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Transitioned from being a proselytizer to a senior member of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. his knowledge of the united states is part of the reason why aqap has tried to target the homeland with flight 253, the failed underwear bomber. he understands our security and he is very, very talented -- mike lieder pointed him out as -- >> he is a military kid, lived in new mexico and went to colorado state university. let me move over to libya, secretary of state hillary clinton talking about the ...

Make any connections to omar mutallab the nigerian student who carried the bomb in his underwear on flight 253. the link terrorist will go to launch attacks or at least talk about launching attacks inside the united states. both in the case of omar faruq mutallab originated in england. a plot may have been -- bebegin at least in kenya. launched from africa. >> jon: catherine herridge in washington. thanks. >> you are welcome. ♪ >> jon: now to the plight of the bare foot bandit. a judge in miam...

Kenya. it would then be flown to london, england. it would be transferred once again to a flight that would take it on to new york city. the documents dont suggest whos would involved or how many people were involved, but at least those specifics were given, jon. >> jon: and the targets were restaurants and night clubs here in new york. >> according to the two-page document here, it does appear at least based on the raw intelligence they had that that seemed to be at least what extremists were d...

Lawyer says he has reached a deal with the teens mother to handle all the movie, book, and television offers. >> a teenager taught himself to fly without any flying lessons, without ever having been in a similarity. is an extraordinary story. there are lots of inquiries that we are attempting to sort through. >> but nothing set? >> nothing is set. >> jon: the u.s. marshals spokesman says the bare foot bandit is set to return home depending on when they can arrange a flight. were told it could ta...

Yemen, aqap, roger cressey san nbc terrorism analyst and a partner at good harper consultant, briefed by a senior white house counterterrorism official, that was the head loin that jumped out at us, yemen. obviously, al shabaab is in the news this week. but in yemen, they are concerned that that is where al qaeda is now most operationally capable t is not afghanistan it is not even pakistan. >> i think there is still al qaeda central, of a pack, the number one priority for the administration, wh...

>> jon: word tonight that the man who tried set off a bomb in times square had a connection to w. anwar al-awlaki. investigator have linked him to at least two previous terror plots that detail comes as we are seeing the first video of the accused times square bomber faisal shahzad. a store in pennsylvania has released this stop motion surveillance of shahzad shopping for fireworks. apparently he used those fireworks in his homemade bomb that failed to go off in the heart of times square saturda...

Through that information to see who in that list is important and for what reasons they may deserve to go on this no fly list. what we know from our reporting is the no fly list, the list of suspected terrorists has essentially doubled since the attempted bombing of flight 253, from 3400 to about 6000, and the reason that its expanded so significantly is two-fold. number one, it now includes some of the known associates of the suspected bomber, umar farek abdulmutallab and then also, this is sig...

Harris: we understand that the miami-dade police department is being called to the miami international airport because of some sort of unrest on an american airlines flight having to do with a passenger. lets go straight down to our newsroom right now for tim gaughan. are you there? >> reporter: im here, and lets get to the pictures kurtdy of wsc this. , after reports of an unruly passenger aboard an american airlines flight, the incident unfolds on americans airlines flight 683, it was bound to...

People within the intelligence community one of the complaints they have, is that there is an emphasis, sometimes on hearing this information which is one of the problems before 9/11, and the people arent necessarily stepping up and taking ownership for specific pieces of intelligence, that they feel could be critical, for example, in this case, some of the red flags, about the suspect, umar farouk abdulmutallab, has traveled to yemen -- his travels to yemen and warnings by his father, he had ex...

Beach, florida, happening here on "americas newsroom." martha: we heard this, the governments no-fly list, nearly doubled in size, the number of people who are not supposed to get on planes, since the failed christmas day bombing of a passenger jet. and these additions are said to include associates of the nigerian suspect, umar farouk abdulmutallab, as the senate hearing gets under way on capitol hill on the lessons learned from that attack. national correspondent catherine herridge joins us li...