our ally. >> the united states is focusing big on yemen. the goal is to dismantle the islamic terrorist organization, al qaeda, in yemen. earlier this month, al qaeda in yemen sent explosives to the united states. they were inserted into printer cartridges, the explosives were destined for synagogues in chicago. thanks to a tip from saudi arabia they were intercepted in london and dubai. behind the tomorrow was anwar al-awlaki, the radical muslim cleric reveered by islamic terrorists. including u.s. born nidal hasan, psychiatrist who killed 13 comrades at fort hood, texas. al-awlaki was also an imam in falls church, virginia, at the time of the 9/11 attacks. he fled to yemen in 2006 where he is now specifically designated by president obama for assasination. the u.s. military is building several military bases in yemen and augmenting intelligence operatives, the yemeni government is hesitant about u.s. military operatives. across the sea is the republican of jabudi, the u.s. has 1500 troops stationed there. troopsin 2002 to track al qaeda o

the two packages left yemen by different routes. one was aboard a cargo flights that brought it first to germany and then to britain and east midlands airport where it was discovered. the second package began on passenger flights, it is now known. the issue of screening cargo is now under debate >> -- under debate. >> you have to have common sense. we have had these ludicrous measures. confiscating lipstick and bottles of water over 100 milliliters. note security whatsoever. >> what ever new measures are taken, the events of the last four days will have one certain consequence -- new measures to contain the threats posed by al- qaeda on the arabian peninsula. >> authorities in yemen say they are combating terrorism in the arabian peninsula. so what is al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula? our correspondent is the only western television correspondent in yemen and she sent this report. >> there was celebration after the release of a student who had been arrested in connection with the bomb plot. >> thank you for all who supported me an

today it emerged that yemen had been left out of the loop. >> this information had come through yemen earlier ron. -- earlier on. >> they have been fighting a robust counter-terrorism campaign for seven years. most of the success has been based on hard, painstaking, intelligence gathering. >> saudis are absolutely key in fighting al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they have done a great job of suppressing al-qaeda an arab country. they probably have more information than anyone does about what al-qaeda is doing in yemen today. they are critical. >> yemen, too, is it critical. the cia is seen operating unmanned drones. but this is a corrupt, poor country and there is little love for the yemeni government. frank gardner, bbc news. >> more of the main news for year. more briefly, the u.k. and france will sign new defense trees on it tuesday. the two countries are not likely to serve alongside each other and the same brigade. we're being told the level of cooperation plan is unprecedented. japan is protesting a visit by the russian president meet yet medvedyev -- dmitry medvedev. official

>> glor: tonight, dead or alive-- a judge in yemen orders the arrest of an american-born radical linked to al qaeda as new details about those mail bombs are released. i'm jeff glower. also tonight, the president pushes american products in india as a way to create jobs back home. designing for disaster-- how to build a house to make sure is withstands a hurricane. and zeniata, she could be the greatest female horse ever and today she ran her 20th and final race. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening. we begin with a seeshz of developments tonight in terror plots against the united states planned in yemen. interpol released photo and details of those mail bombs intended to ploa up cargo planes bound bound for the u.s. also, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is now claiming responsibility for a ups cargo plane that crashe crashed in dun september. and a yemeni judge ordered the arrest of a u.s.-born radical cleric, saying he should be taken by force, dead or alive. we begin with elizabeth palmer in london. >> this religion is abo

you said this clearly points to yemen. i mean this again is something we've been talking about a lot as yemen as a new source of international terror, what does this case tell us about that and what do you see as the next steps? >> well it's not exactly a new source. there are probably more al qaeda operatives in yemen then there are in afghanistan. perhaps afghanistan and pakistan put together. al qaeda has been changing its venue over the course of several years. the united states is on to that. the obama administration has been focusing since it came into office on yemen. and trying to work with the government there. the government there is anti-al qaeda, increasingly so. but the institutions there are weak. so the united states, the saudis, and others are trying to help the government in yemen increase its capability to fight al qaeda. that will take a while. >> brown: all right. richard clarke, rafi ron, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> lehrer: again, the other major developments of the day. candidates had a

