central asia, as you mention, into north africa too.your lesson from investing some would argue far too much of your capital into vladimir putin's russia at a time when nobody i think would really try to argue that he was upholding the principles backed in good old article one about multi—party democracy, pluralism and market economics. i don't think many would argue that putin was fulfilling all of those objectives. but you took that money after you were told you could no longer invest there and you put it into countries in central asia and north africa which again do not come even close to meeting your own founding principle. some assumptions there that need challenging. first of all, in 2012, the last russia country strategy in december, 2012 was approved after consultation with civil society and everyone else, and that had the political assessment in it. there was a lot of to and fro of course with moscow over that. so back then, 2012, in 2012 you were telling yourself that yes, vladimir putin's russia does tick all the boxes. multi

central asia as you mentioned and north africa too.our lesson from investing, some would argue, far too much of your capital into vladimir putin's russia at a time when nobody, i think, would really try to argue he was upholding the principles back to good, old article 1 about market economics and so on. i don't think many would argue putin was fulfilling those objectives. but you took that money after you were told you could no longer invest there and you put it into countries in central asia and north africa which again do not come even close to meeting your own founding principles. some assumptions there that need challenging. in december 2012 the russia urge strategy was approved after consultation with civil society and everyone else. there was a lot of to and fro, of course, with moscow over that. 2012, you were telling yourself that, yes, vladimir putin's russia ticks all the boxes, fully free market economics, pluralism, multi—party democracy. 0n on balance it did. really? that was a terrible judgement. if it was a mis— judgeme

it gives an opportunity to diversify into other countries, like north africa.ome would argue, far too much of your capital into vladimir putin's russia at a time when nobody, i think, would try to argue he was upholding the principles back to good old article one about market economics and so on. none would say he was filling those objectives. but you tell that money after you were told he could no longer invest there and you put it into countries in central asia and north africa which again do not come even close to meeting your own founding principles. —— told you could. in 2012, december, 2012, that was approved. that had political assessment in it. there was a lot of to and fro, of course, with moscow over that. 2012. you were telling yourself that, yes, vladimir putin's russia ticks all the boxes, fully free market economics, pluralism, multi—party democracies to be that was a terrible judgement. -- democracy. it is not exactly our rentjudgement. what has happened since in russia, yes, ifeel if we did a new strategy for russia they would be a much more tes

today, you are battling the sinister forces of terrorism throughout the middle east, north africa, andhe entire world. american history is rich with noble traditions, harrowing missions, and selfless heroes like your parents. the moral of the story is always the same. it is the story of good overcoming evil. you poured out your hearts, your souls, and your blood for this nation, and we will pour out our gratitude to you in return. we will show our gratitude especially this monday on memorial day when we pause to think god for the heroes who have laid down their lives for our freedom. [applause] pres. trump: among those heroes was a young navy sailor from omaha. ps name was john joseph arl. he listed in the navy after the attack on pearl harbor. he completed his training at notre dame, and he soon and that up not far from here on the waters of the mediterranean. he was among the tens of thousands of allied right here, about 70 miles away, to be exact. it was to be a major allied offensive on european soil, and it was important. darkness,p cloaked in just six miles offshore, this man and

afghanistan, and then keeping this terrorism network confined as it wants to spread itself through north africa and central africa. so a lot of work ahead of us, and many of you are directly engaged in it already. many more of you are going to become engaged in it, i think you can expect. the next kind of area of priority is our re-engagement with russia. obviously, they are part of the engagement in syria, but we have other issues with russia, as you all well know, in europe, and the situation in ukraine. as i know many of you heard from my trip to moscow, characterized to president putin that the relationship between our two nations was the lowest it's been since the cold war. he did not disagree. he shrugged his shoulders and nodded in agreement. and i said it's spiraling down, it's getting worse. and my comment to him was you -- we cannot have, the two greatest nuclear powers in the world cannot have this kind of relationship. we have to change it. and so we have a number of efforts underway to first stabilize the relationship. and deputy secretary -- acting deputy secretary shannon is lead

