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From kushners security clearance application, security clearance thats still not permanent according to politico. and in just the last hour one more development in the russia investigation. president trumps personal counsel ty cobb telling nbc news that the president is paying the legal fees connected to the probe and reuters reported in september he was using campaign funds and money donated to the republican party. for more, lets bring in nbc news intelligence national security reporter ken de...

And then various slogans written on the walls of his office in blood. this is a very, very violent group. >> all right. thank you very much, bob, for your insight in to the group, at least the turkish minister and other officials believed could be connected to this embassy attack. thank you. >> thank you. >> we have developing news and protesters in cairo converged on the presidential palace there. theyre throwing molotov cocktails and stones at the palace for hours. we have images showing wha...

Weapon. we have no evidence they have crossed that line. they say if you wait that long, its too late. their argument is iran enters what they call a zone of immunity when it will be impossible to strike, and take away the elements that you would use to make the bomb. thats why they say a different timetable from the u.s. they have a different red line or a different threshold for action. the u.s. military capabilities are so much greater than those of israel, that it would be possible for the u...

Leaders much more than anyone had suspected. now al qaeda is promising to strike back. roger cressy is an nbc terrorism analyst. we hear today al qaeda threatening retaliation, acknowledging death, and also all this information coming out of that compound. our colleague bob windrum has been reporting it as well. what are the most important things weve learned from all this? >> what is remarkable, andrea, there was operational command and control still with bin laden in this compound, maybe for...

Told yesterday hes one of two people in addition to the number two who could be elevated to that position. >> so bob, how deep is the bench? you have also said theres this third person that could potentially take on a leadership role. >> well, certainly, there are at least those three but, you know, people can always come out of nowhere as they do in any political process but kashmiri which is a pakistani-based terrorist and under indictment in the united states because he had participated with ...

Obstacles forces? im more afraid of a guy who has a masters degree from m.i.t. and knows how to build a bomb. >> another real danger, chris, is a group like hezbollah. >> youre laughing, bob. you had to do that to get into s.e.a.l.s, right? >>, well, no, take the guy who was the leader of the attack on september 11th, mohammed atta. if he had gone to the cafe in hamburg where he was planning this thing a couple years -- he had no military background. he was an unhappy student, from egypt. he sho...

The clown show? will they stop enjoying their passion and go from cheering their buffoon parade to finding a real pick to put up against a proven master and commander? what about al qaeda? bin ladens gone. wheres the head now? in hamburg? islamabad? where are they plotting against us? bob bear, former cia field officer and msnbc terrorism analyst. michael sheehan, former special forces officer himself. mike, i want to ask you, how did we get bin laden? let me go now with a picture of how this ha...

Killed in the world trade center. you know, im tell you. this was quick. two minutes. hes lucky. anyway, thank you, michael sheehan, thank you, bob. great reporting, great inside information. what does the end of osama bin laden mean to the threat we face from al qaeda right now? whats left of the snake? we got the head. whats the rest of the snake like? well see. were coming back. thats ahead. [ man ] ive seen beautiful things.

The world is watching as japans nuclear and humanitarian crisis continues to unfold. earlier today smoke could be seen billowing from the fukushima plant. countries neighboring japan are monitoring radiation levels of shipments from that country. but officials say they dont foresee any immediate effects of contamination. the united nations general assembly observed a moment of silence at its 65th session yesterday. members stood up to pay tribute to the people killed in the earthquake and tsun...

Boil off the still water that is covering them. and if the rods boil off the water that is covering them and the water level drops and the rods get exposed to the air, what happens? same thing in an active reactor thats been shut down. its not good. >> lets bring in bob windrum. there has been some discussion about the fuel rods in japan and the exposure theyre getting to air. where do we stand? >> well, that is the big question right now. the iaea said this morning that they believe that the in...