Hes known to people in this country around the world, i think you can say for good and bad reasons, once the highest paid actor on television and then equally famous for a public meltdown. Now its speculation about his health thats making news. This morning were going to let him address all the questions that are out there in his own words as he joins us live. We have a lot of news to get to this morning. Top story, once again trump, and well start with russia. Russian officials confirming overnight that it was in fact a bomb that downed a passenger plane over egypt last month. Nbcs tom costello has been on this investigation from day one. Tom, what can you tell us. Reporter hi, savannah, egyptian sources are now telling nbc news that two suspects are being held and questioned in connection with this investigation. These are people who had access to the airport and presumably the plane. Meanwhile, russian president Vladimir Putin is vowing to take revenge against isis. A little over two weeks since crashed in the desert in russia, russian investigators have determined a homemade bomb containing up to a kilogram of tnt brought down the plane killing all 224 people on board. Russian president Vladimir Putin this morning. Translator we wont wipe off tears over our hearts and souls. It will stay with us forever, but that will not prevent us from finding and punishing perpetrators. Reporter soon after the crash isis claimed it had brought down the plane. Within days the u. S. And British Government says their intelligence agencies had concluded it was likely a bomb, possibly an inside job. The attack coming just weeks after russia entered the war in syria. While moscow claims its attacking isis targets, western governments say the targets instead seem to be groups opposed to the syrian regime. Now with russia determining it was a bomb and isis likely planted it, Vladimir Putin is vowing revenge. Translator we should not apply any time limits. We should know them all by name. We will search for them everywhere, wherever they are hiding. We will find them in any spot on the planet and punish them. Reporter russia is offering 50 million for any information leading to the capture of those who carried out the attack. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has told his generals he wants suggestions on how to retaliate and where against isis. Savannah . All right. Tom costello in washington, thanks. Shortly after labeling that plane crash a terrorist act russia launched new air strikes inside syria. France carried out more air strikes there as well overnight as we learn more about the terrorists behind the deadly attacks on paris. And with isis now vowing an attack on american soil, new security measures are being taken across the country. We have complete coverage, including lester holts interview with secretary of state john kerry, but lets start at the white house and nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. The paris attacks that french president hollande called an act of war president obama conceded were a terrible and sickening setback in the fight against isis, but the president s forcefully dismissing critics who are calling for the u. S. To change or expand its military campaign, insisting that sending in a large number of u. S. Ground troops would simply be a mistake. Arriving in the philippines overnight, president obamas facing a serious test, how to respond to isis. That new propaganda video from the worlds most brutal terror Group Warning the u. S. Is next. Like we hit france in paris this fighter says, we will strike america at its center in washington. The Nations Capital on high alert with members of Congress Told to remain vigilant. I dont want to make everybody nervous, but i feel the same way i felt before 9 11, that something very well could happen here. Reporter ramped up security in new york, police there for the first time, deploying a new counterterrorism unit. Some what have we have to be also constantly focused on is not only our significant areas such as times square or many of the tourist attractions, our stadiums, our major events but the soft targets. Reporter also deploying overseas this Carrier Group from norfolk en route to the mediterranean previously planned, but its focus now isis. U. S. Intelligence officials acknowledge last weeks vicious attacks demonstrate isis advanced capabilities and a battlefield thats expanded beyond its middle east borders. I would anticipate that this is not the only operation that isil has in the pipeline. Reporter counterterrorism officials tell nbc news that isis recently launched a 24hour help desk manned by a half dozen senior operatives, offering tech support to wouldbe terrorists on how to encrypt messages. Defying growing calls for more action in syria the president is vowing to stick with his strategy. And at times sounding defensive. Folks want to pop off and have opinions about what they specific plan. Reporter if parisians are rattled but resilient, Many Americans are anxious that the u. S. Remains an appealing target for terror. The scariest thing about stuff like this is what can you do to stop these guys . Reporter this military fight against isis has now expanded into a political fight over Syrian Refugees with at least 26 governors, almost all of them republican, vowing to block any Syrian Refugees from entering their states, and in some cases after a strict security review. Its not entirely clear if the states are even allowed to refuse refugees. President obama is standing by his plan to resettle 10,000 refugees in the u. S. Matt and savannah. Peter alexander at the white house, peter, thanks very much. Lets go to the piece of this in paris of the investigators on the trail of the terrorists behind of the attacks and following new clues. Lets go to nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely. Bill, good morning. