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Bryan todd is here looking at the possible terror threat. youre specifically looking at how much damage explosives inside some toothpaste container could do. >> right, wolf. and we have learned today that you can make a full explosive and place it in a tube of tooth paste like this, an expert in england did this for us today. placed some explosives called rdx inside a tube -- the tubes of toothpaste come a bit smaller in england. he filled about three quarters with explosives and the other part ...

Theyre similar in effect. whats interesting, wolf, this has been done before, in 1976. october of 1976 a cubana airlines flight was brought down by anti-castro cuban operatives hidden in a tube of colgate toothpaste. so it has happened before a plane has been brought down with explosives hidden in a tube of toothpaste. >> are they going to start banning toothpaste on flights? >> there was talk about that. there was a plot in 2006 to bomb planes using liquid, gels, things like that. right after t...

Intelligence and act on it immediately to protect first our priority americans and allies and anybody involved. >> dutch ruppersberger from maryland, representative of the house intelligence committee. >> good to be here, wolf. >> dont leave yet. >> okay. >> look at this video from a couple years ago. thats how much high explosives the underwear bomber was carrying on an airplane. but what if the explosives were hidden inside a tube of toothpaste? a closer look when we come back.

Including men and women. so i dont think theyre really discriminating really between americans or russians, but i do think remain a target are the russians. >> you stated specific threats, what can you tell us about these threats specifically to americans? >> well, they are specific and credible to the aviation sector. the department of homeland security warned the airlines and foreign governments this explosive compound can be put in tubes of toothpaste and kcosme c cosmeti cosmetics. so theyre...

Arriving. and these security measures in place will be put even further to the test. >> amanda daveys on the ground for us in sochi. were going to check back with you. thanks very much. lets dig deeper about security, the role of the united states, what the intention community knows about these threats. joining us is congressman dutch ruppersberger, ranking member of the house intelligence committee, the top democrat on that committee. congressman, thanks very much for joining us. >> good to be ...

i want to go back. >> piers morgan tonight from london. good evening and welcome to london where the olympic gameses are set to start in two days time. behind me is where the olympics stadium lurks in the east of london. over there is one of the centers of the security operation, making sure the games run smoothly. the games, security, world affairs and tony blair, the british prime minister when the bid was first launched to bring the games to london. tony blair, lets start with the l...

be set right. thats why i want to go back. >> piers morgan tonight from london. good evening and welcome to london where the olympic games are set to start in two days time. behind me is where the olympics stadium lurks in the east of london. over there is one of the centers of the security operation, hms ocean. security at a premium. making sure the games run smoothly. who better to talk to about this than tony blair who was the british prime minister when the bid was first launched t...

good evening and welcome to london where the olympic gameses are set to start in two days time. behind me is where the olympics stadium lurks in the east of london. over there is one of the centers of the security operation, making sure the games run smoothly. the games, security, world affairs and tony blair, the british prime minister when the bid was first launched to bring the games to london. tony blair, lets start with the london olympics. you were instrumental in bringing this b...

Blair criticized for being too friendly with president bush. >> well, we both use colgate toothpaste. >> reporter: their chumminess got blair in political trouble at home. the support for the iraq war won him more friends in the u.s. congress than across the pond. >> we will be with you in this fight for liberty. and if our spirit is right, and our courage firm, the world will be with us. >> reporter: and now, the u.s. and uk have come together on two other wars. in afghanistan. and libya. beyon...

>> 12,000 over the next two years. evidently they have a plan in place to balance the budget and $137 million deficit in just this year. to do that, they were going to refinance their bonds and to do, that they got to get their paperwork done by friday with a deadline of march to take three weeks to process. therefore, this is the day. the question is if youre one of those 14 lawmakers hanging out in those hotels, you know, going to get colgate toothpaste continuing to dupe the front desk into s...