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and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. we had a recent assessment by the obama administration that said al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. but this latest thwarted attempt shows that the network is still making a lot of efforts to attack. >> absolutely right, matt. because on monday we learned that a covert cia operation in yemen stopped a suicide mission that planned to use an upgraded underwear bomb, containing no metal at all, on a flight headed here to the united states. we're going to get more on this from president obama's to...

passengers are in the car, we see the risk quadruple. >> reporter: when someone over age 35 is on board, the risk drops 62%. >> unfortunately, when the parents leave the car, we see the risk go up dramatically. >> reporter: transportation secretary ray lahood says it's time for peer pressure. >> when you're in a car with a friend, and you see them with that cell phone in their ear or the texting device, you ask them to put it away. >> reporter: 17-year-old elliot johnson got whibehind the wheel soon as it was legal in south dakota. >> thinking about it now, it's scary knowing that i ...

>> from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and ann curry live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i am ann curry? i am matt lauer. we had a recent assessment by the obama administration that said al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. the latest thwarted attempt shows that the network is still making a lot of efforts to attack. >> absolutely right. on monday we learned that a covert c.i.a. operation in yemen stopped a suicide mission that planned to use an upgraded underwear bomb containing no metal at all on a flight headed to the...

and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. we had a recent assessment by the obama administration that said al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. but this latest thwarted attempt shows that the network is still making a lot of efforts to attack. >> absolutely right, matt. because on monday we learned that a covert cia operation in yemen stopped a suicide mission that planned to use an upgraded underwear bomb, containing no metal at all, on a flight headed here to the united states. we're going to get more on this from president obama's to...