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Group seeing against the united states? >> well, principally the ttp, the pakistani taliban, their focus has been the pakistani government. and this is retaliation for massive offensive that the pakistani government has been under way in their stronghold in the northwestern part of the country. that said, its had a very direct affect on the u.s. interests. the 2010 failed times square bombing was inspired by this group. youve had a number of attacks on american forces in afghanistan certainly as...

Vating the world. >> and they think this gives them credibility by killing children? >> they consider it a success when they capture your attention. theyve certainly captured our attention today. >> brutal. jim sciutto, thank you very much. lets go to congressman peter king of new york. hes on the homeland security and intelligence committees. this pakistan taliban group, the ttp, did this attack on school kids. how concerned are you that if they are willing to kill pakistani children, muslims, ...

Fortunately it was not successful but it shows that they are willing to attack us here and if they would kill children, murder -- intentionally murder children in cold blood, they are capable of anything and if they are desperate to get attention, they want to show viability, we have to be very, very concerned. it just adds to this list of al qaeda affiliates, islamist organizations that are focused on attacking westerners, attacking europeans and the u.s. certainly by the ttp, what they did yes...

National correspondent, joins us now from washington and there n london charlie winter is an expert on radical islam hes with a think tank focussed on counterterrorism. first you. tell us about this group and how its been targeting the united states successfully as far as we know. >> well, ttp is the acronym for its pakistani name. but the pakistani taliban, principle -- its principle target is the pakistani government but it has gone after the u.s. most common way across the border in afghanist...

I want to turn to the horror that happened in pakistan today, a terrorist attack on a school. gunmen slaughtering children, wherever they could find them, kids. the death toll stands at 132 children murdered. ten staff members and three pakistani soldiers. seven terrorists also died in the assault. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is with me here in "the situation room." tell our viewers what we know. >> its an attack so barbaric that even the afghan taliban condemned it tod...

Spoken to intelligence officials who say that, for instance, when that attack happened in 2010, the failed attack in times square, u.s. officials were frankly surprised that the ttp was behind it because it had been their impression that they were focused solely in pakistan. thats generally been the case. but weeszith these groups, theyw that when they expand the reach of terror that their profile rises and its something to keep in mind. this group has shown great capability and remember, the u....

Threats against the u.s. so you can see perhaps this attack its something of an act of desperation to show their strength striking the the weakest, softest target imaginable. these groups are heart to put down. even if they had been weakened they were not destroyed and theyre able to carry out a significant attack. >> a question for you is isis in its brutal attacks inspiring other terrorist groups to act as brutally as possible? >> i think there is certainly a phenomenon where different jihadis...

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