to the united states will have new security measures, and we re told that will mean that passengers getting on board those flights will not be allowed any electronics larger than your cell phone in the cabin of the plane. so you have to check the bags. if you have a computer or anything larger than a cell phone or tablet, you would have to check that. right. it would have to go into the belly of the aircraft. this is for flights coming from very specific countries in the middle east and africa with direct, non-stop service to the united states. do we know what prompted dhs to make the change? they are not saying much on the record. barbara starr, from her pentagon sources telling her they believe this ban is related to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, aqap. they also know that aqap has actively been trying to build these undetectable-type explosives and get them on board a commercial aircraft. they also know that after that yemen raid that happened
to ensure security measures. it will cover a limited period. if a passenger transferred through a second city, the threat would be negated according to officials. the ban on the electronics is related to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they are actively trying to build bombs with little to no metal detection. officials say information from a recent special forces raid in yemen contributed to that move. remember that recent raid in yemen? where we lost a navy s.e.a.l. a terrifying story. still more information. new concerns of north korea after pyongyang s test of the rocket eveninngine that could bd in an intercontinental ballistic missile. live in beijing next.
correspondent. you know about this ban now, electronics on certain flights from north africa and the middle east coming into the united states. you can have a cell phone but not a laptop, what s behind this? that s right. there s a couple of things behind this. first just to clarify, this is ten different airports, eight muslim majority countries. you will no longer be able to take anything unless you are on an american airline. but from what i can tell, no american airlines are flying to these places. you will not be able to take anything bigger than a cell phone. that means no tablets, no large cameras, no laptops, perhaps most annoyingly for frequent fliers. we are hearing, cnn s barbara starr and rene marsh has spoken to a u.s. official because this is a threat developed from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and yemen, they are coming close to perfecting the art to be able to put bomb making materials in the battery compartment of
in a printer. that s the concern. you may have airports that don t have the checks and balances that we have in the united states. perhaps, if aqap has moved forward with their bomb making they could perhaps get past the controls at some of these airplanes. thank you. appreciate it. now the hearings that electrified this town and much of the country, james comey testifying before the house intelligence committee and revealing for the first time that the question of ties between trump associates and russia is the subject of a criminal probe. our criminal justice correspondent has been covering this. let s talk about the wiretapping claim, explain what the fbi director s message was on that. the fbi director did not mince words when he said there is no information in the fbi or justice department to support president trump s claim ton twitter that his phoneswere wiretapped under the order of president obama. now, at the time, when those
we had people wounded. we caused civilian casualties. navy s.e.a.l. william ryan owens and as many as a dozen civilians were killed during a firefight as the s.e.a.l.s raided a compound looking for intelligence on al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. a journalist collected eyewitness accounts from villagers. i spoke to a 5-year-old boy who described running from that helicopter gun ship fire as he was shot at from behind as he ran with his mother and his mother was subsequently killed. officials with direct knowledge of the mission offering new details. the s.e.a.l.s don t think they were compromised because they were in the village for some time before the firefight broke out. but once seen, many villagers quickly armed themselves and fired along with al qaeda. the u.s. thinks villagers likely thought they were under attack from rival tribal factions. fire came from all directions and multiple buildings. two officials say once