aqap's al an assiri the architect in the underwear bomb is still at work in yemen. he trained other bomb makers. >> we are going for you barack obama. >> and now thousands of werners with pass thes enabling easy travel have joined jihadists in syria and africa. those fighters are potential op rattives who could be used to carry airplane bombs to america. >> there's no intelligence right now that terrorists are targeting if i domestic flights so for now there are no security changes planned at airports inside the u.s. >> bob orr in washington, thanks very much. as bob mentioned, this security threat is growing from the chaos in syria and iraq. today as iraq continued to be dismembered the iraqi parliament announced it will be at least five more weeks before it can even attempt to form a if you government. >> their enemy isn't waiting. >> abu bakr al baghdadi announced on friday that he is the leader of a new islamic state after his forces conquered part of syria and about a third of iraq. his appearance at a mosque in the iraqi city of mosul was very surprising becau

aqap master bomb maker ibrahim al asiri. asiri and terrorists trained under him will improve designs of new explosive devices, such as shoe bombs that could fool screening systems. the threat has grown all the more severe as chaos in syria and iraq has created a safe haven from terror groups to train, plot and recruit westerners to join their fight. >> allowing them to pool up in syria, to have safe haven, the size of indiana, syria and iraq. i mean al qaeda minded individuals that now have an army, that is as dangerous a time for an al qaeda threat to the united states as i've ever seen. >> jim shoo sciutto joins us now. what's the scope of these fears, are we talking about u.s. airport security or international airports as well? >> really both, you're talking about direct flights into the u.s. your security is only as good as the security at those airports, right? that's where the screening takes place, so it would be something that would be done in conjunction, and we've seen in the past. this has been a concern of counte

either al nizra, which is tied to aqap, or isis, who has intents to harm the u.s. you have to start first with intelligence. i will tell you our human intelligence is not where it needs to be on the ground in syria. we're getting better reconnaisance as to where these actors are, but in terms of identifying them on a personal case-by-case basis, i don't think we're where we need to be. you saw recently the restrictions on travel in terms of the screening has been ramped up in certain foreign airports, the ones most likely to be you'd by these foreign fighters to identify a certain category that would fit the terrorist profile for additional screening with respect to certain devices. that's about as far as i can go into that subject matter. i believe that's going to be effective, but remember, we can't sustain that vigilance for more than several months and then we have to ramp things down. what i'm concerned about is when we do ramp things down again is when they decide to make their move. they're very good at backing off and waiting and then making a move. so the

they are looking at a vulnerability, as it's been described, in airports because of aqap.hat. what could this vulnerability be? >> so we know the aqap bomb maker al asiri, the underwear bomber, sochi heard about potential bombs in tooth paste. he works constantly on developing a bomb that might be able to get past airport security, even talk of him looking at body cavity-inserted bombs, so clearly the u.s. government has come across intelligence that they believe is credible, and they are looking to develop screening measures, they are not going to tell you what they are, because they don't want to signal to the bad guys precisely what they know. it's a brushback pitch. this is their attempt to sort of signal to the bad guys, look, we know what you're developing. we're going to have countermeasures to identify that, and so you may not be successful. >> i think everyone understands the both seen and unseen security measures that we hear about in our airport, but what about the mantra that if you see something, say something. would it be helpful to transportation security, i

the concern is undetectable bombs being developed by aqap, the al qaeda affiliate in yemen..s. has been looking at intelligence for some time, and they are concerned they could bypass security procedures. we're told these are airports in the middle east. and what passengers might expect is being asked to take off their views. they could go through an additional check before they get to their plane. they will not be told to remove certain things, that they can't bring certain things on the plane, for instance. this is out of an abundance of caution to try to counter act these issues by aqap. >> evan perez in washington for me, thank you. the u.s. has condemned the killing of a palestinian teenager. the body was found today in a forest in jerusalem. police are investigating whether his death could be possible r l retaliation for the death of these isreali teens. take a look. >>> things are very tense here at the moment. i'm going to sping the camera around very briefly here. oh, excuse me. there is a lot of police trying to disburse us here. it seems they just let off a stun g

