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Strongly on this last night. he will be with us coming up at 9:30. >> meanwhile fox news alert. have you heard about this? the department of homeland security now warning airlines possible attempts to attack passenger jets, yes, again, using explosives packed in shoes. national correspondent steve centanni live in washington with the very latest on this. steve, does this mean there is a terrorist plot officials are focusing on at this time? >> reporter: no, eric, there is no specific threat and the warning is being issued out of abundance of caution. this warning is going out to the airlines f...

While this latest threat involves inbound flights to the u.s., there could be extra security at domestic airports as well. eric. >> the terror threat as we all know still continues and not abated. steve centanni, thanks so much as always. remember the danger of shoe bombs came on planes to our attention after 9/11. you may remember richard reid who tried toking need explosives hidden in his shoes on the flight from paris to miami. reid is a british citizen. he admitted to being a member al qaeda n december of 2000 one he tried to light the fuse and set off bops in his shoes while the plane few...

Plot. that is new type of explosive or new way to get past security but who knows. that is really frightening to me. >> reporter: there is no specific plot. the warning is being issued out of abundance of caution. jenna: steve, there are so many stories ahead of the olympics about possible terror attacks. can we read anything into the timing of the warning now that we're at closing ceremonies? >> reporter: it comes in the middle of the olympic games in sochi, russia, of course and before the olympic games began a different warning came out with terrorists with explosives in tubes of toothpaste...

Found out this is more cancellations than we've seen in the past 25 years. 75,000 cancellations since december 1st, and, of course, we've had a bad weather winter so far. 5.5% of all the 1.35 million flights since december 1st were canceled, and so we're hitting a record. people trying to cope with it here today. things slowly getting back to normal, it's going to take some time. jon: that is a lot of economic activity squelched. steve centanni, thank you. >> reporter: yes, absolutely. heather: in this active winter season already producing near-record snowfall across the country, and it look ...

And thousands of flights canceled across the country. the latest storm system moving out finally after pounding the northeast, but another one is already brewing. we have fox news team coverage. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is tracking the new threat from the weather center, first, though, to steve centanni live at reagan national airport in arlington, virginia. >> reporter: hi, jon. we clouds and a snowed-in runway yesterday, now sunshine and the planes are flying. there are still a lot of delays, it's going to take time to catch up. a lot of passengers need to get rebooked and get wher...