that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike.if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs. this picture is a picture of a bicycle shelter at the company where my wife works. it is quite luxurious. that it is a lawyer's firm, 500 lawyers work there, and most of them, by bicycle. -- and most of them come by bicycle. many companies give their employees their bicycle with their name on that. it is a form of advertisement. many companies, the company where i work for, the chamber of commerce, they have bicycle and scooter sharing for the people to come by public transport. they can take a bicycle or a sco

. >> with the chairman of the society of amsterdam, they are also supporting this approach. they realize if they just press on the car accessibility only, in the end there will be no excess ability at all. they support strongly that only the people who need to come by car, they should be able to come, and the rest should make other choices. >> i think we are more or less at the stage where we are facing the same discussion. our experience is that a platform of business is much more open to try to find solutions which are not car- related, except for here and there. also, for the population, it is hard. they have in mind, if you are better off to have a car, and have the car in front of your door. it is still a long way to go for us. the mobility plans that local authorities are now obliged to develop, and the hearings that are organized because of that, are almost always concerning parking places. we have now a program where we are having one less car parking space. in the streets, you see, there is one car less because now bicycles can ride their bikes, but the comments are

>> two weeks ago, a new york, it was 400 years ago that new amsterdam was found at -- was founded. they convinced the general director of the new york port authority to put into action a bike accessibility plan, a bike plan for the more than 200,000 employees of the new york port authority. so they convinced these men that it would be a benefit to invest in bike accessibility. the thing is, i don't know, maybe you could put out an opportunity to meet them. we are mainly preaching for people who like our message, but i hardly meet people -- the opposition. i don't know, maybe there are some people who are against too much like accessibility in the room here, but up until now, we have not met them. >> back in my town, i meet them very often. one of the most, one of the best arguments concerns air quality and the problem of noise. also, the numbers of young families not wanting to have their kids growing up in town and moving out. they're really looking at what arguments can you put forward to say we cannot continue the way that things are going. >> think in copenhagen, the status of

the fbi concludes their journey to amsterdam is not a dry run designed to test security. they have flown from chicago, ill., their baggage went without them. by extraordinary coincidence, but both missed their flights and they were rerouted to amsterdam. when customs officials discovered that the bags had been traveling without them, they open them to find mobile phones struck together and another taped to a plastic bottle. today, the dutch police were questioning the demand with close contact with the american authorities. -- they were questioning the men with close contact with the american authorities. >> they arrived on the flight from chicago which arrived in amsterdam. the arrest took place on the basis of information provided by the u.s. authorities. the two men are from yemen and they were supposed to be traveling to yemen. >> security is tight on the street. last year, a nigerian student was arrested on a flight traveling the other way from amsterdam to detroit. he was charged with attempting to detonate the bomb on board. on this occasion, there were two federal

so the bike is the grease in the amsterdam economy. you have to build less highways, you have to build less parking garage. you put the bike -- use very little space. where you have to build parking garage, they're very expensive. there are recent surveys that companies pay up to 30,000 euros, that's $50,000 per year per person to have them traffic by car to work, where as a bike costs only 250 euros so there are large benefits at stake. also, there is lots of surveys that show that people who live in towns where there is more cycling, people like to live there better than in towns where there is less cycling. there are an overwhelming lot of advantages on cycling and i'm going to put some -- and then this is what oakland should do as few of them -- recommendations that are put together oakland also could be used for san francisco. one thing is, if you want to have these advantages, for instance, if you're scared about all the money that goes to building highways, well, you can only reduce the number of highways that are to be built if

in amsterdam, you have to wait two and half years before it because you -- you have to wait two and a half years for the parking permit. >> people except they can just not have a car. in amsterdam, the other modes of transport are so well-organized, it is just like in the hague, a car is more of a new sense that a create a car is more of a nuisance and liability. it is expensive. the other modes of transport are much more convenient. >> ok, mike, you have a question? use the microphone, please. >> separated bike paths in the united states are controversial, and they're slowly catching on. how important is it to have those facilities in place? is it maybe a quarter of importance, 50% of the attraction for people to take their bikes? i'm wondering how important it is. >> i think that you need a cycling infrastructure, both from a statistical point of view and the feeling that people have when they use it. otherwise, we do not think we would have more people cycling if we did not put in more cycling facilities. i think the cycling infrastructure is absolutely necessary. if you want to do

