can also be used. those tubes have to be attached or placed near each other to create a similar explosion. they can be detonated by a heat source. bombs that were successfully smuggled aboard u.s.-bound airliners in recent years show just how great the threat can be. this is what prosecutors say the 2009 underwear bomb would have looked like if it had gone off. omar ma ruk ab dull ma tulle af concealed it in his pants. these are two bombs that were found before they exploded found aboard cargo planes. in a reconstruction for cnn this is what alford said one of the printer bombs could have done. if that had been passed through an airplane s fuselage, then heaven help the airplane. that would have been a terminal event, i m afraid. reporter: his demonstration, then and now, used two different types of explosives which had
way that somebody giving it a casual inspection will probably pass it. reporter: the size of the container alfred used is the size that you have to place in checked baggage at an airport but two smaller containers this size, which you can carry on a plane, can also be used. these tubes would have to be attached or near each other to create an explosion that can be detonated by a heat source. this is not a hypothetical development. there has been a reported case that s been well-documented where a toothpaste bomb exploded a plane? absolutely, there has, wolf. october 1976. anti-castro cuban operative hid explosives in a tube of colgate that brought down a flight over the caribbean. more than 70 people were killed in that. bombing. it didn t take much. i know you have more on the tests that we commissioned. thanks, brian todd reporting. up next, we re getting new
in thor new york? you bet i have. do you resent the fact? resentment is not healthy. segue into your namath rapid cooker. tell me about that. it is innovative, portable, light, the lady can handle it. what we do is get it to 1,400 degrees. if you go to a great steakhouse here you know they can get the temperature up there. our heat source is at the top. weep have nine different heat sources. whenever the things drop, the fat, you don t get a flare out. it has been fantastic to see you. you are going to party on saturday night with phil simms raising money for the military. going to be a great night there. raising lots of money for charity. come back again soon. that party would be better if you or one of your friends come over there. you are invited.
family was able to huddle together. the father and girlfriend keeping the children inside the car as they were able to start a small fire, gather enough material to start a small fire. they then heated up large rocks and made these rocks a heat source. took them in or very close to that jeep that then warmed up the sblr of the car where the children were taking safety. we re also told that the family had rationed out some food that they had brought. of course the kids and the two adults had come out for a day in the snow, so they were dressed properly, although they certainly didn t expect to be out there for two nights, thomas. we do expect them to be released from the hospital shortly later on today, thomas. miguel almaguer. so lucky for that family. miguel, thank you, sir. appreciate it. real quickly i wanted to share with you a thrill and an honor it was for me to moderate a panel yesterday held at the united nations on sport, comes out against homophobia. december the 10th is
here in new york, it seemed as if before now, the winter to a certain extent had been fairly mild, no? yeah, but you know what? here s the thing. we re just getting started. officially, winter just started a little bit ago. we have to get prepared for this. this is the thing, people need to start thinking about this. do you have your flashlight batteries? are you ready if the lights go out? do you have a heat source? these are the things you have to think about. and we hate to see a tough winter for everybody. but if we have to start out this way, we just have to get in the mindset to make sure we re staying safe. and stay off the roads. that s the number one thing to keep you safe. you have to stay informed and if the ice is out there, stay off the roads. we see so many accidents. we ve already seen ten deaths from our other winter storm that just made its way across the country. and the ten deaths, that number went up within the past 10, 15 minutes. we re up to 12 deaths so far