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Pictures of that christmas day underwear bomb plot suspect, this time in training. those images were obtained by abc news from al qaeda. theyre said to show umar farouk abdulmutallab learning to fire weapons at a terrorism training camp. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> what do these images show us and how relevant are they? >> theyre not exactly news breaking. we knew he was in an al qaeda training camp in yemen. he knew he was there. whats interesting about this is that this ...

>> does this have any propaganda value, releasing this video for the taliban? >> it has some value. it shows they have an american hostage and have leverage against the united states, but you wonder. this is the third video theyve released. theres nothing about this video that demonstrates them having a particular power or influence over mr. bergdahl. certainly, hes not joining their movement. this looks more than anything else to put leverage or pressure on the u.s. government to negotiate for ...

Pressure off of the rest of the world on north korea so they can get to that point. between a year and two years. and once they have that missile, with the war head fastened to the top of it, were into an entirety new ball game. david: mary, what about this is more than just about dialogue with north korea. its making sure that the south koreans dont give away too much? >> dan puts the zinger on it when he talks about -- and john boll on the did too. theyre not going to backtrack at this point. ...

Pressure off of the rest of the world on north korea so they can get to that point. between a year and two years. and once they have that missile, with the war head fastened to the top of it, were into an entirety new ball game. david: mary, what about this is more than just about dialogue with north korea. its making sure that the south koreans dont give away too much? >> dan puts the zinger on it when he talks about -- and john boll on the did too. theyre not going to backtrack at this point. ...

With isis. how can i guarantee you his claims -- they never had a phone number that he talked to an isis member. reconstructing that timeline over time to tell you in a month or two months, i guarantee that note was just a claim of affiliation with isis, but there was never any communication. that is really tough. >> how likely is it atlas martyrdom video like we saw with the charlie hebdo attacks? >> i was just going to say that. if he did make contact with isis, they will have instructed him n...

Details. what are you learned? >> reporter: good morning, alyson. well, you can hear four hours since this incident occurred. overhead, police helicopters are still assessing the scene. this is an ongoing investigation. the lop don metropolitan police force said only there is a tracer that is being purr saoufd. no doubt given this is now fourth attack in the last sucks months that those in government are dealing with the reality of the propaganda value of these attacks and the ability to wreak t...

It wasnt a intercontinental ballistic missile that could have taken this crisis to a new level of tension with the u. in that sense, i think official are relieved but i think also a willingness and a determination not to react in a way that would give the north koreans any propaganda value for having taken this test, given the fact that it failed. so i think that is the way youre going to see the united states respond. we have seen the secretary of state rex tillerson have a conversation over th...

New york city remains a terrorist target. while theres no specific arc c articulatable threat at this time. >> the fbi and nypd said this is propaganda value mostly, trying to issue another threat to new york city, one of the most desirable targets for terrorist groups around the world, of course, including isis. and before that, al qaeda. but i think this footage has been recycled before. its been used in previous isis videos. and so it is not new, the threat is not new, but the video message i...

This weekend, i get it. people have fatigue about terrorists attacks and all this kind of stuff. this is not the boy who cried wolf. this weekend people need to have their heads on a swivel. pay attention. if you see something, you really do need to say something. >> the propaganda value to nem in attacking on u.s. soil and in particular on the july fourth weekend would obviously be -- >> its huge. and dates are very significant, particularly for islamic terrorists. they love it. they would love...

Baghdad is about to fall. we need to worry if iraqi government need to rebuild confidence in themselves and population. suddenly inability to guarantee parts is critical. they need to make people think when they want to they can take any place in the country accept baghdad. if they can do that the population is in that terrible position of having a very difficult time committing to supporting the government because they dont want to get caught in the middle. >> also in syria. recent success in t...