shipments from yemen to the u.s. going back weeks are now being examined as fbi agents in chicago and cia officers in yemen seek to find the individuals involved in this latest foiled plot, diane. >> well, brian, as you reported today, at one point, we heard as many as 15 possible packages could be out there. what's the word on that tonight? >> reporter: well, the latest intelligence that was received last night was that there could be as many as 15 of these packages being sent, essentially printer bombs. that's why now the scramble to search all these flights and go back and look at the records of all the packages. so far, only two have been identified as having explosives, the two grabbed in dubai and england. >> so, there's no evidence of the others tonight? >> reporter: there is not tonight, that's correct. >> all right, brian. as you saw earlier, everyone at home, the president did appear before reporters. it was a brief, sober statement. jake tapper, our white house correspondent, was in the room. jake? >> repo

a package being sent from yemen with everything we know about yemen to a synagogue in the united states, you have to believe that's going to raise red flags. there are many assessments that must be going on at this time. ed talked about 13 other packages. we don't know where those may have been sent to. these may be the easy ones to find. the red herrings that were supposed to be found. that's speculation. where were the other packages going? it's going to be difficult as we know from the volume of goods shipped around the world by these services to track them down. >> larry: what do we know about al qaeda's presence in yemen? >> it's getting stronger. and clearly one of the things we can learn here is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has grown stronger because it's had al qaeda members coming from saudi arabia because saudi arabia cracked down on al qaeda. the government in yemen is relatively week. there are tribes there against the government that al qaeda has been able to find space to develop not only the underpants bombs used at christmas but a new type of device that's being shi

the planes do seem to be carrying cargo that came from yemen. yemen is the key link in all of this. when suspect packages were found in to buy it in england, they had a link or had come from yemen, a country that the u.n. states is willing to repeatedly to the militant threat from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, a group that has been responsible for the christmas day bomb plots last year. >> as it stands, the target, if that is the right word, seems to be the u.s., but there is no suggestion that the u.s. or the u.k. are under attack right now. it does seem to be serious to talk about the future dry-run for a future attack. >> what seems to be coming out from officials talking to me here and otherwise on the record is that these packages on the cargo planes were possibly addressed to jewish groups, more specifically, synagogues in the city of chicago. we hope to get more information in the coming hour. certainly, jewish representatives in chicago said they were warned on friday morning of the potential threat, and were told to be on their guards. that has been reiterated in ameri

yemen is a traditional large tribal society. what most people may not know is that yemen's government is pro-american. nbc news was taken by the government earlier this year to see its counterterrorism forces who are trained with american cooperation. yemen has often asked for more american help as it deals not only with active al qaeda cells but two domestic wars. in northern yemen, there's a conflict with shiite rebels. in the south, another with a group that wants to break away. in areas where the government has little or no control, al qaeda has set up an aggressive franchise. there was the attack on the "uss cole" off yemen in 2000. last christmas the plot to crash an airliner in detroit came from yemen. [ speaking in foreign language ] and then there's this man, anwar al awlaki, an american living in yemen, who's believed to have inspired the shooter at fort hood. al qaeda even produces its first online english language magazine from yemen called "inspire." with articles like "how to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom.

but given what richard clarke says about the number of al qaeda in yemen, is yemen next? >> reporter: well, yemen is certainly next. there are five or six times as many al qaeda fighters in yemen as there might be in afghanistan. the problem with al qaeda is it has morphed, there are franchises in yemen, in northern africa, in lots of places. but yemen is a place where particular particularly virulent strain of al qaeda, with anwar awlaki, going ahead and urging other younger muslims that they are right to attack the u.s., that that is the thing they can do and be proud of. >> it's a very difficult situation. we thank you, as always, brian ross. we'll have more on the political implications of the attempted attack later tonight in the broadcast. >>> when we come back, on a totally different front, we turn to sports, and the cottage industry being built in miami around lebron james and company. host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? do woodchucks chuck wood? (high-pitched laughter) man: hey you dang woodchucks, quitchucking

