insulated thermoses coming through security. the items are not banned, but may result in additional screening. meanwhile, in india fears of another mumbai terror strike. police say they re looking for four men who have entered the city to stage a holiday terror attack. in rome tourists and pilgrims are on alert now after a series of mail bombs there. italian anarchists are saying they did it. today italian police say they re ready as 50,000 christians are heading to st. peter s square to hear the pope s annual message. we begin with the latest travel blert nbc news analyst kevin coleman is with us and with flash point global partners. we re talking about these thermoses today. i wanted to show people what we re talking about. this is a thermos that has been sawed in half, and if you look inside, an insulated thermos has two layers. apparently officials are concerned that terrorists might try to stick explosives or of some kind inside the inner layer and sneak through security wit
security in rome is on alert after mumbai terrorists say they did it. their goal? to create headlines to say we are here and can strike however we want and whenever we want. italian police are ready as 50,000 christians head to st. paul s square to hear the pope s message. police are looking for four men who entered the city to stage a holiday terror attack. the men are believed to be the same members of the pakistani militant group behind the 2008 attack that killed 166 people in mumbai. here in the u.s. a holiday alert to travelers. the tsa is paying close attention to insulated therm ost thermoses. the items are not banned but will need additional screening. what s the big deal about the insulated containers? well, it is a great way to hold a liquid explosive. often an improvised explosive like we have seen al qaeda use