Abdelhamid abaaoud, his relatives and his terrorist ties. The operations continued until just before noon with shootouts lasting nearly an hour. Sources say the commandos bod bardment was so intense it collapsed an entire floor in one building here, making the work of gathering evidence all the more challenging. French Authorities Say they arrived just in the nick of time. That another attack was imminent. The first blast detonated around 4 30 a. M. And continued for hours. A third explosion reporter all within earshot of cnns atika shubert. Fourth. That was much larger. Reporter as day broke eight arrests had been made. The dead are still being identified with no confirmation the ringleader has been stopped. You can see french authorities, French Police inspecting the damage at the site of these apartment raids early this morning. French Authorities Say that two suspected terrorists were killed in the raids including a woman who blew herself up using a suicide vest. We see a lot of da
Bomb on board and were taking that very seriously. British Prime Minister David Cameron says it is more likely than not it was a bomb that doomed the jetliner. We have the latest from our diana magnay in london with more. Reporter britain has so many tourists stranded in Sharm El Sheikh, 20,000, they are trying to get back. That is why David Cameron did what he did and said what he said. The intelligence they have been looking at makes it a reasonable conclusion or more likely than not the plane was brought down by a bomb. They have been very tightlipped about what that intelligence is. They have not shared it with egyptian or russian authorities. Much to their chagrin. We dont know if it is the same intelligence that the u. S. Is hearing. We have more detail on what that is, as you said, the chatter after the accident among individuals supposedly linked with isis affiliate in sinai led u. S. Officials to suspect this might have been a bomb. They do stress this evidence is circumstanti
Ongoing operation. That was quite a large explosion in that direction. A second one now. Just hold on. No gunfire that we can tell so far. A third explosion. Fourth. That was much larger. Police asking them to move back. There are a number of military soldiers that are now being moved into the front as well. Were told that wiretaps led French Police to this alleged paris cell that, were told, had an imminent plan of attack intercepting, quote, just in time authorities say. We still do not know Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ring leader of the horrific terrorist attacks friday night, was in fact inside one of those apartments. The prosecutor saying he is not in custody. But if he was killed, well, that we still dont know. State television in belgium says a woman who blew herself up as the french commandos moved in was his cousin. Thousands of miles away, french war planes today launching new attacks on isis command centers in syria as an isis magazine claims it was indeed their terro
And im victor blackwell. One of the key points well be looking for, it was a bomb that took down that Russian Airliner with 224 people on board . French media reports that european analysis of the planes data recorders uphold the theory that an explosive device inside that plane, yes, brought it down. We want to go to mary, she is waiting with us to listen to what they have to say and michaelwise is with us as well. Mary, there has been some criticism weve heard from analysts who say listen, a bomb is why this plane went down, but we have yet to hear that from egyptian officials. When you see the evidence that has been presented thus far, do you believe that it was a bomb inside that plane . Well, certainly points to a bomb, but as an investigator, you know, and an air crash investigator and an aviation lawyer, i need more evidence and proof than that. Its very, very important that we keep pressing on for those answers because there are several crashes in the past when they were convin
At the american airports, insiders whose back grounds are vetted by airports and not intelligence agencies as they are 99. 9 certain a bomb brought down metro jet a bomb suggested brought down by an airport insider. Saying for the first time that a terrorist attack may have brought down that flight tweeting that all russian flights to egypt are still suspended as reuters reports egyptian and russian investigators ignored the fbis offers for help in the metro jet investigation. Renee, what are you learning . Reporter what most people may not realize is that tsa depends on more than 400 airports and carriers to do criminal background checks for workers who get that secure access at airports nationwide. Airports collect, review and verify information. Tsa can only vet workers based on data it gets from airports. Now tonight there are concerns the current vetting process doesnt do enough to protect domestic flights from an insider threat. Officials i have spoken to today say not enough is