that they re now going to try to smuggle past airport security screeners. the war in syria is the focus of this latest threat. security forces believe militants there have been working with bombmakers in yemen who remain determined to attack western targets especiallily the u.s. the concern, hundreds of europeans and a handful of americans who have joined the extremists also hold person passports, that could give them easier access to u.s. bound planes. homeland security secretary jay johnson on rachel maddow s show yesterday. we re very concerned about it because there are stremtists within the border of syria that would like to indoctrinate syria. while the tsa sets a security standard, the u.s. is now asking airlines and those airports to ramp up their security, including more random passenger
good morning, i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. and i m john muller. we start this morning with homeland security officials issuing a warning to airlines about a dangerous new terrorist threat, one that will sound very familiar. they say airport security screeners should be on the lookout for shoes used to smuggle explosives on to commercial jets. here is abc s pierre thomas. reporter: homeland security officials are warning airline that is explosives hidden in shoes and other improvised bombs are an active ongoing threat. abc news learns that terrorists are building shoe bombs with liquid explosives, hidden in containers to target international flights. no plot has been identified but intelligence from credible overseas sources suggest that terrorist bomb makers are fixated on these efforts. it certainly tells you that
good morning, i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. and i m john muller. we start this morning with homeland security officials issuing a warning to airlines about a dangerous new terrorist threat, one that will sound very familiar. they say airport security screeners should be on the lookout for shoes used to smuggle explosives on to commercial jets. here is abc s pierre thomas. reporter: homeland security officials are warning airline that is explosives hidden in shoes and other improvised bombs are an active ongoing threat. abc news learns that terrorists are building shoe bombs with liquid explosives, hidden in containers to target international flights. no plot has been identified but intelligence from credible overseas sources suggest that terrorist bomb makers are fixated on these efforts. it certainly tells you that al qaeda is still fascinated with taking down planes. we recently had a toothpaste scare. now we re going back to shoes.
a u.s. citizen from bosnia now being held on $1 million bail for allegedly telling airport security screeners at jacksonville international airport that he had a bomb in his back. he appeared in court wednesday. investigators say it ended up being a hoax, that his backpack contained a microchip, a small battery pack and a cell phone. they evacuated the whole airport and inconvenienced travelers for about six hours. apparently the clintons have baby fever. chelsea clinton making a big resolution for next year. apparently she says she wants to start a family. in a glamour magazine interview, she calls 2014 the year of the baby and says her mom, former secretary of state hillary clinton cannot wait to be a grandmother. i had a chance to speak with her a couple months back and she said that was one of the talks, as busy as parents are with all
not going to make easy concessions. he was viewed as a tough negotiator when he headed their negotiating team. only after he left that the europeans realized how good they had it with him as negotiator, at least he was ready to make some compromises. reporter: during his term as negotiator, iran voluntarily suspended the enrichment program. he says he won t do that again. today nobody would expect an iranian leader to suspend that country s enrichment program with 14,000 centrifuges. experts say at this point the best we could hope for would be getting iran to put sufficient limits on the program to get the world confidence that iran couldn t rush to make a bomb in a short period of time if it chose to do so. amy kellogg in london, thank you. an embarrassing situation for turkish airport security screeners. we will explain next. and did russia s president really steal a super bowl ring from the patriots owner?