>> glor: tonight, arrest in yemen. security forces seize a woman suspected of sending mail bombs to the u.s. officials say at least one of those bombs could have brought down a plane. i'm jeff glor. also tonight, rally on the mall. jon stuart and stephen colbert mix humor and activism, a different kind of gathering in the capitol. the final push-- president obama barnstorms across crucial swing states but is it too late? and sleepy hollow, the haunting visit to the place where american ghost stories began. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening. the investigation is continuing full speed on three continents tonight, and as we library more about that airline bomb plot, important clues have been revealed, and now a suspect is in custody we're told. here is the latest tonight: officials in yemen say they've arrested one woman and are searching for others. sources tell cbs news one of the bombs conattend six times as much explosive as the so-called underwear bomb la

officials orders every plane with any package from yemen to be intercepted and searched. the packages were sent from yemen to chicago by fedex through dubai and the other by ups through england. early today, british authorities at the east midlands airport, north of london, seized a large box with a printer, whose toner cartridge appeared to have been tampered with. loaded with almost a pound of white powder, where there should have been black powder. the president's lead counter terror adviser said it was an explosive compound that officials said was going to be somehow detonated by a cell phone. >> they were not letters. they were larger than that, think about bread boxes or so in terms of size. we don't know yet how they were intended to be activated. >> reporter: officials believe

both packages were sent from the same address in yemen. our justice correspondent bob orr in washington is following this still-developing story and, bob, there was some thought initially that this was an attempt to test the system. >> reporter: well, katie, u.s. officials now increasingly believe it was a real attempt to do real harm. and there's little doubt in anyone's mind that the two potential bombs found on u.s.- bound cargo jets were the handiwork of a yemen-based terror group that's tried to hit us before. the terror plot was revealed when two packages, shipped from yemen and bound for two synagogues in chicago, were found to contain bomb components and explosives inside printer cartridges. this device discovered on a u.p.s. cargo plane in england and another on a fedex jet in dubai contained syringes, white powder, wiring and cell phone parts. late today, the president confirmed the packages were potentially lethal. >> they do apparently contain explosive material. >> reporter: sources say the devices contained the explosive chem

is enough attention focused on yemen and al qaeda in yemen at this point, do you feel? >> well, al qaeda in yemen has been one of our focuses for the last few years. it continues to be. this particular plot does have the hallmarks of an aqua plot. we will trace it to its ultimate source and will be relentless doing so. >> did the system work here, in your estimation? >> no, i think people need to understand that there is a system and the system requires intel gathering, information sharing. it requires the ability to immediately move when some information develops and it requires the ability to actually track and screen and all of those things were in place and we were able to immediately track those two packages, as i said before. segregate them. they are under forensic analysis and then move forward almost immediately and institute new rules for all cargo emanating from yemen. >> madam secretary, let me ask you this, though, do you sit there this morning and say if we had not gotten this tip chances are these explosives very well may have made their way to the united

porque llevaba a bordo otro paquete procedente también de yemen. operaciones de varias organizaciones terrorista ls incluyendo al qaeda. >> es un país caótico en dónde puede establecerse. >> algunos opinan que los terroristas kequerían evaluar l autoridades en europa y estados unidos. para ver si funciona. s >> es un logro muy importante. >> han dicho que por ahora no aceptan paquetes que vienen de yemen y aquí en la capital la casa blanca quiere que la ciudadanía se mantenga en calma instar a los que viajan que no cancelen sus clases. muchas gracias. >> el presidente dijo que la inteligencia de los estados unidos actuó prontomente y dijo que no dudan en precauciones. ¿qué se pueden esperar los viaje viajeros? >>>lori: sabemos que el departamento de seguridad nacional está sobreaviso a los funcionarios en aeropuertos y pasajeros que tengan paciencia porque habrá una revisión más estricta pero por otro lado también llama a la colación otro tema que no hay suficiente inyección en cuanto a lo que se habla de la carga de los aeropuertos y también algun

