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Get his wallet, fingerprint him, get that back out to the authorities in the uk, to the fbi so all this terrorism centers that are now spun up and are spinning up can do all the great things they do. but second to that is you've got to find out, go right to this guy's house, apartment. did he make the bomb or did somebody else make the bomb. that's a crucial question in england tonight. >> jim, how much of an art form is it without giving away details to make the size bomb we have likely seen tonight, if this is indeed what we think it is? and more than that, how stable are these explosives, a...

Are linked to any sort of cell. none that of is confirmed. but they are working that piece as well. the brits, the u.s. authorities trying to track all of that. meanwhile, here in the u.s., no new specific threat information. but as a precaution here in new york, as pete williams was describing earlier, as commissioner bratton was, the nypd ramped up security, sending police to times square to outside yankee stadium where there was a baseball game tonight, to other major locations where there are large crowds, large number of tourist, all precautionary. the nypd does this all the time, other c...

Where there is always an event coming or going, and trains arriving and departing. the question to you, this is one big -- sadly, one big soft target. do you think it was intentional there? do you think this was a thwarted effort of someone to gain access to the concert? >> well, you know, only the investigation is going to tell us, brian, and that's going to take over the next days and possibly weeks. we know that terrorist organizations have targeted these soft targets. concert venue, stadiums, and transportation venues. in this particular situation the way you have described it, it's not cl...

Have this so-called soft target area, the area of the airport before you get to the tsa security check point that is vulnerable. any law enforcement official or expert will tell you it is virtually impossible to get the vulnerability down to zero. when you see the situation like we saw in ft. lauderdale, it really does send chills up and down the spine of law enforcement charged with protecting airports across the country. in that spirit, we have heard from several major airports from l.a. to airports right there in new york city who have told cnn that they have stemmed up their law enforcemen...

Airports around the country. it's outside the security perimeter? >> that's right. we talk about this all the time when we see incidents happen not just here but overseas. this is the so-called soft target area of the airport f you talk to any law enforcement official they will tell you it's almost impossible to eliminate vulnerabilities or a threat and get that down to zero. he took advantage of that vulnerability within the airport, the baggage claim. as we've been reporting, legally, as it appears now, based on the information that we have, have that weapon inside his checked luggage. he al...