23 minutes after the top of the hour. a couple of quick headlines for you. the tsa just fast tracked a plan to speed up airport security. the precheck program which lets preapproved travelers go through faster lines will be expanded to 35 of the nation s biggest airports by the end of this year. and female soldiers now one step closer to fighting on the front lines. today, pentagon will announce new combat rules for women. they re getting increased support roles at the battalion level but they won t be able to serve in infantry, armored and special ops forces. guys? on may 1, 2010, dwayne jackson was doing his job as a street vendor two blocks from where we are right now over at times square. that s when he and another vendor noticed the smoking nissan pathfinder parked on the street and alerted cops.
ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it was. people on edge, same as it was. and not just because of the anniversary. the breaking news tonight, new developments in the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti has been working her sources. she joins us now so does fran townsend former homeland security advisor for george w. bush. on the phone, analyst peter berg again. last night we thought at least one person was a u.s. citizen of the three. now we re hearing two, fran. that s right. which adds to the amount of information we have on that. but the question is, how much more do we know? not that much. what we are hearing a
new terror plot from down at one of the busiest construction site on earth. if that s all it were, a construction site, it would be remarkable. it s much more than that. along with a new transportation hub and two enormous skyscrapers up behind me, there s a remarkable memorial, the 2,606 people killed here almost ten years ago. and ten years later, all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echos of that terrible day. police and troops and the assault rifles and the train stations, the same as it was. check points and roadblocks pulling over trucks and vans and the anniversary to breaking news tonight. new developments of the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti working her sources. she joins us now. and a volunteer for george w. bush, and national security analyst, peter bergen. last night we thought it was just one person was a u.s. citizen, now we re hearing two.
news on an if you terror plot down at one of the busiest construction sites on earth. if that s all it were a construction site it would still be remarkable. we all know it is much more than that. along with a new transportation hub and two enormous skyscrapers going up behind me there s also a memorial to the 2,206 people killed here almost ten years ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it was. people on edge, same as it was. and not just because of the anniversary. the breaking news tonight, new developments in the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti has been working her sources. she joins us now so does fran townsend
we all know it is much more than that. along with a new transportation hub and two enormous skyscrapers going up behind me there s also a memorial to the 2,206 people killed here almost ten years ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it was. people on edge, same as it was. and not just because of the anniversary. the breaking news tonight, new developments in the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti has been working her sources. she joins us now so does fran townsend former homeland security advisor for george w. bush. on the phone, analyst peter berg again. last night we thought at least one person was a u.s. citizen of