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Though about these new developments. potentially very significant that the systems were shut down or shut off separately, which makes it it makes it more likely from a lot of people who have spoken on this that the plane was affected by some kind of human action. you ve been checking with intelligence sources. what are officials saying about that possibility that they were intentionally shut down, and are they still holding out the possibility that those were just mechanical shut down automatically somehow? reporter: they re holding out every possibility at this point. because they have to, right? they haven t determined anything definitively. they re still gathering the clues. from the beginning i ve had a consistent view read from intelligence officials when it comes to the terror angle them saying we have nothing to indicate terrorism but we haven t ruled it out. but that s just one explanation, of course. mechanical failure or something, a plane suicide a pilot suicide rath ....
Likely from a lot of people who have spoken on this that the plane was affected by some kind of human action. you ve been checking with intelligence sources. what are officials saying about that possibility that they were intentionally shut down, and are they still holding out the possibility that those were just mechanical shut down automatically somehow? reporter: they re holding out every possibility at this point. because they have to, right? they haven t determined anything definitively. they re still gathering the clues. from the beginning i ve had a consistent view read from intelligence officials when it comes to the terror angle them saying we have nothing to indicate terrorism but we haven t ruled it out. but that s just one explanation, of course. mechanical failure or something, a plane suicide a pilot suicide rather like we saw with the egyptair flight. i brought and i have here the device that shows how easy it is to turn off that transponder in there which would ta ....
This new information about the transresponder and radar contact? reporter: they re reacting by saying these are all leads, all theories that need to be checked out. and if possible substantiated. you had the director of the cia, john brennan, speaking in public today saying the cia has not ruled out terrorism. i asked him a question. as he s sitting there speaking i get word for the first time reading my blackberry news about this transsponder being switched off. he said that s a question that needs to be answer and checked out. he said there were a number of things including the change of direction we see on the map and even mentioned the stolen passports which is a lead they followed. that turned out not to have a terror angle. they re checking out all the questions. i can t understand why on day four it s now we re hearing from malaysian military about this radical change in direction. there have been reports about a change in direction days ago but nothing this extreme going ba ....
Of time that the plane was flying with a transponder off, and extended and unexpected period of time, wolf. nic robertson with the latest from london. nic, thanks very much. so if the terror angle seems to be played down, at least by some, what does that leave others for explanations? let s bring in congressman adam schiff, democrat from california, senior member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks very much for joining us. you bet. all right. so what do you make of what john brennan, cia director, is saying when he says not at all. he emphasized those words, not ruling out terrorism. what are you hearing? well, i think he s exactly right at this point. we really can t rule anything out. we do know a lot more about these two passengers, but we probably know more now about those two passengers than we do with the other more than 200 on board. so we re scouring the manifest, seeing if we can make any connections with any other passengers on board. we re loo ....
Warnings about demonstrations potentially violent ones at the embassy on cairo on september 10th. megyn: doesn t explain why they were so determined to down play the terror angle. . no. megyn: kelly s court on zimmerman is next. i m a conservative investor. ....