Russia Audits Sharm el-Sheikh Airport Security; Shooting Spree at Police Training Facility in Jordan
KINKADE: Welcome back. Support is growing for the theory that a bomb caused a Russian airliner to crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula just over a week ago. Russian state media say experts there are now testing wreckage for traces of explosives and results could come in a matter of days. The 224 people killed in that crash were mostly Russian tourists, heading home from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Russian experts are also conducting an audit of security at Sharm el-Sheikh's airport. Our Nima Elbagir is following developments there and she joins us now. Nima, for days British authorities have been working alongside Egyptians at the airport there. Now Russia has sent its own inspectors. Certainly this points to grave concerns about a lack of security.</s>NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, especially when it's taken in tandem with the restrictions on taking on --</s>ELBAGIR: -- into the hold any luggage. This is something we've seen put in place by the Brits, by the Russians, in fact, by all the carriers flying out of this airport. So it does start to build a picture or consolidate further the possibility, the growing consensus, that was indeed an act of terror. But of course, until the investigation issues its findings, we won't know for sure and it's that investigation, the timeline of it, that's the current focal point. We've been hearing from the head of the investigations committee that there have been concerns about adverse weather conditions and how that's delayed investigators' access to the site. The ultimate hope is, Lynda, that they will be able to get the remains of the flight back to Cairo into more sterile and more controllable conditions and really be able to have a full look at them there to glean what they can.</s>KINKADE: And, Nima, looking at this theory of a bomb, ISIS, of course, continues to claim that they are responsible but, unlike so many other acts of terror, they haven't posted one of their slickly produced videos showing how it was done. What can you tell us about its affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula?</s>ELBAGIR: Well, they were very quick off the mark to claim responsibility for this and said that essentially they didn't need to post any evidence. And the Egyptian government has consistently refuted the likelihood that this was indeed an act of terror, let alone an act of terror perpetrated by ISIS in the Sinai. The concern is, though, that, given all reports the we're hearing and all the briefing from various Western sources that this -- that this picture that's growing, that it was an act of terror, is based on the interception of so-called chatter by the Israelis in the Sinai. Then you start looking at who could have possibly perpetrated that attack and be within the territorial lands of the Sinai Peninsula. And then ISIS looks like the most likely, the most likely possibility. But of course, nothing is for sure yet -- Lynda.</s>KINKADE: That is true. Nima Elbagir in Sharm el-Sheikh, thank you very much. Two Americans and a South African are dead after a shooting spree at a police training facility in Jordan. The shooter, a Jordanian police officer, is also dead. Phil Black is following this story from London and joins us now. Phil, details have been trickling in over the last couple of hours. What can you tell us?</s>PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Lynda, the death toll from this particular event has now gone up by one. So in addition to two United States civilians, the South African and the Jordanian shooter, the police officer responsible for this, another Jordanian civilian is listed among the dead as well. So those four victims were all civilian contractors working at this particular police training center. The shooter was a police officer and a former staff member at the training, at this particular training camp itself as well. At some point he's gone on a rampage. He's shot dead those four people. A number of other people have been injured. But the man responsible for these deaths was eventually shot by other Jordanian security forces there as well -- Lynda.</s>KINKADE: And, Phil, what can you tell us about his possible motivation? What your learning?</s>BLACK: According to U.S. sources they said this man had been fired recently, putting personal grievance at the center of a possible motivation. This is backed up by Jordanian government officials, who say that, yes, they believe personal motivations are at play. They do not suspect that he had any links to any particular known organization. That said, even if you put personal motivation at the front of any particular inquiry, it doesn't necessarily rule out the possibility that he's been radicalized or had some affiliation or sympathy for another group and there's a reason to keep open-minded about this and that is the day. Today is the 10th anniversary of what is often considered Jordan's 9/11, the coordinated suicide attacks against three Amman hotels that killed around 60 people. So that is being commemorated in Jordan today while that man, that former police officer, was going on his shooting rampage -- Lynda.</s>KINKADE: A real shock there in Jordan today. Phil Black, thanks for bringing us up to date on that developing story. We will talk to you very soon. Still to come, a new twist on the issue of racism in America. Players on the University of Missouri football team are going on strike over some hate-filled incidents on the campus. Now professors and other academics could be joining them.