al shabab, al sharia, aqap, and al qaeda saying isis is too extreme? that is a tremendous threat of establishing a caliphate, they call it, in that region. i think in my judgment far surpassing what we saw in iraq and afghanistan, pakistan in terms of training grounds and safe havens. it is much easier to access and i think the key point with these foreign fighters is that they have clean legal travel documents. we have 100 americans. we have thousands of europeans. we have australians in there and they're pouring in every day for the fight. and some people will tell you we know who they all are. i will tell that you we don't with a high degree of certainty. and with that is the threat, not only to western europe but also i think to the united states. so there are so many threats. i can talk about cyber for probably 30 minutes but cyber, one of those things that keeps you up at night because you know we have tremendous capability to shut things down. that capability in the wrong hands like iran, which has already tried to shut down our financial instit

officials have warned that a aqap terrorists trained under him were improving designs of new explosive devices like shoe bombs that could fool screening systems. we talked with the dhs secretary. how concerned should flyers be about what this means about the threat? >> i would be mindful of the fact there is probably increased risk. i don't think it's dramatically different. i wouldn't not fly. the good news here is that the government sharing information with others and other parts of the world is responding to this. >> jim joins us tonight. how are they adhered to? >> good question. they have liaisons at the airports with they can observe, share intelligence and measures they want to be i wemplemented. another question i asked, secretary under george bush was how well do they do this when we make requests like this? he said they want to cooperate. they are a long-term relationship here but one challenge is they don't have the resources at these overseas airports, talking about europe and the middle east here. they don't have resources we have here and that's a challenge and something

. >> aqap master bomb maker ibrahim al asiri. in recent months they have warned that terrorists trained under him are improving designs such as shoe bombs that could fool screening systems. we spoke about the new measures today with former dhs secretary michael chertoff. >> how concerned should flyers be about what this means about the threat? >> i would be mindful of the fact that there's increased risk. i don't think it's dramatically different. i would not fly and the good news here is that the government sharing information with others in other parts of the world is responding to this. we are told this will not change what passengers can't bring onboard flights and passengers will see additional screening of shoes and electronics. they'll see additional screening for explosive residue and those swab machines you are now familiar with and you'll see additional screening at gates sometimes on flights in addition to the screening you go through just after check-in they might look at your bag again and swab you again and i am tol

. >> aqap took hold while you were vice president. >> aqap. >> al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in yemen and obviously president obama would point to the death of bin laden as a point he takes the terrorist threat seriously. >> which we got to the partly through our enhanced interrogation techniques. >> again a disputed point. >> i've got to defend my point of view. >> i appreciate that. your successor as vice president nominee in 2008, sarah palin, recently called for impeachment of president obama. what do you think about that? >> i'm not prepared at this point to call for the impeachment of the president. i think he's the worst president of my lifetime. i think he's doing a lot of things wrong. i'm glad to see the house republicans are challenging him at least legally at this point. but i think that gets to be a bit of a distraction just like the impeachment of bill clinton did. everybody could get geared up to have a big fight but it wasn't going any place. i think at this point that we've got to the aggressively pursue sound policies. we've got to advocate those things we believe in

the newer machines in the airport. >> reporter: this is the man believed to be behind the threat, aqap master bombmaker ibrahim al asisri. it is warned he and those trained under him were improving designs of explosive devices such as shoe bombs. we spoke about the measures with former dhs secretary michael chertoff. how concerned should flyers be about what this means about the threat? >> be mindful of the fact there is probably increased risk. i don't think it's dramatically different. i would not fly, the government is sharing information with others and other parts of the world is responding to this. >> reporter: we can get a sense of the urgency of this threat from two things, one, how fast dhs is acting within days but also that it has specific cities and airports overseas in mind. this is a threat, the dhs wanted to respond to right away. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. >>> checking our other top stories, dozens of people have been sleeping in a high school parking lot after this massive california wildfire forced them out of their homes. this is called the butts fire, near napa v

aqap bomb makers have been responsible for past bombing attempts on u.s. bomb planes. the underwear bomber in 2009, and there were explosives in printers on two cargo flights bound for the united states. none of the bombs were detected by airport security. jeff pagays, cbs news, washington. >>> coming up, fired for eating a bag of chips. this former walgreens employee gets 180 grand. >> a bay area city votes to give away medical marijuana for free and not just any pot. it's got to be the good stuff. ,,,,,,,, ploded in philadel >> all of a sudden, this massive fire ball is what happened when a food truck exploded in philadelphia. 13 people were hurt. investigators believe that a leaky propane tank is to blame for that. tonight, a walgreens employee who was fired for eating a bag of chips on the job just won a big settlement and she is talking to our andria borba tonight. >> reporter: ever herd heard of a $180,000 bag of potato chips? walgreens has. it was 2008. when josefina hernandez went into diabetic crisis. she grabbed a bag of chips from her cart to prevent from fa

