Jan 08 Watch Nigerian Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Airline Plot Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of attempting to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas, entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment in Federal court Friday. Ray Suarez discusses the arraignment with Paul Egan of… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch News Wrap: Grand Jury Indicts Amdulmutallab for Airline Plot In other news, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was charged in his failed plot to blow up Flight 253 on Christmas, and U.S. drone attacks struck twice Wednesday in an al-Qaida stronghold in Pakistan, according to reports. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch U.S. Expands Terror Watch List as Airline Security Tightens The fallout from the failed attempt to attack an airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day continued Monday as the U.S. tightened security for international travelers, and the White House weighed its response to the terror fight in Yemen. Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Dutch: Reports Appear to Confirm al-Qaida Role in Bomb Plot The Dutch interior ministry said Wednesday that initial findings appear to confirm al-Qaida's claim of responsibility in the Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt. Ray Suarez reports on the day's updates. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Christmas Scare Renews Questions Over Travel Security, Privacy Gwen Ifill speaks with transportation and homeland security experts about striking the right balance between providing safety in air travel and accommodating the privacy needs of passengers. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Yemen’s Ties to Terrorism a Lingering Threat Yemen has taken center stage in recent weeks for being a base of operations for Islamic extremists. Washington Post reporter Sudarsan Raghavan speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the nation's ties to terrorism. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Obama Sharpens Criticism of Bomb Plot’s ‘Human and Systemic Failures’ President Obama criticized "human and systemic failures" that allowed an attempted bombing of a flight bound for Detroit. Margaret Warner reports and speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the latest developments. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch A Search for Answers After Attempted Attack on U.S. Flight In the wake of an attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit, Gwen Ifill speaks with a panel of terror experts about the state of U.S. counter-terror efforts and airline security. Continue watching
Aug 24 Nigeria Sees Polio Outbreak from Mutated Vaccine Virus A mutated virus from the oral vaccine used to prevent the spread of polio in Nigeria has paralyzed at least 124 children in the West African country this year. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Other News: U.S. Marines Storm Taliban Stronghold In other news, Marines launched an offensive in Afghanistan, storming a Taliban compound in Helmand province. Also, government troops in the Philippines attacked militants tied to al-Qaida. Continue watching