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every day about 1.5 million americans board airplanes. this morning they have a big question. is it safe to fly? no doubt there's good reason for that concern. this new plot centered around a nonmetallic explosive designed to slip through airport detectors similar to a bomb aboard a flight in 2009. a malfunction may be the only reason those passengers survived. the latest plot also targeted an international flight coming into the united states. that was foiled two weeks ago. the investigation is still unfolding. a short time ago we heard from white house chief adviser or counterterro...

the u.s. and saudi intelligence says relief is still mixed with fear. >> the plot itself indicates that these terrorists keep trying. they keep trying to devise more and more proverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people. and it's a reminder as to why we have to remain vigilant. >> al qaeda and its affiliates can me it's a size. they are constantly trying to catch up. whenever it appears we have them boxed eed in, they find a new method. they are sophisticated people. they never stop. >> this plot is said to be the work of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula meaning yemen. we're f...

chairman of the homeland security committee, also with us this morning, cnn national security contributor frances townsend, former bush homeland security adviser. congressman king, give me some more details of this plot as you know this and the man at the center of the plot whom we haven't heard much information about. >> soledad i really can't give you all the details. this is an ongoing operation. it was an unmetallic device, i can tell you it involves a number of countries and that at no time did the bomb ever make it on to the plane but as far as even the country it originated fr...

a threat anymore. u.s. counterterrorism official says the explosive device is similar to the one that was used by the so-called underwear bomber back on christmas day of 2009. only this time, more sophisticated and harder to detect. barbara starr is live at the pentagon this morning. what do we know about the bomb itself and about how this all unfolded? >> well, very little detail being made public at this point, ashleigh because officials say operations intelligence operations are still ongoing. clearly, pointing to the fact they still feel there are elements of whatever this organi...

tennessee to mississippi. the same mitt romney who said auto makers should go bankrupt now is saying this -- >> the auto companies needed to go through bankruptcy before government help. and frankly that's finally what the president did. he took them through bankruptcy. that was the right course. it was the uaw and the president that delayed the idea of bankruptcy. i pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy. and finally when that was done can and help was given, the companies got back on their feet. so i'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry has come back. >> let's g...