arrested after landing in amsterdam with suspicious items in their luggage.uthorities are trying to determine if there's a terrorist connection. >> the most incredible thrashing bloodbath you've ever seen. >> a frightening shark sighting off a bay area beach prompts an warning to swimmers and surfers. >> live look from downtown san francisco. notice we can't see the top of the bridge. warmer air on the way. i'll talk about how much cooler your labor day weekend will be. >> what to be on the lookout for headed to san francisco on the bay bridge this morning. were tell you how many lanes are blocked in a few minutes. >> it's 4:31 this tuesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. topping our news, while you slept, a flight from australia returned for an emergency landing after a engine blew a massive hole. >> the 747 with hundreds of people on board took off from here about 11:10 last night en route to sidney. 45 minutes later it was back here at sfo and looking very different. take a look at some pictures of what happened to t

a flight going to amsterdam. as opposed to leaving amsterdam. you have the yemen connection. all those things, raise issues, you know, making it an issue of concern. and one thing that i think, larry, it is important to underline, although it may not be directly relevant to this, but i think it is quite relevant to al qaeda in the future, is whoever built the bomb that was put on the plane on christmas day, 2009, a yes, ma'am -- yemeni based bombmaker is still out there. a guy with a lot of skills. a guy who can build a bomb not detected by metal detectors. if indeed this was a dry run for that kind of thing you can see why law enforce the is so concerned, larry. >> larry: thank you, peter, peter bergen checking back frequently, jeanne, nic, fran, peter as well. dueling rallies were held in washington over the weekend. al sharpton and dana loesch are here to spar with each other about them. it's next. he's single, he's great looking and i'm going to introduce you in two weeks. he's a dentist so whiten your teeth. no coffee, no espresso. mm-hmm. ♪ [ female announcer ] crest 3d

authorities are questioning two men who flew from chicago to amsterdam after u.s. authorities found suspicious items in their checked lug began on a flight to dubai. sources tell abc news that the two men are charged in the netherlands with preparation for terrorist attack but officials in the netherlands haven't confirmed anything. the pair flew from chicago to amsterdam after packing mock bombs in their luggage. authorities found a cellphone taped to a pepto-bismol bottle and three cellphones taped together. officials found several watches taped together, a boxcutter and three large nif knifes. >> it seems it was some sort of test. you carry cutter and, an attempt to see if this will be picked up. >> after being discovered, the pair changed their flight plans and flew directly to amsterdam while their luggage went to washington d.c. the men live in michigan. investigators are searching their homes for more evidence. >> attempted murder charges expected to be filed against a gang member accused of shooting a police officer. he was arrested saturday at the mexican

>> following the breaking news out of amsterdam.wo men arrested after suspicious items found in their luggage. we have late-breaking details to tell you. also tonight dallas congresswoman, democart, under fire after a scholarship scandal. turns out the congresswoman johnson from texas was awarded, awarding scholarships to family members and friends. she gave them scholarships from congressional black caucus foundation money over several years though they were ineligible to receive them. tonight we'll talk to the reporter who broke the story and representative from the congressional black caucus foundation. trapped thousands of feet underground. the question is could any of us survive? our gary tuchman went to find out, in what was a gold/silver mine, used by colorado school of mines for training. show you what he discovered what it is like to be trapped underground. those story and more at the top of the hour, larry. >> larry: anderson cooper, 10:00 p.m. eastern. back with dennis prager and stephanie miller. we know what you think w

they missed their flights and were booked to a flight to amsterdam. the luggage didn't make the flight and that's what triggered the concern. >>> today marks the end to u.s. combat operations in iraq. president obama addressed the troops at an army base in texas. this evening le address the rest of us. at the oval office, he will declare the end of combat operations. >> we're still gonna be going after terrorists this are in -- in those areas. so our counterterrorism operations will be conducted jointly. but the bottom line is that our combat phase is over. >> reporter: about 50,000 u.s. troops will remain in iraq in a training and backup role. they will be what the pentagon calls advisory and assistance brigades. some critics say they are really still combat troops. they've just been renamed. >> it sounds like we all went home. but we are all still here. >> the troops say their new advise and assist mission means they are still going on patrols and convoys but any are following the iraqis now, not leading them. >> you can watch president obama's spee

