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A Pennsylvania man arrested for carrying explosives in a suitcase he checked for a flight to Florida is being held without bail.

Northeastern pennsylvania tomorrow. >> evan perez, i appreciate it. thank you. joining us now a former f.b.i. director, and our cnn aviation analyst and former inspector-general of the department of transportation and the cnn chief of law enforcement intelligence analyst, john miller. john, what are you hearing about this? >> well, as evan pointed to, the first thing the f.b.i. did after arresting this guy on monday was to do a complete scrub. sso no indication of any leanins or connections to foreign terrorists. no indications of any leanings or connections to domestic terrorist groups, white...

Residue, explosive trace. >> right. i wonder how efficient that actually is. >> it worked this time. it works in the testing. you know, it was hidden. you know, the fuse was secreted in the lining of the suitcase. it is an indicator that mr. muffley allegedly knew that he wasn't supposed to be bringing that on an airplane, that the machinery found it. they had to evacuate part of the airport. they called ready garcia from the joint terrorism task force and the bomb technician. they went over the whole thing. then they had to take a look at who this guy is. >> andrew, what stands out to you fro...

Were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don't mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that. this is something obviously the f.b.i. was focused on over the last couple of days. nothing like that appears to have emerged. in that investigation. anderson, you know, this is a very serious thing, obviously. if you read the court documents, the f.b.i. says that this powder that was included in this compound was susceptible to ignite from heat and friction and pose a significant risk to the aircraft and passengers. >> so what charges is he ...

An explosive device was found in a checked piece of luggage at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley International Airport. Mark Muffley, 40, is currently in custody.