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Against the terror database. >> jim clancy now on the ground. it's tuesday morning now in kuala lumpur. are authorities becoming discouraged there? >> they are frustrated. they are determined to carry on the search. they said last night, we must fight this plane. they have widened the search area. why? that's all they can really do. that can be their only response. they have searched in the most likely places where they thought they would find some sign of the jetliner. one lead after another was false. they are expanding it today. you have more than 40 aircraft out there. it's daylight here. ...

That doesn't mean they aren't checking out every possible lead. this is one thing they need to check out. you have this iranian man buying these tickets in cash last minute one-way ticket. but what i'm told this is consistent with a human smuggling operation, particularly using a middleman like this and someone who has done this kind of work a number of times before. he had a relationship with that travel agent and he has done that before. that is a working theory as to the explanation of the people on the flight who got on with stolen passports. intelligence officials are still checking out e...

Biometric data from these two men that travelled on stolen passports, including their thumb prints which have now been received by the fbi, and the fbi will now run through a u.s. terror database, to make sure that nothing turns up, that these people and based on their biomet trick data were not tied to or suspected to having ties to terror. they're keeping all lines open, but the read i'm getting from u.s. intelligence officials, they have more and more indications it's not a terror event. >> presumably some theorys may be able to be ruled out, based on those fingerprints that are being analy...

The investigation. more and more signs are being reported that it is not a terror event. they keep all lines of investigation open, malaysian authorities passed on to u.s. authorities, some of the biometric data from these two men that travelled on stolen passports, including their thumb prints which have now been received by the fbi, and the fbi will now run through a u.s. terror database, to make sure that nothing turns up money these people based on the biometric data were not tied to or suspected having ties to data. they're keeping all lines open, but the read i'm getting from u.s. intell...

Trying to figure out who, why and whether they have a case against this guy. >> you spent many of your days down the hill, how concerned are lawmakers about solving this case? >> not a lot of concern. not like the fear felt after the atlantic scares back in 2001. >> yeah. >> think people see this as an isolated incident, a rogue act or roger wicker, do you see the senator who was targeted walking around with security detail. he normally doesn't have security. his office is certainly concern about the threat to him. other members of congress see this playing out and happy so far. >> joe, let's ...