confront the threat associated with the tremendous violence, suffering, and instability across north africa and the middle east. to every service member from italy, from a nato country, we want to thank you for your friendship and for partnering with us in the fight to defeat terrorism and protect civilization. [applause] better believe it. terrorism is a bad threat to all civilization. of humanity. together we will overcome this threat. we will win. [applause] but none of what we achieved would be possible without our wonderful military spouses and families. each of you makes these great sacrifices for our country, as well. let's hear it for our military spouses, please. [applause] we will always support you, and we will never, ever forget you. that i can tell you. there is one more very special group i have to thank, and that is our eighth grade students right here. in citronella. where are they? oh, here they are. i have been hearing a lot about you. in january, the eighth grade class came all the way from washington to march in my inaugural parade. right? look at you. they are also happ

and today, americans like you sinister forces of terrorism throughout the middle east, north africa,nd the world. american military history is rich with noble traditions, harrowing missions, and selfless heroes like your parents. but at its core, the moral of the story is always the same. it is the story of good overcoming evil. hearts, poured out your your souls, and even your blood for this nation, and we will pour out our gratitude to you in return. we will show our gratitude especially this monday on memorial day, when we pause to god for thethank heroes who have lain down their lives for our freedom. [applause] right? among those heroes was a young navy sailor from omaha. was john- his name joseph parl. he enlisted in the navy after harbor, andn a roll soon ended up not far from here -- on pearl harbor, and soon ended up not far from here. 1943, he was among the tens of thousands of allied forces preparing for a surprise landing the next morning on the shores of sicily, right here, about 70 miles away. it was to be a major allied offense on european soil, and it was important. d

immigration itself did not come up the migration has come up with those that face migration out of north africa. >> encouraging the president to stick with the climate change agreement?. >> he is still thinking about that that has not made a final decision and he told the cardinal that this is something he would be taking up when we return from the trip the opportunity to hear from the people we're developing a world reputation that will probably be decided after we get home. >> with the president was leaving he said i will remember what you said. what was he talking about? the neck i don't know why wasn't close enough. i do not know. >> [inaudible] >> of course, we support article five the last of it was invoked was 9/11 on our behalf. >> he is working on his final remarks said want to tell you what will be in the speech. >> will this change the conversation at all? be reckitt will strengthen the resolve in the fight is counterterrorism so the discussions from israel in today around this rut in the though leaders i think that's a horrible attack in manchester reminded us why with the president

these very climate change, migration from north africa across these very seas. but after events fromn the fight against global terrorism. theresa may will sit down formally with the us president and discuss not justthose leaks from the manchester bombing investigation, but how she, he and other g7 leaders can work together to fight extremism and terror plots online, with internet firms doing more and a new international forum sharing new technology. i suspect theresa may will say, look, let's all agree that we need a totallyjoined up security effort, the sort we have within the united kingdom, amongst the g7 as a whole, so we don't get embroiled on who is leaking what and can just focus on the main job. but if there is agreement among these heads of government over terror, they may fall out over other issues. international trade, climate change, and global migration. areas where mr trump's smiles are not matched by his g7 colleagues. this summit will be overshadowed, notjust by mount edna, —— this summit will be overshadowed, notjust by mount etna, but also by the events in mancheste

migration has come up because of faces lenge that italy with north africa. reporter: how did the president respond to that? the secretary: he hasn't made a final decision and told the cardinal and also told the prime minister this is something would be taking up. it's an opportunity to hear from people and we are developing our own recommendation from him on that. reporter: when the president was leaving the meeting with the pope he said i'll remember what you said? > i do not know. >> does the president support article five of the charter? the secretary: we sort article 5. and the only time we invoked it was on 9/11. [indiscernible] the secretary: i don't want to tell you what is going to be in the speech. reporter: do you think the attack at manchester is going to change the talk? the secretary: it is going to strengthen the resolve of the the president's speech back at readd and the discussions we had around this threat and the leaders, i think the horrible attack in manchester reminded us why we have to do this and the esident said, you know, it remind w