i'm told that you'd think yemen's not... a pakistan-size country so you think it would be possible but by now to have located the cell leaders of al qaeda there and pinpointed them and gone after them, we certainly have a lot of resources focused on that. but it's tough. this is a tribal society in which people are easy to hide if there they're of convene y'all arab tribe. as one person said to me, we can find them but staying focused on them long enough to be able to take action has been very difficult. but i think we can look for an attempt to escalate this, to really go after these people over the next few weeks. >> rose: what about, mark, anwar al-awlaki? >> well, they september that any plot from yemen that involves an attack against the united states probably involves al-awlaki. al-awlaki is an american citizen he's a radical cleric who has, according to intelligence officials, taken on an increased level of prominence in the organization. he's certainly familiar with the united states. so so there's a belief that al-a

you said this clearly points to yemen. i mean this again is something we've been talking about a lot as yemen as a new source of international terror, what does this case tell us about that and what do you see as the next steps? >> well it's not exactly a new source. there are probably more al qaeda operatives in yemen then there are in afghanistan. perhaps afghanistan and pakistan put together. al qaeda has been changing its venue over the course of several years. the united states is on to that. the obama administration has been focusing since it came into office on yemen. and trying to work with the government there. the government there is anti-al qaeda, increasingly so. but the institutions there are weak. so the united states, the saudis, and others are trying to help the government in yemen increase its capability to fight al qae. that will take a while. >> brown: all right. richard clarke, rafi ron, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> lehrer: again, the other major developments of the day. candidates had a f

he knows that yemen has long been one of the poorest countries in the middle east. that is why the friends of yemen conference was held earlier this year, and one is organized for next february. will he update the house on the progress of the friends of yemen talks, and also the progress on the crucial international monetary fund plan for yemen to deliver much needed economic reform? >> what the right hon. gentleman says is absolutely right. as well as good intelligence sharing and tough anti-terrorism legislation, we must deal with the root causes, and there is now a worrying strain of al- qaeda terrorism coming out of the yemen. one of the problems is that we need to ensure that that is the priority for the yemeni government, who are also dealing with other problems in their country. the friends of yemen process, which the former prime minister did a great deal to establish, is up and running. it is working well. the british are co-chairs of it with the saudis, there was a meeting at the un general assembly, there will be further meetings, and the whole aim is to

by militants in yemen rumors of escalated u.s. force there are heating up according to the wall street journal support is growing within both the military and the obama administration to shift more control to the cia including putting in and leads hunter killer teams that can operate in secrecy now in their realm of logic this allows them to operate without the explicit blessing of the yemeni government and it would at the same time provide deniability to that same yemeni government whose population is reeling with anti-american sentiment but is expanding another shadow war really the best option or is this secretive and rather simplistic solution bound to make the situation even worse or discuss it with me is dr will lead far as senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies dr frist thank you so much for being here thank you now just tell me i feel like i'm having a little bit of deja vu because when i hear about us waging a secretive shadow war where the government gets to deny it while at the same time they're

has a temporary hold on cargo from yemen. while the fbi has already checked and cleared more than a dozen suspect packages mailed around the same time as the bombs, officials can't yet say if they completely shut down the plot. the bombs were powerful enough to bring down airplanes but it is still not known if they were designed to go off in the air or on the ground. increasingly the chicago synagogues may not have been the actual targets. bob orr, washington. >>> overnight the taliban attacked and have taken control of local government offices in eastern afghanistan. the government buildings were captured following what's described as an intense firefight. a taliban spokesman says all the police guarding the offices have been killed. >>> there's been a deadly attack at a church in baghdad. at least 39 people there were killed. the church was stormed sunday night. 120 people were taken hostage but they were later freed by iraqi forces. >>> indonesia's most powerful volcano erupted again this morning. the latest eruption saw m

