribes. some of the charges egypt is denying at embattled sharm el sheikh airport. will a new review uncover anything of the possible bombing of the departing jetliner? a louisiana community in mourning and demanding answers. a 6-year-old boy will be buried today after being shot and killed by two marshals. welcome back to early start. i m john berman. i m alison kosik. it is 30 minutes past the hour. new criticism of the media from ben carson. the republican candidate is pushing back against reporters that scrutinize his stories he told about his youth. a key part of his narrative is he says he was violent as a youngster until he turned to god which transformed his life. campaigning in puerto rico, carson offered a point by point