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When had is it ever safe to be an american government employee in the country of yemen these days? how unusual is it to have a piece of intelligence create this invisible and drastic reaction from the united states. and how differently do we handle threats like these now compared to how we used to handle them? joining us now is andrea mitchell, nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent and the host of "andrea mitchell reports." thank you for being here. >> you bet. >> what do we know about the specific threat that triggered this mass evacuation of american embassy personnel in yemen? is it dif...

Family and what every parent needs to know about backyard swimming pools. it's wednesday, august 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good morning. president obama is speaking out for the first time about the latest terror threat and the closure of u.s. embassies as well as consulates. >> he told jay leno the threat is significant enough we are taking every precaution. despite warnings americans should not cancel overseas travel plans but should show some common sense. >> we had already done a lot to bolster embassy security around the ...

He's believed to be the mastermind behind some of the terror group's most sophisticated devices. when we talk about devices, this is a whole new world. these are devices that modern methods right now, the best technology out there, actually has no way of detecting. brian todd is "outfront." >> reporter: u.s. intelligence officials have said he could be the most dangerous terrorist america faces. ibrahim al asiri, only 31 years old, master bomb maker for the group al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he could be involved in the current threat stream. a u.s. intelligence official tells cnn al asir...

One of the embassies but there's no guarantee of that at all. it could be in europe, in the united states. it could be a series of combined attacks. >> a common sense guy. here's the general, general martin dempsey, chair of the joint chiefs. he said it wasn't clear if the target was the u.s. or other western interests. we don't know where it's going to happen. the probability circle is in the asian area and in east africa. what's watch what the chairman of the joint chiefs says about it. >> there is a significant threat stream. we're reacting to it. >> is the threat to below up an embassy, co...

Given, but it didn't specify where it's going to be. the assumption is that it's most likely to happen in the middle east at or about one of the embassies, but there's no guarantee of that at all. basically, it could be in europe. it could be in the united states. it could be a series of combined attacks. >> a common sense guy. here's the general, general martin dempsey, chair of the joint chiefs. he said it wasn't clear if the target was the u.s. or other western interests. we just know something's going to happen, we think. we don't know where, though. the probability circle is in the asian ...