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congressman peter king in new york is chairman of the homeland security committee. hes been briefed on the plot and joins us on the phone. what are the latest you can tell us? >> i got briefed by secretary napolitano and john brennan. basically its a nonmetallic deaf vits, intended to be put on an american-bound airline. it never made to it the airline. its right now as you said being tested and analyzed by the fbi. obviously a concern would be that being unmetallic as to whether or no...

everyone, its 10:00 here on the east coast. they have foiled a terrorist plot to blow up an airliner, theyre not saying where, oar when it happened. heres what we know, according to the fbi an improvised explosive device was seized and fbi officials are investigating it. its a nonmetallic explosive similar to the one the underwear bomber used in his failed attempt in 2009. similar but not the same. the plot has the hallmarks of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and president obama was...

briefed on the details and joins us on the phone. >> ive just discussed this. its a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on an american bound airline. it never made it to the airline, its right now, as you said, being tested and analyzed by the fbi. a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this would affect the security in our airports. this is an ongoing operation. this particular part of it occurred about -- sometime last month. sometime in april. its ...

Good infrastructure. mitt romney is playing catchup. and hes the core support of the democratic base. right now, i think the republicans are kind of dragging, going -- dragging and kicking and screaming with mitt romney. it will be interesting to see the excitement for mitt romney, not just against barack obama. >> to see where the independents go. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. >> scary momes on the track in a nascar race. a nine-car crash sent one driver to the hospital. the very latest,...

But prices have gone up. its a -- theyve taken out to make it so its -- >> the value trend has spread to other parts of the retail sector as big supermarket focus on value offerings. its a trend that may have long lasting impact on british retail. >> if and when we goat a point when significant numbers are feeling more confident and prosperous again, some of those customers will switch. certainly, some of them will stay. >> after all, who doesnt love a good bargain? erin mclaughlin, cnn, london....

the government of south sue dan gained control of a remote village that was attacked over the weekend. some 4,000 army and police reinforcements have reportedly been sent to aville raj. theyre fighting over grazing land. the u.s. republican party presidential race is about to get ready over iowa. candidates have been campaigning for weeks and tuesday night voters will take part in what is being called caucuses. they are a few hundred in formal get-togethers where people take the candid...

hes not posted that bail? >> thats right. his attorney said that because the arraignment wasnt until 3:00 today, that he probably wasnt going to be able to get $250,000 cash or in the form of a bail bondsman ortega-hernandez in the form of property posted so he would be spending night in jail. his attorney wasnt happy about it. he said if jerry sandusky was going to flee, he would have done it a long time ago. hes known hes been under investigation since late 2008 and hes been cooperat...

meeting to discuss the crisis in syria. the government of bashar al assad has ignored. james murdoch is backing away from the british newspapers in his fathers media empire. news corp. says murdoch is no longer on the boards of the subsidiaries that publish "the times," "the sunday times." the inquiry into uk press efforts is back in session in london this thursday. the committee is set to hear from author j.k. rowling, actress sienna miller and former formula one chief max moseley...

The idea you have to ask for permission from the u.n. but ask for permission from congress will and political problem for him. at the end of the day he comes across as a guy who is uncomfortable doing what he is doing in libya and it shows. megyn: its hard to feel inspired when you watch somebody who you believe doesnt believe it themselves. >> hes responding to critics. and when he respond to critics he respond mostly to straw men. and thats why im going to do it just right and all that kind of...

Jonah goldberg is a fox news contributor. he was quoting his father. you get he atlantic and at some point during the presidency you become the president of the united states. he was staying in his view barack obama needed that transitional moment where he became the president and people become inspired to follow them with their hearts. do you think he did it? >> i think it would have been a fine presidential speech -- it was a fine presidential speech. it would have been more impressive if he h...