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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...

George w. bush. she is also on the cia and department of homeland security advisory boards. fran, a lot to discuss here because this is scary when they are coming out saying we have concerns, so heres my question. they are looking at a vulnerability, as its been described, in airports because of aqap. they are not calling us more than that. what could this vulnerability be? >> so we know the aqap bomb maker al asiri, the underwear bomber, sochi heard about potential bombs in tooth paste. he work...

I had friends talking on facebook and the question comes up, are they trying or doing everything they can. and another friend came on and said the titanic went down in 1912 and they didnt find it until 1985. >> johnathon, one of the biggest things, we talk about the investigation focused on the pilots now. our security measures are different here than other countries. it is thrown about that possibility it was an air carrier that had less screening measures for their flight crew; is that somethi...

You may see additional screening measures from airport security personnel. new concern terrorists may target direct flights from overseas heading to the u.s. the department of homeland security is warning airlines that terrorists may attempt to hide explosives in shoes, cosmetics and liquids. according to one industry source, the advisory mentioned more than two dozen cities overseas, including johannesburg, paris, london, cairo and some additional cities in the middle east. >> dhs warning is no...

every day about 1.5 million americans board airplanes. this morning they have a big question. is it safe to fly? no doubt theres good reason for that concern. this new plot centered around a nonmetallic explosive designed to slip through airport detectors similar to a bomb aboard a flight in 2009. a malfunction may be the only reason those passengers survived. the latest plot also targeted an international flight coming into the united states. that was foiled two weeks ago. the investi...

Evidence to believe that this could be an international plot. hes of pakistani decemberent. a resident of connecticut. the suv used in this attempting bombing was bought on craigs list from a repair shop, traced a vin number back to the original owner who sold it, were being told alleged hi to the suspect for 1800s ndz cash. were not sure if police were able to track him down and arrest him based on calls from a cell fon or what. well learn that information as this investigation progresses. he w...

Senior administration officials say had this new system been in place on that day "we would have one more chance to stop the underwear bomber before he boarded that plane." homeland security secretary janet napolitano whose agency oversees aviation security will announce the new measures later today. all this comes one week after president obamas second nominee in a row to lead the transportation security administration or tsa withdrew his name from consideration. >> tsa has had six administrato...

Opposed to what the president tweet and what some of his top officials said at the white house. witness what he said on january 30th, wolf, in a tweet. he said if the ban were announced with a one-week notice, the bad would rush into our country during that week. a lot of bad dudes out there. then sean spicer echoed those remarks at a forum at george washington university here in washington last week. what the white house has been saying almost every day when it comes to these questions about th...

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