Conference to happen. Thank you very much. Well continue to monitor this story, but for now, ali and i are signing off. Thank you so much for watching this hour. Well hand it over to Andrea Mitchell with Andrea Mitchell reports. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, hidden figures. With nine days until a vote, the costs and benefits of the Republican Health care bill remain washingtons biggest mystery. Even to frustrated members of the group in charge of writing it. I havent seen the bill. And it has become increasingly apparent in the last few days that even though we thought we were going to be in charge of writing a bill, within this working group, it is not being written by us. So if youre frustrated by the lack of transparency in this process, i share your frustration. Seeing red. Homeland Security Officials reveal that 21 states were targets of cyberattacks in the 2016 election, leaving no doubt who was behind it. In 2016, the russian government at the direction of Vladimir Putin
Not that im aware of at this moment. This is the worst kind of nightmare for counterterrorism officials because these attacks are so difficult to predict and to stop. A live look at the airport there in flint, michigan. A News Conference will start soon. Were waiting for guidance about what time. Blake mccoy is also standing by. The airport is not open right now . What more do we know about the scene on the ground . The airport has been closed. One flight may have been given permission to land because it was already on approach. On the ground there in flint, michigan, they have bombsniffing dogs going car to car in the parking lot and they are searching the airport to make sure its not part of a larger attack that was planned. We can tell you that the fbi has taken the lead, as you just heard, which our sources say is significant that theyve taken a lead this early. It shows that they are taking this possible terror tie very seriously. And its interesting that we have not heard a publi
that was coming to us from our affiliate. we just saw those pictures of officers on the ground. we saw an aerial shot as well, jim cavanaugh, an officer with a bomb-sniffing dog. presumably that blake mccoy referenced. what else are they looking for? they always sweep for secondary bombs. whenever you have an attack, you call it a sweep for explosive devices. that s what the dogs will do. and then thiel do a forensic crime investigation of the incident right where the officer was stabbed and where the suspect was taken into custody. i suspect there may be a delay in the news conference because likely fbi agents are drawing up a federal complaint. that s a likely event with the report that he shouted allah bakr which is common during these attacks. i totally agree with evan s