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Isis chatter, so to speak. we dont know if that cell phone conversation, online postings, isis well-known for using very secure chat rooms. the u.s. monitors isis communications secretly covertly as much as it can and it does appear that isis chatter about this, a claim of responsibility not a public claim, but some other sort of more covert claim in their chatter is at least a key part of what captured the u.s. attention. >> okay. so this idea that someone at the airport, to use the exact words...

As much as it can and it does appear that isis chatter about this, a claim of responsibility not a public claim, but some other sort of more covert claim in their chatter is at least a key part of what captured the u.s. attention. >> okay. so this idea that someone at the airport, to use the exact words i think you used was involved, what does that actually mean? someone who services the plane, who has access to the plane, not through the passenger screening? >> right, well thats what we dont kn...

What u.s. officials are also telling us they had no indications before the attack, no pre-warning on any of this, but they had been looking at intelligence about growing militant activity in sinai over the last several weeks and months. it had been a growing concern by the u.s. as to what was happening in sinai. and now all of it they say adding up to a very strong belief they do indeed believe it was a bomb that brought down the plane and killed all 224 souls onboard, jake. >> barbara, any info...

Most gun sales. that would be a legislative change that is possible, possible, but every time you add to the process, you get political push back. criminals can buy guns. this is the big one you hear from the pro-gun lobby. dont put it on me. im the good guy. dont make it harder to are me to get the gun. the bad guys buy them out of the back of a trunk. how do you deal with that? >> well, weve made it incredibly easy for the bad guys to get guns. what we found in our research, when you address t...

Ever since it opened 21 years ago, connecting london with paris and brussels, its been considered that the channel tunnel is a target. and therefore, youve always had airport-style security. and because theres so few stations involved in the network, thats been relatively easy to maintain. >> reporter: but the eurostar is a tiny part of the rail network. long sections of high-speed rail weave through a complex web of local city and rail lines. it moves hundreds of millions of people per year wit...

Glaring hole in security. baggage day after day without any screened for what they bring on the job. like the flawed passenger screening you just heard about, but when it comes to workers, theres nothing. drew griffin keeping them honest. >> reporter: 54,000 employees at los angeles international airport report to work without mandatory bag checks no body screening. and literally, hundreds of doors like this one where a badge and a code gets you right on to the tarmac. think thats scary? put you...

Of ebola caught him off guard. >> we are monitoring, supervising, overseeing in a much more aggressive way exactly whats taking place in dallas initially and making sure that the lessons learned are then transmitted to hospitals and clinics all across the country. >> reporter: lesson one, a faster response. the president ordered a cdc medical s.w.a.t. team to visit any ebola hospital within 24 hours of a new case. house speaker john boehner and other republicans are calling for a travel ban for ...

Welcome back, im jim sciutto reporting from washington. we have breaking news out of the department homeland security concerning passenger screening at airports. weve just learned the department of homeland security could announce new airport security measures as soon as today due to increased concern that terrorists are developing explosives designed to avoid detection by current security screening. were told these would apply to airports in europe, in the middle east, elsewhere around the worl...

L.a.x. brian whats so amazing about this youre looking at one of the most fortified, secure airports in the united states. its incredible this could have happened. walk us through how he did this. >> this is what were told by patrick gannon, the police chief of l.a.x. about the shooters path when this began about 9:20 in the morning pacific time. according to the police chief, the shooter came in through the main entrance of terminal 3. this is a diagram of terminal 3 only at l.a.x. comes in thr...