and then keeping this terrorism network confined as it wants to spread itself to north africa and central africa so there is a lot of work ahead of us. many of you will become engage in it. so that's the area of priority. they are part of the engagement but we have other issues with russia as you well know. as i know many of you have heard from the trip to moscow characterized i between the two nations is the lowest it's been since the cold war. i said it's spiraling down and getting worse. my comments to him is we can't have the greatest nuclear powers in the world in this relationship. we have to change it. so we have a number of efforts underway to first stabilized relationship and the deputy secretary is leading a working group effort to see if we can address some of the things that are just aggregating the relation ship that make it hard to talk to one another so we are hoping to solve some of that while the foreign minister lavrov and i are going to continue to see if we can work together on the first area of cooperation and cannot be long enough to hold a peace process under way? i

but migration came up because of the challenge italy faces in particular with the migration from north africa. >> how did he respond to being encouraged to stick with the agreement? >> the president said he is still thinking about it. he told the cardinal and the prime minister this is something he would be taking up for a decision when we return from this trip. it is an opportunity to hear from people. we are developing our own recommendation to him on that. it is something that will be decided after he gets home. >> when the president was leaving the meeting with pope francis, he said i will remember what you said. do you know what he was talking about? >> i don't. i wasn't close enough to hear the comments so i don't not know. >> does the president support the nato charter? >> of course. of course we support article five. the only time it has been invoked was 9/11 on our behalf. >> will he mention this tomorrow? >> he is still working on his final remarks so i don't want to tell you exactly what is going to be in the speech. >> do you think the attack in manchester is going to change the c

heading to united states already from middle east and north africa. department of homeland security will meet with airlines. initial change due to thought of terrorists building bombs into laptops. >>> how would you like someone to search through your phone? that's what bay area artist said happened to him returning to sfo. katie with the story. >> reporter: man is artist, well established professor, well-known in the art community and unlikely face in the fight against government overreach and privacy. speaking out tonight because he says this could happen here again and could happen to you. >> it's very chilling experience. >> reporter: in february u.s. customs and border protection pulled him aside at sfo. he had returned home from art exhibition in belgium. >> no good reason to stop me. insisted on searching phone. >> reporter: asked about his art often about oppressive governments. refused to tell him his password. >> quoting. said could just be [ bleep ] and take it. >> reporter: stated his rights. >> they said constitutional rights didn't apply

surround them, our intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to north africa, to europe, to america, to asia, to africa, we are not going to allow them to do so. we are going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate. >> dickerson: explain what it means to be moving in an annihilation posture as opposed to attrition. >> well, attrition is where you keep pushing them out of the areas that they are in, john, and what we intend to do by surrounding them is to not allow them to fall back, thus reinforcing themselves as they get smaller and smaller making the fight tougher and tougher. you can see that right now, for example, in western mosul, that is surrounded and the iraqi security forces are moving against them. talafar is surrounded we have an effort to take the self declared capital of raqqa, that surrounding operation is going on and once surrounded then we will go in and clean them out. >> dickerson: one of things you mentioned in this new accelerated tempo is that the president has delegated authority to the right level. what does that mean? >> when

political environment was when i was doing some civil society training for civil society leaders in north africa the arab spring,... 2011? then the 2013. a lot of civil societies at the time were worried about the potential impact for fake stories to influence otherwise well—meaning individuals in their countries. but of course, in an u nsta ble countries. but of course, in an unstable environment, especially at a time where the company did not necessarily have staff or understand necessarily have staff or understand necessarily what the nuances were going on in that region, it is hard to see that as an early sign of what would later become fake news in a country like the uk or the us doing a major election campaign. so facebook are now getting on board on dealing with this, but there is this sense that the company is a little bit behind the curve? and always playing catch up in dealing with this issue? it such a tough one. the scale of it is so big. when do you actually step up to the plate and when do you actually enter a topic where it feels like a company like facebook is meddling with the p

electronics larger than a mobile phone being brought on to flights departing from the middle east and north africachallenging ali babar‘s dominance in the e—commerce in china. the hugely popular media network started selling luxury handbags and clothes on its online platform from the likes of burberry. 0ther on its online platform from the likes of burberry. other brands are all reportedly offering flash sales ina bid all reportedly offering flash sales in a bid to test demands. a swedish film called the square has backed the top award at the cannes film festival. the satire about the art world was one of 19 films competing for the palm d'0r prize. this festival this year has been surrounded by controversy. netflix broke with tradition by not releasing its two entries in cinemas. i spoke to the netflix chief product officer about why they chose that distribution model. we are chose that distribution model. we a re really chose that distribution model. we are really trying to meet consumer expectations around their entertainment experience, meaning broad entertainment experience, meaning b roa d a