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning, savannah. The very latest news is that police have found two hotel rooms outside paris that may have been used by the killers before the massacres. A suspected accomplice Salah Abdeslam who is still on the run. Its now believed police have finished searching the hotel rooms and amid all the drama its easy to forget about the victims, some of who we can see caught on camera just before this whole horror began. Poignant photographs taken minutes before the massacre, hundreds of jubilant fans waiting for the band, unaware that gunmen were coming to kill them. Gunmen who may have used this car found by police and now being examined. Its not exactly back to normal. How could it be . But they have reopened the roads here around the bataclan theatre where 89 people were murdered. Many of those who were inside last friday night are still in hospital in critical condition. This is the man france believes was behind the massacres. This isis propaganda video is said to show abdelhamid abaaoud, once jailed in belgium and now believed to be in syria. He was close to at least two of the attackers. French police carried out another 120 raids overnight on suspected isis supporters. French warplanes launched more attacks on isis positions in raqqah, syria. The french president vowing to destroy isis and ordering a french Aircraft Carrier closer to iraq and syria. Secretary of state john kerry meeting him today. Isis, their common target. They are feeling it today, felt it yesterday and felt it in the past weeks. Reporter Frances Muslim leaders condemn the killings. They honored the dead and sent a message to isis. Whatever you do, no matter how long it takes, we will beat you. Reporter this is a city of high emotion and many tears, still mourning the dead of 19 countries including the u. S. Most of them young and murdered in what france calls an act of war. Now, in that video of the search of the hotel room you may have noticed some syringes. It really isnt clear what they were used for, if indeed they were connected to the explosives. Sometimes liquids can be used as an accelerant. Police are still investigating the objects they found in that room, and they are still searching for that man, Police Across europe and intelligence agencies across the world, searching for the Wider Network behind this. Matt . A lot of work to be done. Bill, thank you very much. Then theres belgium. It remains a focal point of this investigation. The alleged mastermind of the attacks was born there, and one neighborhood could hold more keys to the investigation. Nbcs keir simmons is in brussels. Keir, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Overnight the belgians have raised their threat level but there are multiplying questions for the authorities here. Belgian judiciary source tells nbc news that they now believe that the main suspect who is still on the loose was picked up in paris by people from here and driven back here the morning after the attacks. Belgium Police Commanders raid houses in a suburb of brussels. Elsewhere a suspect is led away. Yet perhaps the most wanted man in europe, Salah Abdeslam evaded police again. Police services thought yesterday that the person was in the building where they were looking for. Apparently it wasnt the case. Reporter salah fled the paris attacks, yet he and others suspected of the killings have been on the Belgian Security services radar. Guns and explosives used in januarys Charlie Hebdo magazine massacre were reportedly acquired in belgium. Later that month a tenman terror cell fought with belgian police. Automatic weapons and chemicals to make explosives were found. This group was about to commit terrorist attacks in belgium. Reporter and in an isis propaganda magazine in february the reported belgian linchpin behind the paris attacks bragged i was able to stay in the homeland, plan operations and leave safely. Overnight belgium raised its terrorism threat level, but the question this morning if more had been done earlier, could paris have been prevented . The world is asking did belgium let this happen . Belgium has taken the necessary measures and has raised the level, for example, after Charlie Hebdo. Reporter but as the days and hours go by, it looks increasingly like that main suspect salah may have escaped, and matt and savannah, get this. A police chief from here before the attacks said in an interview that here they rely on american intelligence to help them monitor Internet Communications and that they can only put a few suspects under surveillance at any one time. Keir simmons in brussels where so much of the attention is being focus. Keir, thank you very much. Secretary of state john kerry is now in paris. Hes meeting with the french president Francois Hollande this morning vowing to stand shoulder to shoulder with france. Secretary kerry also sat down with nbc nightly news anchor lester holt who joins us this morning. Lester, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Secretary kerry meeting with president hollande, came here to offer his condolences to france and also announcing that president obama will be meeting with president hollande to discuss further actions, further isis strategy, and the secretary and i talked about that strategy in the context of isis growing strength. Mr. Secretary, we learned from russia today that it was in fact a bomb that took down the metrojet over egypt a couple weeks ago. Isis claimed responsibility. Isis apparently behind the paris these are capabilities that no one apparently knew they had. How could the u. S. And the wests expectations of isis be so wrong . Well, i disagree that people didnt know they had this capacity. We certainly have known. That they could blow up a plane . Sure. They have gained great expertise over a period of time, and they have some people in isis who have been fighting in the Terror Network for a period of time, so they