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Would be at this stage of the interrogation. in any event, thats really all ive heard. >> lets start with this debate about whether he should get miranda rights. you dont want to see him get miranda rights at all in this stage. but two other terror suspects, high profile terror suspects, taken in the last five years, abdulmutallab, the underwear bomber and times square bomber, both talked after they were read their miranda rights. so is this really as big of an issue as you and others are making...

romney was no big surprise in yesterdays primaries, but a major incumbent upset in indiana and a referendum on same-sex marriage in the south could provide some insight on the issues ahead of elections this fall. nbcs tracie potts joins us from washington with more on that, tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. no big surprise, mitt romney is 63 delegates closer to winning the nomination after picking up wins in indiana, west virginia and north carolina. of course, hes...

That this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. >> reporter: authorities tell abc news this latest bomb was an improved version of the so-called underwear bomb made only of chemicals used by omar abdulmutallab in the failed attempt to blow up a delta flight on christmas day 2009. the fbi later demonstrated what would have happened if the bomb had detonated successfully. whats even more frightening, this new bomb has a highly redefined de...

Version of the so-called underwear bomb made only of chemicals and used by umar abdulmutallab in a failed attempt to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009. the fbi later demonstrated what would have happened had it detonated successfully. this latest version had what is being called a highly redefined detonation system and is now being examined by fbi bomb technicians. white house officials said president obama was briefed on the plot in april. and just one week ago, his top counterterror advis...

Version of the so-called underwear bomb made only of chemicals and used by umar abdulmutallab in a failed attempt to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009. the fbi later demonstrated what would have happened had it detonated successfully. this latest version had what is being called a highly redefined detonation system and is now being examined by fbi bomb technicians. white house officials said president obama was briefed on the plot in april. and just one week ago, his top counterterror advis...

and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. im ann curry. >> and im matt lauer. we had a recent assessment by the obama administration that said al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. but this latest thwarted attempt shows that the network is still making a lot of efforts to attack. >> absolutely right, matt. because on monday we learned that a covert cia operation in yemen stopped a suicide mission that planned to use an upgraded underwear bomb, containing no metal at all, on a ...

paula faris is on assignment. >> im rob nelson. good morning, everybody. there is still a threat this morning, since the master bombmaker behind this latest plot is still on the loose. >> and theres questions whether airport security in this country is capable of detecting this new threat. abcs tahman bradley is in washington with more. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. officials say the plot was being run by the al qaeda group in yemen. the would-be bombe...

and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. im ann curry. >> and im matt lauer. we had a recent assessment by the obama administration that said al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. but this latest thwarted attempt shows that the network is still making a lot of efforts to attack. >> absolutely right, matt. because on monday we learned that a covert cia operation in yemen stopped a suicide mission that planned to use an upgraded underwear bomb, containing no metal at all, on a ...

the cia uncovered an al qaeda operation involving an updated underwear bomb from yemen. it was meant to target an airliner headed to the u.s. with a device specifically designed to make it pass security. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: u.s. officials say no passengers or u.s. bound airliners were ever in danger. they say they foiled the plot before a suicide bomber could buy his ticket. and officials say the fbi has the bomb from yemen in its labs for testing. they say its the n...

paula faris is on assignment. >> im rob nelson. good morning, everybody. there is still a threat this morning, since the master bombmaker behind this latest plot is still on the loose. >> and theres questions whether airport security in this country is capable of detecting this new threat. abcs tahman bradley is in washington with more. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. officials say the plot was being run by the al qaeda group in yemen. the would-be bombe...