The world. 14 countries in all, in fact. But more than half of them are from china, and at least three are americans. U. S. Intelligence officials are following reports about the two passengers who may have been traveling on stolen passports. They tell cnn, were aware of the reporting on the two lost or stolen passports. No nexus to terrorism yet, were still tracking that intelligence source. We have correspondents and analysis covering this story from all angles. Cnn analyst tom fuentes in washington and Andrew Stevens in beijing. Lets begin with tom. How are we going to find out the identities of these people who may have been indeed traveling on stolen passports . Again that could be a slow process, but the first thing theyll do is going back over the videos of when they checked in, and see if theres video coverage of that at the ticket counter in the malaysian airport. See that would be, you know, probably the first clue to try on that. I should add something to my earlier reportin
Several miles of oil slicks have been spotted on the gulf of thailand on the general flight path that jet was on before it disappeared. And something unusual has officials concerned. Two people whose names were on the passenger manifest were not on the plane at all. They say their passports were stolen months or years ago. That means two people were on the plane with passports not issued to them. While we wait for word from the airline, we want to talk about this stolen passport concern. For that we have tom fuentes, a former assistant director at the fbi. Also mary skyler, with specific experience on these kinds of incidents. Tom, i want to talk to both of you to get a sense of how important this detail is. I want to read a quote i got this morning. The intel official said, were aware of the reporting on the two lost, stolen passports. No nexus to terrorism yet, but thats by no means definitive. Tom, with your experience, two paerng passengers on that plane with stolen passports. So t
When you beat up that sports car. Me and little boys across america. I thought for sure i was going to get to play with that. Ill bring you the wheel. Thank you very much, rachel. Tonight, as israel continues to attack hamas, the israeli media decided to attack john kerry. Secretary of state kerry is feeling the heat. A ferocious attack. Times of israel published an oped. Obama and kerry, it says, are playing with fire. This is not about me. Secretary of state john kerrys efforts reflected a palestinian position. Its the fact that hes suggesting a ceasefire. Come on, get real. One columnist who alleged the secretary ruined everything. Weve been displayed by some press reports. A strategic terrorist attack. Im not going to worry about personal attacks. Opposition and criticism. This is reflected by the main stream israeli point of view. Israel needs america. Clearly, theres not a lot of trust in this relationship. Such an open, hostile relationship doesnt serve anybody. Joining us from
This is not about me. Secretary of state john kerrys efforts reflected a palestinian position. Its the fact that hes suggesting a ceasefire. Come on, get real. One columnist who alleged the secretary ruined everything. Weve been displayed by some press reports. A strategic terrorist attack. Im not going to worry about personal attacks. Opposition and criticism. This is reflected by the main stream israeli point of view. Israel needs america. Clearly, theres not a lot of trust in this relationship. Such an open, hostile relationship doesnt serve anybody. Joining us from gaza with the latest developments on the ground, ayman. Reporter for the First Time Since this conflict began, hamas has released a video that they say shows its fighters carrying out an attack inside israel at an Israeli Military post, just on the other side of the border. According to this footage that was released in gaza on the local hamas affiliated satellite station, it shows palestinian fighters crossing those tun
Isil. As commanderinchief, my highest priority is the security of the American People. Over the last years we consistently took the fight to terrorists who threatened our country. We took out Osama Bin Laden and much of al qaedas leadership in afghanistan and pakistan. We recently eliminated the Top Commander of its affiliate in somalia. Weve done so while bringing more than 140,000 american troops home from iraq and drawing down our forces in afghanistan, where our combat mission will end later this year. Thanks to our military and counterterrorism professionals, america is safer. Still, we continue to face a terrorist threat. We cant erase every trace of evil from the world and small groups of killers have the capacity to do great harm. That was the case before 9 11 and that remains true today. And that is why we must remain vigilant as threats emerge. At this moment, the greatest threats come from the middle east and north africa where these radical groups exploit for their own gain