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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions ifill: good evening. i m gwen ifill. president obama made his first public statement about the failed plot to blow up an airplane, and said the u.s. would keep up the pressure on terrorists. warner: and i m margaret warner. on the newshour tonight, the president outlined stepped-up security measures for air passengers. ifill: how did the bomber get through security? and what can be done to prevent another attack? we ll sort it out. warner: then, authorities in iran arrested key opposition figures after weekend protests that killed at least eight. ifill: a different angle on the health care debate. ray suarez has the story from south of the u.s. border. thousands of americans that can t afford the health care they need, are heading abroad to search for it, i ll have a report from mexico. ance end of the year conversation about the financial collapse with warner: and an end-of-the- year conversation about the fi
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
old today and life is quite strange, and there s this i really a really tragic story, but we have some kind of beautiful memory from it as well. reporter: today there is little trace of the disaster on thailand s holiday islands, but those awful images and memories live forever in the minds of people like this couple who fought to survive the tsunami. dan rivers, cnn, thailand. cnn newsroom continues out in with our fredricka whitfield. hello. hello. good to see you. have a great day. we, of course have a busy day ahead just as you ve had a busy morning, particularly because of what u.s. official, calling an attempted terrorist attack on a u.s. airliner. bring you up to date on what has been taking place, and cnn first brought you the story yesterday afternoon. we have this exclusive photo of the suspect. there in the white t-shirt taken by a fellow passenger. he is 23 years old and a nigerian national, identified as umar farouk abodulmutallab. the fbi has been
are the take stakes important? of course it is a big audience and the president will get a chance to lay out clearly for the american people who s involved with them. tick tock, five hours before what some will be the speech of his presidency. president obama will make a new, detailed argument on how he wants and plans to reform health care. the white house has attempted to retool its message on health care many times. it should be clear by now that the problem isn t the sales pitch, the problem what they are selling. but can one speech really make a difference? we will talk live with a senator at the heart of the back and forth, republican senator olympia snowe. rain can happen to anyone. from hollywood to capitol hill, crihristina ricci and sexl violence. she will join us live. the 2008 campaign is over why is hillary clinton in the middle of a supreme court battle? we will look at how a decision from the court could change future presidential campaigns. and