and being investigated by the fbi. and joining us former white house security advisor, fran, what do you make of this? caller: the first thing they re trying to figure out, is this person crazy? in other words, somebody had a mental breakdown and caused a disturbance on the flight. the concerning factor of the shoes on fire, reminiscent of richard reid, i guess that was 2002. was this an attempted terrorist attack bilike the christmas day attempt or was this a mentally disturbed person? i m sure that s what they re sorting through now. interesting they have the fbi there and tsa. one of the other questions i have is what does the national counter-terrorism center know about this individual? some preliminary reports suggested it was a diplomat. i guess we have to wait and see
unfortunate remark about possibly having a shoe bomb. and that is what led to this incredible series of event this is afternoon as they try to figure out what s going on. i can tell you, having travelled with the federal air marshalls one time, one thing they take their eye on is what s going on with the restrooms, because there s always fear someone could hide something in there. there s concerns something could be assembled in a restroom. they monitor quite carefully the traffic in and out, and how long someone lingers when they re there. anderson. it s an indication of at least on this flight, that there were air marshalls assigned that the program is in place, and in this case, at least, they were on the front line right there. absolutely, anderson. and furthermore, there s an indication the plane was clearly communicating back to the tower
of that, met by law enforcement. the flight s crew asked for law enforcement to meet the plane, there was a disturbance on the plane, no one on board was injured, to the best off the spokesperson s knowledge. they had no details on the nature of the incident, a boeing 757, 157 passengers on board, six crew, the flight leaving from reagan national to denver. one source saying airport operations have not been affected. met by the tsa. we will bring you any updates as warranted and probably have a few more updates later in this hour. stay tuned for that. also tonight, new developments to make the upper big branch coal mine safe enough for rescuers to locate four miners who might still be alive although hope is slim. that new tiger woods ad involving tiger woods and his late father. i want to find out what your
greta: more on this disturbance on the plane a flight from washington to actually we are going to give you the information now. more breaking news into fox about that flight, united airlines flight from washington to denver. tsa is monitoring this incident onboard the united airlines flight. after receiving initial reports that a air marshal responded to a passenger possibly causing a disturbance onboard. united does confirm this incident. saying it was involving a passenger. united airlines says the crew asked that law enforcement officers meet the aircraft upon landing at denver. fox has confirmed the man is in custody. is a diplomat in an embassy in washington. we are told it does not appear an explosive substance or device was involved. our source does tell fox the suspect may have tried to light his shoes or something else in an attempt to cover-up
i do. i make no defense of slavery. but we live in 2010, we don t live in 1860, where slavery was a world-wide institution. it s a completely different place now. and it was wrong then. and the governor s statement, he even said we need to recognize the times people lived in. i m sorry, sir, i reject evil then and i reject it now. we have to leave it there. we appreciate your perspective being on the program with us and roland martin as well. thank you. interesting discussion there. breaking news, i want to show you denver international airport on the ground, united flight 663. we re being very preliminary, being careful not to get ahead of the facts. there was a disturbance aboard the flight from d.c. to denver. someone tried to light their shoes on fire.