for now. reporter: nigerian officials say the man who tried to employee them up bought the ticket with cash and only had a small carry on bag. he spent more than $2,300 to buy a round-trip ticket from nigeria to detroit with a lay over in amsterdam. today president obama announced they are trying to figure out how he got on the plane even though the suspect was on a terrorist watch list. thanks to the quick and heroic actions of passengers and crew the suspect was immediately subdued, the fire was put out, and the plane landed safely. the suspect is now in custody and has been charged with attempting to destroy an aircraft. reporter: at the news conference in hose president obama admitted it was a close call and announced he has ordered heightened security procedures for all flights and put additional air marshalls on international flights. a full investigation has been launched into this attempted act of terrorism and we will not rest until we find all who were invol
credit for that attack. they confirmed he was there from late august until this month. could it have been prevented? some say yes with the help of a controversial piece of equipment. the suspect managed to sneak on board the plane with a plastic explosive that can slip by metal detectors. the shoe bomber had it in 2001 and security experts say it s been used by other would be terrorists dating back to the 19870s. though many say the technology already exists to catch these kinds of explosives, the question is, do you want to use it? reporter: president obama interrupted his hawaiian vacation to announce an investigation into what went wrong with security for the northwest airlines flight. we need to determine just how the suspect was able to bring dangerous explosives aboard an aircraft and what additional steps we can take to thwart future attacks. we 6 to be able to look at people and find out what it is they are hyping under their clothing or in their pockets. re
her blood pressure was 250 over 170 which was dangerous. and she was having contractions. a french orthopedic you are john was onboard the flight. he says for six hours it was touch and go as he worked with another doctor to save the woman and her unborn child s life. the cervix was opened but the water didn t break. we were really lucky because the baby is in breach position. she had massive heart pain. and she was dizzy because of the high blood pressure. the pregnant woman sitting in coach was moved up to first class so doctors could use an emergency medical kit to deep her alive. she wouldn t have made it. her blood pressure was going up, up, up the whole time. finally we had iv lines set up. she was lucky. finally stabilize, the plane landed and the young mother to be and her husband were taken off and on to a local hospital. first class passengers watched in amazement. it was just, like, hectic, but the doctor was really fantastic. and the crew was really am
homeland security says 23-year-old umar farouk abdulmutallab tried to blow up a northwest aircraft traveling from amsterdam to detroit, michigan. at his detention hearing today he was ordered held without bond. president obama commented for the first time today on the incident. we re going to have more on those remarks as well coming up in the show. this would be the second sort of thing we ve been talking about regarding airplanes and homeland security. we ve got some live team coverage with sire and megan hughes. we ll begin with megan who is live from the white house. megan? reporter: it s now been three days since the attempted bombing and today the president says the united states will respond aggressively. taking a break from his hawaiian vacation president obama assured holiday travelers they were safe. the american people should remain vigilant but also be confident. those plotting against us seek not only to undermine our security but also the open society and va