have access to c4 and explosives. Everybody knows that. They are making ieds every single day. You werent surprised by what happened in paris . I was shocked by it, not surprised. I find that we all know, because we are following the threat streams, that any individual who wants to strap a suicide vest around them can walk in to any public event and most places in the world and blow him or herself up and destroy people with them, so thats the nature of terror. Terrorists. They spread terror. They sow fear. They are capable of intimidating people and, yes, we have known this. Were on the lookout every single day for these plots, and weve intercepted one of them. We had a bomb that didnt go off in times square, if youll recall a couple years ago. This is within the total capacity and nobody should express shock that terrorists had the ability to kill people somewhere. Reporter secretary kerry also reacting to the propaganda video released by isis yesterday that threatened washington. Once again he said its not new. Weve heard these sorts of things before and did not have any extra concern based solely on that communication. We also talked about the number of governors in the United States who are refusing or say they will not accept Syrian Refugees. He says we certainly have the right to ask the questions about the vetting process, but he says as a country he believes we cant turn our back on those who are fleeing tyranny and terror in their homeland. Savannah, back to you. Lots to talk to secretary kerry about and i know youve got more of your interview tonight on nbc nightly news. Lets turn for more perspective with Michael Hayden, director of the cia under george w. Bush and now with the chertoff group, a Risk Management advisory group. Good to see you. Good morning, savannah. A lot of people are surprised by the french attacks with the level of coordination, so if i ty indication and planning and the fact that french intelligence apparently had no heads up, and a lot of people in this country are afraid, sir. Are we just as vulnerable . Are we not able to detect a plot like this . Were vulnerable but were not just as vulnerable. Weve got certainly advantages, geography for one. Were more distance. Demographics, our demographics are quite different and weve actually get a pretty good history of assimilation which the french and some of our other european allies do not have, but that said the risk here in the United States is not zero, and you can understand why american leaders, the attorney general, director brennan yesterday were quite forceful weve got to be at the top of our game going forward. Director brennan was pretty blunt saying because of intelligence disclosures, didnt name edward snowden, because disclosures like this and hand wringing on the legal and policy side of things rightly or wrongly has made it harder for intelligence officials to track alleged terrorists. Thats absolutely correct. Look, mr. Snowden has pushed out legitimate american secrets about how we collect legitimate foreign intelligence. Hes pushed that out into the Public Domain for the last two and a half years. Of course its had an impact on our ability to detect the kinds of things that happened in paris last week. General, what do you think about this move by a little more than half of the u. S. Governors to say we dont want Syrian Refugees in our states borders, setting aside whether or not they have the power to make that happen. Do you think thats the right call . No, i dont think its a right call. Its an understandable call, savannah, and in fact im hopeful that the governors are using that as a tool to put leverage on the federal government that they do this in a very, very careful way. Look, if youre asking me what i would recommend if i were still in government, i would say we need to do the correct thing in a humanitarian sense, and then our executives at the state or federal level need to poke their fingers into the chest of people like me in saying, now its your job to make sure nothing bad happens. I think thats the balance that we have to strike. Before i let you go, as you well know in, some circles there have been calls for an increased ground troop presence, much more massive scale than what we see right now in syria and iraq to battle isis. The president has said that he is not going to do that, and he says his own military advisers are against it. What say you . Savannah, the historical record is quite clear. His secretary of state, secretary of defense and cia director several years ago proposed a far more robust course of action in terms of arming the syrian opposition. What about right now . Right now, savannah, no one is calling for american maneuvers in the iraqi or syrian desert. What they are calling, i think our current effort is underresourced and overregulated, and so i think we could stand more resources there, not maneuverable brigades, more resources, and we need to take some of the limits off of the capacities we now have there. One example, savannah, very quickly. 36 hours ago we destroyed about 100 tanker trucks that the Islamic State was using to fuel their treasury. We could have struck those trucks on thursday. The fact that we struck them on sunday suggests the kinds of limits that our forces had been operating under. I expect those limits to be lifted. Just the beginning of a longer conversation for sure. General Michael Hayden, always good to get your perspective, appreciate it. Thanks, savannah. Lots of other news happening. Weather making news. At least 20, possibly up to 40, and we look for a repeat of that possibly again today, and weve got a blizzard going on right now in colorado. This is denvers international airport. Over 300 flights cancelled yesterday and more probably canceled today. Driving conditions dangerous at best. Hazardous at the least, and its going to continue again today into the afternoon. And weve also got t