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Intelligence sharing with those other four countries. it will be very important getting out in front of this. was it a plot that was localized or part of a broader or bigger terrorist profile. >> a lot of questions. jimmy, thanks. breaking overnight, north korea announcing it may suspend nuclear talks with the united states. the largest fallout so far from last months fallout -- failed hanoi summit. lets go live to seoul and bring in paula hancocks. what are you concerning? >> reporter: well, ...

>> the suspect with steadily standoff charged with murder today, shot grandmother and kidnapped his girlfriend, the stores manager was shot dead during 3-hour standoff inside. her family identifying her as melida porado. rob: suspected al-qaeda recruiter is expected to plea guilty today, ali, is due in federal court in philadelphia. he was extradited to the u.s. from spain to recruit americans that deny fit the terrorist profile like a single mother in colorado, he wanted them to help him kill a...

Reporter: are they investigated with as much vigor as suspected terrorists from other political ideologies? >> they will investigate whatever part of spectrum they come from. resources are apportioned to how developed a threat may be. this was one guy, not three guys as you said. its rare to have a lone wolf sort of attacker. whats an outlier for this guy is his age. hes 48 years old. and thats a lot higher than the normal terrorist profile. we generally say that to be a terrorist you need some ...

Perhaps men who havent been able to integrate into society. is this a vulnerable profile that authorities should be looking at and where do you start prevention? how do you get them before they become disenfranchised? >> its difficult. there is no terrorist profile. but he does fit a general trend which is guys involved with petty crime, who go to jail, end up making connections with extremists through criminal networks and guys essentially rebelling against society. >> do you focus on the group...

National origin, i think everybody knows that during the 9/11 terrorist situation -- >> the majority of attempted terrorist attacks on this country have come from radicalized muslims who have tried to attack the country. >> absolutely. and if youre going to talk about religion, lets say the christian identity movement, is it irrelevant, their religious beliefs how they view christianity is not relevant to the terrorist profile? of course it is, if you talk about the boston bombers, we know they ...

National origin, i think everybody knows that during the 9/11 terrorist situation -- >> the majority of attempted terrorist attacks on this country have come from radicalized muslims who have tried to attack the country. >> absolutely. and if youre going to talk about religion, lets say the christian identity movement, is it irrelevant, their religious beliefs how they view christianity is not relevant to the terrorist profile? of course it is, if you talk about the boston bombers, we know they ...

>> no signs of what you would see from a terrorist profile. not a loner. he had a good group of friends. >> tamerlan, however, had a profile of a different sort. on its website, the fbi says it received information from a foreign country in 2011 that in the fbis words he was a follower of radical islam and a strong believer and that he had changed drastically since 2010. we now know that country was russia. and at russias request, the fbi interviewed tamerlan but apparently found no cause for co...

You went to high school with this younger brother. tell us about him. >> what i can tell you, he was a good kid. just a regular normal kid, if you will. no signs of what you would see from a terrorist profile. you know, not a loner. he had a good group of friends. and he would constantly be at parties. >> hes now 19 years old. and you never suspected there was anything strange or scary or weird about him? >> not while i knew him in high school. i mean, yeah, nothing. >> when you heard about thes...

free after being accused of throwing fire bombs during recent violent protests in cairo. we are monitoring their moves. also this morning, an american journalist, well get back to our jason carroll there in just a second. the other story i need to tell you about, also in egypt. someone you have seen on our air here at cnn a number of times. an american journalist who has appeared here with us says she was blindfolded, beaten and sexually assaulted by egyptian police. she is now free an...

>> joining me now from washington, jack rice, former cia officer and criminal defense attorney. how does that change the investigation if theres the suspicion is taliban prompted the attack? >> if we know theres a connection, you can reach back, follow the logistics behind this. if this was one guy by himself in new york, it stops there, but if theres a connection and you can establish it. now, were talking about training, funding. all of those other people who may have touched this operation ma...