to draw the detinction. we, in fact, had extremely specific information. the u.s. was actually told the tracking numbers for the two packages that they believe were behind all this. however, having found those two packages you always wonder what you don t know. so, the u.s. decided to track down any package that was shipped out of yemen to the u.s. and that s why all those cargo planes were stopped just to make certain that nothing else got through. and authorities are satisfied that nothing else did get through. pete williams, thank you for that perspect sk, as always. the department of homeland security janet napolitano is also revealing new details about the bomb plot and says u.s. authorities are working with officials abroad to track down those responsible. the forensics are still being done in terms of what exactly the explosives were and what their capabilities were. they came out of yemen, they certainly have the hallmarks of
this is being handled here in britain by the counterterrorism police, part of the metropolitan police here in london. they handle all of the big counterterrorism issues in britain and the message that we re getting from british authorities is how much they re cooperating with the united states even according to one british intelligence source telling us they know the identity of the person who sent these packages because they can say for certain that he has known connections with terrorism. larry? larry: is it true that the two intercepted packages contain petn, is that what they re supposed to have? that s what we understand, larry. just to give you an idea of how damaging petn can be, a small amount, about 6 grams, enough to fit in the end of my pen here can blow a hole in a piece of metal twice the thickness of an aircraft fuselage. we don t know what was the intended target here, but just a
towards the u.s. through dubai on emirates airlines flight ak-201 which was escorted by the u.s. fighters in the u.s. a suspicious shipment or package originating from yemen was discovered in dubai earlier tonight and it was found at a fedex cargo aircraft. the aviation officials said that this suspicious package has been sent to the lab to discover what s in this package. however, this happened many hours ago but so far there s not one statement that says what they found in this package. as we know, it s friday. the beginning of the weekend. now it s the morning, saturday. it s 5:00 a.m. in the morning nearly 5:30 and there were no officials that gave statements.
tonight and it was found at a fedex cargo aircraft. the aviation officials said that this suspicious package has been sent to the lab to discover what s in this package. however, this happened many hours ago but so far there s not one statement that says what they found in this package. as we know, it s friday. the beginning of the weekend. now it s the morning, saturday. it s 5:00 a.m. in the morning nearly 5:30 and there were no officials that gave statements. usually in such circumstances officials don t give statements to any media outlet. they would stick to the official news agency and this is how we re able to know about all of
what he called a credible terrorist threat against our country. two packages containing explosives were en route from yemen to synagogues in chicago when they were intercepted by intelligence officials. the president spoke from the white house this afternoon about the exact nature of the threat. last night and earlier today our intelligence and law be enforcement professionals working with our friends and allies identified two suspicious packages bound for the united states. specifically two places of jewish worship in chicago. those packages have been located in dubai and east midlands airport in the united kingdom. an initial examination of those packages has determined that they do apparently contain explosive material. the president also named a yemen based terrorist group al qaeda on the arabian peninsula that he says continues to plan attacks against this country. just moments before the president s remarks, u.s.