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Welcome back to "the lead." i'm brianna keilar filling in for jake tapper. in other world news deadly threats made against america's top diplomat in japan, caroline kennedy. the threats were reportedly phoned in to the u.s. embassy in tokyo by an english-speaking man last month. this of course comes on the heels of a knife attack just two weeks ago on the u.s. ambassador to south korea, mark lippert. the white house today responding to these threats. jim acosta has those details. >> reporter: the state department says it's taking seriously news reports out of tokyo that caroline kennedy, the d...

>> so news of the potential threat comes two weeks after the u.s. ambassador mark lippert was injured in a knife attack and out of the hospital and recovering well. and breaking news near phoenix, arizona and we learned there will be a 3:00 p.m. news conference, four people have been shot in two different locations. police believe a gunman acted alone. not sure of a motive. and a news conference coming up at 3:00 with the latest details. bibi's big win and the victory but at what cost to the relationship with the white house. and i'll talk about that with david axelrod, former adviser to t...

Permanently shut down its embassies in yemen, in somalia, in libya, of course in syria over the past few years. what's going on in that part of the world? >> it's a very large concern as the united states faces threats from isis in other parts of the continent. if you are looking at africa looking at boko haram, look at what they are doing pledging allegiance to isis as they try to grow this cancer they are spreading, the malignancy is growing and i think that's the challenge we face. obviously our embassy security our diplomatic security a concern not just in the middle east and those regions...

Politics closely. but they're taking this very seriously, especially considering what happened to ambassador mark lippert over in south carolina earlier this month. knifed by a south korean national who knifed him because he was a symbolic representation of the usa. now, he was okay but given all of that they are taking this quite seriously. as you know kennedy's the daughter of jfk. she's held that position in japan since 2013 just over a year now. >> i want to follow up with you on that point katy. just how much concern there is about this. we got a statement from the state department. i'll ...

So he was very popular there. and in addition to that there's been a lot of concern about diplomatic security in asia because of what happened to ambassador mark lippert and got 80 stitches. state department officials tell us that while there is no increased security at the embassy in japan, they won't comment on her personal security and a white house official told me the president has been briefed on these threats against ambassador kennedy. steve? >> chris jansing at the white house, thanks for that. >> sure. up next former first lady barbara bush changes her mind on her son jeb running f...