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Organization like al qaeda or a criminal gang getting ahold of these nuclear materials and using it to build a bomb and to attack the rest of the world. this is how president obama put it earlier today. >> if there was ever a detonation in new york city or london or johannesburg, the ramifications economically, politically and from a security perspective would be devastating. and we know that organizations like al qaeda are in the process of trying to secure nuclear weapons or, rather, weapons o...

But now he is saying the threat is from nuclear terrorism. the possibility of terrorists getting a hold of nuclear materials and attacking the united states or other countries like al qaeda. the president making it very clear that he believes that this is the most important and serious danger that is threatening the world. take a listen, john. >> the single biggest threat to u.s. security, both short term, medium term and long term, would be the possibility of a terrorist organization obtaining ...

Such bad behavior, people are going to question whether it was a real tea partier as opposed to this group. >> this kind of astroturfing. megyn: monica, thank you so much. >> always a pleasure. megyn: well, this woman logged on to her sons facebook page, did not like what she saw, and she took matters into her own hand. now her sons lawyer is here to argue his case just a bit later this hour. president obama issuing new warnings about al-qaedas efforts to get ahold of a nuclear weapon. just ahea...

It is now the threat of nuclear terrorism. the possibility of a terrorist organization like al qaeda or a criminal gang getting ahold of these nuclear materials and using it to build a bomb and to attack the rest of the world. this is how president obama put it earlier today. >> if there was ever a detonation in new york city or london or johannesburg, the ramifications economically, politically and from a security perspective would be devastating. and we know that organizations like al qaeda ar...

Could get their hands on nuclear materials like al qaeda, like criminal gangs and put together a nuclear weapon and attack the united states or other countries. this is something that is an imminent threat and must be dealt with. this is how the president put it yesterday in kicking off the summit. >> the single biggest threat to u.s. security, both short-term, medium-term, and long-term, would be the possibility of a terrorist organization obtaining a nuclear weapon. this is something that coul...

Praised south africa for giving up its nuclear program and set the tone for the summit saying if al-qaeda does acquire nuclear weapons, it does not hesitate to use them. here is the president. >> and if there was ever a detonation in new york city or london or johannesburg, the ramifications economically and politically from a security perspective would be devastating and we know that organizations like al-qaeda are in the process of trying to secure nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass dest...

Expert john kuhn says that this isnt new. >> these exist in culture areas. there are italian mafia songs and hip-hop has been all about the criminal lifestyle in some ways and songs that document and make very powerful observations about the criminal underworld. >> reporter: does that ever worry you from a security perspective about whos in the crowd and whos in the audience watching you. who might like your music and who might not like your music? does that worry you? >> we try to be as careful...

Tracking individuals, that threatens their privacy and civil liberties. jenna: lilly, how else should we do it? >> there are other ways to look at this. there are ways where you can use cards that people can be given that have nothing to do with identifying them, that they could hand out over once theyve processed through the wait lines or the security checkpoints to get measure of time, but to collect information that is identifiable with an individual for a purpose such as this is easy for tha...

Plane. i dont understand why that process wouldnt work. in fact if we were going to do this the right way, as malcolm said, the goal shouldnt be to turn the light off for one entire country but perhaps to build up the infrastructure that allows for review. let me just put one caveat, there are countries that it is impossible to vet someo simply because they dont have records. when someone is coming over here, you cant ascertain that person is who he or she says they are. thats separate, a legiti...

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