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The two men -- ahmed al soofi and hezam al murisi, though both from yemen, did not know each other, and were seated together only because united rebooked them that way. as for the luggage, law enforcement officials said the cell phones, including one taped to a pepto-bismol bottle, were strange but not illegal. one of al soofi's friends in detroit said, it's not uncommon for people returning to yemen to bring cell phones and medicine for others taped together. >> they want to tape it together to make sure this is my stuff, give it to my wife, my son, whatever i send it to. >> reporter: u.s. of...

Is now reportedly a 99 percent chance that the men who got on that flight from chicago that was stopped in the netherlands may go free. now, you'll remember, ahmed mohammed nasser al soofi was carrying pep to biz mole, cash, a knife, a box cutter, two cell phones taped together. some of the items were inside their luggage. dutch authorities stopped them. the plane was on its way to yemen, you'll recall. this was a few days ago. now according to the associated press after questioning these men who were suspected of maybe carrying out a dry run to see what would perhaps get through our security,...

Flight. amateur video into fox news moments ago show two men being escorted off of a plane. they are being questioned and authorities finding suspicious items in one of their bags. national correspondent cat ridge herridge is live in washington with the details on this. what is the status of these men now? >> reporter: megyn at this hour the investigation is still evolving, we'll stick with what we know at this point. the two men both who were traveling on yemeni passports are being detained by the authorities in amsterdam. let's listen. >> the men are held in custody on suspicion of conspirac...

Amsterdam after getting off a united airlines flight from chicago where their decision to change their flight plans actually raised flags to u.s. authorities. dutch authorities have been questioning the men since their arrest. neither has been charged with any crimes so far. the pictures of these two men we were just showing you, we'll bring it up again. these photos obtained by abc news show the two men, they were detained after u.s. authorities found in their checked luggage, as we heard from dave, a cell phone taped to a pepto-bismol bottle, a knife and box cutters. al soofi who has a michi...

Address was questioned in birmingham, alabama as he passed through security before boarding a plane to chicago. he told tsa agents then he was carrying a lot of cash and in fact, screeners found $7,000 on him but allowed him to board his flight anyway. they say he was not breaking any law in carrying on that cash. here's what happened, though. al soofi and al murisi changed their travel plans to chicago to take a direct flight to amsterdam raising suspicion among u.s. authorities and that's why we have this situation unfolding right now. by the way, federal air marshals were on the flight from...