both were sent from yemen, and u.s. officials suspect they originated with the same al qaeda group that was behind the attempted bombing of the u.s. passenger jet on christmas day. >> u.p.s. plane searched at several u.s. airports and in the uk. >> reporter: after a day of intensive cable tv coverage of planes stopped and searched, the first definitive explanation came from the president himself. >> i want to briefly update the american people on a credible terrorist threat against our country, and the actions we're taking with our friends and our partners to respond to it. an initial examination of those packages has determined that they do apparently contain explosive material. >> reporter: the packages were addressed to two chicago locations. a jewish community center and a synagogue, neither of which knew anything about the packages. as a precaution, planes carrying any cargo from yemen were searched the moment they landed in the u.s., about 15 packages in all. and a passenger plane from the united arab emirates was

packages from yemen but none contained explosives.dent obama addressed reporters and confirmed the threat from the ups packages. >> initial examination of the packages determined that they do contain explosive material. >> reporter: ups, fed, and dhl announced they were suspending deliveries from yemen. they confirmed it was petm, the came compound used in two other failed attempts. >> passenger and cargo screening in the u.s. have been enhanced. kron 4's dan kerman went to sfo for answers. >> reporter: right now all cargo are screened by dogs, someone opening the box or technology. that's not the case for cargo on passenger jets arageinating outside the u.s. the tsa says companies that ship frequently can qualify for the frequent shipper program, individual items are not screened piece by piece. companies that don't qualify get more scrutiny. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >>> a decent amount of rain in the past 24 hours. nearly half an inch in san bruno, san francisco. less in mill valley. finally starting to see the rain pick back up aga

it was believed to be carrying cargo from yemen. president obama was informed of the potential threat last night. he spoke late this afternoon in the white house briefing room. >> i want to briefly update the american people on a credible terrorist threat against our country, and the actions that we're taking with our friends and our partners to respond to it. last night and earlier today, our intelligence and law enforcement professionals working with our frepdz and allies, identified two suspicious packages bound for the yut, specifically, two places of jewish worship in chicago. those packages have been located in dubai and east midlands airport in the united kingdom. an initial examination of those packages has determined that they do, apparently, contain explosive material. i was alerted to this threat last night by my top counter-terrorism advisor john brennan. i directedly the department of homeland security and all our law enforcement and intelligence agencies to take whatever steps are necessary to protect our citizens from

they had packages from yemen on board. all of the aircraft were removed from the sites and searched. there was another alert in new york. a ups truck was stopped on the bridge when the bomb squad went in. >> one was identified as being possibly involved with this threat. that package has been scanned by our bomb squad and has been cleared. >> it is still not clear exactly what the device is and how dangerous it could have been. >> we go now to washington. our correspondent is there. security chiefs say they have been looking at this intensively for 24 hours. what is not clear is whether this as seen as some kind of a dry-run or whether these packages themselves were intended to do harm. are you getting anything on this? >> john brennan, the counter- terrorism chief, was asked that question at a news briefing a short while ago. he did not get too detailed. he seemed to imply the level of sophistication would have been found -- made it seem strange that this would have been a dry- run. they would not have actually put explos

in other developments in yemen, a crackdown on al-qaeda. launching a manhunt for the lawless country side, the region where al-awlaki is thought to be hiding. according to military

both were shipped from yemen. both were being sent to jewish organizations in chicago, and, dan, they were packed with enough explosive material to do some serious damage. >> and we have these pictures just released by the government of dubai of one of the packages. as you can see, it was in a large box. there was a printer inside, but it was the printer cartridge that contained the explosive materials. it was chaotic at airports all over the world as other planes carrying suspected packages were searched and eventually cleared. but this was, as bianna said, a very real threat, and there are very real concerns this morning. >> and the plot is raising a lot of questions about the safety of air cargo coming into the u.s. and new concerns about terror cells in yemen. we're going to get into all of that in just a moment with the secretary of homeland security but we begin with our chief investigative correspondent brian ross, who is in washington with the latest. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, bianna

