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Their job. is it as simple as that? >> i don't want to read anything into it. if anything, there's several nationalities of victims. doesn't seem to be targeted against americans if that's an indication. i think let that information take its course. i would think, though, that highlights the jordan's importance for the united states as a hub for gathering regional elite forces to do counterterrorism work. this is the way the war is being fought. they have facilities there for practicing with hijackings and breaches urban buildings. if it's not secure, that's a problem. >> as you say, jordan a ...

Who are active in the reserve. they do a tremendous amount of counterterrorism work on weekends. they have been furloughed, so we are definitely putting ourselves at risk. there's a real national security terrorism risk because of the shutdown. >> peter king, the republican congressman from new york, thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you, wolf. we're keeping a close eye on the west wing of the white house. there you see the marine guard, we anticipate fairly soon republican and democratic leaders to emerge from their meeting with the president. hopefully they'll come to the white hous...

Protests. and the suspect michael adebolajo actually attended several of these meetings. so he would have been on the radar screen of british security services. but this is not a catastrophic failure here. they are literally looking at thousands of extremists in the united kingdom. it's difficult to know which ones are going to take action. most of them obviously don't. >> we heard from the president of the united states this week talking about domestic terrorism and the complications that come with that. whether it be abroad or here in the u.s., it's perhaps one of the hardest things to detec...

Here is look at what john edwards could face in guilty on all counts. he could face 30 years in prison. but the thinking is by most legal experts we've spoken to in this case it would be most likely the court would sentence him concurrently. the most effective time he would spend in prison would most likely be about five years. who knows if we will be convicted or not. we're on it. we'll let you know as soon as we get any indication from that courtroom that something is happening. new developments in the controversial battle surrounding nypd surveillance of muslim mosques, businesses, studen...

So, what i know for sure is that there was an explosive device. we did seize it. beyond that -- and i gather that it's true that the saudis helped us. i'm not surprised. they basically declared war against al qaeda, including particularly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, headquartered in yemen. the saudis have given us a lot of help in our counterterrorism work, and i'm grateful to them for doing that. i'll tell you, this is one of those situations where i think the less said, the better. i presume that the latest leaks about this case being successful, because of a double agent, are true, b...