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Tell them that he had driven another car to the airport, that car was then searched by officials and a weapon was found in that car. bill: let me stop you here. he did not resist, that's what you're reporting. >> that's what i'm reporting. bill: what was the weapon found in the car? >> a handgun. bill: it was a handgun. that was traced to him? and was -- >> i don't have that specific information, but there was a weapon in the vehicle. bill: okay. this is what the theory has been over the past eight or nine hours, michael. the theory is that the authorities let him get on board that plane, wait...

Juliet: welcome back. the man in custody for an attempted times square terror plot a-- awaiting a court hears. faisal shahzhad was head to go pakistan, he was pulled off a plane moments before takeoff. shahzhad will face a judge today. he says he acted alone. we're going to find out if that's true. we have a live report from washington. bill: before it is over, it might be the largest environmental disaster in u.s. history. that's from florida senator bill nelson. he's calling for a federal investigation into the oil rig disaster and he's pushing for a bill that would raise the amount of money...

Detonate an suv packed with explosives in times square, saturday night, 6:30. right now, we're awaiting the suspect's first appearance in court and president obama, briefed numerous times about the arrest this morning, set to speak about the incident later this hour. catherine herridge leads our coverage now, talking to resources down there in washington, d.c. good morning catherine. what more are you learning about the arrest so far today? >> reporter: well, the key development this morning so far is we confirmed through an investigative source that the suspect in the case under questioning c...

Homeland security adviser for new york state, former secretary of public safety for the state of new york. sir, good morning to you. >> good morning. bill: going back to the airplane last night, it's 11:00 p.m. at jfk, emirates is about to take off, they close the door, pull away and the plane is brought back. you have new information as to what was happening at the time. what have you found out? >> this is a fast moving investigation, a lot of information coming forward. what happens is when a plane leaves this country, a manifest is actually sent to the customs border agency at the airport. ...

Pool of suspects, there were phone records that were being analyzed and we were told there was at least one overseas phone call that piqued their interest. we do not know where that phone call was to, but we do know the suspect in the case had recently been in pakistan, bill. bill: catherine, thank you, we'll let you get back to the phone, when you come -- when you get more, we'll put you on tv. juliet: scott webber is former senior counsel for the department of homeland security and he's with us to talk more about this. what's your gut on this? you just heard katharine -- catherine's report. ...