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Received a similar designation from the u.n.'s al-qaeda and taliban sanctions committee. we have a quote here from ambassador daniel benjamin and it reads, the attacks perpetrated by the group illustrate the global nature of the terrorist problem we face today and we stand in solidarity with the russian people in our condemnation of these deplorable terrorist acts. the revelation that the u.s. was asked by the russian government two years ago to investigate the older brother for potential extremist ties and nothing was found is causing unease at the bureau, according to a member of the house i...

Stone. a number of reasons why they think he is here, but also, of course, a strong possibility he's not, that he managed to escape, managed to get out of this area. >> katy tur, thank you for your reporting. let's bring in michael leiter of, an nbc news terrorism expert. good afternoon, mike. what do you make of these possible connections between the two brothers and chechnyan terrorists? >> what we really know their ethnic is chechen. the one brother has traveled to chechnya. we really, really can't go down the road yet of assuming, even assessing is likely, that they were, in fact, linked t...

Child would have already had it. i don't know where he was in the immigration status. but what investigators, counterterrorism officials, are looking at, is if he wasn't necessarily part of a pure chechen rebel movement like the kinds we were talking about earlier but more of an al qaeda affiliate that incorporates chechens, some turks, a group that is effectively non-arabic speaking radicals that wouldn't join other, you know, taliban or other al qaeda-type movement. >> richard, to your very point, there is been reporting these brothers supported youtube videos which speak of the black banner...

Bin laden in the past and by al qaeda. does that give us a hint, perhaps, these were more than just nationalists, just independent seeking chechens, these were impressed by international organization like al qaeda? >> i looked at that video today. it also talked about -- it's very anti-shiite. whenever you hear things that are anti-shiite, it generally means you're coming from a selafi jihadi mentality which is the same mentality of al qaeda and all of its different affiliates. the most likely group or the group that counterterrorism officials are looking at most closely is called the islamist...

Not been told if questions have been asked. but the big news right now is that we are expecting some sort of statement from the f.b.i. momentarily. as soon as we receive that, we'll come straight to you with it. >> thank you. we will get back to you as soon as you hear that. now let's go to catherine herridge for the very latest on the investigation. she's our correspondent in washington. >> fox news is told investigators are exploring potential links between the older brother and extremeist group based on the older brother's travel to russia in the first half of 2012. fox news is told among t...