National AM Buzz: Al-Qaeda Bomb Plot Foiled, Primaries Held in NC, WV, IN, WI Tuesday
By: NBC News, KARK 4 Today
Updated: May 8, 2012
Al Qaeda Bomb Plot Foiled
The CIA and the FBI uncovered and foiled an ambitious airline bomb plot by al Qaeda in the nation of Yemen.
U.S. officials say they stopped a would-be suicide bomber before a ticket was ever purchased.
The FBI says they have the bomb from Yemen in their labs for testing.
The plan was to use an upgrade to the underwear bomb which failed to detonate back in 2009.
Officials say the new bomb was non-metallic, designed to pass undetected thru the best in airport security.
Primaries Held in NC, WV, IN, WI Tuesday
Voters in North Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin head to the polls today.
The race for the GOP nomination is now a mere formality and the focus now shifts.
Longtime Indiana Senator Dick Lugar faces an uphill battle against a conservative challenger.
In North Carolina, voters will decide on a constitutional amendment defining marriage between a man and a woman, banning same sex marriage.
Voters in Wisconsin will head to the polls to decide who will challenge Governor Scott Walker in a recall election next month.
Santorum Endorses Romney
Former GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum told supporters in an e-mail Monday that he's endorsing his one-time rival Mitt Romney.
Santorum met with Romney last Friday and told supporters he was fully able to determine where the likely GOP nominee stood on a wide swath of issues.
The former Pennsylvania Senator wrote in his e-mail that above all else the two agree that President Obama must be defeated and that will require "all hands on deck."
Santorum dropped out of the race in early April.
The CIA and the FBI uncovered and foiled an ambitious airline bomb plot by al Qaeda in the nation of Yemen.
U.S. officials say they stopped a would-be suicide bomber before a ticket was ever purchased.
The FBI says they have the bomb from Yemen in their labs for testing.
The plan was to use an upgrade to the underwear bomb which failed to detonate back in 2009.
Officials say the new bomb was non-metallic, designed to pass undetected thru the best in airport security.
Primaries Held in NC, WV, IN, WI Tuesday
Voters in North Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin head to the polls today.
The race for the GOP nomination is now a mere formality and the focus now shifts.
Longtime Indiana Senator Dick Lugar faces an uphill battle against a conservative challenger.
In North Carolina, voters will decide on a constitutional amendment defining marriage between a man and a woman, banning same sex marriage.
Voters in Wisconsin will head to the polls to decide who will challenge Governor Scott Walker in a recall election next month.
Santorum Endorses Romney
Former GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum told supporters in an e-mail Monday that he's endorsing his one-time rival Mitt Romney.
Santorum met with Romney last Friday and told supporters he was fully able to determine where the likely GOP nominee stood on a wide swath of issues.
The former Pennsylvania Senator wrote in his e-mail that above all else the two agree that President Obama must be defeated and that will require "all hands on deck."
Santorum dropped out of the race in early April.
