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Doing reporting. >> how so? >> its just so easy to go, lets compare what he said in this book to what other people say. theres a lot more important things that they should be doing in addition to vetting his past. for instance, when he says the pyramids werent for the pharaohs, they were to hold grain. that raises a whole series of questions that need to be pursued about the way he views global history. does he believe that the dinosaurs were only a couple thousand years ago like some other repu...

They can be made into sculptures and glazed over. it cancan look like anything. this is what has us scared. its not just sham el-sheikh. our security in this country, tsa can be beaten. >> and bob, youre saying the actual detonator, the switch itself wouldnt show up in an extra or wouldnt be identifiable? >> it wouldnt be identifiable. you can hide it, they are very small and you can hide it in an iphone and hide a plastic detonator and you can x-ray and people can get guns on airplanes and they...

Small amount of explosive, this is what really scares people. >> i mean, it is amazing, paul, weve been doing reporting, that case of baggage handlers smuggling weapons on to planes in the united states in the atlanta airport. that was an incredible warning sign right there. >> youre absolutely right. there was also a case of an american isis fighter killed in the summer of 2014 inside syria who had been working at minneapolis/st. paul airport as a cleaner and who had access to very sensitive si...

Children. this is a plane that was going back to russia. most likely taking people in egypt on holiday. we get a lot of these sorts of flights coming in here. a tragic way to end their trip. >> ian lee, keep us posted as you learn any new information about this. >> lets talk more about what we do know. cnn aviation analyst, les aben is with us now. he is also a pilot. when you hear ian talk about this flight roughly at 30,000 feet and disappearing from radar and plunging some 6,000 feet per minu...

On cbs, president obama said he understands why biden might get in. >> if youre sitting right next to the president in every meeting and wrestling with these issues, im sure that for him hes saying to himself, i can do a really good job. >> you can see why the poll numbers in this new poll particularly in south carolina really plays towards hillary clintons advantage but also why her camp is so concerned about what joe biden is going to decide. she gets at this point 59% of the crucial black vot...

An indication that hes running. now, it could have the opposite impact. he could have gathered this information and realized oh, no, i dont have time to get on the ballot in the states but definitely a sign hes taking it extremely seriously. >> jeff, youve been doing reporting. how much time does he have to make up his mind and get on the ballots? >> not as much as you think and the georgia deadline is staring them down, october 29th and campaigns have to write a letter to the georgia democratic...

Reporting. is it recoverable for him? what are you hearing from your sources? >> ive been talking to people in the bush campaign who say this panic is ridiculous, that its not what theyre hearing from their donors. and i had one senior adviser say, i would rather have the momentum in the winter than now. thats not to say theyll have it in the winter, their point is theyve got the money and theyve got the organization to continue to iowa and new hampshire, spend money there, when they need to spe...

The newspaper says bidens son hunter is also in favor of his dad waging another presidential campaign. lets discuss whats going on with our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny and chief political analyst gloria borger. youve been doing reporting, gloria, what do you hear from your sources? >> well i have one source close to biden and this source said "to derive from the last month that joe biden is in a better frame of mind to think about a presidential run is completely incorrect." this...

The heard quarters of the nsa and cyber operation. this is new video from maryland. the black car was the one that tried it ram the gate. jennifer griffin is doing reporting and looking at what happened so more coming up on that. it is crunch time for nuclear talks with iran and one day before the critical deadline and iran may be backing away from a key part of this agreement. i am martha maccallum. >> and i am bill hemmer. there are major sticking points standing in the way of any agreement to...

Alexis is. if you know anything call 1-800-call-fbi. already, though, in just the last few hours, we have been learning a lot. correspondent john king is on that angle. so we do have new details about this guy. what do we know? >> we do. all of our correspondents, evan perez, susan candyiotty have been doing reporting. when you piece together what is happening, it is chilling how this ban the in such a matter of fact way. the suspect had an i.d.ch drove up to the gate, showed his i.d.. >> it was...