the advisory we issued is one that is the type that we routinely issue in response to the latest intelligence. as you know, concerns about shoe bombs have been out there for years. every once in a while we update our advisories, we modify procedures so we remain vigilant. u.s. officials confirm there are a small number of american citizens in yemen with al qaeda with american passports. they could readily re-enter the u.s. officials will tell you problem number one is the master bomb maker. he knows how to make bombings and trained other people to do the same. problem number two now, there s growing intelligence that al qaeda, including al qaeda in yemen operatives are already inside syria, and they re recruiting americans and westerners in syria to fight on
now to the latest in venezuela, where protesters and security forces are clashing once again. the death toll in more than a week of demonstrations there has now reached six. a supporter of the president, nicolas maduro, was apparently shot during a protest. the opposition leader, leopoldo lopez, is jailed, but murder charges against him have been dropped now. the government accuses lopez of inciting the violence. this morning we re finding out new details about what was behind a government warning over possible shoe bombs on planes. u.s. officials tell cnn the threat is credible and is linked to al qaeda s branch in yemen, specifically a master bombmaker there who s tried to strike the u.s. before. was responsible for several of the attempts on u.s. aviation in the last few years. he s ingenious at making bombs. he s constantly trying to come up with new ways to get past airport security. so, if al qaeda groups are, indeed, trying to develop a new
master bombmaker still at large. baltimore ravens running back ray rice grabbing his unconscious fiance out of an elevator. what was it like inside that jury deliberation room? it was wild. we begin with extreme weather because it is back. severe storms threatening millions along the east coast this morning. as many as eight tornados touching down in central illinois. three inches of rain on top of melting snow. luckily, no one hurt. look at this lightning strike shaking up music city overnight. one inch hail taking down ploins throughout the state. look at that. as many as 20 vehicles were
your screen right now. the master bombmaker for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he s the man officials say designed the underwear bomb that failed to deadinate a detroit bound flight on christmas day in 2009. also made the printer cartridge bo bombs the next year. the new warning is related to recent intelligence gathered believe to be tied, our understanding these bombmakers end up with a fingerprint. things they do in designing these bombs that trace to a specific individual. our chief national correspondent jim sciutto is in washington tonight. jim, what more do you know about this warning and about this situation? is the official said the threat is related to al qaeda. whether to al qaeda core and
actionable intelligence to actually arrest somebody, but that s often the case. you never get the full report. you know, that leads immediately to an arrest. i mean, this guy, the suspect is a master bombmaker, at least intelligence officials tell us, ibrahim al asiri. 30-year-old college dropout but incredibly sophisticated in terms of making bombs. how dangerous is he? i mean, the fact that we know his name and this is the second time in a few months that his name has come up in particular relating to threats of bombs on airplanes? certain technology they re worried about that went down to yemen and he picked up developed by the politicians in the 70s. it is the ability to hide explosives and use specialized detonators that can get through security and i can tell you even though it s from the 70s? it was a couple engineers that built these things and it wasn t widely defused, but it