Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. New evidence, new clues but still no concrete answers about what caused a flight from paris to cairo to crash off the coast of egypt. This morning french officials are confirming smoke alerts did indeed go off just moments before the plane plunged into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board. U. S. And egyptian officials suspect it was the result of a terrorist act. So far though there is no claim of responsibility. Today u. S. Navy planes will continue to help comb an area thats about 180 miles off the coast of alexandria for more debris. We are covering this like only cnn can. Our International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is at an airbase in greece. Cnns Senior CorrespondentJim Bittermann is live. We are also tracking the underwater search for clues. Ian lee is live for us live in cairo. Talk about the investigation. On what is the focus right now, ian . Reporter as you guys just point out, we do have that new information coming from the french about the acar system which basically sends information about the plane down to the ground. This is information we got last night as well. Now were hearing it for the first time from authorities that there was smoke aboard this plane minutes before it crashed. This is going to be crucial to the investigation. But right now egyptian officials, the military with their international partners, are scouring for the remains of the plane. They have found luggage, theyve found seats, theyve even found body parts but they do need to find these black boxes and more of the plane to really piece together what exactly happened. Those black boxes will be crucial in determining what was the cause, was this terrorism, was this mechanical. Right now that is is the main focus of this investigation. Ian lee, we appreciate it. Want to check in now with Jim Bittermann at pariss Charles De Gaulle airport. I know some of the families of these victims, jim, were briefed by the French Foreign minister there. Do we know what else he may have said to those families specifically . Reporter well, not specifically. I dont think we are going to hear very much. Hes going to perhaps meet the press somewhere in this hour to talk about this meeting with the families. About 70 family members were at that meeting this morning, 50 french and 20 from other nationalities that were involved. In fact they brought in not only the foreign minister but also a representative of the bea, the main accident investigating authority, as well as someone from the prosecutors office. Immediately after the crash was confirmed in fact a criminal investigation was launched by the prosecutors office, as it is almost automatically whenever a french citizen dies overseas. There is that aspect of it. Basically it was an attempt to brief the families, bring them up to speed and reassure them that everything is being done that can be done to bring them news about their relatives. We know what they really want to know is why and we dont have any information obviously on that just yet. Do we know if they gave any timeline . Are they looking forward, jim . Lot of people are talking about this at several International Events coming up, the french open, the Tour De France. What is being done to reassure the folks that travel through frances airport is indeed secure . Thats a big concern for the french government. The whole image problem that goes with this crash that kind of shown the spotlight on the Security Operations here at Charles De Gaulle airport which have over the last year or so been investigated pretty thoroughly. Theyve changed some things around. They lifted the badges of more than 80 employees because they felt they had been involved in radicalization efforts. It is the kind of thing that sends a chill down the spine of anyone who might be planning to come for the Roland Garros tennis tournament which is coming up. We have the euro 2016 soccer tournament which is going to bring millions of people to france. And later on in the summer the Tour De France bicycle race. All these things coming up, as well as the normal tourism season. This kind of thing, if anything casts doubt upon the Security Operations here at the airport or elsewhere in france, it could really have a damaging effect from a tourist standpoint. So i think the french are doing a lot to try to show that theyre doing everything they can in terms of security. No doubt about it. Jim bittermann, we appreciate it so much. Now with us, a terrorism expert and International Security director at the asia pa sick foundation. John, thank you so much. One of the things that stands out here today is that no terror group has come forward to claim responsibility. Because of that, do you believe that terror is at fault here . This is going to be one of the key issues in this whole investigation. Just because no terrorist group has claimed has not claimed responsibility, that doesnt mean that there is no act of terrorism. We know that some terrorist groups prefer to lie low, keep the advantage to themselves, that if they accept responsibility, the focus will be on them, there will be more scrutiny. And also some terrorist groups may not want to reveal their hand too early in case they have more nefarious activities in mind. So it is something that we need to wait and see ultimately the forensic investigation will be a key decider. We may have terrorist groups claiming responsibility and they may prove to be false. So theres going to be a lot of speculation, im afraid. That will continue for some days. A lot of people are watching this and thinking, how safe is my travel this summer . What do you have to say to them . Keep in mind that countries like france have really elevated their own security personnel at airports and other logistical hubs. Theyve withdrawn the security credentials of people working air side at various airports in paris over the last year. We dont know that this is an act of terrorism as yet and thats very important to point out. But we also know that terrorists, if they cant achieve their primary goal, which is to maim and kill, it is to cause major disruptions where people are traveling. It is also designed to impact the way we feel and think about our safety and security. But we mustnt allow them to deter us because these are incidents that will keep pointing out again and again. We do not know that terrorism is the culprit here. There are a lot of things that obviously they are looking at. Im wondering when you hear what jim was just talking about, about whats happening at the airports, as you were just mentioning, and the transparency of egypt and its ability to lead this investigation, a former managing director at the ntsb says the egyptian authorities have the technical savvy and ability in convert with the french and uk to