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At this time of year, documents found at bin ladens compound in abbottabad show he was talking about launching attacks in the christmas period, the holiday period, on christmas day, even july 4, a sort of cloj squall reason. also they realize a lot of people are traveling at that time. but in general, these terrorist plots have been launched when the terrorists are ready rather than at any particular time of year. but there is additional concern this holiday period because isis now has this safe...

In november, mr. henry bought this gun on a delta commercial airliner to new york. theres also an ar-15 and assault weapon he smuggled on the plane. what i want to do is walk you through in detail. and were going to answer your questions about how this happened and how long this is going on. but in order to do so, i have to go over to the charts. im going to show you. so what we have here is mark henry the former delta airlines employee. he worked for delta between 2007 and 2010. he was a baggag...

In atlanta to jfk new york. weapons included ak-47s and ar-15s and whats more, some of them were actually loaded. the arrest warrant calls the operation "one of the biggest security breaches in recent years." cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh joins me live to talk more about this. rene, the question i guess is on a lot of peoples minds, how could a guy get guns onto flights in a carry-on backpack? how can this happen today? >> that is the big question, and really, when you hear the details, ...

He worked with the current delta employee, eugene harvey. eugene harvey is currently a baggage handler down at the airport in atlanta. henry would meet with harvey sometimes at harveys house in atlanta and give him guns that harvey was to smuggle into the airport. sometimes they met at henrys mothers house or other locations down in atlanta. henry would give harvey the g s guns. now this is critical. the problem down with this -- at this airport in atlanta is that the employees dont have to go t...

>> its always backlogged that the delays create. its also a big part of the problem too. gabe, thank you. also developing right now, the atlanta airport is in the spotlight after a smuggling scheme was uncovered behind the scenes. two men, one of them a delta airlines baggage handler arrested charged with repeatedly smuggling guns aboard delta flights. pete williams is nbcs legal correspondent. how did this scheme work? >> first of all, the guns were never on the street. they were all bought by ...

Weapons to new york from atlanta. eugene harvey would use the delta id to bypass on days he was not on duty. harvey would meet in a passenger mens room with a former delta baggage handler. henrow would travel on to new york using a complimentary buddy pass. and the federal authorities said henry supplied hand gups and roifls to an undercover nypd officer. they found 18 additional guns in his back pack. delta is cooperating and take seriously any activity that doesnt up hold the commitment to it ...

Officer christopher manney confronted dontre hamilton. according to the officer, they got into a confrontation. the officer claims that hamilton grabbed his baton and struck him and that is when the officer used deadly force to defend himself in self defense. the officer fired from his job. the police chief saying the officer did identify hamilton as mentally ill and did not follow training and he instigated that fight. again, the case went to a prosecuting attorney and decision not to charge th...

A man named eugene harvey. he was an employee, a baggage handler with delta. and authorities say he was able to smuggle guns into the airport through an employee entrance where there was no screening. once he was inside, he met up with another man, mark quinton henry who did go through screening because he had a ticket to fly. and the two of those men would meet in the terminal in a bathroom and exchange the guns, and then henry got on a plane and flew from atlanta to new york. this happened 20 ...

When a 15-year-old climbed the airport perimeter fence in san jose, avoided detection for six hours, and hid in the wheel well of a 767, there is still no indication he had any idea where he was going. only that he was home sick for his family in seem mallia. mohammed olad, voice of america spoke to the boys father today in california, who believes his son will be home soon. >> the father believed that the son was -- he didnt know the plane, where it was going, and he was like like a stowaway bo...

Court only a few times and that the rule ought to be very clear that no matter -- it shouldnt matter whether something is true or not. thooec even if a baggage handler sees something and it turns out to be mistaken, as long as the person thinks it is true and is acting in good faith, it should be protected. >> see it, say it. they shouldnt be fearful of it. thank you, pete williams, we appreciate it. were also following developing news out of ukraine. tensions were high there earlier today as ...