and they were to set up the clerical support at general eisenhower's headquarters in north africa. and give support to the casablanca conference. one day out of that north african port, their ship was to -- torpedoed at sea. now, along with the other passengers, the five waacs were adrift in lifeboats throughout the night, and their night's activities were pulling survives out of the -- survivors out of the water and onto the raft and rowing. they were rescued by ship the next morning and taken into port and to general eisenhower's headquarters. there they met general george marshall, the army chief of staff who was there for the casa conference. he met the waacs and he said to them, i will, we will have your gear and your uniforms and all of your personal belongings that you lost at sea, have them replaced. so when george marshall got back to washington, d.c. and checked with the army, he learned that this could not happen. the waacs were an auxiliary. they were not in the army. marshall paid out of his pocket for the gear that he had promised he would replace as well as to ship i

heading to united states already from middle east and north africa. department of homeland security will meet with a initial change due to thought of terrorists building bombs into laptops. >>> how would you like someone to search through your phone? that's what bay area artist said happened to him returning to sfo. katie with the story. >> reporter: man is artist, well established professor, well-known in the art community and unlikely face in the fight against government overreach and privacy. speaking out tonight because he says this could happen here again and could happen to you. >> it's very chilling experience. >> reporter: in february u.s. customs and border protection pulled him aside at sfo. he had returned home from art exhibition in belgium. >> no good reason to stop me. insisted on searching phone. >> reporter: asked about his art often about oppressive governments. refused to tell him his password. >> quoting. said could just be take it. >> reporter: stated his rights. >> they said constitutional rights didn't apply. >> reporter: filed s

the ban applies to people traveling from 10 airports in eight countries in the middle east and north africa. the expansion would apply to passengers leaving europe and the uk on flights bound for the u.s. the homeland security secretary will be on capitol hill today to speak with lawmakers. the dhs spokesman tweeted this morning, no final decisions made on expanding the restriction on large electronic devices in aircraft cabins. he says they are still analyzing the threat. a final decision could come within a few weeks. live at sfo, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> today is national "bike to work" day. we have already seen a few people biking along the embarcadero. we'll tell you how the bay area is participating in today's big day. >> and we are tracking delays for drivers heading along southbound 680. an earlier crash still causing a big backup. we'll take a closer look at the drive times and some other hot spots coming up. >> there's no hot spots in the weather department not today. we are 10 to 15 degrees below average. but there's good news for the weekend! and some interesting news for next

darpa openoffice is then panama, beirut, they were going to open up in north africa. north africa. at one point a proposal to counterinsurgency experiment inn the united states. certainly global in its ambition. looking at the legacy of, you also have to take count of failures. we have a microphone. >> yes, what is the current budget of darpa? how many employees does it have and where our headquarters? i'll start with that. >> darpa today has budgeted about 3 billion. it goes up and down. usually tied to the overall defense budget. the overall defense budget over the past 15 years has been going up and up. it's about $3 billion a year. you could say that's only 10% of the nasa budget. but it's all discretionary. so now it has to sell and move darpa around an agile manner. it has about 140 program managers. one of the other man's but i don't fully talk about so much with the bureaucratic nitty-gritty that i love but i don't know how much other people care. these employees are all temporary. the technical personnel come in for of two to five years, but the dirty secret of darpa is th

and rest assured, in the middle east and north africa, anywhere terror strikes, america stands with those who are targeted and tormented for their belief, whether they're christian, yazidi, druzes, shia, sunni, or any other creed. the president's commitment to protecting people of faith also will not end with the elimination of isis or the eradication of terror. under president donald trump, america will continue to condemn persecution of any kind, of any faith, any place, any time. we will stand against it with our ideals and with all our might. the freedom to worship god according to the dictates of our conscience is at the very heart of who we are as americans. in a very real sense, america was founded by people who had the courage to cross the atlantic, motivated in so many cases to come here so that they might have that freedom of religion. truth is, today, for all the prosperity of the freedom of faith in america and other free societies, today, according to the pew center, nearly 80% of the human family lives in places where restrictions on religion are either "high" or "very high.

