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Place, though major incidents taking place and people are pretty much celebrating easter, its afternoon here, this theyve partaken in the services in the morning and in israel there are various check points that are closed in fact, the west bank has been sealed because the passover, and the palestinian christians werent able to make their way into jerusalem, but that should likely be lifted towards the end of the week. ill send it back to you guys from a very windy mount of olives. >> rina ninen...

Welcome back to the most news in the morning, we have 26 minutes after the hour. top stories about three and a half minutes away. an a.m. original, something youll see only in american morning. another close call added another layer of security across the nation. get ready, yes, to stick out your hands. jeanne meserve has the security watch. >> at the airport be prepared for a new kind of screening, a swab run across the fingertips is analyzed for traces of explosives. the machines arent new, be...

Hour, its time for our top story u.s., eight american missionaries are back in the united states this morning. they arrived in miami overnight but the judge kept two of them in jail in haiti and the judge wants to know about another trip they took to the country before they were caught with more than 30 kids at the border. a mentally ill man described as having an infat situation with vice president joe biden was able to slip past security and come within feet of the vice president at the wint...

They tend to leave and then come back later after assessing the situation. but today they are receiving contact. but the u.s. marines do have a foothold in parts of the city. the question really that remains is just how the taliban will retaliate. this is their last stronghold in helmand province. and its a very important city to them. marjah is not only one of the strongholds, but at the same time, it provides them money with the narco industry. taliban make over $200,000 a month by the narcoti...

These controversial devices in place at check points but the iraqi government is investigating. it will review the space station. they are considering bringing those dogs in as soon as possible this of course is a difficult logistical challenge. we only have 25 dogs here so far they hope to bring in over 100. those dogs cop at quite a cost. -- come at quite a cost. radio >> julie: militant group in iraq hosted an internet video believed to show a missing american contractor. the 60-year-old disa...

Points without being stopped. these controversial devices in place at check points but the iraqi government is investigating. it will review the space station. they are considering bringing those dogs in as soon as possible this of course is a difficult logistical challenge. we only have 25 dogs here so far they hope to bring in over 100. those dogs cop at quite a cost. -- come at quite a cost. radio >> julie: militant group in iraq hosted an internet video believed to show a missing american co...

Cameras that havent worked for months. he will tell you himself. josh, what is the story down in phoenix with this airport? >> what we can tell you weve obtained internal city records that show from june of twine to october of twine the cameras -- twine the cameras outside the terminals that are supposed to scan and record the license plates of ref -- every vehicle going in and out were plagued with shutdowns for that four month period of time. only operational 25% of the time. we can also tell ...

>> explosives passed through and arent detected they are able to get to where they want to go and detonate. when we asked the policemanning check points they say they checked the vehicle but the device didnt work. >> reporter: the failure of the detector has had deadly consequences. many died here when a minivan detonated at the hotel entrance. scanneds at check points failed to stop it. iraqi authorities are looking for an alternative method. this could be the solution. the u.s. military is sen...

And arent detected they are able to get to where they want to go and detonate. when we asked the policemanning check points they say they checked the vehicle but the device didnt work. >> reporter: the failure of the detector has had deadly consequences. many died here when a minivan detonated at the hotel entrance. scanneds at check points failed to stop it. iraqi authorities are looking for an alternative method. this could be the solution. the u.s. military is sending trained sniffer dogs to ...

The iraqi authorities are now looking for an alternative method for bomb detection and this could be the solution. the u.s. military is sending trained sniffer dogs to iraq to help strengthen security and the hope is these dogs will spot explosives, the mechanical device failed to find. iraqi authorities say theyre putting them to work throughout the country, overcoming a cultural taboo, but time is critical. the iraqis now know the detectors are unreliable and theyre angry at the loss of lives ...