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Like. what i am uncomfortable with is iraq being on that because iraq right now is our chief ally in fighting isis, and you have the iraqi translateors. frankly, their vetting standards are really good for who gets passports. when mosul fell, all those passports were cancel and put in a terror database. im uncomfortable with iraq being on it. >> what about the other six countries, syria, afghanistan, somalia, these countries -- >> im worried about the message, but i also think the president has ...

Kill killed at the scene. a second person in the car with him, we are told by authorities fled and was in a parking garage. im sure officials can give us a lot more information about why this happened. we are told the two people drove into the car intentionally. got out of the car. one of them attacked people with a knife. one of them had gunshot wounds. they are searching the social media of the people they believe were involved in the attack. there is no indication they came across the terror ...

He wants to identify muslims, and thatll be more damaging. >> but weve already done that with the terror database. this is where it happens when -- >> nothings done. >> several weeks later we talk about it as though its a fact. this is the problem with sometimes what the media does when theyre looking for headlines. i know this is politics. >> this is a man who wants to be president -- >> i understand that. >> he wants to profile people by religion. >> donald trump has no power right now, and if...

Important, victor, and a little bit of context from the divorce with the allegations of abuse were alleged, the father of the shooter agreed to go to counseling and then that divorce was essentially dismissed and the family is still together at this point. victor? >> sara gannon for us in chattanooga, tennessee. thank you. we know that he was not on a u.s. terror database. now we head to amman, jordan, where nick payton walsh is following that portion of the story. nick, what have you learned ab...

Picked. like pre-che now the travellers name was checked against the terror database. it was not on a watch skplis if the passenger was a threat, the name would have been in the officer. the officer knew about the felons background. we want to a supervisor and that he was given prestatus and the supervisor okay clearing the traveler. one change thats come out of this is that officers at the checkpoint now have more discretion to send someone to standard screening. >> thank you. tom we want you i...

Ignore it. from rene marsh who has seen the report. how does this happen? how is a convicted flopterrorist through? >> reporter: despite the explosives the passenger randomly picked for precheck. all coats, shoes, stay on and certain liquids and gels do not have to be removed from luggage. whats alarming this program reserved for low-risk passengers was opened up to a former domestic terror group member and essentially what it allowed for was a less stringent screening process. >> whats the sats...

Highlights the weakness of precheck. as this watch dog report states just because someone is not on a watch list does not make them low risk. >> rene how did this investigation get started? >> reporter: we know that a whistle blower came forward. we should also point out that there was a tsa officer there at the airport, recognized the felon, flagged a supervisor but the superior essentially gave the okay gave the clear for this traveler to go through. that tsa agent didnt feel he or she had the...

Checked luggage and carry it. it could be a box of stolen passports delivered to be somebody else, could be explosives, narcotics, you dont know. thats still a mystery and a lot of investigation needs to be done in thailand with that travel agency with this man. they were at two different places with thailand, a beach resort town. the tickets were purchased in another town of thailand and paid in thailand currency. >> when i heard the chairman of the house homeland committee talking about these ...

The boeing 777 jet disappeared ten days ago and no new traces have shown up. joining me now to discuss, john hansman from m.i.t. as well as a former fbi assistant director. tom, if i can go to you first, when we last spoke a few moments ago, you were bringing up an important point we havent heard on the air before. as they check the passengers on board this plane, as well as others involved with maintenance on the plane, et cetera, against u.s. terror database, that would only touch people who t...

Reasons and causes of this are. at this point, we have to again be patient and wait and let the authorities continue to investigate. >> now, to be clear, u.s. officials continue to tell me and they will do this consistently they have no evidence at this point that this was an act of terror. but they are following down all these leads. for instance, when those men boarded the plane with the stolen passports, they checked their names against the u.s. terror database, found there was nos link to te...