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Loud bang and then gunfire. minutes later, governor greg abbott tweeting, prayers have been answered and all hostages were out. president joe biden also praising law enforcement for a job well done, saying hes grateful everyone is safe. bob baer is a cnn intelligence and security analyst. he joins me now from telluride in colorado. hes also a former cia operative and author of the book "the perfect kill: 21 laws for assassins." bob, first of all, in your experience, what sort of things would hav...

This is a part of any kind of ongoing threat. we are investigating. well continue to investigate the hostage taker. well continue to investigate his contacts. our investigation will have global reach. we have been in contact already with multiple fbi legats to include tel aviv and london. weve been working closely with the close secure network and jewish federation, and we will continue to do that throughout the country. >> now we have a cnn intelligence and security analyst that joins me now. h...

The -- what the pentagon wants us to focus on, which is their concern about civilian casualties but it goes to the level of intelligence because to make that calculation, the engineer would have had to have some very specific understanding of the construction of that building. so its a tidbit that just helps us understand the level of intelligence they had before they conducted this raid. >> barbara starr, thank you for all that reporting. lets continue the discussion and joining us now is cnn...

Uh, he was told the intelligence indicated that he was in this three-story residential building. the go order, we are told, was given on tuesday. and this operation carried out on wednesday. um, it is not clear who will take his place at the top of isis. he is the second leader of isis. but whoever it is, according to the biden administration, that person almost certainly will be a man, will suffer the same fate as his two predecessors who were killed by u.s. special forces. sorry, who blew them...

To occur in new york. in the last three weeks, a totaling of 15 different attacks have happened. cnn has been able to confirm 11 of them. joining me now, a national security analyst. the leaks say new york has a growing problem the new york incidents following the tree of life shooting. >> can you point to a specific cause or is it too hard to quantify? >> its clear we have an anti-semitism problem in the country. its clear that we are attacking the problem piecemeal, and thats whats so difficul...

In a car in new york city and nypd was able to arrest him. authorities say he had blood covering his body from the attack and he smelled of bleach. he was arrested. his name is grafton thomas, 38 years old. he was in court yesterday for his initial arraignment, charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary. he has $5 million bail. its still unclear to authorities but his family has spoken out through a spokesperson saying that he is not anti-semitic, he has a history ins...

Irrational. >> well, and what you have just underlined is the grave concern here along with the invasion of ukraine that makes absolutely no sense, is the erratic nature of this attack and his continued use of a nuclear threat, which he and russian state tv and russian diplomats have been doing for the past two months. >> and so far his threats seem to be coming to fruition. nbcs keir simmons in moscow and nbcs richard engel reporting from southeast ukraine. thank you both. we will be checking b...

Could lead to an unprecedented environmental catastrophe that would affect not just ukraine, but large parts of europe, including russia. >> you heard the statement from secretary granholm, whats and western countries try to do to keep the spawn safe? >> its good that we are monitoring this, and then equivalency team had a good step, but thats not an intervention. thats not a special obscene the concerned and, especially to a combat situation. right now, all we can do is ringing the alarm bells,...

In a training compound behind a plant, after it reportedly came under attack by russia. tonight, the international atomic and energy agency, says no central equipment has been damaged. the white house says its latest information showed no signs of elevated levels of radiation. the fire at the nuclear plant it comes as russia steps up its attacks, on several areas across ukraine. earlier tonight, one security analyst explained why the strike on this power plant is so concerning. >> this is unprec...

With nostalgia for the old soviet union. as analysts have been explaining, it is clear that putin is determined to reverse the progress made by ukrainian citizens since an uprising ousted a russian-backed president eight years ago. hes aiming to end ukraines status as an independent sovereign state and turn it back into a russian puppet state. joining me now is keer simmons, reporting from moscow. and malcolm nance, security analyst and former intelligence officer. that term "regime change," tha...