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Now, they are clearly looking for a wider network, whether it wasnt whiting.the attack was - i dont think these people acted alone. they were talking to people. they were recruited a long time ago, possibly in riverside based on the communications and now the fbi is desperate to get into this hard drive and tom is absolutely right if it is just water soaked, its phone. the only way to destroy a hard drive is smash it with a sledgehammer. we may get lucky and it may turn out as a wider network. >...

As the white house released a statement from president obama condemning the terrorist attack. he directed his staff to provide any assistance needed to bring the terrorists to justice. i spoke on the phone with a witness last hour. >> i ran out of my apartment to see what had happened and noticed -- and people were scared confused. people worked in the cafe downstairs just went out to the streets trying to understand what had happened. >> france raised the terrorism alert to the highest level. p...

Ifs b but i do want now, in the immediate hours after the siege, to offer these words of comfort to those caught up in it and reassurance to the australia people. >> that was australia prime minister tony abbott addressing the siege in sydney. officials saying motivations were political but not specifying what those motivations were. the siege happen in a coffee shop with 17 people. in september australia raised its terrorism alert level from medium to high giving police stronger power to fight ...

Has renewed its terrorism alert. they say theres no specific evidence that al shabaab is planning anything here in the united states, but as we said, the fbi is on the ground in nairobi combing through the wreckage of the mall. joining me now a member of the dhs and cia boards. and a former supervisory agent. youve dealt with these before when you were in the bush administration. what is the significance of it? >> what it signifies is that theyve found -- interpol will review the charges. they b...

Collapsed. i appreciate the update, nina. another alert has gotten the worlds attention. the u.s. state department has renewed its global terrorism alert. today u.s. attorney general eric holder said, quote, there is no specific credible evidence that al shabaab is plans anything here in the united states, but as we said, the fbi is on the ground in nairobi, combing the records of the mall. joining me now is national analyst dan berger. steve moore also joins me. he is a former fbi super advisor...

Is involving itself with the chain of evidence and specifically the forensics in this, anderson. >> looking at the devastation inside that mall, its incredible the death toll is what it is right now. it seems very likely it will go up as theyre able to start to sift through some of that. it looks like several floors collapsed on each other. appreciate the update. in addition to the red alert issued by interpol for this so-called white widow samantha lewthwaite, the u.s. state department has re...

At the press conference and say, all right, we have a lot of different agencies involved. we are all working together. that is why you saw so many people behind the governor, they wanted to show unity. what i think they did not do, that is because they are bees transparent about it, they did not inspire confidence they had any clue how this happened. they didnt hear the chatter, i would be awfully surprised some big news back. i hope there are intelligence trails that they are using, but if you ...

Members of al qaeda. investigators say the men posed an imminent and concrete danger, their words. police caught all three suspects in germany with two of the arrests coming in the city of western city dusseldorf. they carried out bags and boxes of possible evidence from the building. back with jonathan hunt now. any word what the suspects might have been planning or one of these we caught bad guys. >> not giving specifics on what may or may not have been the target, shep. they are saying this w...

Well, first, as was mentioned, there are a ton of cameras all over times square. while they couldnt see into the car itself, they do have pictures of the car but it had tinted windows. theres a decent chance that the perpetrator will be caught on camera one way or another. second, we are very good, this is federal, but the federal government, nsa and others, are very good at monitoring the electronic air waves. and so when theres a worldwide terrorism alert, when terrorists in pakistan or somali...

>> as the senior senator, are there things about this investigation that you can tell us that have gone on, how close they may be, how long this may take? >> right. well, first, as was mentioned, there are a ton of cameras all over times square. while they couldnt see into the car itself, they do have pictures of the car, but it had tinted windows. theres a decent chance that the perpetrator will be caught on camera one way or another. second, we are very good, this is federal, but the federal g...