aqap bomb makers have been responsible for past bombing atempts on u.s. bound planes. the underwear bomber on a detroit bound airplane in december of 2009, and there were exclose-- explosives hidden inside printers on two cargo flights bound for the united states in october of 2010. none of the bombs were detected by airport security. the new security measures are not expected to disrupt domestic air travel, scott. overseas there may be delays as the security measures are put into place. >> pelley: jeff pegues in our washington newsroom, jeff, thank you. as jeff mentioned this terrorism threat stems directly from the chaos in syria and in iraq. an extremist islamic group called isis holds part of northern syria and a large section of iraq. isis is of the sunni branch of islam. it's fighting iraq's government which is dominated by shi'a muslims. a kurdish ethnic group in the north is also seeking independence. yesterday the iraqi parliament failed to form a government to reconcile these factions and today the prime minister announced something else has to come first. ch

today than it ever has and in 16 different countries as you heard all of these different affiliate, aqap it's interesting how they say that it is too extreme. imagine they would say that it's too extreme for al qaeda. that is a tremendous threat of extent that extending the caliphate in that region. i think in my judgment it surpasses what we saw in iraq and afghanistan and pakistan in terms of the training grounds. it's that they have cleaned about legal trouble documents. they are pouring in every day from the fight and some people tell you who they all are and i will tell you that we don't have a high degree of certainty. i can talk about cyber for 30 minutes but it's one of those things that keeps you up at night because we have a tremendous capability to shut things down. they've already tried to shut down the financial institutions that they are out there and the chinese are stealing through espionage according to the nsa director and we just picked up the billions of dollars of intellectual property theft in the united states said this is a real threat and i hope this bill we get

the concern is really aqap, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> and their famous bomb maker. >> and they've basically been working on new bomb designs, the u.s. believes, and according to intelligence, they believe these bomb designs are possibly able to evade detection. so out of an abundance of caution, they're going to increase screenings at these airports. this is not going to effect what passengers are able to bring on board their flights, but this is just something they want to do. talking to your sources, i'm sure, this is a big security threat, you know, and they know that these guys are working to -- changing their bomb designs to be able to defeat the procedures that are already in place. so they're trying to make sure they can counteract that. >> the concern is direct flights to the u.s. the security in the u.s. only as good as the security at those airports. mideast europe even as well. >> these are airports that i think, you know, raise particular concerns because they believe these are the likely places where these threats could come from. >> i know you and i have talk

the current concerns center around this man, aqap master bomb making.ials say asiri designed the underwear bomb that got through security and threatened to almost bring down a plane headed from amsterdam to detroit. they say he also built explosive devices hidden in printer cartridges and got them on several planes in plots that nearly worked in 2010. >> the issue here would be if you had multiple accomplices trying to board the same flight into the u.s., and the idea here would be to disassemble the electronics and pull those explosives together so you get a little bit bigger bang for the buck. >> a homeland security official tells cnn, some foreign airports are already enforcing the new measures. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> let's dig deeper with phillip mudd, with the fbi and the cia. phillip, thanks very much for joining us. you know what effect a change like this will be have on airports. you say the tsa wouldn't make a move like this on speculation alone. explain. >> i think when you're sitting in the chair after 13 years of this business wi

because, you know, the intelligence shows that this is one area in which the terrorist, especially aqap has been working on new types of bombs. now, it doesn't mean that necessarily you leave these behind, but you're going to be subjected to additional checks and i should add that the particular concern here is airports in the middle east and europe and, again, these are flights into the united states, from overseas. >> yeah, so make sure your devices are charged and turned off on the flight. evan perez, thank so much. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is calling the murder of a palestinian teenager, quote, abhorrent. netanyahu called the boy's father today and he promised justice for the apparent revenge killing. all of this is shocking new cell phone video shows the boy's cousin, a palestinian-american teen, being beaten and detained by police at a protest over the killing. this morning, a spokesman for netanyahu talked to cnn about the alleged beating. >> if it is proven that the police acted in a way that unfortunately the video indicates, that we suspect they did, they

