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Republicans. >> as it stands today, the senate will take it up. >> absolutely, a big one. >> a big one. great to see you. thanks, john. we want to get you back to what's going on in kenya. you will see there is smoke coming out of the west gate mall area. crews had to scramble and now we're getting a little of an idea of what's going on inside, our zain verjee is there. zain, what is the latest? >> reporter: >> reporter: we're in a situation that is dangerous out here. we are only a five or ten minute walk or so on that side, which is where the west dpaet mall is. >> that is where al qaeda and...

Exits. there is no sort of hard perimeter by which you could screen for security purposes, so it's difficult to protect. think hotels, malls, any sort of open facility. very difficult to protect. because you got so many entry and exit points. look, this is malls, for example, and soft targets here in the united states have been a concern for a decade. i can remember the 2004 election cycle during the conventions, police authorities and the fbi talking to local hotel providers. and so, we have been, the fbi has been focused on this with their state and local partners and the department of homel...

That some of the hostages have ieds strapped to them. that's a big question mark. no one here is commenting about that. there is a lot of confusion about it. also, that there is a potential of any gunman being out on the loogs. there is a lot of fear in nairobi and al-shabaab is capitalizeing on that and telling the kenyans, by a frayed, because they are out there. and trying to create as maximum trauma as possible. but again, that is just a report from al qaeda and sal shabaab has put out. >> zain, obviously the one thing that is clear here is that the gel of this act was to spread fear and t...