germany wants to impose a ban cargo from yemen. we ask for an explanation on how german authorities are reacting. >> officials in geany are saying that there haseen a success with procedures in place because they say that german intelligence officials passed a warning to the authorities in britain who intercepted one of these packages from yemen. nevertheless, this event has triggered a number of responses. the government is bending cargo from yemen and some other countries, including cargo transiting through german airports. there are also calling on the freight companies to step up their inspections of cargo deliveries originating in yemen. they are also re-examining the city procedures they have in place. they plan perhaps to streamline the arrangements which are currently controlled by very stiffened authorities in germany and the government says it is difficult to get the right security procedures in place in coordination with the departments in europe and america. >> in an increase, a parcel bomb addressed to the mexican emba

friends of yemen is organized for this year. can he give us progress for the imf plan for yemen for the much- needed economic reform? >> as well as having good intelligence sharing and tough terrorism and legislation and place, as well as those things, we have to do with the root causes. there is a worrying strain of al qaeda strain coming out of -- of al qaeda coming out of yemen. we also must consider the yemeni government to have to deal with other problems in their country. the british are cochairs of the program with the saudis. there was a meeting of the u.n. general assembly. there will be further meetings. the aim is to pressurize and work with the yemeni government to do with the issues that affect the wider region and those that affect us, too. we will go as committed with our development budget to ensure that development is going to yemen so that a short-term issue of getting the yemeni government to concentrate on what matters and the longer term of economic development which badly needs to approvimprove. >> thank yo

in yemen, where they were posted to all packages now go through a rigorous screening. bbc are back correspondent reports now from the capital. >> this is from the capital of yemen and the center for -- parcel bombs were sent to the u.s. and were discovered by authorities before they could be detonated. now yemen has tightened its security measures, sending a package from here to anywhere in the world has become a lot more difficult. >> we immediately reinforced our measures, manually checking 100% of air freight parcells, and the american government has supplied us with six modern bomb detection scanners. >> we tried to get the reaction from freight companies hear about the new security checks, but all declined to speak to us, including ups and fedex, through which the parcel bombs were sent. those two companies are currently closed in yemen pending an investigation into the case. that this government post office, we watched a yemeni sent a package to the united states. security agents now take part in checking parcels. but not everyone here agrees with the tougher mea

inspectors to yemen. homeland security correspondent bob orr has the latest. >> reporter: this is the al qaeda terrorist who officials believe handcrafted the deadly cargo bombs bound for two chicago synagogues. he is a master bomb builder for al qaeda in the arabian pennsylvania and the architect of the failed underwear bomb attack on christmas day. asiri, shown here with his face partially covered, also built the body cavity bomb which his brother, the man on the left, used in a suicide attack against a saudi counterterrorism official. like the others, the cargo bomb, hidden in printers, were highly sophisticated, powerful, carefully wired and concealed-- all hallmarks of al qaeda's expertise. >> we are concerned about individuals in yemen who have very proficient bomb making capabilities who are very dangerous. so i do think there are a number of individuals who were responsible for putting this plot together. >> reporter: but the only suspect arrested so far has now been freed. a young woman, an engin

. >> several european countries, some bombs on route from yen in -- from yemen. germany is banning direct flights from yemen, and the netherlands has suspended cargo flights. meanwhile, there was the tipoff that led to the intersection of the bombs, and it came from a former al qaeda member. we have this report. >> the bomb plot, the latest near miss from al qaeda, has provoked an urgent security review. there were those on the cobra committee, and they converge to to figure at how to tighten security on air freight. >> we will review all aspects of their freight security and work with international partners to make sure that our defenses are as robust as possible. >> the home secretary also told parliament that a ban on unaccompanied it air freight also goes to somalia. there are also printer and toner cartridges. now, it needs to be better acquired. since august, the system has been used on cargo leading the u.s., but not leading british ones. those securities firms are welcoming the review. >> to have the same for cargo screening is the most important thing we

earlier today university students in yemen protested the woman's ahe rest. the 22-year-old is studying computer engineering. officials believe someone else stole her identity and used it to spend the packages. it means authorities no longer have anyone in custody in connection with the attempted terrorist attack. >> president obama's counterterrorism adviser says the u.s. is not taking any chances. officials are looking for more packages like the ones found on board cargo planes in the u.k. and dubai carrying explosives. u.s. officials are working to better understand the threat. >> we can't presume there are none other that are out there. what we're trying to do is work closely with our partners overseas to identify all packages that left yemen recently. >> the package is found on ups and fedex planes originated in yemen. they were being shipped to jewish synagogues in chicago. they work with overseas partners to identify all packages that left yemen recently. they want to block those packages from entering the u.s. the white powder they believe was the hig