y tambiÉn, por eso, es que yemen sigue considerado un paÍs que es la sede de alcaeda., univisiÓn. >> gracias blanca rosa por tu informe. ... la ley es la ley y vivimos bajo el imperio de la ley. andy garcÍa tiene mÁs detalles. >> en la recta final para las elecciones del prÓximo martes, la candidata republicana gobernador de california vino a los Ángeles, donde una ruidosa protesta de enfermeras impidiÓ realizar un evento de campaÑa, apenas un dÍa despuÉs de que en un programa de televisiÓn por cable declarÓ que la trabajadora indocumentada debÍa ser deportada. >> deportada por mentir y usar documentos falsos, dijo. >> estÁ totalmente mal aconsejado esto. >> hoy en una improvisada rueda de prensa, la candidata republicana gobernador de california, no repitiÓ que la chica debe ser deportada. se limitÓ a seÑalar que es el gobierno federal el que debe decidir quÉ hacer con la ex empleada. >> vamos a ver lo que va a pasar, pero a lo que te digo, el dÍa despuÉs de la elecciÓn, cuando Éstos demÓcratas no la necesitan, la marca aventar a la calle. >> las encuestas muestran qu

brian, what do we know about what's going on in yemen? >> reporter: serious progress is being made with the arrest of this young woman, a 22-year-old engineering student. she lived in this area and supposedly dropped off the packages at both fedex and u.p.s. of the printer bombs. according to the president of yemen, her name and phone number were on the receipts at the ups and fed ex boxes so they tracked it down to her. her lawyer told us this morning she was not involved although there are questions now about her boyfriend. >> what do we see with regards to the investigation as a whole? >> reporter: well, one of the most important clues come from the two bombs themselves which did not detonate so now the fingerprints on the bombs and packages, these cleverly designed printers with the cartridge toner apparently hollowed out put in full of explosives, all of that will lead to lots of leads for u.s. and british intelligence now leading here but particularly one bombmaker known to be connected with al qaeda in yemen is suspected of being b

two suspects arrested in yemen within weeks of the bombing confessed.ut later, escaped or were let go. the alleged mastermind captured by the cia in 2002, waterboarded and shipped to guantanamo, has never been prosecuted due to political deadlock over how to try accused terrorists. other families are frustrated. >> there's not been any justice for the cole, for that crew, for that ship. >> actions speak louder than words. >> reporter: meanwhile, al qaeda is now resurgent in yemen. over the past year the u.s. linked its operatives to multiple terror plots. in fact, u.s. officials believe one of the cole plotters is still alive and working with al qaeda in yemen. here he is in this al qaeda video last spring, threatening new attacks against americans. wherever they are found we shall fight them, he says, just like we destroyed the cole. we showed the video to the commander. >> what goes through your mind? >> what goes through my mind is what is he doing loose? >> and to the family. >> he's able to go ahead and sit there and send out these tapes and stuff

>> paquetes procedentes de yemen volaban hacia estados unidos con explosivos a bordo. su destino, sinagogas en chicago. >> la candidata republicana a la gobernaciÓn de california asegura que la empleada indocumentada que le trabajÓ durante nueve aÑos debe ser deportada. >> en la florida, la batalla por el escaÑo senatorial en washington estÁ que arde. el candidato demÓcrata desmiente que vaya a abandonar la contienda. >> en mÉxico, se alzan las voces que exigen justicia, y un aro a la violencia desenfrenada que azota al paÍs. >> un empleado a punto de ser despedido, abre fuego en una tienda repleta de clientes. >> y trasladar los restos del ex presidente argentino nÉstor kirchner a su Última morada. >> este es su noticiero univisiÓn Última hora. >> buenas noches, bienvenidos a noticiero univisiÓn Última hora. se descubriÓ aparente material explosivo en los paquetes sospechosos que venÍan en camino antes de yemen, vÍa londres y dubai. la situaciÓn obligÓ a tomar medidas extras de precauciÓn. >> el aterrizaje de este aviÓn de pasajeros procedente de dubai y escoltado por

