ibrahim hassan al-asiri is someone who would stop at nothing to harm americans. there are explosive devices that can be implanted in pets and popular products. >> reporter: al qaeda's young bomb maker is determined to blow up a plane. his latest include bombs that can be surgically implanted inside of terrorists. others look like every day luggage. he's hiding them in pets or exturnal -- external hard drives. >> very inknow vaitive that would evade detection. >> reporter: after a double agent infiltrated a cell, intelligence officials are preparing for more attacks. u.s. drone strikes have been expanded. just last night a strike in yemen killed at least five militants but al-asiri remains at large having survived at least one drone strike. >> we want to make sure he doesn't have the opportunity to bumped any device or impart his knowledge to anyone else. >> reporter: this 30-year-old saudi citizen studied chemistry in college. his parents said he began using his bomb making expertise after his brother died. >> ibrahim hassan al-asiri, we know hates the united sta

. >>> malaysia's opposition leader ibrahim is no stranger to the country's justice system. and he found himself in court again on tuesday. here's the details of the new case against anwar. >> reporter: malaysian prosecutors indicted ibrahim on a street rally held last month in kuala lumpur. there's speculation he made his own parliament for a snap election expected in the fall. the charges against anwar drew criticism that the government is trying to suppress the opposition. anwar is a former deputy prime minister. he's accused of inciting demonstrators to enter prohibited areas during a rally. anwar denies the charges. the huge rally calling for political reforms was held in the malaysian capital on april 28th. tens of thousands of people clashed with police, leading to more than 500 arrests. malaysia has been ruled by the same national front coalition eever since the country's independence. but they face growing dissatisfaction among the public who are calling for electoral reform. the ruling coalition lost nearly 30% of its seats during the previous election in 2008. anw

. >> reporter: still there's great concern the bomb maker, 30-year-old ibrahim al asiri, is working on other bomb designed, including bombs surgically implonted in terrorists, even in picture frames and radios, as shown in this al qaeda video. >> they keep trying to devise more terrible ways to kill innocent people. >> in this case, the bomber was the source working for the u.s. anand others, and there was no threat. but american authorities said as long as ibrahim al asiri is alive making other bombs for other terrorists, it's a grave threat to the u.s. >> and even though this plot was foiled, airport security is still on alert. yet abc news has learned millions of dollars of hi-tech equipment is desbathering dust in a government warehouse. equipment airports say they need. abc's senior national correspondent jim avila has the details on that. >> reporter: a non-descript tsa warehouse in dallas, inside, abc news has learned america's best weapon against al-qaeda's bomb of choice. hundreds of baggage scanners, explosive detection systems, and in this wooden crate, the latest bomb-detec

is now turning up the here in yemen, ibrahim al-asiri is believed to be hiding. tonight abc's martha raddatz reports in. the only network reporting inside the ter roar zone. >> reporter:ed good evening. it can't be stressed enough how important yemen is to america's national security. which is why the yemeni army with u.s. help is now waging all out war against al qaeda. as some 20,000 yemeni army troops pounding al qaeda strongholds in southern yemen, the u.s. is striking from above. with armed drones. at least 18 strikes since march. three in just the last ten days. and no wonder an official tells abc news tonight that there are as many as 3,000 al qaeda supporters in yemen now that two to three times the number from a year ago. dozens of terrorists have reportedly been killed by the country continues for ibrahim al-asiri, the al qaeda bomb maker plotting to blow up an american airliner after three failed attempts, including the most recent underwear bomb plot foiled by a double agent. but u.s. intelligence about al-asiriry is improving everyday, after more tha

least twenty people were killed in cairo one on known gunmen opened fire peaceful protesters gigi ibrahim joins us now live a blogger an opposition activists you're with us from the egyptian capital to talk more about friday's developments thanks for being with us missy but i am now this is the second massive outbreak of violence within a week why is it all flaring up at this stage. there has so much been anger and resentment that has been building up for the past you know here pretty much you've seen many of these clashes erupt during close times of elections but the has been a sit in there has been mobilization in the streets in all sectors of society where they're demanding the end of this military rulers and for skaf to step down only escalate the recently when when the army personnel started attacking this that has been going on for days and it turned out to be very violent the use that you know army was using not only the water cannon but. live ammunition and rubber bullets and arresting many individuals who ordered hadn't even in hospitals and hospitals ordered the kidnapped and we