both natives of yemen, both picked up in amsterdam monday after a flight from chicago. security officials found these items in al soofi's luggage. watches, cell phones taped together and watches taped to a bottle of pepto-bismol. they also found $7,000 in cash. >> anytime anybody's got a whole bunch of cell phones taped to bottles and triggering devices like digital watches, that sounds per se like something you'd want to know about. >> reporter: but al soofi was allowed to continue his trip despite what appeared to be mock explosive devices. he was supposed to fly from alabama to chicago to dulles airport in virginia and then to amsterdam, but changed his plans. >> after 9/11 that's rule number one, that passengers and luggage goes together. >> reporter: no suspicious items were found in al murisi's luggage, but he also changed his flight plans. security officials point out here it's not illegal to carry taped cell phones and watches in checked baggage. still, in the post- 9/11 world, probably not the best move. >> i'd say so. okay. terrell brown joining us live here i

sources tell abc news the pair from chicago o'hare to amsterdam after having packed mock bomb in the lug annual. officials found a cell phone taped to bolts and 3 cell phone taped together. officials also found several watch taped together, box cutter and 3 large knives. >> it seems as if it was some sort of test in the fact that we start to tape together cell phones and you carry cutters in your lug annual and things. it is obvious attempt to see if this will be picked up. >>reporter: the items did raise suspicion early on among airport screamers in alabama where he was boarding his connecting flight to chicago. but no of the items is considered illegal for checked lug annual. in fact sources tell us he was also carrying 7000 dollars in cash. which also wasn't breaking any law. but when he and the other man boarded a plane to amsterdam after having checked the lug annual on a different flight to dulles u.s. officials decided to step in. they ordered the plane back to the gate and rae treevd the lug annual. dutch officials detape the 2 men as soon as they arrived in amsterdam. >> for

two men, as you say, who flew from chicago to amsterdam have been arrested in the netherlands. sources say one of the men had $7,000 in cash and what looked like mock explosive devices in two checked bags. seven cell phones, some of them we're told taped to empty bottles, and watches taped to shampoo bottles. here's the thing. the bags carrying those suspicious items did not go with all soofi on the flight to amsterdam. instead the bags went to de los airport near washington where they were confiscated by u.s. authorities. officials say al soofi who was originally heading through de los to yemen had recently changed his itinerary to the amsterdam flight. two men have been arrested in the netherlands but authorities now tell us they are not linked to one another and the investigation at this hour is focused solely on al soofi. this does not appear to be connected to any terror threat. they don't know if he was trying to test the system. >> smith: i guess that's the thing that looks like trouble. the details are still slim as you say, bob. but it sure seems like one of these guys

officials now say investigators are looking into whether two men arrested in amsterdam were conducting a dry run for a potential terrorist attack. the white house says the men were not on any terror watch lists. they were arrested after thirties found suspicious items on their checked luggage on a flight to dubai. the two men were expected to be charged in the netherlands with preparations for a terrorist attack but officials in the netherlands haven't confirmed anything. in the luggage, authorities found the cellphone taped to a pepto-bismol bottle, a boxcutter and three large knives. >> it seems as if it was some sort of test in the fact that you start to tape together cellphones and you carry cutters in your luggage and things. it's obviously an attempt to see if this will be picked up. >> the men live in michigan. investigators are currently searching their homes for more evidence. >> attempted murder charges are expected to be filed today against the gang member accused of shooting a bay area police officer. andrew barontos was arrested saturday at the mexican border for shooting

the display, which happens every five years, started in 1975 to celebrate amsterdam's 700th anniversary. >>> while many here are suffering through the dog days of summer, in brazil it's a much different story. their winter season has been unusually cold, and even the animals are bundling up. orangutans at one rio zoo are wrapped in blankets to keep warm in the 48-degree weather. the zookeepers are also feeding the animals extra carbs to help keep them warm. sounds fun! >>> well, one woman in england is attracting attention, but not for her magnetic personality. doctors have said her high stress levels make her body act like a magnet. metal objects like coins and tools stick to her like glue. the phenomenon doesn't stop there. she says it also causes light bulbs to pop, can trigger car alarms, and shuts off her son's battery-operated toys. >> that's pretty cool. >> that's so random. so doctors say try and reduce your stress and not be as anxious. but if that's the case -- >> or she could try to increase her super powers and become more stressed. >> and use them for good and not evil. >>

