Apparently a Nigerian man connected to al-Qaeda tried to blow up an airplane as it landed in Detroit. The White House is calling it an "attempted act of terrorism."
There wasn't an explosion and everyone's okay. The explosive device evidently didn't work.
UPDATE: The president sat frozen -- staring blankly at nothing for a while.
Not the current president. The previous one. Our current president responded immediately:
The President was notified of the incident this morning between 9:00 and 9:30 Hawaii time by the President's military aide. The President subsequently convened a secure conference call with John Brennan, his Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism Adviser, and Denis McDonough, NSS Chief of Staff. He asked to arrange a subsequent secure call and in that call instructed that all appropriate measures be taken to increase security for air travel. The President is actively monitoring the situation and receiving regular updates. There is currently no change to his schedule.