the bombmaker is a familiar foe.y, may 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good tuesday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. that familiar foe is said to be the same bombmaker who was behind the so-called underwear bomb plot. and he's still on the loose. >> scary, to too. that was, what, christmas day 2009? so 2 1/2 years ago, what have you. and what's scary about this incident is this bomb, this plot, the bomb itself was a lot more sophisticated than the one we saw on that christmas day morning. >> and there could be problems detecting that kind of bomb at airports all over the country. and we have so much enhanced security. and i think that's what's so scary about it. >> we get smarter and so do they. these latest bombs don't have metal. sobering news this morning on that. >>> also coming up today, the raging debate over gay marriage. new questions about the president's position just as voters in a key battleground state go to the polls today to decide whether to b

these bombmakers, of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula.lly thwart screeners or whatever. >> last summer i sat down with the then vice president al hadi who's now the president of yemen. last summer he told me of al qaeda, because of the sort of verging on civil war in mem -- they have been able to take control of the capital, we were down in the south and at this stage we were seeing tens of thousands of people forced out of that town by al qaeda. so al qaeda isn't a group there that is just hiding away in the mountains, yes some of them are, but they're also out in the open, living life larger than they are elsewhere, and they're claiming to have access to more chemicals, what they describe s as -- the reality is that al qaeda and yemen's problem is that they may have the space and they may have the no how, but it's getting the bombs out of the yemen. we saw the attempted underwear bomb, the printer bombs 2010. nothing we're aware of in 2011. the country was in chaos, maybe it's now an indication that the country is beginning to settle do

the bombmaker that is targeting u.s.-bound planes. >>> over a cliff. the video showing this bus full of tourists driving off the road and down a hill. >>> and scent of a woman. a legendary french perfume names brad pitt its first male spokes model. >>> good thursday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin, in for paula faris. there had been rumblings about gay marriage from the administration in the past few days. first, from the vice president on sunday. then, the secretary of education a day later. >> but despite all that, president obama's support yesterday did come as a bombshell. abc's tahman bradley joins us with news of the continuing fallout. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. for years, president obama has moved towards supporting same-sex marriage, but stopped short of outright backing it. until now. in an exclusive interview with abc news' robin roberts, president obama made history, becoming the first u.s. president to say this. >> i've just concluded, for me personally, it is important for m

it came from the lab of al qaeda's chief bombmaker, who is still on the loose, trading other bombmakers expected to testify in john edwards' trial. she is expected to say money was being used to cover up his extramarital affair. >>> two people are in ft. wayne, indiana, for allegedly driving a car with four children strapped to the hood. police arrested a man for driving intoxicated a woman for questioning. none of the four kids age 4 to 7 appear to be injured. set of prints from marilyn monroe's last sitting were sold today. originally taken for "vogue" in 1962, six weeks before marilyn monroe's death. >>> today's best advice comes from long time women's activist and author gloria steinhem. >> i think the best advice is we don't know which thing we do matters, so the art form is to behave as if everything matters. >> every day we'll give you a nugget, take it or leave it but best advice today from gloria steinhem. >> can you tell me your grandmother's again? >> you have one mouth and two ears. respond appropriately. >> i love that. soledad o'brien has a look at what's coming up on "st

intelligence officials say he's among those now training five to ten new bombmakers. but the source, who came in from the cold, will find a warm place, relocated with his family under a new identity. >> first, he's going to get a paycheck you and i would want any day of the week. as we should. >> reporter: millions? >> millions. >> reporter: john miller, cbs news, new york. >>> the parents of an american soldier captured in afghanistan say there have been secret attempts to free their son. bowe bergdahl was captured in jub june 200. it's believed he's killed by a group associated with the taliban. his parents say there have been attempts to swap their son for taliban prisoners held by the u.s. but the deal has been stalled for months and they are frustrated. >>> coming on the morning news -- storming ashore. a tornado is captured on video in louisiana as it tears up homes during some frightening moments. e frightening moments. ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make allie miss her favorite part of the day. [ laughing ] that's why there's

