a threat anymore. u.s. counterterrorism official says the explosive device is similar to the one that was used by the so-called underwear bomber back on christmas day of 2009. only this time, more sophisticated and harder to detect. barbara starr is live at the pentagon this morning. what do we know about the bomb itself and about how this all unfolded? well, very little detail being made public at this point, ashleigh because officials say operations intelligence operations are still ongoing. clearly, pointing to the fact they still feel there are elements of whatever this organization is that was behind this throughout. and they believe it is al qaeda in yemen known as aqap. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. as for the bomb itself, all the indications are that it was very similar. as you said, to devices used by aqap in both the christmas day underwear bomber and another plot after that to put bombs inside printer cartridges and put them on aircraft bound for the united
it s impossible to imagine coming into the convention in a distant third place in delegates and without the momentum that comes with winning states somehow the delegates are going to pick newt gingrich when they didn t pick him in the elections of each states going on. it s a pipe dream. gregg: i guess his campaign is hurting. if you want a picture with newt gingrich, you have to pay $50. he is charging people to take a picture with him on the trail. you heard of the bridge to nowhere. this is the campaign to nowhere at this point. he is in the race but i think he is enjoying campaigning. gregg: all right. jamie, thank you. firefighters are racing against mother nature to contain a wildfire southwest of denver. 25 homes have been destroyed and hundreds of families forced to evacuate. rising temperatures threaten to
neil: the jetblue captain has been formally charged with interfering with the crew and we do not know the penalty that comes with something like that. he has been formally charged. first we suspect many to come and we will keep you posted. not giving up, newt gingrich says he is cutting down, not ending the campaign, enough to stay in the race, to the conference, in tampa. we are wondering whether this is. the kind of unspeakable stuff they did not want to hear from the speaker, the republicans. guest: well, you have heard of the bridge to nowhere and this is the campaign to nowhere. newt gingrich has been out of the election process to win the nomination since losses in
if prosecutors prove they want to prosecute him criminally he knew customer money was used to plug a whole at thole at the co. there s a memo he gave instructions to move money to cover a $2 million hole for jp morgan. if you own a bmw you need to listen up. 1.3 million bmw s, the largest recall in years 5 and 6 series model years 2003 to 2010 recalled because of an issue with the battery cable cover inside of the trunk. no accidents thus far. this is precautionary. you will get a letter in the mail it takes 30 minutes to fix. 1.3 vehicles is the total sales volume for bmw. thanks so much, lauren. time right now is 18 after the hour. forget about the bridge to nowhere. now there s a train to nowhere
neil: are taxpayers about to bite the bullet? you heard of the bridge to nowhere and critics cause the bullet train to morning and the project that is close to getting $4.9 billion loan from washington, the destination is las vegas going from california. as for where the train originates, though, right here. in the desert, 100 miles from los angeles. and my guest calls this plan laughable. it looks like, tom, that much ado about nothing because the site of where to train could bepart is a good hour away from los angeles, right? so you would have to drive to this site where most of a lot of, you know, las vegas bound californians originate, not all, but host. what is the point? guest: well, from a business point of view, it makes though sense at all.