stopped an ambitious al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counter terrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. just like that bomb, there one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten passed airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this throughout the day
we have about 1,000, 1500 people that couldn t get in here. we were just overwhelmed by the response here, and i just want to say i feel welcomed back home to pennsylvania, so thank you very, very much. [ applause ] first i just want to congratulate governor romney. i gave him a call a little earlier and congratulated him on winning the state of illinois, but i also want to just thank all the folks in illinois, all if you look at what s going to happen tonight, we re going to win downstate, we re going to win central illinois, we re going to win western illinois. we won the areas that conservatives populate and we re happy about that. we re happy about the delegates we re going to get, too. [ applause ] i wanted to come here tonight back to pennsylvania, back to a
taken to the podium. we will dip into this speech. who couldn t get in here. we were just overwhelmed by the response here. i want to say, i feel welcome back home to pennsylvania. thank you very, very much. first, i want to congratulate governor romney. i gave him a call a little earlier and congratulated him on winning the state of illinois. but i also dopt say, i want to thank all the folks in illinois, all if you look at what what is going to happen tonight, we are going to win down state and central and western illinois. we won the areas that conservatives and republicans populate. we are very happy about that. we are happy about the delegates we are going to get, too. [cheers and applause] we wanted to come here tonight,
ron paul and gingrich a distant third and fourth. we re waiting on mitt romney to speak now and second place rick santorum will also be speaking. we ll look ahead to the next stop on the primary sale. louisiana on saturday. and maryland, wisconsin, and d.c. on april 3rd. cnn s top team, wolf blitzer and john king. and gloria borger and david gergen. promoted to new york tonight. happy to be here. let s start with wolf. looks like a big win for mitt romney. how significant is illinois to his general campaign? if he stays above 50% in this vote in illinois, it ll be very significant. illinois being a very important state because of its population, the diversity. it s a big state. a lot of delegates at stake. he s going to do really well in illinois. clearly come out with the most delegates. rick santorum, he did the best he could. i think it was a blunder on his part to go off to puerto rico for two days. he could have been spending those days in illinois doing a bit bett
juan: they don t mean if someone is drying. they mean don t call a cop if someone is smoking a joint. brian: we should bring you two together bull it s not working. andrea: now to teens and your teen. several states are looking into bills to prohibit teens ten from going to tanning beds. they can get abortion and condoms without parental notification, but the tan, no no, no. can t do it in 18 states. west virginia, illinois, new york. pulling the plug on tanning bed usage. that depresses me. i use a tanning bed before the prom. when i was in high school and jis under age. a girl named jasmine called me too tan tantarus. a girl in my high school. you know what? kimberly: cute name.