closer getting to ibrahim al asiri, the man believed to have hatched that idea to sew bombs into bodies? and underscoring the urgency tonight, president obama has dispatched top counter-terrorism adviser john brennan to yemen. and so we begin here tonight with abc's david kerley at the white house. >> reporter: the drone attacks are intensifying. and tonight, u.s. counter-terrorism trainers are back in yemen, working with local forces. an escalation that includes targeting this man, al qaeda's master bomb builder, whose latest underwear bomb plot to bring down a jet liner was undone by a double agent. >> a history of trying to kill american citizens. that automatically pushes him at the top of the strike list. >> reporter: the strikes have jumped dramatically. just look at this. yesterday, two separate attacks. 11 suspected terrorists killed. thursday, two attacks, as well. seven killed, including two top leaders. a week ago today, a drone strike that killed this man, who was plotting to bring down a plane with that new underwear bomb and was responsible for the "uss cole" bombing. in f

and one high-value individual being targeted is ibrahim al asiri known as al qaeda's master bomber responsible for the failed underwear bomber and the many bos in printer and now in the hands of u.s. officials. al asiri is now on the top list of targets in the counterterrorism battle. doesn't sound like they got him so far. >> david, thanks for that. >>> the u.s. may ban a key part of its mission in iraq, training iraqi police officers. the state department scaled back the training program and may scrap it entirely by the end of this year. "the new york times" reports that the program is growing costly and iraqi officials never wanted it dropping the training could save the u.s. billions of dollars. >>> in southern california, massive search is under way for an fbi agent missing since last thursday. steven ivins was said to be distraught and possibly suicidal. about 150 fbi agent, police officers and rescuers are looking for him in rugged mountain territory in l.a. county. >>> soccer fans in turkey went on a rampage after a championship game. police and fans clashed outside of the stadium afte

>> brian, what more can you tell us about this bomb maker ibrahim al asiri? arabia. he studied chemistry at a saudi university. he became radicalized during the iraq war and spent time in a saudi prison and made his way over to yemen where he joined al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. interesting, there is a report a couple of years ago who with said it was a pakistani expert who trained several people in the arabian peninsula on how to make bombs and that was not confirmed and there was speculation as to how ibrahim al asiri learned his craft and who he's teaching it to. >> brian todd at reagan national airport, thanks. >>> congressman mike rogers of michigan is joining us now. he's the chairman of the house intelligence committee. congressman, have you been fully briefed, do you feel you've been fully briefed on this plot that was thwarted by the cia? >> i feel we got most of it as of today at least as far as the details of the event and what occurred in the process of us obtaining the actual dwieshgs the explosive device and have you seen photos of this act

officials won't disclose the whereabouts of ibrahim al- asiri. he's also responsible for the underwear bomb that failed on christmas day 2009. this underwear bomb stopped in yemen, however, did not contain metal and it would have passed x-rays though we're told a full body scan may have picked it up. >> what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. >> this device if it's a functioning device, that is a threat to americans generally but it was not a particular threat in this case because we were able to intercept it and stop it before it made it to the plane. >> no word on the whereabouts of the man who was supposed to wear this bomb. coming up 569:30 we'll -- up at 6:30, we'll have more details on the timing of this plot and the anniversary death of osama bin laden. >> thanks, delia goncalves, live at national airport this morning. >>> the five men accused of plotting to blow up a bridge in ohio have pleaded not guilty in the case. they made their first

both were built by the same man, ibrahim hassan al-asiri. people not on any watch list and who have been told to attack when and where they want a confidential security said it could have passed through a metal detector. a report questions whether the u.s. is doing enough to prevent attacks. as al qaeda is building bombs, machines are lying idle in warehouses. reporting for abc2 news, new york. >>> new at 5 senator ben cardin want to make funding for bike lanes part of the transportation bill. he got overwhelming support for maintaining or increasing funding for sidewalks, bike lanes and bike paths. >>> a new attraction is coming to the inner harbor and it's all about the buzz. i'll show you a live picture where the crowd is gathering. in a few minutes one man said he will walk across the inner harbor on a tight rope. we'll bring it to you live. >> and the post office is handling less mail but seems like we're getting plenty of junk mail. the trick to stop it from filling up your mailbox. >>> heavy rain is headed in our direction. i'll let y

