that. the manifest is on the shipping box itself. so you can go back and find out what else was shipped from that location, be able to track all those other packages and that s how you go about it. you also get the evidence from that package. you could look and see where the bomb was made, what ingredients were in it. what forensics can you find to try to determine where that potential package was put together? that doesn t even include fingerprints or any type of fiber. so there is a tremendous amount of good, initial information that is available right now, investigators are globally trying to track down the other suspects. this is and on going, fluid investigation. i won t be surprised if there were arrests tonight or tomorrow in yemen or in surrounding countries based on this investigation. megyn: reportedly now the yemeni government is saying it is launching a full investigation. obviously the federal government hires involved from the fbi as well as the department of homeland sec
building in downtown san francisco. rick leventhal used the catch phrase which is an abundance of caution. san francisco police are giving us the same warning. they are going at this because they are using an abundance of caution. you may see this pop up. we are not saying it s not a legitimate threat, we are just saying that s the way they are approaching this now in downtown san francisco, as well as in baltimore. and i just want to kind of jump in on the reporting that has been going on so far, because scotland yard has now chimed in megyn with that plane that originated the ups plane that orange tphaeulted in yemen and that originated in yemen and that it stopped at the airport in the u.k. the midlands airport there. that plane was going onto philadelphia, and then chicago. we have just learned. it throws a new kind of twist into this, as far as the route of that ups plane. yemen to the u.k. to philadelphia, and then onto chicago. we ll keep you updated on what
have any passengers associated with any piece of luggage or cargo, you can just almost anonymously mail a particular item, it is put on the plane, flown over to america, it can explode there or it is being delivered to a particular address. it s a real loophole that needs to be addressed. megyn: i d love for you to stand by for a minute i want to get become to you in one moment. in the meantime i ve got to get back to congressman pete king who has been believed on breaking news we are just now getting, which is that al-qaida in the arabian pennsylvania is indeed as catherine herridge suggested moments ago at the top of the list of suspects in connection with this package scare. congressman, what have you heard? yes, clearly, which i couldn t say all this before, this is coming from yemen. there is a real concern here with yemen, al-qaida in the arabian pennsylvania was based in yemen. obviously the imam anwar al-awlaki is in yemen. he is number one on our list at theist. this is a re
arrived in philadelphia we understand from paris, rick and the other one was an outgoing flight from philly that has not been allowed to leave. reporter: that flight had originated in cologne, germany landed in philadelphia, was set to take off again and they held it on the ground. megyn: other than the situation we know it in portland, maine which may have nothing to do with this. the situation i just reported in baltimore which may have nothing to do with this, and obviously they are looking at packages now in dubai and in london. reporter: right, not just ups but fedex packages as well. the situation in baltimore may be related in the sense that it may be a package that originated in yemen, made its way to the u.s. and now they are looking very closely at it. megyn: they are all under suspicion right now. i want to tell our viewers again we brought you this headline a couple of minutes ago, i want to reiterate that fedex says it has now epl barring goad all shipments from london
aggressive than their brothers in pakistan or afghanistan. a government official telling our own catherine herridge that, quote, no doubt they are a mortal threat, and we cannot afford to ignore people working to attack us. the best-known people working to attack us according to government officials, the u.s. born radical cleric, anwar al-awlaki is in yemen, we have been tracking him there as well as the u.s. and he was part of recent attacks including the failed times square bombing and the christmas day plane bombing and the deadly fort hood shootings, gregg. gregg: what kind of terror activity is going on in yemen. reporter: there is a two-way activity, between the government and terrorists and we can confirm the u.s. is in fact, right now, actively involved in training up those anti-terror government forces, in yemen, and supplying yemen with intelligence, coordination, and even involved in some drone and cruise missile attacks, unilateral stuff and reports now