intelligence officials tell abc news they feared al qaeda operatives in yemen were plotting to attack since mid-september when they detected what now appears to have been a dry run shipment. like the real bombs, the dry run packages were sent by air cargo from an airport in yemen to addresses in chicago. u.s. officials tell abc news the dry run packages were intercepted in transit in september following an intelligence tip that they contained religious books and literature and were sent by someone with ties to al qaeda. >> they wanted to follow the packages using the tracking system to know exactly when they got to a point, how long the timer had to be set for, so that the bomb would go off at the right point which presumably was over chicago. >> reporter: u.s. officials say while they feared the real thing was coming, it was not until late thursday that they had specific information based on a tip from saudi intelligence. the saudis were able to provide the fedex and u.p.s. tracking numbers of the bomb packages. >> it's not just important in this situation, that's critical. i don't k

the two packages were shipped from yemen and destined for the united states. the incident began on october 28. i got a call regarding specific credible intelligence as to exact packages that should be assessed. we worked through the night and over the next few days, staying in close contact with their colleagues throughout the u.s. intelligence -- u.s. intelligence law enforcement community. of course, the private sector. the first step, i immediately grounded all air cargo packages coming from yemen. we took additional steps in conjunction -- for example, would quickly identified and located all other u.s. bound packages from yemen that were in transit. we located and identified those packages. we provide additional focus on current threats. there were a team of security inspectors to work with the authorities to provide cargo screening gardens -- guidance, expertise, and detection equipment. i leveraged a previously planned speech that i had to the aviation securities will conference in frankfurt to -- and gave that speech, met with counterparts from europe.

the people of yemen are complaining that they did not create al qaeda. that all of them are getting blamed. which matters because their consent is needed for what happens next as one western the bomb that but did, we cannot just kill our way out of this -- one with certain -- western diplomat put it, we cannot just kill our way out of this crisis. >> oil leaking from three of the airbus engines, failing minutes into the flight from singapore to sydney last week. they will remain on the ground for at least another 72 hours. our chief economics correspondent. >> it may have been a technical problem, but it turned into a mid-air crisis after one engine exploded. forced to make an emergency landing in singapore. qantas reported oil leaks and other engines as well. leaving the entire fleet still grounded. >> the entire investigation has narrowed to the possibility of an oil leakage in the turbine area. investigations in other areas are continuing in order to allow other potential issues. >> you must come to the museum to be reminded of their iconic role. jet

that's our -- that's our best tool in yemen. >> in yemen, is there a g. that you could actually work with -- a government you could work with, unlike somalia? >> yes. >> do they the attitude to dealing with the aqab problem? >> this the case of a lot of cases, the president of yemen has a tribal and management -- management challenge that he has to deal with. i would say in terms of going after the paris, they have it. >> let me ask about iran. it seems likely there will be renewed conversations with the evan government in coming weeks. anything you see that that suggests that the path toward nuclear weapons capability is anything but straight and narrow for the iranian government. >> i personally believe they're still intent on acquiring nuclear weapons but also the information that we have is that -- that they have been surprised by the impact of the sanctions. this latest round, not just the -- the -- the last u.n. security council resolution but the actions taken by individual countries, using the u.n. security council resolution as a platform or as a

has now halted all shipments from yemen. germany and britain have suspended all direct passenger flights after investigators revealed one of the bombs flew aboard two passenger planes before it was discovered. british officials are holding emergency planning meetings this week, and they're looking at ways to crack down on air transport in the future. >> a package that started in yemen, that landed in germany, that landed in britain en route to america, it just shows how united and determined we have to be to defeat terrorism. >> reporter: the only person arrested in the terror plot, the 22-year-old student, has been freed. investigators say someone used her name to ship the cargo bombs to chicago synagogues. u.s. intelligence officials say the failed bomb attack show weaknesses remain main in our security systems and america's enemies are determined to find them. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> coming up, heroin, cocaine, we all know they're dangerous, but what is even more harmful in your own fridge? >>> plus, the gi