. >> one of the biggest worries, aqap master bomb maker. u.s. officials say asiri designed the underwear bomb that got through security and threatened to bring down a plane headed to amsterdam from detroit. he developed explosive devices hidden in printer cartridges and got them on several planes in 2010. >> the issue would be if you have multiple accomplices trying to board the same flight into the u.s. the idea here would be to disassemble that electronics and sort of pool those explosives together so you get a little bit of a bigger bang for the buck. which would cause, now you are looking at catastrophic damage to the aircraft. >> a u.s. homeland security official tells cnn some foreign airports are already enforcing the new measures. wolf, the d.a. just says it doesn't dictate to individual countries what to do with electronic devices that do not power up other than to say they cannot go on the plane coming to the u.s. it's up to these individual countries on what to do if a passenger has a cell phone, for example, and it won't turn on. >>

we see this in aqap. they are saying, perhaps, he is right. there is a different way of doing business and that is his territory. but -- it is taking a massive risk to announce the state. a state is something recognizable. they will not have a world cup team anytime soon. well, who knows? isis, when you look at the social media and presence, they organize summer camps for kids. there is indoctrination and other things. they are pretty savvy at the level of engagement and, at the same time, they, you know, nail people on crosses. a bit problematic. the point is, it is all about the expectations you set and being able to meet them. they may have $.5 billion in their coffers. how do you make sure you get all the food that you need? i am talking about an area that contains about 8 million people. how do you meet the needs? how do you make sure that electricity and water are flowing if you are at odds with everyone? do local deals do enough? the local deals i refer to our with the assad regime or isis and al nusra. providing crude oil and products

it's now as you point out, have etch a threat in syria, north afri africa, let's not forget aqap in yemenhe big threat, as the attorney general pointed out, thousands of foreign fighters, some from the united states, many from europe, many could come back to europe and then to the united states very easily this is a grave concern that some of those people may come back from europe on planes, attempting to bring bombs. others may come back from europe and attempt another kind of a boston bombing, low tech, but nonetheless, pretty devastating attack on our homeland. >> so did we make a mistake with kind of allowing that situation to fister? >> i'm not sure we made a mistake, but certainly, the situation in syria has grown out of control. i don't know that we have the capacity to control all those events, particularly those that have come about as a result of the arab spring. we certainly can try, we certainly do try, but in the midst of this civil war, there just aren't a lot of good options, and putting in weapons, for example, which is one of the big issue, should we be providing weapons

you look at the internet and inspired magazine, aqap rack lacing people to blow up things i think that's what you're going to see that we are still always concerned about a weapon of mass destruction coming into the united states. how can we stop at? ports are pretty secure the portal monitors. if all these kids are coming in and not being stopped the 60,00f them, it illustrates how wide-open it is and we don't know what is really coming through. we can't give you a case specific about a terrorist trying to get in but the fact remains a vulnerability for the united states until we get it secure. >> let's return to the lone wolf. we have the major four food killer. how worried about these individuals are you the ticket upon themselves, how well equipped are we to find such people and to stop them? >> i think it will be a textbook case for the counterterrorism students and experts decades. when you look at the failures in that case not to point fingers because the 2020 hindsight but here they warn us if you are going to go into radicalized. i talked to the chief of the boston police and th

we see this in aqap. they are saying, perhaps, he is right. there is a different way of doing business and that is his territory. but -- it is taking a massive risk to announce the state. >> the locals i refer to deal with the regime where iiss provide crude oil and get refined product. they need gasoline for the trucks and they call -- i'm not sure if it's a viable model. >> hi. >> you spoke earlier about the -- with the u.s. government engaging with the opposition. in your opinion, from a policy standpoint in terms of moving forward in the best possible way, how or if the opposition really is -- will play or could -- excuse me, could play a larger part? >> i mean, i see rebel groups as an essential element. but this also means you have to accept the other priority. you cannot rebel factions and tell them we will provide you weapons and first and foremost and iiss. most displacement, et cetera, are still done by forces. as bad as the jihads are, they can be worse, the balance is still needed. there needs to be a recognition of the simple fact

you look at the internet, inspire magazine, aqap out of yemen radicalizing people in the united states to blow up things. i think that's what you're going to see. but we are still always concerned about a weapon of mass destruction coming into the united states, how can we stop it. our reports are pretty secure with our radiation portal monitors. one think i can tell you about the southeast border is if all these kids are coming in and not being hopped, it really demonstrates how wide open it is, and we don't know what's coming through. we can't give you a case specific about a terrorist trying to get in, but the fact remains that that is a vulnerability for the united states until we get it secure. >> let's return, then, to the question of the lone wolves. we had major hussein, the ft. hood killer, we had the rf brothers in t-- tsarnaev brothes in the boston marathon bombing. how worried are you about these individuals who take it upon themselves to do harm to the united states? how well equipped are we to find such people and to stop them? >> well, boston was a -- i think will be a t