. >>> joining us on the phone is roger cresse, nbc news terrorist analyst. i assume all the appropriate steps were taken there tonight? >> reporter: jim, that's right. i think what you have here is a case of a very young diplomat from qatar. he did something very stupid. as a result of that, he caused not only a security incident but probably international diplomatic incident between u.s. and qatar officials. i think the key point now is he will undergo extensive questioning via local law enforcement and take apart his shoe and look at everything else he was traveling with. was it a giant misunderstanding by him making a stupid move trying to light a cigarette on a plane? >> so far we can assume that the security measures at the airport as it regards detecting explosives in shoes and things like that, all those things are working as far as we know? >> that's right. even a diplomat has to go through security screening. if you're flying on u.s. commercial flights. woe have to take his shoes off, all his bags would be screened as anything else he was bringing w