while the men went to amsterdam. that's not supposed to happen. >> rule number one, passengers and travelers go together. >> now, authorities are concerned those men were checking on the effectiveness of u.s. airport security. >>> 7:0. some sufferers are ignoring shark warnings this morning posted at a popular beach. a great white was spotted yesterday from miramar beach. claudine wong is li vg with home video and -- is live with home video and the surfers are out there. >> reporter: good morning. they have signs up warning surfers about what happened yesterday. if you take a look look in the water, you can see there are plenty of people out there. you see the parking lot filled up. people don't seem to be that concerned about these signs. the people we talked to this morning, don't seem to think it's serious enough to keep them out of the water. we want to show you this video. it's off in the distance. that was according to witnesses right after the shark rose out of the water and attacked a sea lion yesterday after

of the most interesting match ups full time european champions will entertain does not my cave in amsterdam martin jules man who are hoping to bring a five year exile from the main stage snatched a potentially crucial away go in they want to join ukraine a week ago and with the club's finances in the perilous state they will be desperate to build on that at the amsterdam arena however i ought to have been turned over at home in europe before and we did i was thirty three year old captain chandler currently in terrific form they will have to be all that god. just goes into play he was but believe me he scored five goals in the five six matches so he's back to his old back to his best them in most of the game and he wants to go to the next round so. i look forward to see him you know because he's great meanwhile told him go into the second leg against young boys knowing that only a win will do if they are to reach the group stages the london side was stunned by an early onslaught in switzerland with young boys powering into me three mail inside the first half hour but harry redknapp side rall

the two were allowed to board at o'hare but were arrested in amsterdam this morning. >>> tomorrow marks the official end of the u.s. combat mission in iraq. but you're not going to hear the word "mission accomplished" when proish addresses the nation. instead, his spokesperson said the president will take about the changing mission in iraq. today's mission was to talk about the economy, though, as nbc bay area christine reports, the president is calling for a full-scale effort to get things back on track. >> reporter: in his revocation garden address, the president promised support for extended to middle-class tax cuts and pushed congress to move on a small business aid bill that he says will help to grow jobs. republicans have called it "misguided." the bill is fully parade for. it won't add to the deficit and there's no reason to bloikt besides pure partisan politics. >> reporter: with many expecting this week's unemployment numbers to grow again, for some analysts it was hard to find comfort in the president's statement or even small signs of moderate improvement in spending last mon

will entertain do not make key of in amsterdam martin jol as man was hoping to bring a five year exile from the group things snatched a potentially crucial away goal in a water hole draw in ukraine a week ago and they will be desperate to build on that at the amsterdam arena on wednesday however i x. have been turned over it will mean you europe before and we didn't i was thirty three year old captain andriy shevchenko currently in terrific form they will have to be on the job. just. believe me five five. to go to the next round so. i look forward to seeing. a great fun. over in england match the city have sent out a signal of in-town to the premier league one of the world's richest globes beating liverpool three mail on monday their biggest win over the reds in seventy three years a critical display from the home side and won which was watched by billionaire schaefer monsoor on his fast visit to its funds but it was the relative veterans of gareth barry and carlos status that made the vital difference. a brace with a penalty sixty seven minutes and. meanwhile syrian founds may be seei

it doesn't have any of the three diseases, one unique to europe that infected the mother tree in amsterdam before it was toppled yesterday in a wind storm. >> this is where the anne frank sapling will be planted. >> reporter: sonoma state officials think the school was selected for one of the prized cuttings because of this holocaust and genocide memorial. just as jewish teenager and mother and father died in a concentration camp. >> everyone though the tree has already fallen down, and we have already gotten a sapling, a cutting from it, says to me, that it's supposed to happen. >> reporter: in the two years anne frank and her family hid from the nazis in amsterdam, she wrote in her diary that this tree gave her hope of the future in its growth. now that tree will hope in sonoma. >> if we don't learn from our past, then we are doom to repeat it. >> reporter: sonoma school officials hope that the sapling will grow to 80 feet tall and tell its story to many generations. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that is really something. sonoma state being picked for that. >>> on to our weather

