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And so there must have been a tense moment. this is monday when he is going to the airport. obviously, as the fbi said when i asked them about this, look, we have redundancies in place there are multiple teams out. so they obviously -- he stopped from getting on the airplane by a whole series of things, not only surveillance is on him there is the cbp, who understands that he is on a no fly list. the emirates realize he has paid for cash and a one-way ticket that information gets into the nation...

New jersey, theyre sticking together, we dont really know who they are. this is a big statement. but we, but fbi, lets put it this way, cannot keep track of every immigrant in this country. what happened in times square was not an intelligence failure. in fact it was a brilliant wrap-up of this guy. but what im really afraid, chris, is the next time one of these guys are going to get through. and whats it going to do to this country? its going to rip it apart. because people are going to be look...

Cases that we expect to see more of. and you saw that they were very aggressive about trying to find people that have either u.s. passports or somebody had access to the united states by -- with easy transport across the border that could do a less spectacular event but a pretty incredible event, blow up the plane. which almost was successful. matter of fact, it was a successful event according to al qaeda because they got on the plane. this was a successful event. it was an intelligence failure...

Ireland, most made it, but some had to go home, they didnt fit in. is this an opportunity for recruitment? >> absolutely. the way that immigration is going up, were getting a lot more people. the state department effectively does not screen people immigrating to this country. we dont know whos inside our borders. were nothing like israel who keeps track of people for obvious reasons. were still very nonmilitarized country. a lot of the people, their primary loyalties are outside the country. >> ...

Been points out about it attorney general the threat is still there. this appears to be an astounding intelligence failure in this country. if we are having -- in pakistan arresting eight people, i would presume its based upon statements made by the suspect in this case. i have no evidence to back that up. but there would be a presumption -- the timing is coincidental. how did the federal government miss this interest -- miss this international conspiracy to blow up a vehicle in times square? it...

Person in the white house. wolf, i must tell that you after we went in and couldnt find the wmd, i was very suspicious that the bush administration, the president personally, had lied to us. and then i had the opportunity to talk to several people high up in the clinton administration, both in intelligence and at the white house and i can tell you that those people, these democrats in the previous administration, including the president, clinton himself, believed that there was likely to be wmd ...

Punet, indias first major terror strike since the attack on mumbai in 2008. >> this area is on the radar of terrorists. there is no intelligence failure. police cannot give 24/7 protection to every shop or every restaurant. >> reporter: indian authorities said theyre investigating all angles and did not want to speculate. a senior indian official noted a possible link to the militant pakistani group accused in the mumbai attacks. information shows david headley, the american accused of heading t...

Years, thats patriotic dissent. but if you argue as the republicans are arguing today, in favor of a stricter policy of interrogation in order to get evidence and not allowing a terrorist caught in the act of terror to remain silent with rights he doesnt have all of a sudden, its politicizing this issue. we ought to have these debates. it is legitimate on either side. the reason the administration is so defensive is because its on the wrong side of what is obviously a bad decision it made on chr...

As the left had done in the bush years, thats patriotic dissent. but if you argue as the republicans are arguing today, in favor of a stricter policy of interrogation in order to get evidence and not allowing a terrorist caught in the act of terror to remain silent with rights he doesnt have all of a sudden, its politicizing this issue. we ought to have these debates. it is legitimate on either side. the reason the administration is so defensive is because its on the wrong side of what is obviou...

>> reporter: are you concerned that could erode trust in the efficacy of the vaccine? >> no, not at all. there are situations where one might want to go the extra mile to get the extra degree of protection. >> reporter: health officials have said the vaccines getting full f.d.a. approval could boost confidence, and tonight the head of the f.d.a. is saying that could happen, norah, within the next couple of months. >> odonnell: that would be some good news. all right, lilia luciano, thank you. to...