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who is this guy? well, he is 40 years old. his name is matt muffley. he was flying, anderson, from the airport in northeastern pennsylvania on a flight to orlando, according to the f.b.i. he checked the bag, and in the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the f.b.i., this is what they found. they found powder that was in a plastic wrap. they found fuses. the powder appears to be from commercial-grade fireworks, and so the question is, you know, what was he doing with this? the airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport. he left. and he was later arrested later that evening on monday. by the f.b.i. now, the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that. this is something obviously the f.b.i. was focused on over the last couple of days. nothing like that appears t
explosives aboard and a legion flight from lehigh valley from pennsylvania to florida. evan perez joins us now from stanford, florida. evan, who is this guy? he s 40 years old. his name is matt mott free. and he was flying, anderson, from lehigh valley airport, which is in northeastern pennsylvania on a flight to orlando. according to the fbi, he checked a bag and in the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found they found powder. that was in a plastic wrap. they found fuses. the powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so, the question is, what was he doing with this? the airport tried to page him. while he was still at the airport he left. and he was later arrested later that evening on monday by the fbi. the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia, don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups
explosive device, the technician found the compound found a powder consistent with commercial grade fireworks, two fuses were attached to the circular compound. the use of the commercial fire interior essentially elements the power from a commercial grade fireworks reminds me immediately of the boston marathon bombing it s not a high explosive like tatp we see foreign terrorist use but it can be a very effective and very lethal weapon if used in the right way. according to the affidavit, the baggage contained a can of butane, lighter, pipe with residue, wireless drill with cordless batteries and two outlets taped together with plaque black tape any fire in a car go could bring down the plane, could put a hole in the wall of the plane according to court documents he was paged over the intercom system asking him to report to the security desk, soon after he was seen on security cameras
residue, explosive trace. right. i wonder how efficient that actually is. it worked this time. it works in the testing. you know, it was hidden. you know, the fuse was secreted in the lining of the suitcase. it is an indicator that mr. muffley allegedly knew that he wasn t supposed to be bringing that on an airplane, that the machinery found it. they had to evacuate part of the airport. they called ready garcia from the joint terrorism task force and the bomb technician. they went over the whole thing. then they had to take a look at who this guy is. andrew, what stands out to you from the items that were in this person s bag? well, you know, anderson, the first the use of the commercial fire interior essentially elements, the powder from a checial-grade firework reminds me immediately of the boston marathon bombing. you know, it is not a high explosive, like tatp, but it can be a very effective and lethal