yemen's president says information provided by the u.s. and the united arab emirates led to her capture. the two explosive devices concealed in cartridge for printers were in england and dubai and it contained white powder and syringes and wiring and bound for chicago synagogues. officials believe the bombs may have been designed to go off on the plane. >> i can say that the device was viable and could have exploded. and had it detonated, the aircraft could have been brought down. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the devices contained significant amounts of the explosive petn. as much as six times the amount used in last year's failed christmas day bombing. u.s. officials suspect al qaeda's arabian peninsula branch is behind the attack and also responsible for the latest plot. while security at u.s. airports was immediately beefed up after the bombs were found, many say that does nothing to correct a major security loophole. mos packages on cargo planes are not in specked in any way. >> that is -- inspected in any way. >> that should be w

yemen was also behind that. that is i believe new major battle ground in the war against terrorism. >> schieffer: well let's talk some politics. that's what i asked all of you to come here to talk about did. governor ed rendell, governor of pennsylvania, it looks like the wind is really blowing the republicans' way this time. what happened? what did the democrats do wrong here? >> well, first, bob, let me just say i slightly disagree. i've sensed and i've been out campaigning the last couple of weeks, i've sensed that if this is a republican tidal wave i've sensed a democratic undertone going against it. democrats are much more fired up in the last two weeks than people would think. african-american voters i was in a subway station. they're on fire because of the attacks by mitch mcconnell on the president. they know what's at stake here. gay voters. they know that they're in the cross hairs. they're on fire. latino voters in allen town pennsylvania are riled up. i think there's going to be some surprises. i'm n

militants in yemen have fired rocket-propelled grenades at the british embassy car. one of the diplomats was struck -- slightly injured in the attack. our world affairs correspondent reports. >> the aftermath of attacks, rocket-propelled grenades fired at the embassy. vehicles were hit with shrapnel, one staff member was slightly injured and bystanders were hurt. william hague said that all diplomats in yemen were remaining at home, describing the country as a difficult and dangerous place to work. >> this is a reminder of the danger. where we are taking an international lead to bring a -- reports from outside and inside of the fragile state. >> the militants are known as al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the attack that has caused most damage in recent years was the double car bombing outside of the u.s. embassy in september of 2008. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula also claimed it was behind failed attacks on a u.s. airliner, christmas day, 2009. april of this year to the ambassador escaped unharmed. yemen is vulnerable, one of the poorest countries in the arab w

. >> yemen, gran bretaÑa, estados unidos, sitios que protagonizan los titulares de cartuchos para explotarn arresto yemenpÍ, un reconocimiento britÁnico y un reconocimiento estadounidense. [mÚsica] >> junto a su madre una joven en la capital fue detenida por las autoridades de ese paÍs como parte de la investigaciÓn de los paquetes que desde yemen se enviaron a chicago, paquetes que venÍan vía inglaterra y dubai. >> la ministra britÁnica dijo que en efecto los aparentes cartuchos de fotocopiadoraa con polvo blanpo podrÍa explotar. cÓmo lolargro? cÓmo lograrlo? >> estamos por determinar, aseguraba el alto funcionario estadounidense, se tiesma a que podrÍa lograrse desde una seÑal de telÉfono celular. >> al tiempo que la secretaria de seguridad nacional dijo que arabia saudita colaborÓ, obama dijo que estados unidos endurecerÍa su cooperaciÓn para eliminar cÉlulas de al qaeda en yemen. >> lo dijo en una llamada al gobierno saudi y britanico. el presidente de yemen dijo que ssobre el combate al qaeda no permitirÁ fuerzas extranjeras en su territorio. [mÚsica] >> miles de personas llenaron la

