washington. this is very serious. they re not telling us where these jets were scrambled from but you know it is serious when they scramble two aircraft to bring in a civilian passenger jet. reporter: yeah. the two f-15s for scrambled about 40 minutes before this plane landed in bangor. there are a couple nearby bases that could do that, but norad confirmed they did use two f-15s to accompany this plane, which is a boeing 767. us airways flight 787 onto the ground in bangor, maine. buses look like they could be there for deplaining those 179 passengers. y you mentioned the tsa did say they had reports of a passenger exhibiting suspicious behavior on the flight. out of an abundance of caution, it was diverted. we know from local law enforcement that the fbi is the lead agency on this issue right now. we still don t know what happened on board the plane. there are a couple obviously different scenarios. i should point out if this is interfering with the flight crew, that is a
we are spending will help on both ends. americans need to understand that there are going to be inconveniences if we are going to try to protect trains, in searches and going through detection equipment and the like. we need to be reasonable about what we can expect out of these mode of transportation. jon: security, thank you. thank you very much. jenna: how we re going to spend your money, our money is a big topic on capitol hill. one member of the senate s gang of six dropping out after reports of an impasse over cuts in medicare benefits. what s really happened there? where does this leave our country in the mist of an economic recovery with so many decisions yet to be on the horizon for us? we have a live report on this coming up. tell us what you think about this. will lawmakers be able to reach a compromise without the entire gang of six? go to foxnews.com/ happening now to weigh in. we ll have this story and what you have to say just ahead. [ male announcer ] look outside. i
describing, but a respirator on there that could help. and then there s detection equipment where you re detecting how much radiation is in the air and certainly being able to detect it on yourself or your equipment as well. that s not going to do much. that penetrates just about everything. so these are guy who know the deal, candy. they know what this radiation can do. they know that this protective gear may offer some benefit against some types of radiation, but not everything. it s quite a frightening situation. and we know that inside the plant the levels have been quite high. we don t know the exact numbers. if you look outside the plant, you can get an idea of how high the levels must have been inside. it s quite something. quite remarkable what they re going through. now people have referred to this at least as quote suicide mission. but is it necessarily that at the state we are right now.
they can t bring in things, for instance, like camera cases and the like and a whole host of technology, the latest in detection equipment and the latest in response equipment should that be needed. brooke? jeanne, are there any threats we know about? right now no credible specific intelligence indicating there s any threats against the games. there have been suspicious packages and the like. nothing has turned out to be anything serious or related at all. they are particularly worried about a possible lone wolf scenario, but at this point in time they say they are just leaning forward trying to be prepared for anything that might arise, either in intelligence or in real life. back to you. jeanne meserve, thank you, and next on reporter roulette, john zarella in miami. watched this earlier. congresswoman gabrielle giffords husband made a big, big decision about whether he wanted to go back up in space and command the upcoming space mission and by the way he said yes. what does
mentioned, behind the scenes. the radiation detection equipment, it s a small thing. some officers will have them on their waist and some of them have the larger detection equipment is mounted on street polls and then usecurity around building. cameras in certain places. more than 400 cameras just in times square alone. the sharp shooters on some of the key locations, they re not, you know, shooting down into crowds, they re there in a worse-case scenario, but better to have them on hand than not. absolutely. as of right now, there are no credible threats that you know of. not that i ve heard of and i ve been in touch with the police department. so, no credible threats. there is always a credible threat. there is always a possibility, but no specific threats. things are definitely looking good going into the new year. so far so good. thank you, so good to see you. good to have you here in new york. homeland security chief janet napolitano is in afghanistan where she wil