set-up inside the captain s house. they re now looking at data from a laptop connected to the simulator to see if it was used as a practice dry run in the plane s disappearance. background checks, the rest of the crew and passengers are being reviewed at this hour. meanwhile, 26 countries are now helping in the search for the plane. they re look as far north as central asia, south as the indian ocean. meanwhile, washington, d.c. is involved and that s where we join up right now with bret baier. he s in our nation s capitol and wearing a green tie. good morning to you. good morning. how about this story out today that apparently in the trial of osama bin laden s son-in-law, there was an informant, al-qaeda informant from great britain who said yeah, when i was in a terror camp years ago, we had this plan where i would give a shoe bomb to four or five malaysian guys and they ll blow open the door and take over an airplane. yeah. testimony in that court hearing