once that happened, then they re able to quickly move to the point where through additional phone number checking and between pakistan and here, ultimately led them to shahzad and that s why he s in custody today. and how did we stop him from flying away? how did we catch him on the plane? who gets responsibility for catching him? the last line of defense there was the department of homeland security. it was the customs and border police. they were the ones that picked him up. i think there s going to be some discussion about how did he get from the fbi monitoring him, surveying him, to the point where he ultimately got on the plane. there may have been a disconnect there at some point. but i frankly think some of the discussion we ve heard now about how if he got on the emirates plane he would have gotten away, is overblown. that s a flight i have taken a lot. it s a 13-hour nonstop, it could have either been directed to jfk. it could have been diverted to london, other
i assume. yeah. obviously they can t differentiate among the 99% that want to become americans and the small element is are misfits, open to recruitment. but when it comes to airplanes, people aren t going to be so discriminating. they re going to want to know who s going to be getting on that airplane. tyler drumheller, every time we have you on i know it s not for a good reason. and thank you, bob, same with you, we have you guys on when we have trouble. all you have to do is watch the screen on msnbc. because we see your faces. gentlemen, it s great to have your expertise. more on this story tonight as we go along with hardball tonight. the story, they caught the bad guy at the airport just as he was getting on a plane to the emirates. good police work. up next, how much does florida s republican parties did like republican charlie crist? check out the sideshow, they really don t like this show.
that it s not, it s not a majority, but it s bob knows more about this, about that part of the world than i do. bob, the problem is not really so much people who have a lot of contact with people from the middle east or south asia, like i do. it s people who don t meet anybody. so they make the generalization, i assume. yeah. obviously they can t differentiate among the 99% that want to become americans and the small element is are misfits, open to recruitment. it s a situation that tarks a little bit of thought. but when it comes to airplanes, people aren t going to be so discriminating. they re going to want to know who s going to be getting on that airplane. if we have another problem like christmas. tyler drumheller, every time we have you on i know it s not for a good reason. and it s usually not a good reason. it s not exactly like christmas eve around here. and thank you, bob, same with you, we have you guys on when we have trouble. all you have to do is watch the screen o
phone number checking and between pakistan and here, ultimately led them to shahzad and that s why he s in custody today. and how did we stop him from flying away? how did we catch him on the plane? who gets responsibility for catching him? the last line of defense there was the department of homeland security. it was the customs and border police. they were the ones that picked him up. i think there s going to be some discussion about how did he get from the fbi monitoring him, surveying him, to the point where he ultimately got on the plane. there may have been a disconnect there at some point. but i frankly think some of the discussion we ve heard now about how if he got on the emirates plain, he would have gotten away, is overblown. that s a flight i have taken a lot. it s a 13-hour nonstop, it could have either been directed to jfk. it could have been diverted to london, other friendly airports. or if it ended up dubai, our level of cooperation with the dubai police
there was the department of homeland security. it was the customs and border police this he were the ones that picked him up. i think there s going to be some discussion about how did he get from the fbi monitoring him, surveying him, to the point where he ultimately got on the plane. there may have been a disconnect there at some point. but i frankly think some of the discussion we ve heard now about how if he got on the emirates plain, he would have gotten away, is overblown. that s a 13-hour nonstop, it either could have been redirected back to jfk. it could have been diverted to london, other friendly airports. or if it ended up dubai, our level of cooperation with the dubai police is strong enough, we could have taken him there. why wasn t he on the watch list that was looked at by the emirates airliner? why didn t they catch him when his name showed up on the schedule, when he had a reservation? the minute he got a reservation, why didn t they catch him? there s two