dutch authorities today as they got off their flight at amsterdam. he first came to law enforcement's attention in birmingham because of bulky clothing while checking in his luggage, though, security found a pepto-bismol bottle, three cell phones taped together and several watches taped together. some reports do say that the tsa also found a knife and some box cutters. despite the fines, he was allowed to board a flight to chicago. the two men then took a flight to amsterdam. they were detained by dutch authorities. both live and work in dearborn, michigan. >>> new tonight, a warning for shoppers along the peninsula. a rash of carbreak-ins. police tell us thieves have broken into 28 cars in two weeks near downtown palo alto and the stanford shopping center. stolen, gps units, cell phones, laptops. more officers are patrolling that area, but it's best not to leave valuables in the car or trunk. >>> another legal salvo in the battle to joer turn the ruling on gay marriage. a new lawsuit forcing the governor and attorney general to overturn the ruling.

those two men were arrested yesterdayed in the netherlands after flying from chicago to amsterdam on a united flight. their luggage was kept in chicago after security workers fond a knife, box cutter and cell phone taped to a pepto bismol bottle. the two men are american citizens of yemeni descent. they were not on a u.s. terror watch list. >>> the suspect in some recent crimes in oakland is off the streets this morning. phillip grimes, known as jr, is accused of at least 7 separate shootings in oakland in the last 10 days. he was found at an apartment on 10th avenue and east 24th street last night. officers were approaching the apartment. someone was throwing weapons out a second-story window. and a number of handguns and assault weapons were found in the apartment. grimes and two other men were arrested. >>> the fremont police officer shot while on duty last friday has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. officer todd young lost at least 40% of his blood when he was shot last friday while serving a warrant in oakland. the suspect carjacked at least two cars heading sou

with booking flights to amsterdam and there were richly question by dutch authorities.a cellphone taped to a bottle, a knife, and a box cutter, and once the fund was suspicious items. -once they found a suspicious items, they notified dutch authorities. ♪ >> our big weather story it is a big warm-up this week. temperatures will start warming up, dramatically. tomorrow afternoon, once that fog will peel back a reversal of these warmth-dry winds coming from the inland towards the coastline. and a big margin from the bay shore, upper 60s along the coast. the big warming will be wednesday, thursday, 96-99 degrees. 88 in the bay shore by thursday. and we will cool down as we head towards the weekend and we will see the reversal of winds with sea breezes out by monday/tuesday for. >> international news, some good news. crews for looking at expanding a different poll to reach the men. it was estimated that they are originally could get out by christmas. now, it is perhaps only two months! and that is some special drilling equipment and may be getting supplies from small openin

amsterdam cafe, and so on and so forth? >> that is a hard question. some have, but some of not. they will come in compliance for the time being. often, what happens is they will become compliant for a while. commissioner joseph: so we do not know if they applied for a permit. >> most of them do not. commissioner joseph: commissioner meko? commissioner meko:

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the two men arrested yesterday in the netherlands after flying from chicago to amsterdam on a united airlines flight. their luggage was kept in chicago after security workers found a knife, a box cutter and a cell phone taped to a pepto bismol bottle. investigators are concerned they may have been staging a dry run for a terror attack. >>> a suspect in violent crimes in oakland is off the streets this morning. phillip grimes known as jr is accused of at least 7 separate shootings in oakland in the last 10 days. police found him at an apartment on tenth avenue at east 23rd last night. as officers approached, someone was throwing weapons out a second-story window. a number of handguns and assault weapons were found in the apartment, as well. grimes and two other men were arrested. the fremont police officer shot while on duty last friday has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. officer todd young lost at least 40% of his blood when he was shot last friday while serving a warrant in oakland. the suspect carjacked at least two cars and headed south. he was arrested saturday

but in chicago both men boarded a direct flight to amsterdam. the luggage with the suspicious items went onto dulles which is not supposed to happen. >>> time now 5:12. today marked the official end of u.s. combat operations in iraq. vice president joe biden is in baghdad to oversee the transition there. and president obama will address the nation this evening. we're live in the washington d.c. bureau with more on all of this. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. president obama will not declare victory in iraq, but he will use just his second oval office address to make clear to americans he made good on his promise to get combat troops out of the country and draw down the war. his press secretary says this morning he sees no circumstance where combat forces would have to return. but still 50,000 u.s. troops remain in a rebuilding mode. >> the president always believed his mission was finishing what we had to do to get our men and women out of iraq. not to relitigate what happened in 2002 or 2003. >> reporter: now at t

