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>> good morning, kate. it began over the weekend with 22 consulates being closed. the details behind this are chilling. the cia and national security agency had been secretly monitoring intelligence tips for weeks. there were indications of a possible terrorist attack in yemen, a strong hold of one of al qaeda's deadliest affiliates. alarm bells went off across washington when a crucial message was intercepted. >> this is your wake-up call. al qaeda is in many ways stronger than it was for 9/11. >> final planning may be complete. dozens of oours intelligence analyst res scanning deba innin and...

>> yeah! i'm so happy to be back. >> i'm the other guy. it is monday. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> we begin with an al qaeda message that left two dozen u.s. embassies closed for a second day. they will be closed for the week. they are being cautious after intelligence officials intercepted al qaeda. barbara starr has the latest for us. good morning barbara. >> good morning. it began with 22 embassies being closed for the weekend. the details are chilling. the cia and the national security agency had been secretly monitoring intelligence tips for weeks. indications of a possible terrorist a...

>> good morning, chris. began with the shut down of 22 embassies over the weekend and now so many shut down across north africa and the middle east for the rest of the week. the details about the plot behind all of this are chilling. the cia and the national security agency had been secretly monitoring intelligence tips for weeks. there were indications of a possible terrorist attack in yemen, a stronghold of one of al qaeda's deadliest affiliates. alarm bells went off across washington when a crucial message was intercepted. involving communications in the west several days among senior al qa...

Right now intelligence and analysts are combing through database, phone records, websites. they are searching for details about a possible terrorist attack. u.s. officials have now extended the closing of 19 diplomatic posts. this is around the world because of that threat. the location stretches as far east as oman and as south as madagascar. this chatter is much more serious than they have seen in years. barbara starr explains how this all came about. >> reporter: the cia and the national security agency has been secretly monitoring intelligence tips for weeks. there was indications of a pos...

There may be more arrests because they have been watching this group, network of friends for a a long time. martha: and are they still working on all of this... what can you share with us about the method and the backpacks and the role they may or may not have played in all of this. >> the backpacks are not as important as we initially thought they were and initially the thinking was he'd put the explosives into the backpacks and go into the subway with others and now it seems they were going to use some kind of vest, which they apparently hadn't got in ahold of yet but were within 2, 4, 5 day...