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Buying components, any type of bbs or ball bearings, a large amount of nails even, report that to the police because, i know in new york, i keep going back to that, but local merchants are told whether beauty products, whether it is any type of electronic devices which are not dangerous in themselves but could be bomb components to report that to the police and let the police check it out. bill: yeah. thank you, sir. good to have you back on with us today. >> bill, thank you as always. bill: live from capitol hill. more from boston and now to heather in new york. heather: thank you, bill. a fi...

That really won't do any major damage toward anybody. >> i don't think it's a good idea. like i said, it is a weapon. somebody could easily get stabbed or something. i don't think it's really safe. >> i don't really know, but i feel like if i can't bring my face wash on board, i don't know why you can be allowed to bring on a pocket knife. seems a bit strange. >> reporter: all right. well, tsa has been saying here despite the pushback they say their decision to allow these things, these pocket knives, on board is simply based on intelligence that they're receiving about the type of threats tha...

She said she was just wondering why yogurt is more dangerous than a knife. the tsa argues the rule change will actually improve security by letting screeners focus on finding more dangerous objects like bomb components. >> what this will help us do is achieve three things. better security from the standpoint of focusing on those items that can be catastrophic. two, make it more efficient in terms of the check point through-put and then, three, we'll address the hassle factor. >> shepard: look shoes and shampoo. this isn't only the only controversy tsa is facing far from it. taking criticism fo...

the fbi and federal prosecutors say there was never any real threat to the public and they say the suspects were closely monitored and their would-be explosives were duds controlled by an undercover fbi employee. the feds say three of the five men are self-proclaimed anarchists and that's why they were busted. >> the fbi and department of justice are not conducting an investigation of any group and have not, will not conduct an investigation of any group. today's charges should not indicate anything different. this was an investigation of specific, five specific individuals based upo...

for gas, once again becoming the new normal. what's behind that sharp price hike? wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candy crowley, you are in "the situation room." an alleged plot for a suicide bomb attack on the u.s. capitol busted today in an undercover operation. officials say a moroccan man is under arrest after accepting a vest he believed was filled with explosives. cnn's brian todd is at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia. what's the latest there? >> reporter: candy, we're told the suspect has arrived at this federal district court in alexandria, virginia, for a court appea...