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The two men -- ahmed al soofi and hezam al murisi, though both from yemen, did not know each other, and were seated together only because united rebooked them that way. as for the luggage, law enforcement officials said the cell phones, including one taped to a pepto-bismol bottle, were strange but not illegal. one of al soofis friends in detroit said, its not uncommon for people returning to yemen to bring cell phones and medicine for others taped together. >> they want to tape it together to m...

Is now reportedly a 99 percent chance that the men who got on that flight from chicago that was stopped in the netherlands may go free. now, youll remember, ahmed mohammed nasser al soofi was carrying pep to biz mole, cash, a knife, a box cutter, two cell phones taped together. some of the items were inside their luggage. dutch authorities stopped them. the plane was on its way to yemen, youll recall. this was a few days ago. now according to the associated press after questioning these men who ...

Flight. amateur video into fox news moments ago show two men being escorted off of a plane. they are being questioned and authorities finding suspicious items in one of their bags. national correspondent cat ridge herridge is live in washington with the details on this. what is the status of these men now? >> reporter: megyn at this hour the investigation is still evolving, well stick with what we know at this point. the two men both who were traveling on yemeni passports are being detained by t...

Amsterdam after getting off a united airlines flight from chicago where their decision to change their flight plans actually raised flags to u.s. authorities. dutch authorities have been questioning the men since their arrest. neither has been charged with any crimes so far. the pictures of these two men we were just showing you, well bring it up again. these photos obtained by abc news show the two men, they were detained after u.s. authorities found in their checked luggage, as we heard from d...

Address was questioned in birmingham, alabama as he passed through security before boarding a plane to chicago. he told tsa agents then he was carrying a lot of cash and in fact, screeners found $7,000 on him but allowed him to board his flight anyway. they say he was not breaking any law in carrying on that cash. heres what happened, though. al soofi and al murisi changed their travel plans to chicago to take a direct flight to amsterdam raising suspicion among u.s. authorities and thats why we...

Go through, though, because he wasnt breaking any laws in carrying all that cash. al soofi was supposed to fly from chicago to washington, dulles airport in virginia and on to amsterdam, the official said. then when he got to chicago, he changed his travel plans to take a direct flight to amsterdam. thats what alerted security officials. thats why the arrest took place in amsterdam and now, we continue to follow this story. the governor of illinois had a statement. heres what he said. >> we have...

Quick headlines. two men taken off a flight from chicago to amsterdam after what authorities describe as a likely dry terrorist run. police in the netherlands charging the men now with preparing for a terrorist attack. authorities say they had knives, a box cutter, watches and a cell phone taped to a pepto-bismol bottle in their luggage. the suspects are ahmed mohamed nasser al soofi of detroit. and hazem al murisi. a neighbor says al soofi is from yemen. the two were allowed to board the flight...

Watches taped together. kelly wright joins us from washington with this breaking story. what can you tell us? >> the homeland security spokesperson says the items were not deemed to be dangerous in and of themselves. were finding out, of course, while it was not illegal to carry knives or tape cell phones and watches and checked baggage, it was, in fact, a dry run. the pair were arrested monday morning at the airport in amsterdam after getting off the united airlines flight from chicago where th...

Abdulmutallab, and here, ledge delay got his training in yemen and he was coming via amsterdam and heading towards detroit when, fortunately, the attempt failed, and, the two individuals were talking about, also, have links to detroit and we must underscore, too, friends and possible family who know these people are innocent and couldnt have done this, but, a lot of hard-looking right now by the authorities. bill: a breaking news story and were on it, thanks, greg palkot in london on that and pe...

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