. >> for more, i'm joined by congressman bradsher man democratic representing california's 30th district, a member of the subcommittee on terrorism. as i just mentioned, u.k. officials reportedly have intelligence that al-qaeda is planning and attack to take out five commercial airliners before chris mat. the express newspaper quotes an anonymous airport security force who said the threat is aimed at europe, the u.s. has improved their security over the summer but we have not. should americans traveling overseas be concerned? >> we should always be concerned, but i think airport security is one of the things we've done well over the last 14 years. it's -- but there with him always be rumors. we had a rumor this morning that they were going to go after servicemen and veterans on leave at their homes, so we can't allow ourselves to be tied into knots every time there's a rumor. >> that hearing held tuesday had alarming testimony from the state department and homeland security on the threat to the u.s. from the hundred plus americans and 2700 people with european passports who could get int

you need legal expertise to get the islamic legal scholars to be on our side. >> congressman bradsher man, some very important and thought owe provoking points. thank you. >> for a deal in iraq that could threaten the group and more news from the middle east, i'm joint by dahlly beast reporter. let's start with something that affects paris, this conversation that i just had about this alleged al-qaeda plot to blow up five airliners before christmas, an article in the daily beast says that u.s. officials are not talking about this and that it's curious that they aren't. >> one of the problems with this is that there was a lot of news about a plot that sound add lot like this last summer. it got a lot of publicity and led to changes at the airport. >> led to changes at the airport, all kinds of security alerts. what isn't clear is whether the reports that have come out recently are sort of respinning that material in the press or whether there is really new information and that's what we're trying to find out. when you go to the government and ask can you clarify that for us, they won't

now we have a congressman from california, bradsher man saying let's screen it on capitol hill when they get back next month. the tree house theater wants to read the script this saturday night from the stage and also a limited release of the movie is still in the offing or perhaps an on-line release is still being considered. >> some are saying they should release irfor free. mike viqueira at the white house in washington, mike, thank you. >> north korea was also on the agenda at the u.n. security council developing into the human rights record with abuses, executions and torture in prison camps. those findings are deepening the diplomatic tension with the north. >> north korea decided not to show. you that that didn't stop the u.n. security council. it rarely discusses the human rights records of countries not in conflict. >> political, religious, racial and gender grounds, people who have been forcefully transferred, who's loved ones have been abducted or disappeared without trace. people who have been deliberately starved for long periods. >> the criticism is directed at the top leve