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and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. we had a recent assessment by the obama administration that said al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. but this latest thwarted attempt shows that the network is still making a lot of efforts to attack. >> absolutely right, matt. because on monday we learned that a covert cia operation in yemen stopped a suicide mission that planned to use an upgraded underwear bomb, containing no metal at all, on a flight headed here to the united states. we're going to get more on this from president obama's to...

passengers are in the car, we see the risk quadruple. >> reporter: when someone over age 35 is on board, the risk drops 62%. >> unfortunately, when the parents leave the car, we see the risk go up dramatically. >> reporter: transportation secretary ray lahood says it's time for peer pressure. >> when you're in a car with a friend, and you see them with that cell phone in their ear or the texting device, you ask them to put it away. >> reporter: 17-year-old elliot johnson got whibehind the wheel soon as it was legal in south dakota. >> thinking about it now, it's scary knowing that i ...

>> from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and ann curry live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i am ann curry? i am matt lauer. we had a recent assessment by the obama administration that said al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. the latest thwarted attempt shows that the network is still making a lot of efforts to attack. >> absolutely right. on monday we learned that a covert c.i.a. operation in yemen stopped a suicide mission that planned to use an upgraded underwear bomb containing no metal at all on a flight headed to the...

and three-times the charge. "dancing with the stars" triples. maria and daniel's crowd-pleasing jive, that brought the audience to its feet. those trios were something on "dancing with the stars." >> they really were. >> and a little bit of -- last night. >> what do you mean last night? a lot to get to this morning, including the bomb plots that are probably headed here. the bomb plot at the center of the investigation, is being looked at quantico. >> and people are wondering is this going to change the way we're searched at the airport? plus, overnight developments in the case...

and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. we had a recent assessment by the obama administration that said al qaeda is a shadow of its former self. but this latest thwarted attempt shows that the network is still making a lot of efforts to attack. >> absolutely right, matt. because on monday we learned that a covert cia operation in yemen stopped a suicide mission that planned to use an upgraded underwear bomb, containing no metal at all, on a flight headed here to the united states. we're going to get more on this from president obama's to...