the mastermind bombmaker must have found out that his cover had been blown. i would say they're panicking, they're shutting down all their communications which is sort of how they would talk to each other and basically trying to go under ground. they just lost the guy who we killed on sunday was one of the people involved in the u.s.s. cole attack back in 2000. >> but could it be more dangerous for america in the short-term, in the sense that there's no head, if there's no group running the al qaeda show then is there more dangerous for splinter groups that we have no know on the run. you can penetrate a network. how do you stop the one guy that has his own crazy idea. >> look at the week they're having. we had the anniversary of bin laden. a huge -- the biggest success that we have had in the war on terror. and then you have this case that they have, you know, caught this other bomber that was trying to attack the united states, so the fbi officials say. >> thank you both for now. >>> now we're going to turn to our big story, the gay marriage battle. north c

this morning, we learn more bombmakers are being trained. and new concerns about where they might hide the devices. >>> the nationwide manhunt. new surveillance video of the country's most wanted man. police in a race against time for the two little girls he may be holding captive. is this the video clue to finally break this case. >>> making headlines this morning, travolta trouble. the superstar is in two high-profile lawsuits. but is there already truth the allegations can't be true. >>> and the queen's speech. 2,000 diamonds, in a glittering horse-drawn carriage. just hours after kate hit the red carpet in a stunning gown, grabbing headlines around the world. >>> the umbrellas are out here in times square. >> nothing wrong with our set. it really is raining hard out there. >> it's coming down good right now. a lot to get to, including the latest on the inside man who brought that plot to blow up a u.s.-bound plane to a screeching halt. an undercover investigation. our brian ross is here with the latest on the double-agent and what we're

and fibers that will link it to the bombmaker and they can see the advances al qaeda has been able to make in the devices especially with the detonator that failed, because that failed in 2009. >>shepard: tell us about the guys. >>reporter: we learned from intelligence sort there is reason to believe the bombmaker is training apprentices so there will not be a single point of failure in the network because they are counting on the fact that ultimately he will get droned. >> without going it to the specifics, we have to assume with what we have seen in al qaeda in the past, that they do train others to take up where they leave off because they is seen a succession of their top leadership attack successfully and taken off the battlefield for good. >>reporter: for context as we reported last night, there is a second separate threat on devices that are implanted but the credibility is not public yet. >>shepard: thank you, catherine. and now the foam secretary of defense, chairman and chief executive officer of his group. the news that a spy got in there and stopped this is good news. >>gu

there is still a threat this morning, since the master bombmaker behind this latest plot is still on the loose. >> and there's questions whether airport security in this country is capable of detecting this new threat. abc's tahman bradley is in washington with more. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. officials say the plot was being run by the al qaeda group in yemen. the would-be bomber was found in yemen. the cia and usa counterterrorism partners thwarted an attempt by al qaeda. this morning, forensic experts are studying the bomb, trying to determine if it would have gotten through airport security. the plot was foiled. so, no flights were in danger. >> the u.s. government is saying it never came close because they had insider information, insider control. which implies they had somebody on the inside that wasn't going to let it happen. >> reporter: authorities say this latest bomb improved on the so-called underwear bomb, containing no metal. similar to the device used by umar abdulmutallab, used to attempt to blow up an airliner in 2009. the most so

what we are learning about the master bombmaker behind that new terror plot. why he is so dangerous. >>> radiation risk tonight. x-rays and children and what you need to ask your doctor. >>> and making the grade. the college janitor who spent 20 years slipping into classes after work and is now graduating from his ivy league school. >>> good evening. we begin with a historic interview hours ago. president obama speaking exclusively to abc's robin roberts and announcing something that no u.s. president has ever said, that he supports same-sex marriage. for years, he only endorsed civil union, saying his position on marriage was evolving. last weekend, vice president biden surprised everyone seemingly to endorse gay marriage. and today, the president himself told robin how and why his on thinking has changed. >> reporter: mr. president, are you still opposed to same-sex marriage? >> i have always been adamant that gay and lesbian americans should be treated fairly and equally. and i was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people, the word marriage was someth

