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our homeland security correspondent, jeanne meserve, is joining us. t we know. >> wolf, i'm hearing from law enforcement sources that they have not given the all-clear yet, but at this point in time, they have not found any explosives on this individual or on the aircraft. they also have found no derogatory information about this individual, who allegedly made this threat on the aircraft, in any of the terror databases that the u.s. government maintains. this individual is described as a u.s. citizen, late 20s from the state of florida. he made claims on board this flight that he had explosives in his luggage and that he had false documentation. air marshals on the flight broke cover and they diverted the flight to bangor, maine. there the 235 passengers and 13 crew members were taken off the flight. they are still being questioned, and so is this individual. the fbi is leaving the investigation, leading the questioning, to figure out whether or not this individual indeed posed is security threat. the early indications are, wolf, that he did not. back
our homeland security correspondent, jeanne meserve, is joining us. t we know. >> wolf, i'm hearing from law enforcement sources that they have not given the all-clear yet, but at this point in time, they have not found any explosives on this individual or on the aircraft. they also have found no derogatory information about this individual, who allegedly made this threat on the aircraft, in any of the terror databases that the u.s. government maintains. this individual is described as a...
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. >> also on the phone, jeanne meserve, what are you hearing from your sources? >> reporter: they're questioning all the people on that flight. they're going over the aircrafts, they're being extra careful that nothing of significance has occurred here. but in the meantime, i think what i'm hearing is largely what the others have heard, that this individual was in a restroom, he took a long time, a federal air marshall became curious about what he was doing. interrupted him to find out what was going on, and this man is -- i'm told by a u.s. official, made an unfortunate remark about possibly having a shoe bomb, and that is what led to this incredible series of event this is afternoon as they try toer if et out exactly what was going on. i can tell you, having troubled with the federal air marshalls one time, one of the things they very much keep their eye on is what's happening with the restrooms, because there's always been fear that someone could hide something in there, and someone on board a flight could be retrieving it. there's also concern that something
. >> also on the phone, jeanne meserve, what are you hearing from your sources? >> reporter: they're questioning all the people on that flight. they're going over the aircrafts, they're being extra careful that nothing of significance has occurred here. but in the meantime, i think what i'm hearing is largely what the others have heard, that this individual was in a restroom, he took a long time, a federal air marshall became curious about what he was doing. interrupted him to find...
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jeanne meserve is live at denver international airport.e are learning more about what exactly happened. >> reporter: right. it was a scary couple of hours. all the alarms were going off. in the end, it did turn out to be a false alarm. a diplomate from the embassy of cutter was on board that aircraft. he was taken into custody. he may have been smoking in the restroom of that aircraft. he came back to his seat. several passengers and other people noticed the odor. he was questioned. he made an unfortunate remark which alluded to his shoes and led them to believe that they might be dealing with another shoe bomber. those f-16s were launched. they escorted the aircraft here to denver. in the end, no explosives were found on board. they did go through that boeing 757 with a fine tooth comb, came up with nothing. they talked to the 157 passengers and the six crew. all of that took four or five hours. we talked so some of the passengers as they came off. it was surprising to hear home of them had absolutely no idea that anything alarming was ha
jeanne meserve is live at denver international airport.e are learning more about what exactly happened. >> reporter: right. it was a scary couple of hours. all the alarms were going off. in the end, it did turn out to be a false alarm. a diplomate from the embassy of cutter was on board that aircraft. he was taken into custody. he may have been smoking in the restroom of that aircraft. he came back to his seat. several passengers and other people noticed the odor. he was questioned. he...
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let's get straight to jeanne meserve in washington. jeanne, what are you learning?en expecting additional arrests overseas in connection with this case. a federal law enforcement source tells susan candiotti a fourth person has been detained for some time in pakistan, in connection with the case. but it is not clear whether or when this individual will be extradited to the united states. we do not know this individual's nationalality, but they say he is not american. na zazi, the shuttle driver from denver has been cooperating with authorities. and this federal law enforcement source says he was targeting two of new york's busiest transit hubs, the rail stations at times square and grand central. and also targeting the trains that ran through them. the one, two, three or six trains, according to this source. azaz irksz told investigators he and his co-conspirators planned to detonate their bombs in the middle of the subway cars, intended to maximize the casualties. the chosen date for the mul multi-pronged attacks, november 14th. they said september 15th and 16th we
let's get straight to jeanne meserve in washington. jeanne, what are you learning?en expecting additional arrests overseas in connection with this case. a federal law enforcement source tells susan candiotti a fourth person has been detained for some time in pakistan, in connection with the case. but it is not clear whether or when this individual will be extradited to the united states. we do not know this individual's nationalality, but they say he is not american. na zazi, the shuttle driver...
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our jeanne meserve is here. we do want to warn our viewers that this is fairly disturbing video. >> reporter: yeah, and we won't show you the worst of these videos because they're just too hard to stomach. but despite the deeply disturbing nature, the supreme court ruled today they are protected speech. they are called crush videos because that is exactly what they show. women in stilettos stomping and mutilating small animals to give sexual thrills. a law intended to stop their sale and marketing banned videos of extreme animal cruelty including dogfighting. but the supreme court voted 8-1 to strike it down saying it was too broad and infringed on the first amendment right of free speech. >> i think it's important that the decision was written by the chief justice. it gives it even added emphasis as a reaffirmation of basic values that the first amendment protects even unpopulist speech. >> for centuries the american pitbull terrier has reigned supreme as the gladiator of the pit. >> reporter: the particular ca
our jeanne meserve is here. we do want to warn our viewers that this is fairly disturbing video. >> reporter: yeah, and we won't show you the worst of these videos because they're just too hard to stomach. but despite the deeply disturbing nature, the supreme court ruled today they are protected speech. they are called crush videos because that is exactly what they show. women in stilettos stomping and mutilating small animals to give sexual thrills. a law intended to stop their sale and...