couple of hours, and danny freeman is in pennsylvania with more on this. so what can you tell us about the suspect and the possible motive for all of the explosives? yeah, amara, the way i would put it there is the motive that is as you said it is what we are waiting to find out hopefully later in afternoon. but this is what we know about the suspect. mark muffley from lancefsford, pennsylvania, and hthat is just 40 miles northwest of where we in lehigh valley international airport. now, the tsa and the fbi found these items in the suitcase and this what they found. they found a powder consistent with commercial-grade fireworks, a can of butane, powder with
alarm which triggered a tsa inspection. hidden inside the lining of the suitcase, officers found and explosive device, a can of butane, a lighter a wireless drill and two electrical outlets taped together. today his lawyer took issue with the description of the device. he called it a manufactured fire work. according to the criminal complaint, one of the two fuses on the compound was installed after the original manufacturing so the device was tampered with. the fbi s criminal complaint mentions the powder found in the three inch compound. you can see it says both the black powder and flash powder are susceptible to ignite. today we also learned about his criminal history. he served time in jail and federal authorities claim that he admits to using marijuana daily and methamphetamine as recently as last week. he will remain in federal
inside that suitcase he s pulling with his left hand. airport officials say he checked into his allegiant airlines flight to orlando at 11:00 a.m. his bag triggering an alarm during tsa screening just 18 minutes later. and according to authorities, they found this inside the lining. a circular compound wrapped in a wax-like paper and clear plastic wrap. x-rays showing a powder consistent with a commercial grade firework. also packed in the bag, a can of butane, a lighter, and lithium ion batteries. at 11:40 a.m., less than an hour before his flight was supposed to take off, security called for muffley over the airport p.a. system. but at 11:45, investigators say security am ares captured muffley leaving the airport. in their motion for his detention, the government outlining muffley s lengthy criminal history. including harassment, theft, and
that don t have a retirement plan through their employers, so we ve got some advice, what you can do to up your savings as you approach the golden years. but first, we have to get straight to that breaking news, a pennsylvania man under arrest tonight after he allegedly tried to check a bag with what the tsa says was indeed a live explosive device. that flight was bound for florida. also in the bag, according to investigators, a can of highly flammable butane, a lighter, a pipe with white powder residue, and a wireless drill bit, cordless batteries, now part of the airport was evacuated. the 40-year-old man has been charged with attempting to place an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft. cbs s jeff pegues is here to start us off tonight with what he has learned, and jeff, i understand the criminal complaint, mentioning that this device did pose a significant risk to aircraft and passengers. reporter: it certainly did, but in this case, the security precautions at the airpor
can of butane, a lighter, a pipe with white powder residue, a wireless drill with cordless batteries, and two electrical outlets taped together with black tape. law enforcement believes the device posed a significant risk to the aircraft and passengers. according to the fbi, once the device was discovered, muffley was paged over the airports p.a. system, and told to report to the security office. instead, they say, he left the airport. he was taken into custody soon after. all this very alarming. let s bring in trevor ault. i know the suspect tonight charged with bringing an explosive to the airport and attempting to place it on the plane? reporter: that s right, david. and muffley is set to make his first appearance in court tomorrow. we are still waiting to find out what his motive might have been for allegedly trying to sneak that explosive device onto that plane, david. trevor ault leading us off tonight from pennsylvania. trevor, thank you. we turn now to that horrific