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Sheldon whitehouse. senator, i want you to stand by. breaking news on the new ban of personal electronics aboard certain flights to the united states. al qaeda's affiliate in yemen is perfecting techniques to hide exes ploesive ex explosives in batteries. rene marsh, what more are you hearing? >> i spoke with a member of congress who's been briefed on this particular issue. i'm told the decision to implement this electronics ban on certain flights was based on new intelligence and the reevaluation of existing intelligence. the intel community believed the threat to be, quote, persistent and em...

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Russia and turkey. the documents also show that flynn was explicitly warned against accepting such payments. also breaking, blunt remarks by the homeland security secretary about the danger facing the united states. general john kelly says the electronics ban in effect on some planes entering the united states could now be expanded everywhere. he says, quote, the threat is real. it keeps him awake at night. . we're also following a renewed threat of a government shutdown starting this weekend despite assurances from the white house it would be averted. house democrats are now threatening to ...

Intelligence obtained finding that an al qaeda affiliate was perfecting techniques for hiding explosives, small explosives in batteries and battery compartments of electronic devices. rene marsh is out front. they are taking this incredibly seriously. what new information are you learning? >> reporter: well, i just spoke with a member of congress who was briefed on this particular issue and i'm told that the decision to implement this electronics ban was based on new intelligence and the re-evaluation of existing intelligence. we know that the intel community believed the threat was, quote, pe...