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truck bomb. officials say the focus seems to be on new york and washington but law enforcement around the country is on alert. we asked cnn national security contributor fran townsend how concerned we should be. >> most concerning to me we heard from commissioner kelly this morning the three individuals at least one of which is a u.s. citizen officials tell us they haven't identified. that is a very difficult problem. especially for the u.s. citizens. americans cross our borders easily. that is a real challenge for them and why you're hearing officials ask for the americans for help....

anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. it's believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, let's start with you. specific, credible, but unconfirmed? tell us exactly what that means. >> i think ...

84 years old. >> our prayers are answered. >> we couldn't believe it we are like oh my gosh he's alive! >> shepard: hank got stranded last monday after he left a restaurant in cave creek and then missed his exit on i-17. >> i turned around but i ran right into a ditch. i got stuck in that ditch. then the battery went dead. my phone went dead and i went dead. [ laughter ] >> shepard: well, he had some leftover pasta but he says he didn't eat it because it made him thirsty. eventually though thirst got overwhelming. >> he opened the hood of his car and broke the windshield wiper fluid. >> i brok...

Hope you enjoyed your day yesterday. down across florida parts of rain as well and arizona seeing significant rain this morning, areas from phoenix and points northward along i-17 and not i-10. you're dealing with rain and a system in the pacific northwest moving across the roqu rockies and that's going to bring rain and cooler weather and tropical depression number 6 brewing and this one looks like it's going to be the first one that's going to be a pretty significant storm just pulled off the african coast line and another one behind it. take a look at the track of the storm. continues to pu...

Quickly, and is known to the operators on the ground, over there. >> they both basically function similarly and they are easy to maintain and both of them, because of the type of helicopter they are, but the question is, training. an even that analyst said that while sikorsky has offered to train in the new helicopter it wants to sell, the s-61 it could take at least months and that is the decision the navy has to make. arthel: with those facts in mind, what does the defense department say about all of this. >> we asked them, there is a real feeling, taxpayer money being put into the military ...