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Scarborough. and judgment day. the fate of some of baseballs biggest stars hangs in the balance as they face the prospect of severe penalties over steroid use. is it enough to restore trust in americas favorite pastime? perspective this morning as i talk with bob costas of nbc sportses. im david gregory. all that ahead on "meet the press" this sunday morning, august 4th. >> and good sunday morning. the u.s. is on high alert at this hour. 22 u.s. embassies from north africa to bangladesh are cl...

Quite a bit of carnage and if they could get in their hands any type of nuclear device or dirty bomb they certainly could but the point i was making its much more spread out and have someone like al qaeda -- im sorry, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, aqap working on implanting bombs in peoples body, we could have very significant -- just not small amounts of people, not 3,000 like 9/11 but still very large. >> with regard to the timing weve been looking to today, august 4th as being the day so...

Leader eric cantor on "fox news sunday." congressman trey radle joins us live. congressman, thank you for your time today. >> its great to be with you. >> based on what you know, what you can share, how credible and detailed is this particular threat? >> in terms of what we can share of some of the classified information, that it was so detailed that august 4th is a date that kept coming up. we know that it is placed regionally, most specifically out of yemen. lets take a look at whats happene...

Does seem to be where u.s. officials have their sights trained right now. they believe that that is where the threat is coming from and where the threat could occur, but, again, they are bracing for what they believe was planned to be a large attack so really taking every precaution particularly in the wake of the attack against the u.s. consulate in benghazi on september 11th which occurred about a year ago. were apreching the one-year anniversary. alex. >> im curious with regard to today. the ...

Shutting down all the embassies in all the 21 countries, it just lets them know, hey, were going to have this warning on august 4th, so why dont we just plan it for next week, basically? but quite frankly, if were going to harden the embassies, we should just do that. we dont have to broadcast it that were going to be hardening the embassies and reinforcing them and maybe giving the host nations to give more support as well. all that can be done without announcing it worldwide. >> yeah, the whit...

Peninsula by assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism lisa monaco. he will continue to be updated through the weekend. we do expect president obama to return to the white house on schedule later today. back to you. >> peter doocy in washington. there you go. were learning more about these threats. the question is are we learning too much and why are we learning what were learning? does the white house have a leak problem. some in intel are saying that. a former navy...

Awlaki was killed, and there was a power struggle in the arabian peninsula. unfortunately for us, right now we have people in power that want to attack the u.s. mainlands. >> one of the areas specific to the threat i read about is yemen. are they enough of an ally to help us out in this? i was reading earlier they promised to help, but what should that look like? >> well, i think the president of yemen and government of yemen is doing all they can, but is limited in what they can do. so much of ...

>> i dont think so. this is a network group. you heard that it was decimated. that is sort of bs. quite frankly this warning of shutting down all of the emba y embassies lets them know we have this warning on august 4th so why dont we plan it for next week. if we are going to harden the embassies, we should just do that. all that stuff can be done without announcing it worldwide. >> scott, in terms of the message, does it send the message that we dont have the capacity to get these host countrie...

And care for our employees and others." then we learned the same thing would be happening in kabul, afghanistan, and baghdad, iraq. then the flood gates opened. until by nbcs latest count, 22 embassies and consulates from north america, excuse me, north africa to the middle east to central asia, are planning to shut their doors on sunday, august 4th, and potentially keep them closed in the days following. today the uk joined the u.s. in announcing the closure of its embassy in yemen for at least...

It will expire on august 31st. going back to what you were mentioning, an extraordinarily broad geographic range and as far west as mauritania. i counted over 20 separate posts. very specific timing of warning. this sunday, august 4th, i spoke to some embassies who think they will be open again as normal on monday. what precisely is this warning that relates to sunday. some say were edging toward the end of the month month of ramadan where many muslims fast and perhaps toward the end there may b...