-bound flights from ten airports in the mideast and north africa.s based on fears that terrorists have found a way to convert laptops into bombs capable of bringing down a commercial airliner. >>> the aclu protesting the arrest of a reporter in west virginia who shouted questions at health secretary tom price, calling it a direct assault on the first amendment. public news service reporter dan hayman tried to get a comment from price on the effort to replace obamacare. after persistent questioning and reaching over secret service agents with his recorder, he was charged with willful disruption of government processes. heyman spent eight hours behind bars before being released on bond. he could face up to six months in jail, if found guilty of the misdemeanor. heyman says he was just doing his job. secretary price commended the police for doing what they felt was appropriate. >> hmm. >> likely have not heard the last of that story. >> i think you're right. >>> all right, a risk of severe storms today in the central u.s. let's get the latest from mete

a central african power block is formed, colonizing north africa and europe.war breaks out, no one can afford the luxury of a rhino. kenya withers, uganda triumphs. correct. my turn. in a world where a piano is a weapon, not a musical instrument, on what does scott joplin play "the maple leaf rag"? tuned bayonets. defend. isn't it obvious? you're right. my apologies. what the hell are you guys playing? it's a game we invented. it's called counterfactuals.

the ban applies to people traveling from ten airports in eight countries in the middle east and north africa. but this expansion would be huge. it would apply to all passengers leaving europe and the uk on any flight bound for the u.s. so the homeland security secretary is going to be on capitol hill today starting these discussions with lawmakers. live at sfo, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> how likely is this ban to be to pass? >> reporter: aviation experts said it's likely but no decision is going to be made today. so this is going to be part of an ongoing process. the director of the department of homeland security tweeted this morning that basically everything is going to be taken under consideration. but the main concern here is threats. and they are trying to thwart them as best as possible. >> thank you. >>> the senate committee looking into russia's attempts to influence the presidential election meets later this morning a day after issuing a subpoena to the president's former national security adviser. lawmakers are seeking any documents related to the investigation which michael flynn ha

fromvered inbound flights the middle east and north africa. are watching bbc world news america. still to come, they left the west to fight for islamic state, but as the group loses ground in syria, europe doesn't want them back. so what next for these i.s. defectors? south korea's new president has been sworn in following his victory and tuesday's election. he says he will work for peace and will be prepared to visit north korea if the conditions were right. our correspondent has this report. tone.er: certainly a new where the last president was reclusive, this new one appeared in full view of the people. security, certainly, but not total. and where previous presidents basked, this president took a bear 10 minutes. his predecessor is in jail awaiting trial, accused of corruption. he set a different tone. >> i take office with empty pockets and i will leave with empty pockets and returned to my hometown. but tone is easy. a hard bit is policy and action. the military is an alliance against north korea, but president trump in washington and pr

, the ban applies to people traveling from airports in eight countries in the middle east, and north africa, the expansion would apply to passengers leaving europe and the u.k. they began discussing additional precautions. a security spokesperson says dhs continues to evaluate the threat environment and will make changes when necessary to keep air travelers safe. >> it will be difficult, but we will get used to it and maybe they will find a way. >> reporter: in the meantime, airlines are concerned about the impact it could have on business travelers. >> time is really important nowadays. >> reporter: traveling from europe to california takes more than 11 hours. >> the longer a flight it is, the more they need their gadgets to check e-mails. >> reporter: they are working on plan b. a final decision on whether to expand the electronics ban could come in a few weeks. anne makovec, kpix5. >>> new at noon from the state capitol, governor jerry brown has released his revised plan to show a big increase in spending on schools and child care. it is about $24 billion and would start july 1. if appro

from ten airports in the middle east and north africa. homeland security officials meet with airline leaders to discuss the ban's expansion. the original move was in response to worries terrorists would build bombs into laptops. >>> airport security goes through your luggage even with a lock on it. what about your phone? a bay area artist and professors says customs and border agents pulled him aside and insisted on searching his phone. aaron gosh returned home from an art exhibition in belgium and asked the professor about art that's about oppressive government. he repeatedly asked what for? >> i'm a strong believer in the constitution. i value my fourth amendment right to privacy. they told me that my constitutional right did not apply. >> the aclu filed a complaint saying the incident not only violated government policy, but it was unconstitutional. we reached out to border protection, and a spokes person said the agency cannot comment on pending litigation. >>> starting next school year, parents in san francisco have to pay for after

