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The one on a worldwide jihad with the united states, but what this shows is iran is willing to consider this a worldwide conflict. um, and, again, i think that that is i m not sure what their game is, and i m not sure anybody knows what their game is, even themselves, but it really is entering a very high-stakes poker game. megyn: kt, thank you. stand by, if you would. joining me now for more is walid phares, terrorism experience. let s pick up where kt and i left off, and let me ask you, is this an act of war? should the united states even consider treating it as such, or does that elevate it to a level it does not justifiably get to? let s go bottom up. number one, for the iranian services, revolutionary guard and others to have enough networks, cells or individuals capable of striking inside washington, d.c., the federal capital, that is the first thing that comes to our mind in terms of homeland security. and if they have it in washington, so where else they ....
Anything? reporter: right now, the pentagon would not be commenting. we ve called over to the state department, everybody is going to let the department of justice take the lead on this right now, but certainly, the state department is going to have to have a reaction, at a certain point, because this deals with this is an international issue, we re dealing with a potential foiled attack in washington, d.c., and if the culprits if the fbi believes they have links going back to iran and involving the saudi ambassador on u.s. territory, that is an international issue. megyn: certainly is. stand by as we await the attorney general. we expect him out momentarily. i want to get back to neil livingston if i can for a quick moment before we hear from the attorney general. neil, how bold is this? well, this is very bold. i have a department across the street from the saudi an apartment across the street from the saudi embassy, across from the kennedy center, this is in the heart of t ....
Megyn: fox news alert, and we are now awaiting details on reports of a significant terror plot targeting the united states. our producers in washington tell us that attorney general eric holder and fbi director robert mueller will be holding a news conference in about 20 minutes, a fact we reported to you earlier. the topic we did not know, now we are getting these reports: that the plot reportedly involves iran and plans to bomb both the saudi and israeli embassies in washington, d.c. as well as to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. the details as being reported by another news agency now suggest that the operation that our government conducted began in may when an iranian-american from texas approached a dea informant seeking his help to assassinate the saudi ambassador. again, a news conference on what we are being told was a foiled terror plot by iran targeting ....
Iran through his cousin, a cousin who lives in iran. megyn: understood, jennifer, thank you. that news conference is now three minutes away, right after this break. stay with us, breaking news. ....
Are you saying? well, the organization that i referenced in my remarks is a component of the iranian government. as we ve alleged in the complaint, this was directed and approved by elements of the iranian government, specifically senior members of the iranian islamic revolutionary guard corps and iranian military, high officials up in those agencies which is an integral part of the iranian government who were responsible for this plot. does it extend to the up per regions of the iranian government knew about this and blessed this? we are not making this charge at this point. were the what about the other attacks to follow and what was the understood motivation or purpose behind the overall plot? we are restricting our comments today to that which we have charged in the complaint. why were the charges brought in new york? and were there any charges ....