but ibrahim and his fellow plotters were unable to detonate their bombs.amed it on a communications failure. he said that the 7/7 bombers had had the same problem with their bomb making, but because they spent more time learning codes and security communication, he was able to help them sort their problem out. the 7/21 plotters, he said, had not had so much communications training and they lost contact with him. londoners were lucky. all the time, ralph and al qaeda explosives experts were refining their skills and moving to their next big plot. to bring down planes using liquid explosives. it's why to this day we are limited to small amounts of liquids on flights. ralph recalled that just 400 grams of high explosives had brought down pan am flight 103 over lockerbie in scotland in 1988. and after several trial runs, devised a plan to detonate similar size bombs of hydrogen peroxide onboard transatlantic flights. his document reveals al qaeda's technical expertise. they knew which chemicals could pass undetected through an airport scanner, which dyes to us

the designer is believed to be top al qaeda explosives expert ibrahim al-asiri. the underwear bomb contained no metal so chances are it could have passed through most security checks. the bomb was found in yemen before the attackers could even buy a plane ticket. >> this is a very clever guy, very good at making bombs. he's probably al qaeda's number one threat to the united states directly. >> i can assure you that the tsa and airport security generally is going to be looking very, very carefully at this to see what steps if any we have to take to upgrade our defenses against this type of attack. >> this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. >> reporter: you may remember those printer cartridge bombs that were found on u.s. cargo ships back in 2010. well, officials say al-asiri is the man behind those bombs as well. coming up at 5:30, our continued efforts to stop these kind of attacks and they're getting more sophisticated and more violent as time goes on. we'll let you know whether or not this particul

in particular, the eternal the eternally= -- ambitions amwar ibrahim. >> the fraud is massive. >> the prime minister senior meeting -- seen here meeting david cameron has promised an investigation. his officials say changes have been made to the voting system. >> i believe this is a strategy by the opposition to question electoral system as a political tactic to say if they lose the next general election it was not because of popularity because it was the electoral system. >> they say they're not planning any more demonstrations but if a general election is called here for june, the opposition parties may have little choice but to try and compete in that process their regard as being fundamentally flawed. >> the government in peru has said that it is safe to eat fish from the ocean despite the deaths of hundreds of pelicans in recent months. since february, 5000 pelican carcasses and 900 dolphins have been cleared from the northern beaches and the capital itself. >> four months [unintelligible] dead dolphins started appearing in the north of the country in february. while the experts

according to these reports, ibrahim al asiri is a master technician, capable of planting undetectablers, and even household pets on airplanes. scary stuff. a former adviser to the commanding general of the u.s. special operations forces in of a, seth, welcome. good to have you here. it seems like you hear so often about drone attacks in yemen taking out possible al-qaeda operatives, but this man has clearly become the focus and he seems to have quite a bit of skill and quite a bit of motivation. >> well, he is. he has a fair amount of skill in putting together very innovative bombs, one that we've seen recently, but also, as far back as 2009, have evaded airport detection partly because they've used for metallic components but also it's interesting he's been a target of operation and attack by the u.s. for at least three years. he's been able to evade that detection. martha: it's eery, seth, because you look at the patterns of al-qaeda and this is the man they believe who was behind the computer cartridge evident in the plane, after that, behind the underwear bomb, umar farouk abdulmu

officials say ibrahim al-asiri likely created the device. he also created the underwear bomb and had toner cartridges shipped on cargo planes back in 2010. >> any individual that might have been designed to use it are no long area threat to the american people. >> reporter: officials insist the alleged bomber never had a chance to pick a plane or date to carry out the plot. randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >> while there are no immediate plans to change security procedures at u.s. airports, officials say they are constantly updating the screening process in order to stay ahead of terrorists. >>> police in fort wayne say they have arrested two indiana residents with four children who were strapped to the hood of a car. it happened after someone called 911 last night after seeing the vehicle leaving a liquor store. a u.s. marshal spotted the car and pulled over the driver. he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and neglect of a dependent. a female companion faces similar charges. the children ages 4, 5, 6, and 7