what next for yemen, after the air cargo bombs? the frustration of the people on the streets of the capital. a very warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america and elsewhere around the globe. my name is mike embly. the people in the united states will look to give major losses to the party of president obama, so what are his options now? and a new study about drugs to defeat the common cold. hello to you. there have been 12 explosions across baghdad, most of them in mainly shi'ite districts of the city. the number of casualties are still unclear -- most of them in mainly shia districts in the city. it is thought that the number of dead could be much higher. >> it was clearly a coordinated campaign, the russian bombs going off all over town in a short space of time. many of them were car bombs, with no particular target other than to cause as many casualties as possible. it came just hours after many of the victims from sunday's outrage at the catholic church were buried. it left this woman a widow.

at the end of october, two parcel bombs were sent in yemen to to addresses in the u.s. al qaeda claimed responsibility. one of the bombs was caught by security personnel in dubai. it was on board a passenger plane. the explosive had no smell and was hidden in a printer. >> we cannot presume there are none other that are out there. what we're trying to do now is work closely with our partners overseas to identify all packages that left yemen and to see whether or not there any suspicious packages out there that might contain these ids. >> the otr, passed through -- bomb passed through without anyone noticing what it was. a warning was only received once the parcel was in the air again. it was discovered in england. from midnight tonight, we will suspend the suspension of unaccompanied air freight not just from yemen but somalia. >> in november, there was a series of parcel bombs in athens and sent from there, the likely culprits left-wing extremists. the targets were international bodies and foreign heads of government. a bomb addressed to the german chancellor was ident

the king of saudi arabia, the president of yemen, this is their culture. this is their way they want to do business. we have to respect that. i can assure you that the u.s. government would prefer to be able to acknowledge publicly the extent of its cooperation with saudi arabia and yemen, but those governments don't want to. and so if mr. assange or dan ellsberg or mr. hastings want to go report on something happening in saudi arabia, let them do that. the united states government has to protect our own people. and one of the ways, not the only way, but one of the ways it does that is to make arrangements with foreign governments to act against terrorists. and mr. hastings seems to have a very casual view of all of this. and he's sure based on all the things that he knows in his life that none of this will make any difference. and i'm telling you, having actually served in government, having spent eight years in the state department, but also being a pretty big advocate for freedom of the press that sometimes secrets actually matter. and to draw a broad b

the plot map blamed on al qaeda, and a group which in yemen is struggling to contain. jeremy bowen is there and sends in this report from the capital. >> here the government is feeling the pressure from the outside world. police are making sure the career companies that allegedly were used to transport the bombs stay closed. restructions on air cargo don't help, according to a minister who unwittingly flew on the same planes as one of the bombs. >> so you are closing them, in exchange for goods and services and people coming in and coming to yemen to help, but you're also showing that these extremist elements that they have wong, they have achieved what they have wanted. they have isolated this country and strangled the government. >> the old town of sana are one of the jewels. people are quite well off here. but even here, you can get an idea of the poverty that can make al qaeda's ideology attractive. yemen has a whole lot of problems and as far as the president is concerned al qaeda is not the most serious. he faces an insurgency in the north, a separatist movement

yemen is a very complex society. it's got a history involving, you know, a former division of the country, you know, into north and south yemen. it does have a variety of conflicts that are going on inside u.s. borders. yemen is sovereign and has to deal whether he believed to be brought to resolve security. we have worked with yemen and we are satisfied that yemen is pain close attention to the threat posed by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. it's a threat to gamin in addition to being a threat to the united states and others. >> -underscore their cooperation, they have a history of apprehending people and then letting them go. is that resulted in your mind? or is that still an issue that needs work? and i'm thinking of people related to the bombing. >> again, let me go back to the issue of capacity. yemen has a limited governmental capacity and we have worked hard to improve its capabilities so that it can secure yemen for its own people as well as for others. there's no question as john brennan mentioned in his