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but both men boarded a flight to amsterdam. the luggage with the suspicious items went onto dulles which is not supposed to happen. >>> today marks the official end of u.s. combat operations in iraq. vice president joe biden is in baghdad to oversee the transition there and president obama will address the nation this evening. ktvu is live from the washington d.c. newsroom with more on the story. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. let's get right to a look at andrews air force base. president obama left us about half an hour ago for texas to thank iraq war veterans for their service. the president will follow his visit with an oval office address tonight formally marking the end of combat operations in iraq. some veteran groups say he should declare victory in the war. but this morning the white house press secretary made clear that's not going to happen. >> i don't think winning the war is going to look like it has in previous decades. no vendser ceremony on a battleship out at sea. but there's no qu

one of the men flew into chicago, checked his luggage, then changed his own ticket to amsterdam. officials say it could have been a test of security procedures or a dry run for some sort of terrorist attack. >>> gillroy police say they've arrested a man on charges of assault and robbery in connection with an incident in april. investigators say baldenegro was charged for a purse snatching. he remains in custody in lieu of $200,000 bail. >>> a bill that would force tankers to take an extra step cleared the state assembly today. would require tankers to deploy booms before transporting oil. the floating barriers would help contain accidental spills. governor schwarzenegger has not taken a policy on this bill. >>> the bill would make it a crime to operate motorcycles that violate emission standards. the law would apply to motorcycles manufactured at january 1, 2013. he owns several motorcycles but there is no word on whether he will sign the bill. >>> there's word tonight about what steve jobs will announce on wednesday at the next apple event. itunes customers will get more time to

government officials now say it is unlikely that two men arrested on board a plane in amsterdam wereducting a dry run for a potential terrost attack. authorities arrested the men after finding suspicus items in the checked luggage of one of the men. both drew suspicion after changing their travel plans at the last minute. the items included cellphones taped to a pepto-bismol bottle, a box and three large knives. officials say they were natives of yemen livin in the u.s. legally and were not traveling together. he says his friend isn't smart enough to be involved in such a plot. >> it's not him. he let -- not educated person to do that stuff. >> well, authoritieare holding the men on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terror attack. the white house say the men were not on terror watch lists. >> the condition of a fremont police officer shot while ying to arrest a dostic violence suspect last week is improving. officer todd young remains in intensive care but he's been upgraded from critical to serious condition but could face a third surgery as soon as thi afternoon. the man suspecte

a nigerian accused of trying to blow up the amsterdam to detroit flight on christmas day as well as anirport connection. there were addresses in detroit and they're from yemen. he is said to have attended terror training camp there. dutch police say they're working closely with the american authorities on this case. they have until thursday night to decide whether there's enough evidence to bring charges. >> sreenivasan: white house officials said today neither of the men was on a terror watch list in the u.s. in the middle east, a palestinian gunman killed four israelis in the west bank. it came on the eve of new middle east peace talks in washington. police said the shooter opened fire on a car, killing two men and two women. the militant group hamas claimed responsibility. the israeli government vowed to retaliate. from north carolina to new england, the east coast turned its attention to hurricane earl today. the second major storm of the atlantic season built up winds of 135 miles an hour. the big storm churned toward the u.s. mainland as it left the caribbean region in its wake.

government officials now say it is unlikely that two men arrested on board a plane in amsterdam wereonducting a dry run for a potential terrorist attack. authorities arrested the men after finding suspicious items in the checked luggage of one of the men. both drew suspicion after changing their travel plans at the last minute. the items included cellphones taped to a pepto-bismol bottle, a box and three large knives. officials say they were natives of yemen living in the u.s. legally and were not traveling together. he says his friend isn't smart enough to be involved in such a plot. >> it's not him. he let -- not educated person to do that stuff. >> well, authorities are holding the men on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terror attack. the white house says the men were not on terror watch lists. >> the condition of a fremont police officer shot while trying to arrest a domestic violence suspect last week is improving. officer todd young remains in intensive care but he's been upgraded from critical to serious condition but could face a third surgery as soon as this afternoon. t