and european authorities have warned that the master bombmaker for the al qaeda affiliate in yemen, ibrahim al asiri, has been designing body bombs with no metal parts to get past security. as a result, security has stepped up in the united states, the united kingdom and the middle east. >> nobody wants to be the person who overlooked a clue. that's happened in the past. and we've paid for it. >> reporter: u.s. officials say there's no credible information of an imminent attack. but white house counterterrorism official, john brennan, warns the al qaeda in yemen is a significant threat. >> they continue to seek the ability to strike our homeland. >> reporter: one year ago, president obama ordered the killing of osama bin laden. yesterday, he called on americans to remember those who participated in the operation. >> the american people rightly, remember what we, as a country, accomplished. in bringing to justice, somebody who killed over 3,000 of our citizens. >>> u.s. authorities say they made adjustments to airport screenings, such as turning up the radiation used to try to detect body bo

anwar ibrahim has pleaded not guilty to violations. he faces criminal charges for his role in a large anti- government rally last month attended by tens of thousands of people in malaysia. if convicted, he could be qualified from running in elections which are expected to take place soon. if the describes the charge as politically motivated. the american company spacex has lost the first commercial rocket to a supply the international space station. the falcon 9 craft blasted up from cape canaveral in florida following an aborted first attempt on saturday and. the rocket is expected to take two days to reach the station. in the future, nasa hopes to attract privat companies to ferry provisions to the international space station. egyptians are getting ready to elect a president, the first leadership vote since the toppling of former president hosni mubarak. his rule was brought to an end by a wave of protests last year. lyse doucet has been checking the mood among voters. >> this is the square that made history in egypt and around the w

. >> officials say this man, ibrahim hassan al asiri is the mastermind behind the bomb. he is best known for creating the underwear bomb that failed to detonate in the skies over detroit on christmas day 2009. he also reportedly built bombs which were hidden inside toner cartridges and shipped as cargo to the u.s. in october of 2010. president obama was made aware of the threat last month. u.s. government officials insist the public was never in danger. still the secretary of defense says the u.s. will do whatever it takes to thwart these attacks. >> what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant. >> still the bomb reportedly had no metal parts, meaning it is less likely it would have been discovered by most airport security measures. >> this bomb maker is doing everything possible to create devices that evade existing and known security protocol. >> a senior official with the department of homeland security tells cbs news this bomb plot will not lead to a noticeable change in how the tsa conducts passenger security checks. now, th

but there was no lead on the whereabouts of ibrahim hassan al-isiri, al qaeda's feared bomb maker. travelers were never in danger and american airport screening would probably have detected the new device, but that leaves concerns about non-u.s. airports and a lingering question of how many more bombs might be out there. bbc news, washington. >> a young man holds the fate of greece in his hands. alexis tsipras is the leader of the coalition wanting to abandon the country's commitment to austerity. he has a couple days in which to put together a parliamentary majority. if he cannot, new elections will have to be called. we can speak to mark in athens following this story. do you think there's any chance he can pull together even one more than he needs? chance, i very little think, david. a demand thatt the man they will and all their signatures on the loan agreement that they struck with the european union a couple years ago. and has already been flatly rejected by new democracy, who says that will be the destruction of greece. he would have to get one of those pro-bailout parties o

. >> reporter: al qaeda bombmaker ibrahim al asiri, operating out of yemen, once again was the mastermind of the plot. officials believe he is making other bombs aimed at u.s. aircraft. >> we're going to continue to do everything we can to prevent terrorists from carrying out their evil acts of violence. >> reporter: almost all airports use bomb-sniffing dogs and random trace detection. but security officials privately worry that terrorists are designing bombs to beat those tactics. >> what should travelers know about safety, knowing these devices may escape detection? what's being done to protect planes? >> reporter: well, sunny, president obama was briefed on this plot in april. and since last week was the anniversary of osama bin laden's death, air marshals were sent to europe to protect u.s.-bound aircraft. some airports are receiving 100% coverage. and security stepped up across europe and here in the u.s., as officials examine their tactics. >> a sobering story. tahman bradley, live in washington. thank you, tahman. >>> a developing story out of mississippi this morning, where the b