british authorities found the bomb in a cargo bound from yemen. it was hidden from a printer cartridge. a similar bomb was intercepted in dubai. british home secretary theresa may said that the suspension of air cargo from yemen will be expandeded to somalia. she cited a possible link between an al qaeda offshoot in somalia and poor airport security in mowing deegadishmog. may said large printer cartridges will be banned from hand luggage and air cargo. the german government also announced the suspension of flights from yemen and large cargo flights. >>> voters in the u.s. will cast their ballots in the midterm elections on tuesday to decide whether the democratic party can retain its majority in congress. all 435 seats in the house of representatives and 37 seats, or about a third in the senate, are up for grabs. voting starts from the eastern state of vermont at 5:00 a.m. local time. the elections are seen as a test of confidence in president obama's administration. democratic candidates face an uphill battle as the u.s. economy remains sluggish

. >>> security forces in yemen released one woman suspected of killing two bombs. they are continuing to look for others behind the plot. as katherine brown reports, u.s. officials believe the bomb sent in the mail may have been designed to blow-up in mid-air. >>> counterterrorism officials say they are steadily unraveling the terror plot. they are not convinced they have it neutralized. >> we can't pro presume we have identified the packages. >> security teams found two packages, containing high levels of explosive. hidden inside printing cartilages. both packages were addressed and enroute to jewish synagogues in chicago. a spokesperson spokes person for cutter airway. and on sunday, security officials in yemen released a woman from custody who initially was suspected of mailing the packages. both the u.s. and great britain have banned all air freight including packages sent from ups and fedex. american is heading to yemen now. >> see if there is, is any methods. >> six members of the transportation security administration will make recommendation for increasing

now al-awlaki, believed to be hiding in yemen, is targeted by the u.s. for capture or assassination. >> the best-case scenario would be someone in the al-awlaki tribe itself turning over anwar al-awlaki a bullet with his name on it. >> reporter: now, it's notable in his latest tape al-awlaki used the same words bin laden used in 2001 in proclaiming death to america. al-awlaki views himself now as a new leader of al qaeda. katie? >> couric: bob, he may be on to something because it seems that africa and the arabian peninsula now represents the center of al qaeda. >> reporter: well, katie, there are twin trouble spots, if you will, in somalia and yemen, both with american-born terror operatives at the center but al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is the biggest threat and al- awlaki is right now the biggest u.s. target. yemeni officials have indicted him and pledge to get him but he remains at large. kate di? >> couric: thank you, bob. in india, president obama is wrapping up his visit tonight, the first of four nations on his ten-day asian trip. after stop

that's our -- that's our best tool in yemen. >> in yemen, is there a g. that you could actually work with -- a government you could work with, unlike somalia? >> yes. >> do they the attitude to dealing with the aqab problem? >> this the case of a lot of cases, the president of yemen has a tribal and management -- management challenge that he has to deal with. i would say in terms of going after the paris, they have it. >> let me ask about iran. it seems likely there will be renewed conversations with the evan government in coming weeks. anything you see that that suggests that the path toward nuclear weapons capability is anything but straight and narrow for the iranian government. >> i personally believe they're still intent on acquiring nuclear weapons but also the information that we have is that -- that they have been surprised by the impact of the sanctions. this latest round, not just the -- the -- the last u.n. security council resolution but the actions taken by individual countries, using the u.n. security council resolution as a platform or as a

postal service announced that it has stopped all shipments from yemen. that announcement follows a similar decision by fedex and ups on friday. but law enforcement sources tell abc news the threat extends beyond stopping shipments. abc news has learned the u.s. government is reviewing packages from yemen as far back as two weeks ago. some may already be here. >> we need to make sure we get to the bottom of this. understand who is behind it. and what else we might be facing. >> reporter: much of the cargo coming into the u.s. from overseas is not screened. and tonight, u.s. officials are deeply concerned that al qaeda is trying to exploit the weakness. >> about 90% of the cargo is not screened. at least not screened in a fashion where you can determine what's inside the containers. >> this is a warning al qaeda is obsessed with aviation. >> reporter: the u.s. is sending a team of transportation security administration offic l officials to yemen to review their cargo screening procedures. but the concern is not just reserved to cargo. this week, americans

