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More terror explosions where you are in kabul today. what happened? >> reporter: a few hours ago over in this direction, about 300, 400 meters or so near two key finance and defense ministry buildings, there was a substantial explosion who was a suicide bomber in a toyota car detonating killing seven, including one child, injuring 36. that reminds people here about the extraordinary volatile security situation. that is of course r, why the afghan administration wanted to see more u.s. troops sta...

Enforcement officer opened fire. white was struck three times and later died. his family says he suffered mental illness. the union representing tsa officers says the attack exposes vulnerabilities in airport security and wants some tsa officers to be armed with guns. >> the employees that do the screening at airports now twice have become the victims and become the target of people that want to do harm. >> reporter: this man was charged in the deadly november 2013 shooting at los angeless lax...

Inside new orleans lewis armstrong international airport friday. >> this man was swinging very hard very hard with that machete. and if he would have made contact with anybody, it would have been terrible. >> reporter: the machete came within inches of a tsa officer. seconds later, a sheriffs deputy patrolling the area opened fire. >> i just hear gunshots. >> reporter: the man who sprayed officers and bystanders with wasp spray and charged the checkpoint was struck three times. he later died. po...

Drive something off the lot that doesnt have as much mileage as me. wow. you brought up elizabeth warren. >> i brought it up before. but i think that -- and doug was the first pollster to the conduct polls in iowa and new hampshire. just elizabeth warren versus hillary. if elizabeth warren were to run, i think the three of us saying she could beat hillary on the left on all the vulnerabilities that hillary has on grubbing for minute, sucking up to wall street. but shes not running. >> wouldnt th...

On hernandez. if he was released in jail from north carolina, he would be taken into custody by ice. the system has huge vulnerabilities that could pose a safety risk to others. >> thanks. the controversial commemorative license plate ig igniting a firestorm of debate is making it all the way to the supreme court. is it offensive or is it free speech? is isis in new territory? the argumentchitect of the successful iraq surge says that if we wanted to stop them, now we expected wait time: 55 ...

Younger illegal immigrants to seek protection against deportation. the accused killer of four including that woman didnt qualify for protection. theyre trying to find out when the administration knew he was a gang member and how in the world his application was approved. dhs wont release any information about the accused killers application. but a detainer has been placed on hernandez. if he was released in jail from north carolina, he would be taken into custody by ice. the system has huge vuln...

Done to the united states if in fact he got into syria and connected with isis? >> im not sure how much damage he could have done on the intelligence front but what kind of work was he doing as a contractor in iraq and why would we be employing someone who made those expressions earlier about the bombings of the u.s. embassies being justified. the bigger concern is what kind of service he can provide in terms of aircraft either as a mechanic assisting isis or more importantly, whether he has ins...

Affinity for airliners. he had been around airliners and airplanes for his adult career. whether it was in the air force or in american airlines or in the middle east with other companies, he was looking for ways in which you could exploit vulnerabilities. this is significant in that sense and a very dangerous possibility of what could have happened here. >> he had knowledge. he worked as a mechanic for the air force and american airlines one of biggest airlines in the world. how frightening is ...

Killed in syria last summer. this is the holy grail for groups like isis and al qaeda who can get someone on the inside. the concern with this guy, if he got into syria he could have been dispatched back, be on the inside with his knowledge of vulnerabilities of systems, he could have tinkered with some of the maintenance to challenge the airworthiness of aircraft or put a device in the aircraft systems. very concerning. >> its terrifying in that regard. this is the first time we heard of a vete...

Given before the committee. >> so ask yourself who do you trust to end a war? someone who opposed the war from the beginning or someone who started opposing it when they started preparing a run for president? >> so this is a theme you can expect to hear a lot from clintons opponents as the presidential campaign heats up. the idea that you cant trust her. and polls have long shown its one of her biggest vulnerabilities, one of her husbands, too. last year just 38% of voters in an nbc news/"wall s...