. >> reporter: at the age of only 30, ibrahim al asiri has now emerged as the most feared face of terror for american authorities. the master bomb maker behind the efforts of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula to blow up a u.s. passenger jet. >> al qaeda affiliates, especially al qaeda in the arabian peninsula represent the top counter terrorism threat to the nation. >> reporter: it includes bombs in pets, hiding in aircraft, in cameras and in hard drives that could explode when plugged into an operational computer. >> he has a savvy 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: the u.s. has expanded its drone operations in yemen. they have survived at least one drone strike in the last year. >> we want to make sure he doesn't continue to build any device or impart his knowledge to everyone else. >> reporter: while the latest plot was foiled, authorities tell abc news there are several plo

and other intelligence services say al qaeda bombmaker ibrahim al asiri is the mastermind of previouss and this new one. securities officials say that they have not caught the bombmaker and he could be building other devices or training potential suicide attackers. rob and sunny? >> scary news here. interesting, too, kip pauley, the former head of the tsa has a book out. take the comments in context. but he doesn't think that first underwear bomb in 2009 would have been enough to take down the plane. interesting note there despite the video you saw there. body scanners, the poof, poof machines we get into, they are helpful but he's advocating a better system of patdowns which have been pretty controversial before. he's saying that's what we need to focus on more so than the body scanners. >> that's interesting because so many people, myself included, i just prefer the poof, poof and just get there and have the body scan. >> we all do but it may not be enough. >> interesting. >>> the u.s. and china are pledging to work together against the threat of cyberterrorism. defense secretary le

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in the meantime until calm returns to egypt ibrahim and others will continue to close up shop early in his room before sunset fearful not only for their property and possessions but for their safety and lives in cairo in a ghost go. there are plenty more stories for you to explore. here's a quick preview. tear gas makes a peaceful protest crowd and capital. the mainstream media about the ongoing demonstrations. and deep impact now so warrants almost five thousand asteroids pose a danger to earth but most of these spacecrafts remain under the radar all the details are. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture. here with our team at sixteen minutes past the hour and being new french president's first decision in office was to cut his own pay and the pay of his cabinet by thirty percent although the opposition says with fourteen extra ministers now in office the cost to

were committing and the achievements we made had died in the meantime until calm returns to egypt ibrahim and others will continue to close up shop early in his room before sunset fearful not only for their property and positions but for their safety and lives in cairo in a ghost go. to meet you joins us with the business news so it's not all that bad today in the markets well it's funny how it not all that bad the evaluation of that changes because right now we're seeing a markets down one percent well that's better than you know what we've seen in the previous sessions of two and three and sometimes even five percent on the russian market let's take a look at what's going on in europe of course fears still remain about what's going to happen with greece that there will be a great and therefore looking at what was going on in the past twenty four hours and that's the moody's cutting a ratings of the sixteen spanish banks and fitch cutting greece's rating to triple c. not good signs that could indicate that a bankruptcy is more likely than it seemed before over here in russia it's looking

because of a man named ibrahim al asiri. pierre, who's that? >> he's the master bomb maker based in yemen. diabolical mind. chemist. in training. and the big issue this week that sources were telling me is that not only has the united states government got to kill this guy, and they're being pretty blunt and needs to be taken off the map, he did something in the past year that has people in washington extremely concerned. he trained a bunch of disciples. and what i mean by disciples, he trained other master bomb makers. with the thought that if he's taken off the battlefield, this -- this threat would continue. and so now you have the prospect of a bunch of bomb makers who have gone across the planet to parts unknown developing their own plots. gwen: so when you look at this, we only hear of double agents anymore on spy novels and movies. but when -- describe how this -- whoever this person was, who worked to expose this plot. >> right. well, we have what we believe is a british person developed by british intelligence who basically went into a