>josé: el gobierno federal envió expertos a yemen para investigar el complot terrorista con el cual se pretendía atentar contra los estados unidos, isolda p. tiene los detalles. >>>isolda: la alerta máxima que terroristas puedan enviar más explosivos es dentro y fuera dlo de los estados unidos, no vamos a descartar que haya otro paquete en el sistema. el viernes pasado las autoridades británicas interceptaron dos paquetes conteniendo explosivos con nombres ficticios destinados a sinagogas en chicago. el servicio de inteligencia de arabia saudita se entregara y confesó ra los planes de al qaeda en yemen. >> no tiene que aterrizar en su estados unidos para cometer el delito, lo pueden hacer desde lejos y muy bien. >periodista: los paquetes enviados partieron desde yemen, pasaron por dubai e inglaterra en dónde fueron interceptados y uno de los paquetes estuvo a bordo de dos aviones de pasajeros. para los millones de pasajeros que andan en aviones, vivimos bajo amenaza pero no obstante, la vida continúa. >> si viaja tiene que tener confianza en la seguridad que hay. >> estamos más

has frozen all cargo shipped from yemen. the u.k. has extended that ban to somalia, another country al qaeda is believed to be using to plan attacks against the west. >> we will update the guidance given to airport security personnel, based on what we have learned, to enable them to identify similar packages in the future. >> reporter: in the wake of the plot, the white house is expected to soon announce a plan for increased cargo screening. one british aviation expert believes it's the second level of screening that is critical. >> it's that second level of screening with the current technology, that we need to put in place to identify carefully and cunningly concealed explosive devices. >> reporter: according to german security officials, the mail bombs intercepted last week traveled through their country and contained 300 to 400 grams of petn, enough to bring down the cargo planes they were carried on. the tsa has sent a team of experts to yemen to train screeners there to ensure all air cargo that leaves that country is safe. rob

that person leaked this story because this package is coming from yemen. it will not be long before they are caught. maybe they have already been caught and they are not showing the picture. >> another thing, when american media covers only one topic, their international coverage is reduced to terrorism, what they're doing, they are perpetuating terrorism. >> that is why i am asking is technology making the world a more dangerous place? there is a lot of publicity surrounding these attacks. is that encouraging? >> i would not call it technology. it is all media forms. a terrorist, by definition, is someone who wants to terrorize society. if one person out of millions of pakistanis want to set off a bomb, and they get all the coverage, that is what they are looking for. of course they are perpetuating terrorism. >> suppose one of those airplanes blew up with one of those packages. my question is, will it ever end? will all of this -- is terrorism just part of who we are now the days? do we cover it the right way it should be covered? >> it is a policy issue

-bound packages coming out of yemen. this morning on "the early show," it was said experts were sent to yemen. >> we've taken steps with the many authorities to have a team of tsa experts there at the airport of san'a to provide screening and training and expertise with additional equipment to ensure any packages that come out of yemen, once that ban is lifted, will be more secure. >> reporter: one more thing. at least one of the bombs apparently spent time on two passenger planes, meaning somehow twice it escaped detection. it that's true, a significant hold in the screening system which officials are scrambling to fix. >> one many are watching. thanks, bob orr in washington. >>> the final hours of campaign 2010. those polls point to big republican gains in tomorrow's election. republicans are expected to gain control of the house while democrats hope to hold off republicans in the senate. for president obama, yesterday was the final push. mr. obama's last campaign stop was in ohio where he tried to rally democratic sup

there may be on the part of the president of yemen. and i think that in the end we'll find out whether david's right, that he'll still allow the missile attacks or whether the u.s. government is right that maybe he won't and an attack won't happen. but in the end we're all better off for more knowledge. but i think people should realize that sometimes things really do need to be kept secret if you're going to run a railroad. >> meacham: right. internal tension. david, quickly, what can we look for in the next couple of days from the "times"? >> well, i think you'll see some interesting reporting on both the cooperation and intentions with pakistan not only nuclear issues but on counterterrorism issues. i think you'll read a fair bit more about yemen as the week comes to an end. i think you'll read some really interesting pieces about china and the google cyber attacks and other cyber attacks along the way. what the state department knew, didn't know, believes it knew. you'll read about weapons trade that runs between north korea, syria