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Were back with congresswoman tulsi gabbard. were talking about the terrorist threats that are breaking right now, including the hunt for the mastermind in the slaughter at that university in kenya, 147 students massacred. mostly christians who had been separated from the muslims. as you know the president told tom freedman in the interview over the went alienated youths that are unemployed can be most vulnerable to the allure of terrorism. the suspect -- one of the key suspects in the kenyan ter...

Al shabab has been under pressure. they lost a leader. theres another leader thats at the top of the wanted list. these cross border operations -- remember going back to the west gate mall. this has been a threat, particularly to our allies in kenya. and i think you are going to continue to see it. i know that the white house is very focused. sources are telling us they have been meeting about this. theres a target list in materials of the leadership of al shabab that is continually updated. i e...

>> i think at some point when you warn people again and again in a civil -- in a civil war environment, they have responsibility personally to leave. i feel for these folks. you cant sit there in yemen and say i didnt know something bad was coming down. when you are asking foreign governments, including the indians to help theres one thing you have to consider. i hope they do. every time you go into that environment, if you are the indians, saudis or somebody else you are putting your own forces...

Almost completely captured by isis. the estimate is they control 90% of the camp. there are 18,000 palestinians refugees including 3,000 children, who have been living there in dire circumstances due to the ongoing conflict in syria. the u.n. says the hour has never been more dire for these people. the running gun battles across the neighborhoods are -- there is no food water, medicine. no ability to get aid in. the u.n. calling for a halt to the fighting. theres no indication that isis is liste...

Attack -- it quillwill be on them. this is the only way -- even unsophisticated people can kill people. we saw what happened in kenya where people with not a lot of money can carrying out deadly terrorist attacks. >> there was a shocking news coming out of britain. a 14-year-old and 16-year-old picked up for suspected terror activities. >> reporter: right. and the british authorities have not said exactly what those activities were going to be. but they said they picked them up over the weekend....

Truly a civil war where theres no good guys on either side. i think isis is much worse, of course but the shia militias and even the iraqi army is not up to snuff at this point. so taking mosul, whether it happens in the fall or not, we have to wait and see but it will be a very very messy battle. >> and speaking of bad guys al shabab tom fuentes, we know what happened at that university in kenya, nearly 150 students had been separated, muslims, christians they took the christians slaughtered th...

Desperate as it is now. it is a place that has been besieged for two years, where 18,000 people have been surviving on very minimal assistance for a long time and now with the fighting intensifying, their lives are in immediate danger. >> reporter: more than 3,000 children are here. u.s. officials tell cnn they are monitoring unconfirmed reports of mass killings in the camp. there are reports of kidnappings and beheadings. increasingly it is civilians bearing the brunt of terrorist onslaughts. i...

Mall. the militant group linked to al qaeda claimed responsibility tweeted kenyan forces tried to storm the building and failed miserably. they are attacking for kenya sending troops to somalia where the fighters are from. based on tweets from the militant group claiming it has u.s. citizens in the ranks, the u.s. is locking into whether americans are involved in carrying out the attack. error, kenyas president visited hospitals filled with the wounded where there is an urgent appeal for blood. ...

One whose are arriving there to try to find people who they obviously have not seen, they think may have been in the mall saturday afternoon when all this erupted. >> ron its willie. what would security at the mall have been like on saturday when this broke out. is this a worry they have inside nairobi, inside kenya? obviously they have been at odds with somalia on a number of issues and specifically with this group of terrorists. is it a heavily fortified mall? >> reporter: as i understand it, ...

This is the role of kenya soldiers in somalia. so i think it was largely local. again, its a reminder terrorism has a global reach. they are all connected loosely with training, with funding and the rest. if its not them it could or will be somebody else. >> looks like some possible conclusion, the situation is breaking right now. were watching this closely and getting the latest in from nbcs ron allen. lets get to politics now as we watch that. theres just one week to go for lawmakers to strike...