i don't know what to make of yemen and it seems like yemen just came up. what is your thought? host: when you say copycat, do you mean other people would try this because they saw what happened or at least the exposure it got from yesterday's event? caller: yes. the thing of it is that is kind of scary is that you don't know what they saw and sometimes the media can hurt us because sometimes when performance see these things you wonder if they will actually try these types of things again to try it make sure that they are successful. these things are very critical and that is really my comment. host: los angeles, california, republican line, john. caller: yes, that "philadelphia inquirer" story hit the nail on the head with the notice about how this law exempting the cargo planes was just passed in august. i think that we have been -- we have known the past two or three years that mr. obama has been more concerned with the rights of terrorists or suspected terrorists getting a fair trial than he is about the safety of americans and i think this is a real clear sign to vote for

the administration has tied the plot to al qaeda in yemen. we'll get the latest developments from the president's top counterterrorism adviser in just a moment. but first abc's senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz explains how this poor country of 23 million people became the major training ground for al qaeda. ♪ >> reporter: al qaeda first used yemen to launch attacks against the u.s. in october of 2000 when suicide bombers rammed their speedboat packed with explosives into the "uss cole" killing 17 sailors. >> we've seen movement for many years recruiting of young warriors, yunji haddists. >> reporter: u.s. officials say yemen now surpasses any other country in the world in posing a direct threat to the u.s. and the man they believe is most responsible for carrying out those threats is american-born radical cleric anwar awlaki. the obama administration has approved the targeted killing of awlaki, an extraordinary turn of events. just months after 9/11, awlaki, who was an imam at a mosque in falls church, virginia, was invited

authorities say those suspicious packages came from yemen and were distributed in major cities in thenited states and birminam, england. yemen is the home of the al-queda branch that claimed the responsibility for the attempted bombing of the u.s.ound airliner last christmas. president obama habeen >> newark and philadelphia airports were alerted to a potential bomb plot. the planes might have been carrng explosive devices from yemen through engnd. >> so they began issuing order 3:00 in the morning to look sat airplanes in the united states in the middle east and in europe that had parcels that had originated in yemen. >> it was thought more than a dozen were shipped to the u.s. aboard numers air carriers and distributed on to ups cargo trucks in new york and possibly new jersey. no active devices were ever found. >> one package i should say that was identified as being possibly involved with this threat. that package has been scanned by our bomb squad and has been clead. >> across the atlantic, othe potentl devices, cartridges with wires sticking out of them wereound aboard planes in

. >>> a new escalation tonight in the terror threat from yemen. this after the discovery of two explosive packages sent to the u.s. from that country. more on the similarities on these attempts and the bombing attempt at christmas. >> reporter: searching a ups truck in new york and two cargo planes. after explosives were found on planes in dubai and england. one was discovered outside london and another on a fedex vehicle in dubai. they found a explosive compound and wires inside printer cartridges. the same compound that was found in the failed christmas day airline bombing in detroit. president obama told the nation both packages were mailed to synagogues in chicago sent from the same address. >> we do the packages originated in yemen. and we know there is a terror group based in yemen plan attacks against us. >> reporter: nothing was found on the cargo plane but said they are a terror threat that could do harm. >> we don't know yet how they were intended to be activated. >> reporter: the threat was enough for two fighter jets to escort a flight

encontraban explosivos en su interior agregó drama tica varias horas de investigación entre gran bretaña yemens, los funcionario investigaron vuelos de cargas de united o ups, después que se encontraran paquetes sosopechosos, uno de estos paquetes continúa cartuchos de impresoras con pol polvo. >>> esto llevó a que las autoridades ins peco skwoi na ran tres aviones un camión en brooklyn en un edificio ocupado por la policía de la ciudad, los paquetes fueron enviados a sitios religiosos de chicago, uno, una sinagoga para algunos expertos esto podría ser un ensayo de un plan >>> podría ser una exploración de qué es lo que las autoridades hacen si ponemos cierta información afuera de parejos estos carcartuchos de tintas, podría ser atentado o una manera de que puedan estudiar y cumplo raro como nosotros vamos a actuar sobre una amenaza po tensional. >>> las inspecciones se realizaron en tres ciudades de la costa oeste del país todos los paquetes provenían de yemen y fueron enviados por ups. >>> recibimos paquetes de ups, de cualquier tipo aquí y al mismo tiempo, tomamos todas las precauciones par

