congress about the so-called terror gap. because of the terror gap, america is effectively hanging out welcome sign for terrorists. the law is not enough to prevent operatives from buying weapons and explosives they need to launch commando style raids in the united states with ease. nine factors that block illegal gun sale. among them, drug use, mental illness,ism grant status and dishonorable discharge from the military. being a known or suspected terrorist is not enough to block the sale. when asked by fox at a no, event by comment they said it was a legislative issue. ask the question i think for the congress. our goal is to make sure that known terrorists are on the no fly list so they can t go to buy a ticket or get on a plane at all. some analysts question whether members of congress are willing to expend their political capital to take on issue to alienate supporters
this heroes welcome as he landed in libya. he was released on compassionate grounds to go home and die after being diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. he was supposed to die within months. but doctors say he may live for more than ten years which brings us to today and this hearing. senators want more justification for why a terrorist like this should remain free. checking top stories. new information on a terror not that has officials in u.s. and europe on alert. al qaeda may be plotting commando style raids on so-called soft targets. intelligence officials say a captured german citizen has given them information about a potential plot in europe. in san bruno, california, the natural gas fire claimed at life. a 58-year-old man is now the eighth victim.
well, representative for abc later said the reason they released this raw tape was to show they were booing because the judges gave those scores to jennifer gray who is really a crowd favorite and derek huff. they got eights when people thought they should have got nines or tens. but the speculation was that because sarah palin was in the room that the boos were for her. which was so unbelievably unfair. we even said yesterday, it had to be the judges. and there you go. they really wanted to clear that up because it got out there that people were booing for palin. you ve got to have the raw tape. look at everything in context. then you get the real story. the rock n roll hall of fame. more nominees coming out. buddies from canada, rush. did kiss get snubbed again? how long ago was that song? we ll tell you coming up. 16 minutes after the hour. i love it. early 1981, i think. they re playing at the
reporter: mumbai, india, 2008, hotels, train station, hit with commando style attacks by militants leaving 166 dead. fox news confirm u.s. authorities thwarted a similar style planned by al-qaeda, targeting sites in the u.k., france, germany and possibly denmark, frequented by foreigners including americans. so whatever maximizes instability and instills the greatest fear in the greatest number of people. the recent wave of drone attacks unleashed on the terror-rich border with afghanistan is said to be an attempt by the u.s. to disrupt the plot. president obama is reported to have been monitoring the situation and america is on top of it, according to the secretary of homeland security. we know al-qaeda and al-qaeda type affiliates are out there and they are determined. they are determined to attack target in the west, be they call it hard or soft targets. defensible figure in the plot is a german of afghan
in paris the eiffel tower and surrounding park were evacuated tuesday for the second time in two weeks after a bomb threat. germany and great britain are also on a heightened state of alert. while travelling in montreal, canada, the homeland security secretary acknowledged a, quote, we need to move to the next stage of screening, terrorists kind of figured out the magnet ometer business and continues to be a threat stream about taking down a commercial airliner in part because it was used successfully before and could have a huge impact. a senior u.s. officials confirms to fox there has been an up tick in chatter especially when it comes to europe and tonight our sister network sky news is it reporting plots targeting london and other european cities has been intercepted, this is a reference to commando style attacks using guns, explosives and also cell phones for coordination. sky news is also reporting tonight that the plot, quote, was advanced, but not imminent, there was no immed