happy memorial day weekend. it is my privilege and i want to thank all the families who have lost family members in saving our country and in saving the world. absolutely. thanks again. right now, want to fill you in on some news that s coming in to us. laptops, e tablets, ipads are all banned right now in passenger cabins on some flights entering the u.s. but those restrictions may be expanding. this busy holiday travel weekend. this morning, homeland security secretary john kelly was asked whether he s considering expanding the electronics ban to all international flights, both in to and out of the u.s. and here is how he responded. are you going to ban laptops from the cabin on all international flights, both into and out of the u.s.? i might. that s a quick answer. yeah. well, expand a little bit. well, there s a real threat. there s newspaper russ threats against aviation. that s really the thing that
correspondent barbara starr with the details for us. u.s. officials have grown increasingly concerned about the threats against aviation that they are seeing, not just from isis but also al qaeda in syria and al qaeda in yemen. u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies believe that isis and other terror groups have developed innovative ways to plant explosives in electronic devices that can fool airport security screening. the concern is heightened because there is u.s. intelligence suggesting that terrorists have obtained sophisticated airport security equipment to test how well the bombs are concealed. cnn has learned this new intelligence was a significant part of the decision earlier this month to ban laptops, tablets and other electronic devices from the passenger cabins of planes flying directly to the united states from ten middle eastern and north african
from the mideast and africa. barbara starr has more. reporter: u.s. officials have gron increasingly concerned about the threats against aviation that they are seeing not just from isis but also al qaeda in syria and al qaeda in yemen. u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies believe that isis and other terror groups have developed innovative ways to plant explosives in electronic devices that can fool airport security screening. the concern is heightened because there is u.s. intelligence suggesting that terrorists have obtained sophisticated airport security equipment to test how well the bombs are concealed. cnn has learned this new intelligence was a significant part of the decision earlier this month to ban laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices from the passenger cabins of planes flying directly
and al qaeda in yemen. u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies believe that isis and other terror groups have developed innovative ways to planned devices to fool airport screening. the concern is heightened because it s suggested terrorists have obtained sophisticated airport equipment to test how well the bombs are concealed. cnn learned this new intelligence was a significant part of the decision earlier this month to ban laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices from the passenger cabins of planes flying directly to the united states from ten middle eastern and northern african airports. demanding they be stored in checked luggage. elevated intelligence shows terrorist groups are targeting commercial ages and aggressive in pursuing innovative methods
but al qaeda. all leading to questions about whether this ban on electronics goes far enough. the intelligence comes among heightened concerns that isis and al qaeda-affiliated terror groups have perfected their ability to hide bombs in electronic devices. cnn has learned this new intelligence was a significant part of the decision earlier this month to ban laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices from the passenger cabins or planes flying directly to the united states from ten middle eastern and north african airports. demonstrateding instead that they be stored in checked luggage. elevated intelligence that we re aware of indicates a that terrorists are aggressive in pursuing innovative methods for carrying out their attacks.