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Thomas roberts has been looking at who were these people at risk. thomas, good morning to you. >> jeff, good morning. as you point out, it really was a beautiful night in manhattan. mayor bloomberg in his early morning press conference was passionate in stressing as he pointed out this could have been a much more deadly event as thousands were in the area at the time. to give you an idea each day 364,000 people make their way through the heart of times square on foot walking right by where this ...

Marathon. the bomb squad used a robot to disable the device. again, another explosive device. remember, we just had one in times square last night. another explosive device has been found in pittsburgh where they were having a half marathon and a full marathon, apparently found inside a microwave oven. it has been disarmed safely but no doubt this is going raise a bunch of serious questions. now, homeland security secretary janet napolitano says the administration is taking the attempted bombi...

For that aborted operation that failed, but theres a good amount of evidence that they were involved in it. so its possible that a group like the pakistani taliban, a group that doesnt have the kind of training and experience that al qaeda might might have mounted this. but regardless of who it was, this was not a very expertly carried out operation. this explosive device, the way it was carried out, everything was very amateurish. it was not done by someone with a lot of experience, obviously, ...

Of the first plots, two plots in 2007, very close proximity to each other, a car bomb which also used propane tanks and gas tanks, did not diffuse that southern london nightclub and an attack, similar type of device and you see the results of that there, it was just a car bombing, vehicle born explosive device at the glasgow airport in 2007. whats interesting, which suggests some sort of consistencies is that in both cases, you had these gas tanks, propane tanks and some sort of device that woul...

Talking to state and local officials. we can rest assured the president will be in constant contact with officials at the white house and elsewhere in washington and new york keeping apprised of the situation. of course he does have secure communications wherever he goes. but a full plate this weekend for the president to say the least, alex. >> absolutely. okay, mike viqueira, more from you next hour. >> okay. investigators looking for clues of who might have planned and carried out the attem...

Passenger had some sort of explosive device. now, weve heard that from one source. we should emphasize, rachel, we have not heard that from other federal federal sources. that is what we are very much trying to figure out and the answer they are looking for here in washington as well what did this person have on him. we are still waiting for confirmation on that. >> focusing in on the thing that would turn this from yet another suspicious passenger into a potential act of attempted terrorism -- ...

Base to accompany this flight for the final descent into denver, the last 40 miles into denver after reports of a passenger acting suspiciously onboard the plane. there have been initial reports from unnamed sources that there may have been a question of the man having explosives onboard the plane. the possibility of the man trying to ignite some sort of explosive device onboard after having spent time in the bathroom. there were air marshals on the plane. they did subdue the man. there was no e...

Bill: that was captain from out there in hemet. captain walter meyer from the police department is with me and captain, good morning to you. what are you up against here? >> actually, bill, im director for the gang task force there, i dont work for the hemet police department. i work for the sheriffs department. but basically were up against a person or a group of people who have taken a strong dislike to the law enforcement activities in the hemet valley, and theyre expressing themselves throug...

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School, immediately, they were evacuated, out into the cold, as i said without their coats and they wanted to get out of there. and i have not gotten any word about injuries, thankfully, that is is a good thing, but, how big was the explosive device? what was in it? and what was the 14-year-old kid thinking? at the time of this? were looking into this and we have our affiliate on the way and were checking in with local school officials and also, police to figure out more on the story. justs to a...