did the bombmaker in yemen, presumably -- presumably, it's al siri, the bombmaker of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula -- make more than one? those of us who work these cases know the m.o. is to plan for multiple, simultaneous attacks. it would be very odd if they had just one bomber and one bomb. when the congressman says to you it puts things at risk, it puts the investigation at risk. it makes it harder for them to try and find out. sources have said to me we don't know if there are more bombers or more bombs out there. >> sources have been talking to "the new york times," who broke the story a few hours ago, and other news organizations which had the story days ago and have actually been holding on to it. >> that's exactly right. once it began to come out, then sources are willing -- they don't feel as though they're betraying the secret. they feel they're confirming something they already know. sources said to us, which is something you already reported, the informant was the source of the information that led to the bomb strike in al qusa in the arabian peninsula, and it's a wa

. >> the one person out there, the bombmaker. >> a really bad dude. it's his type of bombmaking technique. >> the technology idea. >> that created the underwear bomb, created the cargo plane bombs, in the printer cartridges, probably behind this wunchts most wanted man? >> definitely top three. he knows it and is training other individuals on his bombmaking techniques. >> because he thinks his days are numbered. thank you as always. >>> up next, will voters ban same-sex marriage in north carolina today? embedded into the constitution? we're going to talk with retiring governor bev perdue about the referendum plus all the other stuff going on. will they regret holding their convention there? and ron paul, quietly wrestling delegates away from mitt romney, and by the way, he's also secretly becoming mitt romney's delegates. we're going to explain it. in the deep dive into what's going on and how tampa would be nuts. >>> first, a look at the president's schedule. you're watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc news. albany. hanging out way guy who wants to

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he's believed to be al qaeda's master bombmaker.r two of the most bold plots against the united states. the 2009 underwear bomb that malfunctioned aboard a detroit bound flight and the 2010 printer bombs one connected flight away from reaching the united states. in 2009, he fitted his own brother with an underwear bomb. we'll have more on that in a moment. >>> al asiri is almost a legend among terrorists. tell us more, brian. >> officials here say that the device that was seized was similar to ones previously used by that group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the group as you mentioned has this master bombmaker on america's radar for at least a few years. one u.s. official says a man suspected of involvement in this effort is a bomb making mastermind for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he's believed to have planned the 2009 plot to kill saudi arabia's interior minister by placing the bob in the rectal cavity of his own brother. the brother was killed but the minister escaped. i asked the former top aviation security official

officials in looking for this bombmaker. >> richard engel, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> now let's get a check on the morning's other top stories from natalie morales at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. authorities are urging the fbi's latest addition to the top-ten most-wanted list to turn himself in. adam mayes is accused of kidnapping two sisters from mississippi, and he has now been charged with the murders of the girls' mother and older sister. mayes wife is also charged in those murders, and she tells investigators that she watched her husband kill them and then helped him hide their bodies. investigators believe the missing girls alexandria and kyliyah bain could still be alive with mayes. we'll have much more in a live report coming up shortly. >>> rescuers are searching a remote crash site in indonesia this morning where the wreck of a new russian-built passenger jet has been found. the plane disappeared wednesday carrying 45 people. all are feared dead today. >>> major violence this morning in syria as two strong explosions ripped thr