the ban announced in march included flights from ten airports in the middle east and north africa a decisionould come within a >>> police chiefs in san antonio, dallas and houston say they oppose texas' new sanctuary cities ban. dozens protested outside the governor greg abbott's mansion in austin yesterday. abbott signed the law sunday. it requires local law enforcement officials to help enforce u.s. immigration laws and allows police to question the immigration status of anyone they detain. opponents say the law will lead to racial profiling. >> reporter: this law does not keep our community safe. it goes against public safety. >> sally hernandez has been in a stand off with texas governor greg abbott over the legality of sanctuary cities which are communities that don't entirely comply with federal immigration law. but now honoring those requests will be mandated by a new state law in texas. she and other law enforcement officials must carry them out after governor abbott signed the law su live where he didn't have to answer questions. >> this law cracks down on policies like the travis c

has been in place since late march affecting flights from ten airports in the middle east and north africa. roughly 50 flights a day but expanding the ban to flights from europe would affect many more flights. 142,000 passengers each day arrive from the eight busiest european countries. a major disruption for business travelers. >> nothing, i would say my laptop would affect me because i like to do my work on long-haul flights. >> you need entertainment, you need something to keep you busy. >> reporter: another serious concern, the fire risk from loading so many electronic devices with lithium ion batteries into the bottom. plane's luggage holds. tonight, homeland security says the new electronics ban could be announced in two weeks. while some travelers may be upset, security sources say the prime objective is the safety of the aircraft. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> we're back in a moment with former first lady michelle obama fighting back after the trump administration targeted a piece of her legacy. >>> a scandal of the nation's second largest bank may be far larger than firs

you expand a little bit on the refugee crisis, what's happening in europe, what's happening in north africa and in africa and the mediterranean? >> so right now europe is very divided with the surge of influx of refugees from different countries including syria and beyond and destabilized european politics by favoring the rights of far-right european parties who believe that the european union which promotes open borders and freedom of movements is responsible for letting so many people into the country and we have seen the same thing in the united states when mr. trump has said that no refugees should be allowed to come here, but what's interesting and what many people tend to forget is that actually this is a relatively new phenomena in that european institutions have been much less shaped by racial and ethic divisions than the united states because europe had largely white population until the surge of immigration in the post world war ii era. universal health care, the universal european court of human rights in 1959 were created when european nationshoo were homogenous and by contrast

these days, many of his investment projects are actually in turkey, central asia, and north africa.

the ban applies to people traveling from 10 airports in eight countries in the middle east and north africa. it is for electronics larger than a cell phone carried in the cabin of flights bound for the u.s. sources say the expansion could include all european airports. the department of homeland security spokesperson tweeted this earlier. "no final decision made on expanding the restriction on large electronic devices in aircraft cabins. it is under consideration." dhs continues to evaluate the threat environment and will make changes when necessary. u.s. officials began discussing additional precautions following the laptop bombing on a somali airliner last year. federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies are involved in these discussions and are generally supportive of a wider ban. cbs news reports there are no plans for an announcement tomorrow but that could change. veronica de la cruz, kpix 5 state officials are putting the pedal to the metal to try to stop the rash of shootings on bay area freeways. the transportation department just alleged funding to install and monitor surve

record numbers of migrants have already tried to reach europe from north africa this year.nean over the last few days alone. the italian coastguard says as many as 200 may have drowned. most of them have set off from libya — attempting the treacherous crossing — in search of a new life in europe. reeta chakrabarti has spent the last week on a rescue ship. seven uneventful days at sea with the rescue mission and then suddenly this: we have two rubber boats possibly one wooden boat. team, please prepare on deck for rescue. a scene, said the crew, like never before. first two, then three, then as we were spotted, more and yet more boat loads the people veering towards us to rescue and to safety. these women look really exhausted. they're coming on one by one. one of the women i've seen has a little child with her. this toddler named blessing is one of the tiniest travellers. her motherjoy, who's nigerian, said she risked the journey because she couldn't return to her home country. she was working in libya, but she was repeatedly kidnapped and ransomed for money. i asked her wh