it's flight uae201 from dubai to yemen to jfk. it's expected to arrive at 3:23 eastern time and according to norad, the u.s. fighter escort is being done out of an abundance of caution. after all that's gone on today, one wouldn't be surprised if there is an abundance of caution. >> thank you, randall pinkston live. >>> we are also learning that president obama is expected to speak at 1:15 today. we will carry that on cbs5.com and bring you the latest information. >>> also, the tsa is rolling out a new security measure that gets an up-close and personal look. this was planned in advance of today's security scare. tsa agents will now use a method called the hand slide. it's similar to a patdown but much more touchy feely. the screening technique is used for passengers who opt out of a body scan or set off the metal detectors. it's being added to all u.s. airports. screeners will still be matched to the passenger's gender. >>> the fbi is investigating a series of shootings in the washington, d.c. area. bullet holes were found at the

both were sent from yemen. and u.s. officials suspect they originated with the same al qaeda group that was behind the attempted bombing of a u.s. passenger jet on christmas day. >> a u.p.s. plane searched at several u.s. airports, and in the uk -- >> reporter: after a day of intensive cable tv coverage, a plane stopped and searched, the first definitive explanation came from the president himself. >> i want to briefly update the american people on a credible terrorist threat against our country. and the actions that were taken with our friends and our partners to respond to it. initial examination of those packages has determined that they do apparently contain explosive material. >> reporter: the packages were addressed to two chicago locations. a jewish community center, and a synagogue, neither of which knew anything about the packages, the fbi says. as a precaution, planes carrying any cargo from yemen were searched the moment they landed in the u.s. about 15 packages in all. and a passenger plane from the united a

high level of concern about yemen. >> all right.the most expensive election years, and billionaire republican meg whitman is doing her share. she's spent $140 million, that includes money she paid from her own pocket. by comparison her opponent former governor jerry brown has spent about $10 million this year. the "daily beast" has come up with a unique way to come up with outcomes of the elections, twitter, facebook and even blogging which candidate is getting the most buzz. how does it work? >> well, everybody's got polls, right? what we do is scrape the internet to find the sentiment, who's blogging, who's commenting, and who's tweeting so we can measure the candidates so we can figure out not only whether it's positive or negative but how much it is. it helps us predict it. >> let's go through nevada first. >> we give harry reid a 60% chance of winning the election. what's interesting is he's winning none of the issues. sharron angle is winning almost all of it. harry reid is tied. >> you have jack conway up against rand paul. >

the group al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is based in yemen.expressed a desire to reach out beyond yemen, beyond the arabian peninsula and carry out attacks in the united states. the christmas day attempted bombing was traced back to yemen to this organization al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. what is also key to understand about this group and militant groups in general right now is that they are starting to consider even failed attacks or failed attempts as successes, precisely because of what we saw right now. this may be the objective, that to see how security forces react, to create a sechbs panic, to ground flights to a halt. i spoke to security officials in new york, times square bombing, didn't cause a lot of damage, cost the city a lot of money, caused people to be very concerned. if you watch these you can learn something about response time. we saw that in iraq all of the time, they put fake ieds in the road to see how u.s. troops would react. >> richard engle here in new york. we want to talk to roger cressy, veteran foreign securi

