everyone, it s 10:00 here on the east coast. they have foiled a terrorist plot to blow up an airliner, they re not saying where, oar when it happened. here s what we know, according to the fbi an improvised explosive device was seized and fbi officials are investigating it. it s a nonmetallic explosive similar to the one the underwear bomber used in his failed attempt in 2009. similar but not the same. the plot has the hallmarks of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and president obama was briefed about the threat in april. chairman of the homeland security committee has been detaild briefed on the details and joins us on the phone. i ve just discussed this. it s a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on an american bound airline. it never made it to the airline, it s right now, as you said, being tested and analyzed by the fbi. a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this would affect the security in our airports. this is an ongoing operati