from ten airports in the middle east and north africa are required to check those in luggage which goesr explosive screening. the u.s. pants to expand the ban for flights coming from europe to the u.s. >> for them to take steps to eliminate carry-on laptops demonstrates to me that they believe is a credible risk, it's a significant risk and i'm imminent. >> it could have a huge impact on anyone flying transatlantic, 426 flights from across europe arrive in the u.s. every day. according to hopper.com, that's 105,000 passengers a day, 15,000 of them business and first class passengers who, like many people in coach, often use their laptops on board. now some airlines are pushing back, concerned it could lead to confusion with some passengers choosing not to fly. >> that would be a great inconvenience to all travellers, especially business travelers, because on these long flights you usually work all the time. come on...you can do it! dogs just won't quit. neither does frontline. that's why there's frontline gold. with its easy applicator frontline gold delivers powerful protection that do

from ten airports in the middle east and north africa. kris van cleve is our transportation correspondent. kris, what's new? >> reporter: sources familiar with the ongoing discussion say it is likely the department of homeland security will expand the ban on large electronics being carried on to planes. sources say airports in europe or the u.k. are among those likely to be added to the u.s. airlines are worried an expanded ban will discourage business travel and will be difficult to enforce without searching passengers individually. they also have concerns about moving a large number of electronic devices into the cargo hold as there is a small risk of fire from devices' lithium ion batteries. u.s. officials began discussing a widespread electronics ban following the laptop bombing of a somali airliner last year, but the obama administration decided it would be impractical. d.h.s. officials are still evaluating the potential disruption and will meet with representatives from the u.s. airlines later this week. scott, a final decision coul

it is in place in the middle east and north africa.ials are meeting to discuss a potential extension of the laptop ban on aircrafts. in march, the trump administration imposed new restrictions which prevent us—bound travellers from carrying electronic devices larger than a mobile phone into the cabin. the original set of restrictions affected flights from eight mostly muslim countries including turkey, egypt, the united arab emirates and saudi arabia. this affected many of the gulf carriers including emirates, etihad and qatar airways, but now there are reports suggesting that the ban could be extended to include some countries within the eu. any immediate changes would coincide with the peak travel season in europe. this summer, more than 3,000 flights a week will go from eu to us airports. it would have hit the implications and will affect travellers extensively. we will discuss those issues in world business report. and also, as i am sure you are issues in world business report. and also, as i am sure you are aware because we chat a

right now, it is just the middle east in north africa. the agency was going to make this way bigger, banning laptops from flights from europe. groups are warning that this would be a major, major change, and a major disruption as well. >> now the feds say that's off the table. instead, they listen to the airline. they said it would have been its own security risk. lithium batteries can short out, causing a fire. here are things airlines want instead. swabbing laptops for explosives at security, swabbing laptops for explosives at the gate and making you open your laptop at than a ban on european flights. the damage could be economic. the estimate, airlines would lose a billion dollars a year. pete muntine, wusa 9. >> we have a follow up on our special assignment report about ride sharing services. people are using them to get to the er. investigative reporter started a fiery back and forth on our facebook page and he's keeping it going right now. >> our investigation into all the people who have been taking uber to get to the er. uber, lik

currently those devices must be checked on flights from the middle east the north africa.e experts worry storing them in the cargo hold could lead to fires unchecked. >> that could be a greater risk than terrorists. we do run a very serious risk of some potential of a fire that we can't contain and thereby have the serious consequences of potentially losing an aircraft. >> reporter: the department of homeland security is studying that fire danger question and has made no decision about expanding the laptop ban. jeff, there were no reports of injuries on that flight last night, but the f.a.a. will investigate. >> glor: kris, thank you very much. up next, she's the bee's knees. a six-year-old spelling whiz. >> this portion of the "cbs evening news" is correspondents ertd -- sponsored by ford, going further so you can. ♪ ♪ for those who create their own path. always unstoppable. but do they need help making more of their own tears? if you have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation,