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 fbi s 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 doesn t do enough to protect domestic flights from an insider threat. officials i have spoken to today say
while people mourn the lives lost, it remains a city on edge faycal cheffou security concerns led to organizers canceling a peace march planned for today faycal cheffou there are important inquiries going on. we need police capacity all over the country:it s our main priority to let the police in the best circumstances possible do this inquiries. reporter: italian police tweeting a picture after arresting an algerian national. police suspect he forged residency documents related to the attacks. the man was already wanted in belgium. police say he was involved in illegal immigration connected to the paris attacks last november. as more families begin to learn the fate of their loved ones involved in tuesday s attacks, two u.s. parents are now at their son s bedside in brussels. the missionary has second-degree burns and shrapnel wounds. citeme reporter: proud parents show a photo of their family. tears of relief and worry. their oldest, joseph dresden, of at the airport
also today, a peace march that had been planned in brussels was cancelled over the fear of security. president obama called to often his condolences to the family of the tennessee couple, justin and stephanie schultz who were killed in the airport bombing. justin and stephanie schultz families is shocked to learn they were killed in the airport bombings. she confirmed their death saying they are in heaven. today has been the worst day of my life. emily s boyfriend and friend were on the way to georgia to visit her. the former ambassador to the u.s., andre adam, was also at the airport. he died in the blast according to an official. another family also got the toshl news, siblings were checking in for a flight to new york where they lived. their family said we re grateful to have closure and are thankful for the thoughts and prayers for all. in total, the attacks killed 28 people and wounded 300. thank you very much. we know at least nine people were picked up for
been released. now, faycal c. has now been charged with a variety of offenses, including terrorist murder, attempted terrorist murder and participation in a terrorist group. so, amongst those charged, his is the most, shall we say substantial rap sheet. he was arrest ed thursday sittig in a car outside the prosecutor s office, charged late yesterday, and the prosecutor s office made the announcement today, victor. we know there are still questions about direct involvement, but do we know yet at all how faycal c. fits into this puzzle? reporter: no, we don t. we only know that the charges are in connection with the attacks in brussels at the airport and the metro. his precise role, whether he was present at either scene, as yet unknown, and hopefully, the prosecutor s office or other legal sources in belgium will provide that sort of detail going forward. of course, we ll be working our sources to get as much as we can. let s bring in michael holmes there in brussels. fo
them to the airport. one was arrested there. authorities are looking for this man. hamid. he may have entered greece as a refugee. he is very dangerous and believed to be armed. why are we finding out about him so many days. reporter: a couple developments there. hi, victor. two of the attackers we know about have come in on the wave of refugees fleeing syria to the greek island of laros. hundreds of others arriving by boat and mingled in with them were at a refugee center at one point. he then disappeared from there. he is suspected of being, and the police say he is quite likely armed and dangerous, and expected to be a key figure in all of this. one other development i can tell you about, salah abdeslam, one of the ring leaders of the paris attacks, french media based on french transcript saying he told investigators, after his arrest here, he said he played a minor role. he was trying to diminish his role. he helped organize hotels and cars, but pointing the finger at h