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Purpose. jon: congressman, thank you. jane: want to take you to the white house where robert gibbs is talking about the suspect in the times square incident. lets take a listen. >> there are many, many mechanisms that would allow you to prevent somebody from flying which is what happened in this case. the cbp takes a locked manifest thats required to be filed 30 minutes before a flight with people that are on the plane. that was checked against that list, and the individual was removed from the ...

And combative college kid i ever dealt with. jon: i understand that yeardley loves computer could hold important information. whats the latest? >> reporter: yeah. in looking through these affidavits, an officer says huguely admitted he had been committed with yeardley love by e-mail. he also admitted to taking her computer from her apartment and getting rid of hit. he did ultimately tell the officers where the computer was, they have retrieved it. charlottesville chief says thai investigating --...

Congress who have suggested we should retroactively change that law to make it a $10 billion figure. where do you fall? >> well, look, we had the oil pollution act of 1990 after the alaska valdese issue up there. theres an exception to that 75 million. there are a number of exceptions and outlines, and actually weve looked at the oil production act and even as you start to apply it to this case here in the gulf, i think theres enough protections there because its not just a flat 75 million. ther...

Police had to subdue him with a taser. shannon bream has more from washington. what are we learning about the suspects earlier police confrontations, shannon? >> reporter: well, in an arrest last year in lexington, virginia, he was described as belligerent and drunk and falling into the street going into oncoming traffic. an officer who was on the scene responding to a different issue did see him and tried to get ahold of him. he ended up being very, very belligerent with her, and this officer s...

Born in new york and held incommunicado by the military for six years, the justice department withdrew the complaint which effectively took the jurisdiction away from it. so the issue of whether or not what senator lieberman has suggested which youve just articulated could be done has never been authorized by the supreme court. in all of our history and all prior supreme court decisions would seem to indicate it could never happen, that the constitution protects persons, americans or not, whenev...

Like more federal help. well be hearing from new york city mayor bliekal bloom -- michael bloomberg. welcome to "happening now" on this wednesday morning. im jon scott. jane: im jane skinners in the newsroom. jon, we start on the terror front, a new report on a possible motive for the times square bombing attempt, faisal shahzhads arrest is raising questions about how well our governments no fly list for the airlines is really working. the tsa, weve learned, had added his name to that list, on...

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He admitted to them within a matter of hours, maybe even less, that he brought the pathfinder to times square, to detonate it, and that he received bomb making training in pakistan. and this is really an incredible document. it has five criminal charges of, one is attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, but it shows how rapidly this case is moving. but whats also interesting, whats it doesnt talk extremist groups or other individuals. jane: but he is talking. one last question, his car, no...