and explosives. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, got a special inside look. anywhere? yeah, just get the paper lit real good. that s me, lighting the fire. fire forensics. on the bottom, everything starting to off-gas and catch on fire. one of the specialties of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. this was the only fire laboratory of its kind in the world that does forensics type of evaluation. we toured the atf s maryland facility. where they have a tank for firing bullets. and the water doesn t leave any marks on the bullets. so it stays pristine. very csi. absolutely. a range to test guns used in crimes. it has 13 rounds and they re asking whether it did continuously fire and not jam. and lots of labs. a digital bullet lab to match
recognition device. dozens of law enforcement agencies nationwide are about to start using this thing as early as september. the device is attached to iphones allowing officers to take pictures of people s faces, even scan their irises and then check for be matches in a criminal database. jamie colby is in our new york city newsroom with a look at it. reporter: hey, jon. this is very cool stuff, very csi. it s called morris, it s a hand held biometric device, and it can recognize people based on their eyes, their face, even their fingerprints. it connects to a smartphone, and that allows an officer to snap a picture of someone s face from up to five feet away or scan an iris from up to 6 inches away, and then they can do an immediate search of a database. the database actually growing for about four years now, and it s been installed in 48 states. the handheld system costs
we re talking about a new facial recognition device. dozens of law enforcement agencies nationwide are about to start using this thing as early as september. the device is attached to iphones allowing officers to take pictures of people s faces, even scan their irises and then check for be matches in a criminal database. jamie colby is in our new york city newsroom with a look at it. reporter: hey, jon. this is very cool stuff, very csi. it s called morris, it s a hand held biometric device, and it can recognize people based on their eyes, their face, even their fingerprints. it connects to a smartphone, and that allows an officer to snap a picture of someone s face from up to five feet away or scan an iris from up to 6 inches away, and then they can do an immediate search of a database. the database actually growing for about four years now, and it s been installed in 48 states. the handheld system costs