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and did the bombmaker in yemen, presumably it's al qaeda in the arraiabian peninsula. al qaeda's mo is to go and to plan for a multiple simultaneous attacks. so it would be very odd if they had just one bomber and one bomb. so when the congressman says to you, it puts things at risk, it puss the investigation at risk. it makes it harder for them to try and find out. because sources have said to me we don't know if there are more bombers or more bombs out there. >> the sources have been talking to the "new york times" who broke the story just a few hours ago and also other news organizations which had the story days ago and have actually been holding on to it. >> once it began to come out, then sources are -- they don't feel as if they're betraying a secret, they're just confirming something you already know. sources have said, exactly as have you reported, the informant was who -- and it's their way of being able to get their hands on because cia, working with saudi intelligence controlled this informant. that's the reason we got the device. and the fbi is now able to

you have done reports on this bombmak bombmaker.dy used one of these body bombs and it came pretty close to working. this is from february. >> reporter: master bombmaker, a 29-year-old saudi, is both imagine difference and ruthless. in this al qaeda video, the man wearing the red is his brother, abdullah. the brothers are saying their last good-byes because abdullah is departing on a suicide mission. inside his body is a bomb made by his brother. wi this is the aftermath. abdullah dead, his target, a powerful saudi prince who has close ties to the white house, injured. >> so i'm getting this straight, his brother finagles this meeting, he turns up with a bomb implanted in his own body and the saudis couldn't detect it? >> an even bigger scam than that. he sent his brother to meet the head of saudi counterterrorism on the premises in a abdul larks the g abdullah urks the guy with the bomb inside him, is turning himself into the saudi authorities and the saudi authorities believed it. and allowed him to get that close to this hugely i

sources tell "new york times" the bombmaker used a high grade military explosive that "undoubtedly" wouldave brought down a plane. we are told f.b.i. experts are examining the thing at their laboratory in virginia thanks to the doubling agent who posed as a suicide bomber and tricked al qaeda. the man volunteered to be the actual bomber was a way to remain control of plot and the tradeoff, of course, was the loss of a valuable source with access to the inner circle. we heard from the f.b.i. director. >> at the house judiciary committee hear it was meant to hit on the anniversary of the bin laden raid. here is the exchange. >> on the anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden, was there a specific or credible threat of terrorism upon the united states? >> we did not believe so. >> you are referring to the fact --. >> there was an arrest. >> it is fair to say that plot had been thwarted at the time. >>reporter: the chairman of the house intelligence committee saying the operating was not complete and tunes were missed. >>shepard: what do we know of the infiltration? >>reporter: we learn

was this man, the most wanted man in the world, the bombmaker who wants to sew explosives into domestic pets, was he one of the targets? >>> new twist. the case of missing 6-year-old isabel celis takes a dramatic turn. her parents now living separately and her father banned from seeing their other two children. is this a break in the case? >>> and off-screen drama for actress reese witherspoon. she goes to court diving into a family dispute. her father marries another woman while still married to reese's mother. is this new wife trying to take advantage of him? >>> cracking down with lol that those epic texting and walking failed. omg. now one town is imposing an $85 fine for tww, texting while walking. we've got the 411. ♪ >>> hey, good morning, everybody. three quick mother's day shoutouts first to my mom, second to new mom bianna golodryga who is out on maternity leave this morning and third to our lovely paula faris anchor of the world news now, filling in this morning. happy mother's day to you. >> thank you. and happy mother's day to my mom carol faris out in michigan and my littl

we'll take a look. >>> the hunt for al qaeda's bombmaker. richard. >> thanks a lot, thomas. >>> olympic torch lit, tan mom ban. down to the wire. it's very real for athletes around the world. this morning the olympic torch was lit in greece and has officially gun its trip to london. a greek swimmer is carrying the torch, a brief tour before heading to the uk on may 18th. >>> the so-called tanning mom is feeling the heat. 63 tanning salons have banned patricia krentcil saying she's giving the industry a bad name. some put wanted style posters behind their counter to keep her out. perhaps she could use this, a japanese lingerie maker unveiled a bra made from refrigerated cooling pads. in case that's not enough, it comes with portable fans and mists. you won't find the bras in stores. they were created to encourage people in japan to conservative energy. there you have it. >>> t-rex is roaming nebraska. meet tyrannosaurus gold. it's his legal name. he changed it because he said the new name is cooler and makes him stand out as an entrepreneur.

