still unclear if it was a misunderstanding or a dry run for a terrorist attack. these are the men in question, al soofi and al murisi. both natives of yemen, both picked up in amsterdam monday after a flight from chicago. security officials these found items in al soofi s luggage. watches, cell phones taped together and waches taped to a bottle of pepto-bismol. they also found $7,000 in cash. anytime anybody s got a whole bunch of cell phones taped to bottles and triggering devices like digital watches, that sounds per se like something you d want to know about. reporter: but al soofi was allowed to continue his trip despite what appeared to be mock explosive devices. he was supposed to fly from alabama to chicago to dulles airport in virginia and then to amsterdam, but changed his planes. after 9/11 that s rule number one, that passengers and luggage goes together. reporter: no suspicious items were found in al murisi s lug ghanlg, but he also changed his flight plan
similar. there is still a possibility it could be two people involved. there is also the possibility that two different witnesses under extreme stress and darkness are going to come up with different descriptions. reporter: around the germantown neighborhood, the new sketch is something else to watch for. no, i haven t seen them around. reporter: pam is doing everything she can to stay safe. she gets home before gashing and doesn t go anywhere alone and calls first before going her apartment. somebody s sick to do it in the first place but to elderly women who can t defend themselves, it seems like that is his target. they re older and taken by surprise and not able to fight back. reporter: sketches are not perfect. it s a likeness but someone out there is looking closely might recognize him. and investigators are looking at every lead possible, including whether the suspect lives in that neighborhood or perhaps works with the elderly. and you mentioned what t
that massive egg recall. michigan is the latest to deal with the salmonella outbreak. the company at the center of the recall, wright county egg is scheduled to speak about the problem sometime today along with the centers for disease control. so far, about half a billion eggs have been recalled from wright county egg and hillendale farms. those are your headlines. mayor bloomberg had a major event at gracie mansion, a place he chooses not to appear at but steve, this wasn t a time when the mayor would back off in addressing the mostly muslim audience on this ramadan marking ramadan. it was a time for him to dig in. yeah and while the president of the united states while the white house said yesterday that the president is not going to comment anymore on the mosque thing because it s didn t go well the first time. lost leader for the president, bloomberg essentially settled down. he had daisy khan, the wife of the imam and he hadd the developer there. he was very clear. d
overall. sure. and overall, we got a lot of good coverage for you today. just sit back, relax and enjoy the show. we got some headlines for you as you sit down for your breakfast, let s talk about eggs. all right, the f.d.a. investigators have just arrived at two farms in ohio. they are tied directly to the recall of 550 million eggs because of possible salmonella but the government does not expect the recall to expand beyond hillendale farms and wright county egg. right now, any legal action is still up in the air. new food safety regulations went into effect last month after eggs hit store shelves. former president jimmy carter is heading to north korea to help secure the release of the american prisoner. the prisoner, hope i said that correctly, is sentenced to eight years hard labor for entering north korea illegally. this is not the first time they have wanted an american president in exchange for prisoner. you might remember that bill
we ll begin with a developing story on the tracks. all marc amtrak trains are stopped because of a power failure. all pen line service is suspended. sky fox is live over the line this morning. metro will honor marc train tickets. we have more on this as it comes in. and now to today s top story. a frightening attack in germantown. police say somebody physically assaulted and rape a resident at the churchill senior living center. stacy cohan has been following this story for us. stacy, good morning to you. reporter: well, good morning. and we just talked to a montgomery county police. there have been two similar attacks in the past three months and because some of the details are the same, they are considering the possibility that they are related now both attacks took place in the middle of the night. the one on saturday was at 4:15 a.m. when the 86-year-old woman was assaulted at the churchill senior living center. it is believed that the suspect gained access throug