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Welcome back, i'm jim sciutto reporting from washington. we have breaking news out of the department homeland security concerning passenger screening at airports. we've just learned the department of homeland security could announce new airport security measures as soon as today due to increased concern that terrorists are developing explosives designed to avoid detection by current security screening. we're told these would apply to airports in europe, in the middle east, elsewhere around the world that are not up to this current threat. i'm going to bring in our justice reporter evan perez t...

George w. bush. she is also on the cia and department of homeland security advisory boards. fran, a lot to discuss here because this is scary when they are coming out saying we have concerns, so here's my question. they are looking at a vulnerability, as it's been described, in airports because of aqap. they are not calling us more than that. what could this vulnerability be? >> so we know the aqap bomb maker al asiri, the underwear bomber, sochi heard about potential bombs in tooth paste. he works constantly on developing a bomb that might be able to get past airport security, even talk of hi...

I had friends talking on facebook and the question comes up, are they trying or doing everything they can. and another friend came on and said the titanic went down in 1912 and they didn't find it until 1985. >> johnathon, one of the biggest things, we talk about the investigation focused on the pilots now. our security measures are different here than other countries. it is thrown about that possibility it was an air carrier that had less screening measures for their flight crew; is that something you kept in the back of your mind? >> absolutely. and just look at. this again, i look at things...

You may see additional screening measures from airport security personnel. new concern terrorists may target direct flights from overseas heading to the u.s. the department of homeland security is warning airlines that terrorists may attempt to hide explosives in shoes, cosmetics and liquids. according to one industry source, the advisory mentioned more than two dozen cities overseas, including johannesburg, paris, london, cairo and some additional cities in the middle east. >> dhs warning is nonspecific but the universe of people who have desire and capability is not large. it's al qaeda and ...

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...