lead this investigation but transparency to him is an issue. What do you make of the fact that egypt officials came out very early on here saying that they do believe this to be terrorism. This is a very important question that you raise. Egyptians in the past have a very bad track record for their transparency. Goes all the way back to 1999 when egyptair 990 crash off nantucket island in the atlantic ocean. The egyptians worked very hard to prevent the full investigation from coming out. The fact that the pilot was suicidal and perhaps even more nefarious agenda in mind. Then with the Metrojet Airline bombing, the russian plane, seven months ago, the egyptians totally downplayed the role of terrorism until it was impossible to deny. The fact that theyve come out so quickly this time to suggest it could be terrorism, it might be, because this plane did not come from egypt. Came from france. Therefore, its almost like theyre palming the blame on to the french in case something bad had actually happened. So well have to wait and see. Egyptians dont have the best track record for transparency but hopefully in this investigation they might be more willing to provide more information as it comes through. I only have a second here, but because of what you just said, because it came from france, of course, it was still at the end of the day egyptair. And because of the track record of egyptian authorities and their transparency, or not in these cases, does that make them more vulnerable to terrorist attack . Certainly, we know that terrorist groups are trying to hit egypt politically, economically, socially, and by going after the aviation industry, that is the soft underbelly of egypts economy and it would hurt their Tourism Industry which is a real mess right now. Okay. We appreciate your insight. Still so many questions. The answers can be found in the flight data recorder, the digital voice recorder, those black boxes that are sitting at the bottom of the sea somewhere. What are the challenges searching for the planes black boxes under water in meteorologist Allison Chinchar has more. Well take a closer look underwater at what impacts theyre going to have to deal with. I know you are sitting here watching the news this morning wondering how safe are u. S. Airports against terrorism as we head into the busy Summer Travel months. An excia chief shares insight on how vulnerable we are and what we need to stay safe. 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This is the French Foreign minister speaking after a meeting with relatives of the passengers on that egyptair flight 804 giving them a bit of an update on the investigation. Course, sharing condolences of the french government. We are monitoring this to determine if there is anything coming out of this. Lets listen for a couple of seconds here. As we said again this morning, im saying again as i said this morning to the families acting in transparency. And i commit myself to france paying account as things become known about the different procedures which are put at the service of truth. With this regard again id like to emphasize as i did yesterday and the day before that the informati information, sometimes contradictory information, and too often what appears to be definitive misinterpretations. And so i am very careful about this. Because this puts the families in a tense and painful situation. I want to express myself to you about this. The best response of this information, this partial information, this piecemeal information is that it takes place in the best all right, so that again is the French Foreign minister who just spoke with the families of some of the passengers onboard egyptair 804. There were, again, 15 french citizens on board that plane. We know that representatives from egyptair and the egyptian ambassador to france were in on that meeting this morning. So were going to monitor this News Conference from the French Foreign minister and bring you any highlights that come out of that. Now back to the search for clues and answers in this mysterious crash. It is now going on underwater. Recovery teams from several countries including our own u. S. Navy are making several discoveries by the hour including reports of an oil slick in the area where flight 804 is believed to have disappeared. Allison chinchar is here to walk us through what investigators face. Beneath me is the exact spot where we believe most of the debris would end up being. This red line being the last known flight path that it took. Now going in to today we do expect an increase in stormy weather. This is a look at the last 24 hours. Again you can kind of see a lot of these clouds beginning to roll in. That will hinder a lot of the respect rescue efforts but were now concerned about the stuff below because those stormy skies above also have an impact below. Number one, most important, being the choppy seas. That storm will really start to make that sea incredibly choppy, which makes it very difficult for them to not only retrieve debris but also searching for the black box which will likely be under water. The average depth at this point is about 8,000 to 11,000 feet deep. Again, it varies a little bit but overall, relatively flat space. That plays in their favor because it makes it a little bit easier to find the pinger. The thing is, the pinger will work at depths up to around 20,000 feet. But, as those seas get a little choppier throughout the day, if can distort some of the sounds that you hear. We have not only stormy conditions coming in, but we also expect rainy conditions. Very stormy. Wind is going to pick up incredibly as we go through the day as well. So again, those are going to be the concerns Going Forward and it is not just one, it is numerous weather concerns that theyll have to deal with. Allison chinchar, thank you so much for the update. Donald trump goes after Hillary Clinton on guns with a questionable claim about your Second Amendment rights. Were out ink. Nk. Not ink. Getting ink doesnt have to be painful. Staples just cut ink and toner prices. Add in our 110 price match guarantee and our prices are unbeatable. Staples. Make more happen. Of bad breath germs for a 100 fresh mouth. With breath so fresh, its no wonder listerine® users feel ready enough to be in a magicians act. 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He was donald trump was using the rhetoric that comes from the nra leadership. They just kind of cut to the chase and say, anybody whos in favor of sensible gun control wants to take your guns away be, wants to abolish the Second Amendment. Of give it a moments thought and you realize thats just not possible Given Supreme Court rulings and given what it takes to actually amend or change the constitution. Outside the room . Hard to say where it will work. I tend to think just looking at the political ma