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Dangerous new terrorist threat. a new generation of bombs that can escape detection by airport security are reportedly being developed by radical islamic militants in syria. the discovery, understandably, has raised some real alarms here in the united states. how could these bombs escape detection, doug? >> martha, we know that richard reeve escaped detection with his shoe bomb. he just couldn't get it ignited on board the plane. sa we know bombs have been contained in printer ink cartridges. there is new concern thatitis forces in iraq and syria may be working in tandem with yemeni bombmakers...

May be undetectible to hi-tech security measures in place. the white house so worried an urgent high level meeting was held last week. this is part of the same threat we told you right before the winter games in sochi, russia, when airlines were warned to look out for explosive-packed toothpaste tubes. the threat seems more uth now. bombmakers from al qaeda in yemen have joined up with foreign firefighters in syria. they might have valid western passports. barbara starr has more o mosh from the pentagon. >> the u.s. may step it up airport security perks due to increased concern al qaeda terror...

The type of man phillip was. >> he is a man of his word. just a wonderful guy. he loved us. was very generous with his money and his time and his love. >> each day as its own day>> sorry. >> phillip was just in texas last weekend to celebrate his father's birthday with his family. time to look whose talking and terrorism has not been ruled out in the missing malaysia airline flight. this following recent warnings after bomb material hidden in toothpaste tubes. why it's a strong possibility? >> malaysia obviously judges a muslim majority country. we have seen radical islamic

Recent intelligence gathered by the department of homeland security warns airlines it's time to be extra cautious, specifically when it comes to international flights coming into the u.s. airport screeners will be expanding their use of shoe swabbing, focusing on the possibility of smuggled explosives. they're not releasing a specific threat or one specific country of origin, it could have been information gathered from the national security agency and experts say it was, quote, very recent intelligence. >> it's obviously a serious threat or they wouldn't have gone public with it. but the admi...

>> this shows the potential devastation a shoe bomb could cause. sources say, it indicates terror groups have been working on a new shoe bomb design. it's not the first time they've tried to blow up a plane that way. they that watered an attempt to detonate explosives hidden in this man's sneaker. after that, they started asking everyone in the u.s. to take their shoes off while going through security. this comes just two weeks after u.s. officials warned airlines terrorists could hide explosives on toothpaste tubes on flights heading to russia ahead of the sochi olympics. they say this new th...