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Against the terror database. >> jim clancy now on the ground. its tuesday morning now in kuala lumpur. are authorities becoming discouraged there? >> they are frustrated. they are determined to carry on the search. they said last night, we must fight this plane. they have widened the search area. why? thats all they can really do. that can be their only response. they have searched in the most likely places where they thought they would find some sign of the jetliner. one lead after another was ...

That doesnt mean they arent checking out every possible lead. this is one thing they need to check out. you have this iranian man buying these tickets in cash last minute one-way ticket. but what im told this is consistent with a human smuggling operation, particularly using a middleman like this and someone who has done this kind of work a number of times before. he had a relationship with that travel agent and he has done that before. that is a working theory as to the explanation of the peopl...

Biometric data from these two men that travelled on stolen passports, including their thumb prints which have now been received by the fbi, and the fbi will now run through a u.s. terror database, to make sure that nothing turns up, that these people and based on their biomet trick data were not tied to or suspected to having ties to terror. theyre keeping all lines open, but the read im getting from u.s. intelligence officials, they have more and more indications its not a terror event. >> pres...

The investigation. more and more signs are being reported that it is not a terror event. they keep all lines of investigation open, malaysian authorities passed on to u.s. authorities, some of the biometric data from these two men that travelled on stolen passports, including their thumb prints which have now been received by the fbi, and the fbi will now run through a u.s. terror database, to make sure that nothing turns up money these people based on the biometric data were not tied to or susp...

Trying to figure out who, why and whether they have a case against this guy. >> you spent many of your days down the hill, how concerned are lawmakers about solving this case? >> not a lot of concern. not like the fear felt after the atlantic scares back in 2001. >> yeah. >> think people see this as an isolated incident, a rogue act or roger wicker, do you see the senator who was targeted walking around with security detail. he normally doesnt have security. his office is certainly concern about...

I want to dig deeper now into the influences on the older and the younger suspect, how they may have become radicalized, particularly the older brother. who, if anyone, might have helped along the way here or back in russia? our other breaking news, by the way, their mother has now been added, apparently to a federal terror database. juliette kayyem is back with me here in boston and former cia officer bob bear is also joining me. bob, you say the more you hear about this case, the more you do n...

The fbi says it already checked him out, interviewed him and his family, checked out his online activities. didnt plan anything derogatory. the cia says they nominated tsarnaev to be put at the terror data base watch list system. you know, this included varying nations of the spelling of his name, different dates of birth, provided by the russians, erin. >> that adds to this whole question, they were pushing him to be added to lists around the time he was posting the videos, how these dots weren...

2012. the question being asked all over washington right now is why federal authorities didnt start watching tsarnaev like a hawk when he got back? the fbi says it already checked him out, interviewed him and his family, checked out his online activities. didnt plan anything derogatory. the cia says they nominated tsarnaev to be put at the terror data base watch list system. you know, this included varying nations of the spelling of his name, different dates of birth, provided by the russians, e...

Was allowed to fly to russia, stay there for six months and fly back to the united states in 2012. the question being asked all over washington right now is why federal authorities didnt start watching tsarnaev like a hawk when he got back? the fbi says it already checked him out, interviewed him and his family, checked out his online activities. didnt plan anything derogatory. the cia says they nominated tsarnaev to be put at the terror data base watch list system. you know, this included varyi...

wrong about chavez, and that tells you a lot. >> and he also recently awarded an apartment to a woman who became his 3 millionth twitter follower, and he is a big twitter follower. >> yes, he is wildly popular and the message is getting through to twitter again, and he did this, and he is rewarding somebody for being the 3 millionth follower. >> can you imagine if president obama or mitt romney were giving away homes on live television? >> no. >> thank you, miguel. -- captions by vitac...