al asiri. >> was this operation leaked to the press too early for us to find the bombmaker? if he's still around in a year, that's going to be a critical question everybody's going to ask. >> reporter: as l asiri, the obamamaker, is still around and believed to be teaching oergz how to make bombs. >> we have bombmakers we need to worry about. >> reporter: now director of national intelligence james clapper and members of congress are calling for an across-the-board review of how this information got out. >> i don't think those leaks should have happened. there was an operation in progress. and i think the leak is regarded as very serious. >> reporter: the question also remains, what happens to the source who's credited with foiling this operation, the 2010 plot to take down cargo planes bound for chicago with printer bombs and possible attacks at u.s. embassy in yemen. >> ho do we not only get him and his information out from a situation where they're regarded from scrutiny, new documents, now life, new names. second in a geography, whether it's united states, europe, elsewh

that aqap as it is called is the number one threat to our country and their efforts to get at the bombmaker of this nonmetallic bomb which may well be able to for through magnetometers and the fact that this bomb was recovered and recovered intact i think is a substantial victory. i think it is an impressive win for the cia. but it means that we have to devote all of our resources right now to try to end this because it can become very, very complicated. >> and information that leaked out this week when the story broke on monday there have been concerns in both houses and both sides of the aisle about this. your counter part in the house mike ridges has said he was upset that this could have disrupted opportunities, other gone going operations. he said it could have been a crime this information that leaked out. here is what defense secretary leon panetta said about this. >> you have to protect these people and the confidence and classification and covert nature of this kind of work and when these leaks take place i can't tell you how much they damage our ability to be able to pursue our in

the master bombmaker behind the efforts of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula to blow up a u.s.the arabian peninsula represent the top counterterrorism threat to the nation. >> reporter: u.s. authorities tell abc news that al asiri's latest designs involve bombs surgically implanted in terrorists as well as bombs hidden in pets to be carried on aircraft, in cameras and in external hard drives that would explode when plugged into a laptop computer. >> he's got an operational savvy to him that is useful for an al qaeda operative. >> reporter: a saudi citizen who studied chemistry in college, al asiri's parents say he became radicalized after the death of a brother. >> he hates american ideology. he hates western values. >> reporter: because of a threat of al asiri and his al qaeda group, the u.s. has vastly expanded its drone operations inside yemen. al asiri has survived at least one u.s. drone strike in the last year. >> we want to make sure he doesn't have the opportunity to, a, continue to do -- to build any device whatsoever or impart his knowledge to anyone else. >> reporter

can the fiendish plan search for the bombmaker right now. brian ross with breaking details. >>> the other side. deion sanders' wife, pilar, speaking out about their public headlines. and her children in the middle. it's an abc news exclusive. >>> the rock star, tim tebow like you've never seen him before. revealing what he did with his first paycheck, with the woman he calls his recipe for success. >> good morning, america. >>> watching us. hi. >> we're getting a lot of attention from that police officer. boy, do you know how to make a splash. news from the president yesterday. and what a watershed moment. whatever people think about this issue, we know it's controversial, there's no denying when a president speaks out for the first time like that, it is history. >> and let me tell you, george, i'm getting chills again. when you sit in that room and you hear him say those historic words. it was not lost on anyone in there right there. you never know what he's going to say until you ask him. and we did talk about other things, as well. plus,

when does the bombmaker go down? my question isn't simply did we stop the plot? my question would be did we get information to stop the plotter? that's the bombmaker still out in the field. >> when you look at this there is a question of the corporation between saudi intelligence and the cia. do we assume there's good coordination now between the cia and other intelligence agencies? >> i wouldn't assume it's very good. i would assume it's excellent. let me tell you something. when you sit there and have to deal with potential threats to citizens whether in europe, the united states, saudi arabia, any place, you'll talk to virtually anybody. if the balance is going to talk to somebody and let information out and maybe risk a leak or potentially put an american life at risk, that's an easy balance for a decision maker to make. you'll talk to people. in my experience with the saudis, they are great partners. >> thank you both. >>> now to politics. mitt romney won three more presidential primaries on tuesday, indiana, north carolina and west virginia. voters in north