a senior u.s. law enforcement official tells nbc news the pictures are the same as those provided by british authorities to the united states. it is straining international relations this morning. joining us now from manchester, nbc news foreign correspondent lucy. british media reporting there s anger and tension among uk officials about the apparent leaks, about u.s. intelligence agencies, especially regarding those photos we just saw there, the backpack, the aftermath of the bomb, the trigger. that kind of fallout are we seeing as a result of that from these two allies? reporter: good morning, ayman. british authorities are understandably quite frustrated with the growing number of leaks. we re now learning the uk has suspended intelligence -sharing about the manchester bombing investigation with the u.s. nbc news working to independently verify that, this information coming from the bbc. the uk home secretary amber rudd yesterday morning expressing
very, very used to terrorism beyond the irish cause. from the jihadist cause. and we had gone through review after review about how do we keep people safe, especially in big crowded spaces. this is going to be a learning around the world about what happened and how do we minimize the chances of that happening again. vikram, we re told in our sources here is elaborate but specific, we re told by a junior u.s. law enforcement official who was briefed on the british investigation by british officials. and from that sourcing we have a reporting that they believe they have at least tentatively identified the bomber. they believe it s a suicide bomber. they found a body that they believe was the bomber s body, and they believe they may have a tentative identification who have it is. from what you know of the way uk authorities approach these things, and the type of investigation, the contours of an investigation like this, will
according to reuters, it took a week to find a graveyard willing to accept their remains. also, the man would purchased two of the weapons used in the san bernardino terror attacks is likely to face charges. according to u.s. law enforcement official, federal prosecutors are expected to file charges against enrique marquez. he s a friend and former neighbor of the terrorist syed rizwan farook. what do we know about the charges marquez is likely to face? we know the charges, we expect the charges will be filed by federal prosecutors in los angeles and they will center on the purchase of the two ar-15-style rifles that enrique marquez bought in 2011/2012 and turned over to farook. he has told federal investigators, the fbi, that he bought the firearms for farook because farook was trying to avoid additional scrutiny. at the time, farook had already bought two or three other
isis with the wife tashfeen malik posting allegiance to abu bakr baghdadi while the attack is under way. there is also precedence for that, and you may remember the garland shooting this year, and this is the other isis-inspired shooting on u.s. soil, and those attackers made a similar posting prior to the attack, and it is something that isis asks its followers to do, and demands as they are carrying out acts of violence, but again, this is something that i will tell you, anderson, that u.s. law enforcement official, and others have been warning me and others for some time that the kerp about isis to be able to inspire an attack on u.s. soil. that is of grave concern now, because there is evidence that it is exactly what happened in san bern d san bernardino two days ago. anderson. and jim, i mean, what is of greater concern to law enforcement? somebody who has actual contact to isis or isis affiliate
confident that it was a bomb that took down the jetliner taking off from sharm el sheikh. one official telling cnn it is quote 99.9% certain. egypt is walking a fine line of the reports of lax security at the airports, but requesting russia officials to conduct security checks. joining us with latest is cnn s ian lee from sharm el sheikh. reporter: good morning, alison. we are hearing from the u.s. law enforcement official that the fbi may be requested to come in and help the egyptian officials in the investigation in particular listening to a noise that occurs right at the last second of the plane flight. a loud bang is heard on the voice recorder. u.s. and u.k. officials believe this is an explosion from a