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A Pennsylvania man arrested for carrying explosives in a suitcase he checked for a flight to Florida is being held without bail.

Northeastern pennsylvania tomorrow. >> evan perez, i appreciate it. thank you. joining us now a former f.b.i. director, and our cnn aviation analyst and former inspector-general of the department of transportation and the cnn chief of law enforcement intelligence analyst, john miller. john, what are you hearing about this? >> well, as evan pointed to, the first thing the f.b.i. did after arresting this guy on monday was to do a complete scrub. sso no indication of any leanins or connections to f...

Residue, explosive trace. >> right. i wonder how efficient that actually is. >> it worked this time. it works in the testing. you know, it was hidden. you know, the fuse was secreted in the lining of the suitcase. it is an indicator that mr. muffley allegedly knew that he wasnt supposed to be bringing that on an airplane, that the machinery found it. they had to evacuate part of the airport. they called ready garcia from the joint terrorism task force and the bomb technician. they went over the ...

Were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia dont mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that. this is something obviously the f.b.i. was focused on over the last couple of days. nothing like that appears to have emerged. in that investigation. anderson, you know, this is a very serious thing, obviously. if you read the court documents, the f.b.i. says that this powder that was included in this compound was susceptible to ignite from heat...

An explosive device was found in a checked piece of luggage at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley International Airport. Mark Muffley, 40, is currently in custody.

A Pennsylvania man is in custody after he allegedly tried to place an explosive on an airplane at the Lehigh Valley International Airport.

A Pennsylvania man is in FBI custody after he reportedly attempted to bring an explosive onboard a plane headed for Florida, the FBI said.

Allentown, pennsylvania this morning. and what more do we know about the suspect both in terms of what was found in the luggage and who he is. >> well, erica and jim, we are learning more about the suspect including some of the past experiences with the law enforcement, and a criminal history there, and we will get to that in a second, and what we know so far, mark muffley 40 years old from lanceford, pennsylvania, and little less than an hour away from the airport here, and he is the one that t...

Investigators do not believe the bomb was designed to be detonated during the flight.

Surveillance footage has revealed the tense moment a would-be passenger plane bomber was arrested after smuggling an explosive device into checked luggage.