take three to four years. passengers after cruise ship hit by massive wave in the mediterranean describe a terrifying ordeal. three-story walls of water broke windows in the ship s restaurant and flooded passenger cabins killing two people. captain sully sullenberger, the pilot who made a landing on the hudson is retiring after 30 years in the airways. someone reminded knme yestery there was also some hero air traffic controllers that day. a reminder of what the air traffic controller pressure is. and how an emergency can happen at any time. excellent point as well. that democratic nominee for the senate seat once held by barack obama went on damage control media tour yesterday. the big news dump that his family-owned bank was likely going to fail in the next two months. he s clearly trying to get out
mcmaster starts speaking. the washington post reporter that broke the story will be with me in a moment. i want to go to the pentagon for the response. barbara starr is there. do we at this time no what is it that the president revealed? well according to the washington post, and i ll leave tight the reporter you have to explain further, some of this had to do with intelligence that perhaps led to the ban on laptops onboard passenger cabins in airplanes. it s quite interesting that that statement referenced aviation. you could talk about that with the russians certainly. nobody wants to see russian passenger liners crash due to some intelligence threat they may not be aware of. but the post article clearly suggesting that the president shared some of the most sensitive intelligence information about this and that that information came from another country. and that is a key problem. when you get intelligence from another country, you can t share
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 terrorists are targeting aviation and we re trying to undermine their attacks. reporter: officials have told cnn there was credible and specific intelligence that isis would try to attack aviation assets and a hint from a top u.s. commander about why the accelerated effort on the ground in syria against the group. there s an imperative to get isolation in place around
some airports in the middle east and africa. you see them right there. from bringing large electronic devices onto planes. more now from our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. reporter: 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 airports. demanding instead that they be stored in checked luggage. elevated intelligence we re
about the threats against aviation that they are seeing, not just from isis, but also al qaeda and 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