porque llevaba a bordo otro paquete procedente también de yemen.es centro de operaciones de varias organizaciones terrorista ls incluyendo al qaeda. >> es un país caótico en dónde puede establecerse. >> algunos opinan que los terroristas kequerían evaluar l autoridades en europa y estados unidos. para ver si funciona. s >> es un logro muy importante. >> han dicho que por ahora no aceptan paquetes que vienen de yemen y aquí en la capital la casa blanca quiere que la ciudadanía se mantengaisaron la ---ahora...usted se estara preguntando... ¿estan los aeropuertos del area de la bahia en alerta.?.. ---- la respuesta... por lo menos en el de san francisco es no... pero si se han adoptado medidas extras de seguridad... seguridad...---de acuerdo a la administracion de seguridad en el transporte algunas medidas son visibles y otras no... ---todos los aviones de carga estan siendo inspeccionados con mas rigor...---se hacen analisis de explosivos en paquetes y maletas en los aeropuertos dijo la tsa... ---esta medidas no incomoda a los pasajeros quienes dicen

al-qaeda" y que se trata de una amenaza terrorista vuelos interceptados en dubai y otra zona hacia yemen,. >> la aeronave que iba a emiratos arabes unidos fue interceptada por carga sospechosa, este camion arribo a un complejo comercial dónde se revisó un sobre que venía de yemen que sospechas de explosivos. >> aunqu sólo resultó ser una falsa alarma, un paquete con documentos, expertos indican que esta puede ser una estrategia de los terroristas. >> no es se puede vivir con susto, es malo. >> un sospechoso acordonado luego que autoridads encontraran >> un sospechoso acordonado luego que autoridads encontraran maleta sospechoso cc1: cc1: cc1: maleta con ropa desato una falsa alarma. >> varios edificios evacuados como parte de simulacro, alarmas de incendios fueron activadas como parte del simulacro entre una y dos y media de la tarde. >> tenemos estos simulacros cada año para estar preparados frente a diversas cosas que puedan suceder. >> un gemelo encontrado muerto murio por asfixia, su hermano intentó quitarse la vida, está en el hospital. >> en el hogar encontraron una carta que indic

have stopped all the packages coming into the united states that were being mailed from yemen. i think we feel as though the appropriate steps have been taken. we feel good about where we are right now but we need to continue to do this investigation and get to the bottom of this. >> additional active threats right now? is it anything beyond additional packages? >> al qaeda has been quite vocal in terms of threatening attacks against the united states, against western interests and the yemenis. they are a dangerous group. we are determine d to stop thei plans and thwart their attempts. we need to keep the pressure on them. >> this is al qaeda in yemen that is behind this, in your mind? this is the same group that tried to launch the christmas day plot, as well? >> it certainly has the trademarks of al qaeda in arabian peninsula. >> who or what was the ultimate target, in your mind? >> the british has come out and said that they believe that the intention was to detonate this ied on the plane, but the terrorists wouldn't have known where that plane was going to be. it was a viab

escoltado por naves de combate ya que se sospechaba que en su interior había un paquete proveniente de yemenestán las imágenes 6789 aviones detenido en varios aeropuertos y un estado de alerta, por artefactos explosivos en un presunto ataque terrorista múltiple, esto cuando las autoridades descubrieron este cartucho de impresora que había sido manipulado, se describió como un artefacto

and carried cargo that originated yemen across the atlantic other devices were tracked in london. and ron wilson says the vast majority of cargo aren't ever screened. >> u.s. falls far short of the biggest threat of threats in security, checking cargo luggage. >> not only on plane buzz passenger planes that carry cargo luggage. >> so, we now know that saudi arabia was the country alerting the united states. and today, the white house national security advisor thanked intelligence for helping to identify the threat. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula as seen by the kingdom as a major security threat. >> starting today, security checks are going to get more personal for airport travelers getting pulled out of line for further screening. critics say it's going too far. passengers can choose from either the full body scan or a pat down. security officials have been doing pat downs for years. and this will include checking under bra areas and using the front of the hands searching you instead of the back, used before. itics say they're highly invasive and unnecessary rye here in san fra