about the different kinds of attacks terrorists would like to carry out that frequently are beyond their assessed capability, that s key. they don t think al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula would be able to carry out this kind of attack. still, attorney general eric holder said in if an interview this morning that he s concerned u.s. authorities may have missed some kind of a signal that an attack is coming. maybe not to the food supply, but some kind of attack. and he said americans should prepare for, quote, potentially bad news. bill: how serious is this threat, what s the likelihood this could even be pulled off in the first place? bob strang is coming up, he s the former co-chair of the new york anti-terrorist task force out of new york, martha. martha: yeah. new reaction to a major terror bust across the pond. police say in britain that 12 people were arrested. they were plotting a large-scale attack in the united kingdomment officers raided the men s houses yesterday morning in t
but i think even more the significance of the group involved. thises al-qaida in the arabian peninsula who is considering the possibility of this sort of thing. that is the same group that is tied to the christmas day bomber of a year ago. when you consider right now with the holidays soon upon us, how are we now getting ready for something like this? or what can we do when you hear about ricin or cyanide, something that would go over in the first hours or even days perhaps of an attack that would look a lot like food positioninb ining, would it not. we really have to be alert. our biggest concerns was radiological, biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. they are the most dangerous. when you talk about ricin and
don t exacerbate that problem going forward by more hapb more promises. greg: some tells me this is going to be the story for 2011,. it s a big one. greg: merry christmas. merry christmas. martha: we are 22 years to the day since pan am 103 blew up over lockerbie, scotland. many people heading home for christmas on that night. 270 people were killed, close to 200 americans in that attack. now there are new reports today that our startling on the real reason why the mastermind behind that attack got off scot-free. greg: also you get them every year, don t you, martha, sometimes you don t even use them, right. martha: terrible. greg: good old gift cards, they are popular, now there is a way to actually cash out of this. martha: really. greg: now that is cool. martha: now we re talking. greg: happy shopping. the most wonderful day of the
martha: how about cold hard cash, maybe that is the way to go. bill: greenbacks. martha: it will get used, trust me. david lee miller, thank you very much. bill: you can use them 365 days a year. martha: you even get an extra day maybe. bill: here is fox news alert,s terrorists try and pull off a pre holiday attack. breaking news out of rome. an exemploys of device found on a train in rome. live with that moments away. martha: snow and sleet and rain, seriously bad weather out there hitting big parts of the united states and overseas. ywh one country is bringing in the troops to deal with the travel nightmare. we ll tell you where that is happening. there is no place like home for the holidays, no matter how narcotic away you roam. when you long for the sunshine .
martha: well, europe and the united states have been on pins and needles with talk of a possible christmas terror attack like the one that we saw last year. here s what we have today. breaking news coming from rome. bomb squads are on the scene at a subway station just outside of rome. the device that was found was reportedly in a grocery bag that was under a seat which brings, you know, a lot of emphasis to if you see something, say something phrase that we hear so much here this new york. and it was said to contain wires and some explosive powder. the area was cleared, security folks came in there and made the area safe. the subway trains, we re told, continue to operate at this hour. they say the discovery, though, was, quote, worrying, and be no doubt they re curious to see whether or not they see any other similar devices on any other trains in rome, so they re checking out all of that. we ll keep you posted on that