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It's an incredibly busy day, has to do with the idea of aqap and other groups pairing together, sharing knowledge and maybe even sharing resources but certainly sharing the ability or the knowledge that they have when it comes to trying to build weapons that could slip through u.s. security, international security. what is your read on this threat, how specific it is and what our concern should be? >> well, keep in mind, brianna, that the technology develop since the invasion of 2003 cell phone detonators and the rest of it, and you're going to see that stuff appear in iraq again. you're going...

Government policy. >> intelligence officials say iran wants nuclear program for security and regional influenced ing that they just don't know whether a final decision will ultimately be made to build a nuclear weapon, shep. >> shepard: and al qaeda came up as well, right, cat? >> that's right. al qaeda's core leadership in pakistan is on the decline. lawmakers we're told ability to strike inside the u.s. in doubt. al qaeda ideology is finding new followers in north and west africa. with failed plots al qaeda printer bombs, yemen ukap remains the most able. >> the threat have aqap, particularl...

plus, disturbing video of a deadly police beating. the victim, a meanta willy ill homeless man who can be heard calling out to his father "they're killing me." i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> while we begin this hour with the romney campaign, having some trouble staying on message. let's go straight to our national political correspondent jim acosta. he's on the campaign trail with the presumptive republican nominee. you're in lansing, michigan, right now. tell us what's going on, jim. >> reporter: wolf, earlier today mitt ro...

every day about 1.5 million americans board airplanes. this morning they have a big question. is it safe to fly? no doubt there's good reason for that concern. this new plot centered around a nonmetallic explosive designed to slip through airport detectors similar to a bomb aboard a flight in 2009. a malfunction may be the only reason those passengers survived. the latest plot also targeted an international flight coming into the united states. that was foiled two weeks ago. the investigation is still unfolding. a short time ago we heard from white house chief adviser or counterterro...

congressman peter king in new york is chairman of the homeland security committee. he's been briefed on the plot and joins us on the phone. what are the latest you can tell us? >> i got briefed by secretary napolitano and john brennan. basically it's a nonmetallic deaf vits, intended to be put on an american-bound airline. it never made to it the airline. it's right now as you said being tested and analyzed by the fbi. obviously a concern would be that being unmetallic as to whether or not this could evade security in our airport. that's a real concern. also, this is an ongoing opera...