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It has no locking mechanism. the blade, if it locks in place. rene marsh, thank you for that background and that information. joining me now with his take is mike brooks, a law enforcement analyst on our sister network hln. he knows a thing or two about weapons and bad guys. here s the thing, mike, you heard in that report, there are the pros and there are the cons. can a little itty bitty knife bring down a big giant plane in this day and age? ? you know, ashleigh, never say never, because there s other things besides these knives that are going to be allowed on planes now. why do you need to take a baseball bat, a golf club, a hockey stick, a ski pole? these are going to be allowed into the cabins of these aircraft now. there s no reason. there is a reason, here s what the tsa says. they say, we are mired in so much crap at the security checkpoints that we can t look for the really dangerous things like underwear bombs that will ....
Statement saying it has taken immediate action with our in-flight caterer at amsterdam to ensure the safety and quality of the food we provide on board our aircraft. the sandwiches were prepared in a kitchen at the gate gourmet catering facility in amsterdam. all such sandwiches have now been removed from flights. this demonstrates to people who want to do bad things that this is a gaping hole. in the statement gate gourmet said we take this matter very seriously. gate gourmet immediately launched a full investigation to determine the root cause of this disturbing incident. and we are treating this as a criminal act. sunday s incident comes at a time when the airline industry is already on high alert. officials worry that with the olympic games looming, commercial planes remain a priority target for terrorists. now one more thing for security-weary airline passengers to worry about. not shoe bombs and underwear bombs but the food. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. and delta ai ....
economy overall. don t even get us started on europe or the tax cuts set to expire and spending cuts due to kick in a few short months from now watching it all is fed chairman ben bernanke who is trying to explain to congress live pictures right now what if anything he plans to do about it without saying too much. felicia taylor is watching from the new york city. felicia, what have we heard and learned so far? reporter: it s a careful dance because obviously the federal reserve chairman can t come out right and say anything ahead of the federal reserve meeting which takes place at the end of june, june 19th and 20th. so it s interesting that the expectation was that the stock market would actually rally in yesterday s session on the fact they were expecting to hear something. what he s been doing though is basically sort of admitting there has been slower than desirable growth in the marketplace and there could be room and the fed has left the door open for furth ....
Looking for people with cavity bombs and underwear bombs, maybe that would be more informative. 18-month-old baby. instead of picking on little babies. well, few details being released now about a new jersey radio personality known by many as a tireless advocate for veteran found brutally murdered in her home. she was shot several times and discovered by someone who worked in the home. they say no arrests have been made and no details about any suspects have been released. also in the news, we re getting brand new video from indonesia where crews have now found at least 10 bodies near the wreckage of that russian superjet that crashed into a mountainside a couple of days ago. they re now searching for the rest of the 45 passengers who were on board. all of them are suspected dead. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. and congressional democrats now getting behind efforts to hold the obama administration accountable for the botched fast & furious program. 142 h ....
Affecting things on a daily basis. there s no legislation accompanying this. it s the president, most powerful person on the planet, i get that s opinion. he still this is why it was well thought out. in the end, let s ask our viewers, are you going to vote based on gay marriage. where does that stack up in your list of requirements of your presidential candidates? are you going to vote on the economy and how your pocketbook feels in november. speaking about pocketbook, let s talk about the t.s.a. in the revelations that these new, more sophisticated underwear bombs are coming our way and could be out and about at this moment, we re wondering, how would we protect ourselves at the airport? so the body scanners, are they effective? it turns out right after 2009, we scrambled to get the body scanners out there knowing full well, according to congressman john mica who oversees the t.s.a., among other things, that they weren t really they aren t sure if they re even effective in pi ....