intelligence sources say the plot is the latest work of ibrahim al asiri, a man they describe as a prolific and diabolical bomb maker. bruce riedel is a former c.i.a. analyst. >> this is a very clever guy, very good at making bombs. he's probably al qaeda in the arabian peninsula's number one threat to the united states directly. >> reporter: asiri came on the radar when a bomb he inserted inside his own brother was used as an attempt to kill the head of saudi intelligence. the saudi spy master was seriously injured, asiri's brother was killed. asiri is best known for the christmas, 2009, plot to down a jetliner over detroit. he designed a bomb hidden in the underwear of umar farouk abdulmutallab, the would be suicide bomber tried to set the device off but while the detonator functioned, the main explosive charge did not, averting what would have been the worst attack on u.s. soil since 9/11. but asiri went back to the workbench. >> al qaeda is extremely adaptive and al qaeda is a learning organization. it learns from its mistakes, it adapts. >> reporter: asiri adjusted his plans to avoid h

that in the meantime until come returns to egypt ibrahim and others will continue to close up shop early and head home before sunset fearful not only for their property and possessions but for their safety and lives in cairo in a ghost go. the indonesian police reports that the bodies of forty five victims from the crashed one hundred have finally been identified according to the polls death certificates will be issued on the remains returns to the families on wednesday they include eight russians thirty five indonesians and french citizens and an american on the maiden on russia's newest aviation flag ship. crashed in the slopes. in the knees it during a demonstration flight summer exposes addressing of poor weather conditions local topography or pilot error as possible causes of the tragedy the investigation i want still gathering information from one of the so-called blind glide data recorders recovered from the sea. right now let's have a look at some other news in brief for you this hour violent clashes broken out in lebanon leaving at least nine people injured a new wave of fightin

percent and this is all of course based on these fears surrounding greece and citibank economist ibrahim everybody says that the chances are high that greece will leave the euro zone sooner or later and that that would stay and send a shockwave all across the globe which would be harsher than that from the bankruptcy of lehman brothers in two thousand and eight. it's a two thirds chance at least that greece will leave either this year or next then we could we could know the answer really quite soon the primary concern is about exit to contagion that is the concern that greece will not be the only country that would exit but that in its footsteps would follow other vulnerable countries including say portugal ireland or of course italy or spain and in that case i think the financial system in europe but also elsewhere will be under very heavy strains and on a much greater strain than was the case in the aftermath of lemur. my second what's going on in the currencies markets and the russian ruble is now a declining against both currencies half a percent versus the dollar of the falling more

committing and the achievements we've made have died in the meantime until calm returns to egypt ibrahim and others will continue to close up shop early in his room before sunset fearful not only for their property and positions but for their safety and lives in cairo it goes go. straight to the business update for this hour dimitri good to see you again if you can you just clarify one thing for me why is it that spanish banks are rising while the whole world is falling because of them well there's media speculation that a short selling ban will be introduced for spanish banks so therefore it will not you will not be able to speculate again spanish banks will be able to buy your hold or basically sell what you have so therefore we seeing some spanish banks actually putting on more than twenty percent like bam here say meanwhile the dax is almost completely coming back to the closing values of the previous session of footsie is still a bit low on the back of moody's you know have cutting its roof sixteen banks that their ratings to a level which is creating a lot of worries coupled with w

in the meantime until camera turns to egypt ibrahim and others will continue to close up shop early and head home before sunset fearful not only for their property and possessions but for their safety and lives in cairo it in a go go r.t. . now to some other news making headlines around the world at least nineteen people are being killed and hundreds of homes destroyed after flash flood struck in northern afghanistan ten thousand people are said to be sheltering in local mosques and schools rescue missions are underway with about sixty people reported missing so far the air is often prayed to flash floods as heavy rains and runoff from mountain snow calls rivers to burst their banks. the man convicted for the nine hundred eighty eight lockerbie bombing which killed two hundred seventy people has died at his home in libya. he was found guilty of blowing up a pan am flight over scotland in two thousand and one he was released from prison in scotland in two thousand and nine on health grounds and returned to libya where he received a hero's welcome the former libyan intelligence officer ha